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At Pookinuk, we're always on the lookout for new and fantastically innovative products and this is one of them! If you're sick of the kitty litter, try this new product out.
Teach your cat to use the regular household toilet with the Litter Kwitter, the award-winning total cat toilet training kit! Throw out the kitty litter!! No more mess, no more germs, no more smells, no more hassle!
Litter Kwitter is a 3-step training system. It comes with a universal base plate (a special kind of toilet seat that fits all standard toilets), three training disks (red, amber and green), a comprehensive instruction booklet plus a 30-minute DVD with step-by-step training directions. (According to the people at Litter Kwitter, watching the training DVD will be the best 30 minutes you've ever spent!!).
The Litter Kwitter and the training method were developed with animal behaviourists, vets and cat breeders so it's kind to cats, is based on a cat's natural habits and it's easy to understand and use (for cats and you!).
Litter Kwitter is a toilet training device that eradicates the need for a litter tray by training a cat to use the household toilet. The cat toilet seat is a plastic rim that sits neatly over the porcelain rim of the toilet. There are three different disks that sit inside the rim and gradually introduces the cat to the water below while weening it off the kitty litter.
1) Using the Red disk, the cat uses the Kitty Litter-Kwitter device on the floor next to the toilet like a normal litter tray to get used to the look and feel of it. The litter sits in a recess in the aperture of the seat.
2) Using the Red disk, the device is placed on the toilet to train the cat to jump up onto the seat to go to the toilet. A step up to the toilet may need to be provided to help the cat jump but which may be able to be removed eventually.
3) Using the Amber then the Green disk, introduces a hole in the litter tray and orientates the cat's paws towards the white rim.
The Amber disk introduces a small hole and the presence of the water below. The kitty litter is reduced gradually. The presence of litter reassures the cat but removes its need to tread on it. At this stage the cat may need some guidance to put his front paws on the white rim.
Green disk, this disk has a larger hole again and less kitty litter. By this stage the cat should be perfecting its balance on the outer rim of the toilet. The kitty litter is reduced until none is needed at all. The cat should naturally spread its back legs to balance on the white rim because the green rim is a more unnatural position as it is recessed and there is not a lot of room for its paws.
When all four paws are on the white rim the cat will probably be defecating in the green ring a little. This is a sign that the cat is using the outer rim properly and it is time to remove the green disk.
When the cat is fully toilet trained it will regard the toilet as its' natural place to go. It usually takes a cat a maximum of 8 weeks to be trained to use the device.
The device is made of plastic and fits all standard size toilets. When the training disks are no longer required, the white plastic rim of the Litter Kwitter sits flat on the porcelain rim allowing the normal toilet seat to be lowered over the top for humans to use.
For $69.95 it could be the best money you've ever spent! Now we're waiting for the next innovative product to come along that will teach cats to flush!!
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Ok, so I´ve bought a new DM12, It only has 1 case, I was doing mantainance and I saw that the back cap is scratched in the inside on one side, like if the bolt stem is not perfectly straight and is grazing one side. Anyone know whats going on? is this bad? Maybe some DM12 owner can check this out and reply me, thanks. P1010855.JPG 39.57KB 10 downloads
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Posted 19 August 2012 - 10:03 PM
how does the oring look on the inside of that?
Posted 20 August 2012 - 09:32 PM
how does the oring look on the inside of that?
well, there is not an oring inside the back cap, the two orange orings on the bolt stem, that are in contact , are ok, but I´ll have to keep an eye there. I´ve heard that maybe this is an break in of the parts, that´s why I would like to hear some DM12 owners. thanks anyway, tell me if you know something else.
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Service-Learning and Social Media Collide: Students Teach Elders Facebook
Individuals who are 55 years of age and older are the fastest growing demographic using Facebook. But there are some older grandparents looking to gain friends and check in with their grandchildren. And so, Dr. Rik Hunter, assistant professor of English, developed a class for students to teach local elders what all of the "liking" is about.
The class, Digital Literacies, is part of the College's service-learning initiative, one of 17 courses with a component of service built into the curriculum. Hunter's students, a total of 20, are in week three of their Facebook lessons to eight elders from St. John's Meadows in Rochester.
Each week, St. John's transports the residents to campus, to take part in the class. There are eight students developing lesson plans and doing one-on-one instruction, and the other 12 students are paired in instructional document design teams. Those teams are creating a website based on the lesson plans developed by their peers that can then be shared with those who are participating, and the rest of the St. John's community.
Hunter came up with the idea after hearing a story about his wife's grandmother, who just started using the social media website in the last year. She was reading through status updates from family members and saw one from her granddaughter, who had just posted her senior class photo. She saw comments from others referring to more photos, and was frustrated that she couldn't see them. A family member had to walk her through the process, and helped her find what she was looking for.
"This is a generational issue tied to how we think about photos working in the analog world compared to the digital world. In her mind, photos are static," said Hunter. "Technological barriers such as these are standing in the way of elders participating on sites like Facebook, and we wanted to help change that."
Through this class, the students are also studying the impact of information technology on research and teaching, the social and cultural dimensions of technology, and models of writing associated with digital media.
"I think this is a really great way to get the generations together," said Debbie Hammond, director of social recreation at St. John's. "To watch the relationships developing between the 'teachers' and the students is really heartwarming."
Channel 13's Patrice Walsh came to class this week, and interviewed students and elders, shining a light on the importance of service-learning as well as great interaction between two generations.


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TSMC, ARM and Synopsys discuss their collaboration to enable design with the latest processors (including ARM® Cortex®-A73) and process technology, including 7nm. In addition, HiSilicon shares their experience using IC Compiler II, Design Compiler Graphical with a next generation ARM processor in TSMC's 16 and 7-nm FinFET process technology.Phil Dworsky, Synopsys; Willy Chen, TSMC; Ron Preston, ARM; Chris Schreppel, Synopsys; Ron Moore, ARM; Zeng Qiuling, HUAWEI
In this short video, Dipesh Patel, EVP of Incubation Businesses at ARM, highlights three ARM-Synopsys collaboration areas to enable our mutual customers create ARM-based products. Dipesh Patel Executive Vice President, Incubation Business
"At SNUG, through deep technical presentations and interaction with all the attendees, you get insights into real design challenges and real solutions."Dipesh Patel Executive Vice President, Incubation Business
In "IoT – The Internet of Completely Different Things", Dr. Dipesh Patel, ARM's EVP of Technical Operations, explores the new challenges and innovations coming in the Internet of Completely Different Things era. Dr. Dipesh Patel, ARM
On June 9, 2015, Synopsys, Samsung and ARM co-hosted a breakfast at the Design Automation Conference. At this event, attendees learned how Samsung, ARM and Synopsys are utilizing Samsung's 14nm LPP technology to meet the added functionality needs of network computing ARM-based designs.
