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KRISTEN STEWART's cheating has been a nightmare for Twilight bosses
ahead of promoting the new film Breaking Dawn Part 2.
And now it looks like they'll have to splash out more on air fares and hotel
rooms too.
Even though the actress has now rekindled her relationship with ROBERT
PATTINSON, studio execs are sending them on separate missions to promote
the final film in the vampire series.
The three main actors, including TAYLOR LAUTNER, are all being sent off
to different continents on promo duties.
Rob will head to Australia, Kristen is travelling to Japan and Taylor will be
visiting Brazil.
A source said: "Many of Rob's fans are still angry with Kristen and it has
been decided that all three should go their separate ways.
"Keeping them apart will mean less chance of reprisals from fans who were
devastated by the split.
"No decision has been made on the London premiere, which is happening a little
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The CBI filed in a Delhi court the forensic report on specimen signatures of three top executives of Reliance ADA Group, facing trial in 2G case, saying there were no "fundamental differences" among the specimen signatures and those found on seized documents. "I have not observed any fundamental difference between the questioned and specimen English signatures. Cumulative consideration of the aforesaid points (in the report) of similarities observed between the questioned and the specimen English signatures in both general and individual writings characteristic, constitute the basis of aforesaid opinion," the Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL) report said.
The conclusion of the handwriting expert, who analysed the signatures of Reliance ADAG executives — Gautam Doshi, Surendra Pipara and Hari Nair — with the specimen signatures, said that there were no "fundamental differences".
The forensic report was filed in pursuance of an earlier court order. The court has kept the report on record and has said its copies will be given to the accused, if desired.
"The same (report) be taken on record and copies thereof be supplied to all 17 accused, if so desired by them immediately," special CBI judge O P Saini said.
The court on December 19 directed the three executives to give specimen handwriting and signature to CBI for comparing it with the documents already placed on record before it.
The court had allowed CBI's plea for specimen of these three accused saying it was "justified" to reach a conclusion.
CBI, in its plea, had said that during 2006 to 2008 these three accused had signed certain documents which were filed along with the charge sheet and some of the witnesses examined so far had also proved their signatures but Doshi, Pipara and Nair have "not been in a position" to identify them.
The CBI had earlier told the court that these documents include books of accounts of Swan Consultants Services Pvt Ltd, Tiger Trustees Pvt Ltd and other firms and some documents relating to RTL.
According to CBI charge sheet, Swan Consultants Services Pvt Ltd and Tiger Trustees Pvt Ltd were the alleged associate firms of Reliance ADA Group.

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BuzzFeed Politics now sponsored by a Koch brother
Visitors to BuzzFeed Politics were greeted by a curious sponsorship badge at the top of its page Thursday. As ThinkProgress Editor-in-Chief Judd Legum pointed out, it appeared BuzzFeed pols had been sponsored by Charles Koch of Koch Industries, the second largest privately held company in the U.S. by revenue and notorious right-wing political power players.
Following that sponsorship badge brings you to a special BuzzFeed advertiser page for the Charles Koch Institute …
… which is partnering with the news aggregation site to sponsor a BuzzFeed Brews summit on immigration:
Excited to sponsor the #BuzzFeedBrews Special Edition Immigration Summit with @buzzfeedpartner charleskochinstitute.org/ideas/immigrat…
— Charles Koch Inst. (@CKinstitute) May 9, 2013
Speakers at the summit include BuzzFeed Editor-in-Chief Ben Smith as well as speakers from conservative think tanks the Heritage Foundation and the Cato Institute, which was founded by Koch along with the CEO of Koch industries.
As for why BuzzFeed would want to partner with Koch, the answer is simple enough: Money. As for why Koch would want to access BuzzFeed's young and—one guesses—mostly politically progressive audience, that's a longer story—but it's also about following the money. Stick with me here:
Immediately after Romney lost the November election, Republicans decided that in order to have any chance in the next election they needed to befriend Latino voters. They needed to become, as Romney's head of Latino outreach Carlos Gutierrez would call it, "the party of immigration." Shortly after the November election, Charlie Spies, head of Restore Our Future, the biggest Romney SuperPAC for 2012, threw his lot in with Gutierrez and set his sights on 2016 with a new SuperPAC called Republicans for Immigration Reform.
It was a cynical move that acknowledged how deeply the Republican Party had offended Latinos by talking about immigration mostly in terms of securing our borders with giant fences — Romney's citing "voluntary deportation" during presidential debates didn't help things, either. To get back in the game for the next election, Republicans would have to make friends with Latinos—and they'd do it by changing their tune on immigration reform—extending an olive branch to voters who otherwise had no choice but to side with Democrats.
So what would the billionaire Koch brothers's interest be in supporting immigration? Again, it's about the money.
The Kochs need Republican candidates—ones they can influence—to win in future elections so that they succeed in getting policies passed that benefit their economic interests. Which is why the Kochs got Citizens United passed—which allows unchecked corporate influence in politics—and ALEC, an initiative that allows lobbyists to help legislators draft bills. But the intersection of immigration and economic interests can be seen in the controversy kicked up by Mark Zuckerberg's political spending. His group, Fwd.us, is spending on behalf of candidates who advocate oil drilling and the Keystone Pipeline if they're also willing to compromise on a more progressive approach to immigration reform.
The Kochs strategy here might be similar: Use immigration reform to appeal to a more populous base with switch hitters who will toe that party line while pushing a more right-wing agenda on other interests.
A Koch interest in Canadian oil sands called Flint Hills Resources Canada LP would benefit tremendously from passage of the proposed Keystone Pipeline XL. To the point that, in 2011, Democratic members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee "sent a letter urging the committee to request documents from Koch Industries relating to the company's interest in Canadian tar sands and the extent to which it will benefit if the Keystone XL pipeline is constructed."
As the second largest privately held company in the U.S. exerting influence over regulation, decisions like Keystone can help the Kochs make a mint. Attempting to exert that influence comes in forms big and small, from a Supreme Court decision on Citizens Untied to an apparent attempt to ingratiate its ideas with the audience of one of the Web's young more progressive websites of record.


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Pioneer Editorial: Signed, sealed ... delivered?
Though not the official motto of the United States Postal Service, the mantra of "neither snow nor rain nor heat. . ." has become synonymous with the dependability of the nation's mail service.
Let's hope we don't have to add the caveat of "except for consolidation" to that oft-quoted phrase.
News came down last week that, indeed, the USPS Bemidji mail processing center will close next year as part of a national reorganization. USPS officials said that the Bemidji Post Office itself will be unaffected, and that there was no definite timeline for the processing center's closure, only that it would be by fall of 2015, Pioneer staff writer Zach Kayser reported.
In all, 82 facilities nationwide will be consolidated. It was also unclear how many jobs this would impact in Bemidji, but a 2012 story about possible processing center closures pegged the number at six. What we do know is that once the center here closes, Bemidji's local mail will be processed by the USPS facility in Minneapolis.
This isn't just a Bemidji issue. Processing centers in Duluth, St. Cloud and Mankato also will merge with either the St. Paul or Minneapolis facilities.
The moves come amid news of the past several years, maybe longer, of financial instability at the Postal Service. You may recall news the USPS was even once thinking of switching to five-day service only, dropping Saturdays. While not an official government agency (as it once was), the USPS serves a vital role for the country and the economy, and as such, comes under a great deal of watch from the government, i.e, politicians.
This isn't the first time, Bemidji and other centers have been on the chopping block. In 2012, the Bemidji processing center was included in the round of consolidations. But after heavy pressure from Washington, the USPS delayed the moves for further study.
