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Stephen Kulik Representative
- State House
- Room 238
- Boston, MA 02133
- Phone: 617-722-2380
- Fax: 617-722-2847
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- District Office
- 1 Sugarloaf Street
- South Deerfield, MA 01373
- Phone: 413-665-7200
- Fax: 413-665-7101
Committee Membership
- Vice Chair, House Committee on Ways and Means
- Vice Chair, Joint Committee on Ways and Means
Bill | Docket | Bill Title |
HD1332 | An Act authorizing the release of certain land in the town of Cummington from the operation of an agricultural preservation restriction | |
HD1334 | An Act to convey a certain parcel of land in the town of Chesterfield | |
HD1342 | Relative to membership in regional transit authorities | |
HD1347 | (by vote of the town) for legislation to authorize the town of Montague to issue an additional for the sale of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on premises | |
HD1354 | (by vote of the town) that the town of Montague be authorized to issue an additional license for the sale of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises | |
HD1396 | For legislation to provide volunteer firefighters with a local option real estate tax exemption | |
HD1404 | Relative to the recovery of emergency response costs for search and rescue operations | |
HD1407 | For legislation to establish old growth forest reserves in the Commonwealth | |
HD1409 | For legislation to promote residential energy efficiency improvements in the Commonwealth | |
HD1413 | That the Department of Energy Resources be directed to treat renewable generation equally when creating, developing and administering programs | |
HD1418 | Relative to renewable energy certificates | |
HD1423 | For legislation to include paving contractors in the laws regulating home improvement contractors. | |
HD1426 | Relative to borrowing by municipalities | |
HD1429 | For legislation to provide additional compensation for assistant municipal collectors or assistant treasurers upon certification | |
HD1432 | Relative to double utility poles | |
HD1434 | Relative to contracts for design services | |
HD1435 | For an investigation by a special commission (including members of the General Court) relative to state and local services provided to veterans | |
HD1436 | Relative to the payment of veterans' benefits | |
HD1437 | Relative to streamlining municipal finance | |
HD1439 | For legislation to authorize municipal governing bodies to revoke the application of civil service laws to certain positions within said municipalities | |
HD1441 | Relative to payments in lieu of taxation by organizations exempt from the property tax | |
HD1443 | For legislation to exempt certain persons experienced in performing sprinkler fitting from sprinkler fitters' examining and licensing requirements | |
HD1444 | Relative to establishing speed limits on certain local roads | |
HD1446 | For legislation to establish a home visiting program to provide culturally sensitive services to eligible parents, infants and children | |
HD1448 | Relative to charter school tuition payments by cities and towns for elementary-aged students residing outside of said school's district | |
HD1451 | (by vote of the town) that the town of Montague be authorized to issue an addition license for the sale of all alcoholic beverages not to be drunk on premises | |
HD1458 | That the Turners Falls Fire District be authorized to establish certain funds | |
HD1488 | Relative to the operation of snowmobiles | |
HD1497 | Relative to the authority of the Attorney General in reviewing certain applications that seeks to increase the supply gas and other non-renewable energy resources available in the Commonwealth | |
HD1546 | For legislation to regulate the use of trapping devices to take beaver and muskrat | |
HD1553 | An Act establishing an education review and governance commission | |
HD1999 | An Act establishing a special commission to study the administration of services to state owned forest and recreational lands in the Commonwealth | |
HD2012 | For legislation to increase the maximum tax credit allowed for land conservation incentives | |
HD2016 | Relative to administering national standards to Medicaid medical necessity reviews | |
HD2021 | Relative to expanding access to healthy food choices in vending machines on state property | |
HD2025 | For legislation to exempt municipalities with a certain percentage of affordable rental units from low and moderate income housing laws | |
HD2028 | Relative to property tax assessments for certain common areas and facilities in condominiums | |
HD2032 | Relative to conservation restrictions and agricultural preservation restrictions providing non-development covenants on land | |
HD2034 | For legislation to establish a state meat inspection program and enhance the meat and poultry slaughter and processing infrastructure in the Commonwealth | |
HD2036 | For legislation to exempt certain vehicles used exclusively for agricultural purposes from registration requirements | |
HD2053 | For legislation to promote farm viability | |
HD2063 | For legislation to direct the Commissioner of Agricultural Resources to establish a livestock care and standards board to ensure the humane keeping and treatment of livestock | |
HD2787 | For legislation to provide for creditable service for retirement purposes for teaching in certain overseas school | |
HD2943 | For legislation to further regulate expenditures for mortgages from the Community Preservation Trust Fund | |
HD3149 | Relative to the definition of sole community provider | |
HD3168 | An Act providing certain property owners with royalties related to the extraction of natural gas | |
HD3501 | Relative to establishing an office of rural policy | |
HD3616 | An Act authorizing the town of Williamsburg to continue the employment of firefighter Paul Sanderson |
Bill | Docket | Bill Title |
SD47 | For legislation relative to spouses as caregivers. | |
SD123 | For legislation to establish an Office of Rural Policy. | |
SD194 | For legislation to establish a comprehensive adaptation management plan in response to climate change | |
SD255 | For legislation relative to horse riding instructor's licenses. | |
SD256 | For legislation to clarify deadlines for submission of applications for land under Chapter 61a. | |
SD257 | For legislation to clarify the allowance of land under chapter 61b | |
SD317 | For legislation to promote the planning and development of sustainable communities | |
HD325 | For legislation to authorize non-profit or charitable organizations to apply for waivers to the elevator inspection fees | |
HD343 | Relative to insurance coverage for pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections and pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome | |
HD369 | An Act establishing the genetic engineering transparency food and seed labeling act | |
HD414 | For legislation to further regulate the performing of abortions and protecting women's reproductive health | |
HD460 | Relative to consent and counseling of pregnant women under sixteen years of age | |
HD496 | For legislation to provide for the establishment of a comprehensive adaptation management plan in response to climate change | |
SD516 | For legislation to ensure accountability in the Department of Transitional Assistance | |
HD531 | An Act to establish estate tax valuation for farms | |
HD536 | That cities and towns be authorized to establish agricultural commissions for the promotion and development of the agricultural resources | |
HD595 | Relative to common summary of payments forms for health care services | |
HD612 | Relative to the sale of tax exempt property sold by religious and charitable organizations | |
SD625 | For legislation relative to public investment in fossil fuels. | |
SD628 | For legislation to promote the accessibility, quality and continuity of care for consumers of behavioral health, substance use disorder and mental health services. | |
SD633 | For legislation relative to home energy efficiency. | |
HD658 | Relative to retirement benefits for certain employees of the Department of Correction | |
SD670 | For legislation to sustain community preservation revenue | |
HD680 | For an the establishment of a special commission (including members of the General Court) on local and regional public health | |
HD736 | Relative to pregnancy, childbirth, or a related condition protection of employees and job applicants | |
SD765 | For legislation relative to the compostion of the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education | |