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Executive VP at ARM, discusses ARM and Synopsys' latest collaboration around leading-edge implementations, verification and software design of ARM-based products. In addition, he talks the keynote he delivered at SNUG entitled "The Internet of Completely Different Things.Executive VP at ARM
This presentation from SNUG 2012 describes work ARM is doing in physical IP, interconnect, and processor sub-systems to enable energy efficient systems. It will also discuss the importance of system profiling and analysis, and definition of new industry.John Cornish, Executive Vice President ARM, Ltd.
ARM, Synopsys and TSMC share the results of their collaborations to enable design using ARM's most advanced processors and physical IP with Synopsys' productivity-enhancing Galaxy design tools to get the most out of TSMC's leading edge 16nm and 10nm FinFET process technologies. MediaTek discusses the design challenges in creating complex SoCs for multimedia and LTE. They also share their successes using ARM GPU and CPU IP in TSMC 16FF+ process with Synopsys' Galaxy design tools and ZeBu emulation system.Haroon Gauhar, ARM; Rob Aitken, ARM; Denny Liu, MediaTek; Willy Chen,TSMC; Joe Walston, Synopsys; Dr. Henry Sheng, Synopsys
In this video, you'll hear briefly about Synopsys' participation at ARM TechCon 2014 followed by a Synopsys and HiSilicon joint presentation on HiSilicon's successful tapeout of their first production SoC in 16nm FinFET technology.
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In this video, you'll hear briefly about Synopsys' participation at ARM TechCon 2014 followed by AMD''s presentation on the recent tapeout of the AMD OpteronTM A1100 "Seattle" SoC based on ARM's 64-bit ARMv8 architecture.
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In this video, you'll hear briefly about Synopsys' participation at ARM TechCon followed by STMicroelectronics sharing its approach to the efficient implementation of ARM® Cortex®-A57/-A53 processor-based system-on-a-chip (SoC) designs. Arnaud Rayer, Senior Staff Backend Engineer, STMicroelectronics
Through relentless collaboration efforts in all aspects of the design cycle, key ecosystem partners - Samsung Foundry, Synopsys and ARM - have made it easier for leading customers to achieve first-time-silicon success with their leading-edge 28nm and 14nm SoC designs. With this continued commitment to reducing risk and minimizing the design cycles, these three companies are bringing differentiated solutions to customers, including silicon-proven PDKs, foundation IPs, advanced IPs and design flows. Rob Aitken, ARM; Glenn Dukes, Synopsys; Kelvin Low, Samsung SSI; Phil Dworsky, Synopsys
STMicroelectronics shares its approach to delivering optimized energy efficient solutions for the SoC market. Highlights from the low power implementation and verification methodology developed with Synopsys.David Jacquet,
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Fujitsu Semiconductor provides an overview of the Galaxy Implementation technologies used on the Cortex-A15 processor tapeout and the use of Synopsys Virtualizer™ Development Kit (VDK) to accelerate software development.Seiji Goto, Manager, Imaging Solution Division, Advanced Products Business Unit,
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Synopsys, ARM and TSMC hosted a session that highlighted the latest technologies including: Reference Implementations to optimize processor core implementation, trade-offs and best practices utilized to implement an ARM® Cortex®-A15 dual-core processorand a Cortex-A7 quad-core processor, collaboration to optimize ARM Mali™ T600 family GPUs in the TSMC 20SOC process, and design enablement for the TSMC 16nm FinFET process.Willy Chen, TSMC; Bernard Ortiz de Montellano, ARM; Joe Walston, Synopsys; Tim Whitfield, ARM Taiwan Ltd.
Introducing the ARM-Synopsys optimized reference implementations of the ARM Cortex™-A15, Cortex-A7 processors, and CoreLink™ CCI-400 interconnect for the Galaxy Implementation Platform using ARM Artisan physical IP in TSMC 28HPM process technology.Bernard Ortiz de Montellano, Product Manager, ARM Processor Division, Phil Dworsky, Director, Strategic Alliances, Synopsys
Introducing the ARM-Synopsys collaboration to enable advanced process design flows with the Galaxy implementation tools through Artisan physical IP. John introduces early 3-way collaboration between ARM, Synopsys and TSMC on 16nm design enablement.John Heinlein, Vice President, Marketing, Physical IP Division, ARM, Phil Dworsky, Director, Strategic Alliances, Synopsys
Introducing the ARM-Synopsys collaboration to smooth and optimize the design flow with the Galaxy Implementation Platform and ARM Artisan Physical IP in TSMC 20nm SoC process technology. Tim Whitfield, Hsinchu Design Center Manager, ARM, Phil Dworsky, Director, Strategic Alliances, Synopsys
Several Synopsys customers presented at DAC 2013 their lasts collaborations using the Galaxy Implementation Platform. ARM presented how they optimized the Galaxy design flow with ARM Artisan Physical IP in TSMC 20nm SoC process technology. Tim Whitfield, Hsinchu Design Center Manager, ARM + others
Industry leaders, such as Altera, ARM, Freescale, Qualcomm and STMicroelectronics shared their views on what's driving SoC complexity and how their teams have achieved success at DAC 2013. Paul Matin, Senior Product Manager, ARM
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Synopsys hosted an AMS Luncheon at DAC 2013. At this event, ARM presented the challenges of modeling embedded memories in FinFET process technologies and how ARM and Synopsys collaborated to address these challenges using Synopsys FineSim.George Lattimore, Director of Engineering, ARM
Synopsys Galaxy™ Implementation Platform was used for a low power implementation of an ARM® Cortex™-A15 processor for mobile apps. Key techniques were used to achieve a 20% improvement over traditional implementation techniques.Brian Millar, Physical Implementation Lead, High Performance CPU Team, Samsung
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"GRP is a voluntary program that helps protect valuable grasslands from conversion to other land uses, thus helping to ensure this national resource is available to future generations," stated Dr. Homer L. Wilkes, State Conservationist for NRCS in Mississippi. "Enrollment of land in GRP will have a positive economic impact and improve environmental quality by preventing the conversion of grassland to other uses, including crop production and urban development." Grassland is vital for the production of forage for domestic livestock and provides essential habitat elements for maintaining healthy wildlife populations.