That work is over, and the consolidations look to be going forward, although some politicians, including Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., say they intend again to put the pressure on the USPS to reconsider.
Here's the rub. We routinely hear politicians, from both sides of the aisle, rail against wasteful government spending. We hear about how efficient and streamlined operations are in the private sector.
If after careful consideration, these moves are the best way to improve the finally strapped USPS, then the moves should go forward. Many people, possibly even millions, have gone "paperless" in society, shopping and paying their bills online, with hardly a need for anyone to ever send them a bill.
However, millions of others still depend on the daily mail service for items of great importance, including medication. Many of these people are seniors.
The Postal Service said delivery of first-class mail will only increase a fraction, from an average time of 2.14 to 2.25 days.
If the technology is there that by consolidating these centers, service will not be negatively impacted, and will improve the overall outlook for the USPS, the moves should be supported. But if the loss of these centers causes any harm, financial or physical, to people, then the USPS isn't living up to its unofficial motto.


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All you need to do is start searching the internet to be confronted and snowed under by soooooo much information and choice.
Paper choice is very personal and something that has to be tried out, literally.
Pencil (your pencil) has to make contact with the paper.
No amount of reading what other artists like and use will guaranty your own success.
Trial and error (sadly) are in this case your best friends.
As a guide and to help you shed a little light on the question "what paper?" here are a few relevant points to watch out for:
- If you want a drawing with strong contrast, lots of spontaneity and are not too bothered about detail and realism then a "toothy" rough paper would suit you well. Strathmore Drawing paper is a nice quality toothy paper as is Fabriano Artistico .
- However, if your drawing style is more fine, detailed and sharp then a smooth "toothless" paper is the way to go. Papers such as Strathmore Bristol Vellum , Strathmore 500 series plate finish, Winsor & Newton's extra smooth Bristol Board , Strathmore 140lb cold press series, are recommended by many realist pencil artists. Personally, I use Mellotex which is very smooth, I love it's silky thickness and the way it holds fine lines, responds to layering and feels under my pencil. Note: the terminology plate finish refers to the absence of grain in the paper. Vellum also refers to the finish of the paper andsuggests quality. Vellum paper is very smooth and has very special soft feel.
- Always always make sure you choose a good quality art paper. All quality papers are acid free. This ensures your work of art does not turn yellow a few years down the line. I also like my paper to be thick (at least 250g), this way it can withstand much more handling (or in my case manhandling) without creasing or showing too many signs of wear.
- Determine which colour you like the best for your work. Each paper will be of a different white. I find that by putting a selection of different papers together you can really get a good idea about the variation in shades of white. As a rule of thumb : realism works well on a crisp white paper whereas a softer more flowing drawing is better suited to a warm-toned paper.
- Once you have found your paper, made the paper choice you know fits like a glove, make sure you stock up and have enough to last the waves of inspiration. Nothing is worse than running out of paper when you are under pressure from both your muse and dead-lines.
- Make sure you use a piece of paper larger than you need. This will insure extra room for spontaneity, miscalculation and a all over nice drawing experience. (I've had a few drawings falling of the edge the paper and it is the most infuriating thing.)
Take your time in choosing a paper. Make sure you like the feel, the look (ie colour), the quality and the way it responds to your drawing.
Most art stores will allow you to sample papers, discover their qualities, before committing to buying. Use this opportunity to make your own personal choice, put a bunch of quality samples together, take them home and get scribbling!
p.s: this is #1 in my series of Short Drawing Tips. Hope you've enjoyed it. Over the next ten weeks, there will be a small tip a week. Stay tuned for #2....


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We are looking into removing our inground pool next year and I need to know what is involved with doing this?
Where are you located?
Hi Donna
A lot will depend on access to the pool with a "Bobcat". We use a small "Bobcat" 32 inch wide.
Price would depend on what type of pool is it (Concrete or Vinyl) Vinyl pool is cheaper to fill in.
We recommend using Sand as fill material but you can have any fill material of your choice.
Thank you
Garden Hill Landscaping LTD
Hi Donna
Head to your local city hall, they will provide you with the information about the demo permit you will require to remove and infill the swimming pool. Possibly the required infill based on the area, existing soil and site grades will also be accessable from the city.
If there are any trees in the yard you will be required to protect them and depending on the type of pool, metal, poly or concrete, with or without concrete decks and the location of the equiptment (hopefully not in the house or garage but separate from the building)... the price of the demo will vary.
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Kindergarten Poem
preschool and kindergarten graduation rhymes - songs- poems . Kindergarten Graduation Songs and Poems
» The Bear Song. » Apples, Apples. » The Apple Tree. read with their parents.
Description. Kindergarten Graduation Songs and Poems - 30 songs and poems for Kindergarten Graduation and End of the Year. includes two surprise poems just for teachers! - Yikes!
know that you are SPECIAL, There is no one else like you ! More Preschool-Kindergarten Graduation Poems Coming Soon! Or Email Us To Add Yours!
» Montessori Teaching Methods. » Kindergarten Graduation Poem Ideas. teacher.
Graduation poems for tots should be written in simple language. This kindergarten graduation poem could also be a preschool graduation poem.
Van Tassel's mortgage. He raised his hand, it was not most firmly lashed, by courtesy to welcome poem for kindergarten, he was fascinated.
Big Books. . . Elizabethan English of Hooker The public records from 1709 up to kindergarten mother's day poem means . . . It's National Poetry Day!
Below is a famous poem by Robert Fulgham... "Most of what I really need to know about how to live, and what to do, and how to be, I learned in Kindergarten.
Welcome to Kindergarten! (Sung to the tune of "Deck The Halls") Welcome to our kindergarten. We will learn a lot of things today. Here we are in kindergarten. We will have a lot of time...
The kindergarten classes mainly use these types of poems to learn color words, recognizing rhyming words, and naming any clip art of the poem.
List of educator reviewed educational web sites for use in classrooms and at home.
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Graduation poems, graduation poetry, free for any personal or non-commercial purpose.
DLTK's Holiday Activities. GRADUATION POEM. … Preschool (entering Kindergarten) (color) or (B&W)
We are planning a BooHoo breakfast for our kindergarten parents. Does anyone have a copy of the poem "Twas the night before Kindergarten"?
Read poems about / on: school, children, happiness, sometimes, tree, mother, god, child. Comments about this poem (God Has Pity On Kindergarten Children by Yehuda Amichai )
Instructions for the Mother's Day Card and Poem. Children color the flowers and pot found in the link below. cut around the edges of the paper using pinking shears...
Kindergarten activity sheet for the letter C.
More preschool and kindergarten rhymes and songs. Poem from Teacher to Student. Like the little hermit crab, you outgrew your shell, and now you're ready to say goodbye. I can tell.
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South Georgia Motorsports Park seized by Department of Revenue
Mon, 25 Aug 2014 18:23:59 GMT —
The Georgia Department of Revenue executed a search warrant Sunday afternoon at the South Georgia Motorsports Park in Cook County.
An official with the Department of Revenue told FOX 31 they had a search warrant and two felony arrest warrants for Kim Wood, the co-owner and operator. One arrest warrant was for theft by taking sales tax and the other for theft by taking withholding.
This was sparked by a two year investigation by the Department of Revenue.
The Department's communications director says they did everything they could to bring Wood and the racetrack into compliance when it came to sales tax and withholding. Wood was uncooperative with agents and as a result her sales tax license was revoked in August. She continue to operate the park without a license and they ultimately seized control of the park Sunday afternoon.
The seizure is due to $90,000 being owed to the Department of Revenue.
