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API, Pew square off in ad battle
An environmental group wanting reforms to offshore drilling and the petroleum industry's biggest trade group launched dueling ads yesterday tied to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
Pew Environment Group is running an ad that shows an oil-soaked pelican with the message "Help stop this from happening again. Change the law."
The ad -- which appeared in Politico, Roll Call and CongressDaily -- says, "The oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico could easily happen again unless we change the laws that allowed it to occur in the first place."
The American Petroleum Institute's ad will blanket the country for two weeks in papers that include The Washington Post, The New York Times, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Gulf Coast newspapers and Beltway publications. There is a radio ad as well.
"The people of America's oil and natural gas industry are working to help BP and the authorities respond to the spill," the API print ad says. "Clearly, there will be lessons to be learned, and we are fully committed to doing everything humanly possible to understand what happened and prevent it from ever happening again."
It also describes oil and natural gas as "vital domestic resources that power our way of life."
Both ads come as the Obama administration and some in Congress consider policy changes because of the oil spill.
"We're seeing the president grandstand on the spill. We're seeing politicians push for [climate measures] because of the spill," said Ken Green, resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, a think tank that favors free market policies. "It's become now more of a thing to lever in legislation."
The campaigns also arrive as polls show declining support for increased offshore drilling. About one-quarter of Americans now back added offshore drilling, while 31 percent want fewer offshore wells and 41 percent want the number of wells to remain at current levels, according to a poll conducted June 3-6 by The Washington Post and ABC News.
Overall support for drilling fell from 64 percent last August to 52 percent now, with 49 percent of respondents describing the Gulf spill as a symbol of broader problems. A quarter of Americans now support increased offshore drilling, while 31 percent want fewer offshore wells and 41 percent want the number of wells to remain at current levels, according to the poll.
Because of the magnitude of the spill, the timing is right for Congress to make regulatory changes, said Chris Mann, senior officer at the Pew Environment Group.
"A lot of people we're talking to on the Hill feel that Congress has to act on this, including committee and chamber leadership," Mann said. "It's a major challenge to the Obama administration. Politically it seems to have become a huge liability. They need to demonstrate that they are hitting this head-on."
API supports and is assisting the ongoing investigations into the causes of the spill, said Linda Rozett, API's vice president of communications. But any reforms now could have negative unintended consequences, she said.
"To decide what to change in order to prevent something from happening before we know what caused it" could lead to the wrong solutions being enacted, Rozett said.
Seeking changes
Pew's ad kicks off a new campaign calling for changes to the law governing offshore oil and natural gas exploration, as well as the rules covering oil spills that were enacted after the 1989 Exxon Valdez incident.
"In the early weeks of the spill, the concern was about the loss of life, the environmental impact," Mann said. "More and more people are turning to what can we do to address not just the symptoms of this but the root causes."
While human error and technological failures were probably factors, "the ultimate cause of the spill, ultimately we believe is a failure of governance."
The Pew print spot asks Congress to take four measures in response to the spill. The first is a more thorough review of environmental impacts "at every stage of offshore oil and gas leasing and development."
Environmental analyses done before as part of leasing for offshore drilling are insufficient, Mann said. The pre-lease reviews of the well involved in the current spill "didn't seriously consider the possibility of a blowout," or "how to deal with a blowout."
Congress is likely to approve additional environmental reviews, Green said.
Pew wants a separation of government offices that collect revenues from offshore drilling from those that enforce safety regulations. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar in May split the Minerals Management Agency into three divisions: energy development, enforcement and revenue collecting (E&ENews PM, May 19).
Mann said that if Salazar's revision is the correct overhaul, it should be made law so a future administration does not reverse it.
Pew wants an end to the current $75 million liability cap for economic damages connected to an oil spill. Two Democratic senators are pushing legislation that would eliminate that limit (E&E Daily, June 9). Companies should pay all of the costs associated with spills, Mann said.
Congress probably will lift that $75 million limit, Green said, although it might consider language to protect the smallest companies.
Pew also is looking for a national ocean policy that would coordinate with regional plans in helping guide places for offshore drilling. It wants to "identify which areas are appropriate for energy development and which are too ecologically sensitive."
Identifying which areas are too ecologically sensitive for drilling could be difficult, Green said.
API response
API's ad strives to highlight the rarity of a spill like the one in the Gulf.
"Nothing like the Deepwater Horizon spill has ever occurred in more than 60 years of oil and natural gas exploration in U.S. waters of the Gulf of Mexico," the ad says. "We have already assembled the world's leading experts to conduct a top-to-bottom review of offshore drilling procedures, from routine operations to emergency response."
The API ad "is just part of the conversation," about the spill and what to do next, Rozett said.
"It's important for the industry to stay involved in the conversation as it moves forward," about the spill, she added.
Any regulatory changes passed because of the BP spill could affect all oil and natural gas companies, AEI's Green said.
"They're just trying to in some way salvage some of their reputation," Green said of the API ad. "They don't want to be tarred with BP's brush."
The oil industry likely will succeed in "fending off what they consider particularly onerous," changes, Green said, especially because offshore drilling plays a major role in the economies of Gulf states.
Click here to see the API ad.
Click here to see the Pew ad.


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What Tiger should have listened to.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnwSln2wsjg Paul Thorn's I don't want to know.
What Tiger was doing.
Little Charlie and The Night Cats Thinking With The Wrong Head
I watch Leo with my mouth hanging open . . . a lot!
But really how can you touch "Mountain Jam".
And if you don't know Donovan . . . "first there is a mountain then there is no mountain then there is" . . . get it?
Gee, Wezul, you were busy yesterday.
Listening to some classics from another era this morning...
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Jerry Lee playing.
Hotel California in the Riviera. There's like 2 good songs on that tape, such sappy stuff. Listened to it for a couple of days now.

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Is Ariana Grande's New Single Actually Everything?
Ariana Grande's new track, Break Free, is out, and sources say it is not only everything, but EVERYthing.
I do actually like Ariana. I don't know if like her exclusive of all other things, though.
That's a big commitment. There are a lot of things.
