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PerfectA Mosfet Power Amp
This is my new design of a two stage pure class A amplifier. Output power is 5,1 Wpc into 12 ohms for input of 2 V RMS (10,2 W in stereo). Z input is 5k9 aprox.
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A stereo system requires four power transformers...
A lot of headroom and the most important: musical and perfect sound...
PD: in the schematics 4700,1 uF = 4700 uF electrolitic capacitor plus 100 nF ceramic capacitor.
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A few suggestions...
Power supply should be C-R-C-C-Cfm. Decoupling and proper grounding is very important. Those large mosfets will need a lower impedance gate drive for sure. This includes the CCS on the top half, and the amplifier on the bottom half. The CCS for the differential tail current is way over-complicated. The LTP needs some emitter degeneration. Consider ditching the IRF9610 for a less noisy component like a BJT. The CCS driving the output CCS is too complicated too, also 0.6V/33K=18uA bias?
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Control of the DC at the output point?
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On the three CCS used for each of the two CCS , one can be removed
for each without changing the PSRR by a iota.....
The 4700.1 uF capacitors are not a good idea , particularly the one
on the differential s CCS , as it increase hugely the amp s settling
time at power on , and given the lower resistors values attached to
the output stage CCS cap , it may well be that it will be functional
before the one of the input stage , hence , the former may send an
impulse to the speaker at full rail voltage at power on....
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The CCS (output) gets zero current variation (considering three decimal places, eg 1.128 Acc) for a variation of output voltage excursion between + - 11.08 volts peak and between a variation of positive supply voltage between 4.9 and 37.1 volts. This is laboratory tested.
0.6 V / 33 K = 18 uA (may be close to that, but it's no problem). There is no reason to worry. Try it if you want if you have questions.
The CCS (input) gets zero current variation (considering two decimal places, eg 8.67 mA) for a variation of positive supply voltage between 4.9 and 37.1 volts. This is laboratory tested, too. The variation of the signal excursion present there is rather low, therefore does not influence too.
With respect to the first connection, no plop in speaker!. Total silence. Believe it!.
Degeneration could be implemented in the LTP, yes. You can try, if you wish. Would improve the linearity even more than is actually obtained.
Try it with full confidence, it will not be disappointed. I have it running for over a year. The sound I get with my speakers is outstanding.
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I think is too high resistor of 820 ohms from VAS constant current source.
For example, if total gate charge for IRF150 is max. 125nC, then instantaneous peak current required when the gate will be:
I = k * (125E-9 * f) = 100 * (125E-9 * 50,000) = 0.625A.
k = headroom factor for accurately reproducing a square/rectangular wave (especially at high frequencies);
f = maximum frequency that needs to be reproduced correctly (in the example above we chose 50 kHz, a typical value for the calculation of audio amplifiers)
So, it's good to polarized VAS at least 0.625/2 = 0.3125 A. Do not forget to design a class A amplifier, so, that resistance of 820 ohms will be:
R = 0,65V/0,3125A = 2 Ohm.
But here there is still a problem. It may not be properly included in amplifier topology the IRF150 from the negative voltage source. Here you must include pre-driver transistor.
So, more must be put scheme, tested practice, calculated and tested, to obtain high throughput.
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|1st July 2012, 07:25 PM
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Suppose that the electric charge of the gate of the IRF150 is as you say, once loaded, shortly after connecting the amplifier, the current to the collector of the BC550 (associated with IRF150 in the top of the diagram) remains constant linearizing their performance (controlling the upper MOSFET). In this way it controls much more efficient to IRF150.
If I employ two identical resistors (plus the bootstrap capacitor, as is seen in the Aleph, for example) to bias the gate of the IRF150 and the collector of the BC550, the current through the collector of the BC550 will vary widely depending upon how it varies the output signal of the amplifier.
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This is a brief comparison between tradicional CCS and my CCS design.
Reducing the 66K resistor (in the example), the effect of variation in bias current between the peaks of the output signal is maximized.
It is understood that the resistance of 66K is split into two 33K (plus the bootstrap capacitor, that was not put in the scheme).
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To explain in more detail what I meant in previous post. Was well if you numbered electronic components in the amplifier diagrams.
So, the top MOSFET, the positive supply side, is a constant current source for the bottom MOSFET will work in class A. But both, above and below, where the intended use of less than 12 ohm impedance on the output MOSFET is not enough one, but you have to use several MOSFET's in parallel. So you have to keep in mind and this.
You amplifier diagram have a supply voltage of 32.7 Vdc per branch or +/-32.7Vdc. For audio amplifier to work perfectly in class A, he need be biased to half the peak current on the lowest impedance supported. For example, if we assume minimum output impedance admitted to be equal to 4 ohms, the peak current would be I_peak = 32.7 V/4 Ohm = 8.175 A. Polarization current in class A will be a maximum of 8.175 / 2 = 4.08A. So, in this case if yo u take the minimum load of 4 ohms, you should use several MOSFET's in parallel. In fact, if you resume the calculations, you will notice that: for 8 ohms and you need more MOSFET's in parallel for a safe operation.
So, if for 4 ohms you need a 4A bias current, then for 8 ohms, you need a bias current about 2A (therefore, approximately).
Now, let's look polarization or current needs of the both IRF150 gate's. In this respect we look at the IRF150 datasheet, see the drain current transfer characteristic = f (voltage U_GS). According to the features you need about 5V on the mosfet grid to have a bias current of 4A sau for 8 Ohm load you need 4.75V.
The source above IRF150 there 0.56Ohm resistance. Let's see if calculated correctly.
R = 0.65V / 4.08A = 0.159 Ohm (so, is wrong 0.56 Ohm);
R = 0.65V / 2.00A = 0.320 Ohm (so, is wrong 0.56 Ohm);
I see now you choose 12 Ohm load, that mean bias current about: 1.36A, then result:
R = 0.65V / 1.36A = 0.470 Ohm (so, is wrong 0.56 Ohm);
Potential difference between terminals C and E bipolar transistor located near IRF150 transistor from the positive supply side, it should be about 5V. Between terminals C and E would mount a capacitor whose capacity we calculate later. It is helpful to mount the capacitor to avoid the polarization grid MOSFET with excessive bias current (so as not to reach those 0,3125A that I calculated in the previous post). It's a tactic that is practiced in class AB amplifiers with vertical FET's. So, will provide additional capacitor mounted part of the required peak current gate MOSFETs. If we do that, then we replace that with a resistance of 820 ohms resistance up to three times smaller but not with the value 2 Ohms.
Capacitor calculation - that capacitor will have to provide approx. 66% of peak current on the gate MOSFETs.
C = (0.66 x Q) / U = 0.66 x 125E-9 / 5 = 16.5 nF (you can choose standard capacitor, for example 10nF or 22nF). This capacitor will have to be found and between grid and source other MOSFET.
