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Friday, April 26, 2013 - Terry and Ivo - Screen Test - FULL CONTACT
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We brought newcomer Ivo Husak in for a screentest and paired him with another newbie, Terry Torson. Terry has a little chat with Ivo about what is going to happen and then starts to kiss him. He moves down and kisses Ivo's nipples as well, running a hand all over him. Then Ivo does the same for Terry. Ivo's cock is nice and hard as Terry pulls it out of the underwear. Terry removes Ivo's underwear and wanks himself as he begins to suck on that hard cock. He loses his own underwear and wraps his lips tight around Ivo's cock as he sucks. His mouth slides up and down on that cock as he wanks himself. Then Terry kneels on the bed and feeds his cock into Ivo's hot mouth. Ivo shows that he can suck good too. He wanks his own stiff dick as he suck that cock. Then Terry has Ivo lay down and pull his legs up, to expose his ass. Terry's tongue gets to work on that hot hole. Then a finger works into the hole and begins to open it up, getting it ready for cock. Terry lays on the bed and Ivo climbs on and sits right down on that rock hard dick. He rides up and down on it a while, then Terry starts fucking that hot hole. Chaning to doggy position Terry slams his throbbing cock deep into that ass and fucks as hard as he can. His cock really works that hole good until he is ready to blow. Moving up to Ivo's face Terry shoots his cum, over the face and chest as Ivo catches some on his tongue. He then sucks on the spent dick to end a very good screentest.
Radek Kozel is aged 26 and lives in Brno. He works as a sales assistant and in his spare time he enjoys going to the gym. What a great looking guy Radek is, and after his interview he lays back on the bed. A helping hand arrives and drips oil all over Radek's chest. Then he begins to rub the oil in, moving down to do the legs as well. Next the hands start to rub Radek's crotch. A leg of his shorts is pulled aside, allowing his big, semi-hard cock to escape. Then his balls are freed as well. The hands take Radek's shorts off and then use more oil on the cock and balls. Taking hold of the cock a hand wanks it, getting it rock hard. That cock is big and fat and responds very well under the hands touch. Moving Radek's legs exposes his ass and it gets oiled as well. The hands rub all over that ass as Radek wanks himself. A finger slips into his tight ass hole as he continues to wank. Then dropping his legs Radek builds up to his cumshot, shooting that juice over his body. He goes off to the shower to clean himself up after a very nice shoot.
Brano Kros is aged 18 and lives in Ostrava. He is a cook who enjoys sports, football and fitness. What a very good looking guy Branson is. As he poses for the camera he opens his shirt to reveal a body that is slim but very hard. He gives just a tease of his cock as he opens his jeans. Then he turns around, lowering the jeans more to show off a very sexy ass. Then, as Brano turns back around the jeans go down more to show that flaccid cock completely. He reclines on the bed before getting onto his knees to show of his ass again. Spreading the cheeks we see a nice hairy crack and a lovely tight hole. When he gets his cock hard it looks great, with Brano laying backing and pushing it upright. He stands and poses for the camera with his cock rock hard, for some great pics. Finally he lays down again and lifts his legs to give some more great views of his hot ass.
We had a great wank party with David Skabeta, David Koral, Cecil Stok, David Smetak and Walter Uwe. Today we post a wonderful backstage video of that scene, where we can see how the guys work, with the crew, to put it all together. It is always good to see how relaxed everyone is, and the interaction between them. It all goes to give a lovely insight into how things work and we get a look at those hot bodies and some great sex at the same time.


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On Sunday, April 14, I traveled with my two oldest sons (age 6 and 4) to Rim of the World Highway near Big Bear Lake. I used the Glory Ridge Road access point to hike down to Bear Creek, which flows out of the dam at Big Bear Lake. The access trail is at the end of a ridge-top road that is pretty rutted, and only paved for the first quarter mile or so. Because I drove a sedan, I chickened out and parked less than half way to the end of the road. At that point, I had already scraped the undercarriage and was worried about being able to get back to the main road. The hiking trail starts near the end of the ridge, and descends about 1000 vertical feet in less than a mile, to a creek elevation of about 5500 ft.
First, I want to make clear that the scenery here is spectacular. This is not the type of environment I think of when I think of southern California. The weather on Sunday was very nice; despite the overcast and mist in the coastal areas, this area was above the cloud tops and the temperature was near 70F. The hike was quite enjoyable and the trail was just gradual enough to walk down without having to use your hands. Sounds of water could be heard from the top of the trail, but the creek was not visible. The hike back up wasn't as bad as I was afraid it would be, and I was surprised when my boys and I found ourselves back at the trailhead.
While hiking down, we passed a group of 8 or 10 guys working their way up the hill. I was surprised, because I had not seen another car. They were quite sweaty and a bit disenchanted by their experience, hiking back up at the hottest part of the afternoon. I noticed they were carrying spinning rods, and the one in particular I zeroed in on had a large diameter spool with line that must have been at least 20 lb test. They told us that the stream was "fished out" and that we might consider turning around. I figured since we had fly rods with 5x tippet and size 20 dry flies, we might have a different outcome than they had: we continued down the trail.
Upon arriving at the stream, the first thing I noticed was that there were a bunch of tiny insects flying around just above the water. I did not see any rises to the insects, and I?m no entymologist, so I have no idea what they were. The second thing I noticed, once I got close enough, was the first fish. It spooked and swam under a boulder with very little provocation from me. I'm guessing it was 5 inches long; no giant, but comparable to what I've seen in other wild trout streams.
After spending some time creekside, I noticed that there was very little flow. I was surprised by this, because this is April, and any remaining snow is melting, so this should be the highest flow of the year. This was pocket water, with drops of as much as 4 feet between pools, and most pools no more than knee deep. My sons are not nearly as good at boulder hopping as me, and I wanted to stay near them, so I only visited about 7 or 8 separate holes. Other than a few fish 2" to 3" long, I did not see another fish after the first one, and never got so much as a bite. Other than a camp fire ring and one footprint on a sandbar, I saw almost no sign of past human presence.
Prior to the trip, I had figured that the remote location, the reliable water source (Big Bear Lake outflow), and the lack of stocked fish (keeping away many who seek stocked fish), would all mean that the fishing here would be great. I have been quite surprised by the number of trout (although small) in Deep Creek and the forks of the San Gabriel; numbers that are similar to the numbers of sunfish in the streams near my home in Virginia, despite easy road access from Los Angeles. My takeaway from the trip is that the hike was worth it for the great outdoors experience, but it was unnecessary to carry any fishing rods.

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Morton knows if he frees mind, the rest will follow
PITTSBURGH -- Charlie Morton's mind gravitates toward gaining knowledge and experience and working through thoughts and feelings, being that he finds joy and has an aptitude for singing and songwriting. But he makes his profession and expresses his passion through pitching for the Pirates, and he often works through the trappings of a lineup, and the exhilaration and disappointments of a contest require him to subdue his active brain.
Merely taking the mound Monday afternoon (3 p.m. ET on TBS) for Game 4 of the National League Division Series against the Cardinals -- with the Bucs needing a victory to advance to the NL Championship Series -- has plenty poetic potential.View Full Game Coverage
PITTSBURGH -- Charlie Morton's mind gravitates toward gaining knowledge and experience and working through thoughts and feelings, being that he finds joy and has an aptitude for singing and songwriting. But he makes his profession and expresses his passion through pitching for the Pirates, and he often works through the trappings of a lineup, and the exhilaration and disappointments of a contest require him to subdue his active brain.
Merely taking the mound Monday afternoon (3 p.m. ET on TBS) for Game 4 of the National League Division Series against the Cardinals -- with the Bucs needing a victory to advance to the NL Championship Series -- has plenty poetic potential.View Full Game Coverage
The culmination or continuation of a season in which Morton worked through the pains and doubts of coming back from Tommy John surgery, the attempt to extend a streak of hot pitching (4-1, 2.67 ERA in his last 11 starts) against an opponent that often dominates him (0-2, 7.90 ERA in three starts this year; 2-9, 6.52 ERA in 14 starts in his career) surely could inspire prose with a good beat.
But when Morton hits the PNC Park mound, consideration and expression of hopes, fears and dreams is secondary to the simple task of subduing Cards hitters. Think enough, but not too much.