SD784 | An Act relative to the disclosure of toxic chemicals in children's products | |
HD794 | Relative to the labeling of plant seeds | |
HD821 | Relative to telephone services in municipalities | |
HD846 | Relative to establishing a board of registration in naturopathy and further regulating naturopathic health care | |
SD889 | For legislation to protect the natural and historic resources of the Commonwealth | |
HD998 | Relative to regional stabilization funds | |
HD1013 | For legislation to provide bonus aid to newly formed regional school districts | |
HD1017 | Relative to the powers and duties of regional school districts | |
HD1019 | Relative to the establishment of community benefit districts in cities and towns | |
SD1021 | For legislation to protect access to confidential healthcare. | |
HD1046 | For legislation to update the contraceptive coverage equity law to require insurance carriers to provide all contraceptive methods without a co-pay | |
HD1080 | Relative to the disposition of public lands with conservation protected status | |
SD1081 | For legislation relative to the distribution of raw milk | |
HD1173 | Relative to protecting consumers of gas and electricity from paying for leaked and unaccounted for gas | |
SD1189 | For legislation relative to women's health and economic equity | |
SD1285 | For legislation to establish community benefit districts | |
SD1315 | For legislation relative to exemptions from taxation of structures and buildings essential to the operation of agricultural and horticultural lands | |
HD1322 | For legislation to exempt employees of a public school districts from fees associated with background checks | |
HD1345 | Relative to the retirement benefits of state police dispatchers | |
SD1362 | For legislation relative to student sex education. | |
SD1421 | For legislation to update public health laws. | |
HD1460 | For legislation to establish the building code coordinating council | |
HD1505 | Relative to gas leak repairs during road projects | |
HD1535 | Relative to prohibiting the dispensing of food in disposable food service containers made from polystyrene or from expanded polystyrene | |
HD1584 | An Act relative to tax credits for agricultural land | |
HD1587 | Relative to license plate tracking | |
HD1616 | Relative to operating a motor vehicle after a suspension or revocation of license | |
HD1658 | Relative to preserving eligibility for the PACE program and certain waivered services | |
HD1674 | Relative to providing care and comfort for the terminally ill | |
HD1684 | An Act related to unfunded mandates on public schools | |
HD1702 | Relative to insurance coverage for craniofacial disorders | |
HD1739 | An Act relative to retirement benefits of emergency dispatchers in Amherst | |
HD1771 | Relative to noise pollution | |
HD1776 | For legislation to update penalties and protect electronic privacy | |
HD1785 | Relative to small brewers of alcoholic beverages | |
HD1852 | That the Department of Environmental Protection be notified by manufacturers of products containing toxic chemicals | |
HD1904 | For legislation to increase eye and vision care access in rural and underserved communities | |
HD1945 | For legislation to allow for the lawful sale of inert ammunition components from certain out of state vendors to lawfully licensed Massachusetts gun owners | |
HD2007 | For legislation to establish an advisory committee on the protection of honeybees in the Commonwealth | |
HD2015 | For legislation to prohibit the sale to minors of electronic devices used to deliver liquid nicotine vapor | |
HD2050 | Relative to net metering by utility companies | |
HD2058 | relative to the timely filing of application in municipalities with programs of revaluation | |
HD2070 | For legislation to establish a task force to identify and review state laws, regulations, and administrative directives that prescribe requirements for school districts | |
HD2072 | For legislation to address workplace bullying, mobbing, and harrassment, without regard to protected class status | |
HD2207 | Relative to social media password privacy for school students | |
HD2285 | For legislation to further regulate the operation of piggeries based on their impact on air and water quality | |
HD2297 | Relative to net metering, community shared solar and energy storage | |
HD2330 | For legislation to authorize income tax filers to make voluntary contributions to the Massachusetts Cultural Development Fund on their annual income tax returns | |
HD2388 | An Act RELATIVE TO ADULT BASIC EDUCATION ACCESS AND QUALITY | |
HD2436 | Relative to sexual health education | |
HD2444 | Relative to increasing pension benefits for certain retired teachers and public employees | |
HD2453 | Relative to requiring a civil service examinations for certain positions in the Department of Transitional Assistance and the Department of Housing and Community Development | |
HD2456 | Relative to stabilizing the Commonwealth's nursing facilities | |
HD2462 | Relative to the retirement benefits of certain employees of the Department of Transitional Assistance and the Department of Housing and Community Development | |
HD2470 | For legislation to promote accessibility and affordability of behavioral health and substance abuse services for recipients of MassHealth | |
HD2474 | Relative to public employees' workers compensation benefits | |
HD2476 | For legislation to establish secure choice retirement savings plan | |
HD2525 | For legislation to decrease the frequency of required elevator inspections in small towns from annually to every five years | |
HD2540 | For legislation to increase the share of courses taught by full-time tenure and tenure-track faculty | |
HD2541 | Relative to the definition of a veteran | |
HD2600 | Relative to the use of epinephrine, adrenaline or other agents by optometrists in the treatment of anaphylaxis | |
HD2743 | For legislation to require environmentally safe alternatives to harmful cleaning products | |
HD2749 | Relative to the issuance of tenant/host brewer licenses for the purpose of producing and packaging beer | |
HD2782 | Relative to further regulating health care costs and the dispensing of controlled substances | |
HD2802 | Relative to pay equity | |
HD2907 | That the Division of Professional Licensure amend the Uniform State Plumbing Code and associated regulations to include a category of agricultural buildings and operations | |
HD2972 | For legislation to establish a state health service corps within the Executive Office of Health and Human Services to ensure the quality, affordability and access to primary and preventive health care throughout the Commonwealth | |
HD3072 | Relative to gender identity and access to public accommodations | |
HD3146 | For legislation to increase the penalties for violations of certain hunting laws | |
HD3160 | Relative to insurance payments for use of ambulance services | |
HD3191 | Relative to identifying cost-effective energy savings for gas and electric customers in the Commonwealth | |
HD3451 | Relative to community health center reimbursements | |
HD3463 | For the establishment of a Massachusetts 2024 commission on the summer Olympic games | |
HD3487 | For legislation to increase access to vaccines | |
HD3556 | For legislation to establish a Hampshire-Franklin Commission on the Status of Women |
State Representative Stephen Kulik (D-Worthington), has served in the Massachusetts House since 1993. He represents the First Franklin District, comprised of 16 small communities stretching from the Hampshire Hilltowns to the Quabbin Reservoir. Prior to entering the legislature, he served as a Worthington Selectman and Planning Board member, and was president of the Massachusetts Municipal Association.
Steve's work in the House has focused on issues of importance to rural communities, including education funding, land use policy, agriculture, local aid, and environmental protection. He is the founder and co-chair of the Legislative Small Town and Rural Caucus. He serves as Vice-Chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Personal Information
Profession: | Legislator |
Education & Public Service
- Newton Junior College
- Northeastern University
- University of Massachusetts at Amherst
- Worthington Selectman (1983-1994); Massachusetts Municipal Association (President, 1993)
- Massachusetts Selectmens Association (President, 1991)
- Hampshire County Commissioner (1989-1992); Worthington Planning Board (1979-1983)
- Mass. House 1993 to Present