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The top mosfet is a CCS and so being a single end class A amplifier, CCS bias would be set at the peak output current. For a 12R speaker, it is reasonable to assume that worst case scenario is that dynamic Z could be 1/2 of that, so at 6R load bias would be 5.5A. This would require at least 2 parallel devices to remain in safe SOA at 33V, perhaps 3. Even for 8R, bias would be 4.1A and taking into account derating, 2 devices would be required for safe SOA. Since this is a CCS, once Vgs for this conductance is established it would remain constant so the charge for Cgs would not need to be changed and so the 'driver' current could be small with regard to this circumstance. However, Cgd would be an issue when the device approaches Vds saturation at peak signal and would become a nasty dynamic impedance thrown onto the CCS 'driver'. The initial charging of Vgs would have a time constant so a smaller charging current would result in a larger time delay of conductance at start up, requiring the differential to make the difference in the bottom mosfet to suit the 0VDC initial output condition. I suggest a larger 'driver' current for the top mosfet CCS or limit the output voltage to not approach clipping. I believe Mr Pass mentions this at the behest of those who blast him for a larger lack of effeciency. But then it is a single end class A amplifier so obviously efficiency is not a priority.
The bottom mosfet is the amplifier and would show a dynamic impedance related to both Cgs and Cgd. This would require a much lower driver impedance to properly handle this load. The 4mA of current (1/2 of the tail current from input differential) would not be enough to handle this dynamic load. A driver stage buffer should be employed. Also I see no local compensation for the mosfets. I would suggest in addition to gate stopper resistors, employing gate to drain Zobel filters, IOW using a zero to dampen the oscillator that is formed with, in particularly power mosfets, between the internal capacitances and the lead inductances. This should be done right at the device package. These being TO-3 devices, keep in mind that any wires attached directly to the devices become lead inductors. I hope these suggestions don't come off as condescending, but more to constructive criticism. Power mosfets, particularly vertical type, when used as analog devices can be somewhat irksome when it comes to stability.
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Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation (SCT) With Treosulfan, VP-16 and Cyclophosphamid for Patients With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL)
This study has been completed.
Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf
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Last updated: May 12, 2015
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The present study is a multicenter, prospective phase II-study investigating the combination of treosulfan, etoposide, and cyclophosphamide as conditioning regimen for patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia who are not eligible for a TBI-containing regimen.
|Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
|Procedure: Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
|Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation With Treosulfan, VP-16 and Cyclophosphamide for Patients With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) Not Eligible for TBI-containing Conditioning Regimen: A Phase II-study
Resource links provided by NLM:
MedlinePlus related topics: Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Leukemia
Drug Information available for: CyclophosphamideU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Evaluation of engraftment at day +28 and non-relapse mortality at day +100 and at 1 year after SCT [ Time Frame: 1 year after SCT ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- *Incidence of aGvHD on day +100/ cGvHD at 1 and 2 yrs after SCT/ relapse at 2 yrs after SCT *Toxicity *Disease-free survival at 2 yrs after SCT *overall survival at 2 yrs. after SCT [ Time Frame: 2 years after transplantation ]
|Study Start Date:
|March 2007
|Study Completion Date:
|August 2013
|Primary Completion Date:
|January 2013 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Procedure: Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
conditioning regimen:
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 65 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Acute lymphoblastic leukemia in first or subsequent complete remission
- Indication for allogeneic stem cell transplantation according to the actual protocol of the German Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Study Group
- Patient's age: 18-65 years
- HLA-identical or compatible related or unrelated donor (HLA-A, HLA-B, HLA-C, HLA-DRB1 and HLA-DQB1) (one antigen-mismatch allowed)
Not eligible for total-body irradiation due to one of the following reasons:
- prior radiation of the spine > 30 Gy
- prior radiation of the mediastinum > 30 Gy
- severe pulmonary infection during induction chemotherapy
- Patient's wishing to avoid total-body irradiation as conditioning regimen
- Patient's written informed consent
- Women and men capable of reproduction must agree to use highly effective methods of contraception until six months after treatment termination. For men: vasectomy, sexual abstinence, or partner is using hormonal IUD, implants, injectables, oral hormonal contraceptives or is surgically sterilized. For women: hormonal IUD, implants, injectables, sexual abstinence, surgical sterilization, vasectomised partner
Exclusion Criteria:
- No complete remission at time of registration
Severe irreversible renal, hepatic, pulmonary or cardiac disease, such as
- total bilirubin, SGPT or SGOT > 3 times upper the normal level
- Left ventricular ejection fraction < 30%
- Creatinine clearance < 30 ml/min
- DLCO < 35% and/ or receiving supplementary continuous oxygen
- Positive serology HIV
- Pregnant or lactating women
- Severe florid infection
- Experienced hypersensitivity against cyclophosphamid, etoposide, or treosulfan
- Cystitis
- Obstructive renal function
- Participation in any other clinical drug trial
- Serious psychiatric or psychological disorders
- Progressive invasive fungal infection at time of registration
Contacts and Locations
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below. For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00682305
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00682305
|University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
|Hamburg, Germany, 20246
Sponsors and Collaborators
Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf
|Principal Investigator:
|Nicolaus Kroeger, Prof. Dr.
|University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Department for Stem Cell Transplantation
More Information
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
Keywords provided by Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf:
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on August 22, 2017
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
Kröger N, Bornhäuser M, Stelljes M, Pichlmeier U, Trenschel R, Schmid C, Arnold R, Martin H, Heinzelmann M, Wolschke C, Meyer RG, Bethge W, Kobbe G, Ayuk F, Gökbuget N, Hölzer D, Zander A, Beelen D. Allogeneic stem cell transplantation after conditioning with treosulfan, etoposide and cyclophosphamide for patients with ALL: a phase II-study on behalf of the German Cooperative Transplant Study Group and ALL Study Group (GMALL). Bone Marrow Transplant. 2015 Dec;50(12):1503-7. doi: 10.1038/bmt.2015.202. Epub 2015 Sep 14.
|Responsible Party:
|Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00682305 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|May 16, 2008
|Last Updated:
|May 12, 2015
Keywords provided by Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf:
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Hematopoeitic Stem Cell Transplantation
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma
Leukemia, Lymphoid
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Lymphoproliferative Disorders
Lymphatic Diseases
Immunoproliferative Disorders
Immune System Diseases
Immunosuppressive Agents
Immunologic Factors
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Antirheumatic Agents
Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating
Alkylating Agents
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Antineoplastic Agents
Myeloablative Agonists
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on August 22, 2017


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Since their emergence in 1986 for use in performing percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty to create patency in occluded vessels and reduce the incidence of angiographic restenosis, coronary stents have demonstrated incontestable—if not trouble-free—benefits.
