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Thread: Manti Te'o hoax (wth?!?)
Re: Manti Te'o hoax (wth?!?)
As NC says, if he comes out and says he's either Gay or wanted to remain a virgin until marriage, and so he made this up to get peopel off his back, then this drops his value exactly ZERO to me. The Alabama game may have brought him down to our range, and if the above is correct, then I'd be happy to draft him.
Now if he continues to claim he was simply a victim, then it drops his value significantly as I'd seriously question his intelligence, maturity, and honesty.
Re: Manti Te'o hoax (wth?!?)
I expect him to refuse to discuss it publicly as much as possible, and to hint he still thinks it was a hoax when he's forced to do so.
As far as I'm concerned that doesn't affect his value one bit. Unless HR's first guess was right - that there's a money trail and some dirty deeds here - I don't really care about his made up girlfriend or the reason for it. Certainly if he is gay he is entitled, even now, to keep that to himself.
edit: I *do* care about what this says about our credulity and journalism and our society. I just don't care about the presence or absence of an actual girlfriend or the reason why some 22 (or whatever) year old kid pretended she existed.
Last edited by festivus; 01-18-2013 at 12:49 PM.Festivus
His definitions and arguments were so clear in his own mind that he was unable to understand how any reasonable person could honestly differ with him.
Re: Manti Te'o hoax (wth?!?)
Interesting stuff... still not the whole story:
http://espn.go.com/college-football/...irlfriend-hoaxWe are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid. - Benjamin Franklin
Re: Manti Te'o hoax (wth?!?)
It's another wrinkle, NCRaven, but as you imply it leaves many questions unanswered. He let *everyone*, his own family included, think he'd met this person. According to his own story he must have been communicating with her for ages without benefit of Skype or anything.
It's still an absurd story. Some prankster's cousin has 8 hours a night to spend tricking some guy she doesn't know?
This was an interesting post, too; it shouldn't get lost in the shuffle:
His definitions and arguments were so clear in his own mind that he was unable to understand how any reasonable person could honestly differ with him.
Re: Manti Te'o hoax (wth?!?)
After hearing Manti's side of the story I believe him and his side 99.999%.
I think I hit the nail on the head when I said he was duped and was embarrassed and told a few white lies to keep people off his back.
We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid. - Benjamin Franklin
Re: Manti Te'o hoax (wth?!?)
Link to the SI piece covering his statement.
I find it very, very hard to believe somebody could be that stupid. I'd rather believe he was gay.
These new developments do push the needle back in Te'o's favor though I remain completely at a loss to explain why so many people would devote so many hours to deceiving someone so badly.
And I'm also at a loss to explain why somebody would date someone for *years* without wondering why he could never see her on Skype. It doesn't sit well with me.Festivus
His definitions and arguments were so clear in his own mind that he was unable to understand how any reasonable person could honestly differ with him.
Re: Manti Te'o hoax (wth?!?)
Manti's former ND roommate says he wasn't very tech savvy and didn't have a laptop during his first two years of college.
"Funny thing, I think he went to classes more than I did and I'm an engineering major," Tran said. "During regular season, he would barely go out. Most of the times, he didn't have the time to with his training schedule. He stayed focused 100 percent. I remember one time, a football player came into our room drunk and was talking to Manti, asking him why he didn't go out with them. Manti responded, 'Because we have practice tomorrow.' He was definitely sociable. He knew most people in the dorm and everyone knew who he was, obviously."
Tran said he knew nothing about Lennay Kekua, the online girlfriend who supposedly died of leukemia during the season but, it turns out, didn't even exist. Tran said Te'o wasn't particularly tech savvy, saying the linebacker didn't own a laptop his first two years at college.
"He was using my laptop to do his homework. If he was Skyping his family he would use my laptop," Tran said.
This appears to be the perfect storm of a sheltered life (the Hawaiian, Mormon, Notre Dame, and college football communities are all very isolated) and some assholes with a history of taking advantage of famous people. I don't fault Manti or this one bit. He is a caring, trusting, glass half full kind of guy who put his trust out there and got blind sided. He will come out stronger for having gone through this experience.Long days and pleasant nights.
Re: New draft/FA/offseason thread
I don't know if this has been brought up, but is it possible that he might be gay and this was just part of the cover up?
edit:just read previous posts and see that it has been brought up and very much considered.
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Re: New draft/FA/offseason thread
I kind of lean more in his favor after his comments but not entirely because some things still make little sense. So now this girl that he referred to as his soulmate and talked about endlessly inthe media as an inspiration, he didnt even talk to but once in awhile for A month or so at a time? Didnt want to be bothered with her when she wanted to console him during his grandmas death, but right after her death publically spoke about how much she meant to him, and still didnt even think of going to see her in the hospital or funeral. He may have not been in on it, but still seems he played it up for attention and regardless of the final thought of how much he did or didnt embellish, is still a liar.
