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The Los Angeles Multicultural Educational Collaborative (LAMEC) is a BP-funded initiative to build community empowerment, and mobilization through parent and youth leadership training centered in K-12 academic success, college access and civic engagement. This historic, multi-faceted collaborative union among MALDEF, the Asian Pacific American Legal Center (APALC), the Los Angeles Urban League is aimed at creating cross-cultural unity and developing educational solutions across ethnic, racial, class and cultural lines in Southern California.
The LAMEC partners focus their efforts on three areas: youth leadership and access to higher education, parent leadership and community involvement, and a parent organization network (PON), a growing association of regional parent advocacy groups.
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Each of the LAMEC partners support and develop youth advocates through after-school workshops that incorporate college awareness, civil rights and the arts as a means to help high school students become active leaders in their schools and communities. Youth from the three partner organizations come together through shared events, to increase college readiness, and interracial and intercultural awareness, tolerance and acceptance. MALDEF's youth leadership program CREATE! offers students the opportunity to learn about the civi engagement process through creative mediums of expression.
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LAMEC's parent leadership programs enable parents to be effective educational partners, and advocates for their children, their schools and the community. A central focus of these programs is helping parents understand the education system, higher education opportunities, and financial literacy as vital keys to investing in their family's future. MALDEF's Parent School Partnership (PSP) Program trains parents to take responsibility of their children's education.
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The hills of the Peak District will be alive with the sound of thundering hooves and people cheering at a racing event.
The Pikehall Harness Racing will take place on July 17 and is expected to pull in a bumper crowd.
The first race of the evening meeting is set to take place at 6pm and the final race will be staged at around 9pm.
Harness racing is a family orientated sport and often features three generations of one family taking part in some form – whether it is owning, training or driving.
Most of the top trainers and drivers attend the Pikehall races and there are usually 15 bookmakers in attendance.
There will also be children's entertainment, caterers and a licenced bar.
Following the racing the entertainment will continue as well–known female vocalist Vicky Lambert will be singing in the marquee.
For further information on Pikehall Harness Racing, visit the website www.pikehallharnessracing.co.uk.
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Related: UNCW AD says he won't fill Holland's shoes.
Terry Holland came to East Carolina at a difficult time in the school's athletic history.
The football program was down, facilities were in desperate need of an upgrade and morale was at an all-time low after the divisive tenure of his predecessor Mike Hambrick.
That was in 2004.
Today, thanks to Holland's leadership as athletic director, the Pirates are once again sailing in the right direction with a championship-caliber football team, renovated football and baseball stadiums to go along with a new state-of-the-art Olympic sports complex, and fund-raising at an all-time high.
Having accomplished everything he set out to do, including admission for ECU as a football-only member of the Big East conference just last week, Holland announced his retirement Wednesday.
The 70-year-old Sampson County native, who previously served as basketball coach and AD at Virginia, will assume the title of athletic director emeritus and stay on until a replacement can be named. He remains under contract with ECU until Dec. 31, 2014.
According to Holland, retirement is a move he's been considering for almost a year.
"Early in 2012, chancellor (Steve Ballard) and I began to discuss the future of the East Carolina University athletics program," Holland said in a release. "Specifically, we talked about the options available that might ensure a smooth and flexible leadership transition. It was my suggestion that a move to athletics director emeritus could allow such a transition."
Holland`s primary responsibilities as AD emeritus will focus on fund-raising, strategic planning and working with the chancellor's office on "special projects." He will also continue securing conference affiliation for ECU's other 17 sports programs other than football now that the school has severed its ties with Conference USA.
In honor of his work over the past eight years, Ballard and the ECU Board of Trustees have decided that the school's new $24 million facility — which includes 1,000-seat soccer and softball stadiums, a stand-alone eight-lane polyurethane track and a 20,000-square-foot administrative building — will be named the Terry Holland Olympic Sports Complex.
"Terry Holland has served ECU with distinction since 2004 and has been a close colleague and valued leader as we pursued bold goals and strong aspirations for the future," Ballard said. "The success of our teams, the growth of our finances, the evolution of world class facilities, and our acceptance into the Big East – all of these goals have greatly benefited from Terry's energy and vision."
Among the highlights of Holland's tenure at ECU are the hiring of football coaches Skip Holtz and Ruffin McNeill, who revitalized the Pirates' football tradition by winning back-to-back C-USA football titles in 2008 and 2009, a division co-championship in 2012 and bowl appearances in six of the last seven years. In addition to that on-the-field success, attendance has soared to an all-time high and leading to a 7,000-seat expansion at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium.
Holland also upgraded ECU's scheduling and worked out regular football series with in-state rivals North Carolina and N.C. State.
Football isn't the only sport that has prospered under his watch.The Pirates have earned C-USA regular season and tournament championships (or qualifying for NCAA appearances) in baseball, women's basketball, men's and women's golf, women's soccer, softball, women's swimming, and men's and women's track since 2004.
In the classroom, nearly 1,000 athletes have been selected to the C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll. During the 2009-2010 academic year, nine ECU sports programs earned a perfect Academic Progress Rate (APR) score of 1,000.
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Holland was a godsend for ECU. Came in, took charge and mostly made good decisions. Hope the next 8-10 years will be as successful for the Pirates.
Thanks for everything Terry!


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NJ town: Snooki and storm rebuilding don't mix
BERKELEY TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — Some residents of a Jersey shore town say they don't want reality star Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi to benefit from efforts to rebuild from Superstorm Sandy.
Berkeley Township residents and officials say Polizzi plans to vacation and film in a house there for the new season of her "Jersey Shore" spinoff, "Snooki and JWoww."
Some homeowners have hired a lawyer to try to block production.
The Star-Ledger of Newark (http://bit.ly/11bkZBj ) reports that dozens of people attended a council meeting Monday, and many of them blasted township officials, fearing a circus-like atmosphere.
Polizzi writes on Instagram that she doesn't understand why people want to ban her, her son and fiance from enjoying summer at the shore. She went on to say, "Grow up, get over yourself and move on."
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Saturday, September 14, 2013
The burden of thinking -– a Saturday reprise
Let me speak for gray.
Not black or white. Good or evil. Truth or falsity. Yes or no.
Let me speak for maybe. Sort of. More or less. I think so.
I am reluctant to speak for gray for fear of being considered wishy-washy. Indecisive. Unprincipled. But lately it seems as if we are surrounded on every side by zealots, and it's not a pretty sight.
We are surrounded by people who are so certain of their Truth that they are willing to strap bombs to their chests and walk into crowded pizza parlors. Or fly airplanes into towers. Or bomb abortion clinics. Or subvert American principles of civil liberties to fight those who have no principles of civil liberty.
There's an ugly stridency in the air, too many people who are certain God is on their side. Too much certainty with a capital C.
So why does the world look gray to me? After all, I was raised in a tradition of Absolute Truth. I was taught that infidels will burn in hell, at least those guilty of "culpable ignorance." "Armies of youth flying standards of Truth," we sang.
But I was studying science, too, and the history and philosophy of science. I discovered truth with a lower-case t. Evolving truth. I encountered people who held their most cherished beliefs to the refining fire of experience, and who changed their minds when their tentative truths failed the test.
When a group of Englishmen established the first modern scientific society in the 17th century, they took as their motto, "Take no one's word." They believed the only reliable guide to truth was the evidence of the senses. And even the senses can be deceiving. Which is why they embraced the experimental method. Reproducibility. Observations that can be repeated by anyone, and that always give the same result.
Many people think of science as a body of knowledge -- the germ theory of disease, evolution by natural selection, Newton's laws of motion, that sort of thing. Well, yes, it is. But these things are tentatively held, with varying degrees of certainty. More fundamentally, science is a way of thinking. A way that rejects absolutes.
Of course, one can't blow hither and yon on a sea of uncertainty. To be useful, any system of knowledge must be confident of itself. To do scientific work at all, one must start with firm convictions. But every good scientist must be radically open to marginal change, and marginally open to radical change.
