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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Second seed Roger Federer served up a tidy 6-4 6-4 6-4 win over big-hitting Australian Sam Groth to ease into the third round of the U.S. Open on Friday and continue his march towards an 18th grand slam title.
Federer has feasted on Australian opponents in grand slams over the years, piling up an 18-1 record against men from Down Under, and Groth, who was facing a top 10 opponent for the first time, proved little more than a distraction to the Swiss maestro.
The burly Groth, who had a brief stint as an Australian Rules football player in 2011, stepped onto Arthur Ashe Stadium court looking ready for a fight but in the end could only wave the white flag as Federer closed out the match with an ace, sweeping through the final four games.
Throughout the one hour and 48 minutes contest the Australian took his best shots at the 33-year-old, including booming serves of over 140mph.
"The 142, honestly I hit it and I turned around," said Federer, who will next face Spain's Marcel Granollers, a 7-6(6) 6-7(3) 7-6(5) 3-6 6-4 winner over 25th seed Ivo Karlovic.
"I didn't know if it went into the stands or the bottom of the net or on the other side. I just felt like I hit it clean.
"The 147 one I felt like I was there and felt like I had more control on it.
"The difference between 142 and 147, there's none really in the racquet. I think once you pass the 135 range everything is just really fast."
Federer, dressed all in black, took a few games to feel out his opponent before making the breakthrough to go 4-3 ahead, then held serve to take the first set.
The second set opened with the two men trading breaks, with Federer again gaining the upper hand and breaking Groth a second time to go up 5-4 and serve out for a 2-0 lead.
The 26-year-old Australian said he tried to focus on his own game and not get swept away by the crowd's support for Federer.
"To be honest, for me, I was trying not to get caught up in the whole Roger act out there," he said. "You walk out, you get a few cheers. He walks out and the crowd goes ballistic.
"So from the word go you know he's there. I was honestly just trying to focus on what I was doing.
"He's got an aura because of how good his tennis is. Yes, there's an aura because of what he's done, but his tennis speaks for itself.
"You don't win 17 grand slams if your tennis is not that good. I knew I was playing Roger Federer."
Groth, who watched compatriot Marinko Matosevic lose in straight sets to Federer in his opening match, dug deep in the third set, scratching out a 4-2 lead.
However, five-time champion Federer answered back with a break of his own and then raced through the next three games to seal the victory.
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GO CUSTOM...Custom Sizes & Configurations Available. Made up of a series of interconnected geometric metallic shapes, The WELLES is a modular and customizable light-system that forms a sculptural and organic shape in all its various configurations and dimensions. From long branches to bouquet structures to single suspended units, the nature of this piece allows for infinite silhouette options. We encourage you to create a custom structure in the available finishes by providing simple sketch drawings or specific dimensions. Light Source: 15 watt E-12 incandescent bulb per unit. Available Finishes Ext: Black Steel, Flat White Int: Satin Brass, Polished Copper, Polished Nickel All items are made by hand in Canada. The WELLES is UL listed.
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Sherry Yang is the captain of the 2010-2011 Yale gymnastics team. During her junior year, Yang regularly competed on the vault, balance beam and floor. An extremely consistent performer, Yang scored above a 9.0 in every meet in the floor exercise and in all but one meet on the balance beam. Her best performance of the season came against Rutgers, where she scored a 9.350 on the vault and a 9.550 on the floor, both career highs, as well a 9.375 on the beam. As a sophomore, Yang competed on vault, beam and floor in almost every meet. In the last four competitions, she scored above a 9.0 on all three events. Her career highs are a 9.3 on vault at Towson, a 9.4 on beam at the ECAC Championships, and a 9.475 on floor against Penn. Due to an injury, as a freshman Yang was only able to compete on bars. She was a consistent part of the line-up, participating in all but one meet. She earned an ECAC Coaches' Choice Award midway through the season for her excellent bar work. Yang's best performance was at Towson, where she scored a 9.675.
Yang joined the Bulldogs from Capital Gymnastics National Training Center. As a level 10, she was a six-time State and Region VII Championships qualifier. In 2007, she placed fourth in the all-around and qualified to the Level 10 Junior Olympic Nationals, where she placed 14th in the all-around. She also helped her Region VII team to a third-place finish. Yang graduated from Winston Churchill High School. She is majoring in political science.


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Rudy Giuliani and Stephen Hawking Make Guest Voice Appearances
Homer is upset when he realizes that Marge brought him and the family to a boring Harvest Fest instead of his much-anticipated day of debauchery at October Fest. Attempting to leave, Homer accidentally drags the family into a puzzling cornfield maze. When the whole family manages to escape except for Homer, they send out Santa's Little Helper, who sniffs out Homer and rescues him. Santa's Little Helper becomes a local hero and the Simpsons decide to enroll him in Police Dog Academy, where he's teamed with a grizzled veteran cop named Lou and they become a crime-busting duo. Bart's excitement quickly dissipates when a jaded Santa's Little Helper bites him, and the Simpsons send the dog away to live with Chief Wiggum. To appease Bart's depression after the loss of his dog, Marge agrees to buy him a huge pet snake. But when the snake causes a life-threatening situation at Bart and Lisa's school, Santa's Little Helper gets a chance to redeem himself in the "Stop or My Dog Will Shoot" episode of THE SIMPSONS Sunday, May 13 (8:00-8:30 PM ET/PT) on FOX. (SI-1812) (TV-PG)
Voice Cast: Voice Cast: Dan Castellaneta as Homer Simpson, Winning Farmer, Groundskeeper Willie, Santa's Little Helper, French Protestor #1, Duck, and Burns' Lawyer; Julie Kavner as Marge Simpson; Nancy Cartwright as Bart Simpson, Kearney, Nelson, and Ralph; Yeardley Smith as Lisa Simpson; Harry Shearer as Wagon Wheel Demonstrator, Devil, Horse Owner, Judge Snyder, Mr. Largo, and Eddie; Hank Azaria as Grim Farmer, Maze Operator, Chief Wiggum, Lou, Falcon Owner, French Protestor #2, Dealer/Juice Backney; Tress MacNeille as Dispatch Operator, French Poodle, Dolph, Skanky Girl #1; Pamela Hayden as Jimbo, Skanky Girl #2, and Martin; and Marcia Wallace as Mrs. Krabappel.
Guest Voice Cast: Rudy Giuliani as Himself; Stephen Hawking as Himself
[EDITOR'S NOTE: The previously announced SIMPSONS episode at 8 PM, "Crook and Ladder" (SI-1813), will air May 6.]


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badmanpoker.com necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 18 diseños de 7 diseñadores freelance.
badmanpoker.com is a web site providing poker related content to all levels of poker players. From home game heroes, to casino regulars, to online champions.
Our target audience is anyone who loves poker as much as we do.
We'd like a single page, layered PSD design. No coding needed!
We are looking for a crisp, clean design that will be easy to navigate and read with a web 2.0 feel. The page will have many elements, so we don't want it to feel heavy or busy.
We have included our logo. We'd like designers to modify our logo to give it a web 2.0 look, shiny and glossy, maybe even on a reflective floor?
We love the black, white and red in our logo so would like the web site to compliment these colours. Of course, other colors that suit can be included, such as greys.
We will need a menu system with 8 sections. These menus will have their own sub menus. Please use menu1, menu2 etc for the names of these menus. We would prefer a horizontal layout for the menu.
The design must allow for both horizontal and vertical banners and ads. Please refer to http://www.pokerstars.com/banner-samples/ for the types of banners we will be using.
The main body will contain content such as news, tips and other useful information.
Other sections include:
* Login
* Blog of the Day
* Poll of the day
* Calendar
* Points scoreboard
* Twitter & Facebook icons
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Kristin Harriger lives on a budget, typically setting aside about $100 for her monthly electric bill. This month, in what she thought at first was a joke, she opened her electric bill to a stunning $1,381,783.92 balance.
"I opened it. I read it. Then just went, 'Oh, my gosh. That's a lot of money'," Harriger told the Abilene Reporter News. The Texas native texted pictures of the bill around to friends, and called her utility company – Potentia Energy – to have a new bill sent to her with the right balance.
According to Business Insider, Potentia miscalculated her bill by epic proportions. Its normal rate is $0.09 per kilowatt hour, but they charged her $1,000 per kwh. At most, according to The Public Utility Commission of Texas website PowerToChoose.org, the highest rate a resident of Abilene could expect to pay is $0.12 per kwh.
"When Ms. Harriger informed us of the erroneous bill, we responded within five minutes and assured her that we would rectify the situation, which is what we have done," external affairs officer Sehr Charania told Business Insider. Harriger was promised a new, correct bill, within in two days. Two weeks later, she still does not have the new bill, but said she had set aside $150 to cover it whenever it arrives.


