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Dr. Louis B. Daniel III, Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, upon the recommendation of Laura Gerald, M.D., M.P.H., State Health Director, Department of Health and Human Services, hereby announces that the following change in shellfish harvesting areas will take effect at sunrise, Saturday, April 27, 2013.
All those waters in Carteret County will return to the status in existence immediately prior to the April 20, 2013, temporary closures except the following which will remain closed:
Newport River - All those waters in Newport River upstream of a line beginning at a point on the south shore at 34º 45.7044' N -76º 43.4977' W near Penn Point; running northerly to a point on the west shore of Harlowe Creek at 34º 46.6935' N -76º 43.4719' W.
North River - All those waters in North River upstream of the North River Bridge.
Oyster Creek - All those waters in Oyster Creek upstream of a straight line across the mouth.
The following also remains closed:
All those waters between Southport and the South Carolina State Line.
All those waters within 100 yards from the dredge spoils effluent pipe near Bald Head Island located approximately 200 yards north of the mouth of Bald Head Creek.
All those waters 100 yards from the dredge spoils effluent pipe located across the Intracoastal Waterway from The Tides Marina at US Army Corps of Engineers Disposal Area #267 between IWW Channel Markers "149" and "150".
All those waters 100 yards from the dredge spoils effluent pipe located across the Intracoastal Waterway from Whiskey Creek at US Army Corps of Engineers Disposal Area #256 between IWW Channel Markers "135" and "137".
A. This proclamation is issued under the authority of N.C.G.S. 113-170.4; 113-170.5; 113-182; 113-221.1; 143B-289.52 and N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission Rules 15A NCAC 03H . 0103 and 03K .0101.
B. It is unlawful to violate the provisions of any proclamation issued by the N.C. Fisheries Director under his delegated authority pursuant to N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission Rule 15A NCAC 03H .0103.
C. This proclamation returns the following areas to normal closure boundaries: a portion of North River, Jarrett Bay, and Nelson Bay.
D. It should be noted that leases closed on or after April 1, 2013, to allow relaying of shellfish from closed areas remain closed.
E. These reopenings are due to satisfactory bacteriological sampling results.
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A proposal for a Quick Reaction Mechanism (QRM), that would enable Member States to respond more swiftly and efficiently to VAT fraud, was adopted by the Commission today.
Under the QRM, a Member State faced with a serious case of sudden and massive VAT fraud would be able to implement certain emergency measures, in a way which they are currently not allowed to under VAT legislation.
In this context, the proposal provides that Member States would be able to apply, within the space of a month, a "reverse charge mechanism" which makes the recipient rather than the supplier of the goods or services liable for VAT.
This would significantly improve their chances of effectively tackling complex fraud schemes, such as carrousel fraud, and of reducing otherwise irreparable financial losses.
In order to deal with possible new forms of fraud in the future, it is also foreseen that other anti-fraud measures could be authorised and established under the QRM.
Algirdas Šemeta, Commissioner for Taxation, Customs and Anti-Fraud, said: "When it comes to VAT fraud, time is money. Fraudsters have become quicker and cleverer in developing schemes to rob the public purse. We must strive to be one step ahead of them. The Quick Reaction Mechanism will ensure that our system is sufficiently equipped to tackle VAT fraud effectively. It will help preserve much needed public revenues and create a fair and level-playing field for honest businesses."
VAT fraud costs the EU and national budgets several billion euro every year. In some serious cases, vast sums are lost within a very short timeframe, due to the speed at which fraud schemes evolve nowadays. For example, between June 2008 and December 2009, an estimated €5 billion was lost as a result of VAT fraud in greenhouse gas emission allowances.
Currently, if a Member State wishes to counteract VAT fraud through measures not provided for under EU VAT legislation, it must formally request a derogation to do so.
The Commission then draws up a proposal to this effect and submits it to Council for unanimous adoption before the measures can be implemented.
This process can be slow and cumbersome, delaying the Member State in question from taking the necessary action to stop the fraud.
With the Quick Reaction Mechanism, Member States would no longer have to wait for this formal process to be completed before applying specific anti-fraud measures. Instead, a much faster procedure would grant them a temporary derogation within a month. The derogation would be valid for up to one year.
This would allow the Member State in question to begin counteracting the fraud nearly immediately, while more permanent measures are being established (and if necessary while the standard derogation procedure is being launched).
The Quick Reaction Mechanism was foreseen in the new VAT Strategy (see IP/11/508), as well as the Communication on fighting tax fraud and evasion (seeIP/12/697), as a means of strengthening the fight against tax fraud in the EU and safeguarding public revenues.
How much is lost every year because of VAT fraud?
Although, due to the very nature of fraud, it is difficult to put a precise figure on VAT losses due to fraud, it is thought to be several billion euro each year. In a study on the EU VAT gap1, the Commission compared what Member States actually got in VAT receipts with what they could have expected.
While this VAT gap covers more than just fraud (also legal avoidance and insolvencies), the study set the gap at €106.7 billion in 2006 within the EU-25.
This represents an average of 12% of the net theoretical liability although several Member States were above 20%.
VAT fraud does not only affect the financial interests of the Member States and the EU.
It also has an impact on honest businesses which find themselves unable to compete on a level playing field in those sectors which are affected by a significant amount of VAT fraud.
What has the Commission done to address the problem of VAT fraud?
In 2006 the Commission presented a Communication to launch an in depth discussion at EU level on the need for a co-ordinated approach in the fight against fiscal fraud in the internal market. In 2008, the Commission set out a coordinated strategy to improve the fight against VAT fraud in the EU.
This Strategy included a series of targeted measures, including plans for legislative proposals (which have now all been put forward), and a longer-term reflection on how to fight the problem.
One key element was to see how administrative cooperation between tax administrations could be improved, and to establish a network of national officials to detect and combat new cases of cross-border VAT fraud.
This network – Eurofisc – is now operational and working to coordinate data exchange and establish an early warning mechanism against fraud.
What further measures to tackle VAT fraud does the Commission foresee?
In its Communication on the future of VAT, which it presented in December 2011 (IP/11/1508), the Commission set out priority actions needed to create a simpler, more efficient and more robust VAT system in the EU.
One of the overriding objectives for the new VAT system was to tackle VAT fraud more effectively, and a number of ideas were laid out on how to achieve this.
First, the Commission intends to monitor the full implementation of the abovementioned Anti-Fraud Strategy, making sure that all instruments in place against fraud are functioning to full potential.
It will examine ways to extend the automated access to information, and will assess whether anti-fraud mechanisms, such as Eurofisc, need to be strengthened. In 2014, it will report on whether further action is needed to strengthen or complement these measures.
In addition, the Commission will embark on a number of new anti-fraud projects.
The Quick Reaction Mechanism, proposed today, was one such initiative. In addition, the Commission launched the idea of setting up a EU cross border audit team composed of experts from national tax authorities to facilitate and improve multilateral controls.
As the success of any anti-fraud measure depends directly on the administrative capacity of the national tax authorities, the Commission will intensify its monitoring of the efficiency and effectiveness of the tax administrations of the Member States.
In the Commission's Country Specific Recommendations for 2012, adopted by the Council in June, 10 Member States2 were told to improve tax compliance and collection. The Commission will also encourage the exchange of best practices in combating fraud in high risk sectors.
What is carousel fraud?
Carousel fraud is one of the most common types of large-scale VAT fraud schemes in the EU. Under EU legislation VAT on domestic sales is generally due by the seller while VAT on cross border sales is generally due by the purchasing companies.
In carousel fraud schemes, fraudsters import goods to a Member State VAT-free, and then charge VAT to the buyers. The sellers then disappear without paying the tax to the authorities, while the buyers deduct the VAT they paid from their overall taxable income, thus creating a loss to public finances.
It is called carousel fraud because there are usually a number of companies involved, each liable to VAT which goes unpaid, and the final buyer reclaims the VAT from the tax authorities before disappearing.
What is the "reverse charge mechanism"?
The reverse charge mechanism undermines the whole basis of carousel fraud, by switching the tax liability. Under this mechanism, the customer, rather than the supplier, is liable for VAT.
