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As a sexual-health professional, I find that people have many questions about putting things in their butt — and about butts in general. I can't possibly cover everything ass-related in a single column, so we will break it in two. Speaking in my capacity as the Director of the Safe and Supportive Schools Project at the GSA Network and someone who holds a Ph.D. in health promotion, I give you Butt Stuff, Part One.
Let's start with some basics. When I refer to the "ass" or "butt," I'm referring to the whole thing: the gluteus maximus muscle, the anus, and the rectum. Our butts serve a number of purposes, from sitting, standing, and walking to pooping and farting. The rectum and the anus contain a great deal of nerve endings, including ones that generate a pleasurable feeling when stimulated — think about that sensation of feeling full you get when you need to poop, and how good it feels when you take a big dump — making it part of an erogenous zone (an area on the body it feels pleasurable to touch and stimulate).
Many people — those assigned male at birth, typically — also have a prostate gland, which is responsible for producing the white, milky fluid that we associate with semen and which serves as a suspension and protective fluid for sperm. In other words, it helps get sperm out of the body from the testicles and, in procreative sex, into the uterus and fallopian tubes to fertilize an egg.
The prostate is located approximately between the rectum and the bladder, and it can feel quite pleasurable when stimulated by a finger, sex toy, penis, or anything else inserted into the rectum. Some people really, really like it when the area around the anus or between the anus and genitalia — the taint — the rectum, and/or the prostate are stimulated. Other people don't really care one way or the other, and some just plain don't like it. All of that is great! It takes all types of people to make butt-play and butt-sex fun.
Also, the older you get, the easier it is to be ashamed of slang terms you hear but don't know the meaning of. Don't just laugh along and hope no one exposes your naivete; let a professional help you out! Sure, you know what tops and bottoms are, but versatile people enjoy getting things inserted in their ass and inserting things in other people's asses. (If they're lucky and there are enough people or toys, a versatile person can be a top and bottom at the same time!) Rimming or tossing salad means licking, sucking, and lightly biting the asshole and the area around it. Fingering and fisting are pretty self-explanatory, but pegging is when someone puts a dildo, usually a strap-on, or a dick in another person's ass.
I was around 12 or 13 when I discovered the joy of sticking things up my rear end. I used to keep a stash of Hustler magazines hidden under the folded towels in the bathroom for jerking off every chance I got. (Hustler was the only one I had access to that had pictures of hard cocks in it!) In that same cabinet under the sink, there was always a jar of Vaseline and a toilet plunger. During one of my multiple-times-a-day jack-off sessions, I decided to rub some Vaseline on the handle of the plunger and stick it up my ass. The world ended, stars collided, and I'm still trying to get other people to put things in my butt to this day.
Just as with most sexual things, there is a great deal of stigma, shame, and guilt about engaging in ass play, mostly around being worried that people will think you are gay — who cares?! — or that it is unsanitary and unhealthy. We will tackle that thoroughly in a future column, but if you want to experiment, here are a few simple pointers: Wash your ass, thoroughly, with soap and water. Use a lot of lube — the more, the better. Relax and don't force anything. Start small: a finger, a small butt-plug, or a dildo. (Go to a sex-toy store and ask. The staff will be delighted to help out a newbie!) Lastly, if at first you don't succeed, try again — and if you don't like it, that's cool. Maybe try being a top.
Next time, I'll go a little deeper — wink, wink — laying down the real shit about shit for you about whether or not you should douche, and why straight guys have to call it pegging. Until then, go play with yourself, or help out a friend.


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This — from the final moments of last night's Celtics-Sixers game — might be the most perfectly run basketball play you'll see all year.
There are three things I take from this: No 40-something percent free-throw shooter in league history has had Rajon Rondo's touch as a passer; Kevin Garnett seems to have restarted his half-life clock; and there is something pretty cool about the Celtics stealing a game in 2010 with a play that some Jewish guys were pioneering in chicken-wire cages in 1910. Nat Holman would like this team very much, I think.
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The follow up to the movie "Prometheus," will be "Alien: Paradise Lost."
English film director and producer Ridley Scott revealed on Thursday the name of his next film, a sequel to "Prometheus." In an interview with Hey U Guys a movie news and review website based in the United Kingdom, Scott announced the name while talking about his newest film "The Martian."
"So 'Prometheus 2' is not really going to be, it's going to be 'Alien: Paradise Lost.'" Scott told the website. "The poem is a book, it sounds intellectual, but there's a similarity to it."
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The poem "Paradise Lost," written by John Milton in the 17th century is about the fall of Satan from Heaven and the temptation of Adam and Eve.
Scott later told Hey U Guys why he chose the "Paradise Lost" title.
"We are going back to why and how and when the beast was invented," Scott said. "We'll go back into the backdoor of the very first 'Alien' I did 30 years ago."
There have been various rumors surrounding the development and story-plot of the anticipated sequel to the 2012 sci-fi epic, itself a prequel of sorts to Scott's groundbreaking 1979 film "Alien," starring Sigourney Weaver and John Hurt.
In a Total Film magazine profile of "The Martian," his most recent movie to be released in theaters Oct. 2, Scott announced that shooting for "Prometheus 2" will commence in January of 2016. [[329232501,C]] [[329278061,C]] [[329278661,C]] [[329279141,C]] [[329279691,C]]
"Paradise Lost" became a trending term on Twitter and had many users excited for the movie, but some confused by the name of the movie or it was the poem.
Scott has directed other iconic films including "Gladiator," "Blade Runner" and "Exodus: Gods and Kings" and "Black Hawk Down."


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Business was booming for local gun shops and ranges Saturday, but not because of the expected crowds for Gun Appreciation Day.
Business was booming for local gun shops and ranges Saturday, but not because of the expected crowds for Gun Appreciation Day.
Basil Davila, co-owner of Sportsman Lodge on New Bern Highway in Jacksonville, said only a few customers mentioned Gun Appreciation Day but said that since the turn of the New Year and talks of gun control legislation began, business has been nonstop.
Earlier this week, President Barack Obama introduced a $500 million proposal that calls for universal background checks and a ban on military-style assault rifles in response to the Sandy Hook shootings in Connecticut last month.
Davila said the effect locally has been the opposite of what Obama wanted with people flocking in herds to gun stores to stock up on weapons they think might be banned soon and signing up for classes to learn how to use them.
�More and more people are coming for the concealed carry classes,� Davila said. �We usually average about 20 students per Saturday, but today there was like 45 people in line, even though we can only hold 25 in the classroom.�
In addition to packed classes and a full shooting range, Davila said ammunition and assault rifles have been flying off the shelves during the past few weeks.
�Right now we�re out of most of our ammunition, so we can�t even sell,� he said. �It�s nationwide basically so all the distributors are running low on stock.�
Dana Fitzpatrick, owner of Flatwoods Outfitters in Hubert, said he�s having the same problem as Davila and is unable to keep assault rifles and various types of ammunition in stock.
�Most of the people are coming in looking for guns that I can�t get right now,� Fitzpatrick said. �They�re looking for the AR-styles, the AK-styles � those are the ones (Obama�s) trying to ban.�
Gun Appreciation Day � scheduled for two days before Barack Obama�s second inauguration � was proclaimed recently by a new coalition of gun rights and conservative groups in an effort to send a message to Washington that Americans aren�t about to give up their guns.
Flatwoods regular Bill Smith said he had no idea Saturday was Gun Appreciation Day, but said he supported it because he opposes any legislation Obama wants to pass regarding gun control, calling the president�s newly introduced plan �pretty ridiculous.�
�If he takes my guns away the only people that are going to have the guns are the criminals, so how am I going to protect myself,� Smith asked, adding that Obama�s new plan is �completely a step in the wrong direction,� and saying if the president starts banning assault rifles, it will only be a matter of time before he bans all guns.
Alana Sanchez, a military spouse who also wasn�t aware Saturday was Gun Appreciation Day, said she was at Flatwoods to practice shooting because knowing how to shoot a gun makes her feel safe.
�I think it�s empowering for women to be able to have a gun and be able to feel like you are able to protect yourself,� Sanchez said. �When my husband is deployed for seven months, I want to have a gun. He�s not here to protect me so I feel like I need to be able to protect myself and I don�t know if pepper spray is going to do it.�
Sanchez said the last time her husband deployed, she kept her gun next to her bed every night and felt �a whole lot safer.�
Michael and Noemi Wiley, who went to Sportsman Lodge Saturday to break in their new handgun, said they had heard Saturday was Gun Appreciation Day, but had forgotten about it until they got to the range and saw how busy it was.
