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Lovely Nurses is up for review today, and surprise, surprise, they feature some softcore and hardcore scenes with nurses in them. Hopefully the whole Florence Nightingale syndrome is up your alley since the nurse niche isn't terribly popular these days. Still, it provides something a little unique at least. It is part of the 18 Passport network of sites, which you get full access to for $35 a month, which is rather high.
Network access included.
Seriously, the network access here is one of the few reasons I'd actually join the site. You at least get access to some sites with a lot more content, and they can even offer exclusive material or HD videos at times.
Updates come fairly often.
There's a little question mark on whether all the update dates are real here or not (see below), but if you take it for face value, things look pretty good. There were a few new photosets and videos added in the last week, and that's pretty typical here.
Other Good Stuff:
Seems to be non-exclusive
Just judging by the looks of the content, things are completely non-exclusive here from what I can tell. Most of the content looks pretty dated, and generic as well. Everything from the nurse outfits to the scenes change more than I think they would if they shot their own material.
Not a very large site.
They are under 100 photo galleries and under 100 videos as well, which is not normal for these guys. When you factor in the non-exclusive content, they really need a lot more in terms of numbers to make it worthwhile.
Niche isn't exactly what I though it'd be.
The nurse theme wasn't what I thought it would be. The girls do wear nurse outfits, but they don't fill the role of a nurse much. What I mean is that there's not a ton of Dr. and patient roleplay or anything like that. It can be found here and there, but more often than not, it's just a girl screwing in a costume basically.
Navigation isn't good.
There are too many confusing menu links, and not enough actual search and browse options here. There are basically just lists you have to browse through till you find something you like. There's not even a models index or anything.
Minor Negatives:
This one is just too basic, without enough to offer, especially for the price.
Lovely Nurses wasn't lovely enough for me unfortunately. There are a few things going on here that really hold them back. The site is definitely too small, especially since the content does not seem to be exclusive. The update dates look good, but the site doesn't grow as much as it should, which is another oddity. Quality is probably a little below average, as is navigation and the overall option. Add in a high price and a so-so niche, and it's just not a good combination. If you're already a member of the network, it doesn't hurt to peek inside, but I don't think I'd join for this one specifically by any means.
About the Content:
Downloadable softcore and hardcore photos and videos featuring girls in nurse outfits.
Download Managers:
Yes, should work.
Channel Max: 16
Able to pause/resume.
Test Software: IDM
Download Speed:
Download Mgr: 6.2MB/sec.
Browser: 3.2MB/sec.
(115MB video, 50Mbps cable internet)
Exclusive Info:
Advertised: No info found.
My Opinion: Unsure. I don't recall seeing this content anywhere else, but I'd guess it's mostly non-exclusive.
File Sizes (HQ):
(average size, HQ)
HD Video:
No HD quality videos.
Live Cams:
No free live cam shows.
Logging In:
User, pw, verification image.
Saved after closing browser.
Videos don't require pw.
Very easy!
Model Appearance:
Mix of models.
Generally amateur to pro.
Body types from thin to average.
Model Info:
50+ models total.
Ages 18-35.
Other Content:
No notable extras.
Other Details:
Little to no condoms.
No music in most videos.
A few banner ads.
Pic Details:
Amateur to semi-pro photography.
Some airbrushing seen.
Pic Dimensions (HQ):
Recent = 1200 x 800
Archives = 700 x 500
Sizes vary a lot.
Streaming Player:
Large flash and WMV player.
Can jump ahead immediately.
2-8 second buffer.
Smooth playback.
Good quality.
Two quality levels for WMV.
Updates in Last 7 Days:
3 image galleries.
2 full video episodes.
(on par with previous updates)
None so far.
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Will your mother tongue survive online?
Posted on 14. Nov, 2012 by Maria Polyakova in Stats & Trends
While webmasters in English speaking countries go out of their way to come up with an efficient and creative course of actions aimed at reaching out to an increasing number of people all over the world, the daily to-do list of professionals in some other countries has a completely different agenda on it. Their job description would only mention one task – but not a doable one, many would argue. The task is to prevent their native languages from digital extinction.
A lot of languages that end up on the digital "red list" are those spoken by minority nations in Europe, including Icelandic, Maltese and some Eastern European languages such as Latvian or Lithuanian. And it is not just that there are not enough speakers of these languages communicating online. A lot of advanced linguistic software available nowadays for more common Internet languages – online translators, grammar and spelling checkers, personal assistants – is based on the statistical principle and enhanced by linguistic databases created in the process of language use online. But the luxury (or shall we say the necessity?) of creating such software for rarer languages seems to be an unreachable goal if not enough words have been spelled and not enough phrases translated on the web. Moreover, when it comes to more sophisticated technology such as voice-controlled devices, even languages with a strong digital presence cannot boast of sufficient support and resources.
So, will the Internet's and mobile devices' linguistic skills be soon limited to English? Is it only English that websites and mobile apps should be developed in going forwards? While some studies do indeed consider English to be the only language completely out of the danger of extinction, recent statistics suggest that a number of other languages are not at all ready to give up so easily. Thus, the 26.8% of the total number of Internet users that English claimed in 2011 was very closely followed by Chinese with just under a quarter of total usage. It is also worth noting that while the number of English speakers online has only increased by about 300% over the past decade, the number of Chinese speakers has grown by an impressive 1,479% during the same period of time. Besides, the amount of Arabic and Spanish speakers has gone up respectively by 2,500% and 807%, with both languages listed among the top 10 languages used on the Internet in 2011.
Another angle of looking at the issue of languages online was provided by a recent study that analyses digital linguistic resources from the point of view of access to the "world online wallet". The findings reveal that websites available in 13 confirmed languages – unsurprisingly including English, Spanish, Arabic and Chinese mentioned above – have the potential of reaching out to 90% of the online population. It is obviously not just the number of speakers of a certain language that determines digital economic opportunities, but also such factors as users' online and offline spending behaviour. However, the stats for the past two years prove that the learnings about website translations that may be necessary to help a business prosper financially are very much in line with the list of languages most commonly used on the Internet.
International markets have also contributed to mobile being defined as one of the most important trends for 2013 and the years to come. In fact, localization and consideration of local languages may be even more crucial for mobile than desktop searches. In emerging economies of Asia and South America cheap costs of mobile phones and tariffs together with the lack of effective broadband connections and infrastructure in numerous areas result in those countries having some of the largest mobile web communities in the world. In China, for example, almost half of the users regularly search on their mobile devices, while in the US it's only one in five users.
All these stats and trends suggest that English will not after all end up being the one and only language used online. This is of course of no consolation to hundreds of minority languages that are struggling to survive on the web or do not have any digital presence at all. It will be interesting to see with time if digital linguistic history will mirror or maybe even influence the fate of languages offline.


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Scattered cross the table,
pictures of the past
Moments frozen in celluloid.
Souls captured.
Happiness overlaid with sorrow;
Mourning for Indian summers, left behind.
Smiles creeping upon resurrected memories.
Tears staining the glossy remembrance.
Tracing the past, stepping stones through time,
each a story.
~two blooms from valentines bouquet
Gone; but not forgotten.
Tender touch of entwined hands,
sated; after loves embrace.~
Flipping through visual diary,
reflections of bygone ages.
Wrapped in echoes of spent whispers,
conversations drift from the past.
Gather these splashes,
join them to the sea of life
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George Korda: Security: locking ourselves up in a prison of our own making
The ongoing flap about passenger pat-downs and the electronic equivalent of strip-searches by body scanners at airports reminds us of a reality of government: government is identical to an organism. Organisms at their basest level desire to fulfill two functions: survival and reproduction.