Among current drug-eluting stents (DES), second-generation designs boast higher procedural success outcomes and better long-term clinical outcomes than first-generation versions, according to Syed Hossainy, Volwiler Fellow and director of the Innovation Incubator at Abbott Vascular (Santa Clara, CA). "However, there's still room for improvement in second-generation drug-eluting coronary stents, especially for patients with Type 2 diabetes," adds Hossainy, who delivered a series of well-received remarks on this topic at the recent MedTech Cardio Conference in Minneapolis. "For such patients, DES works better than bare-metal stents but not as well as in nondiabetic patients.
Another problem facing coronary drug-eluting stents involves patients with small-vessel, long, and diffuse-disease chronic total occlusions, Hossainy comments. But notwithstanding the problems associated with treating these patient cohorts, current technologies have significantly pushed the boundaries of where drug-eluting stents were six or seven years ago.
These successes should not obscure the fact that DES strategies have not been able to make much of a dent in treating the peripheral vasculature—for example, the distal superficial femoral artery (SFA) and vessels below the knee. These applications, Hossainy says, are the major unmet clinical need. "Whether DES or drug-coated balloons, none of these technologies have turned out to be effective."
Treating common pathobiologies in the peripheral vessels is complicated by the fact that the legs are subjected to chronic and cyclic extravascular forces. "When you walk, bend, sit, or stretch, a significant amount of fatigue affects stents in the SFA," Hossainy states. "Permanent implants do a great job in more unperturbed areas, but the moment they're implanted in the SFA, they cause constant trauma to the vessel. No matter how good the stent or the coating is, the trauma is going to remain because of the motion."
This is where bioabsorbable stents come in. "Initially, such implants will act as load-bearing scaffolds," Hossainy notes. "Over time—in a controlled and gradual manner—the scaffold will lose structural continuity and thus relieve the stress on the vessel. This transient scaffolding will enable the vessel to behave close to its native, unstented state, eliminating any chronic mechanical insult resulting from the extravascular forces on the otherwise stiffened, permanently stented vessel."
Although Abbott and other companies are conducting clinical trials to test the efficacy of bioabsorbable stents for peripheral applications, the time lag between initial human trial data and commercial launches in non-U.S. markets typically takes two to three years. And achieving FDA approval could take another three years. Until then, patients will have to be patient.


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'Silver Linings' leads the pack with four prizes in total, while the James Bond film and the Iran hostage movie bag three and two gongs respectively.
The Hollywood awards season gets even hotter as the 18th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards announced its full winners on Thursday evening, January 10. Becoming the biggest winner of the night, David O. Russell's dramedy "Silver Linings Playbook" successfully collected a total of four awards.
Though losing to Ben Affleck's "Argo" in claiming the top Best Picture prize, "Silver Linings" pocketed Best Acting Ensemble gong as well as Best Comedy Movie trophies. Its leads Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper won Best Actress and Actor awards respectively for the comedy category.
Upon accepting his award, Cooper gushed, "You're looking at a very lucky man. I got to work with such great comedians since I started... and then I got to work in this movie..." He added, "In my life dramatic situations have had a lot of comedy in them. And Jennifer Lawrence, she is something else."
Affleck, who got snubbed from Best Director category at the Oscars, claimed victory on the night as "Argo" took in 2 awards for Best Picture and Best Director. Joking on his Oscar snub when receiving his prize, Affleck said, "I would like to thank the Academy. I'm kidding, I'm kidding. This is the one that counts. It's very very cool for me... there was a time that a Ben Affleck critics award was a 'Saturday Night Live' sketch."
Another big winner during the night was "Skyfall" which bagged three trophies for Best Action Movie, Best Song for Adele, and Best Actor in Action Movie for Daniel Craig. Best Actress in Action Movie, meanwhile, was claimed by Lawrence thanks to "The Hunger Games". She gushed, "This means so much. That movie -- it was such a powerful character."
This year's Critics' Choice Movie Awards was hosted by Sam Rubin. Presenters for the night included Nina Dobrev, Ray Liotta, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Melissa Leo, Eva Longoria, Jaime King, Cory Monteith, Rob Riggle, Emmy Rossum, Ian Somerhalder, Octavia Spencer and Paul Wesley.
2013 Critics' Choice Movie Winners:
- Best Picture: "Argo"
- Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis - "Lincoln"
- Best Actress: Jessica Chastain - "Zero Dark Thirty (2012)"
- Best Supporting Actor: Philip Seymour Hoffman - "The Master"
- Best Supporting Actress: Anne Hathaway - "Les Miserables"
- Best Director: Ben Affleck - "Argo"
- Best Action Movie: "Skyfall"
- Best Actor in an Action Movie: Daniel Craig - "Skyfall"
- Best Actress in an Action Movie: Jennifer Lawrence - "The Hunger Games"
- Best Comedy Movie: "Silver Linings Playbook"
- Best Actor in a Comedy: Bradley Cooper - "Silver Linings Playbook"
- Best Actress in a Comedy: Jennifer Lawrence - "Silver Linings Playbook"
- Best Original Screenplay: Quentin Tarantino - "Django Unchained"
- Best Adapted Screenplay: Tony Kushner - "Lincoln"
- Best Acting Ensemble: "Silver Linings Playbook"
- Best Young Actor/Actress: Quvenzhane Wallis - "Beasts of the Southern Wild"
- Best Foreign Language Film: "Amour"
- The Critics' Choice Louis XIII Genius Award: Judd Apatow
- Best Sci-Fi/Horror Movie: "Looper"
- Best Cinematography: "Life of Pi" - Claudio Miranda
- Best Art Direction: "Anna Karenina" - Sarah Greenwood/Production Designer, Katie Spencer/Set Decorator
- Best Editing: "Zero Dark Thirty (2012)" - William Goldenberg, Dylan Tichenor
- Best Costume Design: "Anna Karenina" - Jacqueline Durran
- Best Makeup: "Cloud Atlas"
- Best Visual Effects: "Life of Pi"
- Favorite Film Franchise (Fan Voted): "The Twilight Saga"
- Best Animated Feature: "Wreck-It Ralph"
- Best Documentary Feature: "Searching for Sugar Man"
- Best Song: "Skyfall" - performed by Adele for "Skyfall"
- Best Score: "Lincoln" - John Williams


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The UK gas system was tightened yesterday, with higher withdrawals needed as on-going lower domestic production and higher demand took control. This move supported NBP spot and near curve price. Although UK NTS demand is a little lower this morning (compared to yesterday), the system is expected to fall short due to another drop in domestic production. We believe this could push March 2013 prices higher again today. Turning to power, we're expecting a supportive spot fundamental picture for the next week - with a drop in temperatures, a drop in French nuclear availability and limited wind power all contributing to this.


