text: U-17 Boys in European weekend action March 23, 200812:00AM PDT Previous Next Vancouver Whitecaps FC U-17 Boys Prospects encountered wintry conditions in the Netherlands over the weekend.The team's first game against Barking Abbey (a touring English academy team) had to be called 15 minutes into the second half, as the snow had completely covered the field. By that time, all the boys had been able to get some of the jet-lag out and, even though they were tired, it was good to have been in action.On Saturday, it was on to the Blauw-Wit Tournament, where we would face some impressive opposition. The weather was still very cold and the winds were strong. Rain and wet snow fell intermittently all day.In the first game against Vitesse Arnhem (whose first team we watched play against NAC Breda in a spectacular Dutch Eredivisie game the night before), the young Whitecaps immediately took the initiative with high pressure and quick attacking play against the current number seven-ranked side in the Dutch U-17 Eredivisie. This resulted in two early chances, the first one well saved by the Vitesse goalkeeper, but the second one got the Whitecaps on the scoreboard.It was Jordan Whitehead that pressured the left fullback and won the ball, which he immediately passed to Brayden Gant. He played the ball forward in the path of Sahil Sandhu, who beat one defender and slotted the ball coolly past the goalkeeper for 1-0. The rest of the first half set the tone for the rest of the tournament, as the Whitecaps created a number of good chances, but failed to capitalize.In the second half, and with the wind at their backs, Vitesse pressured hard and scored the equalizer on a well-executed corner, as an Arnhem midfielder came from deep to head the ball home for 1-1. The second half maintained a very high pace and there were chances on both sides to break the deadlock, but both teams had to settle for the draw.In the second group game, the Whitecaps played Germany's VFB Hilden (Residency player Navid Mashinchi's former club), who needed a result after they were beaten 1-0 by the Danish side Koge in their first game. Against the run of play, as the Whitecaps were completely dominating the game and creating chances at will with a varied attack, Hilden took the lead just before halftime. From that moment on, the young Germans did everything to interrupt the flow of the play, kicking balls way off the park, embellishing injuries, and arguing calls. Still, the young Whitecaps generated many chances, but no one was able to hit the back of the net, and Hilden held on for the 1-0 win.The third group game would determine if we would end up in the one to four bracket or the five to eight bracket. We knew we had to beat Koge in order to finish second in the group. Again, the Whitecaps took the initiative and created chances, but the story seemed to repeat itself when the Danes scored on their first chance after 15 minutes.Now needing two goals, the Whitecaps continued their torrid pace in attack and got one back when Brayden Gant scored early on a low cross from Ian Clark. The Danes had to endure wave after wave of attack for the remainder of the game, but either the goalkeeper got in the way or the woodwork (Ian Clark with three minutes remaining) stopped the Whitecaps from scoring, as the game finished in a 1-1 draw.In sunny and cold conditions, the tournament's second day saw crossover and placement action, with the Whitecaps playing the team from assistant coach Les Krivak's hometown of Kosice in Slovakia. Maybe the Whitecaps put a bit too much pressure on themselves to win this game for Les because the performance was not as crisp and many of the one-versus-one battles were lost to a very hungry Kosice side. With one goal in each half, Kosice claimed a 2-0 win and advanced to the fifth-place game, while the Whitecaps had to look forward to a game for seventh place.It seemed that in the final tournament game that the Whitecaps released all of their frustrations from their previous missed chances by thrashing Danish club Roskilde 8-1. Goals from Sahil Sandhu (2), Riley Newport (2), Ben Hemphill (2), Brandon Ho and Jordan Whitehead gave Vancouver the result. Impressive was how the Whitecaps kept their cool against an undisciplined and physical Roskilde side.It was Vitesse Arnhem – for whom the Whitecaps drew with in their first game –that won the Blauw-Wit Tournament with a 2-1 victory over fellow Dutch side FC Groningen. This showed the young Whitecaps that they can play with some of the best teams in Holland and Europe, but that it comes down to doing all the little things right - being focused from beginning to end, winning the individual battles and capitalizing on their chances. With that experience, the Whitecaps will go into their second, one-day tournament at BVV Barendrecht on Monday. It is a tournament that has been shrunk down because of the field conditions. 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Chevron Wins Injunction Against Ecuadorean Plaintiffs
By LAWRENCE HURLEY of Greenwire
Published: March 8, 2011
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Chevron Corp. scored a major legal victory last night when a federal judge ruled that plaintiffs who won an $8.6 billion judgment for pollution in Ecuador cannot seek to collect damages in the United States or in other countries.
U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan of the Southern District of New York issued a 131-page opinion explaining in detail his reasoning for granting a preliminary injunction.
Kaplan raised serious concerns about the legitimacy of the judgment against Chevron issued by a judge in Lago Agrio, Ecuador, last month for environmental damage caused by Texaco Petroleum Corp. before it was acquired by Chevron in 2001.
The injunction was a response to racketeering claims made by Chevron, which claims the entire case against it is an extortion scheme (Greenwire, Feb. 2).
Kaplan's ruling, in theory, prevents the plaintiffs from enforcing the Lago Agrio ruling anywhere outside Ecuador. It's a vital point because Chevron has no assets in Ecuador, so the plaintiffs were expected to look to the United States and other countries where Chevron operates.
The opinion (pdf) states that Kaplan's ruling is binding on various parties involved with the plaintiffs, including Steven Donziger, the American lawyer who has led the fight against Chevron since 1993. Donziger, the plaintiffs and other lawyers are now barred from "any action or proceeding, outside the Republic of Ecuador, for recognition or enforcement of the judgment previously rendered," Kaplan wrote.
The move was not unexpected, as Kaplan had already granted a temporary restraining order that had the same effect as the injunction while he considered Chevron's request (Greenwire, Feb. 9).
But the plaintiffs, who plan to appeal, say it's not clear whether Kaplan's ruling would prevent them from seeking to enforce the ruling in courts outside the United States.
The Ecuadorean plaintiffs and their lawyers in Ecuador maintain that "they are not under the jurisdiction of Judge Kaplan, and he does not have authority to enjoin them from seeking enforcement outside of the United States with non-U.S. attorneys," said spokeswoman Karen Hinton.
After the case goes through the appeals process in Ecuador, the plaintiffs still hope to "lawfully enforce the judgment of their own country's courts in any of the dozens of nations around the world where Chevron has assets," she added.
Chevron spokesman Kent Robertson welcomed the ruling.
The plaintiffs should not be able to profit from a ruling "that does not provide due process and from a judgment that they have procured through fraud and corruption," he said.
Among Kaplan's key considerations was whether the ruling in Ecuador deserves to be recognized by overseas courts.
Chevron has demonstrated that the legal system in Ecuador and the way in which the judgment was reached were questionable, Kaplan wrote.
"There is abundant evidence before the court that Ecuador has not provided impartial tribunals or procedures compatible with due process of law," he wrote.
The legal system in Ecuador has been corrupt for years, but "the situation has worsened" since leftist President Rafael Correa took office in 2007, Kaplan added.
Correa "continues to threaten and pressure judges at all levels, particularly those hearing suits that implicate government interests," he wrote.
Kaplan also noted evidence that the plaintiffs sought to use "pressure tactics" to influence the judge in Ecuador and helped prepare an independent expert's report that was introduced as evidence in the case.
In a separate order, Kaplan also rejected a request from Donziger that the case be transferred to a different judge, in part due to an assertion that Chevron inappropriately sought to have the case assigned to Kaplan in the belief that he is sympathetic to the company's position. The request was meritless, Kaplan said.