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Fashion Black Ink Crew Chicago's Charmaine Talks About Her Evolution And Ryan's Toxic Attack On 9 Mag If you've already seen the supertrailer for Season 4 of "Black Ink Crew: Chicago" then you probably have a pretty good idea about just how crazy things have gotten for the 9 Mag crew… We chopped it up with Charmaine about the new season, her new look and the real on Ryan as well as whether or not she went under the knife… Check out our Q&A when you continue. BOSSIP: You have a new look for Season 4, let's talk about it! Charmaine: Even with all the drama that's going on this season, my new look is the hardest thing that I have ever dealt with when it comes to black girl hair! So I'm natural now. BOSSIP: Congratulations. Charmaine: See! The fact that you have to congratulate a black girl on wearing her own hair, you know it's a job. Don't get me wrong, I wore weaves all through college… but I found myself not being comfortable with my own hair. I found myself not knowing how to even do my own hair and as a black woman that doesn't even make sense. My childhood was spent in the kitchen with a hot comb and my mom, you know, figuring out how to do my hair. Also now that I'm on the radio, I do a lot of things in the community and all these young black girls, they're like 9 and 10-years-old, have natural hair and I felt like when they look at me I want them to see themselves in me. It's bigger than me not knowing how to do my hair. It's a purpose and I'm rocking with it. Every once in awhile I'll throw in some clip-ins when I need to, but other than that I am rocking my natural hair. I have to twist it up every day because I don't have that wash and go type hair… You just gotta figure it out. I love being natural now because I feel like young black girls can look at me as a role model, and I don't look like every girl on tv with the red hair, with the blue hair, with the green hair. I just wanted to go back to something realistic for the children out there. BOSSIP: You gotta love yourself. Speaking of which, your man is in Africa right now. How has that been going? Charmaine: You know! Facetime. We good. We get to see each other. He is very accessible. Him being in Africa and everything he is doing over there is great. He created a weather station in an area where they didn't have that. He is in Buea, Cameroon. It has definitely been a growing experience for both of us, but it brings us closer for sure. New V Print Blouse Tie Bow Front Half Sleeve Stripe Neck Stylish A post shared by Charmaine (@charmainej_tv) on May 26, 2018 at 2:12pm PDT BOSSIP: Do you regret proposing to Neek? Did you catch any flak? Charmaine: I was drunk and desperate. I didn't catch any flak. He understood. He thought it was cute, but he was like 'Girl get up. You ain't gotta do all that. If anybody is proposing to anybody I am gonna be proposing to you so don't bruise your knee.' We wear our rings on our right hand. They are love rings and it just keeps us remembering what we have. BOSSIP: We've devoted several posts to you and your BAWWWDY… We know you had cool sculpting but eople want to know if you've had other work done. Charmaine: So the cool sculpting definitely works, but I am all about keeping it 100 for all my girls out there. There are a lot of girls out there who will never say they had plastic surgery when they are looking perfect, while there are tons of women out there that don't look like that and it doesn't make sense… So yeah, girl I had to go get me some lipo. I did not put it [the fat] anywhere. My booty, that's all me. We can thank my Mama. It looks a lot bigger because my waist is so small now. My FUPA was strong it was definitely strong. It was growing a muscle and I had to get it removed. Now I just feel normal. I'm not self-conscious. The third season, I was so self-conscious. It's not really anything that resonated on camera, but you know as a woman I already had to worry about the way my hair looks and I didn't want to have to focus on my body and how uncomfortable I was. Now that's just the last thing I am thinking of. It's just so crazy because it used to be the only thing I was thinking of. I would take pictures and post them on Instagram shouting out the jumpsuit I was wearing, but nobody was talking about the jumpsuit. It was like, 'Charmaine you're gaining weight. You're getting fat.' It was a decision I had to make. I'm a naturally thick girl. I can eat healthy but if I'm not vegan or something, I don't think it'd work. Now I feel better. I feel comfortable and I didn't go the extra mile and put something in my butt. I already naturally have that shape and I don't want to look like every other girl out there who buys her body. No disrespect to that. They look good, but they all look the same. It's not something I feel like everybody has to do. 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Everybody feels differently, but I felt like Ryan was the toxic situation so I can agree with him that I don't really want to be in a toxic situation either. We really don't talk, we don't see each other, we don't follow each other on social media, but people have their ups and downs and you never know whats gonna happen in the future, but right now it's definitely no communication between him and me. Happiness is key… you deserve it all on your day @_rachilla … you hold it down for our kids with Extravagance… even when it's everyday, Happy Mother's Day! I am the surprise King … A post shared by Ryan Henry (@ryanhenrytattoo) on May 13, 2018 at 4:44pm PDT BOSSIP: We've been hearing rumors that Ryan and Rachel have broken up. Do you know if there is any truth to that? Charmaine: I be hearing them same rumors too, but you know — I don't know girl, I don't know. They have a lot of history. I've heard the same thing, but then she'll be supporting him at events and stuff, which is good but I just don't know what's real and not real — if they are putting on a front for the people or just going through things like couples do. Good question. BOSSIP: Do you think if Ryan called his new shop something besides 9 Mag it would have caused less issues? Charmaine: 9Mag is Ryan's. That name belongs to Ryan so that wasn't the issue. The issue was what happened in our tattoo shop that made him move on to the next thing. The issue is going on social media talking isht. The issue ain't the tattoo shop. I can only speak for me, but I feel more positive in the space we are in now than I did when we were involved with Ryan, but we totally wish him the best. It didn't work out with us, but we hope it works out for him in whatever he chooses to do. We just have to move forward and do what we have to do. BOSSIP: Has falling out with Ryan brought the rest of the crew closer? We notice you and Ashley seemed to be on much better terms last season. Charmaine: A lot of things were brought into perspective after Ryan left. Both good and bad. Me and Ashley definitely — I fu** with Ashley and I think the same goes vice versa. I don't have any ill will towards her. She knows what's up. As far as Don, I'm sure back in the day she totally didn't even trust Don around me, as opposed to now — like I'm watching DJ. Also, the situation and the pressure we are still under because of how Ryan left, I think that it didn't necessarily bring us closer. It erupted. It was like a volcano erupting and now we have all this hot lava burning down and we are in the cleanup stage trying to rebuild. I think we are moving toward people getting back on the same page as Day 1. The end goal is for us to trust each other, work together and be happy about our team and believe in our vision. We lost that completely and are in the rebuilding phase. BOSSIP: What was the biggest surprise to you this season? Print Tie Stylish Front V Stripe Blouse Sleeve New Bow Half Neck Charmaine: You see it in the super trailer when Ryan shot up the location. You mad about whatever, it could be Kat, it could be us or whatever you mad at, but did you really have to do the MOST? That was the biggest thing. I didn't see that coming. You did not have to take the actions that you took. Now everything has consequences and we are all dealing with it. He put us in a position that we gotta save ourselves from. I did not know it was that bad or was gonna get that bad for him to do what he did. BOSSIP: Do you think the tv cameras escalating the issues? Charmaine: They didn't escalate the situation. They escalate our lives. We are all dealing with the same thing. That doesn't make it okay. Tv isn't easy, it's definitely really really rough. We are putting our lives out there for all y'all to see and sometimes we have to be in situations where people be popping up from your past or whatever. It's definitely a lot to deal with but at the end of the day, people gotta remember their blessing. Tv is hard but it's a big blessing too. If it wasn't for TV I wouldn't be on the radio. They wouldn't know who I am. I just keep those things in mind. BOSSIP: Any last words for your viewers or rumors that need to be addressed? Charmaine: I want everyone to tune in Wednedsday because it's our best season yet. It's probably gonna be hard for a lot of people to watch because things are so different. And no I don't have any rumors. My body is real except my stomach. My stomach is fake but my booty is real! WELP… There you have it. Will you be watching "Black Ink Crew: Chicago" this season? The first episode of Season 4 airs on VH1 at 8pm EST/7pm CST. 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Stefan Johansson needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 81 designs submitted by 24 freelance designers.
Small Child Foundation (Swe. 'Lilla barnets fond') is a new Swedish charity organization, for research about newborn infants. Research about the importance of the newborn period, in terms of short and long term health, has been poorly financed during decades. Now, a group of parents, doctors and researchers have decided to set a new agenda à la "Yes we can"! Our goal is a national large-scale fundraising charity, with the ultimate aim of reducing sequalae related to complications during the newborn period, for example after preterm birth.
