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Many are curious who this Mang Kanor is. After being involved in a series of video scandals with a minor girl, Jill Rose Mendoza, in Muntinlupa Bliss, this man has become one of the popular online icons in the Philippines. Right now, it is said that he is hiding somewhere as he is hunted by the authorities.
Who really Mang Kanor is
No one really knows the true identity of Mang Kanor. All everyone knows about him is that he is a rather past-middle aged man who "hanged out" with a pretty minor girl. He is mysterious as many people are searching for his information on the web but they fail to find any helpful leads concerning his personal background.
There are different rumors about who Mang Kanor is. Some say that he is a retired police from Davao and Jill Rose is his girlfriend who is still in college and he supports her for her tuition. Another hearsay is that he is from Bicol. There is actually no proof for any of these and Mang Kanor remains a mystery.
Why he is popular
Instead to be considered seriously, Mang Kanor has become a laughing stock to many. His name is now a Philippine metaphor for an old or older man who is involved with a younger partner, particularly a minor.
"Napaka-Mang Kanor mo naman..napaka-bata pa niyan. (You are such a Mang Kanor.. she is too young.)" This is an example of how 'Mang Kanor' is now used as an adjective.
The beauty of Jill Mendoza is said to be the reason why Mang Kanor has gained much popularity, especially among men. Many envy him for what he had with Jill Rose and for them it is way too cool for a guy 'past the calendar' to be involved with such a beautiful girl.
The Mang Kanor and Jill Rose Mendoza love team has gained lots of supporters on the web as seen on the number of likers, fans, and followers they got on Facebook and Twitter. The scandal has no doubt made them instant celebrities.
What the Anti-Cybercrime Law has for him
Recently, the newly-implemented Cybercrime Prevention Law has gathered lots of protest all over the Philippines. Though many disagree with the libel section of the law, no one can deny that such a cybercrime killer is needed in the country.
As scams, identity theft, piracy, cybersex, and pornography are hovering all over the web, the netizens need protection from them and this controversial law is supposed to be the one to do this.
The Mang Kanor and Jill Rose Mendoza scandal is just one proof of this necessity. Though many think that what Mang Kanor did with Jill Rose is 'cool' and 'hot', it cannot be denied that the case is disturbing, especially for parents. No one would want to know that his minor daughter is engaging in an adultered relationship with an aged man—and the whole Philippines is feasting over their intimate moments.
What could become of Mang Kanor if he would face the court? Certainly he will be charged with rape if Jill Mendoza is proven to be a minor. Even if a girl consents something to happen between her and an adult man, under the law it is still considered a case of rape.
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The Soviet Union announced its intention today of contributing to the "peace" of the Middle East. This declaration was made to newsmen by Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov following a lengthy meeting with Secretary of State John Foster Dulles. It is understood that Mr. Dulles protested to Mr. Molotov that the Communist decision to supply arms to the Middle East violated the "Geneva spirit."
"Russia will contribute to the peace of the Middle East, as it will all over the world," Mr. Molotov said. Pressed for further details of this contribution, the Soviet Foreign Minister said: "I cannot say more." Earlier, the Moscow radio had blamed the Middle East crisis on the West, which it charged with "gross interference" in the affairs of the region by setting up military blocs.
Beside his hour and 40-minute meeting with Mr. Molotov, Secretary Dulles had another 100-minute meeting with Israel Premier Moshe Sharett, who was accompanied to the meeting by Ambassador Abba Eban. After the meeting, Mr. Sharett told newsmen that he had "had a very full talk, covering the ground very adequately. Mr. Dulles, I hope, was left in no misconception about the position of Israel in the present embroglio. I did not gather that the United States Government had yet reached a final conclusion on how to deal with the situation. It will now be in a position to make up its mind in full cognition of what Israel thinks of the dangers threatening and the line of action she believes should be followed."
Mr. Sharett further told newsmen that "Israel considers that her very existence is menaced by this massive increase in strength falling to her strongest and most pronounced enemy. If it is impossible to prevent this massive increase, then Israel's military positions should be strengthened as far as possible. Also, there should be added a security guarantee which might act as a deterrent to any evil design of aggression against her territorial integrity and very survival."
Todays developments came after a week-end of meetings among the Western Foreign Ministers and between Mr. Sharett and each of the Western representatives. Mr. Dulles' meeting with Mr. Molotov was preceded by one between British Foreign Secretary Harold Macmillan and Mr. Molotov. Mr. Sharett, who was to confer with Mr. Macmillan late this evening, has an appointment with Mr. Molotov for tomorrow. The Israel Premier is now expected to leave for Jerusalem on Tuesday. All contacts between the Western representatives and Mr. Molotov took place on the "fringe" of the Big Four parley. The Middle East question has not become part of the agenda of the East-West parley, although its explosive nature overshadows the German question at the moment.
Reports from many quarters here agreed that the Western Foreign Ministers had decided to turn a deaf ear to Mr. Sharett's pleas for more arms for Israel to balance Czech shipments to Egypt. The request for specific security guarantees to Israel was also reportedly turned down. Instead, the representatives of the West, signatories of the Tripartite Declaration of 1950, were understood to be prepared to voice once again the principles of that declaration, which they consider as still in force. This is highly unsatisfactory to Israel.
In an interview recorded for the British Broadcasting Corporation, Mr. Sharett charged that neither the United States nor Britain had adhered to the tripartite statement. The U.S., he underlined, had concluded an arms deal with Iraq, while Britain had supplied arms to Egypt while denying them to Israel. A guarantee of Israel's security should come "as a supplement" to arms. The Israel Premier said that there had been nothing "that could be described as a Soviet arms offer" to Israel.
The Western foreign ministers are understood to be contemplating a call to end the violence in the Middle East and, at the same time, to go ahead with plans for expanding and strengthening the Bagdad Pact, which they see as no threat to Israel bur rather as a defense for the region against Soviet pressure. In some diplomatic circles the belief was expressed that Britain is not as cold as the U.S. is toward the idea of a four-power guarantee for Israel, which they believe M. Moloto will offer Premier Sharett tomorrow. However, the British and Americans have worked out a common approach on the Middle East situation, and there has been no talk between the two partners of any four power guarantees which would include the U.S.S.R


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Can I forgive this much deceit?(708 Posts)
I am trying to figure out whether I can stay,have couples counselling, and try and work things out. Or....whether it is just too much betrayal and deceit. My mind swings between the 2 on a twice daily basis.
Background: DP has cheated on me with 2 women. He met with each one 4/5 times during my recent pregnancies. He has also met up for drinks with a few more. He met then through married affair websites.
I found out about the websites 10 weeks ago, and about the women 3 weeks ago. He followed the usual script of denial, deleting, minimising etc. Then I was contacted by a woman and he had to come clean.
He has started psychotherapy to deal with his issues. He says it was about the buzz of getting girls to be impressed by him.
How do I work out what to do for the best? Obviously he is desperate to work things out. I am prepared to listen at the minute. We have 3 DC. 2 are very small. Help me to make sense of this please!
I work in the field of people changing.
I have also changed a lot myself.
It takes years to effect deep change.
Also the person has to want to themselves.
It sounds to me as tho your husband is going to do this because he got caught rather than because he wants to for himself.
Therefore the impetus may not be there to last for years and push on through when not bothering would be easier.
I also wonder if leaving, or making him leave, would send a big loud message about who you are and where your lines are.
This is about him not you. Nothing to do with you.
I agree that wanting to impress strangers is such a loser thing to do. When he met them they stayed at expensive hotels (in excess of £200 per night).
I have been for sti testing. All clear. He is awaiting his results.
He has behaved outrageously. He had been on these sites for just over 2 years. He doesn't really have friends. He really doesn't like who he is. I believe that he is ashamed. I believe he wants to change.
He's certainly done a number on you
But do you like who he is? I wouldn't. I wouldn't fancy being married to him either.
No. He wants to have his cake and eat it.