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Here's why Ron Paul doesn't win the Rasmussen polls.....
Submitted by FromJericho on Wed, 08/17/2011 - 18:54This is straight from the Rasmussen website in their FAQ section:
Do You Poll Cell Phones?
"While we do not currently call cell phones directly when conducting our surveys, to reach those who have abandoned traditional landline telephones, Rasmussen Reports uses an online survey tool to interview a demographically diverse panel. Just like our telephone surveys, respondents for this approach are selected on a random basis to insure the reliability of the sample. As a result, you cannot sign up to participate."
Ok, here's the deal: Ron Paul supporters are young. Most of us don't own traditional landlines. We are the cell phone generation. We pay to have a phone that goes everywhere with us, it's kinda the smarter, cheaper thing to do. Anyway, most of the folks who have landlines are older babyboomers and those from the "greatest" generation, ya know, "neo-cons". (NOT ALL OF THEM, Just most of them). Anyway, if the majority of our support base doesn't have landlines, then this explains the low numbers in national polling surveys. As far as their "e-mail polling" goes, I have to wonder where exactly they're getting these certified email addresses of REAL people. How do they know they're not calling the same people they email?..Sounds fishy to me. Also, I know several people with landlines who have participated in Rasmussen phone polls, but I have yet to meet ANYONE who has participated in a Rasmussen email poll. So, if you've participated in one, let us know about it. Anyway, I hope this serves to boost your spirits a bit. Remember, the Perry, Bachmann, and Romney folks are also the people who have landlines... (they also use slide-rulers and sun-dials!...haha).
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I was paying for 3 cellphones
for my family and I gave up my landline phone about 3 years ago. It was a waste of money.
all I have is a cell phone and Im 36 years old.
Turn Copper into gold http://UgetGold.com and see what it is all about!
You will need it if we dont get a President!
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Land line ???
u mean that thing with a dial ?
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There are other reasons too...
I don't participate in any poll on principle. I value my time and my answers. If they are making a product out of my answers, they should pay me.
I suspect many libertarians hold a similar view.
Also, a person who answers phone, does not represent the entire family.
Finally, people who are home, not working, and/or on welfare, would be disproportionally represented in the polls. Those people may not be natural Ron Paul supporters.
Ron Paul should hire some well-known pollsters whose results are widely acceptable and ask them to better design their polls.
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never looked at it like that
never looked at it like that before.
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It appears that we know where our weakness is so...
Start campaigning at senior centers, that seems like the best solution. The young people are behind Ron Paul, so now it is time to draw in the senior vote. Bring the troops home should ring well amount seniors.
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You're on to something! Ron Paul Youth to visit Nursing Homes?..
Win or lose, this would be a great idea! So many elderly people sit in nursing homes day after day waiting to hear from their kids and grandkids, and yet no one ever comes. Just imagine how much it would brighten someone's day if a bunch of young, energetic, go-getter, Ron Paul kids showed up at the nursing home! I'm gonna see what I can put together in my neck of the woods... and once again, great idea!
"sometimes I hug the coffee table when no one is looking."
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A Land Line Is The Traditional Home Phone...
In the military we call it the "Land Line"
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What's a land line, lol?
What's a land line, lol?
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The piece of...
... string between the two cups, with Rusmussen at the one end doing a poll.
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Great point. I have not
Great point. I have not owned a landline in 10 years...
If you disagree with me on anything you are not a real libertarian...
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Don't they also just poll
"likely Republican voters"? If so, I am not a "likely Republican voter". And no Ron Paul supporter I personally know within a 20 mile radius just votes straight ticket Republican..So, I would never be included in these polls. And as mentioned above, I do not own a landline phone any longer.
If this is not how they operate with the Rasmussen poll, disregard my comment. I know a lot of these polls do operate with the "likely Republican" line though..
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Yes, and likely Republican voter is someone who voted in
previous elections they are polling for.
They get voter lists which show past voting history. (not actual votes, just that you showed up)
They use this to determine how likely you are to show up on election day.
Of course, in states that allow non-republicans to vote in GOP primaries, or where you can register on the spot to do so, they should be polling ALL likely voters, not just GOP.
As well, they should account for people who are presently NOT registered GOP and have not voted GOP in the past, but WILL be doing so in order to vote for Ron Paul.
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It's a great thought and could be true..
but we've been using this excuse for over 4 years now...although I don't doubt that it has a small amount of impact. The truth is, we need to get his name out there and we need to see some friggin advertising.
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On the PS3, Little Big Planet revolutionized the way we think about games for the platform, involving the community in a way that would expand the longevity of the game as users created downloadable content that they could rate and share with other users. While it is certainly no LBP, inXile Entertainment has thrust their game Fantastic Contraption into a similar scenario, porting a title that will grow legs as the community grows and contributes their own creations.
As with inXile's other iPhone title Line Rider iRide, Fantastic Contraption began life on the web as a Flash game, and has now been ported faithfully to the iPhone platform. In it, you're tasked with building a contraption, typically a vehicle of some sort, to move a designated object to an area of the level that has been marked as the Goal. You're given a limited selection of objects to use to build your contraption, and then it's up to you and your wits to solve the level.
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If Contraption's 43 levels were the end of the line, it'd still be worth purchasing from the hours and hours of entertainment the game provides. inXile, however, has one-upped the genre by adding in a robust social layer that will extend the life of the title for months to come. Included inside the game is a level editor that allows you to create your own puzzles and share them to the community, who can then download it straight to their iPhones or iPod Touches. Much like Little Big Planet, any of the community-created levels can be rated, making a search for a new cool level to play as easy as a few clicks. Not only can you upload your own levels to the dedicated server, but any contraptions you create to solve a puzzle can be uploaded to the community as well. I've had just as much fun looking through the hilarious (and often ingenious) creations that other players have designed to beat a particular level as playing the game itself. Smartly, you can only view other players' solutions after you have beaten the level yourself. Long after I'm done playing the built-in puzzles I can see myself returning to this game to see what new challenges the community has created.
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If you're still in doubt as to whether you want to pony up $7.99, the great thing is that you can try out a nearly identical replica of the game online before you decide on whether it would be worth having a mobile version. In my eyes, I heartily recommend having this one in your pocket.
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You might be interested in this online commentary "Putting God on Trial: The Biblical Book of Job" (http://www.bookofjob.org) as supplementary or background material for your study of the Book of Job. It is not a sin to question God, to demand answers from God. There is a time and a place for such things. It is written by a Canadian criminal defense lawyer, now a Crown prosecutor, and it explores the legal and moral dynamics of the Book of Job with particular emphasis on the distinction between causal responsibility and moral blameworthiness embedded in Job's Oath of Innocence. It is highly praised by Job scholars (Clines, Janzen, Habel) and the Review of Biblical Literature, all of whose reviews are on the website. The author is an evangelical Christian, denominationally Anglican. He is also the Canadian Director for the Mortimer J. Adler Centre for the Study of the Great Ideas, a Chicago-based think tank.
Bill Brandon:
Some expressions are not as dead as one might think. "Poor as Job's turkey" was a common phrase in my father's family. They were mostly from Tennessee (one great-grandmother was from Missouri) and moved to Texas after the Civil War. I still use the phrase today, and perhaps my children and grandchildren will as well.
Rick Dostie:
The expression is not limited to the South. I've heard it for years here in Maine, and have often used it myself. I did wonder where it came from, and figured it did refer to the Book of Job, a part of the Bible which many people don't know from Adam's off ass.
j.r. fishburne:
my family used the expression in ocean springs, mississippi in the 1880s.
Bill White:
Interesting to learn this. The expression is used in Tennessee Williams' play Cat On a Hot Tin Roof – set in Mississippi in the 1950′s. I'm in a production of it right now and we have been wondering about that expression.
Incidentally, I did know someone named Poe. A friend's maternal grandparents had that name – they were from Charlotte, NC.
@Rick Dostie same here, our family used it a lot here in Maine as well. I just used it at work today when a co-worker asked if I wanted to contribute to a pizza for lunch today, lol. I said, "I can't today. I am poor as Job's turkey until tomorrow."
Tom Christopher:
My father, a Connecticut Yankee with a taste for colorful expressions, used to use that one too. I always wondered why a turkey? No turkeys in the ancient Middle East.
Sunday, February, 17, 2013. I first heard the expression: "We were as poor as Job's turkey" from my cousin Eloise Anderson who is 96 years of age in 2013. Her family has been Baptist for many generations and they have had two ministers in the family, and the expression was widely used by them. They lived in Waterdown, Ontario; Emerson, Manitoba; and Woodstock, Ontario; they were mostly in farming. Isn't the INTERNET wonderful?
Ken Hutchinson:
In the Midwest during and after the "great depression" of the 1930′s the expression was very frequently used. It gave us some comfort to know that there was somewhere a person even more poor and hungry than we were. And to think that his turkey must be the living end of such misery made us feel more secure by comparison.
Ben W Lesch:
School teacher here reading "Just Juice" by Newberry Winner Karen Hesse with my Third Graders. Page 10 the main character uses the phrase, "Poor as Job's Turkey, that's what the church ladies say we are." It was written in 1998 and takes place somewhere in mining country, Appalachia, Tennessee, Kentucky, , a town called Redemption. Easy lesson to pull out phrases like this and see their origins… And so the expression lingers in modern children's lit too.
The terrific little movie The Devil and Daniel Webster which is on Hulu uses that line: We were as poor as Job's turkey, but we didn't mind.
my ex-wife's father was desendent of poe. some names just die out. many writers are angst filled which may limit time for children


