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5508 Marina Drive
Holmes Beach FL
1. Beach Bum's
Not only does Beach Bum's have clothing and gifts, but they also have amazing rentals. As featured in Southern Living Magazine, and voted by the AMI Sun's Readers' Choice Awards, Beach Bums is the best rental shop on Anna Maria Island. We are committed to satisfying your needs, and are very proud of our large, meticulously maintained, rental fleet of bikes,kayaks, paddle boards, surreys, sunfish sailboats, baby equipment andbeach supplies, electric golf carts, and electric bikes! We even have a marine biologist on staff to conduct kayak eco-tours.
427 Pine Avenue,
Anna Maria Island,
2. Sweet Peas
Locally made candy, gifts and wine from Florida winery's using unique ingredients such as mango and oranges. Ask for a sample and they will be happy to share with you where it was made and any awards the wine has won. I recently brought a bottle of Mango Pineapple wine and it was a hit (tip – best served COLD).
5350 Gulf Drive
Holmes Beach FL
3. West Coast Surf Shop
This store carries anything a true beach bum needs. Whether its their great swimsuits/clothing from brands like Roxy, Oneal, BillaBong, etc., their sun glass collection, and MANY more great things, The West Coast Surf Shop is a fantastic place to spend some money.
3902 Gulf Dr, Holmes Beach, FL 34217
(941) 778-1001
4. Relish
You can't stop into Relish just once – their product is so unique and changes so often that I find myself stopping by almost every week to see what is new. The owners find recycled items and repurpose in fun ways – my favorite is a vintage Scrabble piece necklace charm with my initial. Buttons, ribbons, photo frames, etc. Each trip is like a treasure hunt.
505 Pine Ave
Anna Maria
5. Irene's Resort Wear
This shop has a long standing reputation of offering ladies resort wear – both casual and evening. However, I go in there mostly to browse their Vera Bradley section and Brighton display. Irene's is the only retailer offering Brighton products on Anna Maria Island. Jewelry, sunglasses, shoes and handbags – they have a little of everything. Their Vera Bradley section is much larger with bags, towels, paper goods, hats and so much more. Their sales loft has great deals on clothing – a friend recently purchased a beautiful black cocktail dress for 60% off!
5308 Marina Drive
Holmes Beach FL
6. Sand Dollar
After strolling through Irene's, right next door is the Sand Dollar. As soon as you walk in the candles, bath soaps and salts take over your senses. The store is packed with goodies, so make sure to hold your purse close or the hands of small children so as to not knock anything over. They always have island inspired dinner, glass and stem wear as well as fun serving platters, utensils, napkin rings, etc. The shop keepers use every bit of space for display, so make sure to look all over the walls, in baskets on the floor and ceiling for hanging decorations. There is a small selection of clothing and shoes in the back and make sure to check out their accessories – headbands, charms and beautiful scarves. I've never walked out empty handed.
5302 Marina Drive
Holmes Beach FL
7. Holy Cow Ice Cream and Gifts
The owners of the Sand Dollar opened this combo ice cream/candy/gift shop a few years ago. My favorite is the mint chocolate chip in a waffle cone. Beware – the double scoop is extremely generous (all the better to walk around the store while eating it). They have a few game areas set up to enjoy while having your treat – checkers, chalk boards, crayons, etc. There are so many fun items in this store it's hard to see them all on just one visit! They have off-the-wall home décor, funny cocktail napkins and cards, old fashioned games and more. Worth a few visits. Note: they offer a few sugar free flavors as well as the classics.
3234 East Bay Drive
Holmes Beach FL
8. Crowder's Gifts and Gadgets
Off the island on Manatee Ave about 2 miles is one of my all time favorite places – Crowder's Gifts and Gadgets. The shop is attached to an ACE Hardware store, so send your guy over there to look at hammers while you browse. Seasonal items are always up front with extremely unique items. Home décor, paper goods, cards, Yankee Candles, Willow Tree, Vera Bradley, Brighton Jewelry, collegtic collectables, switch flops and more. The front counter offers homemade fudge and they are happy to offer a sample. I hate to rush in and out of a place like this and prefer to go when I can stroll all the isles to see what is new. Worth the trip off the island.
5409 Manatee Ave West
Bradenton FL
9. Olive Oil Outpost
What a treat for the senses! The Olive Oil Outpost is a new shop that offers a variety of oils, vinegars, spices, coffee and salts. Very unusual and many hard to find gift items or for your own cooking can be found here. There is a small variety of canisters, bottles and serving dishes as well. Bring some fancy spices or salt as a hostess gift to your next dinner party and you'll definitely be invited again!
401 Pine Ave
Anna Maria
10. Bella By the Sea
Named after the owner's English bulldog, Bella, this new store offers a bit of everything. Home décor, clothing, accessories, seasonal décor and lots and lots of handbags. I love the clutches with "34216" (Anna Maria's zip code) beaded on the front – very cute and representing of the island. The shop owner brings in new items monthly so if you see something you like grab it because once it's gone you may not see it again, which just adds to the charm and uniqueness.
218 C Pine Avenue
Anna Maria
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"The complaints of Ellen Pao were made for only one purpose," said Lynne Hermle, a lawyer for Kleiner Perkins, in her closing arguments in San Francisco Superior Court. But Pao's lawyer, Alan Exelrod, told a different version of events in the case, which has become a cultural touchstone in Silicon Valley and beyond. "They ran Kleiner Perkins like a boys' club," Exelrod said...
"The complaints of Ellen Pao were made for only one purpose," said Lynne Hermle, a lawyer for Kleiner Perkins, in her closing arguments in San Francisco Superior Court. But Pao's lawyer, Alan Exelrod, told a different version of events in the case, which has become a cultural touchstone in Silicon Valley and beyond. "They ran Kleiner Perkins like a boys' club," Exelrod said...
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Al Jazeera America is suing former Vice President Al Gore and Joel Hyatt, the former owners of the TV network that became Al Jazeera America in 2013.
Al Gore and his business partner filed a lawsuit Friday against news organization Al-Jazeera over alleged fraud and a breach of contract.
Carl Icahn has been pushing Apple to use its $150 billion war chest to buy back company shares. Not every shareholder agrees.