Whether he wants to change or can change is irrelevant really.
Your relationship is with the man who treated you like a piece of shit on his shoe so he could do as he pleased at your expense (financial, emotional, physical).
Maybe the man he turns into one day might be worth something.
But you don't know that man. He doesn't exist now, and may never exist.
I agree with others-it's about whether you can forgive and forget (assuming he wants to change and does). And if you could both truly rebuild your relationship as a couple from this -if you could I'd expect you'd be in the real minority.
For me, any cheating would be a deal breaker, I would drive myself mad with wondering and watching.
A couple of bits spring out for me-2 years..! This isn't one or two lies but hundreds and thousands he's told you over this period.
Also that he doesn't have anyone else, he may be wanting to work at this for fear of being alone than truly loving you. How did he keep it secret if he doesn't have friends to cover for him?
Hope you come to the decision which is right for you
If you leave him, you will be fine. It will be scary but your kids will thrive where mum is happy and not worrying about dads whereabouts.
he doesn't like women much, this bloke
Sorry for the short posts - doing school run with DC1. What I am trying to work out is whether me finding out could be the catalyst for change? I told him to leave. He has been away for a few weeks, but moved back in at the weekend. I kept blacking out, and had a fit on Friday night. I think it was a combination of stress/not eating/not sleeping. I am aware that I am still post-partum. DC3 was only a few weeks old when I found out.
He could have counselling from now till hell froze over.
He could, actually, change.
But you. You would never quite know whether to trust him would you? You'd never quite believe it. You'd never quite believe when he went to the pub with his mates that he wasn't fucking another stranger. (or worse) You'd never go to bed before him calm and convinced he wasn't logging on to some wank site as soon as your head touched the pillow.
Like I imagine now you don't quite believe there were only 2 women. Because I certainly wouldn't. They were the ones you found out about.
This man despises you. Actually, no, he doesn't. He doesn't care enough about your relationship even to despise you. He just doesn't even consider you. You are nothing to him.
But from your posts I don't think for a second you will leave him. You are already defending him by referring to his self loathing. He doesn't hate himself. You hate yourself. Or you wouldn't allow yourself to even consider staying with this pathetic excuse of a human being.
I hope you have managed to tell your RL friends and they can support you at the moment.
I'm sorry but I think he's sunk to such a level of shittiness that even if he improves, it will still be shit.
And I think he knows that too.
You need to protect yourself by asking him to leave.
That's a good point how did he manage this when he has no friends to lie about being with?
I agree with the posters who say if he wants to change, fine, you don't need to be with him while he does this.
Also agree this is because he got caught and couldn't minimise it due to overwhelming evidence, so had to go for the 'i will have counselling' route.
You deserve more.
I don't hate myself. I am considered very attractive. I am very well educated. I have a high level of EI. I know I would be OK on my own. If it was just me and him, of course I would walk. Even if it was me/him/dc1. I think when you have such small children (2 under 2) you try and see if there could be a way through though. This morning I feel very LTB. But I don't want to make an emotional decision.
He was on the sites for TWO YEARS? Oh darling, be kind to yourself and get out. Let him be somebody else's problem. What a horrible, horrible man.
I know you must be feeling super vulnerable with such a young baby... Hormones flying. But you know what you have to do.
I don't blame him for not liking the person he is. He shouldn't, he's a horrible, selfish, arsehole.
Why should you have to put up with a life watching and wondering what he is going to do next? Or feeling like you are not good enough? You don't have to...
You can still hate yourself if you're pretty and clever.
Let's call it lack of self respect then.
I'm not goading you, honestly, yours is one of the saddest most awful posts I've read for a while.
But this man of yours is serious pondlife.
Personally, I think that you should consider separating while he goes to counselling. This will really show you how committed he is to doing all the changing that he keeps talking about. Let's face it, while he's still at home with you he doesn't have to deal with ANY consequences of his, frankly, shitty behaviour towards you.
Plus, it'll give you a chance to maybe get some individual counselling yourself, alpha - to talk through how you feel about what he's done. It doesn't sound as if you get much chance to do this at the moment, as your partner has managed to make the situation more about him - how HE hates himself, how HE wants/needs you to forgive him, etc, etc.
He's been spectacularly selfish, on a number of occasions. At the very least, its time you had your turn to do the same.
how you feel is all you have left, love
an "emotional decision" is completely the right one to make
I'm so sorry, what you are going through must be terrible. Good luck to you and your lovely babies.
This sounds very, much like my parents relationship when I was a child. My father never really changed, his relationships were always more about him than anyone else. Sound familiar?
Let's face it, relationships are power plays, a good relationship is where you and your partner have an equal honest and fair partnership. You have not had that for two years, however he spins it (and he sounds like he has whacking great problems not simply or quickly resolved by therapy).
You have been manipulated by someone playing by different rules for a long time. That is not an honest, fair relationship. You are not a team. You were on your own and didn't even know it.
I am very sorry for both of you, and of course you must decide, but I suspect you already know the answer, it sounds to me like your relationship is already over.
Do take care of yourself and make sure you have support from friends and family. They need to know what you are going through.
He got away with it as he owns a company. He has evening meetings sometimes. 2 times with the first woman was in afternoons. The other times were evenings. He stayed overnight with each woman once. I found out about one of the websites and one of the women. He confessed to being a member of another site too, and the first woman and also meeting 3 others for a drink. He confessed to sending photos to one of the women.
There are going to be many many more of these women that he hasn't told you about. You do know that don't you?
And a lot more sex than you know about as well.
He has destroyed the trust in your relationship. I HATE his excuses though. I mean, did you ever need to get a 'buzz' from fucking around? Why did he decide that was a priority at a time when you needed him? And I take it he spent family money on these posh hotels?
As others have said, he's only sorry because he was found out, not for what he did. And he would do it again.
I'm so sorry. Only you know if you can forgive though. It easy to say LTB when it isn't you.
Do you want to teach your children that this behaviour is acceptable?
A daughter will learn to put up with a man that shags about... A son will learn it's ok to be a shagger! And the cycle will continue evermore.
Just two women in two years? Really?! You don't believe that do you?
And then he will probably leave you at some point anyway.
Take the power back. Kick him out. Give him the impetus to change. Perhaps in another two years if he has shown himself to be pure as the driven snow and a changed, committed family man, the maybe, just maybe you could take him back.
But let's face it, that would never happen and if it did, you would be so far moved on he wouldn't see you for dust.
If he leaves it's a win/win situation. He will either get the kick up the arse top change, or he won't and you will see you made the right decision asking him to leave.
I have my first individual counselling session this saturday. It has been hard to arrange as I EBF DC3. You are right - it is all about HIM! His needs. His wants. I have effectively shelved my needs/wants for a couple of years to birth/feed/raise our children. Every text/email/message/meet up has taken time and attention from ME and us. I think I am spending so much time and energy trying to work out what the truth is about what happened. Trying to piece it together and understand WTAF he was thinking! We had a really good sex life. He has a problem communicating.
Hi Alphacourse, I have lived your question for 4 years (discovered the cheating in 2009, also 2 years, he is ashamed, in therapy), so I think I am qualified to answer it.
Red flag no1: he has no friends
reg flag no2: he is ashamed.
red flag no3: he did it for an ego boost (his own admission)
Shame is NOT remorse and it is NOT repentence. (Very old fashioned words, very important dynamics). Shame is the other side of the toxic void that he tries to cover up with the buzz of having his ego tickled.
After 4 years of 'reconciliation' (where he carried on being exactly the same as he was before), and being warned by my IC that he was a narcissist and would not change, and finding out OW yet again, I am filing. But it hasn't been a wasted time (except the trying to connect with him and the hope), I have changed a lot myself.
They don't change Alpha. If they do change they do it despite being left (and work to come back to you).
I know you are not going to hear me right now, but I advise you to stop investing in this person and certainly stop hoping that he gets it. Oh, he gets it, all right. Entitlement and using people.
