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An eruption by Iceland's most active volcano was set to keep the island's main airport shut yesterday, while other European nations watched for any impact on their air routes from a towering plume of smoke and ash.
Experts said they saw little chance of a repeat of last year's six-day closure of airspace, which also hit transatlantic flights, when another Icelandic volcano erupted, although airlines have been warned the new ash cloud will drift.
So far Iceland, particularly the towns and villages to the south and east of the Grimsvotn volcano, has suffered most.
Day turned into night when a thick cloud of ash descended on the area, smothering cars and buildings.
The cloud had also begun to drift over the capital Reykjavik by late on Sunday evening and the civil aviation authority said the prospects for re-opening the main international airport yesterday were not good.
Europe's air traffic control organization warned on its Web site that ash could spread southwards.
"Ash cloud is expected to reach North Scotland on Tuesday 24th May. If volcanic emissions continue with same intensity, cloud might reach west French airspace and north Spain on Thursday 26th May," Eurocontrol said in a traffic bulletin.
The agency, which set up a crisis unit after bad coordination was blamed for worsening last year's crisis, said no closures outside Iceland were expected yesterday or today.
Airlines as far away as Australia said they were monitoring the situation after travel and freight disruption rippled across the globe and cost the industry some US$1.7 billion last year.
French Junior Transport Secretary Thierry Mariani warned yesterday that flights would be canceled if the ash cloud blew over Europe, sending airline shares tumbling.
"One thing that is certain ... is that if Europe is affected then flights will be canceled," Mariani said on Europe 1 radio, adding that it was too early to say for certain if it would.
Shares in Air France-KLM plunged 4 percent at the opening of trading. In Germany, the price of shares in Lufthansa airline fell by 4.56 percent.
"If the ash isn't noxious then the planes will fly. If the ash is noxious or presents a risk, then the planes won't fly," Mariani added.
"The priority should always remain safety, without of course abusing the principle of precaution," he said.
Iceland's meteorological office said the plume from Grimsvotn, which last exploded in 2004, had fallen in height from a peak of about 25km in the hours after the eruption and was now holding steady.
The eruption was much stronger than the one at a volcano further south last year that closed European airspace and halted transatlantic flights in April, due to worries that particles could get into aircraft engines and cause accidents.
"It could lead to some disruption, but only for a very limited time and only over a very limited area," said Magnus Tumi Gudmundsson, a professor of geophysics at University of Iceland.
Gudmundsson and other vulcanologists said that the impact on air travel this time would be more limited as winds were more favorable, the plume's content was heavier and less likely to spread and authorities had a higher tolerance for ash levels.
Some airlines complained that authorities had been excessively cautious in imposing blanket closures of airspace during last year's eruption.


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Jacob/Nessie, Edward/Bella, Jacob/Bella He would be anything she needs (but she doesn't need him.) At least, not for herself. Where her mother saw two paths, she sees three, and she runs down the third with open arms and a smile. One Shot.
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"Jacob. Come here."
Her voice is the iron tone of the orders she avoids like the plague they are because she wants him to choose, to choose, and his only choice is hers.
"Nessie," with such warmth she almost wavers.
Gentle hands on his face and she tells him.
Before I was born, you were in love with my mother.
"Yes," honestly, simply, just 'yes,' because they both know it's nothing more than a dream now, eclipsed completely, and they've had this talk a hundred times before.
You still are. Underneath the imprint.
Softer this time, reluctant now, "yes."
Jake, she's falling apart.
A flash of images, of a pale heart-shaped face breaking, of tears that will never leave eyes blacker than night, of changing from bliss to agony, slowly.
This isn't the forever he promised her.
The beautiful boy, forever seventeen, breaking apart with ideas too old for him, even with centuries behind him, consumed with love he is too young to comprehend.
This isn't what either of them want.
His eyes, turning golden, alone, the slow passage of years, a flash of blonde-red hair in the future, a vision stolen from another mind, slowly.
Jake. You told me once, anything I asked you for, you'd do. Is that true?
"Yes," and this time, full of dread, because he knows, he sees it coming. He knows her like he knows Bella, and he understands what their future will become.
I want you to do this for me. I want you to tell her what I've told you. Tell her you see what he's doing to her, that the love they had isn't meant to be an eternal kind of thing… Jake, yours is.