They both agreed that Obama�s proposed legislation would do little � if anything � to stop gun violence.
�They always blame the gun and not the person behind the weapon,� Michael Wiley said, adding that there are already too many restrictions in place when it comes to buying to a gun.
But Wiley did have a simple solution.
�Just leave it the way it is and put the ARs back in the gun cage,� he said. �I want to buy a new one.�
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One of the prominent issues concerning taking or prescribing combination therapies for HIV disease is adherence (a.k.a. compliance). Adherence has been defined in many different ways. For example, Lois Eldred, formerly from Johns Hopkins AIDS Services, defines adherence broadly "as the extent to which a patient's health-related behaviors correspond with medical advice." Among these health-related behaviors, keeping medical appointments and taking prescribed medications are especially relevant for HIV disease treatment. In this article, I have that definition of adherence in mind.
Adherence is vitally important because medications used in current combination therapies need to be at blood levels high enough to be effective, and that only happens when one follows the prescribed dosage precisely. Also, nonadherence can lead to the development of HIV mutations resistant to the medications you are taking. In many cases, this may lead to resistance to medications you have not taken yet, but which are from the same class of those you are taking (and perhaps not adhering to), a phenomenon known as cross- resistance.
Patients and Providers Must Work Together
Most experts say that to have a successful adherence outcome, it takes a concerted effort between patients and health care providers. Nonetheless, few people think about strategies to get there that will maximize their chances for success. That it is true for both patients and health care providers. We tend to think of adherence as a kind of personality trait: Some people are good at it, some are not. However, this is only half of the story: There are things patients and health care providers can do to enhance adherence to HIV medications. In the next few paragraphs, I will go over some of the issues you want to think or talk to your health care providers about to increase your adherence to your therapy regimen.
First of all, this is not a doctor vs. patient thing. It is about patients and health care providers coming up with the best strategies so that chances of success are increased. Patients are not bad if they don't adhere; doctors are not mean if they expect adherence from their patients. Doctors cannot possibly know whether patients will adhere to the regimen agreed upon or, if so, for how long. However, some could venture educated guesses on the topic. The bottom line is that nobody knows for sure.
It is reasonable to assume that most people who decide to start their combination therapies want them to work. Since adherence is fundamental, once people know how necessary it is, they will want to adhere to their agreed-upon prescribed regimen before they start their regimen, right? However, the situation may change after one actually starts taking the medications. At the moment, the treatment of HIV disease is a long-term enterprise with strict guidelines in which it is not clear for how long full adherence to a complex regimen will be necessary. So when dealing with the unknown, we need to be conservative and aim at 100% adherence.
Most of the research done on adherence to therapy regimens has been done with other illnesses and not with HIV infection, but some of what is true for those other illnesses is true for HIV disease as well. It seems that one of the biggest problems is that when we perceive we are well, we don't take our medications (we think we don't need them any longer, and if the "symptoms" come back, then we will take the medications again!).
With asymptomatic HIV disease, since there are no "symptoms" to begin with, it is hard to gauge one's wellness; therefore much is left to more "objective" data such as lab tests (i.e., viral load and T-cell counts). For those who are asymptomatic, doctors and patients need to be clear on whether patients and doctors (please see "Questions To Consider") are ready to initiate and adhere to their combination therapy of choice. If there is insufficient adherence, resistance might ensue. For those who have symptoms the same applies, but there might not be as much flexibility in terms of when to start (or change) a combination therapy. The patient might need it sooner rather than later and cannot wait for the optimal moment to start his or her combination. In any event, if symptoms go away, the medication cannot be stopped.
Patient and doctor need to be ready: the patient to make room for HIV medications in his or her life, the doctor to make room for a patient who might need extra attention for the first two or three months -- a period that most experts agree is crucial for long-term adherence. We also need to make a committment to adherence before we start any regimen, since nonadherence is verified across the board with HIV and non-HIV-related diseases. Doctors and patients should be clear about possibility of needing to change to a different treatment and regimen if the current one is unsuccessful.
With HIV there are also side effects that, in some cases, are hard to manage. Things could be a little difficult with side effects, especially when you start a new regimen, but they do tend to be less of a problem as you go along. Nonetheless, if they are too difficult to manage, it is important that you and your doctor talk about it and decide what to do.
It makes sense that the first couple of months are critical for a successful outcome. This is the period we are making room for the medications in our lives, the time when side effects are most difficult to deal with either because our bodies are adjusting to the new medications or because we are adjusting emotionally to varying degrees of side effects. Since these first months are crucial, you and your health care providers should schedule a couple of follow-up visits (or talk on the phone) to see how you are doing with your new therapy.
It is also important that you know on whom you can count if you have a difficult day. If you don't have a network of support at hand, you can always join drop-in support groups at Body Positive or at any other organization near you. If you are not feeling well enough to go to a support group and don't have a network of support, you can always call help lines from several organizations. They might be able to help. Ideally try to set up a network of support for the rainy days before you start your combination therapy.
Another problem is forgetfulness. Combination therapies include many medications with different food restrictions and requirements that might not be easy to coordinate. You can try many different approaches, such as pill boxes, pill boxes with alarms, beepers, etc. Again, brainstorming what is most effective for you is necessary. This can be done with your health care providers, friends, support groups, etc. Don't forget to talk about forgetfulness before you start treatment.
If you are actively using drugs or alcohol, you need to think about what you want to do. It is your decision when to start a new regimen, but it is also your responsibility to stick to it as closely as possible once you decide to do so. Can you stick to the treatment and not forget to take your medications when you are high or drunk? Remember: Skipping dosages is really bad news for those who are taking protease inhibitors. Medication holidays might become medication nightmares if resistance or cross-resistance ensues.
On top of that, some "recreational drugs" have known and unknown interactions with protease inhibitors. Again, you have the right to start taking your medications when you decide to go on them, but it is your responsibility to stick to the regimen as closely as possible. Combination therapies can be an incredible health booster (as the decrease in AIDS-related deaths indicates), but you and your health care providers need to make this deal work. The quality of your life is at stake.
Although your doctor might not be able to tell whether you will adhere to your HIV medications, you might be able to figure out some of your weaknesses and strengths and work on them.
Now I am going to suggest something that might sound silly to you but some people have reported quite helpful. Once you and your health care providers decide which combination therapy is the most appropriate for you, you might want to rehearse with Tic-Tacs. Take the Tic-Tacs for a week as if they were your real medication and see how that goes. Can you incorporate the Tic-Tacs (medications) into your daily life? How do they go with your eating and sleeping habits? Do you need to make any changes or adjustments? Finally, research has shown that there is no one single approach to good adherence. A combination of approaches works better than simply one -- the same way, in the treatment of HIV disease, combination therapy works better than only one medication. It takes both patients and health care providers to do the job, although the patient is the one taking the pills.
Questions To Consider When You Are Deciding To Go On Combination Therapies
- What's your past history taking medications prescribed by a doctor, as opposed to over-the-counter medications?
- Can you follow doctor's recommendations closely?
- Do you take drug holidays?
- When you feel well, do you stop taking your medications?
- Do you feel comfortable enough with your doctor that, just in case you miss your medications, you will be able to tell him or her?
- If not, do you know why? Is it your doctor? Is it you? Both? Is there any room for improvement?
- How do you deal with side effects? Diarrhea? Nausea? Headache? Can you usually manage them? Can you ask for help?
- Do you feel comfortable talking to doctors or health care providers about side effects?
- Do you feel comfortable talking to friends about side effects?


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Electric MandolinEdit
This mandolin, sturdy and solid, is reinforced for combat but still capable of a fine melody. Created for the purpose of preventing jerks from smashing your instrument as well as adding some class to an otherwise plain chunk of wood, this weapon is a favorite of musical types who need to show their critics that it doesn't pay to heckle.
In combat, it is a +2 greatclub of shock which deals an extra 1d6 electricity damage. In addition, when used as an instrument, it provides a +4 circumstance bonus on Perform (stringed instrument) skill checks.
- The +4 circumstance noted above is derived from the weapon's enhancement bonus stacked with the masterwork instrument's bonus.
Caster Level: 9th, Prerequisites: Craft Magic Arms & Armor, lightning bolt, Cost to Create: 26,000 gp (plus 305 for the masterwork greatclub component and 100 for the masterwork mandolin component), 1,040 XP, 26 Days to create.