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'Strangelove'. Will you take the pain; I will give to you, again and again�and will you return it? Depeche Mode sang about it; and this week we get to explore it. In order to do so, we intend to leave 40yo Brenn Wyson to his own devices. Brenn's in for a real treat as we pair him with a like-minded accomplice, 22yo Sebastian Keys. Sebastian loves it mild to wilder; and today we're going to let these two get as wild as they want. Buckle up boys, it's gonna be a bumpy ride. No need to pose! 'Standing and Modeling' isn't on the menu today. We wondered when these boys first got the urge to get into S&M. Sebastian was always curious to try it; but never had the balls to until he got a chance to on set. He loved it from the minute he tried it and has continued to do it both on set and in his personal life. Brenn's first experience was growing up when he had a man take total advantage of him in High School, smacking and beating him, forcing him to do all sorts of things. That was until Brenn flipped it on him; overpowered him; beat and then fucked him instead. Brenn's been into domination ever since. Brenn loves to find submissive bottoms that aren't about getting pain but about getting pleasure. Sebastian agrees and adds that a dominant top has to be skilled in reading their submissive and know just how far to take it.Sebastian is alone and so horny he's decided to put a fat dildo he finds to good use. He slides it deep inside that hot ass of his as he starts to fuck himself with it. He shoves it all the way inside and gets caught by Brenn who walks in on him. 'You're gonna use my fucking toys staying in my house?' Brenn barks as he pulls that dildo out of his ass; strips Sebastian's pants off and orders he put his legs up. Sebastian complies immediately as Brenn kneels between his legs and shoves that dildo deep inside that hungry hole. 'You like using my toys, you lil bitch!' he taunts as he starts to lick that hole he's fucking with that thick toy. He plunges that dildo in and out as he gets to work sucking on Sebastian's cock and balls. He holds the dildo in place and orders Sebastian to ride it. Sebastian squats up and down on it with ease as Brenn whips out his own cock and feeds it to Sebastian. He grabs hold of his head as he slaps his face around before shoving his dick down that throat. 'Take it, you fucking little whore!' Brenn grunts before slapping his face and chest some more. Sebastian groans loving every bit of it. Brenn gets him on his knees and orders him to sit on that dildo while he sucks that dick. Brenn totally has Sebastian under his control as Sebastian totally submits to his dominant energy. Sebastian then gets on all four as Brenn bites that dildo and fucks that hole with it. Brenn loves to watch as that hungry ass just swallows that thick toy. He slaps that ass hard as he fucks it. Brenn slaps at Sebastian's nuts as he winces in pain and pleasure. Brenn then suits up and slides the real thing inside that hot ass. He goes right to work fucking that hole as he orders Sebastian to pull on his nuts while he fucks that ass. Brenn leans down to tell Sebastian he's being a good boy as he spits in his face. Brenn mounts that ass hard as Sebastian takes a pounding. Brenn then gets Sebastian by the neck as he pins him to the wall. He hoists him up and shoves his dick into him as he carries him. He bounces Sebastian on his dick up against the wall before turning him towards the side table knocking everything off of it as he continues to take that hole. From there they take it to the floor where Brenn brings it home missionary fucking that ass with that dick and a double headed dildo at the same time. Sebastian explodes all over himself before begging Brenn for his hot load. Brenn pins his head to the floor as he busts his nut all over Sebastian's face as he holds still like a good boy.
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Microsoft intros Windows 'Foam' 7, the arch-nemesis of Android's robot
Microsoft used the event to showcase their new Windows Phone 7 character, also know as 'Windows Foam 7'. As part of a viral campaign, Microsoft is giving these away as swag, and featuring them alongside other gadgets at the GDGT party.
While we'd love to applaud Microsoft for originality, Windows Foam 7 is obviously an attempt to mimic the lovable Android Green Robot. With Android's popularity on the rise, and a strong sense of ownership among early adopters, many Android fans have purchased Green Robot dolls for themselves. And that makes for excellent free advertising.
Windows Foam 7 obviously isn't as cute as the Green Robot, but what do you expect? How do adapt a name like "Windows Phone 7" into a cute character? With Android, at least, there was a logical and marketable icon. We're hoping that Microsoft will make these available on their website, or even start including them as added value to pre-orders.
source: Techie Buzz via WMPoweruser
23 Comments
1. RORYREVOLUTION (Posts: 3117; Member since: 12 Jan 2010)
That just looks dumb.
2. GinuwinLady (unregistered)
I second roryrevolution's motion, die slow microsoft!
3. Honeycomb FTW (unregistered)
Someone in Microsoft's marketing department is being fired right now for this very very sad idea.
8. Lucas777 (Posts: 2137; Member since: 06 Jan 2011)
ya they need to hire that other guy who created the cool commercial to do their marketing... and also to above: microsoft isnt going anywhere with slightly less then 90% of computer software...
15. BobbyTaba (Posts: 316; Member since: 11 Aug 2010)
I thing the apple is better than this
4. heyitzme (Posts: 87; Member since: 03 Jan 2011)
Looks like Gumby somewhat lol
18. snowgator (Posts: 3604; Member since: 19 Jan 2011)
And Gumby cries .....
5. steven252000 (Posts: 64; Member since: 10 Feb 2010)
Epic Fail!!!!
6. SemperFiV12 (Posts: 948; Member since: 09 Nov 2010)
I have nothing good to say.
22. remixfa (Posts: 14605; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
u lied.. u just said something! :)
ya.. this looks like gumby's illigitimate child or something.. what the hell.
7. luis_lopez_351 (Posts: 951; Member since: 18 Nov 2010)
EPIC FAIL!!! :) they could of at least made it smaller and gave it stubby arms and legs xD patrick star!
9. SPcamert (Posts: 56; Member since: 06 Feb 2010)
They clearly put more money into this figurine than the entire KIN lineup.
10. RORYREVOLUTION (Posts: 3117; Member since: 12 Jan 2010)
lol agreed.
11. Sniggly (Posts: 7305; Member since: 05 Dec 2009)
Meh. Gotta give them points for trying, but this is almost embarrassing.
12. willywill_evo (Posts: 162; Member since: 05 Jan 2011)
HAHAHAHA microsolf need to stop!!
13. Thuglife (unregistered)
Wow Microsoft. First you have to actually be a threat to other phone companies before you do stuff like this. Kudos for trying tho
14. cythe (unregistered)
17. heyorange (unregistered)
this is like spongebob squarepants
19. clerecudzio (unregistered)
Even If it's free, i wouldn't take it.
Too Horrible, my niece will get scared
20. protozeloz (Posts: 5396; Member since: 16 Sep 2010)
LOL FAIL unbelievably this is one of the little post phonearena viewers completely agree everything about this mascot screams fail....
ill leave this here.... just for fun
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21. fatexo (Posts: 221; Member since: 21 May 2010)
Google's cute green droid rocks..!!!
