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Holding his teacher's hand, 6-year-old Armani Villaescusa gazed in awe at Science Building 2 at Portland State University.
"It's way big," he said.
He and most of the other 73 Barnes Elementary kindergartners had no idea what wonders lay ahead: whale bones, solar panels, millions of books, a meteorite.
By the end of the two-hour tour, Armani looked a bit overwhelmed.
"My favorite thing is going into space," he said, referring to touching a meteorite.
Traditionally, college isn't much of a discussion item in classrooms until students reach middle school. But kindergarten teacher Karen Pérez-Da Silva said that's too late.
"The earlier kids get exposed to the possibilities out there, and their parents too, the more likely they are to plan and achieve that goal," Pérez-Da Silva said.
That's especially true for minorities, she said.
More than half of the students at Barnes are Latino and many will be the first to graduate from high school and attend college.
Pérez-Da Silva, 39, is the quiet but authoritative voice behind the push to introduce the youngest students and their parents to college.
"Our kids need these experiences so they can see themselves here," she said.
Since she started at Barnes in 1998, Pérez-Da Silva has kept tabs on her students as they progress through school and has encouraged and helped them with their college plans.
Last year was the first time she took her kindergartners to visit a college. The children and their parents carpooled with Pérez-Da Silva to Lewis and Clark College on a Saturday. Later, the students visited PSU as well.
This year, she invited the rest of the kindergarten classes. During two days, 121 of the 5- and 6-year-olds traversed the halls of PSU, all holding hands, accompanied by an ample supply of adults to catch those who strayed.
"I like this college because my mom and dad went here," said Van Janson, who seemed at home on the campus.
But to many of the kids, it was like seeing the Great Pyramids.
"They're seeing a world they've never seen," said kindergarten teacher Ana Buthe, who brought her class this year.
For some of the kids, they want to work fast food because that's all they know, she said.
"This lets them know there is more out there," Buthe said. "Rocks from outer space."
Pérez-Da Silva takes little credit for the program, pointing to those who have partnered with her in the effort, including Ed Washington, the community liaison for diversity at PSU.
"We couldn't even get buses the first year," Pérez-Da Silva said.
Washington, 76, dug into his own pocket to help pay for the school buses to PSU. This year, Pérez-Da Silva is using award money the class received plus funds from PSU to pay for buses.
Washington not only leads the tours, but he also helps Pérez-Da Silva with a program at Barnes to assist former Barnes students with college admissions. The program is also supported by the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.
Washington, who is African-American, said he knows the limitations that can be placed on minorities, and he wants to make sure the children know the opportunities that await them.
"You do what you can to give them hope," he said.
But he acknowledged the young age of the children. "At this stage in the game, it's show-and-tell, and they begin to believe it."
Victor Mena said he wished he could have visited a college while in kindergarten. The former Barnes student, now a senior at PSU, recognized his former second-grade teacher among the chaperones, and stopped to give the students a pep talk about how they could go to college, too.
Mena, who is Latino, will graduate with a degree in criminal justice and Persian languages. He has plans to join the FBI. The first time he visited a university was his freshman year at Sunset High, he said.
"Absolutely, it opened my mind," he said.
Later, Pérez-Da Silva's class wrote about their experiences at PSU to keep it fresh in their minds. She wants it to become a regular conversation for the kids.
As the tour wound down, 6-year-old Manny Oramas sat on the steps to the PSU library and looked around.
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Doris E. "Meems" Christy, 94, of 55 Highland Dr., Warren, died Friday, April 11, 2014, at the Rouse Home of Youngsville. Meems was born Dec. 18, 1919, in Buffalo, N.Y., daughter of the late Harry and Florence Schmidt Leiser.She attended Bryant & Stratton Business School where she met her husband, the late Evan E. Christy. She and her husband managed Northern Oil Company; she later worked as the office manager for West Penn Oil, from which she retired.Meems was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Warren where she was a member of many groups and circles. Meems was a Gold Star Member of the Eastern Star, and a charter member of the Daughters of the Nile. She loved spending time with her family especially at the family cottage in Maple Springs on Chautauqua Lake, cooking, and was an avid bingo player--especially frequenting the Warren Senior Center and Pleasant Township Fire Hall.She is survived by one son, Ronald E. Christy, and his wife, Coleen, of Warren; six grandchildren; Ryan E. Christy, of Warren, Todd P. Christy, and wife, Joyce, of Pittsburgh, Dean A. Christy, and wife, Cathy, of Winston Salem, N.C., Tom E. Welch, Jr., and wife, Janet, of Bradford, Brent M. Welch, of Bradford, and Christy Giquinto, and husband, Rocco, of Bradford; 13 great-grandchildren, Devan Christy, Lauren Christy, Sawyer Christy, Joshua Ellis, and wife, Julie, Sarah Ellis, Natalie Corbin and husband, Aaron, Brent Welch Jr., Brandon Welch, Diana Welch, Alice Champion, Marty Murray, Elijah Highhouse and Kylie Highhouse; and seven great-great-grandchildren.In addition to her parents, Meems is preceded in death on Aug. 9, 1984, by her husband, Evan E. Christy, whom she married July 16, 1938 in Tonawanda, N.Y.; and her daughter, Janet May Welch.A Funeral Service for Doris E. "Meems" Christy will be held Wednesday, April 16 at 11 a.m. at the First Presbyterian Church, 300 Market St., Warren, with The Rev. George Johnson, Parish Associate, officiating. Burial will follow at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Kane, Pa.Friends will be received at the Peterson-Blick Funeral Home, Inc. 1003 Pennsylvania Avenue, East, Warren, on Tuesday, April 15, from 5 to 8 p.m., and on Wednesday, April 16, at the First Presbyterian Church, 300 Market St. from 10 to 11 a.m.In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Shriner's Hospital Zem Zem Unit, 2525 38th Street, Erie, Pa. 16506 or to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Western PA Chapter, P.O. Box 2878, Pittsburgh, Pa. 15230.To send the family e-condolences, please visit http: www.petersonblickfuneralhome.com.

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October 11, 2008
"The Parallax View."
Glenn Erickson has a lot to say about this part of the film, which constitutes an audition and a psychological test (for Warren Beatty, at his hunkiest).
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- Original George said...
What a grim movie. Bleak. Even co-star Paula 'Stepford' Prentiss was freaking out.
In 1974, the Dow fell 45 percent to 577 from its 1973 peak.
That was also the year of "Death Wish" "The Conversation" "Chinatown" "Earthquake" "Godfather II" "Magnum Force" "Texas Chainsaw" "The Odessa File" and "Lenny."
Pakula also gave us the cheerful 'Klute' and "All the President's Men" which launched the current plague of blow-dried journalists. (Blame him, not Greenspan.)
In the movie, Beatty--a stupid reporter who thinks he's smart--also takes another psychological test that's actually become so commonplace people don't think twice about it.
- Zeb Quinn said...
I saw this in the theater back in the day. IIRC it wasn't all that "highly esteemed," except within a narrow set. It was a somewhat entertaining movie in a very paranoiac way, appealing mainly to audienced who viewed the world that way.
- Paul Snively said...
I think "Brazil" is the best dark perspective on government and society yet set to film. The Criterion Collection 3-DVD set sits proudly on my shelf. Next to it is my copy of "Pi," also highly recommended for those who enjoy a good business vs. government conspiracy tail.
So when I saw "The Parallax View" some years back, I was eager. I have to say, as a piece of filmmaking, it's extremely good for all of the visual-set reasons articulated in the link. Unfortunately, the crucial movie psych-test/propaganda scene didn't work for me at all. In fact, I found it just laughable, in much the same way that, at least in retrospect, I found all of the concern over subliminal advertising laughable. Is anyone really so easily suggestible as to have their fundamental world-view significantly affected by such content? The Amazing Kreskin was never that successful. And if this were a serious possibility, would we have elections that were almost exactly 50/50, right down the middle? Or is this only the case because there's a Parallax View and an Anti-Parallax View, both of whom are roughly equally effective?
