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Boutique Lodge on the Sonoma Coast
Sea Ranch Lodge • The Sea Ranch, CA
Escape Kit
- A One-Night Stay for Two in an Ocean View King
- Daily Breakfast for Two
- $25 Dining Credit (Food Only)
- Signature Wine Upon Arrival
The Destination
Approaching the Mendocino Coast on Highway 1, you might feel as if you've driven back in time. As the speed limit slows and the ocean views open up, you'll pass wind-swept cypress trees that seem to be left over from the Jurassic period. And the misty bluffs on your left—beaten down by millennia of crashing tides—appear to precede time itself. This is Northern California in all its untamed majesty.
The Digs
In many ways a reflection of the landscape, the boutique Sea Ranch Lodge—about two and a half hours north of San Francisco—is simply yet elegantly designed in post-modern style and crafted of local redwood and cedar. And because the hotel sits atop a bluff just steps from the coastline, all 19 recently renovated rooms boast ocean views. Each is appointed with a custom-made California king-size bed, a fireplace, and a refrigerator, and all are equipped with Wi-Fi. To preserve the integrity of this peaceful region, TVs have been left out of the design.
Seasonally inspired and locally sourced fare meets an award-winning wine list at the intimate Black Point Grill, the hotel's on-site restaurant overlooking the Pacific. Beginning with breakfast at 8 a.m., this tavern-style affair serves three meals each day, featuring everything from casual soups and sandwiches to elegantly plated entrees and desserts.
The Diversions
• Go wine tasting at Fort Ross Vineyard or Annapolis Winery
• Peruse local works of art at the on-site Spindrift Gallery
• Hike the Salt Point State Park just 15 minutes south
For additional information, visit Sea Ranch Lodge on Facebook.
"Sea Ranch Lodge is like a dream. Knowledgeable and extremely helpful staff, absolutely breathtaking views of the ocean and sunsets, the food is great, and the bar scene at night is festive and fun."-- TripAdvisor
the fine print
- Credit card information and photo ID is required at check-in
- Reservation Name must match the name on the traveler's photo identification, which must be presented at check-in. Bookings are nontransferable.
- Escapes Bookings are only valid for the date(s) purchased and may not be exchanged or redeemed for any other dates; Escapes Bookings are subject to forfeiture
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- Valid for up to 2 guests
- Taxes/resort fees not included and payable directly to the property
- Incidental charges, charges for additional services and gratuity at the hotel property are not included
- No refunds allowed
- Not valid on existing reservations or room block stays
- Escapes Bookings must be used in a single visit and cannot be combined with any other offer or promotion
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- Dogs allowed with a $50 fee; must notify property in advance
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text: Terry Richardson got busted for trying to exchange sex for a Vogue photo shoot yesterday. Emma Appleton, a model, was supposed to do a Vogue shoot and Terry Richardson offered to shoot her in exchange for sex. When news media asked Richardson about it, his people said the account was fake. Emma doesn't think it is is fake. Shortly after she Tweeted a screenshot of what Richardson sent her, she started getting abuse from people on Twitter who think Terry being a predator is a good thing. She deleted her Twitter account, but on Instagram, released the following statement.

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Deputies: Father shot son by mistake in Black Forest
EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. - The El Paso County Sheriff's Office says a Black Forest man tried to shoot his estranged roommate but accidentally shot his son instead.
It happened just after 1 a.m. Wednesday in the 8000 block of Shipman Lane.
The victim, 22-year-old Anthony DeCarlo, was taken to the hospital and is expected to recover.
Deputies say that DeCarlo's father, 45-year-old Glenn DeCarlo, had a falling out with a man living at their home.
The man had been living at the address but due to the recent falling out was told to move out. Deputies say he had come to the home to retrieve personal belongings.
As he was picking up those items, Glenn DeCarlo fired multiple rounds at his former roommate, but struck Anthony by mistake.
DeCarlo has been charged with Attempted First Degree Murder (class 2 felony) and First Degree Assault (class 3 felony) and was booked into the Criminal Justice Center. His total bond is $50,000.


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Bryan Parras was born and raised in Houston, TX and has devoted his life to improving the health and environment of local communities. This week, he is also showing global leaders in town for Chevron's shareholder meeting some true Southern hospitality. As an environmental justice organizer here in Houston (with an incredible group called TEJAS) much of his energy is spent dealing with the damage that Chevron causes right here in Texas. According to the recently released 'True Cost of Chevron' alternative annual report Chevron's Texas operations include on and offshore oil and natural gas production, chemical production, two former oil refineries, a pipeline company, and a natural gas storage facility.
Tell me about Chevron's operations here in Texas. Chevron is one of many bad industries that refuse to upgrade facilities and have fought any regulation. They consistently violate Texas air quality and hazardous waste laws. It is part of the culture here in Texas and Houston. The oil industry carries a lot of political influence at both the state and federal level so it's very difficult to make changes. Chevron is allowed to 'self-report' what they emit and they're always under-reporting. It's poor communities along the Houston Ship Channel that suffer because of it.
Immediately after Chevron's shareholder meeting on Wednesday, your organization is hosting a Toxic Tour. What does that involve? We'll start in East Houston and show folks the massive petrochemical industrial complex. The 15-mile Houston Ship Channel may be great for the companies because they can get products in and out fast, but it comes at great cost to the surrounding communities. It is literally 15 miles straight off chemical plants and refineries. You'll smell the air. You'll probably get a headache and feel queasy. You'll see that people are basically living at plants. You look out people's backyards and see huge flares. People say that on nights that they flare, they don't need to turn on the lights. At least once a month (and usually more often) there is an accident at one of these facilities like a fire or 'upset.' I think our friends who are visiting from around the globe will be amazed to see that this happens in the US. Companies like Chevron just do whatever they want there.
What do you think the true costs of Chevron are? Living with compromised health. Really high rates of asthma and cancer. And it goes unnoticed. It's just a part of life here.
When you are at Chevron's shareholder meeting Wednesday what will you say to the company? I will ask them to please listen to the stories from all over the world. People have traveled for days and I hope they are respectful enough to really listen and begin cleaning up their operations. If Chevron doesn't even follow standards here in the US, I'm frightened by what they do abroad. We are not being shot at, we are not being starved, but we are being impacted. I am sick. I grew up in East Houston and I've been breathing this toxic air my whole life. Chevron should be good corporate citizens and should have some responsibility.


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Fancy Pants has two more collections you can see: Be You and Wave Searcher. More beautiful DT projects can be seen here at Miss Fancy Pants. I am just so delighted to be a part of this fun. I look forward to sharing more projects using the other two collections next month!
This has been a long post for my standard which will carry me into the weekend. I hope you will have lovely weekend and get much accomplished and/or lots of rest! If you are traveling for CHA, may you have a wonderful and safe journey!


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I have been lurking here for about a week now and figured I would join up.
I am a married father of 2. My son is 4 and is consumed by Angry Birds Star Wars so a few months ago decided to introduce him to the real world of Star Wars LoL! I have learned from him that the Ewoks are Chewbacca's army and that Vader is Luke's real daddy, and that despite all of the evil Vader is still Anakin. The prequels have messed him up lol!
I work in a body shop painting cars and occasionally get to do some gel coat and fiberglass work on boats.
i collect and customize action figures mostly filling in characters that haven't been made...or won't be.
What brought me here? I have a few friends that Cosplay and the idea of having a bad *** Boba Fett costume would make them jealous as hell! Everything I looked at, every forum I visited had a link to this site, I had no idea that Boba Fett was as intricate as he is. I certainly have my work cut out for me. Hopefully I can contribute to this site as I proceed with my endeavor!