23. 420 frees the mind (unregistered)
This is obviously a joke, With Bill Gates gone, Windows has lost its way. They should stay out of the mobile game.
.. Crapple will never own more than 15% of the computer market. PCs will always rule the land. Windows 8 is coming next year and will be better than 7.. Windows 7 is a super stable platform. I have been using Professional N for over a year and not 1 time has it crashed. Yet Apple crashes all the time. Their os is just as prone to viruses as are pcs.


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With bills submerged, in light that is painful to unshielded human eyes, a delegation of shockingly pink birds might be seen on any given winter day traversing a mangrove-edged flat on Florida Bay. The point of the exercise, of course, is to forage. But exactly what those bills are doing in that murky water has been until recently one of ornithology´s tantalizing mysteries. Early settlers in the Keys confused this long-legged wading bird with flamingos, which sometimes wandered over from the West Indies. However, as Audubon found when he went looking for nonexistent flamingo nests in the 1830s, this is the roseate spoonbill, which Roger Tory Peterson called "one of the most breathtaking of the world´s weird birds."
Breathtaking because of its plumage, which is startling enough year-round but erupts in carmine and orange during the breeding season, accounting for the folk name "flame-bird."
Weird because of the 6-inch-long appendage that led to another colloquialism, "banjo-bill." Its full function was only conjecture until an aerospace engineer and a biologist recently attached a skull to a bicycle wheel and rewrote the chapter on spoonbill feeding tactics.
Peterson also remarked that the roseate spoonbill--a Neotropical species that can be found from Argentina to the Gulf Coast of the United States--was virtually wiped out during the plume-hunting era. "If it were not for the fact that some spoonbills still survived south of the border," he pointed out, "the species surely would have followed the passenger pigeon and the Carolina paroquet into the void of extinction." (Five other spoonbill species--all with pure white plumage--are found from Europe and Africa to Australia.)
Though they were easy targets, roseates weren´t usually hunted for the millinery trade, since the pink feathers quickly fade. Rather, the slaughter of egrets for their nuptial plumes caused spoonbills, which shared the colony sites, to desert their nests. The plume frenzy, which began in the late 1800s, ended around 1920 with only two dozen breeding pairs of roseate spoonbills surviving on the entire Gulf Coast, where once there were thousands. Today, the species´ status on the breeding islands of Texas and nearby Louisiana apparently is secure, due in large part to decades of protection from poachers by National Audubon Society wardens who patrolled colonial bird nesting islands.
Yet the roseate spoonbill´s presence today on Florida Bay seems almost as tenuous as it was in 1941. That summer, Robert Porter Allen, who practically invented the science of conservation ornithology, reported to the Audubon Society that the species´ recovery there was going poorly and he didn´t know why. The bird´s troubles, in retrospect, may have been due to the fact that spoonbills were still being shot for food in the late 1930s; back then their nesting ground was too remote for law enforcement. But by the mid-1950s the breeding population was steadily building toward a peak of 1,254 nests in 1972.
The present threat is an indirect one: the degradation of the mangrove ecosystem because of freshwater diversion from the Everglades to farms and burgeoning coastal cities--or straight into the Atlantic Ocean during the rainy season. "There has been a steady decline in spoonbill nests on Florida Bay," says Jerry Lorenz, a University of Miami graduate student who has been studying the problem for the last nine years. Lorenz estimates the present number at only 400 breeding pairs. Another 185 pairs nested last winter at National Audubon´s Florida Coastal Islands Sanctuary in Tampa Bay, and Lorenz says many probably were forced to use secondary habitat because of the poor conditions around Florida Bay. "This place is falling apart," he laments.
But we´re getting ahead of the remarkable spoonbill bill.
Think of a bird´s bill--a horny yet flexible extension of its jaws--as a "hand" its owner uses for nest-building, preening and sometimes as a weapon. Above all, the bird uses the bill to catch and handle food. And its shape and size often reflects specialized foraging tactics. For example, ibis, which are in the same family as spoonbills, have long, slender and decurved bills adapted for probing in mud. The roseate´s bill, on the other hand, is an inch or so wide just under its eyes, narrows in the middle, widens to 2 inches near the tip--and is decidedly flat.
Ibis and spoonbills are both tactile foragers: That is, the bill snaps shut as a reflex action when contact with prey stimulates nerves at the tip. The spoonbill usually feeds in water no higher than its knees, and it is able to breathe while doing so through nostril slits located high on its bill.
In uncommonly lyrical prose, Allen described how the bill sweeps "from side to side in wide semicircles, the mandibles slightly parted, the tips digging gingerly into the surface film of the soft bottom, beneath waters that are nearly always opaque. Delicate, sensitive to the small wrigglings and the darting, skittish movements of fish or prawn a quarter of an inch in length or of insects of even lesser dimensions, this keen, responsive instrument must serve as both eyes and hands." He was mostly right.
But engineer Daniel Wiehs and biologist Gadi Katzir, working in the early 1990s with a captive Eurasian spoonbill and a contraption that could have been invented by Rube Goldberg, discovered there is more to the spoonbill´s rhythmic bill-sweeping. The flattened bill, they found, creates mini-whirlpools that suck submerged prey items into the water column.
The Israeli scientists moved the captive bird to a fish-stocked pool in order to videotape bill-sweeping sequences. They marked the bill to measure immersion, and they found that the bird consistently kept the tip about one inch from the bottom as water depth increased. Then they rigged a spoonbill skull to a bicycle wheel to simulate the bird´s sweeping motion and test the suction forces created by the bill tip. The researchers reported that the mechanically operated bill displaced small snail shells up to four inches when it swept over the bottom. In nature, they point out, the disturbance probably triggers escape responses in some prey species. Animals lifted into the water during one sweep of the bill are grasped during the next sweep.
The spoonbill´s unusual feeding technique has side benefits. For one, the bill doesn´t graze the bottom, which might damage its sensitive tip. And the lift force created by the swirling water probably reduces the effort required to move the submerged bill forward as the bird works its way through the water.
On occasion, however, roseate spoonbills will abandon their sweeping tactics and dash after a school of fry that they spot on the surface, flapping their wings for balance as they try to jump ahead of the frantic fish. Analyses of the stomach contents of Florida Bay spoonbills have found that fish comprise as much as 85 percent of their diet, with shrimp and aquatic bugs making up most of the difference. The single most important prey item, Allen found, was the sheepshead minnow, a chubby and colorful little fish that is superabundant in spoonbill habitat.
Florida Bay spoonbills breed during the winter dry season--November to April--building sturdy stick nests on small, uninhabited islands. The courtship ceremony is elaborate, including a display flight in which the tongue is extended, causing the bird´s orange gular sac (or throat skin) to be conspicuously exposed. The paired birds cooperate in building the nest, the male fetching the sticks and the female assembling the nursery for two or three offspring.
