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Alex is very curious about death lately. I've told him stories about my grandparents and he knows they're in heaven and that they were very old when they died. He's also seen enough Disney movies to grasp the concept that heaven is not just for grandparents (it's for clown fish and lions and all dogs, too). But beyond that, I'm not sure what else he knows--or what else I should tell him.
The other day Alex and I were driving to a friend's house and he was doing his usual nonstop verbal diarrhea/interrogation thing and the conversation got a little dark. Here's a snippet of one of the more disturbing exchanges we had:
Alex: Popsters is really old, right mom? (Popsters is my dad)
Me: Not that old, Al. And he's in really good shape (I knew where he was going with this...)
Alex: I think I need to start looking for a new mom.
Me: Why?
Alex: Because you're older than me, mom. I'm only 4 and you're 44, right?
Me: No, bud, I'm 34. What does my age matter?
Alex: Because you're older than me…
Me: Al, I'll always be your mom even when we're both way older. You don't need a new one.
Alex: But mom, you're not going to be here forever. You're going to heaven in like 70 weeks.
Me: Jesus, Alex, I hope not! (That was my knee-jerk reaction to learning of my impending death). I hope 70 years is more like it.
Alex: Hey mom, want to play the car game?
When I told Nick about my fun chat later that day his response was:
"You want to live to be 104?!"
Clearly he's not phased. And honestly, I know Alex is just curious and I don't need to make a big deal out of it. I just wonder if there are some appropriate things to say about death—and some things not to say. Because it's definitely on his mind lately. Yesterday we passed a cemetery and he said, "Is that where dead people go, mom?" Eek. I want to give him some age-appropriate information but the death talk is SO not my cup of tea (I think I'd prefer the sex talk). I could not handle the idea of death as a kid at all. I used to lie awake at night obsessing about people I love dying. I still do sometimes. Also, I think beause I have cancer, I take the whole "you're gonna go to heaven in 70 weeks" thing a little more personally than I should*. (I am not at all worried about my cancer coming back, btw, I'm just saying it hits a little closer to home).
So, what do you tell your kids when they inquire about death or heaven? Have they asked yet? Do you find it a little creepy/uncomfortable too?
*If I were to die in 70 weeks (God forbid, knock on wood), I would want Alex to have a new mom. So long as she's not thinner or prettier or a better cook than me. OMG, this is the most depressing blog ever. Thank God it's Friday and I have dirty martini in my future!

