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CLEMSON, S.C. AND FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (Feb. 12, 2010) - Junior Jasmine Ingram (Frederick, Md.) led the ETSU track and field team on day one at the Tiger Paw Invitational, as the Frederick, Md. native finished second in the 300m inside the Clemson Indoor Track Complex on Friday evening. However, Buccaneer sprinters Mike James (Palm Bay, Fla.) and Duronal Monal (Belle Glade, Fla.) struggled at the prestigious Tyson Invitational in Fayetteville, Ark.
Ingram, who previously ran a 40.77 in the 300m at Clemson back in early January, shaved some time off that mark and finished behind Georgia Tech's Tiffany Grant with a time of 39.73.
On the men's side of the 300m, sophomore runner Robert Purcell (Raeford, N.C.) turned in a fifth-place effort after clocking in at 35.89. Also, in the men's 500m, fellow Buccaneer newcomer Tim O'Dell (Ormond Beach, Fla.) raced his way to a fifth-place finish. O'Dell recorded a time of 1:07.40 in the event.
Senior Michael Deren (Blasdell, N.Y.) and junior Manny Gonzalez (Maryville, Tenn.) highlighted the Bucs in the distance events. Deren posted a season-best time in the 5000m and finished fourth overall with a time of 15:08.59. In the mile, Gonzalez also shed some time off his previous best - placing eighth in 4:20.38 - which was six seconds faster than what he turned in a few weeks ago at the Niswonger Invitational.
Sophomore Quentin Greenlee (Morristown, Tenn.) had a bittersweet day on Friday night. After showcasing his best race this year in the prelims of the 60m dash (6.88), Greenlee was disqualified in the finals and didn't finish the race.
Rounding things out for the Bucs on Friday night was freshman Ryan Beaver's (Virginia Beach, Va.) fourth-place performance in the long jump. Beaver waited until his last jump to record a mark of 7.07m - putting him behind a pair of ACC athletes and Javin Dodd from South Alabama.
Meanwhile, in Fayetteville, Mike James and senior Duronal Monal both missed qualifying for the finals in their respective events. James turned in a time of 8.06 in the 60m hurdles and placed 26th overall; while Monal finished 23rd in the 60m (6.81). Both Buccaneer athletes will compete in the 200m on Saturday.
The Bucs return to action in the second and final day of the Tiger Paw Invitational on Saturday at noon. James and Monal will race at 2 p.m. at the Tyson Invitational.
For more information on Buccaneer track and field, visit www.ETSUBucs.com.


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Turkey Rustico Panini
Sliced turkey, smoked Swiss cheese, Dijon mustard, sweet onion marmalade and baby kale on toasted wheat focaccia
|Calories 480
|Calories from Fat 160
|% Daily Value*
|Total Fat 18g
|Saturated Fat 6g
|Trans Fat 0g
|Cholesterol 55mg
|Sodium 1120mg
|Total Carbohydrate 53g
|Dietary Fiber 4g
|Sugars 13g
|Protein 33g
|*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
|**Each caffeine value is an approximate value.
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Contains: Milk, Wheat
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wheat focaccia (water, whole wheat flour, unbleached enriched flour [wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], canola oil, sour culture, honey, wheat gluten, sesame seeds, yeast, salt, sugar, poppy seeds, amaranth, cultured wheat flour, degerminated white corn meal, malted barley flour, wheat flour, dextrose, alpha amylase, maltodextrin), turkey (turkey breast meat, water, salt, turbinado sugar, cottonseed oil), smoked swiss cheese (part-skim milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), smoked onion spread (sweet onions, cane sugar, hickory smoked onions, sherry vinegar, salt, toasted sesame seeds, pectin), organic kale, whole grain mustard (vinegar, mustard seeds, water, white wine [contains sulfites], salt, sugar, dextrose [contains sulfites], natural flavors, acidifying agent [lactic acid]).
We cannot guarantee that any of our products are free from allergens (including dairy, eggs, soy, tree nuts, wheat and others) as we use shared equipment to store, prepare and serve them.
You may have noticed we find a lot of inspiration in Italian cuisine and culture – pretty natural for a place that serves espresso, right? Here's another nod to Italia: a delicious turkey panini with kale and smoky sweet onion marmalade, served on a focaccia with whole grains. We can imagine a Tuscan farmer sitting down to enjoy it for lunch. Want to join him?
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Not surprisingly, turkey (the bird) is named after Turkey (the European country). They were originally called Turkey fowl; over time people dropped the second word.

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Films suggest that our future is full of fantastically large spacecraft in galaxies far, far away. But the reality is that our ambitions in space are small – and seemingly getting smaller - says Quentin Cooper.
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind- bogglingly big it is.
Spaceships are really big too.
The first few lines, as you probably recognised, are from Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. The other line about spaceships? That's from pretty much every other off-world sci-fi movie of the last few decades. But it's beginning to look like – at least for the foreseeable future – it's wrong.
It's tempting to blame the error on something that happened a long time ago in a cinema far, far away - the overwhelming opening shot of the first Star Wars film. That's first as in the first one made and the first good one in the finished sequence. After the backstory has crawled by, Princess Leia's (fairly sizeable) spaceship zips across the screen. Then behind it, with the speakers shaking the seats, comes the Imperial Star Destroyer which takes a full 12 seconds to rumble over our point of view. Twelve seconds – we're into a whole new galactic scale of bigness.
That was 1977, and its success, coupled with giant strides in CGI, has ensured our visions of exploring the galaxy are full of fleets of fantastically large spacecraft. Even ignoring the huge shadow cast by alien visitors like the mothership in Close Encounters or the landmark-zapping saucers in Independence Day, we've grown used to the idea of humans criss-crossing the cosmos in vast vessels like Nostromo in Alien, the titular Event Horizon, the six mile-long Red Dwarf, or the many colossal starships in series like Stargate and Battlestar Galapagos (as it's always known in my house).
Thinking big didn't begin with George Lucas in 1977. By then we'd already headed off from Earth in Discovery One in 2001, The Valley Forge in Silent Running, the USS Enterprise in that 60s TV series and many more. But the further back you go – at least in films and television – the more the limitations of model-making and special effects kick in, so that from Flash Gordon's rocketship in the 30s to most flying saucers in the 50s it seemed all pilots of the future (with the possible exception of Dan Dare) were permanently drunk.
Tiny steps and giant leaps
So, 1977 is a significant point in terms of spacecraft though not only because it gave us the defining vision, but because it also gave us what's turning out to be the confining reality. This week it is 35 years since the launch of Voyager 1, which blasted off in the general direction of the outer solar system on 5 September 1977. Less than 18 months later it had reached Jupiter. A little longer again and it was flying by Saturn. That was August 1980, and it's still voyaging. This 1,600 lb (725kg) spacecraft – some pumpkins are heavier – is only now reaching the edge of our solar system (Douglas Adams was right about space being big), and is about to become our first interstellar spacecraft. Not only our first, our last for some time.
We've no current firm plans to venture beyond our home system. And even within it we are scaling down exploration. Just over a month ago when the Curiosity rover was successfully put down at what's now – in honour of the late great Ray Bradbury – been renamed the Bradbury Landing, there were only blank pages in Nasa's own Martian Chronicles. Nothing in the pipeline for getting humans there (let alone back), no commitment for an unmanned attempt to return a sample from its surface, not even a date for a follow up on a similar scale to the Mars Science Laboratory mission which landed Curiosity.
Since then Nasa has announced that in 2016 they will launch InSight, a wonderfully contrived acronym short for Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport. But this is far simpler, and far less costly, than Mars Science Laboratory. And vastly cheaper than any manned Mars mission would be. InSight could and should tell us useful things about the geology of Mars, but it is a sign that for some time to come our horizons, and our spacecraft, are shrinking.
With a global economic downturn it's only reasonable that Nasa and other space programmes are not exempt from cutbacks. But there are plenty who argue that it's precisely because of all our problems down on Earth we mustn't let the belt-tightening constrict our imagination in looking beyond it.
On my BBC radio programme, David Southwood – president of the Royal Astronomical Society and until recently director of science and robotic exploration at the European Space Agency Esa – talked about the success of Curiosity and how "this should be the way ahead for exploration in a serious way". Instead, earlier this year Nasa pulled out of the ambitious joint ESA ExoMars mission. "It's very frustrating", he told me, "we're going to move forward in very small steps".
Part of our legacy from Neil Armstrong and the Apollo programme is knowing that small steps can sometimes still be giant leaps. Another part of that legacy though is knowing that for all the imagination and inspiration and ingenuity that took us to the Moon, we never followed up on the trail blazed by the 12 men who walked there.
It may be a while before we get people to Mars or even back to the Moon, and much longer still before we go beyond our solar system. Hence projects like the 100 Year Starship Initiative which are working on a century as a realistic deadline by which interstellar flight can be achieved. But however small the steps and – for now – however small the spacecraft, we have to keep edging away from mother Earth. As Voyager 1 heads off beyond our solar system, we need to ensure it's not too long before it has some company. Even if it's nothing like the giant spaceships we see on screen.
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Set Up rTorrent on LSPro
rTorrent is a console-based BitTorrent client with a focus on efficiency. Ths guide describes how to set up rTorrent on the LSPro with screen, and to start/pause/resume a torrent by monitoring a watch directory. I am a new linux user myself so feel free to improve the commands I used.
The procedure was performed with the jtymod5 firmware but should work on stock firmware as well.
Getting the Precompiled Binaries
- The torrent client: rTorrent v0.77
- GNU screen: v4.0.0.03
Thanks to khisanth for the binaries.
If you encounter problems with getting a corrupted gzip file through an internet browser, get it using wget instead:
$ wget http://downloads.nas-central.org/Users/khisanth/rtorrent-0.7.7-lspro-jtymod.gz
To unzip the gzip file:
$ gunzip -c rtorrent-0.7.7-lspro-jtymod.gz > rtorrent
To change executable permissions:
$ chmod 755 rtorrent $ chmod 755 screen
Getting Screen to Work
I found that I needed to change the permission of /dev/ptmx to get screen to work for non-root users. Log in as root, then:
$ chmod 666 /dev/ptmx
Setting Up rTorrent
Getting the config file
.rtorrent.rc is a config file that controls the behavior of rtorrent, including which directory it should monitor for new torrent files.
You can find a copy of it in the official client under /doc/rtorrent.rc
Rename it to .rtorrent.rc and put it in your home directory.
Modifying .rtorrent.rc
You just need to uncomment whichever option you want. See the rTorrent man page for more details. Here's what I changed:
# Global upload and download rate in KiB. "0" for unlimited. download_rate = 300 upload_rate = 15
# Default directory to save the downloaded torrents. directory = /mnt/disk1/share/torrents/
# Default session directory. session = /mnt/disk1/share/torrents/session/
# Watch a directory for new torrents, and stop those that have been deleted. schedule = watch_directory,5,5,load_start=/mnt/disk1/share/torrents/watch/*.torrent schedule = tied_directory,5,5,start_tied= schedule = untied_directory,5,5,stop_untied=
The first schedule line tells rtorrent which directory to scan for new *.torrent files. It will start 5 seconds after rTorrent is started, and will repeat every 5 seconds. The third line pauses a download when the associated .torrent file is removed from the watch directory. The second line tells rtorrent to resume a download when the .torrent file is put back in the watch directory.
This way you can simply move torrent files in and out of the watch directory to control which files get downloaded.
# Stop torrents when reaching upload ratio in percent schedule = ratio,60,60,stop_on_ratio=100
# Port range to use for listening. port_range = 6890-6890
Remember to open the selected port in your router.
# Set whether the client should try to connect to UDP trackers. use_udp_trackers = yes
# Encryption options encryption = allow_incoming
Running rTorrent
Using Screen
screen is a terminal windows manager that allows you to run a terminal in the background. This way, you can start rTorrent in a virtual terminal, send it to the background, and log off your current session.
Step 1) Create a virtual terminal named 'torrent_box'
$ screen -S torrent_box
You should now get a blank terminal.
Step 2) Run rTorrent
$ rtorrent
Step 3) Send it to the background
Press Ctrl+a+d (Ctrl+a, then press d)
OR, to combine step 1,2,3, you can do
# Launch rtorrent during startup chmod 777 `tty` chmod 666 /dev/ptmx su - <bt_user> -c "screen -A -m -d -S torrent_box rtorrent"
Those 2 chmod commands are used to make sure screen can use current tty. Remove "su - <bt_user> -c " if you are going to run rtorrent in the current account. You can put these lines in /etc/rc.local to start rtorrent during boot.
You should see the status [detached] and return to your old terminal. To see which virtual terminals are present, you can use the command:
$ screen -list
The torrent_box screen should be visible. Now you can log off and rTorrent will continue to run.
Seeing the Status of Your Torrents
To return to the rTorrent screen, use the command:
$ screen -r
Always remember to press Ctrl+a+d to send it back to the background before logging off.
See the rTorrent user guide to learn how to work with the rTorrent interface.