Government wants to grow. All the time. Any way it can. The invariable justification for government expansion and a corresponding limitation of individual liberty is this: It's for our own good. And each new law, requirement or regulation for our own good puts greater limits on the decisions we can make for ourselves.
Government tells us we must wear safety belts in our cars and helmets on motorcycles or government will punish us. The most common argument is that health care costs are affected by people injured in accidents who aren't wearing safety belts or helmets. Health care costs are also affected by people who eat too much, smoke, play tackle football, ride bicycles, or are involved in any number of other activities. Clearly, there ought to be more laws. And they might well be coming.
In the area of security, we are, "for our own good," allowing ourselves to be incarcerated in an ever-expanding world of restrictions and limitations.
The City County Building, housing City of Knoxville and Knox County offices, is a virtual fortress. A leaky fortress, but a fortress nonetheless. No one (unless they have a pre-approved pass, meaning they're regulars on the premises) can enter without emptying their pockets and going through a metal detector.
For more than 200 years Knoxville and Knox County citizens were not required to prove their innocence to enter their public buildings. Employees and citizens came and went freely. After the City County Building was built, taxpayers were even able to park in the parking garage. Not now.
A couple of years ago I was in a conversation with an elected official about metal detectors at the City County Building's entrances. He said that it made him feel safer, that people angry at government or court decisions might do something violent.
"So I take it you don't go to lunch in downtown restaurants," I said. "You don't go home at night, or to the movies, or to football games, or to play golf. Even walking into the parking garage exposes you to potential danger. So you spend your all your time in here to make sure you're safe?"
He didn't say anything. He just looked at me. He realized the illusion of security in which he existed.
At the Howard Baker federal building, after going through the usual security rigmarole, visitors must turn off their cell phones and leave them at the security desk. Apparently public employees' valuable time must be protected from visitors receiving distracting phone calls.
The current controversy over airport pat-downs and body scanners is the hot topic of the moment. But anyone who flies knows the hassle airport security has become.
In my business I do a fair amount of flying. At Orlando International Airport (OIA) security is becoming so onerous officials may be considering if it's a good idea to let planes land and pull up to gates. Planes cause security problems.
At OIA, security lines often move about as quickly as a 16-year-old asked to clean his room. Then there's the inevitable listening to Transportation Security Agency employees talk to each other about what they don't like about their schedules or when their next break is coming.
After successfully navigating security by taking off your belt, removing your shoes, taking your liquids out of your bag, placing your laptop in its own bin, and passing through the metal detector, passengers must board a tram for a short ride to the gates.
After going through the security lanes, at OIA passengers must stand behind a retractable barrier until a TSA employee grants them leave to enter the area to board the trams. Once in that area, other TSA employees do not permit you entry onto the trams until they have walked its length retracting more retractable barriers. Then the doors are opened to finally allow passengers to board.
On a recent trip to Florida, as the tram pulled away from the terminal, an English lady looked back toward the TSA employees at the tram departure point and said, "That didn't seem terribly logical."
"It probably justifies a couple of dozen government jobs," someone said. Everyone in the area murmured agreement.
A TSA employee told me the reason for the inconvenience is that at OIA, international passengers are mixed with domestic passengers. The intent is to ensure international passengers with nefarious motives don't slip something dangerous to an accomplice waiting to board a plane in Orlando.
But, I said, the international passengers have already been screened when they board their planes. And if a terrorist is intent on doing damage to a plane, why wouldn't he do it on the inbound flight and avoid the handoff at OIA?
He just shrugged.
Government will always seek to assume greater authority in small ways, such as a retractable barrier at an airport tram, and large ways, such as a health care bill that orders all Americans to possess a certain product. That's government's nature. It's how the people respond that affects elections and the pace of government expansion.
Perhaps Edmund Burke, 1729-1797, best summarized the outcome of unrelenting government expansion and authority: "The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedience, and by parts."
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text: Power Ranking ACC Tailgate Towns – 2011 September 05, 2011 12:00 pm | 4 years ago 0 Written By Anthony Campanella TOPICS: ACC, Clemson Tigers, Tailgate, Tailgating No. 12 Miami, FL - Miami Hurricanes Never before has the band wagon been unloading like it is now for Miami. Pending \"death penalty\" type accusations, and an opening game loss for new head coach Al Golden, has Hurricane fans jumping ship left and right. Expect tailgates at Sun Life Stadium to be lackluster to say the least. Next No. 11 Durham, NC - Duke Blue Devils This is Duke football, not basketball. The outlook for this year isn\'t good, and Blue Devil fans aren\'t too excited. Saturday gamedays in Durham aren\'t anything to go out of your way for this year. Previous Next No. 10 Winston-Salem, NC - Wake Forest Demon Deacons One of the worst offense in the league has led to one of the most unexciting gamedays. The only thing keeping Wake Forest from the bottom two slots is that their campus has a good tailgating set-up. Previous Next No. 9 Chestnut Hill, MA - Boston College Eagles Boston College\'s campus is already one of the most non-tailgater friendly campuses in the country. Combine this with an opening game loss at home to to Northwestern, and BC fans are already looking to next year. Previous Next No. 8 Atlanta, GA - Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Tech fans are excited about this young Georgia Tech team, however most of them are looking to next year for a big season. Fans will have campus buzzing on Saturdays, but compared to next year the atmosphere will be below average. Previous Next No. 7 Charlottesville, VA - Virginia Cavaliers Good thing this list isn\'t completely based on your teams 2011 season projections Cavalier fans. Charlottesville and UVA\'s campus are always fun to tailgate, and it shouldn\'t be any different this year. Previous Next No. 6 Raleigh, NC - NC State Wolfpack Despite the loss of QB Russel Wilson to transferring, Wolfpack fans are charged up after the solid season they had last year. Coach Tom O\'Brien has the program on the right track, and fans around Raleigh are showing him loads of support on gamedays. Previous Next No. 5 Chapel Hill, NC - UNC Tar Heels Despite the loss of head coach Butch Davis and a handful of sanctions, Tar Heel fans are still excited about this team. UNC has a beautiful campus that is great for tailgating. Previous Next No. 4 College Park, MD - Maryland Terrapins New head coach Randy Edsall gave the Terp fan base a shot of life with a fantastic opening season win over the Hurricanes. This win, and the promising outlook for the future of Maryland football, should put some excitement in NC State gamedays for the 2011 season. Previous Next No. 3 Clemson, SC - Clemson Tigers This is Clemson, arguably the best tailgating town in the ACC. The only thing keeping it from the top two is FSU\'s recent resurgence into the national spotlight, and a pretty good Hokies team in Blacksburg. Previous Next No. 2 Blacksburg, VA - Virginia Tech Hokies Blacksburg is never a pushover when it comes to tailgating. This year the Hokies look good enough to keep fans excited all season. Previous Next No. 1 Tallahassee, FL - FSU Seminoles Welcome back to prominence FSU fans. This is what it felt like in the 90\'s. With a preseason No. 6 ranking, and a team that looks to be the real deal, Tallahassee will be partying like it\'s 1999 all year long. Previous


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From the White House Blog: The President has long noted that skyrocketing health care costs will be disastrous in terms of our long term national debt unless we pass real reform. In this Weekly Address, the President also explains how he will cover the upfront costs of reform by eliminating overpayments from Medicaid and Medicare and driving down…
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From the White House Blog In his weekly address to the nation the President makes clear that as Congress works through health care reform legislation, it must include fundamental changes that lower costs, ensure Americans have choices, and establish access to quality, affordable health care for all Americans. "But what we can't welcome," the President…
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CAIRO – "This cycle of suspicion and discord must end," Obama said in a widely anticipated speech in one of the world's largest Muslim countries, an address designed to reframe relations after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and the U.S.-led war in Iraq. Quoting from the Quran for emphasis, President Barack Obama called…
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President Barack Obama today issued a Presidential Proclamation recognizing Lesbian, Gay Bisexual, and Transgendered Pride Month. Pride Month is observed by the LGBT communtiy in June commemorating the 1969 "Stonewall Riots" in New York City. President Clinton regularly recognized Gay Pride Month while President George W. Bush ignored it. While LGBT activists have been disappointed…
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On this Memorial Day weekend, President Obama calls on the American people to join him in paying tribute to America's veterans, servicemen and women – particularly those who have made the ultimate sacrifice – and their families. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VikooiwQ7Q&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]


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I totally cheated. I'm a big old cheater. When I was asked to list my two favourite posts from this year, one was not so much a post as it was an event, and the other wasn't a Feministing post at all. Like I said, I'm a big old cheater. But it's cheating for a good cause, I promise, because my top picks this year aren't just about Feministing – they're about feminist activism, and about the role of feminist blogging in that activism and in the feminist movement more broadly. So, here we go:
Lori co-organizes the protest of the NYC "rape cop" verdict
In May of this year, as I'm sure you remember, two New York City police officers were acquitted of raping a woman after helping her back to her apartment while she was drunk. Despite the fact that a few days after the incident, one of the cops reassured the woman that he had worn a condom, there was no "guilty" verdict. The two officers were convicted of three counts of official misconduct, but the rape charges did not stick. In response to the verdict, Lori and a number of other feminist organizations pulled together a protest the following day that drew several hundred people.