What silliness.
- Paul Snively said...
"Conspiracy tale," that should be. Time for my first coffee...
- Revenant said...
The movie just seemed too ridiculous to me. I've never been able to tolerate these films where a zillion conspirators act in perfect concert with one another to control the situation. It is a cheat -- the modern-day bureaucratic version of a deus ex machina. It can't happen in real life; alien invasions are much more believable, in comparison.
- Revenant said...
For a GOOD conspiracy film, on the other hand, check out "Z".
- Original George said...
I've been watching Bill Moyers interview George Soros about his new book.
Obama supporter Soros says he doesn't like Treasury Secretary Paulson. Why? Because his "financial engineering...has gotten us into this trouble" and "government should play a smaller role." The future is bright, though; Soros says global warming "requires big investment."
Soros knows nothing about engineering financial markets. He short sold $10 billion in British pounds causing a devaluation of that currency. I'm sure he doesn't have a financial stake in companies whose businesses will prosper from global warming fears.
Moyers doesn't mention that Soros supports Obama or ask anything about Soros' investments. He nods and looks smart.
You have to dig deep to learn that Moyers participated in the "Rolling Thunder" meetings at the White House in 1965. (That was the three-year bombing campaign in Vietnam.) He was LBJ's press secretary. He sold the war to the press. So trustworthy!
What is a conspiracy but a breathing together? For most people, it's one big snore. Zzzzzz.
- blake said...
I'm trying to imagine a context in which that scene--all six minutes of it--would be effective, and they all involve being stoned.
I've always passed up watching that movie, and now I'm particularly glad.
Sort of amusingly, I imagine that seemed like it was a fast set of imagery at the time, toward the end. Modern filmmakers deal in frame counts and the audience sees them. (Like the single frames used in Fight Club.)
It's quaint. I can't imagine a modern person reacting to it anymore than they would 1931's Frankenstein.
- zeek said...
Paul Snively said...
Unfortunately, the crucial movie psych-test/propaganda scene didn't work for me at all. In fact, I found it just laughable, in much the same way that, at least in retrospect, I found all of the concern over subliminal advertising laughable. Is anyone really so easily suggestible as to have their fundamental world-view significantly affected by such content?
I haven't seen The Parallax View in years but wasn't the point of that scene to identify already sociopathic individuals which the organization was recruiting for assassination purposes? It was part of a test, along with the briefly seen questionnaire, to find the next John Hinckley, Jr., not to create him with some conditioning treatment. After all, Warren Beatty takes the test in the film and he isn't turned into a sociopath. In fact, he spends the rest of the movie trying to prevent assassination attempts by The Parallax Corporation's recruits.
Given that businesses like Blackwater or G. Gordon Liddy & Associates exist or exited, the film isn't all that far-fetched.
At any rate, the film has a good title for the subject matter.
- zeek said...
I just remembered Mel Gibson's Conspiracy Theory which, as I recall, was about torturing/conditioning/creating sociopathic murderers for assassination purposes. Had the material been in the hands of a less populist director (Richard Donner) and producer (Joel Silver) it might have been more interesting.
- Original George said...
"I'm Maria. Would you like a flower?"
Mmmm...Frankenstein...still disturbing, I think. Great German expressionist-type sets and lighting. Holds up much better than Lugosi's 'Dracula.'
The Monster...so sad, pathetic. How Karloff uses his hands! All he wants is the Light.
(People react to him with such instant horror it makes you wonder if the movie isn't really about how people in the 1930s regarded the mentally ill and mentally handicapped, like Down's Syndrome children.)
About a man who tried to create life "in his own image without reckoning upon God," as the narrator says in the opening. Clearly, people took their religion more seriously in those days. In the sequel, director James Whale snuck in multiple indications that we're supposed to see the Monster as a Christ figure. The movie opens with Golgotha imagery of crosses on a hill. The blind hermit knows he has a soul. "I have prayed many times for God to send me a friend," he says. As the Monster eats, we see a crucifix on the wall behind him. Then he frightens and saves a shepherd. And gets crucified.
- blake said...
Actually, OG, I should have said "scared" rather than just "react" because, yes, James Whale's Frankenstein is a moving story in many ways.
But reportedly people were quite frightened of it when it first came out. One man was said to have called the theater owner in the middle of the night, saying that since he couldn't sleep the theater owner shouldn't either.
Unlikely today.
- dr kill said...
After the flick you can head over to Camp-Randall. There should be lots of good seats for the second half.
- dr kill said...
Boom boom, out go the lights.
- Paul Snively said...
zeek: I haven't seen The Parallax View in years but wasn't the point of that scene to identify already sociopathic individuals which the organization was recruiting for assassination purposes?
According to the narrative, yes. But if you follow the link provided by Althouse, you get a rather lengthy exegesis in which the audience is supposed to identify with Beatty's character and a lot of interpretation of the imagery and it's purported emotional impact. While the piece is well-written—in much the same way that I think the film is well-written and well-directed—I think it's a bit over the top in terms of how the scene actually affects me.
Which actually leads me to wonder: is the mechanism by which the test is supposed to identify sociopaths something that is more likely to strike those with a strong writing and/or visual arts temperament than, say, someone like me—a software engineer by trade and a computer scientist by education?
zeek: Given that businesses like Blackwater or G. Gordon Liddy & Associates exist or exited, the film isn't all that far-fetched.
Only if you assume that you have to be a sociopath to see value in what Blackwater or G. Gordon Liddy & Associates do, but that's the kind of analogy that I would expect from people who find either the scene from "The Parallax View" compelling or the existence of firms like these disturbing. More generally, whenever I read a phrase like "The Parallax film is frightening because we sense that in our violence-worshipping society, this audition film certainly could inspire killer - volunteers for a 'righteous' cause," I'm reading the writing of someone profoundly disconnected from the real world, in which people a bare maximum of one generation earlier fought and died, rightly, so that this person could think and write such things.
zeek: At any rate, the film has a good title for the subject matter.
Quite. When I studied holography as part of my physics education, holography's preservation of the parallax effect was, to me, the most striking thing about it, and a nice demonstration that the way holography works is literally (heh) by wavefront reconstruction.
- dr kill said...
That's what I'm talking about. Worst home beat-down since 1989.
- reader_iam said...
I think "Brazil" is the best dark perspective on government and society yet set to film.
Pretty much.


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SOUTH EASTON, Mass., Oct. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Pressure BioSciences, Inc. (OTCQB: PBIO) ("PBI" or the "Company") today announced that Dr. Bradford Powell, a prominent microbiologist and recognized infectious diseases expert, is scheduled to present a keynote address during the opening ceremony of this year's annual Clinical Microbiology & Microbial Genomics Conference ("ClinMicro-2012"). ClinMicro-2012 is being held at the Hilton San Antonio Airport from November 12-14, 2012, in San Antonio, TX. In the Keynote address and a second, main session presentation later in the conference, Dr. Powell is expected to present data highlighting the advantages of the Company's powerful and patented Pressure Cycling Technology ("PCT") Platform that have been shown to enable significant improvements in molecular-based microbiological testing, a rapidly growing and extremely important area in laboratory medicine today.
Samples containing infectious microorganisms are often problematic for today's cutting-edge, molecular-based (DNA, RNA, proteins) diagnostic laboratory test methods. Whether testing for biological threat organisms, human infectious diseases, or disease-causing food-borne microbes, highly effective and dependable procedures are required to maintain absolute safety during sample preparation and analysis, yet also preserve sample molecular integrity. Consequently, scientists continue to search for methods that provide both safe decontamination and effective preparation of difficult and potentially dangerous infectious samples.