Tale of the Tape: Game 4
|Michael Wacha
|Charlie Morton
|2013 regular season
|Overall: 15 G, 9 GS, 4-1, 2.78 ERA, 19 BB, 65 SO
|Overall: 20 GS, 7-4, 3.26 ERA, 36 BB, 85 SO
|Key stat: In five September starts, Wacha posted a 1.72 ERA and held opponents to a .198 batting average.
|Key stat: Morton has posted a 2.14 ERA (eight earned runs in 33 2/3 innings) in his last five starts at PNC Park.
|At PNC Park
Career: N/A
Career: 42 GS, 12-19, 3.56 ERA
|Against this opponent
Career: 2 G, 1 GS, 1-0, 0.00 ERA
Career: 14 GS, 2-9, 6.52 ERA
|Loves to face: Neil Walker, 0-for-4, 2 K
Hates to face: Jordy Mercer, 1-for-3, 2B
|Loves to face: Daniel Descalso, 0-for-10, 3 K
Hates to face: Yadier Molina, 8-for-19, 4 2B, 6 RBIs
|Game breakdown
|Why he'll win: In nine scoreless innings against the Pirates this season, Wacha allowed two hits and struck out six.
|Why he'll win: Eight of Morton's last 11 outings have resulted in quality starts.
|Pitcher beware: In five road appearances this season (three starts), Wacha posted a 4.34 ERA (nine earned runs in 18 2/3 innings).
|Pitcher beware: The Cardinals hit .397 against Morton in his three starts against them this season.
|Bottom line: Wacha is a rookie making his first career postseason start in what promises to be an electric road ballpark. The right-hander will need to keep his composure and trust his veteran catcher, Yadier Molina, to guide him through.
|Bottom line: Morton needs to establish a rhythm early and preserve it. In first innings this season, his ERA is 1.80 and opponents are hitting .182. But in the second inning, his ERA goes up to 4.12 and opposing hitters are batting .260.
"Anybody would like to believe that from failure, you take something," Morton said. "And I think that's true with anybody, whether it's a season or a span of starts or it's one start. So there are things that I'm going to take from it and I'm going to learn from, but I'm not going to try to reinvent the wheel because I had a couple of bad games against them.
"I don't think we have the ability to say, 'This is why you didn't have success,' based on two games. Because I can look back at games I pitched well and say [that] I did the same thing against them [the Cardinals], it just didn't work out."
This doesn't make Morton any different from anyone else in a sport where success is based on the ability to handle successes and failures, sometimes spectacular either way, over six months. But he's just so darn good at expressing the challenge.
And he's had plenty of challenges in 2013. Morton suffered a right elbow ligament injury May 29, 2012, and underwent the surgery, performed by noted orthopedist Dr. James Andrews. The righty was back throwing in Minor League rehab games this April 18, and he was back in the Majors by June 13.
Morton's first seven starts, during which he was 3-3 with a 4.70 ERA, represented an adjustment period. The last of those starts was a rough one -- 10 hits and five runs in six innings of a 13-0 loss to the Cardinals at PNC Park. With plenty of experience and ability to throw a myriad of pitches, Morton had to narrow his repertoire while he was adjusting to being back on the mound and gaining confidence in his repaired elbow.
Always having relied on the sinker, Morton developed a cut fastball before the injury to combat left-handed hitters on the inside part of the plate. He had to drop that pitch during his early struggles, although he wants to revisit it next season. Morton also traded his circle changeup for a split-finger fastball. Reducing to the sinker, a curveball and a splitter allowed Morton to sharpen the mechanics he learned from special assistant to the general manager Jim Benedict, who has a deep background in working with pitchers.
On Aug. 7, Morton held the Marlins to two runs on seven hits in a 4-2 victory, then he gave up two runs in six innings against the Cards on Aug. 13 and was off on his hot streak. The most notable rough game came at St. Louis on Sept. 8, when he gave up five runs and six hits in 1 2/3 innings, though he suffered a slight plantar fasciitis flareup in his left foot while covering the plate on a wild pitch. But Morton said he is past the foot issue.
The righty said the key to his strong finish was keeping his mind from racing when he felt anything unusual in his elbow.
"Early on coming back, you feel a lot of weird things in your elbow, and some of it is scary, because you associate the different sensations with the deterioration of your elbow, of the compromised ligament," Morton said. "I'm sure everybody that's experienced a rehab from an injury will tell you the same thing.
"But I had tremendous confidence in the medical staff and I had tremendous confidence in Dr. Andrews' ability to do what he does. It was really about putting in the work and trusting the process. I'm not sure if my arm is necessarily stronger. I feel like I'm headed toward normalcy."
Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said simplifying the approach has allowed Morton to not focus so much on his issues against lefty hitters -- who have a .328 batting average and a .907 OPS (on-base plus slugging percentage) against him over his career -- and play to his strengths, especially the sinker.
"I've never seen him as confident as he's been this year," Hurdle said, assessing Morton's development during the season. "He's pitched extremely well from time to time, given us some good games. The confidence on the mound, standing on the rubber, is at a high for him."
With the Cardinals needing to win, history says they have to like their chances against Morton. But Redbirds manager Mike Matheny is loath to think in such disparaging terms about the man who has a chance to end their season.
"We don't single anybody out like that," Matheny said. "We give respect to all these guys and realize at any night, any pitcher can stop a good offense. But we put together a game plan. We take our successes and failures and learn from them from each individual pitcher, and [we] try to put a plan together to give us success for the next time.
"[On Monday], the guys will be ready to go. And we'll put our best game out there. That's what we can do."
With belief in his arm and experience behind him, Morton's task is to clear his mind and heart so his arm can do its job.
"If you look at the game you're going to throw as an important game, it's an important game," Morton said. "I'm not going to go out there and say a game in mid-June doesn't mean anything to me or doesn't mean as much. A lot rides on every game we play. Our careers depend on it. We need to be consistent."
Thomas Harding is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @harding_at_mlb.


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Marble Falls Area EMS operates four MICU Ambulances, covering Marble Falls, Meadowlakes, and other areas of southern Burnet and Llano Counties. They can be dispatched by Marble Falls PD, Burnet County SO, or Llano County SO.


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@Simon Willison @Samuel Linde
I feel you failed to see this paragraph, which covers the issue you are addressing:
At this point, be sure to provide a link to the full version of the website, in case the user wishes to view this and not be thrown into an experience they didn't want, with no way back. bq.
@Jeremy Keith
Apologies that you don't like the way it was written, I knew I was going to stir you up on this subject given your blog post from a few weeks back.
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The apps on your iPhone are not scalable, you cannot zoom in and out, if someone wants to recreate an app as close to the native ones that you can download, with careful UI and adhering to the same Human Interface Guidelines that you would use to create a native app, then disabling the user scaling is perfectly acceptable.


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Ronald E. Odle, former Jamestown postmaster
Jan. 8, 1935 – Feb. 13, 2013
A memorial service for Ronald E. Odle, a retired U.S. Postal Service employee, will be at 2 p.m. May 26 in Unitarian Universalist Church of East Aurora, 94 Buffalo Road.
An East Aurora resident, Mr. Odle died Feb. 13 at his winter home in Gold Canyon, Ariz., after a brief battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 78.
Born in Buffalo, he began working when he was 6 years old, collecting scrap metal in a bucket. Before he reached age 16, he had also picked vegetables, worked a newspaper route, sold fireworks and stocked shelves at a local five and dime store.
Mr. Odle worked at the Bethlehem Steel plant before serving a four-year stint in the Navy, during which he traveled to Japan. He earned a bachelor's degree from the University at Buffalo. During his 25-year career with the U.S. Postal Service, he served as postmaster of Jamestown and then as division director of field operations for Western New York. He retired in the mid-1990s and then traveled extensively. He was a member of the Unitarian Universalist churches of Hamburg and East Aurora.
He is survived by his wife of 53 years, the former Carol Bolyard; two sons, Jeffrey and David; and a daughter, Lisa.


