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Author: L Michaels
Published: 28-Nov-08 Revised/Updated 30-Nov-08
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I was asked to help get some furniture up north by my step daughter, it turned out to be a lot more fun than I had imagined.
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The oldest step daughter Pam called me and asked if I was doing anything this weekend, I said not that I could think of. She then proceeded to ask if I would mind going up to Jacksonville to get some furniture for her, she had gotten it from a friend and it was being stored there. I told her that we would probably have to to rent a moving truck, she said she had already gotten it and we could pick it up Friday evening and either leave out then, to Saturday morning, I said Friday night, spend the night, then get the stuff and come back, she said fine, she would put the money aside for the rooms then, so I said ok, see you then. Now a little about Pam, I've known her for over six years, and when I first saw her, I wanted to have her, but since at that time she was 19 and I was 49, well, you see my point, and also I was trying to get into her mothers pants, so that complicated things there, and as our relationship developed, she became more distant, Amanda said that I was taking there mother away from them, just give them time, see, Amanda raised them alone for over 13 years, so they were very close, there is Paul, and then Pam, then Hope. I hardly ever saw Hope, it seems she went out on her own, with her mothers blessings when she was 15 and has made a life for herself ever since. Pam is 5'7" very nicely bulit, I know she has 36c tits, because when I was doing laundry, well I had to see, and she wears a size 6 jeans, so as you can see, she is nicely built. Now she is 25, involved with a nice but yet strange guy, he doesn't ever, ever like to come over to see us, but she still comes to all the family functions. Since Amanda died, she was hit by a drunk driver and sent me into a deep depression, it was Paul and Pam that brought me back out of it and ever since then, we have been getting closer. Well back to the trip, I got up Friday and did my work that I had planned, I finished a little job and was cleaning up when Pam called and asked when I was going to be free to go, I said well I cleaning up now, have to get paid, then clean myself up, so maybe 2, 2:30. she said great, can I leave my car at my house and we go and pick up the truck, I said sure, come on over, I'll be there soon, she said great. I got to my house, took off my dirty clothes and headed for the shower, I had just gotten wet when she yelled out, I told her I would be done soon and she said great, she was anxious to get started. I threw on some clean clothes, put some in a back for the over night and headed for the living room, I knew she was there because the TV was on, I rounded the corner and I stopped in mid stride, she was sitting there in a short short pair of shorts, and a half top that barely covered her tits, now, trust me when I say, I was turned on instantly, she got up and when she bent down to turn off the TV, I got a very good look at those luscious tits I've so badly wanted to see all these years. She came over to me and said ready, I thought to myself, oh hell yea, I;m going to do her, she smiled and went past me towards the door, I said right behind you, now I've never ever, ever seen her in this type of an outfit, she is always dressed properly, my like an older mature woman, not like she is now, damn. We got to the rental company and the guy there I know was thinking the same thing, party time, so we checked the truck over, signed the papers and got on our way. Now Jacksonville is like a 7 hour trip by car, but by truck, it was 8 so we got into Jacksonville around 11, we stopped and grabbed a burger and ate it on the way. We got to the hotel, she works for the same chain so she got us a nice rooms or so we thought, and for near nothing. She got up to the desk, tired and looking like it, and when they told her they had some reservation problems and they had only one of the rooms available, she went off, I came over and found out the problem and said we could either take the room or go somewhere else and she could take care of this when we get back home at here end, well the lady behind the desk said there propable wouldn't be another room in the city, seems that the person running for President was in town and all the rooms are taken, he gets all the rooms he needs and we get the shaft, I smiled at her and said just like the goverment, she smiled and said for real. Pam calmed down and said we'll take it, but I'm not happy, the girl said well I can give you unlimited TV access for the night, you can watch all the private channels you want for free and use the bar all you want, well, that got me, I thanked her and told her to come over after she got off if she wanted, and she said well thanks, but she just came on and wouldn't be getting off until after 7am, I smiled and said shame, it would have been nice to have you over, she blushed and smiled and said well maybe some other time, I said I'd like that. Pam said ok, if your finished flirting, I', tired and want a shower, I said hum, seems I'm leaving, she said I'll be here all night if you can't sleep, I said I do feel a bout of insomnia coming on, she giggled and I left. We got to the room and it had a king size bed only, she got all frustrated again, I said Pam, settle down, I'll sleep on the couch if it will calm you down, she said no, don't be crazy, it will be fine, I'm just tired, ok, I smiled and said ok, go get a shower, I'll find us some food and we'll open the bar up, she smiled and said now that sounds good. She went off, I took off to the desk again, I asked Tracey if there was any snack food places around, she pointed next door, I smiled and thanked her, she smiled back and said nothing, I took off to the fast food place and ordered some stuff, and took it back to the room, I got there just as Pam was coming out of the shower, she had a towel wrapped around her but it didn't cover her pussy at all, and damn she was hot, her pubic patch was long and narrow, it sort of led you straight to her pussy, I smiled and she said great, food, I said well you might want to go get another towel, and pointed to her pussy, she looked down, and tried to cover herself, and as she did that, the top towel came off, she stood there, nude and embarrassed, I started to laugh, she said oh what the hell and she just kicked the towel over in the corner, she said I know you've been looking at me all day, I wore that particular outfit just to tease you, I said well you accomplished that for sure, I said and you were doing that why, she said I'm not sure, just felt like it, I said hum, well it worked, I had a hard on most of the trip, and I said now, it's busting to get otu, she said might as well unleash it, I smiled and said ok, so I took off my shirt and shorts and when it sprang free, she smiled and said oh yea, I said I'm going to grab a shower too, how about opening up the bar and lets gave some food and watch some free TV, she smiled and said sounds like a plan. I came back out, she was on the bed, semi laying down on one arm, she patted for me to join her, she said I poured you a screwdriver, ok, I smiled and said great, I opened up the burger, and we watched some movie, it was a chick flick but I was watching my own show. We fell asleep with it going and around 3am, I woke up and turned it off and got back into bed. The next morning we got up, we showered again, and got dressed, she said can I ask you something, I said sure, go ahead, she said why didn't you make love to me last night, I said we were both tired and we needed to sleep for today, I'm sure the opportunity will arise again, she smiled and said I'm beginning to see what mom saw in you, it's very nice, I smiled and thanked her for the complement. We got to the address and went in, the person taking care of the estate was away getting something from down the street, she was due back any moment, so we looked around, we found the furniture, it was very old and it was all oak, it was going to weigh a ton, I told Pam this and she agreed, I went back to the lady we met, she assured us that there would be a man to help us if we paid him for his troubles, I said oh yea, I'm be glad to give him a good tip for helping me. She picked up the phone and gave him a call, she said ok, get here as soon as you can, so she told us he wouldn't be able to get here for a little while, he was tied up across town, so we waited for the main lady in charge. Helen got there and we went thru the furniture Pam was to get, it was a complete bedroom set and a dining table and 6 chairs, also some end tables and a hutch. I looked at her and she just smiled. We started to put what we could on the truck, it was really heavy stuff, we got all the end tables and chairs, the bed and 1 one the dressers, the other was a 6' tall armor and we couldn't do it without another man, so we waited, the one lady, Susan called the guy again and he said he wouldn't be able to come until after 5pm, and it was only noon now, so I said well well have to wait, we can't move anything else. Helen and Susan were busy doing something else and Pam and I stood there, I said well I'm going to get something to eat, any one want something, Susan said well the only thing around here is a little store, the closest place was in town, nearly an hour away, I said well we have nothing else to do, so why not, we secured the load, and took off. We sat down at the restaurant and ordered our food, it was nothing to write home about, but it was ok, we finished off the food and gave Susan a call to see if there was any changes in the arrival of the man, she said no, haven't heard form him, I said ok, so on the way back I saw a day help place and a few men standing outside, I pulled in and asked the guy if he had anyone to help me move some furniture and what it would cost, he said they get $8.00 per hour but I pay him $10.00 for having them here, I said fair enough, I'll take two and gave him the address, they followed us back to the house and we were loaded in three hours, I gave the guys a tip, but waited until the boss wasn't looking, I paid him and they went back to where they were. Helen got his name and number for future needs and we tired off our load and headed out. By this time it was nearly dinner time and I said I'm not really trilled in driving back tonight, she said I was thinking the same thing, but where can we find a room, I said let me try, so I called the place we were at, and Tracey was back on duty, I laughed and joked with her, by saying do you live there, she said it fells like it sometimes, and I told her about the trip, she said well your room is still available, if you want it, I said we will be there in thirty minutes, she giggled and said I'll be here. I told Pam, she said only you could get a room where there wasn't one, I said why, she said you could sell sand to the desert if you wanted to, I smiled and said nothing. We got back to the hotel, and Tracey said I'll give it to you again but you have to come back and see me later when you get settled in, I smiled and said you have a deal, so we got settled in, Pam got into the shower and I joined her, she giggled as I walked in, I said you don't think you were going to get away with this without me joining you do you, she smiled and said I wasn't sure. We washed each other and kissed, she took my cock and stroked it hard, then she slid it into her hot pussy, I moaned as I entered her as did she, we fucked for over an hour, in the shower and out, I gave her three orgasms and I had two loads in her, she laid there on the bed smiling and I threw on a pair of shorts and t shirt and went to see Tracey. When I came in she was all smiles, she said I was wandering if you would come back to see me, I said but of course, I said I would, she smiled and said well I have one sort of selfish request for letting you have the room again, I said oh and what would that be, she said I get off at 11pm, would you be interested in having a little sex with me, I've been fantasizing about you ever since yesterday, I smiled and said oh yea, it would be my pleasure, I said come to the room and we can play, she said what about your roomy, I said oh yea, let me ask her and I'll call back to you in about five minutes, she said well in the mean time, and she lifted her shirt up to reveal a bare and bald pussy, she said just a tease to let you know what your in for tonight, I smiled and said hum, looks like fun, and I said here, this is for you and I pulled out my cock, I said this is for you, she nearly came right there she said. I got back to the room and told Pam, she giggled and said so, I'm not enough for you huh, I said no, it's not that at all and she started to laugh, she said ok, then what, I said well, I was sort of obligated to see her, after all she did give us the room back, she started to laugh again, she said I'm just teasing with you, it's ok with me, have her over, I might want to join her if she doesn't mind, I said I'll ask her, so I picked up the phone and she answered, she said well she had never had to share a man before, but she was open for new things, so yea, I said great, I'll get some sex food to get myself ready for tonight, she giggled and hung up. I told Pam and she smiled, I said I didn't know you were bi, she said well I haven't been, but when Hope was home, we did it all the time and when I moved out, my first roomy was bi also, so when we had no time for dating, we would have fun together, it takes the edge off sometimes, I smiled and caressed her tit, she just moaned. I went out and got us some real food and we ate it while waiting for Tracey. She got there at 11:15 and was out of her clothes at 11:16 she was hot and wanted my cock badly, she was ready and wet when I slammed my cock into her, she squealed as I fucked her, she came instantly and I blew my load all over her belly and tits, Pam came over and started to lick it off her, she moaned as she did this, so I fucked Pam from behind and shot the next load all over both of them, it was a magnificent night, I put all four loads on them, and they licked them all off each other, I purposely shot one load on there pussies to get them to go down on each other, Tracey liked that, and the girls stayed on each other for some time. Tracey stayed the night and left out early that morning, she was glowing when she left. We cleaned up, packed up and returned to her house to unload the furniture, her boyfriend was waiting for us and asked if it was good trip, Pam said oh it was ok, we had some troubles getting our rooms and the furniture, but it all worked out ok, glad to be home and she kissed Greg and squeezed his balls, I smiled at her and she to me, we haven't been together since, but we had that time together and I enjoyed it.
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I expected major meltdown all over the US after Obama's victory. But there's really nothing going on. Who cares about comments from freerepublic or lucianne goldberg. I want action. Where's the Apocalypse?!?! The mass suicides, the sacrificial offerings?
After all the hype and built-up and for what? It's all so passive.