As far as draft position, im sure teams are going to ask him about it and as long as he doesnt slip up and say something else i doubt it effects him though. He still going to drop but because hes not as strong at the point of attack as initally thought, thanks to alabama.-JAB
Re: Manti Te'o hoax (wth?!?)
Serious inconsistancies I can't et past include;
He skyped his parents but not his soulmate
A prankster "catfished" him with help from at least 2 other people for almsot 3 years sometimes up to 8 hours a night. Nearly a full-time job for 3 years, for NO GAIN WHATSOEVER>
Money was never a part of the "scam".
He has shown he is willing to lie, that's a scary slippery slope.
3 years of a "relationship" and no real life meetings, no hospital vists, etc.
It still just doesnt sit well....
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My sister lives in Hawaii and her take was basically the same as mine. He's either gay or very sheltered an naive. (A possibility she stressed was very possible.)
Hawaiian culture is apparently quite different from mainland American culture. She told me that people there, specifically life time islanders, are a bit... Provincial... Is a nice way to put it.
The idea that he was behind some sort of scheme all along is simply too far fetched for most islanders to consider.
At this point I'm hoping it screws up his draft stock just enough to drop him to pick 32.My motto was always to keep swinging. Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly or having trouble off the field, the only thing to do was keep swinging. -Hank Aaron


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Nickle, David. Eutopia: A Novel of Terrible Optimism
An unusual horror novel set in the past, in a small mountain town in Idaho, Eutopia is a page turner. Jason Thistledown ends up in the strange town of Elaida, Idaho, after his mom and his town are wiped out by a strange disease. An aunt, whom he didn't know he had, shows up in the aftermath of this catastrophe to spirit Jason away to Elaida where he falls in love and faces the strange beings who inhabit this corner of the world.
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The book is original and very readable. If you like horror novels, this is one you are sure to enjoy.


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Casey Calvert – 1000 Facials
Released: December 13, 2013
Casey Calvert has been in porn for 11 months, she loves going to work everyday and having sex with different people, but her favorite days are like today: when she puts a massive shaft on her mouth. An erotic intro striptease will allow Casey to display her assets and harden Will Powers' massive shaft and then she gets down to it. She will suck the love hose like a goddess and be rewarded with a warm load on her face in a way that will make you explode too.


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LG Display has introduced its FPR (film-type patterned retarder, polarized glasses) 3D panel in China.
The FPR 3D panel delivers full HD picture quality, and is able to eliminate flicker and crosstalk issues associated with shutter glasses 3D displays, the panel maker said.
It can also resolves the issue of high costs linked to the existing PR (patterned retarder) type panel by using film instead of glass substrate, LG Display added.
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As of 2013, the 10 ASEAN nations had a total of over 700 million mobile subscriptions, with the CAGR from 2003-2013 reaching 24%. This Digitimes Research Special Report analyzes the various mobile broadband markets in ASEAN and looks at the respective trends in 4G LTE development for those markets.
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A recent study published in the International Journal of Obesity revealed that people whose stress levels were high, and who had poor quality sleep, were less likely to achieve a weight loss goal of 10 lbs.
According to a feature on Time.com, the study was led by Dr. Charles Elder of Kaiser Permanente Center for Health and Research in Portland, Oregon, and involved 472 obese adults over the age of 30. Obese was qualified as those who had BMIs between 30 and 50; 83 percent were women, while 25 percent were senior citizens over the age of 65.
The participants were enrolled in a weight loss program that consisted of weekly group counseling sessions, keeping a food diary, exercising for at least three hours per week, reducing daily calorie consumption by 500 calories, and following a low-fat, low-salt diet which is high in fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and lean proteins.
Researchers noted certain lifestyle measures, which included stress levels, quality of sleep, and depression, at the beginning of the study, and again after six months.
Sixty percent of the participants were able to lose at least 10 lbs – the threshold that allowed them to move on to the second phase of the trial. Based on the results of the first phase, researchers were able to determine that several factors, including exercise, keeping a food diary, and attending behavioral counseling sessions had a strong link to successful weight loss.
In addition to these factors, the study was also able to determine that sleep quality and stress are influential predictors of successful weight loss. Participants who slept little or too much, and reported high stress levels, were less likely to meet the 10-lb weight loss goal.


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A really good business idea is just that—an idea. Transforming it into something marketable also takes business savvy and resources. CETi, the University of South Carolina's new center for startups, is giving budding entrepreneurs the tools they need to get their concepts off the ground.