Like I said, I cheated.
But I'm still so proud of Lori – that's her in the video leading a chant of "We won't be silenced! We must stop violence!" – and of the way the New York feminist community was able to mobilize in reaction to the verdict. And, I was glad to see, at SlutWalk NYC a few months later, that people made the connection between the May verdict and the SlutWalk action: several people had signs about the NYPD, and there were a number of less than flattering chants about the NYPD on the day.
New York magazine explores the lady blogosphere
Emily Nussbaum's story in the October 30 issue of New York magazine explored the origins, evolution and importance of the feminist blogosphere, placing it within the historical context of the larger women's rights movement and explaining some of the successes and failures of lady blog land in the last few years. The article quoted a number of friends of Feministing, like Sady, Amanda, Latoya, Shelby, and Akiba, listed Feministing as one of the top feminist blogs around, and included a photo of our own Executive Editor, Samhita.
If you haven't read the whole thing, you really should, but here's an excerpt:
Perhaps most strikingly, there was a freewheeling fascination with celebrity culture and reality television, even on the most radical sites. Instead of viewing pop culture as toxic propaganda, bloggers embraced it as a shared language, a complex code to be solved together, and not coincidentally, something fun. In an age of search engines, it was a powerful magnet: Again and again, bloggers described pop-culture posts to me as a "gateway drug" for young women—an isolated teenager in rural Mississippi would Google "Beyoncé" or "Real Housewives," then get drawn into threads about abortion. Some of the best memes out there are the least categorizable, like Feminist Ryan Gosling, a blog that features the adorable star of Drive "citing" poststructuralist philosopher Judith Butler. Is it a joke? A turn-on? A sly carrier for theory? It doesn't really matter, because it's the perfect viral pass-around.
In answer to Nussbaum's questions, Feminist Ryan Gosling IS a turn-on, a huge one. But that's not really the point. I'm a proponent of stealth feminism and of using pop culture as a gateway drug to feminism – after all, I study rom coms, for god's sake. And I was relieved to see feminist discussions of pop culture recognized as signs that we are meeting young women where they are rather than proof that feminists are no longer "serious."
We are serious. Despite the snark and the cursing, and despite the fact that we write about pop culture in addition to politics and other important matters, we are serious. We are deadly, completely serious. Especially when it comes to Ryan Gosling.
Happy holidays, everyone! Thanks for making this year such a great one here at Feministing, and here's to an even better 2012. See you all in the new year!


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- Ten years of polls on #American attitudes after 9/11
- 7 in 10 #Americans believe we will be attacked again
- 6 in 10 #Americans believe the war in #Afghanistan was the right move
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Pollsters have asked thousands of questions over the past decade about public reactions to 9/11. In the latest issue of AEI's Political Report, the editors look at how attitudes have changed over the past decade about the War on Terror.
Key findings include:
- Americans were resilient in the face of the attacks. 71% felt depressed right after the attacks; 24% in late October.
- Around 7 in 10 believe there will be another attack on American soil, but most say they won't be victims.
- Amid widespread criticism of government today, around 70% say government is doing well in reducing the threat. They credit the Bush administration with making America safer and believe President Obama will keep us safe.
- Concern about civil liberties for the average American has risen sharply. But Americans want government to err on the side of protecting them against possible terrorist attacks.
- Around six in ten believe taking the war to Afghanistan was the right thing to do. Two-thirds or more want to the U.S. reduce troop levels now.
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I have to do the first two days together because I didn't find out about this until last night. I decided to combine the first two prompts together:
The force that through the green fuse drives the flower,
But I don't care.
Just because things are in motion doesn't mean
I have to be.
And I am content to let life slip through my fingers
not feeling it.
I create persona's for most aspects of my life; if I didn't, I wouldn't be able to get along with anyone. I have this fucking out there persona for when I'm at work, and for when I'm on facebook; these things aren't me. I fake every aspect of those things, and when I'm done pretending to be something I'm not, I come home exhausted and irritable…
I don't even find most things funny anymore- I just fake laughter or force myself to find something funny. Really, everything is completely alien to me…
Sweating out my dreams, I drive
my derisions to the brink of
I don't have a theme other than sarcasm
No goal apparent in life than orgasm
Irony takes the place of pedagogy
And strokes take the place of syncope
I should just give up
But I can't
I have
The taste of black pepper envelopes benches bereft of life
It'll shock and soothe
And whirlwind toasts will come when the bells stop chiming
They celebrate the end of something, always
the End of something.
I can't promise to not placate my more sinister sentiments
any more than I can eradicate Eros from our easements.
Thoughts don't even seem to bounce off the walls anymore,
Drifting off into space, I hope they reach the cosmos somehow.
Maybe there is some quasar out there that can quickly reciprocate;
I know it will take eternities.
If I live that long, I hope I can discover why I eventually I have to go.
Glaciers breathe.
I'm not sure if anything means anything. What I'm not doing with writing is to imitate life, or to create art that shows that life imitates art. I just try to give a representation of myself that I am satisfied with; not the mimetic one.
At this point, I've forgotten how to marry my images; I feel like the pope of poetry just excommunicated me.
It never cuts or slices, but
seems to seep in through the seconds
when characters in films pause
to breathe. It builds like layer upon
layer of sickle sweet pancakes
precariously stuffed into the stomach;
by the time the brain starts
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Gosh, maybe getting older does have some strange benefits. One can just set back and enjoy this oft naive debate over the latest "new idea" – the streetcar.
Champions of the streetcar see only a sleek modern vehicle, loaded with passengers, whisking through neighborhoods on wondrous rails of steel. They tend to ignore the critical issues of cost, rider ship or any possible traffic problems. They somehow believe that only their "magical streetcar" will bring bustling economic development.
On the other hand, newly found critics are finally realizing that putting rails in the street is immovable, inflexible as well as costly. Electrical needs and traffic problems abound. Their motto seems to be, "there must be a better way."
