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UPDATE: ADOT has completed its Quiet pavement program. The Federal Highway Administration has issued an updated memo to clarify its position on use of pavement as a noise abatement measure. The memo reiterates that regulations at 23 CFR 772 do not allow for the use of pavement type or surface texture as a noise abatement measure. FHWA will continue to consider pavements as contribution to the noise abatement measure if evaluated for the pavement's full life cycle. The FHWA will also allow new Quiet Pavement Pilot Projects that evaluate the pavement for its full life cycle, to avoid premature overlay of the pavement solely to restore the noise reduction. FHWA encourages highway agencies to continue researching their pavement types and surface textures and to construct those pavement in accordance with their agency's requirements. The FHWA will continue to investigate data used for its Traffic Noise Model and "average pavement type" for noise analyses on projects.
INFORMATION: Highway Traffic Noise - Guidance on Pavement as a Noise Abatement Measure
Originally published on April 10, 2013
A three-year, $34 million project to surface about 115 miles of Phoenix-area freeways with rubberized asphalt is working toward a smoother ride for motorists and quieter neighborhoods for those who live adjacent to the roads.
The first areas to receive the "quiet pavement" were on the Loop 101 Agua Fria Freeway from Union Hills Drive to 31st Avenue, and on the Loop 101 Pima Freeway from 21st Avenue to Tatum Boulevard and from Frank Lloyd Wright Boulevard to Mountain View Road. State Route 51 was resurfaced from Shea Boulevard to Bell Road. The entire Loop 101 and SR 51 freeways plus sections of Interstate 10, Interstate 17 and the Loop 202 Red Mountain and Santan freeways will also receive new rubberized asphalt surfaces.
Rubberized asphalt has been used for more than 20 years to resurface highways and city streets in Arizona when pavement surfaces reach their normal life expectancy. While it helped reduce the disposal of used tires, it recently has been recognized for its reduction of traffic noise.
Rubberized asphalt consists of regular asphalt paving mixed with "crumb rubber" which is ground, used tires that would otherwise be discarded or take up space in landfills. Used tires are processed by separating the casings, fabric and steel. The extracted rubber then is ground to the consistency of ground coffee. Rubberized asphalt has the benefit of being smoother and quieter. Noise readings have shown the rubberized asphalt generally reduces tire noise by an average of 4 decibels.
Approximately 1,500 tires are used for every lane-mile of rubberized paving, which can put a major dent in the 2 million used tires that are generated annually in Maricopa County. Those used tires usually end up in landfills or in storage. Landfill space is at a premium, and tires in storage are a fire threat.
Rubberized asphalt cannot be applied during cold weather or very hot weather. The concrete pavement surface needs to be between 85 and 145 degrees Fahrenheit for the material to adhere properly. So rubberized asphalt can only be applied in the spring and fall in the Phoenix area, from March 15 to May 31 and from September 1 to November 15. Prior to application, contractors must repair pavement cracks, chips and joints and prepare the concrete surface for the rubberized asphalt overlay.
The Quiet Pavement Program was developed by ADOT in cooperation with the Maricopa Association of Governments (MAG) and area cities. It will be completed over a three-year period and funded using $34 million from other regional projects.
July 26, 2013
Rubberized asphalt is durable, smooth and uses recycled materials that otherwise would be headed to a landfill ... what's not to like? Full story ...
April 21, 2011
Driving Valley Freeways this time of year? You might hear about or even experience lane restrictions because of rubberized asphalt paving. "Why," you ask, "does ADOT schedule rubberized asphalt paving between March and May when so many of us are out and about enjoying the gorgeous weather?" Full story ...
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Jada Pinkett Smith: The War on Men Through the Degradation of Woman3:37 pm - 12/06/2012
How is man to recognize his full self, his full power through the eye's of an incomplete woman? The woman who has been stripped of Goddess recognition and diminished to a big ass and full breast for physical comfort only. The woman who has been silenced so she may forget her spiritual essence because her words stir too much thought outside of the pleasure space. The woman who has been diminished to covering all that rots inside of her with weaves and red bottom shoes.
I am sure the men, who restructured our societies from cultures that honored woman, had no idea of the outcome. They had no idea that eventually, even men would render themselves empty and longing for meaning, depth and connection. There is a deep sadness when I witness a man that can't recognize the emptiness he feels when he objectifies himself as a bank and truly believes he can buy love with things and status. It is painful to witness the betrayal when a woman takes him up on that offer. He doesn't recognize that the create of a half woman has contributed to his repressed anger and frustration of feeling he is not enough. He then may love no woman or keep many half women as his prize. He doesn't recognize that it's his submersion in the imbalanced warrior culture, where violence is the means of getting respect and power, as the reason he can break the face of the woman who bore him four children. When woman is lost, so is man. The truth is, woman is the window to a man's heart and a man's heart is the gateway to his soul.
Power and control will NEVER out weigh love.
May we all find our way.
Originally discovered on the blog Make me a Sammich: On Being a Woman in the USA, but was originally posted Dec. 1, via Jada's Facebook
OP: I really enjoyed this, poignant, short, powerful... Love the picture especially, how Will and their daughter are visible; you can clearly see the support she has, and I just love it. X-posted to ONTD; sorry to the mods for the first failed entry submission, this new format is killing me.

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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - MIT will head into next weekend's season opener looking to build on the success that has led to two preseason blowouts. UMass-Boston served as Tech's final victim of the exhibition season as the Engineers' high-octane attack swallowed the Beacons' athleticism in a 93-64 victory.
UMass-Boston offered a good test for Tech's hardwood unit. The Beacons were athletic and explosive at every spot on the floor. However, just like last Saturday's scrimmage, the Engineers opened strong. MIT connected on four of its first five shots and led 11-4 with 16:00 left in the opening half. The Beacons stayed within distance most of the half, but couldn't cut the deficit to less than nine.
For the second consecutive week, Tech maintained its hot touch by converting 15-of-24 from the floor and 7-of-10 from three-point range in the first 20 minutes.
MIT opened the second half holding a 46-32 advantage. Although UMass-Boston made several stabs to get back into the contest, MIT's command of the game forced the Beacons into turnovers and nuetralized their quick attack. During Saturday's tilt, UMass-Boston was flagged for an offensive charge on six possessions.
Th revving point for the MIT offense happened around the 9:00-mark of the second half. After Gary Atkins converted on a tough basket underneath, the Engineers made three free throws courtesy of a technical and intentional foul whistled for the coverage against Atkins. On the ensuing inbound, freshman Will Mroz knocked down a three. That single possession resulted in an eight-point swing and pushed MIT ahead for good.
Junior Mike D'Auria led all MIT scorers with 18 points. Senior Adam Gibbons and Mroz each added 17, while Mike Huhs secured the low-post with 15 points and 11 rebounds. Tech's fifth starter, Gary Atkins, finished with seven points and 10 caroms off the glass.


