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Thursday, June 4, 2009
A Meteorologically Religous Experience
And then IT hit. The winds started gusting and a veritable dust storm surrounded us. Some of the dust was from dirt paths, but much of it was pollen and cottenwood debris that had fallen during the past weeks.
The winds increased progressively until there were 25-35 mph gusts. I could hear branches snapping in the nearby woods and my dog became agitated. Looking towards Lake Washington I could see white caps over much of its surface, while far to the north near Kenmore the lake seemed placid. Clouds were moving in aloft with an occasional drop or two. Temperatures had dropped at least 10F in a few minutes. Heading home around 9:15 PM we passed a fire engine approach the park with sirens and lights: someone was probably in trouble.
Arriving home we found a big tree branch downed in our backyard and our plastic patio chairs overturned. My wind chimes are ringing as I write this.
For a meteorologist it doesn't get much better than this!
On the weather radar loop you can see the leading edge of the marine push as a thin line of echo moving NE.
And by the way, did I say that today is my birthday. What a present!
44 comments:
- beth said...
Happy, Happy Birthday Cliff!
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- June 4, 2009 at 10:05 PM
- litlnemo said...
Happy birthday, Cliff! We saw a dim reddish rainbow here on Beacon Hill at sunset. It was indeed an amazing bit of weather.
- June 4, 2009 at 10:05 PM
- Ella said...
Happy birthday!
We watched the push come in from the backyard. The neighborhood trees were whipping around like mad. It was glorious.
- June 4, 2009 at 10:11 PM
Birthday? Take the day off Cliff; today, of all days, even us lay folks can "tell which way the wind blows" -
- June 4, 2009 at 10:11 PM
- Scott K said...
It JUST started here in Lake Stevens. Gusty winds out of nowhere, feels reaaaally good though as it's cooling down the house.
My girlfriend sent me a txt from tukwila about an hour ago asking if it was windy here, because apparently it's windy down there. I knew it was coming!
Exciting! Time to walk the dogs, any excuse to get outside. :)
- June 4, 2009 at 10:11 PM
- dale said...
I completely agree with the "religious" characterization of the evening's dramatic weather. I rushed out and took it in from Fremont Peak Park. It was amazing to be reminded of such huge and powerful forces.
- June 4, 2009 at 10:21 PM
- Cheri said...
It's an extraordinary privilege to have such instantaneous & expert interpretation of weather events - thank you for taking the time, even on your birthday!
- June 4, 2009 at 10:24 PM
- SteveC said...
Cliff - thanks for the nearly real-time guide to the fun weather we had tonight.
We (my spouse and our kids) watched it with our own eyes, and through your words, for which we're all grateful.
Thank you, and Happy Birthday!!
- June 4, 2009 at 10:49 PM
- mainstreeter said...
I thought the 1080hz warning tone was seldom used by the NWS anymore but today a friend of mine recorded audio from KXL in Portland which had the 3 digital data alarms followed by the 1080hz warning tone. Maybe the situation warranted both.
- June 4, 2009 at 11:13 PM
- ed lorah said...
It feels great out here after such a hot, dead-air day.
Happy Birthday! I just posted a link to your website to all my Facebook friends who were wondering about reports of an impending thunderstorm.
- June 4, 2009 at 11:20 PM
- ed lorah said...
t feels great out here after such a hot, dead-air day.
Happy Birthday! I just posted a link to your website to all my Facebook friends who were wondering about reports of an impending thunderstorm.
- June 4, 2009 at 11:20 PM
- Jessica said...
Awwhh Cliff - Happy Bday! So this weather was all your doing, wasn't it?
I have to agree that it did have that "tornado drill" sense about it - certainly reminded me of Arkansas elementary days.
- June 4, 2009 at 11:31 PM
- D said...
Love the marine push, my work is done for the day.
- June 4, 2009 at 11:32 PM
Happy Birthday, Cliff!
All is still quiet in Bellingham, warm, clear skies, moonlight. No sign of clouds yet from my southfacing vantage. Was hoping for a thunder boomer? I'll look for signs of the push in the morning. *)
- June 4, 2009 at 11:53 PM
I spoke too soon. The push arrived while I was typing! I'll nod off to the sounds of wind chimes. Enjoy the "normal" weather all!
- June 4, 2009 at 11:58 PM
- JewelyaZ said...
Happy birthday, Cliff! Glad the skies obliged with some "fireworks".
It was amazing here in Bellevue. Highest gust our instruments recorded was 32.1 mph.
Now I just wish it would RAIN. All my seedlings need it... I keep watering them, but I know I'm not as nice to them as a natural shower would be. :-)
- June 5, 2009 at 12:15 AM
- veo_ said...
Hey Cliff, reading your blog I knew we were in for some fun tonight. The scale of the shift was amazing!