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Windows 7: Even DHCP Can Be Improved
This just struck me as geeky-cool (a term I use far too often, but that's because I thrive on geeky-cool things). I just saw a blog post on the DHCP Team Blog about a new little improvement called "DHCP Network Hint" coming in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. "Wait a sec.. DHCP has… Read more
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- 2004 Sean Thackrey Orion Rossi Vineyard - USA, California, Napa Valley, St. Helena (6/10/2013)
Dark and inky. Still looks fresh. When great, this wine can be one of my very favorites but they can be variable. This was my first time trying the 2004 and it was impressive. Seemingly just starting to change. Clean aromas of berries and briar. Nice spice as well. Slight smell of VA. This looks so dark but it is actually more red fruited. This nears the edge of ripeness but just stays in check. I think this is doing fine but seems like it is on the edge of evolving into a beauty or heading down a road of imbalance and VA. I am hopeful for the former and will let my other bottle sleep. (92 pts.)
The image is from the wrong vintage.
On To Some Discoveries
This year I have made it to Oregon 3 times and they have been some of my favorite wine trips ever. Having the 2010 and 2011 vintages around didn't hurt. I tried wines from Helioterra and Division while visiting the SE Wine Collective but this was the first time I really got to "try" them. 2010 seems to be shaping up a wonderful vintage. I was gaga over the 11s when first tasted but now I am enjoying the slightly more flashy 2010s. I look forward seeing how Helioterra and Division did with the 11s. This Division was at 12.1%.
- 2010 Helioterra Pinot Noir Vintner's Select - USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley (6/5/2013)
Tremendous aromatics. Clean fruit and earth all in one. The palate shows great red fruit, medium acid and light tannin. Lightly extracted and earthy. Not sure where the fruit is from. Seems to be getting into the zone right now. I am sure it will age fine but it seems with a little air, the drinking window is open so why not take it down. (92 pts.)
- 2010 Division Winemaking Company Pinot Noir Un - USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley (5/30/2013)
Give me this any day of the week. Terrific aromatics. Great mouthfeel. Noticeable tannin and acid create wonderful balance in this anti-fruitbomb. Red fruits and spice are what I am loving about this wine. I like where this is at right now. Seems like it should be in the zone for a few years. Next onto the Deux. (92 pts.)
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From Hasbro P/R:Star Wars fans,The Droid Factory line which was slated for spring 2013 has been cancelled. We were very excited about this line at its inception and wanted to give fans an early sneak peek when we unveiled it at Star Wars Celebration this past summer. Unfortunately since then, through the course of development, we realized that the price would have to be increased and we felt that the value we were adding with the droid parts was no longer substantiated.As a result, we have decided to rework our 3.75 figure program to create a line that is on-par with the quality and pricing of the Vintage Collection. Many of the figures intended for the Droid Factory will become available in this new line in the fall. Well be able to share more news on this at Toy Fair.We also recognize that there were many hard-to-find Vintage Collection figures in 2012. So, as we shared last December, we will re-release many of these figures this spring before the Vintage Collection goes on hiatus, making way for some of the most exciting new initiatives for SW collectors in years.Thank you for your continued support and enthusiasm.
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US says Chinese warship nearly struck Navy cruiser
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. military officials say a Chinese warship nearly collided with an American Navy guided missile cruiser operating in international waters.
U.S. Pacific Fleet says it happened Dec. 5 in the South China Sea, and that the USS Cowpens maneuvered to avoid the collision.
The State Department has raised the matter at a high level with the Chinese government.
The incident comes amid heightened tension over China's growing assertiveness in the region.
Despite strenuous objections from Washington, Beijing recently declared a new air defense zone over parts of the East China Sea.
Pacific Fleet says it's not uncommon for navies to operate in close proximity and that's why it is paramount they all follow international standards for maritime "rules of the road."