Click here (pdf) to read the opinion granting a preliminary injunction.
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The Montessori School of Celebration began when a group of parents in the newly formed town of Celebration got together in 1997 with the common goal of providing a Montessori education for their children and for the community at large. Led by Karin and Lance Boyer, they joined forces with Helen DeVere and Karen Simon, from the Orlando Montessori Teacher Education Institute and worked diligently to make the goal a reality. On June 14th, 1999 the school opened its doors for the Summer School session, with two classrooms for 3-6 year old children. In August, 2001, the school went through its first expansion and began a Lower Elementary classroom for 6-9 year old children. In 2004, we moved into a new, larger building where we have two 3-6 year old classrooms, one Lower Elementary classroom (6-9 year olds), one Upper Elementary classroom (9-12 year olds) and a growing Adolescent Program classroom (12-16 year olds).
Visitors who enter our school for the first time often comment on the sense of peace, beauty order, tranquility and joy they encounter in the classroom environments. They comment on the focused work they observe from the children and the joy of learning that they sense coming from them. Our students are eager to come to school each day as they know that they can learn in an environment in which lively discussions and lessons are part of each day and that there is respect between adults and children. Our teachers are inspired educators who join together with students and parents to make MSC a vibrant and unique school.
At MSC we are committed to building a strong sense of community amongst students, families and staff members. We have around 120 children from about 80 families. Many of our families live in the town of Celebration, but others come from neighboring communities. Part of what makes MSC such a special place is the diverse backgrounds of our families, representing many different countries around the globe. We come together as a motivated community with the common goal of making our school an energetic learning community which honors children and their progress as a whole person: academically, emotionally, socially and developmentally.
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Favorites and duds from today's commenting.
Everybody okay out there? You sure? Today was......lackluster.
Favorites, in no particular order:
Here's a cute little knee-slapper from RMJ=H in the Opening Ceremony Mistake post. Understandably, people had fun with the visuals on this story. Some more successfully than others. This was a good one.
And an equally goofy volley from DougExeter in the Racist Flame post. Seemed simple enough, but hey, at least one idiot didn't get it.
The dysfunctional Sochi Olympics horse will eventually die, but Gene Rayburner squeezed a little fun out of this beating in the same post. Nice little recontextualization there.
Rounding out the skeleton crew tonight is Milo Minderbender with this effortless jab in the Russian Beer post. That's probably the best pure joke of the night, but it just doesn't feel like a day that earned a COTD. Wednesday's COTD is double, alright? It's like a skins game, except we're all losers.
Total Fucking Duds
Well, this thread was fucking stupid. But don't worry, I'm sure newcomer Barry Petchesky will figure out what the comments should be like soon.
Simpsons gifs and huge text walls! It's like someone invented a time machine that only goes back to shitty joke eras of the Deadspin comment section. And Tamit766 is our Mr. Peabody.
I think Spilly writes about unusual foods. Well, this dumb ass picture comment (and stupid meme prompt from Timothy Burke) made me want to shoot myself in the head.....nachos. Whatever.
Couching your garbage joke in an ironic frame only works if you can actually squint and see the humor in it, Hit Bull Win Steak. This is just regular garbage. But hey don't stop there, why not produce even more offensive garbage? A banner day for HBWS.
Classic shot at Fetal Alcohol Syndrome here from Will Gordon. Those kids deserved to be taken down a peg, thanks.
But since we can't go a whole day without having multiple posts infected by memes, here's Nikkolai expending the least possible effort to make sure the comment section stays as unreadable and stupid as possible.
Finally, here's a huge fucking picture of a guy in his underwear. Thanks, What a Silly Bunt. Knock it off.
Ladies and gentlemen, there was a simply overwhelming amount of outrageously idiotic bullshit on display out there today. I made the mistake of consuming it all at once, right now, before I go to bed. It's a tremendous way to go to bed pissed off. Highly recommended. Goodnight, and good weekend.


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WELCOME to another full week of daily blogs here on the Angler's Mail website, and we start with the Monday carp fishing blog by Matt Rand on behalf of the guys at tackle brand ACE.
We hope you enjoy the blog, and share it with your friends on Facebook and Twitter by clicking the icons above, or by the "old skool" method of telling fellow anglers! Feel free also to comment by using the special space at the bottom on this page.
THE last month has been manic at the ACE HQ, with many of our anglers trying to get a few sessions in before the really cold weather arrives, and the rest of us preparing for Tackle & Guns trade show.
As I type, the first of frost of the year is visible outside, clearly showing that winter will soon be upon us. Luckily, there is still plenty of time before the water temperatures cool, so big hits are still on the cards!
ACE employee Gerrard Williams had a result on a session to a large Cambridgeshire syndicate water, when he slipped the net under a cracking 30lb mirror. The fish fell to the ever-popular Sit Up and Beg rig incorporating the ACE Kickers, Tungsten Beads and soon to be released stiff rig hooks.
Hookbait of choice was one of the new Dynamite Baits Terry Hearn 10mm Fluro 'The Crave' Pop-Ups, fished over a big bed of standard 15mm bottom baits. Gerrard also managed to add another mid-double during his 24-hour session.
The ever consistent Hofgartner brothers were also back amongst the fish, with Simon taking the top spot this month when he landed a fish he had wanted for a number of years now. The fish known as the 'woodcarving', weighed in at 26lb 8oz, but as you'll see from the photo's it is a truly stunning fish. Simon actually added an even larger fish during the session weighing in at 31lb 8oz.
All of his fish fell to ACE Riga-Mortis constructed choddies fished over a bed of Dynamite Baits 15mm white chocolate boilies with a matching 15mm pop-up as hookbait.
Dan Cleary had another result when he once again returned to Belgium to fish the countries large canals. This time during a short stay he managed to land a cracking mirror weighing in at 35lb 8oz, as well as a lovely 24lb example. Both fish fell to Dan's rods after he had moved swim four times!
The 35 fell to double 20mm Savoury Spice Boilie fished on a rig comprising of ACE Re-Action subtle braid and our Hard-On Leadcore.
Once again the Sit Up and Beg rig has been working well for me, with River fish of 22lb 10oz and a surprise 16lb 8oz river koi falling to its effectiveness. Both fish picked up the new 10mm Fluro 'The Crave' hookbaits.
I even managed to put the rods out overnight whilst out on a feature and was woken to a right lump of a mirror carp weighing in at 27lb 8oz – it certainly didn't look like the river fish! This fish also fell to the same tactics.
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#include <sys/ksynch.h>void cv_init(kcondvar_t *cvp, char *name, kcv_type_t type, void *arg);
void cv_wait(kcondvar_t *cvp, kmutex_t *mp);
void cv_signal(kcondvar_t *cvp);
void cv_broadcast(kcondvar_t *cvp);
int cv_wait_sig(kcondvar_t *cvp, kmutex_t *mp);
clock_t cv_timedwait(kcondvar_t *cvp, kmutex_t *mp, clock_t timeout);
clock_t cv_timedwait_sig(kcondvar_t *cvp, kmutex_t *mp, clock_t timeout);
Solaris DDI specific (Solaris DDI).
A pointer to an abstract data type kcondvar_t.
A pointer to a mutual exclusion lock (kmutex_t), initialized by mutex_init(9F) and held by the caller.
Descriptive string. This is obsolete and should be NULL. (Non-NULL strings are legal, but they're a waste of kernel memory.)
The constant CV_DRIVER.
A type-specific argument, drivers should pass arg as NULL.
A time, in absolute ticks since boot, when cv_timedwait() or cv_timedwait_sig() should return.