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Hi Henk and all! Strangely enough, but honestly, I did not look at the graph. The problem with re-entry predictions is most treat it as a linear decay when in reality it's logarithmic. It compounds itself and progresses as times progresses. Sorry for not converting miles to KM, but at 100 miles, depending on it's mass and surface area, time is running out and fast. At 90 miles heating is increasing dramatically. Between 80 to 90 miles, it has re-entered, depending on how "thick" the atmosphere is at that time. Remember, at solar maximum the atmoshere is much thicker due to the increase of the solar activity. It's quite possible that if we were currently at solar maximum, ANDE would have been history by now. Not to brag, boast or claim any superior powers :), I did manage to come in 2nd place in the Chicken Little contest in predicting the re-entry of the satellite Solar Max. I also came in 2nd place in predicting the re-entry of Oscar-9. 73, Jeff WB3JFS ----- Original Message ----- From: "Henk, PA3GUO" <email@example.com> To: <email@example.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2007 12:53 PM Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] ANDE ramping down: now almost at 200km Hi Jeff, That's an extreme accurate prediction ! Sure you must have applied a more scientific method as my 'looking at the graph' ! How did you do that, or is that a secret until the contest is over :-) ? 73 - Henk, PA3GUO > In the spirit of the previous Chicken Little contests my re-entry > prediction for ANDE is: > > December 22, 2007 1935z. > > > Jeff WB3JFS > >> >>>From the graph I expect Dec 24 or so as the last day >> (based on the fact that RAFT last day was when it >> had reached 175 km). >> >> Henk, PA3GUO _______________________________________________ Sent via firstname.lastname@example.com. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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ST. FRANCISVILLE — The West Feliciana Parish School Board approved a one-year contract Tuesday with a company that provides online tutoring and other services designed to keep students from dropping out of school.
Superintendent Hollis Milton and Secondary Education Supervisor Al Lemoine said the state Minimum Foundation Program will fund the courses at no cost to the parish or students.
The contract is with The American Academy LLC, doing business as NoDropouts, Lemoine said.
The instruction will be provided through laptop computers using Verizon data plans, Lemoine said. The instruction and interaction with mentors and tutors is available 24 hours a day, which will be useful for students who have jobs, he added.
The courses are offered to students 17 to 21 years old, including those who dropped out of high school but were close to graduating. The program aims to give students an extra opportunity to earn a traditional high school diploma.
The state accountability program is placing emphasis on high school graduation rates.
Other topics before the School Board included:
ACT EFFORT: The board voted to spend an estimated $2,500 to $3,000 to administer the ACT assessment to all seniors this year, including those who took the standardized test as juniors.
Information Systems Analyst Steve Comfort said the ACT, which will figure into high school performance scores this year, will be administered, at no cost to the parish, to all juniors and those seniors who did not take it as juniors.
Comfort said the district wants to pay the difference to have all seniors take the test, in the hope that some students will get a higher composite score on the second try. A school will not receive points for ACT composite scores of 17 or below.
AUDIT REPORT: Mike Schexnayder, of the accounting firm Postlethwaite & Netterville, delivered draft copies of the audit report for the fiscal year that ended June 30, finding that the school system operated in compliance with all state and federal laws and its own policies and procedures.
The general fund had revenues of $24,404,093 and expenses of $24,121,244, Schexnayder said, but the use of general fund revenues in other areas left the district with deficit spending of $57,000 and reduced the general fund balance to $2.6 million.
The balance is over the 10 percent of annual operating expenses that school districts in good financial shape generally have.
"It's good, but it's at the bottom end of being good," Schexnayder said.
Finance Director Helen "Ruthie" Davis said the unqualified opinion expressed in the audit continues a string of such good audits going back to the 1985-86 school year.
"That's an awesome record, and it doesn't come easy," Davis said, citing the work of administrators and finance employees in monitoring spending.


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(Rich) white-guy pacifiers: homeless are crazy and unemployed are lazy.
If you are not well travelled, you chances of seeing it in person are slim. And remember, in contrast to the two of us, most Americans have never ventured beyond their county (no, not 'country,' but indeed 'county' and even city).
Is often said that everything that can be photographed, has been photographed already. I thought the same goes for rants, especially in an era of blogs and web posts. But no, apparently there is a drought of subjects to rant about, hence this scrapping the bottom of the barrel for new subjects. White-guy photography?! Seriously!? Give me a break!
Should we rather pretend they do not exist? Or shall we assume that those homeless guys we saw in person once or twice in our life are somehow an exception, that homelessness is not a huge, widespread stain on our affluent civilization?If someone wouldn't photograph them, how else would we know? Maybe we should organize weekend safaris or walking tours instead, through parts of our cities we otherwise would not dare (or bother) to visit?P.S. For those interested in phenomenal photography and youth homelessness, Netflix is airing the third season of The Killing, a dark, dark crime drama, situated in Seattle. One of the best crime series on TV, in my humble opinion. Did I mention the photography is phenomenal? And that it is dark? Both in terms of the story and scene lighting, with incredibly blocked shadows and dark (again) negative space.
Why is this poor woman out on the street instead of in a facility that can care for her? The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind of windy "progressives" who, in the sixties, decided we were violating the civil rights of these poor sods by insisting they be cared for -- yes, forcibly. Of course those morons will never admit their heartlessness. They're convinced they were doing good.
Oh come on, Slobodan! First of all, the U.S. is full of people who spent time in the military and traveled all over the world...
... spokesperson for the Bureau of Consular Affairs at the US State Department. Over one-third of the population to be exact, or nearly 110 million out of 313 million Americans. Thats more than double the number of US passports in circulation in 2000 (48 million) and around 15 times 1989s 7 million. At that last number (under 3 percent of Americans)...
(Rich) white-guy pacifiers: Some homeless are crazy and some unemployed are lazy.
Yes -- "To make matters worse, civil liberties lawyers frequently defended the rights of mentally ill prisoners to refuse medication and remain psychotic."Yes -- "By the time Ronald Reagan assumed the governorship in 1967, California had already deinstitutionalized more than half of its state hospital patients."And yes -- "With President Reagan and the Republicans taking over, the Mental Health Systems Act was discarded before the ink had dried and the CMHC funds were simply block granted to the states."
Isaac, thanks for the link. It seems like a "perfect storm" of liberals pursuing their agenda and republicans jumping at the opportunity to make a quick buck. State institutions disbanded and patients turned to profit-centers. The same story as with prisons, which have become a huge profit-center as well. In both cases, higher profit can be achieved by having more, not less insane/criminals and spending less, not more on their treatment/rehabilitation. In many cases, authorities are required to fill empty beds in prisons or pay for them anyway. No wonder US has the highest incarceration rates in the civilized world.
... I just started out with a [not-so] nice little article ... that lacked a depth of purpose...
There, I fixed slobodized it for you!
There, I fixed it for you!
What your postings lack in substance is concealed by your ubiquitous and clever comments.
Like photography, the best has long been done.
Crap.* Christoph C. Feldhaim walks away throwing his gear in the dumpster ...
Wise man! Now you don't need a statement! You see how helpful we are in this special place? Nothng's too much - so...Rob C
... [I don't care] a stuff about message; there's nothing left in [my] life worth saying. Like [my] photography, [my] best has long been done.
[My] FTFY [is bigger than your] ;-)


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Nokia 6220 Classic candybar phone
This mild-mannered mobile is secretly...Super Phone
The video capture option is superior to most cameraphones too, shooting at VGA size at 30 frames per second, for higher than average quality smooth mobile video. It's not camcorder quality, but not bad for a phone – and with the TV-Out cable supplied you can play back your efforts (as well as view other phone content and apps) on your TV set.
Naturally, the 6220 classic comes with music and video player functionality, with RealPlayer offering decent playback of downloaded or sideloaded video clips in full screen mode.
You can switch the browser to full widescreen for a better view
HSDPA high-speed 3G enables rapid downloading of music or video content over the air – though you should be conscious of possible data charges if you're getting content delivered from a site other than your mobile network and you don't have an inclusive data deal.
The 6220 classic is compatible with Nokia Music Store, and there's an application pre-installed that hooks you up to the site for browsing and buying tracks over the air. You can also find and download podcasts over the air using Nokia's Podcasting application, or try real time free music via the FM radio.
Music can be easily copied over from a PC; plug in the USB cable supplied and you can sync with Windows Media Player, or use Nokia Music Manager software (in its supplied PC Suite package) to organise tracks. Alternatively, there's the simple drag and drop method of copying tracks with the phone in mass storage mode. Wireless Bluetooth transfer is possible too.


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I came across this "little" tool today via Mike Gunderloy's The Daily Grind.
Tried it out. LOVE IT.
My JavaScript development from now one is only in Aptana IDE.
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Companies across industries are increasingly leveraging the cloud for security applications, with 42 percent of respondents in a new study commissioned by Schneider Electric indicating they currently run security applications in the cloud and almost half (45 percent) stating they are likely or extremely likely to transition security operations to the cloud in the future.
The survey, conducted by Morar Consulting, included input from more than 300 U.S. CIOs, CTOs, IT directors, security/facilities managers and operations personnel across industries including construction and trade, education, financial services, healthcare, IT/technology, manufacturing and industrial and professional and business services.