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ST. LOUIS, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- Men married to women with higher incomes were more likely to use erectile dysfunction medication than male breadwinners, U.S. and Danish researchers say.
Lamar Pierce, a professor of strategy at Washington University's Olin Business School, and co-authors Michael S. Dahl at Aalborg University in Denmark and Jimmi Nielsen at Aarhus University Hospital, said they based their research on data collected from more than 200,000 married Danish couples from 1997 to 2006.
The study, "In Sickness and in Wealth: Psychological and Sexual Costs of Income Comparison in Marriage," also found wives who out-earned their husbands were more likely to suffer from insomnia and to use anti-anxiety medication.
The researchers said they did not find these effects for unmarried couples or for men earning less than their wives prior to marriage.
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Yep. My kids this year decided to organise a not so surprise birthday party for me and pretty well did it all themselves. A handful of them gave up playtime to decorate the room with banners and balloons and set the table with the food they'd organised the rest of the kids to bring, and everything was set for an hour and a half between playtime and lunch.
They did a decent job, eh?
I had other ideas first. Ninety minutes of party just goes downhill quickly, so we went out for a bootball style game first off. It even started raining, but there was no way I was having them inside for that long, so we stuck it out and finished the game and saw the rain off.
One of the kids then got hold of my camera and took this happy snap...
I love the sentence above my head!
Was a nice gesture from the kids, and one of them even made me a bead necklace earlier in the day during their art time.
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Dark, good looking, Anime Suggestions, Help me out
Hey, I'm trying to figure out what anime I should watch next.
Ideally I like dark anime, and probably fairly recent anime in the sense I don't like visually old looking anime. (I.E. Berserk I think I'd probably enjoy, but I'm not in the mood for watching that, I think it looks too old.)
Anime I really enjoyed included: Tsukihime, Elfen Lied, Fate/Stay Night, Hellsing, Noir, Gantz.
Other anime I've watched, and have thought was "ok" : Gungrave, Blue Gender, Evangelion, Outlaw Star.
Anime I really disliked: Fushigi Yugi... I hear its great, but i couldnt get past a couple episodes of ridiculous character animation, a girl's obsession with food, and really visually dissapointing anime. Also "Slayers"... just too childish, but I liked the way it looked visually.
Anime I'm currently in the process of watching (whether it be fansubs, or licensed): Ergo Proxy, and Death Note. I'm really liking both of those, especially Death Note.
What would you suggest I watch? I think I especially enjoy anime with dark characters with super human powers.. which is why I'd really like something like Hellsing and Elfen Lied. Alucard from Hellsing is probably my favorite anime character, although I also like the main characters in Death note a lot.
I was considering something like Witch Hunter Robin, Neon Genesis Evangelion (not crazy about mech stuff though, but it gets tremendous reviews), or Full Metal Alchemist. Blood+ as well, but that's really pricey atm, and I wouldnt go for that unless I probably got some great reviews to go with that. I've heard "Monster" mentioned as well, but I'm not considering that one at the moment. If you'd recommend one of the others or something else, please let me know.
On a side note, as Gantz season 2 does a little bit etc, nudity etc doesnt bother me in any selections and I generally enjoy that if it's well done. A little mixture of love story or tragedy in it is something i generally like, which is why I'm so high on Elfen Lied. Dark, violent, love story, tragic, etc. Mostly i think it's the fact that it's dark and the characters look visually great.
Please help me out. I'm not sure what to check out next. Thanks!
|2007-02-19, 00:34
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Code Geass - action/mecha currently ongoing... protagonist has God-like power.
Black Blood Brothers -- vampire story. Its only 12 episodes
Chevalier -- licensed
The Third -- action/adventure
|2007-02-19, 01:02
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Saber's Husband XD
if you liked Fate then also try Shakugan no Shana
and also try
Higurashi no naku koro ni for some mystery........
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|2007-02-19, 01:14
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Monster, Speed Grapher.. (Horror, Mystery)-both very good and will keep you busy for some time
Both are very dark, I loved them both.
\Also second to Shakugan no Shana if you liked FAte/ Stay night... i think Fate is better, but is similarish in a way.;
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Witch Hunter Robin is a good call. It has a dark tone to most of it. A lot of scenes are people in long coats running around in the dark. Very stylish. Has secret societies and betrayal. Good stuff. Oh, and really good music.
Oh, and you might want to check out Serial Experiments Lain. It is pretty weird looking ... "good looking" might not be the exactly right word, because it is visually more experimental. It is definitely dark and creepy.
|2007-02-19, 10:22
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Gankutsuou - it's even more than you asked for (it's not like the novel, btw).
A wild shot, but it would be interesting to see what you think about Kemonozume as well.
|2007-02-19, 15:03
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Speed Grapher is pretty close to what your looking for I think. Also Monster and Higurashi are worth checking out. And Code Geass since you like Death Note.
Hope you do give Berserk a try, story makes up for the lack of animation.
|2007-02-21, 01:12
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Witch Hunter Robin is good I really liked it myself, but it's not the bash-em-smash-em animes so if that's what you want I'd probably shy away from it. There is fighting but it's not the main focus.
X has its dark moments and is another anime I would suggest.
Blood+ is good on various levels, though for me it was my second time through before I actually appreciated it a lot more fully. Don't get me wrong I liked it the first time but the second is when it hit me.
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni would be the last one I suggest but be WARNED you better have a strong stomach, okay with watching horrors. This is not an anime for the light hearted. Be sure you know what you're getting yourself into before watching this
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|2007-02-21, 21:55
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Maybe try Paranoia Agent? Licensed.
Weird, more creepy than outright horrifying with some really odd episodes thrown in.
Oh, when I scan read the title for this thread it looked kinda like a lonely hearts ad in a newspaper 'Dark, good looking ... ' ^^
|2007-02-21, 23:39
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You got all elements you want in this anime: very dark people that have some "super human powers".
Kind of hard to explain this movie but its realy dark and has a nice story. Realy wort seeing it.
You should also try this serie:Black Lagoon (Black Lagoon: The Second Barrage)
second Witch Hunter Robin, Serial Experiments Lain
|2007-02-22, 01:58
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Location: So Cal
Age: 32
Try Noein it's everything you're looking for (dark, good/unconventional animation) not everyone would like the way it's drawn, but i loved it.
also try Fullmetal Alchemist if you havent already seen it!
Tokyo Majin Gakuen Kenpucho: Tou is ongoing and it's only 11 episodes I believe. It's dark, and has plenty of action with GREAT animation.
Karas has lots of action, and very very good animation, and some computer animated scenes.....it's really good.