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When Jonathan Storm and Justin Boyles journeyed to New York to investigate what is killing entire colonies of bats, the two Indiana State University doctoral students found bats in crisis.
Last year at four caves near Albany, N.Y., more than 10,000 bats died from a mysterious disease involving a white fungus growing on some bats' noses, leading researchers to dub it "white-nose syndrome."
The mounting death toll stopped last year when spring arrived and the bats left the caves. But the deaths returned with a vengeance after the bats went into hibernation this winter. With 14 known caves infected across New York, Vermont and Massachusetts, scientists estimate as many as 500,000 bats may currently be affected with the syndrome.
"Our only hope at this stage is we're not too far from the spring thaw," said Dale Sparks, assistant director of the Center for North American Bat Research and Conservation at Indiana State University.
Storm and Boyles, who are working on doctorates in the ecology and organismal biology department, were selected by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation to take part in the research hoping to unravel the mystery of what is leading to the bats' deaths. Using a thermal imaging camera, Boyles and Storm entered caves in the Catskill Mountains of New York to record the hibernating animals' body temperatures during several days in February.
"What we expected to find and what the bats were doing are two different things," said Boyles, who is from Osceola, Mo.
Normally, the men said, when someone enters a cave, the bats' body temperatures rise, they arouse and they begin flying around the cave. "We couldn't wake the bats up at all," Boyles said. "In one cave, we spent 10 hours and never saw a response."
The bats' body temperatures though were "fairly normal" for hibernation at about 37 degrees Fahrenheit, they said.
At some caves, bats managed to rouse themselves to hunt food, which is scarce in February. "Probably the more depressing part was seeing all of the bats evacuating the caves," Boyles said.
"You'd see bats everywhere trying to find food," Storm, from Earlham, Iowa, added. "There were many dead bats outside the caves. There will likely be more soon as more bats run out of fat reserves and leave the caves to find food."
What scientists don't know is whether the fungus itself or some other ailment is killing the bats. Some of the bats have had pneumonia. They all are underweight and some are leaving their caves in attempts to find food.
"The bats are basically starving to death," said Storm. "They don't have any fat stores left to make it through winter."
The two men had recently weighed non-infected bats in Ohio. When they weighed the bats in New York, they weighed less than the smallest bats from Ohio.
While the little brown bat, a common species, has been hit the hardest, another species, the endangered Indiana bat, also has been infected.
But the impact of the bats' deaths could be felt for centuries to come. "These bats reproduce very, very slowly," Boyles said. "Whatever happens now, it could take hundreds of years for the populations to bounce back."
That in turn could impact crops and humans, as bats eat thousands of insects in one night of foraging.
Although the disease has not been found in bats hibernating in Indiana, Boyles, Sparks and Storm urged spelunkers to take precautions after leaving a cave by washing their gear with bleach or rubbing alcohol.
"It's unlikely a virus would spread from cave to cave, as many viruses die quickly when exposed to the environment," Sparks said. "Fungal spores, however, could be carried to another place."
The Center for North American Bat Research and Conservation has offered to collect donations and other funding to help in fighting the disease, said John Whitaker, center director.
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[quote user="AsianGiant"]hahaha

Favre 'has been horrendous,' Esiason says

Analyst: 'Interceptions he's thrown the last couple of weeks, I can't explain'

How is Brett Favre playing this season? Former
New York Jets quarterback Boomer Esiason pulled no punches in voicing
his opinion.
How about "horrendous?" Or "maddening?"

"Brett's
performance the last three weeks has just really been horrendous,"
Esiason told Boston radio station WEEI this week. "He has been
maddening. . . . A couple of the interceptions he's thrown the last
couple of weeks, I can't explain. People ask me, 'Why is he doing this?
Why is he doing that?' There's no answer for it other than the fact
that he's completely just throwing the ball up and hoping somebody on
his team will come down with it."

Uh Oh...Mrs. Favre will probably blog about this now


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Souls Released from Purgatory
Hours of Catherine of Cleves, in Latin
Illuminated by the Master of Catherine of Cleves
Purchased on the Belle da Costa Greene Fund and with the assistance of the Fellows, 1963
Created in Utrecht, The Netherlands, around 1440, the manuscript was taken apart sometime before 1856. Its leaves were shuffled and then rebound into two volumes to make each look more or less complete. The first part was acquired by the duke of Arenberg, whose descendants owned it until 1957, when it was bought by New York dealer H. P. Kraus, who sold it to Alistair Bradley Martin. This volume had been known by scholars as the "Hours of Catherine of Cleves."
Meanwhile, the second part had been acquired by the Rothschild family, who kept their manuscripts secret. In 1963 their volume was sold to the Morgan as yet another "Hours of Catherine of Cleves." Studying the newly acquired book (it became MS M.917) along with the Martin volume, Morgan curator John Plummer determined that they were actually two halves of one and the same codex. In 1964 the Morgan mounted an exhibition of both volumes, displaying all the miniatures via color transparencies. When a facsimile of the manuscript was published by George Braziller in 1966, the exhibition was repeated. Finally, in 1970, the Morgan was able to buy the Martin volume (it became MS M.945), and thus came to own both parts of this greatest of all Dutch manuscripts.
Both volumes have been disbound in preparation for rebinding the leaves in proper order.
The Monday Hours of the Dead end on this happy note. Indeed, this miniature for the final Hour of Compline depicts the whole point of praying the Hours of the Dead: shortening the time spent by one's friends and relatives in the fires of purgatory. An angel leads an overjoyed group of naked souls from their fiery torment. In the bottom border, the vignette of a man caging birds is a secular counterpoint to the miniature's religious theme.
Hours and Masses for the Seven Days of the Week
The most unusual texts in Catherine's manuscript are the series of Hours and Masses for every day of the week. Medieval Christian tradition associated certain figures or themes with different days. Thus Sunday, the day of the Resurrection, was the Lord's Day; Thursday was connected with the Eucharist since that sacrament was instituted on Holy Thursday; and Monday was the day of the dead, since their torments were suspended on Sunday but recommenced the following day. In Catherine's prayer book, the themes for the Hours and Masses of the seven days of the week are:
|the Trinity
|the Dead
|the Holy Spirit
|All Saints
|the Blessed Sacrament
|the Compassion of God
|the Virgin.
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text: Well fellas, I've got a problem. My once beautiful laser blue metallic paint has now got swirls in it - why? Because my brother talked me into going to this automatic car was that "won't swirl the paint because it has super soft brushes." To my demise, I got lazy and trusted his judgement and went through the carwash to get some of this damn salt off my truck. Plus there was an underbody spray, so I figured that wouldn't hurt. I've ALWAYS used a sponge while washing my truck, and waxed the whole thing at the end of every month.... Now to my question - how do I get rid of it? I was thinking just go around it good with the wheel, will that do the job? Any special sort of product I should use? Or, is it a lost cause all together? Thanks guys!


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Hopefully, he will carry the Giants and my fantasy team on my back!
he says that same crap every week.
and he has lied every week.
he is determined to play through it....
and the coaching staff is letting him ....end of story.
if you have seniority and you can limp onto the field and you want to play .....you will play.
due to the fact that I am from the Woodstock generation ...
my opinions may be chemically enhanced and influenced by severe episodes of memory loss
He has been saying that for weeks. Even said the weeks he was inactive...
we'll see....I hope so....
"Measure Twice......Cut Once"
You couldn't be more full of **** if you were break dancing in a Port-a-Potty.......Kruunch
Experience tells us they can do it, but it all depends on which team shows up. Is it going to be the team that routed Carolina and beat down the Niners, or is it going to be the team that couldn't get out of it's own way in Cinn? We'll have to tune in to find out.
One thing for sure is I'll be rooting for RG3 on Thanksgiving.
I think he showed some signs against the bengles, I would really love for him to come back strong after the bye. I think he will.
Hakeem was a beast last year against green bay both in the regular season and in the playoffs, I hope he will be that way again this sunday
He had a big game against the Bengals. I think he had like 8 or 9 catches for 75 yards? Not too shabby.
Mood: WOOF!