CETi, which stands for the Center for Entrepreneurial and Technological Innovation, is a collaboration between the USC/Columbia Technology Incubator and Innovista. It's designed as a one-stop shop for startups and offers a menu of services, including mentoring, customized educational opportunities and networking assistance. It's open to students, faculty and alumni who need advice on how to commercialize their ideas.
CETi's was first conceived of in 2011 as part of the Innovista strategic plan. The goal was to create an environment for developing innovative, homegrown enterprises that could have a transformative effect on the Midlands. CETi Director Greg Hilton said USC is in a strong position to support those efforts.
"We have all the ingredients for building a world class startup environment in the Midlands," Hilton said. "All we need are those intrepid entrepreneurial students, faculty, and alums with the vision, commitment, and desire to change the world, one startup at a time."
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The library's new digital maps collection gives you access to high-resolution images of more than 6,000 county, town and military maps dating from 1560 to 1935.
Ancestry.com also added more city directories covering 1935 to 1945, which you can use as a kind of 1940 census substitute. (Don't be alarmed—the 1940 census isn't missing. It's just not yet available, and won't be until 2012, when we'll all have a big party outside the National Archives.)
GI: What would you consider GeneTree's greatest strength?MC: Probably the positioning that we've had along, which is that it's a family social network, but it has this unique twist of using DNA to extend your concept of family.
GI: Could you give me a quick rundown of GeneTree's post-beta features?MC: We've improved a lot of the components of the social network, so it's easier to invite people and stay connected. For example, the page you land on now is a news feed that tells you everything that's going on in your networks—that could be more DNA connections, or another family member has added a photo or updated the family tree with more people. That's also e-mailed to you once as week as a digest.We've made some dramatic improvements in our family tree building software. It's intuitive and easy to use. We've also added a GEDCOM upload. We're working on improving it, always, but right now you can have up to 2,000 people inside your GEDCOM. One of the really cool things about the site is that you can do collaborative family tree work, so you and your cousins and all your other relatives can be on at the same time and make things happen.GI: Do many people who haven't ordered a DNA test from GeneTree have their family information on the site?MC: About 5 percent of the people who come on the site have actually taken DNA tests. It's a no-cost system to be a member and have your family information there, and that's by far the majority of members.GI: How many members are there?MC: We're moving toward 100,000, and we've got about 1.5 million profiles right now—that's people on trees.
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Olympus M.ZUIKO DIGITAL 17mm f1.8 lens review:high speed and high image quality?By Kevin Carter - Monday July 08 2013 Lens Review
Although compact and likeable enough, Olympus' first 17mm for MFT (Micro Four Third) wasn't one of the best performing lenses. With a fast maximum aperture, this new lens aims to build on the popularity of the angle of view / focal length while offering improved image quality. Read on to see if Olympus has achieved their goal.
As with the firm's 75mm and 12 mm primes, this new high-speed 17mm f1.8 (35mm equivalent) for MFT cameras features a sturdy metal outer and a promising sounding high-grade optical design. Although weighing just 120g, it has 9 elements in 6 groups with one double-sided aspherical lens, one Super HR (high refractive index) element and two further elements with aspherical surfaces. Minimum focus distance is a fairly-typical 0.25m, but as well as a high-speed AF motor, the lens offers what the firm calls a 'snapshot focus mechanism' – a push/pull manual focus collar with a distance markings and a depth of field scale. We've assessed the image quality using a Panasonic Lumix DMC GH-2 for this review, though we intend to make the measurement data available for the OMD- EM-5 and the GH-3 in the near future.
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Added by bjames2k5 | July 08 , 2013
Better comparison?
I would have preferred to see a comparison tests against the Panny 20, not the Leica 25. That's the lens most folks, including me, either already have or would be considering purchasing vs. a 17. The 17 and 25 would complement each other in a camera bag.
Can you update this?
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Added by tjbates05 | July 15 , 2013
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The 20mm f1.7 should really be reviewed and tested by DXO. I guess it won't because it's been an embarrasingly long time since its introduction. However, this really is the competition and to complete a more accurate review, one should show how the Pany 20mm f1.7 compares to the Olympus 17mm 1.8.
My guess is we can pretty much assume the Pany is a little better but we'll never get this analysis on this website. Pity.
Added by Emilie_DxOMark | July 17 , 2013
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Thanks for your comment.
the Panasonic Lumix G 20mm F1.7 ASPH is not yet measured…
But for sure we will test the new version: Panasonic Lumix G 20mm F1.7 II ASPH.
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Added by masseray | June 19 , 2013
Olympus M-Zuico 17mm f1.8
Although this lens is on the market since only few months, it looks it's been the rage for the OM-5 users. Street photographers were waiting for it. Any time soon you expect to test it, and specifically on the OM-5 ?