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The early-to-mid 1960s were a time of tumult at Indianapolis. The engines had begun to shift from the front to the rear, and the track was still claiming victims with somewhat alarming regularity. However, Colin Chapman's motto wasn't "Simplicate and add durability," (otherwise, one thinks, he would've been running Oshkosh), and the footage of Jim Clark's 1964 axle failure illustrates the fact. However, the clouds of an impending sea change were further overshadowed by plumes of black smoke that marked the death of Dave MacDonald and Eddie Sachs. A.J. Foyt? He kept tradition on life support a little longer by Offenhausering it to the finish line first.
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Following a bitter campaign battle, Venezuela's socialist President Hugo Chavez won a fourth term on Sunday, comfortably defeating challenger Henrique Capriles and crushing the opposition's best hopes of unseating him in 14 years of rule.
Venezuela's socialist President Hugo Chavez comfortably won re-election on Sunday, quashing the opposition's best chance at unseating him in 14 years and cementing himself as a dominant figure in modern Latin American history.
Chavez's victory will extend his rule of the OPEC member state to two decades, though he is recovering from cancer and the possibility of a recurrence hangs over him.
Jubilant supporters poured onto the streets of Caracas to celebrate the victory of a man who has near-Messianic status among Venezuela's poor. And there was relief too among leftist allies around the region – from Cuba to Bolivia – who rely on his oil-financed generosity.
"I'm celebrating with a big heart," said Mary Reina, a 62-year-old Chavez supporter who lives in the hillside slum where the president cast his vote.
"Chavez is the hope of the people and of Latin America."
The 58-year-old Chavez took 54.42 percent of the vote, with 90 percent of the ballots counted, compared with 44.97 percent for young opposition candidate Henrique Capriles, the electoral authority said.
Chavez's fans partied and set off fireworks in the streets. A subdued and tired-looking Capriles accepted defeat in a speech at his campaign headquarters.
"I hope a political movement that has been in power for 14 years understands that almost half the country does not agree with it," Capriles told crestfallen supporters.
Since taking power in 1999, the flamboyant former soldier has become a global flag bearer of "anti-imperialism," gleefully baiting the U.S. government while befriending leaders from Iran to Belarus whom the West views with suspicion.
Highlighting the relief among leftist allies in Latin America, Argentine President Cristina Fernandez wrote via Twitter: "Your victory is our victory! And the victory of South America and the Caribbean!"
At home, casting himself as an heir to independence hero Simon Bolivar, Chavez has poured billions of dollars in oil revenues into anti-poverty programs, and skillfully used his humble roots and folksy oratory to build a close connection with the masses.
But his victory was considerably slimmer than his win of 25 percentage points in 2006, reflecting anger at his failure to fix basic problems such as crime, blackouts, and corruption.
Record turnout of 80 percent will boost Chavez's democratic credentials, though critics said his use of state resources made a mockery of fairness during the campaign.
What next?
Attention will now shift to Chavez's plans for a new six-year term at the helm of South America's biggest oil exporter.
The government spent lavishly during the campaign to boost Chavez's chances, likely ensuring healthy economic growth of 4 to 5 percent this year but potentially paving the way for an inflation-fueled hangover in 2013.
In the past, Chavez has taken advantage of election wins to press forward with radical reforms, and there is speculation that his taste for nationalizations may turn to some untouched corners of Venezuela's banking, food and health industries.
Having already controversially amended the constitution to scrap presidential term limits, Chavez might also be tempted to tinker with it further to ensure continuity for his ruling Socialist Party should his cancer return.
The constitution states that if an incumbent steps down in the first four years of a six-year term, a new vote would be called. Under such a scenario, Capriles or another opposition candidate would have another crack at power.
Either way, all eyes will be on Chavez's health again.
During a year's treatment from mid-2011, Chavez endured three operations for two cancerous tumors, and chemotherapy that left him bald, exhausted and fearing death at his lowest point.
He wrongly declared himself cured once, and repeated that in July after a recurrence, prompting skepticism from doctors who say that at least two years must pass before a cancer patient can be given a clean bill of health.
Chavez has looked bloated and at times exhausted in recent months, but he ran a surprisingly energetic end to his campaign, even managing to dance, sing and strum a guitar at rallies.
Any sign of a downturn in his health now would stoke a succession debate in the Socialist Party. Congress head Diosdado Cabello, Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro and Vice President Elias Jaua all look well-placed for a potential push for leadership.
But none of Chavez's allies come anywhere near his popularity, so if there were to be another election, Capriles could be a favorite after a widely praised campaign that has made him well-known across the nation of 29 million people.
Though the 40-year-old Capriles is the once-rudderless opposition's best leader of the Chavez era, his position is not guaranteed. There are other young political figures – including Zulia state governor Pablo Perez and telegenic former Caracas district mayor Leopoldo Lopez – waiting in the wings.
State elections ahead
Now, Capriles and other leaders of the Democratic Unity coalition must dust themselves off and prepare for state governorship elections in December, when they will hope at least to increase the opposition's influence at the local level.
Chavez's new six-year term begins on Jan. 10.
His latest election win continues a remarkable story that began with his birth on July 28, 1954 in a mud hut belonging to his grandmother in the rural village of Sabaneta.
He joined the army and spent years plotting before a failed coup in 1992 against President Carlos Andres Perez.
On his way into jail, wearing a red military beret that was to become his trademark, Chavez gave a two-minute televised speech admitting that his revolution had failed "for now." The speech electrified the nation and launched his political career.
Pardoned in 1994, Chavez began crisscrossing the country sharing his vision and eventually shocking the political elite by sweeping to victory at the ballot box in 1998.
With private media and business leaders opposed to his rule, Chavez was briefly toppled by army dissidents and street protests in 2002 – but returned two days later thanks to military loyalists and popular counter-demonstrations.
He also survived an economically crippling oil strike.
Chavez's win will probably mean more foreign investment from politically allied countries such as China, Russia, Iran and Belarus, while Western investors are more cautious. Relations with Washington are also likely to remain on edge, though Venezuelan oil has continued to flow to the United States over the years despite the diplomatic tension.
Wall Street had been hoping for a Capriles win, so prices of Venezuelan bonds – among the most actively-traded emerging market debt – are likely to dip on Chavez's triumph.
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The Northeast Conference announced senior Madison Vestergaard as Diver of the Week today for her performance against Wagner on January 28th. Vestergaard has earned Diver of the Week honors a jaw-dropping five times this season and 11 times in her Blue Devil career.
Vestergaard swept the competition on the boards this past weekend against Wagner as she earned first place in both the 1m and 3m events, scoring a season best 239.92 in the 1m diving and 230.62 in the 3m diving. This marks the second meet this season that Vestergaard has swept both diving events and the fifth time she has been honored as NEC Diver of the Week.


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I will start with the good part. I bought a WASR from Bo. I got a great deal, $650 which is about pre-panic price. He shipped extremely fast. The rifle arrived exactly as pictured. Now on to the disputable part. I asked if the rifle accepted standard doublestack mags, he replied that it did. Its an older WASR and the magwell had indeed been widened to accept doublestack mags but it was not done properly. It came with one mag and that mag worked fine but not one of the 22 other mags I have would fit in the rifle. Upon closer inspection I noticed that the magwell was out of spec and that the mag he shipped with the rifle had been filed in a couple different places so that it would fit the out of spec magwell. I will post a pic at the end. The mag latch area was too small and that was one area where the mag had been filed so that it would seat properly. Each corner of the magwell needed filed and two nubs at the rear of the magwell needed filed off and the mag latch area also needed filed so that regular non filed mags would fit. I DID NOT ASK FOR A REFUND although Im sure some of you would have. I have a lot of experience with older WASR's and other AK variants and I knew what needed to be done and I knew that it was within my means to do so. A few hours with a micro file later, I had the working rifle that I paid for. Im not trying to give Bo a bad rep here. He may not have known that the rifle had this issue. I got the impression that it had not been used in a very long time. Although when I questioned him about it, he did say that he had other mags that worked fine. Im just stating the facts here. I am now happy with the rifle. I bought it as a project gun and Im not really complaining, but Im putting this transaction out there so that you can judge for yourself if you want to buy something from Bo.
The filed mag is on the right in both pictures. I did not think to get a pic of the magwell before I started filing. I wasnt thinking about writing a review at the time.
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#1 Lawmakers announce initiative to increase diversity on Capitol Hill
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So the majority party........the one that always says it approves of affirmative action, is for the little guy, and accuses everyone else of being "racist" has to have an initiative to get politicians to employ staffers that are minorities.
Sounds like hypocrisy to me.