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Pittsburgh's new immigrants: DACA life-changing for some immigrants' children
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals can keep them from being deportedJuly 12, 2014 11:05 PM
This is one of an occasional series of Pittsburgh's recent immigrants -- the thousands of people from other countries who have flowed into the region over the past 40 years.
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When Jimmy was diagnosed with leukemia in November, he turned to an immigration lawyer.
Eleven years ago, Jimmy, who was 9, had been illegally shepherded across the U.S.-Mexico border. With his mother and 15 other migrants, Jimmy walked for two days and nights before reaching a house on the other side. They were given food, drink and new clothes at the house, from which they boarded buses to various destinations -- one group to New York, another to Pennsylvania, Jimmy and his mother to Michigan.
A Pittsburgh resident for 10 years, Jimmy, who asked that his full name not be used, has been unable to get a driver's license because of his undocumented immigrant status. With his recent diagnosis, he needs the license more than ever, so he can save himself the two-hour bus ride from his parents' home in Imperial to his appointments at the Hillman Cancer Center in Shadyside.
Under an executive order issued by President Barack Obama on June 15, 2012, Jimmy is among 1.7 million young people who qualify for deferred deportation through Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. The program grants eligible undocumented immigrants a temporary Social Security number, subject to renewal every two years, giving them access to opportunities such as a driver's license or work permit. In Pennsylvania alone, about 850 undocumented students graduate from Pennsylvania high schools every year.
Jeh Johnson, director of Homeland Security, announced in early June the renewal process for deferred action enrollment, and said those who did not apply for the program when it started can still do so. But several Republican congressmen are pushing Mr. Obama to end the program, saying it creates the perception that the U.S. has lenient immigration laws.
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals affects more than just those who crossed the border as Jimmy did -- in Pittsburgh and across the country, individuals don't have legal papers for a range of reasons, from expired visas to faulty processing.
As a result, they're living illegally in the country that most of them call home.
Since filing his application with help from JBM Immigration Group, a Downtown law firm, Jimmy said he has been waiting and hoping for good news. As long as comprehensive immigration reform remains stalled in Congress, deferred action is his only chance for normalcy.
"In high school, my favorite subject was social studies," said Jimmy, who graduated from West Allegheny Senior High School in 2013. "You can ask me anything about the presidents, and I can tell you. I was in my school's junior ROTC program for two years, and I even wanted to join the armed forces, but you have to be a citizen or permanent resident to do that."
He paused and sighed.
"The United States is all I know."
Lost in transit
Twenty years ago, Fan's father brought her to Pittsburgh to save her life.
Born with a rare genetic condition known as Gaucher's disease, Fan, who also didn't want her last name used, would have stood little chance at survival in her native China, where treatment is almost nonexistent for the disease. The condition spreads fatty deposits throughout the body and causes severe anemia and joint pain. She landed in the United States when she was 12, armed with a tourism visa that granted her access to Pittsburgh's medical facilities.
Two months ago she was diagnosed with avascular necrosis of the right hip, a form of bone loss and a complication of Gaucher's. She had hip replacement surgery last month and is now recovering.
Fan's tourism visa expired while she was in the U.S. By the time she had found a private elementary school to sponsor her for a student visa, it was too late.
"There are cases when [undocumented immigrants] really don't have a choice," Fan said. "I didn't choose to be in this situation."
Once an individual overstays her visa period, she cannot regain legal status. Because Fan and her father had only a limited knowledge of English, they were unaware of this stipulation and unknowingly became undocumented immigrants.
This kind of misunderstanding is not uncommon among immigrants who lack the language skills and resources necessary to navigate a complicated visa application process.
Lost in the mail
For the Koc family of Greenfield, who immigrated to the United States from Turkey on an H-1B work visa more than 10 years ago, a piece of lost mail led to their undocumented status.
While Bunyamin Koc submitted an application to renew the visa allowing him to work in the country as an engineer -- and to have his wife and three children here with him -- he said he neglected to include one piece of paperwork in his file. He received notice that he was no longer eligible for a visa because he had not met the renewal criteria.
According to the notice, he had received a letter informing him of the omitted paperwork, but he said the letter never came. Mr. Koc now works for Troy Granite, a countertop fabrication and installation company in Ross.
Mr. Koc's children, ages 13, 15 and 16, and Fan have all successfully applied for and received deferred action status. Fan filed her application immediately after the policy was announced in 2012, and obtained her paperwork the following January.
"It's been life-changing for me," she said. "I wasn't able to do anything with my life before."
Fan is a graduate of Penn State University, and her temporary Social Security number has allowed her to enroll in Duquesne University's master of business administration program after being out of school for six years. During this time, she worked under the table as a waitress and cashier.
At Duquesne, she has a tuition fellowship and completes internships.
"It's not permanent, but now I can drive; I can go back to school," she said. "Finally."
Inside the Kocs' living room are two couches and a tall, wooden bookshelf in one corner. Kneeling on the carpet, Mr. Koc rifled through a binder on the bottom shelf. It contained all the paperwork the family had accumulated since arriving in the United States -- all but the documents that would allow them to stay.
Mr. Koc and his wife, Asuman, have found themselves in a situation shared by many parents of deferred action children: While their kids are granted access to life in America, many face uncertainty over their own immigration status.
For Mr. and Mrs. Koc, this may soon change.
While the family was undergoing deportation proceedings in court, the Kocs' attorney, JBM Immigration associate Ashley Lively, successfully applied to halt the proceedings through prosecutorial discretion.
Based on a memo issued by the executive branch in 2011, prosecutorial discretion gives any law enforcement agency the leeway to decide when and how to enforce the law. In the case of immigration, this extends to the power to halt removal proceedings.
Generally, candidates for prosecutorial discretion must submit documents tracing the life they have built here, evidence that they are settled in America: property records, bank accounts and community contributions. They must also demonstrate through a criminal record check that they aren't a danger to the community; being the primary caretaker of a U.S. citizen minor or elderly person is a plus.
Mrs. Koc is pregnant with their fourth child, who will be the first one born on American soil. But despite his or her own citizenship, the youngest Koc will likely grow up in a household constantly struggling with the question of whether to stay or leave.
Prosecutorial discretion would grant Mr. and Mrs. Koc work permits and driver's licenses, allowing them to pull back part of the legal curtain that has defined their lives here. It does not, however, allow them to get green cards or apply for citizenship. And they must wrestle with a tough dilemma -- if they stay in the United States indefinitely, they may never be able to visit their native Turkey. The discretion does not include permission to travel.
"We are good, we are much better than we were before," Mr. Koc said. "But the way things are, we are stuck."
Zaynep, 16, the Kocs' oldest child, worries that the high tuition fees facing most undocumented college students will prevent her from continuing her education in America. The Pennsylvania DREAM Act (Senate Bill 713), which awaits further action on the floor, would allow undocumented immigrants who have graduated from Pennsylvania high schools to pay in-state tuition at state universities.
Currently, most of those students are subject to international fees -- costs that would be impossible for the Koc family to shoulder.
If she doesn't have access to affordable education after she graduates from high school, Zaynep said, she will likely return to Turkey.
Fan's deferred status allows her to travel abroad, but she has refrained because of the possibility that she could be turned away at U.S. customs on her way back.
She has not returned to China for almost 20 years, and because of visa complications on their own end, her parents can't visit her in Pittsburgh.
"I don't know when I'm going to see my parents again," Fan said.
'An incomplete relief'
The future of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals largely depends on the next administration's approach to immigration policy. The program has faced particular scrutiny in recent weeks, coinciding with the surge of unaccompanied migrant children from Central America crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.
Nearly 70,000 unaccompanied children are expected to be apprehended at the border this year -- up from fewer than 40,000 in 2013.
Lawmakers attribute the influx to misconceptions about federal immigration policy, as the children's family members send them to the border in the hopes that they will be allowed to stay in the U.S. In a speech earlier this month, Mr. Obama said most of these children will ultimately be removed through deportation proceedings. The child migrants do not qualify for deferred action.
More than 30 Republican congressmen have signed a letter calling on Mr. Obama to end the deferred action program, but White House press secretary Josh Earnest said the president would not consider rescindment.
Mr. Obama announced on June 30 that given the House Republicans' refusal to pass comprehensive immigration reform legislation, he planned to take unilateral action to enact change.
This promise may be good news for the undocumented community, for whom deferred action has brought only partial respite.
"DACA is still an incomplete relief," said Sheila Velez Martinez, director of the immigration law clinic at the University of Pittsburgh. "What we would really like to see is a comprehensive immigration reform that not only takes care of the [undocumented children], but of the whole family."
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Coming Monday - For some "extraordinary" immigrants, there is a faster track to citizenship.
Yanan Wang: firstname.lastname@example.com, 412-263-1949 or on Twitter @yananw.