The customer (if a taxable person) must report and pay the VAT, and can deduct this VAT from their taxable income at the same time.
1 : DG Taxation and Customs Union, Report 21 September 2009, Study to quantify and analyse the VAT gap in the EU-25 Member States, Reckon LLP
2 : Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Malta, Poland and Slovakia.
Useful Links
- The Draft Council Directive
- For more information, see MEMO/12/609
- Widespread Irregularities In Italian VAT Invoices Found
- EUROPA – Press Releases – VAT: Commission proposes new instrument for speedy response to fraud.
- Reblog – Exclusive: Hungary Losing 1 Billion Euros A Year From Food VAT Fraud | Reuters
- Combat VAT Fraud: Dutch Introduction Of Reverse Charge For E-gadgets
- Netherlands Intensifies Efforts To Combat VAT Fraud
- Algirdas Šemeta EU Commissioner – Press Conference On European Semester Brussels, 30 May 2012
- Algirdas Šemeta EU Commissioner – Press Conference ECOFIN Council Brussels, 15 May 2012
- European Commission – Press Release About Future Of VAT
- Luxembourg Below Tax Budget
- European Parliament Demands Accurate Information On Tax Evasion
- European Commission – Taxation Trends In The European Union
- Auditors Anticipate Finding Fraud At Clients
- US VAT Introduction: Any Lessons To Be Learned From European VAT Fraud?
Richard Cornelisse is CEO of the KEY Group and worked previously as Big4 Partner in the Tax Performance Advisory and Indirect Tax Practice and blogs on Tax Function Effectiveness and Tax Control Framework developments.


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The Chicago Sun-Times ran a front-page story today about the firing of Chicago State baseball coach Husain Mahmoud for some egregious resume fabricating, but was it their story? It appears the Sun Times' story ran a little late compared to the ones published on June 12th by Babes Love Baseball and College Baseball Blog.
The Sun-Times piece does not mention either of the blogs in the story — so where did they get their big scoop from?
Michael David Smith looked into the matter, politely e-mailing the writer of the Sun-Times' story, David Newbart, to find out if this man let these blogs do his dirty work for him. He says, "Of course not, you silly typist!":
I've been working on this story on and off since mid-May, well before your blog post. We got the tip from the alumnus (I'm assuming he's the same one that contacted you) containing references to wikipedia articles, which we had to independently verify. We did our own original research on the topic, including talking to the Cincinatti Reds, Major League baseball, experts around the country who maintain records of the football leagues he mentioned, sources at the university he attended and others with the summer baseball leagues he mentioned. As it turned out, he did play for one of the teams he claimed, but after it had left the Continental Football League.
For a variety of reasons, we chose not to publish this sooner. Part of the reason for the delay was due to the fact that we didn't want to run the story without speaking to him or getting a statement from the school.
That seems reasonable. But it would also appear that the during some of his research — which included fact-checking Wikipedia articles — that a simple Google search using "Husain Mahmoud" and "Chicago State baseball" would've yielded the results of the two blog posts. In the Times' piece Mahmoud explains his oversights this way: "It's been 30-some years ago since most of this stuff,'' said Mahmoud, formerly known as Hallie Buckner. "I may not have been exactly correct on some of the leagues and different things like that because it's been so long ago.''
Maybe David Newbart suffered this same temporary amnesia? It appears to be contagious in the Chicago area.
Sun-Times Scoop Broken Weeks Ago By Babes Love Baseball, College Baseball Blog [AOL Fanhouse]
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Bruce Taylor, Hugh Greene, Carlo Fassi, Fred Franklin, Joy Korman, Rad Lovett, Oscar Munoz, Joannie Newton, Lynn Pappas, Myron Pincomb, Gordon Rakita, Lanny Russell, Sharon Wamble-King
Chair Taylor documented a quorum and called the meeting to order at 9:15 a.m.
Chair Taylor offered opportunity for comments, regarding items on this agenda, to those in attendance. No comments were made.
Prior to moving into the formal presidential evaluation discussion, President Delaney provided the Board of Trustees with an overview of operational issues under review, as reported in the media, related to Florida State College, Jacksonville. President Delaney additionally reported that, given local, state and national attention with regard to presidential compensation, he and Chair Taylor had discussed the potential benefit of bringing in a compensation consultant to review President Delaney's compensation and contract terms.
At the conclusion of this conversation, President Delaney exited the meeting and Chair Taylor led a discussion on President Delaney's self-report and performance for 2011-2012. Given the number of new Board members, Chair Taylor and Vice President Stone began the discussion with a review of (a) the presidential evaluation process, as approved by the Board, (b) a review of the 2010 compensation study and recommendations from Dr. Terrence MacTaggart, a Senior Fellow with the Association of Governing Board of Universities, who was engaged by the Board for this purpose, and (c) a review of President Delaney's contract terms and conditions. In addition to providing Trustees with detailed background information, Board members were provided with copies of relevant documents.
Chair Taylor noted that the President had expressed interest in extending his contract until 2018. Chair Taylor suggested that the Board engage Paul McConnell, a highly experienced compensation consultant, to review the President's current contract structure and compensation package, with the purpose of making recommendations to the Board concerning contract structure and compensation, should the President and Board wish to extend President Delaney's contract beyond its current term. Vice President Stone noted that the President's current contract contemplates such a discussion in August 2013, so this would be the appropriate time to engage a consultant to make recommendations to the Board. All Board members were fully supportive of retaining a professional compensation consultant for this purpose and Chair Taylor said he would ask the university to move forward with a contract with Mr. McConnell.
The Board then engaged in a detailed discussion of the President's performance for 2011-2012. Chair Taylor stated that President Delaney had, again, done an outstanding job in all respects and noted the many accomplishments of the President and the university, as outlined in the President's self-evaluation.
Board members expressed their strong support of President Delaney's leadership and their desire to see him continue in this role. Comments from all trustees were uniformly extremely positive. Trustees commended President Delaney for the excellent relationship he has maintained with students, faculty and staff. Trustee Fassi described the outstanding relationship President Delaney shares with the student body and the high esteem in which he is held.
The Board noted that President Delaney has remained highly visible in the community and is held in the highest regard at the state level. He was commended for his unique skill set in the political arena and the effectiveness of his advocacy on behalf of UNF within the community, with the Board of Governors and with the state legislature. He has continued to be recognized as a leader in higher education, having been named this year as a member of the Florida Blue Ribbon Task Force on State Higher Education Reform.
The Board appreciates his integrity, credibility and commitment to continuous improvement of the institution, whether in the context of improvements to the campus's physical plant or in the quality of UNF students and their academic experience. He was described by the Board as a complete package in terms of how he leads and manages the university and Board members commended the President for his transparency in communications with the Board. They also appreciate his emphasis on the faculty/student relationship, as demonstrated in his self-evaluation. As noted by one Board member, the landscape of higher education is changing and the university needs someone with President Delaney's experience, vision and ideas.
A MOTION was made by Trustee Greene to award the maximum performance compensation allowable under President Delaney's contract. Trustee Munoz seconded the MOTION. The MOTION was approved with a unanimous vote.
Following the vote, there was a brief discussion of whether the Board ought to renegotiate the performance compensation element of President Delaney's contract to make it self-executing with each year of performance, given his excellent sustained performance. Chair Taylor suggested that this discussion be tabled until we retain a compensation consultant and received his recommendations. All trustees agreed to table this discussion to a later date.
Chair Taylor concluded the meeting, stating that the best was yet to come for the University of North Florida.
Chair Taylor adjourned the meeting at 10:25 a.m.
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Members of the Westminster Kennel Club spent 24 years in Babylon. They didn't hold their famous dog shows here. Instead, these moneyed men bred and ran their prized pups, and also hosted pigeon shoots for members, clubhouse. Sensation, the Pointer immortalized in the Westminster logo, and his kennel mates played no part in the bloody festivities.
I must say the legacy of cruelty upsets me. Live bird shoots remain the least pleasant pieces of the jumbo jigsaw puzzle trying to locate the Westminster Kennel Club (WKC) and possibly Sensation's grave. From 1880 to 1904 on numerous occasions the NY Times, Brooklyn Eagle, and local papers reported the exact number of pigeons blown to smithereens but never once pinpointed the shooting spot near Southards Pond.