Counterpoint from Caity Weaver: "I like a lot of things such as some members of my family, the feeling of the sun on my face, the smell of butter in a pan. But this might be everything."
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Sometime around 1983, samples arrived from a Mosswood Wine Company. Gerald Asher, who dabbled in wine importing along with writing for Gourmet magazine, sent a note along with a wine called Gavi di Gavi, from an estate called La Scolca. We loved the wine and brought a bunch in. At the time there weren't very many good white Italian wines available, and the La Scolca was a hit. It was rich and refined, delicate and able to wean the locals off Pouilly-Fuisse, which was the popular wine at the time, even in Italian spots. I remember Franco Bertolasi at Café Royal went crazy for the Gavi. He was a believer.
This week, at lunch, I tried two other wines from La Scolca, the Rosa Chiara and the Pinot Noir. While it is still chilly outside, spring will return. The Rosa Chiara, a dry rosé (80% Cortese, 10% Barbera, 10% Nebbiolo) from Piemonte, is a gentle harbinger.
On the label, it says "Sur Lie" in French, indicating the wine is left in the fermentation tank in contact with the lees, deposits of particulate matter. Character, spice. Good stuff, Maynard.
A pale salmon color, this was a delicate and delicious wine. We often go looking for pleasant rosé wines from Italy, and this is one to seek out. A very pretty wine.
The other wine from La Scolca that we tried was a Pinot Noir from Lombardia. A couple of years in small French oak complement a wine that is floral and peppery. "An earth-bomb", my associate called it, and rightly so. Again, a delicious red wine.
The Soldatis are a famous wine family in Piemonte, and they have elevated the image of Italian wine onto the world stage with their Gavi di Gavi. It is not a wine to sit and taste in 30 seconds and then pass judgement on. It is of its own world and makes the conditions whereby it will be enjoyed and evaluated. And that is at a slow dinner table with friends and candles and food and lots of time to enjoy it.
These two wines, the rosé and the red, are welcome additions to the Italian table. Seek them out, take the time to find them, and take even more time to enjoy them. You'll be back.
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If you don't know Jake Lacy yet, you will get to know the star of Obvious Child quite well once you hear some of his very candid dating stories. In the film, Jake plays Max, Jenny Slate's character's love interest. And let's just say that a certain scene made us very eager to grill the actor on some of his personal dating history. Check out the interview for a good laugh!


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Been looking to upgrade my bayboat and after 5 months of searching I finally came accross my new baby....a 2007 Triton 240 LTS!!! Had to go to Tx to get her but now she's mine. So after getting her here, I decided to go out and see if the Triton could catch fish or not.
We made quick work of a livewell full of threadfins and hit the inlet. On the first drift we had a double hook-up on jumbo redfish. Mine came unglued but my wife whipped hers into submission. Below is a video of her battle with the first fish(besides bait) to come over the rails of the Triton.
Here is a still pick of the fish as well.
We fished for another hour and caught several more big reds, a couple of over-slot snook(sorry, pics came out blurry), and half a dozen good size bluefish.
Here's my wifes 3rd big red of the night.
I couldn't be happier with how the Triton performs and I will definetely be posting more on here now that I have the time to get out there again. And, as always, Tight Lines!


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Today I spent most of my day alone cause my parents went to go watch the Bucs game with their friends. I usually get to do what ever I want.
Random - i got to talk to my grandpa yesterday. I was so happy to. I'm a bit of a grandpa's girl, I love him to death. Hes so funny and nice. He lives in California so I asked him if it was crazy out there cause of Twilight. He was like "Whats that?"


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The Weight of Heaven
an excerpt from Thrity Umrigar's latest novel
The trauma of a child's death. The promise of a fresh start in a far-off place. The slow-motion splintering of a once-solid marriage. These are the points around which best-selling author and Case Western Reserve University faculty member Thrity Umrigar builds her latest novel, The Weight of Heaven. In this issue of Think, Umrigar shares an excerpt from this new work, in which cultural and personal clashes lead to devastating consequences.
The disappointment was a new feeling. From the first day he had met Ellie, he had always been proud of her. Ellie was one of those people who excelled at whatever she did-she was an accomplished cello player, had graduated summa cum laude from her PhD program, had been a well-respected therapist. Not to mention a loving wonderful partner to him and a devoted, vigilant mom. Which is why he couldn't understand what had made her doze off after knowing that Benny had a fever. He believed her when she said that the fever had come down by the time she'd fallen asleep, but surely she could've slept in Benny's room for one lousy night? The worst part was, he couldn't mention this resentment to anyone. He had tried voicing his thoughts to Scott the day before the funeral, but his older brother had stared at him before saying,
"It's not Ellie's fault, Frankie. It's nobody's fault. You heard what the doctor said. A few hours wouldn't have made any difference."
But he couldn't accept that. A few hours might have made all the difference in the world. A few more hours of antibiotics, fluids, blood pressure medicine-who knows how much that would've helped? If nothing else, he would've received Ellie's phone call sooner, and that would've perhaps meant an earlier flight home and more precious time at his son's bedside.
He turned in bed, knowing he should go downstairs to be with Ellie, who had gotten up hours ago. But he didn't, pinned onto the bed by another memory, one that he had previously swept away into an unlit corner of his mind. But now it fueled his simmering resentment against Ellie. The night before the miscarriage, he remembered, she had gone out with some friends from grad school. They had gone to a dance club where a salsa band was playing. Ellie had come home at two that morning, happy and tired and bragging about how she had danced for three hours straight. Six hours later, the spotting had begun. She had miscarried the baby a few days later, and although no doctor had ever made a connection, he had dimly wondered if the dancing had contributed to the miscarriage. Now, he felt a fresh wave of anger at the memory. Careless, she's so careless, he muttered to himself, even while the rational part of his brain told him that he was being unfair. But he also felt anew the freshness of the loss of the baby. At the time, they had been devastated but not inconsolable-Benny was the bright star in their lives, and they told each other that they would try again and even if it didn't take, they were already blessed with a beautiful boy. But now, Frank felt the absence of the baby. How much more bearable this Sunday would be if there was a reason to get out of bed-a little blond-haired girl, maybe, who would've come in and kissed daddy and urged him not to sleep away the morning.