'Lilla barnets fond' http://lillabarnet.se
Small Child Foundation (Swe. 'Lilla barnets fond') is an idea that has evolved over several years, among Swedish doctors and researchers working in neonatal (newborn) medicine. Other medical research fields, such as pediatric oncology, have been very successful in public fundraising for research that has translated into important new knowledge for the benefit of patients.
During 2008, a nation-wide group of health professionals and parents with experience of neonatal care founded this new fundraising charity organization, 'Lilla barnets fond'. Our final goal is to become a large fundraising charity that can boost research with financial resources. Naturally, increased knowledge about diseases and complication in newborns, can lead to better treatment and lower risks of sequalae related to complications during the newborn period. One major area where more research is needed is preterm birth, a common pregnancy complication. Other examples of areas where research results will have a positive impact on future health are birth asphyxia, congenital heart malformations, and family-centered nursing care.
The charity organization is not yet officially launched, but we are preparing to announce 'Lilla barnets fond' in April 2009.
The charity has been founded by a dedicated group, working on a voluntary basis. Although our aim is to become an efficient fundraising charity with a large cash flow within ten years, we still fund everything with our private money.
A working group within the foundation is responsible for this logo-competition. This group will only meet on a weekly basis. Feedback will therefore be somewhat sparse.
Once we have chosen a winning design, we will be communicating intensely with the winner, to make the logo look really good!
The winner will need to prepare various versions of the logo (colours, grey-scale, B/W), in psd-files.
- A logotype for the charity 'Lilla barnets fond', which looks good with the color scheme on the web site (http://lillabarnet.se)
The logotype should be printable in color, grey-scale, black/white, and if possible 'in reverse'.
The logo should be a combination of graphics and the text 'Lilla barnets fond' or 'Lilla barnet', but the graphics will also be displayed on its own, without the text.
We look for something with a simple and modern look & feeling. Ideally, the graphical part of the logo could be used for 'pins'.
The 'value words' we want to communicate to the public is
bright future
bonding (infant-parent)
The logotype will be used in print, on business cards and on the web.
We have not yet chosen fonts for info-leaflets etc, but will probably stick to classic and simple fonts like Georgia for normal text, and Verdana for headlines.
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Latin American Renaissance
Last week, Rio de Janeiro hosted the World Economic Forum on Latin America (April 27-29, 2011). More than 770 regional and global leaders attended, by far the biggest and most International WEF event organized in Latin America to date. The theme was "Laying the Foundation for a Latin American Decade."
The event was emblematic of the region's confidence in the future. On panels, discussions and corridors, it was evident that participants now consider Brazil, and Latin America in general, as a global power that are poised for great business opportunities in the short and long term. While the region is well positioned to enjoy continued economic growth, it needs as well to find solutions to many challenges in terms of development, social justice, infrastructure, competition and regulation. The leaders gathered in Rio also agreed that in order to achieve continued success, they must transition from a commodity-based to a services focused economy.
For Cisco, this event was a great opportunity not only to listen and learn, but also to lead and engage in discussions regarding the need for innovation, better infrastructure and a competitive environment and also provided a platform to illustrate the key role technology is playing to help solve some of the region's most critical problems in the areas of education, healthcare and infrastructure.
Cisco actively participated in both private and public sessions. Our delegation included Paul Mountford, Cisco's president for Emerging Markets, Jaime Vallés, vice-president for Latin America and Rodrigo Abreu, managing director for Brazil. Cisco participated actively on several sessions, including "Innovation for Competitiveness in Latin America". This session addressed the need of Latin America to accelerate its development process, change the regulatory environment to allow competition and innovation, and pull away from other regions. Cisco proposed an Innovation-Prize (I-Prize) to promote innovation and generate new ideas in the region.
Paul Mountford was one of the panelists in the session "The New Energy Architecture." Other panelists included Eduardo Estrada (DSM), Thore E. Kristiansen, (Statoil ASA, Norway), Arthur Lavieri, (Suzlon Energia Eolica do Brasil), Mauricio Tolmasquim, (Ministry of Mines and Energy of Brazil) and Jan Flachet (Latin America, GDF Suez Energy International).
Mountford discussed how technology can play a role in solving energy problems, the impact of IT on innovation, infrastructure and energy, and how the Internet of things or the connection of machines to machines and smart grid technologies are the next big trends. Paul stressed the need for broadband to be embedded in all utilities and the opportunity for the region to leap frog.
Paul Mountford reporting from WEF
Remarks from Paul Mountford on the panel "The New Energy Architecture"
Jaime Vallés, VP Cisco Latin America, giving his closing remarks at the session "Achieving Green Growth", the most profound challenge for the next decade.
Rodrigo Abreu commenting on the WEF discussions and sessions:
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the important things, how technology can play a role in solving energy problems…
Latin America has been on the stage for economical activity in the past years. Emerging markets like that are going to be more that good investment for future profit and growth!


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We traced the picture back to a post on this Kazakh car forum in March, but other sites have since claimed the pic as their own. If you know anything more about this Top Gear, uh, tribute, please let us know in the comments or email us at email@example.com.
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Everwinter: The Forerunner Archives
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Part V: This Is War
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The Dinosauria Cycle (Volumes I-III)
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Income taxes: Let the George W. Bush-era tax cuts expire for those making more than $250,000 a year.
Dividends: Raise rates to what they would be if they were taxed at the same rate as ordinary income, but only on income over $250,000 a year.
Capital gains: Raise rates from 15 percent to 20 percent on income above $250,000 a year.
(Together, these proposals for income, dividend, and capital gains taxes, which President Obama has also proposed, would raise $850 billion over 10 years, according to the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center.)
Millionaires: Implement the so-called Buffett Rule, championed by billionaire investor Warren Buffett, which would impose a 30 percent minimum tax on people with incomes over $1 million a year. This would raise $47 billion over 10 years.
Estate tax: Increase estate taxes to 45 percent on incomes over $3.5 million, and $7 million for married couples. This would raise $118 billion over 10 years.
Investment income: Close the "carried interest" loophole that allows managers at private equity firms and hedge funds to have certain profits taxed at lower capital gains rates. This would raise $13.5 billion over 10 years.
Oil companies: End tax subsidies for the oil and gas industry. This would raise $40 billion over 10 years.
Tax pledge: Signed anti-tax activist Grover Norquist's pledge to "oppose any and all efforts to increase the marginal income tax rates for individuals and/or businesses . . . and oppose any net reduction or elimination of deductions and credits, unless matched dollar for dollar by further reducing tax rates."
Close loopholes/cut rates: Seeks to close loopholes and deductions as part of a broad plan to lower rates. He has not, however, released a formal plan that would detail which rates he wants to cut or which deductions and loopholes he wants to close.
The senator has spelled out his general vision in a speech about taxes to the South Shore Chamber of Commerce in August and in a letter to the Globe in January. "I support closing loopholes and ending carve-outs for special interests as part of comprehensive reform that makes our tax code fairer, simpler, and more competitive globally and encourages economic growth by lowering rates for everyone," Brown wrote. "But we should not be raising rates on taxpayers just to fuel more spending."


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AOSP Android is the cleanest and most basic version of Android. There is absolutely no customization settings or extra options available on the vanilla Android. One of the greatest things about the Android operating system is its ability to be easily customized as per anyone's need. That, combined with the fact that it is completely open-source, has opened the gates to smartphone manufacturers to play around with the Android operating system.
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Pixel Experience is an AOSP based ROM, with Google Apps included and all the Google Pixel goodies. The mission of the ROM is to offer the maximum possible stability and security, along with essential features for the proper functioning of the device. There are no fancy, unwanted 'extra' options that might slow down the user experience over time. What you get is a clean ROM with a bunch of handpicked extra options, just the way Google intended Android to be.
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- This guide is only for LeEco Le Pro 3. DO NOT follow this guide for any other device/model.
- Make a complete backup of your device before preceding: Follow this guide.
- You must have TWRP installed on your LeEco Le Pro 3. If you don't know how to install TWRP on LeEco Le Pro 3 then please follow the guide here.
- Your device bootloader must be unlocked. If not, you can do so by following the guide here.
- Make sure your device has enough charge left on it so that it doesn't get turned off during the process; 50% of charge is recommended.
- Make sure to download all the required files from the downloads section below.
- Follow the guide carefully and make sure you do not skip any steps. Missing out on the steps may render your device unusable.
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- Make sure you have read the 'Requirements' Section clearly.
- Download all the required files from the downloads section above.
- Copy the Pixel Experience ROM Zip file to your Android device.
- Boot your device into TWRP Recovery.
- Once you are in TWRP Recovery:
- Tap on 'Wipe'.
- Then again tap on 'Advanced Wipe'.