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I introduced you earlier to the 10/200 strategy by noted Bitcoin mogul Risto Pietila:
Everytime the price doubles, sell 10 % of your remaining stash.
And the corollary to the 10/200 strategy, which ensures you get free money from 73% of your stash:
ROI after three doublings.
Here, there is two schools: one that continue to sell after ROI is reached and one that just hold. Which school you will follow depends on how impatient, in need of money or confident on the future of your asset you are.
Now I would like to introduce you to what I call the extended 10/200 strategy. This is nothing new, traders use it everyday. Still, credits go to aminorex.
After selling, place a buy order of the amount your sold at X% below your selling price and sell again at target price. Rinse and repeat.
For instance, your trading plan is to sell 10% of your Monero at 0.0064 BTC. You decide to buy back at 0.0051 BTC, because you are confident this is just a temporary fall in price and that it will reach 0.0064 again and probably more. Once it will reach 0.0064 again, you will sell again. In the process, you will have gain some moneroj. Free money. Once it doesn't work anymore (the price stops yoyoing around 0.0060 BTC), you just take the money and cash out (or invest it on something else).
This extension of the 10/200 strategy is compatible with both schools (the continuous sale school and the holding school).


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Elderly Man Killed by National Guard Truck in Chinatown
By Mary Johnson and Jessica Campbell on November 6, 2012 3:51pm |
DOWNTOWN — An 82-year-old man was struck and killed by a National Guard truck in Chinatown Tuesday afternoon, officials said.
The camouflage vehicle hit Kwok Fu of Flushing, Queens, near the intersection of Canal and Centre streets around 1:30 p.m., an FDNY spokesman said.
Fu was crossing Canal Street from north to south when he was struck by a National Guard Personnel Carrier that was travelling westboung on Canal Street, police said.
According to a witness, the truck involved in the accident was the first in a caravan of National Guard trucks that was moving through the area.
Peter Wang, who sells tourist items at the nearby Phoenix Mall, said the man was crossing Canal Street when he was hit, the force of the impact scattering his belongings across the busy street.
"He was under the car. One of his legs was up in the air," said Wang, adding that the man didn't move after he was struck.
The man was rushed to New York Downtown Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said.
The driver remained at the scene of the accident, police said.
No criminality is suspected in the accident, and police said the investigation is ongoing.
National Guard units from around the country have flooded New York City in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, bringing food and supplies to areas hard hit by the storm.
But it was not clear where the truck was from or where it was headed.