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Mike Shalin's Working Press: Bruins can continue to think bigBY MIKE SHALIN
March 23. 2018 11:27AM
They were missing Zdeno Chara, Charlie McAvoy, Torey Krug, Patrice Bergeron, Jake DeBrusk and David Backes — and the Bruins appeared to run out of gas in St. Louis Wednesday night.
For the second straight game, they settled for an overtime loss, but the two points kept the dream of first place alive.
Heading into play Thursday night, the Bruins trailed the Lightning by four points and had a game in hand. They also have two games left against Tampa Bay, which played in Brooklyn Thursday.
The B's actually need to avoid a tie-breaker with the Lightning because they had five fewer wins than Tampa.
Since Bergeron went down, the Bruins are 8-2-2. But they are just 2-2-2 in the last six.
Ryan Donato, playing his second game as a pro, scored the only goal Wednesday and is the first Bruins player since Barry Pederson in 1980 with four points in his first two games.
Hosmer disappointed
Deven Marrero told Chris Smith of MassLive that his buddy, Eric Hosmer, who wound up signing with the Padres, was surprised the Sox didn't pursue him.
"He obviously wanted to play for a contender," Marrero said. "That's what everybody wants to do. And play for this great city, this great organization, which has a winning tradition. I mean, he would have loved to be here just like everyone else, for sure."
It's early, but it says here Hanley Ramirez will have a good year and will get the 495 plate appearances he needs to guarantee next year's $22 million. Let's not forget how good this guy has been in the past.
Twitter thoughts
Marc Savard weighed in on his former team:
"My @NHLBruins playoff starting lineup if everyone is healthy? 1) Marchy Bergy Pasta, 2) Donato Krecji Nash, 3) Heinen Nash Backes, 4) DeBrusk Kuraly Gionta, 1) Chara McAvoy, 2) Krug Miller, 3) Gryzelcyk McQuaid, 1) Tuukka"
From Dave Laurila of Fangraphs: "In his last four full seasons, Shoeless Joe Jackson hit 72 triples and struck out 74 times."
From Ryan Hannable of WEEI.com: "Current Patriots wide receivers under contract: Julian Edelman, Brandin Cooks, Chris Hogan, Malcolm Mitchell, Kenny Britt, Phillip Dorsett, Cordarrelle Patterson, Matthew Slater, Riley McCarron, Cody Hollister. Not sure how all this will work."
From Bill Doyle of the Worcester Telegram after Tuesday night's game at TD Garden: "Russell Westbrook made the media wait for about an hour and 15 minutes after the game before he spoke to them and he was upset with a team PR official for making him do it. Then he basically said nothing for a minute and 10 seconds while wearing a puffy silver jacket with a hood."
College jottings
E.C. Matthews won 91 games playing for Dan Hurley at URI. And having been raised without a dad, Matthews, embracing his coach after the loss to Duke, said, "This is my guy. I know we're not the same color, but he's definitely my father. Just trying to walk off the court the right way."
Thursday, Hurley became the new coach at UConn.
Florida State coach Leonard Hamilton has a theory on all the upsets in this year's Dance. "I think what you see happening in college basketball, it's almost like a revolution," Hamilton said after his ninth-seeded Seminoles tripped up top-seeded Xavier to advance to the Sweet 16. "What happens is, you start categorizing people by the reputation that their players get going into college. But in reality, kids are playing basketball all over the country and teams are getting better.
"Just because maybe they might not be in one particular conference or maybe they're not considered to be one of the more traditional rich schools, people are playing basketball. … "I don't think at this level you can really call them 'upsets.'"
I'm not telling you this story because it's my alma mater, but here's what Wichita State coach Gregg Marshall did this week. Four-star recruit Alex Lomax, who had committed to Wichita State, played for former NBA star Penny Hardaway at a Memphis high school and Hardaway just got the Memphis college job. The kid wanted to play for Hardaway and Marshall could have held up the process, could have made the kid sit out a year because he was going to a conference foe. Marshall let Lomax go.
"I have a lot of respect for Alex Lomax and his family," Marshall said in a statement. "When they chose Wichita State in the fall, over several other very nice offers, my staff and I were honored. Obviously, we take commitments to the Shocker program very seriously, but this is a very unique situation where a young man's mentor and coach since the fifth grade has become a Division I head coach. Allowing him out of his NLOI without any kind of penalty is the right thing to do at this time."
Hard feelings
Ray Allen has a book coming out and in the book, released next week, says the Celtics would have had Chris Paul in 2014 but that Doc Rivers didn't want to foist Rondo on his good friend, then New Orleans coach Monte Williams. "He just wants attention," Rondo told the Boston Globe. "I need actually some sales from (the book). (The) only (publicity) it's been getting is from my name. I need some percentage or something. His people contact my people or something. The only pub I've been hearing about is when he mentions my name."
The two weren't great pals as teammates and count me among those who thought Rondo was the reason Allen left.
"Obviously that man is hurting," Rondo said. "I don't know if it's financially, I don't know if it's mentally. He wants to stay relevant. I am who I am. I don't try to be something I'm not. I can't say the same for him. He's looking for attention. I'm a better human being than that. I take accountability for my actions."
LeBron James showed there might be some life left in the Cavaliers after all. Wednesday night, he had 17 assists and zero turnovers as the Cavs rallied from behind to beat the Toronto Raptors. Oh, and he also had 25 points and seven rebounds.
Dwight Howard became the second NBA player since 1981 with a 30/30 game Wednesday, with 32 points and 30 rebounds — and also earned a one-game suspension for his 16th technical of the season. Kevin Love was the last guy to do 30/30, in 2010.
Mike Shalin covers Boston pro sports for the New Hampshire Union Leader and Sunday News. His email address is email@example.com.
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Netanyahu: Direct Talks Are Only Path to True Mideast Peace
PM's comment comes after Abbas says considering appeal to UN Security Council to approve unilateral declaration of Palestinian statehood.
Direct peace talks are the only path to achieve genuine Middle East peace, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement on Thursday, hours after Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said the Palestinians were considering a unilateral declaration of statehood.
Netanyahu has refused to extend a 10-month moratorium on new West Bank settlement housing starts that expired on September 26, with Abbas saying he wont resume the talks without an extension on the building curbs.
Earlier Thursday, in a joint press conference with Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit, the Palestinian Authority president hinted that the Palestinians would try to persuade the United States to recognize a Palestinian state in the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem, if Israel kept up its refusal to freeze settlements.
For now, we are focusing on the first option [negotiations], Abbas said.
In a statement released later Thursday, Netanyahu said Israel expected the "Palestinians to live up to their obligations by holding serious direct negotiations, without malice and without preconditions."
"Any attempt to bypass direct talks by appealing to international bodies will do nothing to advance the true peace process," the PM's statements said, adding that the two peoples could achieve "a secure and stable peace solely through direct negotiations, a path I hope we shall return to in full force soon."
UN diplomats, responding to Abbas' threat of a unilateral declaration, said earlier this week that such a move would represent a severe strategic error on Abbas' side, calling Palestinian hopes of a possible U.S. abandonment of its traditional support of Israel UN Security Council a "wild dream."
"Even a hostile U.S. president won't free the UNSC floor to anti-Israel moves," a senior diplomat said, adding that the Americans would do "anything to thwart an initiative such as a unilateral declaration of Palestinian statehood."
The diplomat added that a UNSC approval of such a move would "be the equivalent of declaring war on Israel, and the United States would prevent that at any cost. U.S. support of Israel is part of its DNA."
Earlier Thursday, Aboul Gheit indicated that U.S. efforts to restart Mideast peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians have not produced results so far, saying that his government was continuing its contacts with the U.S. and Israel, but that up to now, the necessary breakthrough did not take place.
Egypt, the first Arab country to reach peace with Israel, wields considerable influence in the Arab world and serves as an important mediator between Israel and the Palestinians.
Aboul Gheit said Netanyahus national security adviser, Uzi Arad, recently held talks with Egyptian officials.
During the meeting, Egypt confirmed its support for the Palestinian demand, Aboul Gheit told the news conference.
In response to Aboul Gheit's remarks regarding the apparent lack of peace talks progress White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said Thursday that the settlements "is a very difficult issue. It is - it's one that has been with us for decades, and we are trying to make some slow progress on it."
The White House official added that there were "are a series of very tough issues that have to be addressed between the two sides as we move forward, adding that the United States was continuing "to work."
"There are no guarantees in this process. We do know this: That the process works best and has its maximum of working if the United States is actively engaged in the process of bringing these two parties and these two sides together," Gibbs said, adding that the sides aren't going "to make progress if the United States is not involved."
"That's why the president has dedicated such time to trying to bring about a two-state solution to, again, a problem that has been very, very difficult," Gibbs said, adding that Washington "started this process, again, at the beginning of his administration, and even in the talks that were held here, with no illusions that this one was going to be the easy problem that we'd picked to solve."
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Switzerland: Yellow jersey contender Andy Schleck of Luxembourg believes he will have more than Spain`s Alberto Contador to worry about in this year`s Tour de France.
But one thing the Leopard-Trek team climbing specialist wants to avoid is a third consecutive runner-up place.
"I`m going there to win the Tour. I`ve been second twice so this time I want the top step of the podium," Schleck said at the Tour of Switzerland where he is topping up his condition for the July 2-25 event.
Contador, the three-time and defending yellow jersey champion, confirmed his participation earlier this week, meaning he could be on for a rare Giro d`Italia-Tour de France double.
However debate is raging over whether the Spaniard, who won the Giro last month, should be competing at all.
Contador tested positive for clenbuterol during last year`s race, but was cleared of any wrongdoing by the Spanish federation after it accepted his claim that he ingested the banned substance after eating a contaminated steak.
The world cycling authorities and the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) have since appealed that decision to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), which is set to deliver a verdict in August.
Despite a spat with the Spaniard on last year`s race after Contador attacked the Luxemburger when he suffered a mechanical problem, Schleck says he has nothing to avenge.
"There`s no revenge, I`m just really motivated to win this Tour," said Schleck, who finished only 39secs behind the Spaniard last year.
"All of my season is based on the Tour. So far I`ve avoided problems up till now, and I hope it stays that way. I`m ready."
And he believes a handful of other riders, all of whom competed at the Criterium du Dauphine in France last week, could put any duel with Contador into the shade.
Schleck believes Dutchman Robert Gesink, Australian Cadel Evans and Italian Ivan Basso -- both of whom have finished runner-up in the Tour -- will be strong come July.
He also mentioned Belgian Jurgen van den Broeck, and his older brother Frank.
"I`m not going to the Tour just to fight Contador," said Schleck.
"There`s a lot of young riders coming up, young talents, so it`s not just Contador I have to beat, although he`ll be among the favourites.
"I definitely think Gesink will be really good. Cadel will be strong and I believe Ivan (Basso) will come to the Tour in good shape. Van den Broeck also showed good shape in the Dauphine.
"There will be five or six, seven including my brother, who can win the Tour."
He added: "Frank is in good shape but he`s not in top form yet.
"The Tour starts in three weeks, but the race really starts in four weeks on the climbs. That`s when you`ve got to be 100 percent."
Although only 157.7 km long, the Tour of Switzerland sixth stage Thursday finishes on the summit of Triesenberg/Malbun in Liechtenstein.
With only one mountain stage remaining on Saturday, Schleck -- who is now over six minutes behind Lampre`s race leader Damiano Cunego -- is eyeing the stage win that could give him extra confidence for July.
"My goal is not to win (the race)," he added. "But I`m happy where my form is at the moment. If I could win a stage, I wouldn`t say no."
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This Saturday, Zoo Knoxville zoo-goers can get hands-on with big trucks, emergency vehicles, race cars and special equipment that rival the animals for size and speed. Touch A Truck, presented by Meade Tractor, will be held on Saturday, August 20, 2016, from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. To make the day even more fun, the first 500 children age 12 and under to arrive will receive a free child's-sized construction hat.
Visitors can get up close to a wide variety of heavy duty construction equipment from Meade Tractor, Blaine Construction and the Zoo Knoxville "Zookeeper" dump truck from Claiborne Hauling. Climb aboard a fire truck from Knoxville Fire Department and a Knoxville Police Department police car and meet the personnel who make Knoxville a safe place to live. Guests can also enjoy the view from way up in the driver's seat of a City of Knoxville Public Service Department tractor, see what life in the fast lane is like with cars and drivers from Warrior Race Cars and get rugged with Big Foot Jeep from Smoky Mountain Jeep Club.
Touch A Truck activities are included with general zoo admission. For more information, please visit the zoo's Web site at zooknoxville.org, the zoo's Facebook page at www.facebook.com/zooknoxville or call the zoo at (865) 637-5331.