Chumplady: Veronica Sawyer: Heather, why cant you just be a friend? Why do you have to be such a mega-bitch?
Heather Duke: Because I can be.
From the movie Heathers (1988)
Why do cheaters cheat? Because they CAN. Its that simple. Do you need more of an answer? Okay. Because of greediness. Because of narcissism. Because of a lack of empathy for others affected by their shit decisions. Because they value ego kibbles more than they value your well-being. But the reasons simply boil down to greed, opportunity, and not caring.
One very common mistake the Cheated Upon make is believing it is all way more complicated than that. They will invest all their energy in a pointless exercise trying to figure out the cheater their FOO issues, their astrological sign, their addiction issues, their birth order, their purportedly low self esteem. (Newsflash they dont have low self esteem. They actually DO think they are better than you and more important than you.)
Figuring out the cheater is energy directed at THEM, which is energy deflected away from YOURSELF. Youre asking why they are this way, instead of asking yourself the harder question of why am I hanging around this megabitch whos not my friend?
I call this stage Untangling the Skein of Fuckupedness.
The skein is impossible, but by GOD, youre going to unknot it, piece by piece, make it linear and you WILL understand it.
Untangling the skein of fuckupedness is a coping mechanism. You want to figure out what makes your cheater tick so you can ensure that they never do anything so devastatingly hurtful again. If its their FOO issues with their mom, well, youll call and make that counseling appointment for them. Untangling the skein is codependent behavior. Not only will you make the counseling appointments, next youll get your magic marker and highlight all the relevant chapters in the affair books you bought for them on Amazon.
Stop it! Stop it right now! Its not your job to figure them out! You only get to figure out YOU. What your values are, what you will tolerate, and what is acceptable and unacceptable to YOU. Thats it.
Most cheaters are very invested in you getting lost in the skein of their fuckupedness. Hell, they dont have to invent an excuse for their behavior, youre doing all the work for them. There is nothing they can say by way of explanation that is not self serving and self pitying. The only thing a cheater can do is DEMONSTRATE they have remorse through their ACTIONS. Preferably a very generous divorce settlement. Failing that, a very generous postnup.
An explanation is not a balm. Getting lost in the skein prolongs your pain. Better to move towards acceptance. They did it because they COULD. So now what? Thats on you.
You know you need to split up. He's been no husband to you.
He may change but it would take years and he may still not be trustworthy. You say you can manage on your own - can you ask him to leave?
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Cincinnati -- Despite a weak economic recovery during President Obama's first term, some blue-collar voters in the Buckeye State still find it easier to embrace his message than that of his GOP challenger, who has yet to convince many that he cares for the working class.
"I still believe that Obama's doing a good job on the economy," said Maurice Stamps, a retired truck driver and registered Democrat who voted for Obama in 2008. "He told us what was ailing the economy was not going to be fixed in four years."
Stamps, 70, said he wouldn't consider voting for Republican nominee Mitt Romney because Romney is out of touch with people like him. "I believe in broadening the middle class and making the billionaires and millionaires pay their fair share of taxes," Stamps said.
The national unemployment rate remains stubbornly high at 8.1 percent, and the most recent economic data show no signs of a robust recovery in sight. In Ohio, the unemployment rate is slightly lower, at 7.2 percent.
That would seem to offer an opening for Romney. But so far he hasn't taken advantage of it, in the eyes of some voters here.
Fifty-three-year-old trucking company executive Lenny Weinstein said Romney has an impressive business career, but that's not enough to be president.
"The economy is the only reason he's even in the same ballpark as Obama," Weinstein said. "Obama has the right worldview of what has to be done," he added, while Romney's policies "are against the middle class and the poor."
Cincinnati has traditionally been a Republican stronghold, a place where the GOP must roll up big voter margins to offset the urban and union voters in Cleveland, Akron and other Ohio cities north of here.
And many here have been turned off by Obama.
"[Obama] really hit a nerve when he said 'you didn't build that business,' " said Daniel Sehlhorst, of Reading, a Cincinnati suburb. "Let me tell you something: I have fought for everything I've got, and then I had to fight to keep it. And what has he done? All he has done is organize a neighborhood. He is so counterproductive to small business, it's unreal."
Still, Obama is leading Romney in Ohio, with 50 percent of support to Romney's 45 percent, according to the most recent survey from Public Policy Polling.
The president's campaign aides credit the auto bailout for part of that lead. Obama and his surrogates have been emphasizing that decision in recent trips to the state. Romney opposed the bailout.
"Do the folks in Ohio really think that Gov. Romney, with his views on outsourcing, with his views on General Motors and Chrysler and beyond that, do they honestly believe that if he had been president the last four years that today, that there would be today 115,000 auto jobs in Ohio?" Vice President Biden said at a rally in Zanesville, Ohio, this week.
The auto bailout goes a long way in Ohio, which is deeply dependent on the auto manufacturing industry and has a large population of union workers, said Weinstein.
"I'm not a big union guy -- as a trucking executive I've been butting heads with unions for 30 years -- but people need basic collective bargaining rights," he said.


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Glenn Reynolds gets in line with Samizdata, bridging the gap between your humble poster's musings on big media and the current kerfuffle over Kerry's account of his adventures in Vietnam.
But this story seems to me to be absolutely fascinating in that it reveals just how in the tank for the Democrats the mainstream media are, and how little the vaunted Cronkitean claims of objectivity and research and factual accuracy really mean when the chips are down.
To me, that's a bigger deal than the underlying issue or even, in some ways, the election itself. Elections come and go, politicians come and go, and pretty much all of them turn out to be disappointments one way or another. But the "Fourth Estate" is a big part of the unelected Permanent Government that in many ways does more to run the country than the politicians.
Glenn does more than any professional journalist that I know of to bring together the public information on stories that catch his eye. His work on the Kerry "Christmas in Cambodia" story has been first-rate.


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JUDY WOODRUFF: We return now to our lead story.
With the government shutdown in its 10th day and stark political lines drawn, we explore some of the underlying forces at work.
For that perspective, I spoke a short time ago with a former member of Congress and a longtime observer of Capitol Hill.
Norman Ornstein of the American Enterprise Institute is the co-author of a book titled "It's Worse Than It Looks: How the American Constitutional System Collided with the New Politics of Extremism." And former Congressman Tom Davis is a Republican from Virginia who now is director of federal government affairs for Deloitte & Touche.
Gentlemen, welcome back to the NewsHour to both of you.
NORMAN ORNSTEIN, American Enterprise Institute: Thank you.
TOM DAVIS, former U.S. Congressman: Thanks.
JUDY WOODRUFF: So, Tom Davis, the ice has apparently cracked, at least for some Republicans. They're offering a short-term deal on the debt limit. Where is this headed, do you think?
TOM DAVIS: Well, I think we're headed for — to get a short-term deal.
I think at the end of the day, it's going to — you will get a C.R. as well.
JUDY WOODRUFF: Continuing resolution.
TOM DAVIS: Yes, I think so. It just makes sense.
But you have to start somewhere to end up somewhere. Everybody is scared to death at the debt ceiling. Nobody wants to be held accountable for what happens after that and what happens to the country. And I think their Americanism has briefly taken over their partisanship on that particular issue.
The C.R. is a little more — to some members who have very little government…
JUDY WOODRUFF: And, again, that's the spending, yes.
TOM DAVIS: Well, yes, continuing the spending issue, a lot of members in the Republican Conference don't feel that as much in their districts.
But remember this: You have got 25, 30 members that this is hurting them. They're in marginal seats. They have a lot of federal employees and they're tired of going along on this. They want the government opened.
JUDY WOODRUFF: Twenty-five or 30 Republicans?
TOM DAVIS: Right, in swing seats.
JUDY WOODRUFF: Norm, could this be the beginning of a resolution or what do you think?
NORMAN ORNSTEIN: The problem with the deal as it's been presented is, it leads us to more brinksmanship in six weeks or so.
