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I have found through hours of Internet surfing — er, research — that Rebecca Calahan Klein, the director of the Organic Exchange, has the ability to communicate with plants. I am calling this ability, bio-telepathy. As you will read later, it can be quite intimate.
This amazing fact came to light during a June 2007 visit by the irrepressible Klein to several cotton farms in South Africa. Before we go any further, you should know that the OE is a non-profit organization which promotes the sustainability of organic cotton by casually spreading myths and misinformation about conventionally-grown cotton.
Klein was in rare form on the trip, according to an online report by BusinessReport. Referring to an OE publicity photograph of children in the middle of an organic cotton field waving at the camera, Klein exclaimed to a reporter, "When you shift to organic, you can actually be in your fields. When you use chemicals, you can't actually be in your fields most of the growing season, it's too toxic."
Undoubtedly, I'm in big trouble because I've walked through hundreds of Mid-South cotton fields at all stages of physiological development over the past 19 years, and I ought to be breaking out in a sweat or something any minute now.
But an even bigger problem is that I am not blessed with the bio-telepathy thing. Plainly, Klein hears voices that I do not.
Now on a roll, Klein told the reporter that non-organic farmers use chemicals to defoliate the cotton plant and kill it off as the harvest approaches. Then she said, "When the plant is dying it's like, 'Oh I want to reproduce! I want to reproduce!' And it pops open and then you can pick the cotton."
And there you have it, folks — an actual quote from plants spilling their innermost thoughts to Klein. (There's no telling what else she heard that can't be repeated here.)
Klein's tortured teachings of cotton physiology are plenty comical. Any 10-year old Mississippi farm kid knows that when defoliants are applied to cotton, most of the cotton bolls are already open as a result of natural aging.
Also, defoliants don't kill the plant as Klein implies. In fact, that's the last thing you want to do since this increases the chance of bark and other material being harvested with the cotton.
And let's not forget that organic cotton producers defoliate, too, by terminating irrigation early, allowing the crop to run out of nitrogen or applying products to the leaves to hasten boll maturation and opening. Some are experimenting with thermal defoliation.
"The end result is the same, whether we do it with heat, salt or a chemical compound. One way or another, you trigger the plant to produce more ethylene to cause the leaves to fall off and the bolls to open," said Bill Robertson, National Cotton Council's manager, agronomy, soils and physiology.
In her travels, Klein regularly talks up organic cotton as a guilt-free fiber because chemicals are not used in its production. I'm okay with that. But what gets me is that despite her breathtaking ignorance of agriculture, Klein has become an oft-quoted "expert" on the cons of conventionally-grown cotton. And that is downright disturbing — bio-telepathic abilities or not.


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After Souther relocated to Nashville, he wrote for an even greater variety of artists--India Arie, Trisha Yearwood, George Strait, and Brooks & Dunn and over time has accumulated numerous awards for hit records, Grammy nominations and gold and platinum albums. He's also a successful solo artist, releasing several charting albums in the '70s and '80s. In 2008, he released his fifth solo album. Though "If the World Was You" is undeniably Souther--hearty, solid country-rock--the years of change are evident in this collection. Now he's back with a follow-up, released just this past May.
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What is the proper way to hold a vfg? Are they really that practical or am I just throwing away money? I tend to do a lot more off hand shooting and the all knowing Internet says they help with recoil but is that really true? What do you think?
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Use the vertical foregrip as a witness point for your support hand, as it grips the forearm {not the vertical foregrip} ...preferably with your butt of the hand butted up against the forward part of the handle, of the VFG, angled down approx. 45 degrees, with your thumb inline with the barrel --- pointed towards the target --- in order to better control the recoil of the rifle. Check out Magpul's, Travis Haley/Chris Costa on YouTube --- or buy there DVD --- Art of the AR-15.
I like the Vertical Grip Pod {push button bipod with/without steel inserts}. Some three gunners... don't use any VFG's at all. I still like the small stubby one's. You can store equipment or batteries in them...except for the Vertical Grip Pod.
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Virginia Beach considers bicycle riding on beaches
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Virginia Beach officials are considering allowing bicycle riding on the city's beaches.
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1. In a driving under the influence of alcohol prosecution, alcohol concentration tests obtained from samples taken from a defendant 2 hours or more after the defendant operated a vehicle are competent, admissible evidence in the prosecution.
2. The State is not required as a prerequisite to the admissibility of the results of an alcohol concentration test taken from a defendant 2 hours or more after the defendant operated a vehicle to call an expert witness to interpret the test and determine what the defendant's probable alcohol concentration was at the time he or she last drove or attempted to drive the vehicle.
Appeal from Washington District Court; THOMAS M. TUGGLE, judge. Opinion filed August 28, 1998. Affirmed.
Steve Kraushaar, of Marysville, for the appellant.
Kim W. Cudney, county attorney, and Carla J. Stovall, attorney general, for the appellee.
Before ROYSE, P.J., LEWIS and KNUDSON, JJ.
LEWIS, J.: Defendant was convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol. As a part of its evidence, the State introduced results of an intoxilyzer test which was taken 4 and 1/2 hours after defendant had driven his vehicle. The result of the intoxilyzer test showed defendant's breath alcohol level was .114. The result of the test was admitted into evidence, and defendant appeals.
Defendant's principal argument is that it was error for the trial court to admit evidence of the intoxilyzer test results without requiring the State to also present expert testimony as to how the 4 1/2-hour delay affected defendant's alcohol concentration. We conclude defendant's argument is without merit, and we affirm his conviction.
In State v. Armstrong, 236 Kan. 290, Syl., 689 P.2d 897 (1984), our Supreme Court held:
"In a prosecution for driving under the influence of alcohol, the results of a blood alcohol test, which was administered after a delay of slightly more than two hours, are not rendered inadmissible in evidence due to the delay. The length of the delay in time between the administration of the test and when the defendant last operated the motor vehicle goes to the weight and not the admissibility of the evidence. Such evidence should be admitted along with expert testimony estimating the defendant's blood alcohol content at the time of last driving."