The racetrack will be open as normal next week. The judge has appointed someone to run the business until the matter is sorted out.


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Programa Espacial Autónomo InterGalactico
As part of our ongoing partnership with Art Practical, Daily Serving is sharing Danielle Sommer's article on Riga 23's Programa Espacial Autónomo InterGalactico, at REDCAT in Los Angeles. The Portuguese artist Ricardo Gouveia, or Rigo 23, might be best known for his series of larger-than-life, one-way-sign-inspired murals, painted on buildings across San Francisco, where the artist has lived since the 1980s. For the better part of[…..]


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Home Place
Both the house and the family are gone now, but if you go to that spot in the woods, you'll find the chimney and the flowers. Then all you have to do is close your eyes and imagine...With Crescent Dragonwagon's poetic text and Jerry Pinkney's rich watercolors, past and present briefly touch in this remarkable book.
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Distributor sees VP as "next cool thing" for consumers. Duncan Oil Co. has signed on as the latest partner to VP Racing Fuels' national branding program. "We think VP has an operating model that separates them from other suppliers," said Roger McDaniel, president of Duncan Oil. "VP's image package is outstanding and its credit card
Duncan Oil Partners With VP Racing Fuels
Susser Soars Amid NYSE Debut
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JEWEL-OSCO Lauches 'Give a Little, Feed a Lot' Campaign
Program seeks food and monetary donations in honor of Hunger Action Month. JEWEL-OSCO, a Midwest food and pharmacy retailer, is observing Hunger Action Month this September with an aggressive campaign to raise food and funds for food banks and food pantries in the retailer's service area. The annual program, called "Give a Little, Feed a
Circle K Enters Agreement With NJOY
Circle K focuses on evolving its sale of e-cigarettes through a partnership with NJOY. Circle K entered a partnership with NJOY electronic cigarettes for chain-wide corporate store distribution in 3,100 U.S. retail locations as of August 2012. Circle K has been an early leader in the e-cigarette category, and this new partnership further strengthens NJOY's
Ultramar Offers New Gift Card Program
Ultramar works with Fanbox to give consumers new gift card services at all of its Canadian locations. Fanbox, a leader in relational technology and loyalty programs, developed a gift card program for Ultramar service stations and convenience stores across Canada, which totals 800 corporate and partner stations. The program developed by Fanbox was launched across
Quik Stop, Hunt Bros. Kick Off Kentucky Race Weekend
Event to include free pizza and autograph session with NASCAR's Kevin Harvick. Hunt Brothers Pizza is kicking the Kentucky race weekend into high gear with free pizza, remote control racecar driving and an autograph session with NASCAR driver Kevin Harvick at the Mini-Wheelin' with Kevin Harvick event June 28 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
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If you are running a blog for yourself, your ministry, or your church, you are probably always looking for aways to improve the content and get more eyes on it too. For some bloggers, that means improving SEO. While SEO is good to an extent, there is a ceiling on it before it becomes too gimmicky and manipulative.
I want to give you three easy blog tips that will improve your blog's content and get more readers to your site. These 3 tips are so easy you can implement them today and will immediately improve your traffic and content quality.
- Have the first paragraph sum up your whole article. If I were to take your first paragraph and copy/paste it into a Google+ post with your article's link, would people know what the article is about? Tell them why they should be interested and give them that blogging hook to read on.
- Have a tweetable sentence that is less than 120 characters long. A tweetable sentence that is on point with the purpose of the whole article will allow others to post it on their own social media accounts as a nugget of truth. And honestly, social media users are only looking for that much. Give them a little taste of what the article is about and point them to the link where they can get all of the facts.
- Get to the point quickly, please. And be clear about it. Nothing says, "I don't know what I am talking about" like a blog article that is all over the map without a strong point. Every sermon needs three points, every blog article needs them too. If I read the whole post, I need to be able to clearly tell you what I just read. Too many bloggers honestly miss this key point.
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Greetings, Are there any differences, advantages of running a dump/restore vs running the following:1)REINDEX all the tables in all the databases, 2)VACUUM FULL ANALYZE on all the databases Assuming the following 1) the system can be offline. 2) PG version 7.4.x 3) pg_autovacuum running as a daemon with 30 minutes sleep but have had a few occasions where pg_autovacuum had to be killed and restarted. 4) FSM settings are set > than required by VACUUM ANALYZE VERBOSE "test". -Adi
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the point i probably flubbed is that ichigeki hissatsu is not an EASILY accesible ideal, but the cumulative effort of years, perhaps decades of the right training. if you want to churn out brawlers, then a system that builds on the body's ability to receive punishment and the reflexes to minimize it of course would be the way to go.
bull-stoppers like mas oyama aside, ichigeki hissatsu doesn't have to be a physical strike. you can take kano jigoro's legendary "yamaarashi" judo throw (by repute one which cannot be countered - there are texts for this but no one since kano has been able to replicate it correctly) and that would be the same thing.
translated loosely, the concept of ichigeki hissatsu doesn't have to be the karate seiken (lit. "standard fist") punch ... it can be any move that can end a confrontation immediately. i don't think there's an inherent emphasis on butt-kicking in it; but the ideal serves to pinpoint that if forced to engage, then the quickest end possible is the optimum solution.
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Charlie Arturaola Shares his Life and Wine Lessons through "El Camino del Vino"
Aroma and palate – this is what sommeliers and wine experts have been mastering in the wine world. It is the talent and the ability to be able to tell what a good wine is by its flavor and smell that makes a master of this field. Knowing wine beyond words. Famous sommelier, Charlie Arturaola tells the tale of being in the limelight, losing the sense for wine, and regaining the life of sips, toasts, and cheers in the movie El Camino Del Vino. He took some time out of his busy schedule to tell us what inspired him to create this film.
FE: What motivated or inspired you to become a sommelier?
Charlie Arturaola: I love history, since my school days, loved the Roman Empire and their conquered lands. I had read many books about them and visited so many old ruins when traveling in Europe. Maybe my first" ringing bell to wine" my cousin studied Biology, and I was always curious about fermentation, photosynthesis and all that jazz.
I worked for few hours in a long vineyard, but got so many calluses in my hand. I knew about Enology because my father made Ok wine. Growing up in Uruguay, in a house with a long Pergola, enough to make 250 liters of wine every year. The smell of Grapes where there there under my nose every summer. Nostalgia!
Just had a "capital flashback," I always remember an old man in St. Tropez, France with his long apron and mystical moustache, speaking wine in a bistro. He said, " in order to speak the wine, you have to know the wine!!" Probably I just wanted to be a connoisseur as they said. This was in my late teens! I've carried that thought until today. And that was my motivation; to show people (at fine restaurants, cruise lines and hotels) through my words, that I have been to and know the viticultural areas; and know the wine to recommend with their meals. Thanks to "La Sommelierie" I was able to see most of the wine regions in the World!
FE: Once you realized your love for wine, what steps did you take to reach your current expertise?
CA: I taste left and right! (and I keep doing it). I spoke with the source, enologist, wine makers, old school, Chefs, (young, older Chefs) sommeliers, connoisseurs, aficionados. A 1997 article in the Wine Spectator said Charlie has one of the top 10 Italian wine list in America. I said me! The guy from the little country in the big win league of top Italians!!! The best wine list still today is in Valentino's in Malibu; that was what told me to stick in wine biz.
In my early restaurant years I loved to shape menus and wine lists with Chefs in Santo Domingo, DR (on my way to San Juan, where I ended up living for 4 years). I studied, lots! Assisting every wine tasting, working them, tasting in the back stage, attending every grape symposium or festivals, that was available then.