My apartment has a 180 degree view of lake union with clear views north, south and west over the Olympics. Watching the weather from here is one the major reasons I continue to pay such high rent for the place.
Anyway, Much like you, we were enjoying the gorgeous sunset over the mountains to the west while watching the dark clouds push in between the buildings downtown in the south. The sun finally set and as if on cue, the winds hit full force. Several sail boats out on Lake Union were taken by surprise and their full-sailed masts bowed dangerously close to the water line. Trees around the neighborhood were violently thrashing and the air suddenly had a very heady pine scent. It felt wonderful to be alive!
Thanks for being our guide on this wild and wacky weather adventure!
- June 5, 2009 at 12:29 AM
- camelama said...
Happy Birthday, Cliff!
The winds kicked up out of nowhere here in Ballard, and as I looked up and saw the crows being blown out of the trees (one poor fella was upside down and flailing - quite a difference for our acrobatic friends), I could feel the yard cooling down around me. What a joy! And now the moon is out and bright and the trees are still dancing in the wind.
- June 5, 2009 at 12:35 AM
- Elizabeth said...
It was incredible!
- June 5, 2009 at 6:51 AM
- K said...
A true weather-guru...
Happy Birthday!
- June 5, 2009 at 6:55 AM
- Picnicking in Dreamland said...
Happy Birthday!
We also witnessed the low, reddish rainbow and had several big raindrops.
The front of the push and its drama reminded me of growing up in the Southeast before a big thunderstorm would hit. Not quite as dramatic, but a similar thrill and a welcome change.
- June 5, 2009 at 7:04 AM
- Kevin Purcell said...
Amazing. Happy birthday, CLiff.
I noticed the leading edge in the radar too (just north of Olympia at 8pm then sweeping north past Seattle like a tongue. You might post an snapshot out of the archive.
The leading edge was marked by precipitation that evaporated before it hit ground level (virga?) or was this more direct detection of change in refractive index of the marine air at the boundary? I'd love to hear more about why this showed up so well.
It might be worth taking a snapshot the 24 rooftop obs at UW. You can clearly see the change.
10C change (18F) in under one hour. WInds change direction and increase dramatically. RH comes up. Surface pressure comes up.
What an amazing push! Just like someone turned the air conditioner on! Except for the RH.
I take it you'll be talking about this on KUOW later this morning!
- June 5, 2009 at 7:32 AM
- Lance said...
I experienced the same thing except I was in Bellevue. I was washing my car and within a matter of seconds my car was covered with debris from the winds (right after I washed it, sorta frustrating). The sunset was one of the best I'd seen this year, the sun was bright red.
P.S. Happy Birthday
- June 5, 2009 at 7:41 AM
Hmphhh. You Seattleites get all the weather! The push never really did kick up in Bellingham. Just a little breezy last night. A little more humidity and as warm as its been every morning now, a bit breezy and I expect the temps won't get much higher. Still awesome summer weather!
- June 5, 2009 at 7:50 AM
- Paul said...
Happy Birthday.
I also noticed the immediate change and was pleasantly thrilled to experience it. I was also thinking of you and wondering if you would write about it! Thanks.
- June 5, 2009 at 8:03 AM
- Fluffyblue said...
Happy b-day Cliff, sounds like an exciting night.
I haven't noticed any changes yet up by the Canadian border. In fact it's quite warm again already this morning. The wind hasn't made it here at all.
I hope there's something in store for us later.
- June 5, 2009 at 9:37 AM
- Brad said...
Hey Cliff. I was sailing a Hobie Cat out of Sail Sandpoint in Magnuson Park last night when the blast hit. I was about 100 ft from shore when the wind hit, capsized the sailboat (3 times before we got it back into shore) and blew me, the boat two motorboats and 4 other guys to the east end of the NOAA station there in the park. Took us about an hour to get the boat back into shore. A friend was also out in a smaller single hull sailboat who also had to be assisted back to shore. I certainly had a religious experience also, but not quite the same as yours! I'm happy to report the lights and sirens weren't on our behalf.
- June 5, 2009 at 10:24 AM
- Mike said...
Happy Birthday! You deserve it, so take the day off.
- June 5, 2009 at 10:26 AM
- andycottle said...
Hey Cliff.... A BIG HAPPY B-DAY to you! Hope ya had a good evening along with WINDY weather we all had here in Western WA last night.
When those winds came through, I just knew it was from the t-storms over the southern Cascades last night, cause those were pretty high up from what I saw on the way home from Heather Lake off of Mountain loop HYWY.
And Cliff.... you mentioned about you all being at Magnuson Park on 'kite hill'. Did you mean Gasworks area? Cause that is the first thing that came to mind and also a good place to fly a kite there..