The initial deal that was proposed by Paul Ryan and then Speaker Boehner was to take a six-week extension in the debt limit, but to take away all the flexibility from Treasury during that period of time, and in effect saying, we're going to go right up to the cliff, you better make some changes before then. It's more, do this or else.
And if we do get a resolution that reopens the government, it eases the pressure a little bit. The problem is, you have got to find a deal where at least each side can say we have held firm on what matters. And we're not there yet.
The speaker, it hasn't been clear what he wants or what they will do. And if you put all of the big spending issues on the table along with revenues, we're not going to resolve that in six weeks.
JUDY WOODRUFF: Let's broaden this out.
Tom Davis, what are the pressures on the speaker right now, and is there anything he could or should have done differently to head this off?
TOM DAVIS: The main pressure is, he's got 80 percent of his caucus are from absolutely safe Republican districts who go home and talk to nobody but Republicans and the Republican base.
And they are telling their members, stand tough, don't compromise, we want to get rid of Obamacare, don't give into the president. For them, it's a win-lose proposition. For this to work, it has got to be a win-win proposition. The president opened the door yesterday when he said he would negotiate over the sequestering, but those discussions can be broadened to include other things. So he's given an opening. At least they're talking.
JUDY WOODRUFF: But help us understand though, Norm. If the speaker couldn't have done anything different, was this just an inevitable moment we were coming to?
NORMAN ORNSTEIN: It really wasn't an inevitable moment.
And the sad thing to begin with is that we actually had a deal on the table that the speaker had agreed to, to keep the government running for another year. And it was one where the Democrats had given in on all the spending numbers that Republicans wanted and keeping the sequester for the year.
Then the speaker came under pressure from Ted Cruz and a group of others to instead say, no, we want to end Obamacare. That took us down a different path. If the speaker had held firm on that, we might be in a different place.
Having said that, once you have pressure once again to use the debt limit as a lever and as a hostage, finding a way out of that that doesn't have most of your members upset is a really tough sell. And one of the things that — Tom said, nobody wants to go over the cliff.
One of the things that's got me concerned is, there are plenty of numbers and others outside saying, no big deal, go ahead and default, and that that's dangerous.
JUDY WOODRUFF: How much — how much influence does the Tea Party have going forward in your party, in the Republican Party?
TOM DAVIS: Well, look, the party was — it was a skeleton after the Bush years. You had gone through the problems with the war. You had — which was unpopular. You had an economic meltdown. You had Katrina. And they just rushed in and filled that void at this point and they added energy to the party, and basically in many areas took over the nomination process and elected their people.
And they have been given political muscle through some of these outside political action organizations that have added money to the grassroots.
JUDY WOODRUFF: So you're saying they're here to stay?
TOM DAVIS: Yes, I think there's a — listen, I think there's a
danger for Republicans here, that if they spurn the Tea Party, you could get a spinoff.
You're seeing this in some states, where libertarians are running and taking 6 percent, 8 percent, 10 percent of the vote from Republicans. It cost us a Senate seat in Montana, almost cost us a seat in Arizona last time. So Republicans have to be very, very careful with this.
And I would just add one other thing. You have to understand, from a Republican perspective, you only have two pressure points where you can change the trajectory of spending. And that is your annual appropriations and the debt ceiling.
So it's not the best choices, but they're the only pressure points you have. Otherwise, you're talking to a wall.
JUDY WOODRUFF: Pressure points when there's a Democratic president.
TOM DAVIS: When you're surrounded by a Senate and a president of the other party.
JUDY WOODRUFF: So, Norm, are we looking at just a steady — just one showdown, maybe even shutdown of the government after another going forward?
NORMAN ORNSTEIN: I hope not, because, of course, the great irony here is, if you care about spending, shutting down the government is extraordinarily costly. It's costing us billions a week to do this, not to mention the human cost.
And the threat of default itself has already caused interest rates to inch up, which is going to be costly to the government, to people getting mortgages and to the state of the economy. But, you know, Tom is right that those are the pressure points. The difficulty we have is, the current Republican Party is using the debt limit in a way that it hasn't been used before, as a real throat go into default, as a method of extortion.
That's something that can't go on and we have to change the method of negotiating. What I had hoped they would do is create a permanent solution, like the one Mitch McConnell used to get us out of the last deadline in 2007, basically let the president pretty much raise the debt ceiling and have only one-third of the members of one house required to do that, and then move to a different plane.
JUDY WOODRUFF: Tom Davis, he's saying they're using it differently this time and in a dangerous way. How do you see it? Do you see this just continuing?
TOM DAVIS: It's the only leverage point you have, raising the debt ceiling.
And the public doesn't understand. If you're raising the debt ceiling, then make sure we don't have to go through this again. Can we find some offsets? It is a chance to have a conversation and to change the trajectory on spending.
But Norm is right. You get too close to the edge on this thing, it has desultory effects on markets, on the economy, on the average person, and on the federal budget. So, in a way, if it's handled wrongly, as I think we have come close to doing this time, it hurts what you're trying to fix.
JUDY WOODRUFF: Grim message from both of you.
Tom Davis, Norman Ornstein, we thank you both.
NORMAN ORNSTEIN: Thank you, Judy.
TOM DAVIS: Thanks.


text: After his Delhi trip, Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao today called on Governor ESL Narasimhan at Raj Bhavan here. KCR had a brief discussion with Narasimhan and apprised him of his national capital sojourn. He is learnt to have informed that during his meeting with Prime Minister he sought Narendra Modi to take a call to bifurcate High Court among two Telugu states. As the Prime Minister reportedly gave an assurance to talk to union law minister on HC split the meeting assumes significance. It is likely that the Governor is to call a meeting of chief ministers of two Telugu States to sort out the HC split issue. It is understood that Modi is to make a visit to Telangana and formally launch the prestigious Mission Bhagiratha program likely on August 7, besides participating in some other developmental works. They are said to have discussed on the prime minister's visit and security arrangements. (NSS)


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Wandering around dealerships looking to buy a new car, I stumbled across Ivan, a salesman who seemed to know exactly what I was after
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I met my friend Ivan because I bought my car from him.
I liked him because he was so unlike the younger, cockier salesmen I'd encountered in all the other dealerships. I'd been trawling showrooms most of the weekend and had long since grown bored of being pestered by smarmy wide-boys in flashy tailored suits reeking of the latest after-shave.
From the outset, Ivan seemed far more authentic and I got the feeling there was a good deal more to him than he would ordinarily like to reveal. His hair was thinning on top and he was getting a bit chubby around his middle, and once we started chatting I figured he was maybe just a couple of years younger than me. I found I immediately warmed to him – maybe it was his self-deprecating humour or maybe his endearing air of amicable weariness – so, instead of giving him the brush-off when he came over to ask me if he could help me pick a car, we walked the forecourt together, chatting affably and getting to know each other.
He told me which cars he thought were the best deals and which he wouldn't touch with a barge-pole. When I found one that I thought might suit me, he advised me which extras were worth the money and which he thought were just gimmicks.
I asked him how long he'd worked selling cars and he threw me a tired smile. "Man and boy, mate, just like my dad. Going on for... what'll it be now... just over twenty years."
So that put him in his late thirties, making my guess pretty close.
"You've sold one or two cars, then," I smiled.
He smirked back at me. "Let's just say enough to be able to cut through all the bullshit."
We went into his office and I sat down behind his desk on which was perched a picture of him with his arm around an attractive woman, the two of them holidaying on some far-flung beach. Before we sorted out the paperwork, he offered me a cup of tea and as he bent over to get the box of teabags out of the cupboard, I noticed he had a the most breath-taking arse amply filling the seat of his fawn-coloured trousers. It was just the sort of big, blokeish backside I love to get my face stuck into and the sort of butt which, once I'd lubed it up with my spit, I would greatly enjoy watching quiver and ripple as my hips slapped fast and hard against it.