Stopping overpopulation is one way the dangers of climate change can be mitigated, according to two of the most prominent believers in global warming.
Discussing the environmental crisis theory of global warming with, Sen. James Inhofe, (R-OK).
A television consultant claims that former Vice President Al Gore and others at Current TV stole his idea to sell the struggling network to Al-Jazeera.
CNBC's Jane Wells explains how the former vice president is reaping big benefits this year.
Al Jazeera's announced plans to establish a new U.S. cable news channel via the purchase of Current TV isn't even 48 hours old and already it finds itself in a vicious battle to retain distribution rights.
Al-Jazeera bought Al Gore's Current TV, and as soon as the deal was announced, Time Warner Cable pulled the plug on Current TV. Brent Bozell, Media Research Center founder & president, offers insight.
Al Gore's liberal TV network has been purchased by Al Jazeera, with CNBC's Julia Boorstin.
NEW YORK, Nov 6- Traders and investors were in agreement on one thing as voters cast their ballots in Tuesday's U.S. presidential election: The markets want a clear winner by Wednesday morning.
NEW YORK, Nov 6- U.S. stocks climbed on Tuesday, the last day of trading before the U.S. election results came to a close, as investors looked forward to a resolution to the drawn-out race for the White House. ``The market just wants to wake up tomorrow and know for sure that there's a winner,'' said Linda Duessel, senior equity strategist at Federated Investors.

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A tendon (or sinew) is a tough band of fibrous connective tissue that usually connects muscle to bone and is capable of withstanding tension. Tendons are similar to ligaments except that ligaments join one bone to another. Tendons and muscles work together and can only exert a pulling force.
Blood vessels may be visualized within the endotendon running parallel to collagen fibers, with occasional branching transverse anastomoses.
The internal tendon bulk is thought to contain no nerve fibers, but the epi- and peritendon contain nerve endings, while Golgi tendon organs are present at the junction between tendon and muscle.
Tendon length varies in all major groups and from person to person. Tendon length is practically the discerning factor where muscle size and potential muscle size is concerned. For example, should all other relevant biological factors be equal, a man with a shorter tendons and a longer biceps muscle will have greater potential for muscle mass than a man with a longer tendon and a shorter muscle. Successful bodybuilders will generally have shorter tendons. Conversely, in sports requiring athletes to excel in actions such as running or jumping, it is beneficial to have longer than average Achilles tendon and a shorter calf muscle.
Tendon length is determined by genetic predisposition, and has not been shown to either increase or decrease in response to environment, unlike muscles which can be shortened by trauma, use imbalances and a lack of recovery and stretching.
Tendons have been traditionally considered to simply be a mechanism by which muscles connect to bones, functioning simply to transmit forces. However, over the past two decades, much research has focused on the elastic properties of tendons and their ability to function as springs. This allows tendons to passively modulate forces during locomotion, providing additional stability with no active work. It also allows tendons to store and recover energy at high efficiency. For example, during a human stride, the Achilles tendon stretches as the ankle joint dorsiflexes. During the last portion of the stride, as the foot plantar-flexes (pointing the toes down), the stored elastic energy is released. Furthermore, because the tendon stretches, the muscle is able to function with less or even no change in length, allowing the muscle to generate greater force.
Tendinosis refers to non-inflammatory injury to the tendon at the cellular level.
The Achilles tendon is a particularly large tendon connecting the heel to the muscles of the calf. It is so named because the mythic hero Achilles was said to have been killed due to an injury to this area.
Sinew was also widely used throughout pre-industrial eras as a tough, durable fiber. Some specific uses include using sinew as thread for sewing, attaching feathers to arrows (see fletch), lashing tool blades to shafts, etc. It also recommended in survival guides as a material from which strong cordage can be made for items like traps or living structures. Tendon must be treated in specific ways to function usefully for these purposes. Inuit and other circumpolar people utilized sinew as the only cordage for all domestic purposes due to the lack of other suitable fiber sources in their ecological habitats.
The elastic properties of particular sinews were also used in composite recurved bows favoured by the steppe nomads of Eurasia. The first stone throwing artillery also used the elastic properties of sinew.
Tendon (particularly beef tendon) is used as a food in some Asian cuisines (often served at Yum Cha or Dim Sum restaurants). One popular dish is Suan Bao Niu Jin, where the tendon is marinated in garlic. It is also sometimes found in the Vietnamese noodle dish phở.


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A shift in regulations on an important commodity that is trivial from the American point of view can stagger other countries.
Unless we stagger the hours of medical service provision, all those people will end up in the emergency room.
If News Corp. really distrusted a former staffer, it might stagger her severance payments, says Estreicher.
1520s, altered from stakeren (c.1300), from Old Norse stakra or Old Danish stagra, both "to push, stagger." Cognate with Dutch staggelen "to stagger," German staggeln "to stammer." Transitive sense of "bewilder, amaze" first recorded 1550s; that of "arrange in a zig-zag pattern" is from 1856. Related: Staggered; staggering.


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Dellin Betances Ready to Start for the New York Yankees?
In late December 2010 the New York Post reported that New York Yankee pitching prospect Dellin Betances will be at spring training along side pitching great CC Sabathia. This obviously brought a smile to my face since I had a chance to work 1 on 1 with Dellin back when he was the top pitching [...][Read more of this review]
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John Wooden's All-Time Best One-Liners
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I can't afford it is not an excuse!!!
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More than 40,000 Texas high school seniors did not pass one or more portions of the TAKS test. Forty-six of those students are from Bryan and College Station.
As part of the state's requirement, high school seniors must pass the TAKS test in order to receive their diplomas. Students are given five chances to pass the exit exam.
However, if the student does not pass the exam, school districts can decide if those seniors will walk graduation day.
In College Station, to walk in graduation, students must complete 22 - 24 credits depending on their degree plan.
Out of the 601 senior students at Timber Academy and A&M Consolidated, 15 did not pass one or more sections of the exit exam.
However, as long as they have completed their required credits, the school allows those seniors to walk on graduation day.
"If a student has been in our district and worked very hard for four years and passed all their classes, this is an important point in their life to be able to participate in the ceremonies," said Clark Ealy, executive director of accountability and planning for College Station Independent School District.
In Bryan, walking privileges are a little different.