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California Forever "Parks for the Future" This program places the future of the parks within the context of trends that will soon threaten parks everywhere. Population growth, decline of native plants and animals, loss of open space and climate change all pose serious challenges to the integrity of parks, now and in the future. D
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Dreamland California attracts visionaries from all walks of life. In DREAMLAND, a dozen documentary film crews scattered across the Golden State simultaneously capture the same day - from dawn to dusk - and follow a remarkable ensemble of entrepreneurs, daredevils, entertainers, scientists, politicians, chefs and technologists pushing the bounds of the possible and and making their dreams a reality. The film profiles world-class rock-climbers Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson, singer-songwriter Liz Phair, botanist Steve Sillett and Academy Award-winning special effects designer Bran Ferren, each of whom embodies California's adventurous and innovative spirit. D


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1. Re: How do you update Extension Manager CS5 for Lion?Carl Sun Mar 6, 2012 5:12 PM (in response to LeslieInV)
Please download the latest patch http://download.macromedia.com/pub/dw_exchange/extension_manager/mac/AdobeExtensionManager _5_0_2_mul_AdobeUpdate.dmg then install it manually.
2. Re: How do you update Extension Manager CS5 for Lion?LeslieInV Mar 7, 2012 4:53 AM (in response to Carl Sun)
Please explain exaclty how one manually installs this update. What do I do with file & folder in the dmg download? I've tried several times to run the app file in the dmg & continue to get the same error message above.
3. Re: How do you update Extension Manager CS5 for Lion?Xiaoyi Tong Mar 7, 2012 6:20 AM (in response to LeslieInV)
Can you uninstall Extension Manager successfully? Was it still in file system after the uninstallation? Can you reboot your Mac and try again?
You can also check installation log files of Extension Manager in /Library/Logs/Adobe/Installers. Try to find any clue for the issue, or paste the content here.
If all of these still do not help, you may need to do more:
1. Back up all files stored in Adobe product directories. This may include custom plug-ins or profiles you have installed.
2. Uninstall all Adobe Create Suite products.
3. Download Adobe Creative Suite Cleaner Tool from http://www.adobe.com/support/contact/cscleanertool.html, and following steps in the page to clean your system.
4. Reinstall all Adobe Creative Suite products.
5. Update Extension Manager with http://download.macromedia.com/pub/dw_exchange/extension_manager/mac/A dobeExtensionManager_5_0_2_mul_AdobeUpdate.dmg
4. Re: How do you update Extension Manager CS5 for Lion?LeslieInV Mar 8, 2012 5:13 AM (in response to Xiaoyi Tong)
How does one know if one has uninstalled Extension Manager successfully? I dropped its folder in the trash & emptied that trash, is that good enough? I don't know if it's still in the file system because I don't know where to find it & it's parts.
After restarting my MacBookPro, the AdobePatchInstaller.app still won't work when I double-click it.
Before I uninstall all my CS5, can you let me know how one manually installs the update?
5. Re: How do you update Extension Manager CS5 for Lion?Xiaoyi Tong Mar 9, 2012 1:40 AM (in response to LeslieInV)
Before you uninstall CS5, you can try:
1. Move "/Library/Application Support/Adobe/caps/caps.db" and "/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Adobe PCD/*.*" to somewhere else, and reinstall the dmg again.
2. If it still does not work, move files above back.
3. Paste the installation log( should be "Adobe Extension Manager....log.gz" in /Library/Logs/Adobe/Installer/ ) here.
6. Re: How do you update Extension Manager CS5 for Lion?LeslieInV Mar 17, 2012 1:49 PM (in response to Xiaoyi Tong)
I started having other problems since I installed Lion. After 3 hours w/ apple help on the phone, we decided to re-install lion. By the end of the day, I was able to install & update the extension manager. There must have been something wrong with the fist time I installed Lion.
7. Re: How do you update Extension Manager CS5 for Lion?Xiaoyi Tong Mar 18, 2012 5:31 AM (in response to LeslieInV)
Yes, we also got some troubles while upgrading to Lion. Anyway, it is good to hear that your trouble no longer exists.


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2013 Cadillac Escalade EXT: New Car Review
Pros: Standard all-wheel drive; flexible, do-everything utility; top-notch V8
Cons: Conflict between truck-like capability and showy luxury
What's New: new colors; revised grade braking performance
No vehicle can really do it all. Pickups are great for hauling cargo, but space for passengers is typically more limited than in an SUV. Plus, pickups don't offer too much lockable cargo space. SUVs are versatile, but most owners wouldn't want to fill an SUV's carpeted cargo space with a messy load.
The 2013 Cadillac Escalade EXT is one of a handful of vehicles that straddles the line between pickup and SUV, along with the Honda Ridgeline and soon-to-be-discontinued Chevrolet Avalanche. But unlike the Honda or the Chevy, the Escalade EXT does it with a typical dose of Cadillac-grade luxury.
Cadillac's Escalade EXT rides on the same platform as both the long-wheelbase Escalade ESV and the Chevrolet Suburban. For the extra $20,000 premium over a loaded Chevrolet Avalanche, Escalade EXT buyers can expect an extra dollop of luxury. Cadillac dubs it the "ultimate luxury utility vehicle," and with the demise of the civilian Hummer H1, we're inclined to believe it. The Escalade EXT is capable and its interior is carlike, but there's no hiding the reality: This is a 20th-century SUV competing in a 21st-century marketplace.
Comfort & Utility
To fully appreciate Cadillac's Escalade EXT, you first must get in. And if you drew the short straw when it came to inseam measurement, the ingress is that much more difficult. Thankfully, handholds are available to assist but, without a running board or side steps, the EXT's cockpit requires extra effort to access.
Once inside, you're greeted by legible instrumentation, a comfortable but thin-rimmed steering wheel and a control center that gives a new dimension to the word "control." Here the driver or passenger has access to the EXT's navigation system, Bose 5.1 10-speaker surround sound system and automatic dual-zone climate control. It is also the point of access to the Driver Information System. Information found there is accessible and reasonably intuitive.
We wish the seats enjoyed a bit more sculpting for lateral support and the steering wheel didn't feel as if it had been pulled from a GM parts bin dated 1982.
The essence of the Escalade EXT and its Avalanche cousin is the Midgate panel, which converts the 5-passenger EXT with short bed into a 2-passenger luxury truck with an 8-foot bed and more than 100 cu-ft of secure storage. There is also lockable storage under the cargo floor to hold small items out of sight, and top box storage for items you don't want floating around in the interior. If you and the spouse have home improvements on your weekend agenda, you won't need to rent a truck. In utility, the Escalade EXT nearly matches a regular-cab pickup while providing real comfort for five people when you don't need a truck.