He begins to protest, and the soft little hand moves from his cheek to cover his lips.
You were prepared to love me forever, if that's what I needed. It isn't.
He flinches.
I'm sorry.
"Don't be, honey."
That'swhatyouusedtocallher… she thinks in a tumble and then rips her hand from his face suddenly. She continues aloud. "Don't call me that. And I really am sorry, Jake. I know it's what you think you want, but… but… it isn't. Jake, you're under a spell. It's like I'm… I'm taking you away from who you are, and I can't stand that."
He leans in, intense, and she closes her (mother's) eyes. She cannot stand it, the warmth of his sweet breath, deep like pine needles, gentle (always so gentle) on her face. "Nessie. I want the truth. Do you love me?"
He, on the other hand, cannot look away as her pale lips open. "Like a brother. Like the other half of my soul. Like I've never loved anyone else and never… never will, Jake. But I can't rightfully say it would be fair to spend the rest of forever with you. I also can't say I want to. I know Nahuel's in love with me. And I know that I can exist on my own, without either of you to help me. I'm a complete person, Jake. I'm not my mother. I'd rather be alone than watch her fall apart in the life she was dumb enough to choose, because anyone with eyes can see it isn't right for her!"
He pauses for a moment and breathes in deeply, and then out, through his nose. Nessie is suddenly completely silent, as still as her father in moments of stress. "Nessie. Do you really think she… she… do you…"
He's not sure whether he's taken aback or shocked or… happy? Happy?
He knew the love was there. He knew it, with absolute certainty, but it was hopeless while Nessie was inevitable.
No. This is going the wrong way. These are stupid, senseless thoughts… thoughts that never should have existed. Thoughts that will only hurt him more, and hasn't he been harmed enough? Yes. He has. And he knows, knows, that doing this will hurt Nessie. His Nessie. And he won't survive that.
"Don't, Ness. Don't ask me for this."
"You said anything, Jake. Anything. And this is what I want. I am asking you to go and tell my mother you love her."
Her voice is hard and cold as ice, no, harder. Like a rock that's been in a refrigerator too long, long enough that it starts to smell of must and ancient foods, that it lies on the hand heavier than ever and still frigid.
"Did you ever think that maybe you're wrong, Ness? Huh? Did you ever think that me trying to mess up her happy ending again might not really be what she wants?"
She is silent, and the silence has thorns in it. It makes him wince, as though the assault the complete quiet sends at him is a true blow, and he can feel the sting on his cheek like that tiny soft hand has just landed there with as much intent to hurt as the silence.
"Nessie, you are the only child in the history of the universe who has ever actually tried to break up your parents. Are you aware of that?"
"I'd rather split them up than watch her die inside… or watch him try to bring her back when there's nothing in her! Stop it, Jake! Heal her. Make her better. Isn't that what you're good at?"
"Yeah, and the last time it tried… they've told you this story. You know how many pieces that broke me into."
Her hand is soft on his face and her words are a shadow of the silence ringing almost inaudibly in the depths of his mind. I never figured you for the selfish type, Jake.
And that's when he realizes the real meaning of pain, because he knows it isn't true. He knows he is the most selfless person in this whole sorry mess of a love dodecahedron with complex familial relationships, fathers and daughters and wives and soul mates and magic and forever tangling in webs that never should have existed.
Except for her. For his Nessie. She's giving him up for all the others, because they could have perfect happiness that isn't worth it.
"Ness. I don't want to lose you. I can't lose you. Not… not for her. I won't give up my future for Bella again on your whim."
It's not a debatable topic.
She sighs, the breath blowing one of those perfect curls he can't help loving into his face. He pulls it straight and lets it spring back and waits for her inevitable laugh.
It doesn't come.
Instead, she softly smoothes her hand into a line against his cheek and shows him.
With sobs that don't come she curls into a pile he puts his hand on her back she shakes it off
He pinches his nose in frustration and holds it there more alone than he has ever been before even in the dark days before his Bella
His Bella is not his they are falling to pieces but her Jacob is not it's a laughable irony because she chose to make the life that took her away from the only thing she wants forever
And forever is a lousy joke because this infatuation has faded and left her craving the only real love she's ever known
In the strangled silence, doubt disappears and leaves him with few words. "Nessie, how do you know this?" He is furious. No child, especially not one so precious, so delicate, should be exposed to that much pain.