Because of a revival of interest at the turn of the 20th century, pigeon shooting was added (and contested) as an event for one time only during the 1900 Olympics in Paris. Babylon Westminster's bird matches were so popular with wealthy sportsmen that the LIRR had a special train that would assure participants a 10 am departure and a 5:30 pm return to the city.
The sport, essentially a canned hunt, was as controversial then as it is now. Critics debated whether this practice where live birds were released from underground traps about 20-30 yards away from the shooter was blatantly inhumane or essential to hone marksmen's skills for national security. (Nowadays the infamous, annual Hegins, PA pigeon shoot inspired the children's Newbery Honor Book Wringer by Jerry Spinelli an excellent lesson in coming of age compassion.)
Newspaper microfilm has turned up peripheral human causalities: South Side Signal 2/15/1881, a young man living near the WKC grounds was trying to bring down some of the stray birds died when he stepped in his shed and accidentally triggered his gun; Brooklyn Eagle 4/15/1900 a Lindenhurst woman was struck and killed, her 6 yr.-oldson badly injured by the west bound train returning WKC members to the city.
The SPCA kept trying in Albany. By 1904 pigeon shoots became illegal in NYS. Soon after Westminster sold the clubhouse to James L. Ewell and moved to Tenafly, NJ. Several months later NJ followed NY's lead, also outlawing pigeon shooting.
So what was the shooting house? Spectators viewed the Baby- lon shoots from the clubhouse veranda and the shooting house which stored equipment. "A neat building, long but low, is at the rear of the contestants for their convenience and that of on-looking friends in cold and stormy weather" said Pentz in American Field 3/13/1886." Westminster owns just a few old pictures with a glimpse of the shooting house. Recently I've been fortunate to come across 3 additional images.
Top photo: Last week Bill Frohlich former Babylon Town historian sent this amazing, panorama photo of the WKC grounds found in a LIRR guide book circa 1895. It shows the clubhouse from a new angle. The lower building to the left is the shooting house. The flagpole, Sensation's gravesite is between the 2 buildings. A small pulling-box and scoring booth stand side by side blocking the bottom of the flagpole. However, flat, expansive topography in the photo casts more doubts on the sandpit mound that Dr. Davis is examining with ground penetrating radar (see "Pets" online 4/10/08).
Middle photo: EBay is a great historical source. I bought the elusive Frank Leslie Weekly 2/20/1892 containing newly discovered drawings from a California collector selling other antique Westminster ephemera. Besides the sketch shown here, the article mentions "the shooting house is a spacious building…it has a large number of pictures on the walls and is cool and airy."
Bottom photo: Finally we zoom in. One of the photos borrowed from the Ewell family bothered Westminster historian Mr. Stifel because the architecture did not match the clubhouse completely. My trusty magnifying glass revealed the same "Christmas tree" design on the shooting house peak. Hence it seems Cousin Birchard dressed as an Indian brave sometime around 1910 when the term "Indian" was still PC is standing in front of the shooting house, not the clubhouse. He's aiming his bow at my target-the flagpole, Sensation's grave marker. Great news, but am I allowed to scream "GERONIMO" as his arrow hits the ground?
Correction from last week's column: A word was missing. Maddie's Fund estimates there are 30-60 million feral cats in the US.
For Adoption: "Bijou" is the newest arrival at the Last Hope Dog Center behind Basic Pet Care on Rt. 109 in Lindenhurst. She's a young, purebred Boston Terrier taken to a town shelter after she was abandoned in a carrier at a parking lot. Scared for a moment; she then bonds quickly with "her people". Last Hope is looking for a breed experienced home for Bijou. Call 631-661-6164.
•Reminder: The LI Pit Bull Predicament Conference Sat. May 3 hosted by Last Hope will be held at Suffolk Community Brentwood. More Info at www.lasthopeanimalrescue. org or "Pets" online 4/3. All are welcome.


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Xbox LIVE programming director Larry "Major Nelson" Hryb answered questions about Xbox One in a live Yahoo! chat today. He shed some light on a few minor details and shrugged others off to be addressed at E3, which he points out is merely 18 days away.
Courtesy of Gematsu, who have have the full transcribe of the Q&A session. When asked questions about the ability to play used games, the price of the console and whether a headset would come bundled with the console, Nelson's responded that these details would either be revealed at E3 or later in the year. He announced that the focus at E3 will be "Games. Games. GAMES :)" also saying "I think (hardcore gamers) will be happy after E3."
Avoiding too much detail, he touches on the possibility of using one game for multiple accounts, an issue with a lot of confusion surrounding it. "As I noted earlier we're still working on some of the policies… but our goal is that it would work like it works today on Xbox 360."
There is no question that the Xbox One will not be back compatible though. "Xbox One hardware is not compatible with Xbox 360 games. We designed Xbox One to play an entirely new generation of games. Games are architected to take full advantage of the state of the art processors and infinite power of the cloud."
When questioned why gamers should buy the Xbox One, Nelson points to the caliber of games that will be available and the power of Xbox LIVE. "Today's gamers want access to great games… the Xbox One will have great games powered by Xbox LIVE. We've worked hard to create the ultimate all-in-one console. BTW: We have a LOT more gaming news to share at E3 :)"
On the topic of what separates this console from PlayStation 4, he answered, 'Well, Xbox LIVE for one. We're very proud of the service that we've built. 48 million people agree with us. That is just one of the things. Now, I have not had a chance to spend time with the console, so we'll have to wait until their final product launches before I can really comment."
He adds that Xbox LIVE will allow processing to happen in the cloud and result in richer gaming experiences. This is also attractive for game developers on top of the power of the console and the Kinect and SmartGlass capabilities.
Nelson was happy to talk up the controller, although still not giving away any specific details, with another nod to E3. "The new controller is awesome I have spent a lot of time with it. If you like the Xbox 360 controller, you'll LOVE this controller. We have made over 40 improvements in the new design. Regarding the Start and Back buttons, they'll perform similar functions but right now we don't have final names for them yet. The controller takes 2 AA batteries. More details at E3."
In response to the "always connected" to the internet concern, he was straight forward in his answer. "No. It does not have to be always connected but it does require an internet connection."
For those concerned about their 360 achievements and Gamescore, fear not. "Your achievements and Gamerscore will carry over to Xbox One," was Nelson's response when questioned about it.


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For the past two years, KSL has been planning an urbanized village expansion in Squaw Valley with a proposed 2,200 new bedrooms, an indoor water park and 8-story buildings that would encircle the existing village, dwarfing it in size and scope.
KSL seeks zoning changes that would further encroach upon the mountain, remove the historic Olympic members locker room building, and block the views of current Intrawest Village residents who bought their units with a promised view corridor.
Add their 15-year build-out timeline and, clearly, the size of the project is more than the valley could sustain (and violates the Squaw Valley General Plan and Design Guidelines).
Now that KSL's development application has floundered, they have retreated to reconsider their plan. Once again, there is no communication with the ski or residential community, other than "trust us" from KSL management.
Hopefully, their next iteration will reflect a more harmonious and compatible proposal for a truly vibrant and successful Alpine village.
The Friends of Squaw Valley (http://friendsofsv.org/) was initially formed to give voice to community concerns raised by the original KSL proposal as well as to engender support for the kind of community and resort village we want in the future.
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Guided by feedback from numerous meetings, an online survey (just published at http://friendsofsv.org/surveyresults/), as well as consultation with land use planning experts and architects, we have articulated "our values" (http://friendsofsv.org/values/).
These provide the framework for a set of design guidelines that would result in a successful alpine village that builds sensitively onto our existing village and ensures a legacy where future generations will experience Squaw Valley much the same as we have.
We believe:
• the existing village needs to grow and become our community center, not just the center of a commercial resort.
• the village must maintain an intimate scale and expand with consistent, harmonious architecture, which prioritizes open space, pedestrian gathering places and views that ensure mountain connectivity.
• our existing blend of residents, day skiers, and visitors must be maintained.
• our Olympic heritage must be respected and preserved.
• our community should house its own employees and provide opportunity for residents of all income levels.