"Leveraging the cloud for security applications is becoming increasingly accepted—and required—as we move into a 24/7 digital world," Steven Turney, security program manager, Schneider Electric, said in the announcement. "Especially for companies where security management improvements are imminent, it makes sense to consider innovation at every level of their organization to meet their security needs. As businesses are required to be more agile, the cloud helps to unify and simplify security measures so an organization's data, people and assets are constantly protected."
According to the findings, organizations utilize the cloud for existing applications including data storage, human resources, email and security, and are eager to continue adopting it for security operations, with 57 percent of respondents believing the cloud is secure, including IT and technology professionals having the most confidence (78 percent), followed by education (70 percent), construction (68 percent) and financial services (52 percent). However, some skeptics remain, with 18 percent of respondents indicating they do not trust the cloud.
"Nearly three-fourths of respondents said network security is an important feature for security systems in their organizations," the study's authors found. "While the state of security continues to advance, respondents indicate security systems aren't where they should be in order to adopt emerging technologies (54 percent), and despite business leaders being supportive of emerging technology (95 percent), many barriers to adoption exist.
Organizational/administrative barriers such as procedures, lack of perceived value and ROI were the top barriers identified that are inhibiting organizations from achieving their security goals, according to the study.
"While integration remains an obstacle to achieving security goals, almost 80 percent feel it is important to integrate security systems with other buildings and IT systems as part of an organization's cloud strategy," the study found. "Currently, photo ID badging, active directory, intrusion and CCTV are the top four systems organizations integrate into their security systems. The two top non-security systems organizations currently integrate with their security systems are automation and lighting."
To learn more about the study, you can review the full results here.
Note: SSN continues to report on this story, including an upcoming interview with Steven Turney, security program manager for Schneider Electric.
CARIBOU, Maine—In Northern Maine, Virtual Managed Solutions LLC recently opened a wholesale monitoring center.
"I have wanted to develop a central station for a number of years," CB Smith, CEO of Virtual Managed Solutions, said. The development of the monitoring center started in September 2016, and Smith credited the company's VP and CIO Steve Boddy with much of the due diligence and technological setup.
Virtual Managed Solutions, or VMS, has operated a contact center here since 2007 and will be the parent company to VMSCS. "We've had a couple of really good years of growth and financial stability, so we've recently invested and we are online," Smith said.
"We recognize that we have a skillset, we certainly have the network and we have the redundancy—of course—and now … the UL certification," Smith said. "We are, as I see it, able to present ourselves as an apples-and-apples comparison to any other wholesale [station] out there in the country."
The center, which officially opened at the end of February, currently monitors for about 150 accounts, Smith said. VMSCS is using Bold Technologies' Manitou Cloud Services for its automation system. In addition to traditional alarms, the company will also do PERS and video monitoring.
Smith said that having the contact center business, collocated with the central station, will allow the monitoring center to offer "quite aggressive" pricing.
The company will be dedicating employees to monitoring center services, separating them from other call center operations in VMS. Picking the right people was important to the company, Boddy told SSN. "We're looking for people that use customer service not as a job but as a career, because they're going to put people first," he said.
"Business development is obviously a big part of any business operation," Smith said. The company is starting to grow its account base through contacting local dealers, he said. VMSCS is increasing its marketing and has created a new website. "From there, it'll just be spreading our wings and going to different geographic areas of the state and then outside of the state of Maine as well," Smith said.
Smith has a variety of experience with the industry, working with SimplexGrinnell, and Maine-based integrator Norris Inc, before working with VMS. "Since I opened this contact center with my team here, I've had a vision of coming into that world and working in that world. … I recognize the potential," Smith said.
With drone technology gaining traction within the security space, it only makes sense that the discussion includes anti-drone technology, as the issues of privacy and rules and regulations regarding flight restrictions must come into play.
At this year's ISC West in April, for example, the show's inaugural Unmanned Security Expo—which has its own section of the show floor with a "flying cage" featuring ground-based robots and aerial drones in action—will also include an education portion addressing topics such as anti-drone technologies and drone use in law enforcement.
Many security companies have already developed or are developing anti-drone technology, ranging from machine-gun looking devices that can block communications and knock a drone from the sky, to technology that intercepts the drone's signal, assuming control, so to speak.
The government is getting involved, of course; the Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate, Program Executive Office Unmanned Aerial Systems (PEO UAS), recently sent out a "request for information for participation" or RFIP, which "seeks technology solutions that are capable of detecting, identifying, and tracking, and identifying small unmanned aerial systems (SUAS) that are perceived as threats to people or critical infrastructure to participate in the DHS S&T 2017 Technical Assessment of Counter Unmanned Aerial Systems (C-UAS) Technologies in Cities (herein called TACTIC)."
DHS S&T established the Program Executive Office for Unmanned Aerial Systems (PEO UAS) to lead DHS efforts in guiding, advising and enabling technology solutions in this area, and as part of this RFIP invites industry, academia, and other government organizations to submit applications addressing innovative technology solutions for assessment during TACTIC.
This is certainly an interesting time as we enter into the robotics as a service (RaaS) era within security. In our recent news poll, many respondents commented that they see great potential for drone and other robotic technology within security; many agreed that it is just a matter of how quickly these technologies are adopted.
As I'm watching the weather forecast for Maine predict a drop into single digits temperatures, I can't help but think about the great weather we had in Delray Beach Florida for this year's TechSec Solutions conference, held Feb. 27 and 28.
Though there was a bit of rain during the day, the weather worked out perfectly in the evening for our "20 under 40" Class of 2016 reception. It was great to see a variety of award winners able to make it down—seven from our end user class and six from our integrator class. Below is a photo of all the winners that could attend this year's conference.
Reviewing the feedback we've gotten, many said that they enjoyed the networking opportunities. Each year, I find that the poolside "20 under 40" reception is a great place to spark those conversations and meetings.
Beyond making it to the reception, it was great having so many of these winners also participate on panels. Paramount Pictures' Jeff Reider, National Oilwell Varco's Bob Bernazal and Brian Phillips of Alexion Pharmaceuticals—all three of which are 2016 end user winners—gathered for a conversation, moderated by Guy Morgante from Northland Controls, on the nature of GSOCs today.
Phillips also moderated the session on big data in the physical security world, which you can read more about here.
Class of 2016 integrator Andrea Kuhn, from Kastle Systems, moderated the panel on the mobile security technologies that are out there today.
Kuhn also served as a panelist on "Class of 2016 '20 under 40' winners take on the future," along with fellow integrator winner Jeremy Brooks, with CSG Security, and end user winners Michael Brzozowski from Symcor and Tyrone Chambliss of Flex. Together, these four panelists discussed various hot topics in the industry, including the Internet of Things, smart buildings, cybersecurity and drones.
It is very rewarding each year to recognize up and coming professionals in this industry, and it was great to see some of them at this year's TechSec conference and hear their perspective on the latest industry trends.
Although a ton of research has been coming out recently looking at the high ceiling for smart or connected home growth over the next few years—Parks Associates says that half of homes will have a connected product by 2020—a recent study by research firm Gartner Inc. finds that only about 10 percent of households currently have connected home solutions.
Gartner found that adoption of "newer connected home solutions is still at the early adopter phase," a conclusion based on responses from nearly 10,000 people in U.S., the U.K. and Australia during the second half of 2016. According to the study, "connected home solutions" consist of a set of devices and services that are connected to each other and to the Internet and can automatically respond to preset rules, be remotely accessed and managed by mobile apps or a browser, and send alerts or messages to the user (s).
"Although households in the developed world are beginning to embrace connected home solutions, providers must push beyond early adopter use," Amanda Sabia, principal research analyst at Gartner said in the announcement. "If they are to successfully widen the appeal of the connected home, providers will need to identify what really motivates current users to inspire additional purchases."
The survey found that home security alarm systems, the more established of connected home solutions, have nearly double the adoption rates (18 percent) of newer connected home solutions such as home monitoring (11 percent), home automation or energy management (9 percent), and health and wellness management (11 percent). Overall adoption rates were five- to six percent greater in the U.S., where they were first marketed.
However, excluding home security alarm services for which a monthly fee is generally paid, solution providers may find monetizing connected services challenging as the survey revealed that less than half of households currently pay for subscription-based home monitoring and automation/energy management solutions.
"In the U.S., where the home monitoring industry is more developed, 59 percent of households with a home monitoring solution indicate they do pay a monthly fee, thus proving they see value for these solutions," according to Gartner. "However, charging for subscriptions for home automation/energy management and health and wellness solutions is more of a challenge since more than half of current households are already using these services free of charge."