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You wish will be granted today normally :)


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Rewind past Jets disaster: Tebow's time as Denver's quarterback provides a link to his future
Moving past the obvious "WTF" factor, the inevitable media circus that will now hit Foxboro hard, and his clear limitations as a quarterback, one must now ruminate as to precisely how one Tim Tebow fits into the New England Patriots' plans. He could be a fullback, an H-back, a personal punt protector, or any number of other ancillary things, but let's assume, for the sake of argument, thatTebow is going to New England to be what offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels drafted him in the first round of the 2010 NFL draft to be -- a quarterback, and damn the torpedoes. First, we must get past the fact that the Pats already have a pretty decent quarterback in the person of Tom Brady -- this will make no sense to the Tebowites, some of whom are still seriously ticked off that John Elway and John Fox jettisoned their guy aside for that Peyton Manning bum.
No, we must now ask ourselves about Tebow the quarterback. That's what he's ostensibly signing with the Patriots to be, to whatever degree. And we must remember a few things about that possibility: First, the Pats went 11-5 in 2008 with Matt Cassel as their quarterback after Brady injured his knee early in the season opener against the Kansas City Chiefs. Second, New England head coachBill Belichick is the same guy who once tasked receiver Troy Brown to play defensive back, and set linebacker Mike Vrabel up to catch a bunch of touchdown passes. As everyone is telling you today,Belichick thinks outside the box, and at his best, he's a trend or two ahead of the mainstream. Third, Brady did run 23 times for 11 first downs and four touchdowns in 2012, but one doesn't generally want one's 36-year-old quarterback to keep beating the odds against stacked fronts in short-yardage situations. And for all his glaring limitations as a quarterback, Tebow is actually a pretty decent red-zone threat -- he scored 12 rushing touchdowns in his two years with the Broncos, and the fact that the Jets didn't use him in those types of situations last season was just a matter of the Jets being stupid.
So, moving past the lost year Tebow suffered through with the Jets in 2012, how seriously should we take him as a backup quarterback in an offense that is as complex as anything you'll ever see?
The Scheme
When Tebow started down the stretch for the Broncos in 2011, McDaniels had already been fired, and it was up to offensive coordinator Mike McCoy to weld concepts Tebow could execute to those the other offensive starters could pick up in a hurry. As with other option quarterbacks over the last few years, this was done with a heaping helping of option plays, but in Tebow's case, McCoy aspired as much as possible to set things up so that Tebow's first read was always open, and easily attainable.The Patriots would have to adjust their passing concepts pretty severely to make something like that work, because Belichick and McDaniels currently have the NFL's most complex series of option routes.
Most of what Tebow did in 2011 was a series of simple run-reads in which the imperative was to get the first-read guy open, and cut Tebow loose as a runner if not. The overtime touchdown pass to Demaryius Thomas in Denver's wild-card win over the Pittsburgh Steelers was actually a good example of Tebow's nebulous ability to process multiple reads on the run. In the Broncos' 17-13 Week 11 win over the Jets -- the game former Jets general manager Mike Tannenbaum referred to when speaking of Tebow as an ideal Wildcat quarterback -- the Broncos ran all kinds of traditional and spread plays, with far more diversity than the Steeler/Power/Counter package.


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I dun know but I think it can help you
Start> Internet > Wicd Network Manager
regards: rojo
Hello.! I want to know, how can i configure my network automatic in backtrack ? because i have the problem that i every time that i enter i have to configure this with "ifup eth0"
I dun know but I think it can help you
Start> Internet > Wicd Network Manager
regards: rojo
that configure correctly your network you need .activate the default software manager networks of baktrack ...
sudo /etc/init.d/wicd start (whit this comand you activate the default network manger of backtrack because dont activate for default ..)
udpdate-rc.d wicd defaults (whit this comand configure wicd to autostart ..)
and now wicd working in backtrack, whit this software you want set yours netwwork ...
To be successful here you should read all of the following.
If you are new to Back|Track
Back|Track Wiki
Failure to do so will probably get your threads deleted or worse.
I use This Command It,s Easy
But I Don,t Know How Connect Network By BT3
I Have Router
And User name :
And Passward
And Two Ip :
And Two DNS :
Can You Help Me
I Need To Use Back Track3
But Internet Didn,t Work
I have this working just fine however...
Is there a way to have the networking start automatically upon booting up? That is before I log in? I want to be able to reboot the box remotely, and then have it start networking and ssh so I can remote back into it again.
I found the answer.
The post titled " How to autologin / auto startx / auto booting" helped me to find the answer.
nano /etc/rc.local
The script should look like this when you're done:
# By default this script does nothing.
/etc/init.d/ssh start
exit 0
So we added the command to start networking before the 'exit 0' line, and also started ssh. Both of these start before you login, so I can now reboot the box remotely and still have access to it.