• the Village economy must be viable, sustainable and regionally integrated but should not compromise environmental qualities.
• the village should grow in phases, only expanding once the previous phase has not just been sold but has proven successful in its performance. We don't want a "church built for Easter" resulting in a ghost village the rest of the year.
• Squaw Creek should be rehabilitated with goals of improving instream flows while reducing sediment loads.
• the legacy we leave our children and their children should provide much the same experience that we now enjoy in Squaw Valley.
We hope that KSL's next proposal demonstrates a new respect for the community it has joined, with a plan that supports the values we hold important, and with a transparency that allows progress, accepts mutual understanding and ensures viability.
I have called this pursuit the "Goldilocks formula" — not too big, not too small, but just right. Working together, I have confidence we can accomplish this goal.
Ed Heneveld is chairman of the Friends of Squaw Valley.
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Smart Mom Picks is a website that finds and reviews the latest, greatest products for babies, kids, and moms. At the moment we have a boring text logo as a stand-in which you can view at http://www.smartmompicks.com. We need your creativity to jazz things up! You will be creating a logo and associated color palette that will be used throughout this high-profile website.
The target audience for Smart Mom Picks is - you guessed it! - moms. We appeal to busy mothers who want to find the best products for their kids. These are mothers (and some fathers) with a modern sensibility - no Elmos, Barbies or Disney princesses here. We revel in great design and want the website's logo to reflect that.
You will design a website logo that will be a maximum size of 90 pixels high by 550 pixels long which will go into the header area of smartmompicks.com. The logo should incorporate the tag line: "the best for you and your baby."
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Outdoor Idaho "Adventure Idaho" This special reveals how Idaho's unique landscape of outrageous geology lends itself to adventure, seeks the meaning of adventure, and documents historical and modern versions. Cameras follow adventure seekers up cliffs and into narrow canyons. Some Idahoans share their own video from wearable cameras.G
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Great Performances "Pavarotti: A Voice for the Ages" With his rich voice, larger-than-life personality, childlike charm, generous figure, and happy-go-lucky style, Luciano Pavarotti extended his presence beyond the limits of Italian opera - to stadium concerts and pop collaborations. This program includes operatic arias, Neapolitan songs, and popular duets with Bono, Sting, Vanessa Williams and Eric Clapton.G
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New Tricks "The Girl Who Lived" The UCOS team's feathers are ruffled when Steve McAndrew, a retired detective from Glasgow, descends on the office like a bundle of Scottish energy. Brought in to reinvestigate one of his original cases - the disappearance of teenager Georgia Wright - McAndrew's policing methods raise a few eyebrows. And he has a few tricks up his sleeve that make Brian and Gerry look like slaves to the rule book.G
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Rick Steves' Europe "Rome: Baroque Brilliance" Rick finds a city busy with life and bursting with Baroque. He rambles through the heart of Rome admiring Bernini statues and pondering sunbeams inside St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican. Then he mingles with modern Romans during an early-evening stroll before dinner. He joins locals after dark at the Eternal City's most romantic nightspots.G


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MAXIMUM ROCKNROLL, ALTBOOK BAZAAR in BURBANK Dec. 13th 6-9PM (free booze)
The current issue of Maximum Rocknroll (#308, January 2009), one of the longest running and coolest punk rock magazines has an interview with me on the subject of my movie Cleveland's Screaming!. So go out and get a copy today. It's just four bucks and the rest of the magazine is pretty groovy. Look for "Cleveland's Screaming" right on the front cover!
Also, I will be at the ALTBOOK BAZAAR at the Wax Poetic Gallery at 3208 West Magnolia Blvd. in Burbank, California this Saturday December 13th, 2008 from 6-9 PM. They'll have free food and free drinks and you can meet a whole slew of local authors including my fellow Suicide Girls columnist Carrie Borzillo-Vrenna (aka Miss Truth Hurts). So come on down! No zazen required.
But if you want some zazen first, we'll be having the usual zazen at Hill Street Center that day. See the link over there on your left for details.
I'm writing my latest Suicide Girls column, which will go live on Monday morning. So I gotta run off and do that.
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For Hayley Barna and Katia Beauchamp, thinking outside the box is an overused, overrated cliché. The pair met at Harvard Business School where they put their heads together to come up with an idea that would revolutionize the way women look at beauty products. They called it Birchbox, a monthly subscription service that delivers beauty samples right to your door.
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"When everything is still so exciting and positive, it's hard to talk about what if things get negative. It's a very hard conversation at any time, but especially in the beginning when things are all unicorns and cotton candy."
Now, three years later, they boast more than 400,000 monthly subscribers, 400 partner brands, and a whole lot of start-up success.Turning the Box Upside Down Barna and Beauchamp met on the first day of business school when they were enrolled in the same class section. The rest, they said, was fate. "Business school was definitely an environment to test the idea (for Birchbox) in every sense," Beauchamp said. "From the second we came up with the inspiration: 'How can we create a better discovery company for beauty?' we started talking to people as consumers, describing the idea, asking what they would pay, talking to professors." Beauchamp said the mistake many rookie entrepreneurs make is taking their idea to market too quickly. The duo wanted to avoid falling into the same trap, so they made sure to flesh out their idea and think about every aspect before they launched. In addition to learning the art of entrepreneurship, business school was a ready-made support network made up of classmates who previously worked at start-ups, and professors who could help fine-tune the details of the idea. "When we both realized we could find value in this kind of service, that's what got us really excited," Barna said. "Beauty junkies would love discovering the newest and best. People like me, who are more on the 'just learning' spectrum, would feel more comfortable discovering beauty in their own home with a curated balance." Once they knew they had a solid idea, they took it to a kind of test market filled with classmates, acquaintances, friends and friends-of-friends. But going into business with your best friend isn't always easy. "The hardest thing from having an idea to launching it is setting up the legal paperwork -- it's like signing a pre-nup," Beauchamp said. "When everything is still so exciting and positive, it's hard to talk about what if things get negative. It's a very hard conversation at any time, but especially in the beginning when things are all unicorns and cotton candy." With a structure in place and failure agreement if things went wrong, the two launched Birchbox with 600 subscribers. In three years, the company has grown to more than 300,000 monthly subscribers, a full-fledged online store to purchase full-sized items, and a blog for tips and tricks of the trade.Quick Success: A Blessing and a Curse Within three years, Birchbox has grown substantially in popularity and is quickly becoming a household name -- and becoming a launch pad for a host of imitators. The quick rise to the top is more than the two co-founders said they could have ever imagined, but the rush of success brings with it a host of challenges. "The fast growth is something we never anticipated," Beauchamp said. "We got behind before we were really even started. We found ourselves getting close to working 25 hour days. We needed to change targets and hiring plans and had to shift quickly from wearing all the hats to taking them off and recruiting and building a team to help grow the company." Now, Birchbox has a team of more than 150 employees in four countries, after the recent acquisition of Paris-based JolieBox, which opened up access to subscribers in France, the UK and Spain.
"The key for us was clarifying our dreams for Birchbox up front, making sure we were on the same page for what we wanted to accomplish and really communicating, just like a relationship. The more we talk, the better we're able to stay connected," Barna said.Boxing-Up Success Creating a lasting brand takes more than just a hot idea. It takes a healthy dose of dedication and a lot of determination. Barna and Beauchamp realize they wouldn't have gotten to where they are unless they had an equally as dedicated team of advisers. "We packed every box, processed every order, took payments through our website. It was a shadow of what we wanted the experience to be as far as customization and what we wanted, but we distilled it to the basics and said, 'Does this work? If it does, how do we keep going?'" Beauchamp said.
Barna agreed, saying more often than not, first-time entrepreneurs who come to them for advice can't see past their next big idea. "They can almost be paralyzed by the size of the idea," she said. "We encourage them to break it down and to see how you can make it into several steps. We're big fans of the experiment. Get (your idea) started. Nothing feels better than getting it off the ground." She added having a sharp focus is the key to developing any brand in a valuable way. For Birchbox, it's staying focused on the original idea: Discovering new and better products, rather than getting distracted by all of the copycats that have followed in their footsteps. "Staying laser focused on that helps us not be distracted by the noise, the boxes for everything. We see that as an extension of the of-the-month-club. That's not what we do. We do a try, learn, buy business full of 360 degrees of discovery," Barna said. The Birchbox pair has big dreams, but the duo has become realistic about how to accomplish them. Through trials and limited edition boxes, they're able to test new ideas before they delve head-first into a new space. "We have big dreams," Barna said. "We want to be a global brand, a lifestyle brand, a household name with millions of subscribers. We belive Birchbox does that in the category of discovery and that we can become a cornerstone of e-commerce."