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It would be easy for Disney's Phineas and Ferb to coast on their achievements so far. They've now spent five years as one of the top kids' animated TV shows, and merchandise related to the show seems to sell well everywhere — I can't remember the last time I visited the mall on a weekend and failed to see at least one kid wearing a Perry t-shirt. It would be easy, yes, but yet they show's production and marketing staff are working hard to keep things fresh.
That doesn't mean everything is all-new, of course. They've announced the third annual National Platypus Day, to take place on Saturday, March 2. As with last year, they've introduced a special song for the day, this time sung to the tune of the Village People classic "Y.M.C.A." and called "O.W.C.A." (which, for anyone who isn't aware, is the abbreviation for the secret organization Perry works for, and stands for "Organization Without a Cool Acronym"). They've released a video of Disney Channel stars doing the dance, and will soon release one of Disney XD stars as well.
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[quote user="MattMeyerBud"][quote user="JPizzack"][quote user="MattMeyerBud"][quote user="dezzzR"][quote user="MattMeyerBud"][quote user="dezzzR"][quote user="MattMeyerBud"][quote user="dezzzR"][quote user="MattMeyerBud"][quote user="dezzzR"]Ranger game tonight should be bruuutal.
wwhat do u mean by brutal[/quote]Violent. Last time they played during the regular season the ref dropped the puck to start the game and both sides started fighting. lol
oh i thought u meant like a bad game
yea the fake fighting - pretty weak if u ask me. <u>Do you think they whispered to each other right before they did it</u>: "Lets give em a show"
very WWFish[/quote]Ughhh......
Yea I do. "Im going to beat the **** out of you"
One devil had his head smashed into the ice.
They started fighting because you give the refs your starting line. Devils put a different line on, Words were said, Fists were thrown, a head was split. Nothing wwfish about it broseph.
i was waiting for superfly jimmy snuka to jump off the boards[/quote]BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
you even said last week it was pretty exciting.
real fights and the playoff hockey is pretty cool
staged hockey fights are geeeeyyyyyy
I still dont get what you mean by staged fights...
are you suggesting that the NHL scripts this ****? lol...ridiculous
if you mean are the fights premeditated? yea kinda; 1) some players hate each other, just like in all sports
2) players defend their teammates. you get in a good shot on someone, chances are, youre going to get rocked even harder, moments later. just how it works.[/quote]
***** punches, fake emotion
it was forced and unexciting...
they better come out and bring the pain tonite
[/quote]I guess you werent watching Dezz's clip he posted before becuse the Devils guy and Bickel from the Rangers were both LEAKING, its not like they pack razors in their gloves and slit their faces like Mankind in the WWF
How it started is that the home team gets the final line change, the Devils coach sent out his tough guys who arent dressed every game to go out there and set the physical tone thinking that the Rangers would send out their finesse line to start the tempo. The Rangers coach Tortorella who is a badass mothalova said F' it and sent his 3 toughest guys out there the show them who owns Tri-State hockey
Nothing fake about it


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I made this "meh" cupcake (inspired by this ornament), trying to be sooo clever during the holiday season. But all I could find was capital fondant letters, so it ended up looking like a lame acronym. MEH. More Eating Ham. My Envious Hamster. Or some one's initials. Basically, I realized capslock made it lose it's mehness. So I never did anything with the cupcake except eat it before the kids got home. It was goooood. Funfetti cake mix
In the future, I promise not to hoard my project failures for so long. MEH :)


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Back in May 2012, I attended Maker Faire in San Mateo, California. I love this event and all the sites there are to see, but one of my favorite things to do while there is to sit in on the presentations given by a number of guest speakers and DIY organizations. This time around, there was something new added to the presentations — as the speakers were giving their talks, the key points were being captured on a white board by a team member of ImageThink. These weren't just text-based recordings, however… they were sketchnotes.
Sketchnotes are exactly what the name says — a mix of sketches and hand-written note taking. I was quite taken with the process, and got to see it in almost a dozen talks, including the one given by GeekDad's very own Chris Anderson on Quadcopter Drones (look at Page 3). Continue Reading "Taking Notes to a New Level — The Sketchnote Handbook" »


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If you read my other review you will learn that I love stuff packaged in a tin. I just dig it, I'm not sure why.
This stuff is excellent. The texture, smell and taste are not at all artificial. The tin is easy to open (it's a bit thin so you can expect it to get a tiny bit banged up in your purse) and this stuff lasts for some time.
This is more similar to rose balm in that you can put it on your cuticles (DO IT) or elbows and it absorbs nicely. Not sticky or tacky or greasy.
I've ordered this multiple times...love it.
I love the scent and its a great product for softening and smoothing skin as used it only on my elbows :). This spot was the dryest I had and I have to say that for once my elbows are actually smooth. Only thing that was semi-hard for me to get used to was the thickness and the slick feeling it left on my hands. I would highly recommend this product for really dry skin such as deet , elbows and knees if they are going to be covered or used only at bed time. It really does moisturize well.3


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Just wanted to post a few pics from the con this weekend. We raised over $2200 for Dylan Tujague. I am glad all of us getting pelted with nerf darts helped his family out, I know we enjoyed every minute of it!
Me taking over WGNO 26
The whole clan after we shot the promos for Dylan
Dylan, 2 troopers and myself...
Ray Park and Tim Vader!
A few more pics of the parade we did for Dylan with the "Crewe of Chewbacchus", my son with Daniel Logan, a pretty sweet looking Fett from the Rancor raiders, and me with Little Boba


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Imagine powering your car with a fuel that doesn't pollute and will never be depleted. In a state-of-the-art test lab in downtown Honolulu, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa researchers are turning such a dream into a revved-up reality.
The Hawai'i Fuel Cell Test Facility (HFCTF), operated by the Hawai'i Natural Energy Institute (HNEI) on the Mānoa campus, opened its doors in 2003 to help turn the 50th State into a world leader in hydrogen power. Today, the secure 4,000-square-foot facility ranks among the best academic laboratories in the nation—concentrating on the testing of fuel cells for commercial and military applications, in keeping with its mission to accelerate their acceptance and deployment.
A fuel cell, according to HNEI Director Rick Rocheleau, is an electrochemical energy conversion device that directly converts chemical energy into electricity without the need for combustion. "Fuel cells are similar in many ways to a battery," explains Rocheleau. "In both, electrons generated at one electrode, circulate in an external circuit to the other producing electrical power which can drive, for example, an electric motor. However, while battery electrodes are consumed in the process, the fuel and oxidant for fuel cells are supplied from an external source."
HFCTF primarily focuses its efforts on the Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) fuel cell, which operates on hydrogen and air or oxygen. PEM fuel cells can be used for automobiles, for small stationary applications such as back-up power, and defense applications that include unmanned aerial and undersea vehicles.
HFCTF has continued to expand its facilities and capabilities with funding support from its partners, including the Office of Naval Research, the US Department of Energy, and a variety of industry partners.. The test facility started with two test stands in 2003 and now houses a dozen test stands including several for testing of small stacks (ca 5kW). It also boasts a host of supporting equipment including on-site hydrogen generation, on-line high resolution gas analysis, and sophisticated spatial performance measurements. These advanced capabilities allow for long-term life testing and cell performance characterization over a wide range of operating conditions.
Researchers at HNEI have just completed a large project to understand the impact of fuel contaminants on fuel cell performance, and another to detect and understand the impact of localized non-uniformities in membrane electrode assemblies originating from manufacturing variations. They are now currently working on the effects of contaminants from different sources (in atmospheric air or released from fuel cell system materials) on fuel cell performance and degradation. Other projects in the works include an evaluation to understand the performance of PEM fuel cell power plants for unmanned aerial and underwater vehicles fed with oxygen/nitrogen mixtures, as well as exploring the use of fuel cell technology to separate helium from helium/hydrogen mixtures, in partnership with NASA and Sierra Lobo.
If that's not enough, future projects for HFCTF researchers also include more fundamental research on catalyst development to increase the expensive platinum catalyst utilization and new techniques to understand the transport of reactants within the porous electrodes of the fuel cell. In support of this work, HFCTF is acquiring additional testing equipment, including a rotating ring/disc electrode system that precisely controls hydrodynamic conditions and allows the extraction of the intrinsic catalyst performance, and a unique tracer system to precisely measure the amount of product liquid water in flow field channels and gas diffusion electrodes.
U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye is credited for helping to jump-start the facility as part of his position with the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee. Over the years, he has continued to back the program along with U.S. Sen. Daniel Akaka, both of whom are instrumental in supporting the U.S. Department of Energy and the Office of Naval Research to allow funding of these valuable research efforts.
The facility continues to seek new projects to advance fuel cell technology for commercial applications and support integration of these technologies in Hawai'i and beyond. "Commercial interest worldwide for transportation applications and U.S. Department of Defense interest appears very strong," says Rocheleau. "In the U.S., General Motors and others in the industry remain very positive about the opportunity for fuel cells to contribute in the energy and transportation sectors."
For more information on the Hawaii Natural Energy Institute and the Hawaii Fuel Cell Test Facility, visit http://www.hnei.hawaii.edu/default.asp.
Top photo:The Hawaii Fuel Cell Test Facility in downtown Honolulu, where fuel cells for military and commercial applications are tested.


