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Kyle G. necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 239 diseños de 43 diseñadores freelance.
The Aquarium Connection is a high-end fish aquarium showroom located in Los Angeles, California. The company sells rare tropical fish and custom aquariums that they install in luxury homes across Southern California.
We're looking for a logo to help brand the company's high-end products accordingly.
Please read the brief carefully.
We've just guaranteed the prize for this contest. We're excited to see what awesome designs you come up with next. Good luck!
We've upgraded the prize money to $300. Good luck!
The Aquarium Connection
The Aquarium Connection is a high-end fish aquarium showroom located in Los Angeles, California. The company sells rare tropical fish and custom aquariums that they install in luxury homes across Southern California.
Some of The Aquarium Connection's biggest customers have been celebrities and professional athletes. The company has also installed aquariums on the sets of primetime TV shows and blockbuster movies.
The logo should reflect the company's luxury brand.
The logo should be vector based, as it will be printed on everything from t-shirts and shopping bags to outside signage and other marketing materials.
The logo should also contain a symbol. Think of the Ferrari Stallion to understand the style we are going for. Some ideas that have been suggested by the company:
- Sea Horse – for its confidence and uniqueness
- Jellyfish – for its elegance and rarity
- Blacktip Reef Shark – for its strength and ability to stand out from the rest
- Coral Reef – for its natural, aesthetic qualitiesKeywords that you may also want to work into your design concepts:
- Luxury, high-end
- Quality
- Exclusivity
- Strong, Bold, Edgy
- Modern
- Fashionable, TrendyThis should be a fun contest, and we're excited to see what ideas you bring to the table. Please let your creativity run wild on this design. Winner may also be offered additional work such as web design as well as the design of other marketing materials.
Feel free to message me if you have any questions.
- Kyle @ Motion Hungry
- Should be a vector graphic.
- Should be clean, bold, and classy.
- Should have an icon/symbol to identify the company (see description)
No clipart.
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St. Peter's Basilica, also called New St. Peter's Basilica, present basilica of St. Peter in Vatican City (an enclave in Rome), begun by Pope Julius II in 1506 and completed in 1615 under Paul V. It is designed as a three-aisled Latin cross with a dome at the crossing, directly above the high altar, which covers the shrine of St. Peter the Apostle. The edifice—the church of the popes—is a major pilgrimage site.
Protected by the fortified Castel Sant'Angelo, St. Peter's Basilica was built over the traditional burial place of the apostle Peter, from whom all popes claim succession. The spot was marked by a three-niched monument (
The idea of building the church was conceived by Pope Nicholas V (reigned 1447–55), who was prompted by the state in which he found Old St. Peter's Basilica—walls leaning far out of the perpendicular and frescoes covered with dust. In 1452 Nicholas ordered Bernardo Rossellino to begin the construction of a new apse west of the old one, but the work stopped with Nicholas's death. Paul II, however, entrusted the project to Giuliano da Sangallo (see Sangallo family)in 1470.
On April 18, 1506, Julius II laid the first stone for the new basilica. It was to be erected in the form of a Greek cross according to the plan of Donato Bramante. On Bramante's death (1514) Leo X commissioned as his successors Raphael, Fra Giovanni Giocondo, and Giuliano da Sangallo, who modified the original Greek cross plan to a Latin cross with three aisles separated by pillars. The architects after Raphael's death in 1520 were Antonio da Sangallo the Elder, Baldassarre Peruzzi, and Andrea Sansovino.
After the sack of Rome in 1527, Paul III (1534–49) entrusted the undertaking to Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, who returned to Bramante's plan and erected a dividing wall between the area for the new basilica and the eastern part of the old one, which was still in use. On Sangallo's death (1546) Paul III commissioned the aged Michelangelo as chief architect, a post he held under Julius III and Pius IV. At the time of Michelangelo's death in 1564, the drum for the massive dome was practically complete. He was succeeded by Pirro Ligorio and Giacomo da Vignola. Gregory XIII (1572–85) placed Giacomo della Porta in charge of the work. The dome, modified from Michelangelo's design, was finally completed at the insistence of Sixtus V (1585–90), and Gregory XIV (1590–91) ordered the erection of the lantern above it. Clement VIII (1592–1605) demolished the apse of Old St. Peter's and erected the new high altar over the altar of Calixtus II.
Paul V (1605–21) adopted Carlo Maderno's plan, giving the basilica the form of a Latin cross by extending the nave to the east, thus completing the 615-foot- (187-metre-) long main structure. Maderno also completed the facade of St. Peter's and added an extra bay on each end to support campaniles. Although Maderno left designs for these campaniles, only one was built, and that was of a different design executed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini in 1637. Under the commission of Alexander VII (1655–67) Bernini designed the elliptical piazza, outlined by colonnades, that serves as the approach to the basilica.
The interior of St. Peter's is filled with many masterpieces of Renaissance and Baroque art, among the most famous of which are Michelangelo's Pietà, the baldachin by Bernini over the main altar, the statue of St. Longinus in the crossing, the tomb of Urban VIII, and the bronze cathedra of St. Peter in the apse.
Until 1989 St. Peter's was the largest church in Christendom. In that year its size was exceeded by that of the newly built basilica in Yamoussoukro, Côte d'Ivoire.


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My name is Brian Tunink from Mobile, AL. I'm a huge Ron Paul fan, and wanted to see if there was any way that I could offer assistance to the campaign/grassroots in terms of print work.
I sell printing presses for a living, so I have direct relationships with printers throughout the United States that could handle the design, print, and mailing of campaign material for the campaign or grass roots.
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The Truman State men's basketball team suffered another tough loss on Wednesday as they went down to defeat at the hands of a surpisingly good Upper Iowa team. Perhaps they would have had better luck against Lower Iowa, it's always better to start at the bottom and work your way up. Trumaan has not lost by more than five points in one exhibition game and two regular season games so I think it's just a matter of time before the ball starts bouncing their way. They have a very tough exhibition game agains Indiana State on Saturday in Terre Haute before getting back to regular season action next week. Of course Indiana State is Larry Bird's alma mater and if memory serves won the Missouri Valley conference titlt last year.
The Truman State women's basketball team finally gets to play a regular season game on Saturday at 2:00 p.m. at Pershing Arena. Truman Sate lost to a very good Missouri State team in their first exhibition game of the year before going to Chicage last Friday and knocking off Illinois Chicago. How many Division II teams can say they have defeated a Division I team even if it was an exhibition game? I truly believe that coach Michael Smith may have assembled the best Truman State women's basketball team in school history. They have a lot of experience as well as a very deep bench and I expect this team to go a long way in their last year in the MIAA.
The Missouir Tigers are back in action on Friday against Nichols State in a game that appears to be extremely winnable. Things get a little tougher for Missouri next week when they play Stanford on Thanksgiving Day at noon. Why are they playing at lunchtime on Thanksgiving Day?
The Missouri Tigers football team has a must win game on Saturday against Syracuse. If Missouri wants to go to a bol game they absolutely must win this game because their chances of beating Text AandM M next Saturday are slim and none in my opinion. It would appear that Missouri finally got its offense on track last Saturday against Tennessee so hopefully that trend will continue against a Syracuse team who has played a very tough schedule this year and are certainly not a team to take lightly.
On Sunday the Kansas City Chiefs continue their torturous NFL season at home against a much improved Cincinnati Bengals football team. It will be interesting to see how the Chiefs recover from Monday night's heartbreaker. OK, maybe it won't be interesting. Look on the bright side, things can't get much worse. OK, maybe they can.
The St. Louis Rams are at home on Sunday to play a New York Jets teams who refuse to embrace the whole Tebow Time phennomenom and have clearly lost their way this season to the point they are now publicly blasting one another in the press. The Rams may not have to worry about beating the Jets, the Jets are doing a really good job of that themselves. The Rams are another team who has to recover after last week's overtime tie against the 49ers. The Rams season can still be alvaged and the dysfunctional Jets are a perfect team to start the salvage effort against.
The final NASCAR race of the season takes place on Sunday and I hope for his sake that Clint Bowyer is wearing a Kevlar vest in case Jeff Gordon is still mad at him. Gordon is looking forward to the season being over so he can turn his attention to his off season job as a hit man for the Gambino crime family.