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Girl Scouts are once again selling their cookies, so be sure you don't miss out. Among the eight varieties of cookies that may be baked by two of the country's only bakers licensed to bake Girl Scout cookies (ABC/Interbake Foods and Little Brownie Bakers), only three are mandatory: Thin Mints® (the most popular Girl Scout cookie), Do-si-dos® (peanut butter sandwich cookies) and Trefoils® (shortbread). These three varieties, along with Samoas® (Caramel deLites) and Tagalongs® (Peanut Butter Patties®) are America's most favorite Girl Scout cookies — so far. Now, in honor of the organization's 100th anniversary, a new cookie has emerged, called "Savannah Smiles™," a crescent shaped, lemon-wedge cookie with lemon chips dusted in powdered sugar, named for the birthplace of Girl Scout founder, Juliet Low. Of course, since Girl Scouts have been selling Girl Scout cookies since 1917, it stands to reason new cookie flavors and names would arise through decades of successful entrepreneurship. Inevitably, the homemade, single-cookie sale concept, emanating from a recipe by Florence E. Neil and the kitchens of Girl Scouts and their mothers, expanded into a full-fledged business that could no longer call itself homemade, or simple. In stark contrast, however, is the Rice Krispies Treat, created by Mildred Day and the Kellogg Company's home economics staff, in the 1920's or 1930's, as a fundraiser for a Camp Fire Girls (now called Camp Fire USA) group. The iconic Rice Krispies Treat recipe, the poster child for "if it ain't broke, don't fix it," has been printed on Rice Krispies boxes since 1941. It's good to know there are more than a few things in life that doesn't need fixing. For sure, the Girl Scouts is one, and Thin Mints, another. For information on the Girl Scouts, including links to celebrations commemorating their 100th anniversary, visit www.girlscouts.org, or call 1-800-478-7248.
Kitchen Ade note: Girl Scouts of Eastern South Carolina works in partnership with ABC Bakers, which does not offer the Savannah Smiles lemon cookie. The two cookie bakers each must make the three basic Girl Scout cookies — Thin Mints, Shortbreads and Peanut Butter Sandwich; the other five cookies are up to the baker's discretion. ABC opted to go with the Lemonade cookie, a shortbread cookie with lemon icing, which is popular among ABC Bakers' customers. They will release a new cookie in 2013.
(Do-si-dos are also known as Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies)
2 (8-ounce) boxes Do-si-Dos Girl Scout cookies
1 (8-ounce) package Philadelphia brand cream cheese (softened)
1½ pounds chocolate or vanilla candy melts
Unsweetened cocoa powder, for decorating
Chocolate sprinkles, for decorating
Chopped nuts, for decorating
Pulverize cookies in a food processor or blender. With an electric mixer, mix cookie crumbs with cream cheese until well blended. Using a melon scooper, form dough into balls and place on a cookie sheet lined with waxed or parchment paper. Refrigerate balls until firm. Melt candy melts according to manufacturer's directions. Dip balls, one at a time, into melted chocolate, then return to cookie sheets. Refrigerate to harden. (If using chocolate sprinkles or nuts to decorate truffles, a coat truffle before coating has hardened.) Once truffles have set, drizzle with additional melted chocolate or top with sifted unsweetened cocoa powder, if desired. Makes about 25 truffles.
Of all the Girl Scout Cookies offered, Thin Mints are the most popular,
accounting for 27 percent of total cookie sales.
½ (9-ounce) box Thin Mints Girl Scout cookies
1 (1-pound) package white chocolate candy melts (or almond bark)
8 ounces chocolate candy melts (or almond bark or semisweet chocolate pieces), melted, for garnishing
Line a jellyroll pan with wax paper. In a large mixing bowl, break cookies into coarse pieces, but do not crush into crumbs. Melt white candy melts or almond bark according to manufacturer's directions. Gently fold cookies into white chocolate; do not over mix. Spread mixture on to the bottom of the jellyroll pan. Refrigerate until firm. If desired, drizzle chocolate over top. Remove bark from pan, peeling off the wax paper. Break bark into pieces and store in a covered container.
(Rice Krispie Treats with chopped up Samoa Girl Scout Cookies)
3 tablespoons butter
4 cups mini marshmallows
6 cups Rice Krispie Cereal
1 box Samoas (or Caramel deLites)
¼ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips, melted
Spray a 9 x 13-inch pan with non-stick spray. In a large saucepan, melt the butter over low heat.
Add the marshmallows and stir until melted. Stir in the Rice Krispies and the Samoas.
Place the mixture into prepared pan and pat evenly in pan. Allow to cool.
Place the melted chocolate into a Ziploc bag, snip off the edge and pipe the melted chocolate onto the Rice Krispie treats. Place in the refrigerator for about 10 minutes for the chocolate to set and then cut. Makes about 24 squares.
3 tablespoons unsalted butter
1 (10-ounce) package marshmallow (about 40 marshmallows)
6 cups (6 ounces) Rice Krispies
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
5 ounces dehydrated strawberries
Spray a 9 x 13-inch baking pan with non-stick spray. Process the strawberries into a powder in a food processor.* In a large saucepan, melt the butter over low heat, add the marshmallows and stir until melted. Add the strawberry powder, the vanilla and the Rice Krispies and stir to combine. Press the mixture into the prepared pan. Use wax paper or a flexible spatula to shape the block. Allow to cool before cutting into bars or other shapes. Eat the same day. Makes 18 to 24 bars.
*Kitchen Ade note: My dehydrated strawberries were quite moist and processed into a "paste" rather than a "powder." The strawberry paste combined beautifully with the melted marshmallows.
To find dates and locations where Girl Scout cookies are being sold in your area, visit the Girl Scout cookie website at www.girlscoutcookies.org and use the zip code locator. You may also call your local Girl Scout council, where staff can help you find a cookie sale booth. (Find Girl Scout council phone numbers at www.girlscouts.org/councilfinder.)
In Beaufort County
Be on the lookout for the Girl Scout Cookie Mobile, a part of the Girl Scout outreach program, at the Boys & Girls Club, 1100 Boundary Street, Beaufort, today, from 5-6 p.m. and at the Boys and Girls Club, 151 Gumtree Road, Hilton Head Island, on March 22, from 5-6:30 p.m. For further information about local cookie sales and upcoming events surrounding the Girl Scouts 100th Anniversary, call the Girl Scouts of Eastern South Carolina Council service unit, on Hilton Head Island, at 842-3444, or visit the council's website at www.girlscoutsesc.org.
Sue Ade, a Lowcountry resident since 1985, is a gourmet baker
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|Nighty Brights Silkstone Francie
....So Francie is naturally dressed for a sunshiny summer day! She's sporting a two-piece bathing suit that is original to a vintage straight-leg Francie doll.
I love love the new silkstone Francie body. The hand sculpt is especially beautiful. If only they had copied the vintage face properly. She would have been absolutely perfect. Oh well, she's still gorgeous in her own way. I'm easing her into the 21st century and she seems to be fitting in just fine in a modern Dynamite Girl dress below.
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In the years following the invasion of Earth in 2018, the planet is overrun by alien machines. Humankind is on the verge of extinction. Banded together in huge convoys, they search the frozen tundra for food and supplies. Since the war, the roles have been reversed: now our species seems to be the Anomaly on a machine-controlled planet. Your convoy, Commander, is called Yukon.
Anomaly 2 is a real-time strategy game that takes the tower offense concept from Anomaly Warzone Earth to a new level. Maintaining the core concepts of the original – tactical planning and the on-field Commander to support troops in combat – Anomaly 2 introduces a number of important new features:
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- Carve your own path to victory and create your ultimate battle squad. With over million tactical combinations to build your squad, your options in combat are nearly endless.