Black and white is easy. It relieves us of the burden of thinking, of learning, of experiencing the other. Gray is more difficult -- but it's the planet's best hope for a civilized future.
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Alex Trebek upset some fans Wednesday when he mocked one contestant's taste in music on "Jeopardy."
Susan Cole, who works as a legislative librarian in Bowie, Maryland, told Trebek that her preferred musical genre was "nerdcore" hip-hop. When Trebek admitted that he didn't know what nerdcore was, Cole explained it in her own words.
"It's people who identify as nerdy, rapping about the things they love — video games, science fiction, having a hard time meeting romantic partners," she said. "It's really catchy and fun."
"Losers, in other words," Trebek replied.
While the audience roared with laughter, and even Cole laughed good-naturedly, social media users took to Twitter to criticize the jab.
"Shocked and ashamed of #AlexTrebek 's words. Shocked that @Jeopardy actually aired his words," wrote one.
Another commented on the game show's lack of tactical marketing strategy: "#alextrebek and @Jeopardy managed to cross their biggest audience. Losers? Really?" Still another implied that Trebek was grumpy, tweeting that he "needs to eat a snickers."
Philadelphia-based nerdcore artist Mega Ran responded to the comment with a video while on tour in Birmingham, Alabama. "Alex Trebek, you lost a lot of respect," he rapped. "I gotta' check you off the rip for coming outta' your neck. Talking sideways on geeks, man you a trip. Guess you haven't heard, nerds make up half of your viewership."
But Cole didn't let the insult distract her. She walked away with $22,600, and will return to "Jeopardy" Thursday to defend her winning title. Mega Ran applauded her success, ending his rap with "Suck it, Trebek."
"But Susan got the last laugh," he said. "20 grand in cash. And to go to all my shows, you don't even have to ask."


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The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Individual Differences
The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Individual Differences
ISBN: 978-1-444-33438-8 April 2011 Wiley-Blackwell 848 Pages
DescriptionThe Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Individual Differences provides a comprehensive, up-to-date overview of recent research, current perspectives, practical applications, and likely future developments in individual differences.
- Brings together the work of the top global researchers within the area of individual differences, including Philip L. Ackerman, Ian J. Deary, Ed Diener, Robert Hogan, Deniz S. Ones and Dean Keith Simonton
- Covers methodological, theoretical and paradigm changes in the area of individual differences
- Individual chapters cover core areas of individual differences including personality and intelligence, biological causes of individual differences, and creativity and emotional intelligence
List of Figures ix
List of Tables xii
List of Contributors xiv
Preface xvi
List of Abbreviations xix
Part I Individual Differences: An Up-to-Date Historical and Methodological Overview 1
1 Individual Differences and Differential Psychology: A Brief History and Prospect 3
William Revelle, Joshua Wilt, and David M. Condon
2 Methodological Advances in Differential Psychology 39
William Revelle, David M. Condon, and Joshua Wilt
Part II Intelligence and Personality: Structure and Development 75
Section 1 Personality 77
3 Personality Development across the Life Span 77
Jaap J. A. Denissen, Marcel A. G. van Aken, and Brent W. Roberts
4 Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory, Research, Applications, and Future 101
Luke D. Smillie, Natalie J. Loxton, and Rachel E. Avery
5 The General Factor of Personality: Normal and Abnormal 132
J. Philippe Rushton and Paul Irwing
6 Five into One Doesn't Go: A Critique of the General Factor of Personality 162
Eamonn Ferguson, Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Alan Pickering, and Alexander Weiss
Section 2 Intelligence 187
7 The Nature and Structure of "Intelligence" 187
Charlie L. Reeve and Silvia Bonaccio
8 Re-Visiting Intelligence–Personality Associations: Vindicating Intellectual Investment 217
Sophie von Stumm, Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, and Phillip L. Ackerman
9 Individual Differences in Cognitive Aging 242
Elliot M. Tucker-Drob and Timothy A. Salthouse
Part III Biological Causes of Individual Differences 269
10 Behavior Genetics 271
Frank M. Spinath and Wendy Johnson
11 Molecular Genetic Aspects of Personality 305
Alexander Strobel and Burkhard Brocke
12 Understanding Human Intelligence by Imaging the Brain 330
Roberto Colom and Paul M. Thompson
13 Evolutionary Psychology and Individual Differences 353
Satoshi Kanazawa
Part IV Individual Differences and Real-World Outcomes 377
Section 1 Work 379
14 Individual Differences at Work 379
Deniz S. Ones and Chockalingam Viswesvaran
15 Leadership 408
Robert Hogan and Ghufran Ahmad
Section 2 Health, Longevity, and Death 427
16 Cognitive Epidemiology: Concepts, Evidence, and Future Directions 427
Catherine M. Calvin, G. David Batty, and Ian J. Deary
17 Personality and Differences in Health and Longevity 461
Margaret L. Kern and Howard S. Friedman
Section 3 Society 491
18 Personality and the Laws of History 491
Robert Hogan and Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic
19 Individual Differences and Antisocial Behavior 512
Vincent Egan
20 Intelligence and Social Inequality: Why the Biological Link? 538
Linda S. Gottfredson
Part V Motivation and Vocational Interests 577
21 Goal-Setting: A State Theory, but Related to Traits 579
Gary P. Latham, Deshani B. Ganegoda, and Edwin A. Locke
22 Personality and Approaches to Learning 588
Adrian Furnham
23 Vocational Interests: The Road Less Traveled 608
Patrick Ian Armstrong, Rong Su, and James Rounds
Part VI Competence beyond IQ 633
Section 1 Special Abilities 635
24 Exceptional Talent and Genius 635
Dean Keith Simonton
25 Ability and Trait Emotional Intelligence 656
K. V. Petrides
26 Individual Differences in Creativity 679
James C. Kaufman
Section 2 Relationships and Subjective Well-Being 699
27 Personality and Happiness: Predicting the Experience of Subjective Well-Being 699
William Pavot and Ed Diener
28 Self-Esteem: Enduring Issues and Controversies 718
M. Brent Donnellan, Kali H. Trzesniewski, and Richard W. Robins
29 Love at First Sight? Individual Differences and the Psychology of Initial Romantic Attraction 747
Viren Swami
30 Manifestations of Individual Differences in Physical and Virtual Environments 773
Lindsay T. Graham, Carson J. Sandy, and Samuel D. Gosling
Index 801
"That a fresh and comprehensive statement on current understanding about individual differences! This meaty volume provides an unusually deep discussion of personality and mental abilities like IQ and emotional intelligence, digs into their biological roots, and explores their importance at work, in relationships and in health. With the recent explosion of research linking these topics, the time is right for this wonderful update. Don't look for this Handbook on my bookshelves – it will be on my desk and in use.
— Robert B. Kaiser, Partner, Kaplan DeVries Inc., USA
Some of the world's top researchers give us authoritative and engaging overviews of the central topics in individual differences, such as personality, creativity, intelligence, genetics and evolution, work, motivation, special abilities and happiness, making this a comprehensive guide for understanding how and why people differ.
— Robert Plomin, Research Professor, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, UK
This handbook provides a diverse multidisciplinary collection of chapters by leading researchers. Domains covered range from intelligence to personality, interests, and motivation – and from basic research on brain functions to real-world implications in the workplace and beyond.
— Phillip L. Ackerman, Professor of Psychology, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA.
There is much in this handbook that does not simply summarise present knowledge but foreshadows the future state of differential psychology. Of use to the beginning student as well as the seasoned psychologist, any serious psychology library should possess this handbook.
— Philip J. Corr, Professor of Psychology, University of East Anglia, UK
This impressive collection of antecedents, contemporary theory, and the latest empirical research does not shy away from controversial stances or highlighting consensual elements of the field, making this a must read for students, practitioners and researchers alike.