- June 5, 2009 at 10:58 AM
- Bill Kuhn said...
It was amazing. I had just finished your 'all hell's going to break loose' post and read the weather service's declaration that the heat advisory would be over at 9:00. It was 9:02 and I headed into the front yard, leaning back on the car, watching the trees go wild. The grit in the air was tangible, and I could see the remnants of that stunning sunset to the north.
Happy B-day!
- June 5, 2009 at 12:04 PM
- Debra said...
Happy birthday and I couldn't agree more about last night. the sound of the gusts and the smell in the air for us was reminiscent of being in Hawaii. Don't laugh. It was just the perfect pairing of wind, moisture and temp. It was glorious and transporting@!
- June 5, 2009 at 12:20 PM
- Bhoutros said...
Happy Birthday, Cliff! :)
I really enjoy reading your blog, and your comments re: science education in the U.S.
I am a transplant from MN, and the past 2 hot days reminded me why I left that hot, humid place. MN winters were bearable, but the summer heat was not. Today is perfect!
- June 5, 2009 at 2:17 PM
- Erica said...
I would like to see some pictures too! Thanks for the account. It was pretty amazing.
- June 5, 2009 at 2:26 PM
- Glenn said...
Hmmn, no big wind here on Marrowstone Island, SE of Port Townsend. Mackerel Sky at sunset, light breeze from west. Got up at 0230, clear sky, stars, Summer Triangle right overhead. Low overcast at dawn, no wind. Cooler than yesterday, but still warm. Closed the yurt roof for nothing.
Funny coincidence, today (Fri. 5th) is my birthday. Happy birthdays to us.
- June 5, 2009 at 2:32 PM
- Talia said...
out on Alki beach with friends last night - calm and serene and beautiful. the exact INSTANT the last light from the sun went behind the olympics, we had to turn our backs to the huge sand storm that was barreling down the beach towards us, children screaming, bags, blankets, picnics blowing up into the wind. with our backs to the wind we could see the thing racing the sunset towards the city skyline. it was as if this massive force came in and blew out the sun and extinguished the heatwave. it was incredible.
- June 5, 2009 at 2:49 PM
- Gayle said...
That was one heckuva birthday celebration! I dare not ask what you will follow up with next year!
- June 5, 2009 at 4:48 PM
- derrickito said...
fire truck was just point83 (www.point83.com) having another bicycle bbq. the SFD loves us.
- June 5, 2009 at 5:00 PM
- KJ said...
What a wonderful evening of weather that was! As a recent transplant from the Upper Midwest, I've been sorely missing the wild and dramatic weather conditions I'm used to in early summer (thunderstorms, tornadoes, hail, etc. etc.)
Oh, and happy birthday!
- June 5, 2009 at 5:55 PM
- Blake said...
I watched from the deck here in Crown Hill. The most enjoyable part for me was the change in humidity. Looking down over Greenwood valley, the sky became hazy and the light changed dramatically. I only regret my wife was out and didn't experience it with me. When she came back, she said 'honey, the front came through', and thanks to Cliff's blog, I was happy to explain what really happened.
- June 5, 2009 at 7:44 PM
- andycottle said...
When the wind came through here in Woodinville yesterday evening, it was pretty hazy down in the valley due to dust/ pollen flying all over. Was kinda interesting see that much haze/dust in the air. But those syre some strong outflow winds coming from those t-storms down south yesterday evening.
- June 5, 2009 at 8:02 PM
- Liembo said...
I have a few pictures from Bothell as the front blew through, some really neat clouds:
- June 5, 2009 at 11:15 PM
- Must read blogs said...
yes the winds were pretty fierce here in chehalis.. my daughters friend called her from pullman and they were having multiple lighting strikes ( with thunder and rain). I really had wished we were living in camas yesterday those storms were so wild ( I watched the news from channel 8 portland on comcast).
- June 5, 2009 at 11:51 PM
Though I was disappointed with the winds in Bellingham they were apparently strong enough to flip a sailboat in Chuckanut Bay and a couple young men out with friends for an evening cruise on Thursday are missing. I could've told them what was coming and barely missed an opportunity to do so with one of the passengers. I wish more people would see the value of accurate forecasting and just checking what some of us had known to expect for days. Sad.
- June 6, 2009 at 9:24 AM
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Warner, Jun 2003, 24.95, 309 pp. ISBN: 0446530794 A quarter of a century ago, when she was eighteen and doing Europe with her grandma, Lee Emery met and fell in love with Englishman Simon. Later Lee married Ben, a nice but somewhat boring professor, who still cherishes her as if they are newlyweds though they have had three children. Both seem contented together in a serene safe life. However, Lee reads the book she helped bring to press, h...