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The Formatt 43mm Combination Light Balancing 81EF/Neutral Density (ND) 0.9 Schott-Desag B270 Crown Optical Glass Filter combines the effects of an 81EF Light Balancing filter with a Neutral Density filter.
An 81EF filter (the strongest in the 81 series) will more than replace the yellow missing from the image and place all skin tones on a distinctly "warmish" level.
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CORTLAND – Legal issues surrounding a potential courtroom showdown between Cortland Township and Waste Management are becoming as cluttered as the landfill some residents hope to prevent from expanding.
After a sometimes contentious and often confusing meeting of Cortland Township electors Jan. 31 to vote on whether the township should sue to stop a Waste Management landfill expansion, trustees remain unclear on how to proceed, Township Trustee John Wartenbe said.
"Trustees expressed a concern about the procedures of that [Jan. 31] meeting because it's all very confusing," he said. "We sympathize with them, but we don't know if they have all their facts straight."
Wartenbe said the township is looking into legal consultation to help advise the board on how it can move forward legally with the electors' request to open a special fund for residents to contribute money toward a lawsuit to stop the expansion.
Electors voted to open the fund and raise money for a legal challenge during the special Jan. 31 meeting, which was not a regularly scheduled meeting and had no official board gathering. Wartenbe said trustees want to be sure the procedures in that meeting were legal as well as any future action that could come from it before entertaining legal action against Waste Management.
He said the board wants to protect the township from any lawsuit that could come from Waste Management or individuals about improper procedures should the township decide to sue.
Township Supervisor Melody Birdsell declined to
The DeKalb County Board approved a landfill expansion in 2010 that would allow Waste Management to receive garbage from 17 counties. The additional revenue would provide the $27 million needed to expand the DeKalb County Jail.
The county board's approval came despite an official stance against the expansion from Cortland Township.
Jerry Crabtree, associate director for Township Officials of Illinois, said Cortland Township officials have been in contact with him about the issue and he believes sound procedures have been followed.
He said it only requires a gathering of 15 electors to request a meeting and action from the township board, and there is nothing illegal about a group of residents raising money to give to a township board with direction on how to spend the donation.
"These townships do not have the resources, so if that's what [residents] want to do to protect their community, they can," Crabtree said of the fundraising efforts on behalf of the township board.
And if the township decides to sue, Crabtree said he believes it would have strong legal grounds to do so – an opinion shared by lawyer Jeff Jeep, who could be appointed to represent Cortland Township.
Jeep said the key to any lawsuit is the timing of a wording change the legislature made in a statute that gives township authority over garbage disposal within its boundaries. In 1994, the Illinois Legislature changed a statute to say township authority over garbage disposal in its boundaries does apply to state-regulated facilities. Before 1994, the statute said that authority did not apply to those facilities.
Why the wording change was made and what legal effects it has are questions a judge has never answered, Jeep said.
"It's a very straightforward issue," Jeep said. "But it's never been challenged."
Bill Plunkett, spokesman for Waste Management, said the company is confident in the DeKalb County Board's decision. He said the township code does not regulate the landfill siting process.
"It is very clear that local review and approval of a landfill expansion is determined by the Illinois Environmental Protection Act," he said. "We are confident that Waste Management and DeKalb County conducted the proper and legally prescribed course in the expansion of the DeKalb County landfill."
Cortland Township's next meeting is scheduled for March 11, where Wartenbe said trustees would likely further discuss the issue. He said the annual meeting of electors on April 16 would give the township a clear path forward, but any final decision to sue would require outside money.
Legal costs are estimated at $60,000.
"I would support the challenge because the lawyers, Jeep and Blazer, laid out some very interesting points," Wartenbe said. "But with the township board's current fiscal situation, there is no way we could come up with that kind of money."


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Molenland Goudse kaas Jong komijn stuk 450 gram
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- Shipping Weight: 0.48 kg
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Dutch 48+ cheese is a young Gouda cheese with cumin (spiced gouda) and is very soft and light spicy.
Vacuum packed.
Pack with 450 gram block (may vary a few grams)
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Rookworst (3-8 weeks)
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Most racers are pleased when they make a pass, but Maxime Berger was less than enthused when he realized what he was passing was the rear wheel from his Ducati at the World Superbike Championship at Donington Park.
"I'm disappointed and incredulous," said Berger, who also failed to finish race two. "I never had to stop twice for so two strange reasons. The ring broke and I was lucky because it broke into a slow corner. I found myself on the ground without knowing what happened."
Thankfully, the chaps above are willing to show the video of what happened over, and over, and over, and over again.
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Google had promised not to monitor the online activities of Safari browser users as long as the users didn't change their settings to permit such tracking. The FTC alleged that Google broke this promise by placing cookies on the devices of Safari browser users when they visited sites served by the company's DoubleClick ad network. As a consequence, DoubleClick was able to show those users targeted ads, even when the browser was set in "Do Not Track" mode.
Google is not admitting any wrongdoing in this matter. For its part, it claims that something in Apple's browser caused an unintentional violation. The FTC isn't buying it, however. Dan Vladeck, the FTC director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection, said that "A company like Google, which is a steward of information for hundreds of millions of people has to do better."
The issue was first spotted at least as far back as February by graduate student Jonathan Mayer, who noticed that he was still getting targeted ads from Google even though he had tried to block the company from tracking his cookies. "This seems to be the kind of thing the company shouldn't be doing," he said at the time.
The fine levied against Google is the largest penalty ever issued by the FTC against a company for violating a privacy agreement. It could be a sign of things to come. James Kohn, associate director of enforcement for the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection, said that "This is the first purely consumer privacy enforcement…Having a record-setting fine like this is not a comfortable position for Google in terms of publicity."
That doesn't mean this fine will make Google squirm due to the financial hit. The search giant made more than $12 billion in revenue in its most recent quarter. It will quickly recoup the money. And keep in mind how Google is making its money: targeted Internet ads. With that much cash at stake, it's not surprising that regulators suspect Google's motives.
It is possible that Google is completely innocent of this privacy violation. But even if they are, Vladeck is right: the search giant has to do better. Back in 2010, due to privacy violations relating to the now-defunct Buzz social networking service, Google made an agreement with the FTC (following an investigation). In this agreement, Google accepted 20 years of oversight concerning privacy and promised not to mislead consumers on privacy issues. It knew it was being watched, yet it still stumbled on this Safari issue. With targeted online advertising the lifeblood of the company, can we trust Google to do better going forward?