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The only thing I don't get is... Like how does the poster stick on there? Do you just use your hands and kinda press it on or do you use a roller to roll it on or something?... Oh shit wait, do you put on the mix first and then the poster? I don't know shit about this haha
Cezr, dayum you know Mister Breakfast? I love his stickers and stuff


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'"Obviously, it's a fun time for those young guys," Rivet said in Honda Center. "They're getting an opportunity to play some games and show they can play in this league. It's an important time for them."'
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when booting it says ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.38 this is because Backtrack is based on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, Linux kernel 2.6.38.
There is indeed a small bug in the KDE 64-bit version where it hangs and keeps hanging (the lazy ****) after you installed and want to reboot.
There are a few workarounds:
1 When it asks after the installation to keep using the live version or reboot choose keep using live version, then open a console and type:
shutdown -h now when you pc is turned off just turn it back on and you good to go.
2 When your trigger finger was faster then you and you chose reboot after the installation and the lazy **** keeps hanging puch the power button of your pc and keep pushing till your pc is turned off and then turn it back on and you good to go.


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UK's Ronnie Mann fights tonight taking on 10-1 Rodrigo Lima
UK's Ronnie Mann fights tonight taking on 10-1 Rodrigo Lima
delete this Bellator have no maincard stream outside of us #fail
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doh just put some bets on in hope i'd be able to watch.. must be some other streams floating about somewhere? if anyone gets hold of one pm would be lovely.
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i am using BT3 on a Dell studio 14 laptop with a dell wireless 1397 broadcom adapter (manufacturer broadcom). I am using BT3 via VMware.
i get a proper IP address when i use ifconfig command.
i am also able to connect to the internet.
however when i use the KISMET i get an error to define a packet source..
can someone pl guide me to setup wireless devices to be used!!


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'Seven minutes into the period the Islanders would extend their lead on the power play with Trent Hunter banging in a rebound. That would be it for the scoring as the Isles held on for the 6-4 victory. Rick DiPietro turned aside 22 Buffalo shots to earn the win.'
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So, I moved into this new apartment last week. Well, actually renting a room, sharing with one other guy. I'm 22 and he's 47.
So I just met the guy. First evening, we were sat there watching telly.
He was on the PC, but then joined me to watch a movie.
I was sat on one of the two couches, in front of the telly. He finished up on the PC and sat beside me, instead of on the free couch, which was adjacent to the telly. I was like, "Fair enough, no big deal".
I could feel him watching me out of the corner of his eye though, and he had this sort of scrutinizing frown on his ugly mug.
He's a heavy set bloke also, 120kgs, not muscle, and about 5ft 4inch tall.
Anyways, I felt pretty uncomfortable, so I went off to bed.
Next morning I woke and got up to take a shower.
He greeted me good morning on my way to the bathroom, with only a towel around my waste.
I was like, "whatever, no biggie".
So I took a shower. I was in there for ages as well (the walls are pretty thin and it's a small apartment, so he could hear the water running), so I assume he assumed I was fwapping, which I was.
Anyways, when I emerged and was on my way back to my bedroom, he came out from the living room and stopped me in the hall.
He told me he slept badly last night and had back pain.
He asked me to turn around, so he could show me the precise spot where he had pain, but he was staring up at me, all wide eyed.
I turned around.
He started running his big lunchbox hands up and down my back, gently, like you do with a chick before you unfix her bra strap.
I was like, "okay bro, that sucks you have pain.."
I got the feeling he was going to ask me to give him a back rub or something.
I turned back around and just stared him out of it.
It was painfully clear at this point what he had on his mind.
I could sense him mentally undressing me and bending me over the back of the couch, taking me from the "derriere", as they say in france.
Anyways, later on, I was having a mooch about the apartment; he was out somewhere, and I went on his computer. Of course me first port of call was the temporary internet files.
Un-focking-believable. The amount of porno this lonely old guy watched..
It got me thinking.
Did the quantity of porno he was watching somehow affect his judgment of the situation.
"Young guy in the shower, fwapping - he obviously wants me to bone him".
It's a reasonable depiction of the opening few scenes in your average porno film..
Has anyone here ever watched so much porno that they find themselves thinking this shit?
Like a lady bumps into you in the parking lot, and suddenly you start thinking she wants to blow you in her car?
Or you meet some female in the gym and she asks you to help her with her abdominal exercises, and suddenly your wondering does she really mean she wants you to fock her in the sauna?
1 - New male house mate wants to have fantasy gay sex
2 - I think it's cause he watches to much porno and is confusing it with reality


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Dr. Thomas E. Lovejoy directed the World Wildlife Fund-US program from 1973 to 1987 and was responsible for its scientific, Western Hemisphere, and tropical forest orientation. From 1985 to 1987, he served as the Fund's executive vice president. He is generally credited with having brought the tropical forest problem to the fore as a public issue, and is one of the main protagonists for the science and conservation of biological diversity. He was the first person to use the term biological diversity in 1980 and made the first projection of global extinction rates in the Global 2000 Report to the President that same year.