He opened his eyes and peered at his watch. Eleven o'clock. He groaned and closed his eyes again. He couldn't remember a day when he'd slept in this late-it would've violated every doctrine in the Church of Benny to have let either of his parents laze around in bed until eleven. But this was the first Sunday in seven years that he was home without Benny in the house-Ben jumping up and down on his parents' bed until they realized that asking him to quiet down was like asking a gushing fire hydrant to suck back its water, and grumpily submitted to his demands; Benny racing through the house until the walls shook with the sound of his excitement; Benny pestering Ellie to make waffles and pancakes for breakfast until she gave in; Benny making a list of all the things he wanted them to do with him that day before they'd even had a chance to say good morning to each other. And best of all, best of all, Benny climbing into bed with them at six o'clock on Sunday mornings and snuggling between both of them. If it were winter, he would burrow his tiny body into Frank's, looking for all the world like a little kitten seeking shelter in a warm kitchen. And then Frank would feel what he imagined was what a woman felt like when she was breast-feeding. Cuddling with Benny made him reappraise everything, reshaped his body, made him realize that everything that he thought had belonged to him-his muscles, his heart, his strong hands, his broad chest-actually belonged to his son.
It gave his body a different purpose, as if his hands were designed for the sole purpose of cradling Benny; his stomach a burrow where Ben could wiggle in for warmth; his chest a pillow for Ben's sweet head. He would lie awake, stroking his son's hair, smiling at Ellie on the other side of the bed, knowing that she was feeling the same intensity of emotions that he was. It bound him to her, this knowledge, in a way that he had never felt connected to another human being. Their love-making had always been a language, expressive, full of words and pauses and the resuming of an ongoing conversation. But even that communion paled before what he felt toward Ellie when they shared their bed with their son. Benny completed the conversation he had started with Ellie years ago.
He heard a loud crash downstairs and was on his feet before he had even opened his eyes. Damn, he thought as he raced down the wooden stairs. Ellie's hurt herself. His stomach muscles clenched at the thought of finding Ellie injured or in pain.
"El?" he called.
"Where are you?"
There was no answer. But instead, he heard another crashing sound and raced toward the kitchen. At the doorway, he froze. Ellie was standing in front of the sink, surrounded by shards of broken glass. Every few seconds, she was systematically picking up a dinner plate or glass and dropping it into the stainless steel sink, barely flinching as the object shattered and glass flew toward her face. By the look of it, she had already destroyed a considerable number of plates. Her face was red and streaked with tears, her hair wild. Frank took one step toward her and then stopped as his wife brought another plate crashing into the sink.
"El," he yelled, and seeing that she had not heard him,
"Ellie. Stop. Stop." He covered the distance between them and grabbed her wrist, making her loosen her grip on a wineglass.
"Babe. Stop. What're you doing?"
He tugged at her wrist, turning her toward him and making her step away from the sink. The sound of the splintering glass was replaced by the sound of Ellie's broken, anguished sobbing.
"I miss him," she said. "I can't stand the silence in this house."
He pulled her toward him, and she buried her face in his chest crying loudly. He flinched, each sob landing on him like a blow, reminding him of his own impotence and powerlessness. His wife was in anguish, and he had no way of helping her. He, who from his meager grad student stipend had bought Ellie a new car when her yellow Ford finally bit the dust. He, who had bought this gorgeous Arts and Crafts bungalow simply because Ellie had fallen in love with it while they had walked past it one evening. He had approached the owners the next day, and as luck would have it, they were an elderly couple who had been thinking of moving into a retirement home. By then, he knew Ellie's tastes well enough to know that she would love the dark wooden floors, the crown molding, the cherry cabinets. And so, even though he knew the money would be tight, he went ahead and purchased it. Surprised her with the deed to the house on their first wedding anniversary. Early in their marriage he had made a promise to himself-that he would do everything in his power to make sure that Ellie never regretted her decision to marry him.
But now she was asking him to resurrect their dead son, and he had to look into those dark eyes, eyes that were mad with pain and anguish, and admit failure. His own grief, his own sense of loss, was already unbearable. He felt his body sagging under its weight and had no idea how he could hold up under the weight of Ellie's torment. He looked away. He felt burdened by the desperation that he saw in his wife's eye. Not this time, he wanted to say. He had been there for Ellie when Anne had had a breast cancer scare. When her father had needed a bypass. When one of her patients had attempted suicide. Each of those times he had been able to prop her up, to rise to the occasion, to ask the right questions of the doctors, or say the right words to his wife. But now she was asking him to fill the silence of a long Sunday afternoon that uncoiled before them like barbed wire, and he didn't have a clue how. Now she was asking him to make up for the absence of Benny, and his toolbox was empty, his hands broken.
"Babe," he groaned. "Oh, my God, Ellie."
They stood in the middle of the kitchen, holding each other. Sunlight poured in, danced on the shards of broken glass, and mocked their misery. Moments passed. Frank felt a shudder start at the base of his spine and travel up the length of his body. He held himself rigid, but it was too late. His body spasmed and then he was sobbing in loud, open bubbles of grief. He shook Ellie's arms, arms that felt like a boat built out of twigs, unable to carry the oceanic power of his sorrow.
"I'm sorry, El," he blubbered. "I don't know what to do or say to help you. I can barely manage to...."
She covered his face in kisses. "I know," she said. "It's okay. You don't have to be strong for me."
But he did. And failing to be strong made him feel ineffectual, less manly. He ran his palm over her face, wiping away her tears, and realized the futility of his gesture even while he did so. There will always be more tears, he thought. This is merely the first Sunday in a lifetime of Sundays to come-open, unplanned days that would have no purpose or shape or meaning. Days stretched before them like a banquet they had no appetite for.
"I'm going to call Jerry and Susan," he mumbled."Maybe we can go over there for a few hours."
She turned to him with the expression of a stray, wounded puppy,
"Bertie's home," she said simply, and he knew immediately what she meant.