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DJ Hero ReviewBy Patrick Klepek - Posted Oct 27, 2009
The array of plastic peripherals needed for Guitar Hero or Rock Band is already confusing enough. Music game-makers have wisely avoided tossing new instruments into the fray, despite repeated requests from dedicated fans (hello, keytar!). Activision is taking a calculated risk with DJ Hero by applying the same formula that worked for guitars, basses and drums -- capturing the essence of a musical instrument and mapping it to a runway with notes -- to a turntable.
The Pros
- The best soundtrack in a music game yet
- You get to play as Daft Punk in their virtual spaceship
- At its best, you honestly feel like an amateur DJ
The Cons
- Coming to grips with the touchy crossfader
- Interface does a poor job informing players of mistakes
- Tacked on integration with Guitar Hero
The array of plastic peripherals needed for Guitar Hero or Rock Band is already confusing enough. Music game-makers have wisely avoided tossing new instruments into the fray, despite repeated requests from dedicated fans (hello, keytar!). Activision is taking a calculated risk with DJ Hero by applying the same formula that worked for guitars, basses and drums -- capturing the essence of a musical instrument and mapping it to a runway with notes -- to a turntable. On its first try, DJ Hero gets a surprising amount right in the key areas (especially the music), but just like the original Guitar Hero, it needs a little more time back in the studio before it's truly ready to headline.
You Gotta Believe
The biggest success of DJ Hero is proving that it's possible to take the general concept behind DJ'ing (you, uh, put two songs next to one another and they make a beautiful sounding baby, right?) and make a fun game out of it. The samples are mapped to three colored keys, and the corresponding icons come down the center of the screen in the same fashion they have since Guitar Hero popularized the concept. Scratching adds variety through both directional (both up and down) movements and moments of scratching at your leisure. These are secondary to DJ Hero's main gameplay mechanic, however: the crossfader. The crossfader's implemented in several ways. Primarily, it's used to alternate between the two songs being mashed together, but it's also an advanced-level note of sorts. On the harder difficulties, "spikes" appear on the left and right hand side of the screen, asking the player to quickly "spike" the fader to the left or right and back to the center.
Your Ears Will Love You For It
Interestingly, DJ Hero easily has the best soundtrack of any music game released so far (The Beatles: Rock Band is barred from this discussion, as an all-Beatles soundtrack isn't a fair comparison). Maybe that's partially to do with the nature of mixes: two songs per track equals nearly twice the amount of music. But more likely, it's because the mixes are really, really good -- Daft Punk especially. I wouldn't be surprised if people pick up DJ Hero on the recommendation of the Daft Punk mixes alone, especially since they also prove to be some of the most enjoyable to play, as well. The moments where you're hitting a particularly good stride in DJ Hero -- the bass is pumping and everything falls into place -- it is, to cheekily borrow from the game's name for the equivalent of star power, euphoric. Like any music game at its very best, DJ Hero's handful of moments where you actually, truly feel like a DJ are worth chasing.
But Here's The Thing...
If you're playing on anything above the medium difficulty level (of which there's five -- beginner, easy, medium, hard, expert), your experience with DJ Hero lives or dies with coming to grips with the crossfader's eccentricities. DJ Hero's crossfader mechanic is built upon the concept of moving it to the left, middle or right. A true crossfader doesn't have any built-in resistance, giving the DJ full control over the mix of the track, but DJ Hero is a game and you're following a pre-determined mix. Thus, DJ Hero's fader does have an element of built-in resistance in the center to cue the player while mixing. DJ Hero doesn't go far with the physical resistance, however, to make the crossfader effective enough as a tip off to your hands. It's touchy. I found it incredibly difficult to know whether I'd dropped into the center or not. When I did, it'd often be too late -- I'd gone too far and messed up my combo. It required a solid ten hours or so of game time before I'd become comfortable with the crossfader, a fine line between deciding whether I became indoctrinated to its nuances or succumbed to its annoyances.
Compounding the crossfader's issues is a pulsing neon interface that suggests the designers were aware the users were going to need clear indications for when they're not properly executing the fader mechanics. But by implementing several visual cues to communicate mistakes to the player, the designers have watered them all down. The biggest problem is in the notetrack itself. When you miss a crossfade or a note on one of the three tracks, that section fades to grey. That's fine during a slow period of a mix, but when there are five different gameplay mechanics vying for your attention at once, having immediate feedback from the screen is paramount. Instead, I found myself straining my eyes to see where the mix was headed next because it'd been forced into the background. The game wasn't helping my ability to keep playing, it was hurting it.
There's also a notable, if forced, attempt at synergy between Guitar Hero and DJ Hero. For a handful of tracks in DJ Hero, another player can hook up a guitar and play along with the DJ. Unfortunately, it's an idea that sounded better on paper than it does in practice, as mashing the two works to the detriment of both. Remixes often rely on playing the same sample from a song over and over again. It's not particularly exciting to play the same guitar lick over and over again. The few times it does come together, such as mashing up The Killers and Rihanna, there's a spark, but it doesn't happen often enough to make the mechanic feel like anything more than a gimmick in its current state. There's plenty of room for improvement here.
The Future Is So Bright
That DJ Hero's flaws are obvious is actually a good thing. It means they should be easily fixable and "DJ Hero II," assuming Activision moves forward with the franchise, should be closer to what DJ Hero ambitiously aimed for. The game nails the hard parts -- making DJ'ing fun, convincing the music community to rally behind it -- but it's rife with missed opportunities -- hardware with better feedback, guitar-versus-DJ battles that feel shoehorned in for obvious franchising purposes -- that are easily identified. DJ Hero is a gamble that was worth taking and further proof that Konami's bungling of the Americanization of its own music games (in this case, Beatmania) remains one of the biggest missteps in modern gaming. DJ Hero is a good game, one that will undoubtedly find a hardcore audience that appreciates it, flaws and all, and an interesting step forward for music games.


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- 7-2 Dodgers
I don't like to talk about Manny Ramirez, I really don't. So I will say this: he won the game last night. Hitting two 2-run homers and striking out against Mike Ekstorm is a good night's work. Shawn Estes was not good at all, and we lose the series. Tonight I am going to the game. We are playing the Giants. It will be Josh Geer vs. Matt Cain. It will be very fun, even thought the Padres are BAD. I am very excited. In other more interesting Padres news, we picked up Charlie Haeger yesterday. He is a knuckleballer, which will be very interesting in Petco Park. So, tonight will be an amazing game. I will have an entry up tomorrow with lots of pictures. GO PADRES!!