Defendant argues that Armstrong requires expert testimony, as described above, as a prerequisite to the admission of any blood or breath alcohol test taken more than 2 hours after a defendant last operated the vehicle. We do not agree. As we read it, Armstrong only recommends expert testimony but does not require it. In any event, Armstrong specifically and clearly states that the evidence is admissible even though the delay in giving the alcohol test was in excess of 2 hours.
The legislature has explicitly made the result of the intoxilyzer test in this case admissible without any requirement of expert testimony. K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 8-1567 reads as follows:
"(a) No person shall operate or attempt to operate any vehicle within this state while:
"(1)The alcohol concentration in the person's blood or breath as shown by any competent evidence, including other competent evidence, as defined in paragraph (1) of subsection (f) of K.S.A. 8-1013, and amendments thereto, is .08 or more."
The term "other competent evidence" is defined in K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 8-1013(f) as follows: "'Other competent evidence' includes: (1) Alcohol concentration tests obtained from samples taken two hours or more after the operation or attempted operation of a vehicle; and (2) readings obtained from a partial alcohol concentration test on a breath testing machine." (Emphasis added.)
In State v. Pendleton, 18 Kan. App. 2d 179, 185, 849 P.2d 143 (1993), we said, "[O]ur legislature has expressly provided in K.S.A. 8-1567(a)(1) that an alcohol concentration test administered two hours or more after a defendant operated or attempted to operate a vehicle may be competent evidence to support a conviction under that subsection."
We agree with Pendleton. The results of the intoxilyzer test were admissible competent evidence of defendant's guilt by express legislative fiat. We further conclude that there is no requirement that the State provide an expert witness in order to make the test results admissible. We note that while test results taken more than 2 hours after a defendant last drove or attempted to drive his or her vehicle are admissible, such test results are only competent evidence as to his or her guilt--they are not conclusive. We also note that defendant was free to call his own expert witness if he saw fit.
The trial court, in finding defendant guilty, said:
"Counsel, in reviewing this matter, the Court notes that the State's case shows, among other things, that the defendant drank three beers at the Longhorn, that his last beer was apparently in the range of 12:00 to 12:30 a.m., that defendant indicated that he drove the vehicle from the Long Branch. The officer observed the vehicle, apparently with the lights out, in the center of the road approximately four miles north of Washington on a paved road. The defendant was asleep behind the wheel, or laying to the side. The officer aroused the defendant, talked with him, smelled alcohol on his breath, was advised that he had had three beers at the Longhorn. The officer looked in the vehicle and under and around the vehicle and found no other driver or person, nor any open--open containers or closed containers of alcoholic beverages. Based upon the exclusion of other drivers and the exclusion of the consumption of alcohol after the driving or attempting to drive, the Court feels that the test results are properly admissible in the absence of an expert witness. The trial court, of course, has discretion in this matter. The Court feels that the evidence would not be irrelevant and misleading and that the jury should at least be able to consider it for whatever value it might place on it. The Court would also note, as I recall in the voir dire, there was discussion by Mr. Kraushaar of the burn-off factor, and I think that frankly would be common knowledge, that the alcohol would metabolize over time, and that's a factor, of course, the jury can take into consideration in determining what weight, if any, to be given these results. So for those reasons, the Court finds that the test results are properly admissible. . . ."
We agree with the trial court, and we hold as follows: (1) An intoxilyzer test result obtained 4 and 1/2 hours after a defendant has last operated or attempted to operate his or her vehicle is admissible as "other competent evidence" in a DUI prosecution; (2) the State is not required, as a prerequisite to the admissibility of the intoxilyzer test results, to call an expert witness to explain those results and to interpret how the 4 and 1/2 hour delay affected defendant's alcohol concentration at the time he or she last drove or attempted to drive the vehicle.
Defendant next argues that the evidence was not sufficient to support his conviction. We do not agree.
Our standard of review on an issue of sufficiency of the evidence is as follows: "When the sufficiency of the evidence is challenged, the standard of review is whether, after review of all the evidence, viewed in the light most favorable to the prosecution, the appellate court is convinced that a rational factfinder could have found the defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt." State v. Cellier, 263 Kan. 54, Syl. ¶ 7, 948 P.2d 616 (1997).
Defendant was convicted under K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 8-1567(a)(1), which provides that a conviction may be supported by "any competent evidence" if the defendant's blood or breath alcohol level was .08 or more. We have examined the record in this case and conclude that there is sufficient competent evidence to support the defendant's conviction. The intoxilyzer test results were properly admitted and showed defendant's breath alcohol level to have been .114. That is not the only evidence offered to show that defendant was intoxicated. Defendant was found in his vehicle in the middle of the road 4 to 5 miles north of Washington, parked in a valley blocking both lanes, and with no lights on. Defendant told the deputy sheriff that his battery was dead and that he thought he had pulled far enough off the road to be out of the way of traffic. The deputy noted the strong odor of alcohol from defendant, who admitted that he had three beers earlier. In addition, defendant failed the field sobriety test which Deputy Campbell asked him to perform.
We hold that the evidence was sufficient to convince the finder of fact, beyond a reasonable doubt, that defendant was guilty of driving with a breath alcohol level of .08 or more.
ROYSE, J., concurring: I agree with the majority's conclusion that evidence of breath alcohol concentration derived from tests taken more than two hours after the defendant's operation of an automobile is admissible. This conclusion is supported by K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 8-1013(f), K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 8-1006(a), and State v. Armstrong, 236 Kan. 290, 689 P.2d 897 (1984).
I respectfully disagree with the majority's analysis of the sufficiency of the evidence issue. The majority concludes that the record contains other evidence, aside from the intoxilyzer test, which shows that Sliva was intoxicated. But Sliva was not convicted of driving while under the influence of alcohol pursuant to K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 8-1567(a)(3). He was convicted under 8-1567(a)(1), which requires proof of a breath alcohol concentration of .08 or more. The majority opinion fails to explain how this other evidence shows that Sliva was driving with a breath alcohol concentration of .08 or more.