Condition variables are a standard form of thread synchronization. They are designed to be used with mutual exclusion locks (mutexes). The associated mutex is used to ensure that a condition can be checked atomically and that the thread can block on the associated condition variable without missing either a change to the condition or a signal that the condition has changed. Condition variables must be initialized by calling cv_init(), and must be deallocated by calling cv_destroy().
The usual use of condition variables is to check a condition (for example, device state, data structure reference count, etc.) while holding a mutex which keeps other threads from changing the condition. If the condition is such that the thread should block, cv_wait() is called with a related condition variable and the mutex. At some later point in time, another thread would acquire the mutex, set the condition such that the previous thread can be unblocked, unblock the previous thread with cv_signal() or cv_broadcast(), and then release the mutex.
cv_wait() suspends the calling thread and exits the mutex atomically so that another thread which holds the mutex cannot signal on the condition variable until the blocking thread is blocked. Before returning, the mutex is reacquired.
cv_signal() signals the condition and wakes one blocked thread. All blocked threads can be unblocked by calling cv_broadcast(). You must acquire the mutex passed into cv_wait() before calling cv_signal() or cv_broadcast().
The function cv_wait_sig() is similar to cv_wait() but returns 0 if a signal (for example, by kill(2)) is sent to the thread. In any case, the mutex is reacquired before returning.
The function cv_timedwait() is similar to cv_wait(), except that it returns -1 without the condition being signaled after the timeout time has been reached.
The function cv_timedwait_sig() is similar to cv_timedwait() and cv_wait_sig(), except that it returns -1 without the condition being signaled after the timeout time has been reached, or 0 if a signal (for example, by kill(2)) is sent to the thread.
For both cv_timedwait() and cv_timedwait_sig(), time is in absolute clock ticks since the last system reboot. The current time may be found by calling ddi_get_lbolt(9F).
For cv_wait_sig() and cv_timedwait_sig() indicates that the condition was not necessarily signaled and the function returned because a signal (as in kill(2)) was pending.
For cv_timedwait() and cv_timedwait_sig() indicates that the condition was not necessarily signaled and the function returned because the timeout time was reached.
For cv_wait_sig(), cv_timedwait() or cv_timedwait_sig() indicates that the condition was met and the function returned due to a call to cv_signal() or cv_broadcast(), or due to a premature wakeup (see NOTES).
These functions can be called from user, kernel or interrupt context. In most cases, however, cv_wait(), cv_timedwait(), cv_wait_sig(), and cv_timedwait_sig() should not be called from interrupt context, and cannot be called from a high-level interrupt context.
If cv_wait(), cv_timedwait(), cv_wait_sig(), or cv_timedwait_sig() are used from interrupt context, lower-priority interrupts will not be serviced during the wait. This means that if the thread that will eventually perform the wakeup becomes blocked on anything that requires the lower-priority interrupt, the system will hang.
For example, the thread that will perform the wakeup may need to first allocate memory. This memory allocation may require waiting for paging I/O to complete, which may require a lower-priority disk or network interrupt to be serviced. In general, situations like this are hard to predict, so it is advisable to avoid waiting on condition variables or semaphores in an interrupt context.
Here the condition being waited for is a flag value in a driver's unit structure. The condition variable is also in the unit structure, and the flag word is protected by a mutex in the unit structure.
mutex_enter(&un->un_lock); while (un->un_flag & UNIT_BUSY) cv_wait(&un->un_cv, &un->un_lock); un->un_flag |= UNIT_BUSY; mutex_exit(&un->un_lock);
At some later point in time, another thread would execute the following to unblock any threads blocked by the above code.
mutex_enter(&un->un_lock); un->un_flag &= ~UNIT_BUSY; cv_broadcast(&un->un_cv); mutex_exit(&un->un_lock);
It is possible for cv_wait(), cv_wait_sig(), cv_timedwait(), and cv_timedwait_sig() to return prematurely, that is, not due to a call to cv_signal() or cv_broadcast(). This occurs most commonly in the case of cv_wait_sig() and cv_timedwait_sig() when the thread is stopped and restarted by job control signals or by a debugger, but can happen in other cases as well, even for cv_wait(). Code that calls these functions must always recheck the reason for blocking and call again if the reason for blocking is still true.
If your driver needs to wait on behalf of processes that have real-time constraints, use cv_timedwait() rather than delay(9F). The delay() function calls timeout(9F), which can be subject to priority inversions.


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Finalist: Indigo Studio
I first saw Indigo Studio an excellent, storyboard and wireframe designer in action a few months when evaluating Infragistics' comprehensive NetAdvantage Ultimate package. Since then, Indigo Studio has gained considerable momentum in the user interface design tool sector. Running on both Mac OS X and Windows, Indigo Studio offers designers and developers a fast, painless way to draw out storyboards and hook these up to screen mockups with working UI elements. In addition, it's currently available at no cost.
It comes prepopulated with various usage scenarios that can be dropped into a storyboard and edited to fit the current application. The wireframing can be done easily from there in Indigo, which provides easy-to-use tools to get from concept to to prototype quickly. The resulting prototypes can be run on any mobile device that supports HTML5. To get a quick overview of how this all works, the vendor, Infragistics, provides a quick walk-through video.
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You don't have it in your hands yet, but you can see it. You can hear it, and you can smell it. It's sitting in the same room with you, just feet away. Imagine the joy you would feel. Imagine the anticipation that would fill every inch of your body. You never thought that you'd get to have this. You've dreamed about it, but you've never imagined it was actually attainable.
Then, half of a minute before it would be yours, thirty seconds before you could share your limitless joy with the world, it's violently destroyed right in front of you. It's smashed to bits with a sledgehammer, and the bits are set on fire. Then you are left to clean up the debris, alone. Imagine that.
That's what happened to me yesterday.
Understandably, Seahawks fans are tending to focus on the future: On the vast potential of this young team, and the boundless talents of Russell Wilson. But I'm not there yet. I still feel like there is a rat inside my skull, gnawing on my brain. I'm torturing myself with the knowledge that in some alternate reality, Pete Carroll kicked a field goal on 4th and 1... or Russell Wilson didn't take that sack at the end of the 1st half... or Lynch's TD got overturned and we got to run a few more seconds off the clock... or Carroll didn't ice Atlanta's kicker as he Norwooded the decisive field goal attempt. If ANY of those things happen, we win. If any of those things happen, right now we're preparing to face a 49ers team that we hold a distinct psychological advantage over, with a trip to Super Bowl XLVII on the line. Instead, it's over. The season is dead. Our dreams are dead. This team was good enough to win the Super Bowl, and the harsh reality is that there's no guarantee that's they'll ever have a better shot than the one they just squandered. We all HOPE they will bounce back, but the boulder has rolled all the way back down to the bottom of the mountain. It might not ever get pushed to the top. Just ask a Browns fan... or a Lions fan.
I cried after that game yesterday. The only more painful defeat I've ever experienced as a Seahawks fan was Super Bowl XL. It was worse than the 4th-quarter collapses of 2004. It was worse than the OT playoff losses to Houston in '87 or Green Bay in '03 or Chicago in '06. It was the most vivid possible illustration of the amoral cruelty of this game: Three quarters of torment, then one quarter of stirring, inspirational effort, capped with thirty seconds of sadistic torture. It was the kind of defeat that makes you feel like a schmuck for caring about anything.
So I'm at one of those vulnerable points where the jeering disdain of the jaded and cynical rings in my head. Why do I allow the results of a children's game to make me feel this awful? Why is my emotional state at the mercy of a group of people over which I exert no control or influence? How much of a fucking loser am I?