- Select these options: Dalvik /ART Cache, System, Data, and Cache. Make sure Internal Storage is NOT selected.
- Then 'Swipe to Wipe'.
- Wait of the wiping process to complete. Once the wiping process is complete, the next step is to flash the Pixel Experience Zip on your Android Device. To do this:
- Go to TWRP main screen.
- Tap on 'Install'.
- Browse and select the Pixel Experience ROM Zip file and 'Swipe to Confirm Flash'.
- Once the installation is complete, reboot your device. [No need to install GApps separately as it is already included in the ROM]
- Done.
Please note that first boot after installation may take longer than usual; this is absolutely normal, please be patient. If the device takes too long to boot up or if it is stuck in a boot loop, reboot to recovery and format cache and then again try booting it up. Once the device has successfully rebooted, follow the below guide, if you want to root your Android device:
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In the early 1950s, before he had become an internationally acclaimed auteur, Luis Bunuel was a prolific director in the Mexican film industry specializing in popular comedies and melodramas for the domestic market. Most of these were for producer Oscar Dancigers, who had ambitions beyond the local market. Dancigers had already produced Bunuel's Los Olvidados (1950), still considered one of Bunuel's great films, so when he decided to make an English language film for the international market, he offered Bunuel the chance to direct the project: The result was Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1954).
"I didn't like the novel but I did like the character of Crusoe," Bunuel noted later in an interview. And he must have appreciated the opportunity. None of his previous films had had a shooting schedule more than 28 days. For Adventures of Robinson Crusoe he had a luxurious three months to shoot his very first color film, for which they left the studio and went to Manzanillo, then a small Pacific seaport near Acapulco with a lush jungle interior. It was shot simultaneously in English (another first for Bunuel) and Spanish with an acclaimed young actor in the lead: Daniel O'Herlihy.
O'Herlihy first made his name as a star of Dublin's Gate Theater (where Orson Welles also had his first stage success) and made the leap to the big screen in Carol Reed's Odd Man Out (1947) and Orson Welles' Macbeth (1948). Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, shot in 1952, was his first film lead and the first half of the film is essentially a one-man show. O'Herlihy doesn't just carry the entire story with a largely wordless performance (his narration, which plays as if read from a journal, provides the audience's need for dialogue) but presents the evolution of a man stripped of civilization and human companionship, from hope of rescue to resignation to his isolation. As in the novel, the film spans 28 years on the island and (according to the film's own publicity notes) O'Herlihy had a wardrobe of eleven beards to mark his evolution.
Apart from a fever-dream where his father's disapproval delivers an I-told-you-so monologue to the hallucinating Crusoe, O'Herlihy is the sole human actor on screen until the arrival of Friday (Jaime Fernndez) late in the film. He talks to animals rescued from the ship for companionship and, at one point, screams into a vast valley simply to hear his own voice echoed back as he shouts the 23rd Psalm. When he "celebrates" his fifth year of solo survival by getting roaring drunk, he hears the voices of revelry as if his cave had become a tavern, but Bunuel keeps the camera fixed on his face, not even allowing us the illusion of company. The slow return to the reality of his isolation is devastating.
Bunuel's Adventures of Robinson Crusoe was only the second recorded screen adaptation of Daniel Defoe's novel (the first was a silent film starring Douglas Fairbanks). Perhaps it was the challenge of making a film from a novel where the hero is alone for over half the story that intrigued the director. Indeed, many later adaptations focus on the latter part of the novel, after Crusoe is joined by his Man Friday, the native he rescues from cannibals. Bunuel's adaptation is remarkably faithful to the novel and yet imbued with his own sensibility, directorial grace notes and evocative asides that elevate a sturdy adaptation of a classic adventure drama into a work of personal expression. Bunuel once related that he saw his father in a hallucination the night of his father's death, an image that he gives to Crusoe as a fever-dream nightmare. Where the novel is deeply founded in faith and religion as Crusoe turns to the Bible for comfort and strength, Bunuel subtly and wittily undercuts the religious message. "I wanted to show man's solitude, man's anguish in human society," he explained later. While Crusoe honors the Sabbath and tries to teach the Bible to Friday, the words come back hollow (as in the echoes of the valley) and he stumbles in a theological debate with the "savage" Friday, whose common sense questions go unanswered.
The central story of Bunuel's film is Crusoe's evolution as a human being. Bunuel doesn't hammer the point home, but the irony is not lost that Crusoe is shipwrecked while on a trip to buy slaves for South American plantation labor. When he rescues Friday from the cannibals, his desire for companionship and partnership is increasingly overshadowed by his European attitude of racial and cultural superiority to the black-skinned native. "Friends," he insists, but the word comes only after he has established himself as "Master." He uses power and fear to establish his dominance and ultimately imprisons Friday in the very chains he brought for slaves. His epiphany, a breakthrough of moral and human value over social power, is the film's great turning point. Even while the script maintains Crusoe's dominance, like feudal lord and loyal subject, Bunuel's imagery offers scenes of partnership and equality as they stand side-by-side in their endeavors.
When Adventures of Robinson Crusoe was released in the U.S. in 1954, O'Herlihy personally promoted his breakthrough role as best he could. In an interview with horror film historian David del Valle, he explained how he put up his own money for a Los Angeles run for the film and offered free admission to members of the Screen Actors Guild (who at the time were responsible for nominating the performance categories in the Academy Awards). According to O'Herlihy, the L.A. run lost money because its audience was largely members of the Screen Actor's Guild, but it paid off handsomely with O'Herlihy's first and only Oscar® nomination for Best Actor. He lost to Marlon Brando in On the Waterfront but he was in stellar company, a veritable unknown in Hollywood competing with Humphrey Bogart, Bing Crosby, James Mason and Brando for the big prize.
Producer: Oscar Dancigers
Director: Luis Bunuel
Screenplay: Philip Ansell Roll, Luis Bunuel (screenplay); Daniel Defoe (novel)
Cinematography: Alex Phillips
Music: Anthony Collins
Film Editing: Carlos Savage, Alberto E. Valenzuela
Cast: Daniel O'Herlihy (Robinson Crusoe), Jaime Fernandez (Friday), Felipe de Alba (Captain Oberzo), Chel Lopez (Bosun), Jose Chavez (Pirate), Emilio Garibay (Leaders of the Mutiny).
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Pittsburgh, PA – Norichika Aoki went 3-for-5 with three RBI and Marco Estrada spun seven innings of one run ball as the Brewers snapped a four-game skid with a 5-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Milwaukee ran all over A.J. Burnett (3-4) in the opener of this four-game set, with Jean Segura recording three of the team's six stolen bases while also racking up three hits and an RBI.
Aoki swiped two bags and scored twice while Carlos Gomez added an RBI in the victory, just Milwaukee's second in the month of May.
After getting rocked for 13 runs over his last two outings, Estrada (3-2) bounced back with a strong performance on Monday, matching his longest start of the season. He allowed just three hits and struck out five.
"That's what you hope for, but to turn around that quick is difficult," said Milwaukee manager Ron Roenicke of his starter. "He commanded the ball just like we saw him last year when he was on."
Burnett allowed more than two runs for the first time in six starts, charged with four -- three earned -- on seven hits. He struck out seven as Pittsburgh saw its three-game win streak come to an end.
"I've gotten good over my career at turning the page quickly, one pitch at a time and not letting things escalate," said Burnett.
Pedro Alvarez plated the only run for the Pirates, who had just four hits.
Aoki doubled to start the game and Segura reached with an infield single before swiping a bag to put runners on second and third. Gomez then plated a run with an infield hit for a 1-0 Brewers lead.
Segura reached and stole second again in the third. He would have scored on Aramis Ramirez's shot into deep center, but Andrew McCutchen ran it down and made an inning-ending leaping catch near the wall to rob an extra base hit.
A pair of doubles in the fifth helped Milwaukee add to its advantage, with Aoki's grounder down the right field line scoring Logan Schafer. Aoki then stole third and pushed the Brewers' lead to 3-0 when he was able to break up Michael McKenry's tag at the plate.
The Brewers took advantage of a couple Pittsburgh errors in the seventh to tack on another run. First baseman Gaby Sanchez's blunder allowed to Schafer to reach first to start the frame and he moved to second on Burnett's errant pickoff attempt.
Schafer advanced to third on Estrada's sac bunt and was able to score when Burnett dropped Aoki's line drive and threw wide of Sanchez at first.
The Pirates finally got on the board in the bottom half, with Sanchez redeeming himself by leading off the frame with a double off the wall in right. He moved to third on Neil Walker's fly out and came home on an Alvarez groundout to make it 4-1.