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Kaybee, This was a great series, the Padres were producing runs in the first inning of each game, and Kouz was looking good. As for tonight, PLEASE play spoiler to the Giants… lol
Keep up the good work
Hey, Kaybee, keep up the great blogging and congrats for being in the Fab 50. Commenting on other blogs and leaving your URL is always the best way to draw audience. BTW, note to you and to dodgerkids who commented above: always include the FULL URL (also the "http://") so that it's clickable and then any fan just click that and be right on your blog…some people won't cut and paste otherwise. Also, everyone should post pictures of themselves as profile pics just in case we make more of those composite images of MLBloggers like we have on http://www.mlblogs.com on a Friday morning. Padres might not be battling for a division title but you have the best weather. Have fun!


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Written by LeKiwi on 15.01.2014 at 17:28
The Parade Of Ashes - pretty fresh, but I didn't like the industrial vibes
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Overall, pretty dissatisfied with this
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For those wondering, the composer of each track is as follows:
2. "The Summer Jam" (guitarist Jake Bowen)
3. "Feed the Ground" (drummer Matt Halpern)
4. "Zero" (guitarist Misha Mansoor)
5. "The Parade of Ashes" (vocalist Spencer Sotelo)
6. "Extraneous" (bassist/producer Adam "Nolly" Getgood)
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Best Beers for March Madness
Last year, we launched The Beer Dance, our craft beer March Madness bracket, just as a friendly reminder that beer plays a big role in the NCAA Men's Division 1 Basketball Tournament whether the NCAA wants to admit it or not. The NCAA's broadcast partners at CBS
The NCAA bans alcohol sales during all its championships except football's postseason and bowls -- which it doesn't run -- and limits alcohol ads to malt beverages, beer and wine products with a sessionable 6% alcohol by volume or less. Even at that, beer ads made up less than 6% of all advertising during last year's Final Four.
That doesn't mean there isn't plenty of beer to go around come tournament time. With the NCAA's bracket broken up into convenient little regional stops, the tournament provides a great opportunity for college basketball fans to not only burn some frequent-flier miles, but to sample some of the nation's best craft beers while doing so.
While we're not running our Beer Dance this year, here's just a sampling of the best beers available to basketball fans making their way through the host cities during the next few weeks. Though your on-court allegiances might lie elsewhere, don't be afraid to support the home team when it comes to tournament beers:


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An increase in hospice patients is increasing the demand for volunteers at Gundersen Lutheran.
The hospital is looking for caring and compassionate individuals to share their time.
Volunteers train for 12 hours spread between three weeks, learning about end of life care, family dynamics, and other essential skills needed for hospice.
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2009: The Illinois Senate votes unanimously to remove Gov. Rod Blagojevich from office following his arrest the month before on several corruption charges, including allegations of trying to trade the U.S. senate seat once held by President Barack Obama for financial and political gain. He was eventually convicted on 17 counts and sentenced to 14 years in prison in 2011.
2008: Margaret Truman, a singer, writer and the daughter of President Harry S. Truman, dies at the age of 83 in Chicago, Illinois. Truman was the successful author of a series of murder mysteries and a number of works on U.S. first ladies and presidential families, including a biography of her father.
2007: Thoroughbred racehorse Barbaro, who decisively won the 2006 Kentucky Derby, but shattered his leg two weeks later in the 2006 Preakness Stakes, is euthanized. The broken leg ruined any chance of a Triple Crown in 2006 and ended his racing career. He underwent seven surgeries before his veterinarians and owners concluded that he could not be saved.
2002: Former NFL player Dick "Night Train" Lane, best known as a defensive back for the Los Angeles Rams, Chicago Cardinals and Detroit Lions, dies of a heart attack at the age of 74 in Austin, Texas. As an undrafted rookie with the Rams in 1952, Lane set the record for most interceptions in an NFL season with 14, a record that has stood for more than 60 years. He was named the best cornerback of the first 50 years of professional football in 1969 and was enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1974.
2002: In his State of the Union Address, President George W. Bush describes "regimes that sponsor terror" as an Axis of Evil, in which he includes Iraq, Iran and North Korea.
1998: A bomb explodes at a Birmingham, Alabama, abortion clinic, killing police officer and part-time clinic security guard Robert Sanderson, and critically injuring nurse Emily Lyons. Serial bomber Eric Robert Rudolph (pictured) is suspected as the culprit. Rudolph would be arrested in 2003 and is currently serving a life sentence for the bombing and three other bombings, including the Centennial Olympic Park bombing in Atlanta, Georgia, during the 1996 Summer Olympics.
1995: The San Francisco 49ers become the first team in NFL history to win five Super Bowl titles when they defeat the San Diego Chargers 49-26 in Super Bowl XXIX. The Dallas Cowboys would match the record with the team's fifth Super Bowl title the following year and the Pittsburgh Steelers would do the same in Super Bowl XL in 2006. The Steelers would set the new mark in Super Bowl XLIII in 2009, winning their sixth Super Bowl.
1992: Blues musician and singer-songwriter Willie Dixon, one of the most prolific songwriters of his time and a key influence in shaping the sound of the Chicago blues, dies of heart failure at the age of 76 in Burbank, California. Some of his most famous compositions include "Little Red Rooster," "Hoochie Coochie Man," "Back Door Man," "I Just Want to Make Love to You" and "Wang Dang Doodle." Dixon worked with artists such as Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley and influenced artists such as Bob Dylan, Cream, The Doors, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin and The Rolling Stones. He was posthumously inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994 in the "early influences" category.
1991: The Battle of Khafji, the first major ground engagement of the Gulf War, as well as its deadliest, begins in and around the Saudi Arabian city of Khafji. By Feb. 1, the city had been recaptured at the cost of 43 Coalition servicemen dead and 52 wounded. Iraqi Army fatalities numbered between 60 and 300, while an estimated 400 were captured as prisoners of war.
1982: Actor and singer Adam Lambert, who rose to fame after finishing as runner-up on the eighth season of "American Idol," is born in Indianapolis, Indiana. His debut studio album, 2009's "For Your Entertainment," debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 chart and featured the singles "For Your Entertainment," "Whataya Want from Me" and "If I Had You." His second studio album, 2012's "Trespassing," made its debut in the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200 album chart.