Dr. Bradford Powell, President of Cernomics Solutions, said: "It has already been demonstrated that the PCT Platform has the ability to inactivate and extract live attenuated virus and bacteria that are used as models of important biological threat agents. To that end, protein and nucleic acid markers from Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis virus and Bacillus anthracis (Sterne) spores were processed in less than an hour, as safely and as effectively as conventional procedures that often require more time, as well as large investments for facilities infrastructure, training, and oversight. Consequently, we are confident that the PCT Platform has the potential to provide an adaptable, cost-effective solution for advancing the capability, safety, and performance of assays used in the clinical and microbial genomics sciences. This is a transformative technology whose time, we believe, has come for broad application and acceptance."
Dr. Nate Lawrence, Vice President of Sales and Marketing of PBI, commented: "We believe that the growing number of PCT applications in basic and applied research, as shown by the work of Dr. Powell and dozens of other researchers over the past several years, promises to expand the understanding of important microorganisms in clinical medicine, anti-bioterror measures, the forensic sciences, and in food safety – as well as in other areas of the life sciences. We believe that this increased understanding of infectious microbes and microbial genomics, aided by the use of our novel PCT Platform, will accelerate the development of improved diagnostics, therapeutics, and food safety measures. We also believe that these clear sample-processing advantages will continue to compel researchers to integrate the PCT Platform into their basic scientific studies and clinical applications, resulting in measurable revenue growth and product visibility for PBI."
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Are You Alright? is a game that helps us understand why some people can be workaholics. There's something naturally addicting about the busyness of a high-performance job, having a thousand things on your plate, and being able handle it all. Much like the popular time management game Diner Dash, Are You Alright? places you in charge of a bustling business, this time a hospital, and it's up to you to make sure it doesn't fall to pieces.
You play as a doctor whose father invented a multitude of oversized medical machines that do simple tasks, like check patients' temperatures and take X-rays, and he wants you to show these machines to the world for him. The story is paper thin, but there is a satisfying narrative progression to getting invited to show off your Jetsons-style machines to new hospitals around the globe. It feels like you're running a successful business, with every new hospital you're invited to acting as an expansion of your empire.
Shards of microgame goodness.
To cure the patients who fill your lobby, you need to put them through a variety of your father's machines. There's an assembly line progression to which machines they must visit, starting with the thermometer machine and ending with the surgery machine. Once you use your finger to drag a patient to a machine, you must tap it to get your little doctor to travel to it and test the patient.
Testing the patients on the various machines requires you to complete microgames, like Warioware without the zaniness. You'll need to scan a patient's stomach for foreign objects like paper clips, or remove pieces of glass from the patient's skin. As the day goes on and you get into your busy time, the game becomes about keeping the assembly line going, getting patients to free machines, testing them, and then getting them out the door.
Are You Alright? does a good job of introducing a new minigame when you travel to new hospitals, but with the X-ray machine especially, the minigames become tedious and the patient flow seems to bottleneck. Besides, how is it that every patient who walks through the hospital doors has swallowed foreign objects?
Now where does this strip go?
All of your machines can be upgraded to work faster or more comfortably for your patients. You can also hire nurses and make miracle pills that persuade patients to not leave. Free drugs in the lobby, anyone?
There are about 10 or so different patient types, each with their own health needs and personalities. Take the Gangster, whose health decreases rapidly but pays with trunks full of cash if he's treated well. Patients will leave your hospital if they're made to wait too long without treatment, but you get a nice visual cue of them smoking if they're about to split.
Are You Alright? doesn't do much wrong. It feels great to overcome a tough day at work, a rare sense of accomplishment that Are You Alright? aces. Admittedly, there were times when we got pretty stressed out with the midday rush, but the game is never too challenging. Some gamers could note that as a weakness, but were it any tougher, it would start to feel like a real job. We never would have believed it, but multitasking can be fun if you do it right, and Are You Alright? certainly does.


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A custom minimal (second hand is fine) around the same size will give you much more response & room to improve. Good luck.
monkeystyle wrote:did fibreglass boards end up getting called custom in the UK even if they are off the rack???
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Gaydude; I would love to place my nose right underneath the 'snout' of your husbands cock, peel back the foreskin and then sniff/smell his scent. You know, that hot scent that every man's cock makes? He's got a gorgeous dick. Thanks for sharing!
Gaydude; I would love to place my nose right underneath the 'snout' of your husbands cock, peel back the foreskin and then sniff/smell his scent. You know, that hot scent that every man's cock makes? He's got a gorgeous dick. Thanks for sharing!
wow, gaydude65. you just opened my eyes. i saw the very first uncut dick you posted and it was love at first sight!
i've had an uncut dick twice, and didnt think much of it (was focused on the guy). but there is a beauty to it, now that i am looking at all these lovely cocks.
thanks for enlightening me, seriously
I've noticed this thread has had a lot more views than the one on how "gross" foreskin is.
Give yourself over to absolute pleasure and check out http://gaypornfans.blogspot.com.
Gaydude; thank you for your kind words. I'll be sure to post more pics here as I take them. My bf would flip if he catches me do this. Oh well. I appreciate you taking the time to post those wonderful pics of all the uncut cocks. I love the ones with uncut dicks about to penetrate a hot hole bb!
More of mine:
I just LOVE uncut cocks. I wish I still had my foreskin.
Im uncut, and i love uncut men but uncut meat looks soo much better in person compared to these pics. maybe its too BLOWN UP (no pun)
Foreskin is nice but I like it better when a guy is fully hard and the skin pulls fully back don't like it when it can't pull fully back just feels unclean.
Boynapped - NAP 'EM AND TAP 'EM
Most uncut guys can pull the foreskin back 100% when soft in the shower and clean properly, the rest don't realise that you need to do this in order to keep your cock fresh.
Funnily enough, depending on how horny I am, my foreskin can feel tight until it's played with!
to Gaydude: thank you for your kind words!
Nice pics
But... Beautiful? Attractive?
I remember few years ago, when I went to casting to William Higgins and the photographer's first reaction when he saw my dick with foreskin going half inch over my dickhead was "What's wrong with it?"
Dr. Seuss - Be who you are, and say what you think: Those who care, don't matter; and those who matter, don't care.
Absolutely beautiful and erotic! makes my mouth water!
one of the worst tragedies in life is being forgotten by some one you can never forget!
Yeah, I'm definitely a foreskin fan
An uncut cock is so totally natural and pure male, I just love it
OMG those pics in your latest post of that uncut dude on the beach is VERY hot! Damn I wish I was there, lol. Getting a little excited. Thanks for taking the time to share these pics with us!
^^^ oh wow! I don't know where you get these pics, but please keep them cumming. Do you have anymore of this guy?! He is way hot, look at how hot his plump uncut cock is laying there flaccid. Sweet ass too.
Gaydude, you sure do know how to get me hard, hot & horny! I just love Stanely, from head to toe! Cute lil soft uncut cock, mouth watering thick hard-on too, and I could eat his ass for breakfast, lunch & dinner. Is he European, or American?
^^ I answered my own question. He's Russian. Have you seen his bath tub scene pics? If not, let me know so I can post them on here.
honestly, i cant get into foreskin
It's not "just" the foreskin that all of us are into, all of us actually enjoy and find the entire complete uncut penis hot and attractive. Try and see if that works for you. Focus on the entire intact package, not 'just' the foreskin.
Luckilly my Dick still seems to work fine - despite the mutilation
I think uncut guys are real hot - so I'd have to agree that the Foreskin is beautiful and attractive
On the plus side - while I guess I'd be fairly averagely endowed if I was a caucasian guy - my dick is much bigger than most Asian Guys - 16.4 cm (8 Internet Inches - just over 6 real inches) - so its not all doom and gloom
But I do think Foreskins are beautiful
Gaydude, I could never and will never get tired of coming on here and looking at all the hot uncut cock pics that you post on here. Damn, I wish I could just (and not that my bf & I are sluts) but I wish I could just go out to the club one night and be able to just suck some uncut cock...I guess we have to go to Europe for that! ugh.