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Attorneys have filed a lawsuit in Guilford County Superior Court on behalf of the man who lost his pregnant wife and 3-year-old child in a boating accident on High Rock Lake over the Memorial Day weekend.
Attorneys have filed a lawsuit in Guilford County Superior Court on behalf of the man who lost his pregnant wife and 3-year-old child, as well as the dead woman's brother, in a boating accident on High Rock Lake over the Memorial Day weekend.
The Lanier Law Group filed the suit earlier this month on behalf of William Clayborn Britt Jr. and his brother-in-law, Michael Chambers, against 52-year-old Michael Lynn Greene Sr. Britt's wife, 32-year-old Melissa Chambers Britt, and their son, William Jaiden Britt, 3, died in the accident that occurred about 12:30 p.m. May 25 off of Hickory Point Road.
The fatal accident involved two boats, a pontoon boat and a power boat. Britt, Chambers, Jaiden Britt and Melissa Britt were on the boat. The power boat, being operated by Michael Greene Sr., hit the pontoon boat head-on, according to the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission.
The accident occurred as the boats were traveling on Swearing Creek on High Rock Lake. The pontoon boat was traveling downstream at a slow speed. The power boat was traveling upstream at a speed in excess of 25 miles per hour prior to impact. Melissa Britt fell of the pontoon boat and was located by divers about five hours after the accident occurred. Her 3-year-old son died as a result of the impact of the accident, said Sgt. Anthony Sharum of the NCWRC.
Attorneys Donald S. Higley II and Lisa Lanier of the Lanier Law Group allege Greene was not paying attention and did not see the pontoon boat until it was too late to avoid hitting it. The attorneys further state that as a result of the incident, Chambers suffered serious, painful and debilitating injuries and William Britt suffered from negligent infliction of emotional distress.
"It's been the most awful thing I have ever seen," Higley said Tuesday.
Higley and Lanier stated in the suit that Greene "operated his vessel on a public lake without due caution and circumspection and at a speed and in a manner so as to endanger or be likely to endanger persons on property."
Additionally, the attorneys state Chambers, 36, has incurred expenses for medical care and treatment of his injuries and the treatment and expenses shall continue for an undetermined amount of time. Chambers, the suit states, has suffered permanent impairment, a loss of use of a part of the body. The suit seeks in excess of $10,000 for Chambers due to what the lawyers claim was negligence.
Britt, 33, meanwhile, is also seeking to recover damages from Greene in excess of $10,000. Greene's attorney, Rick Pinto, said he has reviewed the complaint, and he is going to wait on the opinions of experts before coming to any conclusion concerning who is responsible for the accident.
Greene this past month was indicted on three true bills of indictment for involuntary manslaughter. The case was continued from its court date earlier this month and no trial date has been set as of late Tuesday morning, according to court records.
Efforts to reach Greene Tuesday afternoon for comment were unsuccessful.
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Many many thanks to all those who participated by sending in their favorite Jackfruit recipes to my favorite fruit event. AFAM/A Fruit A Month is the brainchild of Maheshwari of Beyond the Usual blog. My sincere thanks to Maheshwari for accepting my blog to guest host this event. I enjoyed reading all recipes and amazed to see at the variety of dishes that can be cooked using Jackfruit.
Before I proceed to introduce you to my entrees let me guide you to use the links given in this round up. It saves your time :)
Before I proceed to introduce you to my entrees let me guide you to use the links given in this round up. It saves your time :)
Jackfruit Halwa from Lakshmi of Taste of Mysore
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If you are someone who does not know about Jackfruit then read it at Cham's place where she says.. "Just give an illusion of huge prickly green oblong shape fruit, which contains a numerous number of yellow fruits with seeds inside. The ripe fruit has very pungent smell (very aromatic I feel) the seeds are edible after roasting or boiled.
Unripe small variety is prepared in form of curry!"
If you could not visualize it, then let me show you the tree with 2 huge Jackfruits. Alamelu's father sent her this picture and she has shared this tree which is in their backyard (in India) .......
Unripe small variety is prepared in form of curry!"
If you could not visualize it, then let me show you the tree with 2 huge Jackfruits. Alamelu's father sent her this picture and she has shared this tree which is in their backyard (in India) .......
Various parts of fruit which are edible :
Flesh and Seeds
Non-edible parts like skin of the fruit is used to make bowls in Phillipines giving it a natural look. I call them one bunch of creative wood crafters!
Wood is used to make body of Indian drums like Mridangam and Kanjira. In Indonesia and Philippines they are used to make their musical instruments like Gamelon and Kutiyapi. Music and Jackfruit were so close to each other :D and I never knew this.
Back to business, let us talk about curries, halwas, pickeles, Vadas, Smoothie, milkshake, idli and dosas and yes!!! all made of Jackfruit!
South Karnataka houses have Jack Fruit trees in abundance. So they are very creative in conjuring up these fruits which are grown in their backyard. Let me start with some breakfast ideas with jackfruit :)
Jackfruit-Breakfast Ideas:
Jackfruit is locally(in South Karnataka or South Canara) known as Gujje . Sushma of Savi Ruchi has sent us Dosa made of unripe and ripe jackfruit.
How about some idlis ?...presenting Panasa Dhodak from Maya of Konkan World
Jackfruit Kadubu from Mangala Bhat of Recipes 24 Seven ..check out the interesting way of making kadubu with banana leaves! I bet the aroma of banana leaf with jackfruit kadubu must be amazing!
Appe/Gunponglu from Sushma of Savi Ruchi
After Appe of Karnataka we have Idichakka Appam from Kerala (Chakka=Jackfruit)
Poornima Nair of Tasty Treats has sent me this tasty treat wraped & steamed in malabar leaves/Tejpatta/Indian Bayleaves. Just imagine the the flavor of the cooked appam in tejpatta ..aaahhaaa...
Jackfruit- Curries
The very first entry for the event was sent by my dear 'akka' of blog world. I am the eldest in my family so I did not have that opportunity to call some one akka (elder sis) but blog world has managed to get me one! Haven't seen her but her encouraging comments leave you happy post after post! Ashakka has fondly sent Raw Jackfruit-Chana Gashi from Aroma
After coastal Karnataka we have a delicious entry from Coastal Andhra Pradesh. Panasa Kaya/baby raw Jackfruit Curry or Panasapottu avapetti kura which roughly translates to steamed raw jackfruit curry a coastal Andhra delicacy from Rekha of Plantain Leaf
Our dear Priyanka of AsanKhana blog has sent Kathal Sabji which is Jackfruit Curry. Priyanka missed eating Kathal when she was in Singapore and asks her mom to cook ;) two in one Pri..Event and your craving both done! Thanks aunty for sending us this dish and I suppose this curry is made in UP style knowing Priyanka and family :)
From the land of Kerala comes Idichakka thoran (Stirfried Tender Jackfruit). Kerala also has innumerabble varieties of Jackfruit dishes because of its wide availability in the region. Check out Poornima Nair's Tasty Treats.
Stirfried Raw Jackfruit Palya/Gujje Palya from Sushma of Savi Ruchi
Tallelya Phanaschi Bhaji/Fried Jackfruit Stir Fry and Fanaschi Thech Bhaji ek dam Malvani Style mein from Meera of Enjoy Indian Food
Jackfuit- Fried Goodies
Jackfruit Vada from Rekha of Plantain Leaf/Panasakya Vadalu
Jackfruit Mulka by Alamelu of Rasagavala
Jackfruit Seeds Vadai from Priya Suresh of Priya's Easy n Tasty Recipes
Sushma has sent maximum entries for the event and a huge round of applause for her please..Do visit her blog for all Gujje recipes and we have ruchi ruchi Halasina Mulka from Savi-Ruchi.
Microwave Jackfruit and Almond Kheer from Priya Suresh of Priya's easy and tasty recipes
Jackfruit and Banana Halwa from Alamelu of Rasagavala
Inspired by Alamelu's halwa myself and Shruti Hebbur of Shrunil blog tried and we both polished away the plates!
Halwa from Taste of Mysore......:
My creative side of Jackfruit ;-)
Shruthi's version of Halwa :
Sushma of Savi Ruchi could not prepare Mangalore Buns for the event, but instead she kindly gave me the recipe to make them. Here they are ! and I made them for Sushma..please grab them Sush .. ;-)
Mangalore Buns with Jackfruit
Recipe in Sushma's words :
1.5 cups maida
0.5 cup wheatflour
0.5 cup sour curd
0.5 cup pureed jackfriut (use less than 0.5 cup, ideal to use around 0.3 cup)
3 tbsp sugar
pinch of salt
1/2 tsp baking soda
Combine all the above mentioned ingredients & allow it to soak for 5-7 hours (add water if required, dought should be similar to chapathi dough, but little firm that chapathi dough), roll out like poori's & deep fry in oil.
Sushma serves them with coffee. It is mildly sweet, and the fruit flavor is retained even after frying :-)
Cham has sent me yet another glass of delicious smoothie..please help yourself ;-)
Jackfruit - Pickle , Jackfruit Seeds - Sambar
After all that sweet overload, Priyanka brings us Kathal Achar for us. I thought of serving you all with Jackfruit seeds sambar for your hot steaming rice. So, the buffet table is ready. Help yourself to your favorite curry, dessert and vadais. You have no choice with sambar and pickle though :D
I can also serve you few Jackfruit papad which I bought from India. These are not available in Singapore. They are thinnner than paper almost see thro' the papad :D and they taste crisp and spicy when fried/microwaved. If anyone knows the recipe to make jackfruit papd please email me and you can use the form here to contribute your recipe.
Try out various dishes and enjoy the fruit of the month - Jackfruit :-)


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Local teens who frequent the Lansdowne Public Library in Lansdowne, PA were hoping to inspire other young people to hit the books, both printed and electronic, when they produced a light-hearted parody of a Michael Jackson tune called "Read It."
But on Nov. 19, three days after the video debuted at the dedication of the library's Ronnie Hawkins Resource Room, they found their three-minute take-off on Jackson's 1983 hit "Beat It," had been blocked by Sony/ATV Music Publishing from appearing on YouTube.
"They blocked it not because of the music, but because they said the lyrics are not a parody. They said it's a 'message' not a parody," said the video's editor, Abbe Klebanoff, head of public services for Lansdowne Public Library.
The teens and some library staffers quickly made another video for YouTube titled "Just UN Ban-It" that runs one minute and 33 seconds.
"My feelings are crushed. This took us many weeks to prepare," said Penn Wood High School student Armani Brown of "Read It's" corporate banishment from YouTube.
"I want to just 'Read It', but we can't," said Madison Ruffin, a seventh-grader at St. Andrew School in Upper Darby, as she re-enacted some of the dance moves from the video.
Monday afternoon, Sony spokesman Jimmy Asci declined to elaborate on the company's initial decision to block the Internet broadcast of "Read It", saying only, "A request was made to change the lyrics. That request was denied." Sony/ATV Music Publishing administers the copyright for Michael Jackson's music on behalf of John Branca, executor of the Jackson estate, explained Asci.
Early Monday evening, after Klebanoff traveled to New York City to entreat Sony executives to change their minds and after inquiries from the press, Ashley Collier from Sony's licensing department in Nashville, Tenn., informed Klebanoff that "Read It" could air on the library website – lansdownepubliclibrary.com -until June 30, 2013.
"It may not be posted on any other site (including but not limited to Facebook, Youtube, Vimeo, etc.)," Collier stated in an email to Klebanoff.
"You can't put it on YouTube? What's the point? If it's online, it's online," said Klebanoff, who noted she was happy, at least, that the students who produced the video could show their families their accomplishments.
Lansdowne Public Library Director Sandra Samuel Giannella sees Sony's concession as "not even a half measure, it's a silencing measure."
Giannella said representatives of the William Penn School District, the Delaware County Library System and the Pennsylvania Library Association all wanted to put "Read It" on their web feeds as part of the PA Forward initiative to promote the benefits of libraries. Teens, in particular, are hard to reach, she noted.
"It's a ban from allowing us to reach a broader audience and to spread our message which is, 'Read it,'" said Giannella.
The video was produced by members of the Lansdowne Public Library Teen Advisory Board and other youngsters who frequent the library's teen room, now known as the Ronnie Hawkins room in honor of a late library staff member who advocated for youth programs.
"After school, they congregate there and do homework and participate in after-school programs. It's a real safe, educational environment," said Klebanoff.
Giannella, who saw Michael Jackson in concert around 1972 when she was a youngster, said she thought a "Read It" video was a natural considering "Weird Al" Yankovic's 1984 parody of "Beat It," called "Eat It."
"I told Abbe and she told the kids who wanted to do it right away. They're so bummed out. They just got slammed by Sony," said Giannella.
Since Nov. 20, Klebanoff had been communicating with Collier via email and telephone in an effort to restore "Read It" to YouTube on behalf of about 16 middle and high school students from the Lansdowne area who had spent two months writing the new lyrics and choreographing the video that featured them entering the library through the book drop and fencing with bookmarks. They produced the video on their iPads. Collier told Klebanoff last week, "The usage has already been denied by our approval party; you may not in any way utilize the work."
Klebanoff decided to appeal to Branca and, on Monday, contacted his law office in Los Angeles via telephone. She was told to send an email pleading her case, but no time line was given for a response.
Sunday night, she traveled to New York City to stay with a friend in the hope of also pleading her case Monday to Sony executives at their Madison Avenue headquarters. She got as far as a receptionist who referred her by phone to another receptionist who said he couldn't help her without her giving him the name of a specific Sony executive. He then turned her away.
"I went to New York and was roundly kicked to the curb," said Klebanoff.
Around 3:45 p.m. Monday, after receiving an inquiry from the press, Collier informed Klebanoff that Jackson's estate was "re-evaluating and needs more information." By early evening, Collier told Klebanoff that "Read It" could be aired on the Lansdowne library's website from Nov. 26 until June 30, 2013.
Asci declined any comment from Sony executives on the decision to allow partial use of the "Beat It" parody on Monday evening.
Klebanoff did contact a copyright attorney who, she said, felt "Read It" did not present any infringement on Jackson's legacy.
"He said this is fair use, you're a public library, you're not making any money at all," said Klebanoff, who noted she could not afford $500 an hour to hire the lawyer.
Giannella believes the late "King of Pop" would have appreciated the students' video effort to raise reading awareness, especially in light of American libraries' ongoing struggle to survive.
"People that own the franchise to the Michael Jackson legacy, they're making decisions that go completely against what I think Michael Jackson's spirit would have wanted for teens," said Giannella. "If he had seen this 'Read It' video, I think he would have blessed it."