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On a cold Monday evening just before last Christmas, 22 Chicago women gathered to discuss how they live out their spirituality in the workplace. The group, responding to an invitation from the Archdiocesan Women's Commission, included white-collar and blue-collar workers of various ages and ethnicities. The Chicago focus group was part of a project initiated by the U.S. bishops' Committee on Women in Society and in the Church to explore the relationship between women's spirituality and their employment outside the home.
Among the group's participants were:
• a single mother who works as a United Airlines flight attendant and moonlights as a waitress. She finds it difficult to set aside time for prayer, but always remembers to lift up the passengers to God;
• a pharmacist who struggles in discerning whether to sell contraceptive products. She ultimately influences the store not to carry them;
• an advertising executive whose employees pray together before undertaking each new project;
• a hospital employee who, forced to return to work, finds that she enjoys it and that she brings her personal and spiritual growth back to her family.
Over the past six decades the percentage of women in the workplace has risen dramatically—from 28 percent in 1940 to about 60 percent in 1998. And the number of professional and executive positions has steadily increased. People are formed by their work, yet as Claire Wolfteich points out in her recent book, Navigating New Terrain: Work and Women's Spiritual Lives, "Religious groups have not looked in depth at how changing work roles shape women or how women creatively respond to their new situations."
As a first step in its study, the committee wanted to find out what women themselves say about the relationship between their work and their spiritual lives. What do women find satisfying and frustrating about their work? How do women make time for spiritual activities? Does work influence one's spiritual life, and do one's spiritual life and values influence one's work? Can one find spiritual meaning in work? It was questions like these that the committee probed.
To facilitate the process of answering these questions, the committee engaged 17 dioceses from across the country. They were large, medium and small; they were urban and rural. Each conducted a focus group over a two-month period, from the end of 2002 to the beginning of 2003. Most of the 292 women participants were in their 40's or older, white and married with children. A significant number were single, divorced or widowed. A few African-Americans and Hispanics participated. Many, probably most, had some type of volunteer involvement with the church. The women came from a wide range of occupational fields: primarily education and health care, but also business, government, clerical work and others.
Several themes stood out as the women's committee analyzed findings from the focus groups. First, women have found workable, often creative ways to integrate family, work and spirituality. They resist compartmentalization in their lives and see spirituality as permeating all they do. As one participant observed: "Life is messy. Spirituality is intertwined in everything."
For most, traditional practices such as liturgy, personal prayer and spiritual reading are important, but women also identified as spiritual such activities as gardening, music or a walk on the beach. Many who emphasized the need to make spiritual activities a priority rise early in the morning to pray; they pray, too, while driving their car or during lunchtime.
A second theme concerns the strong, often intense, relationship between spirituality and work. Women bring their religious beliefs and values to the workplace and seek to live them out, sometimes at personal risk and cost. It makes a difference to them that they are not merely workers, but Catholic Christian workers.
Third, women want others to recognize their work outside the home as valuable and important. After all, they render assistance and service to others, solve problems and pass on new ideas and skills to others. Regardless of occupation, most women clearly appreciate the deeper meaning of their work and find it personally fulfilling.
Fourth, many women spontaneously raised the connection between their work in the marketplace and their role in the church. As the workplace gives women an opportunity to use and enhance a wide range of gifts and skills, the participants pointed out, why shouldn't they bring these same gifts to the church? And why doesn't the church more often recognize and utilize them? One executive, who noted that women have taken on roles in the business world that were previously denied them, asked how the Catholic Church can give similar recognition to women and their capabilities.
Although the focus groups yielded valuable information, they also raised issues that need further exploration. First of all, when women and men reflect on their spirituality and their work, they do so in gender-specific terms. In responding to what women find most satisfying about their work, an oft-cited response was "helping and serving others." One might expect this answer from teachers and health care workers, but in fact women in other fields gave it high priority as well. A woman in management said that she is pleased when she helps employees to realize that they can do things they thought were beyond their capabilities.
Would men respond similarly? Perhaps not. Women are more oriented toward intimacy and connection with others, while men value independence. So men might emphasize other satisfying aspects of their work, such as the opportunity to use knowledge and skills. Men do welcome the opportunity to help others, just as women appreciate the chance to learn new information and solve problems. But the dominant motivation for women and men might differ.
The focus groups also raised issues around evangelization. Almost no one used the word evangelization, but clearly the workplace is a prime setting for such activity, although it poses certain challenges. Not wishing to offend anyone or project a sense of superiority, people may hesitate to discuss religion with co-workers who are religiously diverse. On the other hand, the religious and cultural diversity of the workplace can be a plus. It can encourage workers to learn more about the religious practices of others and to expand their own spirituality. One health care worker commented that some of the most spiritual people she works with are Muslim, Jewish, Seventh Day Adventist, Lutheran and Quaker. "We as Catholics," she said, "still have much to learn from others."
For those who are unable to share their religious beliefs at work, this is frustrating. Many regularly confront anti-Christian values in the workplace, and a few have to deal with explicitly anti-Catholic attitudes. One woman discussed the challenge of maintaining a relationship with two co-workers who constantly attack the Catholic Church.
Despite these obstacles, it is clear that evangelization can and does occur in the workplace. The focus-group women saw a process that begins with modeling Christ in the workplace. Many consciously seek to set a good example, to see Christ in others and to treat others as Christ would. When co-workers see that they "walk the talk," they are more likely to open dialogue about sensitive issues such as religion, spirituality and ethics. An accountant, for example, had an unexpected conversation with her boss that led to prayer. She observed, "Just be a good person, and you never know how you'll touch people."
Some women expressed disappointment that the church offers them little guidance about sharing their faith in the workplace. That leaves them often ill prepared to defend or explain their beliefs. Dealing with difficult ethical issues or a demoralizing workplace calls for support from the faith community. Even those whose frustrations are more commonplace—office politics, gossip, cantankerous colleagues—would like the church to acknowledge the challenges of living out Christian values in the workplace. They believe that the Sunday homily provides an opportunity to address some of these issues and to offer guidance and encouragement.
These concerns are not limited to women, of course. Many men would also welcome guidance about how to evangelize in the workplace. In providing such guidance, however, church leaders need to keep in mind that the evangelization styles of women and men may be different.
It may also be time to take a new look at the relationship between work and family. Many women discussed the difficulty of balancing the two; a few hinted at deeper concerns. If work influences us spiritually and personally, then it must have some impact on family life. As the women's committee continues to explore this topic, it hopes to look at how work improves, or diminishes, the quality of one's marriage and family life. What do women learn in the workplace that influences their home life for better or worse?
Finally, since women themselves make the connection between their work in the marketplace and their work in the church, continued attention must be paid to how their gifts are used in the church, especially in leadership positions. When the talents that women bring to the workplace are not used in the church, women are frustrated and the church is poorer. As the 1987 Synod on the Laity said, "Without discrimination women should be participants in the life of the church, and also in consultation and the process of coming to decisions."
The bishops' Committee on Women plans to continue studying women's spirituality in the workplace. We are inviting dioceses to conduct focus groups that will look into some of the issues raised in the first round of groups. The committee will continue to publicize the findings on its Web site (www.usccb.org/laity/women.htm).
By listening to what women say about their lives in the marketplace, the committee hopes to affirm them in their work, encourage them to be engaged in evangelization and identify helpful ways for the church to enrich their spiritual lives.


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Since December last year, the South American nation of Peru has been battered by devastating floods and mudslides amid heavy rains caused by the sudden and abnormal warming of Pacific waters, reports say. According to the U.S. Agency for International Development, the still continuing severe weather and related natural disasters have affected 1.1 million people. As of April 19, the Peruvian government reported that the disasters have killed more than 110 people, injured over 400 others, and displaced as many as 184,000 people.
The disasters brought about by a local El Nino phenomenon, or the warming of surface sea temperatures in the Pacific, will likely continue along Peru's northern coast at least through April, a Peruvian scientist told Reuters. Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski said his country will need some US$9 billion (S$12.5 billion) to rebuild and modernize the affected areas, according to Agence France Presse. READ MORE


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The Private Life of SpidersBook - 2008
With more than 100 different families and 40,000 individual species, spiders are among the most successful creatures on Earth. Highly adaptable, they live almost everywhere, from equatorial rainforest to Arctic tundra. And they come in a huge range of shapes and sizes, from the tiny Patu digua , measuring less than half a millimeter, to the immense bird-eating tarantula, which can reach a span of eleven inches. In The Private Life of Spiders , spider expert Paul Hillyard takes the reader on a fascinating and richly illustrated tour of the lives of some of the world's most remarkable spiders.
The Private Life of Spiders reveals the intriguing behaviors of these complex creatures, from their extraordinary web-spinning skills and hunting strategies to their courtship displays and devoted care for their young. The book also describes other surprising skills of some spiders, such as the ability to cross vast stretches of open water.
Written in an engaging style, The Private Life of Spiders also looks at why people are scared of spiders, explains why such fear is generally misplaced, and shows why more needs to be done to protect endangered spiders.
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Vitsebsk: Prosecutor vs. HR Activist
At 10 a.m. on 24 July Vitsebsk regional cassation court considered the criminal case against the human rights activist Valery Shchukin. 1,5 months ago the judge Natallia Huryian satisfied the suit of the member of Vitsebsk regional election commission Tatsiana Buyevich for compensation of moral harm. Shchukin was found guilty of having insulted members of election commissions during the last election to local deputy soviets and fined about 580 US dollars. The reason for bringing the criminal case against him was that Shchukin distributed leaflets with criticism of the work of a circuit commission on election of deputies to Vitsebsk regional deputy soviet. At the cassation trial Shchukin expressed his dissatisfaction with the previous verdict and insisted on his innocence. At the same time, the state prosecutor Talkachova demanded to increase the punishment and sentence Shchukin to administrative arrest.