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On January 10, 1952, Dorianne Laux was born in Augusta, Maine. She worked as a sanatorium cook, a gas station manager, a maid, and a donut holer before receiving a BA in English from Mills College in 1988.
Laux is the author of several collections of poetry, The Book of Women (Red Dragonfly Press, 2012); The Book of Men (W.W. Norton, 2011), which won The Paterson Prize and The Roanoke-Chowan Award; Facts About the Moon (W. W. Norton, 2005), which was the recipient of the Oregon Book Award, chosen by Ai, and a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize; Smoke (BOA Editions, 2000); What We Carry (BOA Editions, 1994), a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award; and Awake (BOA Editions, 1990), which was nominated for the San Francisco Bay Area Book Critics Award for Poetry. Her poems have been translated into French, Italian, Korean, Romanian, Afrikaans, Dutch, and Brazilian Portuguese.
About Laux's work, the poet Tony Hoagland has said, "Her poems are those of a grown American woman, one who looks clearly, passionately, and affectionately at rites of passage, motherhood, the life of work, sisterhood, and especially sexual love, in a celebratory fashion."
Laux is also coauthor (with Kim Addonizio) of The Poet's Companion: A Guide to the Pleasures of Writing Poetry (W.W. Norton, 1997). Among her awards are a Pushcart Prize, an Editor's Choice III Award, The Best American Poetry in 1999, 2006 and 2013, and a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Laux has taught at the University of Oregon's Program in Creative Writing. She now lives with her husband, poet Joseph Millar, in Raleigh, North Carolina, where she teaches in the MFA program at North Carolina State University.
Only as the Day Is Long: New and Selected Poems (W. W. Norton, forthcoming January 2019)
The Book of Women (Red Dragonfly Press, 2012)
The Book of Men (W.W. Norton, 2011)
Facts About the Moon (W. W. Norton, 2005)
Smoke (BOA Editions, 2000)
What We Carry (BOA Editions, 1994)
Awake (BOA Editions, 1990)
The Poet's Companion: A Guide to the Pleasures of Writing Poetry, coauthored with Kim Addonizio (W.W. Norton, 1997)


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Security Forces Free Kidnapped Boys in Balkh
[Tolo News] Two boys kidnapped in separate incidents in northern Balkh province have been released and their captors
locked away
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after successful operations conducted by special forces, Balkh police said.
The two boys -- one 12-years-old and one in grade 12 in high school -- were both kidnapped in different incidents and freed in a space of 24 hours, Balkh Police Commander Gen. Abdulrazaq Qaderi said Wednesday.
"Two incidents took place in the city of Mazar-e-Sharif over the last 24 hours, both kidnappings. Five have been
tossed in the slammer
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in association with the incidents," Qaseri told TOLOnews.
Ramez, the high school student, was allegedly kidnapped by classmates who first drugged him.
He told TOLOnews he went with a classmate to the Shrine of Hazrat Ali after preparing for a university entrance exam. The classmate, who Ramez said is from the Khogian district of eastern
The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country..
province, drugged him and kidnapped with the help of two other people.
"There were two glasses of banana milkshake - one had an anesthetic in it which he gave to me and he drank from the other glass. I fell unconscious a few moments after that and he kidnapped me," Ramez said.
The father of the 12-year-old expressed his gratitude for the return of his son.
"I am so happy that my son is released after a few days. I thank the security forces," said Waissuddin.
The reasons for the kidnappings were not clear.
Both parties called for the kidnappers to be punished according to the law.
Article 420 of the Afghanistan Penal Code says a person kidnapping an under-18 individually or along with someone else will be sentenced to not more than seven years prison.
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Cotton Belt congressional members joined their colleagues and the U.S. cotton and textile industry in a call to broaden a key textile import monitoring program.
With the strong support of the National Cotton Council, textile associations and a labor union, 73 U.S. congressmen led by Textile Caucus co-chairs Howard Coble, R-N.C., and John Spratt, D-S.C., sent a letter on Sept. 26 to President Bush urging his administration to extend and expand the Textile Monitoring Program to cover U.S. textile and apparel imports from China beginning Jan. 1, 2009, the first day following the expiration of a U.S.-China textile bilateral agreement signed in 2005.
The TMP currently monitors U.S. apparel imports from Vietnam for illegal dumping.
The National Cotton Council also joined 10 textile and fiber industry trade associations and the labor union Unite Here in a letter Sept. 28 to U.S. Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez and U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab making the same request.
"U.S. cotton is encouraged by this bipartisan congressional support for stronger trade enforcement," said NCC Chairman Larry McClendon, a Marianna, Ark., producer and ginner. "Excessive textile and apparel imports disrupt the market and pose a threat to our industry."