Beautiful pics all.....
Why would anyone want to limit themselves to only one style of cock? Natural or cut...good cock is good cock!
The Three Musketeers... Bashful, Chrisglass, and Ronboy!
I totally agree, foreskin is the best. I wanted to show mine, but can't figure out how to include a photo . I would love to meet any and all uncut guys around the Twin Cities area. [email protected] if interested in knowing more.
I can't believe this thread made it to the 2nd page!! I had to revive it. It must never ever leave Page 1.
Gaydude, you are doing an absolute fine job adding new pics daily, when you can, of the most beautiful male sex organ. Thank you.
Others, please...if you have any, share pictures of uncut cock, even if it's your own. We all love foreskin here, show it off. Be creative too .
Check out the video of ME jacking off my uncut cock and shooting a load of cum past my head! My boyfriend shot the video, edited it & posted it on Xtube for us (me & him).
PLEASE do me a favor; if you want to comment on the video, comment on here about it...or at least don't mention [Me and JustUsBoys] on the Xtube site if you comment on there, only because my boyfriend doesn't know that I am an active member of JUB...him and I disagree on a lot of things sexually (so half the stuff I say on here about my fetishes; he'd think I was crazy)...
So I hope you enjoy the video!
daaaaaaaamn! I watched it twice and I came with you the 2nd time!
one of the worst tragedies in life is being forgotten by some one you can never forget!
I much prefer uncut cocks. I'm glad my own foreskin is intact, it's so sensitive sometimes I can cum just by rubbing it between my fingers without even touching my shaft.
Damn I love the recent photos that you just posted. Absolutely beautiful. What I meant earlier, about...the this thread going into the 2nd page, is...on the main Fetishes page, there are 45 pages of thread topics, and usually "Foreskin is Beautiful & Attractive" thread stays on page 1 of 45, and the other day it got bumped into page 2...so I did a post, so it would go back to page 1 and near the top .
Thank you very much for your compliment, no it doesn't hurt at all when I pull my foreskin all the way back, exposing my nice smooth cock head. I love pulling my foreskin back, and then lightly making a fist around my dick and rubbin the inner-foreskin while I jack off...it makes me explode! (as you could tell).
Gaydude, thank you too for your nice words. And to everyone else, thanks again. I will let you guys know when my bf gets done editing another video of me and puts it on xtube.
Somewhere last night I heard one state was planning a ban on all unnecessary circumcisions.
Circumcision should have been banned a century ago on the federal level.
I have to fuck twice as hard for twice as long as a man with a whole dick does in order to get my rocks off.
I envy the living hell out of those lucky men who are fortunate enough to have escaped this heinous assault and battery/mayhem on their anatomy.
The older I get the more I hate having been mutilated at birth, may the quack that did it rot in hell.
here's me , i hpe all you guys like .i would like any comments...
I'd love to see it half hard and hangin" YUMMO! RP
one of the worst tragedies in life is being forgotten by some one you can never forget!
Great photos Steve. You're good looking. I also liked the fruit pictures - especially the oranges.
What incredibly beautiful pics - thank you thank you thank you
The hanging dried skin?? It's not dry. I'll tell you what's dry! Take a look at flaccid cut dicks. Is the head smooth? No. It's dry looking, cracked looking, wrinkly. Definitely no offense to my lovely cut guys out there, but I had to defend my lovely uncut guys out there with facts. And I surely didn't mean to hijack this thread and start something.
I still fail to understand why someone who ISN'T a fan, has to come in here and hate on uncut dicks. We don't care about your opinions. Stay out of here. . Thanks.
Gaydude, just when I thought it couldn't get any better, it does! The pics you post are amazing. I can't thank you enough. Thank you so much. beautiful!


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I see in words a deep story, that is a container for all stories, running across Babel, which means gate, in Sanskrit. A long time ago I had a deep spiritual experience, in the streets of a synagogue in Cambridge, MA where people do dance in the street on Simchas Torah, and I have witnessed and been drawn into that celebration. It is warm and wonderful! My experience: to see the Hebrew letters strewn in the streets, shining in the moonlight, made of rain, after the rains, on leaving a class on Kabbalah. I was not alone. This was a shared experience, but the others had left. It was intense. Not only did I never forget, but the letters come to me. They dance, they deconstruct, and I am gifted a story, which I have been putting down for many, many years and writing my heart down the lines. Yesterday, I know, I came full circle. And I WILL be heard, and my Diary WILL be read. As God wrote, the entire story! What circles are the birds in autumn, and it is autumn, a solemn time of year, and beautiful, redolent in that flame of leaves, of the burning bush, of Moses and the story of Exodus. And autumn itself, a word, a retreat as in aut, and in the OM of it all. Yes, I deconstruct and listen hard to words, to language, and see a magnificent story. I think it's about time. And it's also about time, as this has to be the most amazing story ever told, and we're all in it! Know that we are more connected to each other than we ever thought. And YES, listen here, and do join in, and Dance! For JOY.


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Submission + - Bungled Mobile Bet Will Be Ballmer's Swan Song (infoworld.com)
snydeq writes: 'If Windows 8 and the Surface tablet flop, you'll see a shareholder revolt that will send Steve Ballmer packing by this time next year,' writes InfoWorld's Bill Snyder. 'InfoWorld and I have been dumping on Windows 8 so much I'm not going to repeat the arguments. Maybe we're wrong, and buyers will decide that the new OS and the Microsoft's first serious venture into hardware are what they want. It would be a huge boost for the industry if it happens, but I'm not optimistic.
... There's been a string of bad quarters, and the stock has been frozen for nine years. At some point — I think we're getting really close — investors are going to demand a shakeup. When they do, it's going to be good-bye, Ballmer.'


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The Player Robot Device Interface
2.0.5Copyright Brian Gerkey and contributors 1999-2007, and beyond.
Part of the Player/Stage/Gazebo Project [http://playerstage.sourceforge.net]
OverviewPlayer is a robot device interface. What does that mean? If you're familiar with operating systems (OS) terminology, Player is a hardware abstraction layer (HAL) for robotic devices. Your OS (Linux, Mac OS X, etc.) hides the details of your computer's hardware by defining generic concepts such as "mouse" and "printer," with each having a standard interface. Programs such as word processors can (to a great extent) avoid knowing the details about your particular mouse or printer, as long each adheres to the appropriate interface. The details of making a particular mouse, say, support the standard "mouse" interface are handled by a driver.
Player serves the same purpose for robotic devices, making it a kind of robot OS. Player defines a set of standard interfaces (Interface specifications), each of which is a specification of the ways that you can interact with some class of devices. For example the position2d interface covers ground-based mobile robots, allowing them to accept commands to make them move (either velocity or position targets) and to report their state (current velocity and position). Many drivers support the position2d interface, including p2os, obot, and rflex, each of which controls a different kind of robot. The job of the driver is to make the robot support the standard interface. This way, Player control code that works with one robot will work (within reason) on another robot.
TransportsPlayer also provides transport mechanisms that allow data to be exchanged among drivers and control programs that are executing on different machines. By far the most common transport in use now is a client/server TCP socet-based transport (see Quick start for an example of this usage). In this setup, the player server is executed with a configuration file (Writing configuration files) that defines which drivers to instantiate and how to bind them to hardware. The drivers run inside the player server (often in multiple threads), and the user's control program runs as a client to that server. Client Libraries are available in various languages to facilitate the development of such control programs. Other transports can be used instead; an experimental JINI-based transport is also available.