Cadillac's team may have started with the more pedestrian Avalanche as its base, but thousands of engineering hours later, you'd barely recognize the EXT's less sophisticated roots. Under the hood is Cadillac's Active Fuel Management technology, which uses computers to monitor the engine's load; if all eight cylinders aren't necessary, four are shut down to improve fuel economy. The leather-trimmed front bucket seats are both heated and cooled, and dual-zone automatic climate control works to keep everyone comfortable. Touchscreen navigation is standard. The entertainment side of that installation includes MP3/CD/DVD, voice recognition and a USB port. Bluetooth technology is also standard.
Finally, GM's OnStar is provided on all trim levels. Whether you're using it for turn-by-turn navigation, concierge service or an on-road emergency, it can prove invaluable. Its only cost is a subscription fee, although you get a year free when you buy a new Escalade EXT.
Performance and Fuel Economy
Only one powertrain choice is offered in the Escalade EXT. A 6.2-liter V8 delivers 403 horsepower and 417 lb-ft of torque. This motor is seamless in operation, with prodigious torque, instant off-the-line response and a relaxed, sleep-inducing over-the-road pace. All-wheel drive is standard. Despite the three tons of mass and barn-door-like aerodynamics, the Escalade EXT delivers an EPA estimate of 13 mpg city/18 mpg hwy. Towing capability is 7,600 pounds.
For a vehicle based on a truck chassis, the Escalade EXT is remarkably composed. Steering, braking and cornering capability generally disguise the body-on-frame EXT's agrarian roots; we would wish, however, for better on-center steering feel.
Integral to the behavior of the chassis is GM's StabiliTrak, an electronic stability control system that improves stability by detecting and minimizing skids. The Escalade EXT also offers head curtain side air bags with rollover protection for all seating rows, dual front side-impact airbags and pretensioners to minimize passenger movement during a collision.
Helping to avoid collisions are standard 4-wheel disc brakes with ABS and the established safety of a responsive but thirsty V8.
Driving Impressions
From his or her elevated perch, the Escalade EXT driver enjoys a commanding view of what's going on around the vehicle. But visuals will have to mostly suffice, as the steering communicates little of what's happening at road level, aside from the road imperfections transmitted up through the oversized wheels. The ride and handling balance of the 2013 Escalade EXT is arguably better than it deserves to be (even without the available Magnetic Ride Control), but it lags behind that of several more contemporary competitors.
Other Cars to Consider
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The Crimson will look to bounce back from its first Ivy League loss at Yale and Brown (OAC).
- Yale Game Notes (PDF)
- Brown Game Notes (PDF)
- Yale Live Audio
- Brown Live Audio
- Yale Live Stats
- Brown Live Stats
The Storyline
The Harvard women's basketball team will embark on its first Ivy League road trip of the season this weekend as it heads to Yale and Brown. The Crimson will first take on the Bulldogs Friday, Feb. 1 at 7 p.m. before facing the Bears Saturday, Feb. 2 at 6 p.m.
A live audio stream will be available for both games through GoCrimson.com with play-by-play man Greg Kadetsky on the call.
Below are 140 character or less notes on the Harvard women's basketball team, perfect for sharing with your followers on Twitter. Follow @HarvardCrimson for all the latest news and notes on your favorite Crimson student-athletes and teams or use the hashtag #GoCrimson to see what fans are saying about Crimson athletics.
- .@TemiFagbenle ranks 9th in @Ivy_Athletics history with 6 ROW honors and has earned a total of 8 weekly awards this year (2 POW, 6 ROW)
- Christine Clark is averaging 21.3 ppg over her the 3 games and has led @HarvardHoops in scoring each of the last 4 times out
- .@MRutzen25 has recorded at least 1 block in 6 straight games and leads @Ivy_Athletics with 1.6 bpg
- .@TemiFagbenle has averaged 8.7 rpg over the last seven games including 4 double-digit rebounding performances
- .@HarvardHoops has won 13 of 24 weekly awards from @Ivy_Athletics this year, 2 shy of the conference record for honors in a single season
- .@HarvardHoops currently ranks 3rd in the NCAA in 3-pt percentage (39%), 16th in FG percentage (45%) & 31st in FT percentage (75%)
- .@HarvardHoops is currently ranked No. 24 in the @CollegeInsider Mid-Major Top 25 and has been ranked for 9 straight weeks
Last Time Out
The Harvard women's basketball team cut a 13-point deficit to six late in the second half but could not complete the comeback and fell to Dartmouth 58-45 Saturday.
Christine Clark finished the night with 22 points on 9-of-12 shooting with 15 of her points coming in the second half. Temi Fagbenle, meanwhile, nearly turned in a double-double with eight points and 10 rebounds. No other Crimson scored more than five points as Harvard shot just 38.3 percent (18-47) for the game with a 1-of-19 performance from three.
Dartmouth connected on just 30.8 percent (16-52) of its attempts but turned 28 Crimson turnovers into 31 points. Nicola Zimmer paced the Big Green with 18 points while Faziah Steen added 13.
20 or Bust
Christine Clark has scored 20-plus points in each of Harvard's last three games, averaging 21.3 ppg during this stretch. Victoria Lippert was the last Crimson to accomplish the feat, averaging 24.0 ppg over four games in February of 2010.
Impacting the Game
The Crimson boasts two 1,000-point scorers in its lineup whose play directly affects the outcome of games. Harvard is 8-4 this season when Christine Clark scores at least 15 points and is 6-1 when Victoria Lippert reaches the same benchmark. By comparison, Harvard is 2-2 when Clark does not score 15 points and is 4-5 in games Lippert does not score 15.
Scoring in Bunches
Christine Clark has a penchant for quick scoring outbursts and boasts 10 stretches this season in which she has scored at least six points in 2:20 or less. These outbursts have included just three three-pointers and have all come in games when Clark has scored at least 15 points.
- Christine Clark has scored 20-plus points in three straight games, becoming the first Crimson to do so since Victoria Lippert scored 20-plus in four games in February of 2010.
- Christine Clark has led the Crimson in scoring each of the last four games and 11 time this season.
- Temi Fagbenle has led Harvard in rebounding in six of the last seven games, averaging 8.7 rpg during this stretch.
- Miriam Rutzen has registered at least one blocked shot in each of her last five games played and leads the Ivy League with 1.7 bpg.
- Harvard has won at least one Ivy League weekly award each week it has competed for a total of 13 honors this season.
The Sights and Sounds of Harvard Women's Basketball
Head coach Kathy Delaney-Smith was wired for sound as the Crimson defeated UMass, 85-59, to open the New Year.
Sharp Shooting
Harvard leads the Ivy League in both field-goal percentage (44.8) and three-point percentage (39.0), and ranks 16th in the NCAA in field-goal percentage and third in three-point percentage. Harvard last led the league in both categories in 2008-09 when it connected on 43.8 percent of its attempts from the floor and 33.8 percent of its attempts from deep.