They're good enough when they want their votes, and they are good enough when they want to lie and say that Republicans are racist, but they are not good enough to work for them without an affirmative action like policy put in place.
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Lawmakers announce initiative to increase diversity on Capitol Hill
Lawmakers announce initiative to increase diversity on Capitol Hill
By Dawn Lim email@example.com April 16, 2010
Lawmakers have launched an initiative to increase diversity among House staff after a recent report spotlighted the lack of minorities working on Capitol Hill.
The plan, announced on Tuesday by Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and House Administration Committee Chairman Rep. Robert Brady, D-Pa., will require House officers and legislative agencies to report on minority participation and submit plans on how to boost diversity at all staff levels.
The committee, which oversees daily operations in the House, will work with an advisory council made up of the congressional Asian Pacific American, Black, and Hispanic caucuses, to boost training and build job and resume banks for candidates of color. (So whites are being discriminated against and left out of this "advisory council". Where's the diversity in that?)
A diverse pool of talent in the House would bring "innovative solutions to our complex national challenges," Pelosi said in a statement.
The move by House leaders follows longtime efforts by the federal government to boost diversity rates, particularly at senior levels of the executive branch. Those efforts have produced mixed results.
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If the fashion police in Condé Nast Traveler's Style Department were to peek inside my luggage, they would have me arrested. They'd find few if any designer labels or logos–only inconspicuous clothing that helps me blend in at my destination; if drab is what the locals wear, it's what I wear. They'd find no expensive jewelry or watches that could turn me into a target of petty thieves or customs officials. They'd spot few primary colors or patterned fabrics; most of my travel clothing is solid black, khaki, or white, so I can mix and match and thus pack light and avoid checking luggage.
You can't be a slave to the fashionistas when you're a slave to the overhead storage bin. No way will I pay a fee to check baggage, or let a weighty carry-on slow me down. That's why the closest I'll ever get to a gorgeous leather duffel with gold buckles is the Gucci catalog. The style police will just have to cite me for the water-resistant ballistic nylon that covers my unchic and well-worn carry-on wheelie and my even more unchic combination pocketbook/laptop case/camera bag. As for what's inside the wheelie, forget bulky toiletry kits, designer jewelry cases, or padded lingerie pouches. Ziplocs are this girl's best friend. You'll find a bunch of these weightless, bulk-less, transparent, zip-top bags in my wheelie, holding everything from toiletries to extension cords to camera batteries. And, instead of some fancy garment holder, you'll find my business clothing and formalwear encased in plastic dry cleaner bags–the best wrinkle preventers I know.
My system may not be stylish, but it has stood the test of hundreds of thousands of air miles. Not only can I fit all my casual outdoor clothing, dress-up attire, and considerable electronic gear into one wheelie and one laptop bag, but I can find anything at a moment's notice and nothing gets wrinkled. For those of you who value utility over fashion, here is the unvarnished truth about what my wheelie looks like when you open it . . . and how yours can look that way too.
1. Use a carry-on with few structured compartments or other doodads.
I'm all for manifold zippered pockets in a laptop bag, but I've found them–along with internal straps, sleeves, hangers, and other organizers–to be a drawback in a wheelie. Wide-open space lets you squeeze more in and weighs less. My 22-inch Travelpro Rollaboard–which I have been forced to check only rarely, on certain flights between or within foreign countries–has external expandable zippered compartments, and that's about it. In those outside pockets I place garments that I will need easy access to in transit–typically my jacket, sweater (for warmth on the plane), and pashmina shawl (which doubles as an airplane blanket)–and that I can throw on, should the bulging pocket ever cause the carry-on to exceed the allowed dimensions (not all airports, airlines, security stations, and gates use the same size restrictions or enforce them consistently).
2. Think of the zip-top bag as the Swiss Army Knife of your packing system.
All of the stuff that other travelers place in the aforementioned internal compartments, I place in Ziploc bags. One holds my liquids, gels, and creams in containers of three ounces or less. Another holds dry toiletries, another my makeup, another electronic accessories (cables, chargers, anything I don't need at my fingertips in my handbag). I carry a couple of spare Ziplocs for use during the trip–say, for holding a wet bathing suit. If I've made purchases and need to free up space in the wheelie, I'll roll up some wrinkle-free clothing (e.g., a wool sweater), stick it in a gallon-size Ziploc, squeeze out every bit of air, and–like magic–the sweater's size is halved. I even fill a sandwich-size Ziploc with stuff I may need during the flight (eyedrops, nasal spray, hand cream, lip balm, earplugs, eye mask, vitamin C–my version of a business-class amenities kit) and place it inside the Ziploc that holds my three-ounce liquids, then remove it post-security and place it in my handbag for the flight. When I'm not on the road, the Ziplocs holding my travel-size toiletries sit at home in the closet. I never empty them; I just save them for the next trip.
**3. Stick to neutral colors, and limit patterns as much as possible. **
The inside of your luggage should not look like a Jackson Pollock painting. I pack a lot of black (partly because you can't tell if it's dirty) and then add color or pattern in the form of an accessory such as a scarf or shawl–a snazzy silk one in warm weather, a pashmina in cold. I'll keep it in my handbag and use it as needed throughout the day, depending on whether I'm in a poor area (in which case I take it off) or checking into a hotel (in which case I put it on). I can wear it on my head if it starts to rain or if I'm entering a mosque in the Middle East or a Catholic church in Ireland.
4. Pack old garments that you've been meaning to replace.
I often pack clothes that I was about to throw out, then discard them (or give them to the needy) mid-trip, freeing up space for clothing I buy locally.
**5. Go light on items you plan to shop for during your trip. **
Whatever you hope to acquire–a hat in Panama, ski socks in Austria–don't bring them from home. The advantages of buying clothing during a trip are many: You gain insight into the destination when you shop like a local, you show respect for the culture and help sustain it when you buy and wear local garb, you can usually get inexpensive and comfortable outfits suited to the weather, and bargaining is made easier, since merchants will see your attire and assume you know what the price should be.
6. Pack toiletries that are not only travel-size but also multi-purpose.
No need to carry little bottles of liquid detergent because you can buy tiny biodegradable soap sheets for doing laundry in the sink. You can also cut down on other liquids by packing moisturizer with SPF in it and travel-size packs of Neutrogena makeup-remover pads. My husband even uses the lather from Pert shampoo-plus-conditioner as his shaving cream. As for solids, I place non-prescription pills into one small container, consolidating a few Tylenol, Motrin, Sudafed, Imodium, vitamins, and anything else I need. Always leave prescription pills in their original bottles, though, in case the authorities question you about their provenance.
**7. Remember to save those plastic bags from the dry cleaner. **
Garments come back from the cleaners on wire hangers, covered in plastic, and that's how they should go into your luggage, as long as each item is encased in its own plastic. (Wrinkles are caused when certain fabrics rub up against other fabrics; plastic significantly reduces that friction, as does tissue paper, which is why sticking tissue in the sleeves of folded garments also helps prevent wrinkles.) Hold all the hangers in one hand, then fold the layers two or three times, so that they lie flat atop everything else in your wheelie. (As the trip progresses and your garments get worn and no longer need to be kept wrinkle-free, throw out the hangers.) As for dress shirts, men should leave them in their dry-cleaning packaging (cardboard in the collar and all).
8. Wear your heaviest or bulkiest shoes to the airport so you needn't pack them.
I usually wear my sturdy, super-comfortable walking shoes to the airport and pack no more than two pairs of footwear: either sneakers or sandals (depending on the trip) and a dressy pair. I stuff the packed shoes with socks or underwear and place them inside plastic grocery bags (they're cheaper than shoe bags and won't wrinkle fabrics they touch).
9. Fold clothing so as to avoid creases.
At the bottom of my wheelie, below the layer of Ziploc bags and shoes, sit my casual clothes. To keep these from creasing, fold them in overlapping layers so that they cushion each other. For instance, lay the top half of a pair of pants along the bottom of the wheelie, with the bottom half draped over one side. Place the upper half of a sweater on top. Top with a pile of T-shirts. Then fold the bottom of the pants over the pile. Then fold the bottom of the sweater over the pants. Voilà: no creases. Whenever you're forced to fold a suit jacket or blazer–say, to stuff into the overhead bin–minimize wrinkles by turning it inside out first. Hold the jacket facing you, then turn the collar and lapel away from you and put your hands inside the shoulders. Turn the left shoulder inside out. Tuck the right shoulder inside the left. The lining should be facing out on both sides of the jacket. Fold it in half and place it at the top of your bag or slide it into the overhead bin above your wheelie.