Player as a code respositoryThough most Player drivers directly control hardware, recently a number of abstract drivers have been developed. An abstract driver uses other drivers, instead of hardware, as sources for data and sinks for commands. The main use of abstract drivers is to encapsulate useful algorithms in a way that they can be easily reused. For example, the amcl driver is an implementation of adaptive Monte Carlo localization, a well-known algorithm for probabalistic localization of a mobile robot. This driver supports both the position2d interface (so it can be used directly in place of odometry) and the more sophisticated localize interface (which allows for multiple pose hypotheses to be considered). In addition to providing this incredibly useful implementation of a particular localization algorithm, by defining such standard interfaces we build up an environment in which alternative algorithms and implementations can be developed and tested. Other abstract drivers include vfh, wavefront, and laserbarcode. Ideally, Player will become a common development platform and community code respository for such algorithms.
VersionsThis document describes Player version 2.0.x, which represents a significant change from the 1.6.x line. The information contained herein does not apply to earlier versions of Player
LicenseAll Player source code is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2 ("GPL"). A copy of this license is included with the sourcecode in the files COPYING.
With the exception of the libplayerdrivers library, all Player source is simultaneously distributed under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1 ("LGPL"). A copy of this license is included with the sourcecode in the files COPYING.lib. Users may use dual-licensed portions of Player under the GPL or the LGPL, at their choosing.
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I know I've complained a bit about Warcraft's lack of character customization, but I must say that it seems like they've been slowly but surely taking steps to make things better on that front. There's the dance studio and the barber shop incoming, of course, but here's another leak that's popped up from the Alpha: New emotes!
I know it sounds silly, but having pre-made emotes can really add to the fun factor of playing your character. Add them in macros (but don't spam them, that's just annoying) or use them to register your enjoyment, surprise, shock, or disgust at the situation. There's some really good ones in here that I've been wanting for a while -- although, word to wise, Blizzard: Facepalming is generally done with one palm, not two. I know you've seen the facepalm ASCII on the General Forums, too. Also, I would like to thank you for allowing me to finally act as my hero, Phoenix Wright, through the magic of emotes.
I know it's just a minor thing, but still, I'm looking forward to having a bit more variety in playing with my character in the social part of the game. Now if we could only get outfits and player housing too...
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BUFFALO, NY -- (Marketwire) -- 12/13/12 -- Liazon Corporation has introduced a newly improved platform for its Bright Choices® Exchange. Bright Choices 5.0 combines the latest in cutting-edge technology, design best practices, and decision-support functions based upon years of actual user experience data. The award winning portal includes a streamlined user interface and comprehensive education section to further improve the consumer experience, as well as operational efficiencies to enhance the experience for Liazon's carrier and broker partners.
"We have more than five years of experience building private exchanges for our customers -- including employers, employees, carriers, and insurance brokers," said Ashok Subramanian, CEO and co-founder of Liazon. "At its heart, Bright Choices is a store for employee benefits. So, in addition to building out an inventory of plans that fit a wide range of needs, we've taken a great deal of care to foster an intuitive, personalized shopping experience that makes buying benefits easy, informative, and fun."
The shopping experience follows a logical flow to help employees understand and select the best benefits for them. Bright Choices walks each user through a simple questionnaire about health, wealth, and personality in order to recommend the right benefits package for them and their families. Employees can compare plans side-by-side, view plan costs by pay period, and even make choices based on scenario analyses of projected costs that explain the relationship between healthcare usage, benefits costs, and financial risk.
In addition to choosing benefits, Bright Choices 5.0 also features a resource center of information and functions that help employees and their families get the most out of their benefits year-round. The center includes plan information in simple terminology, videos categorized by topic, tips for utilizing coverage, and the ability to manage life events.
"An educated and empowered consumer is our best defense to containing health care costs," said Alan Cohen, chief strategy officer and co-founder of Liazon. "We have designed Bright Choices to help employees become better consumers of benefits so they choose the right plans, understand their specific benefits, and use them effectively."
For employers and brokers, Bright Choices 5.0 provides the ability to view enrollments, generate reports, and manage personnel changes through the portal. In addition, enhanced electronic data interface capabilities reduce the burdensome paperwork that has become synonymous with insurance enrollment.
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Founded in 2007, Liazon Corporation operates the market-leading private benefits exchange for businesses. Its flagship product, the Bright Choices® Exchange, is an online benefits store that is changing the way employers and employees buy benefits. Bright Choices helps employers save money on their healthcare costs by setting predictable budgets while guiding employees to purchase better coverage of health, dental, vision, life and disability benefits. Liazon works with top national and regional insurance providers and supports more than 2,000 businesses nationwide. Liazon has offices in Buffalo, N.Y., New York City and Waltham, MA. To learn more about Liazon and the Bright Choices Exchange, go to www.liazon.com.
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Or put differently, how does Ondrusek or Arredondo's vR comprare to Marshall's vR?
Games are won on run differential -- scoring more than your opponent. Runs are runs, scored or prevented they all count the same. Worry about scoring more and allowing fewer, not which positions contribute to which side of the equation or how "consistent" you are at your current level of performance.
Attended 1976 World Series in my Mother's Womb. Attended 1990 World Series Game 2 as a 13 year old. Want to take my son to a a World Series Game in Cincinnati in my lifetime.
He's actually different than most relievers in general. Being a closer doesn't require a unique set of skills like Liam Neeson. It's obvious that the job is to limit runs, something Marshall is very good at.
I am extremely confident that if given enough innings he would succeed in the role. At the same time, I really dont care as long as he is pitching high leverage innings. If the Reds move him out of the closer gig, he will be just as valuable, and actually become less expensive based on the parameters of the contract. It's one of those cases where they could benefit by making a knee jerk reaction without using adequate judgement.
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You know, the EU has a lot of nerve coming down on google for "privacy violations"; the same body who seems to have exactly no problem at all with Britain's blatant and constant violations, and they've actually been a MEMBER of the EU since 1973.
The EU has been around since 1973? How in the world did they form before the internet was invented?
The EU has been around since 1973?
1951: European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC)
1957: European Economic Community (EEC)
1967: European Community (EC)
1973: UK, Ireland & Denmark join EC
1993: European Union (EU)
That's solely UK's own issue. EU isn't a government nor does it work like US. If UK blatantly and explicitly goes directly against some EU law, then they might say something about it.
What EU privacy law is UK specifically violating?
Also forcing you to give-up your encryption key, or else be placed in jail.
It doesn't matter if you're innocent - guilt is assumed.
I'm guessing it's because the UK has lots of cameras especially in cities. London has thousands of CCTVs.
But of course that's different because the public don't get to see those camera recordings.
And they go conveniently blank/missing:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Charles_de_Menezes#Missing_CCTV_footage [wikipedia.org]
Let me guess, your argument is this: "Because the EU allows the UK to violate privacy so blatantly, it should also allow all other violations of privacy by any other person, company, or instituation."
You do realise that European-level courts have ruled several practices of the British government illegal, including some relating to privacy, in recent months? The fact that the government here is illegally failing to comply with those court rulings and getting away with it is disturbing, but what more would you have the EU do?
In any case, the British government at least has some degree of sovereignty and accountability to its electorate to contend with as a consequence. Google is a mere corporation, and co
"Officer, I was clearly standing on the street with my camera. It's not my fault that the girl was naked in her bedroom. She shouldn't have left the curtains open."
There's Peeping Tom laws in many places, for one thing, and there's lots of instances of individual efforts being acceptable where organized efforts are held to be unacceptable. For instance, refreshing on a site. One person does it, they're checking for new content. Many people do it, it's a DDoS.
All the street view images that I've seen are so fuzzy that I often can't decipher the large signs on the fronts of businesses, much less anything inside a residential window (curtains or not).
No, just slashdot.