Then I remember that the wins only matter if the losses hurt. I remember that I am the one who gives meaning to this children's game, and that I am not alone. I have chosen to give this meaning, as have my brother, my Mom, my friends, and millions of other people. It's possible that the Seahawks might not ever push the boulder to the top of the mountain, but they MIGHT. That hope, and the knowledge that I will get to share that glorious moment with the people I care about, is what keeps me going.
I'll feel better later. But right now? I'm grieving. That might sound pathetic, but it's the truth. The 2012 Seahawks are gone. A lot of the players will be back next fall, but that team won't necessarily be the same, or even better. Not only are they gone, but they were snuffed out in the most traumatic manner imaginable. My heart is shredded.
So that's where I'm at today. How about y'all?
8 comments:
- Paul Beyer said...
I think you nailed it right on the head. It was devastating and many tears were shed. I stood in the middle of my living room after the TD in both disbelief and overwhelming joy. I'm sure my neighborhood joined me in the self-chant of SEA....HAWKS! I could only compare the feeling to Game 5 of the 1995 Mariners Season. It was a surreal dream that had texture and taste. Then the pessimist said, the Falcons still have time and 2 timeouts. It was almost like I said it and then it became reality. I knocked on the my wood coffee table to avoid the ramfarts moment, but it was too late. One knocked down pass, one sack, one tipped ball...there were multiple things going through my mind. Then I said it again, "Don't call TO Pete! Don't give Bryant a chance to calm himself before the kick!!"...and then he did. I'm probably one of the many SEAHAWK fans that felt it was my fault somehow. I changed the equilibrium of sports universe with my chanting and sudden thoughts that suddenly became reality. Why did I do that...RAMFARTS! But then I realized how honored I felt to cheer for this team this year. They were so special and probably more memorable because non of us saw this coming. We knew 2005 was solid...this was different. Our future is more than bright...it is a shining example on the hill that other teams around the NFL are quaking in their knees to face. We will roll the boulder back up the hill and every 12 will be right in step with this team come July. 2012 was only the beginning of story that we all will tell for years to come.
- January 14, 2013 at 8:27 PM
- DJJeoff said...
I hear you brother. During the kick after Marshawn's score I checked my pulse just to make sure that my heart was still working right (I literally did). It was an unbelievable high that I imagine even drugs cannot match, not having any first-hand knowledge on the subject. The whole Atlanta drive/FG fiasco that followed seemed like that moment at the end of a horror flick when you find out the killer isn't quite dead. Even still, I honestly believed that they would find a way to make something happen with the 8 seconds and decent field position they were given to close the game. I B3lieved. Right up to the moment Jones caught Wilson's Hail Mary. Then it was over. It seemed wrong, like a bad dream. Since then I've been meandering about looking for some sunshine in the dreary Upstate NY winter. I feel like I'm living the Country of Meh, on the Planet Blah. I'm trying to console myself with the thought that this team feels like the '84 Bears. On the verge of something great. It hasn't worked yet...
- January 14, 2013 at 11:47 PM
- Matt Strott said...
I'm with you. Grieving. This has been harder than the Super Bowl loss. I fell harder for this team than I did the 05 team...they had a special kind of magic that I have not felt since I was a kid. Like one jackass announcer said right before the wheels came off, "The Seahawks look like the team of destiny." They did and I believed it. It was like getting handed a winning lottery ticket, seeing that all the numbers were correct and then realizing you bought it for the wrong date just as you got kicked in the balls. So, I am grieving for the loss of the hopes and dreams smashed all over my living room floor along with the TV remote and trying to regain my strength to do this all again next year.
- January 15, 2013 at 5:01 AM
- Unknown said...
I'm with all of you. But this was on the defense. They could have won the game. They have given up what, four game-winning drives this year at the end? Credit also obviously goes to Atlanta for making the plays.
The defense is feeling like this right now: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wO_MYX_Oto0
- January 15, 2013 at 12:00 PM
- Andrew said...
I hear you man but I usually turn to you for perpetual optimism about the Seahawks; I fully expect a bounce-back positive post about the future once you've recovered from the initial grief.
This was the worst loss for me since the 1987 Houston Oilers playoff game; but then I was an immature 12 year old. It was worse, as a loss, than the Super Bowl even. Why is not entirely clear -- but I think the SB game felt sloppy and the Seahawks did not seem destined to win at all. Sunday's game was different in its artistic sense and the loss was staggering. To see such resilience and unbelievable determination from Russell Wilson (and the entire team) was indescribably beautiful -- as much as you consider a game either beautiful or artistic.
But there also was so much hope and optimism springing immediately from the disappoinment. You are not seeing any finger-pointing or head-scratching...more it is just a matter of saying "what if" and then following that up with "...just wait til next year."
31 teams go home each year saying "just wait til next year..." but I guarantee none of those teams have as much to be excited about next season as the Seahawks and their fans do.
We'll see. Until then, we can wax poetic about Amazing Russell Wilson.
- January 15, 2013 at 3:19 PM
- Brandan said...
Part of me puts it on the defense and the other part gives credit to Atlanta. They played fairly conservative the entire fourth quarter, outside of the pass that was intercepted. Also, the offense had a drive that they had to punt on in the fourth quarter, in part because of the Sidney Rice drop and the chop block called on Unger. At least if Rice catches it, they get a do-over on that down.
I went through the long list of "what ifs" in my head as I tried to get to sleep the night after the game and just typing them out in my blog was helpful to me, but it definitely was disappointing moreso than other losses I can remember. Particularly because I think this was a team that had the ability to win it all. I'm not sure I even feel that way about the 2005 Seahawks team until after they won the NFC Championship.
I got over it quickly by thinking about it like this. If someone came to you and said they get naming rights over your next born child (or something similarly "unique and irreplaceable, with intensely personal significance") for the Seahawks to have a one-point lead with 30 seconds left in the game and Atlanta gets the ball on the 30. You would take that right? So up until that point, you just have to erase all of those "what ifs" and just be disappointed that the defense allowed that drive to happen and give credit to the other team for making plays. It's still disappointing, but I feel like it lessens it a bit . . . and you just have to hope your next born doesn't end up with a stripper name.
- January 15, 2013 at 3:29 PM
- neurocell said...
It's been hard to go to Seahawk' sites. I haven't even read an article from Field Gulls since the game.
Ever since I was a little kid, the Hawks have been able to bring me joy. It's always hurt when they lost, but I'm able to cope, even if it takes me a few hours. Twice it was harder.
(This is not meant for pity. I'm going to state what happened so that you know what I'm speaking of. I have recovered from the first incident, and will from the second, as well.)
In March of 2005, I was hit by a drunk driver. I had a torn labrum, rotator cuff, whiplash, various muscle pulls, and a concussion (by far the worst injury.). I wasn't able to return to work for several months, and not fully for over a year. I followed the Seahawks more closely than I ever had. That loss hit me hard. I was with my nephew when we were hit. It was two days after my mother's funeral. She loved the Hawks. I was hoping that they'd win it all, in my own personal view, as a send-off to her. She would've been so happy. It didn't happen, and I felt that I'd let her down. It took a long time to come to grips with that loss, but because of a personal perception, I will never forgive those responsible for stealing that win.
Sunday was different. I'm recovering from a bilateral patella tendon rupture, and I lost another member of my family, my brother-in-law, last week. Putting these trying times into perspective, I know that a child's game doesn't mean as much as what we face on a daily basis, but it's a release. The Seahawks allow us to suspend reality for a few hours. After a win, we can cope a little better with life's curve balls. After a loss, we have to dig deep, and do our best Pedro Cerano impersonation while telling the world to ef you.