Students must not only complete 24 credits, but they also are required to pass all parts of the TAKS test. Thirty-one out of the 690 senior students in Bryan didn't pass the TAKS exam and are not being allowed to walk on graduation day.
"They (school board) want the ceremony, to truly be a graduation ceremony, and they feel like only those kids who have met both state and local requirements-- those kids who are eligible to receive their diplomas on that day are the ones to participate," said James Henry, academic advisor for Bryan High.
However, some Bryan parents feel that rule denies kids a once in a lifetime experience.
"That's these kids last time to really communicate with one another before they all go out in the real world," said Terri and Harley Brigman.
The Brigman's feel not allowing their child to graduate takes away from all the hard work, he and other students have put in over the years.
"They've gone to school for 12, 13, some 14 years, and they should be recognized for what they've accomplished, " said Terri Brigman.
However, officials with Bryan High say they are working with the students to help them receive their diplomas.
"We're already talking to those kids about coming back in July and taking this test again," said Henry. "We've already made plans for additional tutorials, support and strategy sessions to help them get ready."
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Cynthia Plaster Caster
Cynthia Plaster Caster (born Cynthia Albritton on May 24, 1947) is an artist and self-described "recovering groupie" who creates plaster casts of famous persons' penises and breasts.
Albritton began her career in 1968 by casting penises of rock musicians. She later expanded her subjects to include filmmakers and other types of artists. By 2000 she had begun casting female artists' breasts.
Albritton was born in Chicago, Illinois.[1]
Shy as a young girl, Cynthia sought out a way to make contact with the opposite sex. In the late-1960s she became caught up in free love and rock music. In college, when her art teacher gave the class an assignment to, "plaster cast something solid that could retain its shape", her idea to use the assignment as a lure to entice rock stars to have sex with her became a hit, even before she made a cast of anyone's genitalia. Finding a dental moldmaking substance called alginate to be sufficient, she found her first client in Jimi Hendrix, the first of many to submit to the idea.[2]
Meeting Frank Zappa, who found the concept of "casting" both humorous and creative as an art form, though he himself never submitted to the procedure, Albritton found in him something of a patron. He moved her to Los Angeles, which she described as a veritable groupie heaven, with no lack of assistants. Together, Zappa and Albritton conceived an idea of preserving the casts of musicians for a future exhibition, entrusting them to his partner, Herb Cohen, for safekeeping. This idea never took off, due to a lack of famous rock stars as participants. A movie was made of Cynthia Plaster Caster, and her celebrity grew. However, she found herself having to file a lawsuit to retrieve the casts.[3][4] She decided to cast women's breasts as well in 2000.[5]
A film documentary, Plaster Caster (2001), has been made about her, she has inspired at least two songs: "Five Short Minutes" by Jim Croce. and "Plaster Caster" by Kiss and she is also mentioned in the Le Tigre song "Nanny Nanny Boo Boo".[6]
In 2010, Albritton ran for mayor of Chicago, Illinois.[1][7]
- ^ a b Elejalde-Ruiz, Alexia (October 31, 2010). "Cynthia Plaster Caster Runs for Chicago Mayor", Chicago Tribune. Retrieved November 18, 2011.
- ^ Cynthia Plaster Caster: Art with Staying Power, a Salon interview
- ^ Philips, Chuck (April 13, 1993). "Plaster Caster Lawsuit Set for Court Wednesday". L.A. Times. Retrieved January 7, 2014.
- ^ Wallechinsky, David (2006). The book of lists: the original compendium of curious information. et al. (Canadian ed.). Toronto: Seal Books. pp. 355–356. ISBN 9780307366177.
- ^ Albritton, Cynthia official website The Long and the Short of It Retrieved September 20, 2008 Requires Flash
- ^ This Island (Media notes). Le Tigre. Universal Records. 2004.
- ^ Costello, Brian (November 4, 2010). "Q&A with Mayoral Candidate Cynthia Plaster Caster", Chicago Reader. Retrieved November 18, 2011.
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Nairobi — Police were still combing the forest in Kilifi where suspected members of the Mombasa Republican Council (MRC) are believed to be hiding, following Thursday's killing of eleven people.
Those killed were shot or hacked to death when residents clashed with the MRC members who were allegedly found taking an oath, according to police.
"There was a confrontation between residents and the criminals, and our officers intervened only to find the criminals armed," Aggrey Adoli, police chief for Mombasa said.
"Twelve people were killed," he said.
Some of those killed are MRC members while others are residents--including a village elder.
Kilifi divisional police chief Beatrice Gachao said the area remained tense even as more officers were deployed to the forest and neighbouring villages. She said a police officer wounded in the confrontation is recuperating at the Pandya Hospital in Mombasa.
Several suspected MRC members were arrested and detained for interrogation on Friday.
"An investigation is going on; we want to know what exactly happened," Adoli said.
Police said they believe the MRC members were taking an oath in the forest because some of their paraphernalia and a flag were recovered. Members of the MRC have threatened to lobby the coastal people to secede from the rest of Kenya, arguing that they have been neglected by governments over the years.
A Mombasa court recently ruled that the group is legitimate, although the government still insists it remains illegal.


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In this course, photographer, author, and teacher Chris Orwig details the tools every photographer needs to retouch portraits to make them look their best while remaining authentic. The course includes an overview of the retouching process and how to develop a plan for a retouching project.
After exploring techniques to improve the overall photo, Chris shares his techniques for reducing wrinkles, enhancing eyes and other facial features, improving hair, and retouching makeup. The course concludes with a look at retouching skin and reshaping portions of a portrait using transformations, the Warp tool, and the Liquify filter.
In this movie, we are going to take a look at how we can use a powerful image adjustment tool and that tool is called Shadows and Highlights. We will be working with two photographs so that we can see how this adjustment works in different scenarios. We will start off with this image here and to work with this adjustment we need to copy the background or original layer. So let's do that by way of a shortcut, press Command+J on the Mac or Ctrl+J on Windows, and let's name this new layer, corrections because we'll be applying some tonal corrections to the photograph.
What I want to do with this image is I actually want to darken up the face a little bit. The highlights there are too bright. As I want to change the overall contrast or midtone contrast in the photograph, so let's navigate to the Image pulldown menu, next choose Adjustments, and then finally down near the bottom we will select Shadows/Highlights. Now Shadows/Highlights has a default setting, which boosts the shadows. You can see that here, to bringing light into that shadow area. That's not what I want to do, so I'm going to decrease that amount.