I followed (and still follow) the respected palates of America and around the world !!! Also I went to many international wine Forums, wine schools, Wine Societies. I guess I took what it was good for Charlie' s palate…. enriching it. My palate was defining which was my favorite wine region, grapes and where my passion was falling into (meaning which grapes I loved the most).
Pairing food and wine helped me lots (I met my incredible wife because of that!). Since my very beginnings, I was devoted to food and wine flavors, (I love to eat) maybe because we grew up in my neighborhood with so much immigration in Montevideo; an area of Italians, Polish, Spaniards, Russian , Slovaks.
FE: What's the most interesting thing you discovered about wines?
CA: The people behind the wines, the innuendoes, great historical families, (some of them with more than 7 centuries of history) the surroundings, generations and generations telling you what the old wine wisdom brings globally (or to me) through mother nature and the juice of Bacchus. The more I knew, the better I dominated my wine lists. I remember putting together a wine list of 2000 labels for a 1400 room resort one day.
In the other hand, always feel short of learning , how little people know about wine, and always want to be there to tell my wine stories that I have accrued for so many years.
FE: So far, what do you consider to be your biggest achievement in this industry?
CA: I have 4.
First. One of my biggest achievements was to sell American (Napa wines) from Robert Mondavi Winery to Europeans in my old days cruising with Cunard lines in the Mediterranean . But my favorite was wine teaching classrooms to 200 F&B servers, without serving a glass of vino, just teaching the history of every label they served in their wine list outlets (managing almost 7 million dollars beverage program in Palm Beach , FL.)
Second: Marrying my wife Pandora in Northern Portugal's wine country. To marry my favorite sweet heart in the Port region was unbelievable. To have my father with me and my in-laws, and 60 from all over the world….surrounded with vineyards in an old 1600 house.
Third: Being able to thank my fellow Portuguese sommelier friends after learning from them during my early years as floor sommelier in the cruise lines!
Lastly: Being able to serve wines and to introduce 250 Berlinesse palates To Malbec! The theme grape of the movie" El Camino del Vino "after the premiere, the wines Susana Balbo and Norton Reserva with Argentinaean typical asado, this past winter. (Berlin weather was 30 below).
FE: What does it take to develop a unique palate like yours?
CA: In the last 20 years, I tasted more than 10 thousand wines. But; as we grow older, your taste buds are less alert; your capacity to retain flavors get smaller and smaller. Descriptors start to disappear, and your olfactory changes. It is part of the job to learn (and memorize) grapes profiles and layers of descriptors. When tasting you try to decipher (if you can) what is floor valley fruit, or old vines, French oak vs American oak, or mountain fruit flavors, stainless steel vinification , regions, old world new world, types and styles, ageability and cellaring. Trying to identify some of these is a great guessing game. The taster is not always right. The question will be "what do I like?"
As a sommelier; you are redefining tasting notes almost every time you bring a new sipping wine to your taste buds. I guess I can say: taste, taste and taste until you find what you like. I used to say if you enjoy Sauvignon blanc; try some from Chile, California, Washington and BC, Canada. Then be more specific with the areas, Casablanca, Napa or Sonoma, Columbia or Okanagan Valley. I think I found my wines long time ago. I love to compare notes myself, old vintages of Bordeaux (my favorites). Probably I am inclined more for those (1961;1975;1982-1986-1990 and so vintages) from a region that I am so keen on. Bordeaux wines and their history; some young Cabernets and malbec, and earthy, cherry flavors, tannin driven tempranillos.
FE: What does it take to be a good sommelier?
CA: A good sommelier never stops learning, is always in motion; visiting wineries, speaking to winemakers, learning from consumer palates. Even with that, it is difficult to find a good wine list to work these days. Jobs are scarce. A savvy Sommelier is always reinventing him or herself. I believe that a good Sommelier should never leave the floor; but in America and other countries like Argentina, Chile, New Zealand and Australia, they work at wineries or wine shops. I don't see any problem with that. They also study and they are forming their palates from another perspective. I have learned wine for so many years, that is why I am an old school wine guy! Maybe I still believe in that old Frenchman with a long apron and moustache.
FE: How do you keep a fresh palate at a wine event?
CA: Easy. Lots of water, eat bread (NOT salty Crackers) in between glasses, and make sure that you rinse the glass first with each upcoming wine (Italians call this avinare)
FE: What made you decide to do this film project?
CA: I think I was in the right time in the right place when we started talking about the idea of a malbec documentary in Mendoza. It was not easy to decide at the end .
FE: What makes this film different from other wine films?
CA: Is a very touching, tender story. It has so many great mini stories, within a big script, coated behind the true wine guy and Mendoza vineyards .
FE: While doing the film, did you ever think of how your life would change if you were in your character's position?
CA: Never. Life did not change much, now I travel for film festivals as well as wine travels which have been part of my freelance job since 3 years ago.
FE: What does El Camino del Vino mean to your life, has it already affected your professional life?
CA: It means a lot! It is like recognition, like a culmination of serving wine all my life around the world. I am sure some old friends with get to see my name on the screen and see that I am still in wine trade but now in America.
FE: How do you think your film will impact the wine world?
CA: If we get a larger distribution, will help the consumption of wine in general. I don't have a doubt that Shoreline from LA, will do a great job. The movie shows that wine guys are flesh and bones; like everybody. El Camino Del Vino is beyond a wine trade only movie.
FE: How do you think the non-wine lover will see the film?
CA: The film is a great drama-docu-fiction, made with non-actors. I think they will see it as a fun and exciting look into an industry that has been shrouded in mystery.
FE: What lessons have you learned in the making of this movie?
CA: Filming is great but not for me! Long hours, more than 200 hours to film 97 minutes. One thing I learned is that filmmakers love perfection. I did not like to go to sleep when everybody was waking up for several days. I will always be a wine guy.
FE: What is your favorite grape at the moment?
CA: I have been tasting Bonarda, and Torrontes (a crispy, floral whites) from Argentina, Spanish Ondarribi, tempranillos, bobal and old vine garnatxas. Bonarda is giving me a mouthful of reasons to believe that it might became a grape to look after very soon! Remember that I am responsible (consultant taster) for 12000 cases of wines for the West Canada wine trade working for an importer there.
FE: Any final thoughts?
CA: I'd like to thank The Cactus Cine Group and My incredible wife Pandora love to thank the wineries involved in the film.


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WASHINGTON — MoveOn.org today began airing a television ad calling on Members of Congress to oppose President Bush's plan to privatize Social Security. The ad is the first of many expected from groups involved in a coordinated campaign to fight the President's plan led by the Campaign for America's Future.
The television ad, called "Working Retirement," is airing in the districts of Rep. Allen Boyd, D-Fla., Rep. Chris Chocola, R-Ind., and Rep. Jim Gerlach, R-Penn., and other local markets. It is also airing on television in New York and Washington, D.C. A full-page advertisement in the New York Times will also run on Wednesday, the day President Bush plans to deliver his State of the Union address.
"Watch out, privatizers," said Roger Hickey, co-director of the Campaign for America's Future. "Opponents of President Bush's privatization plan are becoming very visible."
The television ads focus on drastic benefit cuts at the center of the President's proposal — cuts that some experts estimate could amount to 46 percent in real dollars over the long run. They will air first in the districts of Members of Congress who may support the President's proposal to privatize Social Security.
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Then, we discovered the working vacation.
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On March 16, Crimean citizens voted to become part of Russia, but the debate over how America should react still persists.
Students from the class Rhetoric 354: Argumentative Theory debated Wednesday what involvement, if any, the United States should have in the Ukraine crisis.
After Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych rejected plans to integrate with the European Union (EU) in December, protests gripped the country through the winter until Yanukovych was forced to flee Ukraine in March.
Shortly after he was replaced, Russian troops moved into the semi-autonomous Crimean peninsula, claiming that they were protecting ethnic Russians. Then, the Crimean government held a vote to join Russia.
Taylor Rosen, a junior majoring in English, said the developments in Ukraine are an international issue, and the historical precedent is problematic.
"I think it's wrong that we know more about a missing plane in Malaysia than we do about what Vladimir Putin and Russia are up to," Rosen said. "What is most alarming is as I have watched this crisis develop is the similarity of Putin's action in Crimea to Hitler's action in Austria in 1938."
Rosen said that as one of the largest countries in the world, the U.S. has a responsibility to police the world and confront the Russian government through targeted sanctions.
Opponents, though, argued against large foreign commitments. Ryan Stempien, a senior majoring in comparative literature, said the problems in Ukraine were regional.
"Democracy is not taking the president out at gunpoint," Stempien said. "Democracy is holding free elections in Crimea to decide whether or not Crimeans would like to remain part of Ukraine. This is what they did."
The non-interventionists also pointed out that the government was in heavy debt and could not afford the economic ramifications of a major conflict with Russia.
The debaters showed a video of former Rep. Ron Paul rebuking interventionist policies.
"The money is just not there, it makes no sense and it props up bad investments," Paul said in an interview on Russia Today, an international news outlet based in Russia. "The irony of all this is, let's say they do send some money to Ukraine. Maybe it will go to Ukraine and they will pay their bills to pay for the gas they get from Russia."
The pro-intervention debaters said the cost of doing nothing would increase as time went on.
"We have to show that we're not going to allow larger countries to bully and take advantage of smaller countries. It would be a lot less costly to nip it in the bud now before we're involved in another Cold War," said Jordan Knight, a junior majoring in economics. "We'd actually be saving money in the long run."
One Ukrainian-born student in the audience offered his perspective. Oleg Brodskiy, a sophomore majoring in English, said the situation in Ukraine was more complicated than most Americans understood.
"While there certainly were a lot of protesters in Kiev and they certainly had good cause, the problem is the Ukraine has been corrupt since before I was born," Brodskiy said. "There's no reason to suspect that it's going to finally change with the West in power."
Based on a final vote, the audience of nearly 30 students was evenly split between supporters and critics of intervention, but many students later said they thought intervention and sanctions were completely necessary. Michael Fricke, a junior double-majoring in mathematics and physics, said that Russia had a clear strategic and militaristic goal in annexing parts of Ukraine.
"It's a question of which side are you on," Fricke said. "Are you on the United States' side or are you on Russia's side? If you favor the United States' influence in the world and the benefits it brings, and think this is important and then you must be for sanctions."


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Would you like to play a game?
Hello Dr. Falken. Hello Joshua.
Let's play a game. The name of this game is: Innocent or Guilty?
A game where the rules are made up and the points don't matter.
The mission, should you choose to accept it, is to guess whether the person depicted in the picture is innocent or guilty. The person posting the photo must NOT include details of the crime. After someone guesses correctly, the original poster of the picture posts the details of the crime to show if the person in the picture is Innocent or Guilty. The person who guesses correctly gets a point and is then charged with posting a new picture and then details after a correct guess.
This game allows us (the spectators) to be judge, jury, and executioner without any real life consequences. So let's have some fun making fun of other people at their expense.
I'll start.
So, is he Innocent or Guilty? What say ye?
Interesting concept.
He Looks like he may be a bit developmentally challenged.
So I'll push the boundaries and say
Not guilty.
Are we going off of the truth or the court findings??? Lol
I'm gonna say guilty. He just has that " I'm gonna skin you alive and eat your brain" look goin on.
I know who he is. So not going to play. But uh never mind.
Ding Ding Ding!!!
Jared Remy, 34, pleaded not guilty in Waltham District Court on Friday on charges of murder and domestic assault and battery in the killing of Martel, 27.
In court, prosecutors described a brutal and determined attack, saying Jared Remy assaulted Martel in the kitchen, living room, on a stairway and then pinned her to the ground in the patio where he stabbed her several times. At least one neighbor who tried to help Martel was driven back when Remy slashed at him, a prosecutor told a judge in court. Remy was arrested at the scene, his clothes soaked in the victim's blood.
That same day, Jared Remy had been released on personal recognizance in an open assault and battery case in which Martel was the alleged victim. Remy has a violent criminal history, including a total of 15 criminal charges since 1998, according to Waltham court records. He has been accused of assaulting five people -- including four women -- and was involved in at least three restraining orders, including one in which he was the plaintiff. He was employed as a member of the Red Sox security staff before being fired in 2008 after he was implicated as a steroids dealer. Remy admitted to using steroids.
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here you go. what say yee?
Also, was this this past Friday? So no verdict yet?
Don't know the lady. Maybe one of the YK 12 trespassers?
Jared Remey I know of. I'm originally from Ma.
Warning, quick hijack....
Jared Remy-
Anyone here remember the old Bugs Bunny cartoons?
If so, think back. Jared looks just like the wrestler Bugs used to tangle with!
Possibly separated at birth?
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Original source: Daily Star
Published by: Metro, Standard, Independent
Also interested: Paris Saint Germain, Manchester City, Real Madrid
Contract until: 2019
According to Daily Star, Chelsea are set to steal a march on their European rivals by launching a massive £50m bid for Everton striker Romelu Lukaku. The report claims that the Blues new manager Antonio Conte has told Chelsea to re-sign the 22-year-old star – and wants a deal done before Euro 2016.
It's believed that Conte was interested in the 22-year-old then too, shortly before he resigned as Juventus manager. The Serie A champions eventually signed Alvaro Morata instead, but the Italian tactician has remained a big fan of Lukaku ever since.
The Toffees spent £28m bringing the player to Goodison from Chelsea in 2014, and are said to be demanding at least twice that figure to allow him to leave.
- With Alexandre Pato, Loic Remy and Radamel Falcao are all expected to leave at the end of the season, there will be only one prolific target-man at Chelsea squad Diego Costa, who is four years older than Lukaku and bringing the promising forward to Stamford Bridge could be great investment for the future.
- Chelsea dismissed Jose Mourinho, a coach who sold the Belgian at Everton. Also Antonio Conte prefers to play with two centre-forward and Lukaku could ideally fit Italian's football philosophy.
- The 22-year-old already proved that he's able to be extremely effective in offence by winning battles, aerial duels, shooting from distance, one-on-one finishing and providing assists. He has netted 25 goals in 38 appearances in all competitions this season and also registered six assists.
- Roberto Martinez's men currently sit 12th in England's top division, and it seems unlikely that even Lukaku's wildly impressive scoring record will get them into the Champions League next season – where the Belgian is desperate to play – within the next few seasons, making a move away from Goodison Park more attractive.
Considering these facts, Gib Football Show concludes that the rumours claiming 'Conte to Launch Official Bid for £28m Superstar' are 'mostly true'.


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TORONTO, Jan. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Tm Bioscience Corporation , a leader in the commercial genetic testing market, confirmed that the mailing of the definitive forms of proxy and Management Information Circular to holders of common shares and options, in connection with the proposed arrangement transaction with Luminex Corporation will occur today. The Management Information Circular is available on Tm Bioscience's website at www.tmbioscience.com and on the SEDAR website at www.sedar.com
In addition, Tm has confirmed that the Ontario Superior Court of Justice has granted an interim order approving the holding of a special meeting of Tm shareholders and optionholders on February 23, 2007. Tm shareholders and optionholders of record at the close of business on January 22, 2007 will be entitled to vote on the proposed arrangement.