1980: Actor and comedian Jimmy Durante, whose distinctive clipped gravelly speech, jazz-influenced songs, and large nose made him one of America's most popular personalities of the 1920s through the 1970s, dies of pneumonia at the age of 86 in Santa Monica, California. A vaudeville star and radio personality by the mid-1920s, Durante scored a major hit record in 1934 with his own novelty composition "Inka Dinka Doo," which became his theme song for the rest of his life. He went on to star on Broadway and later appeared in movies such as "The Wet Parade," "Broadway to Hollywood," "The Man Who Came to Dinner," "Ziegfeld Follies" and "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World."
1979: During a shooting spree from her San Diego, California, home, Brenda Spencer, 16, kills two people and wounds nine others at the Grover Cleveland Elementary School across the street. After firing 30 rounds, Spencer barricaded herself inside her home for almost seven hours before surrendering to police. She showed no remorse for her crime, explaining her actions by saying, "I don't like Mondays; this livens up the day." Spencer was tried as an adult and pleaded guilty to two counts of murder and assault with a deadly weapon. She was sentenced to prison for 25 years to life imprisonment and is next eligible for parole in 2019.
1977: Actor and comedian Freddie Prinze, the star of 1970s sitcom "Chico and the Man," dies at the age of 22 in Los Angeles the day after shooting himself in the head in front of his business manager. The death was initially ruled a suicide, but a jury in a civil case brought years later found that his death was accidental. Prinze had a history of playing Russian roulette to frighten his friends for his amusement, but he had also left a note in his apartment reading: "I can't take any more. It's all my fault. There is no one to blame but me." Prinze was also the father of fellow actor Freddie Prinze Jr.
1975: Actress Sara Gilbert, best known for her roles in the TV sitcoms "Roseanne" and "The Big Bang Theory," is born Sara Rebecca Abeles in Santa Monica, California.
1970: Actress Heather Graham, best known for movies such as "Swingers," "Boogie Nights," "Bowfinger," "Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me" and "The Hangover," is born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
1968: Actor and filmmaker Edward Burns, who rose to fame by writing, directing and starring in the movies "The Brothers McMullen" and "She's the One," is born in Queens, New York. Burns is also known for roles in movies such as "Saving Private Ryan," "Confidence," "15 Minutes," "27 Dresses" and "Alex Cross."
1964: Actor Alan Ladd, known for movies such as "Shane," "This Gun for Hire," "The Glass Key," "The Blue Dahlia" and "The Great Gatsby" (1949), dies of an accidental overdose of alcohol and three other drugs at the age of 50 in Palm Springs, California.
1964: The movie "Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb," starring Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden, Keenan Wynn and Slim Pickens, and directed by Stanley Kubrick, premieres in theaters. The black comedy, which satirizes the nuclear scare, earned four Academy Award nominations: Best Actor for Sellers (who played three different parts), Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Director and Best Picture.
1963: Robert Frost, one of the most popular and critically respected American poets of his generation, dies of complications from prostate surgery at the age of 88 in Boston, Massachusetts. Frost won four Pulitzer Prizes for Poetry during his life.
1963: The Pro Football Hall of Fame inducts 17 charter members in Sammy Baugh, Bert Bell, Joseph Carr, Dutch Clark, Harold "Red" Grange, George Halas, Mel Hein, Pete Henry, Carl Hubbard, Don Hutson, Earl "Curly" Lambeau, Tim Mara, George Preston Marshall, John "Blood" McNally, Bronko Nagurski, Ernie Nevers and Jim Thorpe.
1960: Diver Greg Louganis, who won gold medals at the 1984 and 1988 Olympic Games on both the springboard and platform, is born in El Cajon, California. Louganis' achievement during the 1988 Summer Olympics is all the more memorable as it came after he suffered a concussion after hitting his head on the springboard during the preliminary rounds.
1959: The Walt Disney animated movie "Sleeping Beauty" premieres in theaters. The 16th animated feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series, it would be the last fairy tale produced by Walt Disney due to its initial box office disappointment, having made $7.7 million at the box office as compared to its $6 million production cost. The studio did not return to the genre until well after Disney's death with the release of 1989's "The Little Mermaid."
1958: Spree killer Charles Starkweather is captured by police following a high-speed chase in Wyoming. Starkweather murdered 11 people in Nebraska and Wyoming during a two-month road trip with his 14-year-old girlfriend, Caril Ann Fugate. The victims included Fugate's mother, stepfather and 2-year-old sister. Starkweather would plead not guilty, claiming insanity, but was sentenced to death and executed on June 25, 1959. Fugate, who has always maintained Starkweather had held her hostage, was sentenced to life in prison for her role in the murder spree, but was paroled in June 1976 after serving more than 17 years in prison.
1958: Actors Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward are married. They remained married for 50 years until Newman's death in 2008.
1956: Journalist H. L. Mencken, regarded as one of the most influential American writers of the first half of the 20th century, dies of in his sleep at the age of 75 in Baltimore, Maryland. Mencken got his start with the Baltimore Morning Herald at the age of 19 and moved on to The Baltimore Sun six years later, where he stayed until 1948, when he retired following a stroke. As a nationally syndicated columnist and book author, he famously spoke out against Christian Science, social stigma, fakery, Christian radicalism, religious belief and antievolutionism. He is known for writing "The American Language," a multi-volume study of how the English language is spoken in the United States, and for his satirical reporting on the Scopes trial, which he dubbed the "Monkey Trial."
1954: Talk show host and actress Oprah Winfrey, best known for her self-titled show "The Oprah Winfrey Show" from 1986 to 2011 and her Oscar-nominated film debut in 1985's "The Color Purple," is born in Kosciusko, Mississippi. Winfrey is also the chairwoman and CEO of Harpo Productions, which includes her own television network, the Oprah Winfrey Network, and the magazine "O, The Oprah Magazine."
1945: Actor Tom Selleck, best known for his starring role as the private investigator Thomas Magnum in the 1980s television series "Magnum, P.I.," is born in Detroit, Michigan. He's also appeared in the TV drama "Blue Bloods," a series of made-for-TV movies based on Robert B. Parker's Jesse Stone novels, and movies such as "Three Men and a Baby," "Quigley Down Under" and "Mr. Baseball."
1944: Actress Katharine Ross, best known for her movie roles in "The Graduate," "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," "Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here" and "The Stepford Wives," is born in Hollywood, California.