Richard D. Roberts, Principal Research Scientist, Research and Development, Educational Testing Service, USA
With contributions from many leading researchers in differential psychology, The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Individual Differences provides an up-to-date and comprehensive overview of individual differences research. This book will be a valuable resource for anyone interested in the field.
—Tony Vernon, Professor of Psychology, University of Western Ontario, USA
With thoughtful and well-written chapters – ranging from the genetics of individual differences, to the relation between intelligence and personality, to the traces that different individuals leave behind in their physical environments – this handbook manages to be both highly readable and thoroughly informative.
— Colin G. DeYoung, Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Minnesota, USA


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find_bruce wrote:Ross wrote:The lawyer that is acting for Kimmage (who coincidently is the same one that SKINS Chairman Jamie Fuller is using) is reportedly doing it for free.
I don't think that can be correct. If Kimmage was getting free legal representation, there would be no need for fund that has raised over US$90,000 to "help defray legal costs incurred by Paul Kimmage while undertakking his defence against a defamation lawsuit bought by the UCI" - apart from anything else Kimmage would be aware of what happened to Landis for knowingly participating in a scheme to raised money on false pretences.sogood wrote:Nothing is for free, especially lawyers. It's a calculated gamble by the lawyers and will take a deep cut in the financial transaction should they win or settle.
While you generally can't go wrong in bagging lawyers, your statement is not true of the entire profession. While it doesn't get much publicity there are actually lawyers who represent people for free - but being lawyers it is called pro-bono.
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Jeremy Hayes's goal of becoming a professional sports reporter is headed in the right direction, fueled by his creation of a campus sports talk show.
"I grew up with a love for sports and a love for writing," says Hayes, a broadcast journalism major. "Being part of a sports talk show is something I've thought about doing since the sixth grade."
As a freshman, Hayes approached Jerry Glendye, manager of Studio 73, Suffolk's on-campus television studio, and pitched his concept for Clash of the Rams, a sports talk show involving Suffolk students, athletes, and coaches.
"I thought it was a great idea," says Glendye. "It's another avenue for our students to use the studio as a learning tool and get hands-on experience, both behind the scenes and in front of the camera."
And Glendye likes having student athletes and coaches involved in the show.
"It is an opportunity to get more people involved in a spirited environment while allowing our broadcast students a real-life experience they wouldn't get anywhere else," he says.
Clash of the Rams aired a few episodes a year ago, but it waited until September 2012 for its official launch. The 30-minute show–featuring interviews, debates, and discussion of University and professional sports–is shot on Monday afternoons and posted on YouTube in the evening.
"The feedback from our viewing audience has been extremely supportive," says Hayes. "We had two high school seniors follow us on YouTube last year, and now they're here at Suffolk and involved with the show. We're building momentum because we're getting better as a group every week."
Like Hayes, sophomore Eric Russo knew at a young age what he wanted to do with his life.
"I came to Suffolk because I wanted to be a sports writer, and it has a good journalism school," says Russo, a print journalism major and high school sports correspondent for The Boston Globe. "When I heard about the sports talk show, I jumped at the opportunity. It was a natural fit because I want to be as well-rounded a reporter as possible."
The number of students involved with Clash of the Rams has doubled in a year.
"Any student interested in learning every aspect of the business–from pre-production to on-air to post-production–can get involved," says Hayes, the show's host. "We rotate assignments each week so everyone has a chance to learn something new. We're training for our future and having fun at the same time."
Athletic Director Jim Nelson, a big fan of the student sports talk show, was interviewed on the inaugural program.
"I was most impressed with the enthusiasm of the students working on the show," says Nelson. "I now look forward to future programming that will give our community even more energy and excitement about Suffolk athletics."


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Huge Explosion at Waco Fertilizer Plant
WACO (April 17, 2013)Emergency crews from throughout Central Texas responded Wednesday night after a major explosion at a burning fertilizer plant in West north of Waco.
West firefighters were dispatched to the plant earlier in the evening after an earlier fire rekindled.
The explosion was reported at around 7:50 p.m. in a frantic radio call from the scene of the fire at West Fertilizer at 1471 Jerry Mashek Dr. just off Interstate 35.
Numerous injuries were reported and multiple ambulances were requested.
Several buildings were reported destroyed and a nearby nursing home was damaged.
There were reports that people were trapped in the nursing home and in an apartment building.
Scanner traffic indicated that some residents of both the nursing home and apartment building were severely injured.
Children are among the victims, according to reports from the scene.
Two children were reported to be trapped on the second floor of the damaged apartment complex.
McLennan County Sheriff Parnell McNamara said the area looked like a war zone.
He could not say whether there were any deaths and did not know how many people were injured.
Department of Public Safety troopers transported some victims to hospitals in patrol cars, said Gayle Scarbrough at the DPS Communications Center in Waco.
A triage area was established at the intersection of Haven and North Reagan Streets, but it was later moved to Marable Street and Meadow Drive because of the potentially toxic smoke from the fire.
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There is 100x that within a mile of my house. It's not AN, hell I didn't even know AN was still commercially available. But the fact remains that 270 tons is a very small amount. In order for agriculture to function, massive amounts of nitrogen fertilizer have to be stored somewhere. This AN was mishandled. There is all manner of unsavory shit around that will cause massive problems if it is mishandled.
Hell, I tow 8 tons of anhydrous ammonia through the field at one time. Some ****ers have 12 ton tanks. And I'd be willing to bet that NH3 kills more people per year than does AN, it just does it with less fireworks.
Consider this. USDA says the nation will produce 15 billion bushels roughly. At .8 lbs actual N per bushel that is 12 billion pounds actual N that will be needed to grow the crop. That was 183,600 lbs actual N. Now some of it will go on as urea, NH3 and some manure, but as you can tell if you can do math, there is a ****load of fertilizer around.
Short answer: yes. I do. My town folds up if there is no nitrogen source around.
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Colorado Rapids forward Edson Buddle following 2-2 home draw with Western Conference leading FC Dallas:
On the team's undefeated streak:
"I think I'm motivated by Drew [Moor] in the back. He's doing a good job and I'm trying to do the same thing up front, just holding the team up together and collectively playing soccer. I think that's been our success, collectively getting it done."
On the team's recent run of good form:
"I'm happy to be a part of it. I thank God that I'm in there when we're winning. But I think we can learn from one another. I'm learning from the guys next to me, and trying to feed off each other, being positive. That's all I can do, and hope for the best and play hard, and we'll get results."
On tying first-placed Dallas:
"The first time we played them – I wasn't there – we played them well, in Dallas. And we played them well again tonight. Some of their players know that as well. Maybe it keeps us humble. If we won tonight maybe we might think we're better than we are and now we know we can keep pushing and we can beat the team that's in first."
On second half style of play:
"That's the way the game is. It's kind of like who wants to strike first? And you're feeling each other out. The altitude is not easy for them and even though we're the home team it's not easy for us either. Once we got our feet off the ground and tried to push for a goal we got it. They came right back at us and you just learn from it, that's all we can do."


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Initial Lumens: 50,000
This type of lamp allows you to tailor the light source to the growth stage of the plant (halide blue light for growth and sodium red light for flowering/budding) by merely changing lamps.
Sunmaster is the leader in Metal Halide lamp technology. Sunmaster designed this high tech lamp exclusively for the plant growth industry. People using High Pressure Sodium have seen poor growth during the grow stage of plant life. These lamps can screw into a HPS ballast to improve plant growth during the grow stage.
SUNMASTER Blue Ice Grow Lamps emit light from 5500° to 6000° Kelvin, imitating the natural look of daylight. They are an ideal light source for the seedling and vegetative stages of plant growth, while still emitting a wide spectral distribution.
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NEW YORK - After an eighth body was extricated from the rubble of two buildings in East Harlem that were leveled by an explosion, fire and safety officials began narrowing in yesterday on what might have caused the blast.