At The Line
Christine Clark opened the year going 28-of-28 at the line and had a streak of 30 consecutive makes at the charity stripe dating back to last season, surpassing her previous career best of 29 straight successful free-throw attempts. Victoria Lippert, meanwhile, is 33-of-37 at the line this season and has made 49 or her last 53 attempts.
Harvard is shooting an Ivy League-best 74.5 percent at the line and is ranked 31st in the NCAA.
Harvard is ranked No. 24 in the College Insider Mid-Major Top 25 and has reached as high as No. 22. The Crimson debuted in the poll Dec. 4 at No. 25, the program's first appearance in the poll. Three of Harvard's 2012-13 opponents are also featured in the rankings, including No. 9 BYU (W, 71-65), No. 11 Boston University (L, 68-61 OT) and No. 5 Princeton.
Lighting Up The Scoreboard
The Crimson has scored at least 80 points thiree times this season and is averaging 68.7 ppg. Harvard scored more 80 points just twice in 2011-12 after turning in seven 80-plus point performances in 2010-11.
And the Award Goes To...
Harvard has picked up 13 of the Ivy League's 24 weekly awards handed out this season and has won at least one award each week it has competed. The all-time record for most weekly awards won in a single season belongs to the 2009-10 Princeton squad which took home a total of 15 honors. Harvard's 13 awards this season matches the program high set during the 1994-95 and 2008-09 campaings.
2012-13 Ivy League Honors
Nov. 12 – Temi Fagbenle, ROW
Nov. 19 – Victoria Lippert, POW
Nov. 26 – Christine Clark, POW
Dec. 3 – Victoria Lippert, POW
Dec. 10 – Temi Fagbenle, ROW
Dec. 17 – Temi Fagbenle, POW & ROW
Dec. 31 – Temi Fagbenle, POW & ROW
Jan. 7 – Christine Clark, POW & Temi Fagbenle, ROW
Jan. 14 – Christine Clark, POW
Jan. 28 – Temi Fagbenle, ROW
Fabulous Fagbenle
Sophomore Temi Fagbenle earned her sixth Ivy League Rookie of the Week honor on Jan. 28, the ninth highest total in conference history. Fagbenle has won a total of eight weekly awards from the Ancient Eight on the season after having also been named player of the week twice.
Fagbenle is the first Crimson to be named Ivy League Rookie of the Week since Christine Clark won it three times in 2010-11, and is the first to take home the first honor of the year since Allison Feaster '98 did so to open the 1994-95 campaign. She is also the first student-athlete to sweep the weekly awards twice in the same season since Penn's Alyssa Baron in 2010-11.
Junior Christine Clark was named the Ivy League Player of the Week on Jan. 14 for the second straight week and the third time this season after scoring a game-high 22 points on 8-of-11 shooting with a team-best seven rebounds. Clark now boasts six career player of the week honors, tying her with former Crimson Tammy Butler '95 and Emma Markley '11 for 10th place on the Ivy League's all-time player of the week list.
Club 1,000
Junior Christine Clark became the 18th member of Harvard's 1,000 point club on Jan. 2 as she scored 19 points against UMass. Clark reached the milestone in just her 71st career game, making her the fastest Crimson to reach 1,000 points since Reka Cserny '05 did so in her 60th career appearance. She now ranks 15th in program history with 1,072 points.
Senior Victoria Lippert eclipsed the 1,000-point plateau last year and is currently in eighth place in program history with 1,306 points. Lippert needs just 11 more points to move past Deb Flandermeyer '93 into seventh place.
Including this year, Harvard has had at least one 1,000 point scorer on the floor in four of the last five seasons. Additionally, each of Harvard's 18 1,000 point scorers has been coached by head coach Kathy Delaney-Smith.
Block Party
Senior Miriam Rutzen, who currently ranks fifth in program history with 86 career blocks, has recorded at least one blocked shot in 12 of the 14 games she has played and has registered multiple blocks seven times. For her career, Rutzen has 20 multi-block performances.
Dating back to last season, the Crimson is 18-2 when holding opponents to less than 60 points and 26-6 when allowing fewer than 70 points.
Defending Home Court
The Crimson is 5-0 at home in 2012-13 and 58-17 in Lavietes Pavilion over the last seven seasons. This includes a near-perfect 12-1 campaign in 2009-10 which included 11 straight victories at home to begin the year.
Road Tripping
Harvard is 5-4 in true road games this season and 5-5 overall when playing outside Lavietes Pavilion. Last year the Crimson posted a 9-7 record away from home, marking the program's first winning road record since 2008-09.
What a Start
Harvard's 7-3 record to start the season ranks as the second-best record through 10 games in program history. The Crimson has gone 8-2 three times, most recently in 1997-98 en route to a 23-5 overall record and an Ivy League title. Both the 1976-77 and 1987-88 squads went 8-2 to begin the year with the 1987-88 team also capturing an Ancient Eight crown.
Lights-Out Lippert
Senior Victoria Lippert was named the Ivy League Player of the Week on Dec. 3 for the second time this season after averaging 21.0 ppg and 5.5 rpg in a 2-0 week for the Crimson. Lippert tallied 21 points, including 17 in the second half, to lead Harvard past New Hampshire on Wednesday then turned in 21 points at Hofstra on Saturday with seven coming in overtime.
Leader of the Pack
Junior Christine Clark led Harvard in scoring in each of its first six games, becoming the first Crimson student-athlete to do so since Hannah Peltjo '04 led the team in six straight contests to open the 2002-03 campaign. Peltjo went on to average 21.3 ppg for the season, the fourth-highest total in program history, and was named the Ivy League Player of the Year.
Allison Feaster '98 owns the program record for consecutive games led in scoring at 17, 16 of which came to open the 1997-98 campaign. Feaster led the team in scoring in 25 of 26 games that year, averaging an Ancient Eight record 28.5 ppg en route to her third straight Ivy League Player of the Year honor.
You Can Count on Clark
Junior Christine Clark has started all 74 games for the Crimson over the last three years and has scored in double-digits 63 times. This includes a streak of 21 consecutive 10-plus point performances and 11 games in which she has scored more than 20 points.
Inside Ivy League Basketball
"Inside Ivy League Basketball," a weekly online radio show dedicated to Ivy League men's and women's basketball, returns for its second season in 2012-13.
Hosted by Dan Loney and Brian Seltzer, "Inside Ivy League Basketball" takes in-depth look at all the news and notes surrounding Ivy League men's and women's basketball on and off the courts. "Inside" moves to one episode per week on Wednesdays at 7 p.m., beginning on Jan. 30, after running a two-man weave with shows on Tuesdays and Thursdays over the first three months of the season. Every episode available on-demand on BlogTalkRadio.com with every episode available on-demand via BlogTalkRadio and IvyLeagueSports.com.