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Decided to live like cowboys and head into the desert and check out the gorges, cacti, volcanoes, wildlife and of course the largest salt flat in the world.
So the agency warned us that the accomodation would be basic, the altitude would be tough but the scenery would be amazing but nothing could prepare us for this experience..
1st day:
8:30 am our jeep arrives, our guide Ronald, our cook Carmin and a Dutch couple Stephen and Kim, bags, petrol, drinks, food and we are ready to go.
Really nice scenery on the first day, really deep gorges, caves, the dutch girl and I also found new boyfriends, the Cacti.
Stopped for lunch in a field of Llamas and then guess whats for lunch... llama with maize.
Then a lot of driving to our 1st night accomodation, ok i not going lie... this was the biggest culture shock ever... local indigenous people running up to us, 4300 metres high, then our accomodation..... we had to kick the locals out of their house for the night, dont know where they slept, minus 10 degrees, no electricity, no toilet... no water...blankets stank of baby puke and llama poo.... we will never complain when we get home... still trying to figure out how these people survive... Stephen really suffered from altitude...
2nd Day:
Woke up by our guide at 6am, 4 of us trying to pack our bags in the dark, dont think any of us slept more than 30 minutes... Stephen is straight into the coca leaves to try and help with the altitude (so he says).
Spotted loads of flamingos, vicunas (the president of Bolivia�s coat is made from vicuna wool and is worth $1200.00, you get 5 years in prison if you shoot one of these illegally), llamas.
First stop of the day is Kollpa Lagoon... this is a lake where all the basic material from shampoo comes from...
Then onto the thermal waters 30 degree heat, Stephen too sick from the altitude at 4200 metres to get in but i need to make up for the lack of shower....heaven.
Then onto the fabulous Laguna Verde... greenest lake we have ever seen at 5000 metres with Volcano Licanbur in the background.
Another few hours driving to Salvador Dali Desert, this is where the Spanish placed stones in the desert so Dali could paint the famous painting... you know the one.
Final sight of the day the amazing but stinky geyser basin with its boiling mud pots.
Then onto our 2nd night accomodation, 5600 metres high... bith feeling a bit woozy... toilet but still no shower.
Lovely local women puts the stove on... nice while the wood lasts.. all have dinner while trying to stop our teeth chattering from the cold.
Another night sharing with the Dutch couple so we sit down and watch Bad Santa on our portable DVD player... luxury apart from its minus 15 degrees... we try and keep as close together to keep warm...
3rd Day:
Sleep in... woke up by our guide at 7am... if he wasnt such a nice guy we would have killed him... slept ok... but its too cold to get up...
First amazing sight of the day is Laguna Colorado (coloured lake), they are voting for this be added to the seven natural wonders of the world... flamingoes everywhere, colours amazing; dark blue, white minerals at the edges, then red centre, hundreds of flamingoes here, hard to get close to them but we were the first group to arrive so we managed to get them in flight as well.
Few more hours driving onto Arbol de Piedra (Rock tree), this stone has been so eroded by wind etc its looks like a tree... hence the name.... then you have the seven coloured mountain in the background... impressive... still finding it hard to breathe.
Then onto Volcano Ollague right beside the Chilean border.
Lots more driving to our 3rd night accomodation... only 4400 metres tonight... a salt hotel... everything... i mean everything is made from salt, only have electricity for few hours as they only have solar power. All is good we get to have a hot shower (Stephen manages to be the only one to get a cold shower... Murphy�s law again). Then dinner of Lasagna and crap Bolivian wine, then the local entertainment... hilarious... all dressed up in the local gear but not a note in their head... then bed, us and the Dutch couple manage to get seperate rooms tonight...luxury..
4th day:
4:30 am wake up call... torches on again trying to pack.... then outside to the most amazing star filled sky ever.. i guess thats because of the lack of electricity.....
Off to see the sun rise over the largest salt lake in the world.... this place is huge 12,000 square metres, which we worked out nearly to be the size of Ireland... our driver just turned off his lights in the pitch dark and drove at approx 90km per hour... scary but great.
Then the brightest sun rise over the blindingly white salt lakes, when it rains here the salt expands so it looks like cracks in the sand... salt flats are so vast... defo got the wow factor....
Time for some illusionary pictures... lots of fun trying to come up with ideas.
Onto Isla Inca Huasi, this is an island in the middle of the salt flats that give beautiful panoramic view of salt flat... huge cacti, cactus only grow 2 to 3 cm a year so these are mindblowing. Then time for some breakfast of cake that our cook had baked at midnight the previous night.
More fun pictures, frisbee, chatting with other groups and back in the jeep.
Then onto the eyes of the salt, this is where you can see down into the different layers of the flats.. salt, water, salt water, salt, water, salt, thousands of years of nature at work. Then our guide goes fishing for salt crystals, managed to get us a really big bit.
Final stop, the touristy town of Colchani where you can buy all your souveneirs, then more lunch and our fantastic guide and cook drop us back to the town of Uyuni, check into a hotel for €10 euro a night, have few beers with some people we met on the way, then to bed to catch up on lots of sleep.
Fantastic tour, not easy or luxurious at any stage, 1400 km on rough bumpy roads, but definitely wont forget it or the scenery too soon.
After two days rest we are ready to get back to civilisation and cross over to Chile, Bolivia is famous for basically the worlds highest everything, but we are a little fed up of also the worlds worst toilets, worlds coldest weather at nightime, worlds worst food, most eccentric people especially when it comes to politics and car horns, worlds worst buses... what other nation think its a good idea to fill up the passageways to the brim and then wake you up at 2am to ask for your tickets.
Chile here we come...


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5 Hot MTV EMA Looks To Steal For Your Holiday Parties
Not surprisingly, Tay is our pick for best dressed of the night! In fact, this scarlet Elie Saab gown just might be her most excellent red look yet.
Embracing the gorgeous pale pink color that's been all over the carpets this season, this Julien Macdonald dress was the perfect pick for the soon-to-be country star! With such dark hair and bold brows, Lucy can easily pull off the allover nude that can make some look washed out. Her makeup looks gorgeous, too!
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Movie Review: End of Watch
Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Pena's bromantic buddy chemistry as a pair of young LAPD officers working South Central L.A.
Director: David Ayer
MPAA Rating: R
Studio: Crave Films
Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Peña's bromantic buddy chemistry as a pair of young LAPD officers working South Central L.A. gives energy to the gritty, vivid, intense but contrived End of Watch.
Yet another look at Southland cops written and directed by David Ayer (Training Day), this one features an unfortunate central gimmick — shaky, Cops-style "found footage" made to look as if we're watching the action unfold through car cams, surveillance cams and Gyllenhaal's own tiny camera that he's filming for some vaguely defined college class project. Of course, Ayer only bothers using shaky "found footage" when it's convenient, but an already overworked movie cliché gets ludicrous by the time we're viewing footage from cartoonish hard-core Latino gang members during intense confrontations. On the upside, the movie gives Gyllenhaal and Peña a terrific chance to strut, screw up, talk about sex, mock each other for their cultural differences, share confidences as they put their lives on the line and try their best to be honest, right-spirited warriors. Peña's character is happily married to his high school sweetheart (Natalie Martinez), with whom he is expecting a baby; Gyllenhaal's character is relationship-phobic, but he finds a nice, cool potential partner, nicely played by Anna Kendrick.
We care about these two young guys as they deal with a city rotten with child abuse, drug addicts, gangs, burning buildings and the ruthless Sinaloa drug cartel. If the bad guys and women weren't so relentlessly one-dimensional, our heroes would have had adversaries worthy of them. Even with its episodic, stop-start pacing, End of Watch commands attention, though it does feel like a TV pilot waiting for a green light.


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Greetings all,
So I'm the new guy on the forums and would like to start by saying that the work you guys do and the knowledge you all have is awesome. This is a really great community and I'm eagerly trying to piece my ESB set together and join in. I've ran into a problem though. I ordered up some pieces (helmet, armor, jetpack) and received them in the mail today. When I tried on my helmet, it was smaller than I anticipated. The cheekbones on the helmet prevented me from fitting it on (I wear a 7 5/8 hat size). I've got a large dome, but I never thought I would not be able to fit a Boba helmet on. When I ordered my helmet, the maker said it was a Mystery helm, and from the research I've done on my own across several sites, this helm does not measure up to be a Mystery helm. It's about 1" shorter on width, the height doesn't seem to fit, and it is also pretty warped on the back side of the helmet (The lower back left of the helmet is much more squared than the lower back right). I've seen individual pictures of the DP and am not sure if it's a Mystery or a DP. So I'm pretty upset at this because I'm not really sure if it's what I ordered or not.
So the real question is, what is the largest of all the fan-made helms? Is it the FP? I saw some side-by-sides on the GMH with other helms beside it (FP being one of them) and the FP was quite a bit larger.
Is the FP the same size as the FP Cold Cast that Asok is now selling? I'm not sure what individual 'packages' really mean in relation to helmet size. This is all sort of confusing in the beginning stages.
My thought is, if what I have in my hands right now is really a Mystery helm, and it's small (only in cheeks), then I should buy the biggest helm out there and hope for the best once it arrives. I cannot imagine I am the only one that has ever had this issue. Can anyone provide some information or suggestions?
On a side note, I would rather not name who I purchased the items from on an open forum because I do not feel it is right to talk 'badly' about others work. If anyone has a question as to who it was, please PM me and we can discuss it as long as it does not leave PM status. Thanks for understanding.