>>>>>"Officer, I was clearly standing on the street with my camera. It's not my fault that the girl was naked in her bedroom. She shouldn't have left the curtains open."
>>There's Peeping Tom laws in many places, for one thing,
Here in the U.S. laws operate backwards. A Virginia woman was walking her kid to school, she looked through a front window where she saw a naked man, and she was offended for her self and her child. Reasonable people would either charge the woman with pee
Ah, yes, that was quite the media brouhaha around these parts last fall. Despite the fact that it later turned out the woman who filed the complaint had been trespassing, cutting through his yard (resulting in her being in a place a normal person would not have been able to see in his kitchen window) he was convicted of indecent exposure a few months later. The judge waived any jail time, saying that he didn't put people in jail for being stupid [referring to the defendant not closing the curtains] or (an
"Officer, I was clearly standing on the street with my camera. It's not my fault that the girl was naked in her bedroom. She shouldn't have left the curtains open."
What's unreasonable about that? If you want privacy, close your curtains. It's not hard. I understand that peeping tom laws exist, but they shouldn't. Just close your curtains, no need to get the government involved.
I don't think the peeping tom laws go that far. If you took a picture of a building for some other purpose, and the naked girl just happened to appear in it, the I do not believe photo would be illegal. Similarly, I doubt one could get away with hiring someone to stand in the window naked just to make the building unphotographable.
However, remember that the Google van has the camera a lot higher than what you could see walking on the street. For example there has been many cases where the camera has photographed inside peoples apartment or over garden walls, even people without clothes. If you went taking photos of someones backyard that is otherwise shield, you would be violating law. Same thing if you went taking pictures of someone through his/her window. Google is doing exactly this, on a mass scale, and then putting them on the internet for everyone to see.
Higher than a double decker bus?
This is why a huge portion of Tokyo including the street where I used to live is no longer covered by Streetview. The wall outside our landlord neighbour's house is about 2m high. I couldn't see over it when walking by it but the Google pics when they were up it was easy to see into their living room. Most Japanese urban houses are less than 2 meters from the road. In these cases you are able to see what someone walking would not, hence the application of laws related to unnatural viewpoints.
They're not really that high. The earliest streetview vehicle [google.com] was a van, but they're using sedans now (photos at the link). The camera is no higher than the head of a driver of an SUV, perhaps not even as high.
If someone in a Hummer can see you naked it's your own fault.
I really don't see the philosophical or policy basis for seeing this as something which privacy laws should prohibit. What is visible in public should be photographable to the public. If I can see it with my eyes without violating a law, why shouldn't I be able to photograph it? And if I can do it for individual photos why shouldn't Google be able to do it systematically?
Just for the sake of argument...
You drop skin cells in public all the time. Would you object to me collecting them, analyzing your DNA, and then sharing with the world a list of your genetic limitations?
Women wear skirts in public. In various circumstances, for instance on glass walkways, this creates "visibility issues." That's not a big problem. Would it be acceptable for the owner of such a walkway to stick a camera underneath, photograph each person, then put the photos on a website that connec
>>>Cue a bunch of silly
If we were all naked like our animal brethern, none of this would matter. We'd get so used to seeing human bodies we'd think nothing of it.
How's that?
Here we go again. [slashdot.org]
In Europa "Privacy" means much more then just "Things done on a private property".
I must be missing something here, cause I don't get it!
If there were a picture of my house in your personal photo albums, I would find that very weird. If I found you outside my house taking pictures of it from the street, I would feel vaguely threatened and would want to know what your motives were. If you told me that you were going to post them to make money and asserted your right to stand there taking pictures of my house, I would probably call the cops.
"If you told me that you were going to post them to make money and asserted your right to stand there taking pictures of my house, I would probably call the cops."
And in the US anyway, the cops would tell you that this is perfectly legal and to stop filing bogus complaints (or they SHOULD).
And in the US anyway, the cops would tell you that this is perfectly legal and to stop filing bogus complaints (or they SHOULD).
Unfortunately it's been demonstrated that a lot of police aren't aware of this - hence the post-9/11 arrests of photographers taking photographs of railroad trellises, etc.
The cases have all eventually been dismissed, but it ends up costing these people several days out of their lives just to prove they were doing something completely legal.
So I suppose you're also opposed to turnitin as well?
You may feel that way but your feelings don't give you or anyone else the right to violate the rights of others to take pictures in a public place. I am a photographer and I bristle at the suggestion you have that right. Only because a lot of cops and people post 9/11 think that for some reason they do have the right to stop someone taking photographs in a public place. And they do not. Google has a right to do this taking photographs in a public place is legal the EU as usual is harping on companies out of bounds.
I can't believe the hipocracy what with the thousands of surveillance cameras in EU member state Great Britain. There are actually people watching those specifically to violate the privacy of UK citizens where's the outrage there?
I can't believe the hipocracy what with the thousands of surveillance cameras in EU member state Great Britain.
I, too, am tired of the entrenched ruling hippopotami watching our every move. We're not trying to steal your grass, you stupid river horses!
Please try to come up with something more important than this! This absolutely rediculous because publishing a photo in a newspaper could also be an infringement of privacy!
Yes there are privacy concerns with Google, but please take some bigger issue asociated with Google than this!
Yes I am a big fan of Google. Yes I am using their services. No, I am also concerned about privacy when it comes to Google, just as much as any other info-indexing service..
Please try to come up with something more important than this! This absolutely rediculous because publishing a photo in a newspaper could also be an infringement of privacy!
Except that it's consistently been held that for purposes of reporting something in the public interest is greater than an individual's privacy, and they *still* need to do due diligence in getting photographic releases for certain things. There's no news value in Google's Street View, and it's more pervasive. It's not a single picture, it's multiple pictures, angles, and setting.
And even newspapers and tv channels have to be careful about it if normal people are involved. For example if you publish a photograph of someone accused of some crime with his face being identifiable, and it turns out he is innocent, newspapers will be liable to pay big sums for damages. This is also why the European versions of "Cops" always have peoples faces blurred while it doesn't seem to be so in the American version.
TV shows in the US still usually have to get permission to show faces.
They do that for civil court reasons, not for criminal court reasons.
It is NOT illegal to photograph someone on the street then make a profit selling the photograph. You are however, probably libel for civil damages
It is multiple angles of location, but not multiple angles of a single person. Street View is never taken at the same time as a satalite image, proving that this is not about privacy infringement of data mining of individuals, but just from locations and buildings...
Multiple angles of person or location doesn't matter. When an individual goes around taking multiple pictures of a building from many angles, you know what it's usually labelled? "Casing a joint." You know, gathering information for robbing it. Street View could potentially remove the need to *visit* a location before robbing it, especially with that page from a few days ago, "Please Rob Me" that links people's twitters and such to location-specific, showing when they're away from home. So yes, it's still p
Street View could potentially remove the need to *visit* a location before robbing it
You could make the exact same argument against maps. Publishing a map could potentially remove the need to find your way to a location before robbing it.
especially with that page from a few days ago, "Please Rob Me" that links people's twitters and such to location-specific, showing when they're away from home. So yes, it's still privacy infringement.
It's not privacy infringement if you choose to tell the world when you're
Except that it's consistently been held that for purposes of reporting something in the public interest is greater than an individual's privacy, and they *still* need to do due diligence in getting photographic releases for certain things. There's no news value in Google's Street View
But there is public interest in having Street View. With street view I can check out actual pictures of the intersections and buildings near my destination, and it's that much easier to find my way around. There are really no privacy implications because you're in public anyway.
They could do two passes on places and use the double collected data in order remove people and other movable things. I think this is and practically theoretically feasible.
That would be harder than you think. The position of the camera could vary by several feet. If it's a windy day, you have foliage moving around. If the passes are not widely separated in time, many people would be in the same location -- cafe diners and sunbathers come to mind. If the passes are widely separated in time, then you have differences in the angle of the sun and changes in weather to take into account. It's much more difficult than taking a few pictures from a tripod over a couple of minutes and editing out pedestrians and cars.