Amazingly, these realizations were made nearly sixty years ago when the streetcar system was abandoned and a more flexible and less expensive transportation plan was developed.
How did they miss this piece of Cincinnati history? It was in all the papers.
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text: Greetings, Ansteorra from the Kingdom Youth Rapier Marshal! I look forward to seeing all of Ansteorra's authorized youth fencers enter Her Majesty's "Guardian of the Queen's Hope" Tournament. I realize there are still many adults and youth out there that want to become authorized to participate in Youth Rapier Activities. If you do not have a PINK authorization card you are not authorized! (unless you have a temporary authorization). ALL gold cards expired DEC 1. I will arrange to do new authorizations AFTER the tournaments. If possible, please let me know ahead of time so I can arrange to have enough authorizing marshals on hand. If you can, you should get with your Regional Youth Rapier Marshal and get authorized this week. I will NOT be doing any new authorizations before the tournament on Saturday, except by prior arrangement. If you plan to fight or marshal in Queens Hope and you do not have a current authorization, you MUST contact me ASAP. Not Friday, not Saturday morning, NOW. I will need to collect some information from you. Even with prior notice I will only do a limited number of these pre-tournament authorizations. Those who do not contact me in time will have to wait for the authorization sessions AFTER the tournament. We will not authorize anyone that has not satisfactorily met all the requirements for a new authorization and one of those requirements is that you have had the class on the new Youth Rapier Rules. If you have not had this class then you have probably run out of time to get this done before Queens. There will not be time to give the Rules Class at Queen's. You could try contacting one of my authorizing marshals but they are also very busy this week. Please contact me with any questions you may have and to make any necessary arrangements. Email is best: elizabeth at crouchet.com. I realize time is short. As the weekend approaches I will welcome contact via my cellphone: 512 567-2124. Leave messages. Tell me how to reach you, who you are, what you need and suggest some arrangements. I will be back in touch as soon as I may. In service, Claire Shayhan Kingdom Youth Rapier Marshal Authorizing Youth Rapier Marshals: Central Regional Marshal: Rhiannon ferch Cian: Deborah Wade Deborah.Wade at tpwd.state.tx.us Southern Regional Marshal: Christian Dore: James Crouchet james at crouchet.com At-Large Authorizing Marshals: Simone Velery la Rousse: Cynthia Whitford jaysmom at swbell.net Aethelyan Moondragon: Elizabeth Zakes Moondrgn at earthlink.net Genna: Jenny Peralta jennylynnperalta at hotmail.com


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Located just ten miles northeast of Gunnison, Fossil Ridge is completely surrounded by the Gunnison National Forest.
TPL's protection in August 2011 of 225 acres of high-country mining claims in the San Juan Mountains, speaks to the area's rich past and uncertain future.
Since 1981, The Trust for Public Land has protected nearly 10,000 acres of Colorado greenbelts—land that provides a buffer between open space and development or helps define a community's growth boundary.
In June 2010, The Trust for Public Land purchased a large section of land on the edge of Crested Butte that had been owned by the local family since 1905. The conservation transaction was the largest in the town's history.
This spectacular valley in south-central Colorado is one of the last remaining places where ranching is still the main way of life. Since 2000, TPL has spearheaded an ambitious and collaborative program to preserve the beauty and way of life in the Wet Mountain Valley.
South Table Mountain is an oasis of solitude within a sea of development. A volcanic mesa rising above the western Denver metro area, it provides a welcome refuge for people and wildlife.
In October 2005, TPL helped the owners of Dunn Ranch place a conservation easement over the property, which protects the land from development and ensures that the ranch's water will continue to be used for agricultural purposes.
Adams County, northeast of burgeoning Denver, has been struggling to maintain farms and open space in the path of growth. In 1999, TPL helped county residents mount and pass a voter initiative that created a dedicated sales tax for the protection of open space.
In late 2009, TPL helped permanently protect a high mountain meadow in Chaffee County through conservation easement on this family-owned ranch.
The Trust for Public Land works closely with local non-profits and government agencies to help farmers and ranchers in Colorado maintain ownership of, and continue working, their lands.


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I had 2 partitions (400GB and 50GB) and merged them using Aomei partition assistant yesterday. It took few hours and when it complete, I started windows and everything was working fine except windows explorer. When i open windows explorer(or control panel or anything that use same script, i think) it opens but without any content, no disks shown, no files, folder,.... same in CP. I already scaned my C: disk, ran "sfc /scannow" and it said it found corrupt files but was unable to fix them. Details are included in C:/Windows/logs/cbs/cbs.log which i can't open, it says access denied. Also, i'm using xplorer2 to browse and open files because of this problem. I searched google for it and didn't find anything usefull. I have quad-core AMD X4 3.6GHz processor, Asrock 970 extreme motherboard, 4gb ram and ATI HD 6770 graphic card and I'm running Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit. Reformatting disk and reinstalling Windows would probably solve this, but i have 400GB of files to backup so It's not an option. Does anyone know how to solve this?
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So it got too many movie stars and characters on my other tumblr blog than what I wanted it to, so I made a new one for them.
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Or maybe now it's turned more into a guide for the man of my life?


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if anybody else gets lost trying to find this obscure item, it is a glowing white rock at 6010, 2740 - shows a white column of light on it also. When you click on the buff, you will get 30 minutes of this buff, and every time you kill a goblin, it'll count for the 12 you have to kill. Happy Hunting!


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Update: This post on rangoli designs initially had only two rangoli. Over the weeks new designs have been added or others drawn elsewhere in rangoli-sans-dots brought under this category to make it more user friendly. The first rangoli below is a simple free hand type with spiral patterns as the main theme. Draw the central design with four sides and above the edges draw spiral patterns. Spiral designs are also drawn in the gaps on the periphery. A simple flower with four petals is drawn at the centre. Colour the rangoli with various hues as shown. With white rangoli powder added some simple patterns or lines to get the final design. Though the images above show a simple plain design the image with colours added gives an attractive appearance to the rangoli.
The rangoli above is very simple free hand design with a floral centre expanded along the petals with some patterns. The flower is drawn by drawing elliptical shaped patterns around a centre ( similar to an atom ! ). Fill the gaps with designs of your choice. In this case I haved added some v shaped lines with a petal or leaf at the top because I thought that it would match with the central pattern. Adding colours to the rangoli makes it more attractive. The second rangoli on the top left is also a simple free hand type with spiral patterns as the main theme. Draw the central design with four sides and above the edges draw spiral patterns. Spiral designs are also drawn in the gaps on the periphery. A simple flower with four petals is drawn at the centre. Colour the rangoli with various hues as shown. With white rangoli powder added some simple patterns or lines to get the final design. Though the images above show a simple plain design the image with colours added gives an attractive appearance to the rangoli. The two images in black and white show the steps to draw this very simple rangoli without dots
. This is also a very simple floral free hand rangoli. Draw the basic design with white rangoli powder. Draw petals as shown, an eight petal flower. Around this flower draw the outline twice. Fill the design with petals with two colours, blue and red in this case. I think we can take the liberty of filling the colours we like without any restrictions. Hence the petals are of different colours in this rangoli. Fill the two outer borders with red and then pink. I have drawn some arrow shaped designs along the border. We can add leaves or any other designs on these arrows. I have not done so, for a change. Finally decorate with simple patterns on the petals and on the border with white rangoli powder. . ( Where do I draw these is the million dollar question on the minds of my friends and relatives when they give their feedback. I find that there are many clues in the images themselves.)