NEW YORK � After an eighth body was extricated from the rubble of two buildings in East Harlem that were leveled by an explosion, fire and safety officials began narrowing in yesterday on what might have caused the blast.
With all of the missing now accounted for, investigators revealed that combustible levels of natural gas had been detected underground near the site on Park Avenue a few hours after Wednesday morning�s explosion.
Crews from Consolidated Edison drilled 50 holes in the ground and, in five of them, found air containing five to 20 percent methane, said Robert Sumwalt of the National Transportation Safety Board.
�That�s a pretty good concentration of natural gas,� said Sumwalt, whose agency is investigating the explosion, which also injured about 60 people. �It further leads to our hypothesis that this may well have been a natural-gas leak."
Normally, no methane would be found in the soil of New York City, he said.
The source of any leak, however, remains unknown. Fire Commissioner Salvatore J. Cassano said at a news conference with Mayor Bill de Blasio that emergency personnel are expected to reach the basement of one of the buildings and clear it of water and other debris by this afternoon, enabling inspections of the gas pipes.
Sumwalt said the next step for Con Edison would be to conduct �pressure tests� in the gas pipes under the streets. He said the safety board will continue collecting documents and data and interviewing witnesses and Con Ed employees into next week.
Recovery crews will continue to look for bodies, using sonar equipment to search voids and sifting through the tangle of twisted metal and concrete still at the site, Cassano said.
As for the dozens of families who were displaced by the explosion, city officials announced efforts to place them into more-stable housing. De Blasio said the most immediate challenge is finding shelter for at least 55 families who either lived in the buildings or have not been able to return to neighboring buildings because the heat and power were cut off.


text: Rollo & Me Comic #6 The "Rollo & Me" strip is a series of stories told by Keith Underwood and illustrated by Dan Henk which appear regularly in Tattoo Artist Magazine. They chronicle Keith's experiences living with and working alongside one of tattooing's greatest icons of the 20th century- Mike 'Rollo Banks' Malone. Mike departed this life in 2007 but these stories represent Keith's healing process and are figuratively supposed to occur on the couch of his therapist. Enjoy. There's more to come. [Full comic on expanded page] Top text: Johnny loved hanging around with Rollo early in the morning because Rollo would draw whatever the kid could think of. It was their game. "Draw a bear", Johnny would say. "Ok", says Rollo. "Now make him on fire!"; on and on it would go. One early morning Johnny rushed downstairs, anxious to have his newest "new idea" brought to life... Bottom Text: He wanted to see what girls look like under their clothes...and, as usual, Rollo kindly obliged. (Momma Kindell wasn't too happy that morning.) (As seen in issue #25 of Tattoo Artist Magazine) Dan Henk can be found at: http://danhenk.com/ Keith Underwood can be found at: Austin Tattoo Co. and Taylor St. Tattoo. (Mike Malone was featured in Tattoo Artist Magazine #6)


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Look at a graphic or text only version of a Seminole timeline spanning history as far back as the early 1500s.
The unique confluence of culture and circumstance which would become today's Seminole Tribe of Florida can be traced back at least 12,000 years, say researchers.
In the early days of its existence, the fledgling United States government carried out a policy of displacement and extermination against the American Indians in the eastern US, systematically removing them from the path of "white" settlement. Until 1821, Florida remained under the control of the government of Spain but the US Territories of Georgia, Alabama, and Louisiana were its covetous next-door neighbors. It was clear that the US wanted the Spaniards out of Florida and was willing to consider any means, including warfare, to acquire the rich land.
Though his exploits were not as well publicized, Seminole medicine man Abiaka may have been more important to the internal Seminole war machine than Osceola.
By May 10, 1842, when a frustrated President John Tyler ordered the end of military actions against the Seminoles, over $20 million had been spent, 1500 American soldiers had died and still no formal peace treaty had been signed.
The Seminoles began the 20th century where they had been left at the conclusion of the Seminole Wars - in abject poverty, hiding out in remote
A special generation of Seminole leaders - children of that last generation to hide in the swamps - began to meet regularly beneath a huge oak tree on the Hollywood reservation.
The Seminole Tribe of Florida has matured both politically and financially.
The challenge of maintaining the unique Seminole culture while operating in the mainstream economy is the priority for today's Seminole Tribe of Florida.
For more information about the government of the Seminole Tribe of Florida, please see these articles in the Extracts of the 40th Anniversary edition of the Seminole Tribune:
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What is a column? A column is not a news article, but it is news. It generally answers why and how. It often is personal, using the first and second person (I and you). A column often states an opinion. It is said to be like writing an open letter. A column also has a standard head, called a title, and a by-line (name) at the top. These identify you and your column for the reader.
Before writing a column, think about purpose, audience, content and structure.
Why are you writing? Is it to inform the community about an event? Does the paper's editor, the community or co-workers want it? Are you entertaining, informing or educating? Do you seek an identity or exposure?
Whom are you trying to reach? Who are you reaching? Decide on your audience. Write in their language, at their level, about things the audience needs to know or wants to know.
What will your column discuss? How will you discuss it? Answering why and how will help determine what. Remember, columns should be based on facts and should be accurate.
Names are crucial in a personal column. Personal columns may be informal; yet accuracy and sourcing material counts.
How will your message get to your audience? There are other types of columns besides the personal column, too. Some of these cover specific topics or types of information. They can be "question and answer," "new ideas," "how-to-do-it" pieces or "calendars." Personal columns often have departments. These departments help you to write your column. Departments can be "coming events," applications, notes or some of the categories suggested for the non-personal columns.
Before writing, decide on the purpose, content, audience and structure. Personal columns should have many local names. They also use words like: "I," "we" or "you."
The first steps to column writing are remembering why you are writing and your audience. In the sample column, "Helpful Hints," the columnist has a general homemaker audience in mind.
The style is light with personal pronouns (I, you, your) liberally included. The lead sentence clues the reader to the column's tone. The rest should continue to develop this tone.
Notice the entire name is given the first time. After that, it is only a first-name basis. Sentences are short and so are paragraphs. Credit is given when the columnist is quoting another source.
One topic has been given primary emphasis. Shorter topics follow this lead topic. That means this column can be shortened by cutting paragraphs from the bottom up, just like a news story.
If your bottom's bare, it's time to "beef up" your home freezer.
I'm talking about your freezer bottom. In fact, you should keep that freezer at least one-third full to be economical.
Anyway, bare bottom or not, this is a good time to buy beef. Mason Good, who operates Good Meat Storage and Packing, says prices are lowest on beef in the winter, generally between November and January. Mason said most of the county's farmers and cattle producers generally sell off their stock in the fall, that means there's more beef available to drive prices down.
While talking with Mason, Judith Ann Johnson, 335 Peabody Lane, came over. Judy said she found what Mason said was true.
A few weeks ago she and her husband Tom decided to buy a side of beef. After checking around and talking with some of the University food scientists, they discovered mid-January was the best time for them to buy. So they did.
I asked Harold Lamar about what to look for in beef. You may remember Harold. He came over to Macon from the University last spring and talked about pork and beef. Harold told me about a couple of good booklets you can get from the MU Extension center here in Macon.
If you are going to buy a side, think about your family size and eating habits. They may prefer steaks and ground instead of roasts. Out of a 300-pound side you'll get 225 pounds The forequarter will give you about 118, while the hindquarter will yield about 100.
Good quality is important too. Our local people have good reputations, but what about elsewhere? Don't buy from people you don't know.
Your meat should have two USDA stamps. Check to see if there is a round one for wholesomeness and a shield for quality inspections. Grading is optional with the processor both Mason and Harold said.
A lot of people asked me about aging meat. Yesterday, Maude Grady, Oak Ridge Retirement Center, asked about some meat that's been in her freezer nine months. Aging helps meat develop flavor and become tender, but only ribs, and loins of high-quality beef and lamb are aged. If Maude had purchased "aged" meat, it is questionable whether she got her money's worth. After meat has been frozen six months — it's already been aged enough.