1936: Ty Cobb, Walter Johnson, Christy Mathewson, Babe Ruth and Honus Wagner are announced as the first inductees into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1918: Actor John Forsythe, best known for his TV roles in the 1950s sitcom "Bachelor Father" and the 1980s soap opera "Dynasty," is born Jacob Lincoln Freund in Penns Grove, New Jersey. He's also known for voicing the unseen millionaire, Charles Townsend, on the TV crime drama "Charlie's Angels" from 1976 to 1981. He died of pneumonia at age 92 on April 1, 2010.
1913: Actor Victor Mature, best known for movies such as "My Darling Clementine," "The Robe" and "Samson and Delilah," is born in Louisville, Kentucky. He died of leukemia at age 86 on Aug. 4, 1999.
1907: Charles Curtis of Kansas becomes the first Native American U.S. senator. Curtis, who was enrolled in the Kaw tribe and spent his childhood living with his mother and her family on the Kaw reservation near Council Grove, Kansas, would later be chosen as Senate majority leader by his Republican colleagues and would be elected the 31st vice president of the United States in 1929 under President Herbert Hoover.
1886: German car engineer Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile.
1880: Comedian and actor W. C. Fields, known for his comic persona as a misanthropic and hard-drinking egotist, is born William Claude Dukenfield in Darby, Pennsylvania. He died of an alcohol-related stomach hemorrhage at age 66 on Christmas Day in 1946.
1861: Kansas is admitted as the 34th U.S. state.
1860: Russian writer Anton Chekhov, considered to be among the greatest writers of short stories in history, is born in Taganrog, Russian Empire. He's also known for his plays "The Seagull," "Uncle Vanya," "Three Sisters" and "The Cherry Orchard."
1845: "The Raven" is published in the New York Evening Mirror, the first publication of the poem bearing the name of the author, Edgar Allan Poe.
1843: William McKinley, the 25th president of the United States, serving from March 4, 1897, until his assassination in September 1901, is born in Niles, Ohio.
1820: King George III of the United Kingdom, whose reign was marked by a series of military conflicts involving his kingdoms, including the American Revolutionary War, dies at the age of 81 in Windsor Castle in England. In his later years, he started suffering from mental illness and increasing dementia. In 1810, his eldest son, George, Prince of Wales, took over rule of Great Britain as prince regent and by the end of 1811 George III was permanently insane. From then on, he lived in seclusion at Windsor Castle until his death.
1737: Thomas Paine, an English-American political activist, author, political theorist and revolutionary, is born in Thetford, Norfolk, England. He emigrated to the American colonies in 1774 and helped inspire the American patriots to declare independence from Britain with his influential pamphlet "Common Sense" and pamphlet series "The American Crisis."
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Stephen Hawking is great and happens to be correct about there not being a god, as we all know (or think we might, for all you 99%ers), and he is an excellent example of why physicists need to be reminded that they have necessary epistemological foundations to their knowledge and the ability to obtain it. We do not live in one universe of many. There is one universe. It consists of distinct and possibly overlapping expansions. This expansion should be called a sub-verse or mini-verse or…Continue
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Hi again.....I watched that video again and still don't see anything wrong....She was against people having guns in their homes which I am for 100%, maybe because I believe the 2nd amendment is terribly outdated........She says we should be willing to use our military might to fight genocide, I support that ,which is a noble cause......I don't interpret what she said as worshipping the state as a deity...Could you help me understand that? .
Hi.... I watched that clip you downloaded of Stratheism.....I loved it and thought the actress did a great job.....I actually agreed with her speech 100%....However I was aghast at the comments written by fellow members degrading it......It seemed many were against banning guns in homes ,against womens' rights ,against freedom of religion......Did I miss something? Anyway I truly appreciated that you made the video available to us....Thanks again......
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October 21, 2005
A Corliss High School teacher was awarded $25,000 today
(Monday, Oct. 24) from the Milken Family Foundation in
recognition of her outstanding efforts in the field of
To simply say that Delora Taylor Washington teaches math
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She has an innate ability to recognize exactly what her
student's need whether it's more challenging work or extra
help. Delora doesn't wait for students to come to her
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helping them become successful learners.
It is this dedication to her students that led the Corliss
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The award is given annually to teachers demonstrating
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Washington's teaching talents are so outstanding that
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Colleagues also look to her for ideas and teaching strategies.
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The National Park Service (NPS) is seeking volunteers to help spruce up the Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreation River.
According to a press release, volunteers are invited to join park rangers on July 13, "as they paddle down the river plucking litter from the shoreline as well as from the river bottom. This is great fun for the whole family as well as for groups of friends."
Volunteers are asked to meet at the Zane Grey Museum in Lackawaxen at 9 a.m., and NPS will provide vehicle shuttle, canoes, lifejackets and paddles. The event will take place rain or shine, and paddlers should come prepared for getting wet. The park service recommends bringing extra clothes and lunch.
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My LO just turned 6 months a few week ago and showed all the signs of being ready to start eating what we're eating (sitting up on own, grabbing for my plate, being very interested in meal times) so I started with the purees recommended by pretty much everyone and was letting her muck about it in them and i would try and spoon feed a lil but she really really disliked that ( crying, closing mouth, turning head) so i got discouraged and would only offer her a lil bit every other day and let her muck about in it... I decided to try BLS but didn't know where to start so I came on here and someone told me about a book called Baby led weaning.. I got it from the library and read it in a day I really liked the thought process of it so me and my SO decided to try it.. it's been working out great so far... she'll munch on everything we give her ( tomatoes, carrots, bananas, toast, cheese, pineapple, oranges, papaya, cucumber, strawberries, peaches, advocado, steak, chicken, pears so far) what a difference from the puree she would try a lil but would normally refuse it, now she isn't refusing anything that I cut up into sticks and feed her... I also use a mesh feeder for the pulpy stuff ( which she sucks dry and just leaves the pulp) my only thing is she has gagged, not choked, a couple of times ( on dry toast fingers) this is frightening and was wondering if anything can be done to prevent this? or how long will it take for her to figure it out? ... I don't think she is actually swallowing anything yet, just mashing it in her mouth and spitting it out. But i'm curious if i can do anything different to to stop this?
I cut the food up into pieces she can easily pick up and long enough to bring to her mouth/ hold in her hand... but she does break chunks off in mouth ( sometimes quite big chunks), which she usually spits out or mulls around in mouth.. I'm offering a cup with a little bit of expressed milk in it, she is sitting up in her bumboo, my lap, or high chair when she eats.