Bertie was twelve, but his loud, shouting presence would inevitably remind them of Benny. He cast his mind around, searching for a harmless Sunday afternoon activity that would divert their attention, that would make them forget for ten minutes what had happened. He came up with absolutely nothing. He resented having to be the one to come up with a plan.
"Frank," she said suddenly, an expression on her face he'd never seen before. "I had a weird dream last night. I dreamed that-this will sound weird, I know, but I dreamed that we both drink this pink liquid-it looked like Pepto-Bismol or something- and we're able to see Benny again."
He knew immediately what she was saying, what she was asking, what she was proposing, and his heart raced. Ellie was too proud to actually say the word suicide but he knew her well enough to know that she was testing the waters, feeling him out, measuring the depth of his desperation. He knew what it had cost her to share this with him, saw from the sly, crazed expression on her face how little she was in control of her own emotions, how fervently she was hoping he would agree even while praying that he would not. Ellie was a therapist-by profession and by personality she believed in the endless, bountiful possibilities of life, in redemption, in affirmation, in hope as a moral obligation. For her to even think about suicide, let alone mention it, meant that she had stared into the heart of the universe and seen only black. That, like him, she could only imagine the stupefying blankness of an endless row of aimless Sundays. Followed by six more days each week. That, like him, waking up without Benny was like waking up knowing that the sun would not be in the sky that morning. Pointless. He reached out and raised her chin so that she was looking deep into his eyes.
"No Pepto-Bismol for us," he said. "We're not those kind of people."
Something flickered in her eyes, but he couldn't read it.
"Are we?" he added and when she didn't answer, "El. Are we?"
"No, I guess not."
He stared at her for another moment. "You're all I got in this wide world," he said quietly. "If you have any feelings for me, you gotta make me a promise right now."
She said nothing.
She shook her head. "Forget I ever said anything. Like I told you, it was a weird dream." And then, "I promise."
He realized he'd been holding his breath. "Okay."
"Can I ask you something?"
"Can we go for a long drive somewhere?"
He let out a sigh of relief, glad to be asked for something he could deliver.
"Sure, baby. Anything you want. Tell you what. You go shower, okay? And I'll-I'll just sweep up this mess in the sink."
Ellie made a rueful face. "I'm so sorry."
"Don't be."
They left the house an hour later to go for a drive. That became their new weekend ritual-driving long distances to go
places where nobody knew their name, where expressions of pity and sympathy didn't greet them on the streets and in
the grocery stores.
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Giants wielding confidence, momentum
By Hal Bodley / MLB.com
SAN FRANCISCO -- A seven-game World Series is a mini-marathon of sorts, but nothing is more important than Game 1. Except maybe Game 7. This World Series has a long way to go, with expected twists and turns, but if the underdog Giants go on to win it -- which I think they will -- they'll look back to Wednesday night's 11-7 thrashing of the Rangers as an enormous confidence builder. When you kayo the invincible Cliff Lee in the fifth inning during an avalanche of hits and runs, all with two outs, it speaks volumes of what these Giants are capable of. I said it once before, and I'll say it again: This is a team of destiny. It was in Game 1 of the National League Championship Series when the giddy Giants defeated the Phillies' 21-game winner, Roy Halladay, setting the stage for their unexpected trip to the 106th World Series. Halladay, much like Lee, with three superb wins this October, had pitched only the second no-hitter in postseason history to open the NL Division Series.
To the Giants, that was yesterday's news.And on Wednesday night, in front of a deliriously happy pom-pom waving AT&T crowd of 43,601, they not only handed Lee his first postseason setback, but they did it in brutal fashion. And oh, yes. The Game 1 winner has gone on to win the World Series 61 percent of the time -- six of the past seven, and 11 of the past 13. Lee walked to the mound on Wednesday night with a 7-0 postseason record and an inhuman ERA of 1.26. His ERA this postseason was a gaudy 0.75. When I asked Giants manager Bruce Bochy about the confidence angle, it was obvious his adrenalin was flowing. He tried to downplay it, but failed. "Well, it's something that hopefully the hitters can build on," he said. "You get confidence like that." Rambling a bit, he added: "It's not quite the game we thought it would be. But certainly a huge game for us, and we needed the runs." On Wednesday night, the Giants had as many hits (nine) with runners in scoring position as they had against the Phillies in the entire six-game NLCS. A firestorm of three doubles by the forgotten Freddy Sanchez led the 14-hit attack, but it was one quality at-bat after another that made the Giants so successful with two outs. None was more important than Pat Burrell's full-count walk with Sanchez on second, a run in and two down in the fifth. Cody Ross singled in the second run and when Aubrey Huff put the Giants ahead, 3-2, with another single Lee was finished. Jose Uribe's three-run homer off reliever Darren O'Day completed the six-run outburst. "We're not a team that tries to slug it with other teams," Bochy said, "but today they threw out some great at-bats." Sanchez, the 2006 NL batting champion, also chipped in with a ninth-inning single, his four hits matching the Giants' World Series single-game record. His three doubles in his first three Series at-bats was a record. "You never think you're going to have success against a pitcher like that," said Sanchez. "We knew that he throws a lot of strikes and gets ahead in the count early. I just tried to see the ball deep. I tried to attack early, swung at the first pitch of the game." Lee said "I didn't work ahead in the count aggressively. I missed up. I missed over the plate. Professional hitters take advantage of that stuff." Lee added: "It's not acceptable for me; I've got to do a better job of damage control. But you've got to give credit to the hitters." Working the count, with the game play to produce quality at-bats, boosted Lee's pitch count to 104 when he left the game. The seven earned runs he allowed were the most he'd given up in his nine previous postseason starts. Last year, pitching for the Phillies, he gave up five earned runs to the Yankees in Game 5. When he left with two out in the fifth inning, it was the shortest outing in his postseason career. Until the sloppy ninth inning, the Giants had limited the meat of the Texas batting order -- Josh Hamilton, Vladimir Guerrero and Nelson Cruz -- to one infield single Normally, when Lee gets a 2-0 lead after two innings, he sails. But Tim Lincecum was able to right his ship and at one stage retired 13 of 14 Rangers in order. It was Lincecum's recovery from the shaky start that made it possible for the Giants to roar back from the 2-0 deficit. "After a couple of innings, the team gave me a chance to settle down, scored their runs and gave me a chance to just kind of get into my mode," Lincecum said. "I was just kind of battling myself, hitting spots, with balls up in the zone a lot." So, the Giants, propelled by momentum, send Matt Cain to the mound on Thursday night. San Francisco has had trouble scoring most of the season, but Wednesday night should serve to be more than an aberration. "This is a crazy game," said Sanchez. "One day, you do great things; the next day, you don't do anything right." On Wednesday night, it was everything right, which convinced the Giants it can continue.