What I want to do is work on my highlights. By clicking and dragging this to the right, you can see that I can darken those highlights. Let me exaggerate this, it won't look good, but let me just exaggerate for a moment. You can see how I can really darken those areas. Well, when I do that you can also see that it's changing the overall color. Again, I have gone too far but I've done this to kind of illustrate how you can fix this issue. If you click on Show More Options, all of a sudden you have all of these controls. At first glance, they may seem confusing but notice that they're grouped.
Here are my Shadows, here are my Highlights, then down below we have some Adjustments. In regards to the Highlights, what we can do is we can control the overall Amount. We can also control the Tonal Width; that is how far this is reaching into other tones. As I click and drag this up, notice how it's also darkening the background a little bit as well. So here I can then dial this in so it's affecting the highlight and also little bit of the shadow. The Radius controls kind of the overall reach of that, or in other words how far that's extending out from the area of the highlights.
Next we have Color Correction. Click and drag to the right, more color, click and drag the left, less color. And by using this slider in combination with the other sliders, it will can help us come up with a nice way to process an image or fix exposure. Then we have midtone contrast. If I increase that it's going to darken that background there a little bit and also some of the other areas of the photograph. Now when we click on the Preview button, we can see here is our before and then click again, there is our after. Let's go ahead and click OK in order to apply that correction.
Well, whenever you do that what I like to do is I also like to change my overall blending mode. A blending mode that's helpful with adjustments like this is Luminosity. What this will do is it will ensure that you don't have any kind of exaggerated color shifts. Even if you've corrected it with those adjustments, I still find that this helps out and kind of removes any of those strange color casts. All right, well in this image we simply wanted to darken the area of the face a little bit. Let's also take a look at another example.
So here, I am going to go ahead and navigate to the other photograph. This image was captured by one of my students and it was captured in full sun, a lot of contrast. Yet he was trying to create this really high contrast type of a look, but then after the fact decided he wanted to soften that and he softened it using this adjustment. Let's explore how we can do that too. Again we copy the background layer by pressing Command+J on a Mac or Ctrl+J on Windows. Then we will go ahead and name this new layer. We will just name it corrections because we are going to apply those tonal corrections, and then we will go to Image > Adjustments and here we will select Shadows/Highlights.
When we do that, we can see that we have some controls, and let's start off with showing fewer options, so I will click on that checkbox there so that I can have fewer options. By default again Shadow/Highlights can help us boost those areas of our shadows; brightening up that part of the picture. Yet, I also want to darken some of the highlights. Here we can exaggerate this or we can just try to find just the right amount. Often when working with these type of adjustments as with other adjustments, it's kind of a nice idea to apply a little bit too much because you can always back it off your opacity slider and by having a little bit too much will it can then help you to be a bit more flexible after the fact.
Now if we turn on Show More Options, we can then customize this further in regards to our overall tonal widths and how far this is reaching into other parts of the picture and we can also work on color as well. All right, well, next click OK to apply that. Here we have our before and then now our after. Again here I went a little bit too far, yet before I decreased my opacity, I am going to change my blending mode to luminosity. This will help with any color issues. Then I will decrease the opacity and by decreasing opacity, I can then bring that up so that I can just kind of soften this effect rather than remove it altogether.
We still have a lot of contrast in the photograph. We have just diminished it a bit. We equalized the overall tonality. So, as you can see here, we can use Shadow/Highlights in more subtle or more dramatic situations, and we can use this either to bring detail into our shadows to brighten up the shadows or to darken the highlights.
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This project aims to spark a debate about how the globalisation process changes the art scene and to undertake a critical review of the development 20 years after the onset of globalisation. It offers viewpoints, critical perspectives and examples from world museums.
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The Baltimore County Council has decided to strengthen the county's restriction on development that might cause schools to become overcrowded. The change involving the adequate facilities ordinance directs the county's planning office to consider not only how crowded schools are today, but also how crowded approved developments are going to make them tomorrow. This is entirely appropriate.
But, unfortunately, matters involving schools are rarely so cut and dried. There are occasions when development plans sit around for years. Should a highly regarded project be shut out because a theoretical one with prior approval is still on the books? The legislation leaves it to planning officials to make a reasoned judgment.


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Click Chick: New Frankenweinie, Oz trailers debut at Comic Con
Yes, I should be at Comic Con. That's a mecca of any geek
girl. But I have my sources there and I got my hands on
new Frankenweenie "Homage" trailer. Why is a called that?
Well, it's Tim Burton's clever nod to classic horror film
My sources also sent me the trailer to upcoming "Oz the Great and Powerful." It is a reimagining of the origins of "The Wizard of Oz" by L. Frank Baum classic. "Oz the Great and Powerful" stars James Franco, Michelle Williams, Evanora and Rachel Weisz who play witches. It'll be easy to figure out which witch Glinda is. It's directed by Sam Raimi - and I must say the trailer alone is a visual delight...
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Tech Update: Do you have a Yahoo! email account. You might want to change your password. Hackers have cracked the accounts of some 450K users, says PC Magazine. And FYI, the most common password is password. Now really, folks. Time to get a little more creative...
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Hi I have an Ubuntu server 8.04 LTS with 2 TB (RAID 5) of storage space.
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warm up my compiler after a long time of abstinence
This is experimental and only for testing. I got it working only a few hours ago.
Frozen Eclair = The Froyo Dalvik Virtual Machine (JIT Engine) on Eclair
Doubles Linpack benchmark results and with 1GHz OC you go over the Nexus One 2.2 in Quadrant.
Maybe i messed up something while testing.
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It will not work else ...
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At the time of my writing this article, the debate of legalizing marijuana is once again in the news. One always wonders as politicians take their stand, is this a vote-getting issue, or do they really have our best interests in mind.
While this for some is a very controversial topic, let me begin by stating what this article is NOT about. It is not about smoking marijuana, nor "getting high" nor trying to relive the hippie years of the '60s. Rather it is to discuss the remarkable healing properties of the hemp plant, considered by many to be the most medicinal plant known to man.