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I decided this year I would put together some survival kits for my kids, my wife's kids, her Mom, and my wife. I have had one in my vehicle for the past few years.
I started with a Sear's Craftsman top open tool bag for $4.99 at K-Mart. Added a survival blanket, a Multi-tool and a lock blade knife, strike anywhere matches, some dry fuel fire starter sticks, a couple of granola bars (I figured they would add what they want to eat) a small zip-lock bag of Hershey's Kisses, a marine emergency whistle, some band aids and anti-bacterial hand cleaner, some hand warmers, and a couple of bottles of water. I think I will add a multi-bit screw driver, and some duct and electrical tape, and some small type or cord or rope. Perhaps a small tarp or poncho for weather protection.
This kit is a car kit for survival while waiting for help or if stranded. It is not a bug out bag, or an end of society type of bag. just enough for a few days, or a raodside emergency.


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The Avery Floating Blind Bag will float up to 12 boxes of 3 inch magnum 12-gauge shotgun shells. Measuring 17 wide x 10 deep x 10 inches tall, the Floating Blind Bag features nine ingenious pockets for storage of all your equipment while in the duck blind, goose pit or boat. Constructed from PVC-backed 900D polyester and reinforced with five panels of closed cell foam, this bag also works extremely well as a camera bag. The main compartment's seams are welded for waterproof protection from the bottom, and the zippered Dry-Pocket is perfect for your wallet, license and other valuables. A snap-hook key chain holder is sewn into the left side storage pocket. Additional features include an adjustable shoulder strap with Avery exclusive ABT Shoulder Pad, the Shell Grabber flap and the elastic TopCinch.
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Several Kiwis had points to prove in Townsville last night but Kieran Foran had more than most.
The Manly half is one of the bona fide stars of the NRL but coming into last night's match had yet to make his mark at international level.
In a surprisingly frank statement, the 22-year-old admitted he has been often disappointed with his output in the black and white jersey.
"I would say so far I haven't dominated yet at test level the way I would have liked to," Foran told the Herald on Sunday. "I know I am still young but I put that pressure on myself that every time I wear the jersey to come out and play at my best and I am yet to do that, I think."
"I have just been a bit stand-offish. I don't think I have been able to do what I do at club level in the test jersey yet. I am hoping to change that [in the future]. I'm putting a big emphasis on it and I think it's time that I do."
Foran is held in high regard by the Kiwis hierarchy, shown by the fact that he has been part of the senior leadership group (alongside Benji Marshall, Adam Blair, Jeremy Smith, Simon Mannering and Jason Nightingale) since the tender age of 21. While he enjoys a joke, he is also one of the more focused members of the New Zealand group.
Over the past few decades the Kiwis have rarely had an established halves combination capable of matching their Australian counterparts. Stacey Jones had more partners than Tiger Woods while over his long career Gary Freeman rarely had the same five-eighth inside him for long periods.
You probably have to go back to the mid-to late-1980s, with Clayton Friend and Olsen Filipaina, to find the last time the Kiwis consistently dominated the Australians in those vital positions.
When Foran flashed on the scene, the wait was supposed to be over. After making his debut in the unfamiliar position of centre in late 2009, Foran was picked at halfback for the 2010 Anzac test. The Kiwis had two classy options for the six and seven jersey and the resolute Foran was seen as the perfect foil for the flashier Marshall.
But that hasn't quite eventuated and, as a combination, the duo have yet to hit the heights together that their NRL pedigree might warrant .
"It's bloody hard [for Benji and I", says Foran. "These Aussie combinations play together all through the year (and) they play together at Origin. They don't have to change anything when they come together. Me and Benji get four sessions - if that - to come in and try to build a combination.
"It's incredibly hard but I am starting to feel that we are getting there. We have played alongside each other a few times now and things have started to gel nicely."
Foran is keenly aware of expectations of the pair: "Benji (and I) are both dominant players in our club sides," says Foran. "It's about bringing that together in the Kiwi jersey and doing it out there."
Meanwhile, Shaun Johnson, who didn't take the field last night, is the wildcard in the pack. If he re-captures his 2011 form next season, the young Warriors half will be pushing hard for a place in the 17.
However, such competition is a welcome headache for Stephen Kearney and can only be good for New Zealand's World Cup prospects.


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- Starts at: 10:00am Saturday 30 March 2013
- Finishes at: 4:00pm Monday 1 April 2013
- Location: Leeds
- Venue: Tiltyard
- Suitable for: Everyone
- Event type: Horse show
- Saturday 30 March – 12noon & 3pm
- Sunday 31 March – 12noon & 3pm
- Monday 1 April – 12noon
- Parade – 2.15pm
- Final – 3pm
Experience the thrills and spills of live jousting this Easter Bank Holiday weekend as the Royal Armouries hosts a three-day tournament
Knights in full armour will battle on horseback in an authentic display of medieval jousting.
Watch the drama build through the heats on Saturday, Easter Sunday and Easter Monday at 12 noon and 3pm.
The tournament reaches its climax on Easter Monday, with play-offs at noon culminating in the final clash at 3pm.
Before the final at 2.15pm there will be a parade of the knights and their heralds. Don't miss the pomp, pageantry and passion of a true medieval tournament. Join in and dress up in your medieval finery.
Atkinson Action Horses
Atkinson Action Horses is a professional company of stunt riders and trainers, who perform across the UK and around the world. They appear regularly on prime-time television and in blockbuster films – with recent credits including The King's Speech, Robin Hood and War Horse.
Children's Craft Activities
Cheer on your favourite knight with a special flag made in out Heraldry workshop.
Saturday, Sunday & Monday (noon)
£3 for under 16s (babes in arms are free)
£5 for Adults
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Developer: Square Enix Co., Ltd.
Publisher: Square Enix U.S.A., Inc.
PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system (PS2)
Genre: Action Role-Playing
ESRB: RP (Rating Pending)
Ship Date North America: Coming this Winter
Musashi's legend lives on in this
new adventure. Utilizing his two-fisted sword-fighting skills he protects
his colorful cast of friends in his latest journey.
The second release of
the Musashi series makes its debut on the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment
system featuring exhilarating, fast-paced, action-packed gameplay utilizing
cell-shaded graphics. Like a true samurai, Musashi's powers of observation
will pay off in the heat of battle as he channels this energy to learn his
opponents' techniques. A new mode of his protective services has also
been employed, in which he literally carries his characters to safety.
Tokita will be taking the helm as Producer. Tokita has extensive experience
in game development with his credits including roles such as Director,
Producer and Designer. His work includes numerous notable titles including
Chrono Trigger, FINAL FANTASY IV and Parasite Eve.
Yoichi Yoshimoto
returns as Director to bring his creation to the next level in gaming
technology. The original game BRAVE FENCER MUSASHI for the PlayStation® game console was claimed
by critics as an action-packed adventure incorporating an impressive presentation
with lush graphics and a stellar soundtrack. Advancements in tools allow
Yoshimoto to expand upon his original vision of Musashi and add new elements
as well.
Tetsuya Nomura, renowned character designer of the FINAL FANTASY
and KINGDOM HEARTS series, brings Musashi and his cast of quirky characters
to life in this unique new world. Combining his creativity with Tokita
and Yoshimoto, gamers will dive into a classic samurai adventure set
in this brand new world.
The Surf Coasters, hailed by the U.S. magazine
Billboard as "princes of surf guitar," have caught the attention of big
names in Japan as well. In addition to their own work as a band, the Surf
Coasters create music for game and anime soundtracks and handle production
for other artists. This eclectic group of musicians will bring their fiery
style to the opening theme of Musashi.
Gainax, a highly respected Japanese
animation studio renowned for their masterpiece, Neon Genesis Evangelion,
will be handling animation production. With high standards and quality
in mind, Gainax will create animation sequences in MUSASHI SAMURAI
MUSASHI®: Samurai Legend™ © SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD. All
Rights Reserved. CHARACTER DESIGN: TETSUYA NOMURA. MUSASHI is a registered
trademark of Square Enix Co., Ltd. SAMURAI LEGEND is a trademark of
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About the Show
Tickets are now on sale for the national tour of Billy Elliot in Edmonton. The Tony-winning musical, featuring a score by Elton John, will open on March 19 at the Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium and close on March 24.
Billy Elliot tells the story of one boy's journey to make his dreams come true. Set in a small British mining town, the plot follows Billy as he stumbles out of the boxing ring and into a ballet class, discovering a surprising passion that inspires his family and his whole community. Based on the Academy Award-nominated film, Billy Elliot is brought to life by a Tony-winning creative team, which includes director Stephen Daldry, choreographer Peter Darling and writer Lee Hall, along with music legend John's score.
The cast features Ben Cook, Noah Parets, Drew Minard and Mitchell Tobin as Billy (at select performances), Rich Hebert as Dad, Janet Dickinson as Mrs. Wilkinson, Patti Perkins as Grandma and Cullen R. Titmas as Tony.
Dance on over and get your tickets to Billy Elliot today!