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Cuban authorities round up activists and block communications as Pope ends visit
|Amnesty International
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Cuban human rights activists are facing a surge in harassment in a bid to silence them during the Pope's visit, Amnesty International said.
The clampdown has seen an increase in arrests, activists' phones have been disconnected and some have had their houses surrounded to prevent them denouncing abuses during Pope Benedict's tour.
Local human rights organizations, including the Cuban Commission on Human Rights and National Reconciliation, had their phone lines cut off since Monday. The mobile phones of prominent activists and government critics are suddenly unreachable.
"The communications' blockade and the detention of more than 150 political opponents is yet another example of how authorities in Cuba completely disregard human rights," said Javier Zúñiga, Special Advisor at Amnesty International.
"The Cuban authorities must urgently stop harassing activists and ensure everybody in Cuba is free to voice their opinions so activists can carry out their legitimate activities," said Javier Zúñiga.
"In view of this situation, which contradicts his appeal for a more open society' in Cuba, the Pope should take a stand and lend his voice to those that have been left voiceless due to the ongoing repression and condemn the lack of freedoms in Cuba."
On Monday 26 March, dozens of government opponents were detained in Santiago de Cuba where the Pope gave a public mass at the start of his visit.
Police and state security officers also surrounded the homes of many opponents and kept them under siege preventing them from attending the Pope's mass or moving freely.
Short-term detentions of government opponents, human rights activists and independent journalists are routine in Cuba. On the lead up to the Pope's visit, hundreds of government opponents were detained for short-periods of time, threatened or prevented from travelling freely.


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Since I'm not going to learn an API until after my AP test, I'm going to stick with text games. I was thinking, I could make my own font where like, 'é' could be a small picture of a person, a '^' be a monster etc. I know this sounds stupid but, I think it would add more flavor to my text games and be more impressive, anyone have tips?


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It took 11 years of professional baseball, including the past five years at the Triple-A level, but 31-year-old Bobby Scales finally became a Major Leaguer on May 5 when he started at second base for the Cubs. Scales, who plans to continue working as a substitute high school teacher in the offseason, recently answered some questions from MLBPLAYERS.com.
MLBPLAYERS.com: You were drafted in 1999 but didn't make your Major League debut until this season. How gratifying is it to wear a big league uniform now for the first time?
Scales: It's great fun. It's awesome. I really don't have words to truly express it. It's everything that I've worked for. It's what I get up for at five in the morning during the offseason and work my tail off for. It's right in front of you. Now I'm just trying to play well so I can stay.
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Scales: I'm just trying to do the same things that got me to where I am now. That's pretty much it. I'm trying to take this thing day by day. I know I'm here to do a job and whatever happens tomorrow will happen. I will deal with that when it happens.
MLBPLAYERS.com: What is it like to play in more than 1,000 games in the Minor Leagues?
Scales: To be honest I didn't even know it was that much. I never counted. Looking at games played or at-bats are things I don't pay too much attention to. You just go play the game and do what you can each day. Hopefully it works out for the best.
MLBPLAYERS.com: Is that time in the minors a blur or are so many of the details still vivid?
Scales: You don't forget at all. It's not just like that for me; it's like that for a lot of guys. You know the hard work you put in. You know the things you had to do to get here. You know about all the hard work and time you put in. I'm just happy to be here and to try and contribute in any way that I can.
MLBPLAYERS.com: How important was it for you to improve your play in the field the last couple of years?
Scales: I have to credit two coaches in Tony Franklin and Bobby Dickerson. Tony early on had to do a lot of the heavy lifting. My defense was one of those things where I was just not as good as you think you are.
MLBPLAYERS.com: During the offseason, you work as a teacher. How did that job come about?
Scales: I had a friend who told me that his older brother used to play ball and, during the offseason, he would substitute teach. It's not something that's too taxing but something that's very enjoyable at the same time. You just go in, do your job, and by four o'clock you're back on the baseball field working your tail off. You still have your evening ahead of you. It was something that helped with the bills, and it was something that I enjoyed.
MLBPLAYERS.com: How long have you been substitute teaching?
Scales: I've been doing it since 2000. I mainly sub at high schools. Usually I'm teaching calculus or P.E. I will do whatever they need of me though. It's mainly teaching at the high school that I went to growing up.
MLBPLAYERS.com: What was the feeling walking back into that school for the first time not as a student?
Scales: The first time was weird. I'm not going to lie about that. Honestly, the first couple of years were weird. Once you get a little bit older you get over it though.
MLBPLAYERS.com: Are you going back to teaching this offseason?
Scales: As of right now, I'm planning on going back and doing some substitute teaching this year. With me, I like to keep busy. Teaching there is a lot of fun. I'm looking forward to it, but I am enjoying the here and now for sure.
Jeff Moeller is a freelance writer based in Los Angeles.
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Because the sages sons were the founders of two of the strongest clans in the shinobi world, you thought that they would of been recorded through ancient texts and would both have great tombs dedicated to them. Although I guess it can be argued that they would not be able to have such a great burial due to the clans not being in that great of numbers before they died.
Another thought I had is that the younger of the two brothers took on his fathers legacy to bring piece to the world so we can presume he did some great things in his time that gave him a lot of reputation, but again there is no mention that he has a tomb either.
Anyway the point of this thread is if they did have graves/tombs/burial sites with their bodies in, why didn't Kabuto revive them?