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NBN tower court losses bring council code change
THE council will adjust its stance on telecommunications towers after having three refusal decisions appealed by NBN Co.
It comes after an internal review of its telecommunications code recommended minimum setback distances be observed to protect the amenity of areas rather than for health and safety reasons.
In June last year councillors voted 10 to one against NBN Co's development application to build a 40m pole with transmission equipment on Mooloolah Rd in Eudlo.
They said it conflicted with the region's planning scheme as well as the council's telecommunications facility code and did not demonstrate sufficient public interest values to override those conflicts.
Requirements of the telecommunications code included towers be built no closer than 400m from homes, 500m from schools or childcare facilities and not within 20m of a public pathway.
Health and safety risks related to electromagnetic energy were a part of reasoning for that.
NBN Co subsequently appealed the councillors' refusal in the Planning and Environment Court.
A review ordered in June last year into the telecommuncations code has found the Eudlo appeal was one of three the council had recently settled with NBN Co.
NBN Co was able to demonstrate there were no suitable alternative locations for a tower which could achieve the 400m setback distances the council sought.
NBN Co had also shown the potential for adverse amenity impacts had been minimised enough for the towers to comply with the telecommunications code even if they hadn't met the required setback distance.
Council staff also reviewed setback provisions in other local government areas, which showed some areas didn't have any at all.
"Whilst there are different approaches reflected in these planning schemes, it is apparent that the focus on inclusion of setback provisions is related to amenity and not health and safety risks," the report found.
The review found setback distances did not need to be amended.
"However, there is considered to be a case for some refinement to the code to more clearly state the purpose and intent of these setback distances in respect to local amenity."
All present councillors at Thursday's meeting except Ted Hungerford and Greg Rogerson voted in favour of the adjustment.


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Donald Trump to claim presidential immunity in defamation case brought by Apprentice contestant who accused him of sexual assault
President Donald Trump's lawyers will argue that he has presidential immunity from a defamation case brought by a former contestant on his reality TV show The Apprentice who accused him of unwanted sexual contact.
His lawyers said in a state Supreme Court filing on Monday that they will formally ask for a dismissal or a suspension of the claims made in January by Summer Zervos until he leaves office.
They said the constitution provides immunity for Mr Trump from being sued in state court while he is president.
The lawyers said their position is supported by a long line of US Supreme Court cases requiring courts to show deference to the president and his schedule.
Ms Zervos was a contestant on Mr Trump's reality show in 2006.
She sued after Mr Trump dismissed her claims as "fabricated and made up". Ms Zervos claimed at a news conference in October that Mr Trump had made unwanted sexual contact with her at a hotel in Beverly Hills in 2007.
The lawsuit sought an apology and damages of $2,914.
Mr Trump's lawyers said he denied "these unfounded accusations" and was prepared to show that they were "false, legally insufficient and made in a transparent politically-motivated attack."
They said the allegations were even disputed by a member of Ms Zervos's family.
Ms Zervos is one of several women who made sexual allegations against Mr Trump when he was running for president last year. He has denied their allegations.
After appearing on Mr Trump's show, Ms Zervos said she later asked him for a job. She said they met and he kissed her on the lips and asked for her phone number. She said that during a later meeting at a hotel in California he became sexually aggressive, kissing her and touching her breasts.
During the presidential campaign, a tape emerged of Mr Trump talking about how fame enabled him to grope and try to have sex with women.
On the tape, from the set of the Access Hollywood show and filmed in 2005, Mr Trump says that, when he's attracted to beautiful women, "I just start kissing them. It's like a magnet."
He said that "when you're a star", women allowed this behaviour. "Grab them by the p--," Mr Trump adds. "You can do anything."
During a later presidential debate, Mr Trump denied carrying out any of the actions he was heard talking about on the tape, which he described as locker room talk.
Mr Trump's wife, Melania, blamed Access Hollywood host Billy Bush for what Mr Trump said. She said they were involved in "boy talk, and he was led on, like egged on, from the host to say dirty and bad stuff."
Gloria Allred, the lawyer acting for Ms Zervos, said she did not believe that the president had legal immunity from a defamation lawsuit.
She said that the Supreme Court had addressed the legal immunity issue in a case involving Bill Clinton and "determined unanimously that no man is above the law, and that includes the president of the United States."
"We look forward to arguing this issue in court," she said.


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"At the end of the day, I'm just a kid from Akron, Ohio" and "I came back for a reason, to bring a championship to our city" aren't things we generally hear when it comes to sports in Northeast Ohio. But when The King is from your town you better get used to Greatness!
He made a promise and he kept it! He's Just A Kid From Akron!
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Earlier today we heard what George Lucas and Steven Spielberg thought about the future of video games, but what about movies?
Speaking on a panel at the USC School of Cinematic Arts, the two blockbuster gurus predicted what might be in store for Hollywood studios and their big-budget features. "They're going for the gold," Lucas said. "But that isn't going to work forever. And as a result they're getting narrower and narrower in their focus. People are going to get tired of it. They're not going to know how to do anything else."
"There's eventually going to be a big meltdown," Spielberg added. "There's going to be an implosion where three or four or maybe even a half-dozen of these mega-budgeted movies go crashing into the ground and that's going to change the paradigm again."
Following that, Lucas explained, "You're going to end up with fewer theaters, bigger theaters with a lot of nice things. Going to the movies will cost 50 bucks or 100 or 150 bucks, like what Broadway costs today, or a football game. It'll be an expensive thing... [The movies] will sit in the theaters for a year, like a Broadway show does. That will be called the 'movie' business."
For now, Lucas thinks the future of entertainment is in VOD -- but in 10 years' time? Dreams, baby.
"The next step is to be able to control your dreams," he said. "You'll just tap into a different part of your brain. You're just going to put a hat on or plug into the computer and create your own world... We'll be able to do the dream thing 10, 15 years from now. It's not some pie-in-the-sky thing."
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The first wine-tasting room may be coming to downtown Santa Rosa.
Keven Brown, co-owner of Corrick's Stationery Store on Fourth Street, hopes to use part of his store for the tasting room in August.
"I have played with the idea of putting in a tasting room for several years, especially as the downtown has become a destination for tourists as well as for locals," he said. "As a store, we wanted to represent more American-made products ... Representing Sonoma County's most famous product, wine, is a natural extension of this concept."
Brown expects Santa Rosa-based Ancient Oak Cellars would improve the store's foot traffic, which he says now ranges from 200 to 600 people a day. Corrick's also is making room for a frame shop, My Daughter the Framer. Owner Sally Baker is moving her business from the Town & Country Shopping Center and hopes for a July opening.
Corrick's, a downtown institution for almost 100 years, was founded by Brown's great-grandparents, Arthur Rae and Mabel Corrick, in 1915. Brown said the store has 14,000 square feet of space on the ground level and 3,000 more upstairs.
"Both the winery and the framer will be centrally located against our western wall," he said. "The winery will be adjacent to our ARTrails Gallery, surrounded by Sonoma County art. The framer will be just north of there, in the area where we used to show books and maps."
Although Brown declined to reveal what Corrick's would charge in rent, he did say the additional income would help the store's bottom line, especially in a down economy.
"I would not say we're struggling financially," he said. "I think if you talk with any retailer, they would say the same thing. The economy is more challenging to any retail establishment.
"We're seeing a lot of positive growth even in a down economy," he said. "Obviously, any retail business is a little bit challenged. Some departments are up and some are down. China and silver are not selling the way they used to, and that's not a surprise."
Brown was drawn to Ancient Oak Cellars in part because it, too, is a multigenerational business. It is owned by Ken and Melissa Moholt-Siebert, with vineyards on the 31-acre property formerly owned by Ken Moholt-Siebert's grandparents, on Old Redwood Highway next door to Cardinal Newman High School.
The small-production winery makes its wine at Owl Ridge Wine Services in Sebastopol. Ancient Oak Cellars' flagship wine is pinot noir, but it also produces zinfandel, chardonnay and a red table wine.
"I first met Ken and Melissa as customers," Brown said. "We realized only last October that we all overlapped at Pomona College ... We share a great love of music and the arts and our friendship grew from there."
Their collaboration had a synergy, Melissa Moholt-Siebert said.
"We both have a history of strong involvement in the communities where we live and work," she said, "and we're both big thinkers who think about what's best for our communities, not just ourselves."
The winery owners would rather be downtown, Moholt-Siebert said, than in Railroad Square where a few tasting rooms, including a cluster at Cellars of Sonoma, have sprung up to complement the emerging restaurant and club scene there.
"We like the 'vibe' that is on Fourth Street downtown, the sense of place," she said. "We want to be a part of that, and a part of creating that."