Late last week Mark McGwire very quietly resigned as the hitting coach for the St. Oouis Cardinals to take the same position with the Los Angeles Dodgers. Los Angeles is much closer to McGwire's home and he wanted to be closer to where his family lived. It's also much easier to get steroids there. The Dodgers are looking forward to having McGwire be their hitting coach are expected to experience several games in a row where they score ten or more runs and beat the cover off the ball followed by several games in a row where they can't get the ball out of the infield thus causing rampant conniption fits within the Dodgers fan base. McGwire was replaced as hitting coach by John Maybry who I'm sure will do an outstanding job. I'm very happy to see Maybry promoted to that position.
We will be back on Monday with a review of this weekend's sports action and a look ahead to next week's busy week of events. Until then, please continue to check out the other blogs on this site and thanks so much for continuing to support this one.
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Something strange happens when any one rider gets really damn good—a hint of predictability finds its way into snowboarding. Now, this is great for them, but what about the people who have to watch 'em ride? People who want to see some upset, something crazy happen, some unknown dark horse come out of the woodwork and take everything by storm? Well, too bad, because Shaun White is frickin' good, he knows how to compete, and he's not going away anytime soon.
However, before we get into that, I better mention that the women's event did have an upset winner. Janna Meyen mighta won last year's X-Slopestyle, but she's fresh off a blown knee from spring of 2004 and should really be takin' it easy. But she didn't. Nope, Meyen grabbed this course by the X-jugular, doing frontside 180s into half Cabs at the top, then on to backside 540s and 720s—all spun with signature Meyen style (big and smooth). It was completely X-tastic.
All in all, a 720-degree rotation separated the women's X-podium from the rest of the X-pack. In addition to Janna, the two other women to pull this one off would be as follows: Natasza Zurek, who spun her way down the top of the course with front and back 360s and backside 540s, before winding up and chucking a big backside 720 revert for third place. And the silver went to European X-rookie Silvia Mittermueller, who is making a major mark on this season's slopestyle scene with her giant spin domination. On this course, it included stomped threes, fives, and large-sized, manhandled backside 720s. Tara Dakides was markedly absent from the finals, though, after she drifted sideways on a jump in the qualifiers and landed on a cameraman—but I'd say Silvia Mittermueller gave Janna a good run for her money. Big things to come from Silvia in the future, for sure.
Anyhow, the X-course saw its fair share of female X-carnage, for sure. During prelims practice, Alexis Waite fractured her eye socket by smashing her face on the lip of a jump. Although she looked like she just had a black eye, Waite actually has to get a steel plate surgically inserted into her cheekbone … which sounds delightful. Also, Jamie McLeod hit her head real hard a few runs before the X-finals, incurring a mild concussion and strange-looking, lopsidedly swollen head. Don't worry, though, they're both gonna be just fine.
Men, let's see, it was a stacked field—Danny Kass, Travis Rice, MFM, and of course, White. Todd Richards qualified for the finals in the middle of the pack and was shredding back-to-back 900s on the bottom kickers, despite the announcer (I think it was Dave Duncan) claiming that the "older generation can't hold a torch to what the up-and-comers are throwing down these days. The real action, however, was what shook out between the top-three placers. Apparently a double-back flip, a backside rodeo seven, and a Cab five gets you third place in the X-Games Slopestyle, because that's what our man Travis Rice did, and that's what he got. He was beat out of the silver spot by his Mervin teammate Danny Kass, who does switch rodeos with ease, as well as backlipping flat down rails and smoothing out Cab seven to backside 900 combos.
Now, the fact that everyone already suspects that Shaun White's gonna win going into an event doesn't make watching him or any of the other X-dudes ride any less impressive. Which is why EVERYONE was paying attention when White came down and did this: frontside tailslide to 270 out on into a frontside 270 to backlip on the upper rails, then frontside five, Cab five, backside seven, frontside five, and cab 900 through the kicker section. Yup, it was one long course, and the little Mr. White had no problems with it. But I got pretty tired just watching him …
Women's Results
1. Janna Meyen
2. Silvia Mittermueller
3. Natasza Zurek
4. Erin Comstock
5. Emily Thomas
Men's Results
1. Shaun White
2. Danny Kass
3. Travis Rice
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The Lewiston Kiwanis Club seeks entries for the annual Lewiston Kiwanis Peach Festival Parade. The parade will take place on Saturday, Sept. 8, at 11 a.m.
The parade route will be from the Red Brick Municipal Building on North Fourth Street, down Center Street to Academy Park in the Village of Lewiston.
Cash prizes of more than $2,000 and trophies will be awarded to outstanding school bands, senior bands, majorette units, fire companies, floats, drill teams and color guards. Any units desiring entry blanks should contact Jerry Wolfgang at 716-754-7745.
Entries for the parade will be accepted until Aug. 30.
The Peach Festival will take place from Friday, Sept. 7, through Sunday, Sept. 9, at Academy Park in Lewiston.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Freshman Maria Monks was named NEWMAC Runner of the Week after a sensational race in Ohio on Saturday. Finishing third overall in a stunning performance, Monks led MIT to a fourth-place team finish at the Pre-National cross country meet hosted by Wilmington College.
At Voice of America Park, on the site of the 2006 NCAA Cross Country Championships, Monks paced the Engineers to one of their most impressive national finishes ever. She split 22:10 on the 6000-meter course.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Senior Chris Ruggiero was recently tabbed as a First Team selection on ESPN The Magazine's Academic All-America football team following an outstanding season for the Engineers' grid program. Ruggiero's national honor is MIT's second of the fall season and its 130th overall pick since 1980, while the Engineers continue to add to their all-time leading totals for Division III athletics.
Ruggiero is on pace to graduate this spring with a degree in mechanical engineering while carrying a flawless 5.0 grade point average. The 6'3" tight end from Manalapan, N.J., served as one of MIT's top offensive threats this season, leading the Cardinal and Gray in every receiving category including catches, yards, average and touchdowns. Ruggiero also finished the regular slate ranking first among tight ends in the New England Football Conference (NEFC) in catches, yards and touchdowns.
Ruggiero is the 25th player in program history to secure Academic All-America accolades and the first since Tom Kilpatrick in 2004. Men's soccer standout, Ryan Sheffler, also earned Academic All-America honors earlier this year.


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Looking to add some handmade holiday charm to your abode? Look no further, we have 8 great DIY wreaths that will surely put a smile on your Uncle Scrooge.
These DIY wreaths are simple enough that I think I could even make one! I have my heart set on the bike wheel wreath — spraying it out white and adding coral and turquoise flowers. My bike-obsessed toddler will be over the moon for it! Please visit the following websites for full instructions.
- Felt Ball Wreath by Pickles
- Bike Wheel Wreath by City Cradle Design
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- Pom Pom Wreath by Bleubird Vintage
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Thanks for the swift and comprehensible messaging guys!
Note: I used manual fire at most of the shooters, for fun's sake. Let me know if you like that or hate it.
And now, something completely different:
Malekim's Horde, turn 1 (Warhead):
Malekim, the strategic genius he is, quickly rearranged his troops to a favorable position. He wasn't too hasty with advancing. 'Let them come closer' he said to himself, while he was observing his opponents.
After that, he ordered his glommox to fire at the imperials. Both scored a hit!
Unfortunately, the one which hit the cavalry failed to do any harm, but the other's blow was powerful enough to break and immobilize the ballista.
Finally, Malekim casted an unholy spell, which fortified his own skeletal warriors (buffing them with +2 armor, -1inch movement, indicated with a gray pip on both squads), making them stronger and more durable.
United Imperial Army, turn 1 (Bragallot):
Niol looked at the loathsome hordes of undead and noticed the orks as well. 'If dealing with Malekim wasn't hard enough' Niol said to himself. He looked at his fellow runekinghts, who were eager to action, but he saw that the regular knights were a bit afraid. 'Fear not, fair knights of the Realm! We shall show the true power of mankind today!', shouted Niol. This was enough to get their mood better (translates into a successful inspire feat, buffing the knights with +1 to all stats, indicated with a gray pip).
The cavalry began to march towards the undead, while the clerics disbanded to aid them.