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This last month has all been about keeping clean and fresh – no time for make up or anything overly fancy, so I have got through a ton of bathing products.
Do excuse the dodgy lighting. Products I have recently finished…
Dove Colour Radiance Intensive Conditioner and Conditioner –
I get through conditioner ridiculously quickly. Even with my shorter hair which is much much easier to handle, it still gets knotty. I managed to use up the regular and intensive Dove conditioner quickly…
The colour radiance range contains a UV filter and the intensive treatment has a cute looking pink stripe running through it. It is supposed to revitalise and keep hair colour longer for up to 10 weeks.
I found that both of these conditioners worked quite well – less heavy than Pantene which is more silicone-y – it works faster but I can also feel the build up after a while. The DOVE conditioners are not as heavy as other high street conditioners I've used. They're pretty decent although, I still need to put a bit of welly into brushing out those knots.
Bison Wakilala – Under Armpit Scrub – reviewed here
It's not that I'm an obsessive armpit scrubber- but this scrub is excellent for any areas you need some AHA help.
I use this on my pits (it also seems to be great with giving the pits a deep clean, getting rid of sweat, smells and deodorant build up), but also on the bikini area. It did wonders too on my belly when I had an ingrown hair there! Sounds crazy but it kept everything smooth. It also smells nice (fruity) and just feels better than a lot of body scrubs which I either find too abrasive (I'm not a chicken being salted) or too wimpy.
Naked Care Sensitive Shampoo
I can't make my mind up about this Shampoo. On one hand, it's an affordable choice for people who have delicate scalps like me, it's accessible and free from SLS. It had a weird texture though – maybe it was just mind but it became really thick like jelly and I had to remove the cap to get any of it out. I finished, but I'm not too sure if I would use it again.
Avene Gentle Gel Cleanser
I never really got why people love Avene so much until in my pregnancy, then I just relied on the range so much for giving me fuss free skincare. I adore this cleanser – it's so good and none irritating. I used this and the none rinse gel cleaner, and their toner for months and months and it did my skin a lot of good. I am sad this is finished, since there are some other cleansers I want to try now…sound stupid but it'll remind me of being pregnant!
Hadalabo ES Make Up Cleansing Liquid
Hadalabo is a Japanese skincare brand with a vast selection of products. Their ES brand is for sensitive skin although they are well known for the AHA-BHA range (which I have tried and are too harsh for me, better for oily skins).
This is a make up cleansing liquid which is kind of odd. On one hand, it's very runny so unlike say, a lot of make up removal gels or cream cleansers, there's not much too it. There's a very slight edge of oiliness to it but it's not a cleansing oil. You need to use this with cotton pads as it's runny, if you pump it in your hand it'll just run through your fingers.
But at the same time you need to rinse it off – I just found it really inconvenient to use. It was ok at removing make up but I'd stick to a separate eye make up remover, or cleansing oil.
I Love Juiced Up – Blackcurrant
This is a bubble bath which both me and Mr C have been using as a shower gel (cos who has time for baths!?). Obviously, like many many many other brands, it is similar to Philosophy bubble baths – the packaging, the design. This is very cheap though, in comparison at £2.05 for a whopping 500ml.
I do love Philosophy bubble baths and the main difference between theirs and something like this is that the I Love….range smell very nice, but not Ooooohhh which is what the Philosophy products smell like – they are more creative but then they cost much more.
I didn't find the I Love… too drying, but I didn't find it moisturising either – I find 99% of bath washes a little drying that has always been the case. I'd definitely use this brand again especially if they come up with some funky flavours like STRAWBERRY DOUGHNUT WITH CHOCOLATE SPRINKLES?!
What products have you finished lately?


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Suri Cruise: Hot Cocoa Cowgirl!
Suri Cruise holds onto her cup of hot chocolate after stopping at Starbucks with her nanny on Wednesday (February 23) in Vancouver, Canada.
The 4-year-old daughter of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes seems to love Starbucks as this was the second day in a row she went with her nanny!
Suri was sporting some fab däv Kids Cowboy Bronco rain boots!
The day before, Suri spent some quality time with her father at a library where they got in some light reading together.
10+ pictures inside of Suri Cruise warming up with hot chocolate…


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…because if we are, I gotta tell you: I just finished Anthony Ryan's Raven's Shadow Book One: Blood Song (Raven's Shadow), and dear GOD but it was good. Low-to-mid fantasy novel, completely self-published on Amazon Kindle, why the HELL this guy doesn't have a book deal is beyond me completely; it has a little unevenness in the first chapter, but it picked up damn fast right afterward and was a delight to read. For three bucks it's a steal.
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Burton hit man Wyatt Caldwell has been blowing up as of late, jet setting, globe trotting and generally keeping it real from Ketchum to New Zealand. We caught up with the snowboard professional at Snowpark, NZ between contests, photo shoots, and pitchers at Shooters.
Evan:How long long have you been in New Zealand?
Wyatt: Came down to New Zealand on August third and were staying here til the 28th, riding at Snowpark and Cardrona. Then I'm going down to Australia for the Australian Open 'til about September sixth, then back to the states.
Evan: Where are you from in the states?
Wyatt: Born in Sun Valley Idaho, then jetted out to Mammoth when I was eighteen or so. After high school when they didn't build a park in Sun Valley or any of that. So I went out there and trained, hung out for a few years, and now I'm residing in Utah.
Evan: What do you think of the riding out here so far?
Wyatt:The riding in New Zealand's been pretty good, it was very good weather when we first got here and then it kind of tapered off into some clouds and a little bit of snow. It worked out for the better and hopefully the weather stays good now that we got some snow.
Evan: I hear you might go heli'ing?
Wyatt: Yeah, the TV dudes might take us in the choppa' so we can get some sick powder up there, where the real good shit is. But other than that, just spend some time at Snowpark, make due with what we got if it's jumps or kickers or some sort of quarter pipe setup, so it should be fun.
Evan: Are you thinking about the Olympics?
Wyatt: Somewhat, it would be ignorant not to get your top twenty five and try. It's always in the back of my mind. I think a lot more guys are gung-ho and that's what their whole career is focused around—it's make it or break it and they'll probably cry if they don't. But, it would be an awesome experience and if I could get a sick pipe run together it's anybody's game as of December. It's just a lottery as far as the contest goes. I'm going to try and stick with it, but I'd rather get a good filming season under me and do some fun contests.
Evan: Who are you filming with right now?
Wyatt: Grenade Gloves for the Smell The Glove video, and Process 5, the Burton video for 07. I didn't exactly get anything in Process 4 due to a few injuries and the damn contest circuit.
Evan: Any other plans?
Wyatt: Not much. Gotta' go down to Saas Fe in Switzerland in October to try and get the top 25 World cup spot or something—get my finish to be eligible for the (Olympic) qualifications next year. Gotta' kind of do that as a pre-requisite—play it safe. But other than that, get strong in the fall and just try to have a flawless, injury-free season, and get in the backcountry more.
Evan: Sponsors?
Wyatt: Burton Snowboards and the Ronin outerwear, Smith Goggles, Grenade Gloves, Exit Real World and I hope I didn't forget anybody.
Evan: Word!
Wyatt: Sure!