New Publications
MP403, How to Buy Meat for Your Freezer, the 27-page booklet outlines how to buy freezer meat. How to figure cost. How to tell quality. It covers beef, pork and lamb.
Coming Events
The Macon Extension Homemakers will hold a special day-long workshop on selecting meats Wednesday at the MU Extension center. Marsha Winston, president, told me Ann Hertzler and William C. Stringer, University nutritionists, will conduct the workshop.
They will cover meat coloring, grading, cuts and prices. You won't need lunches because you'll get to taste samples of the different ways they cook every cut of meat.
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Genshiken Nidaime
According to ANN, Shimoku Kio's Genshiken manga is getting a third season which will adapt, in what is sure to confuse absolutely everyone, the second season of the manga even though the second season of the anime didn't adapt all of the first season.
With most of the original cast relegated to supporting roles and the focus on a new generation of Genshiken members, almost all of whom are fujoshi, I expect this might be controversial with fans of the original two seasons.
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I've only read the first volume of the new manga, but I did like it, so not only am I looking forward to reading more, but I'm definitely looking forward to the anime.
Not sure how much of the original manga was left to adapt after the end of the second anime series, I wouldn't have thought that much, maybe enough for an OVA or an "Episode 0" for continuity purposes, which would be nice if it happened.
Yes. the Genshiken has gone from an almost all male society to an almost (shush!) all female society, but that possibly reflects changes and trends in fandom.
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I went and read the first three chapters of Genshiken Nidaime. I liked it!
As for the cast being (almost) all fujoshi, well. One weakness with this kind of approach could be too many fujoshi jokes which might be inaccessible to those not in the know (I still don't know which is seme and which is uke, lol). The same is true for all parody jokes, of course, so I don't really see a problem with a fujoshi cast. As long as the comedy delivers.
But still, Genshiken has never been simply a comedy/gag series. One of its strengths is a healthy dose of realism when it comes to personal relationships, something I liked a lot about the two seasons of the original anime. I guess I'll find out if the "second season" of the manga preserves that.
edit: I had forgotten how cute Ogiue-chan is! <3
edit2: I didn't even realize how much of a problem continuity could be when it comes to this kind of adaptation ("straight to second season"). Oh well.
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Sweet. Genshken was one of the first shows I watched, and I loved both seasons, so more is definitely welcome.
I prefer not to judge the show based on the new main cast. If they keep the atmosphere light-hearted, it should be fine.
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There was actually a pretty decent chunk of Genshiken 1 not adapted in the anime. Enough for at least half a cour I'd think, certainly more than one or two episodes. It was mostly Ogiue development too, so it will be disappointing if the rest of Genshiken 1 doesn't get adapted somehow.
I'm a lot less enthused about an adaptation of Genshiken Nidaime. It's missing that special something that Genshiken had. The new characters are not that interesting, perhaps because other than Hato they've had no development. And Hato is major part of the problem I have with Genshiken Nidaime. There's way too much focus on him to the exclusion of the other characters. Even Ogiue gets shunted to the background thanks to him. There are other characters with potential (I'd like to see more Yajima in particular), but they are pretty much ciphers thanks to Hato. And why does every single female character have to be a BL obsessed fujoshi (except Saki, who barely appears anyway)?
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There were still 13 chapters left that were never animated from the original manga, so half a cour sounds about right.
Too bad it won't happen, because skipping ahead to Nidaime is an awful idea. Not only because it will make anime-only viewers extremely confused, but also because the original's material is so much more deserving than the substandard Nidaime.
Ultimately though, it doesn't matter all that much, because animated Genshiken was never anywhere near as good as the manga.
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It's nice to have another Genshiken anime. Especially since it makes fun and talks about otaku culture in an understandable environment, unlike other anime these days that just stick otaku culture into something like a typical light novel comedy just to gain laughs and all of that crap.
Not that I really followed the Genshiken manga though. (But I did like the anime)
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Cast announced.
I'm disappointed that they recast Ogiue. I suppose since there's no announcement for Madarame, Ohno or Kikuchi that they got the rest of the original cast to come back.
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Not only I'm happy that Genshiken season is on the way but the fact one of my favourite character from Genshiken manga is played by the seiyuu I always liked. I was always wondering before why she was rather underused in the industry despite how I had a good impression of her from Joshiraku and UN-GO.
Also happy with Anime staff. I was fond of Tsutomu Mizushima's work from the beginning. I believe the writer Michiko Yokote seems to work with the director if they are doing comedy, it is in good hands.
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When I read that Uesaka was singing the OP a while back, I thought she would end up voicing one of the new characters. She's a good fit for Yoshitake.
The Ogiue recasting is a huge disappointment though. Anticipation for this adaptation just went down even further.
Also, there was nothing about a seiyuu for Sasahara's sister Keiko. I do hope she is not going to be dropped like in the second season, and that it just means her seiyuu from the first season is coming back. Her absence from the second season was a little odd but understandable given the minor importance of her role in that part of the story, but it would be really strange if she was missing from this season. She is hardly my favorite character, but Keiko is a lot more interesting of late.
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I really hope that the staff can substitute the in-universe anime with Free! from KyoAni... it would become not only contemporary, but hilarious considering the rage already coming from 2-chan and western homophobes
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News Release: January 17, 2013
Docket No. RM11-6-000
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FERC Issues Final Rule on Annual Charges for Federal Lands
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) today issued a final rule revising the methodology for calculating rental rates for the use of government lands by hydropower projects.
FERC-regulated hydropower licensees must compensate the U.S. government for the use of federal lands through payment of an annual charge.
The final rule adopts a fee schedule, to be updated annually, based on a formula with the following components: a per-acre land value by county or geographic area; an encumbrance factor; a rate of return that converts the land value to a rental value; and an annual inflation adjustment.
The per-acre land value is derived from a publicly-available index that is published by the U.S. National Agricultural Statistics Service, and reduced by a state-specific percentage to remove the value of irrigated lands on a state-by-state basis, plus a 7 percent reduction to remove the value of buildings or other improvements.
Todays final rule stems from a Jan. 4, 2011, decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit vacating the Commissions earlier attempt to implement the fee schedule. The court said the Administrative Procedure Act requires FERC to seek notice and comment on the methodology used to calculate annual charges because the previous fee schedule was based on the 1987 BLM formula, and BLM made changes to the formula.
The rule will become effective 30 days after publication in the Federal Register.


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Natasha Poly and Anja Rubik Involved in a Crazy Brawl with Angel Jessica Hart
Let's see. A brawl that broke out this weekend at Double Seven in the Meatpacking District, and it starred lots of models and lots of high profile male socialites. Let's try to break down the players and the scant details available to see if that helps us understand how this very elite crew found themselves […]Read more


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US orders diplomats out of Lebanon
The State Department on Friday ordered nonessential American diplomats and the families of staffers at the U.S. Embassy in Beirut to leave Lebanon immediately due to security concerns as the Obama administration and Congress debate military strikes on neighboring Syria. The department also authorized the voluntary departure of diplomats and families at the U.S. Consulate in Adana, Turkey, which is the closest American diplomatic post to Syria in Turkey.
In a new travel warning for Lebanon, the department said it had instructed nonessential staffers to leave Beirut and urged private American citizens to depart the country "due to threats to U.S. mission facilities and personnel. "
"The potential in Lebanon for a spontaneous upsurge in violence remains," it said.
"Lebanese government authorities are not able to guarantee protection for citizens or visitors to the country should violence erupt suddenly. Access to borders, airports, roads and seaports can be interrupted with little or no warning," the statement said. "Public demonstrations occur frequently with little warning and have the potential to become violent. Family, neighborhood or sectarian disputes often escalate quickly and can lead to gunfire or other violence with little or no warning."