I further disagree with the majority's interpretation that Armstrong only recommends expert testimony but does not require it. We must be cautious about construing Armstrong in connection with a sufficiency question, because Armstrong addressed a question of admissibility, not sufficiency. Nevertheless, if Armstrong is to be read as sending any signal, its repeated references to expert testimony which extrapolates from the results of delayed blood tests indicate the court is well aware of the pitfalls of allowing a jury to speculate about a defendant's breath alcohol level at one time based upon tests taken much later. See Com. v. Modaffare, 529 Pa. 101, 601 A.2d 1233 (1992) (finding absence of expert testimony left jury to speculate about driver's blood alcohol level at critical time while he was driving).
Based on the sequence of events in this case, however, I concur with the majority opinion that there was sufficient evidence to support Sliva's conviction. As stated in Armstrong:
"We recognize that blood alcohol content does not remain constant and the defendant might have had more or less alcohol in his blood when he was driving than he did when the sample was taken. It has been found that the peak alcohol level may be reached any time from 40 to 70 minutes after consumption. [Citation omitted.] From this point, alcohol is eliminated from the system at the rate of approximately .02% per hour, varying from .006% to .04% per hour. [Citation omitted.] . . . [I]t has been observed in other jurisdictions that the lapse of time usually favors a defendant who takes a blood alcohol test some time after termination of his driving because of the body's ability to 'burn off' alcohol." [Citations omitted.] 236 Kan. at 294-95.
Given a breath alcohol concentration of .114 taken at least 4 and 1/2 hours after Sliva last drove his car, there is sufficient evidence in the record that he drove while he had a breath alcohol concentration of .08 or more.


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Union leaders Monday used a "pension summit" in Burr Ridge to once again call on top Illinois lawmakers to negotiate with them over changes to teachers' and state workers' retirement benefits.
State lawmakers have been gridlocked on the issue for more than a year, arguing about how best to curb Illinois' rising pension costs. As retirement costs go up, the state has less money for other things.
Union leaders have opposed major cuts to benefits, saying their members didn't cause the state's financial problems.
"Our summit's purpose today was to move cooperatively toward an agreed pension funding solution," read a statement from the We Are One Illinois union coalition. "We had a discussion with Governor Pat Quinn, representatives from all legislative caucuses, and key stakeholders. In doing so, our union coalition demonstrated our ability to work together constructively with all parties."
The meeting was attended by Gov. Pat Quinn and House Republican Leader Tom Cross of Oswego, but the state's top Democratic legislative leaders sent surrogates.
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House Speaker Michael Madigan said late last month he wouldn't attend. And the powerful Democrat sought to quiet union complaints that labor leaders hadn't been included in talks.
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I've been teaching myself Japanese for about 7 months. The only things I have to help me learn Japanese is books from libraries and the internet. I haven't learned as much as I thought I would by now. I think the main problem is that I dont really remember anything I learn. I remember some particles, verbs, nouns, counters, and most of the kana. I'm still working on katakana and forget some hiragana. And it seems that I'm completly uncapable of remembering any kanji. I can see a character and think, "Oh!! I know this one!, Wait...Grr, I cant remember." It's become really fustrating. I don't have a teacher for this, and that might be one reason I'm not doing so well at learning it. I dont think I'm going about learning japanese the right way either. I wont be able to take a Japanese Language class in school for about 2 more years, and I dont want to just postpone learning it for that long. If anyone could give me some advice on how to remember what I read, and maybe what I should start learning first and what to work up to, I would love you for the rest of my life.
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Get into the chat and interact with other people. Find some easy and interesting reading matter on the web. (search the forums for "childrens stories" and you'll find several threads giving suggestions.) More than anything else, find a way to use what you've already learned so you retain it.
Richard VanHouten
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rich is completely right. Using what you learn is how you remember it. That is the only way to make the language come alive. Otherwise it is just dead data tables tabulated in the brain.
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I havn't learned much Japanese on my own yet (I might be able to take a course this fall, so I'm trying not to dive in head first). At work or something, when you're doing a task, say it in english, then in Japanese. Not sure if you're right? Write it down and look it up when you get home. It's worked well with French, and I assume it'll do the same with Japanese.
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The characters that I found in this book were very interesting and those characters were Luke and Sam. I found Luke interesting because he wasn't afraid to stand up to his best friends and say what he really thinks even if they don't agree with him. And Luke wasn't afraid to look to other people that he usually wouldn't look to for help. Sam I found interesting because he would think more of himself and leave others out. He would not go to others for help and would try to do everything himself. When I read this book it reminded me of other people offering their time to help others in need, because in the book everyone works together and helps each other. There are illustrations in the book and the illustrator decided to do them black and white. They are very good illustrations and they describe the story very well.
I do and I don't recommend this book. I do recommend it because it's one of those books where you never know what's going to happen next and it's very exciting. I don't recommend this book because it is very short and I feel that the shorter the book the less detail and information the book has. I recommend this book to mainly younger children. The book is very interesting because the writer makes everything bad that could happen, happen. But then she makes everything turn out right in the end. The characters fit this book just right because every one of them is unique. This book mainly an early chapter book for younger children, but even older people would enjoy it!


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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak is ready to announce whether he wants to try to hang onto the office.
Rybak will declare his intentions Thursday. His third term as head of Minnesota's largest city expires after next year.
The Democrat has led the city of almost 400,000 people for more than a decade. Several potential candidates have expressed interest in running, although some were waiting on the incumbent's plans.
The 57-year-old has been mentioned as a possible addition to President Barack Obama's administration or a future contender for governor.
Since Rybak took over, the city has undergone a dramatic transformation. Two major sports stadiums have been built and a third is on the way. Rybak also took a visible role in the aftermath of the Interstate 35W bridge collapse.
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I have been working to solve a stuttering problem for some time and have isolated it to no spark signal from Motronic (ecu) to right side stick coil. Both stick coils are good, and spark well on the left primary side. The bike does run ok until you crank throttle down 2k-5krpm and you experience a hesitation at high rpm. I have closely inspected the stick coil connector and all 3 leads at connector (black tracer/green-ecu signal lead, green tracer/black-12VDC lead from ignition and brown-ground to cylinder head (re-installed to ensure ground). With gas tank removed traced ecu lead all the way to ecu plug, and performed continuity check on female plug to ecu (pin 32) also with male side (pin 32) of ecu. I did notice pin 32 and 33 on ecu show as a short on continuity test (0.002), this leads me to believe the ecu sending same signal to both stick coils at same time. After looking at used ECUs on ebay $145-$500 I decided to connect (splice) the right side stick coil lead (the one not receiving ecu signal) to left side. And now both stick coils are firing. Afterwards I did perform another TBS (still dosen't idle at 1150 with 1.5 BBS turns-only around 900) but it does run smoother and almost no hesitation during my short test ride. Does anyone out there know if this is a problem? I plan to ride to work all next week so I guess time will tell. Worst thing I could do is fry Motronic and then I will be back looking on ebay (same as yesterday).