The rangoli on the right has a simple sikku kolam at the centre of dots pattern 5 to 3. The kolam has been surrounded by a simple rangoli border with two lines. The gap between the kolam and border has been filled with some spiral motifs. The central design has been filled with brown and pink colours and the inner most design is filled with blue colour. to give a different effect. The border has been filled with blue colours as also the other motifs. The gaps between the spiral patterns is filled with some simple circular designs. Finally the outer border has some simple designs running perpendicular to the lines. Place the dots again in the sikku kolam after the colours are applied.I wrote that rangolis with dots and those without dots have their own appeal and beauty. Hence I have tried to combine both in the rangoli design above.
The rangoli on the left (with blue and brown petals) is another of the many floral designs I have tried in Rangoli-sans-dots The flower at the centre has been surrounded by one more flower. The edges of the petals of the outer flower and in between them some simple patterns have been drawn. Then colourful lines are drawn inside the rangoli to get the image as seen below. In both designs the gaps can be filled with colour rangoli powder. It will be more suited to the design above. The floral pattern below looks nice even without this enhancement. Hence probably it is better to leave it as it is. Two intermediate steps for this simple rangoli in the pictures below for reference though the image in colour is itself self explanatory.
This rangoli design on the right, simple , for Navaratri has a central floral design with four petals the design is expanded along the petals with simple motifs on all four sides. After the basic design is finished with white rangoli powder, colours are added with colour rangoli powder to form four orange and four pink petals as shown. The remaining areas are filled with blue colour to have a light blue back ground. The next rangoli, below has a floral type design at the centre with eight petals. The design is then enhanced as shown in the image. Finally colours are filled. Then with white rangoli powder the inner side of the petals are further decorated.
The rangoli below obviously has a triangular pattern at the centre. Floral designs were added at the edges but it seemed to be too simple. So I added three more designs at the centre of each side. While the pattern at the edges have three lobes the one at the centre has two lobes. Finally colours and a few leaf like designs are added to get this simple rangoli.
This plain and white rangoli is the latest addition to this category. A (beautiful ) free hand floral design with five petal (instead of the usual four or eight petal designs ) with creepers or tendrils growing between the petals with more motifs or patterns on the periphery for decoration. Two intermediate stages are shown from a similar rangoli design.
Another simple rangoli design in the image below. Adding a few colours enhances the appearance of the rangoli not that it is not attractive when it is left white and plain
You may also like these links in Rangolisansdots
Rangoli designs are also available on many themes
including Independence Day and Republic Day
For free hand designs for Diwali please go to Diya rangolis for Diwali,
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Grilled Chicken, Tomato and Avocado Stack
Cindy Barbieri
- 2 (4-ounce) boneless and skinless chicken breast halves
- 3 tablespoons Paleo Mayonnaise (optional)
- 2 large beefsteak tomatoes, sliced
- 1 large Avocado, thinly sliced into 8 pieces
- 1/4 red onion, thinly sliced
- Romaine or your favorite lettuce
- Sea salt and Pepper
- 1 tablespoon Olive Oil a little more to drizzle
- Fresh herbs for garnish, optional
- Take chicken breasts and season with salt and pepper
- Heat a saute pan and set to medium heat, add olive oil then add chicken. Cook for 4 minutes on each side (until each side is brown)
- When done put on a poultry board and let cool
- Take each plate and line the bottom with your lettuce
- Slice tomatoes, avocado and chicken
- Add a little Paleo Mayo in the middle while building your stack
- Taking each ingredient create a stack and add the red onion slices on top
- You may want to drizzle a little olive oil or fresh herbs on the top
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Sick Sick Birds "All the Fins in the Sea" is available for pre-order starting Tuesday (11/19) over at Ghostbot Records (www.ghostbotrecords.com). Get 'em while they're hot!
Playing in NYC soon. Attend!
I used to be in a band called The Thumbs. Mark Minnig (great friend and original Thumbs bassist) just put together these clips from the first few Thumbs tour into a video for one of our oldest songs. It's from the first Thumbs 12" (s/t), and all of the footage is from various shows on tour and a few local shows… Among others — The Loft in Baltimore, Gilman, Bluebird Theater in Denver, an outdoor show in DC, Quebec, and a few other spots in Canada. All this stuff is from 1995-98.
Excited to play two shows this weekend with Title Tracks from DC. Come on out, people!
Test pressings for Sick Sick Birds "All the Fins in the Sea" ep are in! Should have limited test pressings available (with hand-done covers) at the Insubordination Festival in Baltimore on June 28. Come out to the show and get one of these records! We're playing with NightBirds, Screaming Females, Dead Mechanical and Paper Dragons to name a few!
Child labor! Also, come see Lemuria, War on Women and Sick Sick Birds at the Metro Gallery in Baltimore on May 28.
Happy birthday to Ms. Melissa Jacobsen: awesome bassist, bandmate and friend.
Often, when I hear someone say that (insert band name here) is a great live band, I take it with a grain of salt. Usually, it is a band that people go absolutely ape shit for, and the shows involve tons of people singing along to all of the songs and generally going bonkers. There is an energy in the room that is contributed to by everyone in that room, not just the band. That is not to say that popular bands can not also be great live bands. I'm just saying that it is much easier to be a "great live band" when the band is just a part of the energy.
Last night, Birthday Suits (Twin Cities dudes) came through Baltimore and played a set in front of Sidebar staff, members of Sick Sick Birds and Stop Worrying/Love the Bomb, and maybe a half dozen paying customers. They blew the doors off of the place. It was the best live performance that I have seen in a long time. Their songwriting is full of really interesting choices and unexpected turns, without it sounding like an exercise in wankery or self-indulgence. They are simply a rocking band. There was nobody there tonight. They easily could have phoned it in and hoped for a better turnout the next night. But they did not. They left me thinking that they are happy to play their songs in front of anyone who happens to be standing there, without any sense of bitterness about the turnout. They put a smile on my face, and then melted it. Well done, Birthday Suits. I only wish that more people in my town got to experience it.
If these guys come through your town, don't miss them. I implore you.
Hey folks -
The box of 7"s is getting full. Let's move some dang units! From now until April 12, buy a Sick Sick Birds "Bromo Seltzer Tower" tshirt (pictured below) and receive your choice of one of the following 7"s for free. That's $10 for a shirt and a record.
Here are the records for you to choose from:
The Adversives "The Search for Roger Ferris" 7", Farmhouse Records
Algebra One/Tuesday Weld split 7", Firedrill Records
Blondsai/Thee Lexington Arrows split 7", Raped By Records
Dan Padilla/The Timversion/Hidden Spots/Tiltwheel split 7", A.D.D. Records
Dead Mechanical "A Great Lie" 7", Sex Cells Records
Dead Mechanical "Binghamton Calling" 7", Dead Mechanical Records
Dude Jams/Too Many Daves 7", A.D.D. Records
Hidden Spots 7", A.D.D. Records
Rubber Sole "Appetite for Mayhem" 7", Sneezeguard Records
Rubber Sole "Working Class John" 7", Sneezeguard Records
The Thumbs/The Urchin split 7", Snuffy Smile
Turkish Techno/The Anchor split 7", A.D.D. Records
Vena Cava/Sick SIck Birds split 7", A.D.D. Records
Webster double single ("1000 Letters" and "Static"), American Punk Records
I only have limited quantities of these records (in some cases, ONE), so buy quickly if there is a record you have your eye on.
Order the shirt here (http://sicksickbirds.bandcamp.com/merch/tower-design-t-shirt) and let me know what record you would like. It's $1 for shipping in the U.S. - international orders, get in touch! Thanks.