Alex Gonzalez led off the ninth with a single, moved to second on Schafer's bunt, advanced to third on a wild pitch from Tony Watson and scored on Aoki's infield hit to account for the final margin.
Game Notes
The Pirates have dropped 30 of their last 38 games against Milwaukee ... The Brewers have won five straight at PNC Park ... Segura recorded his 17th multi- hit game of the season ... Walker was activated from the 15-day disabled list on Monday, going 0-for-4 in his return. Pittsburgh optioned infielder Jordy Mercer to Triple-A Indianapolis ... The Pirates were 0-for-5 with RISP.


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Yeah, that was me when I hooked up the new desktop late last week. I was so not prepared.
I work on a 14 inch laptop (81 in2). Our old desktop had a 19 inch (160 in2) monitor. The school laptop is 15.6 inches (120 in2).
The new desktop, by comparison, has a 23 inch HD monitor (230 in2). I felt like it was the first day at a previous job back in the 90s, going from working on a 14 inch terminal to a 21 inch SGI workstation. The only difference was that this new machine required a bunch of patches right off the bat (new OS, you know), but once that and the security software were in place I was off to downloading some MMOs.*
The first one was WoW, because I could play in a limited basis while the client itself was downloading.
I'd played so long on extremely low graphics settings that I was unprepared for how the game would look with current equipment (with a bit better than average graphics card). For one thing, the 1080 resolution on a properly sized monitor is positively HUGE. There was all this freaking space around where I was used to having to shoehorn in my mods; I'd grown so accustomed to having to mentally keep track of where enemies were located just off my viewing area that actually seeing them on-screen was unnerving. And I'll be honest: I thought I was playing an upgraded version of WoW because I could actually see the detail in both the background and the toons.**
If I thought that WoW was good, LOTRO and Age of Conan were better. AoC seemed to have a bit of an issue with getting the toons at distance filled in, but it was still light years better than what I'd seen before. Aion, on the other hand, seemed to be similar enough in graphics quality, but just moved better.***
Then I tried out TOR.
The details that I'd missed playing the game at extremely low graphics settings were stunning. There I was --in Tatooine of all places-- staring at the sand on the screen. The cutscenes didn't look all that different, but the actual worlds...
"Amazing," I said in Guild Chat when I was exploring The Wetlands on my Rogue. "Everything is so huge."
"Yeah," said a guildie. "Running on a smaller screen really takes out a lot of the details."
"And this is with a machine that you'd kind of classify as only a borderline gaming machine too. Not one of the high powered $2k+ machines."
"Borderline gaming?"
"Yeah. No $400 graphics card or solid state drive. About the only splurge I did was to get the i7 CPU and 12 GB RAM."
Now, I'd be lying if I said that the fancy new machine suddenly improved my gaming, because it didn't. Actually, my gaming got worse, because I was so used to being able to move around the smaller screen so quickly with a short flick of the wrist that having everything spread out so much made it more of a chore to use. I also spent a lot more time looking down at where things were rather than where the enemy was when I was out and about.
And I have to confess that I spent way too much time just looking around rather than paying attention to the mobs around me. You know, the ones that might actually kill me.
I can easily see why some game houses spend so much money on artwork in their attempt to take advantage of modern computer graphics, but I can now also see how that can be a money pit. While I can stare at the visuals now, after a while it'll become old hat. Once that happens, all the visuals in the world won't save a game without a deep and engrossing story, good gameplay, and replayability.
But in the meantime I'm going to grok some sand and swampland for a while.****
*Okay, perusing some clips on YouTube came first. And setting up my family's accounts. And setting up my wife's e-mail. And setting up the network drive so I could listen to music/edit family videos. And....
**And the pets. With the higher resolution graphics, the Shivarra was a bit more PG-13 than I was comfortable with having my kids around. But then again, I'd already covered that a while back.
***Aion still feels too.... Nintendo for my taste. When I read the quest text, the language style isn't what I would use, and it just feels more like a translation from another culture. It seems strange saying that, especially since AoC was developed by Funcom, but whereas the AoC NPCs talk like they came out of a Robert E. Howard short story, Aion's is decidedly different.
****My sister-in-law once said that professional golf broadcasts on television were tailor made for HDTV. Now having seen the details in games with HD graphics, I can understand her argument a bit better. And yes, for the record, we don't have a HD television in our house. Our old 25 inch RCA is still chugging along, and there's been no need to replace it. (Yet.)


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"We started the game strongly and had some chances early on," said head coach Scott Calabrese. "We had a mental lapse in the back that JU capitalized on followed by another goal quickly and then another.
The Bucs (3-8-3, 2-4-1 A-Sun) were outshot by the Dolphins (5-9-1, 3-4-0 A-Sun) in the match, 20-19.
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by Pam Morris
While fall is around the corner, it's never too early to start thinking about spring. Nothing says spring like the emergence of Narcissus or daffodils, as they are commonly known. This bulb has a rich history filled with Greek mythology, poetry, medicinal use and cultural importance. Narcissus is a natural favorite among gardeners as one of the first signs of the promise of spring.
As part of the Amaryllis family, there are dozens of species and about 25,000 registered cultivars. The American Daffodil Society further breaks down these bulbs into 12 distinct horticultural divisions based on their description and size, and then by petal color and cup color. With so many varieties of daffodils to choose from, it might be a bit overwhelming to select the best ones for your garden. The Horticulture Department at the Morris Arboretum has chosen a few top selections to consider for your garden:
Narcissus poeticus – This late-blooming daffodil has a spicy fragrance and looks great in meadows where it naturalizes very well. This was hands down the most selected variety.
Narcissus "Thalia" – A later-blooming daffodil. This one is a pure white beauty! It is also a very fragrant variety that is a great perennializer as well.
Narcissus "Baby Moon" – This is a late, spring blooming multi-flowered form. It is a very diminutive-sized golden yellow flower with grass-like foliage.
Narcissus "Cheerfulness" – This variety has creamy, double white flowers with flecks of yellow in the center. It blooms later in the spring and has a sweet musky fragrance.
Narcissus "Carlton" – This is the world's second most common daffodil and one of the best naturalizers. It has a very bold yellow flower and is located along the Magnolia slope.
Narcissus "Rip Van Winkle" – An endearing small double flowered yellow daffodil, this is an early to mid spring bloomer.
Narcissus "Golden Bells" – A wonderful N. bulbicodium cultivar, the flower is described as a "perfect little hoop petticoats." These funnel shaped cups of rich golden yellow are on top of thin star-like petals that bloom mid-spring.
Narcissus "Rinjveld's Early Sensation" – This is one of the earliest blooming daffodils. When the rest of the garden is still brown, this two-toned early bloomer is up and flowering in February.
Narcissus "Mite" – An early spring bloomer, this lovely, all-yellow variety has extremely reflexed petals with a long narrow trumpet. It is a very small, precious little daffodil.
Narcissus "Segovia" – This lovely, little blue ribbon winner daffodil has white, rounded overlapping petals with a small yellow flat cup. Segovia blooms in the mid spring.
In our area, fall is the best time to plant your bulbs, generally a few weeks before frost so that there is time for them to grow roots before winter. Narcissus bulbs are also deer and squirrel resistant because of the alkaloid toxin found mainly in the bulb, but also some in the leaves. Planting your Narcissus in the fall, you plant the promise of spring so you can reap the benefits after a long winter.
Pam Morris is a curatorial assistant at the Morris Arboretum


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1. Re: NBF and all that.Amos Feng Jul 25, 2011 10:11 PM (in response to Francis Hitchens)
In actually, the NBF buffers is xml format on the wire.
We use XSD to validate these buffers, and get type information of every element from schema which will been used in btXattribute functions.
Yes, it must be very carefully to handle with the buffer string.
Anyway, this xml buffer could be integrated with others, such as content based routing.
Now, I'm working on using JBossESB to do CBR with NBF buffer.
If you are interest , you can find a cbr example on blacktie trunk.
2. Re: NBF and all that.Francis Hitchens Jul 26, 2011 10:04 AM (in response to Amos Feng)
I'm more interested in emulating legacy TUXEDO functions, i.e. XML to simple C struct with minimal overhead. Performance is key for my applications.
3. Re: NBF and all that.Tom Jenkinson Jul 26, 2011 12:15 PM (in response to Francis Hitchens)
Hi Francis,
Which tool do you use to convert the FML buffer into the C struct?
Out of interest, can you explain why you needed to use FML and could not get away with using say X_C_TYPE as your buffer type instead? X_C_TYPE allows you to interact with structs by default.
4. Re: NBF and all that.Francis Hitchens Jul 27, 2011 6:58 PM (in response to Tom Jenkinson)
The FML library had a function Fvftos which takes the field view table and converts the FML buffer to a C struct.