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After his first insightful video about how a 5-year-old child perceives famous brand logos, Adam Ladd has come up with a new idea. It's a similar video, but this time he's showing his 5-year-old daughter symbols (logos) she is not familiar with. The he's asking her to redraw them from memory. As the video says "It's fun to see which ones (logos) are memorable, and what design elements she honed in on". It is indeed. Which part of the logo makes the biggest impact on a kid, and therefore, us? Which shape, form, decoration and their combinations? Take a look:
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I've been searching the web and can't seem to find much. Was the concept of setting aside one day just for rest started exclusively by the Jews as a result of Mosaic Law (Ten Commandments)? Or was this a tradition in any other cultures/religions in any time period(s) pre-dating Judaism?
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I'm no expert on the Bible but I've always believed that God worked (if that's the right word) six days to create the world and took off on the seventh. That's the day he put aside to bless and pray to Himself.
Also, when He kicked Adam and Eve out of the Garden of Eden, He curseth them saying, "Thou shalt work in the MUD," for six days, but "Thou can take a brake on the seventh, Sunday."
I nice question to add to this would be, Where did the "week" come from?
You might start looking into the benefits of having such a rule... if everyone is working then they wont beable to attend the village gatterings... as religious leaders wanted more people to listen to them... the masses the working poor... what might have started as an ideal way to give people a break to go to religous gatherings turned into a hardcore rule that if you used it to relax or go fishing, they killed you...
I suspect the concept was developed over time, possibly in neighboring cultures, but that's just speculation on my part. What strikes me ironic about the whole thing, among the religious, is this. What's the one day where they go to church/temple/mosque? The sabbath. What do they do there? Pray. In other words, they're bombarding their diety with with all these requests and favors on his day off! The one freaking day he decides to rest is the day he gets the majority of the work orders. It's his day off!! Leave him alone, so he can screw with the point spread in the big game!
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So, in this book, Mary Anne meets Logan. Does anything else matter? Almost every fucking book in the series mentions cute Logan with his cute Kentucky accent! And this is where it all began! Aren't you totally psyched?!?!?
The plot, broadly sketched…
Mary Anne crushes on the new boy…the BSC give him a tryout, but everyone is embarrassed by the words "bra straps" (said in a whisper)…enter Jackie Rodowski…Logan asks Mary Anne on dates…Stacey decides to throw a party and give Mary Anne a surprise cake…Mary Anne gets embarrassed at a dance and flees her own party…she gets a kitten…and a boyfriend…and Logan becomes the very first associate member of the Baby-sitters Club…the end.
The fun stuff, with bullets!
- Number one reason to join the BSC? "We baby-sit for the kids in our neighborhoods, and we have a lot of fun – and earn pretty much money, too." That's convincing...
- "I'd never been very interested in boys, either. This wasn't because I didn't like them; it was because I was afraid of them. I used to think, What do you say to a boy? Then I realized you can talk to a boy the same way you talk to a girl. You just have to choose your topics more carefully. Obviously, with a boy, you can't talk about bras or cute guys you see on TV [oh, so that's what I'm doing wrong! See, I thought boys like hearing about underwear…], but you can talk about school and movies and animals [huh?] and sports (if you know anything about sports)." Love lessons from M.A.
- "Dawn was wearing a pretty snappy outfit – hot-pink shorts with a big, breezy island-print shirt over a white tank top." Snappy!
- Oh no! Don't mention dads around Kristy, cause it makes her think of her own deadbeat one, despite her new Daddy Warbucks…
- Mary Anne goes goo-goo over Cam Geary…going so far as using gum to hang posters in her locker.
- Corrie Lalique. Heh. OMG, she's 14 and she's not flat!
- I totally remembered this thing: "I was all set for eighth grade. My brand-new binder was filled with fresh paper; I had inserted neatly labeled dividers, one for each subject, among the paper; and a pencil case containing pens, pencil, an eraser, a ruler, and a pack of gum was clipped to the inside front cover."
- "We would have a real graduation ceremony in June. After that, we would go on to the high school." Keep dreamin', sweetheart!
- ANM is the worst dialect writer. Ever. " 'In Luevulle. Ah've haid plainy of expuryence.' 'Way-ull.'" I can't find any other examples right now, but you know what I'm saying…
- "…so I put on a pair of small hoop earrings…" Um, I thought she didn't have her ears pierced.
- Oh, here's Mr. Ohdner!
- Yes, Claudia it must be hard to be a parent. But for more reasons than your kid putting stickers all over the door.
- Apparently, Stacey remembers when she longed to be nine…
- MARY ANNE'S DANCE/PARTY OUTFIT! HE-EY! "…a full white skirt with the words Paris, Rome, and London, and sketchy pink and blue pictures of the Eiffel Tower, the Tower Bridge, and other stuff scrawled all over it. She matched it up with a pink shirt and a baggy pink sweater…white slip-ons with pink and blue edging that matched the pink and blue in the skirt…" Oh, yeah. That's hot!
- Kristy cancels a BSC meeting so everyone can help Mary Anne get ready for the dance. MY ASS!
- You might be wondering what everyone else wore to the dance…"Claudia was wearing short, tight-fitting black pants and a big white shirt that said BE-BOP all over it in between pictures of rock and roll dancers. She had fixed a floppy blue bow in her hair. Stacey was wearing a white T-shirt under a hot pink [wait for it…] jumpsuit. Dawn and Kristy looked more casual. Dawn was wearing a green and white oversized sweater and stretchy green pants. Kristy was wearing a white turtleneck shirt under a pink sweater with jeans. We just couldn't seem to get her out of blue jeans." Yup.
- SMS dances had bands playing? Like, live ones?
- Poor, old Mrs. Porter. Yeah, poor, her, living next to stupid bitch Karen.
- How is people surprising you with a cake and presents like "one of those dreams in which you go to school naked, or study and study for an important test and then sleep through your alarm clock and miss it?" I like cake, I like presents. You should give me both! You should surprise me with both!
- "Our club had boy members. Well, one anyway." And that's all there'll ever be…
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Yep, nothing beats the old stuff even today. I remember watching these and not really knowing what they was expect being called Manga.
I used to love the intro and would always play it back (haha the days of rewinding VHS and going pass your favorite spot lol) on my The Guyver: Bio Booster Armour collection.
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Unohana no Sakuya Hime, from 天神乱漫 LUCKY or UNLUCKY!? (Tenshin Ranman - Lucky or Unlucky!?) by Yuzusoft.
More accurately, it is from the animated opening of the eroge.
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Hello all
I remember a film my grandfather got me on vhs around 92/93 era (not too sure).
The plot consisted of a boy with blue hair and a girl with pink hair (i think) who wore white 'fighter' suits with blue and yellow shoulder pads and helmets too. I think they were on a quest to save animals or something. There was a man & woman who were 'the baddies' (the woman reminded me of the one from pokemon)and they drove a tank.
I've no idea if it's even a half decent film, but I've never been able to get it out of my head. I was about 7 at the time!
Thanks for any suggestions, and what an informative thread!
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A manga about 2 people stalking each other without realizing what the other is doing. The boy has this habit of looking through 'gaps' of things, like the narrow alleyway between buildings and stuff. He spies on his neighbor all the time because he can see through the gaps made by her curtains. She also spies on him, though he doesn't know it, and takes pictures of him.
|2011-01-24, 16:49
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lf an old anime
Hey you all, I´m looking for an old anime [I thought at least it was an anime]
It's a bit of street fighter style
More then 2 years old
It's around 15 minutes of show every single episode
It was direct to the point show, no fillers and all
I remember there was a small controll fight about the city and they decided that'll they will defend the city?[let's say, going to the good side]
I hope maby some'one on this forum might know it, I already asked to a few peoples, placed on other forum but no'one seems to know it.
Move the post if this is in wrong section
|2011-01-24, 19:50
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Ok, I ask this if anyone might know the manga. During a fight with a dead woman spirit and fighting with magic he accidentally strips the girl friend and tries to protect the girl from the dead woman spirit from attacking her. But in the fight she stops and tells him she is his mom and coming back for revenge but he has no idea what the revenge is about.
|2011-01-25, 13:39
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Location: Boston
Age: 28
^ The characters are from Gintama, and it's a parody of the music video for Chocolate Disco by Perfume (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JjV71fWq_s)
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Thanks, I guessed I really should drag myself to watch Gintama soon, seems like there's a few girls that I really like their design are from it.