By the way, I just went through an ABSmodulator replacement (found one one ebay). I do still have my original unit (servos seemed to stay on all the time) servo pumps are good, but I do not have a tool to remove the control module. Has anyone canniballized an ABS and replaced a contol module?
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Most notably, he was able to persuade the notoriously feisty and argumentative state legislature to hold firm on new spending and budget cuts to help close a looming $10 billion budget gap. Getting the Assembly and the State Senate to agree to pass a hardline budget that could have political ramifications for them in their home district was a huge achievement for a first-year governor.
And just this week, he tackled another big challenge, kind of.
Since his election, Cuomo has held firm to a "no new taxes" pledge, promising he would restore the state's economy through prudent fiscal policies. That pledge has focused largely on letting the so-called "millionaire's tax" expire at the end of this year.
On Tuesday, the governor and legislative leaders announced a new tax rate that would decrease taxes – or at the very least not increase them – for taxpayers in every income bracket, including a $690 million tax decrease for middle-class taxpayers.
On the surface, this is good news. The middle class in New York State, where we "enjoy" some of the highest taxes in the nation are feeling the pinch. A little relief right now (the tax rates will be readjusted at the end of 2014) will be appreciated.
This is a feel-good measure for Democrats and many Republicans lawmakers, who would have had a tough time in their districts, politically that is, if taxes were raised while the so-called "millionaire's tax" was left to expire,.
If done responsibly, lowering taxes is the right thing to do.
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San Francisco, CA – Actors Robert Redford and Will Ferrell, along with Professional Surfer Kelly Slater, are lending their creativity and talent to support Raise The River, a campaign designed to help breathe life back into the Colorado River Delta.
The campaign aims to raise $10 million by 2017 to restore a 70-mile stretch of river and wetland habitat and to benefit the communities of the long-neglected Delta.
Raise The River, working with like-minded partners in the United States and Mexico, is giving the public an opportunity to be part of restoring the Colorado River as the life force of the American West.
"The Colorado River is an American treasure, one of our great icons, but we've overused it. It hasn't regularly flowed to its natural end since the '60s," says Mr. Redford. "The good news is that there's a solution within our grasp. Both the U.S. and Mexican governments are involved in the effort and with a collective public commitment, we can implement the restoration plan and win this campaign."
As part of the marketing initiative behind the campaign, the Redford Center and Sausalito-based Butler, Shine, Stern & Partners created a number of short video spots featuring Mr. Redford, Mr. Ferrell and Mr. Slater to bring awareness to the importance and opportunity of restoring the river's delta. The videos are part of a larger marketing push that includes an integrated social media initiative launching on March 13 on FunnyorDie.com and then premiering in an exclusive broadcast on Participant Media's Pivot TV on March 22, World Water Day.
In the videos, Mr. Redford and Mr. Ferrell debate whether it's best to restore the wetlands and the flows for the populations in the Delta region or, alternatively, move the ocean inland "a few hundred miles" to create more coastline for American surfers, which prompts a cameo from Mr. Slater.
"As someone who has spent my entire life in and near the ocean, I know how important it is to protect it's health and purity," said Mr. Slater. "Part of that is making sure that our rivers and streams are healthy, too. The Colorado River belongs to all of us, and I'm excited to help get the word out about this great cause."
Through humorous banter, Redford and Ferrell, bring awareness to the urgency and importance of the issue. Both actors ask viewers to donate via the RaiseTheRiver.org website or the MoveTheOcean.org website, which features a hilarious "5 point plan." Each website will promote donations that ultimately contribute to Raise The River's $10 million goal. Donations from members of the public will help recreate lost habitat for fish, birds, and other wildlife, as well as breathe life back into the communities along the riverbank.
Meeting this target will ensure the non-governmental community fulfills its commitment to the historic, bi-national, water-sharing agreement known as Minute 319, which was signed by the US and Mexico in November 2012 and expires in 2017. The agreement delivers important benefits on both sides of the border to water users and the river itself.
Raise the River will match each country's commitment to provide water for the Delta, and will use water acquired through the Colorado River Delta Water Trust to implement habitat restoration on a larger scale.
The six-million-year-old Colorado River is one of the hardest-working rivers on the planet. It supplies water to 40 million people, irrigates four million acres of farmland, and serves as the lifeblood of native tribes, seven National Wildlife Refuges and 11 National Parks. It generates an annual $26 billion recreation economy and employs a quarter of a million Americans. Due to prolonged drought, diversions and dams across the river, and increased water demand from the seven U.S. states through which it flows, the Colorado River dries 70 miles before reaching its delta plain in the Gulf of California.
Currently, the Raise the River campaign is 75 percent funded, thanks in part to a generous grant from Keurig Green Mountain to support water rights acquisition and on-the-ground restoration. The coalition behind the campaign is now appealing to the public to help propel the campaign across the finish line.
The Raise The River PSA Campaign teaser can be seen and shared here.
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Raise The River is a unique partnership of six U.S. and Mexican non-governmental organizations committed to restoring the Colorado River Delta: Environmental Defense Fund, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, The Nature Conservancy, ProNatura, Redford Center and the Sonoran Institute. For more information about the campaign, please visit RaiseTheRiver.org.
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In 1953–54 New Zealanders went to extraordinary lengths to present their best face to royalty – and to the world. 'Sheep were dyed in the patriotic colours of red, white and blue; in New Plymouth both bowling club members and the local pony club formed into an E on the ground', Jock Phillips wrote. 'Screens were erected to hide unsightly buildings, and citizens were instructed when and how to plant blue lobelias, red salvias and white begonias.'