Americans currently in Lebanon "should understand that they accept risks in remaining and should carefully consider those risks," it said, adding that those who chose to stay "should prepare to depart at short notice."
The step had been under consideration since last week when President Barack Obama said he was contemplating military action against the Syrian government for its alleged chemical weapons attack last month that the administration said killed more than 1,400 people near Damascus.
Hezbollah, an Assad ally that has sent fighters into Syria, is based in Lebanon and the department noted that Hezbollah "maintains a strong presence in parts of the southern suburbs of Beirut, portions of the Bekaa Valley and areas in South Lebanon."
"The situation remains tense, and sporadic violence involving Hezbollah or other extremist or criminal organizations remains a possibility in many areas of the country," it said.
Shortly after the State Department announcement, about 150 people gathered for a protest near the U.S. Embassy compound north of Beirut. Police kept the protesters confined to a square on a road leading to the heavily fortified embassy in the suburb of Awkar.
The protesters held banners that read "No to War" and "The American Embassy is an operations room for the war on Syria."
Another banner read: "Your rockets and fleets do not scare us."
Some of the protesters had painted their hands with red, to symbolize blood.
Dozens of riot police in full gear stood on guard, but there were no reports of any clashes.
In a separate advisory for Turkey, the State Department announced it would allow personnel at the Adana consulate to leave their posts and recommended that U.S. citizens defer non-essential travel to southeastern Turkey.


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U.S. EPA's Gulf of Mexico Program Honors the 2013 Gulf Guardian Award Winners
Release Date: 06/26/2013
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(ATLANTA – June 25, 2013) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA's) Gulf of Mexico Program will be honoring individuals and organizations that are working to preserve and restore the Gulf of Mexico through the biannual Gulf Guardian Awards Ceremony.
The awards ceremony will be held in conjunction with the Gulf of Mexico Alliance All Hands Meeting.
WHO: U.S. EPA Gulf of Mexico Program Office
WHAT: Biannual Gulf Guardian Awards Ceremony
WHEN: Wednesday, June 26, 2013, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
WHERE: Tampa Bay Grand Hyatt
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Tampa, FL 33607
The Gulf of Mexico Program developed the Gulf Guardian awards as a way to recognize and honor businesses, community groups, individuals, and agencies that are taking positive steps to keep the Gulf healthy, beautiful and productive. The Gulf Guardian Award exemplifies what the Gulf of Mexico Program is all about: innovative solutions that occur when we pool resources and look for creative ways to positively impact our quality of life and economic well being. There are many companies, organizations, and individuals in the Gulf States and beyond that are "Gulf Guardians." The Gulf of Mexico Program believes they should be awarded for their stewardship of this national resource from which we all derive so much benefit.
The first Gulf Guardian Award winners were recognized in 2000. During the ceremony, a first, second and third place award is given in seven categories: Business/Industry, Civic/Non-Profit Organization, Partnerships, Youth Environmental Education, Individual, Environmental Justice/Cultural Diversity, and Bi-National. This year there are 19 winners: 15 from States bordering the Gulf of Mexico, one from Virginia, one from Missouri, and two from Mexico. All winners receive a marble and glass memento and a video shown during the ceremony, which highlights their project or special accomplishment.
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Tuesday, September 25, 2012 - Rado and Marek - Raunchy Sex - KINK
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Marek Kral, very smartly dressed, and with a new hairstyle is meeting with Rado Zuska to discuss some business. After a chat about some savings to be made Marek end and starts to leave. Rado, though, has other ideas and pulls him back, throwing him onto the sofa. Despite Marek's protestations Rado proceeds to open his shirt and pull his pants off. Marek doesn't want to do this, but his cock gets hard anyway. Rado, having cuffed Marek then begins to suck on his hard cock. He sucks hard on that cock, taking it deep in his mouth. Then Rado stands up and opens his own shirt and pulls his pants off. His cock is big and hard and Rado climbs over Marek to suck him whilst shoving his cock in Marek't mouth too. They 69, their cocks rock hard and throbbing.Radek's ass is spread nicely as he shoves his cock down Marek's throat. Rado is all horned up and kneels so that he can remove his clothes completely while he fucks his cock right down Marek's throat. He then takes Marek into another room, where he uses some strapping to attach to an overhead hoist, and lifts Marek, who is gagged, off the ground. He whips Marek's legs and sucks on his cock again before lowering back to the ground so that he can fuck his tight ass. Rado bends Marek over and fucks his ass, as deep as he can. He slowly builds up till he is really pounding that ass. Then he pulls out and shoves his cock back into Marek's mouth, which is held open by a gag. Next he changes position and really pounds that ass again, until his load is ready. Pulling out Rado then dumps his load all over Marek's face and pushes his cock back into his mouth to be cleaned.
Martin Pudil is a very cute guy. He came in for a massage which went very well in deed. Martin walks in, dressed only in his underwear. He removes it, and turns around so we get a great view of all of him. Then he lays down on the bench, ready to be massaged. The masseur arrives, also in just underwear. He places a towel over Martin's sexy ass and begins his works. The oiled hands work over Martin's back, massaging nice and slowly, up and down the spine. Then when the back is done the masseur begins to work on Martin's legs and feet. Up and down he goes on those thick thighs. Removing the towel he then starts to squeeze that cute ass, spreading the cheeks so that we can see the hole, below which we glimpse Martin's swelling cock. Martin is moved, so that he is kneeling, with that ass nicely exposed. The masseur takes hold of Martin's swollen cock and wanks it until it is rock hard, pulling right back between his legs. Then he turns his attention to his tight little hole. Taking a vibrator he slides it into Martins ass and begins to fuck it in and out. As the vibrator fills Martin's ass his cock is still hard and the masseur pulls it back and wanks it. With all that wanking Martin's cock cant hold back and soon is squirts a mighty load of cum all over the massage bench. But that is not all, Martin turns over and lays down on the bench again so that the masseur can wank him some more. His cock gets fuly hard again very soon and without much ado he shoots another nice load for us. The final shot of a very nice massage is Martin's laying back and relaxing.
Samuel Rahl is aged 20 and lives in Decin. He is a fitness trainer and enjoys sports and fitness. what a fine looking guy Samuel is. He does a very nice interview, in English and then begins his show. Running his hands over his body he soon loses his top and we see a nice chest body with a happy trail leading below the waist band of his shorts. He gropes himself in those shorts and then stands to remove them. Dressed only in his underwear Samueal continues to feel his cock, dipping his hand inside. Then, when he removes the undies we see a very nice, erect cock. Samuel does a good job of wanking himself for the camera, keeping his cock nice and hard for us. Then he kneels, with his ass facing the camera and shows off a nice, dark crack with a covering of hair in it. His hole looks very inviting indeed and we linger a while takin in the view. Samuel then lays on the bed, on his back and is joined by a helping hand who takes some oil and rubs it all over that nice chest. The hands run, smoothly, over Samuel's body and on to his cock, wanking it until is it good and hard. All the time Samuel's legs are bent so that his hot little hole is visible to us as he is wanked. Soon enough that cock delivers a nice creamy cumshot, squirting over his right leg. Then it is off to the shower to clean up. What a really good looking guy, who gave us a very good video indeed.
Albert Kroka is a aged 19 and lives in Prague. He is a student who enjoys sports and football. It is always a joy to have Albert in the studio and this is no exception as he opens his shirt to bare his chest for us. Then with the jeans opened his shows his lovely bubble butt before turning around to show his thick, soft cock. As he shucks the jeans down further he shows more that that hot ass as he bends over. Then Albert sits on the sofa and lets us feast on that big cock, which gets very hard indeed. Next he stands to pose for the camera with that cock sticking out real well. As always, we like to see ass and Albert does a great job of leaning back and showing that hot, tight hole for us. This is a very good shoot indeed, from an excellent model.