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Moore: Age, history not in DeMarcus Ware's favor, but he's a special talent
Beat writer David Moore answered your Cowboys questions on Wednesday. Here are some highlights.
Question: Do you think DeMarcus Ware has a couple of Pro Bowl years left in him?
David Moore: Age and the history of players at this position don't work in his favor. But Ware is a special talent, one of the best pass rushers of his generation and one who dominated Tyron Smith in training camp last summer _ the same Tyron Smith who will take part in the Pro Bowl this weekend. I don't know if we'll see Ware return to his peak. But I do believe he can continue to be an effective player in this league for the next two seasons. You just also ask yourself this: given the team's salary cap restraints and lack of talent in the defensive front, if the Cowboys don't bring Ware back in 2014, can you argue they are better off? I don't see how.
Question: They say history repeats itself, Al Davis Oakland Raiders - Jerry Jones Dallas Cowboys. Look what has happened to both once proud franchises. Your feelings?
David Moore: I know everyone lumps these two together and there are some similarities, but Jones is more engaged and defers to his head coach more than Davis did. Now, that being said, Jones also randomly inserts himself into the decision making process, which makes it impossible for any coach to put his stamp on the team.
Question: why do you guys call garrett a great head coach when he hasn't even learned how to be a coach yet? is it possible to be a great coach when you haven't learned the ropes?
David Moore: Wasn't aware that anyone has called Garrett a great coach. Not sure who can build that argument after three consecutive 8-8 seasons. I think he's a good coach who has improved this team since he's taken over and gets the most out of his players. But there are game management questions that continue to do him as he enters his fourth full season as head coach.
Question: A few years back JJ was going to bring in a consultant (Reeves); but it didn't happen. Why not call Jimmy Johnson or Parcells to consult on draft?
David Moore: While that sounds attractive on one level, I'm not sure a draft consultant is the answer. Let's use your examples of Johnson or Parcells. Both have an eye for talent. But they will not be implementing the talent. They will not invest the time into analyzing players that the scouting department does. You will be adding an other voice to the process, but I don't know if you need another voice in the Cowboys draft room. In fact, I think the argument can be made that there are too many voices in the room and the last one to bend the ear of Jerry Jones often has the most influence.
Question: Surprised at Jerry keeping both Kiffin and Callahan?
David Moore: I'm not surprised that Callahan will return. The possibility of Kiffin continuing to call the defense from the booth next season does surprise me. Let's see if if unfolds that way.


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By Arie
From: Smog Lake City, Utah
Nov 20, 2007
This is a really fun moderate. A little more beta:
Pitch one is probably best if mixed up with 'Amazing Grace' to the left. Otherwise, climb a slabby crack to gritty runnel and slab to belay ledge (~120'- 5.5?).
Pitch two climbs the large west facing corner that arches near its top, exit out the top (fun) and aim slightly right on easy but runout rock (5.5) to alcove belay (195')- 2 bolt belay.
Pitch three heads back out left, following features to a hard to see bolt (~30'). Continue up to a right trending trough (#4 friend or equiv.). Two more bolts finish off an excellent slab (5.7-5.8). Either exit above into broken rock or head right onto the final slab (5.7-5.8, 2 more bolts) and a 2 bolt belay (195'). TCU's or general equivalent are helpful in a couple of spots. Again a great moderate, but a couple of (easy) PG-13/R sections.