David Lange, who sang for the Queen as a schoolboy in 1953, recalled that 'roads were sealed so she could drive along them, or in the case of the road from Kaikohe to Whangarei, the half she drove on was sealed and the other half finished many years afterwards.'
Over time, subsequent royal tours became less formal. Indeed, 'informality was the keynote' became a journalistic cliché.
The Queen's Silver Jubilee tour of 1977 came closest to recapturing the spark of the 1953–54 tour. But attitudes were changing and that year some New Zealanders might have smiled to read of the Wellington City Council giving the Wellington Harbour Board 'a gentle reminder that the Queen might not like to see a wharf full of containers when she visits the Capital.'
Royal travel became less ostentatious after the decommissioning of the royal yacht Britannia in 1997. For decades New Zealanders had become accustomed to seeing the big ship escorted around the country by a Royal New Zealand Navy frigate. When the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh last visited in 2002, they travelled by commercial aircraft.
Other members of the royal family have paid many visits to New Zealand to support charities, to recognise significant milestones and to represent the Queen. In 1983, photographers caught a famous image of the Prince and Princess of Wales relaxing on the lawn of Government House, Auckland, while young Prince William played with a buzzy-bee toy. Prince William returned to New Zealand in 2010 to open the new Supreme Court building in Wellington. While there, the casually dressed prince joined Prime Minister John Key at a barbecue at Premier House.
In 2012 members of the royal family celebrated the Queen's Diamond Jubilee by visiting all the Commonwealth countries of which she is head of state, while the Queen concentrates her efforts in the United Kingdom. New Zealand was visited by Prince Charles, accompanied by Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall.
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Date: 5:00pm PST February 20, 2010 Location: Agnes Flanagan Chapel
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Waldo Balart is an artist best known for his affiliation with the Concrete Art movement, and his singular purpose to create a formal visual language rooted in abstraction, concerned with color, planes, space, and order. Balart—who studied political science and economics and used to be an accountant—began to create work as a hobbyist painter. In 1959, he moved to New York to pursue studies in art and became acquainted with the art community there, which would be immensely influential for Balart's developing style. He was particularly inspired by the work of Josef Albers, who would introduce Balart to the Bauhaus movement. Balart also looked toward Kasmir Malevich and Piet Mondrian for their perspectives on the relationship between spirituality and artistic form.
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Windows cannot verify that the driver is compatible: Touch or click Yes to continue installing it if you're sure this driver is the right one. Choose No if you think you might have the driver for the wrong model or something like that, in which case you should look for other INF files or maybe an entirely different driver download.
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Hello everyone
Latin is a deceptive beast.There it is, written in words we can so easily recognise-even having the decency to be written in our own alphabet.But set about translating and you soon find you are not dealing with any pushover. There are so many words that have a similar look to English words which you think you can skim over -"guess it,it can't be far wrong"-then you just lose the whole flow of the sentence.Later you drag yourself to look up the words in a dictionary and discover the vital difference.
This is tiring!
For example this Horace I read today
Illuc praevertamur, amatorem quod amicae turpia decipiunt caecum vitia, aut etiam ipsa haec delectant
When I read it first I thought it meant the lover is deceived by his lady's blemishes.Eh?Why should he be deceived by them? More likely deceived by her beauty?
In fact it means "fails to see", and is rather charmed by them.Then it makes sense
I've often thought that one of the most annoying things about Latin is its huge number of false friends that give you the impression that you think you can translate it easily but leap into it without the proper study and you get sunk in it like quicksand.
"Hey-you know Latin-translate that ", my wife prods me as we walk round an old church.And fool that I am I cave in to my own vanity and start trying to sift the meaning from a votive tablet.Usually of course I get the general meaning but some words always remain obscure though annoyingly familiar. She is used to the fuzzy explanations I come back with and nods with a [why-can't -he just-learn-ONE-language] sort of expression.
Is this a common feeling or did I learn Latin the wrong way?


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Kindle (and other e-Readers)
RE: Kindle (and other e-Readers)
I was looking into Kindle as well. Possibly buying a used one, because at the $139 price i simply do not read enough to make it worthwhile (I don't think it's expensive though). Then I saw on the site that you can download Kindle apps for free for your PC/Ipad/etc. My netbook would be PERFECT for this! I can download books for $10 or whatever, and not commit myself to buying a Kindle e-book reader and trying to read a dozen books to make up for the price compared to real books. I saw used copies of "End of Faith" for $2.11+shipping that is way cheaper then the ebook and I would get to put something on my bookshelf.
Some books that I plan on reading such as "God is not Great" I might rather have on an electronic device rather then sitting around the house incase one of my family members pops over and sees the cover, lol.
RE: Kindle (and other e-Readers)
Even though I have a kindle, there are some books that I do buy the actual books. For instance, the book I am now on I bought the hard cover of, it was $1 or so more than the e-book. I also saw one where a used copy of a book, was cheaper than the e-book with shipping, I got the physical book.
For instance, all of Dawkins books.. Are actual books. I want my kids to read him someday, not that they can't on a kindle, but since I don't have them yet (kids that is) who knows what new media will be out there in 20 years.
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(03-09-2010 04:50 PM)Soldieringon Wrote: this may or may not be the right place for this, but I am considering buying a Kindle.Get One! I own the least expensive "Nook"
The Beauty of The Scientific Method , is the Anticipation of a Better Explanation.
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(03-09-2010 04:50 PM)Soldieringon Wrote: this may or may not be the right place for this, but I am considering buying a Kindle.
I own a Sony Pocket E-reader, I think it's 120 USD now, It's a great little machine, 5 inch screen is more then good enough (for me). It's 500 mb storage but I've got 200 and some books on there, more then enough for a long trip :3. I also use Calibre because it always me to rename the meta tags on the books I get (Not all of them are arranged the way I like) The charge holds me for a good two weeks, mind you I haven't gone uber extreme on the reading. I switched because I chew through books and it was getting very expensive >_> now I do my best to avoid books I have to pay for, it's not always easy but yes I would recommend you get an e-reader! The Pocket can read a variety of files to, which is nice since I don't have to spend more time messing with files, only meta tags . My Aunt owns a similar Sony e-reader but it is bigger and uses a touch screen, but I don't like getting finger prints all over something I have to read off of .