Each episode is packed with highlights, statistics and expert analysis in its 'Around the Ancient Eight' segment. With its 'Program Profile' segment, the show visits with players, coaches and administrators who impact Ivy League men's and women's basketball, both past and present. With its 'Ivy Insights' segment, local and national media join the show to give their thoughts and perspectives on covering the conference.
Via Facebook (search Inside Ivy League Basketball) and Twitter (@insideivyhoops), fans and alumni can follow the show and get a chance to test their Ivy acumen with the 'Trivia Talk' segment. The first person posting the correct answer to each week's trivia question wins a gift certificate to the League's official online store at shop.ivyleaguesports.com.
Check IvyLeagueSports.com each week for this season's episode schedule and guest lineups.


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^^ The leaders behind the Earth exodus would have been very short-sighted to not expect some survival after the disaster. Earth has had 5 mass extinctions in its history. But once life established a foothold on Earth some 3.5 billions years ago, it's never truly gone extinct. I'm not ready to guess on what life the leaders expected to survive the disaster. But for them to assume no life would survive seems like the stupidest choice to make.
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Logically it should have been something way worse than a simple Ice Age.
At the very least they must have been convinced that the glaciation was irreversible. After all Ledo expected Earth to be still covered in ice.
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At any rate the fact that the planet froze was confirmed by the Gargantians themselves and the fact that it is water planet now isn't something that should have logically happened at the end of an Ice Age.
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That's one of those things that we are just going to have to suspend disbelief on. If you melt the arctic and antarctic ice sheets completely, you'd get an about 68 meters higher water level - obviously not nearly enough to cover all land masses. It wouldn't even be enough to reach the valleys of most mountain regions. Even if all groundwater would spontaneously rise to the surface for unexplained gravity-defying reasons, that would add another 20 meters or so. And any comets carrying enough water (let's forget that it's mostly deuterium and not protium for the moment - the "water comes from comets" theory is mostly discredited these days) to cover the surface would probably completely devastate the earth.
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If there's no dry land, there's no dry land, let it be handwaved rather than nitpicked.
It's potentially more interesting if there is dry land and the fleet has to learn to break its reliance/blind trust on the Sea Galaxy in order to get there/make use of it. Could be a job for Ledo and Chamber...
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The conclusion that our planet doesn't have enough water to submerge all the land is based on the assumption that every landmass will remain at the current altitude.
A water planet is still possible if for some reasons all the landmasses sink below the water level. We don't actually know how many years in the future we are or what kind of catastrophe happened, so this isn't completely impossible. Albeit it is very unlikely and I doubt this anime will actually provide such justification.
What I was actually trying to say is that when an ice age ends the temperature should simply return to normal levels. Here however it seems that it became even higher, and that means that another event must have occurred to cause all that, an event that most likely the old Earthlings didn't predict and couldn't predict when they left.
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The landmasses above/below water level are located on tectonic plates. While these plates essentially float on magma, it's not like they can really sink - probably not even if they get broken apart violently by some cataclysmic event, as the magma will just cool off and form new plates. But in the end, I doubt we'll get a scientific explanation - this anime is about human relationships after all
And since it was mentioned, I actually like Waterworld, improbable as it is. Water planets are cool
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As you said they are all floating on magma. While we have no knowledge of entire continents sinking or emerging, there are several cases of relatively minor landmasses emerging and sinking above and below the sea level.
EDIT: check also Zealandia
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Of course landmasses' can sink. What strikes me has highly unlikely, barring something cataclysmic which I've not ruled out, is "all" off them sinking. That would be akin to the entire planet shrinking big time. I'd think that phenomenon would heralded a lot of other issues in and of itself. Still, I'm not saying the writers can't cook up some half decent theory for what's happening. One theory I'd toss out is something like the planet being hit by a asteroid and having the planet tilt off axis comes to mind, since that could also explain some issues with the temperature (well if it's a issue but really, the ice caps should have reformed after that last ice age, land or no land above water) in general.
As for Waterworld, I saw it at a theater first-run. The theatrical version is not the extended cut many watched on TV growing up, which IMO is quite a bit better, but a shorter, harder to follow film. Still, my memories of the film are mixed. I didn't think it was a good film, though it did have a great look and it might have worked with better editing. Also, it was one of the last, if not the last, film I went to see in a theater with my mother (she was a fan of Kevin Costner) before she passed away. The best memory of the film I have is her turning to me during the scene where they were rowing the supertanker and asking me, in all seriousness, if the film was a comedy and then the two of us getting into a case of the giggles after I re-assured her that no, it was suppose to be a serious SF film (the scene had me thinking Monty Python's "Meaning of Life" so I knew exactly where she was coming from! )
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OTTAWA — The federal government moved Thursday to distance itself from its own increasingly controversial decision to grant permits to 201 Chinese nationals to work in a northeast B.C. coal project.
Human Resources Minister Diane Finley said the government isn't satisfied with the process that led to the granting of the permits, and said it has put the Temporary Foreign Workers program under review.
Criticism has continued to mount over plans, first reported by The Vancouver Sun last month, by a consortium of mostly Chinese companies to eventually hire 1,600 to close to 2,000 Chinese nationals under the TFW program to work in four B.C. underground mines.
Just over a dozen of the 201 workers have already arrived at the Murray River project near Tumbler Ridge to begin work on a 100,000-tonne bulk sampling of a coal seam. The project is still under provincial environmental review.
The companies insist they tried and failed to find Canadians with the skills and experience to do the job, a position the government accepted when it granted the initial 201 permits.
"Our government believes that Canadians must always have first crack at job opportunities in Canada," Finley said in a statement Thursday.
"We are not satisfied with what we have learned about the process that led to permission for hundreds of foreign workers to gain jobs at the Dehua Mines subsidiary in B.C."
She said the government isn't satisfied that "sufficient efforts" were made to recruit Canadians for the jobs.
Finley also noted concern about an advertisement that indicated a Chinese language requirement, though the employer said the ads mentioning Mandarin in the job description weren't used in Canada when the company sought Canadian workers.
"It is clear to our government that there are some problems with the Temporary Foreign Worker Program. We take these very seriously, and are currently reviewing the program."
Finley also made reference to a lawsuit filed last week by two B.C. unions — the Construction and Specialized Workers Union Local 1611 and the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 115 — seeking a Federal Court of Canada injunction to block the hiring of the 201 workers pending judicial review.
The United Steelworkers is also planning a court action.
"Litigation could impede (the government review) and lead to court battles rather than a genuine fix," Finley said.
She added that the government will attempt to "avoid unintended harm" to Canadians employed at the mines.
The statement didn't say if the 201 work permits had been rescinded. The workers already at the mine have reportedly begun rudimentary English lessons.