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A weekly round-up of the latest DVD releases.
By Damon Smith.
New to rent on DVD/Blu-ray.
The Muppets (Cert U, 98 mins, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, Family/Musical/Comedy/Romance, also available to buy DVD £17.99/3 Movie DVD Collection £23.99/Blu-ray £21.99).
Starring: Jason Segel, Amy Adams, Chris Cooper and the voices of Peter Linz, Steve Whitmire, Eric Jacobson, Dave Goelz.
In Smalltown, population 102, a Muppet called Walter (voiced by Peter Linz) lives with his human brother Gary (Jason Segel), who is about to celebrate 10 years with his girlfriend Mary (Amy Adams). They head off to Los Angeles where Walter discovers that scheming oil man Tex Richman (Chris Cooper) plans to bulldoze the Muppet Theatre and drill for the black gold that lies beneath. The only way to thwart Richman is to rally the troops. So Walter galvanises Kermit (Steve Whitmire), Miss Piggy (Eric Jacobson), Fozzie Bear (Jacobson again), Gonzo (Dave Goelz) and the gang into organising a televised appeal supported by celebrity guests including Whoopi Goldberg and Selena Gomez. The Muppets is a perfect family film with broad humour to appeal to all ages, interspersed with delightful Oscar-winning ditties written by Bret McKenzie from Flight Of The Conchords including the exuberant Life's A Happy Song. The script, co-written by leading man Segel and Nicholas Stoller, strikes the perfect balance between affection and irreverence, knowingly tipping the wink to leaps in plot logic. When one character reveals that the only way to save the iconic Muppet Theatre from demolition is to raise 10 million dollars in two weeks, Waldorf turns to the camera and quips, "If I didn't know better, I'd say you were reciting an important plot point!" Segel and Adams embrace the ridiculousness of the premise with gusto, such as when Kermit initially refuses to spearhead the telethon and Mary despairs, "This is going to be a really short movie!" Blissfully, it's not. A three-disc DVD comprising The Muppets, Muppets Treasure Island and Muppets Wizard Of Oz is also available.
Rating: **** J Edgar (Cert 15, 131 mins, Warner Home Video, Drama/Historical/Romance, also available to buy DVD £19.99/Blu-ray & DVD Combi-pack £24.99) Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Armie Hammer, Naomi Watts, Dame Judi Dench, Jeffrey Donovan, Ed Westwick, Josh Lucas.
J Edgar Hoover (Leonardo DiCaprio), the controversial director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, clings to power. He dictates his memoirs to Agent Smith (Ed Westwick) and drifts back in time in hazy reminiscences to the 1919 bombings which sent shockwaves through Washington DC. With assistant director Clyde Tolson (Armie Hammer) and secretary Helen Gandy (Naomi Watts) at his side, Hoover becomes embroiled in the ill-fated search for the missing infant son of aviator Charles Lindbergh (Josh Lucas) and clashes with Robert F Kennedy (Jeffrey Donovan). Away from the corridors of power, Hoover strives tirelessly to impress his domineering mother, Anna Marie (Dame Judi Dench), who instructs him to hold firm when others doubt him. However, power comes at a price. J Edgar is a meticulous and elegiac portrait of a man, whose professional travails were almost as fascinating as the swirl of rumours surrounding his close relationship with Tolson. Screenwriter Dustin Lance Black, who won an Academy Award for Milk, underpins his history lesson with a tender and chaste romance between the two men. The love story culminates in a kiss in a hotel room and an unconventional declaration of feelings. Admittedly, Clint Eastwood's film is overlong at 131 minutes and the ageing make-up used to transform DiCaprio into a liver-spotted septuagenarian isn't convincing. However, his lead performance is electrifying and Hammer cuts a fine figure as the loyal protege. Dench offers sterling support, sending a chill down the spine as she pointedly makes clear her views on homosexuality to her boy: "I'd rather have a dead son than a daffodil for a son."
Rating: **** Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (Cert 12, 124 mins, Warner Home Video, Drama, also available to buy DVD £19.99/Blu-ray & DVD Combi-pack £24.99) Starring: Thomas Horn, Max von Sydow, Sandra Bullock, Tom Hanks, Viola Davis, Jeffrey Wright.
Oskar Schell (Thomas Horn) remembers September 11 - "the worst day" - when he lost his father Thomas (Tom Hanks), shattering the happy home of his mother Linda (Sandra Bullock). When his father was alive, they used to play a scavenger hunt game called Reconnaissance Expedition on the streets of New York City. An old key found in a smashed vase sparks Oskar's imagination and the youngster becomes convinced that Thomas had left him a clue to a new game. A late-night encounter with a mute elderly man (Max von Sydow) who rents a room in his grandmother's apartment provides Oskar with an unlikely accomplice for the search. Their odyssey criss-crosses Manhattan's boroughs including a memorable visit to despondent wife Abbey Black (Viola Davis), who tells the boy, "Finding the lock that key fits would be a miracle." Based on Jonathan Safran Foer's second novel, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close revisits the deadliest act of terrorism committed on American soil through the eyes of a boy. The resolution to Oskar's search feels contrived, almost preposterous, but the excellent casting and flashes of Stephen Daldry's directorial brio counterbalance our incredulity. The film is anchored by a mesmerising performance from newcomer Horn, who is the emotional heart of the piece. The scene in which he argues with his mother and snaps, "I wish it were you in the building instead of him," is deeply upsetting. Hanks is glimpsed in flashback and Bullock impresses in her few scenes, but von Sydow dominates the screen, conveying heartbreaking emotion through his eyes and gestures.
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Well, this will probably be the first and last time I can say I have something in common with Mariah Carey. Since I don't have a five-octave vocal range and I can't hit any high notes… it must be something else, right?
Today, I can confirm I am pregnant with my first child due in the spring.
Having covered "American Idol" for 10 seasons here at Access Hollywood, it only makes sense that my baby would be due during the show's Top 12 rounds. Don't worry, I will still be covering the show this season like always (as much as I can) until my baby arrives. You know I love the show and I'm looking forward to seeing if new judges Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler can spice it up. Trust me, if "American Idol" still exists in 2016, my kid will be first in line at the auditions!
Just to put an end to any speculation, at the current moment I'll be embarking on this journey as a single mom, which I know might evoke some anger and rage out of FOX News' Bill O'Reilly. He famously bashed Jennifer Aniston, in August of this year (while promoting her film, "The Switch"), for saying women don't need a man to raise a child, calling the actress "destructive to our society." Well, Bill all I have to say to you is, "You can suck it!" I couldn't be happier, my family couldn't be happier. I have an incredible support system of family and friends and my baby will have a life full of love and laughter regardless of my current relationship status. I'm blessed at 39 years old to have been granted this gift and I have no regrets.
Now with that out of the way… In honor of my impending motherhood, I have been gathering up advice from Hollywood moms. Yesterday morning, I chatted with Laila Ali, who was out promoting the Anthem Blue Cross Live Like a Champion Tour, which encourages children to become physically active and make healthy food choices. Laila is pregnant with her second child. She also has a 2-year-old son, Curtis, who she tells me might become a little jealous when he realizes a brother or sister is on the way. As Laila put it, he's "mama's boy" right now and may not take too kindly to sharing the spotlight. Check out what advice she had for me HERE.
Plus, Laila tells me why she believes childhood obesity has become an epidemic in America and what can be done about it HERE.
This week, I also sat down with Kendra Wilkinson whose E! reality show, "Kendra," returns for season three November 7. This season will focus on her decision to pose for Playboy again (showing off her post-baby body) after someone remarks that women are no longer sexy once they become moms. Rude, and so not true, and Kendra explains why in our interview HERE.
Last week, I got a glimpse into my future when I travelled to the set of "Better With You." In the show, JoAnna Garcia's character, Mia, is pregnant. The episode they were filming was their Thanksgiving episode and Mia is now six months pregnant. That means that from here on out, JoAnna has to sport a fake belly bump during filming. She proudly showed off her new found "bump" to me in our interview HERE.


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Cast members of new paranormal show, "The R.I.P. Files," will interact with viewers during premiere
New US paranormal show, "The R.I.P. Files," debuts Friday, April 25th, at 11:30 pm on the Crime & Investigation Network in both Australia and New Zealand. Cast members Patricia Marin, Lisa Linden, Mark C. Higgins, and Krystal Porras will be available on Twitter during the show. Fans can join the conversation at #theripfilestv.
The 30-minute, 10-episode series debuts on Friday, April 25th, at 11:30 pm on the Crime & Investigation Network in both Australia and New Zealand.
Investigators Patricia Marin, Lisa Linden, Mark C. Higgins, and Krystal Porras will be available live on Twitter during the premiere in Australia and New Zealand to share their paranormal experiences. Viewers can join the conversation at #theripfilesTV. The R.I.P. Team can also be reached through their Facebook page, which has almost 160,000 fans and is a popular resource for discussion of all things paranormal, and also via their website, www.theripfiles.tv.
The first episode, "Blood is Wonderful," was filmed on location at St. Albans, an abandoned sanitarium with a sinister reputation located in Radford, Virginia. Among other convincing evidence, "Blood is Wonderful" includes 17 chilling examples of clear spirit voices, as unseen entities comment on the activities of the investigators and answer their questions.
The cast members of "The R.I.P. Files" are experienced paranormal investigators who handle a wide variety of cases, including businesses, homes, and historic locations. Anyone who thinks they may be experiencing paranormal activity is encouraged to contact the team. "We network with other paranormal groups and researchers around the world," R.I.P. founder Patricia Marin explained. "We can help you determine whether any odd activity you're experiencing might actually be paranormal and, if necessary, we can get you the help you need."
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Music of Friday, 15 June 2012
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The renowned ghetto arise vocalist 'EDEM' recently had rumors hitting him straight in his face claiming he Smokes cigarweed and does drugs. To him, this is neither the first time, second time nor third time people verbalize around this smoking subject.
Truth be told, the people (rumor speakers) are not to be blame. Why won't people say he smoke when he actually take steps as a smoker since he has decided to turned himself into a Ghanaian ewe reggae rapper plus a Rasta Man. To Ghanaians every Rasta Man is a Drug Addict or a Smoker. That's what it is.
To clear and cut all the unnecessary talks and rumors about the hot Ghanaian rapper EDEM short, he made it clear on June 1st inside the lizzy spot complex during the GH SENIOR PROM nite, schemed for all High School alumnae stating before his performance that: It's been a lot talking about me smoking weeds and doing drugs, Honestly speaking I don't drink or never have I smoked in my entire life. Get it straight.
The reason why he made this issue clear to the high schoolers was for the reason that they are reliable source of the mentioned allegation. So for the sake of those who don't know, Edem previously known as Ayigbe Edem does no DRUGS or SMOKE. Period!**


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Instagram Hack Of The Day: Hatdog
Reddit user HelloImLee says that their friend's Instagram account was hacked by and is now dedicated to pictures of the hacker's corgi wearing hats, with the hashtag #hatdog
Their friend posted this and then changed his password, thinking it would stop 'The Hatdog Hacker'.
It didn't. The picture reads: HEY! Did you really think you were going to get away that easily?!?!