Assuming Tm shareholders and optionholders approve the arrangement transaction, final court approval will be required and sought from the Ontario Superior Court of Justice on or about February 27, 2007. Assuming all other conditions are satisfied, the transaction is expected to close during the week of receipt of the final court approval.
About Tm Bioscience - Putting the Human Genome to Work(TM)
Tm Bioscience is a Toronto-based diagnostics company developing a suite of DNA-based tests for genetic disorders, drug metabolism (pharmacogenetics) and infectious diseases. On December 14, 2006 Luminex Corporation and Tm Bioscience announced a definitive agreement for Luminex to acquire Tm Bioscience.
Tm Bioscience has developed and commercialized Analyte Specific Reagents(x) and a series of Tag-It(TM)(xx) tests for a variety of genetic disorders. These tests are based on Tm Bioscience's Tag-It(TM) Universal Array platform, which utilizes a proprietary universal tag system that allows for easy optimization, product development and expansion.
Tm Bioscience's Cystic Fibrosis (CF) test is the first multiplexed human disease genotyping test to be cleared by the FDA as an in vitro device (IVD) for diagnostic use in the U.S. It has also received CE mark certification and Health Canada clearance, allowing the test to be marketed for diagnostic purposes in the European Union and Canada.
In addition, the Company is developing a companion test for the blood-thinning drug warfarin and a test for patients under treatment for sepsis. For more information, visit http://www.tmbioscience.com.
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Forward-looking information, by its nature necessarily involves risks and uncertainties including, without limitation, the difficulty of predicting regulatory approvals, the timing and conditions precedent to obtaining any regulatory approval, market acceptance and demand for new products, the availability of appropriate genetic content and other materials required for the Company's products, the Company's ability to manufacture its products on a large scale, the protection of intellectual property connected with genetic content, the impact of competitive products, currency fluctuations, risks associated with the Company's manufacturing facility, the risk that final court approval for the arrangement transaction with Luminex will not be obtained or the arrangement transaction will not close and any other similar or related risks and uncertainties. Additional risks and uncertainties affecting the Company can be found in the Company's 2005 Annual Report, available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com and in the Company's Form 20-F, as amended, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and available at www.sec.gov. If any of these risks or uncertainties were to materialize, or if the factors and assumptions underlying the forward-looking information were to prove incorrect, actual results could vary materially from those that are expressed or implied by the forward-looking information contained herein. The Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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Today, Congressman Harold "Hal" Rogers (KY-05) voted in support of H.R. 4628, the Interest Rate Reduction Act, which prevents a scheduled 3.4% increase in interest rates on new federally subsidized student loans. H.R. 4628 extends the current 3.4% interest rate, which was scheduled to increase to 6.8% on July 1, 2012, for an additional year. The House of Representatives passed this measure 215 - 195 and H.R. 4628 now awaits consideration by the U.S. Senate.
"As parents and students are working to line up college funding for next school year, this is welcome news," said Rogers. "This legislation locks in lower interest rates on federal student loans through the Spring of 2013 and makes college loans more affordable in the long-term for students who receive these loans. During a time of economic uncertainty, we should be developing policies for students to expand their skills, receive quality higher education, and make our nation and our region more competitive without saddling tomorrow's leaders with burdensome debt. H.R. 4628 helps accomplish just that. This is a common-sense plan and I am hopeful that the Senate will pass this measure and send it to the President to be signed into law."
To pay for the cost of the rate extension, the measure repeals unspent funding from Obamacare's 2010 Prevention and Public Health Fund, and also contributes $6 billion in deficit reduction. Neglecting to extend the current interest rate would result in approximately 7.4 million undergraduate students with an additional $1,000 in higher interest rate costs over the life of an average loan.
Rogers has served Kentucky's 5th Congressional District since 1981. With a focus on economic development, job creation, fighting illegal drugs and preserving Appalachia's natural treasures, he has a reputation for listening to his constituents and fighting for the region he represents. For more information visit www.halrogers.house.gov or Rogers' Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/#!/CongressmanHalRogers. To receive Twitter updates go to: https://twitter.com/#!/RepHalRogers
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Does sleep deprivation affect the brain?
I sleep 2 to 3 hours a night do the brain shut down after so many hours without sleep?
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The brain will not function well when sleep deprived, but it should not "shut down" completely. Research shows that lack of sleep causes mental, physical, and emotional health to suffer. Therefore, you will have more trouble concentrating and doing simple tasks when sleep deprived. Having had insomnia myself, it is a terrible feeling not to sleep well.
I wonder why you are sleeping so badly. Have you really tried to improve how you sleep? I would suggest:
- Go to bed the same time every night, and rise the same time each morning. I know it sounds too structured, but it really can work.
- Take a bath, read, or do some other relaxing activity (one that you know helps you to relax) before you go to bed. This will help your mind to quiet down so that you can sleep.
- Try to exercise during the day to release your stress. Even simply walking outside for a few minutes can help.
- Sleep in a quiet, dark, cool room. Turn off the TV, as it can be distracting. Turn all clock displays away from your line of vision so you don't keep "looking at the clock".
If you have tried these simple things and you are still not sleeping, you should be evaluated by a health professional. Many health conditions can cause insomnia, so it is important to make sure that some kind of health problem is not complicating the picture. Good luck!
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The problem with turning the clocks away from me, the one who is having sleep problems, just makes me have get up to look at the clock. Simply put, by the time do fall asleep, I oversleep my wake up time and have to rush not to be late to school. So that doesn't work for me. Neither does a dark room. I need a little light having to use the rest room during the night which doesn't help either. The other tips are good if one has time to exercise during the day. But those of us who work, or teach school and commute daily, as I do...don't have time for exercise before having to make supper, mail, email, phone calls and bed,,just to toss and turn and to get up again. It's quite a challenge....plus aches and pains that pop up as you toss and turn.
Have you tried Melatonin? It helps me.
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Former Clemson DE Da'Quan Bowers reportedly underwent arthroscopic surgery in early January to repair a partially torn meniscus in his left knee, according to the Charlotte Observer.
Bowers' Bamburg, S.C high school coach told the paper that the standout had the surgery soon after Clemson's 31-26 loss to South Florida in the Meineke Car Care Bowl on Dec. 31.
Bowers led the nation with 15.5 sacks and won the Nagurksi Award for college's top defensive player despite reportedly playing most of the season with the torn meniscus.
It's unclear whether he'll be able to fully participate in the Combine in Indianapolis beginning next Thursday, or if he'll elect to work out at Clemson's Pro Day or in a private session closer to the NFL Draft on April 28-30.
Bowers had been projected to be the top pick from several analysts including NFL Network's Mike Mayock.


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Trelleborg Names RPS Evans-Hamilton Service Partner
Trelleborg will provide a local presence for onsite marine services in North America, Central America and the Caribbean by appointing RPS Evans-Hamilton as Service Partner for the Docking and Mooring division of Trelleborg Marine Systems for these regions. Under the agreement, RPS Evans-Hamilton will be the sole provider of aftersales services for Trelleborg's docking and mooring systems. The product portfolio includes Quick Release Hooks (QRHs) and Capstans, the Smart Dock family of docking aid systems (DAS), Environmental and Met Ocean systems, together with integrated control and monitoring. Building on more than 40 years' experience in the marine instrumentation market, RPS Evans-Hamilton will continue to provide these services from its offices in Houston, Texas; Charleston, South Carolina and Seattle, Washington.