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In the mid-1990s, Landry's Restaurants bought the all the property along the south side of the Clear Creek channel. It was then rebuilt with a theme-park atmosphereand the energy in Kemah increased dramatically. All the boardwalk restaurants are chains owned by Landry's, and all the smaller shops lease space. Limited parking is free. There are plenty of other independent shops through the town, back off the boardwalk.
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Kemah is small enough to travel on foot or bike, but most people get there by car. From IH-10 in Baytown (east of Houston), turn south on TX-146. Kemah is just past the second or third very tall bridge. From Houston or Galveston, go towards the other on IH-45. Turn east on FM-517. Continue straight on FM-2004 until it ends in Kemah at TX-146 (if you accidentally "turn right" and stay on FM-517, just keep on going to TX-146 then turn left - you're only a couple of miles down the road).
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I've heard that explanation too, and it reminds me of a quote from Annie Dillard's Pilgrim at Tinker Creek:
"If I did not know about God and sin, would I go to hell?"
"No", said the priest, "not if you did not know."
"Then why," asked the Eskimo earnestly, "did you tell me?"
Simple and to the point :)
OK, next question. What about psychopaths and the criminally insane? Their brains are such, and the delusions so profound, that many are truly not responsible for their vicious and heinous acts. They're not like the Down's Syndrome persons who are friendly and just want to express positive emotion. But, like those with Down's Syndrome and others whose neurological functions are compromised, their cognitive abilities are also compromised. Instead of being likeable and emotionally appealing, they're just the opposite. The drooling rapists and murderers who walk among us. Do they get a pass, too?
All they have to do is accept Jesus on their death bed and they're in.
Which reminds me of an excellent joke by Emo Philips:
If my dog can't go to heaven, I'm not going, either. lol
I guess so although I think he is very clever. He has me trained, at any rate.
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There are plenty of other places that action cameras can be useful, though — the recent Russian meteor was captured on hundreds of dash cameras, recording inside owners' cars, and if you look carefully there are plenty of cyclists and motorcyclists on city roads with cameras strapped to their helmets for peace of mind.
Contour's ROAM 2 is a surprisingly cheap action camera — where the original ROAM, which we reviewed in 2011,was $299, the ROAM 2 is $269, and we've seen it for around $220 on a few online and bricks-and-mortar stores.
The ROAM 2's video performance is impressive — it's able to record in the same video formats as the Contour+, which we loved. Full HD 1080p is the highest quality, with selectable 25/30fps frame rates, and a 125-degree field of view. Stepping down to HD 720p quality lets you choose from 25/30/60fps, which means extra-smooth footage with the option of half-speed slow motion. 720p, along with a 25/30fps Tall HD 960p mode, all record at the ROAM 2's maximum 170-degree field of view — seriously wide, almost as wide as the maximum theoretical field of view of your eyes.
The Contour ROAM 2 can also capture 5-megapixel still images every 1, 3, 5, 10, 30, or 60 seconds, making it useful for capturing a stop-motion catalogue of your actions. This makes sense if you want to have the camera recording every time you're driving, for example. This is far less memory-intensive than recording video — basically, each Full HD frame is 2 megapixels, and at 30 frames per second that's 60 megapixels of information. Choose the still image mode and you'll be massively increasing the length of time that you can record for.
That 170-degree wide-angle lense is able to rotate its orientation over a 270-degree range of motion — so you could have the ROAM 2 mounted upside down, or on its side, and still be recording at the correct orientation. The ROAM 2 is compatible with Contour's entire range of excellent mount options, too.
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Customers shopping at the Andrews University Bookstore on Thursday, July 24 got a chance to hear the familiar made-for-radio voice of Tom Scott, a DJ for Pulse FM 96.9/92.1. But it wasn't through the overhead speakers; he was broadcasting live from the bookstore while giving away free World Pulse Festival tickets and several other great prizes.
From 11 am to 1 pm, people from both on-campus and the community stopped by the bookstore to pick up their free World Pulse Festival tickets and to register to win one of four prizes: a $50 gas card, one of two iPod shuffles and a $50 gift certificate to the Andrews University Bookstore. Everyone who registered also got a free gift from Pulse FM and Andrews University, but the demand was so great, supplies ran out toward the end of the two-hour broadcast. In just two hours, over 500 World Pulse Festival tickets were distributed.
Pulse FM listeners also had a chance to learn more about Andrews University from eight different faculty, staff and students who were interviewed live by Scott. Stephen Payne, vice-president of Enrollment Management and Marketing & Communication, was introduced by Scott as, "Gum Guy." Payne has a tradition of handing out gum wherever he goes—hence the name Gum Guy—and his reputation has spread to the World Pulse Festival. Scott asked if Payne knew how many sticks of gum he distributed last year at World Pulse Festival. "Actually, it was about 12,000 to 13,000. But this year, I hope to make it 15,000 to 16,000!" said Payne.
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STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, today announced that the just-launched Brain Sentry Impact Sensor™, a lightweight helmet-mounted impact-monitoring device, uses ST's MEMS accelerometer to monitor head impacts that may cause concussions or other brain injuries.
ST's low-power, high-g tri-axial accelerometer integrated in the Brain Sentry Impact Sensor accurately measures acceleration in all directions produced by collisions. The data collected and reported by the Brain Sentry Impact Sensor allows coaches, trainers and doctors to monitor players after every hit, with the goal of identifying players who should be further evaluated and reducing the number of sports-related brain injuries.
"The risk of concussion increases as the acceleration experienced by an athlete's head increases," said Greg Merril, co-founder and CEO of Brain Sentry. "Our goal with the Brain Sentry Impact Sensor is to optimize the ability to predict injury, and the ST MEMS accelerometer's high degree of accuracy is critical to the achievement of that goal."
The small size of the ST MEMS accelerometer has enabled Brain Sentry to produce a light (1-oz) compact device that simply sticks to the back of any helmet. The accelerometer's low power consumption with the sophisticated battery-life management system developed by Brain Sentry ensures the impact sensor can be used for a full year without charging. The device is also fully sealed and waterproof.
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Benedetto Vigna, Executive Vice President and General Manager, Analog, MEMS and Sensors Group at STMicroelectronics. "The intelligence of the Brain Sentry Impact Sensor is based on over 10 years of research into the correlation of head acceleration and clinical findings of concussions and we are proud that our MEMS device has met the stringent requirements of the application that aids in the efforts to safeguard the well-being of athletes."
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I love soft drinks. If it's cold, non-alcoholic, and flavored - I want to try it (at least once). (After an unfortunate incident with a salty yogurt drink, I should also add "sweet" to that list.) Tina also shares my curiosity and likes to taste soft drinks (but taste is all she does - I love to drink the stuff - fruit juice, sparkling water, sodas, lemonade, and even Sunny Delight). We both have a special place in our hearts for cream soda, so we decided to do a taste test. In order to limit our selection - we focused on regular (no artificial sweeteners) cream sodas without high-fructose corn syrup.
(This is filed under Cooking Tests even though no cooking was involved... didn't know where else to put it.)
I should explain a little before I go on. In the United States, it's actually cheaper to make high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) than to buy cane or beet sugar. This is largely due to the massive corn lobby in the U.S. which has convinced the government to set import quotas and tariffs on sugar cane to make the environment more favorable to the corn producers. (America produces so much corn that it doesn't really know what to do with it - most recently there's been a big push for the corn to be converted ethanol for use as a fuel.) In any case, the corn goes through a fairly extensive process to form corn syrup, which is then treated with enzymes to convert glucose into fructose. The syrup is then further enriched to a higher concentration of fructose. Most beverages use HFCS that is about 55% fructose and 45% glucose as opposed to pure corn syrup which is close to 100% glucose. (HFCS can be as high as 90% fructose.) Because fructose is sweeter than sucrose (cane sugar) and glucose a bit less sweet than sucrose, this blend works out well for use as a cane sugar replacement - just replace the sugar with HFCS. Because sucrose breaks down during digestion into a glucose and fructose molecule, most people consider the two to be pretty much the same.