I guess he saw the way I was looking at his rump and licking my lips because when the time came for the car to be delivered to the showroom, Ivan offered to drive it over to my house after he'd finished work. I'd asked him how he'd get home and he'd said, "You can give me a lift back to the dealership if that's okay. I'll pick up my car and drive back from here."
I'd nodded and he'd added, with a delightfully cheeky smirk, "That is, after we've finished doing everything we need to do at your place..."
"Okay," I'd grinned and he'd beamed back at me.
We both knew the score and it was obvious what he intended.
When the day came and he'd dropped off the car, I invited him in and offered him a beer. After a bit of chit-chat about the new car, I asked him if he'd like to take a look upstairs.
He said, "Sure, that'd be great," and followed me up to my bedroom.
We kept talking about the car and I thought I'd get things started by casually undoing my tie. Ivan followed my lead and took off his, and then we both started unbuttoning our shirts. Neither of us made any reference to why we were undressing in front of each other, but just talked about the expected fuel economy and how often, with the miles I drive, I'd be likely to have to fill the tank up.
"You won't see anything like the efficiency quoted in the handbook," he said, sitting down on my bed to pull off his shoes and socks.
"If I can get close to fifty I'd be quite happy," I told him, doing the same alongside him.
He kept talking about the variation I could expect with different driving conditions, standing back up to unclip his belt and unzip his fly. We really were going to do this: we were about to get naked and have sex together on my bed.
He pulled his trousers down revealing an old-fashioned pair of blue Y-fronts, probably the sort of godawful underwear his wife bought for him in packs of five. His cock and balls made a promising bulge in the front of them and I pulled down my trousers so he could see that mine was equally prominent in my DKNY boxer-briefs.
"You'll find it struggles to accelerate away from uphill junctions at first," he said chattily, "but once the engine has been properly run-in, that'll sort itself out."
He took his shirt off, revealing a thin growth of hair across his chest and below it a distinctly flabby beer-gut.
"You expect little teething problems for the first five-hundred miles or so," I replied, removing my shirt to show him that, while not exactly being a contender for Mr Universe, I was in considerably better shape than he was.
"I'd give it a thousand," he said, pulling down his underpants. His cock was still floppy but nicely thick and chunky with a pale pink helmet poking out from his gaping foreskin. It hung solidly over his plump hairy nuts, giving the impression of just beginning to get aroused at the prospect of having intercourse with another male.
I pulled my boxers down so he could see that I was running a semi. He smiled at its broad girth and long, developing shaft and I was pleased that he wasn't intimated by my endowment like some men who identify as predominantly straight.
Having seen what I had to offer he got on the bed on all fours, sticking that wonderful big, meaty butt out at me with his hairy nuts hanging down between his legs.
I wondered we were going to continue chatting nonchalantly about the car, even as I mounted him, grabbed him by the hips and proceeded to anally copulate with him. Talk about the air-con and how often the oil would need changing as I squatted behind him, rogering his big flabby arse with my bollocks slapping noisily against the backs of his legs.
But instead Ivan brought the car-talk to an end by saying, "I assume you have condoms stashed away somewhere...?"
"Of course," I chuckled, "but I was rather hoping I could rim you first."
He laughed back, peering across at me over his shoulder. "I thought you'd want to eat me out. I saw the way you were licking your lips when I was bending over behind my desk!" "It looks a good deal better without your trousers on," I told him. It did look incredible with him bending over like this. The cheeks were so deliciously round and pudgy, and the crack was filled to overflowing with an inviting tangle of thick, wiry hair.
"My missus doesn't share your enthusiasm," he said. "That's why I take the occasional... er... opportunity like this. I like it to get a bit of attention every once in a while!"
I chuckled and got on the bed behind him. My cock was now almost fully engorged from the knowledge that this exquisite rump really was going to mine for the taking.
I gently caressed both of his round, succulent buttocks and then ran my fingers up and down his moist, wiry crack. The smell of his butt hair, ripe and pungent, made my cock head swell up like a big, shiny plum and I had to swallow a couple of times my mouth was watering so much.
"So you like getting your butt fucked?" I asked, working my fingers more deeply into his humid trench, rubbing them past the hot, sticky pucker of his bloated entrance.
"Always ever have done," he replied. "I have a good sex life with my wife – very enjoyable, actually – but I've always liked getting on all fours like this and taking a nice big dick up my arse!"
"Well, I'll be happy to oblige, Ivan," I chuckled, working a couple of fingers into the slimy grip of his well-used hole. "Your bum is simply stunning!"
"Yeah, it's funny how fellas always like my big hairy arse," he grinned back at me over his shoulder, "but my wife won't go anywhere near it!"
"She doesn't know what she's missing," I smiled back, sliding my fingers in and out of his cock-stretched opening and revelling in the delicious stink that my exertions were producing. "Now you know my address, feel free to drop by whenever it feels neglected!"
"I'll take you up on that, Rob," he laughed.
I leaned forwards and kissed his big chubby buttocks: first the left and then across to the right. They smelt enticing – a little sweaty from the moisture that had gathered in the back of his Y-fronts during his day at the dealership, but more strongly of that exquisite earthy pungence that his gaping hole was kicking out as I gently fingered it.
"I'd like to fuck you as well," he said, pushing his hefty butt against my hand. "I'd like us to both have our turn if you'd be up for that."
"Oh, absolutely, Ivan!" I told him. "I love taking turns – it's the best part of doing it with another guy!"
I withdrew my fingers from his slippery chute and applied instead my mouth to his sumptuously furry butt-crack. I reached my tongue out to lick at his puffy anal ring, relishing the thick acrid taste that oozed out from inside. I lapped at it, flicking my tongue against his wide opening, while I sniffed hungrily at the strong heady fug that had spent the day lurking in the deep bristling crack underneath the back of his trousers.
"Ah yeah," he called out, "lick my big fat arse!"
He grabbed my head and ground my face roughly into his rear, commanding, "Come on, eat me out! Shove your tongue right up my arsehole!"
I murmured appreciatively and drove my tongue into his clammy tunnel, coaxing out the strongest of his odours and reaching down to squeeze my cock as I savoured his richest, most vulgar taste.
How could Ivan's wife ignore such a scrumptious backside, bulging enticingly inside the well-filled seat of her big husband's straining underwear? How could she resist plunging her face between his hefty cheeks, to impatiently inhale the wonderfully whiffy thicket bristling inside and to feast so fervently on her man's filthiest flavours?
Fearing I was going to climax, I quickly pulled away and, once I'd snapped on a condom and smeared a dollop of lube down my shaft, shoved my knees between his so I work my throbbing erection up the gaping hole I'd just licked out. Once I'd mounted him, I grabbed onto his hips and started fucking him in earnest, developing a rapid, thumping rhythm against his wobbly buttocks and making long, arching sweeps with the full length of my cock.
"Oh yeah!" he gasped. "Come on, plough me Rob!"
I laughed and panted, "You sure this is okay? I'm not being too rough, am I?"
"No way mate!" he grinned up at me over his shoulder. "Come on, bum me as hard as you like! Let me know how much you want it!"
I moved my hands up to cling onto his shoulders and really went for it with him, slapping my hips fast and hard against his hefty buttocks and making my full, heavy nuts whack painfully against his own big bollocks swinging between his legs.
He looked over at the two of us in my wardrobe mirror and grunted, "Bloody hell, Rob – look at the two of us! We look as hot as fuck!"
I looked over at us too, and we grinned at each other, enjoying the sight of us boisterously butt-fucking in the classic gay position. He was right – we looked incredible, with him on all fours pushing his arse back against me and me right behind him drilling my cock in and out of his furry crack and holding tightly onto his hips. We were like two big sweaty blokes acting out a lewd act we'd stumbled across on the internet, both beaming at each other at how naughty we were being to be doing it up the bum when we both had women in our lives.
"Jesus, mate," he called out, "look at my big hairy arse! Look at how massive your knob is banging in and out of it!"