The expiration of Chinese safeguards next year has raised grave concerns among the U.S. textile sectors and its workers, as well as the U.S. preference partners in the CAFTA and African countries that rely on domestic components. To underscore this point, earlier this month, 17 international textile and apparel organizations sent letters to Gutierrez, Schwab and the chairs and ranking members of the U.S. Senate Finance and the U.S. House Ways and Means committees urging the extension and expansion of the TMP.
Concerns about dumping are not unwarranted, as the expiration of quotas in 2005 resulted in a 40 percent price drop on and a nearly 600 percent volume increase of U.S. textile and apparel imports from China, severely disrupting the market. This led the U.S. government to impose safeguards on numerous categories of U.S. textile and apparel imports from China, which in turn, encouraged the United States and China to negotiate the bilateral agreement that expires at year's end.


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hlcapital needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 45 designs submitted by 22 freelance designers.
We are in search for a simple, yet professional logo integrating the name of the company (H&L Capital) with a graphic that symbolizes the company's nature.
H&L Capital
We looking for a professional logo for integration with official company letterhead and documents, associate business cards, and potentially a website in the future. We presently use insignia that incorporates the company name with a graphic of the Liberty Bell, and we would be partial toward a logo utilizing this pre-existing imagery (but we are certainly open to other, creative graphics that fit the nature of the company!). Our current color scheme involves maroon, various dark and olive greens, and gray and a logo consistent with this scheme would be appreciated.
- Simple, yet professional logo integrating company name with relevant graphic (e.g. Liberty Bell).
- Color scheme consisting of maroon, dark and olive greens, and gray.
- Unfettered creative expression!
We are open to all ideas.
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CAMRA's Key Campaigns
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Secure an effective government support package for pubs
Encourage more people to try a range of real ales, ciders and perries
To raise the profile of pub-going and increase the number of people using pubs regularly
Real Ale & Cider Awards
Champion Beer of Britain
The winners of the 2018 Champion Beer of Britain award were announced on the opening day of the Great British Beer Festival at Olympia London.
Champion Winter Beer of Britain
The Champion Winter Beer of Britain competition is hosted at CAMRA's Great British Beer Festival Winter. This competition focuses on the rare styles usually brewed in winter months.
Champion Bottled Beer of Britain
The Champion Bottled Beer of Britain award is presented to the best example of real ale in a bottle (bottle conditioned beer) as selected by a panel of experts.
Champion Beer of Scotland
The Champion Beer of Scotland award highlights the rich brewing culture in Scotland and is presented at the annual Scottish Real Ale Festival.
Champion Beer of Wales
The Champion Beer of Wales award is judged and presented at the Great Welsh Beer & Cider Festival.
National Cider & Perry Championship
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The Wonston Arms, a small community pub nestled in the heart of a Hampshire village, has been named the best in the country in CAMRA's prestigious National Pub of the Year Awards 2018, the...
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Branch Pub of the Year Winners CAMRA has released in full the winners of its local pubs of the year to showcase the diversity and innovation of Britain's locals at the start of its new...
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Evotech needed a new web page design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 29 designs submitted by 10 freelance designers.
Union Treatment Centers
Union Treatment Centers are full service medical services clinics who primarily serve union workers dealing with workplace injury rehabilitation
Unions, Union Members, Corporate wellness programs, injured employees
960 grid design for wordpress with rotating carousel space, scalable primary navigation
Brand Color: #CC5500
Integrated (borderless) style header and site map footer spaces (see aclfestival.com & vimeo.com)
social media sharebar plugins (similar to mashable.com posts)
customer lead capture must be prominent on all pages preferrably above the fold ("call us" contact # & email capture)
large continually expanding services listing should be easily navigable by users.
twitter, blog excerpt, and news feed plugin spaces
Dr Bios page layout
locations page with google maps API integration
Photo Gallery (lightbox style) integration into posts
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Pages -> Events Blog, Video posts, Dr blogs, services/service details, locations, affiliates (unions high level & local), certifications listing page, news
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Primary navigation (tab elements example): healthcare.gov
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text: Located in the Temple of the Sun and used by Nepthu to give himself great power. The Scarab creates a throne, a whirlwind, a giant scorpion, and an army of sand creatures. The Scarab also transforms Zoar into a diamond statue. The power of the Scarab is destroyed when He-Man's sword cuts it into pieces. The Sorceress laterrebuilds it as a water fountain in Nepthu's little garden in the Evergreen Forest.


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Six-foot-three and weighing in at a lean, mean 215, Michael Forest was a rugged-looking addition to the Roger Corman and Gene Corman's list of leading men during their 1950s heyday. Between Corman films, he was a stage actor who worked in Shakespearean plays and other legitimate productions as classy as his real name (Gerald Michael Charlebois). ... See full bio »
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The 3 Hungry Men is the brainchild of three very hungry men. No, seriously! Almost 7 years into the food and travel reviewing industry and their joint venture has proved to be a huge success with their excellent & honest reviews and media coverage. The 3 Hungry Men now travel the world to follow thier passion. They also organise all kinds of food events with a part of the proceeds going to charity. They also conduct food meets, contests, competitive eating events and of course do what they do best: TRAVEL & EAT!