We have Java and Sybase clients that need a neutral buffer format. Going forward we may drop Sybase but will need Java client support.
5. Re: NBF and all that.Amos Feng Jul 27, 2011 10:23 PM (in response to Francis Hitchens)
I'm trying to understand your application,
in Java client you use FML buffer with JOLT, such as:
fmlbuf.setString("NAME", "zhfeng");
fmlbuf.setINT("ID", "1234");
in Server use C, such as:
struct employee {
char name[32];
int id;
// this struct from view file such as
VIEW Employee
#type cname fbname count flag size null
string name - 1 - 32 -
long id - 1 - - -
void service(TPSVCINFO* rqst) {
FBFR* fml = (FBFR*) rqst->data;
struct employee buf;
Fvftos(fml, &buf, "employee");
do something with buf
you do not want to use fml function in server code as performance is key for your applications.
Is this clear ?
6. Re: NBF and all that.Francis Hitchens Jul 28, 2011 12:04 PM (in response to Amos Feng)
In the Java code Jolt directly supports formatting the FML. We generate a jave fields mapping from the view that is also used by the C server side so you are mostly correct.
As this is all mostly generated code driven off initial C struct's that are then converted to FML views which can easily be converted to XSD, what do you recommend as the most efficient way to replace the Jolt/FML layer in BlackTie?
7. Re: NBF and all that.Amos Feng Jul 28, 2011 11:46 PM (in response to Francis Hitchens)
1. convert FML views to our buffer XSD
2. we have a tool to convert XSD schema to JavaBean, you can see example under
you can run mvn test -Dtest=TestNBFToJavaBean to see the generate JavaBean code in target/test-classes/EmployeeBuffer.java
you can consider this as a java fields mapping from the views
3. On the C server, you can only use btXattribute functions to access NBF buffer currently.
In terms of performance, XML maybe not a good choice. I have some interest in google protoc buffer. If you think it is OK, we can work together to support this buffer in blacktie.
8. Re: NBF and all that.Tom Jenkinson Jul 29, 2011 4:01 AM (in response to Amos Feng)
Amos Feng wrote:
3. On the C server, you can only use btXattribute functions to access NBF buffer currently.
It is our plan to support mapping structs to the XML wire format though. We plan to support this for X_COMMON, X_C_TYPE and NBF buffers.
This means the programmer interacts with a struct, but on the wire it is XML so that it can be routed by ESB.
9. Re: NBF and all that.Amos Feng Jul 29, 2011 4:09 AM (in response to Tom Jenkinson)
Thanks Tom,
I'm working on this issue Support transcoding of message payload to XML
10. Re: NBF and all that.Francis Hitchens Jul 29, 2011 11:01 AM (in response to Tom Jenkinson)
Tom, Amos,
thanks for your inputs. I looked at the google protoc buffer, it does not support mapping to C structs, and I'm concerned that if we stick with XML on the wire, the parsing overhead will be too great. We call millions of TUX services a day and expect sub millisecond response times on some of them. The google doc quotes this statistic "When this message is encoded to the protocol buffer binary format (the text format above is just a convenient human-readable representation for debugging and editing), it would probably be 28 bytes long and take around 100-200 nanoseconds to parse. The XML version is at least 69 bytes if you remove whitespace, and would take around 5,000-10,000 nanoseconds to parse."
11. Re: NBF and all that.Tom Jenkinson Jul 29, 2011 11:10 AM (in response to Francis Hitchens)
Hi Francis,
Thanks for reviewing the google buffer. It would be great to work with you on providing a suitably performant wire protocol implementation for BlackTie.
Currently we support a binary wire format with zero compression (this could work faster than a compressed buffer format for certain classes of message as the compression algorithm is omitted).
We also have the XML format which is more useful when you wish to take advantage of routing services for tpcall invocations as the ESB can easily parse the XML. This is what we are finishing off now.
We could introduce a third protocol which deals with larger buffers and compresses them for efficient transfer.
If you would like to work with us on this and have some ideas on what you believe would be the most appropriate wire protocol, that would be excellent. BlackTie has a pluggable transport layer so the replacement of the buffer encoder is a relatively painless operation.
12. Re: NBF and all that.Amos Feng Aug 2, 2011 10:32 PM (in response to Francis Hitchens)
Hi Francis,
Have you take a look at protobuf-c (c binding for Google's Protocol Buffers) ?
13. Re: NBF and all that.Amos Feng Aug 7, 2011 9:39 PM (in response to Francis Hitchens)
Hi Francis,
We have raised a Jira for this https://issues.jboss.org/browse/BLACKTIE-379


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Skip to comments.California proposes government-regulated thermostats
Posted on 01/21/2008 2:55:44 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Californians may soon have to deal with climate change on a different scale -- and this time the culprit isn't greenhouse gas.
The California Energy Commission is proposing a plan which allows the government to regulate household thermostats in the event of an "energy crisis." Under the proposed rules, all new thermostats will be fitted with technology that will allow the government to adjust the temperature of someone's home by plus or minus four degrees. Originally the plans called for mandatory compliance; however, amid public outcry, the plans have been slightly altered to allow an individual to turn off the remote access device.
But Mindy Spatt, the communications director for the Utility Reform Network, says there may be more cost-effective ways of regulating power during a supposed crisis. "At this point we are concerned that, ultimately, the consumer will end up paying for something that doesn't have benefits commensurate with its cost," she states.
However, Terry Jeffery, the editor-in-chief for CNSNews.com and regular guest on CNN's The Situation Room, disagrees with the proposal, calling it "ridiculous" and a government intrusion of privacy.
"Liberals are always talking about a right to privacy. It seems to me that if there is really, truly a right to privacy, the right to decide how you want to heat or cool your home would fall under it," says the journalist. "If someone wants to pay more money to make it warmer in the winter, [or] pay more money to make it cooler in the hot months of the summer, they ought to be able to do that."
The energy proposal will be decided by the California Energy Commission on January 30. Jeffery says it should be opposed at all cost. "The idea ... of being able to remotely control the temperature that someone's house is heated to is outrageous," he says.
At least one California legislator has described the proposal as "Orwellian." According to the San Francisco Chronicle, several of the state's utilities already operate similar voluntary programs in some areas.
Allow the energy prices to float, provide that information to the resident (or the resident's computer/thermostat in real time), and let the resident decide how much of each type of energy to buy, and when.
Of course, if the government hadn't already severely restricted the supply of energy, this wouldn't be a problem in the first place.
Next they'll be loading us all up into boxcars and hauling us away for our own good ... oh, that's been done once.
GET READY FOLKS. When the Marxists have full control, this kind of stuff is going to start happening. With the swing of her mighty pen, Queen Hildabeast will change America for a thousand years.
I still kind of puzzled as to how Global Warming can be spun into an "energy crisis," which I believe is the criterion they're currently using. However, they can add "carbon emissions" to the reasons once the program is in place.
Printed material won't work because Mexicans can't read in any language. Are they going to walk door to door and tell them their thermostats don't work?
CFL light bulbs mandated by 2012.
Gov't thermostats.
I don't think even Socialist countries have this much intrusion into the private homes.
And it's first and foremost about control.
Take the CFL bulbs, for example. The mega-mansions, like Gores 26,000 sq ft place, with lighted swimming pool, pool house and guest house probably takes a few more light bulbs that my little 1,000 sq ft place. But that's okay - besides, he can afford to buy carbon credits so can burn any kind of lights he wants.
Folks, it may be too late to wake up and realize the water is close to boiling...time to jump for our lives.
I worries me to distraction about what kind of a controlled society my children and grandchildren are going to live in.
I'm trying to think of any society in the past where a person couldn't retreat into the sanctity of their home - even were it a hut - and at least be free there of government mandated light/heat/toilet and what next?
This movement is Socialism/Communism on steroids...
(and space heaters/wood stoves will be banned. Believe it. They tried to ban wood stoves 25 years ago back when Carter deliberately drove up fuel prices and the folk in the northeast said, "Fine" and fixed up their chimneys and started burning wood again. They tried to outlaw it, but the stubborn New Englanders told 'em to take a hike.
Now, 25 years later - I fear we'd loose that battle.
What is equally frightening is that many people indoctrinated in our public schools in the past 30 years think these government mandates are just fine. They haven't a clue what the end result is going to be. They've been taught that rule comes FROM the gov't, not the other way around.
Hillary - and gang - hate the free market, i.e., Capitalist system. She has even stated it out loud.
Like all Communists, she truly believes we "little people" as she once slipped and called us - need to have our decisions made for us...