Up until the early 1900s, the hemp plant was grown freely throughout Canada and the U.S. It was commonly referred to as "cannabis". Nowadays it is more popularly known as its slang term marijuana.
Many countries around the world grow hemp for their industrial needs. China has used hemp for textiles for thousands of years, and their clothing industry now includes it in the making of jeans, shoes and outdoor clothing, due to its durability. They are also the largest exporter of hemp paper, which is a much greater sustainable source of pulp for paper. Hemp can be manufactured for building supplies. In fact, almost any product that can be made from wood, cotton, or petroleum, including plastics, can be made from hemp. Henry Ford once designed a car made out of hemp and soy plastics in the early 1940s, and it ran on hemp fuel. There is a well-known picture of him swinging an axe at the car, proving its strength. It is suggested that farming 6% of America's farmland with hemp plants would satisfy all of its energy needs, and from a much cleaner source.
While it is estimated that there are more than 25,000 known uses for hemp, perhaps none are more beneficial to man than its ability to heal. This is not a new discovery; ancient Chinese writings give evidence of its use some 4,700 years ago. Relics discovered in ancient pyramids indicate that Egyptian physicians prescribed medical hemp for childbirth. And somewhat more recently, the Family Doctor column in the February 1978 issue of Good Housekeeping reads: "As research proceeds, scientists are finding that the major active ingredient in marijuana - tetrahydro-cannabinol or THC - may be highly valuable in treating such conditions as glaucoma, asthma or even terminal cancer."
To get the maximum value from the hemp plant, it is converted into hemp oil. This oil, which really looks more like a grease, is taken orally, a small amount at a time. For burns, moles, skin cancer, etc., it is applied directly to the problem area. It can also be taken as a suppository, if necessary, (ex: bowel cancer, allowing the oil the quickest route to the disease). Reading about hemp oil and all of its success stories on the Internet leads one to believe this might be as close to a cure-all medicine that we know about today. It has been known to cure all forms of cancer, diabetes, arthritis, depression, asthma …. the list is endless.
One of the people responsible for bringing medicinal hemp oil to the forefront in recent years is Rick Simpson, a Canadian. Himself a cancer survivor, he has helped hundreds, perhaps thousands, beat their medical conditions, all by simply ingesting small amounts of hemp oil. And how was he rewarded? By constantly being dragged through the judicial system with countless arrests, fines and raids of his property. He was not selling the hemp oil, but rather giving it away, and survived on donations. When in court, he would have cancer survivors come to witness on his behalf, but they were never allowed to give their testimony. His story is very similar to Nurse Rene Caisse (of Essiac fame), along with many others.
Hemp oil is not addictive, unlike many prescription drugs, and has no side effects. When fighting cancer, the active ingredients of the oil tend to seek out and destroy cancer cells. While doing so, it resets your body to a state of good health. If one ingests hemp oil produced from strains of plants that have strong pain killing effects, you will find that it can eliminate pain that even morphine and other dangerous toxic addictive pain medications cannot.
If interested, you can watch an hour-long video on the Internet, titled Run From the Cure - The Rick Simpson Story (The title suggests that the treatments of modern medicine are quite often worse than the disease itself.) See how hemp oil has been a cure for so many, and also how the oil is derived from the plant. A second movie, "Run From the Cure - 2", is now in the making.
Hemp oil can be purchased in health stores, but it is quite different than the hemp oil I am writing about. It is actually made from hemp seeds, and should be labelled "hemp seed oil". This oil does not contain enough of the active ingredients found in true hemp oil to be effective against serious illnesses. It still is very beneficial, (I take it twice a day), is an excellent source of Omega 3 and compares favourably to other natural oils, namely flaxseed oil. Hemp seed oil is very beneficial for cardiovascular problems and it is also useful to improve our circulatory system.
So how does one go about getting hemp oil? Well unless you live in an area where it is permitted, you legally can't. Your only choice would be to move to an area where it is allowed. As ridiculous as that seems, if you or a loved one were fighting a terrible disease, it might not be that unreasonable.
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or even seriously restrict the use of so holy and gracious a herb would
cause widespread suffering ….", J.M. Campell.
Perhaps George Washington knew what he was talking about when he was
quoted as saying, "Make the most of the hempseed, sow it everywhere".
Perhaps George Washington knew what he was talking about when he was quoted as saying, "Make the most of the hempseed, sow it everywhere".


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Hughton stepped into one of the most challenging jobs in football after Newcastle's relegation, but he helped the Magpies return to the top flight at the first attempt. He will be back on Tyneside on Sunday for the first time since his departure in December 2010, this time as manager of Norwich.
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Only problem was I was in NorCal with killer new waterproof/bombproof backpack and my bike was in SoCal. The separation didn't last very long. The neoprene helmet cover Michael sent made flying on Southwest with my new Shoei (finally ditched the Bell) a pleasant and professional experience. And it kind of made me feel like I was carrying Darth Vader's head through security.
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The Cleveland Museum of Natural History is moving forward with the first phase of its bold and innovative plan to renovate and expand its campus in Cleveland's University Circle as part of its Centennial Campaign. The Museum's Board of Trustees has approved schematic designs created in collaboration by a leading team of architects, engineers, green building experts and exhibit designers that realize the ambitious vision for the future Museum. The new Museum will more fully integrate science and nature into the visitor experience, and pioneer new approaches for infusing real science into science education. The building itself will be a model of sustainable building technology. New exhibition galleries will showcase the world-renowned scientific research of Museum curators and highlight the Museum's vast collections to create a powerful and engaging experience that inspires students and people of all ages to dive into science, connect with nature and explore the natural world.
The $150 million renovation and expansion project will transform and reinvent the Museum by 2020—100 years after the institution was founded. Construction will begin in March on a new outdoor Perkins Wildlife Center—one of the most popular of the Museum's exhibits and home to the Museum's live Ohio animals and native plants. In the coming year, Phase I will also include the construction of several key visitor amenities, including a parking garage with 300 spaces on three levels and a landscaped west garden that will serve as a gateway to the University Circle cultural district from Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
"The amazing treasures held within our Museum and our mission to improve science education compel us to undertake this major transformation of our facilities and exhibits," said Dr. Evalyn Gates, executive director and CEO. "We are thrilled to launch the project this spring and begin realizing our plans for creating a dynamic new Museum that will play a critical role in building for the future of our community. Our staff, campaign leadership team and project architects, engineers and designers have worked together to craft plans that will strengthen our education programs, support and showcase the important work of our researchers, and offer the community immersive spaces for lifelong learning."