When it comes to lentils, beans ( like in a chili), chick peas is it ok to let her try then or should I wait till she's older?... I'm worried these are to small and round and she'll choke on them
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Two Latino farm workers appeared at a meeting of the Sullivan County Chapter of the NAACP as part of the New York State Justice for Farm Workers Campaign, which is advocating that the state legislature adopt the Farm Workers Fair Labor Practices Act. The act would extend rights, such as overtime pay, a day of rest per week and protection when seeking collective bargaining to farm workers. These are rights that are already enjoyed by most workers in the state.
The workers did not speak English, and therefore most of the 30 people in the audience wore headphones that allowed them to listen to an English translation as the men spoke in Spanish.
A man named Sostenes said that he worked at an apple farm, and at one point a crate of apples fell from a fork lift on his shoulder causing serious injury and rendering him unable to work for a time. He said the sub-contractor he worked for said that if he could not work, he could not stay at the farm. Farm workers are excluded from disability insurance. Eventually, a lawyer became involved and was able to communicate directly with the farmer, who said that Sostenes and his family could stay at the farm.
The other man, identified as Roberto, said that he works 12 hours a day at a farm, and does much more work than he used to, but is still making the same amount of pay that he did several years ago. Both men said they were looking for fairness and respect in the agricultural system in New York.
The Reverend Richard Witt, executive director of the Poughkeepsie-based Rural and Migrant Ministry, also addressed the audience and said that the exclusions in New York labor law extend to all farm workers, not only to those who are immigrants. He said the exclusions trace back to the 1930s when President Franklin Roosevelt was trying to get protections for all workers. Southern Democrats told Roosevelt they would back those protections as long as they did not extend to farm workers and domestic workers because "we don't want black people getting the same rights as white people." He said in the historical record there are "actual quotes of congressmen saying that."
Witt said the issue is pertinent to Sullivan County because of duck, chicken and dairy operations located here. In 2010, the New York Senate voted against the Fair Labor Practices Act. The New York Farm Bureau is opposed to it because they believe it will sharply increase costs associated with operating a farm.


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Pretty simple. I have a whole wack of Planet Eclipse gun oil and was wondering if I can use it on my G6r bolt instead of the triflow stuff that's recommended.
Actually also I plan on gettiing dow55 but would Eclipse gun grease work instead of dow out of curiosity?
PE Gun Oil on G6r?
Started by PK101, Jun 15 2012 05:42 PM
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Posted 15 June 2012 - 09:40 PM
on your bolt yes but use a very very tiny amount, dont put it on the ram. Eclipse grease might work on the ram, but probably not. Dow 55 swells orings to seal better. Bob long guns have internal dimensions to accomodate the swelling of orings.
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You can use any paintball oil on the bolt. Just a drop or two though.
Dow55 ONLY on everything else. If you don't use dow55 your gun will leak like crazy.
Dow55 ONLY on everything else. If you don't use dow55 your gun will leak like crazy.
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A bitter taste…
Finally, A.J. Burnett was pitching like the guy that the Yankees expected when they signed him as a free agent in the off-season. After a series of poor starts, he had dominating stuff last night and was in position for a win. He went 7 innings, and gave up only 1 run on 7 hits. He struck out 6, and walked only 3. He was leading 2-1 at the time of his exit, and the Yankees seemed to be in control despite the close score.
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The 8th saw a business-as-usual performance from Phil Hughes, with 3 up and 3 down.
Mariano Rivera appeared very loose in the bullpen prior to his entrance in the 9th. The stage was set for another save on his way to Cooperstown. Even the Seattle-based announcers made a comment that they should just waive the 5 year waiting period for Mo when he retires. Mo easily set down the first two batters (getting the second, Mike Carp, out on his 1,000th career strikeout), but then pinch hitter Mike Sweeney stroked a double to right. Okay, there were two outs, the Yanks were still in good shape. Only Ichiro stood in the way of their 95th victory. Unfortunately, it was not meant to be. Mo tried to go inside on a cutter but left the pitch out too much, and Ichiro got a hold of it and sent it into the outfield bleachers for the game-winning home run. The Mariners walked off with a 3-2 victory…
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Mo saw his string of 36 consecutive saves snapped. The only other time he has failed to convert a save this season was in April on a Jason Bay home run.
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Ichiro may have been picked off twice in the game, but he clearly got the last laugh…
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With the loss, the Yankees' lead over the Red Sox shrank to 6 games. This is definitely a tough stretch. The Yankees are on a difficult road trip against winning teams and in cities they historically have troubles with. Meanwhile, the Red Sox are playing the lifeless Orioles, and then move on to Kansas City for face the punchless Royals for four games. Both the O's and Royals stand at 87 losses prior to today's games. So, the Yankees' three-game series against the Red Sox next weekend looms as the big AL East showdown. It is very possible that the Red Sox may be in position to determine who enters the play-offs as the AL East champion and who backdoors it as the Wild Card entrant. The Yankees' magic number remains at 10, but their magic number for making the play-offs dropped to 3 with the Rangers' loss to the Angels. That one was a double-edged sword as the Angels gained a game on the Yanks for best record. So, needless to say, Ichiro's hit made for a very difficult night on many fronts.
Hopefully, the Yanks will show their mettle and rebound today with CC Sabathia taking the hill in search of his 18th victory. Let's hope it's the Yanks' 95th…
I still can't believe that the great Peter Abraham (who has been referred to as the "blogfather") is leaving the LoHud Yankees Blog to go to work for the Boston Globe and write about the dreaded Red Sox… L
The oldest living Yankee has passed away, Lonny Frey, who played with the Yankees in the 1947 World Series, was a three-time All-Star with the Cincinnati Reds in the 30's and 40's. Frey died on Sunday in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho at the age of 99. He was the last surviving player to play for the Yankees, the New York Giants, and the Brooklyn Dodgers.
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Frey's passing leaves Tommy Henrich, 96, as the oldest living Yankee. Henrich played his entire career with the Yankees from 1937 to 1950. He is the last surviving member of the World Champion 1938 Yankees.
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Andy Pettitte is scheduled to pitch on Monday against the Los Angeles Angels in Anaheim. Andy missed his last start due to a "fatigued" shoulder, and hopefully, the rest has helped him. Andy will be a huge part of what the Yanks will try to accomplish in October. It was good to hear that he has reached most of his incentives to allow him to nearly double his $5 million salary for the year. He has certainly earned his pay (relatively speaking of course, because $5 mil is a heck of a lot of money any way you slice it!).
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Speaking of rest, reliever David Robertson, who was shut down for elbow stiffness, appears to be on track for a return by the final week of the season. He is another arm that will be crucial to October success. I am glad that his visit to Dr. Andrews did not reveal more serious problems and that rest was the prescribed treatment. Robertson has been great in the pen this year.