This was the moment Malekim's ghoulish riders were waiting for. They began to charge, and so did the imperials, resulting in a massive joust (seriously doing the whole math for this was painful )
The massive clash of mounted warriors resulted in the loss of 1 human, and 2 undead. Rest locked in combat. The infrenus tried to intervene but couldn't reach close enough.
The clerics from behind cleansed the gas cloud of the glommox, and tried to buff the runeknights, but it failed.
Meanwhile, the infantry squads, led by Amphyre, the storm titan began to advance towards the orks.
THUNDAAA SLASH! yelled Amphyre as he performed a feat which resulted in lightning bolts stroming out of his fearsome blade. Yet it was only powerful enough to kill one ork.
Will this divide and conquer strategy work out well?
Kensai's warband (Theblackdog):
There was a grin on Kensai's face when they finally arrived. 'This will be hour of victory' he thought.
The battlewagon with the trolls and orkboys began to advance towards the undead.
The two Arrowboys managed to directly hit the newly generated toxic sphere of the glommox, causing it to explode. The glommox was damaged, losing a wheel, one gargoyle was damaged, losing 1 hp of his 2 (indicated with a pip), and 3 skeletons fell, but where reanimated by their officers response action.
The Gargoyles retaliated, but failed to cause harm.
Kensai with the rest of his army, began to advance towards the imperials, cautiously avoiding the dwarven war machine.
The brute tried to push the launcher a bit further, but only succeeded in pushing it an inch forward.
Finally, a pair of explosive bolts were fired into the fray, hitting an undead and an imperial rider.
These killed 2 undead riders, one human knight, and overkilled a horse.
So that was turn 1 hope you...
The hill with the dwarven ornament on the far right side of the field opens...
It was a subterrain passage, from which the secret faction emerges: The Direwood Brigade! (gamey353)
'Okay lads, let's kick some ass!' said Arthel Wolfsbane.
So now it is really the end of turn 1. The fun has just begun... I await everyone's pms!
Here's on Overwatch shot, what's happening now:
Please, besides text commands send me this pic too with some arrows mspainted on, represeting which unit goes where.


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Your server room may be perfect—every Ethernet cable in place, all the KVM and power cables neatly tucked into the sides of the racks. Unfortunately, some server rooms are nothing but living examples of bad planning and worse execution.
In his gallery, "What not to do in a server room," Joshua Hoskins illustrates some of the classic server room faux pas—chaotic cabling, machines stacked on top of each other, and dust everywhere.
I know many of my fellow TechRepublic members have come across or currently work in less-than-perfect server rooms. So, I'm issuing the first TR Dojo Server Room Nightmare Challenge!You have from now until Friday, October 8, 2010 at 5:00 PM EDT to submit your photos of messy, chaotic, or just plain scary server rooms. Please send these original photos, along with a little information about the photo you're submitting, and your TR username to trdojo at techrepublic.com.
The TechRepublic editorial staff will select their three favorite photos from all the entries, and the TechRepublic members who submitted those photos will receive some free swag!
Bill Detwiler has nothing to disclose. He doesn't hold investments in the technology companies he covers.
Full Bio
Bill Detwiler is Managing Editor of TechRepublic and Tech Pro Research and the host of Cracking Open, CNET and TechRepublic's popular online show. Prior to joining TechRepublic in 2000, Bill was an IT manager, database administrator, and desktop support specialist in the social research and energy industries. He has bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Louisville, where he has also lectured on computer crime and crime prevention.


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With the release of v2.1 of the BlackBerry® WebWorks™ SDK for Tablet OS, new APIs and application functionality are now available for download! For those following the project on github, this release has also been known as the "Delta" release outlined on the BlackBerry WebWorks roadmap.
The goals for this release are focused on narrowing the gap between the BlackBerry WebWorks API functionality available on the BlackBerry® Smartphone OS and the APIs available on the Tablet OS, as well as exposing more BlackBerry® PlayBook™ tablet development functionality to web developers.


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2008 Melges 17 Spring Championship, 10-11 May
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Lake Geneva Yacht Club rolled out the Red carpet for the Melges 17 fleet this past weekend. Sailors gathered from the Midwest and further locations such as Florida, South Carolina, Colorado. The 16 boat fleet enjoyed the opportunity to practice on Friday evening or hang out with their Melges 17 friends at the LGYC. Great food and fun atmosphere were on tap.
Racing got started around 10:30am on Saturday as the fleet waited a bit for wind to fill in. The forecast was for breeze to be E, SE 8-12. Perfect Melges 17 racing. The first two heats were lighter than 8 though. The fleet sailed two quick races in the ultra light conditions. The Melges 17 is fast and fun in these conditions too as the boat glides along upwind and downwind. Two-Time Melges 17 National Champion Art Brereton started out the 2008 season with a couple of bullets in the light air. Art was doing a fantastic job of sailing low downwind in the light air in comparison to his competition. He pulled away big time on each downwind run. Ken Wruk was second in race one and Matt Ripkey was third. Matt one of the youth sailors in the fleet sails with his father Scott and they had a fabulous start to the series as they worked the shifts upwind with brilliant fashion. Matt has gotten taller and a little stronger over the winter so he felt more comfortable in the boat and he looked fast!
The second race featured a wind shift to port with about 30 seconds to go in the starting sequence. Mary Anne Ward from Florida took advantage of this as she was on the port end. She tacked to port with about 20 seconds remaining and then proceeded to port tack the fleet in style. She crossed easily and then extended to the right hand side of the race course, extending her lead. All of this was caught on camera as Andy Burdick was in a coach boat lending tips to people while racing. The video tape of the port tack will be sold to Mary Anne at a high price! Nice start Mary Anne!
Ward sailed the shifts upwind and had a big lead at the top mark. Brereton was trying to track her down followed by the young star Matt Ripkey. As the fleet glided downwind in the light air it became apparent that the wind was shifting left. Art Brereton saw this in the downwind boats and decided to tack right after the leeward mark so that he could dig left. Ward had extended far right. When the two boats came together again Brereton had taken advantage of the wind shift and now had the lead. He never let up and went on to win race 2. Ward was 2nd, Coye Harrett another young Melges 17 sailor had a fantastic first run and finished fourth. in this race, Ripkey remained 3rd through the race.
The fleet paused for a bit as the wind decided to finally fill in and swing right. So, a little course adjustment and a little time for lunch then it was race 3 with a bit more breeze. 8-10 was the velocity out of the SE.
Jeff Lewis from Appleton, Wisconsin sailed a great third race to end up 3rd in this heat. Art Brereton continued his winning ways and won race 3. That is three straight bullets for his team. Matt Ripkey showing that he will be tough this year was 2nd so he now had a 3,3,2 going into the fourth race of the series.
Finally someone broke the streak. Coye Harrett wins race 4!!!!! Nice job Coye! David Harrison from Oshkosh was winning this race for a long time but Coye snuck around him. Harrison was sailing with his new wife and it was great to not only see them out there but to see them sailing so well. Dave did a nice job throughout the regatta. Thanks for coming to the regatta Dave and thanks for getting your wife involved with the sport of sailing!
The wonderful RC of Jeff Lebonte and Dave Porter decided to do a 5th and final race for the day. The forecast for Sunday was 30mph winds, 43 degrees and rain. Not a good sailing day! So, the RC wrapped the event up with this fifth and final race on Saturday afternoon and the fleet was psyched!
Better breeze moved in for race 5 and Art Brereton with his crew of Harry Melges loved that. They went on to win race 5 and the regatta. Nice job! Jeff Lewis had a 3,7,2 in the final three races so this tune up event was helping him big time. They were 2nd in race 5 followed by Matt Ripkey.
Thanks to LGYC's Scott Ripkey, chairman Ken Wruk and Sailing Director Kevin Jewett for their efforts at the regatta. Also, LGYC's manager John Schnupp for a great dinner on Saturday night. The post race meal was perfect and with the handing out of the awards we had a wonderful evening. The Chocolate cake was good too!
Check out the results and photos from the regatta!!!