This loss hurt because we came from so far down. I say "we" because all of us invest so heavily in this team. Two weeks ago I stopped using a wheel chair. I'm ahead of schedule in my recovery, but Sunday I don't know how I got to my feet after that last touchdown. We invest so much, that when the Seahawks overcome a 20 point deficit, jumping out of a chair isn't all that hard.
Russell Wilson is already in the film room, and I'm doing PT. Not only do I feel better about the near future, but man, Johnny, does the next year look incredible.
- January 16, 2013 at 5:32 AM
- Noah Miller said...
Definitely one is not prepared for this kind of impact but are the ironies of sport. It was way too good to be true ... Totally agree ..
- January 21, 2013 at 10:47 AM


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Facebook has taken over my blogging, but I need not to let it take over my online journal aka blog.
Little Elijah is 5months old as of tomorrow. Ellie is 2yrs 3 months. Elijah is doing very well. He had a rough start because he was tongue tied and it was hard for him to nurse and even bottle feed, though he maybe got all of 2 bottles offered those first 6wks. Now all he wants to do is nurse, he refuses bottles all together. That's my boy, but it can get a little frustrating when I want a little time to myself. He wakes up every 2-3hrs still to eat at night. Blah, I want some sleep. He is so smart and very strong and has a temper. When I put him in his carseat he gets so mad that he stand up, yep, he stands up in it. When I change his diaper he doesn't do like Ellie did and just lay there relatively content, he rolls and pulls himself up. He makes it a very difficult task. Yesterday before we left for church I had Ellie put her little toys up a little doctor's kit that has a lid then put the box infront of the TV. When we got home from church I gave the kids a bath then let the watch a little video while I did dishes. I put Elijah down in the middle of the floor, about 3ft away from this box. He made his way to the box and toppled it over so he could play with the toys inside. He remembered toys were in there, figured out to go there, and he didn't even see the toys. I loved seeing him accomplish what he wanted to do. He is so different from Ellie. We never had to baby/child proof the house with her, but with him, I can already tell it will be different. He chews on everything he can get to, and he has been getting to everything for about 2wks now. It really is crazy.
Ellie is doing really well. She is a very good big sister. She's ready to be potty trained. I get her up from nap and her diaper is off and the bed is dry. She tells me when she has to go "stinky" so it'll be any day now, I know. She will repeat a lot after us. She repeats Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Act, and Romans. She "sings" a lot. Her favorite songs are Jesus Loves Me, Old McDondald, any other kiddie songs. She does some of the signs for Jesus Loves Me. I've started showing her a Your Baby Can Read DVD and it has really helped her vocabulary a lot. Her favorite color is blue. She has a Little Einstein toy that if she presses the red it says "red" same for yellow and blue. If she presses the yellow and blue at the same time it says "green" blue and red, it says "purple" and red and yellow it says "orange." When I ask her what her favorite color is she runs to get it and always presses the blue. Which leads me to her favorite past time activity, is coloring. She LOVES to color. She also loves to sort things. I took her to a gymnastic center and sure she played some, but she also took the foam blocks and lined them up. She also took the frisbies and one by one laid them out and then picked them up. Early intervention tested her because we applied for some help ih her CF related bills. They said that she is like a 3yr old or almost 3yr old in every area, except for speach which she just doesn't annunciate well enough. She says a lot we have no idea what she is saying. We all know she's very smart and she LOVES people. She seldom meets a stranger and loves playing with other kids. It's really cute watching her.
Simon has a new position with his job, making more money and home more which includes weekends which has been fun for us. I'm doing well. I wish I could keep my freakin house clean though. The living room doubles as a play room and it's small so it doesn't take much for it to look very messy. It's also the office. The kitchen doubles as a laundry room since that is where the washer and dryer is. If I really could get it all clean I would put laundry away as soon as it finished because there's no room to procrassinate. The counters are the pantry, because we really don't have much cabinet space. Ugh, I think we're outgrowing this house.
I'm sure there is more that I can talk about but if I'm going to blog more then I better leave some stuff for later. I know every single day I'm calling my mom or husband saying "guess what ____ did." It used to always be Ellie doing and saying stuff, but now Elijah is starting to do more that warrants phone calls.
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Protesters, police tussle as tents fall
Campers decry city "ambush," pepper spraying called outrage
ALBANY — The lengthy detente between the city and Occupy Albany ended Thursday evening when police used pepper spray on demonstrators in a struggle to dismantle their last remaining tent.
The Occupy group had returned to Academy Park across from City Hall at about 5:30 p.m. after parading the remains of their two-month encampment through the streets of Albany. The city had sent Department of General Services workers in to dismantle the site hours earlier after Occupy Albany's permit for 24-hour use of the park expired at 7 a.m. Protesters carried the sole remaining tent throughout Albany for about an hour, across the Capital, down Lark Street and through Arbor Hill.
Shortly after the group returned to Academy Park, police pushed through the crowd and engaged in a tug-of-war with the tent, which was shredded in pieces and carried off by authorities.
During the melee, an officer on a horse pepper-sprayed the crowd, dousing a number of protesters in the face, witnesses said. Chuck Nasmith, 56, said he got hit in the eyes, even though he used his "Who would Jesus evict?" sign as a shield.
"I said, 'Please stop it' and that's when he sprayed me like mad'," Nasmith said. "He would spray people and scream 'Go home' with a smile."
In a statement, police said only two people were pepper-sprayed, but a reporter spoke with at least half a dozen who had signs of being hit directly in the face by the spray and were still in pain. Cellphone video shows the mounted officer spraying throughout the crowd.
Protesters chanted "Shame on you" and "We are peaceful, you are not!" at the police. They also chanted the badge number of the officer who had allegedly sprayed the crowd.
One officer was overheard saying, "We're supposed to get out of their faces" as police moved across the street shortly after the melee.
In a news conference in the park, several members of the group appeared before the television cameras to show their reddened faces and to reinforce their criticism of corporate greed and a growing chasm between the wealthy and the rest of the country.
City Councilman Dominick Calsolaro was among the bystanders hit in the face by the pepper spray. One protester hit with the spray seemed to suffer a seizure afterward and was taken away in an ambulance.
"This is outrageous," said Mark Mishler, a member of Occupy Albany's legal team. "Completely unnecessary."
Officer James Miller, a police spokesman, said four protesters were arrested and were charged with obstruction of governmental administration and criminal contempt. Miller said two protesters, two police officers and a News 10 ABC cameraman suffered minor injuries during the confrontation in the park. A news conference planned for 9 p.m. was canceled at the last minute and Mayor Jerry Jennings remained quiet about the confrontation between police and the protesters, who had remained on cordial terms for months.
"We were in constant dialogue with representatives of Occupy Albany that included the discussion of health and safety issues of those encamped in the park," Miller said. "The actions taken today were based on a court order and were appropriate."
The confrontation began when members of the Occupy movement formed a chain surrounding a large information tent along the Washington Avenue side of the park in front of City Hall. However, when city workers moved in to take down the final tent, a standoff between protesters and police began. Protesters then pulled up the tent themselves and began marching down Washington Avenue carrying the tent aloft.
Police on mounted patrol walked their horses about 100 feet ahead of the group, as the spontaneous march looped from city hall to State and Lark streets to Washington Avenue and back down to Academy Park, snarling rush-hour traffic.