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Michael Jackson was the master of visually branding himself. The sparkling military jackets, aviator shades, tight skinny pants, white socks with black loafers, fedoras, and gloves; all signature Jackson. He may not have been the first to ever wear these items but it was how Michael wore them, mixed it up, and defined his style in our history that set him apart. Before his passing Michael was already a living icon with the best selling album of all time with 1982's Thriller. Soon he had the kids in the streets donning red leather jackets while his mass appeal has been linked to sparking trends on the runway. Michael's style of performance set the bar for the artists of today like Justin Timberlake, Ne-Yo, and Jaime Foxx. Even the ladies have incorporated his style of dress, theatrics, and elaborate dance routines into their sets. It was as though Michael created this universal persona, something that couldn't be defined, but could translate across gender, age, and even time. This past weekend saw much reflection from the entertainment community with tributes and retrospectives. Our lookbook is a representation of some iconic looks and how they have resonated with the fashion of today.
Michael's legendary outfits are currently on display at the Grammy Museum in downtown LA.
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Le Petit Mouton de Mouton Rothschild 2016
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- J. Robinson : 17
Le Petit Mouton from Mouton Rothschild 2016: A generous and creamy Pauillac
Produced in the Pauillac appellation, Le Petit Mouton from Mouton Rothschild is the second wine of Chateau Mouton Rothschild. The vineyard covers 90 hectares, and is planted on banks of gravel and a marl-limestone subsoil. The grape varieties planted are 62% Cabernet Sauvignon, 35% Merlot and 3% Cabernet Franc.
The grapes that were used to produce Le Petit Mouton 2016 experienced exceptional climatic conditions starting at the end of June. The berries were small at the end of their maturation, which means that they were dense and highly concentrated. Harvest was from September 26th to October 14th.
Le Petit Mouton from Mouton Rothschild 2016 has a dark, carmine color with purple highlights. The nose emits complex aromas of black fruits (blackberries, blueberries), as well as cocoa beans. The attack is a blend of flesh and freshness. Its density is splendid, and the tannins are elegant. The wine reveals itself to be generous and unctuous. There are hints of spice and graphite, in the mouth. The finish is incredibly long, balanced and fresh.
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The 2016 Le Petit Mouton is a blend of 62% Cabernet Sauvignon, 35% Merlot and 3% Cabernet Franc; it will be matured in 45% new oak, a little lower than in previous year (it used to be 60%). It has around 13.3% alcohol. It has a clean and precise bouquet with black berry, pencil shavings, crushed violet and a touch of oyster shell. The palate is medium-bodied with supple and ripe tannin, very harmonious and blessed with a satin-like texture. It is a more understated Le Petit Mouton, but you almost miss the precision and detail, the mineralité on the linear finish. This has great potential thanks to the sheer quality of the tannins here.


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I love this recent conversation on my Facebook page so much. It started when I forgot to put the mug under the coffee stream:
Meanwhile, Sandra (the one who parked in the wrong driveway) texted me a picture of her house all decorated for Halloween, to show how seemingly difficult it is to miss.
No one objected to my request, but I concealed the last names to protect the "not that innocent" . Closet Britney Spears fans will get this reference and appreciate how I took this blog post full circle.


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January 20, 2012
Get Tracking! Wildlife Tracking Basics
Finding and following wildlife stories
Have you ever seen an animal footprint in the mud and wondered what animal made it, and what they were doing? Then you've got what it takes to be a wildlife tracker!
When many people think of wildlife tracking, they picture finding fresh tracks and following them to catch the animal. But the real joy in tracking lies in discovering as much as you can from the evidence that animals leave behind.
Take a look at your own backyard or local woods or fields. You might be amazed by what you find.
Signs of wildlife activity
You can look not only for direct evidence, like paw prints and scat (animal droppings), but also indirect evidence, such as tooth marks, hair, and trails.
The more evidence you have, the easier it will be to get a positive ID on what critter made the tracks. Often, you can figure out what the animal was doing at the time the tracks were left. See our recommended guides and resources (or do a quick web search) to help you recognize the basic imprints or scats that animals in your area might leave.
Make plaster casts
Bring your hobby home with you: create a collection of plaster tracking casts. It's easier than you think! Guidelines for making casts are offered in most tracking field guides; basically, it involves mixing a batter of water and plaster of paris and applying it into a set of tracks, then letting it dry before lifting it out. Local mud flats or river sandbars are good sites to practice making plaster casts.
Keep a journal
Consider keeping a journal, complete with photos or drawings, about the tracks you see in your backyard. You might be surprised by the number and variety of wild visitors.
Trek lightly
If you start tracking on public property, keep in mind a few etiquette rules when you go. Try to minimize disturbance of wildlife tracks that others may want to study, and leave the site in the same or better shape than it was found. This is especially true if you make a plaster cast. Pick up all the scraps and evidence so that anyone visiting the area later will find the site as clean and natural as you did.
Do not disturb
If you should be so fortunate as to find a set of tracks that leads directly to a den or resting site, back down the trail so you won't disturb the animal who left them.
Helpful resources
Animal Track Identification Guide (PDF) - Identify birds, mammals, and reptiles with this illustrated guide to different tracks.
Elbroch, Mark. Mammal Tracks & Sign: A Guide to North American Species. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2003.
Farrand, John, Jr. Familiar Animal Tracks of North America: National Audubon Society Pocket Guide. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995.
Halfpenny, James. A Field Guide to Mammal Tracking in North America. Boulder, CO: Johnson Books, 1986.
Murie, Olaus J. and Mark Elbroch. Peterson Field Guide to Animal Tracking, Third Edition. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2005.
Rezendes, Paul. Tracking & The Art of Seeing: How to Read Animal Tracks and Sign, Second Edition. New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 1999.
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An Office 365 Home Premium subscription gets you 5 licenses for Microsoft's Office Web Apps (soon to be renamed to Office Online) and local installations. In the past, to install one of the remaining licenses, you'd need to login to the primary account and perform the install from there.
Microsoft has now rolled out a new feature where you can add a new user to your Office 365 subscription and then send them an email that contains installation information. This ensures your primary account security is retained, i.e., you don't have to give out the primary account login and password.
How to do it:
- Jump out to the Office Online web site and login using your Microsoft account.
- In the Share your subscription benefits area, click the Add User option.
- When prompted, enter the email address of the individual with which you want to share the subscription and click Send Invite.
Here's an example of what the email installation notification looks like:
The email invitation is configured to expire in 30 days, but after accepted, each person who installs Office using the email information will receive their very own account page. As the primary account holder, you'll be able to monitor new subscriptions and even revoke them if necessary. Once an account has been revoked, it will no longer be able to use SkyDrive (soon to be OneDrive, maybe) for storage nor will be able to use the installed Office instances.