The pantry for adult spoonbills is the mangrove shore of Everglades National Park. "There´s a whole series of little creeks that dry up in winter, concentrating fish in deeper holes," explains biologist Rich Paul, manager of Audubon´s Tampa Bay sanctuary complex. "That´s where spoonbills and ibis make their living." However, Lorenz has found that the mangrove ecosystem holds fewer fish than it once did because of higher salinity due to freshwater diversion. "The Everglades watershed has been cut in half," Lorenz says, "and Florida Bay is getting only a third of its historic flow."
A weaker prey base is especially devastating when winter storms occur and the parent birds are unable to find enough food. "For example, in 1998 the nestlings did fine; they moved out on the branches and began to fly around," explains Lorenz. "Then it rained for five straight days, the parents left, the fledglings couldn´t fend for themselves and most of them died." Heavy chick mortality in spoonbill colonies due to heavy rains is nothing new; Allen estimated average nest losses on Florida Bay at 35 percent. But, points out Lorenz, "The problem is that the birds no longer have the resources to withstand these events."
Help may come from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which started ditching and draining the Everglades in 1947 and now has an eight-billion-dollar plan to restore some of the freshwater flow to its historic course. If approved by Congress, work could begin in 2002 and would take 20 years to complete.
And if Florida Bay´s roseate spoonbills can hang on until well into the next century, perhaps one day there will be as many flame-birds nesting on the mangrove islands and sweeping the flats as there were before the first plume-hunter fired a shotgun into a crowded rookery.
Field editor Les Line has observed roseate spoonbills in Florida Bay and Argentina.


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Here is the latest snow report from our team in Solden
There is 240cm of snow at the top of the Solden ski area with 10cm in resort. It is currently snowing with around 30cm falling at the top of the ski area.
27 of the 40 ski runs are open in Solden with 20 of the 35 ski lifts also open.
More snow is forecast this afternoon and overnight – bringing around 11cm by tomorrow morning!! It will brighten up by the morning and the sun will make a brief appearance, however, the clouds will close in in the afternoon, bring yet more snow overnight! The snow will ease off into Thursday, but will still bring around 4cm over the course of the day. Temperatures are milder today with highs of minus 5 at mid-station, but will drop dramatically by Thursday to lows of minus 14!
The fresh snow that fell all day yesterday has vastly improved the quality of snow on the slopes and off-piste, compared to the icy patches which were appearing last week. Now you can find thigh-deep powder off-piste – just beware of the avalanche risks and always go with the correct equipment!! On piste, the fresh snow was quite hard work by the end of the day as it got a bit choppy – but with the piste-bashers working over-time to smooth it all out, this morning will be ideal conditions – especially since the sun has come out too!!
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SAITAMA – Coach Alberto Zaccheroni has called for total control when Japan kicks off its 2014 World Cup qualifying campaign against North Korea, and says he is confident that monsoon-like conditions forecast for Friday's match will not affect the Asian champions' performance in Saitama.
"We have got to show what we are made of and not just be good for 10 minutes here or 20 minutes there. We have to control for the whole 90 minutes," Zaccheroni told a news conference on the eve of the match.
"This is where the pressure really starts. The players all know how important this match is and they have done very well in training, are motivated and I have complete trust in them. Over the last year the players have been fantastic both on and off the pitch."
"North Korea played at the (2010) World Cup and (this year's) Asian Cup and are a team that are strong as a unit. But if we play like we have been playing I am confident that we will win," he said.
The Japan Football Association said earlier Thursday that the North Korea match would go ahead as scheduled after fears a powerful typhoon might force the game to be pushed back to Saturday.
Heavy rain brought on by Typhoon Talas, the year's 12th, is expected Friday, potentially making it difficult for Japan to play its slick passing game. But Zaccheroni insisted the state of the pitch would not be an issue.
"We have got various ways of playing and obviously it would be better for us if we were playing on pitch that is in good condition but we have got the ability to adapt."
Zaccheroni earlier in the day called up Ventforet Kofu striker Mike Havenaar, currently joint-second top goalscorer in the J. League, to replace injured CSKA Moscow star Keisuke Honda, and said the lanky 24-year-old would give him an extra dimension up front.
"Havenaar is in good form in the league and he brings something different to what the strikers already here have. Hopefully we can bring out his qualities in the games that we have from now."
North Korea coach Yun Jong Su, whose squad included Japan-based Ryang Yong Gi, An Yong Hak and former Kawasaki Frontale striker Chong Tese, admitted his players will have their work cut out but said they would give as good as they get.
"Tomorrow's match will be extremely difficult. Japan are very strong opponents but we will try and beat them with more heart and fight," said Yun.
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World champion Japan made a winning start to the final round of women's Asian qualifiers for next year's London Olympics with a 3-0 win over unfancied Thailand on Thursday.
Coach Norio Sasaki fielded a diluted team, and "Nadeshiko" Japan struggled to break down the Thais until Nahomi Kawasumi ended the deadlock in the 61st minute of the opening game of the tournament.
Asuna Tanaka scored Japan's second goal in the 75th minute before Thai defender Kwanruethai Kunupatham turned Shinobu Ono's cross into her own net just before injury time.
"Thailand played well, but we made no mistake in securing the three points," Sasaki said. "I had thought we should've won by at least three goals."


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The event at the Elgar Unit in Newtown Hospital on Wednesday, July 9 included cake stalls, a raffle and a name the bear competition and raised cash to buy garden furniture for the occupational therapy department.
Adult inpatient occupational therapy team leader at Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust – which runs the unit – Prisca Cocker said she was "delighted" by the amount that had been raised.
"This money will definitely make a difference for our patients with mental health issues, for whom spending time in the garden can have a very positive impact," she said.
The inpatient unit runs two gardening groups a week, allowing patients to cultivate seeds, plant flowers and grow vegetables as part of their treatment.