This isn't quite true - just because sucrose is composed of glucose and fructose doesn't mean it's the same as a 50-50 mix of glucose and fructose. First off (and most important to me) it tastes different. Whether it tastes better or worse is a matter of preference, but I think sugar tastes better than HFCS. It's currently unclear which is worse for you - HFCS detractors claim that HFCS can lead to and/or promote obesity while other research shows that HFCS has no detrimental effects when comapred to sugar. (The fact that the majority of the pro-HCFS research has been conducted with money from industry sources like the
American Beverage Association and the Corn Refiners Association
does not invalidate the results, but can lead to some eyebrow raising.)
In any case, for taste reasons (as well as reducing the number of sodas we had to buy), we limited our taste testing to only those products using cane sugar. We stocked up our fridge (these sodas don't usually come in singles - so we had four and six packs of them) with nine different varieties of cream sodas. Here's how we felt about them after multiple tastings.
We tried (from left to right): Natural Brew Hand Crafted Vanilla Creme Soda, AJ Stephans Pure Cane Sugar Boston Cream Soda, Virgil's Micro Brewed Cream Soda, Fitz's Premium Micro-Brewed Creme Soda, Dad's Classic Cream Soda, Journey Softbrew Java Island Vinalla Creme Soda Twisted Bean Vanilla Brew, Boylan Bottleworks Brand Creme, Boylan's Creme Soda (The Natural Kind), and R.W. Knudsen Vanilla Creme Spritzer.
Our favorites
Virgil's Micro Brewed Cream Soda
- Gentle vanilla flavor and smooth finish made this our favorite cream soda
AJ Stephans Pure Cane Sugar Boston Cream Soda
- Rich solid vanilla flavor
Dad's Classic Cream Soda
- Good, strong vanilla flavor but extra sweetness reduced the complex vanilla flavors
Fitz's Premium Micro-Brewed Creme Soda
- Fruity taste, mild vanilla flavor
Second choice
R.W. Knudsen Vanilla Creme Spritzer
- Sweetened with fruit juice, this cream soda had a sweetness that hinted of grapes
Boylan Bottleworks Brand Creme
- Crisp start with a slightly odd after taste; overall bland flavor
Boylan's Creme Soda (The Natural Kind)
- Clean cream soda flavor, but a little bland and unexceptional
Natural Brew Hand Crafted Vanilla Creme Soda
- Weird citrus flavor at end followed by a super-sweet lingering aftertaste
We really didn't like this one
Journey Softbrew Java Island Vanilla Creme Soda Twisted Bean Vanilla Brew
- the winner of longest named cream soda had some overwhelming weird flavors of maple syrup and spice (as in spice cookies) which ended up tasting like medicine
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Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2007 11:24 pm
Post subject: Green Cream Soda
In South Africa the Cream Soda was always dyed green for some unknown reason.
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Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2007 6:16 am
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You should come to India. There are some wonderful savoury yogurt drinks here. Salt lassi, spiced buttermilk and many more. It'll change your opinion..
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Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2007 6:29 am
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I really enjoyed Virgil's when I had it. Tasted very natural. Even the Black Cherry Cream Soda was suprisingly great. Granted, I can see how it could be a little too sweet for some...but then again, I really like Jones Bubble Gun Soda...so my opinion isn't the same as much of the population.
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Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 1:43 am
Post subject: Oh the glories of Passover
For those that don't already know, near Passover some grocery stores begin selling kosher coke. The sucrose based kosher version is great and when it's gone I resume my coke-less diet.
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Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 2:17 pm
Post subject: Sucrose Coke available all year
Many Mexican-oriented grocery stores offer Coca Cola imported from Mexico where they have not switched to HFCS (They still use cane sugar). It comes in the thicker return-for-deposit glass bottles. It is still the "original" coke and beats the HFCS-version hands-down (IMHO)
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Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 3:03 pm
Post subject: sucrose isn't necessarily cane sugar...
Because fructose is sweeter than sucrose (cane sugar)...
55% of the sucrose sold in this country actually comes from sugar beets. While sucrose from sugar beets and sucrose from cane are 99.95% similar, apparently that .05% is significant, as reported in this article from the San Francisco Chronicle:
The article claims that sources sometimes produce cane and sometimes produce beet sugar (based on, surprise, economics). I wonder if the soft drink producers
use one or the other or if it depends on their suppliers -- or if it makes a difference in that application.
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Yea, I haven't come across any studies that conclude HFCS is any worse (or better) for you than cane sugar. As for the taste? I could never tell the difference!
The sodas you reviewed sound yummy though! I love cream soda - it's underrated in the U.S.!
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Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 7:29 pm
Post subject: What is cream soda?
Why are cream/creme sodas thusly called?
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Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 9:25 pm
Post subject: Re: What is cream soda?
Sarah wrote:
Why are cream/creme sodas thusly called?
The name probably comes from the vanilla flavor. Ice cream and whipped cream are commonly flavored with vanilla, and I believe that's what people were reminded of when they tasted the vanilla flavored soda.
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Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 7:51 pm
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I'm totally with you on the HFCS tasting odd, I always try to avoid it when I am in the US
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Posted: Tue May 08, 2007 3:53 pm
Post subject: Ayran, drink of Champions
You need to try the salty yogurt drink with food. It tastes good with Mediteranean cuisines =)
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Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 5:14 pm
Post subject: hfcs article
here is an article that goes into depth on the history of high-fructose corn syrup. It may seem long and dry in parts but I think it explains a lot. I have heard bad reports on hfcs through my mom who works at a health food store. I am currently trying to cut it out of all aspects of my diet. It's a work in progress. I'm a junior chemical engineering student with hopes of continuing onto grad school and studying food science or food engineering so this is something I feel strongly about.
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Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 4:29 pm
Post subject: Jones
Try a Jones Cream Soda. They sell them at Starbucks in the south and south west (im sure many other places also).
They are the deepest flavor i have ever had in a cream soda.
I must also tell you its only that way STRAIGHT OUT OF THE BOTTLE.
Once that stuff hits ice it's done for.
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Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 1:11 am
Post subject: Hard to find!
Nice to know there are some colas out there with out HFCS. I live in an area where is it extremely few & far to find things made with real sugar.
I did see some at the store once, but the price was horrible and had to pass.
Good job on the story!
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|Thursday, Jan 10, 2013 - 12:30 PM
Caillou is traveling in style with his very first airplane flight and he's curious about everything around him: he loves looking out the window at the ground below and also, playing with the music system. Plus, breakfast on a plane is an adventure in itself! On another adventure, Caillou and his family leave for a day at the beach. There's so much to see and do! Caillou goes in the water with Dad and later, a seagull tries to steal his sandwich! Then Caillou sees a hermit crab and finally he and Dad build a sandcastle. D
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twizzle wrote:Got attacked by that fecker in the s-bends on Mt McDonald (Brindabella Road) - in the middle of a race, he was going nuts attacking every pack, and got me in the back.
I met him this morning, he tapped my helmet then came back and tried to land on my back/shoulders! I think he was trying to carry me off.


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#1 W & the little o01-19-2012, 11:47 PM
George W Bush and Barack Obama somehow ended up at the same barber shop.
As they sat there, each being worked on by a different barber, not a word was spoken. The barbers were even afraid to start a conversation, for fear it would turn to politics. As the barbers finished their shaves, the one who had Obama in his chair reached for the aftershave.
Obama was quick to stop hi m saying, 'No thanks, my wife Michelle will smell that and think I've been in a whorehouse.'
The second barber turned to Bush and said, 'How about you sir?' Bush replied, 'Go ahead; my wife doesn't know what the inside of a whorehouse smells like.'It's not how old you are, it's how you got here.
It's been a long road and not all of it was paved.
. If you ain't havin' fun, it's your own damn fault
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