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BURSTOCK Grangers have completed an emphatic league and cup double in the Beam-inster & Bridport District League.
The winners, made up of Bill Studley, Tim Frampton, Nick Sully and Ben Frampton, pipped Bang Tidy to the post in both competitions.
Individually, Sully claimed the spoils for player of the year, and he teamed up with partner Tim Frampton to claim the doubles players of the year award.
First Division champions: Burstock Grangers
First Division runners-up: Bang Tidy
Team Knockout winners: Burstock Grangers
Team Knockout runners-up: Bang Tidy
Shield winners: Bendiwafflebangers
Shield runners-up: Bradpole Club
Singles Knockout Cup winner: Ben Ashton
Singles Knockout Cup runner-up: Bill Studley
Doubles Knockout Cup winners: Martin Greenman and Robbie Hayter
Doubles Knockout Cup runners-up: David Studley and Phil Collins
Player of the year: Nick Sully
Doubles players of the year: Tim Frampton and Nick Sully


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Nottingham, Notts, United Kingdom, 2008/02/25 - Rapid e-learning continues to push into new industry sectors with the announcement by Atlantic Link that the Trinity Mirror is the latest organisation to purchase its rapid authoring tools.
Trinity Mirror publishes more than 200 Regional newspapers, five National titles and operates more than 300 online brands. Commercial Systems Training and Development Manager of Trinity Mirror Regionals, David Rad says, In a geographically widespread business, e-learning is an excellent way of ensuring that consistent training to equivalent standards is taking place across the group. The advent of advanced e-learning authoring tools such as those from Atlantic Link means that our own training teams are able to design and implement highly professional e-learning quickly and easily.
Explaining the Trinity Mirror selection criteria David Rad says: There are a range of rapid e-learning tools in the market place but it was clear from the outset that we were needed a top end product which would allow the design of high quality e-learning on a collaborative basis. The ability to simulate a live system environment combined with the strong learning management system and flexible content generation meant that it was a straightforward decision to select Atlantic Links solution.
Mike Alcock, Atlantic Links Managing Director is delighted to see their software being introduced into another large group. Trinity Mirror is a giant in the world of newspaper and magazine publishing. More and more sector leading companies are seeing the possibilities of using rapid e-learning to revolutionise the overall learning within their companies. It is the smartest companies in each sector that are moving quickly into this area for their staff training, thereby gaining a competitive advantage over their competition.
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SPDUI_MicTraining (SAPI 5.3)
SPDUI_MicTraining (C/C++)
SpeechMicTraining (Automation)
SPDUI_MicTraining defines the string for displaying a speech recognition (SR )engine's microphone training UI.
It is not a SAPI 5 compliance requirement for an SR engine to implement this UI for SPDUI_MicTraining.
When to Implement
When writing an SR engine for the desktop or a graphical environment, users might want to adapt the engine either before the first use, or when recognition accuracy is poor. Microphone quality can greatly benefit recognition accuracy, even for a speaker-independent engine.
Use Speech properties in Control Panel to change settings for all installed SAPI 5-compliant SR engines. Click Configure Microphone on the SR tab to adapt the microphone and directly access each SR engine's Microphone Training UI using SPDUI_MicTraining. If the SR engine does not support Microphone Training UI (see ISpTokenUI::IsUISupported), Configure Microphone will be unavailable.
When to Access
The application could monitor the user's speech experience by recognition accuracy. If a user encounters too many false recognitions or recognition corrections, the application could recommend that the user re-adapt the SR engine to their microphone (see ISpRecognizer::DisplayUI).
Also, an SR engine can send a SPEI_REQUEST_UI event to the application if it determines that the user needs to perform additional recognizer training. For example, if the input is too quiet or too loud. Typically the UI type will be SPDUI_MicTraining to ensure that the SR engine is adapted to the current input audio settings.
#define SPDUI_MicTraining L"MicTraining"
The following code snippet illustrates the use of ISpTokenUI::IsUISupported using SPDUI_MicTraining.
// Declare local identifiers:
HRESULT hr = S_OK;
CComPtr<ISpObjectToken> cpObjectToken;
CComPtr<ISpTokenUI> cpTokenUI;
BOOL fSupported;
// Get the default speech recognizer token.
hr = SpGetDefaultTokenFromCategoryId(SPCAT_RECOGNIZERS, &cpObjectToken;);
if (SUCCEEDED(hr))
// Get the object token's UI.
hr = cpObjectToken->QueryInterface(&cpTokenUI;);
if (SUCCEEDED(hr))
// Check if the default speech recognizer has
// UI for performing Microphone Training.
hr = cpTokenUI->IsUISupported(SPDUI_MicTraining, NULL, NULL, NULL, &fSupported;);
if (SUCCEEDED(hr))
// If fSupported == TRUE, then default speech
// recognizer has UI for Microphone Training.
The following code snippet illustrates the use of ISpRecognizer::DisplayUI using SPDUI_MicTraining.
// Declare local identifiers:
HRESULT hr = S_OK;
CComPtr<ISpRecognizer> cpRecognizer;
HWND hwndParent;
// Display microphone training UI for the current recognizer.
hr = cpRecognizer->DisplayUI(hwndParent, L"My App's Caption", SPDUI_MicTraining, NULL, NULL);
if (SUCCEEDED(hr))
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WILLIAM T. MITCHELL, a resident-farmer of Honey Point Township, is well known as a representative of one of the early pioneer families of this county, of which he is a native, his birth taking place in what is now Brushy Mound Township August 25, 1838. His father, Elijah Mitchell, was born in North Carolina in January, 1800, and was a son of Archibald Mitchell, who is supposed to have been a native of the same State. From the best information at hand we learn that the great-grandfather of our subject was born either in Scotland or in Ireland of Scotch antecedents, and came to America in Colonial times, settling in North Carolina, where he made his home the rest of his life.
Archibald Mitchell was reared and married in North Carolina. In 1805 he penetrated the wilds of Kentucky and cast in his lot with the pioneers of Warren County, that State, where he carried on farming until his career was brought to a close.
The father of the subject of this notice was five years old when his parents took him to their pioneer home in the Kentucky wilderness, and there he grew to a stalwart manhood. In due time he married, and in 1829 came to Illinois with his family, bringing his household goods with him, and making the removal with ox-teams, cooking and camping by the way. After a residence of one year in Marion County, he went to Morgan County, where he rented a house and lived until the spring of 1831, when he came to this county, and was one of the early settlers of what is now Brushy Mound Township. At that time this section was but thinly inhabited, and Carlinville was but a hamlet of a few log houses and one store. The home of Mr. Mitchell's nearest neighbor was five miles distant. He entered eighty acres of Government land on section 24. A cabin stood thereon which some squatter had abandoned and after he had taken his goods from the wagon the father of our subject proceeded to tear the cabin down, and then replaced it by a better one. Later he built another log house, which was covered with shakes that were rived by hand and held in place by poles, the floor was of puncheon, and the chimney of earth and sticks. He subsequently erected a log house, and later a frame and here he resided until death called him from the scenes of his many years of labor and he entered upon eternal rest August 17, 1877. During his long residence here of nearly half a century he had accumulated a goodly amount of property, and at one time had over a thousand acres of land in this county and fourteen hundred acres in Kansas. His name will ever occupy an honorable place among those of the pioneers who were the most active and enterprising in the upbuilding of this part of the State and were potent in advancing its agricultural interests.
Elijah Mitchell was twice married, and was the father of twenty-one children, eighteen of whom were reared. His first wife, mother of our subject, was Jane Moore. She was born in Kentucky, and died in 1843 on the home farm. She bore her husband twelve children, eleven of whom attained to maturity, namely, Millie, Levi, Martha A., Elizabeth, Travis, Lucy and Sally (twins), Jane, William T., Phoebe and Elijah. Mr. Mitchell's second wife, whom he married in 1849, was Hannah Hollingsworth. A review of her life appears elsewhere in this work.
William T. Mitchell was reared in his native township, and received his early education in the pioneer schools, which were taught in a rude log house that was heated by a fireplace, and a log was cut out of the wall nearly the entire length of the building to admit light. There was no floor, and poles were split to make benches, which were supported by wooden pegs. These primitive seats were entirely destitute of backs. At that early day game was plentiful, deer being numerous for some years after the Mitchell family settled here. There was no railway, and the markets and depots for supplies were Alton and St. Louis.
Our subject resided with his parents until he became of age, and then started for himself, working by the month for two months, and during the winter season chopping wood, for which he received seventy-five cents a cord, his board costing him $2 per week. He was very industrious, and prudently saved his earnings, and finally rented land for two years. His father then gave him a tract of seventy acres of wild prairie, on which he settled in the spring of 1863, and where he has since resided. He now has one hundred and ninety acres of very productive land, which is in a fine condition as to cultivation and improvements, and he has thirty-five acres of valuable timber land. He has erected an excellent set of frame buildings, and his place has an air of neatness and thrift that betokens good care and fine management on the part of the owner.
Mr. Mitchell and Miss Mary N. A. Williams were married February 28, 1861, and their wedded life has been mutually beneficial, and has given them four children, whom they have named Jesse C., Paul, Travis, and Nannie. Jesse married Rosa Perrine, and they have one child, Nona. Travis married Alice Barnstable and they had one child, deceased. Mrs. Mitchell is a native of Knox County, Tenn., and is a daughter of Jesse and Sarah Williams. Both she and her husband are members of the Baptist Church, and in all things in which it is concerned for the moral and social advancement of the community we find them active co-operators with their pastor and fellow-members. They are highly regarded by all who have the pleasure of knowing them for their many sterling characteristics. Politically, Mr. Mitchell is a warm supporter of the Democratic party.