Heh.. bumped you to 3rd green box ^^
|2011-01-26, 01:44
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Go to the identification help thread next time.
Well, I searched the picture up It's an original work by Suzuhira Hiro, found here.
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|2011-01-27, 19:45
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Are you sure 2nd one is bible black? Judging from other images I have cant really post here, does not seem like it is from there.
My bad I got them confused mixed up pic 2 and 3 ><
Yeah do not like bible black wont bother with 2nd one, Thanks =)
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Nations in EADS agreed on the biggest shake-up of the European aerospace group since it was founded over a decade ago, opting after years of uneasy cohabitation to put its board and most of its shares beyond public control.
The accord to wind down a complex Franco-German power-sharing pact came weeks after talks broke down to merge the group with UK arms firm BAE Systems , but took advantage of much of the groundwork for the failed $45 billion deal.
It will lead to a simplified management structure including a new chairman heading a mainly independent board, and a gradual exit by core industrial shareholders that represented French and German interests in EADS since its birth in 2000. The previous shareholder pact had been blamed for making the company too political and tying the hands of its management.
"This new agreement protects the interests of France, Germany and Spain while giving the company the freedom for manoeuvre it needs to pursue its development," French President Francois Hollande said in a statement.
France and Germany have agreed to control 12 percent each of the voting rights, handing Berlin a direct stake in the Airbus parent company for the first time. Spain will also have a slightly reduced stake of around 4 percent.
Until now, parity in EADS - born from a merger of French, German and Spanish interests - had been ensured through a shareholder pact between the French state, French media firm Lagardere and German car firm Daimler AG .
The deal to revamp control of the maker of Airbus jetliners, Ariane rockets and Eurofighter combat jets followed a 90-hour negotiating marathon near the Champs-Elysees in Paris between European governments, banks and industrial shareholders.
Daimler immediately announced it would sell some of its shares in EADS to German state-owned development bank KfW as part of an overall reduction of its 15 percent stake in the European aerospace group.
The car firm kicked off a 1.6 billion-euro placing of 61.1 million shares or around 7.5 percent of the company. Sources said the shares were being offered from 26.25 euros.
EADS closed up 2.5 percent at 27.23 euros ($35.58)on Wednesday, having risen all week on hopes the restructuring would make EADS easier to manage. EADS also set out plans to buy back up to 15 percent of its shares in two equal tranches - one mainly reserved for Lagardere and the other available to all shareholders.
'Normal Company'
The plans are subject to approval by shareholders in an extraordinary meeting likely to be held in early March. France agreed to give up veto powers over the company's industrial policy and none of the governments will have such rights, but sensitive defence interests will be ring-fenced.
However, a French official said President Hollande had agreed in a "frank" meeting with EADS Chief Executive Tom Enders on Wednesday that Enders would give a "regular account" on company activities to senior ministers every eight months or so.
Enders denied this left the door open to interference. "I had a very good, open meeting with the president," Enders told Reuters in an email.
"He suggested that we stay in touch and meet from time to time to be updated on important developments and to discuss how the government can support the company. This should obviously happen also on the level of ministers. So no 'reporting' but very welcome dialogue with an important stakeholder."
"The state veto powers were hardly ever used but the management knew they were there," said Agency Partners analyst Nick Cunningham, referring to the previous shareholder pact. "This will allow them to run EADS more like a normal company, though there are still tight limits to that given the very high political profile and substantial defence activities."
To allow Germany on board, the amount of EADS directly owned by taxpayers will actually rise to 28 percent from 20 percent as a result of the deal, though this is well below the current combined block of governments and proxies. EADS said the free float, or those shares available to the public, would now rise to 70 percent from 49 percent.
Much of the deal was inspired by complex negotiations to merge EADS and BAE, a potential tie-up that was blocked by Germany in October.
EADS strategy chief Marwan Lahoud, seen as one of the main architects of both deals, said the failure of the BAE talks had exposed weaknesses in EADS that all sides wanted to fix.
"What the BAE failure has shown is that you have to approach first things first," Lahoud told reporters. "If you want to run a strategic transaction, assuming it makes sense, you need to start by putting the governance right." Enders said the new governance structure amounted to "EADS-BAE but without BAE".
However, EADS reiterated it had no plans to revive the BAE merger plan as it embarks on a long-term review of its strategy.


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PROSPECT HEIGHTS — Can Jay-Z make a Nets cap more famous than a Net can?
The Nets officially moved to New York City Monday, and began selling merchandise emblazoned with a new black and white logo designed by the Brooklyn rapper. The logo features a shield shape that includes "Nets" in thin lettering above a basketball with a "B" in it.
"The Brooklyn Nets logos are another step we've made to usher the organization into a new era," Jay-Z said in a statement. "The boldness of the designs demonstrate the confidence we have in our new direction."
Fans were able to buy T-shirts, caps and other items emblazoned with the new logo at the Modell's across from the Barclay's Arena construction site. The first 100 of them received a voucher they can redeem for two tickets to the Nets opening game at the new arena this fall.
"I've been a fan 35 years. It's been a struggle," said Pete Mandzych, 53, who was born in Brooklyn and now lives on Long Island. "They're in Brooklyn, it's a fresh start."
Mandzych said he got on a 5 a.m. train from Long Island to be one of the first 100 people in line.
"[This will] continue the revitalization of downtown Brooklyn."
The team's website also went black and white, and incorporated the iconic shape of the Brooklyn Bridge and the phrase "Hello Brooklyn," which comes from the Beastie Boys' "B-Boys Bouillabaisse" off the Paul's Boutique album.
The Nets' secondary logo contains the basketball and the "B" surrounded by a black circle that says "Brooklyn" across the top arc and "New York" across the bottom.
The team said their straightforward color design fits to their new home.
"Our black and white colors speak to Brooklyn's strong traditions and grittiness and convey an uncompromising confidence," said Nets CEO Brett Yormark in a statement.
Some fans were already expressing confidence Monday.
Neeraj Patel, 28, bought a couple Nets shirts and said he was excited for the team to compete for the hearts of New Yorkers against the city's famed basketball franchise.
"Growing up a Nets fan I hated the Knicks," said Patel, who grew up in New Jersey and now lives in Gramercy. "I'd love to give the Knicks a run for their money."


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I guess it's time for a new IOTM, but here's one last one for One Pot Meals. I just made it up on the fly, so it's more of a procedure than a formalized recipe.
Polpettone in brodo
Thanks to a reliable source of fresh, quality ground veal at a reasonable price at Whole Foods, I've been making a lot of polpetti lately, trying to refine my technique to achieve such light veal meatballs that a squadron of angels will lift them up to heaven on silver salvers. Or something like that.
Anyway, one way to keep them light (and healthy) is to simmer them in broth rather than pan-frying, and this approach also makes a great dinner dish that's really too solid to be described as mere "soup."
I started with about 10 ounces of good ground veal, tossed very gently with salt and pepper and a homeopathic shake of Madras curry powder, not enough to make it taste like an Indian dish, just to add a haunting hint of exotic spice. Soaked a couple of sliced of good white bread (Pepperidge Farm), crusts removed, in just enough milk to soak them, about 1/4 cup. After a 20-minute soak, added the bread, 1 egg yolk and another homeopathic secret ingredient, about 1 tablespoon of Heinz Chili Sauce, gently stirring and folding the meat mix with two forks, making every effort to mix gently and lightly and avoid turning the meat into a compressed paste. Formed them into about two dozen smallish (3/4-inch?) polpettone and set aside.
Meanwhile, in a large saucepan I sauteed 1 tablespoon finely minced garlic, about 1/2 cup roughly chopped onions and three stalks of celery, sliced, with a shake of dried red-pepper flakes until they started to brown, then added 3 or 4 cups chicken broth and about a teaspoon of tomato paste, not enough to make it "red" but only to enrich the color and add a hint of sweetness.