That's my 120ish dollars.....
RE: Kindle (and other e-Readers)
I have a Kobo (Canadian version of a Nookbook). I really like it for some types of books, basically just the kind of book that I read and then I'm done with it - like popular fiction.
I don't like it for books that I would want to save and refer back to or flip through to look for something, because there is no way to "flip" and no search function. I predict that in the next few years ereaders will evolve and improve.
I also don't like it for books that have illustrations, photos, charts, color, or any kind of graphics - they don't display well on the small screen.
RE: Kindle (and other e-Readers)
There is nothing that can replicate the feel and smell of a book when you read it. I have a large library at my house and it is really nice to just physically dip into a book at will and enjoy.
An e-reader on the other hand is only advantageous to have if you go on holiday. These days when you go over 1kg luggage and you end up paying an extra gazillion pounds/dollars for it, an e-reader certainly does save on the luggage weight. Plus the option of so many titles available at any one time, it certainly is a holiday bag must have.
Both the book and the e-reader both have their uses in the world, there should be no talk on the book becoming an extinct form of entertainment. An e-book file can be deleted and lost, a book stays on your shelf, its not going to be deleted!
On a personal note, I have an iphone with both ibooks and the Kindle app on it. The Kindle app is better than ibooks. I find that the Kindle app has a wider variety of books, a better and more user friendly interface and the books are CHEAPER in comparison to those on ibooks. The only reason why I have ibooks still is because it does have a wide variety of free books you can download that are good considering the "freeness" of them!
One aspect that I feel is being overlooked in this thread are Audiobooks. Yes it may be the "lazy person's option" in some people's opinions but, sometimes its just awesome when you listen to Christopher Hitchens read "God is not Great!"
Quote:"Religion poisons everything." - Christopher Hitchens
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RE: Kindle (and other e-Readers)
I have the kindle app on my iPhone, and it works wonderful! Never thought I'd like it so much, but I do! I love thick books, but I have arthritis, so holding a heavy book for a long time is painful. Go kindle, go Stanza etc! Regarding audiobooks, they are just too slow for me. I start thinking about other things or start reading a book. Haha. True, actually.
"Never underestimate how narrow-minded, petty and stupid people can be". Mark Fulton, forum member
RE: Kindle (and other e-Readers)
I hate that they even exist, but I have books available for them, so I do cash the checks.
RE: Kindle (and other e-Readers)
I will more than likely never own one of these e-readers. I dislike the current trend of never actually owning hard copies of things. You can buy videogames online, books, music... where does it end ugh! I mostly don't like it because I enjoy holding things in my hands. Plus I bought a few albums off of Itunes but then I moved all of music to an external hard drive only to have it fail :O and when I tried to redownload my purchase which it says you can do for free, it wouldn't let me. So fifty bucks down the drain. I only imagine that's what would happen to an E-Book, or an online videogame. SO it is not for me, even though it is becoming increasingly difficult to buy hard copies of anything anymore
"I think of myself as an intelligent, sensitive human being with the soul of a clown which always forces me to blow it at the most important moments." -Jim Morrison
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SOURCE: AhnLab, Inc.
February 25, 2013 06:00 ET
AhnLab MDS and AhnLab V3 Click Recognized as Best New Product and Anti-Malware/Anti-Spam/Anti-Virus
AhnLab MDS and AhnLab V3 Click Recognized as Best New Product and Anti-Malware/Anti-Spam/Anti-Virus
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA and SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwire - Feb 25, 2013) - AhnLab (KOSDAQ: 053800), a leading provider of information security products and services for consumers and enterprise business environments, today announced that two of its security solutions are finalists for Info Security Products Guide's Global Excellence Awards. The Global Excellence Awards recognize security and IT vendors with advanced, groundbreaking products and solutions that raise the bar for other vendors in all areas of security and technologies. The winners will be announced on February 27 at an awards dinner in San Francisco.
AhnLab Malware Defense System (MDS), a finalist in the New Products category, is the only corporate security appliance that combines local and cloud-based analytics to stop Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) attacks anywhere across the organization. Combining cloud intelligence, advanced heuristics and multiple scan engines, among other techniques, stops Denial of Service (DDos) attacks, unidentified and previously unknown malware that other appliances on the network may miss. It delivers comprehensive threat protection, applying rapid malware recognition and remediation with real-time blocking of malicious network traffic and dynamic disruption of active security breaches. AhnLab MDS security protects endpoints, servers, networks and cloud resources. It simplifies security for both IT administrators and end users.
AhnLab V3 Click, a finalist for best "Anti-Malware, Anti-Spam, or Anti-Virus," is a unique, convenient, and easy to use anti-virus device that plugs into a USB port on a user's laptop or PC. It's portable, providing protection for whatever device it's plugged into. There are no complicated installations or subscriptions necessary. A light turns red when it detects a threat, the user clicks the device, and the V3 Click removes the threat and the light turns green. It includes a secure 2-port hub that scans any devices (such as a memory drive) the user connects it to and deletes or repairs any threats on the device.
"The bad guys are getting smarter and more dangerous on the Internet. Particularly with their efforts with Advanced Persistent Threats, other attacks to steal information from businesses, including customer IDs, and profit from cyber crime. We must be even smarter in protecting our customers against them," said Philip Kim, CEO, AhnLab.
"I applaud the skills and creativity of our team in developing AhnLab MDS to provide businesses with real-time protection against APTs and other threats. Also, for V3 Click, which gives home users portable protection at the press of a button, we are honored to be a finalist for these awards from Info Security Products Guide," said Kim.
About Info Security Products Guide Awards
SVUS Awards organized by Silicon Valley Communications are conferred in four annual award programs: The Info Security's Global Excellence Awards, The IT Industry's Hot Companies and Best Products Awards, The Golden Bridge Business and Innovation Awards, and Consumer Products Guide's Best Choice Awards. These premier awards honor organizations of all types and sizes from all over the world including people behind them, the products, performance, PR, and marketing. To learn more, visit www.svusawards.com.