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- What: Rayman Origins
- Where: Amazon
- Current Price: £15
- Rayman Origins Xbox 360 Price Comparison
- Rayman Origins Review
Rayman Origins is an outstanding platform game that you really should pick up if you get the chance and not only does it look great, it's guaranteed to bring a smile to your face. Unfortunately, it doesn't include an online multiplayer, but this is only one of a few minor blips in an otherwise flawless game. You can pick up an Xbox 360 copy from Amazon for £15, which'll make you a saving of almost £2 on the next best offer coming in from Simply Games. Thanks to LeeNorfolkUK @ HUKD.


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I am a firm believer in screen protectors, every device I own must have one. Personally I think companies should provide them with the products they sell, especially considering the price of most new gadgets these days. The PS Vita is the latest and greatest gadget out, at least for now and it doesn't come with a screen protector but our friends at Mobile Fun have sent me over one for review. Actually they sent me over five of them as they sell them in packs of five and they only cost about $13 for all five. So I've got a quick review for you…
MFX Screen Protector – PS Vita
Keep your PS Vita screen in pristine condition with an MFX scratch resistant screen protector.
Prevents screen scratching and other damage
The MFX range of screen protectors are designed to keep your device's screen clear from scratches and scrapes that could hamper your visibility. By creating a tough barrier between your screen and the world, any damage will be done to the screen protector and not the device, keeping your device looking good as new.
Easy to apply
MFX screen protectors are easy to apply, as they are custom cut for each device. Simply clean the screen with the included microfiber cloth, line up the screen protector with your device and use the application card to smooth out any bubbles. Once on, the screen protector is practically invisible.
Crystal clarity provides invisible protection
While it's important to protect your screen, it's also vital that the screen protector does not hinder your device use by clouding the screen.
MFX screen protectors are specially made to provide optimal clarity, while also being thin enough to keep your screen in perfect working order. Once on, you wont even notice the MFX screen protector is there.
Comes with 5 screen protectors for 5 times the protection
MFX screen protectors now come in packs of 5, so you've got 5 times the protection for your device. You'll never have to buy another screen protector for the life of your device with the MFX 5-in-1 screen protector pack.
Price: £7.95 / $12.45
The PS Vita screen protectors are from a company called MFX and they just come in a plastic bag type package. Every screen protector I've seen comes this way so it's no surprise.
As I mentioned earlier you get five in the pack along with one cleaning cloth and one card to help get the bubbles out.
Like most screen protectors you'll see two tabs on it labeled one and two meaning you take number one off first.
The PS Vita is pretty much all glass on top so you'll have to line up the protector with the screen yourself. It lines up with the screen and there's a millimeter or two of overlap for you.
Application is just like putting any other screen protector on any other device really. First you'll need to clean the screen and then remove the part that is labeled number one and carefully apply it to the screen of your PS Vita. Then remove the part labeled number two and just push the bubbles out. I actually got it on the first time with no issues, usually it take a bit of time for me to get them on perfectly.
The price for these is $12.45 plus shipping and that's for five of them which I think is inexpensive for them.
I've been using it for a little bit now and I found that it works fine, the Vita screen is just as sensitive as when I didn't have a screen protector on it.
You can find more PS Vita accessories at Mobile Fun and they also sent me over the Official PS Vita Starter Kit for review which I'll be posting soon as well.
So there it is, a decent and inexpensive screen protector for your PS Vita. What more could you ask for?
These screen protectors don't interfere with the sensitivity of the screen so you'll be protected and still gaming as usual.
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Targeting small businesses, the vendors will offer two reduced-price GST-Office 2000 software bundles until the GST is introduced on July 1.
The Small Business Value Pack, which combines MYOB accounting software with MS Office 2000 Small Business Upgrade, costs $599. The Small Business Value Pack Plus combines MYOB Accounting Plus software with the same Microsoft product and sells for $749.
Managing director for Australian-owned MYOB, Rob Evers, said he expects the advent of the GST to encourage small businesses to upgrade their entire software systems. "Businesses coming to grips with the GST may find that it is a perfect opportunity to look more closely at the way they run their business and the tools they are using," he said.


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Last summer was our first 4th of July overseas. I spent the day stealing several moments to scroll through Facebook, wistfully reading through status updates of friends who were headed to cookouts or neighborhood picnics, Independence Day parades, and eyeing their plans to watch local fireworks displays that night. I was jealous…and more than a little bit homesick. Nick often jokes that I'm "America's #1 patriot" and, when it comes to the 4th of July, he's right!
|"Captain Mike" leads the Independence Day parade
in my old neighborhood in Ohio.
Growing up in a small town in Wisconsin, one of my favorite days of the year was the 4th of July, when my mom spent the entire afternoon popping a giant paper grocery bag full of salty, buttery popcorn that would double as dinner and a treat when watching the fireworks later that night from the high school football field. Years later as a teenager in Ohio, our neighborhood began the terrific tradition of decorating bicycles, wagons and lawnmowers in red, white and blue; parading them up and down the streets in an unofficial Independence Day parade, complete with a "lawnmower brigade" of several dads pushing walk-behind lawnmowers that stopped to perform military-style drills at points along the route! And for the decade that I lived in
Washington, D.C., not even the oppressive heat and humidity could squelch the patriotism I'd feel while watching the fireworks from the lawn of the U.S. Capitol building, beneath the Washington Monument or along the banks of the Potomac River across from the Lincoln Memorial.
Ahh, there I go, getting wistful again.
I digress.
Anyway, instead of sitting at home scrolling through Facebook and feeling sorry for myself again this Independence Day, I've found a cookout to attend. And you can come, too!


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I haven't shown Pamela Anderson in a long time. It was time to have her grace the site.
Elin Nordegren has been in the news quite a bit over the last few weeks as she appears to be dating a guy that was having a relationship with a girl that Elin's ex-husband Tiger was having an affair with. Sounds like they all she get together on a big bed and have fun together!
Standard disclaimer when I put out images of celebrities. I wasn't present when these pictures were taken. While the images appear to be genuine, I am not positive that this is actually Elin. All I know for sure is that the model bears a strong resemblance and the model is very beautiful.
According to boobslicious, this is an image of Kate Moss topless and leaning against a log. There is no question that Kate is an incredibly beautiful woman.
Pam Anderson is a beautiful woman when topless
This is a great image that I picked up over at Egotastic of Elisabetta Canalis. I really like how the pale wall and pale sand offsets her skin tone. Egotastic has other nude or topless shots of the same photo shoot.
I think this is Heidi Klum. Heidi is the definition of "beautiful woman" and I could fill this whole site in simple devotion to her beauty.
I found this image at The Things That Excite Me.
NOTE: I didn't take the above picture so I do not "know" that this is actually the model in question. I only "know" that it is a beautiful woman and it bears a very strong resemblance to her.
Another reason to get an iPhone – Pamela Anderson!
I guess there is even more reason to have an iPhone! The Wakey Wakey app is featuring Pamela Anderson. This beautiful babe has graced our site many times and is also in our gallery on Mobi-Nudes.com.
Wakey Wakey is an iPhone application that is endorsed by Pamela Anderson. The iPhone application is basically an alarm clock and when it is time to wake up, a video of Pamela Anderson plays.
Every morning, Pamela's voice will rouse you from your sleep. Roll over and feast your eyes on the screen as the world famous curves of Pamela Anderson appear from beneath the sheets. An early morning wake up call, Pamela delivers playful, sensual and flirtatious sweet nothings such as: "Honey, wake up – good morning sweetie – come on baby, wake up sexy."
The app costs $1.99 on iTunes.
Note that this is not an endorsement of the app nor is the link an affiliate link – I receive no compensation for this post.
This is the anniversary of Farrah's death
I know that tomorrow, the world will be talking about the death of Michael Jackson. However, today we remember one of the most beautiful women to grace our website, Farrah Fawcett. Farrah died one year ago today.
There will be another posting today of a beautiful woman since these images have already been posted on this site.
While this model looks like she is rearranging her swimsuit and that swimsuit is quite revealing, I wish that she would just take it off!
The photographer did a great job of balancing the focus of the foreground and background. I wish more photographers would understand how their lenses work and do this.