- Art Brereton
- Mary Anne Ward
- Coye Harrett
- Matt Ripkey
- Ken Wruk
- Blaine Unicume
- Jeff Lewis
- Bill Wiggins
- Mark Unicume
- Lesa Gutenkunst
- David Harrison
- Davis Wall
- Peter Tourmanoff
- Peter Slocum
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Swiss, Indian, Thai, Mexican, Jamaican or Italian, sushi, salmon, buffalo steaks, reindeer and oven warm fruit pies - dining options in the Yukon are as numerous and varied as the 10,000 colourful signs identifying visitors' home towns that comprise Watson Lake's renowned Sign Post Forest.
From upscale to down home, from traditional bakeries to modern oyster bars, eating in the Yukon is guaranteed to be as enjoyable and memorable as a northern summer musical festival or an aurora viewing experience. Amid several dozen restaurants serving up a United Nations array of dishes, no trip to Whitehorse is complete without a stop at Klondike Rib & Salmon. Located in the oldest operating building in Whitehorse, the dining room sits in an early 1900s-era canvas walled tent. Open only during the summer months, it features plenty of wild game on the menu, including reindeer, elk, bison and fresh northern fish.
"Our aim has always been to have our restaurant fit the building, fit the property and fit the territory," explains owner Donna Novecosky, who moved to Whitehorse 20 years ago from Ontario, "because that's where I picked for a road trip."
"We wanted to be Yukon for the guests and for Yukoners, too. We believe in wild, fresh and wholesome and hearty. The kind of food you'd have with your family."
The eatery's casual ambience, she adds, only punctuates the Yukon's frontier vibe.
"You're in a tent and you're gonna eat well and you're gonna have a good time," Novecosky says. "It's comfortable and relaxed. The cutlery doesn't match, you're eating fish and chips out of a gold pan. You can wear a tux or your work boots. The desserts are huge. Actually, our bread pudding is perfect for any meal of the day."
Yukon's wild frontier spirit is reflected in many of the names of dining establishments, just at it is in their menus, from Dawson City's Bonanza
Dining Room to Whitehorse's Wolf's Den Restaurant to Caribou Crossing Trading Post in Carcross to the Wolf It Down Restaurant and Bakery in Watson Lake.
But right next door to Klondike Rib & Salmon, you'll find Burnt Toast Cafe, one of a cadre of hip, new-style eateries where the menu offers such intriguing dishes as the Wish We Were in California Benny for breakfast and Pulled Pork Poutine and Truffle Oil Fries on the evening tapas menu.
"We enjoy our food," admits Burnt Toast co-creator Katja Schmidt. The Whitehorse native, whose parents emigrated from Germany after falling in love with the Yukon during a holiday, studied finance in Calgary but returned to her hometown as soon as she earned her degree.
Having recently sold Burnt Toast to new owners - who have kept the original menu - Schmidt and her business partner are now running the more traditional Cork and Bull Steakhouse and Oyster Bar. And, Schmidt adds, they are both excited about opening their Dirty Northern Public House pub in a few weeks. Located in a historic Whitehorse building, the actual bar is constructed from an old recovered copper mine beam.
Cork and Bull chef Hugh Payne says running a kitchen in the Yukon is both fun and challenging. Recruited from Vancouver two years ago, he enjoys the appreciation Whitehorse diners show as they thank him in person, taking advantage of that establishment's open kitchen.
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US Comedians Bring Laughter to Israel
by Anav Silverman / Tazpit News Agency
For Avi Liberman, an LA-based comedian who has performed on such shows as CBS's "Late Late Show" with Craig Ferguson and appears frequently on Comedy Central and E!, Israel holds an important place in his very busy schedule.
The Israel-born, Texas-raised comedian visits Israel twice a year, bringing with him some of America's best comics on a bi-annual comedy tour of the country. The comics perform to raise funds for The Koby Mandell Foundation, which assists families and children who are victims of terror.
Liberman himself has arranged widely acclaimed Stand Up for Israel comedy tours since 2001, following a visit during the Second Intifada, where he discovered that many of his old friends were not going out because of terrorist attacks.
"I wanted to give people a night out, so that they could laugh a little bit during that very tense time," Liberman says. Subsequently, the LA comedian began organizing successful comedy tours across Israel to help boost morale.
"There are two important elements to these tours," Liberman elaborates in an interview with Tazpit News Agency. "First, these top-tier comedians get to do something important for the community here. They don't just come to tour and see the sites, but they actually perform their material to audiences for an important cause."
"And while the comedians are here, they also get to see the positive side of Israel," Liberman explains.
"It is important that Israel get some good press. Many times, I encounter comedians who think of Israel in the context of war. There is obviously a lot more to this country than those kinds of headlines," he says.
"It's difficult to get comedians to come on these trips," Liberman admits. "But when they do agree to come, they are just amazed by what they see and encounter."
The Comedy for Koby May 2013 tour began on May 22 with shows in Beit Shemesh, Modiin, Jerusalem, Raanana, Tel Aviv and Gush Etzion. While much of the audience is made up of Anglos, there are Israelis who also attend the shows according to Liberman.
The May tour features several top comedians including Wayne Federman who has performed on The Tonight Show and appeared on The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Legally Blonde, 50 First Dates, Funny People and Curb Your Enthusiasm, among many other shows and movies.
On Sunday night, May 26, during the Jerusalem show, Federman, who performed in Israel 10 years ago with Liberman, joked with the audience about some elements of Israeli life including finding parking space and driving. "Israelis are some of the calmest and most relaxed drivers in the world," he quipped, following with a song about Tel Aviv, entitled "I Think I Found a Parking Space."
For the other comedians, like Ralph Harris who has appeared in Evan Almighty as well as The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and Late Night with Conan O'Brien, coming to Israel was a surreal experience. "It's amazing to actually be here in Jerusalem after reading about this city," he said.
Comedian Dennis Regan opened the Jerusalem show and mentioned that he knew a little about the Hebrew language. Regan has made multiple appearances on the Late Show with David Letterman and has toured nationally for many years.
This is the tenth year of Comedy for Koby tour, which has brought a slew of North American comedians to Israel.
The Koby Mandell Foundation was created by Rabbi Seth and Sherri Mandell, following the brutal murder of their 13-year-old son Koby and his friend Yosef Ishran by Arab terrorists on May 18, 2001, while the boys were hiking by their home.
The foundation provides individuals and families with psychological and emotional support as well as therapeutic programming for children who have been victimized by terror attacks and tragedy. The Foundation's website reports that in more than a decade, terrorism has claimed over 1,300 lives in Israel, and has left over 6,000 Israelis wounded, while impacting an estimated 50,000 Israelis.
Showing the power of humor in dealing with tragedy, the Mandells always make sure to open the first act of the Comedy for Koby tour with a couple of jokes of their own.
The last two acts of the comedy tour will take place in Tel Aviv on Tuesday, May 28 and Gush Etzion on Wednesday, May 29. Tickets can be ordered online at www.comedyforkoby.com or by phone at 052-798-5200.


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The last house I lived in had a ghost. I always felt as though I was being watched from a particular corner of my bedroom. One cold day I drove in the drive of the house and noticed that my bedroom windows were misted over, 2 of them completely but the other one the mist looked like a human figure, head and shoulders. There were 2 eye sized spots unmisted right where they should be. This window was in the corner where I felt a prescence was.
I reading a book one day, also had the TV on, there was a cooking show on and I looked up in time to see a man in a white shirt, dark pants walk through an archway door, I thought was behind the presenter. I only took a quick look and went back to my reading, then thought there was something not right about that. I looked at the tv and realised there was no door behind the presenter, that it was a reflection of the doorway behind me.
Around this time I had discovered ghost sites on the net and loved reading the stories. Maybe this opened me up more, but while I was reading them, I felt like someone was lightly stroking my hair. Similiar feeling to the broken egg trick, I even took to wearing a hat at computer . One night he really let me know he was there, hubby had gone to bed when I heard a bang on the cupboard behind me. I turned to find no one there and turned back to the computer, right away I felt the back of my hair being tugged. I had just had my hair cut short and I don't think he liked it. I got a fright and quickly rushed off to bed. As I was laying there, I'd feel him come into the room a few times, there were bangs through the house. At one stage an orb flashed in his 'spot'. My husband was asleep on his stomach and when the orb showed he startled awake, turned over and looked right where the orb was, rolled over and went back to sleep. I didn't get much sleep that night.