So go ahead, you Freepers who are determined to let her win by not voting if YOUR candidate doesn't become the nominee - aid and abet the end of our free society - and get ready for every movement from the moment you get out of bed until you go back to bed, being pre-decided for you. Won't that be wonderful? No need to make decisions. Just follow orders/
I think it's gone beyond INGSOC to INGCOM
Better would be to turn off those bongo headed fools in Sacramento.
I was going to suggest that they could save on power by many other means - like hang out the dang wash, don't run the tap water while brushing teeth (estimated average of 5 gallons!) when one glass of water will do) - encourage the mega-mansion dwellers with tens of thousands of square foot homes to shut off some rooms at peak times, and not burn all 150 light bulbs....suggest people could cook one meal a week with the "cook once, eat twice" method of cooking a double batch. If every Californian did that just one time a week, it'd save mega k-watts...
Stop stepping over the Constitutional Boundaries into our private homes. And NO, buying carbon credits doens't mean you get to continue to live high on the hog while penalizing the "little people" =
We vote these Commies out this election or get ready for the U.S.S.A. (and extra S for Socialist)
This mandate got shouted down this time. But it's still sitting there - and will be brought back to the table in the future. Believe it.
Another thing to be thankful for: Arh-nold was not born in America. He can't be president.
I wish there were one, real, investigative reporter to look into the common denominator here: each mandate (low-flush toilets, CFL bulbs, mandated HDTV by this time next year, now the scheme for gov't reg thermostats) is tied to a product that will be made and everyone in every house in the country will be forced to buy.
Sounds like all the earmarks of a great money-making scheme. Who, I wonder, is going to get in on the ground floor stocks of these products?
Wonder if Gore has new stocks? Wonder why he went, last year, to San Jose to meet with "Adventure Capitalists"
Follow the money. Someone, please follow the money....
We've already heard this specious argument in favor of Arnolds election. Now you're dusting it off for this one?
Ha! During our periodic California droughts, the water authorities will shut off your water if you use more than your fair share. You think the same can't happen to your natural gas and electricity?
This is a manufactured, man-made crisis because of the lack of will to authorize the construction of new power plants to meet summer peak loads. In the not so distant past, utilities had a social compact to meet demand throughout the year and built sufficient reserve margin to cover even the hottest days of the year. Now, California has banned coal fired power plants, won't allow the importation of coal generated power, and won't permit nuclear plants. It essentially only allows the construction of natural gas peakers, windmills and solar plants. We are in a sorry mess because we are not allowing capitalism to do its business and have ceded all planning control to the STATE, just like the old USSR.
The sheeple were willing to put up with every other tyranny and Gubmint control, why does this surprise anyone?
I fear that you're right my friend. Enjoy the full moon over there.
Who couldn't figure out to put an ice pack on the thermostat?
So who exactly is it you're suggesting we vote for that won't do this? McCain, who tells us when we can talk about candidates? Rudy, who wants to tell us what we can shoot? Romney? Who, exactly?
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As the current Middle East conflict continues on, futuristic military systems might be further away because of a new enemy: congressional budgets.
Earlier today, Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced sweeping changes to the United States defense budget, putting the Pentagon on a track to mount counter-insurgency attacks, as opposed to fighting conventional military forces.
Included in these the changes: cuts to the Army's Future Combat Systems program, a $92 Billion program that was designed to upgrade the military with manned and unmanned vehicles, as well as to introduce such programs as the Future Force Warrior, which explored such concepts such as exo-skeletons and nano technology. The idea was to create a highly mobile fighting force that would use superior communications and technology to gain an edge in battle.
Introduced in 2003, the program was first introduced with the intent to redesign elements of the US armed forces to better conform to network-centric warfare, as well as introducing new vehicles and equipment for soldiers to use. Originally, the plan called for the equipping of 15 brigades, or around 3,000 soldiers, over the next two decades. However, as early as 2005, the program's costs began to skyrocket, and the program has been plagued with technical problems along the way. The entire cost of the program do date is estimated to be around $296 billion, which has left a number of its supporters within the government looking for a way out. Critics of the program have called for its end, saying that the combined technological advances would be too complicated to integrate and put into the battlefield.
A slowdown in funding for the program, along with other elements, means that we're not going to be seeing any powered-armor soldiers jumping between streets in Baghdad any time soon, but it also means the military is adapting to ongoing changes. The futuristic suits that soldiers were envisioned to wear went away as program costs skyrocketed, as well as some of the other requirements that the program had started out with, according to Wired Magazine. But, while this might be a disappointment to science fiction fans who were waiting for the day that Starship Troopers came to life, this move is not necessarily a bad one for the military to make.
If anything, the War on Terror, or whatever we're supposed to call it nowadays, has shown that technology doesn't necessarily equal superiority on the battlefield. Robert Baer's 2003 book, See No Evil, points out that while there was much funding for high tech surveillance, none of it replaces the value of an operative in the field. P.W. Singer's latest book, Wired For War, also brings up the problems inherent on the battlefield with network centric warfare, from computer problems to chain of command issues. Army Col. Thomas Hammes, in his book The Sling and the Stone, cites this very issue as a problem with modern warfare, as the United States sought to fight an Iraqi insurgency, using a high-tech army in a conventional manner.
In a nutshell, right now, the United States fields one of the most advanced militaries in the world, and the need to overhaul how we fight isn't as pressing at the moment, and the money that would otherwise be used for this goal could certainly be used for tools that we know work.
So will we ever see the dawn of exoskeletons and power armor? Probably, because these ideas certainly have merit, but with the constraints of modern technology and the changing nature of how wars are fought, it's always a good idea to question the use of a system that does not necessarily provide an inherent advantage over enemy forces armed with technology from the 1970s.
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I don't accept this biological stuff - as if God created evil :-\  People who practice sodomy should be pitied - yes! condoned - No! The same applies to adulterers and fornicators. The Church knows what to do - leave it at that.
Although identical twins have identical genes and almost always share a placenta, they do have their individual umbilical cords, providing subtle differences in the chemical environment for the developing brain. There are differences in identical twins, such as fingerprints, which are unique in each individual. Fingerprints are formed during the second trimester of pregnancy; lesbians often share a unique fingerprint swirl, adding to the mounting evidence that homosexuality is caused by genetic susceptibility triggered by the prenatal hormonal environment.
Movies such as this only make the general population feel that homosexuality is a normal part of society
Um, have you actually seen the film? I don't think you could make this claim if you had.
I've seen the real-life version tragically rip a family apart.
Sloga,Where did you get this information about homosexual tendencies being reflected and perceptible in fingerprints? Have to say I've never heard that one before...
I found the film disturbing because it caused me to reflect on the experiences of Orthodox friend I have met on this forum who has struggled with homosexuality all his life, and when he finally confessed this to a Priest, the Confessor advised him to marry. After long deliberation, my friend has left the Church because of this advice. I have to wonder how many tragic divorces could be avoided if we came up with a few more creative options for same-sex attracted persons in the Church other than advising them to marry?
until people come to terms and view it as a defect (It sounds harsh I know), there can never be a cure and more people will be born gay and will have to go though what your friend went through.
It's true I tell you!And you know what else? The link between "homosexual" and "left wing" exists only in propaganda.Homosexuality was punishable with seven years imprisonment and "re-education camps" in Soviet Russia....doesn't get much more left wing than that......
Who do you mean by "we"? Isn't Tikhon our brother, a fellow Orthodox Christian with whom we are united in the Blood of Christ. If, as you say, he is a sinner like the rest of us, why do you seperate "we" from him?
What advice would you have given him in order to stop him sinning?
I don't know that I consider him as sinning, montalban.
And even if he were, what business is it of mine to judge another as sinning and correct them?
What advice do you give your friends when you judge them as being sinful?
Judgment is up to God.
A Catholic friend of mine tells me I'm going to hell for being ex-Catholic......So I know how it feels for people to say these things.
If he's practicing homosexual acts, then yes he is.Judgment is up to God. However God did give us guidelines on what is a sin, and He also said we should love our neighbours. Sin is putting yourself away from God. Endangering your immortal soul. Why would a friend want that to happen?I believe that it's honest to be mutually supportive. Homosexuality, I don't know about specifically. My friend who is happy in his homosexuality knows that I consider it a sin. But as he's an atheist, then arguments about saving one's self don't rub. And conversely when I sin in my own lustful desires, and I do, then he thinks that this is great, and encourages me, so he's not 'supportive' in the Christian sense for me.A Catholic friend of mine tells me I'm going to hell for being ex-Catholic (reasoning that as I've knowingly turned my back on 'the' Church I'm in danger). So I know how it feels for people to say these things. I of course disagree with him, because I don't think that the mere fact I'm not Catholic is sinful. However he has prayed for me to help me overcome my lustful desires.I think with all problems the first step is to realise there is one. Friends saying that there is no problem is like alcoholic's families cleaning up after them, rather than forcing them to face their problems.