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MPPEB Sub Inspector Recruitment 2014 Notification for 622 vacancies www.mponline.gov.in: Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board has issued latest notification for MPPEB Recruitment 2014 for Sub Inspector Posts. MPPEB invite online application from eligible candidates for 622 Subedar and Sub Inspector posts. All eligible candidates apply online through official website at www.mponline.gov.in. Applicants apply online for MPPEB Sub Inspector Recruitment 2014 from 25/12/2013 to 23/01/2014.
As pet the MPPEB latest recruitment notification Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board is recruiting for 622 Sub Inspector posts. MPPEB declared official notification and MPPEB Sub Inspector Recruitment 2014 online application form on its official web portal. Further information about MPPEB Sub Inspector Recruitment 2014 are given below link.
MPPEB Sub Inspector Recruitment 2014 Details:
Total Number of Post: 622
Post wise Vacancies:
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3) Sub-Inspector Female (District Police) : 47
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|Scott Peters
|U.S. House, California, District 52
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|January 3, 2013-Present
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|Years in position
|Duncan Hunter (R)
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|Duke University
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|June 17, 1958
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- 1 Career
- 2 Committee assignments
- 3 Issues
- 3.1 Legislative actions
- 3.1.1 113th Congress
- 3.1.2 National security
- 3.1.3 Economy
- 3.1.4 Immigration
- 3.1.5 Healthcare
- 3.1.6 Social issues
- 3.2 Campaign themes
- 3.1 Legislative actions
- 4 Elections
- 5 Campaign donors
- 6 Endorsements
- 7 Analysis
- 8 Personal
- 9 Recent news
- 10 External links
- 11 References
Peters is a member of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee's Frontline Program. The program is designed to help protect vulnerable Democratic incumbents heading into the 2014 election.[2]
Based on analysis of multiple outside rankings, Peters is a more moderate left of center Democratic Party vote. As a result, he may break with the Democratic Party line more than his fellow members.
Below is an abbreviated outline of Peters's academic, professional and political career:[3]
- 1980-1981: Economist, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- 1984-1991, 1996-2000: Practicing lawyer
- 1991-1996: Counsel, San Diego County
- 2001-2008: San Diego City Council
- 2013-Present: United States House of Representatives
Committee assignments
U.S. House
Peters serves on the following committees:[4]
- Science, Space, and Technology Committee
- Subcommittee on Oversight
- Subcommittee on Technology
- Armed Services
- Subcommittee on Seapower & Projection Forces
- Subcommittee on Intelligence, Emerging Threats and Capabilities
Legislative actions
113th Congress
The 113th Congress has had 55 out of 5,401 introduced bills enacted into law (1 percent) as of November 30, 2013. Comparatively, the 112th Congress had 1.14 percent of introduced bills enacted into law in the first session.[5] For more information pertaining to Peters's voting record in the 113th Congress, please see the below sections.[6]
National security
National Defense Authorization Act
Peters voted for HR 1960 - the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014. The bill passed the House on June 14, 2013, with a vote of 315 - 108. Both parties were somewhat divided on the vote.[7]
Department of Homeland Security Appropriations
Peters voted for HR 2217 - the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act of 2014. The bill passed the House on June 6, 2013, with a vote of 245 - 182 that was largely along party lines.[8]
Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act
Peters voted for HR 624 - the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act. The bill passed the House on April 18, 2013, with a vote of 288 - 127. The bill would allow federal intelligence agencies to share cybersecurity intelligence and information with private entities and utilities. The bill was largely supported by Republicans but divided the Democratic Party.[9]
Federal Statutory Pay Adjustment Elimination
Peters voted for HR 273 - Eliminates the 2013 Statutory Pay Adjustment for Federal Employees. The bill passed the House on February 15, 2013, with a vote of 261 - 154. The bill would prevent a 0.5% pay increase for all federal workers from taking effect, saving the federal government $11 billion over 10 years. Peters was 1 of 44 Democrats who supported the bill, while 144 voted against it.[10]
Morton Memos Enforcement Prohibition
Peters voted against House Amendment 136 - Prohibits the Enforcement of the Immigration Executive Order. The amendment was adopted by the House on June 6, 2013, with a vote of 224 - 201. The purpose of the amendment as stated on the official text is to "prohibit the use of funds to finalize, implement, administer, or enforce the Morton Memos." These memos would have granted administrative amnesty to certain illegal aliens residing in the United States.[11] The vote largely followed party lines.[12]
Health Care Reform Rules
Peters voted against House Amendment 450 - Requires Congressional Approval for Any Rules Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The amendment was adopted by the House on August 2, 2013, with a vote of 227-185. The amendment requires that all changes to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act be approved by Congress before taking effect. The vote was largely along party lines.[13]
Social issues
Peters voted against HR 1797 - Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act. The resolution passed the House on June 18, 2013, with a vote of 228 - 196 that largely followed party lines. The purpose of the bill is to ban abortions that would take place 20 or more weeks after fertilization.[14]
Campaign themes
Peters' campaign website listed the following issues:[15]
- Jobs and the Economy
- Excerpt: "America faces challenging new realities in a changing world. The economy is faster, smarter, more competitive and more global. And our federal budget is upside down because our Congressional representatives are more focused on holding onto problems for political gain than solving them."
- Healthcare
- Excerpt: "Healthcare in America needs to be accessible and affordable for everybody. When the Supreme Court affirmed the President's health care insurance reform initiative (the Affordable Care Act) in June 2012, it reminded us that the powerful health services industry does not control the administration of health care."
- Medicare and Social Security
- Excerpt: "Social Security and Medicare are compacts between the generations that we must not break. Men and women who have spent a lifetime of hard work, providing for their families and saving for their retirement, deserve the security of knowing their retirement and benefits, which they have worked hard to earn, will be there for them. "
- Veterans
- Excerpt: "Veterans are such a vital part of our community, and San Diego has the largest concentration of veterans in the nation, approximately 28,000. When these Americans volunteered to serve our country, we made a commitment to provide them with certain programs and benefits in exchange for their service. "
- Energy Policy
- Excerpt: "As a nation, we must work toward a long-term energy policy that: 1) creates new American jobs; 2) emphasizes greater energy independence; 3) invests in the development of alternative fuels; 4) promotes clean energy technology like wind and solar; 5) ensures greater national security; and 6) provides automakers with incentives for producing fuel-efficient vehicles."
Peters is a member of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee's Frontline Program. The program is designed to help protect vulnerable Democratic incumbents heading into the 2014 election.[2]
Peters ran in the 2012 election for the U.S. House, representing California's 52nd District. He and district 50 incumbent Brian Bilbray (R) advanced past the blanket primary on June 5, 2012, defeating Shirley Decourt-Park (D), Lori Saldana (D), Gene Hamilton Carswell (R), Wayne Iverson (R), John Stahl (R), John Subka (R), Jack Doyle (Ind) and Ehab Shehata (Ind). Peters defeated Bilbray in the general election on November 6, 2012.[16][17]
|U.S. House, California District 52 General Election, 2012
|Vote %
|Scott Peters
|Brian Bilbray Incumbent
|Total Votes
|Source: California Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election"
Campaign donors
Comprehensive donor information for Peters is available dating back to 2012. Based on available campaign finance records, Peters raised a total of $4,381,438 during that time period. This information was last updated on March 22, 2013.[18]
|Scott Peters's Campaign Contribution History
|US House (California, District 52)
|Grand Total Raised
Candidates for Congress are required to file reports with the Federal Election Commission during the 2014 elections season. Below are Peters's reports.[19]
|Scott Peters (2014) Campaign Finance Reports
|Date Filed
|Beginning Balance
|Total Contributions
for Reporting Period
|Cash on Hand
|April Quarterly[20]
|April 15, 2013
|July Quarterly[21]
|July 15, 2013
|Running totals
Peters won election to the U.S. House in 2012. During that election cycle, Peters's campaign committee raised a total of $4,381,438 and spent $4,352,737.[22] This is more than the average $1.5 million spent by House winners in 2012.[23]
Cost per vote
Peters spent $28.74 per vote received in 2012.