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I knew someone who used to claim that the "middle age crisis" was the follow-up to the "3-0 crisis". A few weeks ago, I stood in front of the mirror, creatively brushing my crop to hide the gray and white sprouts at my temples. As I leaned over to tighten the ankle straps of my "comfort" sandals, I had a moment of panic. I am not that young anymore.
I am eagerly anticipating my thirties, in actuality. My late twenties seem characterized by the pervasive feeling that I am 80% of the way "there"—20% shy of self-actualization. And my wardrobe has reflected that 20% of uncertainty. Over the course of a decade, my wardrobe has progressed from stodgy and aging (when I lived in rural Maine and tried to hide in my own skin) to brave and bohemian (when I moved to the city and lost the baby fat) to hip(ster) and fashion-conscious (when I started styling/blogging/trying to be recognized "about town"). Fittingly, I am coming to the last stretch in the continuum—and my closet tells the sad story of someone who doesn't know who she is, where she is, and how old she is (I'm 28 in two months plus change).
The good news is that I have the basics I always advise my clients to acquire, regardless of age—a body-skimming LBD, tailored blazers in navy and black, a pair of dark wash jeans, black trousers, and a well-fitting white shirt. The bad news is that most of my closet is full of frills, ruffles, eyelet, pastels, and too-high hemlines. I also have foot-compressing oxfords with giant bows, patent mary janes, and heart-bedecked tights. I have nary a pencil skirt or detail-free black pump in sight.
I have started purging (reselling or consigning) those cutesy-cute dresses that delight my eyes, but aren't made for a 6'4″ professional writer (I keep my girly-girl predilections to Pinterest now). I have started to wear my Simple sneakers on my walks into work, and switch into my (comfort) heels in the office. I have narrowed the playing field to the earthy colors and subdued styles that I *actually like* to wear. And I have identified these truths about myself—I am whimsical but I'm modest; I'm feminine but I'm utilitarian; I live in the city but my heart will always be in the country woods. And as I am older, and know better than to think that clothes are my only identity signifier.
Truth is, I will likely continue my on-again, off-again affair with fashion. But perhaps it will be from a seat high on the sideline bleachers—an observer and a critic as opposed to a daring participant. And I will be snuggled in a 3/4 sleeved dusty-hued shift, lace-up cognac knee boots, an olive wool coat, and a floppy knit hat….more me in my clothing than I have EVER been. And completely timeless, ageless.


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Only 8.7 percent of the 104 Japanese companies that responded a survey said they plan to scale down their operations in China or pull out of the market amid deteriorating bilateral ties because of a territorial dispute.
The survey by NNA Japan Co. found that 57.1 percent of the firms said they were directly or indirectly affected by anti-Japan riots that erupted across China in mid-September, but 60.6 percent said they would maintain their business operations.
The massive protests in China were triggered by Tokyo's nationalization of the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea. The islets are claimed by China.
The poll apparently underlined the strength of economic ties between Japan and China, with 30.8 percent of companies saying they were planning to expand their operations or make new investments in the country.
In the survey, conducted from Oct. 15-19, about a month after the anti-Japan rallies started in China, 37.1 percent of the companies expected the riots to have a negative impact on their businesses by the end of March.
Repercussions from the anti-Japan movement include lost sales due to boycotts of Japanese products, delays in Chinese customs procedures and the deterioration of labor-management relations in China, the poll showed.
Asked about the reasons for maintaining operations in China, one trading company said it believed Chinese consumers would shy away from Japanese products only temporarily and that demand for such items would eventually rebound.


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Iris Chi, the Chinese-American Golden Age Association/Frances Wu Chair for the Chinese Elderly at the USC School of Social Work and a senior scientist at the USC Edward R. Roybal Institute on Aging, has been named a fellow to the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare, the first national society honoring excellence in the research and practice of social work.
"It's a great honor to be elected to the academy," said Chi, who also holds a joint appointment in the USC Davis School of Gerontology. "It is one of the highest honors in the social work profession."
Chi is among a class of 17 new fellows, who were formally inducted in a ceremony in San Antonio at the 17th Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research in January.
"Academy fellows, like Iris, reflect the highest values and standards in social work and represent our profession's greatest scholars," said Marilyn Flynn, dean of the USC School of Social Work. "The nomination speaks to Iris' significant career accomplishments and commitment to improving the quality of life and welfare of the elderly. We are deeply proud of this well-deserved acknowledgement."
Other elected members from the USC School of Social Work include John Brekke, the Frances G. Larson Professor of Social Work Research; Kathleen Ell, the Ernest P. Larson Professor of Health, Ethnicity, and Poverty; and Rino Patti, dean emeritus.
Dedicated to achieving excellence in the field of social work and social welfare through high-impact work that advances social good, the academy's first major project is the Grand Challenges for Social Work initiative that aims to tackle the world's most challenging and persistent societal issues.
"The first thing they've asked fellows to do is to participate in the discussion about the Grand Challenges," Chi said. "My research has always focused on health, aging and international social work, and those are the areas that I will give my input for the Grand Challenges."
Chi, an expert on long-term care, chronic mental illness and suicide, and community service systems for the elderly in the United States and China, taught at the University of Hong Kong for 17 years before joining the USC School of Social Work in 2004. In 2012, she was named honorary associate director of the Sau Po Centre on Aging at the University of Hong Kong in recognition of her contributions to the field.
"The needs of older adults in modern society tend to be overlooked," said Chi, who has participated in dozens of studies and published hundreds of articles on mental health, dementia, elderly suicide and social support. "Nonetheless, they have contributed so much to building the society for us to live comfortably. If we want to be treated well when we grow old, we need to build a caring society now."
In addition to directing the first research and training center on aging in the region, she helped transition the Master of Social Work program to a problem-based learning model and chaired one of the largest postgraduate research programs. Based in part on her recommendations, government officials and nongovernmental organizations developed elderly suicide prevention programs, resulting in lower suicide rates among aging groups in Hong Kong and China.
At USC, she leads the China Program, an effort to encourage cultural and multidisciplinary collaboration, and views cultural exchange as critical to social work practice.
"As social workers, we can't do a good job of helping people from another culture without understanding how the other culture perceives and reacts to a social problem," she says. "International social work allows us to learn different ways of dealing with social problems so we are not confined to our own ways of problem solving."
Among other accolades, the city of Hong Kong has honored Chi with the prestigious Bronze Bauhina Star for her public and community service with the city's aging population. She has also earned a Certificate of Merit for Housing Research from the Hong Kong Institute of Planners, the Outstanding Research in Gerontology Award from the Hong Kong Association of Gerontology and the Best Research of the Year Award from the Hong Kong College of General Practitioners. As a result of her extensive work and expertise, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government appointed her to the Elderly Commission, a post she held for seven years.


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Taking Stock of Book Covers
Galleycat links to a Slate piece ("Everyone Will Be Lonely Eight Months from Now," by Seth Stevenson), whose exploration of "the weird science of stock photography" mentions a different kind of book-jacket trend: the ubiquity of Jennifer Anderson.
Of course, it is possible for an image to become too popular. A few years ago, a model/actress living in Portland did a one-day photo shoot on the campus of Reed College. She frolicked around the grounds and inside a classroom, wearing a purplish hat she'd borrowed from the wardrobe coordinator. The photos taken that day have subsequently appeared in ads for both Gateway and Dell; on the Web sites for a Canadian media planning company, a British science museum, the BBC, Microsoft Finland, Greyhound bus lines, etc.; and on the covers of countless books. She has come to be known as Everywhere Girl, and, yes, she has a blog.
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Encrypted filesystem and boot from flash
I want encrypt filesystem. I want to save password on flash disk, but when I boot want write some short paraphrase for access to password on flash. How it do it?
Have a look at True Crypt.
I started using it about a week ago. The nice thing about it is that it works on numerous platforms. You can have your pass phrase on a USB. It is as easy to use as cryptoloop but you don't have to worry about what encryption algorithms are available on any given kernel. It requires 2.6.x kernel and device mapper on Linux. It also works on Windows and on *BSD.
The encrypted files do not have any header information to give away the encryption algorithm used to create the file. Sweet. I think I'm in love. :)
Here is an example of creating an encrypted file system on /dev/sda1 with True Crypt.
truecrypt -c /dev/sda1
truecrypt /dev/sda
mount -o noexec /dev/mapper/truecrypt0 /home
The next time that you boot you just have to tell True Crypt to connect to /dev/sda1 and then you can mount it.
truecrypt /dev/sda1
Oh yeah. Part of the process of creating the encrypted partition asks if you want to create a key file. You would say yes. Put the key file on the USB. There you are. Of course if you encrypted the USB with True Crypt first it would be even more secure.
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Due to the severe weather expected early this afternoon, Murfreesboro City Schools will dismiss two hours early. ESP will remain open until 6 p.m. TCAP testing will be delayed until Wednesday.
Rutherford County Schools will be dismissing two hours early today as well. Two hours early means the last bell time will be moved back two hours. So if your school normally dismisses at 2:30 p.m., for example, your school will dismiss at 12:30 p.m. today.