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30th November 2007 – for immediate release
Sixth formers from across Birmingham recently gathered at Aston University to take part in the Birmingham qualifying round of the Institute of Ideas & Pfizer Debating Matters Competition, widely recognised as the toughest championship of its kind in the country.
The team from Kind Edwards VI Five Ways school triumphed at the round and won a place at the competition's regional final next year. The competition is supported by the Economic and Social Research Council in the Central region.
The four participating schools from the Birmingham area came together to debate the burning issues of the day. These issues included the question of whether tourism benefits the world and if embryonic stem cell research is a good thing.
Kings Norton College, The Northicote School, King Edward VI Five Ways and Wolverhampton School for girls all put up a strong fight, but a final debate between the Northicote and King Edward's resulted in a King Edward's win. The team will now go on to represent Birmingham at the Regional Finals in April 2008.
Debating Matters has a well-earned reputation for being the toughest competition of its kind in the country. Its innovative format makes it different from traditional debating. The students from Birmingham all had to cope with questions from a panel of expert judges, as well as a barrage of questions from their competitors and a lively audience. Students are then given critical feedback from the judges in front of the large audience.
Amongst the panel of judges was Anne Stevens, Professor of European Studies at Aston University. Anne commented that the evening was an enjoyable one and that she was impressed by many of the arguments put forward.
Another of the judges who participated at the event was Dr Stuart Derbyshire, who commented that: 'Most people simply wouldn't expect people of this age group to answer these kind of questions to the level that they do and with such aplomb…I'm glad that the Debating Matters Competition thinks otherwise.'
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Putin's Russia -- Case Study in Media Control
Starting Saturday, the leaders of the world's wealthiest democracies will for the first time hold a major summit meeting in a country without a free press.
The heads of states attending the 32nd annual G-8 summit in St. Petersburg, Russia, are unlikely to see or read news stories critical of their host, Russian president Vladimir Putin.
Working conditions for journalists in Russia "continued to worsen alarmingly in 2005, with violence the most serious threat to press freedom," says the annual report of the watchdog group Reporters Without Borders. "The lack of broadcasting diversity and closure of several independent newspapers crushed by huge fines is alarming. "
Last week The Guardian reported that the number of Russian radio stations carrying news programs from the U.S.-funded Voice of America and Radio Liberty fell from from 72 to nine since September. (Editor's note: The Guardian report followed an initial story on the regulations by The Post's Peter Finn.)
Observers say political control is most complete in country's national television channels: Channel One, NTV and RTR. "They are all either controlled by the Kremlin or run by editors who know what not to say," according to Allison Gill, director of the Human Rights Watch office in Moscow.
Putin rejects any criticism of his government's media policy. A gathering of Russian opposition leaders in Moscow on the eve of the summit prompted Putin to tell Canadian television that "constant criticism of problems with democracy and media freedom is being used . . . to interfere in Russia's domestic and foreign policy."
The government domination of TV began with Russia's second war in Chechnya in 1999, says Sarah E. Mendelson, a senior fellow of the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington.
"Putin saw how television coverage forced Russia out of the first Chechen war [in 1995-1996] and he made sure it didn't happen again," she says.
"Bringing court cases against two of the country's biggest tycoons, Boris Berezovsky and Vladimir Gusinsky, and acting through the giant energy groups Gazprom and Lukoil, the Kremlin wrested control of NTV in 2001 and ordered the closure of TV-6 in 2002," says the BBC.
NTV still exists today but "in a sadly emasculated form," says Human Rights Watch's Gill.
Last year, Putin's government launched Russia Today, an English-language international channel with a Web site that makes online viewing easy. The channel does have an opinion program, "Spotlight." But on the eve of the G-8, the program focused not on the central issues of energy and Iran, but on the less controversial question of whether summit would listen to non-governmental organizations.
In comparison to broadcast media, newspapers are marginal to public opinion and politics in Russia, according to Russia observers.
Kommersant is one of the few independent, widely-circulated print newspapers. It was formerly owned by Mikhail Khodorkovsky, a tycoon now serving a prison sentence over charges that international observers said were largely cooked up by the Kremlin to remove a potential Putin adversary from the national spotlight. Kommersant has an English-language Web site that reported on the conference of Putin critics and provides sympathetic coverage to reform movements in Ukraine and Georgia
Novaya Gazeta and Nezavisimaya Gazeta have much smaller circulations but offer more critical news and are often quoted in international media. Former Soviet leader Mikail Gorbachev told The Times of London last month that he had bought a stake in Novaya Gazeta "which is famed for anti-corruption investigations and has criticised Mr Putin." (More from The Post here.)
The country's news agencies -- Interfax, ITAR-TASS and RIA Novosti -- churn out hundreds of news stories a day but offer little in the way of opinion or analysis.
The leading independent English-language news sites are the Moscow Times and Moscow News.
Russian newspapers "can be quite interesting," says CSIS's Mendelson. "There are a handful of brave journalists but they are not supported by national institutions."
The Russian public does not put a high value on private ownership of media, she says.
"When we did nine focus groups around Russia about the media, people said 'Gusinksy has his station, Berezovsky had his station. We don't like that.' They know they may not get the whole story from the government but they trust the state more."
Which is the way Putin likes it when international visitors come calling.
In Today's Post: "Putin Will Host G-8 In a Russia Under Ever Tighter Control," by Peter Finn.
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Khodorkovsk! He is one of eight jewish
oligarchs who connived to rob Russia of her natural resources and now are trying to take over. Such a surprise. The long plan. The Russian people hate those oligarchs, know all about them and wisely, as Sarah Mendelson laments, trust the Putin government more. Certain elements in the west try to foment rebellion and revoluation in Russia. So helpful to world peace.
Posted by: peter | July 13, 2006 10:52 AM
Bush's enthusiastic participation in this summit and his caving in to Putin's demands show that all that pro-democracy rhetoric of his is so much rubbish.
Bush has never been a democrat, he's never shown himself to be respectful of the need for a diverse media landscape, and he's never shown respect at all for the rule of law (to whit, Guantanamo, the Iraq invasion, his undermining of Kyoto and the International Criminal Court).
Bush and Putin should get along just great. They represent the same values.
Posted by: Sergio | July 13, 2006 11:20 AM
Former German chancellor Gerhard Schröder used to go to the G-8s, where he flashed his support for the Russian-German pipeline consortium controlled by Gazprom. When Schröder got bopped from office in Germany, Putin rewarded the chestnut-helmeted social democrat with a directorship on the board of the pipeline, proving yet again that the Third Way is paved with slime, and leaving Dick Cheney all licked and unloaded, envying Putin's media control from side of the road.
Posted by: Reynolds | July 13, 2006 12:58 PM
While I am sure many of the criticisms of Russia are valid, I have the same criticisms of the American press. I believe that it is reflects corporate interests or whatever idiocy comes out of the Bush Administration.
I am also very suspicious of Orange Revolutions in Eastern Europe, and the propaganda associated with them. Under the cover of such labels as Freedom, Democracy, Free Trade, and a Free Press, the Bush Administration and Corporate interests are attempting to replace Soviet Imperialism with Corporate Economic Imperialism. In other words, they want to economically rape,among others, Eastern Europe and Russia.
Posted by: P. J. Casey | July 13, 2006 01:31 PM
Russian people have finally courage to charge full prices for theit resources. And all those satellites Poland ,Georgia etc. who hate Russia but now whining about price of oil and gas. Georgia used to receive $20 billion a year from Soviet Union now they are hoping for the same from Bush. They have a long wait.
Posted by: Son of Russia | July 13, 2006 03:26 PM
It is true about the State-run media, but there are now also more privately owned newspapers, journals and local television and radio stations than ever before -- three times as many as there were under Yeltsin. (Source: http://english.intelligent.ru/)
Also, while journalists like Anna Politkovskaya speak out about Putin's grip on the media, books like hers which are critical of Putin are widely available all over Moscow.
It doesn't sound like Russia has a utopian democracy, but the story appears to be more nuanced and less terrible than many present it.
Posted by: t.l.m. | July 13, 2006 04:24 PM
As someone who worked as a journalist in Moscow, I'd like to correct part of this post for the record.
Kommersant was never owned by Khodorkovsky. It was owned by another oligarch, Boris Berezovsky, who is now in self-imposed exile in London, having fallen out with Putin shortly after Putin came to power.
Khodorkovsky did own a newspaper, but it was the weekly Moskovsky Novosti (Moscow News).
Posted by: Caroline McGregor | July 13, 2006 06:39 PM
No matter what we say about Putin & Russia,the whole world,including US of A cannot ignore the fact that,he has turned the countries economy around.Its growing at a steady rate of 7%.Russia is paying off all its debts etc.The country was on the verge of collapse,when good old Yeltsin left.Yet the western media potrayed him as the saviour of Russia.Why??
A lot of propoganda is there in the USA also.Like,your citizens,who are so ready to connect Saddam Hussien to Al Qaeda.There was not even the slightest proof of him having WMD,save a dilapidated arsenal,which was built up by you people in the 80s against Iran.I do agree that you are doing it for the welfare of your citizens,since you need oil.Now dont you feel Putin's Russia is way better??
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Chip Ganassi driver prepares for Formula One debut
All eyes will be on Scott Dixon at Paul Ricard on Friday, as the reigning IRL champion gets his first of two scheduled Formula One tests with the Williams team.
With Juan Pablo Montoya on his way to McLaren in 2005 and with Ralf Schumacher yet to renew his Williams contract, the BMW-powered squad are definitely in the driver market and they have a history of recruiting talent from American series.
There are a number of people that we are interested in, and Scott Dixon is one of them, said Williams technical director and part team owner, Patrick Head. We have at least one place on the team that we have to fill and we have not filled it yet.
We have talked to a number of people. A number of people who could be available have limiting clauses in their contracts that might mean that they are available, or it might mean that they are not available. It is always useful to know that if people that we might be talking to are not available, where we go from there.
Dixon, 23, will have two tests with the team, the first taking place on Friday at the Paul Ricard circuit in Le Castellet in southern France. This will be a chance for New Zealander Dixon to familiarize himself with a Formula One car. He will then have an intense, three-day test in early April at Barcelona, Spain.
He is running for a day at Ricard, Head said, and it is really for him to do acclimatization so that it will give him a bit of time to think about it before he runs sometime later at Barcelona.
It is just for an opportunity to have a look at him. Hes a young chap. Hes openly stated that hed like to be in F1. He was the IRL champion last year. We are interested to have a look at him and let him have a look at F1.
Dixons performances in the high-speed close competition in the IndyCar Series races, where he drives for Montoyas former employers Target Chip Ganassi Racing, have impressed team boss Sir Frank Williams.
His record in a short period in IRL, which is very high-speed racing, says we should give him a try, said Williams. There is not a lot of opportunity to test championship-winning people from another formula during the season. This (the IRL) is a high-speed formula. Juan Pablo came from a formula similar to that and did well (in Formula One).
Montoya was racing in the CART series, and winning the Indy 500, in 2000 while
Dixon was showing his talent by winning the Indy Lights championship that year.
It will take a bit of time for Dixon to get out of the oval groove of the IndyCar Series and back into a road-racing groove, Montoya said.
In the last one or two years, he has been doing ovals, Montoya said, so it is going to take a little time to get into the rhythm, especially in an F1 car. Hes pretty good. I think he will do all right.
In the first test, I dont expect anything from him, but in the second test, he will be a little bit more competitive. It will be a good experience for him.
If Dixon should eventually switch to Formula One, he would become the latest in a string of drivers to have raced in North America and then come to the Grand Prix scene. He would follow in the footsteps of 1995 Indianapolis 500 winner Jacques Villeneuve, Alex Zanardi, Montoya and Cristiano da Matta, who raced against Dixon in CART and is now in his second season with the Toyota Formula One team.
The grooved tires and the light weight of a F1 car are the two biggest things that he will have to get used to, da Matta said of Dixons Williams test. He won the IRL championship, which is a difficult championship. Obviously, it is only ovals, but he is a good road-course driver, as well, if you look at his background from the races hes done in CART.
He will have to get a bit better shape physically because he has only been driving on ovals for so long that he might have lost a bit of his neck muscles. But as for his ability, Im pretty sure that he is not going to have any problems. It is always difficult, but I am sure that he is going to be all right.
Williams regular Schumacher will run alongside Dixon at Paul Ricard on Friday.


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Facebook has acquired Onavo, an Israel based startup company popular for its mobile utility apps and analytics. Onvano is a company known for its data compression technology; its Data Savings app reroutes web traffic through Onvano servers, which compresses the data before sending it to your smartphone or tablet — ensuring you get the full web experience but by using less data.
Facebook could improve the data consumption of the app with the use of services from Onavo and might also integrate new features. Facebook and other technology leaders plan to improve the internet access to people around the world with Internet.org – a group led by Mark Zuckerberg, so this acquisition might benefit in consuming data more efficiently.
Onavo co-founders Guy Rosen and Roi Tiger wrote in the blog: "Our service helps people save money through more efficient use of data, and also helps developers, large and small, design better experiences for people." The company's existing employees will join Facebook and work at Facebook's first office in Tel Aviv, Israel. The co-founders also added "We're excited to join their team, and hope to play a critical role in reaching one of Internet.org's most significant goals – using data more efficiently, so that more people around the world can connect and share."
There were no details on the pricing of the deal, however, according to TechCrunch, the deal is believed to be worth somewhere around $100-$200 million.
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More like they want to snoop on you. Onavo does it's thing by channeling traffic through a VPN. Now Facebook can see everything that goes through.
I didn't install this before Facebook acquired it, as I really didn't want yet another company snooping on me. Now, I especially wouldn't want Facebook snooping on me.