|U.S. House, California District 52, 2012 - Scott Peters Campaign Contributions
|Total Raised
|Total Spent
|Total Raised by Election Runner-up
|Total Spent by Election Runner-up
|Top contributors to Scott Peters's campaign committee
|Robbins, Geller et al
|University of California
|Qualcomm Inc
|Finkelstein & Krinsk
|Cooley Godward Kronish LLP
|Top 5 industries that contributed to campaign committee
|Lawyers/Law Firms
|Misc Finance
|Real Estate
|Leadership PACs
Peters was endorsed by former primary opponent Lori Saldana. He stated the following regarding her endorsement: "I thank Ms. Saldaña for the endorsement and well wishes she issued on Friday. Her support is very much appreciated and needed as we take on the bigger fight ahead against entrenched incumbent Brian Bilbray."[24]
Ideology and leadership
Based on an analysis of bill sponsorship by GovTrack, Peters is a "centrist Democrat" as of June 4, 2013.[25]
Like-minded colleagues
The website OpenCongress tracks the voting records of each member to determine with whom he or she votes most and least often. The results include a member from each party.[26]
Peters most often votes with:
Peters least often votes with:
Lifetime voting record
According to the website GovTrack, Peters missed 2 of 89 roll call votes from January 2013 to March 2013. This amounts to 2.2%, which is equal to the median of 2.2% among current congressional representatives as of March 2013.[27]
Net worth
Based on congressional financial disclosure forms and calculations made available by OpenSecrets.org, Peters's net worth as of 2011 was estimated between -$33,719,896 and $206,167,994. That averages to $86,224,049, which is higher than the average net worth of Democratic representatives in 2011 of $5,107,874.[28]
Voting with party
The website OpenCongress tracks how often members of Congress vote with the majority of the chamber caucus. According to the website, Peters has voted with the Democratic Party 87.1% of the time. This ranked 191st among the 201 House Democrats as of June 2013.[29]
Peters and his wife, Lynn, have two children.[30]
Recent news
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External links
- Social media:
- Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Congressional profile at CongressMerge.com
- Congressional profile at GovTrack.us
- Congressional profile at OpenCongress.org
- Summary, biography, voting record, and interest group ratings at Project Vote Smart
- Congressional profile and news at Roll Call
- Profile at Wikipedia
- Financial information at OpenSecrets.org
- Issue positions and quotes at On The Issues
- Legislation at Congress.gov
- Voting record maintained by The Washington Post
- Collected news and commentary at The Washington Post
- ↑ Post Bulletin "GOP Rep. Bilbray loses re-election bid in California" November 16, 2012
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, "DCCC Chairman Steve Israel Announces 2013-2014 Frontline Members," March 5, 2013
- ↑ National Journal, "California, 52nd House District," November 7, 2012
- ↑ CQ.com - Roll Call, "House Committee Rosters for the 113th Congress," accessed January 18, 2013
- ↑ Congressional Record, "Resume of Congressional Activity, First Session of the 112th Congress," accessed September 5, 2013
- ↑ Congressional Record, "Resume of Congressional Activity, Second Session of the 113th Congress," accessed March 4, 2014
- ↑ Project Vote Smart, "HR 1960 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 - Voting Record," accessed September 16, 2013
- ↑ Project Vote Smart, "HR 2217 - Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act of 2014 - Voting Record," accessed September 16, 2013
- ↑ Project Vote Smart, "HR 624 - Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act - Voting Record," accessed September 16, 2013
- ↑ Project Vote Smart, "HR 273 - Eliminates the 2013 Statutory Pay Adjustment for Federal Employees - Voting Record," accessed September 16, 2013
- ↑ The Library of Congress, "H.AMDT.136," accessed September 16, 2013
- ↑ Project Vote Smart, "H Amdt 136 - Prohibits the Enforcement of the Immigration Executive Order - Voting Record," accessed September 16, 2013
- ↑ Project Votesmart, "H Amdt 450 - Requires Congressional Approval for Any Rules Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - Voting Record," accessed September 16, 2013
- ↑ Project Vote Smart, "HR 1797 - Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act - Voting Record," accessed September 16, 2013
- ↑ Campaign website, Issues
- ↑ California Secretary of State, Official candidate list
- ↑ Unofficial election results
- ↑ Open Secrets "Career Fundraising for Scott Peters," Accessed March 22, 2013
- ↑ Federal Election Commission "Scott Peters Summary Report," Accessed July 23, 2013
- ↑ 'Federal Election Commission "Scott Peters April Quarterly," Accessed July 23, 2013
- ↑ 'Federal Election Commission "Scott Peters July Quarterly," Accessed July 23, 2013
- ↑ Open Secrets "Scott Peters 2012 Election Cycle," Accessed February 20, 2013
- ↑ Open Secrets, "Election 2012: The Big Picture Shows Record Cost of Winning a Seat in Congress," June 19, 2013
- ↑ Campaign website, Statement from Scott Peters Regarding Lori Saldaña's Endorsement
- ↑ Gov Track "Scott Peters," Accessed June 4, 2013
- ↑ OpenCongress, "Scott Peters," Accessed July 31, 2013
- ↑ GovTrack, "Scott Peters," Accessed April 2, 2013
- ↑ OpenSecrets.org, "Peters, (D-Cali), 2011"
- ↑ OpenCongress "Voting With Party," Accessed June 4, 2013
- ↑ Project Vote Smart biography
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NFL Draft's Potential Patriots: Arkansas C Travis Swanson
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WEEI.com will continue to offer daily insight and analysis regarding options that may be available to the Patriots when it comes to the 2014 NFL draft. Here is one is a series of profiles of players who could be on the board when it's time for the Patriots to make a selection.
Position: Center
School: Arkansas
Height: 6-foot-5
Weight: 318 pounds
Achievements: 2013 first-team All-America, 2013 second-team All-SEC
What he brings: Considered the best center in the draft, Swanson has ideal size, strength and athleticism to be a starting center in the NFL. He will be able to match up with the bigger nose tackles in the NFL. Swanson doesn't have elite speed or lateral quickness, but he has above-average athleticism. The 318-pounder is considered strong in the run game and known for being alert.
Where the Patriots could get him: Round 3
Notes: Swanson started four years at Arkansas and started all 50 games in which he appeared. He was named a captain during his final two years. … He snapped to current Patriots backup quarterback Ryan Mallet during the 2010 season. … He was an honor roll student in the fall of 2011.
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Adults-only Halloween Costume Party will be at The Cove Saturday, Oct. 25
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Category: Holiday dining
Just in time for the holidays: champagne tasting at Amici Market tomorrow
- 9:25 pm Wednesday, December 19th, 2012 by M.M. Cloutier
Looking for bubbly for the holidays?
Maybe this is worth checking out: Tomorrow, Amici Market, 155 N. County Road, is featuring a champagne demonstration and tasting at 4:30 p.m.
Featured: La Caravelle champagne rose, La Caravelle blanc de blancs and La Caravelle cuvee Nina.
If you go, browse Amici Market's holiday menu; orders must be placed by Friday.
The menu offers a choice of seven entrees—enough to serve 10-12 people—such as beef Wellington ($175), lasagna Bolognese ($95) and a 7-9-pound boneless turkey breast ($145).