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I found another guy who's reservation was lost. The owner obviously did not want to continue to offer the original price published in BMW on. I thought the hotels signed contracts promising to maintain their prices. My friend also was told the room prices were 139.99 per night. He showed up and demanded his room and eventually they found his reservation.
What's up with MOTEL SIX in Gillette?
As for me, I am camping this year, and reducing the amount I pump into the local economy!
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I'm forwarding this to my contact at the Cam-Plex so she can address it (after the fact) with the hotel management. I know it's too late for us, but we've emphasized the need for the the CVB to try to work with these hotels for future. Unfortunately,(or fortunately) we live in a country that encourages "free enterprise". It's a shame some businesses take that as a license to "gouge", not just the BMW riders, but all tourists.
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The problem is Aftab Khan, is in India. Thats where Minecs phone center is located and that is where your reservations are booked into the system so if the order is two months old it is stale dated subject to re booking.. AWAYS PAY FOR THE ROOM AHEAD. And you won't have these troubles.
I thought the Rally was for camping and not to go and bring your house with ya. Might as well bring a motor home
Hope you all had fun.
For the record, I bought a tent, and had a ball camping. I also saved a significant amount of money. Thank you Motel 6.
I also camped in Johnson City, TN the following year.
I missed the 2nd Redmond rally in 2010 but brought my camping gear to Bloomburg PA in 2011.
I don't miss hotels at all now, except during Monsoons and desert Heat Waves. The motels are now reserved for backup in case of inclement weather.
Ale>< in Akron, OH and that picture is a girl with a cute smile
Holy resurrection batman!!!
Seemed appropriate with the title of the thread.
You are very inconsiderate to your fellow members when you do this. If you are saving all that money and "just love to camp" why hoard the rooms that you do not need?
"All my life I wanted to be somebody. Now I realize I should have been more specific."
There are several reasons for reserving the hotel. The monsoon or desert weather would be a reason for me to sleep in the motel. I am married, and my wife will not camp anymore. If the stars align just right, my wife comes along. If I have a hotel, everyone is happy.
If the wife is not coming, and if the weather looks good I release the hotel room. You may think it is selfish. I consider it good planing. Hoarding would be renting several rooms, when only one can be used.
As far as I can see, hotels are still available in or near Sedalia. My reservation should not interfere with you or anyone else.
I probably will use the hotel this year as my spouse said her work schedule is looking good. That of course means one extra tent space for the campers.
And if you and I happen to meet in Sedalia, we should discuss the matter under the beer tent. I have found the beer tent helps me clarify my thoughts.
Hope to see you there!
Ale>< in Akron, OH and that picture is a girl with a cute smile
At Lima we tried to camp. After the overnight heat and humidity the first night I was ready to cancel my four seminars and go elsewhere. We tried a hotel that said check back at 2:00 - we will probably have cancellations. We did, they did, and we moved in and stayed the next 2 nights.
After the first night at Bloomsburg, I picked a hotel and tried to book a room in Sedalia. The computer said "date not available". So I marched over to the Sedalia Tourist Bureau booth and inquired why the hotels had reservations blocked. The lady smiled and said, "You can only book a year and advance. You need to wait until tomorrow. So I booked the Sedalia room the next day - 365 days in advance - from my tent in Bloomsburg.
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And anyone else reading this. Double check your reservations. I have had reservations from Priceline for quite a while. I saw on another thread that some online reservations were not being honored.
I called the American Inn Sedalia to verify my reservations made on priceline. They said they had no record of a reservation. I am back to the tent unless Priceline finds me another motel.
They said the American Inn Sedalia would have to pay any difference in price between the Priceline price and whatever I am charged. I just hope I get a room.
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...unless ISPs increase their 'acceptable use' bandwidth policies. Which means an improvement in the infrastructure is required.
Netflix is coming to Blighty early in 2012, as anticipated after it was claimed the US video streaming service is coming to continental Europe next year. Netflix today said it will offer "unlimited TV shows and films streaming instantly over the internet to TVs and computers for one low monthly subscription price". Netflix …
...unless ISPs increase their 'acceptable use' bandwidth policies. Which means an improvement in the infrastructure is required.
Use a decent ISP. My ISP couldn't care less how much bandwidth I use.
Haha, precisely!
"My £4.99 broadband service only lets me transfer 50GB a month, waaaaa"
Well I shall be on my guard after seeing the horrendous way they gouged their US customers earlier this year.
Doubling the price and removing half the service?: Double Kill
They didn't double the price AND remove half the service, they split it into 2 parts with each part costing about the same as the whole thing used to cost. So you either pay double for the same service or pay the same for half the service
I hope they price it right, and with a decent amount of content. Having used Netflix on friends Xbox in the US and loved how easy it was to use and how much content they had (especially for kids) they may just get it right. Of course, likely they won't as the content will be too limited *sigh*. It might be enough to make me switch from lovefilm though, as streaming still feels a token to them (and an excuse to try and get you to buy premium content streaming).
The bar is set with BBC iPlayer in the U.k. If Netflix come in at that level I'll drop loverilm like a stone. lovefilm support are laughable. Even telling them their video streaming is shit leads to a stock reply that it should be dvd quality. The only thing missing is being told to restart the machine. Twats.
One apps in TVs/set-top boxes - they need to be prolific and good.
And the content needs to be extensive too.
Let's hope they manage it.
If, like me, you couldn't give a wet mousefart about DVD rentals and just want the streaming setup, Lovefilm is a steaming pile of cack. Which is precisely *why* I'm looking forward to Netflix. Between this and Film4OD we might finally be starting to move towards a range of digital content distribution offering that aren't best described as "pitiful".
Captain Underpants is right, LoveFilm is rubbish. You pay extra to have streaming in your package but then the only films that are included with this are ancient ones that have been on telly hundreds of times. On top of this, the quality of the streaming is abysmal and kind of defeats the object of having a decent TV.
Then they have the cheek to offer (a small number of) new releases for streaming and charge a pay-per-view fee to watch them in substandard quality. I can have the blu-ray delivered in two days as part of my package - why would I pay an extra £4?