Using a scale of 0 to 100, respondents were asked about their feelings and preferences toward the value of devices, appliances and applications in the connected home ecosystem. Three-quarters of respondents indicated they are happy to manually set temperature and lighting controls versus only one-quarter who expressed an interest in having devices anticipate needs in the home. Furthermore, 58 percent of respondents showed a preference for separate, independent, stand-alone devices.
The study found that respondents are starting to see the value of one app for integrating their connected home devices, appliances and services as well as the importance of brand certification for their connected home devices and services. More than half of the respondents (55 percent) rated 51 or more toward the preference of one app integrating connected home devices and services, while 58 percent rated 51 or more toward the importance of hardware and services being certified by a specific brand.
"Messaging needs to be focused on the real value proposition that the complete connected home ecosystem provides, encompassing devices, service and experience," Jessica Ekholm, research director at Gartner, said in the announcement. "The emphasis needs to be on how the connected home can helps solve daily tasks rather than just being a novelty collection of devices and apps."
Ekholm will provide further analysis on consumers' use of technology at the Gartner Tech Growth & Innovation Conference 2017 taking place June 19-21 in Huntington Beach, Calif.
As I sit here in Florida, at the beautiful Delray Beach Marriott, basking in the 80-plus degree temps and relaxing ambiance, I reflect on Security Systems News' highly successful two-day conference that wrapped up here yesterday.
From the opening keynote, "Cheaper, Faster, Better" by Jack Wu, co-founder and CEO of Nightingale Security—who looked at the current capabilities and future potential of robotics in security (including flying a drone in California from his iPad)—and eight thought-provoking education sessions to the "20 under 40" award reception and invaluable networking, TechSec took on many of the hottest topics in the industry while looking at how integrators can best leverage today's emerging technologies.
Over the next few weeks, you will see extensive coverage and articles from SSN staff on each session, as well as pictures of the many great panel discussions and of our "20 under 40" integrator and end-user award winners—they represent this next generation of tech-savvy security professionals who will lead the industry into the future.
As we begin to enter the trade show season here in the industry, with ISC West, ESX and ASIS, to name just a few, we are excited to delve even deeper into the topics and trends that are driving the industry today.
One theme that I was happy to see at this year's TechSec Solutions conference, held in Delray Beach, Fla., on Feb. 27 and 28, was that conversations were picked up in- and outside of sessions.
Many topics in the industry impact more than just one sector, vertical or business. Drones, IoT, cybersecurity, biometrics—these technologies have many different applications and their changes and developments have a wide impact.
This year, we wanted to continue the conversation on biometrics after a very interesting "Battle of the Body Parts" at TechSec Solutions 2016. In the end, iris scan technologies proved to have the most potential, for its security as well as its applicability. This year, we brought back reigning champion Blaine Frederick, vice president for product management with EyeLock, to talk more about iris scan technologies' developments and opportunities with Jeff Kohler, product line and business development director of the newly named Princeton Identity.
Cybersecurity has come up a lot in the industry, and it was definitely brought up a few times during the conference. During the last session of this year's conference, moderator Jay Hauhn, executive director for CSAA, pointed out how he liked that cybersecurity was addressed as it specifically related to each conversation.
The first panel session, "The future of IoT: Taming security's wild west," looked at IoT's current standards and developments. This topic was then picked up and added to by both our panel of "20 under 40" winners from the class of 2017 and the second day's session on the latest trends in monitoring.
At our "20 under 40" reception I discussed the hot topics with Brian Cote, product manager for Eizo. He made an interesting point about the maneuverability Nightingale Security's Jack Wu showed in his drone demo, comparing the free range of rotation to a more traditional camera's pan, tilt, and zoom capabilities.
Thank you to everyone that came out and participated!
CORK, Ireland—Johnson Controls released a "call to action" whitepaper on cybersecurity this week in an effort to help the industry to better protect all of the data that is being produced throughout smart buildings today.
"As data becomes more and more prevalent throughout the buildings where we live and work, so does the need to protect that data; it is no longer enough for a building to be smart—it must now be cybersmart," according to the new whitepaper, "Cybersmart Buildings - Securing Your Investment in Connectivity and Automation" published jointly by Johnson Controls and Booz Allen Hamilton, a management and technology consulting and engineering firm. This whitepaper provides a roadmap for building managers, building owners, contractors and others to act to protect their information.
"Research clearly demonstrates that cybersecurity is a critical need at a critical hour for buildings around the world," Bill Jackson, president, Johnson Controls Global Products, said in the announcement. "As building technology and data converge, we must be increasingly vigilant."
This collaboration between two companies, with more than 200 years of combined expertise in their industries, illustrates the progress being made in raising awareness of the need for cybersecure smart buildings, coined "cybersmart buildings" in the white paper.
"Securing smart buildings and building systems more generally, is a shared responsibility requiring focus and commitment from the manufacturer, integrator, and customer," Jason Rosselot, director of Johnson Controls' global product security, said in the release. "Just as two industry leading companies were able to collaborate to create this whitepaper, so too can smart building stakeholders partner to follow these recommendations and create cybersmart buildings."
Jackson added, "Defending against cyber threats today and tomorrow requires the secure design, development and deployment of building automation systems and controls."
According to the 2016 State of Industrial Control System (ICS) Security Survey by SANS, 67 percent of participants perceived severe or high levels of threat to control systems, up from 43 percent in 2015.
"Smart buildings are now at the forefront of this battle—with tremendous complexity and integration of systems, they represent an increasingly valuable target," according to the whitepaper. "Connectivity and automation create entry points for cyber attacks with potential safety, continuity, quality and privacy impact. But we can't let this risk cripple innovation."
According to the whitepaper authors, cybersecurity can be "a business enabler for smart buildings. When done well, cybersecurity is about insuring your investment and assuring your ability to reap the transformative benefits that connectivity offers," including working "with the right partners to secure your investments when assessing and deploying smart building systems or retrofits."
The whitepaper, which can be found here, summarizes key insights to help set an agenda for cybersmart buildings.
Mass notification system provider Alertus Technologies recently entered a partnership with AccuWeather Enterprise Solutions, bringing its customers more capabilities when it comes to weather alerts and emergencies.
Alertus, founded in 2002, has included weather alerts in its system and has been developing and automating these alerts. "We wanted to partner with AccuWeather since they really are the leader in that space, and have a lot of additional services that they bring to the table," Amanda Sassano, Alertus director of commercial sales, said.
Formerly, the company relied mostly on National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration data. "[Previously], there was a certain radius outside of a ZIP code, and that area would be notified if there was a tornado watch or warning—they were very basic alerts," Sassano said. "Now, with the partnership with AccuWeather, we're able to tap into their resources—or their feeds as well, and leverage if they have severe weather packages—from hurricanes, to snow, to lightning—to their SkyGuard Service."
AccuWeather's SkyGuard service provides users with real-time data relevant to their local areas from a meteorologist. This information will be brought directly into Alertus' ThreatWatcher tool.
Alertus has a broad customer base, Sassano said. The company's most matured market is in higher education, she said, "they're the early adopters in mass notification. But, we work in verticals like state and local government, healthcare, corporate, manufacturing, … stadiums, sports arenas, aviation, k-12 [and] military." The company sells its offerings through security integrators as well as directly servicing customers.
What sets Alertus apart from other MNS technologies? "Definitely our approach. We're very interoperable with all technologies, whether that's existing infrastructure on the emergency asset side—like access control, fire panel integration, cameras—to leveraging existing infrastructure that's not emergency assets, like VOIP phones [and] desktop computers," Sassano said.
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Pelosi Welcoming Remarks at Bipartisan New Member Dinner
Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi delivered the welcoming remarks at the bipartisan New Member dinner tonight in Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol. Below are her remarks, as prepared:
"As Speaker of the House, it is my distinct honor and high privilege to welcome our New Member class for the 111th Congress and their families to the United States Capitol.
"For the first time in many years, this dinner is bipartisan, and I would like to take the opportunity to recognize and thank Majority Leader Steny Hoyer and Republican Leader John Boehner for their outstanding leadership.
"With great confidence in your abilities, and great faith in the future, your constituents have sent you to these halls to represent them.
"Your job title is the description of your work here: representative. I'm sure you agree that there is no higher honor.
"In the Capitol, you will serve three things: your constituents, your conscience, and the Constitution.
"Just like our nation, our New Member class is impressive because it is so diverse: your class includes veterans, educators, attorneys, small business people, academics, public servants, and philanthropists.
"We will be drawing on your strengths and relying on your experiences.