A variety of side dishes are available, too, including asparagus, cornbread stuffing and roasted potatoes.
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'Twill be the night before Christmas and special menus entice in Palm Beach
- 5:15 pm Tuesday, December 18th, 2012 by M.M. Cloutier
Numerous Palm Beach restaurants garbed in their holiday decorations—Café L'Europe, for one, is, as usual, decked with ornamented trees, garlands and the pastry chef's annual gingerbread-house masterpiece—will be serving special menus on Christmas Day, but what about Christmas Eve?
For families and friends gathering at home on Christmas Day, the eve prior may be just the time to step out.
Among Christmas Eve offerings on the island:
The Chesterfield's Leopard Lounge and Restaurant (659-5800) is featuring a four-course menu ($49.94 adults; $16.95 children) on both Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Choice of entrees includes prime rib, roast duckling and pan-seared wild Atlantic salmon.
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Caviar happy hour debuting at Bice, Santa coming to dine Italian-style at The Breakers
- 8:03 pm Tuesday, December 11th, 2012 by M.M. Cloutier
"Everyone seems to request fine caviar these days," Chef Elmer Sarabia of Palm Beach's Bice says. "…We've had guests who love ossetra on cucumber slices, on potatoes, scrambled eggs and even on avocado…"
So starting Dec. 17, Bice debuts Black River Caviar happy hours on Mondays, 4-7:30 p.m.
For $75, you're served a 20-gram tin of Russian ossetra—enough for two generous servings—and a choice of chilled vodka or Prosecco.
"Monday gives us the opportunity to explore our clients' personal tastes and modify our (caviar-accompaniments) menu (accordingly)," Sarabia says.
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Don't go dashing to Starbucks' Worth Ave. location, but the coffee giant is offering premium holiday gift cards made of steel
- 8:34 pm Thursday, December 6th, 2012 by M.M. Cloutier
Just in time for the holidays, trend-setting coffee behemoth Starbucks is joining the super-premium gift-card ranks: Yesterday, it began offering etched steel cards loaded with $400; the card costs $450.
Starbucks spokespeople have said it costs $50 to make each card. Hmmmm.
The company plans to offer a total of 5,000 cards. You can't buy them at a Starbucks store—so don't go dashing off to Starbucks' Worth Avenue location at 150 WORTH—but rather via the luxury-goods e-commerce website, www.Gilt.com, starting tomorrow.
The card comes with automatic membership in My Starbucks Rewards Gold program, which offers such perks as free refills on brewed [More]
Clematis, CityPlace turkey-day doings
- 8:15 pm Wednesday, November 21st, 2012 by M.M. Cloutier
As previously detailed in "The Dish," Palm Beach's dining opportunities for Thanksgiving abound, but if for some incomprehensible reason none of them got you on the horn to make reservations, here are a few Thanksgiving options offered tomorrow in downtown West Palm Beach's Clematis Street district and CityPlace, including one feast that benefits nonprofits and another with a Greek twist:
Longboards: A Thanksgiving turkey dinner with all the fixings will be offered 4-10 pm.—and 100 percent of the $18.95 price will be donated to Achievement Centers for Children & Families and The Lord's Place.
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So a handicapped person drives up to a bank in New Jersey yesterday, hoping to park in the handicapped spot -- only he can't because THE SITUATION'S FRICKIN' FERRARI IS IN IT!!!!
TMZ has obtained footage ... showing the displaced handicapped guy using his cane to navigate around Sitch's expensive sports car.
We called Situation's rep for comment ... so far, nothing.
I hope that ******* got a $300-500 ticket like everyone else does for parking in a handicapped spot without a permit. If I knew what city it was, I'd forward the video to the police myself.
further proof (as if any was needed) that the guy is a douchebag....and the diagonal parking is a **** move too
Hey *** on I luv your ****y attitude but taking a handicap spot thts to damn much!!
OH PLEASE! The HC guy had as many steps to get to the door regardless of what spot he chose (left or right of the Situation's car) ... It's sad that media is looking to cause issues instead of reporting real issues. Yes the situation is an ass not to fix his vehicle and park straight, it seems a bit arrogant or lazy, but seriously this in a NON issue!
I would have parked behind him to block him in and called the cops. I have a handicapped placard and I hate dissrespectful people.
These "handicapped" people need to walk more, it does them good. A little exercise never hurt anyone.
I don't know why everyone is upset. Do you really expect anything better from this self absorbed, classless, uneducated juiced up jerk? Lets see if he at least gets a ticket for that.
**** that handicapped ******. All I ever see is how the handicapped want to be treated equal yet they get special treatment. **** that make his gimp ass park all the way in the back like the rest of us. **** THE GIMPS AND RETARDS!!!
I'm not trying to defend this or his actions, but from what I've always seen, there are always at least 3 or 4 handicapped parking spaces in every parking lot - always right at the front. I don't see a problem with them having to park in a different spot. He wasn't blocking the sidewalk.
D-Bag! Why o why do people care about this STD infested guy. He is so not attractive, and I can't imagine him not having some sort of STD with all the whoring around he does. It's gross. He is gross!
WHAT A JERK! I watch Jersey Shore & I have NEVER liked the Situation. GET OVER YOUSELF! The world doesn't revolve around you!
I think I would have believed it more if the actor in the wheelchair car was actually in a wheelchair trying to get out, not a guy "limping" on a cane....
He needs to learn how to park. Back to driving school.
I always thought that this guy was an *******...now I know for sure.
who cares, he's parked right in front of the building anyway. Not like the disabled dude had to walk any farther. This is not news


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Staying Healthy May Mean Learning To Love Our Microbiomes
Not so long ago, most people thought that the only good microbe was a dead microbe.
But then scientists started to realize that even though some bugs can make us sick and even kill us, most don't.
In fact, in the past decade attitudes about the bacteria, fungi, viruses and other microbes living all over our bodies has almost completely turned around. Now scientists say that not only are those microbes often not harmful, we can't live without them.
"The vast majority of them are beneficial and actually essential to health," says Lita Proctor, program director for the Human Microbiome Project at the National Institutes of Health. The project is identifying microbes on key body parts, including the nose, gut, mouth and skin, in order to get a better sense of the microbes' role in human health.
This sea change began with a pretty simple realization.
"When you're looking in the mirror, what you're really looking at is there are 10 times more microbial cells than human cells," Proctor says. "In almost every measure you can think of, we're more microbial than human."
The horde of microbes is so vast that their genes swamp our genes. In fact, 99 percent of the genes contained in and on our bodies are microbial genes.
Scientists are getting a much broader idea of what microbes do for us. We've known for a long time that we depend on bacteria to digest food. But there's a growing realization that they're really like an 11th organ system. Proctor says, "You know, you have your lungs, you have your heart and, you know, you have your microbiome."
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People who live in places like the United States tend to have far less diverse microbiomes than people who live in less developed countries and take fewer antibiotics. That, some scientists think, could be a factor in human diseases.
"As organisms are being lost, a lot of diseases have just skyrocketed," says Martin Blaser, who directs the human microbiome program at the NYU Langone Medical Center. He lists diabetes, celiac disease, asthma, food allergies, obesity and developmental disorders like autism as health problems that have become more common.
But many researchers caution that we're still a long way from knowing if the microbiome is involved in any of those diseases and conditions.
"Yes, the microbiome is important," says Jonathan Eisen, a professor who studies genes, microbes and evolution at the University of California, Davis. "Yes, the microbiome differs between all sorts of health and disease states. But no, we don't know that the microbiome causes these health or disease states."
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