10. On any vacation, you're likely to get wet, so take the right outerwear.
Far preferable to a wool coat is a thin, hooded Gore-Tex jacket. It's waterproof, wrinkle-resistant, breathable, and great for a range of temperatures. It has multiple internal zippered pockets where you can put your wallet, passport, and other valuables, so that no pickpocket can get to them (making a neck pouch or fanny pack unnecessary–for which the style police will thank me). It also means you needn't carry an umbrella, and it fits in your wheelie's outside pocket.
11. Carry two or three accessories that instantly dress you up and send a signal to airport and hotel employees that you're a professional.
Gone are the days when you could finagle an airline upgrade by wearing a suit, but looking like a serious business traveler still pays off in any number of airport situations, and it can certainly get you upgraded at a hotel. I achieve this effect by wearing three items that weigh virtually nothing and take up no space: elegant pearl earrings, a matching necklace, and the aforementioned silk scarf. For my husband, the equivalent items are a Rolex, Mephisto shoes, and a Montblanc pen clipped to his shirt pocket.
12. Pack a thin, lightweight duffel bag.
I always pack a LeSportsac nylon duffel in case I accumulate so many purchases that they can't all fit in my wheelie. In that case, for the flight home, the duffel becomes my carry-on and I check the sturdier wheelie.
**13. Remember that the best status symbols of all are tiny and plastic. **
I won't leave home without my frequent-flier elite-status card, my hotel frequent-guest cards, and my fancy credit card that gives me airport lounge club membership and priority at check-in, in the security line, and at boarding. These cards do me more good in transit, I've found, than any designer ensemble I might wear. My credit card, a Continental Presidential Plus MasterCard, also waives checked-baggage fees on Continental flights for my whole family (up to two bags per person) when we travel together and have no choice but to check bags. Other airline-branded credit cards that let the cardholder and his or her companions check bags for free (one bag per person) on those carriers are the Continental OnePass Plus MasterCard and the Gold, Platinum, and Reserve Delta SkyMiles American Express cards. A family of four can save $200 per trip this way.
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text: Walker's paradise Ireland has always been a nation of walkers, which means the trails are always fresh and clearly waymarked, and yet – apart from the most famous spots such as Glendalough or the Giant's Causeway – you'll have them almost to yourself, as there are so many trails to choose from. For walkers, Ireland can't be beaten. It's a small island, sure, but the variety of landscape is dizzying. Mountains, bogs, forests, rivers, beaches and historic towns are all within easy reach, which means that the walker can wake up in the morning, check the weather and decide over breakfast what sort of walk to do. Planning your trip Are you in a group or travelling alone? Day walking from a base? Tackling a long-distance route? Tour operators and hotels will arrange to transport your luggage between your night stops for a long-distance walk. If you enjoy company, try to take in a walking festival. They're held all over the island during the summer and last two to three days. They offer guided walks to suit all abilities and mix visitors with locals, before ending the day with traditional music and celebrations. Choosing your walk Ireland offers walking for every taste and fitness level, with linear or looped/circular walks. Families wanting a stroll could try a historic town trail, a sandy beach (Benone Strand, County Derry-Londonderry, and the Connemara coast are sensational), the lakes of Fermanagh, a river stroll in Kilkenny or a nature trail through unspoiled bogland. For fitter types, Croagh Patrick and Slieve Donard offer a strenuous climb that would fill a day; the Sugar Loaf in Wicklow takes two hours or so, but with a scramble to the top. For real enthusiasts there are also long-distance trails/waymarked ways that take days: the Causeway Coast in Antrim, the Sheep's Head in Cork, the Mourne Way in County Down, and the Wicklow Way – although you can easily just do a short chunk of them. Short Walks in Ireland can take anything from 1-5 hours. Medium Walks can be anything from 5-20 miles (8-30 kilometres). On the lengthier end of the scale, Long Distance Walks can range from 20-650 miles (35-1,000 kilometres). Useful links Walking in Northern Ireland Your definitive guide to walking in Northern Ireland, with routes, maps, lengths and recommended fitness level and types. Irish Trails This is your guide to walks across the Republic of Ireland, including type, difficulty, length and format. Coillte Outdoors Coillte looks after over one million acres of land across Ireland so you can enjoy walking, hiking and mountain-biking. Get the right gear The weather in Ireland is changeable but it rarely gets very cold, even in winter. Throughout much of the country the rock is volcanic and craggy with loose pebbles, so for mountains and on long hikes take proper boots – you'll need the grip and support. Trainers are fine for beaches and scrambling on rocks, but are not always waterproof enough for bog trails or ancient ruins, where the approach sometimes goes through long, wet grass. As for maps, the trails are so well marked you probably won't need one for a looped/circular day walk. What to eat Cafés are in every town and village, but rare on country walks; buy a bottle of water and make or buy a sandwich before you set out. Supermarkets or newsagents in small towns often have a deli counter where they'll make them to order. And when you return from a day in the fresh air, looking forward to a good dinner and a pint, remember – the evening is only just beginning! Discover more great Ireland walks The Gobbins cliff pathErected over 100 years ago, the stunning Gobbins path wraps its way around the County Antrim cliffs. Dublin: 5 walks outside the cityThere's a walk to suit everyone in Dublin's surrounding landscapes, from lush mountains to coastal paths. Top 25 day walks in IrelandCollected by walker and journalist Christopher Somerville, this is his collection of 25 day walks in Ireland.


text: Since 1991, Durner has worked as a research zoologist with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Alaska Science Center tracking and studying polar bears. Polar bears are the largest of the living bear species, with a range spanning Alaska, Canada, Greenland, Norway and Russia. In recent years, climate change, pollution, development and over-harvest have taken their toll on wild populations. Polar bears spend a good portion of their life traversing sea ice to hunt. But a warming climate is melting that critical ice at an alarming rate, forcing polar bears ashore and cutting their hunting season short. In 2008, polar bears were listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act—largely in part to Durner's research. Durner and a team of USGS scientists are part of a polar bear research program, working to identify how the changing ecosystem has impacted polar bears in the Arctic. Their focus is on understanding how the bears' habits will change in response to declining sea ice. To learn more about Durner's work with the Alaska Science Center's polar bear research program, click here. Tags: scientist-spotlight, george-durner, polar-bear, climate-change, arctic, argos, wildlife-tracking, international-conference-on-argos-wildlife-applications Categories: Conservation Previous Post Next Post


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Mass deaths in bee colonies may mean disaster for farmers–and your favorite foods
You can thank the Apis mellifera, better known as the Western honeybee, for 1 in every 3 mouthfuls you'll eat today. Honeybees — which pollinate crops like apples, blueberries and cucumbers — are the "glue that holds our agricultural system together," as the journalist Hannah Nordhaus put it in her 2011 book The Beekeeper's Lament. But that glue is failing. Bee hives are dying off or disappearing thanks to a still-unsolved malady called colony collapse disorder (CCD), so much so that commercial beekeepers are being pushed out of the business.
So what's killing the honeybees? Pesticides — including a new class called neonicotinoids — seem to be harming bees even at what should be safe levels. Biological threats like the Varroa mite are killing off colonies directly and spreading deadly diseases. As our farms become monocultures of commodity crops like wheat and corn — plants that provide little pollen for foraging bees — honeybees are literally starving to death. If we don't do something, there may not be enough honeybees to meet the pollination demands for valuable crops. But more than that, in a world where up to 100,000 species go extinct each year, the vanishing honeybee could be the herald of a permanently diminished planet.


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The 100 Moments of TSU Athletics presented by Taco Bell® series opens with one of Tennessee State's greatest athletes. Ralph Boston (1958-61) is best known for his success in the long jump in the 1960s.
As a student-athlete at TSU, Boston carried on the legacy of TSU track & field. From 1960 to 1967, Boston ranked number one in the world in the long jump.
During his career, the Laurel, Miss. native won recognition as a World Athlete of the Year and as the North American Athlete of the Year.
As a student at Tennessee State, Boston won the 1960 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) title in the long jump.
Later that year, Boston gained national acclaim when he broke the last of Jesse Owens' world records in the long jump - a record that stood for 25 years. With a long jump of 26-11 ¼, Boston transcended into track stardom.
Over the next five years, Boston would go on to break the record five times. He also qualified for the Summer Olympics in Rome, where he captured the gold medal in the long jump.
Between the Olympic Games, Boston won four Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) national championships in the long jump (1961, 1962, 1963 and 1964). In 1963, he held the longest triple jump mark for an American.