Never mind that he was sixteen when he turned into a monster and seventeen when he got his heart broken forty different ways and eighteen when he watched the woman he love marry his mortal enemy and not even nineteen yet when he imprinted on her child…
Jacob never had his childhood, but he would give anything to spare Nessie that loss. Never mind immortality. It's the beginning.
I have eyes, unlike you. I see. I see them dying in this dead relationship. I'm not even sure they loved each other, and she certainly doesn't now…
He can hear the tears in her thoughts. His arms ache to hold her.
He doesn't.
The instinct is strong, to give her what she needs, but he fights it off because she doesn't really want to need him.
Bella never had this strength.
I'm not going to pick a side. I'm not going to be Team Jacob or Team Nahuel. I'm on Team Nessie, all right? I'm going to be an independent party here, not something to fight over. You need to be needed, Jake, and Mom needs you right now. She needs you bad. And I don't. But I need her to stop hurting. She's my mom, you know. She's… she's part of me.
"They all think I loved her because you were always a part of her… now…"
"They're wrong, Jake. You loved her. You love me. Why do they have to be related?"
And he's smiling, suddenly, because she really knows, she knows his devotion, he hasn't failed, and she understands the imprinting better than anyone else (better than even Sam with his leaving Leah, maybe, because Emily really didn't want that guilt) and Bella really does love him, even if they'll have to make do without the whole might-have-been—the breath, the warmth, the life, the children.
But it might well be good enough—Edward was enough to give up everything for him, he wasn't, but might be now that she's seen the fallacy in forever.
"Ness, are you absolutely sure? Because even for the imprint, even for you, I won't break her like he did. If you want me to be with her, I won't leave you."
She speaks aloud, ringing with the weight of surety, the ultimate knowing that the connection—hand on face, heart in heart—is broken.
"Yes, Jacob. I'm sure."
"All right, Nessie. If this is what you want."
"It is." Steel and ice and iron—all the others and then some. Clipped, and final.
"Anything for you. Renesmee," and her name is a prayer, and he wants to speak some cliché or break one but what are the words for this situation? It's utterly unique. They're the first. Bye, soulmate, bye, forever, I'm going to do as you ask and get with your mother.
"Thanks," she says quietly, taking her hand from his face. The coldness of her touch is gone, and the sudden warmth sends a shiver through him… and he stands and walks away from her.
She watches him go with eyes the age of eternity and smiles as she, too, pulls herself to her feet, under no power but that of her own will. She has the power to make the choice her mother forsake. Where Bella saw two options, Nessie sees three, and she runs down the middle path of her own making with wide arms and a smile.
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The Central Connecticut men's cross country team was tabbed 13th in the Northeast Region by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) on Monday. The Blue Devils represent the Northeast Conference as the only NEC team to earn a spot on the regional rankings list.
In addition to clinching its fourth consecutive NEC title last season, the CCSU squad also finished 17th in the Northeast Region.
Syracuse ranks first on the list, followed by Iona and Columbia. Dartmouth ranks fourth, Providence fifth, and Harvard, Cornell, Yale, Boston University and Northeastern round out the top 10. The Blue Devils are slated behind UMass (11th) and Stony Brook (12th) and followed by Brown (14th) and Maine (15th).
CCSU is set to kick off the 2013 season on Saturday, August 31 at Fairfield University.


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TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - An annual event to raise scholarship money for area youth kicked off Friday night.
This year's Jam4Dan -- a three day music event -- began Friday.
The event began as a fundraiser for Dan Falley who was killed in a car accident north of Topeka in 2008.
Now, musicians, performers and community members gather every Martin Luther King Jr. weekend to remember their friend and raise money to support local youth with their musical studies.
This year, they have t-shirts, a silent auction, and a Joel Edison handcrafted guitar for sale. A Peavy Bandit 65, the same type Edison himself plays, will also be paired with the guitar.
So far, the fundraiser has raised more than $9,000 in the form of free music lessons for youth.
The event runs through Sunday at the Celtic Fox. For event times, click the link below or visit www.jam4dan.com


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One point of interest about the parade you are about to see is that the video production is staffed mostly with local youths who are practicing as you read this! Teenagers from the African-American Men and Boys Harvest Foundation and Skillpoint Alliance are participating in a week-long media training camp in preparation. The live production of the parade is the culmination of the educational camp for the students.