DNV GL, South Korean Yards Kicks off Standardization
The first phase of a joint industry project (JIP) to promote a global standard for engineering and construction of offshore oil and gas installations has delivered four recommended practices (RPs). The outcome of the JIP, led by DNV GL, will be reduced complexity, less rework and delays and greater predictability. This will help reduce cost and increase quality further, enabling more projects to move forward.
Rotterdam Unions, Container Firms Reach Deal on Job Security
The trade unions FNV and CNV Vakmensen, the Rotterdam container companies and the Port of Rotterdam Authority concluded consultations on employment in the container industry. The trade unions will present the outcome of the negotiations to their members with favourable advice. The most important part of the negotiation result is that the companies involved will offer a job security guarantee until 1 July 2020
The Legal Consequences of 46 CFR Subchapter "M"
As the holiday season and the end of another year quickly approaches, the towing industry patiently waits for the Coast Guard to finalize the long-awaited towing vessel inspection rule. More than 10 years ago, Congress passed the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2004, requiring more stringent regulation of uninspected towing vessels (UTVs). Since that time, the Coast Guard and several industry groups (including the Towing Safety Advisory Committee (TSAC)
Kirk Petrophysics Cuts to the Core
Global leaders in the oil and gas industry will descend on the U.K. for an annual technical day organized by Reservoir Group member company Kirk Petrophysics. Experts from across the field will lead the discussions at the event, which is being held at the firm's newly expanded Core Center in Guildford next month. Specialists from leading international firms including Schlumberger, Dhahran Carbonate Research Center, SGS and Empirica will be among those attending the event.
Principle Power Names WindFloat Partners
Renewable energy technology developer, Principle Power, was awarded a Department of Energy grant worth $4M and up to $47M in total funding, to support its WindFloat Pacific Demonstration Project. Principle Power has announced the list of official project partners, all marked to deliver essential contributions to the WindFloat project. The list of project partners include MacArtney Underwater Technology, Siemens Wind Power, Houston Offshore Engineering
Study: An Arctic Oil Well Blowout Could Spread More Than 1,000km
Oil from a spill or oil well blowout in the Arctic waters of Canada's Beaufort Sea could easily become trapped in sea ice and potentially spread more than 1,000 kilometres to the west coast of Alaska, a World Wildlife Fund study showed on Friday. The WWF contracted RPS Applied Science Associates to model 22 different oil spill scenarios and map the spread of the oil, potential impact on the water and shoreline, and interaction with sea ice, wildlife and the surrounding ecology.
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MAN Diesel & Turbo optimizes the efficiency of ship propellers using cutting-edge CFD simulation methods The layout of ship propellers is a balancing act between optimal power conversion and the avoidance of unwanted cavitation effects, which can result in damage to the propeller structure and higher noise levels. MAN Diesel & Turbo in Frederikshavn, Denmark, is using the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation solution STAR-CCM+ from Siemens PLM Software to model
Virtual Towing Tank State-of-the-Art and Future Trends
The use of computers to solve hydrodynamics problems in shipbuilding started in early days of scientific computing – as early as in aerodynamics and aerospace. Due to limited computing resources at that time, potential flow model was used in both aero- and hydrodynamics. However, while simulations based on Euler equations, Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equations (RANSE) and most recently partially resolved Navier-Stokes equations (so-called "large-eddy" – LES –
Forewind Spends to Make North Sea Wind Zone a Reality
The latest seabed survey of the Dogger Bank offshore wind zone takes the cost of the Forewind consortium's spend on offshore surveys to almost £45 million. Since being awarded the rights to develop Dogger Bank in January 2010, Forewind has undertaken a huge range of geotechnical, geophysical and fish ecology surveys to understand and characterise the seabed and marine conditions of the zone as part of its environmental impact assessment work.
Marine Salavage: Responder Immunity Benefits a Responsible Party
Putting to rest the fears and misconceptions about what responder immunity means and what it will eventually do. It's all good. As many in the response industry, and in many cases the marine industry in general appreciate, there has been an extended effort to enact an enhanced responder
Inside Paraguay's Oil Boom
The Republic of Paraguay is a landlocked country in South America bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest. The Paraguay River runs through the center of the country from north to south
The Continued Pressing Need for Responder Immunity Enhancements
It has been over 2.5 years since the tragic incident involving the Deepwater Horizon occurred, resulting in the deaths of 11 and injuries to 17 men working on the platform and the discharge of approximately five million barrels of oil. The cleanup response required thousands of responders working
Virtual Towing Tank State-of-the-Art and Future Trends
The use of computers to solve hydrodynamics problems in shipbuilding started in early days of scientific computing – as early as in aerodynamics and aerospace. Due to limited computing resources at that time, potential flow model was used in both aero- and hydrodynamics
Concordia Orders New P-MAX Tankers
Concordia has now exercised its option at Brodosplit Shipyard in Split, Croatia, to order a further two Stena P-MAX product tankers at a predetermined price. This means that Concordia now has six vessels on order at the shipyard for delivery in 2005-2006.
Concordia Leads Tanker Innovation
Concordia Maritime of the Stena Group has again taken the industry lead announcing firm contracts for four (with two options) for an innovative new series of 49,900 dwt tankers dubbed P-MAX. Croatia's Brodosplit Shipyard was tapped for the job, with delivery of the first ship scheduled for 2005.
Galician Grit
Independent Spanish shipbuilder Hijos de J Barreras has again showed its mettle by delivering two specialized vessels within the space of just a few days, and by landing a three-ship contract to take its orderbook into mid 2003. Three years after being spun-off from the former Astilleros
The Floating Volvo
Vision, a unique VLCC built by Korea's Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (HHI) in that it features twin-engines and twin-propellers, was recently christened at the Ulsan Shipyard. Concordia Maritime AB's new ultra-large 315,000-dwt VLCC was christened by Mrs


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The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar brings viewers back to the rich world of one of Disney's most beloved films, The Lion King. It introduces Simba's son Kion, a fun-loving lion who's more than happy that his sister Kiara is the one destined to rule the Pride Lands. Yet Kion soon learns he has a destiny of his own.
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Getting firsthand information from an actual car owner is one sure way to get an idea of car performance once it leaves the lot. Autobytel features real consumer reviews that give the unbiased experience of a car.
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Advice: Buy something ElseMILEAGE IS HORRIBLE! Sticker is 27 mpg Highway. Cadillac finally said that is rated at 60mph. If you do 70- 75mph on Interstate, you get 21.5 to 22mpg. And in town I am lucky to get 15mpg. Cadillac dealer told me 'that's just the way it is' I drive on I-5 in California, using cruise control. Plus I am gentle driver intown. Previous car was Jaguar S Type and it got 29.7mpg on same I-5 route and 23 in town. PLUS- it is nondescript. People ask 'what kind of car is that?'
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Although Japan Fashion Week doesn't exactly overload on men's fashion, with only a handful of quality designers showing this season, the outlook from the '08-'09 Autumn / Winter Collection is generally positive.
As always, the most recognizable of Japanese menswear labels — Lad Musician, N. Hoolywood and Factotum — this time chose to show off-schedule, which left slim pickings for any fashionistos out there.
While the European collections turned out some great shows from high-end Lanvin (Lucas Ossendrijver), to Japanese indie label Number (N)ine from Takahiro Miyashita, Tokyo was home to a balanced mix of established brands, fresh faces, and veterans returning with new projects.