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EEEK! Boy Fujoe has real rabbitude!
He is a baffling bunny. He's been neutered so that's not an issue. When you're petting him, does he seem to bite if you go to a particular part of his body? Some bunnies don't like it if you get too close to their chin or their rear. Both can be perceived as a dominant gesture. And when you are walking by him, is he protecting a particular place? Meaning does he attack you anywhere anytime you pass him, or do you notice he's more aggressive over a particular area?
Also, some rabbits will show aggression when in pain. How are his teeth? Did the vet check his mouth when you saw him. The reason I ask this is because my Rucy can become grumpy when her spurs grow back. Spurs are these little sharp edges on the very back molars that usually are caused by dental problems. Once she gets them trimmed, she gets happy again.
He is an odd bunny. Cute and interesting though!
The part about the tuffs coming out is not odd though, that's very normal.
He sounds like he has a very dominant personality. How often does he bite or lunge at you? You may need to let him know you are the dominant bunny around the place. One technique the House Rabbit Society recommends is when a bunny gets that aggravated look (ears back, lunging etc) then gently press his head to the floor. He will understand this as you being dominant. Now this could may make him more mad especially if he's is willing to fight for dominant crown. If he lunges or bites after you do this, then you need to put him back in his pen.
Here are some more tips regarding aggression from the House Rabbit Society http://www.rabbit.org/faq/sections/...html#lunge
Also, how much positive interaction do you spend together. I know he is such a rascal, you might feel like you spend more time chasing him away from things, and IF that is the case, you may need to offset it with positive interaction.
Keep us updated!
Out of curiosity, how is he when you put him on your lap? Though many bunnies will tolerate it, most bunnies are not too fond of it, but every once in awhile, I come across a bunny who truly enjoys it (rare).
I am not saying he is not one of those rarities, but if his heart is racing, or he's not fully relaxed when you first put him on your lap,( he may be feeling "captured" which could cause fear based aggression or frustration or he could feel like you are overstepping your dominance boundaries, and his aggression might be to take back some of his freedom. But, obviously, I am not there, so only you know. I was just wondering since he has been exhibiting aggression and possibly frustration (tearing up the place) if that could POSSIBLY be one of the reasons.
Well, if I lived over there, I'd come over and give him a real "talkin" to! And then from the sounds of it, he respond with a bite on my leg.
His attitude is really a mystery. Dominant bunnies can be bossy, so maybe that is all it is. Aggressiveness can also be symptom of pain. Or it could be that he doesn't like to be told what to do and/or be held. It may not scare him, but it may be offensive to his dominant nature. (but again, it is not impossible that he actually enjoys it) You will know best on this.
When he charges have you tried gently pressing his head to the floor, saying No and/or putting him away for a timeout when he does this? (or a combination of all three?)
You might also have luck getting in touch with your local House Rabbit Society chapter there in Chicago. Many rescue groups get in attitude problem bunnies and turn them around, and so they have been through all kinds. They might be able to offer you even more options! It doesn't hurt to ask a ton of experts and hope one can find a solution. Here is the link to the contact information for the chapter - http://www.hrschicago.org/address.html
IF you do decide get a hold of them, let us know what they suggest. If it's something different, we can all learn!


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Cliff Lee has established quite a comfort zone in the energized confines of pitcher-friendly AT&T Park. He found the strike zone again Monday, outpitching a fellow southpaw who has been rather solid himself on this mound: Madison Bumgarner.
Lee shut down the Giants once again with eight strong innings in the ballpark where he thrives, Michael Young hit a two-run double among his three hits, and the Phillies stopped San Francisco's season-best six-game winning streak with a 6-2 victory Monday night.
"You definitely have to make sure you're on your game any time you face somebody of that caliber, especially the way he pitches here," Bumgarner said. "He always fares really well here, so I knew I wasn't going to have a whole lot of room for error."
Domonic Brown hit a solo home run, and Delmon Young and Jimmy Rollins each added sacrifice flies as the Phillies began a seven-game trip with a nice win after losing Roy Halladay to the disabled list earlier in the day.
Hunter Pence hit a solo homer, double and single against his former club. His sixth homer of the season, on a 3-2 changeup in the second inning, snapped a 21-inning scoreless stretch by Lee against San Francisco.
Lee (3-2) improved to 5-0 with a 0.88 ERA in six regular-season starts against the Giants, including 4-0 with a 0.84 ERA in five of those outings at AT&T Park.
He struck out six and didn't walk a batter for the first time this season in a 102-pitch performance. Lee also singled in the fourth for his third hit of 2013.
"He was on top of his game and we just didn't do much offensively," Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. "He's one of the best. He works fast, he pounds the strike zone. We knew we had our work cut out. We know how tough he is and he was good tonight. Pence had a great night, but it was a rough night for the rest of the group."
The two runs and three of the five hits Lee allowed were to former Phillies teammate Pence, acquired by the Giants at last summer's trade deadline.
"Take him out of the lineup and it would have been a really good day," Lee said. "He was tough for me today. He's got it figured out right now."
Pence singled leading off the fifth and doubled on another changeup to start the eighth. He scored when shortstop Rollins threw wildly past first for an error after fielding Francisco Peguero's infield single.
Jonathan Papelbon pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for his sixth save in as many chances, and his 11th straight scoreless appearance. The Phillies bounced back from a 14-2 loss to the Marlins and a lost series in which they were outscored 16-2 over the final two games.
A day after a demoralizing 12-run loss at home, the Phillies delivered just the kind of well-rounded victory manager Charlie Manuel has been seeking.
"That's more of what we are right there, no doubt," Lee said. "We definitely haven't been playing up to our potential. We've been far short of that, to be honest with you. I think tonight is more of a real depiction of what we are. I expect us to pick it up a little bit. We underperformed this first month, and it's time for us to turn it on. Tonight was a good start in that direction."
The Giants couldn't keep their winning streak going on a night Hall of Famer Willie Mays was treated to the singing of "Happy Birthday" in the middle of the fourth. The "Say Hey Kid" tipped his cap from the suite level as the sellout crowd of 41,171 gave him a warm standing ovation on his 82nd birthday.
San Francisco didn't generate much against Lee, who was helped by three double plays.
"The normal Cliff Lee. He's good, man," the Giants' Marco Scutaro said. "He keeps throwing strikes, using the corners. You just try to get him out of his rhythm when he misses, and he doesn't miss that much. He has great command of all his pitches."
Bumgarner (3-1) struck out seven but saw his winless stretch reach four starts since he won his initial three outings of the year. He escaped a bases-loaded jam in the first when he fielded Brown's comebacker for the final out. Bumgarner walked Chase Utley, loading the bases again with two outs in the second, then Michael Young lined a two-run double to right.
Bumgarner received a mound visit from pitching coach Dave Righetti and threw a wild pitch past Ryan Howard, bringing home another run before the slugger struck out.
The first three of his five runs already were a season high. He was tagged for a season-high eight hits as his ERA rose from 1.55 to 2.31.
Brown followed Delmon Young's fifth-inning sacrifice fly with a drive over the right-field that bounced off the walkway and splashed into McCovey Cove.
Rollins added a sacrifice fly in the eighth after San Francisco added a run in the eighth.
San Francisco played without center fielder and leadoff man Angel Pagan for the second straight game as he nursed a strained right hamstring. Pagan went through agility work with the relievers in the outfield before the game and was expected back in the starting lineup Tuesday night.


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A fun and easy Art Project for kids. A great craft activity for the classroom, at home or as a home school project.
Items needed:
- 2 Paper Towel tubes
- 6 popsicle sticks
- Masking tape
- Scissors
- Paper towel squares
- Brush & Paints
- 10" x 16" piece of White Foamboard, Mat board or Cardboard for Mounting
- Glue or rubber cement
- Press cardboard tubes flat and then cut 3 lengths 4 inches long. Bend each section in half and then unbend. This will give you sections that are slightly "puffed" on either side of the bend you made. This is what gives the sections a "popsicle" look.
- Trim the top edges of your popsicle sections with scissors to have a slight rounded corner at both sides.
- Using masking tape, tape two popsicle sticks to the inside, bottom section of each "popsicle". Leave about 2 inches of each popsicle stick showing.
- Tear a paper towel square in half and then fold up to fit inside of a popsicle. This will keep your popsicle shape.
- Tape the bottom center and top center to hold paper towel inside, but leave edges apart about 1/4 -1/2 inch.
- Paint popsicles fun sherbert colors of lime, lemmon, raspberry, orange, blueberry ... any fun combination. Let dry. Backs do not necessarily have to be painted.
- When dry, glue popsicles to a 10" x 16" piece of white foamboard or mat board to make your Popsicles into a piece of art.