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Math 546 (Alg I)/a>, Math 142H, (Calc II), Math 788G (GON), Math 580 (Intro NT), Math 142 (Calc II), Math 788P (Alg NT), Math 531 (Geometry), Math 141 (Calc I), Math 574 (Discrete), Math 141 (Calc I), Math 782 (Anal NT).
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Bounded gaps between products of primes with applications to elliptic curves
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International Mathematics Research Notices
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Irregularities in the distributions of primes in function fields.
Journal of Number Theory 128 (2008), 1784-1794.
Bubbles of congruent primes.
Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, to appear.
An uncertainty principle for function fields.
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Maier matrices beyond Z.
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Analytic properties of Shintani zeta functions.
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Orbital L-functions for the space of binary cubic forms, with Takashi Taniguchi.
Canadian Journal of Mathematics 65 (2013), no. 6,
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Integers Volume 12B, Proceedings of the Integers Conference 2011.
An error estimate for counting S_3-sextic number fields, with Takashi Taniguchi.
International Journal of Number Theory 10 (2014), no. 4,
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Dirichlet series associated to cubic fields with given quadratic resolvent,with Henri Cohen.
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Dirichlet series associated to quartic fields with given resolvent, with Henri Cohen.
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I'm fairly sure it couldn't get any worse...
Inspired by the various zombie threads showing up around here, and a few books that I've read semi-recently.
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It would be worse if the bioweapon also affected the structure of the skin cells in the human body, making them glitter faintly in the sunlight. Twilight
To make matter even worse, the only know cure is to incinerate the entire human host body before the virus can replicate. Either by using acid or some type of propellant. Due to the higher cellular regeneration of the infected bioweapon Vampire disease, the whole body needs to be burned down to a skeletal level or beyond.
And if that were the case, the bodies could be highly fire-resistant, requiring immense temperatures to do any damage to them.
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And then, just when you thought it couldn't possibly get any worse, the infection jumps the species barrier. Vampiric lions and tigers and bears, oh my!
And just when you thought breaking out the nukes would take them out, you find out that they have evolved collective intelligence and are already three steps ahead of you. Those underground silos, alert bombers, and hidden ballistic missile submarines? Already infected into the hive mind.
Then the only thing that'd be worse is to be amongst the few surviving humans that are somehow immune. One way or another, your existence would be almost nothing but various needles and fluids either entering or exiting your body.
Just when you thought this might be the end a nuke was accidentally launched and target towards Washington. The president and Air Force One become infect with Virile-Vamps. Washintgon was destroyed and in the fallout the Virile-Vamps in the area become transformed into Radioactive Ghouls.
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The Voice Top 4 Scorecard
Season 2 winner will be announced tonight!
Last night on The Voice, the Top 4 took to the stage to sing for America's votes. For the first time this season, it was all up to America too. So one of the Top 4 will be crowned the winner tonight. To me there seemed to be a standout winner from last night's performances alone. Let's take a look back.
The Voice Scorecard
Solo Performances:
- Jermaine Paul, "I Believe I Can Fly." HIT! I hate the song, but the performance was pretty sweet. It's a song that will make someone pick up the phone and vote.
- Tony Lucca, "99 Problems." MISS! This wasn't Tony's best effort. It did makes for some fun Christina Aguilera banter though. She clearly HATES Tony from their days in the Mickey Mouse Club. It's kind of awesome.
- Chris Mann, "You Life Me Up." HIT! Another smart song choice. People love that Josh Groban song and Chris may have earned a few extra votes just by signing it.
- Juliet Simms, "Freebird." HIT! HIT HIT! Juliet was the clear winner from last night. Sure "Free Bird" is like a big cliché, but she killed it.
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Coach Tributes:
- Juliet Simms, "Crazy." OK. Lucky for Juliet she performed this one early and ended the night with "Freebird." Because this Cee Lo Green tribute isn't winning any contests.
- Chris Mann, "The Voice Within." OK. Another meh tribute. This was probably the only Christina song that made sense for him to sing (though "Genie in a Bottle" would've been awesome), but it just didn't work from me.
- Jermaine Paul, "God Gave me You." OK. Yeah, this round kind of sucked. Clearly.
- Tony Lucca, "Harder to Breathe." MISS! Speaking of kind of sucking…
Best Performance of the Night
Who is going to win? I'm going to go with Juliet Simms. But it'll probably actually be Tony Lucca. Meh.