I am pissed with LoveFilm. They offered me cashback to join which I have never received so I have paid money I did not bank on having to pay, to find out that the service is naff.
XBMC support please? Any time you're ready? It's not like they even have to do anything - just let the XMBC community come up with a finished plug-in...
Netflix? Dunno - I'm happy enough handling plastinc discs for now, so long as they turn up pretty quickly.
You can use the US version of netflix already from anywhere in the world with a vpn account like citizenvpn.com
Netflicks will do bundling deals with ISPs, exempting them from data caps etc. Its the fastest way for them to offer a legitimate Sky Go rival. Biggest issue they'll have is the same as in the US (and the same problem Love Film has); the range of available films leaves a lot to be desired.
If they offer it in Ireland I'll probably sign up to it (nothing, not even Love Film, here).
that is preventing lovefilm from getting a decent range of streaming movies on their platform?
Sky tie up all the major hollywood studios into multi-year deals that exept other providers from offering subscription VOD services, only Pay per view VOD is allowed.
How have Netflix got around that?
All they have to do, is offer a film for streaming at the same time as the DVD is released and I'm there.
Lovefilms streaming selection is very poor and contains hardly any new films. I cancelled my subscription, it just wasn't worth it. I hope Netflix is a vast improvement on this but I'm not holding me breath.
What would someone in the UK watch on Netflix?
Reruns of The Beachcombers and The Forest Rangers?
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Will they air US shows shortly after they air over there and in their uncut form?
Will you have to pay TV licence?
You only have to pay for a TV license for live broadcasts/streams, watching content online on demand is fine.
'Without a DVD component, the range of content Netflix can offer will be limited.'
Um... why?
Because DVDs and BDs are currently much, much more readily available than movie and TV streaming licences.
So there is much more content available to Netflix - or Lovefilm, or anyone else - to send out to subscribers on disc than there is to offer as streams.
Yes, that makes sense. I was thinking about the technical side, didn't really consider the licensing issues. That explains why LOVEFiLM's streaming selection is so crap then.
No UK service (LF or Sony's own VOD service), offer a decent selection of films. The odd blockbuster, and then stuff that is already available from the 3 quid DVD bin at Asda. I remember being profoundly disappointed, and when I tried to find out why I read this is partially due to Sky's exclusive rights to film content. Surely with News International taking a lot of punches over the summer, the time is right to investigate some of the near monopolies Sky has?
A bit stupid really, given that if you have a good enough connection to stream, have all the kit required to stream to a TV, you are more than likely to know how to go the freetard route. It seems the lessons of the music industry were not learned.


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Ben Lawers Range Climber's Log
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|Walked up, flew down
Date Climbed: May 4, 1990
|A fine summers evening I walked up to the top and then flew down by paraglider, back in the days when most paragliders were little more than parachutes - and serious cross country flying was just getting underway.
|Posted Aug 7, 2011 8:48 am
|Too many times to Count!
|Last time i was up I did it with An Stuc and the other two in thick fog, nice ridge walk though
|Posted Jul 19, 2009 6:05 am
|My 1st Munroe
|Climbed as part of a 2-day winter mountaineering course - had a blast.
|Posted Feb 23, 2009 2:07 am
|via Beinn Ghlas
Date Climbed: Apr 30, 2006
|Nice couple of peaks. Misty in the morning, cleared for the descent.
|Posted Jan 23, 2009 1:15 pm
|snowy one
Date Climbed: Mar 14, 1999
|Posted Sep 1, 2008 8:36 am
|In the clouds
Date Climbed: May 3, 2008
|Cold and windy with almost no visibility; could hardly tell we were at the summit.
|Posted Jul 9, 2008 2:24 pm
|Normal route
Date Climbed: Sep 17, 2007
|It was just starting to grow frost on the top.
|Posted Apr 20, 2008 11:23 am
|I felt my legs after this one
Date Climbed: Jun 17, 1996
|Spent 2 weeks in a farm house on the edge of Loch Dochart and bagged everything in site. The route we took was from the visitors center then Beinn Ghals-Ben Lawers-Creag an Fhithich - An Stuc - Meall Garbh, followed by one of the longest walkouts via the various sheilings. Fantastic weather and fabulous views, albeit rather windy on top.
|Posted Feb 13, 2008 6:51 am
|Normal route
|Big winds at the top and snow on the way down--Bright sunshine by the time I got back to the parking lot. I love Scotland in May!
|Posted Nov 19, 2007 12:04 pm
|Via Beinn Ghlas
Date Climbed: Oct 16, 1994
|A f*** amount of snow flying almost horizontal, a lot of people, standing on the top drinking tea and eating sandwiches, and a dachshund going crazy at the top with all that snow ...
But it's a fine rememberance of hiking in Scotland, and I'm very glad we made it. And the descend via Meall Corrainaich was plain great!!
|Posted May 14, 2007 1:25 pm
|Via Beinn Ghlas
Date Climbed: Apr 30, 2006
|Cold and very misty day, still a bit of snow to get through at parts. No view from Beinn Ghlas and absoutely freezing but, continued on to reach the summit of Ben Lawers (which was exactly the same). Was lucky enough for the mist to clear and the sun to come out for the descent. Turned out a cracking day. A very worthwhile days walking.
|Posted May 1, 2006 5:00 pm
|Gangolf Haub
|Normal to Ben Lawers
|Ben Lawers might not be a high summit, it even has a kept stairway trail to its top (which was in the process of being renewed when we climbed the mountain. Yet, thanks to Scottish weather even a hill like Ben Lawers can be memorable. We froze our asses off trying to take in a lunch on the wind swept top.
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The Arkansas Tech softball program is scheduled to offer a pair of softball camps this summer with emphasis on hitting, pitching, catching and skills.
The first camp is a two-day hitting and skills camp scheduled for July 13-14. The second, which is devoted entirely to pitching and catching, is slated for July 27-28.
Both camps are open to children between the ages of 6-18 and will run from 9 a.m.-12 p.m. each day at FastPitch World. The cost of the camps is $70, and registration will begin at 8:30 a.m. on both July 13 and July 27.