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10.28.2009MHS volleyball games rescheduled for tonight
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Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things is the definitive guide on how we can save the planet. But be warned, this book is not the usual 'ten things to do' nor '1000 solutions' that offers us chatty insights into how we should do less laundry or give up bottled water. Instead authors William McDonough and Michael Braungart, take the familiar reduce, reuse and recycle adage and turn it completely on its head. They ask us to consider that we are so accustomed to thinking about eco-efficiency that we have not allowed much room for discourse around eco-effectiveness.
McDonough and Braungart ask us to contemplate not just minimizing the damage, but rather taking a revolutionarily approach to the problem and imagine how contemporary waste need no longer exist. The authors posit that we can make waste that is nourishment for something new. This seemingly simple maxim guides their principals of product design from cradle to cradle as opposed to cradle to grave.
Cradle to cradle, the philosophy, refers to products that have a continued life, whereas cradle to grave products have only one life and usually end up as toxic landfill, in an incinerator or 'downcycled' into something else like plastic bottles to 'plastic' fleeces, then to the landfill. McDonough and Braungart estimate that more than 90% of materials extracted to make durable goods in the USA become waste almost immediately. Products are designed with 'built in obsolescence' —to last only a limited time and encourage the consumer to buy a new version.
McDonough and Braungart suggest that each and every product can be designed from the outset so that after its lifetime is over, the product will then continue to live while providing nourishment for something new – what the authors dub the 'next technical revolution'. A rather mind-blowing manifesto for the environmental movement and it is not just ideal chatter or philosophical debate; these two revolutionaries are putting their design principles into practice.
Cradle to Cradle is a must read for anyone who is involved in production, design, owns a business or is part of the environment movement. Perhaps it should simply be required reading for everyone.
Cradle to Cradle (the book), is one of their ideas actualized. Printed on synthetic paper, made from plastic resins, inorganic fibers and the material is recyclable. The book is also considered to be a technical nutrient, in that it can be reused indefinitely and remade into other books or 'plastic' paper.
Other design ideas that have been put into practice include living roofs that provide cooling in hot weather and insulation in cold weather, in addition to attracting birds and wildlife. Or using rice husks for packaging and then reusing the packaging for making bricks and fabric that safely decompose when the owner is finished with the product. This allows products to be upcycled into something else instead of being downcycled or recycled into another toxic product. Cradle to Cradle points out that 'air, water and soil do not safely absorb our wastes unless the waste themselves are completely healthy and biodegradable'. McDonough and Braungart encourage us to consider creating a stryofoam that nurtures the land as opposed to filling landfills, or soaps and detergents that support waterways rather than destroying them and 'nutrivehicles' that release positive emissions instead of little or no emissions.
Time for a paradigm shift from trying to be less bad to start figuring out how to be good. Cradle to Cradle is a must read for anyone who is involved in production, design, owns a business or is part of the environment movement. Perhaps it should simply be required reading for everyone.
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Copper futures prices were sharply higher Wednesday on the Commodity Exchange in New York as a rally in the industrial metal extended into its third day.
The metal is in short supply for immediate delivery, said Howard Levine, a metals analyst in New York with Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette. He noted that buyers were willing to pay a hefty premium to obtain immediate delivery of copper.
The London Metals Exchange reported Tuesday that its stocks had declined by 4,400 metric tons in the previous week to 82,800 metric tons, the lowest level in 11 years, Levine said. A metric ton is 2,204 pounds.
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I have to calm down with my Kickstarter support because I forget which projects I supported. A month passes by and all of a sudden I get hit with NSF fees. I need to mange my money better and stop making dreams come true.
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No Leads In Winona Arsons
The tips have came in, but still no leads towards a rash of arsons in Winona. Police there are still asking for the public's help in solving three suspected arson fires that occurred in the same general location within six weeks back in November and December.
A number of tips have come in but still no suspects have been caught.
A public meeting will be held next Wednesday in which representatives of the police and fire departments will share what they do have on the fires. It's being organized by a Neighborhood Watch Group. The meeting will be at 6:00 p.m. at the the Winona Vet's Center and the public is invited.


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begining of man
i call this one "Rise of Chromagnum"
this is an illustration that i've been working on for a lil wile.
Let me know what you guys think so far?
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I like it, so far. The composition is good (the tried and true triangle) and the figures (especially Howie Long on the right) aren't bad.
The mountains are kind of bothering me, though, especially the "Nightmare Before X-mas" one to the right.
The sense of foreshortening on the main figure, too, is not quite appealing. His arms are larger than his legs and his head is the size it would be if it were at eye level. It also appears that he's about to fall over, vice swing a mighty blow.
The guy with his back to us doesn't look very threatening (which is probably a good thing if our hero is about to fall over) or very interesting. He seems to be an afterthought.
It's cool, though.
September 16th, 2004 #3
thanks... i'll consider your comments when i get back on it, the main figure is supose to be a neandethal man .... not really a modern man so i based his looks on the actual species.
the other guys are suppose to be chromagnum (modernman)


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24th to the 30th of December 2014
SUBTITLE is one of Ireland's newest film festivals and features a wide selection of the best European films on offer. This November Kilkenny plays host to some of the finest films from a wide selection of countries and will make you look at European cinema in a whole new light.
One of Ireland's best loved arts festivals, with theatre, visual art, dance, street theatre and visual art all brought to life in Kilkenny City. The Arts Festival has been a key fixture in the city for over 40 years. The best Irish and International performances and performers have attended the Festival over the years.
Enjoyed our stay very much. Sorry we didn't stay longer but will be back definitely.
Had a Great Stay in Kilkenny!
Best place to stay in kilkenny.
You were very attentive to all our needs and questions. Your beds are superb! Wi Fi good. Breakfast excellent.
We will stay again for sure. Its ideal for us for short break away.
It was perfect - Everything that we needed..
Would recommend this hotel to family and friends to stay at....