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Posted by Erica on Saturday, February 7, 2009 at 5:46pm.
a)Having had a good season, they hoped to win the trophy.
having had a good season: adjectival participial phrase right
to win the trophy: infinitival noun phrase, direct object right
b)In the last few weeks, they have often been seen going to the theatre together.
In the last few weeks : adverbial prepositional phrase right
going to the theatre together: adjectival participial phrase right
c)The car parked in the garage is not for rent
parked in the garage: adjectival participial phrase right
for rent: adverbial prepositional phrase It's a prepositional phrase, all right, but I'm not sure about "adverbial."
d)Rejecting their offer, she said she was no longer interested in doing business with them
Rejecting their offer: adverbial participial phrase right
doing business: gerund, subject complement gerund, yes; but you'll need to explain the rest to me
with them: adverbial prepositional phrase right
e)To be honest, I don't want to take extra work at the moment
to be honest: infinitival adverb phrase right
to take extra work: infinitival noun phrase, direct object right
at the moment: adjectival prepositional phrase prepositional phrase, yes; please explain how it's adverbial
f)Eating and Drinking was forbidden during the performance.
Eating and Drinking: gerund, subject right
during the performance: adjectival prepositional phrase right
g)During the good weather, it is hard to stay indoors and study
During the good weather: adjectival prepositional phrase right
to stay indoors and study: infinitival extraposed noun phrase subject right
h)Bored with the game, he walked to the exit whistling loudly
Bored with the game: adverbial participial phrase right
whistling loudly: adjectival participial phrase right
i)If it continues to rain like this, we will have to leave
If it continues: adverbial prepositional phrase adverbial, yes; but not a prepositional phrase
to rain like this: infinitival noun phrase, direct object right
to leave: infinitival noun phrase, direct object right, I think
j)The way to lose weight is to exercise a lot.
to lose weight: infinitival adjective phrase, direct object no adjective (word or phrase) will be a direct object
to exercise a lot: infinitival noun phrase, subject complement right
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APRIL FOOLS! Yes, we added this as a late entry into sites posting April Fools stories after Adrian and I were chatting online and realized we hadn't done anything. So, I wrote this up and sent it off to him. So, Adrian is still all about the cock. Thanks, Jeff.
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I guess you have all noticed that I've been talking about the technical details of the site and not mentioning as much about my personal life anymore. No crazy drug weekends, hooking up with tons of boys. And I guess that's been intentional, but I've been putting in so much work on the new site that I guess I wanted to come clean.
Well, i spent far too much time working on this tonight .. but the good news is that I am amost ready to launch the thing.
The even better news is that it's going to be radically improved, quite a bit faster to load (hopefully) , and will have user sites (in a some what limited form at first.. ). Honestly.. much of a muchness of nice new features. I am actually just not going to post a screenshot for you guys, since I don't want to spoil the surprise.
Hey there fellow Oasians .. It's been a while since I have posted here =)
I haven't grown bored of you guys or anything (perish the thought) , instead I have just been abnormally busy with 'real life' things. Apart from racing to catch deadlines, following vast volumes of mail and news and working on oasis when time/energy levels permit.
The new oasis release is waiting on the 4.4.0 release version of the drupal cms system that Oasis runs on. Almost all the features I have mentioned here previously are in their final format, but I am waiting on the main project to release the next version. Current ETA is anything from 1 week to 3 weeks.. I don't think it will take longer than that.
Thanks to Betty Bowers
January 2004. Mr. Bush wandered over during Mr. [Scot] Reid's [senior strategist to Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin] chat with the Prime Minister. Mr. Reid introduced himself and shook hands with Mr. Bush.
The President chuckled. "Well, you got a pretty face," he told the surprised Mr. Reid. He wasn't done. "You got a pretty face," he said again. "You're a good-looking guy. Better looking than my Scott anyway."
-- President Bush in a coquettish bout of eye-batting homosexual diplomatic flirting January 16, 2004 The Globe and Mail
Hey there guys. I have thought it is finally time to unleash atleast a quick screenshot of the upcoming oasis redesign.
The update is set to happen in the first week of march, and the amount of cool new useability features are actually quite astounding.
And yes , before I get asked ... user sites will be making a come back. They won't quite be like they were (yet) , but they are in there.
God. I havent been spending as much of my time on this site as I used to. Which doesn;t mean I am tired of you lot or anything..
It just means I have been incredibly busy working on the next release of oasis .. which I am proud to say is shaping up to be so much infitely nicer and easier to use than what we have now. Tentative release seems will be in the first 2 weeks of march , so hold onto your hats.
Everclear - Overwhelming
It can come from out of nowhere,
hit you when you're safe and warm.
Take it easy, my star your time is gonna come,
your time is gonna come.
Yeah, you got those crazy blue eyes.
You got those crazy blues.
All those pretty smiles,
I can see them laughing at you.
Your time is gonna come, your time is gonna come.
I don't wanna be your punching bag,
your complacent little princess all tragic and sad.
Gave Up - Nine Inch Nails.
I am not going to lie to you guys. Dealing with one's parents never turn into an 'easy' thing (and I don't include the select few who have great relationships with their parents). It does however become 'easier'. =)
I just got off the phone with my little brother (left most on the picture) , who I had phoned because yesterday I phoned daddy dearest , specifically because daddy dearest had borrowed money from me and had neglected to pay it back into my account even though he had said he would for about a week (i feel good about the fact that I never need to borrow money from him.. increases my sense of independence). No , I don't want to tell him about 'internet banking' because i sure as hell don't want to play tech support (my usual argument of 'i dont do windows' might not even work in that case)
well then. haven't actually blogged in a while =).
I have been incredibly busy working on oasis things recently. and the next release is really starting to shape up. it's going to be a hit =)
sadly it's only going to be available in a few weeks time as it's probably the biggest update yet.
oh , and i wrote a big post about my best gaming moments here
This man is so incredibly talented it makes my brain hurt. He is also incredibly sexy , and i still hate leisa (iirc) for having met him IRL.
Duncan Sheik - For You
For you I want to sing a happier song
for you I'm gonna try to right all my wrongs
for you I'm gonna break my bad habits
there's a golden ring and I want you to have it
there's a golden ring and I want you
For you I'm gonna sit and patiently wait
it's great if you're early but if its fine if you're late
for you I feel love and I just want to show it
you're a beautiful girl and want you to know it
you're a beautiful girl and want you to know it
you're a beautiful girl and want you to know it
it's an infinite world and I want you
Once again I am opened
Once again I am opened
Once again I am opened
Once again I am opened
For you I'm waiting on the ticket line
I gotta get back I don't wanna waste time
but the people are tired and the line is so long
so all I can do is sing this song
So this new guy is temping at our office.
He's gay , this I know. And he just looks so damn familiar.
It takes use 3 days before we realize we went to school together, him the year after me. And that we have a neat little 3 degrees of seperation thing going.
This marks the first fag I went to school with I have found.
A woman goes to the doctor's office and says, "Doctor, I've got a
strange problem and I need your opinion." "Can you describe your
symptoms?" he asks.
"Well, it's easier if I show you," she said and, standing up,
proceeded to undress. When she was down to her underwear, she sat on
the edge of the examining table and spread her legs to reveal two
small green circles on her inner thighs. "They don't hurt or anything,
but I was a little worried about them."
The doctor peered closely at the two circles and asked, "Are you a
l*sbian by any chance?"
Embarrassed and slightly taken aback by this question, especially
coming from a man with his head between her thighs, she replied, "Well
yes I am, actually. Why do you ask?"
"Well, I'm afraid you'll have to tell your girlfriend that her
earrings aren't real gold."
My life looks like it's going to change majorly this year. And I find myself with some choices to make.


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Article brought to you by: Catholic Online (www.catholic.org)'Anonymous' hackers to launch news nework without any Kardashian or Beiber news
By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)
June 4th, 2013 Catholic Online (www.catholic.org) Have you ever wanted to visit a news site without being inundated by updates about Kim Kardashian's clothes and Justin Bieber's driving? You're about to get your wish. The loose hacking collective known as Anonymous has just provided new details about its upcoming news website. LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - Anonymous plans to launch its own news website in an effort to circumvent large mainstream, corporate sponsored, profit driven news publishers.The group posted a note to Pastebin saying, "After observing the events of the last few days, understand that one of our goals is to make questions like, 'Why isn't CNN-Turk airing footage of these massive protests,' irrelevant. Its [sic] time to start getting the real news out there, to everyone. We have to stop relying on big corporations to that for us." The group has already raised $55,000 to expand the coverage of Your Anon News (YAN), which covers topics that are of interest to the collective's participants and supporters. Dissatisfied with mainstream reporting, Anonymous says they want to start report the news, not just aggregate it. The group says it will set a firm launch date in its next press release. The group also plans to heavily integrate Twitter, but they will not integrate Facebook at all. The post added, "Also we won't auto-attach our .com or account name to everything you tweet - because we're classy." Most notably, anonymous says it will still aggregate news from "external sources, with permission, via various online independent media sites, as well as videos from YouTube, Vimeo and the like." The website will have a strict policy to avoid posting what it considers to be drivel, propelled by pop culture. That means no Kardashians, no Beibers. Instead, readers can expect coverage of mass protests, social movements, and issues that are generally favored by many across the Internet. The most curious feature of this endeavor is that Anonymous is truly anonymous. The group is a loose and informal aggregation of computer hackers and sympathizers who deliberately conceal their identities from the public. They have taken their brand from the movie "V for Vandetta" by donning the film hero's signature Guy Fawkes mask. Anonymous has no formal leadership and no organized structure, although key individuals routinely manage to aggregate and direct the group's efforts under the Anonymous banner. Article brought to you by: Catholic Online (www.catholic.org) |


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About Datu Hartman Presents
Since the late 1980's. Datu Tim Hartman has been hosting martial arts events in the Buffalo area. He quickly gained recognition for hosting some of the best events in the Western New York – Buffalo/Niagara region. Eventually, Datu Hartman expanded into running training camps, tournaments, and even international martial arts tours. This website showcases the Buffalo/Niagara regional, national and international events that are produced by Datu Tim Hartman. This newsletter is to keep the martial arts community informed of the world class events.


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Douglas Ducharme is an Assistant Research Professor in the War Gaming Department, Center for Naval Warfare Studies. Professor Ducharme is a former helicopter pilot who the served twenty years on active duty in the Combat Support and Mine Countermeasures Communities and at the Naval War College as a Game Director. He also deployed to Iraq for one year as the Chief of Operations for the Energy Fusion Cell of the Combined Joint Operations Directorate of Multi-National Force-Iraq.
Material and external links contained herein are made available for the purpose of peer review and discussion and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Naval War College, Department of the Navy or the Department of Defense.