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The Eastsider last February reported on the Echo Park home designed and built by Jerome Pelayo, who wanted the two-story home to serve as a showcase for his new company focused on building energy-efficient homes that were relatively affordable as well as stylish. Last month, however, Pelayo sold the 2,100-square-foot Echo Park home, built with partially pre-fabricated walls and a wood-pellet stove for heating, on Rosemont Avenue for $779,000, according to Redfin. Why did Pelayo sell the newly built home?
"As much as my wife and I loved our home, we got excited about the prospect of a new challenge," Pelayo said via email. "We're looking to build a house for ourselves, that will push the limits of what's possible in terms of environmental features."
Pelayo did not say where his new home would be located but his green home building company, Sunia Homes, is preparing to break ground on two Silver Lake homes on Descanso Drive, he said. "We couldn't be happier with our progress."


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Blue Blaze needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 15 designs submitted by 10 freelance designers.
I need a logo for a softball team - Name is Blue Blaze. Read the brief before designing :)
Blue Blaze
The name should be lowercase b's, and it should look like a bat and a softball for the b's. Maybe a blue flame behind the softball or softballs.
You can work off these ideas. I give regular feedback.
This will be printed on hats and jerseys, has to be printable (no drop shadows, etc) need in 300 dpi format.
- Colors should be Carolina blue, navy blue and white
- softballs and bats should be used
- printer friendly
- blue flames
- too plain
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BPL T20 Ticket Prices Reduced
The ticket rate of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) was reduced which would come to an effect on Saturday, said Selim Chowdhury, the owner of Dhaka Gladiators which bought the rights of ticket selling. The high price of ticket forced the spectators to keep away from the stadium which was the main reason of a modest crowd during the colourful opening ceremony.
"The gallery ticket will go on sale for Tk. 200 which was previously Tk. 500. We reduced the rate of the ticket thinking the spectators demand," Selim Chowdhury told the reporters on Friday.
At the same time, all tickets rate would be half than what was before.
Selim Chowdhury however could not inform how many tickets were sold during the opening ceremony.
"Since I was sick, I could not take the exact calculation."
So, it seems that the poor turn out in the opening ceremony and the opening day's matches of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) T20 compelled the organisers to drastically cut down ticket prices.
The revised price of the tickets will be effective from today Saturday Feb11, 2012. Apart from Dhaka Bank's twelve branches in Dhaka and three in Chittagong, tickets will be also available at Anjan Fashion Boutique Outlets (Sobhanbag, Dhanmondi, Mirpur, Banani 11 and Baily Road), Banglar Shova (Dhanmondi) and Mirpur Indoor Stadium.
The reduced & revised BPL Ticket prices are as follows:
For BPL matches at Mirpur:
- East Gallery (Block I to N)- Tk 200
- North Gallery(Block O to Q)- Tk 400
- Int. Hospitality (Marquee)(Block R to S)Tk 2000
- Club House(North)(Block T to V) & Disable-Tk 1000
- South Gallery( Block F to H)- Tk 400
- International Gallery (Block D to E)-Tk 2000
- Club House(South) ( Block A to C)-Tk 1000
For BPL matches at Chittagong:
- East Gallery-Tk 200
- Club House (East)-Tk 1000
- International Gallery-Tk 2000
- Western Gallery-Tk 200


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Rami Taibah needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 87 designs submitted by 16 freelance designers.
Royal HeHe2-ness or hehe2.net is a Linux and Open Source advocacy blog. I intend to fully redesign it, but I am starting with a logo first. A full theme redesign will be done after we settle the Logo
Royal HeHe2-ness
A cartoonish penguin. The penguin should look snobbish (not luxury snobbish though), have a smirk/grin on his face, kinda looking condescending.
The "Royal" aspect of the name could be included with adding a crown on the head of the penguin or something of that sort, use your imagination :)
Here are some examples of the cartoon style I am seeking:
Now I am no artist, and I am sure that all these are different styles. But I don't want to restrict your creativity, but this is the style I like, use them as hints or pointers.
The cartoon should be very detailed with vivid colors, I don't want abstract stuff. Think Disney (Ducktales) or Marvel Comics kind of cartoons
- Perhaps two versions, one with a full body, and another with only upper torso.
Refer to "what I want"
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WASHINGTON — The NFL and players union will meet Friday with leaders of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee to discuss testing for human growth hormone.