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1972 Jeep J4000 Pickup - Project FarmHaul: Part 2Posted in Project Vehicles on April 21, 2014 Comment (0)
Last time we introduced you to our latest acquisition -- an all-original '72 J4000 half-ton pickup. Unlike many project vehicles we keep in the editorial stable, this one was with us for a year before we officially unveiled it as a project Jeep. Other than some subpar braking from the factory 11-inch drum brakes on each Dana 44 axle, a 360 with a Holley two-barrel that ran out of lungs at higher rpms, and a bench seat that had a huge hole in the driver side, we thought we had it sorted and ready to chuck all sorts of cool, purpose-oriented modifications at it. Wrongo.
Exactly a day after turning in Part 1 of the FarmHaul story series, the truck began to spit and backfire when cold. The engine stumbled periodically and economy (even for a V-8-powered FSJ) was abysmal at 8.8 mpg. The amp light in the dash illuminated periodically at lower rpms and the AM radio, which normally worked perfectly, lost signal periodically for no apparent reason. So, rather than dive into Project FarmHaul with a bunch of work truck-specific modifications, we'll spend a couple of issues doing some housekeeping to get the vehicle up to snuff. Check out what was on the menu this time around.


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The Pick Up: How to Get Her Number
Four ways to seal the deal when it comes to getting her phone number (the real one).
You meet a gorgeous woman. You flirt for a while, then ask for her phone number. She gives it to you and you go back to your friends for a hero's welcome.
Sounds good, right?
Well…yes and no. The good news is that you got her phone number so there's a chance to see her again and maybe things will work out. The bad news is that in just three sentences, there were at least four mistakes — or missed opportunities.
MISTAKE #1 — Leaving as soon as you get her phone number
Boy meets girl. Boy gets girl interested. Boy gets what he wants. Boy leaves right away. Sure, it's a phone number, not sex, but it gives her the same emotion and will make her feel much less attracted to you.
Besides, what's the rush? Presumably you got her phone number so the two of you can hang out. Well…you're hanging out right now. Why are you so eager to leave? She'll be wondering if you're trying to be a mega-player or if you're more interested in impressing your friends than getting to know her.
What to do instead
Stay in the conversation at least an extra five minutes after you get her phone number. Or longer — introduce your friends to hers and see what happens for the rest of the night. Of course, sometimes one of you genuinely does have to leave right away, and if so then it's okay to leave, but don't make it your default move.
MISTAKE #2 — Not giving her your phone number when you get hers
Even if you give her your number, 99 percent of hot women won't call or text first. So why bother? Because most women won't answer the phone from a number they don't know — or you'll kill your emotional momentum by spending the first couple minutes of the call reminding her who you are and where you met. But if your number is in her phone, these problems magically disappear.
What to do instead
After you get her phone number, say, "Here, I'll give you mine," and either call her from your phone or grab her phone and add yourself in.
MISTAKE #3 — Making the phone number the goal
High-value men don't tend to collect phone numbers. She knows this — especially if she's pretty and has been hit on by high-value men before. Things can work out if you starting hitting on a woman and going for her phone number, but a lot of the time, even if she gives you her number, she'll be saying to her friends afterward, "I wonder what that was all about," or "That was kind of weird."
What to do instead
Start by flirting with her — that part was okay. But instead of going for the phone number, find something that you both have in common. It doesn't matter much what it is, as long as it lends itself to an activity. So let's say you both love Japanese food, '80s music or gallery openings — at some point in the conversation tell her that you were thinking of checking out a certain restaurant/concert/show and you guys should hang out. When she responds positively, then get her phone number. That will make a lot more sense to her and feel more "natural."
MISTAKE #4 — Celebrating
Women know that what they like in a man isn't all that different from what other women like. So if you celebrate getting her phone number, it tells her that other women on her level probably haven't been interested in you in the past. That's going to set off alarm bells in her head. You can date a woman who is out of your league, but not if she feels she's out of your league.
What to do instead
Just like getting to the end zone in football, act like you've been there before. It's cool, it's classy and it's what she wants.
About the Author
Nick Savoy is President of Love Systems and provides dating coaching for men and women. He is an active contributor to the PUA (Pick Up Artist) Forums and will be headline the upcoming PUA SuperConference October 5-7 in Las Vegas.


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A hemoglobin test measures the amount of hemoglobin in your blood.
Hemoglobin is a protein in your red blood cells that carries oxygen to your body's organs and tissues and transports carbon dioxide from your organs and tissues back to your lungs.
If a hemoglobin test reveals that your hemoglobin level is lower than normal, it means you have a low red blood cell count (anemia). Anemia can have many different causes, including vitamin deficiencies, bleeding and chronic diseases.
If a hemoglobin test shows a higher than normal level, there are several potential causes — the blood disorder polycythemia vera, living at a high altitude, smoking, dehydration, burns and excessive vomiting.
A prothrombin time test measures how quickly your blood clots. Sometimes called a pro time test or PT test, a prothrombin time test uses a sample of your blood.
Prothrombin is a protein produced by your liver that helps your blood to clot. When you bleed, a series of chemicals (clotting factors) activate in a stepwise fashion. The end result is a clot which stops the bleeding. One step in the process is prothrombin turning into another protein called thrombin. The prothrombin time test measures how well the clotting process works and how long it takes to occur.


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Visit a Branch!
You Can Do That @ the Library?!
We will help you to recycle it
The Libraries accept cell phones and chargers, PDAs, pagers, books, videos and music CDs--and some branches will even take your used batteries. Ask at your nearest branch to find out what they will accept for recycling.
See our Calendar, Online Catalog or Branch pages for more details and contact information.


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Discussion in 'Member Introductions' started by texas_online, Nov 14, 2010.
hellow im new guy here from fort worth tx :glasses:
Welcome to the G M T C ! What kind of GM do you drive? Posts some pic's when you can.
Welcome to the club! What is your ride?
Welcome to the GM truck club Texas_on. There are a LOT of people here from Texas so you should feel right at home....
BTW don't let "Texas Chris" drive your truck!! ha ha ha:rofl:
Welcome to the site!
Welcome aboard!!
Glad to have ya! X3 on some ride info!
x2 on Texas Chris. Then again, it was a soft landing.
Welcome aboard. Glad to have you here.
Welcome to the club.
Separate names with a comma.