The funny thing was, the next day I read my stars for the day before. It read "Over reaction may bring unwanted attention" The next night he tried again, I felt him come into the computer room and touch me, I just yawned and said out loud "I'm tired it's time for bed". Turned off the computer and did so, he soon gave up when he realised I wasn't going to react to him.
When I was moving out, I sensed he was sad at being left alone. I spoke out loud to him, telling him that he wouldn't be alone for long and requested that he didn't scare the new occupents, because they were very young and just starting out on their own. Haven't heard anything from them about him.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Faced with hundreds of damage claims it says are fictitious and inflated, BP must decide whether to dive into a protracted legal battle it had sought to avoid when it settled a class action over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
The British oil giant asked the Fifth U.S. Circuit of Appeals in New Orleans this week to halt the claims. Should its challenge before the three-judge panel fail, BP will face a choice: ask for a hearing by all the court's judges, appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, or try picking off individual cases one by one, legal experts say.
BP declined to comment on what its strategy would be.
At issue is how to interpret a 1,000-page settlement document BP negotiated with a committee of lawyers working on behalf of thousands of individuals and businesses affected by the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion. The blast killed 11 men and dumped millions of barrels of oil into the Gulf in one of the country's worst environmental disasters.
BP estimated the settlement, approved by a U.S. District Court in Louisiana in 2012, would cost $7.8 billion, but the payouts may end up ballooning to billions more.
The company has already paid more than $2 billion toward the 198,021 claims filed under the agreement. Overall it says it handed out over $10 billion to those affected by the spill and around $14 billion in cleanup and response costs.
Several lawyers not involved in the case said BP should have known it might be on the hook for more money and erred by agreeing to a deal that had no payout cap.
BP said it stands by the settlement but insists the problem is the person appointed by the court to dole out the money, former Louisiana plaintiffs lawyer Patrick Juneau. The tussle is over how the administrator is calculating the amount of business losses due to the spill a claimant can be compensated for. BP takes issue with the time frame and the accounting methods Juneau is using.
Geoff Morrell, a BP spokesman, said Juneau's "misinterpretation" of the agreement "has ignited a feeding frenzy among trial lawyers attempting to secure money for themselves and their clients that neither deserves."
In a statement, Juneau said, "the proper place to address issues concerning the settlement agreement is in the courts."
U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier of New Orleans, who is overseeing the explosion of spill-related litigation, has repeatedly backed Juneau's interpretation.
So BP appealed to the higher court.
At times during the oral arguments on Monday, the Fifth Circuit judges threw tough comments at BP's lawyer Ted Olson, who served as U.S. solicitor general under President George W. Bush.
"The parties can't come in and change the agreement after it's been made," Judge James Dennis said.
There is no time limit for the Fifth Circuit to decide BP's appeal. If the three judges rule against BP, the company can ask for what is called an "en banc" hearing at the same court but in front of all the Fifth Circuit judges.
Fewer than 3 percent of en banc hearing requests are granted, according to the Fifth Circuit's website.
Also built into the settlement agreement itself is an internal appeal process that BP can use to challenge individual payments it believes were excessive and victims can use if they feel they were wrongly denied.
Internal appeal panels are chosen by Barbier from a list of nominees put forward by both sides. Thousands of appeals have already been filed this way. The process can be costly: There is a filing fee, and if the ruling goes against BP, the company is required to pay 5 percent over and above the original damage award.
If either side is not satisfied with the decision of the internal panel, they can ask Barbier to take up a discretionary review on a case-by-case basis.
Joseph Rice, a lawyer who spent a year and a half debating the settlement terms with BP on behalf of the plaintiffs, said BP has taken a handful of cases to this stage, but Barbier has not chosen to hear them yet.
If all else fails, of course, there is always the highest court in the land. That would be a long shot for BP.
Arthur Miller, an expert on civil litigation at New York University, doubts it will go that far, saying the Supreme Court prefers to hear cases that set legal precedent and are not focused on narrow contract questions. "This is a one-off situation."
Settling in the first place was meant to help BP avoid drawn-out litigation, like the 20-year legal brawl over the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill off Alaska. Claimants who opted in to BP's deal gave up their right to sue the company later.
The contested settlement replaced a process overseen by Kenneth Feinberg, an attorney who managed compensation for the victims of the September 11 attacks. Some plaintiffs were upset that damage awards under Feinberg were not flowing fast enough, and both sides agreed it would be better to settle.
Barbier is also overseeing a separate, multi-billion-dollar case to determine BP's federal pollution fines under the Clean Water Act, with potentially much higher liabilities. The second phase of that trial begins in September.
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A bipartisan group of senators is close to reaching an agreement to stop student loan rates from doubling on July 1, aides said Thursday afternoon.
The legislation would represent a compromise between the plan pitched by President Barack Obama and Senate Republicans. It would link the rate of new loans to Treasury bonds and lock the rate in for the life of the loan — a key priority for the White House that was missing from a House Republican bill.
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Senate Democratic leadership has not signed off yet on the deal and it's unclear when the proposal could get a vote with immigration legislation still pending a vote on the Senate floor.
( Also on POLITICO: Arne Duncan to visit Hill on student loans)
"[The deal is] sort of a middle ground between the Republican one and the White House," said one Senate aide.
If the rates are allowed to double from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent on July 1, it's not something many voters are likely to miss, making this the type of issue that has real political consequences for whoever is seen as being to blame for inaction.
If anything is to happen before the deadline — and Congress has demonstrated in recent months a tendency to push deadlines — it will have to come first from the Senate since the House has already passed its own bill.
Senate Democrats didn't unite behind any one proposal during a Thursday lunch with top administration officials, including White House chief of staff Denis McDonough. Democrats floated capping student right as one potential solution, a source familiar with the meeting said, and the administration said it is open to changes to Obama's proposal in order to find a middle ground.
The key negotiators on the possible deal that could offer a lifeline to the nettlesome student loan issue as the deadline nears are Sens. Angus King (I-Maine), Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), Richard Burr (R-N.C.) and Tom Coburn (R-Okla.), sources said.
They got good news on Thursday afternoon: The legislation they have drafted would reduce the federal deficit by $8.6 billion over 10 years, according to the Congressional Budget Office. The bill likely will be tweaked further after receiving the CBO score so as to make it deficit neutral, according to a Senate aide.
The CBO score was a big breakthrough: Lawmakers and aides working closely on the compromise were worried their plan might actually increase the deficit.
The deficit impact has become a political football: Republicans are refusing to back anything that increases the deficit. Democrats are arguing that Republicans are trying to reduce the deficit on the backs of students.
For weeks, compromise seemed elusive. The Senate was at a stalemate.
House Republicans keep proclaiming that the Senate is the problem and they've done their duty in passing a bill. Except it's not one that can get any Democratic support and would be vetoed by the president.
House Democrats are trying to blame Republicans, saying they didn't pass legislation anyone else can support. But they've been ignoring the lack of action so far by their colleagues in the Senate.
At the root of partisan fighting is a plethora of proposals.
House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) likes to say that the House-passed proposal is identical to the one advanced by Obama — both proposals called for a market-based solution.
"Republicans embraced the idea, and the House recently passed the Smarter Solutions for Students Act, a plan echoing your own," Boehner said in a letter to Obama on Thursday.


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The video shows Matthew Broderick throwing open some curtains and asking, "How can I handle work on a day like today?" The very Bueller "Oh Yeah" song by Yello plays as the date of the Super Bowl is flashed. Is the tease for a big-budget ad or maybe even a much-belated sequel? The former is more likely than the latter, but we'll just have to see. A note posted with the video says, "We hate to be such a tease, but on a day like today, we just have to. Stick it out until the Super Bowl, or take a 'day off' on Monday and catch the big reveal."


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For years, I never knew who our probate judge was. This is an important office because the probate judge is an elected official who is responsible for wills and mental-health commitments. These are important issues which affect many local families. Shouldn't we know who is in charge?
If someone can be in office for a long time and you don't know who they are, maybe it's time for a change. If you don't know who is in charge, maybe someone else needs to be put in charge.
In November, voters will elect a new solicitor. This person will be the chief prosecutor in Chester, Fairfield and Lancaster counties.
As the son of a career police officer with more than three decades' experience, who stood in a courtroom last year to speak at the sentencing of the man charged with killing my brother, the issues at stake in the race for solicitor hit close to home for me and my family.