In the field of international conservation, Lovejoy is the originator of the innovative concept of debt-for-nature swaps. Many such swaps of international debt for conservation projects have been initiated in countries that include Bolivia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, the Philippines, Madagascar, Jamaica and Zambia. Over a billion dollars in conservation funds have already been made available with this mechanism.
Lovejoy is the founder of the public television series Nature, and for many years he served as principal advisor to the series. The program is the most popular long-term series on public television.
In 1987, Lovejoy was appointed assistant secretary for environmental and external affairs for the Smithsonian Institution. As assistant secretary he supervised the membership programs, the Smithsonian magazine, the Smithsonian Press, the Office of Government Relations, the Office of Development, the Office of Telecommunications, the Office of International Relations, and the Visitor Information and Reception Center. From 1994-2000, he served as counselor to the secretary for biodiversity and environmental affairs for the Smithsonian Institution.
In 1988, he served briefly on the White House Science Council. From 1989 to 1992 he served on the President's Council of Advisors in Science and Technology (PCAST), and from 1992 to 1998 was co-chair for the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources (CENR) under the Executive Office of the President's National Science and Technology Council (NSTC). He is past president of the American Institute of Biological Sciences, past chairman of the United States Man and Biosphere Program, and past president of the Society for Conservation Biology.
In 1993, Lovejoy was chosen by the U.S. Secretary of the Interior to be the science advisor. Among many responsibilities, he participated in the coordination of a new agency called the National Biological Survey. He served as scientific advisor to the executive director of the United Nations Environment Programme from 1994 to 1997.
In 1998, he became chief biodiversity advisor for the World Bank, as well as lead specialist for the environment for the Latin America region.
In 2001, Lovejoy became senior advisor to the president of the United Nations Foundation (created by Ted Turner and located in Washington, D.C.). He retains a link to the Smithsonian as research associate of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute.
A tropical biologist and conservation biologist, he has worked in the Amazon of Brazil since 1965. His Ph.D. thesis (1971) introduced the technique of banding to Brazil and identified patterns of community structure in the first major long-term study of birds in the Amazon.
Lovejoy conceived the idea for the Minimum Critical Size of Ecosystems project, also known as the Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project. It is a joint research project of the Smithsonian Institution and Brazil's National Institute for Amazon Research (INPA – Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia). This program, considered a centerpiece of the newly emerging discipline of conservation biology, is essentially a giant experiment designed to define the minimum size for national parks and biological reserves as well as management strategies for small areas. For this work and many conservation initiatives in Brazil, Lovejoy was decorated by the Brazilian government in 1988, becoming the first environmentalist to receive the Order of Rio Branco. In 1998, Brazil awarded him the Grand Cross of the Order of Scientific Merit. In April 2001, he received the John & Alice Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement.
He serves on numerous scientific and conservation boards and advisory groups, including: the New York Botanical Garden, Committee for the National Institute for the Environment, Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew, Wildlife Preservation Trust, Resources for the Future, and Woods Hole Research Center. He is chairman of the Yale Institute for Biospheric Studies and is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, the Linnaean Society of London, and the American Ornithologists' Union.
Lovejoy is the author of numerous articles and is author or editor of five books, including: Key Environments: Amazonia, with G.T. Prance; Global Warming and Biological Diversity (Yale University Press), with R.L. Peters; and Ecology, Conservation and Management of Southeast Asian Rainforests (Yale University Press), with R.O. Bierregaard, Jr., C. Gascon, and R. Mesquita.
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The two new lasers I tested for this article — Hilti's PMC 36 and Agatec's CPL 50 — combine features not usually found together on one tool. Line lasers that shoot plumb and level beams are quite common, and so are point-to-point lasers that can be used in place of a plumb bob. But these two models are the first I've seen that can perform both sets of functions.
My crew and I used the lasers on numerous remodeling jobs, for tasks like leveling and plumbing framing and laying out tile, cabinets, light fixtures, and electrical receptacles.
Hilti PMC 36
Hilti's tool is a cross-line laser and a five-beam point-to-point laser rolled into one. There are two buttons on the tool — one to lock and unlock the pendulum and another to set the mode. If you press the mode button once, the tool projects a plumb line and the laser points up and down. Press it a second time and the laser projects a horizontal line and laser points to either side. A third press of the button activates all the functions at once — plumb and level lines, and laser points up, down, left, right, and at the intersection of the plumb and level beams.