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Eros International and SLB Films presents, SHIRIN FARHAD KI TOH NIKAL PADI, an upcoming romantic comedy movie, set to release on 24th August 2012. Produced by Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Sunil A Lulla, Directed by debutant Bela Bhansali Sehgal, the film stars Boman Irani and Farah Khan in lead roles. The music of the movie is composed by Jeet Ganguly and the lyrics penned by Amitabh Bhattacharya and Faraz Ali. Synopsis: Every man?s envy, has spent his adult life in the midst of bras and panties. One look at a woman and he knows her size. Reality check: Farhad Pastakiya, 45-year-old golden hearted Parsi bachelor working as a bra and panty salesman has never found love. The only women in his life are his dominating mother, Nargis and doting grandmother, Siloo. The world has given up on him but Farhad has never given up hope. Until one day a 34 B walks into his shop and its love at first sight. Shirin Fugawala 40-year-old, bubbly, straightforward, Parsi trust secretary is Farhad?s soul mate but destiny intervenes in the form of a demolished water-tank. All hell breaks loose as Frahad?s mother Nargis realizes that her son?s dream girl is her sworn enemy.
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The latest-generation Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) architecture found inside the DSX1000, is the same advanced technology used in the highly acclaimed QBD76 HDSD DAC and the Red Reference MkIII CD player, giving the DSX1000 a significant sonic advantage over ordinary network players with off-the-shelf DAC chips.
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Lucky Last Number (LLN)) was developed as entertainment for groups of people that like to play games of chance. Sheets of Game Cards (four per sheet, 25 random numbers per Game Card) are used by players to keep track of which numbers (1 - 75) have been called. A Winner is a Player with the current Game Series Game Card with the last (75th) Called Number. The Host sets the Games to Play (1 - 50) and Prize to Share. Numbers are called at random by LLN in Auto or Manual Mode and displayed on a Flash Board. LLN is $20 shareware; Users may try LLN for ten minutes per launch, after which time LLN will close.
What is new in this release:
Version 1.2.0 is compatible with El Capitan plus this version expands to fill the display (800 x 600 or higher) after launch.
What is new in version 1.1.0:
Version 1.1.0 is compatible with Yosemite's default security.
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Users may try LLN in Demo Mode for ten minutes per launch, after which time LLN will close.


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Leaders of Ghungroo, Nisha T. Swarup '18 and Vinay S. Iyengar '18, stand in front of Agassiz House. The annual dance event, Ghungroo, will happen next weekend.
Wasserstein Hall is the student center of the Law School. The Law School dean search committee hosted an open mic forum Wednesday afternoon.
Tom Hardin talks to Harvard Law School students about insider trading and being a FBI informant.
Signs hung on the walls of Memorial Hall welcomed freshman students' families to campus for Freshman Family Weekend for the Class of 2020.
The Harvard women's basketball team huddles up after a recent practice. After losing three key seniors, the Crimson has reloaded with a Stanford transfer and pair of impressive freshmen.
Freshman forward Jeannie Boehm enters her rookie season with high expectations. She's only the second All-American to don a Harvard uniform.
Franklin Park Zoo has been transformed into the Midnight Zoo.
The Midnight Zoo presents a puppet show in partnership with the Puppet Showplace Theater of Brookline.
The Museum of Natural History hosted the third annual Fungus Fair on Saturday.


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Total U.S. ad spending rose in the fist half of 2004, according to TNS Media Intelligence/CMR. CMR has forecast 9% to 10% growth this year, thanks to the effect of the Olympics and the Presidential election. Spending among the top ten largest U.S. advertisers jumped 5.7% to $8.23 billion, with increases among all but Time Warner, which was down 3%. Procter & Gamble Co. was the largest U.S. advertiser in the first half, with $1.32 billion spent, up 4% over last year.
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Dog days: Investors were encouraged when oil prices backed down and tensions eased in Iraq, but worried about revised second-quarter gross-domestic-product figures, which showed the economy grew more slowly than expected. But none of this made much of a difference in a low-volume week where Wall Street got a head start on the Labor Day holiday. For the week 32 AdMarket stocks were up, 17 were down and American Express Co. was unchanged.
Media stocks lost some altitude after Merrill Lynch & Co. advertising analyst Lauren Rich Fine revised her spending growth forecast; she lowered slightly her total advertising numbers for 2004 and 2005, and reduced her projection for newspapers, while increasing her broadcast TV estimate.
Advertising Age and Bloomberg's AdMarket 50 index of 50 top publicly traded marketer, agency and media companies for the week ended Aug. 27, based on stock trading data supplied by Bloomberg financial news service. All comparisons are vs. closing prices Aug. 20. Full data available on Bloomberg terminals under index BAAX.


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The fact that you can't upload any custom props, characters, backgrounds... uh... let's face it, custom anything onto Domo Animate has given rise to a fairly unique work around.
Domo Animate members have been using the existing props, which they combine to create new characters. Despite the fact that these new 'custom' characters are very tricky to animate it hasn't stopped their popularity.
Not wanting to be left out I thought I'd try to create my own unique character and see if I could animate it enough to seperate it from the static, background props.
What I came up with was the 'Sneep'. Something of a cross between a sheep and an anteater - basically a sheep with a snozzle (nose).
Sneep Watching (New Ending) by etourist
Like it? Create your own at DomoNation.com. It's free and fun!
The Sneep in my animation is made from a cloud (body), two sets of antenae (legs and feet), hair (head), Horn (tail) and two cyclops eyes. A sneep is easy enough to animate if you just want to turn it's head or dip it's tail, however it becomes much harder if you want the whole animal to walk.
The only way you can make the entire character move is to animate each component seperately. Relatively easy if you want everything to move in a straight line but near impossible once you start trying to move things along curved lines. Hence I didn't even try.
Creating your own custom characters from the available props on Domo Animate presents an interesting challenge both technically and for the imagination. Well worth a try if you're looking for something different to do with your Domo animations.
South Australian Artist, Writer, Video Producer and Animator, David Arandle working under the pseudonym 'The Extraordinary Tourist' or 'TET' for short Blogs about his personal animation projects as well as Tips, Software Reviews, Featured Animators Animation Business and a whole lot more.
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Austria's finance minister played down the risks to regional finances on Saturday after a Salzburg civil servant gambled hundreds of millions of euros of taxpayers' money on high-risk derivatives.
Speaking a day after federal and provincial officials agreed on steps to curb speculative use of public funds, Maria Fekter said in a radio interview that local authorities had already acted to reduce deals that had potential to blow up.
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"Lots of people learned from the situation after 2007 and the risks that emerged on financial markets, changed their ways and gradually reduced very risky positions," she told state broadcaster ORF.
But she noted that regions still had lots of foreign- currency debt on their books that needed to be cut in phases.
The head of the country's auditing agency warned in a magazine interview this week that the Salzburg case could be just the tip of an iceberg and that "ticking time bombs worth billions" may lurk in local authorities' opaque finances.
Fekter and state officials agreed on Friday that Austria should amend its constitution to rule out high-risk public financing such as currency speculation or entering derivative contracts for anything other than hedging purposes.
Details now need to be worked out by mid-year.
Austria said last month it planned stricter controls over regional finances after the Salzburg flap.
Salzburg officials have said they sacked a finance director after determining she used doctored documents and false signatures to hide a trail of losses from deals that started more than a decade ago.
They put the book loss at 340 million euros ($444 million), but experts are still trying to determine the state's exact exposure.
The woman, identified only as Monika R., has denied any wrongdoing, but two of her supervisors have also had to go in a widening scandal that will probably lead to fresh elections this year in Salzburg, governed by Social Democrat Gabi Burgstaller.
Austrian states have 8.2 billion euros of debt, or 8.1 percent of the country's public debt.
The national FMA markets watchdog has said it would welcome a more centralized approach to regional financing even though it saw no risk at this stage to overall financial stability.
($1 = 0.7666 euros)
(Reporting by Michael Shields; Editing by Ruth Pitchford)