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Attitude Quotes and Sayings
People like me great.
People don't like me great.
As long as I like myself that all that matters.
I have reached a point in life where I feel it is no longer necessary to try & impress anyone. If they like me the way I am, good & if they don't, it's their loss.
Thank you to every person who has ever told me I can't. You are just another reason I will.
You can't compare me to the next girl. Because there is no competition. I'm one of a kind, and that's real.
An attitude is an inward thought that wiggles its way out.
I'm not cranky. I just have a violent reaction to stupid people.
Love me? Great
Hate me? Even better
Think I'm ugly? Don't look at me
Don't know me? Don't judge me
Think you know me? You have no idea.
I might not be someone's first choice, but I am a great choice. I don't pretend to be someone I'm not, because I'm good at being me. I might not be proud of some of the things I've done in the past, but I'm proud of who I am today. I may not be perfect, but I don't need to be. I am the way God made me. Take me as I am or watch me as I walk away.
Love me or hate me I'm still gonna shine.
There can be no positive result through negative attitude. Think positive. Live positive.
Like me for who I am and not for who you want me to be. Take it or leave it. That simple.
What others think of me is none of my business.
A bad attitude can literally block love, blessings and destiny from finding you. Don't be the reason you don't succeed.
I'm only responsible for what I say not for what you understand…
Keep your face towards the sunshine, you will never see the shadow.


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Office Location: Smith-Hermanson MC 167
Phone: (765) 998-5258
Email: email@example.com
Specialties: applied clarinet, applied saxophone, fine arts, humanities, music histor, tu symphony orchestra, woodwind methods
DMA, University of Illinois, 1994
MM, University of Akron, 1982
BME, Music Education, cum laude, Illinois Wesleyan University, 1980
Why I came to Taylor:
We (my family and I) came to Taylor as an answer to prayer. We lived in Oklahoma for 9 years and loved our time there; but as God increased our family we prayed for the possibility to be in closer proximity to family in Chicago and NE Ohio. The university has been wonderful as a place to grow professionally and spiritually and this was evident from the moment I stepped on campus as a faculty candidate. Daily I am inspired to come to work where my colleagues are united in training and working with young people who love the Lord and want to share Jesus with a dying world. I am blessed to be encouraged and challenged here at Taylor.
Advice to incoming students:
This is a truly magical time in your life and you will spend it a place where God's presence it truly felt. Make the most of every opportunity but also discern when and how to say "no". Faculty and staff at TU truly love young people and we celebrate all that you will accomplish here and beyond. We feel called to guide, nourish, and challenge you in partnership with the Holy Spirit Know that God sings over you in joy – Zeph 3:17
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School officials reverse suspension of 6-year-old Silver Spring student
By Donna St. George, Published: January 4
School officials in Montgomery County rescinded http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/suspended-from-school-in-early-grades/2012/02/02/gIQA3H0X9Q_story.html - the suspension of a 6-year-old Silver Spring boy who they said http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/boy-6-suspended-from-silver-spring-school-for-pointing-finger-like-a-gun/2013/01/02/21acc8d4-54fc-11e2-8b9e-dd8773594efc_story.html - pointed his finger like a gun and said, Pow, agreeing to clear school records of an incident they had described as a threat to shoot a student.
The reversal, laid out in a letter late Thursday, resolved an appeal filed by the familys attorney the previous day.
The boys mother, Jeannie Lynch, said Friday that she was satisfied with the decision but that the suspension shouldve never happened in the first place. They just blew it out of proportion.
She said she hopes other parents see there are actions you can take.
Her son, Rodney, a first-grader who likes toy cars and does not know how to spell big words like suspension, attends Roscoe Nix Elementary School. He was playing and did not intend harm, she said, when he pointed his finger like a gun at a female classmate.
There is debate about whether Rodney said pow or the girl did.
We all played as a child, said Lynch, who gave The Washington Post permission to use her sons name. We werent denied an education out of it, though.
Montgomery school leaders said Friday they do not comment on discipline cases involving individual students. Earlier this week, they said the case was not a knee-jerk reaction to a single incident.
The child was reprimanded twice earlier the day of the incident, his mother said.