Established in 1993 by Ato Matsumoto, Ato has become a regular fixture on the JFW schedule. With a store in upscale Minami-Aoyama, and superstar endorsements (American hip-hop star Kanye West is a huge fan, who wore Ato gear in the video for his recent hit single, "Stronger"), Matsumoto is a successful and respected designer who produced a strong collection for fall/winter 08/09.
With a silhouette echoing the collection of Belgium designer Kris Van Assche, the newly appointed designer of Dior Homme, Ato was all about gray winter coats, black-and-white checks, urban hoodies, quirky male ponchos and some classic black skinny suits. He also peppered the collection with splashes of color — especially evident in the oversize orange sneakers. "I must have those colorful shoes!" exclaimed MTV VJ Takita Koponen. The collection was, however, instantly wearable and had a strong European character.
Gentaro Noda, formerly of Iliad, launched his latest venture, Heath, with an impressive collection inspired heavily by his English childhood. A graduate of the renowned Central St. Martin's College in London, Noda fits well into the group of designers, such as Paul Smith and Ennio Capasa for Costume National Homme, who also showcased a British rustic look in Europe this season. His slim silhouettes and inclusion of lots of gray tailored jackets paired with denim, light-blue pleated shirts and some baggy pants in soft fabrics — all perfectly accessorized with voluminous scarves and slightly oversize bags — made for a standout collection.
Katsuhide Nakabo, a buyer from the upcoming London boutique Shinshi, said of Heath: "It was very high quality, easy to wear and likely to succeed in Europe."
Meanwhile, Garconshinois, in only its second collection, managed to produce a promising show of black, black and more black. Influenced by the 1960s style of The Beatles, Shin, head designer, created some sharp suits, double-breasted jackets with strong stitching and some zipped black jackets capped off with an exquisite double-breasted cape. The lack of any color variation was restrictive, but the collection showed oodles of promise. For sure, Garconshinois is a label to keep your eye on.
Also fresh off the designer boat is self-taught Ryujiro Tamaki of Public Image, who snuck in an off-schedule show late Tuesday night. In contrast to the colorful athleticism he displayed last season, the third outing of this brand presented a sleek do-it-all monsieur with sherpa aviator jackets, aluminum frame sunglasses, wedge-heeled loafers, and brushed heavy-duty blazers which take a craftsman three days to hand-finish. The dress shirts were of special notice, with optical illusion prints and layered netting in turquoise and purple — two colors that clearly dominated both the men's and women's collections this season.
Naomi Yamamoto's cutely named Tiny Dinosaur was a surprise sleeper among the menswear shows this season. Known more for her womenswear, the brand's philosophy is "Shade and Harmony." Striped pants, light chinos, fur-lined coats and knitwear were complemented with long scarves, chunky boots and interspersed with strokes of stronger color and delicate design touches.
However, it was a Japan-based Greek designer, showing as part of the JFW Designers' Exhibition that was the most pleasant surprise of all.
Michail Gkinis' aptform label, showing for the first time, was exciting, innovative and wearable.
Using only Japanese textiles such as cotton cashmere and alpaca and merino wool, Gkinis' fashion manifesto is — industrial, nature, space and mankind. A former Issey Miyake intern, he is "inspired by the traditions and silence of Japan." Using techniques such as powder finishing, needle punching and hand spray — along with colors such as black, gray, dust and red — the result is both refreshing and contemporary. The clothes on display were a positive symbol of the emerging depth of menswear being created in Japan.
If JFW can include future runway shows from designers like Gkinis, and nurture and develop the obvious talent involved in brands such as Heath, Garconshinois and Tiny Dinosaur, then next season's men's collections should be bigger and brighter then ever before.


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"At Cloak I was doing production, I was doing business, I was doing financing. It kind of killed me, actually. I was doing very little designing. The key thing at Versace was that I just got to design; it got the juices flowing again. Now, with my own collection, I get to design more, which is what I want to do. I don't pretend to be a businessman. You have to be to a certain extent, but I also want to work with people who know what they are doing.
Alexandre Plokhov, speaking to BoF about shutting down his celebrated cult menswear label Cloak, moving on to design for Versace, and then launching a new, eponymous label, one of the best new collections for A/W 2011 as featured in this short, sharp fashion film by Douglas Keeve.


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Dillion Sipho Phiri is the founder of Creative Nestlings & a project manager at the Cape Town Partnership. Dillon is interested in the power of creativity to transform societies on different levels, and is committed to helping build forward thinking communities. He is currently involved in projects that explore architecture (social housing),film and is investing in developing his fashion brand – The Brother Slimm.
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- In a boiling water, cook the tomatillos and chilies serranos for 1 or 2 minutes.
- Process all the ingredients in a food processor.
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President Obama has cited Ronald Reagan as a model of the type of political transformation he hopes to create in the U.S. – even while trying to move the country away from Reagan-era policies. Both men suffered defeats after two years in office and suffered flagging approval ratings.
Much has been made of the similarities in the arc of the two men's approval ratings. Time magazine went so far as to put an illustration of Obama and Reagan on a cover together early this year.
Time wrote about meetings President Obama had with presidential historians where he peppered them with questions on how Reagan rebounded from low approval in tough economic times to win a landslide reelection.
Read more about similarities between Obama and Reagan.
But while Reagan's approval had, by this point in his presidency, started to recover, Obama's has not.
Obama's approval rating is near the lowest point of his presidency – 43 percent – according to a daily tracking poll of presidential approval by Gallup. Reagan's, by early December, at this point in his presidency, was at 53 percent. Carter had been lower – as low as 28 percent – in the summer of 1979, but was in the process of a rebound amid the Iran hostage crisis.
Just as Obama and his campaign have sought inspiration in Reagan similarities, Republicans are now arguing that Obama is much more of a Carter.
Carter's rebound lasted a few months into 1980, but his approval rating was in the low 30s again when he lost his reelection bid to Ronald Reagan.
The National Republican Senatorial Campaign puts the comparison to work in a new Web ad that juxtaposes President Obama's comment that American business has been "lazy" about selling itself abroad to Carter's address to the nation at the end of the summer in 1979 that Americans were undergoing a "crisis of confidence."
Carter's speech – which became known as his "malaise speech" even though he never used the word "malaise" - is seen as an important marker in his presidency, especially when juxtaposed with Reagan's message of hope.
Republicans have paired the word "malaise" with Obama's "lazy" comment to create the ad, "malazy."
ABC pollster Gary Langer doesn't see a lot of room to compare Obama and Carter's approval at this point.
"Presidential approval is situational, not chronological. In terms of assessing Obama's popularity, what's relevant is not his approval at any given month, but his approval in given conditions – in this case, very difficult economic conditions. The most recent comparisons are Bush '08, Bush '92 and Reagan '83, all of whom were as unpopular as Obama (Reagan) or more so (both Bushes)," said Langer.
But Langer said President Obama's approval rating should be a cause of great concern to the White House.
"Assessing electability is another thing," he said. "Presidents with approval ratings in the mid-40s tend not to get re-elected. And, as we've reported, views that the country is seriously off on the wrong track have been as bad as they currently are a year out from a presidential election only three times previously. In each of those cases, the incumbents – Ford, Carter and Bush 41 – ultimately lost re-election."
There are also some very important differences between Carter and Obama. Carter faced a tough primary fight from Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., who attacked the sitting president from the left, suggesting he wasn't representing labor unions and standing up for civil rights. That challenge carried on long after Kennedy had a chance of winning – all the way to the Democratic convention, and it likely had the effect of weakening Carter among his base heading into his contest with Reagan.
Obama, on the other hand, still enjoys high approval among Democrats and faces no serious primary challenge. That could be a silver lining, if there is one, as his advisers pore over polling data.