The federal review is long overdue, said a spokesman for NDP immigration critic Jinny Sims.
"The Conservatives are late to the game in recognizing the serious problems on this file," he said.
"Canadians should have first shot at Canadian jobs. Instead, Conservative mismanagement has allowed employers to pay Temporary Foreign Workers less and drive down Canadian wages.
"Understandably, temporary foreign workers don't have an attachment to Canada, so do not invest in the country's future in the way that Canadians and permanent immigrants do. That's not nation building."
United Steelworkers spokesman Steve Hunt said Finley's statement vindicates the labour movement's concerns.
"They had no choice, because this is a scandal," he said.
A B.C. government official referred The Sun to a statement earlier this week from Jobs Minister Pat Bell, who said the workers should be sent home if it's proven Canadians can fill those jobs.
The Murray River project is being developed jointly by HD Mining International Ltd., a Chinese firm, and Canadian Dehua International Mines Group Inc., a company founded by China-born Vancouver businessman Naishun Liu.
The project is one of four being promoted by a consortium of Chinese companies working with Canadian Dehua. In total, according to a senior Canadian Dehua official, 1,600 to just under 2,000 Chinese nationals could fill underground positions in the four mines in coming years.
However, the companies have to apply for permits from the federal government, and must show the temporary workers aren't taking jobs that could be filled by Canadians. They are also required to offer a competitive wage, though union officials say the job postings indicate the wages are well below market rate after benefits are considered.
The Murray River project isn't expected to be in full production until 2015, and the other projects are at less advanced stages. The companies have also committed to train Canadians to eventually replace the Chinese workers over a 10-year period.
The TFW program last year brought in an all-time high of 190,842 applicants – a 56-per-cent increase over the 122,368 total the year before the Conservatives took power in January of 2006.
Combined with those already in Canada under the TFW program, there were 446,847 foreigners working in Canada at the end of 2011 under a "temporary" status — roughly double the 224,051 total for 2005.
That compares with the annual inflow of immigrants under the traditional family class, economic and refugee categories, which totalled 248,748 last year, down just over five per cent from the 262,242 total in 2005.
In B.C., the number of TFW permits totalled 46,378 in 2011, compared to 27,914 in 2005. B.C. is also getting a disproportionate share of TFWs, with B.C.'s share amounting to almost one-quarter of the Canadian total (24.3 per cent) for a province with just over 13 per cent of Canada's population.
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The Obama administration's consumer Privacy Bill of Rights initiative is a very small step to a desperately needed legislation to comprehensively protect Americans from Internet tracking. Currently Americans have hardly any protections against irresponsible websites and tracking companies. The United Sates is one of the few developed countries in the world where there are no real restrictions on the Internet. In fact, websites are not even required to have privacy policies and they are free to collect just about any private information of Americans to their heart's content- real names, credit card information, online buying habits, what websites you visited, what you "liked", your location, your computer information, etc.
So when the White House unveiled the online privacy proposal many were optimistic, including myself. Many are still optimistic that after the Commerce Department finishes meeting with tracking companies, Internet companies such as Google, and consumer advocacy groups that some real change will come out of all this.
But are we just kidding ourselves? Should we really expect real and comprehensive protections to come out these meetings? Do you really think Google (which makes over 90% of its revenues from advertising) and those tracking companies will really allow stringent legislation to pass? I sure do not think so.
There have been attempts to have laws passed for years and they have resulted in nothing so far. In fact, bipartisan members of the US Senate have already introduced privacy protection bills before, including Democrat John Kerry and Republican John McCain. Kerry said,
"Since the 1990s, Congress has been talking about this issue and complaining about abuses but doing little to stop them. Instead of continuing the now monthly exercise of publicly scolding companies, we need to make Congress establish common sense rules of the road that protect consumers."
He is so correct! It's definitely common sense to want to protect vulnerable Americans from spying and intrusive data harvesting. Yet, something so obvious is so difficult to accomplish. Why is that?
Of course, much of it has to do with Google's intensive lobbying. I wrote more on this in a past post – click here
Just last May, Google sent a strongly worded letter to the California State Senate opposing that state's plans to introduce a stringent Social Networking Act bill.
And now, all of sudden, Google has a change of heart when it supported President Obama's consumer privacy bill? It's obviously because Google knows that the bill won't change anything significantly. It's all a public relations ploy to pacify Americans to make it look like they will get real protections – not a chance.
Jules Polonetsky, director of the Future of Privacy Forum and former chief privacy officer of DoubleClick (the now Google owned online advertising company) said,
"I think there are a lot of companies that have been concerned by the recent litigation and constant criticism who see this as an opportunity to be at the table and help shape solutions. There have been opt-out options that have been around for 10 years. They run, roughly, at about a 1% opt-out rate. 'Do Not Track' isn't going to make more people opt-out. You still have to go in and adjust the settings and most of us don't want to bother with it. What it will do is actually make that setting work…if we try to solve all of the privacy issues for the whole industry, we'll probably be arguing for the next 50 years."
Google and the tracking companies know that there is mounting pressure for better security on the web and now they think that it would be best if they are allowed in the conversation to produce tough laws – this way, they will have opportunity to not only look good to the public but also have the chance to significantly water-down any privacy bill.
Remember that the proposed privacy plan unveiled by the White House is strictly voluntary. Companies can reject it if they want to, but most won't because they don't want to look too bad in front of the public. Once they accept to abide by the bill, they will have to stick by it or face punishment by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for deceptive practices. But the FTC, as noted by EPIC, has so far failed to punish Google for violating its consent order. The FTC doesn't really have much weight.
Also, remember that the proposed Do Not Track feature will not block tracking. All it does is that it will signal to tracking companies that you wish to not be tracked. However, the tracking companies can still track you and see what you do – they just won't give you personalized advertisements and make it as obvious to you. They will still have ability to track you under what they call "market research".
The Do Not Track proposal is at minimum a way to share your preference with tracking companies and Google – but it's also a dangerous false sense of security.
The best things you can do for yourself right now is the following:
1. Use a secure browser – one that has good default settings that protects your security and privacy. It's good if a browser has anti-tracking functionality and if it blocks third-party cookies from being set on your browser. Firefox, Internet Explorer, and Safari do great jobs. According to PC Magazine, Internet Explorer 9 has the best anti-tracking tools available – click here
2. You need extra protection for your browser. Get an anti-tracking add-on downloaded to your browser that blocks tracking, full-stop. These anti-tracking add-ons will give you a list of exactly who is attempting to track you and they will block them immediately. They don't just ask tracking companies to respect your preferences, the add-on will immediately go right in and block tracking anyway – no questions asked. I wrote about this before – click here
3. Block cookies! Make sure your browser is set to block third-party cookies. The privacy advocacy group, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), has six steps to help protect you better. Step 4 illustrates how you can make sure cookies are blocked on your chosen browser – click here
4. If you use Google's web browser (Chrome) or toolbar – immediately go and uninstall it right now. Of all the major browsers, Google does the least to protect you against tracking. In fact, Google doesn't even have an anti-tracking functionality on its browser – the only major browser on market which fails to do so. Asking Google to protect you from tracking is like asking the fox to guard the henhouse.