Staff at Reception and Restaurants very helpful and pleasant. Breakfast had a fantastic selection...
Great place to stay in Kilkenny. Would highly recommend. Will stay again...
Perfect little get away.. we didn't use our car for the 2 days as everything was in walking distance
Nice Rooms, Great Location, Pleasant Staff - This will be our choice when we return to Kilkenny
GDS Codes: Sabre: ON 18573 - Apollo/Galileo: ON 72125 - Worldspan: ON KKYOR - Amadeus: ON KKYORM - Pegasus: ON 37242


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Pro golfers do their best 'Happy Gilmore'
We've all done it.
Or, at least, this writer has done it and would like to assume everyone else has, too.
Ever since "Happy Gilmore" was released in 1996, golfers everywhere have attempted to swing like Adam Sandler's character in the movie.
With the aid of a running start he takes his swing, crushing the ball.
It's great in theory, but as some professional golfers found out while at the 2013 Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open, not so much in practice.


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Already blessed with a storied history, women's soccer at NC State began a new and exciting chapter when Laura Kerrigan was named head coach on December 8, 1997.
An All-American player and a 4.0 student at NC State from 1985-88, Kerrigan is the fourth head coach in the history of the school's women's soccer program. She is entering her eight season as head coach.
Kerrigan, who returned to her alma mater after three seasons as an assistant coach at American University, began her coaching career at William & Mary in the fall of 1989, serving as an assistant coach. She took a similar position at Colorado College in 1990 and helped coach that program to a 16-3-2 record and a berth in the NCAA Final Four.
Following her season at Colorado College, Kerrigan returned to William & Mary in the fall of 1991 and stayed two more years, serving as an assistant coach while finishing her law degree. The Tribe went 40-15-2 during Kerrigan's three seasons (1989, `91 and `92) on head coach John Daly's staff, including marks of 14-4-2 in 1989 and 16-4 in 1992. William & Mary advanced to the NCAA Regional finals twice in Kerrigan's three years in Williamsburg.
Kerrigan completed her Juris Doctorate degree from William & Mary's Marshall Wythe School of Law in May 1993 and spent one year as a judicial clerk to the Supreme Court of Alaska while coaching the Alaska United U-19 club team in Anchorage. Upon returning to the "lower 48," Kerrigan joined Colleen Corwell's staff as an assistant coach at American in August 1995. American posted a 30-27-2 record during Kerrigan's three years on the staff, including a school-record 13-6-1 mark in 1996, when American pulled off an upset win over George Mason and a tie with James Madison, both of which were in the top 20 at the time.
As an undergraduate at NC State from 1985-89, Kerrigan was one of the most honored and accomplished student-athletes in school history. Athletically, she was one of the best ever to play women's soccer for the Wolfpack and was one of the cornerstones of the program as NC State established itself as a women's soccer powerhouse in the mid and late-1980s. She joined the program in just its second year of existence and before graduating captained the Wolfpack to the 1988 ACC championship and the NCAA's national championship game.
Kerrigan earned All-America honors in 1985 and 1986, her freshman and sophomore seasons. She led the Wolfpack in shots on goal, goals scored and total points both seasons. She moved from forward to midfielder prior to her junior season, and while her offensive stats dropped accordingly, her importance to the Wolfpack program remained constant.
Kerrigan finished her career as NC State's all-time leader in shots with 228, goals scored with 53 and total points with 135. She still ranks second in the NC State and eighth in the ACC record books in career points, and second and seventh in career goals scored. Her 54 points in 1986 rank as the second-best single-season total in school history.
Kerrigan's individual success was mirrored by team accomplishments for the program. During Kerrigan's four years in Raleigh, the Wolfpack posted an overall record of 63-18-9, including a 36-6-4 mark her junior and senior seasons. While Kerrigan was at NC State, the Wolfpack won an ACC championship, made four NCAA Tournament appearances, and twice advanced to the NCAA Final Four.
As a senior in 1988, Kerrigan helped lead the Wolfpack to a 19-2-3 record and a No. 2 national ranking. NC State that year won the inaugural ACC Tournament (Kerrigan's penalty kick in the championship game provided the winning point) and advanced to the NCAA Tournament's national championship game.
Academically, Kerrigan was a three-time Academic All-American and won the H.C. Kennett Award in 1989 as NC State's top student-athlete after maintaining a 4.0 GPA for four years in accounting. She made the NC State Dean's List eight times, was named to the Atlantic Coast Conference's Honor Roll four times, and was a member of the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society.
Kerrigan concluded her academic career by graduating summa cum laude and serving as class valedictorian for NC State's class of 1989. A candidate for a Rhodes Scholarship, she was a recipient of the Marie James Postgraduate Scholarship, awarded annually by the ACC, and then won a prestigious $4,000 NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship.
In addition to her work at American University, Kerrigan served from 1995-97 as head coach of the Maryland U-16 Olympic Development Program, and she has worked as a camp director and coach at the NC State Girls' Soccer Camp and various other camps.
Aside from coaching, Kerrigan has remained active in soccer as a player. She played from 1995-97 for the Maryland Pride/Baltimore Bays of the USWISL, and was national tournament MVP in 1996 when she led the team to the USWISL national championship. She played for the 1995 and 1996 Virginia Women's State Team, and for the SA United Club Team from 1994-97, winning the national championship in 1996 and '97.
A member of the United States Soccer Coaches Organization and the National Soccer Coaches Association of America, Kerrigan holds a United States Soccer Federation "A" license, and an "Advanced National" license from the NSCAA. Kerrigan was named to the NSCAA national coaching staff in January 1999. She is also extremely active on the ODP Regional staff. Married to Tony Watkins and and the couple has a son, Samuel.


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12th September 2014
Gay songwriting legend Bob Crewe dies 7
6:00 PM — Musician and songwriter Bob Crewe has passed away.
19th August 2014
UKIP leader Nigel Farage reveals 'private dinner' with Sir Elton John 24
11:08 AM — Sir Elton John has played down rumours that he will back UKIP, after Nigel Farage revealed that he had a private dinner with the star.
9th April 2014
US: Catholic church fires 'gifted' gay musician for marrying his partner 67
10:07 PM — A 'gifted' gay musician who worked in Catholic churches for over 30 years has been fired, because he married his same-sex partner.