About AhnLab
Headquartered in South Korea and with US HQ in San Francisco, AhnLab Inc., (KOSDAQ: 053800), develops industry-leading security solutions and provides professional services that are designed to secure and protect critical business and personal information. As a leading innovator in the information security arena for more than 20 years, AhnLab' s cutting edge products and services fulfill the stringent security requirements of both enterprises and individual users.
AhnLab' s products and services include anti-virus solutions, network, mobile and online game security, security management and consulting services. Today, AhnLab boasts a network of sales and research operations in more than 20 countries worldwide.
For more information on AhnLab, go to www.AhnLab.com or +1-866 666-3080.
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The proposed acquisition of NYSE Euronext by Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) would be highly profitable for ICE leading to a 10% plus increase in ICE stock according to a preliminary analysis by financial services firm Keefe, Bruyette & Woods (KBW).
"If the price of $33 discussed in the press is accurate (actual price is $33.12),then we think a cash stock mix deal would be highly accretive for ICE (10%+), notes KBW analyst Niamh Alexander in the report. "With ICE's multiple, large cash generation capacity and access to cheap debt, we think a deal for all of NYX would work."
Matt Simon, senior analyst at TABB Group, says the fact that NYSE is losing its independence has caught people off guard. "[The NYSE] has been an iconic symbol of our industry since basically trading began. In that standpoint, when you see the news headline you get struck a little funny," Simon says.
Simon views it as a major step up for ICE. "By making this acquisition, [ICE is] gaining a [greater] international footprint, two U.S. options exchanges, diversifying their asset base and a very iconic building," he says. "When you start adding those things together, it makes a lot of sense for ICE."
Rich Repetto, principal with Sandler O'Neill and Partners, says, "The transaction brings interest rate futures to arguably the most innovative CEO (ICE's Jeff Sprecher)in the exchange space. It also better positions ICE when Dodd Frank gets implemented next year."
Repetto adds that the deal takes NYSE out of a very dismal environment of low volumes, onerous European regulation and higher capital requirements for clearing, which was was weighing it down.
Recent megamergers have failed to pass regulatory muster, particularly those involving the venerable New York Stock Exchange.
This February the European Commission blocked a merger of NYSE Euronext and German exchange operator Deutsche Boerse. According to the Commission, the deal, which had already passed several regulatory hurdles in the United States and Europe, would have created a "quasi-monopoly" in exchange-traded European derivatives.
A joint unsolicited bid on NYSE Euronext with a patriotic appeal was made by Nasdaq OMX and ICE in 2011 after the NYSE/DB deal was in the works. That potential merger was rejected in the United States on antitrust grounds.
Alexander does not believe there would be any antitrust issues holding up a ICE/NYSE deal as what happened with the Nasdaq/ICE bid.
"NYX has a small commodities futures complex in Europe that might overlap, but we expect exiting that would not be too material to the potential earnings," she noted. "Otherwise, we see no regulatory issues; there is no overlap in the listings or cash equities business.
Simon doesn't foresee antitrust hurdles. "The gut reaction that everyone has been saying is that because this is a U.S. company and the competition is in the U.S. markets — especially in the futures market. It's hard to start putting together any sort of anti-competitive or monopoly case against the deal," he says. "There obviously will be a long evaluation process they will need to go through to get full approval, but there's nothing that strikes me as being anti-competitive."
The deal will make ICE more competitive in terms of licensed index products. "It is a licensing model. The CME has the S&P (and Dow Jones Indexes); ICE has the Russell and NYSE Liffe has the MSCI licensing. So now, for any MSCI or Russell products, you'll be trading [on an] ICE-NYSE entity."
KBW's preliminary analysis on accretion dilution suggests the deal could be more than $1 accretive to their 2014 estimate of $9.68 for ICE's earnings per share (EPS). "We estimate that another $50 million of cost savings could be an additional 3% accretive. If we assume $3 billion cash consideration, ($2 billion debt funding), then at the $33 price, this could be more than 10%-13% accretive to ICE standalone by 2014."


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Rep. Nancy Pelosi didn't pick up the congressional seats needed to restore her to the prime perch of House Speaker, but she intends to stay on as Democratic leader. It's a decision that keeps her atop Washington politics, and it also means that San Francisco and its needs won't be ignored inside the Beltway.
Her decision was not a major surprise. She has no significant rivals, and she ranks as a prolific fundraiser and ultra-disciplined pol who rarely strays from message.
Though she can be contained and cautious in public, she's proved a force in remaking her side of the House. When she assumed leadership 10 years ago, straight white men ran the chamber. Now the majority of Pelosi's party are women, Latinos, African Americans, gays and lesbians. It's an unmistakable contrast with Republicans.
San Francisco voters – who gave her another term with 85 percent of the vote – should be pleased. While guiding her party in the House, she's rained favors on her district.
The local list includes continued support for the Presidio, which she guided from abandoned military base to a mix of popular public uses. There are billions of dollars for a new downtown transit terminal and subway line. Add to that millions for AIDS programs and subsidized housing in the city.
If Pelosi had chosen to step down, these projects might have a difficult path. But with her as a House leader, San Francisco knows it has a reliable protector in Washington.


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I would be lying if I told you I remember anything about the day this picture was taken. It's 2010 now, so this picture was taken some ten years ago and a lot has happened since then…but I keep thinking there should be something here in my memory about this…
I don't remember that store, I don't remember picking out the hat, or who took the photo.
And why I chose to take center stage in a photo from a moment in my life I can't remember, even with photographic proof of its existance is curious.
Catty and yet self retrospectively, I might say that all the girls in that photo were sometimes stupid and slutty.
I don't remember the girl on the left. Her ability to sell magazines — completely non-existent– makes me forget her as default.
That one in the middle is, well I'll call her Bri. She's eighteen years old in this photo, gorgeous, and bouncy — a mag crew's favorite new hire in the universe.
The one on the far right is Debbie (who is a whole other blog). We stole her from her job as a bartender at one of Leona Helmsley's hotels in Columbus, Ohio and convinced her to be our boss' secretary.
We (as in the whole mag crew) corrupted Bri so absolutely.
I don't remember where she was from. I kind of hated her.
Well, Love/Hate. Just before she fucked my boyfriend and lied to my face about it, her and I were great friends.