Albany police tried to keep pace ahead of the wandering group as best they could, positioning police cars and mounted patrol at corners and redirecting traffic. Many passing motorists honked at the protesters, some in solidarity, others in frustration as they tried to make their way home from work. Dozens who lived on the protest route stepped outside their homes to snap photos and gawk, and a number shouted support.
Until the confrontation with police, the mood during the march was celebratory, the event seeming to have invigorated the protesters who felt jilted by the city.
"I don't understand what happened, we had such a good relationship with the city for two months and then this happened over one tent," said Steve Oby, as he wiped pepper spray from his eyes.
Mishler said the city went around the protesters' backs to get a court order from state Supreme Court Justice Joseph Teresi.
"We've been legally ambushed," Mishler said. "The city lawyers went to a judge this morning to get this order. Even though we've been in constant dialogue with the city over the past weeks, they didn't give us the courtesy and respect we deserved."
Mishler said he asked to meet with Teresi to see if he would reconsider the immediate action but the judge said the city would not modify its order.
Stephen Rehfuss, an attorney who often represents the city on civil rights matters, explained that it obtained the injunction after weeks of negotiation and in response to "health and safety concerns."
"There have been three assaults in the last three to four days," Rehfuss said, explaining several of the actions involved homeless people. He said protesters were "not regulating safety."
Some of the protesters said the city's action was an ambush, and that it went back on the weeks-long collaborative dialogue. The encampment first formed on Oct. 21.
Rehfuss said it was "not necessarily a change in tactics."
"Of course they're going to say that. We've been meeting with them on a weekly basis ... they've been well aware of this."
Rehfuss said the order did nothing to restrict access to the park. It simply mandates the removal of any tents or signs stuck into the ground.
To the 15 to 20 General Services workers clad in jeans, boots and yellow jackets, protesters said, "you guys are ruining people's Christmas" and "you used to be the 99 percent, I'm not sure what you are anymore."
On Wednesday, representatives of the leaderless protest movement met with city officials and proposed they be allowed to remain overnight in the city park with a "small, winterized presence" of 10 tents past Thursday's deadline, when their permit to camp there expired.
The occupiers have been at the park 24 hours a day since Oct. 21 in defiance of the park's nightly curfew — until Dec. 7, when the city formally blessed the protest with a temporary permit in exchange for the protesters' consent to downsize to no more than 30 tents and remedy 15 code violations that fire officials labeled safety hazards.
Staff writers Casey Seiler and Jimmy Vielkind contributed to this article.


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Galaxy M82 and Jupiter imaged
The German-American Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, SOFIA, completed an important milestone by achieving 'first light' when it performed its first observations during the night between 25 and 26 May 2010. SOFIA is the only airborne observatory in the world, operated jointly by NASA and the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR). The observatory carried out observations of astronomical objects at infrared wavelengths in flight.
First Light
The modified Boeing 747SP houses a 2.5-metre reflecting telescope built in Germany under DLR management. The aircraft took off at 21:45 local time from its home base, the NASA Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility in Palmdale, California. During a eight-hour flight that reached 11,000 metres in altitude, the 18-person crew of scientists, engineers and technicians tested the telescope's performance to its limits and took the first infrared images of test objects in the night sky.
The crowning achievement of the night: scientists recorded images of the Messier 82 (M82) galaxy and of Jupiter, at wavelengths unobservable by ground- or space-based telescopes. The composite image of Jupiter shows heat pouring out of the planet's interior through holes in its clouds. In the infrared image of M82, it is possible to look through the galaxy's interstellar dust clouds to show several 'starburst' knots in which stars are forming by the tens of thousands. "It's tremendous for me personally to see these images; this feels like the culmination of my career," said USRA SOFIA Chief Science Advisor Eric Becklin. Becklin led the team that wrote the original proposal to NASA for the development and operation of SOFIA, and performed some of the first infrared observations of planets and galaxies in the 1960s.
Flying observatory
"SOFIA combines the effectiveness of satellite-based telescopes with the relatively easy maintenance of ground-based observatories," said Alois Himmes, SOFIA Project Manager at DLR, summing up its advantages. "SOFIA is comparable to a space observatory that comes home every morning," explained Himmes. "At its maximum observation ceiling, SOFIA is above more than 99 percent of the water vapour in Earth's atmosphere, and so can receive a large part of cosmic infrared radiation which is otherwise absorbed by Earth's atmosphere," added Paul Hertz, programme scientist at NASA.
The team that carried out the first light observations consisted of an international crew from NASA, the Universities Space Research Association (USRA) and the German SOFIA Institute (Deutsches SOFIA Institut; DSI). Also on board were Terry Herter and his colleagues from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. They operated their Faint Object InfraRed CAmera for the SOFIA Telescope, FORCAST, for this first in-flight observation. "With FORCAST, within minutes, we can make observations that are either impossible from the surface of the Earth or can be obtained only after many hours of exposure," said Herter.
US-German cooperation
The telescope itself has exceeded expectations. "The image stability and precision of the telescope alignment, which can only be obtained through extensive control engineering, has met all our targets and even exceeded them in some respects. This is exceptional performance, especially when you recall that these astronomical observations have been made with a huge telescope mounted in an aircraft flying at 800 kilometres per hour," pointed Thomas Keilig, from DSI, SOFIA Telescope Assembly and SI Integration Manager, responsible for testing the telescope.
"A preliminary examination of the first light data shows that the images are in fact sharp enough to enable cutting-edge astronomy. Now at last, the fun begins," said Alfred Krabbe, Director and scientific head of DSI. USRA and DSI direct the scientific operation of SOFIA on behalf of NASA and DLR.
Project duration 20 years
For Bob Meyer, the SOFIA programme manager at NASA, this successful first light flight is "the reward of many years of hard work. Hundreds of motivated and dedicated people have contributed to providing the international scientific community with this fantastic observation platform."
As its crowning achievement for the night, FORCAST acquired an image of Jupiter at a wavelength of 40 micrometers. For Earth-bound telescopes – even those on the highest mountaintops – such data is totally inaccessible. The image obtained with SOFIA shows the heat trapped within the planet since its birth, only escaping through gaps in its cloud cover. "For me personally, this is a dream come true after a wait of nearly 25 years," beams Hans-Peter Röser, Director of the Institute of Space Systems at the University of Stuttgart, where DSI is located. He has promoted German-American cooperation with SOFIA since 1985.
"This is an enormous step towards spectroscopic observations of the cold universe," added DSI Director Alfred Krabbe. "We are now awaiting forthcoming observations with GREAT, the German infrared spectrometer, under the leadership of Rolf Güsten at the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy in Bonn." GREAT is the German REceiver for Astronomy at Terahertz Frequencies.
Erick Young, SOFIA Science Mission Operations Director at USRA, added, "SOFIA's first light heralds a new era of astronomical discoveries. We stand at the threshold of a 20-year period of unprecedented infrared observations that will significantly expand our knowledge of the Universe."
About SOFIA
SOFIA, the 'Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy' is a joint project of the Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (German Aerospace Center; DLR, grant: 50OK0901) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). It is funded on behalf of DLR by the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Technologie; BMWi) on the basis of legislation by the German Parliament of the state of Baden-Württemberg and the Universität Stuttgart. Scientific operation for Germany is coordinated by the German SOFIA-Institute (DSI) of the Universität Stuttgart, in the USA by the Universities Space Research Association (USRA). The development of the German Instruments is financed by the Max Planck Society (Max-Planck-Gesellschaft; MPG) and the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft; DFG).