"Do you like it?" I gasped. "Do you like seeing yourself being buggered?"
"I fucking love it!" he laughed back at me through the wardrobe mirror. "I love seeing a big, thick cock like yours shagging me up the arse!"
His belly hung down low and his huge wobbly buttocks quivered like jelly every time my hips slammed into them, but if anything that added to the eroticism of how we looked. We were having sex together as two big men, enjoying each other's maleness and flabbiness and hairiness. I could see from how eager he was to be receiving me that Ivan felt as I did: far from being a mere substitute for the vaginal intercourse we both also enjoyed, this deliciously homosexual and alluringly anal version was something we both esteemed on its own illicit terms.
"Do you want me to wank you off?!" I called down to him, although I would struggle to do so with his big gut in the way.
"No," he panted back. "I might bust my nut before I've had my turn on you!"
"That's okay," I gasped, "I don't mind if you cum." I loved it when a guy climaxed with my cock deep up inside him. It was exquisite to have his rectal muscles spasming around my pumping organ, and I loved the rush of virility I felt by causing a fellow male to reach a shuddering orgasm from having my large erection pounding at his bum.
"No, I want my turn," he called out. "It's really important to me that we do it both ways!"
"Fair enough," I smirked, and then started down my home straight. I leaned over him so that my chest was rubbing against his back and hooked my arms underneath his armpits to cling onto him by his shoulders. Then, holding his bulky body firmly in place underneath me, I smacked my hips like an applause against his soft, plump behind.
"Ah yeah!" he exclaimed. "Go for it, Rob! Knob my arse really hard and nut off up it!"
I looked across at us in the mirror again, loving the sight of me hugging him so close and the way my arse was banging up and down on top of his. I wondered what his wife would think if she could see him like this with a man heaving away on top of him and a cock as big as mine slamming in and out of his quivering butt-cheeks. She would probably be shocked at how much he was enjoying the feel of it; being so roughly impaled through a part of his body whose only significance, as far as she was concerned, was the stink it quite often left behind in the bathroom.
A stink it was kicking out most prolifically now.
He saw me through the mirror sniffing at the strong smell from his bum and asked hesitantly, "Do you like it?"
I smiled back at him and managed to grunt, even as I laboured for breath, "I love it, Ivan! It's the smell of our butt-fucking!"
He grinned broadly and, thrusting his butt up in time to meet the relentless hammering of my tireless cock, called out, "Well churn it even harder, mate! Let's make the whole house stink of your cock banging away at my big hairy arse!"
I climaxed abruptly and rode the crest of my orgasm panting and whimpering into the back of his neck. I kept bucking my hips, planting my seed deep up inside his bowels, as he called out in encouragement, "Ah yeah, give me all your spunk, Rob! Empty your massive bollocks right up my shitter, mate!"
After I'd withdrawn from him and hidden the well-filled and grimly-streaked condom away in some tissue, Ivan was eager to have his turn on me.
A second condom was torn open and unfurled down his large, excited cock even before I'd finished wiping off my dribbling semen. Once I'd lubed myself up, he got me to crouch in front of him, facing away and with my bum pushing out so he could similarly crouch behind me and work his organ up inside me.
He held me round the chest with his big hairy arms and then firmly eased his fattened cock head through my slippery sphincter. As my butt muscles relaxed, stretching open to take him, and his thick shaft pushed its way effortlessly up into my bowels, he laughed, "Mind, you've had a few blokes up here, haven't you, mate?"
"One or two," I chuckled.
"I knew you'd be up for having your arse fucked when I first saw you on the forecourt," he told me as his cock slid all the way up me and I felt his wiry pubic bush scratch against my cheeks.
"Really?" I asked, enjoying the feel of having a good-sized manhood filling up my rapacious rectum. "How could you tell?"
"You had a certain confidence about you," Ivan replied. "Something that told me you played it both ways."
I had to laugh at that. "Me? Confident? I'm probably one of the least confident people I know!"
"A sexual confidence," he explained. "You gave the impression of being a guy at ease with his own sexuality – comfortable enough to get it on with whoever you find attractive, regardless of gender."
I nodded as he started a slow rhythm in and out of me. "A few years ago I would never have thought that possible, but... yeah... maybe you're right. Maybe I have become sexually confident."
"Confident enough to admit you like the smell of bum sex," he reminded me, quickening his speed. My cock, which had started softening post-climax, began to harden again at the sensation of having a well-built brother pumping away just behind it.
"I do like the smell of two men having anal," I smiled. "It's so incredibly hot!"
He chuckled into my back, making harder thrusts and using more of the length of his shaft. "It's unlike anything you get with a woman," he gasped. "The stink you get when it's two fellas doing it... it's totally fucking awesome!"
I grinned over at him through the mirror, loving the sight of us squatting upright together with his hips growing faster against my squashy buttocks. I could smell quite distinctly the odour of his cock sliding in and out of my hot, moist rump. It was much more intense than usual and far more rank and raunchy than his had been.
"Do you like the stink now?" I asked.
He smirked back at me with his forehead growing sweaty and his cheeks bright red. "It's a lot rougher than I thought it would be, Rob! For a well turned-out fella like you, you sure kick out a hell of a butt-whiff!"
"But do you like it?" I persisted.
"Of course I do," he grinned. "I love it, mate!"
He started butt-fucking me quickly, moving his arms down around my belly so he could really work his hips against my backside. We grinned over at each other through my wardrobe mirror, admiring the sight of our big, stocky bodies pressed so close together and loving the way we were joined together by his thick, meaty cock noisily hammer-drilling at my round, chubby buttocks.
"This is why I like to do it both ways," he told me, his breath hot against the back of my shoulder. "So we can smell each other's stink!"
He pushed me down onto the bed so that I was on all fours as he had been. Then he grabbed me the shoulders and really went to town against my bum. He fucked me as hard and as fast as he was able to, panting and heaving as he revelled in his occasional treat of male-on-male buggery.
I looked back at him over my shoulder and grinned at his wet, flushed face. "Ah yeah! Bang my arse, mate!" I gasped up to him, feeling my aching erection pulsing against my stomach and loving the sensation of being so roughly buggered by such a big, strident man.
He inhaled the crude odour our homosexual coupling was so fiercely giving off and muttered, "Oh God, this is as horny as fuck! We're like a couple of fucking pigs, wallowing in it!"
I called out to him, knowing how much he'd like it, "Come on, Ivan, fuck my skanky arse! Do it rougher, mate – screw the stink out of me! Really hard and fast, right up my dirty shit-hole!"
He started cumming heavily, grinding his hips against my buttocks. I could feel the end of the condom inflating with his semen up inside my bum and the heat it was giving off as it pumped out of him. I grabbed my cock and started wanking myself quickly, loving the sensation of having such an expressive man climaxing inside me, and before his orgasm had fully subsided, I produced a second large deposit of my oft-spent seed in a long sticky spray right across the duvet.
As he fell onto my back and recovered his breath against the valley between my shoulder blades, the first thing he said was, "Seriously mate, we have got to do this again!"
I laughed my agreement and said, "Any time you like, Ivan!"
"I've never done it with a fella who was as into the smells of two blokes butt-fucking as I am."
"I think you'll find," I told him, "that sex smells are a really important part of what I enjoy."
"And the stink from your arse, Rob," he went on, easing his drooping manhood out of me with a slurpy wet fart. "It was fucking intense!"
I chuckled and pulled away from him, then passed him some tissues for the condom and his cock.
"When I'm doing it with Trisha," he said, "I really miss that strong, distinctive smell you get with another man. With you, though – Christ! – I was never in any doubt that it was another fella's big brown hole I had my cock shafting in and out of!"
I smiled at him, wiping myself down before we could clean up properly. "I'm the same with my girlfriend Debbie. She's got a real thing about odours and that makes our sex pretty sterile. I enjoy it – don't get me wrong – but compared to what we've just done, it really lacks something that's a huge turn-on."