Lets talk fines now
Privacy "watch dogs" in the UK are concerned, but the 300 CCTV cameras per block aren't a problem?
But that's the government, you can trust the government. Google puts the information out there for everyone to see. You can't trust the average person, that's why you need the government.
P.S. The sarcasm is implied, but I have written this sentence to explicitly declare it.
No, Privacy Watchdogs in the EU are concerned. Such a basic reading comprehension should remove any "insightful" modding. The EU allows individual nations to govern themselves, but the Street View affects ALL the countries, so the EU gets to handle it as a cohesive whole. Thus, the situations are not analogous. If the UK wanted to put up CCTV cameras in France to watch UK citizens on vacation, then it'd be more closely related to Street View.
Did you read the article? There is a specific line that states "Last year, privacy watchdogs in the U.K. formally complained after its introduction there", I chose to respond to that bit because the UK is notorious for "privacy abuse".
Surely I am not the only person living in the EU that sees Google Street Maps as a liberating technology. I have searched for countless things from my office and my home, and each time came away favourable with Street Maps. I think the EU is wrong on this one. What exactly are the dangers that they foresee with this technology?
Not street MAPS, street VIEW. You know? Pictures that show exactly what was present and what everything looked like at the time the van went through and snapped pictures of everything on the street.
Claiming public awareness is big for any company. Quite bold.
I have a feeling the EU won't like it.
Streetview is a good tool, but with any mass data collection you need to strike a balance.
There is nothing wrong with watching a street, but people/cars should be blurred, and that was effectively what Google promised to do, also in Switzerland, only that they didn't do it well enough, and the retention of such material must be explained.
What I positively do NOT like about Streetview is that it offers to zoom in on windows - that really is invasive. In addition, they have the problem that they take pictures from an elevated viewpoint. I can understand why (try looking over parked cars otherwise), but people build fences for privacy, and they thus ended up with problems in privacy concious countries like Japan and Switzerland.
As a matter of fact, I remarked at the time that I didn't find it surprising the Switzerland asked questions - I found it amazing no EU regulator had done the same. Now I know why - they weren't exposed to the issues yet. Now they are, and thankfully they are asking the same questions.
I personally hope Google will pay attention, because addressing this intelligently would do much to address the privacy worries Google is creating. I don't think there is malice involved, it's more a culture clash, and IMHO it can be resolved with a bit of thinking.
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Just a few days ago, UFC president Dana White made reference to Georges St-Pierre's next fight, rekindling talk about superfights by saying that if his UFC welterweight champion wanted to fight middleweight kingpin Anderson Silva, he was all for it.
That, of course, would mean that 170-pound No. 1 contender Johny Hendricks would again take a back seat.
But, as White said, it's all conjecture until the involved parties start talking with UFC brass and a couple more fights play out. Anderson Silva is slated to fight Chris Weidman this summer, and a third party in the equation, Jon Jones, faces Chael Sonnen this weekend.
Thus far, White hasn't caught up with St-Pierre, who indicated in a recent Joe Rogan Experience podcast that he seems content to stay at 170 pounds, at least in the near term.
"I need to do stuff in my division before I take (a superfight) because it has moved now," said St-Pierre.
That's not something that bothers White, who said St-Pierre vs. Hendricks is going to happen, conceding that St-Pierre may not be ready for a superfight.
"If he doesn't want to do a superfight, nobody is going to pressure him to do a superfight. That's up to him," said White on Thursday. "But Johny Hendricks is next, and soon. Maybe in August (at the Fox Sports 1 launch in Boston)."
White hasn't shifted his thoughts away from a superfight though. When asked which superfight he would like to see out of the St-Pierre, Silva, and Jones trio, his Canadian superstar wasn't a part of his top choice.
"If (Jones) wins and Anderson Silva wins, I really want to see Anderson Silva vs. Jon Jones," admitted White. "That's the fight I want to see. I'd like to see it in Madison Square Garden."
Silva has been the one constant in the equation, and the one fighter that has been consistently pushing for the biggest fights possible.
While St-Pierre wants big fights, he seems content to continue at 170 pounds for now, while Jones recently warmed to the idea of fighting outside of his usual 205-pound title defenses, entertaining superfights or heavyweight bouts.
"This fight with Chael, it ties me with Tito Ortiz (for most UFC light heavyweight title defenses)," said Jones, assuming he beats Chael Sonnen at UFC 159 on Saturday.
"One thing I've been contemplating is first tying Tito Ortiz, and then establishing that record of the most (light heavyweight title defense) wins in my next fight, maybe in November, and after that fight in November, entertaining superfights and heavyweight fights."
White could make things interesting. If Jones defeats Sonnen, as most people expect to happen, who says Jones' next light heavyweight title defense – the record-setting opportunity – isn't also a superfight with Anderson Silva?
The UFC – if Silva is willing to go all the way up to 205 pounds, which he has done before – could try to put the two together with Jones' belt on the line.
And although White recently put a damper on his hopes for MMA opening up in New York this year, if things change and New York does sanction the sport… and if Silva defeats Chris Weidman in July… what bigger fight could the UFC put together for its 20th Anniversary at Madison Square Garden?
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Neb's Martinez B10 offensive player of week again
Neb's Martinez B10 offensive player of week again
Nebraska quarterback Taylor Martinez is the Big Ten offensive player of the week for the second time in three weeks.
The third-year starter from Corona, Calif., led the 18th-ranked Cornhuskers on two fourth-quarter scoring drives to erase a 10-point deficit and beat Michigan State 28-24 on the road Saturday.
Martinez ran for 205 yards, with touchdown runs of 35 and 71 yards. He passed for 160 yards and two touchdowns, including the 5-yard TD toss to Jamal Turner with six seconds left.
Martinez has been named offensive player of the week four times this season, tied for second most in a single season in conference history.
The Huskers (7-2, 4-1) play Penn State (6-3, 4-1) in Lincoln this Saturday.


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As a way to increase their staff, Schaefer and Corcoran host work parties and farm tours every Saturday so that volunteers can learn how to plant and grow produce in their own backyards. Schaefer and Corcoran also welcome educational groups, including Girl Scouts and even botany professors from Adelphi University, instructing them in organic and biodynamic farming, beekeeping and pollination and plant lifecycles.
When tilling the fields, Schaefer and Corcoran utilize biointensive farming practices — planting seeds close together on raised beds and leaving the area fallow with compost — to produce organic lettuce, strawberries, squash, kale and sweet corn, the biggest seller at their farm stand this month.
Aside from offering homegrown produce to customers — which account for about a quarter of their sales at the farm stand — Schaefer and Corcoran sell food items from farms on eastern Long Island, including fruits and berries, organic baked goods, trail mixes, organic honey and fruit spreads — courtesy of Rustic Root, an organic produce distributor. Last year, Crossroads welcomed about 800 customers to the farm stand in its busiest year since it opened.
"It's pretty cool to see the whole landscape change," said Rustic Root co-founder Jeff Moore, who noticed a greater demand for organic food deliveries due to a widespread interest in its health benefits. "It's almost like a food revolution."
When it comes to funding their farming operation, Schaefer and Corcoran mostly depend on proceeds from fundraisers and the farm stand. They are also currently working to form partnerships with several not-for-profit groups, such as Long Island Cares, to attract more financial backing, and more produce.
Last month, Crossroads teamed with Reverb — a grass-roots organization that facilitates educational, eco-friendly practices for musical acts on tour, along with their fans — to promote its green mission at a Dave Matthews Band concert outside the Nikon at Jones Beach Theater, and sold $5 seed packets and other merchandise to raise over $3,500, which Schaefer and Corcoran said will go toward growing produce to be purchased by Island Harvest.