The two sides agreed to begin blood testing for HGH as part of their new collective bargaining agreement, but only if the union agreed to the methods. The union is asking for more scientific data to prove the testing is reliable.
A committee spokesman says the chairman, California GOP Rep. Darrell Issa, and the top Democrat, Rep. Elijah Cummings of Maryland, will meet with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, Denver Broncos safety Brian Dawkins, who's on the union's executive committee and Travis Tygart, who heads the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency.
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Jason Massie called me out for a new SQL Quiz that was the diabolical idea of Chris Shaw.The gist is to post two mistakes you've made in your database career. I'm normally a very cautious person when it comes to making changes and I tend to be meticulous in these situations, so I don't have any catastrophic stories, but here are ones that I definitely felt the pain for.
Mistake #1:
This is from back when I was primarily a web developer. I was working on a complete re-write of an existing intranet portal and upgrading it from Access to SQL Server 7.0. Needless to say, I had done a ton of T-SQL coding. And periodically I was taking backups of my work because this kind of development was relatively new for the organization and we didn't have a source control platform yet. After a marathon session of coding I forgot to take a full backup. The next day I went in, something was up (I don't recall anymore), and I grabbed the latest backup and restored... not thinking about the fact that it was taken before all that code had been written. That code was gone. About 7-8 hours worth of data structures and stored procedures. *poof*
Did I mention I was a contractor at the time? And my mistake had cost that 7-8 hours of work. And it had been an extremely productive 7-8 hours of work. Now I could have just said, "Oh, well," and billed the company for the time it took to get me back on schedule, but it was my mistake in the first place. My mistake, my time. So for the next 3 days I worked 2-3 hours "off the clock" catching back up. The good news was that since I had written the code once and I had done it just recently, I was able to rewrite it all faster than the first time around. However, at the end of the day, I still lost that time.
Lessons learned:
Always use source control. If source control isn't available, create a mechanism, even if it's as simple as scripts saved off to a file share. It's not great, but it's better than nothing at all.
Even in development, take regular, scheduled backups if there is active work being done. Had I been scheduling backups, I wouldn't have had to remember to take one (which I forgot).
Before applying a restore, consider the activity since the date/time of the backup you just pulled.
Mistake #2:
This one is more recent. We were doing a power down of a bunch of servers and I automated the shutdown of our "admin" SQL cluster, along with many of the other Windows systems. It went down smooth. And I didn't think anything of it until the VMware admin yells out over the cube walls, "Hey, what happened to Virtual Center?!?" And then it hit me: the Virtual Center database was on my nicely shut down cluster. Oops. That meant running down to the data center, restarting one of the nodes, verifying the DBs came online, calling the VMware admin on his cell and saying, "Restart the service." Service restarted, and they were back in and able to begin shutting down the host ESX servers. Now I need to point out that the older versions of ESX this isn't a concern as you can SSH in and execute the full command set. However, the newest versions restrict what you can do unless you're at the console. You can override these settings, but why would you? Virtual Center is the answer as it allows you to shutdown without having to get to a console. Also, it's faster than logging on to every ESX server and issuing the shutdown command. The power down was on a timetable because we were redoing power to those racks and there were folks waiting on us. Total cost of the delay from discovery of the problem to resolution was about 15 minutes. We made out shutdown window by the skin of our teeth. Nothing like having your boss and your boss' boss looking at you for almost causing the whole timeline (which was tight to begin with) to slip.
Lessons learned:
Virtual Center doesn't play nice without its database (admittedly, most apps don't).
If it's an "admin" SQL Server, that means it may very well need to be the last server down before the domain controllers.
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NeckUnit of measurement. About the length of a horse's neck; a little less than a quarter of a length.
NodLowering of head. To win by a nod, a horse extends its head with its nose touching the finish line ahead of a close competitor.
NoseSmallest advantage a horse can win by.
Nose BandA leather strap that goes over the bridge of a horse's nose to help secure the bridle. A "figure eight" nose band goes over the bridge of the nose and under the rings of the bit to help keep the horse's mouth closed. This keeps the tongue from sliding up over the bit and is used on horses that do not like having a tongue tie used.


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Joe Biden. (born Nov. 20, 1942, Scranton, Pa., U.S.) 47th vice president of the United States (2009– ) in the Democratic administration of Pres. Barack Obama.
Biden, who was raised in Scranton, Pa., and New Castle county, Del., received a bachelor's degree from the University of Delaware in 1965 and a law degree from Syracuse University in New York in 1968. After graduating from law school, he returned to Delaware to work as an attorney before quickly turning to politics, serving on the New Castle county council from 1970 to 1972. Biden was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1972 at the age of 29, becoming the fifth youngest senator in history. He went on to win reelection six times and became Delaware's longest-serving senator. In addition to his role as U.S. senator, Biden also served as an adjunct professor at the Wilmington, Del., branch of the Widener University School of Law in 1991.