6th February 2014
US battle rapper Daylyt condemns Macklemore and Lil Wayne for supporting 'gay sh*t' 23
2:47 PM — US battle rapper Daylyt has criticised rap and hip hop stars Macklemore and Lil Wayne for showing their support to the gay community, saying it is "ugly" that "gay sh*t is taking over the world."
20th October 2013
Morrissey: 'Unfortunately, I am not homosexual – I am attracted to humans' 39
12:04 PM — After revealing in a long-awaited memoir released earlier this month that his first ever serious relationship was with a man, Morrissey is now denying rumours about his sexuality, saying he is not gay, but simply "attracted to humans."
31st May 2013
Tom Hardy is favourite to play Elton John in biopic 7
2:47 PM — The makers of a film biography of pop star Sir Elton John are said to be pursuing Batman star Tom Hardy for the lead role.
6th April 2013
Adam Lambert splits from long-term boyfriend Sauli Koskinen 22
2:56 PM — Singer Adam Lambert has split up with Finnish reality TV star Sauli Koskinen, who had been his boyfriend since 2010.
25th March 2013
Rapper A$AP Rocky: 'It's crazy' that homosexuality is even an issue in hip-hop 13
11:33 PM — Rapper A$AP Rocky has spoken out about homosexuality in the music industry, and said that "it's crazy" that it is still an issue.
18th January 2013
The Saturdays: We 'aren't lesbians' but we 'like to perve on girls' 10
12:57 PM — Girl band the Saturdays have said that, even though they are not lesbians, they prefer to check out women than men, and said they "perve on girls".
9th January 2013
Mary J Blige: God says not to judge, so I don't judge gay people 35
11:29 PM — Singer Mary J Blige has addressed comments from critics asking how she can consider herself a born again Christian, and still support marriage equality.
29th October 2012
Katy Perry to be honoured with a 'Hero Award' by the Trevor Project 6
8:38 PM — Singer-songwriter, Katy Perry, is to be honoured with a 'Hero Award' from the US suicide prevention organisation, The Trevor Project.
29th May 2012
Lead singer of Against Me! cheered at first performance since revealing she is trans 10
5:51 PM — The lead singer of punk band Against Me! was greeted with cheers at her first stage appearance since announcing she is transgender.


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Adding new friends :)
I just went friend whoring crazy! Sorry if anyone got invite spammed or anything, my browser went crazy for a second there. Have to sleep now. Good night Korn freaks! :D
...and just to conclude, I CANNOT wait for these live show downloads!! That shit is gonna rock :D


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Can Hollywood Save The Worlds Reefs?
Filed Under: Business, Lifestyle | Posted: 11/08/2012 at 8:45AM
Comments | Region: California | United States
(Los Angeles, CA) – That's the question a group of Los Angeles film set designers, divers, and marine biologists asked prior to creating a revolutionary underwater tourism company designed to change the tourism experience at oceanfront resorts and developments – Reef Worlds.
The idea was simple. Take the concept of an artificial reef, typically rock tailings, rip rap, and or concrete shapes that had no tourism value and fundamentally redesign the concept to create entire worlds underwater for tourism. Reef Worlds harness 5000 years of human design elements and a ph neutral build matrix with a touch of Hollywood design magic to deliver underwater experiential sites that capture and hold mass tourism within a resort developments own footprint – relieving mass tourism pressure on natural reef systems and wildlife nearby.
There's an old saying in the hotel business, "a beach, is a beach, is a beach," at Reef Worlds we're reinventing the waterfront experience one undersea world at a time.
Why Artificial Reefs?
Reef systems around the world are under siege. Population growth, point source run off, and global warming are all playing a part in degrading reef systems. The Caribbean suffered its worst ever coral bleaching event in 2005, and the Government of the Philippines has just recognized over 40% of its reefs were now dead from rampant dynamite and cyanide fishing.
For countries and developing economies that rely on tourism and for international resort developments all of this is bad news. Increased regional tourism also puts pressure on delicate reef systems, from handling of delicate corals, to increased boat traffic.
The solutions are often set aside reef zones, areas that do not allow tourism, but the needs of tourism often trump the efforts of front line NGO's seeking to restore and preserve natural reefs.
A recent study released by the University of Florida valued Florida's artificial reefs at $253 million dollars per year to local economies. The time for artificial reefs as part of global resort developments basic infrastructure has arrived with the intended result of preserving tens of thousands of miles of coastal reef systems worldwide from tourism pressures by concentrating tourism on resort and developments own waterfront footprint.
Design It and They Will Come
"The Reef Worlds design team came at this growing global problem from several different angles," said Dave Tayor design and ecology lead. "The main issue was creating tourism set aside areas which could be monetized. Resort and developments want the tourism traffic; they also want their tourists to stay with their resorts footprint. We quickly realized if we designed worlds underwater that tourists and wildlife would want to engage with, we could have the best of three worlds. Mass tourism aggregators, mini marine set aside areas, and wildlife habitat creation."
Reef Worlds design teams spent two years working with coral biologists and dive site developers to create visually stunning and iconic design forms to be placed underwater. Designing and building for the next generation of underwater tourism in Latin America, The South Pacific and the Caribbean. Developing, in the process, an artificial reef revolution.
Underwater Tourism and Tomorrow
Reef Worlds is currently in the Bahamas and the South Pacific designing three projects with resort developers. "We're very excited at the response," said Dave Taylor, "resort developers are coming to realize they have thousands of square miles of unused waterfront and that artificial reefs can be much more than just random objects placed on the seafloor. Today's developers are seeking ways they can design for next generation tourism and benefit the environment."
About Reef Worlds
At the intersection of art, science, and the environment is Reef Worlds. When a unique team of film and television designers, dive site developers, and marine biologists got together they dreamt of a better way to experience the undersea realm. The result was Reef Worlds, our unique teams goal is to change the way people interact and experience with the oceans within a resorts own footprint. Reef Worlds Discovery Trails are experiential adventures in line with the best tourism practices worldwide and represent the future of underwater exploration. They help sell additional hotel room nights, condos, create jobs, add instant value to private properties and create a media environment that deliver years of organic print, television, and social media exposure that normal dive/snorkel sites cannot.
Let's go diving.