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Bear cub found rummaging in trash fatally shot
April 21, 2011 | 11:28 am
A bear cub was shot and killed Thursday by a Forest Falls resident who found it rummaging through the trash, authorities said.
The cub was in the resident's driveway when it was shot about 2 a.m., said Jodi Miller, a spokeswoman for the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department.
No one was arrested, Miller said.
Sheriff's officials notified the state Department of Fish and Game, which is handling the investigation.
Onion spill closes two southbound lanes of 710 Freeway
Two fires were set in homes as people slept, authorities say
Obama's L.A. visit: Westside residents urged to stay home to avoid gridlock
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In an annual tradition, writer Bailey White spins a fictional tale of love and life. This year's entry is about a woman dying of cancer who is attended to by a series of old boyfriends, each of whom contributes some sort of minor service. The story ends with a symbolic event at an old hollow tree in the woods, where a coiled snake meets a violent end.
Thanksgiving Tale: 'A Fountain Of Snake'
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 2nd Jan 2013 19:05 UTC
Expected, but still insanely cool: Canonical has just announced Ubuntu for phones. This is a new mobile phone operating system, with its own user interface and development platform. It's built around Qt5 and QML, and the interface reminds me of MeeGo on the N9. It's supposed to be on the shelves in early 2014, but the developer preview is out today.
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Actually they could have used a lot of kde libraries, but went their own way, integrating the worst of meego (the 3 different panes were a pita because you were doing nothing but swipe swipe swipe), the worst of unity (the dock really sucks), and the worst of android and wp (only a 'back button', not a forward one, not to mention that the gesture left and right are not really linked to each other).
This thing is way too complex to handle. A phone os needs to be simple and straightforward. The two good thing I saw was their system tray and the search (yes it can be usefull to search amazon and the like, kde can do this already a long time. The lock *cough welcome* screen from meego was way more usefull than this garbage collector.


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Arizona Man Sentenced for Defrauding Idaho Company
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An Arizona man who pleaded guilty to defrauding his former employer of $450,000 has been sentenced to three years in prison and ordered to pay nearly $607,000 in restitution.
The U.S. Attorney's Office says 37-year-old Christopher L. Myers of Cave Creek, Ariz., was sentenced Monday by U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill. Myers pleaded guilty to wire fraud in August for wiring money from his employer to his personal accounts to pay his mortgage and bolster his investment accounts. Myers was comptroller for a Boise-based company called Click Sales, Inc., which does business as ClickBank.
The company facilitated the sale of educational programs, and after taking a commission, passes the money on to retailers. Prosecutors say Myers transferred amounts listed on "issued but uncashed" checks to his account between August 2008 and November 2011.


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Double Play
Found in "Too Much Happiness" by Alice Munro. Published by Vintage, 2009.
I had to see what the photos were, but the negative was pretty damaged. There were two photos on this portion of the film, one came out OK, the other not so much:
It's obviously a baseball game, the end of one by the looks of the players congregating on the infield. I spotted the Yankee logo behind home plate, but there weren't many more clues to go by. I can't really make out the scoreboard in the center of the photo nor can I see any players from the other team.
I looked a little closer, and noticed there are a bunch of police officers on the field, as well as the festive red white and blue bunting along the upper decks - I'm guessing this was a postseason game. I am 99% sure this is from the old Yankee Stadium.
The second photo wasn't much help at all, as it was very distorted.
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4 comments:
- Kagemusha said...
There are cops standing in line along the first and third base lines... I am assuming it's some playoff or World Series game, but it could also be the farewell to the old stadium, depending on the date of the film (which we cannot determine, I guess).
- August 16, 2012 at 12:25 PM
- Bob Hay said...
I believe that is Game 2 of the 1998 World Series.
- The shape of the tier is unmistakably the old Yankee Stadium. I recognized it immediately.
- The ribbon scoreboard shown between the tiers is an older version. It was replaced with a hi-tech version some time in the 2000s, so it'd guess it's at least 2005 or older.
- The logos on the field in front of the dugouts look like the 1998 or 1999 WS logo. See: http://www.sportslogos.net/team.php?id=484
- Of those two series, there were 4 games played at Yankee Stadium. Games 1 and 2 in 98 and games 3 and 4 in 99. Yankees won all four with scores of 6-9, 3-9 5-6, and 1-4 respectively (away team listed first).
- It looks to me on the scoreboard like the away team scored 3 runs. Ergo, Game 2 of 98.
- August 16, 2012 at 1:15 PM
- Michael Popek said...
EXCELLENT work, Bob.
If that's true, I was at that game... El Duque started.
The photo looks like it was take from the upper upper reaches of left field, near the foul pole. I was on the other side of the stadium, way up with my back against the concrete top of the building above first base.
- August 16, 2012 at 1:57 PM
- John Hahae said...
- August 17, 2012 at 5:05 AM


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A Colorado man arrested last week in connection with a triple homicide in Forestville had been traced to the Gulf Coast but was apprehended almost by chance when sheriff's deputies near Mobile, Ala., pulled him over on a routine traffic violation, a law enforcement official there said Tuesday.
Mobile County deputies Thursday morning stopped Mark William Cappello on Interstate 10 not realizing until they ran his license plate that Sonoma County authorities had issued an order for the white 1995 Ford Bronco he was driving to be seized pursuant to a search warrant, Mobile County sheriff's spokeswoman Lori Myles said.
The deputies also weren't aware Cappello and the vehicle had been identified in a "be on the lookout" notification issued for the area by Sonoma County investigators, Myles said.
"I don't know how they had tracked him down to this area, but somehow they knew he was on the Mississippi/Alabama Gulf Coast," she said.
Cappello, 46, has family in southern Florida's Fort Myers area, although it's unclear if he may have been headed there.
Cappello's mother, Mary, said by phone Tuesday she hadn't spoken with him in the past week, but he recently said he might be coming for a visit. She said she didn't know of his arrest.
Sonoma County detectives were among law enforcement officers from several jurisdictions who conducted a search of Cappello's home in Central City, Colo., the night before his arrest, according to a neighbor.
Cappello's girlfriend also was contacted at her restaurant job and detained for several hours of questioning, said the neighbor, Ron Montoya. Her cellphone and other personal property were seized for examination.
Cappello was arrested on suspicion of murder in the Feb. 5 slaying of three men, including another Colorado man, during what investigators believe was to have been a drug sale in a rural home off Ross Station Road and Highway 116. He is being held without bail.
Those slain were Sebastopol native Raleigh Butler, 24, whose mother rented the house, Richard Lewin, 46, of Huntington, N.Y., and Todd Klarkowski, 42, of Boulder, Colo., about an hour's drive from the suspect's home in Central City.
It remains unclear how the men might have known one another or whether there are additional suspects.
Sonoma County Sheriff's Lt. Dennis O'Leary, who oversees violent crimes investigations, said only that authorities did not believe there were suspects remaining in Sonoma County.
O'Leary otherwise declined to answer most questions submitted to him Tuesday, saying officials "are not going to comment because we don't want to jeopardize our ongoing investigation."
That's the same reason authorities gave for not making public Cappello's Thursday arrest. They disclosed it late Monday afternoon after The Press Democrat received a tip about the arrest and began to inquire.
O'Leary has said investigators believe the three victims gathered at the house on a wooded rural parcel to buy a large quantity of marijuana.
It is unclear how Cappello came to detectives' attention or what evidence points to him as the killer. O'Leary said authorities are withholding information about evidence from the crime scene and anything they might have found in Cappello's home or car to preserve the integrity of the investigation.
O'Leary said Cappello did not resist when he was stopped in his car outside Mobile. A warrant was then issued for his arrest in the homicide case. He was booked into the Mobile County Metro Jail, where he was being held without bail awaiting extradition.