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Air China uses personally identifiable information to complete transactions and fulfill requests for our services. Air China requires you to provide personal information when making a reservation to purchase airline tickets or ancillary travel products and services on this web site, or enrolling in the PhoenixMiles program. In addition to processing, confirming and fulfilling the travel or other services you request, Air China may use these data for administrative and analytical purposes such as accounting, billing and audits, marketing, credit card processing and verification, customer-relations correspondence, and/or operation of the PhoenixMiles program and information systems management in relation to the aforementioned.
To the extent required by applicable law, we may disclose personally identifiable information to government authorities, or to third parties pursuant to a subpoena or other legal process, and we may also use or disclose your information as permitted by law to protect the rights or property of Air China, our customers, our website, or its users.
Air China does not sell any customer information or share your email address with third parties except in compliance with this policy. However, we may disclose customer information to companies affiliated with Air China and/or unaffiliated third parties to fulfill supply of the products and services you have requested. We may also disclose this information to third parties, such as employers, who have arranged for discounts, purchased travel or other services on your behalf, but only to the extent it is necessary for them to know such information. Additionally, Air China may combine the information we receive from you with information collected from other sources. This information would be used to provide offers and/or services specifically tailored to your interests. We will not use any data regarding your surfing behaviour for marketing purposes (except on an anonymous basis) without first obtaining your explicit consent.
If we sell a business unit to another company and your personal data is used by that business unit then your data may be transferred to the buyer along with the business for them to use in the same way. We will not transfer the data if this is contrary to law.
Please indicate you consent to your data being used as described in this section "How Your Information Will Be Used" by ticking the relevant box situated on the form on which we collect your data.
Where We Store Your Data
The data that we collect from you may be transferred to, and stored at, a destination outside the European Economic Area ("EEA") which may not have well developed data protection legislation in comparison with European law. It may also be processed by staff operating outside the EEA who work for any company within the Air China group or for one of our third party suppliers. These staff may be engaged in, among other things, the fulfilment of your booking, the processing of your payment details and the provision of support services. The purposes of the processing of your data are as set out in the first paragraph of "How Your Information Will Be Used". Those processing the data include service providers working with Air China providing internet booking engine services, computer reservation system services, online payment management services, and email services. Air China will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy policy.
In accordance with the provisions of Article 26 (1) of Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 1995 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (the Directive), a transfer of personal data to a country outside the EEA which does not ensure an adequate level of protection within the meaning of Article 25 (2) of such Directive may take place on the condition that the data subject has given his consent unambiguously to the proposed transfer. In this respect, by providing your data, you agree to the transfer, storing or processing of your personal data as described herein. Please indicate your consent to your data being transferred to a country outside of the EEA by ticking the relevant box situated on the form on which we collect your data.
The destinations outside the EEA referred to in the preceding paragraphs include the People's Republic of China.
Links To Other Sites
Air China uses links to other Internet sites to improve your experience of our website. We will always seek to make these links clear by opening them in a new window of your web browser. However, please be aware that these websites may be owned and run by other companies and organizations. Air China does not endorse any such websites and we are not responsible for the information, material, products or services contained on or accessible through those websites. Your access and use of such websites remains solely at your own risk. We cannot accept responsibility for any information you divulge to a linked website.
Please note that the Air China Privacy Policy does not cover these other websites, and Air China would recommend that you are apprised of their specific policies.
Your rights
If you have explicitly consented through our web site, we will, from time to time, use your data to deliver materials about products or services of Air China (and other selected third parties, including Air China ancillary travel and promotion partners) which may be of interest to you by e-mail. You have the right to ask us not to process your data for marketing purposes. You can exercise your right to prevent such processing by informing us through the opt-out boxes on the forms we use to collect your data or at any time thereafter by e-mailing at firstname.lastname@example.com.
For the avoidance of doubt, you may at any time object to our use of your data by sending an email to firstname.lastname@example.com.
If you are an existing Air China customer, we will only contact you by e-mail with materials about products or services similar to those which have been previously provided to you (unless you consent to receiving e-mails about other products or services by ticking the relevant box situated on the form when we collect your data).
If you are a new customer, and where we permit certain third parties to use your data, we (or they) will contact you by e-mail only if you have consented to this. We (or they) will contact you for the purposes of informing you about our (their) company news, products and services. Please indicate your consent to being contacted by e-mail by ticking the relevant box situated on the form on which we collect your data.
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A cookie is a text-only string of information that a website transfers to the cookie file of the browser on your computer's hard disk so that the website can remember who you are. Cookies will typically contain the name of the domain from which the cookie has come, the "lifetime" of the cookie, and a value, usually a randomly generated unique number. Two types of cookies are used on this website - session cookies, which are temporary cookies that remain in the cookie file of your browser until you leave the site, and persistent cookies, which remain in the cookie file of your browser for much longer (though how long will depend on the lifetime of the specific cookie). Most browsers have options that allow the visitor to control whether the browser will accept cookies, reject cookies, or notify the visitor each time a cookie is sent. You may elect to reject cookies by adjusting your browser's settings, but doing so will limit the range of features available to the visitor on our site and most other major websites that use cookies. To find out more information about cookies, please visit www.allaboutcookies.org.
Web beacons are used in conjunction with cookies to record the simple actions of the user opening the page that contains the beacon. When a user's browser requests information from a website in this way certain simple information can also be gathered, such as: the IP address of your computer; time the material was viewed; the type of browser that retrieved the image; and the existence of cookies previously set by that server. This is information that is available to any web server you visit. Web beacons do not give any "extra" information away. They are simply a convenient way of gathering the simplest of statistics and managing cookies.
API (Advance Passenger Information)
A growing number of destination countries oblige the airlines that fly to them to transmit passenger data before an aircraft lands in one of them. Usually, these legal regulations encompass the transmission of data on the passengers' identity and travel documents (passport, visa).
As a rule, an airline does not have these data, so it must collect them shortly before an aircraft departs, which increasingly is being done by means of the so-called 'machine-readable zone' in the new travel documents. If we are requested to transmit your passenger data to foreign authorities other than the United States or Canada, we will obtain your consent before doing so.
Collection of the data is done solely for immediate transmission to the authorities of the destination country.
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Air China takes your data security very seriously. In addition to complying with all applicable data security regulations, to ensure the highest possible security for the transmission of your data between your web browser and our internet system we use the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) encrypting technology. SSL is an industry standard way to send personal information over the Internet. It enables an encrypted communication respectively transfer of documents via the internet between web browser and web server. The URL of a website with SSL connection to your browser starts with https://. SSL is fast, secure, and it ensures that your personal information will not be read by anyone else.
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Vardar now owns 67% of Kvalheim Kraft, with Østfold Energi owning the remaining shares.
The transaction is part of Dong Energy's exit from onshore wind, to alllow it to focus on developing, constructing and operating offshore wind farms.
Samuel Leupold, executive vice president of Dong Energy Wind Power, said: "The onshore wind assets in Norway have been a good investment for Dong Energy.
"But as our core expertise is not in onshore wind, we have decided to divest these assets in Norway to allow us to focus our energy in the future in areas in which we can create maximum value i.e. offshore wind."
Kvalheim Kraft owns and operates Mehuken wind farm I and II in Vågsøy municipality, close to Norway's west coast, 300 kilometres north of Bergen.
Mehuken opened in 2001 with five wind turbines and a 4.25MW capacity, which was extended in 2010 with eight additional wind turbines with a 18.4MW capacity.
Since February 2013 Dong Energy has divested its onshore wind assets in Poland, Denmark and now Norway.