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The IUCN Ghana country agreement has been signed. The agreement was officially presented to IUCN on 13th November, 2012 in Accra, by the Chief Director of the Ministry of lands and natural resources, Prof. Bruce Banoeng-Yakubo, on behalf of the sector minister. Prof. Aimé Nianogo, Regional Director for IUCN-PACO Regional Programme, received the agreement on behalf of IUCN and the Director General, Julia Marton-Lefevre.
This agreement will further boost the collaboration between IUCN and Ghana. Specifically IUCN activities will include: (i) Providing support to the Government of Ghana, in defining and implementing conservation and sustainable development policies, strategies, programmes or projects; (ii) Providing support to IUCN members and to other partners in promoting and strengthening conservation and sustainable development activities; and (iii) Undertaking complementary capacity building activities, and specifically those involving training, information management and communication.
For more information, please contact Adewale Adeleke, REDD and Forest Governance Thematic Coordinator, PACO at email@example.com


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Guilty Crown Discussions
Plot Synopsis:
The story takes place in Tokyo in 2039. After the outbreak of the unidentified virus "Lost Christmas" in 2029, Japan has been under the control of a multinational organization called GHQ. Ouma Shu is a 17-year-old boy who has a psychic power in his right hand. He can use the power "Ability of King" to extract tools or weapons from his friends. He has been avoiding making trouble for others but his life changes when he meets a girl named Yuzuriha Inori, a member of a resistance guerrilla group called "Undertaker", whose members pilot mecha weapons to fight against the government...http://myanimelist.net/anime/10793/Guilty_Crown
Watch it in HD on NND channel: http://ch.niconico.com/channel/ch60156
So finally, Code Geass season 3, ermmm I mean Guilty Crown! But seriously when I was watching it on livestream it did give MASSIVE CG vibes, will rewatch when subs are out. It was like reliving my teenage excitement back from when CG aired. For those of you who didn't know, the writer for GC is the same as CG.
Anyway, ep1 was very well done. Animation quality was superb, as expected of Production IG. And DAT music!!! Oh God why is supercell so brilliant!
So yeah for those of you who enjoyed Code Geass and FABULOUS, definitely give this a go.
You're platinum mad.
Guilty Crown had one of the better first episodes I have seen so far. There was just enough action to keep eyes on the screen and feeds the audience just enough detail to keep the mind engaged. The animation is very well done; characters move fluidly and naturally making the world feel like more than just animated pixels on a screen. I will admit that the beginning of the episode had me rolling my eyes and sighing because it felt very much like every other high school boy gets great power in a world filled with mech suits. Don't get me wrong it still feels that way at the end but director Tetsuro Araki knows how action is suppose to look. Heck, if he can make people writing at a desk look action packed you know the series is in good hands. Combine this with the incredible music and you are in for a real treat. It's nice to finally have another show this season that I really want to see.
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haha I didn't know it was by the code geass writer although that was one of the first anime series I was comparing it to while watching it (had that vibe about it).
I'm really looking forward to this series even more now.
I liked the anime episode. it was very good. i hope it stays this good.
The music was good, but the rest was just kinda... there..
I really just don't like the MC's voice actor - I've heard him in a couple roles but he just sounds weak to me, that said the other actors seem fine - But I don't really get what's going on and I gather i'm not really supposed to yet but.. I just don't feel anything from it so far. Animation was groovy but the pace and the character/organisation motivations probably need to be rectified fairly soon.
Bit of a disappointment for me, then again i'd gotten on the hype train for this so i'm mostly at fault here. Might as well give it a few more episodes at least
I'm guessing it's a White Hole
I enjoyed the episode, hopefully the series will continue to be as good.
Episode 1.
That was awesome. To be honest I didn't really expect much but damn!
Code Geass 2.0? I hope so!
Best pilot episode of the season. :)
for more.
Will you still love me when I'm no longer young and beautiful?
it was amazing for me, top notch, not bad for production IG, my one problem was at the end of the first episode where we swung his sword, i couldnt believe that a sword would beat that mech but that is just me
Currently single and I love anime
It's mind boggling how amazing I thought the first episode was. Will really be looking forward to the rest of this anime. In fact, I'm gonna go and rewatch the first episode on my HDTV right now. Woo!
No one knows what the future holds. That's why its potential is infinite.
First episode was really good. A little too cliche to call it great, though. Could be and hope it is but not there for me yet. A bit too reminiscent of Code Geass, frankly.
This anime pleasantly surprised me. The action and soundtrack in the first episode were great and the story seems like it has potential too especially if it came from the creator(s) of Code Geass. The main character kind of reminded me of Shinji Ikari but I think he'll grow past his wussiness.
As noted by everyone above me...the first episode was awesome. Great production, good script, tight editing and good VA work. It's on my must watch list for the season.
I am a cage in search of a bird.
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That was awesome. To be honest I didn't really expect much but damn!
Code Geass 2.0? I hope so!
Best pilot episode of the season. :)
for more.
Lol I was about to report this reply becaus of that gif, I thought it was just a spam reply becaus of it :P
About the first ep:
I enjoyed it alot, will deffinitly continue it.
I finished watching the legal stream from NicoNico.com (720p with no ads), and it looks promising. I will be watching this one each week as it comes out.
I can certainly see why some people have made comparisons to Code Geass, although that has more to do with story elements in the first episode, not necessarily the plot itself.
Yes, that's my real age
It looked and sounded great, so props to Production IG, but even acknowledging that it's the first episode the story was a mess.