As a senator, Biden focused on foreign relations, criminal justice, and drug policy. He served on the Senate's Foreign Relations Committee, twice as its chair (2001–03; 2007–09), and on the Committee on the Judiciary, serving as its chair from 1987 to 1995. He was particularly outspoken on issues related to the Kosovo conflict of the late '90s, urging U.S. action against Serbian forces to protect Kosovars against an offensive by Serbian Pres. Slobodan Miloševi. On the Iraq War, Biden proposed a partition plan as a way to maintain a united, peaceful Iraq. Biden also was a member of the International Narcotics Control Caucus and was the lead senator in writing the law that established the office of "drug czar," a position that oversees the national drug-control policy.
Biden pursued the 1988 Democratic presidential nomination but withdrew after it was revealed that parts of his campaign stump speech had been plagiarized from British Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock without appropriate attribution. His 2008 presidential campaign never gained momentum, and he withdrew from the race after placing fifth in the Iowa Democratic caucus in January of that year. (For coverage of the 2008 election, United States Presidential Election of 2008.) After Barack Obama amassed enough delegates to secure the Democratic presidential nomination, Biden emerged as a front-runner to be Obama's vice presidential running mate. On August 23 Obama officially announced his selection of Biden as the Democratic Party's vice presidential nominee, and on August 27 Obama and Biden secured the Democratic Party's nomination. On November 4 the Obama-Biden ticket defeated John McCain and his running mate, Sarah Palin, and Biden also easily won reelection to his U.S. Senate seat. He resigned from the Senate post shortly before taking the oath of office as vice president on Jan. 20, 2009.
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Turning on the Spigot for Crisp, Clear Water
On a warm Friday afternoon in the slums of Madhukam, in the heart of Ranchi, India, a middle-aged man arrived at a public water station with two 20-liter containers to fill. The water station - directly adjacent to an open sewage drain - was really just a concerete wall with four pink spigots protruding from its barren surface. On top perched two large, seemingly empty holding tanks of water. The man placed one of his containers under the first spigot and turned the handle. A small flow of water came out. Within a minute, the flow turned into a trickle, and the trickle quickly became nothing. The man moved to the next spigot, and then the next, only to have all four repeat the same pattern. In the end, the man left carrying only six ounces of water in his two 20-liter containers. In addition to the lack of water, the stench from the open sewers is overpowering. Many times, these sewers can be found next to these water stations; leaking sewage and domestic waste water into the community's only drinking, bathing, and cooking water.
The health implications of this contaminated water are enormous, leading to 7.5 percent of total deaths in India. What is worse, India's children, who bear the brunt of poor sanitation, are disproportionately affected by water borne diseases such as malaria, worm infestations, diarrhea, and pneumonia. One third of all deaths of children under five years old are caused by the lack of clean water, and of the children that survive these dilapidating diseases, many have weakened immune systems, and are severely underweight and malnourished – leading to a severely impacted learning ability that affects them for the rest of their lives.
Options for clean water are few and far between. Unfortunately, due to a lack of resources and other constraints faced by the local and national Government, these water stations remain the only access to water for those living in India's slums.
It was after seeing such horrible living conditions that Sudesh Menon [1] made the extraordinary choice to leave one of the world's most pre-eminent companies to give back to his community. Relying on his extensive years of experience as an executive at General Electric (GE), Menon believed that through boring business practices such as high-quality, profit driven performance standards and day-to-day management skills, India's most horrible social problems could be solved in an efficient and successful manner. Thus, he founded Waterlife India [2] in 2009, a for-profit company aimed at provided clean water for all. Within only a few years, Waterlife has developed into a successful company: bringing clean water to the poorest in India through 450 installations across ten states.
Because of Mr. Menon's private sector approach to water delivery in India, a brand new, steel-framed building stands a mere 20 meters from the water station in Madhukam mentioned earlier. This building houses a six stage filtration system and has six, shiny, silver spigots with specially installed filters on the side. With the same technology and flow of water found in water systems in four star hotels, the poor living here only have to turn the spigot, and out flows crisp, clear, clean water.
Waterlife India was selected as a 2013 Development Marketplace grantee to install and scale up their Community Water Systems in Orissa and Jharkhand. Due to their success in providing clean water throughout India, the Government of Jharkhand's Drinking Water and Sanitation Department has shown interest in adopting and scaling up their business model.
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- Innovation [3]
- Social Entrepreneurship [4]
- Development Marketplace Social Entrepreneur [5]
- Water [6]
- Urban Development [7]
- Private Sector Development [8]
- Poverty [9]
- Health [10]
- Agriculture and Rural Development [11]
- South Asia [12]
- India [13]