I am writing in support of James Brooks, candidate for Lancaster County school board, District 1. James lives and practices three major attributes that will be demanded by this job: leadership skills, communication skills and dedication to community.
James' leadership is clearly demonstrated by professional activity as vice president of a major construction firm, through his membership and participation in the Indian Land Rotary Club as an officer and board member and his co-chairmanship of the Board of Zoning Appeals for Lancaster County.
In less than two weeks, the voters of Lancaster County will be tasked with the responsibility of choosing the best person to manage a government office that, sooner or later, will affect every family in our area – the probate judge. In this election, the voters are offered two sharply contrasting candidates with regard to their levels of relative preparedness for the challenges that face them.
John Hess is running for the Lancaster County Council District 4 seat. And I am voting for him. Washington and Columbia continue to increase taxes while decreasing services. Federal and state governments are out of control. Things must change.
We can't keep doing the same kind of tax-and-spend in Lancaster County either.
County officials have to learn to control the spending of our tax dollars. The answer is not to continue increasing taxes.
I read lots of posts as to why I should not vote for a particular Republican because he or she voted yes or no on a certain bill. They can't tell you why they voted as they did, since all they read was a headline.
Let's just cut to the chase. President Barack Obama has made this election easy. If you like higher taxes, more debt, higher medical premiums, continued unemployment, more scandals and cover-ups, plus more welfare, Muslims and floods of illegals, then simply don't vote (like in 2012) or vote Democrat.
Nick Pasquine
Freeman Burns is a breath of fresh air. He offers us strength, innovation and a pro-active look into the future of our children.
Our district is growing in leaps and bounds. We have more students to educate and more students for which to build a better future. Mr. Burns will fight for our children, which ultimately means he will also be fighting for a better tomorrow for all.
An accountable and responsible leader is required to help South Carolina move forward. This has not happened in the last four years of Gov. Nikki Haley's administration.
The state needs leadership from both the governor's position and its Legislature. Too many shortcomings and not enough concern for its citizens are apparent in bills introduced, but not passed.
In October, America celebrates the harvest, specifically initiatives to put healthy, locally grown food on our children's plates at school. And it all starts with America's farmers and ranchers.
Many of us who raise our own food, whether in a pot or a small garden, do so as a hobby. If there's too much heat, not enough rain or too many pests, we are disappointed and frustrated, but the love of growing fresh, nutritious foods pulls us through tough times.
It appears, we, Lancaster County, spent two or three thousand bucks in an attempt to determine why the folks across the Catawba don't want us to play on their team or come to their party.
To tell the truth, I seriously doubt if York, Chester and Fairfield counties give a hoot and holler whether any new development ever lands on this side of Interstate 77.
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Lanfranco Cirillo Leads After First Day In Malcesine
15 July 2011
Malcesine, Italy - Day 1 of the Malcesine edition of the 2011 Melges 32 Audi Sailing Series on Lake Garda, Italy saw three close races sailed in sunny and warm conditions and winds which ranged from 8 knots at the start of racing up to 16 knots by the end of the day. Each of the three races saw a different winner, with Carlo Alberini on ITA 186 Calvi Network taking first blood in Race 1, Cirillo'sFantastica snatching victory on the final run in Race 2, and Filippo Pacinotti on ITA 667 Brontolo HHgrinding out a narrow win in Race 3. With many of the 25 international teams having had at least one poor result today, it was clear that any sort of consistency was going to pay dividends. Accordingly, with a 4,1,7 performance today, it is Lanfranco Cirillo on ITA 212 Fantastica who tops the leaderboard tonight, tied on points with second placed Jason Carroll on USA 128 Argo. A further 8 points back and sitting in third at the end of Day 1 is reigning Melges 32 World Champion Luca Lalli on B-Lin Sailing with 20 points.
The traditional Lake Garda thermal Ora breeze took a little more time than normal to make an appearance, forcing a delay to the start of racing until around midday and meaning that the first race of the day was sailed in a gentle 6 - 8 knot breeze. Perhaps due to drinking too much coffee in the Italian sunshine whilst they waited for the wind to arrive, the fleet showed considerable collective enthusiasm on the startline for the first race, forcing no less than three attempts to finally get the race away under a Z-Flag. Despite the early part of the first beat looking to favour the boats working the left hand shore of the lake, ultimately it was Carlo Alberini at the helm of Calvi Network, out towards the middle, who led the fleet around the first windward mark. Close behind was Antonello Morina on ITA 179 Sei Tu 32 in second and Peter Rogers on GBR 121 Highlife in third. Alberini extended his lead down the first run, with Morina also pulling away from the chasing pack. Picking his lanes expertly on this leg Alessio Marinelli on ITA 1 Audi Fratelli Giacomel moved up into third place at the gate. With the breeze increasing a couple of clicks to around 10 knots, the racecourse became a little more consistent and easier to read. By the finish of the race there were no changes in the top three, with Alberini taking the gun comfortably from Morina in second and Marinelli in third. Cirillo took fourth, ahead of Carroll in fifth.
Race 2 got away at the first time of asking with the fleet splitting almost equally left and right on the first beat. Leading the pack on the left was Carroll, with Rogers along with Kees Kaan on NED 209 Roark both making the running on the right. When the fleet converged at the first windward mark, it was Rogers who led, with Kaan hot on his heels in second, Carrol in third, Wolfgang Stolz on onGER 206 Opus One fourth, and Marinelli fifth. Kees made a bold move to gybe early in the pursuit of fresh breeze on the right of the course and because of this it was he who led at the gate by the narrowest of margins from Stolz in second and Carrol in third. The second beat was all about the right hand side, with a shift and extra pressure delivering a big gain to the boats choosing that option. At the second windward mark Kees maintained his lead, with Cirillo moving up into second ahead of Carrol in third, Kaan in fourth and Pieter Taselaar on USA 169 Bliksem who had moved up into fifth. Cirillo and Carrol went on the offensive on the final downwind, both overhauling Kees to cross the line in first and second respectively. Kees came home third ahead of Stolz in fourth and Taselaar in fifth.
Due in the main to a heavily starboard biased startline, it took three attempts to get Race 3 underway in a solid 12 - 15 knot breeze. Again the gains were all made on the right hand side of the first beat. Lalli had positioned himself perfectly to take best advantage and he led around the first windward mark. In second was Pacinotti ahead of John Kilroy on USA 13131 Samba Pa Ti in third, and Taselaar in fourth. These four held their positions around the leeward gate. On the second beat Pacinotti found some advantage out on the left of the course and by the second windward mark had edged past Lalli to take the lead. On the final downwind Pacinotti had to hold off a sustained attack from Lalli, but at the finish Pacinotti took the gun from Lalli in second, Kilroy in third, Taselaar in fourth and Carroll in fifth.
So at the end of Day 1 of the Malcesine edition of the 2011 Melges 32 Audi Sailing Series, Lanfranco Cirillo leads the regatta with 12 points from Jason Carroll in second, also with 12 points, and Luca Lalli in third with 20 points. Fourth at the end of the first day is Alessio Marinelli with 25 points and in fifth is Carlo Alberini with 31 points.
Racing continues tomorrow Saturday 16 July with three more races scheduled, with the regatta coming to a climax on Sunday 17 July.
TOP TEN RESULTS (After 3 Races)
1.) Lanfranco Cirillo/Michelle Paoletti, Fantastica; 4-1-7 = 12
2.) Jason Carroll/Andy Horton, ARGO; 5-2-5 = 12
3.) Luca Lalli/Lorenzo Bressani, B-Lin Sailing.com; 7-11-2 = 20
4.) Alessio Marinelli/Riccardo Simoneschi, Audi Fratelli Giacomel Armonia; 3-6-16 = 25
5.) Carlo Alberini/Enrico Fonda, Calvi Network; 1-14-11 = 26
6.) John Porter/Jonathan McKee, Full Throttle; 9-13-10 = 32
7.) Pieter Taselaar/Tom Slingsby, Bliksem; 21-5-4 = 35
8.) Wolfgang Stolz/Jesper Radich, Opus One; 13-4-18 = 35
9.) Joe Woods/Joe Glandfield, Red; 16-10-9 = 35
10.) Antonello Morina/Paolo Cian, Sei Tu 32; 2-17-19 = 38
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TOP FIVE AUDI SAILING SERIES RESULTS (After 3 Events)
1.) John Kilroy, Samba Pa Ti
2.) Filippo Pacinotti, Brontolo HH
3.) Alessio Marinelli, Audi Fratelli Giacomel Armonia
4.) Lanfranco Cirillo, Fantastica
5.) Edoardo Lupi, Torpyone
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April 14, 2007
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - MIT swept both relays and secured eight individual event victories en route to a second-place finish in a quad meet at Steinbrenner Stadium, Saturday. The Engineers totaled 229 points to finish just back of Colby College (243), while Bates (131) and Colby-Sawyer (32) rounded out the field.