I think we will all be surprised at who is and isn't admitted to the Kingdom on that Last and Glorious Day- so it's best to just concentrate on fixing our own sinfulness rather than fixing others. And anyway, we are all close to drowning with our heads just above the water, so I am in no position to save anyone.
There is no point in trying to save my friends when I'm not even saved myself
What should one do when faced with a person with a difficult pastoral problem? Not give advice. Not spout off theology. Not figure out in your head -- while they are talking to you! -- what really amazing, really true thing you can say next in order to accomplish YOUR desires. No. It's very simple. Just listen and pray.Listen and pray. Actually enter into a relationship with the person! Extend love and care to them. Only after one has a relationship of mutual trust can "advice" really mean anything. As a certain professor of pastoral care likes to say: "People don't care what you know, until they know that you care."
This is the only thing I could agree with in your post.
If I had that experience, then I would probably make sure I didn't do the same thing to anyone else.
I think we will all be surprised at who is and isn't admitted to the Kingdom on that Last and Glorious Day- so it's best to just concentrate on fixing our own sinfulness rather than fixing others.
And anyway, we are all close to drowning with our heads just above the water, so I am in no position to save anyone. There is no point in trying to save my friends when I'm not even saved myself.
Thanks for putting so eloquently what my experience bears out. I would have said something like "you'll catch more flies with honey than with vinegar",
but of course that would not have got the point across as clearly as what you said.People today are tired and life is complicated enough to steer through without us adding yet another voice to the cacophony.
Not too long ago I read an article about an incident in Moscow in which a group of Orthodox "Christian" babushkas (old women) carrying Icons joined in with a group of extreme right-wing skinheads to protest a gay nightclub which had just opened the city. The gay people attempting to enter the venue had to be evacuated. So what was the message that these Icon toting "babushkas" gave the gay people? That Orthodox Christianity is no different to neo-nazi fascism, and they have the same agenda...
If people are lost as a result of our giving the wrong message about Christ (no matter how well intentioned), who will answer for it on the Day of Judgement? May we be spared from hearing the judgement from God on that Last Day that: "the Name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you." (Romans 2:24)
when pressed with what advice you'd give, you said none, so you're not catching any flies with no bait;
Montalban, One day I hope you learn the value of silence and presence. There are many ways tocommunicate without words: a smile, tears, touch....
Sure, that's what the Apostles were known for. Smiling quietly all the time.
Sure, that's what the Apostles were known for. Smiling quietly all the time.ÂÂ
B. Have taken their cue for their treatment of gays and lesbians from crackpots such as Jerry Falwell who make no bones about shunning, mistreating or otherwise assaulting someone for being gay.ÂÂ
So you think you're some apostle now, do you? You think you have some sublime spiritual discernment? I'm not quite as kind and loving as ozgeorge, so have some different emoticons for you,
LOL!Wow I didn't see that one coming !!!ÂÂ
I expect to get royally roasted for this post but I felt like offering this as my 2 cents.
Although we as individuals shouldn't have the right to 'take the law into our own hands' we should have Laws and Justice which reflect our relationship with God.
I know that is not popular in liberal christian circles but we are called to be perfect as our Father in heaven is perfect and part of that perfection is in the exercise of Justice.
I see folks speaking about 'not judging' and I'm wondering if any believe in the exercise of 'justice' and from what 'foundation' is justice based? I'm not trying to rain on anyones gay parade but I think as Christians we are called to be 'righteous' as individuals as well as nations and exercise 'Just Law' as advocates of God not as individuals or mobs as was the case when Jesus stopped the mob from stoning but as just advocates administering Justice. Remember God's Justice is not ugly nor unjust and it is the 'foundation' which all justice systems should be based if we are truly Christian. Paul was very clear what the governments role was...Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God. Consequently, he who rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves. For rulers hold no terror for those who do right, but for those who do wrong. Do you want to be free from fear of the one in authority? Then do what is right and he will commend you. For he is God's servant to do you good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword for nothing. He is God's servant, an agent of wrath to bring punishment on the wrongdoer. - Romans 13:1-4Although we as individuals shouldn't have the right to 'take the law into our own hands' we should have Laws and Justice which reflect our relationship with God.I know that is not popular in liberal christian circles but we are called to be perfect as our Father in heaven is perfect and part of that perfection is in the exercise of Justice.I expect to get royally roasted for this post but I felt like offering this as my 2 cents.
And here it comes...
Be very careful with this statement. By "our relationship with God" in this post, I assume you mean "an Orthodox Christian's relationship". What happens when someone else says this and "our relationship" becomes a Wiccan's relationship, of a Hindu's, or a Buddhist's, or a Jewish, or a Moslem's, or an Evangelical Christian's, or a gay Christian's? We live in a pluralistic society. The laws of the country need to protect its citizens and guarantee that justice is available to all, not just white, heterosexual, christian males.
  I believe the Fathers take the approach that in regards to sinful behavior we are to be very "conservative" in judging our own sins and faults yet very "liberal" in regards to others. It would be a sin itself to condone sin (e.g. homosexual behavior) yet we must never judge the person who is on that path (whether genetically or volitionally). We must make excuses for others along the lines of our Savior's prayer, "Father forgive them they know not what they do." St. Dorotheus of Gaza has a terrific chapter in his book on judging others that I profit from whenever I read it. It never ceases to urge me towards greater moderation in applying "justice" to others. And, objectively, yes, homosexuality IS a serious sin for whoever practices it- and yet, subjectively, I may be no better than a Pharisee when I point it out. My practice is that whenever someone asks me whether what they are doing is a sin I tell them honestly what Scripture and Tradition says while trying my best to do it in a spirit of gentleness and meekness as the Apostle St. paul taught us. Otherwise I try to say nothing other than prayers to God on their behalf while remembering that I am much worse in light of my knowledge than they are in their "ignorance". There are PLENTY of others who, in the name of justice, will condemn those who do wrong without me having to say anything............
As a society God demands that we operate within the moral law which He has set and woe to those who stray from His law.
Well we may live in a pluralistic society but as Christians we are Citizen's of Heaven first and frankly must recognize that fact and not allow our duty to the heavenly kingdom be overcome by the earthly one.As a Christian I seek the only 'true' Justice which is God's. Where His Justice is similar with Wiccan's, Hindu's, Buddhist's, Jews and Muslims I rejoice. Where it is different I must take the side of God's Justice. I see no other way around that.Liberity is fine but when it allows vice it is simply bondage to Satan smuggled in as virtue and I can't support that.
I appreciate what you are saying here and in a sense I am in agreement but I get the impression you are confusing the advice of ascetic rule with our social responsibility to exercise justice for all. As a society God demands that we operate within the moral law which He has set and woe to those who stray from His law. As individuals yes we should be humble but humility has nothing to do with being idle in the face of perversion.
Separation of Church and State, gay rights laws, etc. This sure sounds like an American political discussion.The state already chooses when a marriage is valid under the law and when it is not. As a response to this thread and another, this is not true marriage in the theological and spiritual (to be read as "real," "actual," "true," etc.) marriage. A marriage outside God's Church is as much a marriage as a Gucci watch bought on the street is a Gucci. The state may do with these "relationships" what it chooses. The state will pay for its choices (please note the above reference to the divorce rate in the U.S.). Two of my wife's aunts never married and lived together (non-sexually, for the perverts out there). Why should they be forced to pay greater taxes and not be able to share their benefits? Does what happens in the bedroom matter that much? And what about the lady I work with who is convinced her dog is equal to my children? Why is she denied equal health care benefits for her beloved pet? Who is anyone to judge the degree of affection one person (or beast) has for the other? Why "discriminate" against "love"?There are those who would say that a pet doesn't equal a child. There are those who say friendship doesn't equal marriage. There are those who say homosexual "marriage" isn't marriage. All of these people must be terribly intolerant.
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"Epic" has been rubbing me very badly since its rise to fandom these past years. Epic is reserved for poems of mortal men defying gods and bedding goddesses, and killing suitors with nothing but a bow and arrow. Not stupid skateboard jumps.
Given the same token, are you ok with words like 'cool' or 'sweet' or 'awesome' being used often in comparison to 'epic'.
Berserk isn't really "dark fantasy" either. It's plain fantasy
Miura has been very protective of Berserk
family valuessmall town values
"I could care less." Really? You COULD care less? So you actually DO care, a little?
Another is "mancave." Unless the man is living in an actual cave, I don't wanna hear about it.


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