At the age of 29, Boston won a bronze medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. Shortly after the games, Boston retired.
But Boston's athletic accomplishments were just beginning. His corporate and civic success rivals that of his athletic glory. After retiring from athletic competition in 1968, Boston graduated from Tennessee State University. Later, he completed his master's degree from the University of Tennessee.
Boston served as a consultant to the U.S. Olympic team and as a sportscaster for ESPN before becoming a general partner of a Knoxville, Tenn., television station. Boston has also worked as the Director of Customer Relations for Ericsson, Inc.
In 1985, Boston received the NCAA Silver Anniversary Award for college athletes who have gone on to become successful in other areas.
He has been enshrined into six Hall of Fames: the U.S. Track and Field Hall of Fame, the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame, the National Black College Alumni Hall of Fame, the Helms Hall of Fame in Los Angeles, the Mississippi's Sports Hall of Fame and the Tennessee State University Athletics Hall of Fame. The TSU Wellness Center is also bears Boston's name.
Boston still regularly visits TSU, including a recent stop in the spring of 2012. Boston is just one of two TSU male athletes to win a gold medal at any Olympic competition. In 2004, TSU alum and Paralympian Ryan Fann became the second male with his victory in the 4x400m relay.
Watch the 3:00 mark of this video for highlights of Ralph Boston:
The 100 Moments of TSU Athletics presented by Taco Bell® highlights some of the greatest moments in honor of Tennessee State's centennial celebration. A new moment will be released each weekday for a total of 100. These moments were chosen by the TSU 100 Moments committee, which consists of alums from various departments. TSU has so many great moments, not all can be represented in these 100.
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Who knew when I was attending the old Mainland Junior High School on Bay Street that one day I would earn a living by writing?
I sent my junior high school English teacher a birthday card for today, her 100th birthday.
I congratulated Mary Elizabeth Bell Teller for reaching such a milestone but also thanked her for giving me such a good foundation in the basics of grammar and punctuation.
Who knew when I was attending the old Mainland Junior High School on Bay Street that one day I would earn a living by writing?
That is just what I've done at The News-Journal for most of the 50 years I've worked here. I started out as a high school student and school reporter in 1963, then got a job as a copykid as it was termed in those days.
My mother liked to brag that she had gotten me a job here by speaking to someone at the newspaper who she knew through her job at the old Anthony's Delicatessen down the street from the old News-Journal building on Orange Avenue.
Sorry mom, but I'd like to think I was able to keep it on my own. From the very first day, I read the reporters' stories as I carried them back to the composing room, making mental notes of the changes the editor had made.
John Gallant and Steve Pappas saw something in me that made them offer a job as an intern reporter to me. It consisted of rewriting press releases and obituaries. And I was happy to do it.
Over the years, they gave me chances again and again. I filled in one day when the police reporter was sick, terrified I might miss a big story. Gradually, I got that job, one that allowed me to meet many fascinating people and form lifelong bonds.
Back in the 1990s, Mike Czeczot thought I had the qualities of metro desk editor, so I reluctantly made the transition from reporter to editor.
Along the way, I started writing a column, "The Beat Goes On," originally planned as an update on stories I had written over the years. Before long, I ventured into writing about my childhood, people who had affected my life or more mundane subjects such as what part of the shirt you iron first.
It was a wonderful outlet for me since I was no longer writing anything but headlines. A friend was surprised how I "put myself out there," admitting to fears and foibles.
I have been heartened by reader reaction, sometimes out in public. Even though some complain the photo that runs with the column is terrible, they still have recognized me when I've worn paint-splattered clothes to the grocery. Still others relate to me by feeling as though I'm a friend, believing it's OK to say my hairstyle resembles George Washington's.
Writing a column is definitely a sideline for me, squeezed in when I'm not doing my regular duties, which involve starting work each day at 7 a.m. to post stories online. That is another way my job has evolved here over the years, learning new applications of getting the news out to the public.
I wouldn't have traded the last 50 years for the world. This newspaper has become my family of sorts.
But I've decided to give up the daily grind of hitting the "off" button on my alarm clock at 5 a.m. to roll out for another day. I hope to "smell the roses," as the old saying goes, doing some traveling, writing and spending time with friends.
When my editor asked if I would be interested in continuing to write my column even after I retire — Friday — I said "yes" without hesitation. It's my way of connecting with you, the reader.
But far more important, it's the feedback I get from readers who let me know they relate to my stories about my mom or my cat, have a friend like Glenda or offer me hairstyle advice.


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The agony of losing control of your gadgets
Have you ever been happily typing along and suddenly had your text disappear? Or you've launched a program you didn't intend? You told your iPhone to be silent for your daughter's play, but when you sat up before her crucial scene, you somehow launched iTunes. I'm gonna pop some tags, only got 20 dollars in my pocket.
I've been looking for a phrase that captures this phenomenon. I think it would give me some sense of control over the moment. At some level these episodes are my fault. If there's a phrase for this phenomenon, that means it's a universal occurrence, a mere malapropism that happens to the best of us.
Also, coming up with a phrase would give me some sense of control, because what's most frustrating about these moments is that they transport you to doom. You spear your hand into your pocket to turn off the iPhone, but in your haste you load the camera app and suddenly you've taken a flash picture of your thigh. Meanwhile the music you were trying to turn off plays a little louder now because the iPhone is no longer cocooned in your pocket. It's like those nightmares where you suddenly find yourself naked onstage at your elementary school assembly. How did I get here? It's not my fault!
Mostly, this happens with my HP Folio 13 laptop. It's a wonderful laptop in every way but one. The mouse trackpad is placed in such a way and is of such mercurial sensitivity that when I type, I sometimes create irretrievable mayhem. If my palm hits the mouse while I continue my typing, I can select all text and make it disappear. Usually you hit Ctrl-Z to bring it back, right? Nope. Since this is an unplanned deletion, I am still typing whatever it was I intended to type. You can't retrace your steps. This has landed me in the middle of obscure Microsoft Word formatting drop-down menus at times. The other day, I was writing a story in the back of a cab and deleted all of it. My hands shot out like I'd been driving and the steering wheel had disappeared. Not even Evernote, which doesn't require you to save your work, could tell me where it had gone. This jazz hands affliction is going to get worse. I'm going to cancel my mortgage payments unknowingly or sign up to volunteer for something. I imagine this is how a lot of people find they've joined Pinterest.
Recently, though, I think I found a story that accurately captures the phenomenon. A fellow named Dom, who lives in London, had his laptop stolen. He told the police, but they couldn't do much. (Though because they are English, they were very nice about it.) Dom had installed software to track the laptop if it were ever stolen, so if the thief ever turned it back on he'd get a notification. But for a month there had been no signal. One day, though, while he sat in his flat in the middle of London, he got a signal.
Dom's laptop was in Iran.
So the next time I mistakenly unregister my kids from camp, I'll be able to tell them, "I was typing and suddenly my laptop was in Iran." They'll miss camp this summer, but at least they'll understand what happened.
Dickerson is Slate's chief political correspondent and author of "On Her Trail." He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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There's no sense denying vinyl's imperfections. First there are the noise issues -- pops, clicks, and rumble -- and they all get a little worse every time you play an LP. Then there are problems with speed stability, off-center pressings, warped records, less than accurate vinyl and phono cartridge frequency response curves, poor stereo separation, and limited dynamic range. That was all true back in 1983, and digital has only improved since then. So why are vinyl sales up year after year since the early 2000s?
Most formats wither and die soon after the replacement format takes over -- VHS and Beta tapes, HD DVD, DVD-A, LaserDisc, cassette tape, MiniDisc, 8-track cartridges, DAT tapes -- new titles are no longer released in those formats. The LP, 30 years after its replacement was introduced, is thriving. Thousands of new titles are released each year; new turntables and phono cartridges are introduced every year.
In every measurable way digital clobbers analog, but with a great turntable like my VPI Classic and my Magnepan 3.7 flat panel speakers, vinyl's shortcomings are surprisingly easy to ignore. They have extraordinary levels of resolution, and LPs sound awfully good at home. Maybe, just maybe, the numbers and measurements are missing something our ears are hearing. Ask someone who grew up listening to CDs and MP3s about why they're now listening to LPs, and they all say the same thing: they enjoy music more on LP. That's why the LP survives: it's the best way to listen to music.
New vinyl may be a niche market, and it's expensive, but LPs are selling in large enough numbers that more and more labels are releasing new music on LP. Then again, you can't download a LP, or get new vinyl for free. Bands who like to see some money coming in from their studio efforts like vinyl, that's for sure.