"The challenges before us are formidable. Some can be solved immediately; others will take more time.
"To solve all of them, we must govern from the middle – reaching across the aisle to work in a bipartisan way and build consensus.
"We will work together with greatest civility. As Thomas Jefferson said, 'Every difference of opinion is not a difference of principle.'
"And we will work together to forge solutions to the great challenges we face, especially to rebuild our economy to create good-paying jobs here at home.
"President Kennedy once said, 'to govern is to choose.' With great faith and optimism, your constituents have sent you here to choose: to choose how to solve the pressing needs of our time and to choose how best to improve opportunity for the future generations.
"You will make many of those choices from the House floor, which tonight you will have the great privilege of visiting for the first time as a soon to be New Member.
"We have a great deal of work ahead of us. Let us begin today.
"It is in the spirit of bipartisanship that I am so pleased to wish Leader Boehner a happy birthday today. Happy Birthday, Mr. Leader!"


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13 April 2013 4:56 pm (scheme | guile)
In The Little Schemer you are asked to write the function + using the functions zero?, add1 and sub1, such as the result of (+ 46 12) is 58.
(define add1 (lambda (n) (+ n 1))) (define sub1 (lambda (n) (- n 1)))
The solution given is:
(define o+ (lambda (n m) (cond ((zero? m) n) (else (add1 (o+ n (sub1 m)))))))
which is correct but has a little problem.
If you are like me (hopefully not), you might have read twenty times the first chapters of SICP (and haven't gone any further). Remember about recursive and iterative processes and recursive procedures? In our o+ case we have a recursive procedure that generates a recursive process, as the process generates a chain of deferred add1 operations.
With a recursive process we can easily blow our stack:
scheme@(guile-user)> (o+ 10 100000) While executing meta-command: ERROR: Throw to key `vm-error' with args `(vm-run "VM: Stack overflow" ())'.
This is because this will generate:
(add1 (add1 (add1 (add1 .... (add1 10)))))
with as many add1 as m.
So, how to improve this? With a recursive procedure that generates an iterative process:
(define o+ (lambda (n m) (cond ((zero? m) n) (else (o+ (add1 n) (sub1 m))))))
which will generate:
(o+ 11 99999) (o+ 12 99998) ... (o+ 100010 0)
and doesn't overflow the stack.
scheme@(guile-user)> (o+ 10 100000) $1 = 100010
Yes, this is a tail-recursive function.


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OCC Reports Decline in Derivatives Credit Exposures
WASHINGTON — Credit risk in bank trading activities continued to decline in the third quarter of 2009, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency reported today in the OCC's Quarterly Report on Bank Trading and Derivatives Activities.
The OCC reported that net current credit exposure (NCCE), the primary metric the OCC uses to measure credit risk in derivatives activities, decreased $70 billion, or 13 percent, to $484 billion. "As financial markets have stabilized, credit spreads have narrowed considerably, and that has helped to reduce counterparty credit exposures," said Kathryn Dick, Deputy Comptroller for Credit and Market Risk. Ms. Dick noted that, in 2008, crisis-related declines in interest rates and widening of credit spreads had caused the NCCE to reach $800 billion in the fourth quarter of 2008. "Current credit exposures are now 40 percent lower than at the peak of the crisis," said Ms. Dick.
U.S. commercial banks reported trading revenues of $5.7 billion in the third quarter of 2009, compared to $5.2 billion in the second quarter, "The return to more normal financial market conditions has allowed banks to generate more consistent trading revenues this year," said Ms. Dick. She noted that the business of providing risk management services to help clients manage risks remains an important part of a bank's product set.
The report shows that the notional amount of derivatives held by insured U.S. commercial banks increased by $804 billion (or 0.4 percent) in the third quarter to $204.3 trillion. Interest rate contracts increased $700 billion to $173 trillion, while credit derivatives fell 3 percent to $13 trillion.
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Fitted with a raised suspension, unique wheels and some bold paint colors, Subaru's new XV Crosstrek five-door hatchback gets attention.
But the verdict is out on whether potential buyers will see the Crosstrek as a smartly utilitarian tall wagon or what Subaru officials sought to design — a compact crossover sport utility vehicle.
Basically, the new-for-2013 Crosstrek is a Subaru Impreza that has been raised 3 inches, shod with larger tires on black-and-gray two-toned wheels and mildly restyled.
The Crosstrek uses the same platform as the Impreza, the same 148-horsepower, horizontally opposed, four-cylinder engine and Subaru's all-wheel drive.
Nearly all the interior is from the Impreza, too.
But where the Impreza, which is Subaru's entry-level car, blends in as a normal and pleasant-looking sedan and a slightly sporty-looking hatchback, the unusual — some might say odd-looking — Crosstrek tends to stand out in a crowd.
Pricewise, the Crosstrek comes in at the higher range of the Impreza models and at the lower end of models of the Subaru Forester compact SUV.
Starting manufacturer's suggested retail price, including destination charge, for a 2013 XV Crosstrek is $22,790 with five-speed manual transmission and $23,790 with continuously variable transmission that a driver operates like an automatic.
This compares with $19,165 for a base, 2013 Impreza five-door hatchback with manual transmission and the $22,090 starting retail price for a base, 2013 Forester with manual.
Note that the Forester is heavier, taller and longer in overall length than the Crosstrek, while the Crosstrek is heavier, taller and a tad longer in overall length than the Impreza hatchback.
All Crosstreks come standard with all-wheel drive.
While federal crash testing has not been reported, standard safety equipment on every Crosstrek includes seven air bags — one is for the driver's right knee — along with stability control, traction control, front-seat anti-whiplash head restraints and antilock brakes with Brake Assist and Electronic Brake Distribution.
Subaru officials say competitors include compact crossover SUVs, which are vehicles built on car-like platforms that provide a more comfortable ride, rather than a brutish truck-like ride.
Examples include the 2013 Nissan Juke, which has a starting MSRP plus destination charge of $22,440 with all-wheel drive, 188-horsepower, turbocharged four cylinder and CVT. Note the Juke is available with front-wheel drive and CVT at a lower starting retail price of $20,780.
Meantime, the 2013 Mazda CX-5 crossover SUV has a starting retail price of $21,790 with 155-horsepower, naturally aspirated, four-cylinder engine, six-speed manual transmission and front-wheel drive. A base 2013 CX-5 with all-wheel drive has a starting MSRP, including destination charge, of $24,440.
While the Crosstrek's foreign looks grab attention, it is the vehicle's flexible interior for people and cargo that have enduring appeal.
Cargo room behind the second-row seats measures 22.3 cubic feet, and there's small-SUV-like space of 51.9 cubic feet with rear seats folded down. Best of all, the cargo floor is up some, so people don't have to lean over to load and unload the back.
Headroom is less, in front and back, than in the taller Forester and the CX-5, but the Crosstrek still has a commendable 39.8 inches and 37.7 inches of front and rear headroom, respectively, which is more than what a Juke has.
There's an impressive 43.5 inches of front-seat legroom in the Crosstrek, and while the back seat's 35.4 inches is less than the Forester's, both front- and rear-seat legroom are better than that in a Juke.
The Crosstrek's interior, at least in base Premium trim, appears a lot like an Impreza's. There's considerable plastic trim in there and acceptable cloth upholstery on the seats, with front seats heated as standard equipment. To get leather-trimmed seats, buyers must move up to the Limited model, which starts at $25,290.
For both the Limited and base models, a moonroof and navigation system are options, and a rear vision camera is available only on the pricey Limited.
The 2-liter, double overhead cam four cylinder worked hard to keep up with other vehicles on uphill mountain highway sections and to accelerate.
But mated to a fuel-saving CVT that droned incessantly, the engine's power felt a bit tapped at times in the 3,175-pound tester, particularly when it carried four adults and suitcases.
Peak torque is 145 foot-pounds at 4,200 rpm and compares with 177 foot-pounds starting at a low 2,000 rpm in the turbocharged Nissan Juke. But it's close to the 150 foot-pounds of peak torque delivered at 4,000 rpm in the Mazda CX-5.
Paddle shifters on the steering wheel let Crosstrek drivers manually "shift" the CVT and reduce the droning as the tranny then goes from one to another of six preset gear ratios. Still, this artificial fix conflicts with the real reason to have a CVT, which is to maximize fuel economy by allowing the transmission to manage power delivery itself.
For the record, the test Crosstrek with CVT averaged 27 miles per gallon in combined city/highway travel, which is less than the 28-mpg rating reported by the federal government.