Freshman Amy Magnuson served as the high-point winner on the day, authoring victories in both the long and triple jump, while finishing first in the 100-meter dash and the sprint hurdles. Magnuson's split of 14.95 in the hurdles set a new Institute record established by the talented rookie earlier in the season. Christine Fanchiang, who finished second to Magnuson in the hurdles, also earned a runner-up finish in the pole vault after yielding the top spot to teammate Emily Hwang.
Adrienne Bolger also enjoyed a great afternoon. Although Bolger only secured one victory, her winning time of 4:51.59 served as one of the top highlights on the day and was only three seconds off the school record. Bolger also finished third in the 800m, while Andrea Staid finished second with a time of 2:23.60.
The Engineers had three other athletes secure event wins on Saturday. Although she wasn't quite at her best, junior Aline Thomas continues to hone her talents in the hammer and threw 153'2" for the victory. Thomas also finished four inches outside of first place in the shot put, while fellow junior Leanne Velduis grabbed first in the 400m hurdles (1:04.57). Freshman Margaret Leibovic showed that she'll soon be ready to challenge for the Institute record in the 100m after winning the dash in 13.07. Leibovic also finished fourth in the 200m.


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Automotive News asked top auto executives about global warming. The central questions: Is the planet heating up? If so, do vehicles contribute to global warming? Do automakers have a responsibility to reduce emissions of C02 from vehicles?
Global Warming: Asking the industry leaders
Of course, I believe the automobile has made some contribution to this global warming phenomenon. But right now what's lacking is this global-level root-cause analysis.
Are you saying that global warming is or is not an established scientific fact?
This is just my personal feeling, because I am not an expert in these issues. But I think maybe it is the case that global warming is a scientific fact.
What should governments do about it?
I believe that a national government should have a strategy so that not only industry but also government and academia can work together to make a difference.
Government's job is to do three things:
First, do the analysis. Come up with a clear idea of what is causing what.
Second, come up with the technical strategy. If there is a technological solution, say, 'This is it.' Government, industry and academia should work closely together to come up with those technical solutions.
Third, use laws and regulations to mobilize not only industry but the public in general.
KATSUAKI WATANABE, President, Toyota
Is global warming happening? Is it real?
I have no real solid evidence whatsoever, no conviction. But from where I sit, I cannot afford to be optimistic so I'd say, yes, it is happening.
I think that the auto manufacturers will have to voluntarily be coming up with some ways to curb this.
For Honda, what we want to be is a company that society wants to exist. So we definitely have to take firm steps to reduce CO2.
TAKEO FUKUI, CEO, Honda
Does GM have a policy: Is global warming a real thing and is human activity a cause of it?
There's certainly ample debate on both sides. Cause for concern is there, and so we need to take the actions that we can to contribute to a reduction in emissions.
Is that the equivalent of saying the jury is still out?
It is the equivalent of saying within our company there are a range of views on what causes it. I would invite you for one extreme, for example, to talk to Mr. Lutz.
So I guess our view on the topic is that we need to contribute to the solution or contribute to an avoidance of the problem that is manmade. So I don't think it's incumbent on us to vote with one side or the other. I think we clearly have a role in getting the issue addressed.
RICK WAGONER, CEO, General Motors
There is a contribution of automobiles to global warming.
Our strategy is to make sure we develop all of the technologies that will allow most of the 65 million (vehicles made annually worldwide) to be fuel-efficient and have low CO2 emissions. (But) you can't force the technology on consumers. Consumers decide.
Our strategy is to make sure we control all the technology which may become the popular technology, knowing that Japan can go for another solution than the United States and that Europe can go for a solution that is different from the United States.
CARLOS GHOSN, CEO, Renault-Nissan
We've always said that global warming caused by human activity was the No. 1 issue. We've always said that, in comparison, pollution issues are easier to handle.
Governments should make sure taxation takes C02 into account. The tax should be linear - i.e., the same amount of euros should be paid for each additional gram of C02 emitted - to avoid thresholds and market distortions.
FREDERIC SAINT-GEOURS, Managing director, Peugeot
My personal opinion is as it always was. I genuinely believe the planet is warming. It has been warming for the last four or five hundred years. I remain totally unconvinced that it has anything to do with human activity.
But my opinion is beside the point. The operative fact is that there is a growing body of American public opinion that believes in global warming. Most government officials believe it. And we (GM) have to behave as it if were real. The goal is to hopefully make a difference in C02 reduction, and we are absolutely committed to doing that.
BOB LUTZ, Vice chairman, General Motors
The automobile industry considers that CO2 emissions reduction has to be dealt with by all interested stakeholders - manufacturers, oil producers, governments and customers - to find solutions with a better effectiveness related to costs.
The efforts of Fiat and other European manufacturers to reduce CO2 will intensify in the coming years. Nevertheless, realistically, only an integrated and consistent approach, which takes into consideration the contributions coming from all actors, will lead to tangible results and prevent the advantages associated with the new technologies from being negated by other factors.
Do you think cars will be taxed based on their CO2 emissions?
I think there will be a progressive taxation based on CO2 emissions. There will be a threshold established, and anything above that will be linear.
SERGIO MARCHIONNE, CEO, Fiat
I think we're definitely of the idea of conservation and environmental responsibility, whether you want to look at it from scarce resources, whether you want to look at it from global warming, or whether you want to look at it from basic efficiency of vehicles.
So we're involved in a lot of the different aspects. We have Grand Cherokee diesels launching in the spring. We have fuel cell programs. We have the hybrid program. We have the E85. So we'll be playing in all those venues, however they turn. I don't know if we have an official position (on global warming) other than we monitor that clearly, and a whole bunch of initiatives and efforts around it.
ERIC RIDENOUR, COO, Chrysler group
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Oct. 30, 2004
CAMBRIDGE, MASS. - The MIT men's soccer team defeated nationally-ranked No. 4 Wheaton College, 3-0, in the final regular season NEWMAC game for both squads on Saturday. The win moved MIT (11-2-1, 5-1 NEWMAC) to a first-place tie with Wheaton (15-2-2, 5-1) in the conference standings heading into next week's Championship Tournament. The victory also marked the end of the Lyons' 13-game unbeaten streak, with their last loss occurring on Sept. 11.
Wheaton had the first opportunity to get on the scoreboard when it received a corner kick one minute into the game. The Engineers were able to stop this early threat and start its own offensive attack. Tech controlled the ball for the majority of the half, holding an 8-4 advantage in shots with several attempts narrowly missing the goal.
MIT ended the scoreless affair just 2:09 into the second frame. Dylan Wright sent a cross that bounced off Wheaton goalie Matt Pachniuk and landed at Robert Pilawa's feet who booted the ball in for the goal. The Lyons had a chance to tie the game seven minutes later when a shot by Gabe Margolis was stopped by MIT goalie Morgan Mills but the ball became loose in his arms. Mills then pounced on the ground, preventing Wheaton from taking another shot. Later on, after receiving one of its five second half corner kicks, Ryan Wilson re-directed the initial shot to the lower right corner of the goal but the ball was stopped at the last second by MIT's Christopher Desrochers.
Desrochers helped the Engineers on the other end of the field by setting up their second goal in the 71st minute. From the left side, he crossed the ball to Ryan Sheffler who headed it over his defender and then kicked it in midair into the goal. Three minutes later, Tech extended its lead when Jose Ramon Torradas converted a penalty kick.
MIT's Morgan Mills collected two saves in his fourth shutout of the season. Matt Pachniuk totaled three saves for Wheaton.