CDs trounce records by any measurement you can name; but CDs didn't finish off records, and neither did the MP3. Why is that? Respond to the poll at left, and then tell us what you think in the Comments section.


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Vodafone customers break download record after weekend of unmetered data
Vodafone Australia customers consumed a record-breaking amount of data after the telco's announcement that it would not count usage this weekend as a way of saying sorry for an outage that left subscribers unable to make or receive calls for several hours last week.
Between midnight Friday and 3am Monday, Vodafone said its customers consumed 590 terabytes of data nationally – twice as much compared to the weekend before. In layman's terms, consuming 590 terabytes is the equivalent of downloading roughly 98 million songs or streaming 393,333 movies.
Customers in NSW consumed the most data, followed by Victoria, Western Australia, Queensland, South Australia and Tasmania. The busiest time on the company's network was Sunday at 8.30pm AEST, with 4500 gigabytes of data being carried across its network every 15 minutes, Vodafone said.
"It was a record-breaking weekend for data usage," Vodafone chief technology officer Benoit Hanssen said, referring to the amount of data downloaded beating the telco's previous records. "We saw our customers take to the internet like never before using twice the amount of data they normally use."
The gesture to offer unlimited data to Vodafone subscribers followed a day in which outages plagued Optus and Vodafone's mobile networks nationally for several hours on Thursday last week. A part of Telstra's fixed-line ADSL network in Victoria also suffered an outage, as did Facebook later in the day.
Optus said an isolated group of customers were affected and it was contacting those customers directly to "say sorry and give a credit".
Vodafone's outage came about due to a repeater failing on a fibre cable connecting Western Australia to the rest of Australia which, when fixing, overloaded its national network. Optus' outage was due to a number of mobile identifiers – IMEI numbers – accidentally becoming blocked.
Any fears that Vodafone's network would not cope given past network issues were mostly disproven by its unlimited data offer, with no known widespread issues reported. Some customers did complain of congestion though on broadband forum Whirlpool, its Facebook page, and on social networking website Twitter, but appeared to be in the minority.
Customers who made the most of it – and there were many – were able to use Vodafone's exceptionally fast 4G network, which speed tests showed was the fastest for download speeds on average in Sydney and Melbourne.
"We were confident that our network would offer solid download speeds even with much higher than usual data usage," Mr Hanssen said.
"This is primarily due to our [radio frequency] spectrum holdings and the way we've built our 4G network, which has been designed especially for mobile data services. Put simply, our 'fat' network pipes ensure our 4G 1800MHz spectrum band can be fully utilised to give our customers an optimal data experience."


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Judging from the 10-year Treasury's yield spike to a two-month high of 1.93% on Monday, fixed-income investors are running for the exits as they prepare for the Federal Reserve to cut back on its quantitative easing program.
But is it really time to start worrying that the Fed has changed its mind about stimulating the U.S. economy and will soon start to end QE and raise rates?
Yes, said The Wall Street Journal on Saturday in an article reporting that the Fed has mapped out a strategy for exiting its $85 billion per month bond-buying program.
"Officials say they plan to reduce the amount of bonds they buy in careful and potentially halting steps, varying their purchases as their confidence about the job market and inflation evolves," the Journal reported.
But then, the report went on to admit that "the timing on when to start is still being debated," and the Fed may actually boost its bond buying before it starts dialing down purchases of Treasuries and mortgage-backed securities. In other words, market fears are based more on uncertainty than any actual Fed reduction of its QE program.
So what about the big bond shops like PIMCO and Loomis Sayles? Are they ready to flee fixed income?
Well, no, not just yet. Indeed, the views of PIMCO and Loomis Sayles fixed-income experts suggest that any investor's exit from the bond market can certainly be an orderly one—if it happens at all. That said, the generous returns of recent years are highly unlikely and duration risk is a key theme.
'PIMCO's Advice Is to Continue to Participate in an Obviously Central-Bank-Generated Bubble'
"A bond and equity investor can choose to play with historically high risk to principal or quit the game and earn nothing," writes PIMCO founder and managing director Bill Gross (left) in his investment outlook for May, "There Will Be Haircuts." "PIMCO's advice is to continue to participate in an obviously central-bank-generated bubble but to gradually reduce risk positions in 2013 and perhaps beyond."
Comparing central banks and policymakers to barbers, Gross writes that they "haircut" investments, using negative real interest rates, inflation, currency devaluation, capital controls and outright default as their barber's scissors.
"The Treasury's average cost of money is steadily grinding lower than 2%. If current policies continue to be enforced in future years it will eventually be less than 1% because of the inclusion of T-bill and short maturity financing," Gross says.
"The government's gain, however, is the saver's loss. Investors are being haircutted by at least 200 basis points judged by historical standards, which in the past offered no QE and priced fed funds close to the level of inflation. Large holders of U.S. government bonds, including China and Japan, will be repaid, but in the interim they will be implicitly defaulted on or haircutted via negative real interest rates."
Gross' advice to investors is to gradually reduce duration, risk positions and carry as the year proceeds.
Loomis: 'We Expect the 10-Year Treasury Yield to Remain Below 3%'
Meanwhile, Loomis Sayles Macro Strategies Vice President Rick Harrell uses the metaphor of global climate change in presenting three potential scenarios—"Glacial Period," "Global Warming" and "Overheating"—to illustrate how the 10-year Treasury yield might evolve over the next five years and beyond.
Harrell predicts in "Climate Change and the Long-Term View on Yields," released Monday, that "deflationary ice conditions" will keep interest rates depressed until 2016. Fiscal policy will be tight, he says, acting as a drag on growth and tempering reflationary fires, and slow profit growth will lumber along with subpar global demand, particularly from Europe.
"U.S. economic growth should continue to average about 2% for another one to two years, and we think unemployment will decline slowly," Harrell writes. "We expect the 10-year Treasury yield to remain below 3%."
As for the Fed, it will continue its loose monetary policy even as conditions improve, he believes.
"We think the Fed will be on hold until 2016. Moreover, open-ended quantitative easing by major central banks, including the Bank of England and Bank of Japan, should weigh on longer-term rates globally," Harrell writes, adding that overheating in the bond market is unlikely to happen until 2018 at the earliest.
"Following a 30-year secular downtrend in Treasury yields and recent months at historic lows, it is no surprise that many investors are concerned about rising interest rates," he says. "After a three-decade bull market in government bonds, we are unlikely to see the same generous returns from this asset class in the future; however, this by no means signals the beginning of a secular bear market."
Read Low Interest Rates Wallop Retirees: EBRI at AdvisorOne.


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The Kawasaki rider from Murcia will defend her world title in 2019 with a new structure created just for Ana.
The executives of Provec, the brothers Guim Roda and Biel Roda plus Alvar Garriga, along with the racing support staff of Kawasaki Motors Europe, have developed a programme made to measure for the Spanish rider for the WorldSSP300 Championship. The aim is to keep making history with the 2018 World Champion and offer the best support and technical structure possible.
In a category that is becoming more and more competitive, 2019 will be more difficult than 2018, but the intention of the project is to have Ana fighting for the podium in every race.
Ana Carrasco: "In first place, I am very pleased to continue being a Kawasaki rider and to carry on astride the Ninja 400, I'd like to sincerely thank all the work performed by the DS Junior Team in 2018, with which we were champions. In spite of all the Public Relations activities of these last months after becoming world champion, my priority has always been to find the best technical resources in order to face the 2019 season, I'll be wearing the No. 1 and that means that the pressure will be extremely high, we'll see if we are capable of being at the highest level again."
Guim Roda: "Last year's result was spectacular, and after the tenacity and determination of Ana, we were left with no choice but to set up a project tailored for Ana and help her be a world reference and an example for all women who follow the goal of "yes I can". We found ourselves morally obligated to set up this project, and there's a very high responsibility weighing down on us to repeat last year's results and we are going to build up a team of people around Ana that will help us achieve that objective.
To start off, she's coming to live in Barcelona as of January 8, where she will start a personal training programme in the Car of Sant Cugat, She'll also combine together with the physical training, dirt-track, flat track and motocross tests in Rocco's Camp, Montmeló and continue her second year law studies at UCAM.
The idea is to launch Ana into her next orbit and professionalise further where needed the achievement of last year; let's see how far we can go."


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Wednesday, June 29, 2016
"Waiting On" Wednesday: Leave Me
"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted here, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.