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|2006-02-24, 13:50
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[Mai Otome] Episode 20 Discussion/Poll
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|2006-02-24, 14:26
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Oh Shi- Tomoe raped Shizuru!!!!!
Just punishment for what she did in Mai hime 1 ehehehe j/k
Anyway, I am pretty sure a lot of Shiz x Nats fan will be upset about this turn of event.
BTW Mikoto (the real one) should appear in episode 21....bring food people if you don't want to die.
|2006-02-24, 14:30
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I understood pretty much nothing of that episode seeing as I don't speak japanese, but it looked good.
Wasn't expecting what happened with Tomoe and Shizuru though. Maybe if Natsuki finds out what happened she'll go psycho and kill Tomoe..just a hope :P
Evil Tomoe is definitely better dressed though *nods*
|2006-02-24, 14:34
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as for esp 20...its the most interesting and the most affecting esp, and its also the most shocking esp of all, it broke my heart of a sudden..
aside from that issus first , lets discuss about the flashback of nina,which is the part where nina first meet sergei.
rewatch the esp for 3 times , its leave me off wif lots of confusion in the anime...
first, where sergei and his conrades broke into the darky slum , wat they first saw was 3 little kids panicking and than it move on to the bandit which clearly shows the capsule where rena drop it off into the river...we all came to this two points either the child in the capsule will be the princess or her own child.ok back to sergei part, in that darky room the only thing that caught my eyes was the capsule as it seem its the only valuable item in that room aside from the weaponary.
Than here comes my qns was sergei not being not observant enough?
in that room that the only shiny gold stuff over at the shelf , for any person we would be curious wats inside the capsule or something..dont he wan to investigate further,maybe at that time he was too young to realise that it was something related to gardarode...
second, why would the bandit stun there and look so frightened..than here comes my qns again...don't they have armory? don tell me they only have one pristol and that one particular pristol was wif a kid(nani)....
last one, and this one which dramatically cause all of shizuxnat fan to went berserk...if sunrise are giving this to make the anime more exciting..i rather not it happen..if its was just a pure kiss its acceptable but for it to go any futher..
why didnt shizuru reject tomoe T_T,maybe cause of getting information about the current situation or didnt wan to hurt tomoe..but..her body and soul belong to natsuki ...
why didnt she just knock off tomoe and sneak off from gardorobe???why!why!
natsuki did felt something when natsuki was been rip off.. natsuki stop roaming around ,ur "wife" has been raped..
...most enthusiastic esp...both arika and shizuru being pushed down...-_- lolz
finally one of the unknown char will be reveal next esp...and the person is noneother than mikoto-chan..is she the neko-chan or ....???
for esp 19 i mistaken sergei going to be the guinea of becoming meister, this esp totally proved me wrong..wat a relieve...
btw, i got 4 raw and 1 chinese sub for this esp, one of the raw has special promo video.
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|2006-02-24, 15:32
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This episode was alright... Another Arika/Mashiro angst and cry session. I thought we'd seem ore Fia action... oh well...
And finally, FINALLY, I full flashback of how Sergay met Nina. And all this time I thought the whole thing happened outdoors. There was a "baby capsule" in the place where Nina was being held, and is very similar to the ones the Queen's child and Rena's child were put in. Heh, more clues and deceptions.
|2006-02-24, 15:37
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I didn't see Tomoe as 'raping' Shizuru although it went the fine line a bit - I hope this all doesn't end up making Shizuru look dubious, as a translation makes it more clear that Shizuru is not at all interested in Tomoe and seems to be fuelled by her own (misguided and unclear?) attempt at protecting Natsuki. Or she just taking Tomoe on her own manipulation.
A shoujo-ai scene based off lies *sighs*
It has rattled some ShizuruxNatsuki fans, I've gone through several different reactions to it - but then I think we all knew something would come to pass concerning Tomoe. This event does not legitmally challenge ShizuruxNatsuki, if anything it probably increases the chance - Sunrise has openly shown the links between all three, and I doubt this would all happen without a more favourable resolution.
As much as I think Tomoe is a hot evil thing, I really hope it doesn't go any further than what we saw, but we'll have to wait and see.
The flashback to chibi-Nina was interesting although I'll need a full sub to appreciate all the info - interesting to see a capsule/basket in the room during that scene, exactly like the one in ep 1. But we all knew that development was going to come, at least it makes sense. Haruka was delightfully mean to a cute Natsuki, and I was happy to see more Midori and Chie.
But seeing Mikoto at the end probably clinched it. Awesome.
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|2006-02-24, 15:56
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The descriptions and screencaps on various blogs and boards of the TomoexShizuru incident left me, as a ShizNat fan slightly rattled, so for the first time ever I downloaded the raw to confirm my fears. Fortunately it seems to be much ado about very little.
Spoiler for My Otome:
As I mentioned on another blog earlier, this is the first time ever that I hoped something Yurish did not occur behind the scenes.
|2006-02-24, 16:00
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Adoru's My Otome (Mai-Otome) Blog and Fansite has uploaded a full, in-depth screenshot gallery for episode 20. I must remind for those who haven't seen the RAW or waiting for the subs, that spoiler remain ahead.
It quite NEARLY confirms that Nina might be the.....
Fia Gross of Cartleya under orders of her King.....
Now we have two enemy parties within the storyline: Nagi+Schwarz and Cartleya.
And I'm calling out ShizNat fans out there to give support to Shizuru x Natsuki fandom shipping, because I might speculate that some ShizNat fans won't be very happy with the ToShiz displayed on this episode.
|2006-02-24, 16:37
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Dispite my best attempts, I couldn't decipher the exchange right beforehand... Tomoe is too polite, and Shizuru is too Kansai. Still, it looked like Shizuru was quietly encouraging Tomoe, then, once Tomoe couldn't see, made an expression as though she was thinking 'great... how do I get out of this'.
The sub, and next episode shall tell. It's important to note that the next episode preview shows Tomoe and Shizuru looking at each other happily... not sure what that means.
|2006-02-24, 17:08
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So, apparently Sunrise decided to throw yet another red-herring as to who the real princess might be.
It baffles me to no end why they made the "real princess" thing such a big deal...
Afterall, noone in Windbloom (or anyone in the world for that matter) seems to care for the "real princess".
On a good note, next ep. seems to be an interesting one, if the preview isn't misleading.
Hopefully Mai will appear by ep. 22 or so.
Actually, I wonder what role, if any, Mai is going to have with only 6 eps. remaining...
|2006-02-24, 22:44
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After finally attaining her goal and having a bit of fun with her, Tomoe realized that her love for her "oneesama" was in fact more of a mother/daughter sort than that of two lovers. Thus, she pours her soul out to her newfound mother and reclaims that childhood she never had, complete with conveniently placed rattles and diapers (why does Mashiro still have this stuff?!).
What? It could happen.
The episode itself was great. Lots of Midori being cool and leader-ish. Looks like even if Mashiro's not the real queen, they're still setting her up to remain queen after this whole ordeal. I can't wait for the next episode...
Curse you Sunrise for your evil cliffhangers!
|2006-02-24, 23:44
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The Shizuru and Tomoe thing wasn't a big deal.
Shizuru just used her body to get herself into a more advantages position.
So what if she had to grind someone she doesn't romantically care for, the first chance she gets she'll be back at Natsukis side.
Shizuru is just playing Tomoe I tell you.
|2006-02-25, 00:10
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-ariki proclaimed that she is rena daughter/for now only the gem had proven it but....
-mashiro saw midori being a greate leader and was inspired by her, so she is now dealing wif her self-exmaine ..so who is she??..*i really hope she is the qeen though...
-nani flashback, was that really nani capsule?? or was sunrise trying to decieve us and give us a ride of merry-go-round..
- in nani flashback,didnt segei investigate that area a biittt more, or he is just a typical soldier man just know using violence at that point of time.
- and in nani flashback again, 3 bandit and 4 kids(include nani) wat i saw was 1 rifle and 1 pristol which nani was holding the pristol...didnt the bandit wan to tackle back or something..rather than panicking like the 3 kids..
- the capule carried 2 things, the baby and the gem...so where is the gem??i doubt that the gem was stolen(thief is the granny) and pass it to arika..(i hope not..)
- did nagi knew that nani has some connection wif the haronium? so as to activate it..?? as for nani position she didnt know anything about that but she felt something for it as though she seen it before , this is one of the line she spoke"i felt i had seen this before"
- the mikoto in the haronium, izzit neko transform or was it the "real" mikoto and the neko mikoto was named by mai and given to her but she was seized inside the haronium...-_-
-now mai, where are u dude?latecomer
-natsuki....i pity u, MH shizuru went berserk...is this time ur turns now? if so plz kill tomoe...sunrise definately wont be that insane to put shizuruXtomoe, as they knew and they SHOULD know that many ppl/fan/otaku watch MH and than MO IS becasue of natXshizuru..so i doubt that they will try to ruin everything..from wat i had seem its becasue tomoe lied to shizuru, she didnt wan to hurt both her student and plotting something out....rewatched the esp again, now here's a main point :shizuru knew it is coming so she move back her leg a little, she shown no emotion towards tomoe and i highly think that at that time she was thinking of natsuki..and natsuki did felt something. and might be she didnt wan to reject tomoe is because if wat tomoe told is true about natsuki being locked up somewhere in gardorode, and at that point of time if she knock out tomoe and run away, she might not get any info for where is nat and nat might be in a more danger situation.So she needed to manipulate tomoe..maybe after the kissing part she stopped wat tomoe was doing
btw from preview of 21, seems that arika and mashiro contract are being official, time to kick some butts at gardorode XD!!
this esp left too much confusion...
:::: nat/shizu fan...
|2006-02-25, 00:10
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Shizuru is a POW right now! There are certain things one needs to do to survive, and she is doing what she had to do. Tomoe isn't crazy enough to think Shizuru actually loves her, and neither does she care. Tomoe just wants to own Shizuru, to have her. If Shizuru resists, Tomoe is capable of literally anything to pull her into line.
Shizuru isn't going to be any good to Natsuki if she dies. Those who worry about dogmatic principles and sacrificed the big picture because of it would be missing the point. Shizuru is an adult. If she needs to turn her brain off for a few minutes while Tomoe have her way with her, that's what she would have to do.
Revenge, sweet revenge, would come later.
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The flooding caused by massive weather system dubbed Winter Storm Saturn forced state officials to close five roads in Kent County and eight roads in Sussex County due to flooding, state officials said.
The flooding caused by massive weather system dubbed Winter Storm Saturn forced state officials to close five roads in Kent County and eight roads in Sussex County due to flooding, state officials said.
That included Route 9 between South Little Creek Road and the fire house, Port Mahon Road, Route 9 north of Hay Point Landing Road, Cypress Branch Road at branch crossing and Ponderosa Road at Plain Dealing Road in Kent County, Delaware Emergency Management Agency spokesman Gary Laing said.
The storm also closed down Prime Hook Road in coastal Sussex County as well as part of Del. Route 1 in the beach resort area due to flooding, DelDOT spokesman Jim Westhoff said.
The National Weather Service in Mount Holly, N.J. had issued a winter storm warning for the Tri-State area and a coastal flood warning for Kent and Sussex counties early Wednesday morning. The National Weather Service also issued a high wind warning for inland Sussex County by Wednesday afternoon.
By mid-morning, the storm's high winds and heavy rains were making their effect known to motorists up and down the state.
"Snow did not materialize in Delaware, so problems in the state centered on wind and flooding," Laing said. "Winds continued strong overnight but as of 5 a.m. Thursday morning all wind advisories had expired or been cancelled."
But a coastal flood warning remained in effect until 8 a.m. Thursday morning for Kent and Sussex Counties, he said. The warning included the areas along the Atlantic Ocean and the Delaware Bay, including Port Mahon, Bowers Beach and Kitts Hummock in Kent County.
Officials at DEMA, along with officials in New Castle, Kent and Sussex Counties, strongly urged all residents in flood-prone areas of the state to relocate to safer areas inland before tides and flooding cut off exit routes.
That included Prime Hook residents in coastal Sussex County, DelDOT spokesman Jim Westhoff said.
As Westhoff and DelDOT Director of Public Affairs Geoff Sundstrom surveyed Prime Hook Road they received word that the Coastal Highway (Del. Route 1) from Dewey Beach to Bethany Beach had to be closed down when water washed over the road near the Indian River Inlet Bridge. Water had crested the dunes near the bridge, Westhoff said.


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Kitchen Renovation: Green Walls, White Tile, and a DonkeyElle Decor
There are so many things we love about this kitchen. The copper pots, the unexpected forest green color, the charcoal grey cabinets, and the way the subway tile looks like the inside of an actual, slightly gritty subway, even though it's new. We'll even cop to liking the donkey head.
This kitchen was built to be a workhorse. It's owned by Bronson van Wyck, who runs an event design firm. He claims to entertain twice a week.
We loved this quote referring to the aesthetic van Wyck and his designer were going for: "The kitchens we liked most were not actually designed to be seen. We ended up creating one that's supposed to be at the back of a French or English manor home." This room does have an old-world feeling; we could see the butler and the cook milling around back here. The kitchen is stately and yet has a warm, well-loved look about it.
Plus, how beautiful is that green? We don't see that very often, and it's so pretty paired with the white tiles and cool, black shelves and countertops. There's such a great mismatched quality to this room—wood, copper, limestone, chalkboard (on the fridge). It's modern and rough-and-tumble at the same time. And the drawer pulls on the island are from an old library card catalogue!
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(Images: Tara Striano/Elle Decor)


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