Riding on 17-inch tires, the test Crosstrek surprised with its stable handling.
Despite a ground clearance of 8.7 inches, the Crosstrek test vehicle maintained its composure in sudden emergency maneuvers and remained balanced and flat in corners.
The high ride height provided good views out to the traffic ahead but didn't make the Crosstrek feel tippy.
Best of all, the Crosstrek's seats were well-positioned, so most passengers could just set themselves onto the seats without climbing up or dropping down.
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At book club the other night a friend was telling us that she doesn't keep any cookies or candy or sweets in her house because, if she did, she'd eat them all. The mothers in the group responded practically in unison: "So how do you bribe your kids?"
We definitely limit the sugar intake in our house but I have doled out treats as a reward for potty training and as a ploy for shutting the $@#^* up when we're driving in the car (my bank and my wine store both give out dum dums and because I frequent both places frequently, I've accrued a little stash of lollipops for such emergencies). To me, sweets are a treat, not a given, so I make the kids work for them a little. Is this so wrong?
When I quickly googled the issue, here's what I found, which kinda makes sense: "when foods, such as sweets, are used as a reward, children may assume that these foods are better or more valuable than other foods. For example, telling children that they will get dessert if they eat all of their vegetables sends the wrong message about vegetables."
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Hmm. My kids don't have a big issue eating their dinner or their vegetables (except peas for Alex—he's like the princess and the pea and if one accidentally gets buried in his pasta, he sniffs it out) so we don't usually have to bribe them to eat. OK, sometimes we have to play games to get the broccoli down or we have to yell "sit the @^%! down and eat your chicken!" (kidding, of course), but we rarely have dessert and my kids don't expect it so we're good there I guess. And if we were going to bribe them, it would be with TV, not ice cream. Bed time is my favorite time of day—why would I sabotage that by loading my kids with sugar?! I also feel like the fact that I have a huge organic veggie garden in my backyard that my kids love to eat from sends a great message about vegetables and buys me a few free passes on the candy bribing front. So there, WebMD.
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Still, I really don't keep a lot of sweets in my house because a: My kids get plenty of crap elsewhere. b: I'm bad at saying no so if they saw such crap, I'd likely give it to them. c: I don't have a big sweet tooth so I don't think to buy sweets. Oh, and d: Because any time I do have a box of Girl Scout cookies or a Black & Green chocolate bar, Nick polishes them off before the rest of us have a chance. When Alex asks if he can have something "unappropriate" after Nora goes to bed (and if I feel like saying yes) I'll give him a stale marshmallow, leftover from summer s'mores making, and a few chocolate chips. Kinda pathetic, I know, but he loves it.
Sadly, my meager treat cabinet doesn't translate to kids who don't get rewarded with sugar. My mother has become the grandmother who always has candy with her and is ready to shell it out for a small price (e.g. "please"). It's Pavlovian at this point. They say "Hi, Grandma!" and immediately start jonesing for a lollipop, or a mint, or any other strange array of goodies she's collected from baby showers and gift bags and God knows where else. This is particularly frustrating since my sisters and I grew up in a house where candy was an Easter and Halloween thing only. And with our extended family, we're always getting together to celebrate for one reason or another (Nick's birthday! Aunt Meggie's home! It's Tuesday!) so my kids get cake and cookies a lot. And when dessert is a given, we do say, "not until you eat your dinner." So I guess I am guilty of putting sweets on a pedastal. But what's the alternative, letting them eat the cake as an appetizer?
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I realize this is probably the worst topic to bring up the week before Halloween, but I'm curious. Do you use sweets and candy as a reward? Do you dole them out sparingly? Do you think it matters? Any other reasons we shouldn't be bribing our kids with Kit Kats? I really don't think I'm creating bad food habits or unhealthy relationships to sweets, but who knows? Let's discuss. Oh, and Happy Halloween!


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A world-class Media City will come up in Hyderabad to promote animation and gaming, Andhra Pradesh's Minister for IT Ponnala Lakshmaiah has said
Hyderabad, Nov 15: A world-class Media City will come up in Hyderabad to promote animation and gaming, Andhra Pradesh's Minister for Information Technology Ponnala Lakshmaiah said Thursday.
The state government has allotted 30 acres of land for the project, which is expected to provide an entertainment technology-based eco-system.
"Gaming and animation is a key sector which is coming up and to utilize the opportunity, the chief minister has given a go-ahead for a world-class Media City in Hyderabad," Lakshmaiah said while addressing eIndia 2012, billed as India's largest information and communication technology event.
The minister pointed out that Hyderabad is the largest film producing centre in the country. Last year out of 289 films made in India, 180 were produced in Hyderabad, he said.
The Media City initiative is aimed at tapping the huge animation and gaming market, both domestic and international.
The IT minister had last month said the proposed Media City at Raidurg near Hitec City would be on the lines of international media cities in Manchester, Montreal, and Dubai.
A state delegation led by the minister visited Dubai, Manchester and London from Nov 5 to 11 to gain first-hand knowledge of media cities. They held talks with the managements of the media cities and discussed various aspects of the projects.
In Dubai, the four-member delegation visited Dubai Media City, Dubai Studio City and International Media Production Zone.
The global market size for animation and gaming is expected to be $80 billion and $40 billion respectively during the current year. The market for animation and gaming development (combined) in India is estimated at $1 billion.
The US and the Europe remain the biggest markets for outsourcing animation and gaming related activities. Majority of the work from the US and the European markets are being outsourced to Manchester and Dubai media cities.
Talking about the IT and ITES as a whole, Lakshmaiah pointed out that Hyderabad ranks third globally in terms of cost of operations after Qinding in China and Subaya in Malaysia.
"There is no secret why over 18 million sq ft has been taken on lease by various companies operating in Hyderabad," he said.
The minister said despite the apprehensions voiced in some quarters over the growth of IT sector, 150 new units were registered during 2011-12. About 60 lakh sq ft office space was occupied as against 50 lakh sq ft during the previous year.
The total office space in Hyderabad during the current year is expected to reach 20 million sq ft, a growth of 15 percent over last year. The city accounts for 12 percent of the total office space in India.
Hyderabad is home to 1,200 IT companies including all top 500 global firms like Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Amazon, Deloitte, Accenture and IBM. The state has about 300,000 IT professionals and the sector is also providing 12 lakh indirect jobs.
An Information Technology Investment Region (ITIR) has also been approved in Hyderabad, which will create an employment for 15 lakh people over the next 25 years.
The ITIR will be coming up with an investment of Rs.2,300 crore in external infrastructure. It will have 50,000 acres of IT and ITES area.
Three hardware clusters are also proposed in Andhra Pradesh and they would be the first under the new policy of the central government.


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When Amish youths turn 18, many of them embark on "rumspringa," in order to make the final decision of whether to permanently commit to the church. Or, as in this case, they go on a reality show and move to LA into a house with six other non-Amish, "modern" teens and 20-somethings. Did it play on stereotypes, result in most of the Amish kids ditching their religion and get canceled after one season? Yes. But hey, at least they got to attend the red carpet premiere of "The Notebook"!
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Morning Edition asked listeners to write in about a dish they only make during the holiday season. Monica Bencomo of Albuquerque, New Mexico, wrote in to tell us about her favorite holiday dish: menudo, a red chili-based soup that her mother makes almost every December.
Monica Bencomo of Albuquerque, New Mexico wrote in to tell us about her favorite holiday dish: menudo. It's a red chili-based soup that her mother cooks almost every December.
MONICA BENCOMO: My mom makes the best, with just the right amount of meat, the right amount of hominy. The other thing, too, that makes it different is my mom cuts the pieces of meat really small.
WERTHEIMER: The meat in the soup is tripe - the stomach lining of a cow. Tripe has a pungent smell and a consistency that can sometimes be, well, hard to stomach.
BENCOMO: The texture, though, is kind of soggy but rubbery. And so in large pieces in your mouth it can be pretty gross.
WERTHEIMER: But Monica Bencomo says her mother's careful preparation avoids this culinary pitfall and makes a steaming hot bowl of menudo an essential part of celebrating the holidays. You can read more about menudo and other holiday food specialties at npr.org.
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The MSCI All-Country World Index advanced 0.6% at 4 p.m. in New York. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index rose 0.4% to 1,568.61 and Brazil's benchmark index jumped 1.4%. Ten-year Treasury yields were little changed at 1.75% after declining earlier. The S&P GSCI gauge of 24 commodities added 0.8% with silver, copper, zinc and gold helping lead gains. The yen rose 0.4% to 99 per dollar, while the U.S. currency slid against 15 of 16 major peers.