I didn't hire her, but I totally trained her to sell the shit out of magazines. She was sharp and everyone knew it but no one was putting her across.
I was bent on winning another contest at the time and wanted to go pick up my quota before lunch and be done with it, I didn't want to be dragged down with learnin' some new little bright eye…
…but I took pity on Bri, because she acted sooo innocent and everyone believed the act so I thought she just needs to see how I sell magazines.
It was lunch time and we were in Brendan's car which meant we had a half hour gas station break.
I spent it with Bri. I took her to the pumps where I immediately spotted a young stud with a sporty car, filling up his gas tank. (Key here is, pretty men don't get hit on, girls are WAY too shy, and I knew this, so I always sold the shit out of mags to pretty men).
"Hi!" I grabbed Bri's elbow and made her run up to him with me. "We're in a contest! Do you want to help us win? If you don't help us beat the boys, tonight we're going to get pied in the face! Help us!" (Jump, bounce, flirt, smile, wink) "Oh my God, your car is sooo wicked cool, you must be really successful at your job!" (Lounge, touch, shimmy, grind) "Bri, show him your contest list!" (Jump, smile, leg kick) "Oh my God, you probably already get Maxim, huh? God I bet you get so many girls, you're so cute, this car is so amazing! Oh my God! You must be soooo good at what you do….you must make so much money…Bri show him how many points he can help us with if he gets Car and Driver."
So now she has an order on the day, she's two weeks into the job, Brendan no longer completely hates everyone because there's still time to make our car average if this new girl can at least pull it out and get five today.
"Alea," Brendan pulled me aside, "Take Bri out with you and get her going, get some orders."
It was another hot day in Florida. I remember getting dropped off in some apartment complex.
Brendan's rule as car handler was neighborhoods in the morning, if you have five by lunch you get apartments at night.
Bri was getting spoiled by being dropped with me in apartments. As a new girl with two weeks she counted towards our car average but she hadn't had her first five yet, so in Brendan's car that meant two things, one, he hated her and wanted her to die, second, she would never see an apartment complex.
So the sale at lunch really made him happy I guess.
We split two orders that drop.
When we met Brendan at pick up he said,"O.k. you two stay in here and split it up. Go alone for the rest of the night, though. I'll check on you, right here at 6:30."
Bri came back that drop with three and ended her day with eight sales: It was her "High day," her "first five day" and her "first seven day" which a person's first seven sale day also equaled a "steak dinner" on Belo's crew. (Mine was in the revolving thingie in Seattle, that's for another blog).
So that day ended well, I remember. Our car was high on crew, I was in the front seat, all was well with the world and Brendan shared some beer with me on the way home.
(Please pretend like there's a segue here.)
I can't blame Bri and my boyfriend for sleeping together. They were both so hot!
She was young, but I know she knew better, I knew she was lying when one day, in the bathroom before morning meeting she said, "If I was fucking him I would tell you."
This in reply to the whole crew finding out the morning my boyfriend left for a few weeks that he had carried on with some other girl, a girl I actually did hire and also trained to sell the shit out of magazines (and in a minute will be telling you about the time her, Bri and me all went to Miami and met Blondie).
I remember thinking, "You just did tell me, Bri." But I was reeling from too much information already that day.
Mag crews, just like any group of people, maybe more than other groups of people, always strive to protect the status quo. Everyone kept quiet what everyone knew. And that included me and my boyfriend.
My boyfriend was the boss' son, I was a contest winner. We were together. That was it. Didn't matter how much it wasn't working with us, it worked for the crew.
We both did what we did with other people and tried to keep it quiet.
We lied to each other so what does it matter that Bri lied to me?
One time before all of it was out in the open, my boss sent me to lead my first and only spur crew.
I got to pick two girls who would go with me. I picked the two that would make me the most money, it wasn't my fault I also happened to want to get close to the two girls I remember being pretty sure my boyfriend wanted to make the sexy time with.
I did just totally admit to that. I kept my enemies close to me, I thought that's what I was supposed to do?
We were being sent to Miami, (a whole other blog, trust me, which involves getting lost in Hialeah, having to stay the night in a hotel where the front desk guy cussed me out and called me a stupid, fucking American as he was handing me the room key, having to sneak in one of the girls because we only had enough money for two of us to rent the room, the weird, yellow-sweat stained guy who opened the door to peer at us, the non-locking door, the only channel, porn, no blanket on the bed) to work the University of Miami.
So back to the Love part of the Love /Hate.
We were working these awesome rich kid dorms at U of Miami.
The student parking lot was filled with Boxsters and Beamers.
The dorms filled with head's of states kids and ambassador's kids and Saudi national's kids and by noon all three of us had ten sales each and that's with working for two hours. Cake money.
We called it a day.
Our hotel was on the A1A and we were going to go back, change into our bikinis, get some Cuban coffee and go lay on the beach when we heard that Blondie was going to be at the Jackie Gleason theater that night …. literally right down the street from our hotel, we could walk.
Tickets were fifty bucks, we went straight away and bought them.
We were like the only girls there that weren't boys and weren't gay and after the (most awesome) show, Bri ran outside, around the building to where the limos were and struck up conversation with one of the limo drivers, she worked out an invite from the drummer, and then she hailed me and the other girl to jump in and off we went…
…to an exclusive, roped off section, in a night club, in Southbeach, with Blondie. Bienvenido a Miami, poppy.
Photographers were asking us, "Who are you?"
"Hahahaa we sell magazines, now about that bottle of Dom, you're standing in the waiter's way, move MTVeejay person so he can pour me a glass, ugh."
Drummer dude was working it on Bri, trying to convince her to go on tour with them. I was like, "GO BITCH ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?"
But I guess Bri's daddy issues aren't / weren't as big as mine and / or it's true what she said, that she wouldn't leave me and the other girl alone for anything in the world.
Drummer dude gave Bri a hundred dollar bill for a cab. We went home (what other people call a hotel), changed into our bikinis, went Domified / Blondified swimming in the ocean.
We laughed about how awesome we were.
The next day we went shopping and Bri bought this outfit with what was left over with drummer dude's hundred dollar bill. I wonder if she still has it.
And I kind of wonder how she tells this story.
Because you KNOW she does.


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