He nodded and asked, "Can I take a shower, if you don't mind? My wife... well... let's say she's got a good nose!"
I told him to help himself to the fresh towels in the cupboard (I didn't mention that these were mainly for the young men my son brings back from uni with him) and that once he was ready I'd drive him back to retrieve his own car from the dealership.
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At least according to the Jeff Zucker math. Zucker is on the record that if The Jay Leno Show averages a 1.8 with adults 18-49 that it will be a home run for NBC. So last night's 1.7 adults 18-49 rating on one of the toughest nights of the week against premieres of Grey's Anatomy and The Mentalist has to be a triple. And things potentially could imrpove for Leno next week when it faces what will be its regular ABC competition, Private Practice rather than Grey's Anatomy.
I know there are some people who just want NBC and The Jay Leno Show to fail no matter what. And there's a lot of angst behind it with some people who take it to the lengths that most of NBC's primetime woes can be blamed on Leno!
I don't know about that since NBC's primetime woes are part of what led NBC to go the Leno route in the first place. NBC, and The Jay Leno Show may yet fail, but for now The Jay Leno Show seems like the least of NBC's worries in primetime. Though, over time, the impact of the The Jay Leno Show on Conan and The Tonight Show might indeed be worrisome.
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Carmel is about to get a new grocery story and it will be the first of its kind in the state.
The new Market District grocery store will be built in The Bridges, southeast of the intersection of 116th Street and Spring Mill Road.
At up to 100,000-square-feet, the store will dwarf its Marsh and Kroger competitors and provide serious competition to the Walmart further up U.S. 31 in Westfield.
Market District said its locations feature a bountiful selection of fresh, locally-sourced produce, a sweet shop with the finest handmade baked-goods, a vast variety of artisan domestic and imported cheeses and expertly selected and freshly cut meat and seafood.
Market District said its store also features a gourmet restaurant with stone-hearth baked pizzas, hand-rolled sushi, and numerous other freshly made, delicious dishes.
Market District parent company Giant Eagle, of Pittsburgh, also said it's looking forward to working closely with local officials throughout the planning process and toward eventually bringing hundreds of jobs to the area with an anticipated store opening in 2015.
Giant Eagle also plans to open a GetGo convenience restaurant and gas station in the same development.
"We are thrilled to bring our Market District and GetGo concepts to Carmel and greater Indianapolis," said Giant Eagle CEO Laura Karet. "We could think of nothing better than to deliver the best food from around the world to this great community and to offer a dining and convenience experience that we are confident will be a wonderful complement to Indianapolis' ever expanding food scene. As we look to become contributing members of the Indianapolis area, we are also actively evaluating opportunities for additional locations."
Karet said Giant Eagle is also committed to actively supporting a number of community events and nonprofit organizations and to building stores that coexist in an environmentally friendly manner.


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Over $100,000 Worth of Checks Deposited via PayPal App in 36 Hours
Facts! Don't you love them? Especially when they're as heart-warming as this one. Turns out our Joel wasn't alone in depositing a check via a phone app this week, as over $100,000 worth of checks were banked in just 36 hours after the app update. [PayPal via MobileEnt]
PayPal iPhone App Transfers Money By Bumping Against Another iPhone
If any iPhone owners reading this haven't yet got the PayPal app, it's definitely worth downloading now they've licensed Bump Technologies' ability to transfer data between iPhones by simply touching them together. Bumping to transfer money actually sounds fun.


text: I am a student at Baylor University. Ever since I was a kid I always dreamed of being the "Stuart Scott," "Scott Van Pelt," or any of the other popular SportCenter anchors that to me had the greatest job anyone could ask for. Now, being a college student, I feel that any possible way I can express my thoughts to other people with similar interests as me is only more beneficial towards my career goal as either becoming a sportswriter or sportscaster for any major network or website. I'm a longtime Texas sports fan, but I'm always interested in everything that's trending when it comes to professional or college sports.


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How to Make Free Prank Calls from Anyone's Number
Prank Calls as you know are those whose caller ID is not visible to us. Actually these caller use some special way to make these calls. Also today there are many applications that can do this for you. Yes you can make prank calls to have fun with your friends. So we are here with the method of How to Make Prank Calls from iOS and Android. With the help of this method you will hide your caller id from the receiver cell and can do any prank calls to nay of number. Just read out the below method to proceed.
Make Free Prank Calls from Anyone's Number
- Visit VOXOX Downloads page and download the application.
- Now after installing the software you need to Sign Up with their free account that rewards you with $1 free credit.
- Simply enter your details like name, mobile number and email to get started.
- Now you will see a dial pad to enter the number to be displayed on the receiver screen, you can enter any of your choice and even you can enter your friends number.
- Now in the caller id section enter the details of any of the person in the world to make yours one anonymous and then click on ok.
- Thats it you are done, now you can call any of number through this app by just entering his/her number in the app by making calls from it.
- Just remember to choose the correct country code while entering the called Id details. Now simply click on Ok and enter the mobile number which you wish to call.
If you wish to make prank calls to any number from your iOS or Android Handset then VOXOX app is the best solution to it. Download this app, pay the nominal fee and enjoy free prank calls to any number. If you have found this guide interesting and helpful then do share it with your other mates and friends too. Your shares may interest any of your friend out there.


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Getting Nominations helps you to become a finalist
Nominations are a key piece in the Micro-Grants system on Society6. Every grant ends up with a finalist pool based on nominations from other members. Whoever is giving the grant MUST select the winner of the grant from this list of finalists. It definitely helps your chances of being selected by the grant giver if you have a solid number of nominations. It's not a popularity contest but a way to involve the community in the process and try to keep the Micro-grants system fair and manageable.


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Mykonos Town, Mykonos 84600, Mykonos (Grecia) Ver mapa
This apartment complex, built in a traditional Cycladic style, is located in the heart of Chora in Mykonos. Most rooms have wonderful sea and sunset views. These apartments are the perfect choice for guests looking to stay in a traditional and vibrant environment, right in center of the town. This is a perfect place for families and groups of friends who wish to enjoy relaxing holidays.
The Apartments features color TV, telephone and Kitchenette.
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La tasa turística de Grecia es del 13%.
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Situated at the Mykonos town, the apartments is the place for those who want to stay close to the vibrant centre of Mykonos.


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I have spoken at many conferences over the years, including the PASS Community Summit and SQL Server Connections, and one of the things I have noticed is that there is very little overlap between the DBAs and developers who attend each of these conferences. There seems to be a group who likes to attend the PASS Community Summit, and another group who likes to attend the SQL Server Connections conference.
In the past, and still today, SQLServerCentral.Com is a strong supporter of the PASS Community Summit. But because of the lack of overlap between these two conferences, we feel that we have been missing out on supporting those DBA and developers who choose to attend the SQL Server Connections conference. Because it is our goal at SQLServerCentral.Com is to be as inclusive as possible, SQLServerCentral.Com has now teamed up with SQL Server Connections to present our own SQL Server track at the conference. This will give us the opportunity to reach out to an entirely different group of DBAs and developers who we don't normally interact with.
If you are not familiar with SQL Server Connections, it is part of a larger conference called DevConnections that is put on twice a year by Penton Media (they same people who publish SQL Server Magazine.) The annual spring event is held in Orlando, FL, and the annual fall event is held in Las Vegas.
The umbrella DevConnections conference include multiple, simultaneous break-out conferences, which include ASP.NET Connections, SharePoint Connections, Visual Studio & .NET Connections, and of course, SQL Server Connections. When you sign up for one event, you can attend any of the sessions among these concurrent conferences, which give attendees a rich learning experience.