5. Finally, you have to proactively fight for your rights! That means you can't let Google and the tracking companies dilute the important conversations that will be happening in the coming months, which could eventually lead to comprehensive privacy legislation for all Americans. If you let Google dominate the conversation and lobby their way out of real protections for Americans, you will let Google win. You need to actively participate in this struggle by writing and calling up your state representatives in government and the White House. Say that you want real protections, not just feel good stuff!
For more information, please read these articles:
Computerworld, "Obama online privacy plan faces challenges" – click here
Bloomberg, "Obama Web Privacy Framework Boosts Chances for Rules With Teeth" – click here
Time, "Why Google and Others Are On Board with Obama's Privacy Bill of Rights" – click here


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Kate Middleton, Prince William, & Prince George Say Goodbye to Australia!
Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge (aka Kate Middleton) pose for a family photo with their adorable nine-month-old baby boy Prince George before boarding a plane at Fairbairne Airbase on Friday (April 25) in Canberra, Australia.
The three week tour of New Zealand and Australia has come to an end for the royal family and we sure are going to miss seeing all of Kate's fashion choices and George's adorable face all the time!
Kate, Will, and George arrived in New Zealand on April 7 and now they are heading back to the UK for some much needed rest and relaxation time.
FYI: Duchess Kate is wearing a Michael Kors coat.
40+ pictures inside of Kate Middleton and Prince William leaving Australia…


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Spirit Airlines Honors Atlantic City with the Dedication of its Newest Airbus A319
Atlantic City International Airport and South Jersey have been important to Spirit since our beginnings as an airline, so this dedication is particularly sweet to us, said Barry Biffle, chief marketing officer of Spirit Airlines. We enjoy being able to offer local residents and visitors alike terrific low fares, sweet new airplanes and great destination choices.
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The King David Hotel explosion of July 22, 1946 (Palestine), which resulted in the deaths of 92 Britons, Arabs and Jews, and in the wounding of 58, was not just an act of "Jewish extremists," but a premeditated massacre conducted by the Irgun in agreement with the highest Jewish political authorities in Palestine-- the Jewish Agency and its head David-Ben-Gurion.
According to Yitshaq Ben-Ami, a Palestinian Jew who spent 30 years in exile after the establishment of Israel investigating the crimes of the "ruthless clique heading the internal Zionist movement,"
The Irgun had conceived a plan for the King David attack early in 1946, but the green light was given only on July first. According to Dr. Sneh, the operation was personally approved by Ben-Gurion, from his self-exile in Europe. Sadeh, the operations officer of the Haganah, and Giddy Paglin, the head of the Irgun operation under Menachem Begin agreed that thirty-five minutes advance notice would give the British time enough to evacuate the wing, without enabling them to disarm the explosion.
The Jewish Agency's motive was to destroy all evidence the British had gathered proving that the terrorist crime waves in Palestine were not merely the actions of "fringe" groups such as the Irgun and Stern Gang, but were committed in collusion with the Haganah and Palmach groups and under the direction of the highest political body of the Zionist establishment itself, namely the Jewish Agency.
That so many innocent civilian lives were lost in the King David massacre is a normal part of the pattern of the history of Zionist outrages: A criminal act is committed, allegedly by an isolated group, but actually under the direct authorization of the highest Zionist authorities, whether of the Jewish Agency
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On July 22, 1946, one of the most dastardly and cowardly crimes in recorded history took place. We refer to the blowing up of the King David Hotel in Jerusalem.
Ninety-two persons lost their lives in that stealthy attack, 45 were injured, among whom there were many high officials, junior officers and office personnel, both men and women. The King David Hotel was used as an office housing the Secretariat of the Palestine Government and British Army Headquarters.
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The Chief Secretary for the Government of Palestine, Sir John Shaw, declared in a broadcast: "As head of the Secretariat, the majority of the dead and wounded were my own staff, many of whom I have known personally for eleven years. They are more than official colleagues. British, Arabs, Jews, Greeks, Armenians; senior officers, police, my orderly, my chauffeur, messengers, guards, men and women - young and old - they were my friends.
"No man could wish to be served by a more industrious, loyal and honest group of ordinary decent people. Their only crime was their devoted, unselfish and impartial service to Palestine and its people. For this they have been rewarded by cold-blooded mass murder."
Although members of the Irgun Z'vai Leumi took responsibility for this crime, yet they also made it public later that they obtained the consent and approval of the Haganah Command, and it follows, that of the Jewish Agency.
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"Every effort is being made to identify and arrest the perpetrators of this outrage. The work of rescue in the debris, which was immediately organized, still continues. The next-of-kin of casualties are being notified by telegram as soon as accurate information is available. The House will wish to express their profound sympathy with the relatives of the killed and with those injured in this dastardly outrage."


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Perseid Meteor Shower Visible Tonight
If the clouds stay away there will be a show in the sky tonight with the annual Perseid meteor showers.
The annual summer meteor shower will be visible for the next week in the northeast sky but peak time will come tonight into Monday morning and all you need is your eyes to see the meteors streak through the sky.
The National Weather Service says the best time to see the shower is between 11p.m. and 4:30a.m. The forecast is calling for partly cloudy skies with the chance of showers at that time.
Bill Cooke of NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office tells ABC News that the further away from city lights you can get the more of "nature's fireworks" you will be able to see. Cooke says there could be up to 60 shooting stars per hour and all you need to do is lie flat on your back.
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- Get a deck chair and your favorite beverage, and sit back and relax. Be patient. With light pollution, you won't see every meteor, but you can see quite a few.
- Let your eyes adjust. It can take several minutes for your eyes to adjust to the dark. You should not use any electronic devices.
- Your chances of seeing meteors increase as the night proceeds. After midnight and before dawn, our position on Earth is "facing" the meteor stream and increases the chances of a meteor entering the atmosphere. There is no single best time to view but the dark hours before dawn are optimal.
The Perseids are associated with a comet called Swift-Tuttle, which circles the sun every 133 years according to the Weather Channel. Earth passes through the comet's debris which is made up of thousand-year-old dust and ice. The burning up of those bits causes the meteor shower.
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Over a year ago in the winter of 2009, Patrick Wilson won a raffle put on by two guys who needed money for their bike tour (wekeepgoing.com). He made known he wanted a Soma Stanyan lugged frame(guys got good taste). But he never gave them an address where to send them and subsequent e-mails went unanswered.
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