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Depden: A143 closed following collision
PUBLISHED: 10:24 02 December 2012 | UPDATED: 12:45 02 December 2012
A STRETCH of the A143 has been closed following a road accident earlier this morning.
A STRETCH of the A143 was closed following a road accident earlier this morning.
Police and emergency services were called to the scene of a collision involving two vehicles at Depden near Bury St Edmunds just before 7.30am.
The driver of a blue Nissan car was taken to West Suffolk Hospital with serious injuries after the car he was driving overturned.
The occupants of a silver Peugeot also involved in the crash suffered minor injuries.
Police confirmed that recovery vehicles and the fire and rescue service were working at the scene for several hours to clear the road, which re-opened around 11.30am.


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Hello, I am not a cartridge collector other than a few that have been given to me or something I have a firearm for. My father gave me a shoe box full of old cases and loaded ammo most of it was .30 carbine 30-30 30-06 and so on. I found a loaded round that I though to be 303 brit. I put it on the shelf with my verry small colection next to the 303 brit cartridge that I had, after looking at them side by side they were just a little different, The cartridge has a head stamp that reads, U, a dimond shape, 1943, VII. The OAL is 77.02mm, bullet diameter is 7.92mm, case OAL is 56.04, Rim diameter is 13.32, now what got me was that the primer size it is realy big, diameter is 6.42 it looks to be a copper cup. Thanks for any information that you could give me I would just like to be able to label it and know what I have. Thanks
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In the round-up: Mark Webber believes Red Bull's rivals have reduced their advantage over the winter.
Top F1 links from the past 24 hours:
Mark Webber expects rejuvenated rivals to give Red Bull stern test (The Guardian)
"I think it is going to be really tight. The racing will be between several teams for sure and it is difficult to understand who is doing what at the moment, because we have such a big variation in fuel and tyre conditions and all sorts of stuff."
Grosjean: Lotus feels as good as before (Autosport)
"Nothing really different. It doesn't change much. Exactly the same good feeling as in Jerez, we can push and we can trust the car – and you can really play with it, which is enjoyable."
Rubens Barrichello on IndyCar switch (Racer)
"I think you are not going to see me comparing things to Formula 1. I think they are different. They each have their enjoyment, and I can tell you I'm only doing IndyCar because I had a lot of enjoyment when I was driving the car. So, for sure, I think this is going to be a fun year. I have to get used to different sorts of yellow flags and different strategies and things like this that I'm not at all used to, but I think it's going to be great."
Analysis – Red Bull RB8 'blown' rear suspension (F1)
"Red Bull chief technical officer Adrian Newey has seemingly designed the RB8's rear suspension so it can be aerodynamically influenced by the air flowing from the newly-positioned exhaust exits."
Neale talks up McLaren chances (Sky)
"We have set our policy out to have two number one drivers so we are bringing packages for both of them [to the car]."
"The majority of the teams need to stand up and admit they're in trouble. The irony is that the hugely competitive nature of F1 – you know, the pig-headed business where you never admit weakness to your rivals – is actually killing the very business these people are pretending is in fine fettle."
Little love left for Melbourne in asphalt jungle (The Age)
"The Australian Grand Prix Corporation is nothing if not a tart. Last week, it gave away 70,000 free tickets to this year's race. It said this was to compensate locals for their inconvenience. Locals were more suspicious than touched."
Shooting F1: Doing My Homework (Jamey Price)
"Having never been to the circuit, I needed to know what corner was good for morning, mid day and afternoon sunlight and what kind of lens I might need for each. The rest I could make up on the ground."
'Danica delirium?������ is just the marketing drive F1 craves (Daily Telegraph)
"Patrick, while adamant in her desire to stay in the US, represents the marketing phenomenon Ecclestone craves. By her instant impact in NASCAR, she has infiltrated an arena fuelled as much by gasoline as raw testosterone. Ultimately, she could find the challenge of shredding the same enduring preconceptions in F1 too tempting to turn down."
Comment of the day
Fred Schechter is looking forward to Rubens Barrichello's arrival in IndyCar after watching him test last week:
It was so great to see him out there Saturday. He obviously was going even faster Sunday. They were going faster than last year?������s qualifying speeds.
Since I've still never been to an F1 race, this was my first time watching him live. Such a delight. Definitely more use of the car and the team looked very comfortable with him on Saturday (it was his second test with them). So excited he?������s here!
He?������ll be fine on the ovals people, relax, remember 326 races, 322 starts, 11 wins, and second in the championship twice, and third another two times. Rubens will be just fine.
I?������ll be putting my money down with the punters for a championship like when Nigel [Mansell] was here. Go Rubens!
Fred Schechter
From the forum
- See the updated list of who Rubens Barrichello will be racing against in IndyCar this year
- Robk23 shot some nice footage of BTCC testing at Oulton Park
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Ennis city commissioners made an important decision Tuesday night.
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So the question is what can you do with Men In Black that probably hasn't been done yet? Simple, bring time travel in to the equation.
So here we find that "Agent K" (Tommy Lee Jones) has been removed from the time line by escaped prisoner "Boris the Animal" played superbly by Jemaine Clement (Flight Of The Conchords) in a hope to end the world and bring his people back from extinction, now it's down to "Agent J" (Will Smith) to go back to 1969 and meet up with the young "Agent K" who is brilliantly played by Josh Brolin and save the K and the world.
Men In Black 3 is a funny ride with our two favourite agents, that don't exist, there are some nice touches back in 1969 such as the original neuralizer, which sounds like it's on dial-up.
There are also some nice background touches for you to notice, watch the screens in the MIB HQ for those celebrity aliens that live among us and back in 1969 check out the circus billboard for a character that we all probably love 😉
But what you are getting with Men In Black 3 is really a film that is trying to bring the franchise back and it does work, Josh Brolin is brilliant as the young Agent K and Jemaine Clement is just so over the top that he just steals every scene that he's in.
Men In Black 3D
I do have to say that some key scenes are very well done with the 3D effects, but, some scenes do lack some visible depth, such as dark scenes and some of the street scenes in 1969. I'm not saying the 3D is bad, it's just that I have seen better. There are some excellent moments where the 3D does have a fast amount of depth and these do make up for other scenes that don't.
Overall Thoughts For Men In Black 3
MIB3 is fun, and there are entry of laughs throughout the film, it's not as good as the first Men In Black, but it's a lot better than Men In Black 2.
If you fancy a laugh with some Sci-Fi thrown in, a few tugs at those heart-strings and of cause Will Smith them this is the one for you.