Simmer for about 15 minutes or until the vegetables are cooking but still crisp-tender, then stir in 3 ounces soup pasta (I used pennette but would have chosen something smaller if I had it in stock). Increase heat, stir, and cook for about 5 minutes or until the pasta is nearly done. Gently drop in the polpettone, one at a time, taking care that the liquid isn't boiling hard enough to break them up, and simmer for about three to five minutes more or just until they cook through. It doesn't take long.
I might have dressed it with a little grated Parmigiano, but it didn't really seem to need that, so we saved the calories.


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Hunter Hayes: Grammys 2013
Hunter Hayes hits the red carpet for the 2013 Grammy Awards on Sunday (February 10) at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
The 21-year-old Grammy nominee also performed during the show, introducing his tour-mate Carrie Underwood to the stage.
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Although nominated for three awards, Hunter did not take them home.
"Had a fantastic night. Got to play one of my own songs on the GRAMMY's and watch a seriously awesome show! #thankyou !!! Wicked cool:)" Hunter tweeted afterwards.
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Taylor Lautner, who is beefing up for his role as Jacob Black in the Twilight sequel New Moon, spits out quite the loogie after returning home from another rigorous workout in Los Angeles on Tuesday (January 20).
A few weeks ago, the 16-year-old actor said that he packed on 20 pounds of muscle for the new role and guaranteed he'd add another 10. He said he he hoped to go even "above and beyond" that. That's THIRTY+ pounds of muscle!!!
If you haven't already, check out the video of Taylor showing off his bulging biceps and his 8-pack!


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Rick Greenfield: North Massapequan and Plainedge Scout Leader
Former North Massapequa resident Richard "Rick" Greenfield, who spent his life educating and helping youth, died peacefully Nov. 30, 2007 in Lake Worth, Florida. He was 75 years old and spent many years volunteering as a local cub and boy scout leader.
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Production of the Mustang began in Dearborn, Michigan on March 9, 1964 and the vehicle was introduced to the general public on April 17, 1964 at the New york city World's Fair. It is Ford's 3rd oldest nameplate currently in production. Original sales projections forecasted less than 100,000 systems for the very first year. This mark was gone beyond in 3 months from rollout. Another 318,000 would be offered during the design year (a record), and in its very first eighteen months, more than one million Mustangs were built.
When the 1969 ford mach mustang was equipped with the 428 Cobra Jet engine the vehicle ended up being an outright powerhouse. Just starting the engine of one of these mustangs advertised its power and capacity. There were engines readily available with less power offered for the 1969 ford mach mustang however couple of individuals choose this calmer version of the new mustang. Those who believed to inquire wanted the most effective engine their money might by and most automobile sellers just tested and marketed the much admired Cobra Jet engine.
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All of these were VIN-identified as 1965 models, however several changes were made at the standard opening of the brand-new model year (start August 1964), including the addition of back-up lights on some designs, the intro of alternators to change generators, and an upgrade of the V8 engine from 260 cu in to 289 cu in. In the case of a minimum of some six-cylinder Mustangs fitted with the 101 hp 170 cu in Falcon engine, the rush into production included some unusual peculiarities, such as a horn ring bearing the 'Ford Falcon' logo underneath a trim ring emblazoned with 'Ford Mustang.' These attributes made sufficient difference to necessitate designation of the 121,538 earlier ones as "1964 1/2" model-year Mustangs, a difference that has withstood with perfectionists. Mustangs For Sale in Cavalier ND are easy to find now with online shopping.
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Dan Penn (1995)
Dan Penn is far from famous, but most everyone – at least most everyone of a certain age – knows his work. Penn produced the Box Tops' immortal "The Letter" and co-wrote a clutch of stone soul classics ("Dark End of the Street," "Do Right Woman," "I'm Your Puppet," "Cry Like A Baby," "Sweet Inspiration," "You Left the Water Running") covered by a lengthy list of artists including Aretha Franklin, Percy Sledge, Wilson Pickett, Otis Redding, Janis Joplin, Solomon Burke, Dolly Parton, Etta James, Ry Cooder, Barbra Streisand, Linda Ronstadt, the Flying Burrito Brothers and on and on; his list of credits on All Music Guide runs to 1,262 entries and no doubt there's plenty missing.
However much a behind-the-scenes player, Penn is a legend among one subset of music aficionados: Southern soul fans.


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Inner City Outings Well Represented in This Year's Sierra Club Awards
Anne, crouching in the center, on a hike in the NH White Mountains.
Just for a moment, take your hands off the keyboard and give these two a hearty round of applause.
Anne Monnelly Carroll, a 13-year volunteer with Inner City Outings (ICO) in Boston, and Colin Tysoe, chair of Chicago's ICO program, have been named among this year's recipients of the Sierra Club's annual awards. Their remarkable and tireless work in bringing the outdoors to inner city youth has touched and inspired countless kids.
Colin, in the cowboy hat, during a River Day Service trip with McCormick Boys and Girls Club.
Anne Monnelly Carroll has won this year's Madelyn Pyeatt Award, which recognizes a Club member's outstanding work with youth. Under Anne's tenure as chair, the Boston program has networked with several other youth and community groups, and has funded, organized, and led more than 75 trips, involving more than 1,300 kids.
Anne has come a long way since her first ICO experience, when she was working in an office and was invited by friends to partake in a canoe trip.
"I was instantly hooked," Anne recalls. "For most of the kids on the trip, this was their first time in a canoe. I remember worrying that the overcast weather and scattered showers would disappoint the kids, but they were jubilant."
Anne, in yellow, on top of the historic Blue Hill Weather Observatory, located south of Boston.
"I didn't know how important a role ICO trips play until I attended a recent conference on preventing youth violence," she says. "I was surprised to see youth and youth leaders that I had worked with over the years stand up and talk about losing a friend or relative or sibling to the violence. They emphasized how important it was to be able to get out of the city and go camping -- to see that there are places where you don't have to watch your back, where you can lie down in the grass and be at peace or splash with friends in a beautiful lake."
Colin Tysoe, Chicago's ICO program chairperson, won the 2011 One-Club Award, which is given to those who use outings to advocate conservation and the protection of public land.
Colin takes young people to awe-inspiring places they didn't know existed. Under Colin's leadership, volunteers have grown from 20 to more than 100. The number of ICO leaders has doubled to 10. Annual ICO trips have ballooned from 10 to 26 -- involving more than 600 kids. And he's aggressively partnered with Building Bridges to the Outdoors in bringing members of the Chicago Boys and Girls Club out to the state's wondrous parks. This particular adventure was profiled in a 2009 Sierra magazine article.
Between stories in the Chicago Tribune and segments broadcasted on local news stations, Colin has successfully garnered media coverage that has spotlighted the program's positive community outreach. He also landed coverage with the Spanish newspaper LaRaza to reach Hispanic youth, and secured corporate relationships and support with REI and Yelp.
Colin at the Half Dome, Yosemite.
Colin grew up in Liverpool, England, where he would view and admire the Welsh Hills and the Lancashire Moors off in the distance.
"My earliest trips were with groups of friends," he says. "We would collect whatever ancient camping gear we could borrow and catch the train or hitchhike into North Wales and the Lake District to explore these hills. We were often cold and wet, like the time we realized our borrowed tent had rotted in storage, but good company and beautiful scenery carried us through."
These days, his favorite trips are to Starved Rock State Park -- 2,000-plus acres known for their deep, majestic canyons that run along the Illinois River.
"Glacial run off has carved deep canyons in the sandstone, which are begging to be explored. In the winter eagles congregate at the park to fish in the unfrozen Illinois River at the dam, often with over 50 perched in the trees nearby. Getting to the canyons can be difficult on icy trails but youth rise to the challenge and have a great day that wraps up with lots of hot chocolate around the massive fireplace in the lodge," he says. "Starved Rock is an hour or so from Chicago, but has scenery unlike anything Chicago youth normally encounter."
Congratulations to this year's winners from the ICO program. Do you feel inspired? Get involved and visit Sierra Club's Inner City Outings to get started.
(Photos courtesy Anne Monnelly Carroll and Colin Tysoe.)
-- Brian Foley