The suspension has been widely viewed as a reflection of heightened sensitivities since the http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2012-12-14/politics/35846598_1_schools-administrator-gunman-public-shootings - Dec. 14 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn .
The boy was disciplined the week after the shooting that claimed the lives of 20 children and six staff members. His suspension, on Dec. 21, was for one day.
Lynch said school administrators brought up the Connecticut tragedy as they discussed the issue with her. She said she thought to herself, What does Connecticut have to do with my child in Maryland?
She said her son later asked about Connecticut, not knowing exactly what it was. We just told him, Its a state in the country, she said.
He watches the cartoon channel, Lynch said.
For the family, the main issue was Rodneys permanent school record, she said. The boys father, Rodney Sr., took off work to care for him during his suspension. Jeannie said she wondered: What if he wants to be a police officer? Or join the FBI?
Hes going to be in that school system 12 years, and those words [about the threat to shoot a student] are very damning, said Robin Ficker, the familys attorney.
Ficker declined to provide a copy of the ruling, which he said was issued by Principal Annette Ffolkes. He said it granted the appeal but was critical of the child.
We want him to move on to doing positive things, and I hope the school system has learned from this that they need to deal in positive ways with 6-year-olds, Ficker said. He is very capable of being molded.
Earlier in the week, Dana Tofig, spokesman for the Montgomery schools, said school leaders always make sure there is clear conversation with the student and parents about any behaviors that have to change and what the consequences are if that behavior doesnt change.
He had added that school officials recognize that suspending a student is a serious matter, especially in the early grades. But officials must deal with behavior that affects a schools sense of safety and security, Tofig said.
In suspending Rodney, an assistant school principal wrote in a Dec. 20 letter that the boy threatened to shoot a student and had been spoken to earlier about a similar incident.
Contacted by the familys attorney, the school system gave more detail in a second letter, writing that a parent had been warned of the problem and that a counselor had talked to the child about the inappropriateness of using objects to make shooting gestures.
Yet, after the meeting with the counselor and assistant principal, Rodney chose to point his finger at a female classmate and say Pow, wrote school system attorney Judith S. Bresler.
She explained the schools position on who made the gun sound. The teacher heard him say it, and Rodney admitted it before he denied it and then equivocated about whether he said it or not, she wrote. Regardless of who said Pow, there is no doubt that the student had been warned and counseled about the behavior.


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this is a discussion within the Saints Community Forum; Enthusiasm of draft is over ... now what? By Pat Kirwan Special to NFL.com http://nfl.com/news/story/6358196 The NFL draft process has a level of excitement and anticipation rivaled by no other professional sport. Television ratings during the selection proceedings routinely defeat ...
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Life After the Draft
Enthusiasm of draft is over ... now what?
By Pat Kirwan
Special to NFL.com
The NFL draft process has a level of excitement and anticipation rivaled by no other professional sport. Television ratings during the selection proceedings routinely defeat all programming for the weekend, and this year was no exception.
Now, however, comes the reality of fitting potential bright young stars, who haven't yet proved a thing, into the NFL salary structure. It's an issue confronting most teams in the league. Call it buyer's remorse or cap management if you want, but the scouts have gone home, the GM is preparing to work on his golf game, and the coaches are working on their playbooks.
That's not the case for the salary-cap administrator who now is sitting at his desk looking at the team's cap space and the amount of space allocated for rookie signings. It is soon time to make the two numbers jive, and that means making roster adjustments. I had that responsibility for a few years, and it is a sobering time. It's not fun to walk down the hall to the coach's office and show him which veteran(s) have to go in order to sign the unproven youngsters.
Let's look at the situation a number of clubs are in, but keep in mind that the exact numbers are ever-changing.
Looking good
First, here's the good news regarding teams in the best situation.
The Cardinals have about $16 million of cap space and their rookie pool is just under $4 million. They have plenty of room to sign their seven draft picks, but need so much help on the field that they can only hope players who get dumped later this spring will want to come play for them.
The Vikings have $15 million worth of space and will use just over $3.5 million on their rookies. It should be easy sailing for Mike Tice's team.
Will the Bucs attempt to rework Warren Sapp's contract?