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text: 25 September 2000 George Bush Jr never witnessed an execution. I did, in June this year. I felt nauseous and angry Sign up for our weekly email * ''I am confident that every person that has been put to death in Texas under my watch has been guilty of the crime charged and has had full access to the courts," George Bush Jr said on the NBC programme Meet the Press. This man has presided over the execution of 138 men and one woman during his five years in office - far more than any other governor of any state since the Supreme Court allowed the reinstatement of death penalty in the US in 1976. Whenever Bush is asked about the fairness of the death penalty, he ducks the question by saying that the power of decision lies not with him, but with the 18-member parole board. Yet, as governor, Bush appoints the members of this board (they stay in office for six years) and he selects its chairman. The board is a secretive state agency that has been repeatedly accused by human rights lawyers of not thoroughly reviewing the death row cases for which it is responsible. The members, who earn $80,000 a year, consider evidence separately - they do not even hold conference calls - and send in their decision by fax; Texan legal eagles refer to the process as "death by fax". Bush has to date opposed all legislation that would force the parole board to make its deliberations public. To do so, he warned, might create "a chance for people to rant and rail - a chance to emotionalise the process". And so on he goes, pushing his deadly agenda, deaf to entreaties from human rights groups. This presidential candidate is opposed to gun control legislation; he has toughened the punishment for juvenile offenders and made some convicts serve longer terms; he has presided over the largest prison- building programme in the US - the prison population in his state now stands at 545,000, and he's already in-vested $3bn to expand the system. It's not a pretty picture - and it threatens to become the whole picture, if Bush can lead America in the way he has led Texas for the half-decade of his governorship. And then they ask me why I am so adamant in my support of Al Gore. Governor Bush has never witnessed an execution - it would seem that in Texas, it's death by remote as well as death by fax. I witnessed, on 22 June this year, the state-sanctioned murder of Gary Graham. Graham, a 38-year-old black man convicted of petty crimes and a murder, named Governor Bush as witness and asked him to be present at his execution. I had met Graham twice before he was executed - indeed, I was his last visitor. During that meeting he told me, over the telephone used to communicate with inmates beyond the Plexiglas, that he was in pain - he had tried to resist his transfer to Huntsville Prison, known as the Death House, and in the scuffle, he claimed, prison officers had broken his rib. He maintained that he was innocent - as he had done throughout his 19 years in jail. His crime, he told me, was that he was black, poor and couldn't afford a proper legal counsel. He was an eloquent young man with burning eyes that bored into you. Until the last minute, he believed his life would be spared - and indeed, the execution that had been scheduled for six o'clock was postponed until eight, while his lawyers appealed for a reprieve. Gary had named the Reverend Jesse Jackson, his minister, and myself to be his witnesses - along with Governor Bush. We arrived at the Death House at 5.30pm. The media were on the doorstep. I was trying to keep calm, but once we entered the Death House, Jackson began to cry uncontrollably. We went to the waiting room and officers body-searched us. They led us to the third floor - a journalist met us on the way who said he'd witnessed 165 executions. I couldn't believe it: I could hardly bear the thought of witnessing one. At eight o'clock, they came to tell us that all the appeals had been lost. We walked through a courtyard and an officer brought us into a very narrow room with a big Plexiglas. Through the glass we could see, in the centre of the room, a gurney attached to the floor. Gary was strapped to it, and he was handcuffed. He had a restraint around his head. The parts of his body that I could see were black and blue. Gary was asked to make his last statement, and the moment he began to speak, I began to cry. "I would like to say that I did not kill Bobby Lambert. That I am an innocent black man that is being murdered. This is lynching . . . an outrage for any civilised country . . . it is wrong." He thanked me personally for coming. We told him we loved him. A prison officer had injected him with the poison as he was talking. When he had said those last words, he died. I felt nauseous, dizzy - and, above all, angry. I attended the Democratic Convention in Los Angeles. I was representing People for the American Way and the Creative Coalition. Through them, I had access to different booths (sponsored by groups such as the Democratic Finance Committee) at the Staples Center. I noticed that the food being served varied according to how much people contributed to the party coffers: for those whose pockets could not stretch to sizeable contributions, there was the usual suspect shrimp and corn chips; for those who had paid a few grand, there was champagne and lobster thermi- dor. Not so very democratic, I thought. The whole event was badly orchestrated - the Republicans had created a seamless symphony of mood music. The Democrats, by contrast, had lousy music, long silences between speakers and no choreographed cheerleading. In the end, it didn't matter; when Gore delivered his speech, it was passionate, eloquent and stirring, a wow of a performance. Even before that kiss. Subscribe from just £1 per issue This article first appeared in the 25 September 2000 issue of the New Statesman, Women: still firmly in their place More


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Oklahoma Lawmakers File Bills To Repeal Criminal Justice Reforms
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Oklahoma Governor Vetoes Bill That Would Criminalize Performing Abortions
Friday, May 20, 2016
Oklahoma Governor Faces Tough Decision On 'Sweeping' Anti-Abortion Bill
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Thursday, August 13, 2015
Debate In Oklahoma Widens Over 10 Commandments Monument
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Oklahoma May Scrap AP History For Focusing On America's 'Bad Parts'
Wednesday, February 18, 2015
Oklahoma Executes 1st Inmate Since Lethal Injection Problems
Friday, January 16, 2015
Storm Shelter App Helps Pinpoint People Amid Tornado's Rubble
Wednesday, May 21, 2014
Despite A History Of Twisters, Moore, Okla., Keeps Growing
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Oklahoma Delays Next Execution For 6 Months
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Okla. Family Must Rebuild Tornado-Damaged Home A Second Time
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Joseph Myers a Joplin, Mo. resident describes what it was like to be in Joplin as a tornado hit down, destroying the town and killing at least 89 people. "It came quick... it was like a train coming and then all of a sudden gusts of wind and then rain, real strong rain, hit the area. We're like two blocks away when this happened, mind you, and me and my friend were like, 'we're gonna die.' It was very, very close. It came in quickly and it left quick." Rachel Hubbard, general manager and news director at KOSU reports on the recovery efforts, which have kicked into gear.


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Sarah Jessica Parker lit up the room during her hosting responsibilities with Matt Dillon. She nailed plaid in her strapless tartan vintage '80s Emanuel Ungaro dress. But this isn't any old dress; it has mad ruching and a huge bow in the back. Never one to shy away from sparkle, the actress accessorized with a glittering choker, a gold bracelet, and diamond earrings. Plaid to perfection. Speaking of plaid, test your knowledge of the pattern.
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Small Base Sizing Die for 9mm
Do they make a small base sizing die for 9mm? Ive seen them for rifle calibers, but none for handguns.... My Medusa is a little picky with the tapered 9mm's and sometimes the rounds fit tighter in the cylinder than I would like...
Its real bad with factory 9mm, but really doesnt have a problem with sized and reloaded ammo.... :confused:
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You might try a Lee Carbide Factory Crimp die.
It had a carbide ring to size the loaded round.
IF you have problems with a tight chamber and factory ammo, You could get it to a gunsmith and have him resize the chamber. If its only happening with reloaded ammo, you could try this: Undersize Reloading Dies: Evolution Gun Works Inc.
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New York — The U.S. government deported about 369,000 immigrants, including a number of Filipinos, during fiscal year 2013, according to new statistics from the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) released last month, showing a 10 percent drop from the previous year -- the first since President Barack Obama took office in 2008.
Nearly 60 percent (216,810) of the total deported immigrants, the year-end report showed, had been previously convicted of a crime.