The beams that produce the laser points are 90 degrees apart, so you can carry them down to the floor and use them to lay out square. The horizontal line fans out at less than 180 degrees, but you can carry it out to 180 degrees by connecting through to the points that project from the side of the laser.
The PMC 36 is self-leveling as long as it's positioned within 3.5 degrees of level. If the tool can't come to level, the beams flash on and off. At least, that's what usually happens, but occasionally I was able to lean the laser far out of level and the beams didn't blink.
There are times when you need to project a line that isn't plumb or level — if you're installing trim or tile at an angle, for example. As with many lasers, you can do this with the Hilti by locking the pendulum and tilting the unit. Unfortunately, the beam flashes to remind you that it's out of level even when you set it that way on purpose. It would be less distracting if, when the pendulum was locked, the beams stayed on and an indicator lamp provided the out-of-level warning.
Like most Hilti tools, the PMC 36 feels very well-made. Everything on it — including the mode and pendulum lock buttons — operates smoothly. The housing pivots within a metal foot that can be placed on the ground, attached to a tripod, or connected to various optional mounting brackets.
Accessories. Our tool came with a magnetic bracket, a pipe adapter, and a telescopic brace. The magnetic bracket is strong enough to hold the laser to metal surfaces like I-beams and corner bead. The pipe adapter clips into the shoe and can be used to strap the laser to a pipe or to the telescoping brace. The brace — which extends to more than 11 feet — can be wedged between the floor and ceiling.
The PMC 36 has a padded fabric case. A hard case would provide better protection — and I also wish it were larger so there was room to store more accessories. The basic kit also includes a pair of red "safety glasses" and two plastic target plates that enhance the visibility of the laser beam. We tried them outside and they worked pretty well, allowing us to detect the beam in bright sunlight while measuring the elevation of an existing slab. A laser detector (PMA 30) is available for use with the tool, but we didn't request one because most of our work is indoors where laser beams are easily seen.
Hilti PMC 36
Power: Four AA batteries
Range: Up to 100 feet
Accuracy: +/- 1/8 inch at 30 feet
Self-leveling: +/â-3.5 degrees
Price: $529
Includes: Laser, soft pouch, laser visibility glasses, and two target plates
Made in: Germany
Agatec CPL 50
Power: Three AA batteries
Range: Up to 100 feet
Accuracy: +/- 1/8 inch at 30 feet
Self-leveling: +/- 5 degrees
Price: $279 ($399 with detector)
Includes: Laser, soft pouch, universal mounting base
Made in: China
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Agatec CPL 50
The CPL 50 combines the functions of a cross-line laser and a three-beam point-to-point laser. It projects plumb and level lines and laser points up and down. The third point is formed by the intersection of the plumb and level lines. Unlike the Hilti, the CPL 50 doesn't project points to the sides, so it can't be used to do square floor layout.
This tool has three controls: a sliding switch on the side and two push buttons on top. The sliding switch turns the laser on and off and locks and unlocks the pendulum. The push buttons control the mode of operation (line options) and activate the pulse function needed for use with a detector.
The on/off switch has three positions: off with the pendulum locked, on with the pendulum locked, and on with the pendulum unlocked. (In most cases you'll use the tool with the pendulum unlocked so that the laser can level itself.) I don't care for the switch. It's so tight you could inadvertently change the tool's position while trying to turn it on — and in my experience, slide switches wear out quickly.
Changing modes is a matter of pushing the line options button — once for a level line, twice for a plumb line, and three times for plumb and level at the same time. The plumb dots that project from the top and bottom of the laser are on whenever any of the beams are on.
The Agatec laser is self-leveling as long as it's positioned within 5 degrees of level. LEDs on the housing indicate whether the beams have come to level. When the pendulum is unlocked and the unit comes to level, the green LED shines steadily. If the pendulum can't come to level, the red LED flashes.
If you turn the unit on without unlocking the pendulum, the beams will project steadily and the green LED will flash to remind you that the beams are probably not level. This is an improvement over the Hilti, whose beams flash when the unit is not level — even with the pendulum locked.
According to Agatec, the beams fan out 130 degrees horizontally and 160 degrees vertically. That's less coverage than you'll get from some other line lasers, but it's plenty for most remodeling work.
Optional detector. The kit we tested came with an LS30 laser detector, which can detect a beam that can't be seen in the bright sunlight. To use the detector, the laser must be placed in "pulse" mode. The detector beeps when it gets to within about 2 inches of the laser beam. Arrows on the detector's screen guide the user to exact alignment.
The precision is good — it seems to have a go/no-go variation of about 1/8 inch. Built-in bubbles on the side and top of the detector help to orient the tool approximately plumb and level. You can use a button to disable the beeping sound when the detector is close to the beam.