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Today is a new day. Let's get back to winning…
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I could not agree more Scott!! Let's get back to winning for the Red Sox and the Angels and the Mariners! What – you don't like my idea?😉 And don't worry – the change of scenery for Peter Abraham will do him good; I guess he just wanted to leave "the dark side"!
And while it is always sad to hear about a person passing away, we should all be blessed to live such a long life like Mr. Frey. What an exciting life he had.
Very good news that Andy felt no pain after his last session. Now let's pray he's pain-free or "fatigue-free," as he calls it, when he goes on Monday. Also relieved that Dave Robertson is making his way back. As for tonight, the game is in the hands of our ace, so let's hope he shuts the Mariners down and we can put last night's stunner in the delete bin!


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As Judi Greenwald of C2ES explained in recent House testimony [7], CCS can capture up to 90 percent of emissions from stationary sources, such as power plants and industrial facilities, while allowing coal and natural gas to remain part of our energy mix. The International Energy Agency [8] estimates that CCS could account for one-sixth of the global emission reductions needed by 2050.
Although approximately 60 commercial-scale CCS projects [6] are now in development around the world, we are not nearly on track to achieving the potential forecast by IEA. Adopting CCS remains relatively expensive. To bring costs down, we need to learn from the deployment of numerous commercial-scale projects and do more research and development for CCS component technologies.
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[1] http://www.c2es.org/blog/falwellp
[2] http://www.c2es.org/technology/factsheet/CCS
[3] http://www.airproducts.com/company/news-center/2013/05/0510-air-products-celebrates-texas-carbon-capture-demonstration-project-achievement.aspx
[4] http://www.netl.doe.gov/publications/factsheets/project/FE0002381.pdf
[5] http://www.c2es.org/docUploads/arra-brief-feb-2013.pdf
[6] http://www.globalccsinstitute.com/projects/browse
[7] http://www.c2es.org/newsroom/congressional-testimony/future-coal-carbon-capture-utilization-storage
[8] http://www.iea.org/newsroomandevents/agencyannouncements/name,39367,en.html
[9] http://energy.gov/articles/fact-sheet-draft-advanced-fossil-energy-solicitation-support-reductions-greenhouse-gas-and
[10] http://neori.org/about/
[11] http://www.c2es.org/initiatives/eor/45q-recommendations


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Briones, Roehlano M., Francis Quimba, Myrna Asuncion, Jonathan B. Bungcayao, Joseph B. Paglingayen and Ivee Libunao. 2013. "Philippines" in Sanchez, Marco V., and Rob Vos.. Financing Human Development in Africa, Asia and the Middle East. The United Nations Series on Development. London: Bloomsbury Academic.
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With the start of the season mere short days ahead of us, I figured why not make the SNY broadcasts–with their loveable characters and wacky moments–even more enjoyable. What can possibly make that happen? Why, drinking, of course.
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Anyone mentions Keith's tootsie pops: 1 drink
Keith talks about his hair: 1 drink
Ronnie mentions golf or uses a golf metaphor: 1 drink
Gary mentions Columbia: 1 drink
Keith talks about his footwear: 1 drink
Keith SHOWS his footwear (or lack thereof): Drink until done
"And it's out of here!" 1 drink
Kevin pauses an interview to step in with play-by-play: 1 drink
Gary sings: 1 drink
Keith gets his ice cream: 1 drink
Keith gives a movie review: 1 drink
Ronnie talks about pitchers hitting: 1 drink
Keith expresses his aesthetic uniform preferences: 1 drink
All three burst into laughter: Drink until done
"For all you kids out there": 2 drinks
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They ask where Kevin Burkhardt is: 1 drink
Keith talks about the wind at Shea: 1 drink
Camera goes to Gary and/or Ron and Keith in the booth: Drink until they're gone
Keith shows off his color-coordinated score sheet: 1 drink
Keith says how he's "professional": 1 drink
Keith calls himself old or a "dinosaur": 1 drink
Gary impresses Ron and/or Keith with some esoteric baseball-historical detail: 1 drink
Keith or Ron mention former teammates: 1 drink
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Top of the hour "reset": 1 drink
Camera pans to SNY/Keith, Ron, Gary-related sign in the stands: 1 drink
Keith sighs: 2 drinks
Afflack Duck on screen: 1 drink
Keith or Ron ask where their coffee is: 1 drink
Camera focuses on building progress of Citi Field: 1 drink
Any of the guys mentions any of their wives: 1 drink
Keith or Gary mention their dogs: 2 drinks
Camera pans to a baby/toddler in the stands: 1 drink
Technical difficulties with the call-in segment: 2 drinks
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Excellent stuff. I loved it.
You're up on my blogroll too.
Great list, Zoe! Can't wait to try it out!
Here are some further suggestions:
Keith mentions the traffic – 1 drink
Keith or Ronnie shout out Howard Johnson- 1 drink
Ronnie mentions Yale- 1 drink
Ronnie says anything about New England- 1 drink
Keith remarks on a pretty shot of the sunset or clouds- 1 drink
Any of the guys mention their kids- 2 drinks
Moar! Moar! Moar!
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Keith talking about hanging out with Roger McDowell in atlanta – 1 drink
Keith mentioning cheerleaders or any ladies being a distraction if they were around back in his day – 2 drinks
Great idea Zoe.
Hysterical list, I think I might drop dead from alcohol poisoning before the season's up.
We are all heading for AA. More:
Ronnie tells his family/friends, don't call him, he has no tickets: 1 drink
Keith makes direct ("Budweiser") or oblique ("frosty beverage") reference to beer: 1 drink
Keith make comments suggesting his job is hard work: 1 drink
Gary gently disabusing him of this notion: 1 drink
Oh no, I almost forget!
Mention of Logan Burkhardt: 2 drinks
Logan Burkhardt on camera: drink until done.😉
Zoe, I sent this to Matt Cerrone, too- tell me what you think. I visited The Met — the Museum, that is, and re-viewed a favorite painting of mine– Diego Velazquez's portrait of Juan de Pareja:
I love this guy, but for the first time, he reminded me of someone. Of course!!
I don't have my PhotoShop up and running, or I would do some kind of mashup.
Love the blog, Zoe! RE: the drinking game, it occurs to me that Ralph Kiner definitely deserves som love, too.
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Oh, this is brilliant! I have to try this some time this season! Seriously! Awesome!