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|2008-03-14, 22:36
|Link #241
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: middle of nowhere, Virginia
Age: 32
This is the first time I've looked in this thread. SaiGAR sure didn't end well, but sure, I guess I'll try voting in here.
When I saw that Yutaka was 40th, I raged, just a little bit. She'll be my number one pick for sure. Number two will be Matsuri. Ponytail (and zettai ryouiki) moe~ ;_;
I guess voting for the purple/blue chars would be a waste at this point? The above two are the only characters outside the top range that I have strong feelings for. I'd post an encouraging pic or two, but I'm on break, so my picture collection is not conveniently accessible.
Since nominations last until the 20th, I'll wait until tomorrow to vote...
|2008-03-14, 23:15
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|2008-03-14, 23:46
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Inactive Member
Join Date: Nov 2007
Side Note: KyoAni sure loves to make Anime with a LOT of girls in them...
|2008-03-15, 00:01
|Link #245
Evil Chewy Thing
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: A Place Where The Wind Arrives
No kidding, but it applies to more than just KyoAni... Just the other day I was thinking through some of the character gender ratios, and most popular shows have terribly disproportionate numers like 3:9 or something like that... Any harem anime is obviously going to have lots of females, but it seems action series are following that trend (SnS, ZnT, Rozen, Nanoha, etc.).
Either that, or stuff like Bleach and Naruto, where it's almost completely male dominated.
|2008-03-15, 00:15
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The Comet has Come
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Republic of California
Age: 41
Note that 12 girls that are registered as locked in before the tournament (due to being top 16 winners in 2006-2007 Japanese and Korean Saimoes) are KyoAni girls. A 13th has been added for Kyou from Clannad for her superior vote totals during the entire nomination process. Her sister Ryou currently holds the bottom spot of the possible new 17 entires that have been nominated to date (16 now that Kyou is locked in). With the 12 prior Saimoe top sixteens and the 8 in the current top 17 for nominations, KyoAni has 20 contestants at this time from Clannad (6), Haruhi (5), Kanon (5), Lucky Star (3), and Full Metal Panic (1). In the top 40 nominees there are two more KyoAni girls: Misuzu Komio (Air) and Yutaka Kobayakawa (Lucky Star). KyoAni seems to be able to put out moe girls, or they are very good at locking in good source material.
I'm presently happy that Chiaki Minami (Minami-ki) has gotten back into the top 17. Her sisters are still on the chart but both are in the red zone. Hanyuu (Higurashi) (who is way too cute) is also still in the running. I'm sad Chii (Chobbits) and Osaka (Azumanga) aren't in the top 17 because they need a second shot at Saimoe, having not had a chance since the first Saimoe for 2002 (Osaka was second place that year and I think Sakara (that year's winner) was the one who knocked out Chii early on). It is sort of strange that Chiyo (Azumanga) is so far down the list (58th with 22 votes) and Lucky Star's "walking moe" Miyuki is almost at the bottom with three votes.
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|2008-03-15, 00:19
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Hm, sounds like a good off-topic project since I'm really bored:
#1 Kimi ga Nozomu Eien:
2 Males: Takayuki, (Shinji?)
3 Females: Haruka, Mitsuki, (Akane?)
#2 Cardcaptor Sakura:
2 Males: Kero, Syaoran
2 Females: Sakura, (Tomoyo?)
#3 Tsuiokuhen:
1 Male: Kenshin
1 Female: Tomoe
#4 Elfen Lied:
3 Males: Kouta, (Bando?), (Kurama?)
5 Females: Nyu/Lucy, Yuka, Nana, Mayu, (Mariko?)
#5 SaiKano:
1 Male: Shuji
2 Females: Chise, Akemi
Why am I doing this again? Oh yeah, to show that my favorite shows have more females than males. In any case 4 out of my 5 nominations are KyoAni characters, so I'm guilty too. I guess they're just way too cute.
|2008-03-15, 02:29
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: San Diego
(That was code for: 5 FOR MATS!)
She actually goes twintail once, too, and absolute territory is always nice.
Matsuri was -20ish when I started voting (first round of nominations), and she probably recieved almost 20 points from just my friend and I over the two nomination rounds, now just barely making the top 17, so it's probably better to vote strategically than to vote for characters you really want in (unless you can get a character you really want in by voting strategically.)
Yuji, Eita, Keisaku, Ike, maybe Khamsin. (5)
Shana, Kazumi, Margery, Wilhelmina, Matake, arguably Hecate/Konoe. (6)
That's mildly even, and cutting the last minor characters for each gender will only change the ratio slightly. (5:6 to 4:5)
Also, most of the Crimson Lords are male, and the majority of the Tomogara are male.
Zero no Tsukaima:
Saito's the only main character, but then again, this really is a harem anime.
There's maybe four girls in his harem, with a couple of other female side characters, but a lot of the other minor characters are male.
Rozen Maiden:
Yeah, there's one guy. And the old guy. Actually, there's also another in the second season.
But the ratio here is probably between 7:1 to 10:1 by gender for the main characters. I'll agree that's a little lobsided (but just a little)
Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha:
It has a clear "Magical Girl" in its title, and mahou shoujo anime generally have more female characters than male anyway.
|2008-03-15, 03:14
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Yes, you can nuke me for saying that.
|2008-03-15, 05:17
|Link #250
The Comet has Come
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Republic of California
Age: 41
I'm just happy that Minami-ke has at least one representative in this version of Saimoe. I don't know who is the most moe on that show, but Chiaki had a lead already over her sisters. (Please don't say the most moe character in Minami-ke (or Okawari) is Mako-chan...the universe is broken enough as it is).
|2008-03-15, 09:19
|Link #251
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: middle of nowhere, Virginia
Age: 32
Didn't she nearly beat Nanoha in Saimoe? How could such a cute character fall so low?
|2008-03-15, 12:36
|Link #252
Missing In Action
*yawn* nice nap... okay, where were we?
For the Purple and Blue characters, Kyou's a waste, but you can vote for the rest any way you want - it's just that if you have more characters you want to put in this tournament, it would technically be a waste. If you don't, it wouldn't hurt to solidify their standings.
Or you can check the Aquamarine period of the schedule and vote tactically from there. With a number of voters practically low and can only get higher at this point, it is important to get a good start in this competition, something that unfortunately Hinagiku Katsura could probably struggle with. I see that FANVOTE #3 and FANVOTE #5 could have a potentially tough schedule along with Kyou's, so characters in Indigo may want to start shuffling a bit.
|2008-03-15, 13:53
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Unchangingly Hopeless
Join Date: Jan 2007
But giving 3-2-1 points too early could result in one helping a so-so character beat a more preferred one. Caution is advised : p.
|2008-03-15, 13:55
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|2008-03-15, 14:00
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|2008-03-15, 20:01
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: middle of nowhere, Virginia
Age: 32
I was so focused on the top 40 characters that I forgot about poor Nayuki... but then I saw that all my favorite Kanon girls (with Nayuki being the top) were already qualified, and all was well.
|2008-03-15, 20:21
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Evil Chewy Thing
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: A Place Where The Wind Arrives
Zero no tsukaima has like 1 male lead and 2 side characters that are male, and that's it. Those two would be Nash/Julio and the professor dude.
Not that I feel particularly strongly about the whole ratio thing, but I think a healthy mix makes the anime seem less 'fanservice-ish'.
|2008-03-15, 20:50
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Missing In Action
I was seriously thinking about excluding Korea Super Best Moe. This means that Mai Kawasumi would have been out too, having to rely on a nomination vote for a top what would be 18 slot. But after seeing that there were 18 nominations, I thought that had to be too many. So I included her in.
And to make this even more a sign of destiny, Mai beat Eri Sawachika by one vote to get in this field.
If Super Best Moe was excluded, Mai would have had to fight her way in. I'm sure she could have gone in anyway, but that would have knocked Ayu out since she wouldn't have received as many votes, and Mai herself would suffer from split voting as well, giving entry to two other contestants.
|2008-03-15, 21:35
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Missing In Action
Third test poll - St. Patrick's day. I'm going to check the script again and see if there's anything that really needs to be done to have it not have the same problems again. In the meantime, C.C. and Eri will have a rematch for coming to a draw on Monday, and some other girls will take the stage.
|2008-03-16, 01:41
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