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From the Moving Forward, Standing Still series
Website - RonaChang.com
Rona Chang was born in Chungli, Taiwan, a town that is famous for its spicy beef noodle soup. After receiving her BFA from The Cooper Union School of Art she worked as a photographer for the Asian Art Department at the Metropolitan Museum of Art for nine years, where she photographed all of the Japanese woodblock prints, Indian paintings, and Chinese handscrolls in the collection. In 2007 she was an associate artist at the Atlantic Center of the Arts residency under the guidance of Thomas Struth. She is a recipient of En Foco's New Works #14 Fellowship. In 2011, she was awarded a grant by Queens Council on the Arts with public funding from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs for her series Moving Forward, Standing Still. Rona still lives in Queens, and travels often, attributing her desire to travel to her many childhood moves and her love for packing.
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We love celebrating holidays at Generations Senior Living! With St. Patrick's Day right around the corner, our residents participated in a special holiday-themed craft this week. The colorful shamrocks brightened the halls of our community with the luck of the Irish!
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Webinar Recap: Building Business to be the Best for the World with B Lab
For the March edition of our Best Practice Network Webinar Series, we talked with Vale Jokisch, Director of Services at B Lab about "Building Business to be the Best FOR the World." B Lab is a nonprofit organization dedicated to using the power of business to address the world's social and environmental challenges. Vale provided several insights on what it means to be a B Corporation and why it's relevant in today's world.
What is a B Corporation?
B Corps stand for more than just profit. They are companies that use the power of business to solve social and environmental problems. Vale described the B Corp certification process by saying simply: B Corps are to businesses what LEED Certification is to buildings. B Lab is the organization that certifies these organizations, ensuring they reach higher standards of social and environmental impact.
How does a company become a certified B Corp?
A company becomes a B Corp by getting certified through the B Impact Assessment. The certification required three steps.
1. Take the free Assessment and score 80+ points out of 200.
2. Adopt B Corp legal framework into the DNA of your company's mission.
3. Sign the Declaration of Interpendence and the B Corp term sheet.
Who is in the B Corp community?
There are currently 500+ B Corporations across 60 industries and 40 states. Companies range widely from having a social or environmental product focus, to companies that are drivers of regional sustainability and economic development.
Current Barriers to becoming a B Corp
Currently corporate law makes it difficult for companies to make an impact on sustainability and social causes. The focus for most companies is predominantly on shareholder value, with less legal ability to focus on social and environmental goals that the business may set out. There is also an ongoing issue to distinguish truly good companies from simply good marketing. These two concerns create an opportunity to move from shareholder to stakeholder value by becoming a certified B Corp.
Value of a B Corporation
B Corps allow companies to differentiate their brands, maintain company missions, save money, generate press, collaborate with other B Corps and improve and benchmark their performance. Even if a company does not qualify as certified B Corp, they can use the B Impact Assessment as a tool for benchmarking performance standards.
B Corps and Volunteering
From a research project completed by graduate students, it was found that 20% of all B Corps allow their employees 20+ hours per year to volunteer. Also, 25 Certified B Corps have more than 75% of their employees take paid time off to volunteer.
To find out more information, listen to the full recorded webinar here, and go to bcorporation.net to take the free B Impact Assessment.
Carley Klekas is a Marketing and Insights intern at VolunteerMatch. Connect with her at @theearthygal or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Sunday, January 22 2017
10:00am - 4:00pm
Robert Algermissen's Eagle Project
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Hello Troop,
My name is Robert Algermissen, and I am a member of the Flaming Arrows patrol in Troop 355. I am asking for some volunteers for my Eagle Service Project that will benefit Descanso Gardens. Here is what you need to know:
What: We will be building picnic tables for use at Descanso Gardens
When: January 21-22 10:00 am - 4:00 pm (snacks, drinks, and lunch will be provided)
Where: 1195 Arden Road, Pasadena
If you have questions please call me at 626-823-0093
Why: Descanso gardens has a clear need for these tables.
What to bring: Work gloves, work clothes, and closed toe shoes
This is a great opportunity for service hours whether they be for rank advancements or community service hours required for school.
Please let me know if you are available to come in advance so I can plan accordingly.
Thank you very much and I look forward to seeing you there!
Robert Algermissen
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text: Al-Ghazlanya, east of Damascus, is currently home to a large community of families displaced by the conflict. Most of these families live in unfinished buildings, where they lack electricity, running water and other basics. Working with the Syrian Arab Red Crescent and the local community, WFP is providing food assistance to over 8400 Syrian families. Khaled Al Nashar, an assistant field monitor explains.


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STOCKTON - Candidate for county sheriff Pat Withrow was surprised to learn Friday afternoon that his early placement of at least one campaign sign appears to be in violation of Stockton's city code. Upon notification, he said he planned to remove it.
STOCKTON - Candidate for county sheriff Pat Withrow was surprised to learn Friday afternoon that his early placement of at least one campaign sign appears to be in violation of Stockton's city code. Upon notification, he said he planned to remove it.
Political signs are allowed to go up in residential areas only upon filing of official nomination papers, according to Stockton's city code.
And, according to San Joaquin County Registrar of Voters Austin Erdman, "Candidates cannot file official nomination papers until Feb. 10, 2014."
Withrow's large campaign sign on the front lawn of a home at the southwest corner of East Cleveland and North Center streets - up since summer, according to a neighbor - caught the eye and ire of former Stockton City Councilman Mark Stebbins. Stebbins called The Record to complain.
"I did call the city first to see what my memory told me, and I was right. I know from past political campaigns that sign requirements have been quite actively enforced," said Stebbins, an unsuccessful candidate for county supervisor in 2012.
"It should at least be known that a candidate running to enforce the law should follow the law," Stebbins said, adding that he supports Sheriff Steve Moore in his re-election bid but has no connection to Moore's campaign nor is he actively working for him or anybody else.
Withrow, a San Joaquin County sheriff's sergeant, said Friday upon being contacted by The Record that it was the first he had heard about any problems with his signs. He said he was unaware of any laws placing restrictions on campaign signs.
"Wow! We thought we had checked into it and there were no city ordinances. We want to do everything by the book. We don't want to wait until somebody complains about it. Obviously, we are new at this. It's been brought to our attention, so now we can take it down until we can put it back up officially," Withrow said.
A spokeswoman for Stockton said the city would not take action unless a complaint were filed.
"We would contact the campaign and ask them to take it down. If not, we would go out," Connie Cochran said.
Stebbins said he was not planning on filing an official complaint. He could, however, understand Withrow's desire to have a sign at that busy intersection.
"That's a beautiful corner," Stebbins said. "It would be the envy of anyone."
Contact reporter Joe Goldeen at (209) 546-8278 or email@example.com. Follow him at recordnet.com/goldeenblog and Twitter @JoeGoldeen.


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Goodyear Chapter
Name: Goodyear Chapter
Date: January 23, 2019 - December 20, 2018
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"Where relationships create community and commerce follows" - Robert W. Jones, Founder/CEO of Network Together
Network Together is for business owners, professionals, and entrepreneurs. We are an inclusive organization welcoming all industries.
Attendees are given the opportunity to give a 30 to 60 second commercial not just to those who are in the room, but also LIVE on Facebook LIVE. Each week meetings include micro-learnshops focused on both personal and business development. Throughout the month we invite members from the community to come and share their businesses with Network Together as our Non-Member Showcases and we have scheduled Member presentations.
Each chapter has its own rotation of speakers and learnshops making no two meetings in a week are the same.
For more information on meetings contact Network Together at 602.228.0907.
Make sure to register prior to attending a meeting so we can help make your experience even better!
NOTE: Goodyear Chapter includes a complimentary continental breakfast.