Participants at either camp are asked to bring a glove, a bat, batting gloves and either tennis shoes or cleats.
For more information, contact Tech softball coach Gidget Pambianchi at 964-3231 by e-mail at email@example.com.


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By Dara
Mother's Day: May 11th, 2008
With the end of April and the beginning of May, flowers seem to be blossoming beautifully this year. The beautiful flowers and the warm weather is definitely a reminder that Mother's day is coming up soon. It's one of the greatest days for us to show our appreciation. Did you know that Anna Jarvis created this special day in 1908? She was a homesick gal who moved to Philadelphia in 1864 from West Virginia and after her Mother passed away she wanted to honor her by honoring all Mothers.
If you have not yet decided on a gift, may I suggest the flower pin? Almost all women enjoy the sight of beautiful flowers. However, after a couple of days the flower seems to just die away. For that reason I've made my own DIY flower pin. This way, my Mother can keep it as a reminder that the love I have for her is as gentle and internal as the flower pin I've made her.
Not only can she use the pin on her garments or handbag, but she can use it on accessories as well. The one I've made here, I hooked the pin onto a chain and created this stylish necklace. I've also made other styles of flower pins so she can switch the flowers to match her garment. The pins are very easy to make. Just choose a couple of trims you like. Either grosgrain, silk, satin or any decorative styles of trim. You can also mix and match like I did.
If you decided to make a flower pin, please do share. We'd all love to see how it turned out or if you decided to make something else, I'm sure everyone would enjoy it as well. The more ideas the merrier.
- ½ yard of any style or fabric trim you choose. (Recommend size 1 ½" or larger in width)
- ½ yard of another style of fabric trim you choose. (Smaller than the other trim you've chosen)
- Stitching needle
- Thread (Color should match with the fabric trim you've chosen)
- Any style shank-button you choose
- Pin-back
- Straight pin
- Lay the smaller trim on top of the larger trim. Make sure the smaller trim is aligned with the left side of the larger trim.
- Using straight pins, pin the trims in place.
- Using the matching thread begin hand-stitching the trim along the left side. Be sure to stay close to the edge and start from the backside of the larger trim.
- Space each stitch at least ½" apart.
- When you get to the end of the trim, remove the straight pins
- Then using your fingers, push the end of the trim back towards the beginning of the trim.
- Stitch the end in place.
- Turn the trim around so that the larger trim is facing you.
- Make sure the edges of both ends of the trim is facing you as well
- Stitch the edges together, allowing the trim to form a flower shape.
- Turn the trim around and add your button in the center.
- Stitch the button into the center.
- On the backside of the flower, now stitch the pin-back onto the center.
- Now your flower pin is ready to be wrapped in a pretty box for your Mother.


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The Dark Knight wrote:
To the social norms of today, none of the above mention relationships would be acceptable...Many of our laws speak directly to this. I do remember people being upset about Buffy and Angel relationship. Sorry, have no knowledge of "Let the Right One In" what so ever.
I would also agree that SM books are very tame even in the YA section of vampires. The reason I posted this comments was to answer another persons post. They asked how anyone could be creeped out about Edward. I think the general public has grown confortable with vampires stalking their prey but still have issue with the underage relationships with adults. Hope this answer any of your questions...
thanks, but I didn't really have a question. was just answering that statement, but I get what you mean.


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Belgian Company Leads the Way In Landfill Mining
Landfill mining is a rapidly growing area of waste management that is proving to be extremely profitable. About 50 miles east of Brussels, at Houthalen-Hecteren lies the Remo Milieubeheer landfill which dates back to the 1960s. It consists of industrial waste, household garbage and other things that landfills normally have – basically 16.5 million tons of trash.
Group Machiels, a Belgian waste management company owns the site and it has a 20-year plan to excavate the entire area. This will result in about 45% of its contents being recycled and the rest will be converted to electricity. The project which will become operational by 2014, is thought to be the first of its kind in the world. Group director Patrick Laevers explains that after a complex, multi-phase process the site will be turned back to nature. He calls this "Closing the Circle" and hopes that many such projects can be adopted in other parts of the world.
Fast Company reports that the group first started landfill research with three academic partners in 2006. They collected 2000-3000 tons of material for testing, assessing each area of the site for recycling and energy-generation value. The group has formed a joint venture with Advanced Plasma Power, a U.K. based energy-to-waste company. Advanced Plasma converts non-recyclable material into clean-burning natural gas. This generates electricity for 100,000 homes and the residue is converted into a building material called Plasmarok.
Not only can material from landfills be reclaimed for recycling and energy generation but the reclaimed land can be used for property development. The OECD says 3 billion tons of trash a year will be hitting landfills worldwide by 2030, up from 1.6 billion in 2005, although reliable statistics about volume of waste in landfills is hard to come by.
Article continues: http://www.triplepundit.com/2011/09/belgian-company-leads-landfill-mining/


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I live in Cambridgeshire and have found many of these little beetles in my paintings and photographs. I thought they may be woodworm, hopefully not, but looking at my picture frames there are no holes or anything so a little stumped. They are very small and difficult to picture however I have tried my best using a magnifying glass and my mobile phone. Hopefully someone can tell me what they are and whether I should be worried about them, I must have come across about 500 of them at least!
I don't think these are beetles, I suspect that they are thrips (Thysanoptera). They do tend to find their way indoors in cold weather. They are also an indoor plant pest - in fact they have been known to cause problems for people growing cannabis... Do you have any house plants? ;-]
Hi Clive.
Thank you for your quick response to my question.
I only have a single orchid in my house which I received after coming across these little bugs so dont think that is to blame. In fact, I believe they may have come from a picture framing company called APB Framing in Huntingdon that I used a while back as it looks like all the paintings and photographs I have had framed by them are infested with these small bugs and no other pictures are affected.
I've googled pictures of thrips as you suggest and they do look very similar although I dont think any of these bugs have wings, well, none that are visible. I am going to buy a microscope so I can look at them closer and hopefully be able to provide a much closer picture should I think it is something other than thrips.
I will let you know how I get on.
Thank you.