China's inflation eased more than forecast last month from a 10-month high as food-price gains ebbed. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said economic conditions were far from where he would like them to be. The two-day rally in stocks erased most of last last week's 1% drop in the S&P 500, its worst loss of the year. Nine companies in the benchmark gauge of U.S. equities are scheduled to report quarterly results this week.
"The commodity pop is basically tied to the view on China," Ralph Shive, the South Bend, Indiana-based manager of the $1.2 billion Wasatch-Large Cap Value Fund, said in a phone interview. "The market is acting strongly. It doesn't seem to want to go down. You get dips, and they seem to pop right back."
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Raw-material producers jumped 1.1% as a group to lead the advance among seven of the 10 main industries in the S&P 500 as Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. rallied 8.8%. First Solar Inc. jumped 46%, its best gain ever, after the world's largest thin-film solar manufacturer forecast 2013 sales above estimates. J.C. Penney Co. reached 12% to $13.93, its lowest price since 2001, after ousting Chief Executive Officer Ron Johnson and reinstating his predecessor, Myron E. Ullman III.
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The driver of a lorry that crashed into the rear of a stationary bus carrying a party of fruit-pickers on the M5 near Birmingham has died in hospital, police have confirmed.
West Midlands Police said the 65-year-old haulier, from Somerset, passed away shortly after 9pm last night following the accident, which left one bus passenger dead and another critically ill.
The driver of the bus was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and has been released on police bail.
The lorry driver was en route from Manchester to Devon when his Volvo vehicle struck the single-decker bus near to junction three of the M5 at Halesowen.
The driver, whose family had travelled from the West Country to be with him in hospital, has yet to be named by police.
Another man who was travelling on the bus was also killed in the crash.
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…it's entertaining to see the left heap abuse on Ralph Nader for jumping into the Presidential race. Here is how the San Francisco Chronicle reacted to Nader's announcement of his running mate, San Francisco's own Matt Gonzalez:
Ralph Nader sure knows how to marginalize his candidacy for president: He picked a brooding, far-left running mate who couldn't get elected mayor of San Francisco.
Actually, I don't believe Nader himself has ever been elected anything. So the affinity is perhaps natural. The Chronicle concludes:
If Republicans were to take the Nader-Gonzalez ticket seriously, they would have a field day with the former supervisor's proposal to let noncitizens vote in local elections. They would mock the energy he invested into labeling owners of cats and dogs as "pet guardians." They would resurrect his jailings for contempt of court when he was public defender.
Rest assured, the Republican attack machine will not waste a drop of vitriol on Nader and Gonzalez. Each "progressive" vote they woo will be another small step forward for John McCain.
It's curious how Democrats keep talking about a Republican "attack machine" that spews "vitriol." Actually, the vitriol we see comes pretty much exclusively from the Left. It would be nice if the Republicans had an attack machine, but so far that's only a hope. If we had one, though, it would indeed be fun to go after the "pet guardian" candidate.


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- 1 Background
- 2 The Mathia - Matthia Name
- 3 Mathia - Matthia Family Branches
- 4 Research Standards
- 5 History of the Organization
- 6 Current Projects
- 7 Past Projects
- 8 Links
The Mathia - Matthia Family Organization focuses on the origins and descendancies of a limited set of patriarchs who emerge at the beginning of Western record keeping for the common man.
The Mathia - Matthia Name
Name Spellings
The name may be spelled MATHIA, MATTHIA, MATHYIA, MATHEA, MATIA, MATYJA, MARTHIA or MATTHIAE. One feminine version of the name is MATHIOWNA. Spelling is not an issue, but descendancy from one of the designated lines is important. The Mathia-Matthia family surnames and lines are to be differentiated from lines carrying similar surnames derived patronymically (e.g. Mathias or Matthias in Scandinavia).
Historical Setting
The Mathia - Matthia grouping of surnames covers, at the beginning of Western record keeping, several distinct genetic lines. The greatest numbers distributed throughout the world today come from the Polish (perhaps Kashubian) line and from the Bas Rhin (Alsace-Lorraine) line. There is no evidence that the two are connected, but we are trying to promote DNA testing among descendants. There is also another smaller group with origins in Slovakia. It is possible that the German tribe "the Mattiaker," which settled by the Rhein and was mentioned by Tacitus in the listing of German tribes, was completely or partially conquered by the Romans under Caesar. With the vanquishing of the Romans by the Alemanni, the Mattiaker came under their rule. In the end they were subsumed by the Franks. If this is the correct origin of the name, then the grouping in Poland may have resulted from a migration at the time of the Teutonic knights. Read the history of the Mattiaker in German by clicking here. Link to map.
Mathia - Matthia Family Branches
So far we have identified two main branches of the family. The first of these originates in what is today Poland and formerly was Prussia, or the German Empire. The second originates in the Bas Rhin area of Alsace-Lorraine France. If the name "Mathia" or "Matthia" originated with the Germanic tribal name as suggested by Günter Mathia of Haunsheim, Germany, then there should be a genetic or DNA connection between the two branches. Some male members of the families from both branches have provided genetic samples, but it will take a large number of samples before any conclusions can be reached. Genetic DNA testing can be purchased or, under certain limitations, can be obtained for free. We encourage all male members of the family to have a Y-Chromosome test to move this investigation of origins along.
The Polish-Prussian Branch of the Family
The earliest occurances of the Mathia - Matthia Familiy in Poland are in the area near Tuchola, in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship in northern Poland. In the earliest church records are four men who we call "patriarchs." Three lived in the village of Żalno, northwest of Tuchola. One lived in Groß Komorze. With links to Family Tree (must be logged in), these patriarchs were:
- Franz (birth estimated 1729, residence Zalno)
- Joannis (birth estimated 1732, residence Zalno)
- Stephan (birth estimated 1735, residence Zalno)
- Lorenz (birth estimated 1740, residence Groß Komorze)
These men could have been brothers, but we have not yet found records of their births. There are earlier occurrences of the Mathia name in the Tuchel area, but no direct connections have yet been possible. Since many or most of the Mathia-Matthia family members (of the Polish-Prussian Branch) actively doing research are descended from one of these patriarchs, there is less information about possible descendants of the others in the area.
The Bas Rhin Branch of the Family
Christian Matthia, born about 1720 and married 4 January 1749 in Puberg, Bas-Rhin, France, is the patriarch of this branch. Christian's descendants are spread through France, Europe, and the United States today. Many American descendants come through Peter Matthia, born 17 February 1835 in Hambach, Bas-Rhin, France. Peter died 1 August 1906 near Joplin, Missouri. In the United States, his name was spelled Mathia. For the purposes of Mathia - Matthia Family Organization Y-DNA research, it is important to identify male-to-male descendants of Christian who are not descended through Peter.
The Slovakian Branch of the Family
This branch of the family has the least amount of research. It presently begins with Vincent Mathia (also spelled Matija) who was born about 1855 in Orkucany, Sabinov, Slovakia. To our knowledge, no Y-DNA has been collected from this branch.
Other Branches
As living people carrying the Mathia - Matthia name or it's variations contact this organization, every effort is made to use traditional genealogical research methods to connect them with a known branch of the family. All male-to-male descendants are invited to participate in Y-DNA testing.
Research Standards
In any effort as large as this, methods and standards must be used to create something of value for the generations to come. When we receive new information, we do our best to assure accuracy before publishing it at our website. We seek to identify and confirm a valid source for each entry.
History of the Organization
- This organization has arisen spontaneously as the Internet and social media networking has made it possible. Active organization members variously speak English, Polish, German, and French as native tongues--with some being multi-lingual.
Current Projects
- Encourage Y-DNA testing for male descendants of the designated Mathia - Matthia patriarchs. A large number of tests from different modern brances are needed to increase the confidence level of any conclusions we make.
- Continue extending and documenting Mathia - Matthia ancestry and descendancy lines.
Example: Mathia - Matthia Family genealogical database
- Discover possible new branches that arose out of migrations before the beginning of Western record keeping for the common man.
- Enrich Mathia - Matthia genealogy by gathering written histories.
Example: Memories of Lucia Mathia born Schulz written in 1977
Past Projects
- Establish a credible and documented genealogy of the Mathia - Matthia Family branches.
- Make research trips to Mathia - Matthia homelands.
- Mathia - Matthia Family website.
- Facebook page: Mathia - Matthia Family Organization,
- Facebook group: Mathia - Matthia Family Connections (soon to be archived by Facebook).