The next SQL Server Connections is going to be held November 9-12, 2009, at the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Conference Center in Las Vegas, NV, and will follow this schedule:
Monday, November 9, 2009: Two SQL Server pre-conference workshops:
- Advanced T-SQL for SQL Server 2005 and 2008 with Itzik Ben-Gan
- SQL Server 2005/2008 Database Maintenance Best Practices with Kimberly L. Tripp and Paul S. Randal
Tuesday, November 10, 2009: Microsoft Day:
- There will be three different tracks (DBA, DEV, BI), all presented by members of the Microsoft SQL Server Product Team
Wednesday & Thursday, November 11-12 2009: SQL Server Connections and SQLServerCentral.Com Tracks
- There will be three DBA tracks that are managed by Paul S. Randal and Kimberly L. Tripp, which includes a wide variety of speakers.
- There will be a single SQLServerCentral.Com track, that is managed by Brad M. McGehee, which includes five different speakers.
- Attendees will be able to attend any of the sessions in these four concurrent tracks.
Friday, November 13, 2009: One SQL Server post-conference workshop:
- SQL Server 2005/2008 Indexing for Performance with Kimberly L. Tripp
For a list of all the speakers, you can visit this webpage, and for a list of all the sessions, you can visit this webpage.
The SQLServerCentral.Com track includes five speakers presenting a total of nine different sessions. If you recognize any of the speakers, that is because you have probably seen their contributions to the SQLServerCentral.Com and Simple-Talk websites. They include:
Joe Celko
Joe Celko served 10 years on the ANSI/ISO SQL Standards Committee and contributed to the SQL-89 and SQL-92 Standards. He has written over 800 columns in the computer trade and academic press, mostly dealing with data and databases. He is author of seven books on SQL for Morgan-Kaufmann: SQL FOR SMARTIES (1995, second edition 1999, third edition 2005), SQL PUZZLES & ANSWERS (1997), DATA & DATABASES (1999) and TREES & HIERARCHIES IN SQL (2004), SQL PROGRAMMING STYLE (2005) and ANALYTICS & OLAP IN SQL (2005) and THINKING IN SETS (2008). Joe will be presenting two session: Darling, Your SQL is Sooo Last Season! and Naming and Modeling Data Objects.
Grant Fritchey
Grant Fritchey, Microsoft SQL Server MVP, works for an industry-leading engineering and insurance company as a principal DBA. He's done development of large-scale applications in languages such as Visual Basic, C#, and Java, and has worked with SQL Server since version 6.0. Grant spends a lot of time involved in the SQL Server community, including speaking, blogging, and he is an active participant in the SQLServerCentral.Com forums. He is the author of SQL Server Execution Plans (Simple Talk Publishing, 2008) and SQL Server Query Performance Tuning Distilled (Apress, 2008). Grant will be presenting two session: Scouting Out Execution Plans and MUQT: More Unnecessary Query Tuning.
K. Brian Kelley
Brian is a SQL Server author, columnist, and Microsoft MVP, focusing primarily on SQL Server security and administration. He currently serves as a database administrator / architect for a large bank where he can concentrate on his passion: SQL Server. He is a contributing author to How to Cheat at Securing SQL Server 2005 (Syngress) and Professional SQL Server 2008 Administration (Wrox). In the technical community, Brian is president of the Midlands PASS Chapter. Not only is Brian an active blogger at SQLServerCentral.Com, he is a prolific forum participant and is one of the top forum posters on the website. Brian will be presenting two sessions: Keeping on Top of Your SQL Server Using Dynamic Management Objects and Catalog Views and Best Practices in SQL Server 2008 Configuration Management.
Steve Jones
|Steve Jones, Microsoft SQL Server MVP, is the founder and editor of SQLServerCentral.Com. He has been working with SQL Server for 18 years as a DBA at a variety of large and small companies. He is a frequent speaker at user groups and SQL Server conferences and has written hundreds of articles on SQL Server. He is well known for his prolific blogging, editorials, and podcasts at SQLServerCentral.Com. Steve will be making one presentation: The Modern Resume: Building Your Brand.
Brad M. McGehee
|Brad M. McGehee is an MCSE+I, MCSD, and MCT (former) with a Bachelors degree in Economics and an MBA. Currently the Director of DBA Education for Red Gate Software, Brad is an accomplished Microsoft SQL Server MVP with over 14 years of SQL Server experience, over six years of training experience, and has been involved in the industry since 1982. Brad is a frequent speaker at SQL PASS, European PASS, SQL Connections, SQLTeach, SQLBits, SQL Saturdays, TechFests, Code Camps, SQL Server user groups, and other industry seminars. Brad is the author or co-author of more than 14 technical books and over 100 published articles. His most recent books include, How to Become an Exceptional DBA, Brad's Sure Guide to SQL Server 2008: The Top Ten New Features for DBAs, and Mastering SQL Server Profiler. Brad will be presenting two sessions: Optimizing tempdb Performance and Free Software for SQL Server DBAs.
In the months ahead, I will be doing interviews with all of these speakers so that you will get the opportunity to learn a little more about them.


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New iPad Gets Torn Down, Innards Shown Around
So far, it's looking like a Samsung display in the unit, as well as the typical RAM (1GB on the new model), A5X processor, etc. Granted, most of this is for nerds only, but why else would you be reading it. Have a look at the Via link for the gory details!


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The injections were mildly painful, the results were immediate. The nasolabial folds did not hold the gel too long, the marionette lines are still filled, I can feel the gel, and it's been 9 months since the injection date.
The nurse who did the injection did not inject proportionately to the natural face asymmetry thus leaving one fold noticeably less filled than needed. I ended up coming back and demanding to have this fixed. They filled the less-filled fold with restylane. For about three weeks after the injections, pimples would form around the filled areas.


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Question about value of special edition Browning
I'm about to buy a special edition rifle that was made by browning for the Grice Gun Shop. The gun is a Browning Micro Medallion A-bolt in .222 caliber. I'm not sure how many they made but the shop owner said you will not see another one anywhere. It is brand new in the box. Any clue on what it is worth?
Very little more than a non-special edition.
The gun is actually a Micro Hunter not medallion.
That's hard to believe that a limited edition, escpecially in a .222 caliber is only worth a little more than what a micro hunter sales for. It's hard enough finding gun in .222 let alone a special edition.
My initial thought is that a Browning collector would pay decent money to have one.
I would judge the guns value by how accurate it is, how nice it looks, and how much fun it is to shoot.
Do you want us to lie to you?
If you like it buy it.
If you think you should buy it so you can make a bunch of money on it, think again.
I would call browning. The archivist will be happy to give you some background history on the gun and an approximate value. Have the serial number and a magnifying glass handy when you call. You might need the magnifying glass to see stampings in the gun.
PABUCK,Very few so called Limited Edition firearms made today are worth a penny more than the identical non-limited edition firearms. If it was made for this gun shop,what exactly is special about it?
Many companies get rifles made exclusively for them,but they aren't worth any more money than the plain production rifle unless they have item's that are special like stocks,style of barrel,engraving,etc. The gun may cost more than a stock rifle,but it's value on the open market won't change much.
I used to collect guns but I had an epiphany, or what alcoholics refer to as a 'moment of clarity'.
Same deal with my Harley... I don't park it in the living-room and spend weekends going over it with a toothbrush... I ride it hard, treat it like a motorcycle.
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"Kevin Grittner" <Kevin(dot)Grittner(at)wicourts(dot)gov> writes: > Christopher Gernon <kabigon(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote: >> to_char() should be able to convert 5.6e-32 to text just as easily >> as it can convert 5.6e-3. For some reason, it doesn't. > Oh, I see your point now, and I agree with you. > We should probably at least put this on the TODO list, I think. Any > objections? If we're gonna fix it, we should just fix it, I think. I was considering taking a stab at it, but if someone else would like to, that's fine too. One other thing I notice in the same area is that the handling of NaNs and infinities seems a bit incomplete. There's an explicit special case for them in the EEEE-format code path, but not otherwise, and I think that the results you get for other formats will vary depending on what the local implementation of snprintf does. What *should* the output be, if the input is NaN or Inf? regards, tom lane
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