Gaines and Pearl Jam guitarist Stone Gossard will be among the participants in a Wednesday teleconference to kick off the contest -- during which the celebrities will be blogging on the site.

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The opponents of the project worry that the vast club will choke their scenic city of red-roofed stone houses and aquamarine sea, dubbed the Pearl of the Adriatic, and would represent an environmental hazard without bringing financial gains for Dubrovnik residents.

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