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Discussion in 'Texans Talk' started by Dre_80, Feb 3, 2007.
Wow...that's pretty neat.
That is an awesome list to be on! Wow.
Drew Brees? LT? Jason Taylor? Once we can have a consistent offense... I think AJ will be breaking all kinds of records, and start being talked about on espn about how no one can stop him.
can't wait to see what he can do with a real QB throwin him the ball
Shoot, now that he knows this is how the rest of the NFL feels about him, once his contract is up, he's either gone or going to break our bank
First some props to VY and now AJ, the Cult of Carr will be going nuclear any moment now!
we could've told them that dre was the best reciever in the league years ago.
we've gotta keep dre at all costs....
LOL at all the people bagging on Andre last year trying to find anyone to blame (other than you know who) for the pathetic passing game we have...you guys look...sharp.
me too...
I remember that, classic stuff indeed.
That's one thing I like about the Vinny Jock jumpers. They can turn every thing into something about Vinny Vick.
I think I'm gonna cry......
Does this make him a weapon that we don't have ?
Carl Pickens.
Ca-arl Pickens.
I had Blake and Pickens one year in a fantasy league .
I had Carr and Johnson finally kicking the door in .... 4 years ago. Times were good back then, we even thought Iraq might turn out for the better.
You know what tikes me off to no end, why cant it just be what it is, he got a award congrats Dre, why even bring (you know who) in to it, jerks some of you. And if you take affence to it then you know how you are.
Congrats Dre, he can get better though, thats what is nice. I hope he does not get comfy, and keeps at it.
Yeah ... you've cut down the best WR in the NFL numerous times . That's what makes me mad .
I am tired who cares, I think he has a lot of work left. Like not leading the AFC in drops, is that too much to ask.
Yes now he is the best WR in the NFL so now we cant talk about him either, so he is safe.
They go hand-in-hand. You can't give props to Marvin Harrison without saying "but...he has Peyton Manning." You can't diss or praise AJ without saying "despite the anemic passing offense."
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Five days after a suspected surface-to-air missile downed Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in eastern Ukraine, a team of three senior aviation experts from the airline itself finally reached the sprawling crash site, which stretches across 42-square-miles of territory held by pro-Russian separatists fighting an ongoing insurgency against the central government.
Earlier Tuesday, pro-Russia separatists handed the two black boxes from Flight 17 over to Malaysian investigators in the city of Donetsk. Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said the handover was part of an agreement he had reached with rebel leader Alexander Borodai.
Najib said the black boxes appeared "to be in good condition."
Outrage has grown in the West over what appears to be a bungled start to the investigation. Rebels allowed a group of monitors from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) only a superficial inspection of the crash site on Saturday before firing warning shots when two Ukrainian members of the group attempted to study wreckage.
On Tuesday, CBS News correspondent Mark Phillips watched as the three Malaysian Airlines investigators, accompanied by observers from the OSCE, took the first steps toward meticulously documenting the wreckage of the Boeing 777.
Phillips said the team took notes and photos of the debris, and looked visibly shocked as they began to take in what is the world's largest crime scene. But the clues to the crime and who committed it laid scattered across farmland and villages for days by the time those first investigators arrived, and it was far from the ideal, uncorrupted body of evidence they encountered.
An OSCE official, Michael Bociurkiw, told CBS News the handling of the crash site has been "invasive."
"I wouldn't want to use the word 'tampering' but from day one our initial observation - significant observation here - is that there's been no perimeter security...and one would expect that immediately to happen in this type of tragic incident," Bociurkiw said. "We've taken photographs and we'll compare them to photographs from the first days we were here and see if there are noticeable differences."
Bociurkiw said there even appears to be a "piece hacked out of" the tail of the plane.
The OCSE official said they have no idea what happens to the crash site itself at night because they are only around to observe during the day.
The plane's black boxes will be examined by U.K. air accident investigators, Britain's prime minister said Tuesday.
British experts at the Air Accidents Investigation Branch will retrieve data from the flight recorders for analysis, following a request from the government of the Netherlands, David Cameron said on Twitter.
Iow Tiong Lai, minister of transport in Malaysia, said it was "normal procedure for black boxes to be sent for analysis to the nearest laboratory authorised by the International Civil Aviation Association."
The experts expect to download all the information within 24 hours of retrieving them, a Department of Transport spokesman said. They will not publish their findings but will pass them on to Dutch authorities, who will then decide what information can be released.
The Obama administration said Tuesday it would present data from the U.S. intelligence community laying out what's known about the Malaysia Airlines plane that was shot down in Ukraine.
White House spokesman Josh Earnest said the intelligence community will have some additional data to present later in the day. No additional details about what would be released were available.
Earnest said the U.S. welcomed the news that most of the remains of the 298 killed have been handed over to authorities and the black boxes were transferred to Dutch and Malaysian authorities.
But he said the U.S. still hasn't seen the level of cooperation from Russia and pro-Russian separatists that it wants to see. He said international investigators led by the Dutch still need full and immediate access to the crash site.
Meanwhile, President Barack Obama visited the Netherlands Embassy in Washington and signed a condolence book for those who were lost. He said he wanted to "assure the Dutch people that we will work with them to make sure that loved ones are recovered, that a proper investigation is conducted and that ultimately justice is done."
Out of the 298 passengers and crew killed on the flight from the Netherlands to Malaysia, the Netherlands was the hardest hit nation, losing 193 citizens.


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[26 April 2009]
It's reasonable to assume that Max Ochs is, by this point, rather tired of being compared to his much more famous cousin Phil, but the relation is worth keeping in mind while listening to Hooray For Another Day. The album, recorded last year, is a mix of instrumental guitar songs and spoken-word poems, and it's clear from both that though many years have passed, Max is still very much living in the East Village of 1967. And while Max is able to match his cousin for sheer musicality—the guitar pieces here are by turns impressive, absorbing, and moving—he simply does not have the same literary chops. These poems are not just bad, they're awful—boring, overly self-conscious, and almost laughable in their phrasing. (Sample couplet, from "Crows": "All these people / loose, grabbable, lovely souls / I want to hug them, and kiss them, and tell them there is no God".) Ochs was an important figure in the folk movement of the '60s—he introduced Robbie Basho to the guitar and was host to blues legends like Mississippi John Hurt—but Hooray For Another Day shows both why he was considered promising, and why he ultimately was unable to deliver on that promise.
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Premier Inn secures eight hotel sites in a week
The eight sites, which will create 340,000sq.ft of hotel and restaurant space, are located across the UK including in Eastbourne and Redditch. They will have a capitalised lease value of more than £50m.
The largest will be a 183-bed office conversion in the City of London near Monument station.
The UK's largest budget hotel brand currently boasts over 600 hotels in the country and Ireland and has previously said it is looking at more than 300 target towns for further expansion.
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John Bates, head of acquisitions for Premier Inn UK & Ireland, said the ambitious completion of deals on eight new hotels in a week was not the end of expansion plans for the brand.
"Premier Inn is one of the most active developers in the market today. In this latest financial year, we have added 40 new sites to our secured pipeline which is equivalent to 1.6m sq.ft of new commercial space. That's an impressive achievement in anyone's book and we intend to do the same again, every year, for the next three years," he said.
"We're achieving successful growth because of the strong customer demand for Premier Inn around the UK and, importantly, because we're set up to deliver. We have many years of experience, offer the solidity of Whitbread financial backing, are fully flexible on the types of schemes we can make work and offer investment grade leases," Bates added
Olympics expansion
The chain has set itself a target of operating 65,000 rooms by 2016 and in September announced plans for a major expansion drive in London ahead of the London 2012 Olympic Games.
Three of the new hotels contained in the latest expansion announcement are located within the M25, including Bromley and Sutton, taking it closer to the target which Premier Inn says will make it the largest provider of budget hotels in London.
Last month Whitbread announced it was also launching three skills academies across the UK to offer training for restaurant and kitchen managers in time for the Games and the Diamond Jubilee celebrations later this year.
The Dunstable-based company which also operates the Beefeater and Cost Coffee brands announced as part of a trading update this year that it will create 10,000 new jobs over the next three years – around 400 of these will come from the eight new Premier Inn sites announced today.
The eight new Premier Inn hotelsare a mixture of office-to-hotel conversions, developer turnkey and new build schemes and developer-led schemes subject to planning permission:
- Beverley – 79-bed hotel as part of the Flemingate regeneration scheme
- Bromley – 130-bed hotel as part of the Bromley South Central regeneration scheme
- Catterick – 60-bed hotel and Brewers Fayre at Catterick Garrison
- City of London – 183-bed office-to-hotel conversion in EC3 near Monument station
- Eastbourne – a 65-bed office-to-hotel conversion at Terminus Road
- Longbridge – a 75-bed hotel and Beefeater Grill as part of the town centre regeneration scheme
- Redditch – a 62-bed hotel and Beefeater Grill next t to the Abbey Retail Park
- Sutton – a 120-bed hotel at the Sutton Superbowl site


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How to Succeed
What traits make a Military Officer?
An American Military Officer is a leader in the most powerful, capable, and advanced organization in history. He or she excels in planning goal setting, communication, initiative, delegation, and responsibility. Those are the job requirements to fly 5th Generation stealth fighters, operate billion dollar satellite constellations, manipulate futuristic unmanned aerial systems or leverage our Nation's technology to secure cyberspace.
Where do you start?
We're looking for leaders. If you're into sports, go for Captain. If you're in a service club, shoot for President. Officers take the steps to get the job done and lead their unit to unparalleled success. We're looking for the same in you.
We're looking for students who decide their future, not wait for their future make decisions for them. Set aggressive goals in school and go after them, then tell us all about it.
We're looking for students who excel in their Grade Point Average, SAT, and ACT scores. Being America's Air, Space and Cyberspace force requires some very smart men & women.


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TORONTO (Apr. 19)
A mass rally took place today in Natan Phillips Square at City Hall here to support the cause of Syrian Jews, particularly Saymon Khadas, a 16-year-old boy denied medical treatment for a congenital heart disease. The Syrian government has refused Khadas an exit visa even though the Damascus Jewish community has offered to post $5000 bond for his return to Syria.
At the rally, attended by thousands, Rabbi Mitchell Serels described the plight of Syrian Jews, particularly that of a family in Aleppo, Syria. A brother of the family, now in Toronto and a Canadian citizen, has applied for their emigration visas. "A program for freedom" was presented by the students of the Canadian Youth for Syrian Jews of the Community Hebrew Academy, and the Canadian Committee for the Rescue of Jews in Arab Countries.
Three Jews were detained by police, and one of them was beaten, on the first day of Passover as they were standing hear the Moscow synagogue on Arkhipova Street, the American Jewish Congress said they learned today in a telephone conversation with a leading Moscow activist.