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Alfresco Grows Distribution via LGPL
John Newton, founder and CTO of the Alfresco Software content management system (CMS) company, has announced a licensing change from GPL to LGPL for the software. The change should go into effect the next Alfresco community version.
Newton writes in his blog that his company could easily develop his software and brand with help of the General Public License. But now the time comes to open up the license to proprietary integration, hence to turn a back on GPL. The advantage of the Lesser General Public License (LGPL) is the ability to link in the Alfresco repository without affecting proprietary software linking it. The total switch to LGPL also makes it easier to link in LGPL components Alfresco already has, such as the Hibernate database service and jBPM for workflow.
The Berkeley graduate sees the licensing change as "more of an opportunity to be a platform beyond individual applications, particularly with the emergence of CMIS," which was introduced in the product mid-2009. With the OASIS standardized Content Management Interoperability Services (CMIS), CMSs can share their contents. "We do this," says Newton, "in the spirit of making Alfresco available as a CMIS platform and a general ECM platform to build content applications without inhibiting your business opportunities. What we hope is that your applications will build demand for Alfresco services from Alfresco Software, particularly in larger enterprise environments."
Thus linking in closed software is a revenue source for Alfresco. It is a bit of a stretch to the attitude that customers with open source can save themselves a lot of money, as Newton had suggested for the Alfresco Community Edition 3.2.
The Group 451 business analysis venture is strengthened by Alfresco's decision in its observation that the "dominant GPL open source license may be fading from favor among commercial open source software players." Not to say that open source software is becoming less favored. On the contrary, as Jay Lyman of Group 451 notes, "much of the movement we�re seeing away from the GPL has to do with the desire and opportunity to place open source software alongside, within, on top of or otherwise with proprietary software."
Issue 173/2015
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Old Vulnerabilities Are Kept Alive Through Bad Configuration
HP's annual Cyber Risk report offers a bleak look at the state of IT.
Linus Torvalds Announces Linux 4.0
But what do the big numbers really mean?
Microsoft Frees CoreCLR
.NET Core execution engine is the basis for cross-platform .NET implementations.
New Trojan Attacks Linux Servers
The Xnote trojan hides itself on the target system and will launch a variety of attacks on command.
Cisco Releases Annual Security Report
Spammers go low-volume, and 90% of IE browsers are unpatched.
Zero Day Exploits Target Flash
Adobe scrambles to release patches for vulnerable Flash Player.
Intel Unveils Compute Stick
Four-inch-long computer on a stick lets you boot a full Linux system from any HDMI display device.
Obama Proposes Personal Data Notification Law
New statute would require companies to report break-ins to consumers.
TGXf Project Warns of File Transfer through Screen Pixels
Weird data transfer technique avoids all standard security measures.
Industry Giants Announce a Fix for the Password Mess
FIDO alliance declares the beginning of the end for old-style login authentication.


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Brussels Airlines was created by the merger of SN Brussels Airlines and Virgin Express in April 2005. The airline is a flag carrier and a subsidiary of German Airline Lufthansa, which owns a 45 per cent share in the company. Brussels Airlines is based in Diegem in Belgium. The airline is currently the largest in Belgium, and Brussels Airlines flights now cover 65 destinations in 20 European countries, as well as long-haul destinations all over Africa. Booking cheap flights from Brussels Airlines in the UK allows passengers to fly from a wide range of regional airports including Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Leeds Bradford, London Heathrow and Manchester. Brussels Airlines flights from the UK fly to destinations in Europe and Africa. Check-In Online check-in is available from 24 hours, up to one hour before the flight. The bag drop time limit is one hour before the flight. Check-in at the airport closes 70 minutes before departure.
Baggage Baggage allowances vary depending on the route, but as a general guide, short-haul Economy hold baggage allowance is 20kg, and business class is 30kg. Long-haul allowances are two bags of up to 23kg or 32kg for economy and Business Class respectively. Hand luggage also varies but is up to 16kg for Business Class.
Seating The seat pitch on Brussels Airlines flights is 31 inches. Seats can be selected via the online check-in process.
Frequent Flyer Pprogramme Brussels Airlines participates in the Miles and More frequent flyer programme, which means customers can earn miles on Brussels Airlines flights for benefits with partners and Star Alliance member airlines.
Additional Information Brussels Airlines information recently reported the airline has taken delivery of a fifth Airbus A330-300, to be deployed on the growing network of African destinations that are covered by Brussels Airlines flights from both the UK and Europe. African destinations include Accra, Lome and Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso.


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Walking a Cat to Pick Up Women?
Thursday, July 31st, 2008Tyler Cowen explains the bizarre effects of a Saudi ban on the sale of dogs and cats, in an effort to stop unwanted passes at women (by men walking their pets):
This is, of course, a net benefit for the offenders to date. The newly created artificial scarcity increases the conversation value of the already owned animals and also confers a positive wealth effect on the wrongdoers. Is it not better to stop xxxx by giving everyone a pet and thus eliminating its conversational value? By the way, if this edict is enforced, we can expect an increase in the pet birth rate and also a greater number of abandoned pets.


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November 13th 2012
Strategic Approaches for International Chemical Management – Summary of
the Third International Conference Chemical Management – ICCM3, Nairobi,
September 17th-21st, 2012
Ana Boischio, advisor in toxicology, Pan American Health Organization, WDC, UA
Summary of the strategy for strengthening the engagement of the health sector in the implementation of the Strategic Approaches for International Chemical Management approved during the third conference – Nairobi, September 17th-21st, 2012
Ana Boischio, advisor in toxicology, Pan American Health Organization, WDC, US
Health sector strategy (http://papersmart.unep.org/data/CRPs/documents/CRP.9/K1282772-E.pdf)
Impacts of chemicals on human health
Global burden of disease attributable to exposure and management of
selected chemicals represents 8.3% of the total deaths and 5.7% of the
total burden of disease in DALYs worldwide (Pruss-Ustun et al.,
Children's neurodevelopment - based on a population approach for an US
25.5 million children of 0 – 5 years old - contribution of methyl
mercury, organophosphate pesticides and lead to neurodevelopmental
morbidity expressed as FSIQ (Full Scale Intelligence Quotient) accounts
for around 30% of all IFSIQ lost points among all risk factors
(Bellinger 2012[2]).
Roles and responsibilities of health sector – not ranked by priority
Chemical emergencies;
Chemical risks;
Safer alternatives;
Awareness on chemical safety – people at risk;
Bio-monitoring and health surveillance – people at risk;
International mechanisms.
Challenges and opportunities to be addressed in the regional implementation plan
Stakeholders in the health sector – awareness on chemical safety;
Priorities in chemicals of concern – risk assessment and capacity building;
Bio-monitoring and surveillance;
Prevention and preparedness for poisonings and chemical emergencies;
Review global and regional plans of actions – for national implementation;
Synergies with the International Health Regulation implementation –
attention to institutional fit of IHR and SAICM health sector.
Awareness among health related stakeholders – increasing the amount,
quality and relevance of information, mapping different health-sector
stakeholdersand communication;
Chemical risks assessment-capacity building and knowledge sharing by health sector;
Health sector capacity –
Inter sector communication and harmonization;
Resources use and leverage;
International agencies support/coordination.
Guiding principles
Prevention – precaution-vulnerable groups;
Consistency and coherence;
Audience: governments, inter governmental and non governmental organizations.
Awareness – stakeholder typology, information outputs, virtual information portal ("SAICM health"), scientific publications;
Health sector networks – INTOX, CIATs (centre of information on
toxicology), International Health Regulation, chemical risk assessment
network, others;
Focal points empowerment – communication role, horizontal inter sector
work including the national implementation of plan of action, further
development of terms of reference, health related briefing sessions;
Healthy health care settings – awareness, alternative options,
replacement, disposal and storage (Health Care Without Harm major
Professional training – academic institutions working on courses and research with health sector demands in chemical safety;
Joint actions – multilateral environmental agreements, IHR-including
laboratory facilities, emergency preparedness, health surveillance
(including toxico-vigilance), risk assessment and communication, others.
Contacting new SAICM regional focal point – in progress;
Health sector strengthening to be included in the SAICM regional implementation plan;
Health in SAICM - implementation and monitoring – health SAICM focal
points – needs to advance with terms of reference and reporting to
regional SAICM coordinator;
WHO (in consultation with secretariat) to report on implementation of the strategy to ICCM4 (to be held in 2015).
1. Pruss-Ustun, A, Vickers, C, Haefliger, P, Bertollini, R (2011) Knowns
and unknowns on burden of disease due to chemicasl: a systematic
review. Environmental Health 10:9
2. Bellinger, DC (2012) A strategy for comparing the contributions of
environmental chemicals and other risk factors to neurodevelopment of
children. Environmental Health Perspectives 120 (4): 501-507


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