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End of the road for white lines?
White lines could be removed from busy roads across the country in an attempt to decrease the speed of motorists (Telegraph).
The Telegraph reports that highway chiefs have concluded that unmarked roads introduce a sense of uncertainty that prompts motorists to drive more cautiously, especially when faced with oncoming traffic.
In recent months, Transport for London (TfL) has removed the lines on parts of the A22 and A23 in south London and the A100 in central London. TfL has told The Times that this may now be expanded to other roads.
There are also plans to pilot the scheme in north Norfolk while trials have taken place in parts of Wiltshire and Derby.
The Telegraph report points to research which shows removing the central white line, a feature of British roads for almost 100 years, can reduce the average speed of a vehicle by 13%.
Road Safety GB has suggested the idea be treated with caution, saying that different solutions are required for different situations.
Iain Temperton, Road Safety GB director of communications, said: "There is no single solution to highway design.
"Every solution must be based upon evidence and current best practice. While on some occasions that might involve the removal of markings or street furniture there will be other situations where this would exacerbate the problem. There is no one answer to casualty reduction."
Commenting on TfL's decision to remove white lines from busy roads, Nicholas Lyes, RAC public affairs manager, said: "There may be some areas where there's a benefit but a lot where the disadvantages outweigh any potential benefits.
"And their removal would also likely lead to an increased 'fear factor' of driving and accidents for the majority of motorists who take confidence from clear road markings.
"It feels instinctive that white line road markings an essential feature keeping our roads safe and lanes clearly defined in both daylight and the hours of darkness.
"And we must not forget the development of cat's eyes in the 1930s has been universally heralded as one of the greatest road safety improvements of all time used all over the world."
Perhaps unsurprisingly, the Road Safety Markings Association (RSMA) has come out strongly against the idea, referring to it as "misplaced, misleading and ... fatally flawed".
George Lee, chief executive of the RSMA, said: "There is little or no proof that removing road markings makes roads safer or that drivers confused by a lack of clear guidance are somehow safer drivers."
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Apart from White Lines I often wonder if there has ever been shown a benefit to the many painted signs saying 'SLOW' or its Gaelic equivalent. I would rather see these removed.
Robert Bolt, St Albans
Well said Jules,
Obsession with a number is infuriating. I find myself looking at the speedo more than the road which is insane. In an interview on this scheme on the BBC, the representative stated that reducing the traffic speed decreased journey times, in my experience of managed motorways and physics I know this to be nonsense. Road engineers should be allowing traffic to move and stop increasing the congestion on our roads. Is this policy in direct correlation with the increasing average age of drivers and population as a whole and therefore decreased reaction times and more conservative and punitive attitudes that come with age I wonder?
Steve Armstrong, Halifax UK.
On a less frivolous note, I have noticed that after c/way resurfacing and pending renewal of the white lines, the appearance of the road ahead can be disconcerting enough to generate a sense of uncertainty and even vulnerability which should heighten one's senses and awareness, so I can see where they're coming from with this. On the other hand, any Council thinking of trying this will also be aware of the implications of Road Death Investigation Manual, should a fatal collsion subsequently occur.
Hugh Jones, Cheshire
Isn't this happening by stealth anyway? The roads on which I travel often have markings in a dreadful state of disrepair. They'll be telling us next that potholes are a good idea, because they achieve an x% reduction in speed on any given road.
David, Suffolk
A lot of roads have either 'STOP' lines or 'Give Way' markings which mark the 'end of the road'. If indeed it is soon to be the 'end of the road for white lines', how will the 'end of the road' be marked in the future, without the white lines to mark it with?
Hugh Jones, Cheshire
Rod, to clarify my statement lane departure warning is also operational on single carriageways when the centre line is crossed. One would argue this is the most important element of it's use - reducing the chance of a head-on collision.
Matt Staton, Cambridgeshire
I don't think that anyone is proposing removing lane markings. It seems to be real storm in a teacup. I am waiting for someone to mention "elf and safety" and straight bananas. I could be wrong, I suspect that this is a perfect example of an original article by a misinformed journalist that then creates speculation and distraction from the reality that we all have to deal with.
Rod King, 20's Plenty for Us
I notice there is already a question submitted to today's forum about autonomous vehicle's reliance on white lines? I believe lane departure warning systems use the lines as a cue already so this policy could be to the detriment of these systems.
Surely this is the kind of policy that needs a national, joined-up steer to help developers of this kind of technology as well as providing consistency for drivers?
Matt Staton, Cambridgeshire
With regard to the Telegraph's reference to "Highway Chiefs" they go on to state that this is primarily a TfL initative that is also under consideration in Wiltshire, Norfolk and Derby. Presumably it is the Heads of Highways for those authorities that are being referred to?
Honor Byford, Chair, Road Safety GB
Removing white lines is utter madness. I have no doubt that average speeds would reduce - but it is mistakes that cause crashes not speed.
Road crash inspectors don't obsess about speed. Most crashes have a combination of causes - with driver error amongst the commonest. So removing visual clues will lead to more mistakes - especially in poor visibility, when cars will drift into a ditch - or towards oncoming traffic - and maybe an over-sharp correction.
Some so-called "road safety" engineers acquire some curious ideas. How about rightwards deflection at a mini-roundabout - yes rightwards!
Jules, Kent
I for one will not be driving in times of fog and darkness, and how many times have we mentioned eye sight tests for drivers, and what about foreign drivers?
Gareth, Surrey
Wasnt this a story covered by RSGB in August 2014 on the benefits of removing central white lines on some single carriageway roads. See http://www.roadsafetygb.org.uk/news/3817.html
The roads actually trialled by TfL seem to be the same as in the original story. The TfL report can be seen at http://content.tfl.gov.uk/centre-line-removal-trial.pdf
I note that the original RSGB article showed a picture of the actual single carriageway trialled whereas The Telegraph and new RSGB article in their pictures seem to be implying that it is dashed white lines between lanes on motorways that are under consideration for removal!
And exactly who are these highway chiefs, now thats a nice unspecific term.
Have TfL actually made any announcements other than their 2014 report?
Sounds to me like a Telegraph journalist conjuring up a motoring story by taking a report on the benefits of central white line removal on some selected roads and then blowing it out of all proportion by showing pictures of motorways and asking road groups what they think of removing all white lines. Is it the silly season?
Rod King, 20's Plenty for Us
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It's a critical time for the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill - or the Gagging Law, as campaigners have come to call it.
The Bill has been termed the Gagging Law because it threatens to stifle public debate on policies that affect people's lives in the year of an election. This is because the Bill includes a very wide definition of campaigning for "electoral purposes". It means that, in the year before an election, if Oxfam campaigned on a policy that impacted on the lives of poor people - on the impacts of climate change, or on tax avoidance - and one political party supported our policies but another didn't we could be seen as campaigning "for electoral
purposes" and be breaking the law. This is despite the fact that Oxfam's campaigning is never party political or seeks to promote one candidate over another in the lead up to an election.
Despite serious concerns being raised by charities, think tanks, unions, civil society organisations and the Electoral Commission, the Bill has passed through the House of Commons and is moving to the House of Lords next week without changes Oxfam sees as critical in allowing us to run campaigns on crucial policies in election years.
Lots of the problems with this Bill arise because the Government undertook very little consultation with charities or other groups. The Commission on Civil Society and Democratic engagement has been set up to consult fully with a diverse coalition of prominent charities, campaign groups, academics, think tanks and online networks. Their evidence will be reported to MPs and members of the House of Lords.
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The Bill now passes to the House of Lords to be debated and scrutinised. Oxfam will be working to help Peers understand the problems with the Bill, and working with the Commission for Civil Society to help develop some solutions that could help lessen its impact.
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Even though this Bill is now being debated in the House of Lords it continues to make all the difference that MPs hear about concern from their constituents. They can lobby their party leaders, and can be prepared to vote in the right way if we manage to get a better draft of the Bill sent back from the House of Lords. Can you write to your MP to express your opposition to the Bill?
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