Bracket. Both the laser and the detector are wrapped in a rubberized coating. Threads in the bottom of the laser (1/4 x 20) allow you to attach it to a camera tripod or to the universal mounting bracket that comes with the tool. The bracket spaces the laser off the floor so you can see the point from the down beam. It's tapped to fit on a surveyor's tripod and has a magnet for attaching the tool to steel studs and other metal surfaces. The bracket looks kind of chintzy, but it proved sturdy enough to do the job. The thumbscrew that holds it to the laser, however, is too small to tighten easily.
The tool comes in a minimally padded vinyl pouch.
Bottom Line
I like both of these tools. Each offers its own particular advantages.
On small projects, where I have to move the laser a lot or pull it out for a quick measurement, I prefer the Agatec, because it's smaller than the Hilti and can level itself when placed within 5 degrees of level. This gives it an edge over the Hilti, which needs to be within 3.5 degrees of level. You wouldn't think a degree and a half would matter, but it does: I often found myself having to shim the Hilti laser to get it to come to level.
But for large projects, where there's room to leave the laser on a tripod, I found myself favoring the Hilti, because its side points increase the spread of the horizontal beam and allow you to lay out square.
The ultimate deal-breaker, though, is probably price. If I had to run out and buy a laser today, I'd go for the Agatec: It performs most of the functions of the Hilti for about half the price. In fact, I'd consider buying two CPL 50s so that I could keep one in the truck and leave the other with my crew. My only concern about the laser is how well it would hold up over time. Although it seems well-made, the brand is unfamiliar, and finding people to service it could be a challenge. This would not be a concern with the Hilti.
Robert Zschoche owns Robert Zschoche Remodeling in Chantilly, Va.


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Church College Celebration Day.
COLUMBIA, Ky. -- The Lindsey Wilson
College community will celebrate its connection to The United
Methodist Church on Wednesday with two special events.
Church College Celebration Day will be held at 2:30
p.m. CT in V.P. Henry Auditorium, 210 Lindsey Wilson St.
Then at 7 p.m. CT the Lindsey Wilson Concert Choir
and Lindsey Wilson Singers will perform "Earth, Wind, Fire &
Water: A Concert Based on Personality Profiles in
The Four Elements of Success by Laurie
Beth Jones." The concert will be at Columbia United Methodist
Church, 202 Burkesville St.
Both events are free and open to the
"Church College Celebration Day is a day each fall
when the Lindsey Wilson community comes together to celebrate its
Methodist heritage and discusses what it means to be a
church-related college," said LWC President William T. Luckey Jr., who has been the
college's eighth president since 1998.
Lindsey Wilson was founded by the Methodist
Episcopal Church, South in 1903 as a training school for Vanderbilt
University. The school has remained part of the Methodist Church
throughout its evolution into a junior college and then into a
liberal arts college with graduate programs. (For a brief history
of LWC, click here.)
In 1939, the Methodist Episcopal Church, South
reunited with the Methodist Episcopal Church and the Methodist
Protestant Church to form the The Methodist Church. The Methodist
Church merged with the Evangelical United Brethren Church in 1968
to form The United Methodist Church.
At the Wednesday night concert, audience members
can take a personality test while enjoying the music.
"We're going to actually allow the audience to take
a bit of a personality profile test to determine whether their
personality is more like earth, wind fire or water, and so
therefore our repertoire is music about earth, wind, fire and
water," said LWC Director of Choral Activities Gerald Chafin.
Chafin said the Lindsey Wilson Singers will perform
"unusual things, like a piece called 'Lightning' where we depict a
rainstorm and we've got strobe lights that flash."
"Unusual meters and rhythms are part of that
piece," he said.
LWC student Hannah Warren of Columbia -- who is a
member of both choral ensembles -- said performing the song
"Lightning" is "quite the workout."
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MIAMI short FILM FESTIVAL
12th Annual Miami short Film Festival
This year, the festival will run simultaneously from Friday, November 8 to Friday, November 15 in the bayfront oasis of Historic Coconut Grove at our main venue, The Paragon Grove 13 Theater and at Miami Beach Cinemateque
A Film Festival based in Miami, Florida that features short films (30-minutes or less each.)
- A growing movement to exhibit and expand the art form of short filmmaking
- A venue to engage the local community
Our mission is to present quality films from around the world. As well as support, recognize and honor our filmmakers for their visionary excellence in creating a films under 30 minutes.
Serving as South Florida's only short film festival, MsFF was founded to showcase Miami as a leader in contemporary filmmaking, and aims to exhibit the most captivating and innovative short content. In the process, MsFF hopes to build an audience for short film as well as indulge it's current dedicated followers. For two weeks every fall thousands will flock to Miami for the screening of over 80 films from around the world, that have been organized "thematically" to give each shorts block an identity, and each audience member a reason to return night after night.
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