Of this number, ICE apprehended and deported 110,115 individuals with a crime conviction from within the country and another 106,695 at the border while attempting to unlawfully enter or re-enter the United States.
ICE officials described these figures as "meeting one or more immigration enforcement priorities" that the Obama administration announced two years ago, stating that his administration would no longer devote federal resources to deporting immigrants with "low priority cases," including those without a criminal record and not a threat to national security.
"The 2013 numbers make clear that we are enforcing our nation's laws in a smart and effective way, meeting our enforcement priorities by focusing on convicted criminals while also continuing to secure our nation's borders," John Sandweg, ICE acting director, said in a news release.
But the new removal figures provoked Filipino-American groups and other advocates for immigrant rights, saying the numbers are misleading and that they don't add up on Obama's promise to stop unnecessary deportations, while Congress remains deadlocked on comprehensive immigration reform that will give millions of undocumented immigrants a path to legalization.
While it is true that the Obama administration deported criminals, advocates say, the report also revealed that it ousted 151,834 individuals without a criminal conviction.
Most of these immigrants only had immigration violations such as overstaying their visas, which is considered to be a civil offense, and those who are ignoring deportation orders.
"The government would claim that they have achieved its enforcement goal, and that they only look for criminals. That's all rhetoric," said Emelyn Tapaoan, a Filipino-American adjunct professor who teaches race and ethnic studies at City University of New York's Manhattan College. "If you're undocumented, even with no criminal record, you have no immunity to deportation. That's the truth."
Pablo Alvarado, executive director of National Day Laborer Organizing Network, also looked at the deportation numbers with skepticism.
"It's easy for the [Obama] administration to say that those deported fit their priorities when the White House has practically made sneezing a criminal act for immigrants," Alvarado said. "These numbers may represent political calculus for the beltway but, for immigrant families, they represent our parents, siblings and loved ones."
To date, the total number of deportations has reached to more than 1.9 million since Obama was first elected in 2008, the highest record by far for any U.S president.
Top 10 countries of removal
With 241,493 Mexicans deported from the United States in 2013, Mexico continued to be the leading country of origin for those who were removed, followed by other Latin American countries such Guatemala (47,769), Honduras (37,049), El Salvador (21,602), and the Dominican Republic (2,462).
The other countries in the top 10: Ecuador (1,616), Brazil (1,500), Colombia (1,429), Nicaragua (1,383), and Jamaica (1,119).
While the Philippines was not part of the list-- and the year-end ICE report did not mention its ranking -- the population of undocumented Filipinos (270,000) in the United States remains the second highest, slightly lower than Chinese (280,000), among the Asian groups.
Asian immigrants make up 11 percent of the 11 million undocumented immigrants in the United States, living and working in the shadows.
According to the latest data from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, about 4 million people born in the Philippines now live in the United States, and that 1 of every 6 Filipino immigrants in the United States is undocumented, mostly in key cities such as Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York and Chicago.
"Usually, what we have seen in recent years, a number of Filipinos face deportation because they have criminal convictions," said Joemar Miane, a Filipino-American immigration lawyer based in New York City. "Most of their cases involve domestic violence and DWI (driving while intoxicated).
He also said that some undocumented Filipinos, although they did not commit a crime, ran into
immigration authorities, say, getting randomly inspected at an airport or on the train during their travel. In turn, they get arrested and deported.
In other cases, he says, there are Filipinos who have no criminal record, but who overstayed their visas. After filing a green card application, they also end up under removal proceedings.
"Their application would alert enforcement officers," Miane added, "and soon they will receive a notice to appear, known as NTA, before an immigration judge."
NTA is the first step to removal proceedings.
Miane said to avoid deportation, Filipinos and any other immigrants -- both undocumented and green card holders -- must not commit a crime, even if it may appear to be minor.
"Ninety-nine percent of those who got caught driving while drunk, especially with no proper documentation, may get a deportation order," Miane said. "It just pays to be a law-abiding person."
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MINNEAPOLIS – Temperatures below 40 degrees and rain mixed with intermittent snow flurries is definitely not baseball weather.
Because of those conditions, Tuesday night's interleague game between the Dodgers and Minnesota Twins at Target Field was postponed early in the afternoon. The game will be made up as part of a split-doubleheader Thursday. The first game will start at 10:10 a.m. PT (as scheduled). The makeup game will start at 4:10 p.m. PT.
That is – if weather permits. This is the second consecutive postponement for the Twins – their home game against the Detroit Tigers on Sunday was also postponed because of poor weather – and the forecast for the rest of the week is not much more favorable.
The Weather Channel forecasts a high of 45 Wednesday with a 70 percent chance of more rain (and possibly snow). The forecast for Thursday is not much different – a high of 47 and another 70 percent chance of rain.
Tuesday's postponement gave the Dodgers a welcomed two-day break (they were also off Monday) during a stretch in which they were scheduled to play 29 games in 30 days. But now they face the possibility of playing 16 games in the next 15 days – which creates some pitching problems.
Right-hander Zack Greinke was scheduled to start Tuesday's series opener and will now start Wednesday .
Right-handers Dan Haren and Josh Beckett are the likely starters in Thursday's doubleheader. But the Dodgers have not made that official, holding out the possibility of another choice.
Clayton Kershaw is scheduled to make his second rehab start Wednesday in Double-A Chattanooga. If that goes on as scheduled and Kershaw approaches the 75-80 pitches targeted for him, he would be unavailable until Monday's game in Washington.
If Greinke, Haren and Beckett pitch in the next two days, the Dodgers will be without a starter for Sunday's game in Miami unless Greinke pitches on short notice or another pitcher is promoted from Triple-A Albuquerque.
Top prospect Zach Lee (2-2, 3.42) pitched for Albuquerque on Sunday. He is not on the Dodgers' 40-man roster, however, making another roster move necessary if they choose to promote him for a one-start cameo. Right-hander Chad Billingsley's setback in his recovery from Tommy John surgery – he recently received a platelet-rich plasma injection for tendinitis in his elbow – makes him a candidate to move to the 60-day DL, creating that spot.
Right-hander Matt Magill (2-1, 4.94) is already on the 40-man roster and pitched most recently on Saturday for Albuquerque.
With the possibility of three games in the next two days (and no scheduled off days until May 15), the Dodgers will go back to a 13-man pitching staff.
Left-hander Paco Rodriguez has been recalled from Triple-A Albuquerque and will be added to the roster Wednesday. Rodriguez was demoted to Triple-A two weeks ago and made three appearances for the Isotopes, allowing two hits and no runs over three innings with one save.
Infielder Carlos Triunfel was promoted on Sunday with Hanley Ramirez nursing a bruised right thumb. Ramirez is expected back in the lineup on Wednesday and Triunfel will go back to Triple-A Albuquerque.
The Dodgers and Twins will be allowed to carry a 26th player for Thursday's doubleheader.
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