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The Day of Black Sun, Part 1: The Invasion
this wiki
- This article is about the first episode of the Invasion. For the second episode, see "The Day of Black Sun, Part 2: The Eclipse". For the event, see Day of Black Sun. For the battle, see Invasion of the Fire Nation.
|"When this is finished, the Avatar will have defeated the Fire Lord. We will have control of the Fire Nation capital, and this war will be over!"
|— Hakoda to the invasion force.
"The Day of Black Sun, Part 1: The Invasion" is the tenth episode of Book Three: Fire of Avatar: The Last Airbender and the 50th of the overall series. It debuted on November 30, 2007.
On the day of the solar eclipse, the invasion begins. Hakoda returns with a ragtag team of several allies whom the group has met during their adventures. They successfully infiltrate the Fire Nation capital as the invasion force breaks through many security barriers. Upon reaching the Fire Lord's palace, the eclipse begins, but Aang finds no one home.
On the morning of the invasion, Aang cheerfully greets everyone. Katara notes he seems well rested. Aang confidently believes he can face the Fire Lord. Toph asks Aang if he is going to use the Avatar State against him, but Aang explains that his seventh chakra was locked when Azula struck him with lightning, so he cannot use it.
A fleet of Southern Water Tribe ships appears on the horizon under the cover of a cloak of mist. Together with Toph, Aang creates some makeshift docks in the cove. Sokka and Katara greet their father, Hakoda, and Sokka asks whether he was able to bring the people he requested for the invasion. Hakoda replies he did, but he is unsure about some of them, in particular the Foggy Swamp Tribe waterbenders, whom Bato wishes would put some pants on. Emerging off one of the boats, Huu declares mystically that pants are an illusion, as is death. Due believes a rock he sees in the water is some sort of Fire Nation trap.
Off another ship, Haru greets Katara, sporting a newly grown mustache. She hugs him and Tyro thanks her for helping them find their courage when they were imprisoned by the Fire Nation. Toph senses The Hippo and The Boulder approaching and prepares to fight them. They instead tell her they are done with the earthbending tournament and want to help fight for the Earth Kingdom.
There is a small explosion on one of the ships, and everyone rushes to see what happened. The mechanist, Teo, Pipsqueak, and The Duke emerge. The mechanist was working on a new type of bomb using peanut sauce, but it proved to be a failure. Pipsqueak and The Duke remark the bombs are destructive and delicious. Teo presents Aang with a gift, a brand new glider staff that contains a secret snack compartment.
At the Fire Nation prison, Warden Poon continues to taunt the imprisoned Iroh. Ming, a young female guard, appears with his breakfast and sneaks in some white jade tea for him. After the other guard leaves, Iroh expresses his gratitude for her kindness.
Everyone gathers to hear the invasion plan, Sokka attempts to brief the force about the invasion, but his nervousness gets the best of him; he gets more and more anxious until he loses track of his speech and begins to tell the entire story of how he met Aang. Hakoda takes over for him and confidently rallies the small army. He explains the plan to storm the beach and reach the palace before the eclipse. That way, when the eclipse begins, they can take on the firebenders that guard the palace, and Aang can defeat the Fire Lord while he is powerless. After that they will have control over the Fire Nation Capital, and the Hundred Year War will be over. Everyone cheers and prepares to depart; Appa wears armor and Aang shaves his head. Sokka, who is embarrassed of his behavior earlier, is reassured by Aang that he will have a chance to prove himself out on the battlefield. Meanwhile, Zuko begins writing a farewell note to Mai in his bedroom.
The invasion force heads to the Great Gates of Azulon. Although under the cover of mist, as they approach the gates, an alarm goes off and a large net rises from both sides of the gate, blocking the path. As the net catches fire, groups of firebenders infiltrate the ships and are shocked to discover that they are all empty. The invasion force pass the gate in submarine-like ships propelled by waterbending. The subs have a limited air supply so they have to resurface before they reach the beach.
Ming once again visits Iroh with his supper, sneaking in extra rice. Iroh reveals to Ming that her gestures of kindness have made his imprisonment bearable. He also comments that she looks ill and insists that she should go home. When she insists that she is fine, Iroh starkly explains that it would be better if she were not present that afternoon, at which Ming appears to understand.
After resurfacing, the gang gets together one final time to wish each other good luck before parting ways. Aang and Katara say goodbye in private. Katara reveals she is proud of how much Aang has grown since they first met. Aang, realizing how big this day is and that there's a chance that he may not survive, decides that now was the time to make his move. He kisses Katara, confidently snaps out his glider, and flies away to face the Fire Lord, leaving her blushing and looking sadly toward the horizon. Katara subsequently hops on Appa and creates a bubble around his head so that they can breathe underwater; Appa dives into the water as they commence their attack.
In the meantime, after mentally apologizing to Mai and leaving her the note in her bedroom, Zuko is shown sitting in front of a painting of his mother. He confesses his earlier mistakes and promises aloud that he will do what is right and gets ready to leave.
After the subs evade capture at a gate armed with harpoon gun-type weapons, they finally arrive at the beach near the capital. Storming the plaza, new caterpillar-like tanks powered by earthbenders are released from the subs and face off against tundra tanks, as ground fighting ensues, followed by other warriors, benders, and eight supply trucks. The earthbender tanks are highly resilient and easily defeat the Fire Nation guards.
After noticing a threat from towers shooting missiles, Katara, Sokka, and Hakoda attack them with Appa. While Katara and Sokka take out one tower, Hakoda destroys another one, but is injured in the process. Katara and Sokka take their father a short distance from the battle. Katara attempts to heal Hakoda, but he is still unable to join the battle anytime soon. Sokka pledges to his father and sister that he will lead the battle in his father's place and flies off on Appa. He lands among the troops, which have been split up in mild disarray. He reorganizes them into wedge formation and orders them to charge up to the palace.
As the invasion breaches the wall of the capital city, things are looking well. However, when Aang enters the capital city, he finds it completely deserted of people. When he reaches the Fire Lord's throne room in the palace, Ozai is nowhere to be found. In anguish, Aang falls to his knees and yells, "Fire Lord Ozai, where are you?"
- Written by:
- Directed by:
- Starring:
- Also starring:
- Greg Baldwin - Uncle
- Andre Sogliuzzo - Hakoda
- Richard McGonagle - Bato
- Rene Auberjonois - Mechanist
- Daniel Samonas - Teo
- Serena Williams - Ming
- Wayne Duvall - Warden Poon
- Michael Dow - Haru
- Kevin Michael Richardson - Tyro
- Carlos Alazraqui:
- William H. Bassett - Huu / Swampmonster
- Mick Foley - The Boulder
- Sterling Young - Pipsqueak
- Nick Swoboda - The Duke
- Additional voices:
- Carlos Alazraqui
- Dee Bradley Baker
- Barbara Goodson
- Kevin Michael Richardson
Production notes
- Main article: Transcript:The Day of Black Sun, Part 1: The Invasion
- Main article: Writing in the World of Avatar
Avatar Extras
- Main article: Avatar Extras for Book Three: Fire
Series continuity
- In "The Runaway", Sokka tells Toph that he was planning to make armor for Appa, which he completes for the invasion.
- Toph gave Sokka money in "The Runaway" to buy expensive atlases, which are used to explain the invasion plan.
- Sokka's recollection of Team Avatar's journey recalls the storyline from several episodes featured in Book One: Water.
- This is the third time that Appa took off with another command instead of yip yip, the first and second being in "Appa's Lost Days".
- Aang explains that he can no longer enter the Avatar State due to his seventh and final chakra being blocked, which occurred in "The Crossroads of Destiny" when he was struck by lightning from Azula.
- When Toph asks Aang what his plan is to take the Fire Lord down, she mimics a punching attack. However, when she holds up her fists, she has six fingers on her left hand.
- When Katara worriedly looks at the incoming fog, the part of her hair that is supposed to fill in the space between her left arm and her body is missing.
- Ming brings white jade tea to Iroh's cell as an act of kindness, but in "The Cave of Two Lovers", it is established that white jade is poisonous and if ingested fatal without treatment. In that episode, Iroh confuses the white jade bush with white dragon bush and develops rashes for which he must be treated.
- When Hakoda is reassuring a nervous Sokka about speaking in front of everyone, Sokka has his sword on his back, but when Sokka is picking up his dropped scrolls after tripping, his sword is missing.
- During Sokka's speech when he says, "Let me start at the beginning," his sword and sheath are on his back. When the camera zooms out, however, they are both gone. However, when Hakoda asks Sokka to take a break, his sword reappears.
- Near the beginning of the episode, when it cuts to Zuko removing his shoulder-plates and Fire Nation hair clip, he pulls open a blank sheet of paper; when the shot closes in on the sheet, it has ink on it.
- When Zuko removes his armor, he is wearing a long-sleeved shirt underneath. However, as he sits down to start writing his letter to Mai, his forearms are bare. When the shot changes to a back view, he is once again wearing the long-sleeved outfit.
- During the invasion, after Hakoda disarms a Fire Nation soldier, he is holding the two spears with the blades facing in toward his body, but in the next frame the blades are facing out.
- Near the end of the episode, when Sokka is seen mounting Appa to lead the mission after his father is wounded, Appa is missing his reins. In the next scene, Sokka is holding them like he should.
- Nickelodeon, as it had done for the Fury of Aang ("The Library" and "The Desert") and Secret of the Fire Nation ("The Serpent's Pass" and "The Drill") specials, rallied greatly to promote this two-parter, creating a completely new website with links to a tournament, the Turbonick site, and wallpaper downloads, even including the publishing of a new online game the day before the special's United States premiere.[1]
- During this episode, Aang was not shown to have any problems with killing the Fire Lord, but in the finale, he was shown to be severely conflicted about it. However, it is probable that he did not think he would have to kill Ozai, given the fact that Ozai would be powerless at the time, merely defeat him and force him to end the war. It is also possible after they heard of Ozai's plan to burn the Earth Kingdom, the group felt Ozai was too dangerous to be left alive, whereas prior to that they thought they would just have to overthrow him.
- It is interesting that the mechanist was attempting to make peanut-sauce bombs, as peanuts are actually an ingredient in dynamite.
- It could also be a reference to George Washington Carver, an American inventor known for his work with peanuts.
- Katara's hair was redesigned for this episode. This would be her hairstyle onward.
- With the arrival of numerous old acquaintances of the group, many previous episodes are referenced.
- The invasion force fighting on the beach and moving inland could be a reference to the Allied landings in Normandy in World War II. However, the Allied landings were much more successful.
- All of the members of Team Avatar and Zuko have new clothing in this episode. Aang: A combination of Fire Nation school clothing and his old Air Nomad child scraps; Katara: Mostly the same, but she carried three water skins now, and she has arm guards and leg guards; Sokka: Wearing Water Tribe wolf armor from the Southern Water Tribe's Army; Toph: Wearing the round typical Earth Kingdom soldier headgear, top wear, and earthbender sleeves; Zuko: Wearing the clothing that goes under his Royal armor.
- This is the last episode in the series where Aang is seen with hair, as he shaves it off as everyone prepares for the invasion.
- The submarines in this episode were revealed by the mechanist to have limited air, which shows comparison to pre-Cold War and World War II submarines.
- The Day of Black Sun, both parts, is the only episode of the series to show modern day equipment and vehicles like submarines, trucks and missile turrets on the cliffs.
- It is also the first time we see female Foggy Swamp Tribe members.
- When Zuko walks out of his room in the Fire Nation Royal Palace to confront his father, the shot is reminiscent of the last time Zuko saw his mother.
- This episode includes a second appearance of Mai's house, in which we see her bedroom and that she has a painting of herself and Zuko hanging on the wall.
- ↑ "Aang Is Ready to Strike Down the Fire Nation on the Darkest Day of the Year in Avatar's 'Day of Black Sun' Premiering Friday, Nov. 30 on Nickelodeon". Viacom International (November 14, 2007). Retrieved on November 16, 2013. Archived from the original on January 5, 2008.