This week's pre-publication "can't-wait-to-read" selection is:
Leave Me
By Gayle Forman
Publication Date: September 6
From Amazon:
Every woman who has ever fantasized about driving past her exit on the highway instead of going home to make dinner, and every woman who has ever dreamed of boarding a train to a place where no one needs constant attention--meet Maribeth Klein. A harried working mother who's so busy taking care of her husband and twins, she doesn't even realize she's had a heart attack.
Surprised to discover that her recuperation seems to be an imposition on those who rely on her, Maribeth does the unthinkable: she packs a bag and leaves. But, as is often the case, once we get where we're going we see our lives from a different perspective. Far from the demands of family and career and with the help of liberating new friendships, Maribeth is able to own up to secrets she has been keeping from herself and those she loves.
What's your "waiting on" pick this week?
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16 comments:
- Ruzaika @ Wordy & Whimsical said...
Whoa- doing what Maribeth did takes serious guts, but I'd love to do just that. Won't we all? Great pick, Jill! Thanks for sharing :))
This week I'm waiting on a terrible hyped book that sounds absolutely amazing! Check it out here
- June 29, 2016 at 4:18 AM
- Christina T said...
I've got this on my TBR list too. Nice pick!
- June 29, 2016 at 5:20 AM
- Baldwin said...
Wow! Something tells me that this book will be controversial.
- June 29, 2016 at 7:13 AM
- Angel Erin's Book Obsession said...
Fantastic pick! I want to read this one.
- June 29, 2016 at 8:21 AM
- Reading With Erin said...
I've heard so much about this one. I think I need to read gayle Formans other work first though. Thank you for the recommendation, and I hope you love it.
- June 29, 2016 at 9:02 AM
- Jacque said...
Great pick! I still need to read some of Gayle's other books, but this sounds like a good read as well. Thanks for sharing! I'm adding it to my TBR list. I hope you enjoy it!
My WoW: http://jacquesbooknook.blogspot.com/2016/06/waiting-on-wednesday-witchs-pyre-by.html
- June 29, 2016 at 9:42 AM
- Kim Griffin said...
I'm looking forward to this one too! Great pick!
- June 29, 2016 at 9:48 AM
- Lisa Mandina said...
I am a fan of Gayle Forman! Great pick.
- June 29, 2016 at 12:22 PM
- Ronyell (a.k.a. Rabbitearsblog) said...
I need to check out some of Gayle Forman's works!
- June 29, 2016 at 3:33 PM
- Sandra @ Waiting For Wentworth said...
I haven't read any of Gayle's 'adult' books. I don't know if this one really interests me, but I hope you enjoy it.
- June 29, 2016 at 4:57 PM
- vvb32 reads said...
Curious to see how this one ends.
- June 29, 2016 at 5:22 PM
- Unknown said...
This one's on my TBR list. Looks good. Happy Reading!
- June 29, 2016 at 5:37 PM
- Maria said...
This sounds interesting - and yeah who hasn't dreamed of not going home and having to deal with our personal issues?....lol
- June 29, 2016 at 7:41 PM
- Dee said...
def. intrigued by the description - I know Gayle Forman typically writes YA or New Adult...so is this her first venture into adult fiction? I'll admit to having both the cover catch my eye, as well as the description
- June 29, 2016 at 8:22 PM
- Leeanna said...
That sounds interesting, hope you enjoy!
- June 29, 2016 at 8:45 PM
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Not much time today to scrap, but I was able to finish several pages last night while waiting for McKelle to get home from JV Champs.
Saturday, May 07, 2011
Happy National Scrapbook Day!!
Not much time today to scrap, but I was able to finish several pages last night while waiting for McKelle to get home from JV Champs.
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Tuesday, May 03, 2011
A funny thing happened on the way to the Prom...
Otherwise known as the comedy of errors leading up to the Prom dinner which I hosted for Matthew's last high school dance (sniff.) Luckily, the dinner itself went off without a hitch and a good time was had by all (or so I'm told.)
It started out with a busy Saturday - a baseball game for Max, a Driver's Ed drive for Matthew, a Relief Society meeting (which I never made it to but did manage to drop McKelle off as she was playing her flute with a YW group) - and of course, the aforementioned Prom dinner. Four couples, Italian themed menu concocted by Matthew and Julia.
My sage, chocolate & turquoise dishes didn't really fit the Italian theme and I didn't have enough white Corel, so I stopped by Macys after dropping off McKelle and Matthew, gift card and coupons in hand. I found place settings for two, for six...nothing for eight. Then the gentleman at the register pointed out some pretty square white place settings for four and even better, they were buy one get one free. My gift card covered almost the entire purchase price and I went happily on my way, thinking I had gotten a fabulous deal.
Matthew and I stopped at Safeway to pick up the dinner ingredients, picked up McKelle and headed home. As I started setting the table, I realized the first thing to go wrong of many that day. The lovely place settings? Not a setting for four as I had been advised (and yes, absolutely my fault for not slowing down to read the box better) but a four piece place setting for one! No time to go back downtown, so I headed over to Walmart to pick up enough Corel to set my table (several plates were dropped by a certain 12 year old as he unloaded the dishwasher recently, ahem...)
I found what I needed and headed toward the checkout in record time...and just then the lights went out. Literally. After a couple of minutes of glancing around, trying to figure out what was going on, a Walmart associate announced over the loudspeaker that all customers should exit the building. I desperately asked a clerk standing near me if there was any way I could make my purchase, but power was out for the registers and in fact, for the whole area. I sat in my car and waited for about 20 minutes, hoping power would be restored, but finally drove to Shopko and found what I needed.
Back at home again, Matthew and I started the dinner preparations. Their appetizer choice was a caprese salad and we had picked up fresh mozzarella, tomatoes and basil earlier that morning. As Matthew laid out the alternating slices, he snitched a piece of the mozzarella...and made a face. I tasted it and realized our cheese was definitely NOT fresh. I had no idea if Walmart was open again (it's just 5 minutes from our house) and at that point, definitely no time to run to town. Luckily, I had a little bit of block mozza in the fridge, so we used that instead.
While Matthew finished up the caprese, I started the homemade pesto sauce for the tortellini. I was disappointed that many of the inner leaves of the just purchased basil were already turning black - obviously not a good day at the grocery store. As I was sorting through the good leaves and the bad, I got another surprise - a giant green caterpillar/wormy thing - alive and wriggling amongst the basil leaves! Aargh! What else??
Just before all the teens arrived at 6, I was sitting on the dining room floor, trying to fold my (non-square!) napkins into a fancy fold and the final straw - a gigantic, gushing, Wegener's sized nose bleed, all over the white carpet. It was one time when I was glad they were all a little late as I pinched my nose with a giant wad of paper towel in one hand and scrubbed the floor with Oxy Clean with the other.
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Friday, April 29, 2011
Last Day of KP sketch class
What can I say? I'm behind in the class so I'm catching up starting at the end. It's been a busy couple of weeks with Easter, my second infusion (which went great - nothing serious to note other than fatigue) and family in town for a lovely dinner, visit, Easter Egg hunt and rousing games of Ultimate Frisbee and Can Jam.
When the sketch arrived in my in-box this morning, I knew exactly what photo I was going to use. In fact, all the elements were laying out on my table. The whole page came together in under 10 minutes!
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Monday, April 25, 2011
Right now...
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Friday, April 22, 2011
Five on Friday
Busy day ahead - we're hosting the cousins and grandparents tomorrow for an Easter Egg hunt and dinner, so I'll just leave you with five of my favorite recent photos. I'll be back next week with more tips for time saving scrapping.
Posted by ArlaMo at 6:28 AM 12 comments
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Save time - use one line
Tip #3 is to save time by using one line of product. The manufacturer has already gone to all the trouble of making sure all the elements look good together - paper, brads, alphas, stickers, ribbons, etc. All of it is already coordinated so you don't have to spend the time looking through your stash for the perfect color of blue alpha to match your patterned paper or just the right ribbon that works well with your stickers.
Some manufacturers' individual lines also work really well together so just staying with one company's products can also be a time saver. Studio Calico, Jillibean Soup, Lily Bee and Sassafrass are some that flow nicely from line to line.
Posted by ArlaMo at 8:18 AM 4 comments
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Tip Two for the Time-Crunched
It's always nice to have a folder or file full of inspiration from others, but hey, YOU are a great designer, too. Tip #2 - Lift yourself!
If you've made a page you love, there is no reason you can't repeat that design again. And again! Your children and grandchildren are not going to look at your albums 50 years from now and say "hey, mom (or grandma) made three pages with the exact same design. What was she thinking?" So go ahead, save time by copying yourself.
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