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Does anyone practice apitherapy on their animals?
I have a dog with arthritis and his feet are so swollen and his toes are starting to curl inward. The vet says they x-rays show he has arthritis in almost every joint in his body. We have him on Rimadyl, but I've been curious about apitherapy. It's not something I would do without first seeing someone who's been trained in it, but it's seems hard to find anyone who even knows about it. I've even called the Vet College and of course they know nothing about it and don't want to learn about since we have so many drugs we can give them.
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On Monday, New York Giants General Manager Jerry Reese said he remains "hopeful" that a deal between Big Blue and wide receiver Victor Cruz can get done. That, of course, is a far cry from what co-owner John Mara said a few weeks ago when he assured the world a deal "would get done." But now, head coach Tom Coughlin is beginning to become bothered by the ongoing negotiations and, for the first time, admitted some "concern" over the lack of progress.
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What is the hottest must-have executive desk accessory right now? Not an iPad mini, a USB coffee mug warmer or even a wireless Aston Martin-shaped mouse.
It's a bone china figurine. Yep, a china figurine. Of a bulldog.
This dog has real bite. Complete with a Union Jack-emblazoned back, the bulldog – named Jack – has been sired by the renowned brand Royal Doulton for his starring role in the new James Bond film, Skyfall.
Jack gets a lot of screen time, sitting centre stage on the desk of the MI6 boss, M (Dame Judi Dench). He is a key plot device and even survives an explosion – something Bond himself finds incomprehensible – before playing a poignant role in the movie's final scenes, but we won't give that away.
Jack has an impeccable pedigree, having been modelled to the exact shape and size of his earthenware forbear who was created in 1941.
"Since the 19th century, the bulldog has come to symbolise the steely determination of the British character," says Carolyn Cavanough, Royal Doulton's commercial licensing manager. "Wartime prime minister Winston Churchill had an uncanny facial resemblance to the dog, with its fleshy and drooping jowls, and the 1940s saw a plethora of bulldog-linked propaganda and imagery."
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When we asked these corporate decision-makers about their company's top business priorities, revenue growth was #1, customer retention #2, and cost-cutting #3 (see Figure 1 below). Improving the corporate sustainability posture? Oops, it's down at #10, with just 10% of respondents indicating that sustainability is one of their firm's high priorities for 2011. When we cut those numbers by industry grouping, utilities/telecoms and public sector/healthcare are highest, with 15% prioritizing sustainability, compared with a low of just 7% in financial services.
Now, I'd like to contrast that eye-opening data with a much more optimistic set of figures from our recent research about the growth of sustainability consulting services. My colleague Daniel Krauss and I have worked with many of the large consultancies over the past few years and seen their sustainability practices grow from practically nothing to very substantial businesses.
Among 21 consulting firms that we surveyed late last year, 17 have a dedicated sustainability practice, and five of those count more than 1,000 practitioners (see Figure 2).


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Beautiful quilt. Love the colors.
Welcome to the Quilting Board!
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Driving can sometimes be challenging for older adults. Follow these safety tips for older drivers, from taking good care of yourself to planning ahead and updating your skills.
Driver safety requires more than understanding road signs and traffic laws. As you get older, you'll likely notice physical changes that can make certain actions — such as turning your head to look for oncoming traffic or braking safely — more challenging. Still, older drivers can remain safe on the road. Consider seven tips for older drivers.
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Look for ways to include physical activity in your daily routine. Walking is a great choice for many people. Stretching and strength training exercises are helpful for older drivers, too. If you've been sedentary, get your doctor's OK before increasing your activity level.
Some senses, such as hearing and vision, tend to decline with age. Impaired hearing can be a concern for older drivers by limiting the ability to hear an approaching emergency vehicle or train. Common age-related vision problems — such as cataracts, glaucoma and macular degeneration — also can make it difficult to see clearly or drive at night.
Ask your doctor how often to schedule vision and hearing tests. Even if you think your hearing and vision are fine, stick to your doctor's recommended exam schedule. Problems might be easier to correct if caught early.
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st: From: Mario Jose <email@example.com>
Wed, 27 Feb 2013 18:38:53 +0000
Dear Statalisters,
I have ran a panel model with fixed effects (xtreg, fe) to a sample
with about 80.000 firms, firstly using only one interaction between a
continuous (x1) and a binary variable (d). The model is like this:
xtreg y x1 d x1*d control i.year, i(id) fe
The output obtained is as follows (standard erros in parenthesis):
Y = -1.171*x1+0.457*d+0.413*x1*d+control var+years dummies
(0.227) (0.057) (0.202) ...
As expected, the combined effect of x1 on y is lower for group taking
d=1. (at this stage I was very happy)
I ran again my model including another dummy - b - taking 0 for the
first years of the sample period (3 years) and 1 for the last years (5
years). I have interacted x1 ## d ## b. The rationale was to test
whether the x1*d change significantly from the beginning of the period
to end.
I obtained the following estimates:
Y = -1.895*x1 + 0.468*d + 0.201*x1*d + -0.417*b + 0.131*x1*b
(0.418) (0.133) (0.420) (0.116)
- 0. 198 * x1 * b + 1.014 *x1 * d * b + control + year dummies
(0.124) (0.389) ...
Now the interaction between x1*d is no longer significant and the x1
* d * b is significant at any level.
Under this results, one would say that the different effect of x1
found in the 1st equation between the subsamples is due to what
happened in the second part of my sample period. However, what made me
split the sample cross-sectionally (d), was the literature and
thinking that the subsamples would 'behave' differently independently
of the period taken.
When I replace the Y by another proxy, I find the results changing
significantly, in the sense that the signs obtained for dummies are
opposite to what is expected..
Is there anyone who can say whether this strategy is reasonable? and
whether it is normal obtaining such instability in models with
interaction variables?
Any help on my questions would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you,
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