As usual, the Eagles are in great cap shape with $11 million of space and a rookie pool number of $2.8 million. Their prudent budget planning has worked nicely in the past, but there is an undercurrent of frustration about a team that has gotten so close to the Super Bowl the past two years and didn't retain Hugh Douglas. Andy Reid has been masterful since his arrival in Philadelphia and deserves the benefit of the doubt this time.
Other teams that will not have to trim the roster or renegotiate veteran contracts to sign rookies include New Orleans, Houston, Chicago and three teams that were in cap jail just two years ago -- Dallas, Buffalo and Baltimore. I give a lot of credit to Jerry Jones, Tom Donahoe and Ozzie Newsome for biting the bullet a few years ago to have the freedom to operate today. Believe me, it's easier said than done.
Facing tough choices
As always, there are teams that will have to make decisions to create enough space to sign the draft picks everyone was excited about.
The Colts have about $100,000 of space available and their eight draft picks have been allocated just over $3 million of space to be signed. Like all teams with a superstar quarterback, Indianapolis will turn to Peyton Manning to renegotiate his contract and create space for the rookies. Manning is young enough and talented enough to make a good business decision.
The Broncos have about $600,000 of space and need to come up with $3.8 million for their 10 picks. Releasing Brian Griese after June 1 will be the first step toward closing the gap.
Tampa Bay may not have had a first-round pick, but it still needs $1.9 million for six picks. With less than half of that available at this time, the Super Bowl champions will need to rework a contract or two. It may be a difficult time to talk with Warren Sapp , whose contract demands may not have a positive effect on creating space for the rookies.
St. Louis has just over $3 million of cap space, but needs $4.5 million to sign 11 draft picks. Tennessee had an excellent draft but appears to be looking for $1.5 million of space. The Giants , Browns, Chiefs and Raiders, among others, will spend the month of May looking at all their options to create space.
The nature of the beast
A few years ago, it was considered bad business to go into the post-draft period with budget issues facing your team. But it is currently looked upon as just another phase of managing the business of pro football.
I was asked the other day if clubs had to spend the whole rookie pool on its players, and the answer is no. But the reality is that since the start of the salary-cap era, teams have used over 90 percent of the rookie pool cap space on rookies, and will do so again this year.
Teams have more leverage than they care to use with these draft picks, and veteran players could care less if rookies didn't sign. But the great enthusiasm we all witnessed during the draft is a pressure point to get the picks signed, and it starts by creating cap space over the next few weeks.
Remember, the last two Super Bowl champions -- the Patriots and Bucs -- really helped themselves during their championship seasons by signing players cut after June 1 to create space for the rookie pool. Look for teams with space now to take advantage of the talent that becomes available. I can see the Eagles, Texans and Bengals upgrading personnel beyond draft picks with their excellent cap-space situations. Cincinnati already has its top draft pick signed and owns more than $2 million of cap space. New head coach Marvin Lewis will make this team attractive to play for.
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Im 74 and still active got cut when 69 improved sex .rock on
Im 74 and still active got cut when 69 improved sex .rock on
Definitely not. Just yesterday we were at a gay party and there was this AWESOME old couple. I would have guessed they were at least in the middle of their 60s. But instead of trying to still look as young as possible, they did their hair very neatly and orderly and one was dressed a bit like Ian McKellen in this pic
and this other one a bit more plain, with grey linen pants, white shirt, black suspenders and a flat cap. This one was next to me at the bar and I told him that they are the most awesome couple here tonight. I hope it made his day/night
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^ well said Hardup. We've got many examples of couples like the one Corny mentioned here on JUB. I know Lube is in a wonderful relationship for one example. He's no where near as old as the couple corny described I don't want to offend him that way.
How old is old these days anyways? I need to know before I comment. I might not even be old yet.....
FPNYAnnoying JUBBERS since 2003
17+ seems to be considered old these days.
When I started my first job at the age of 16 my boss was 30. I felt embarrassed calling him by his first name because he was a Grown-up. He seemed very mature. Now I think of anyone under 35 as a young whippersnapper.
Hell no. If I were single, I think I'd really enjoy dating and hooking up and all that. As it is, I'm really enjoying being in a relationship. And lots of people seem to think we kick ass.
30 is a senior citizen in the gay community.
In his autumn, before the winter, comes man's last mad surge of youth
Dating an older guy has advantages. We have a hell of a lot more money, a lot more talent, and experiences that teach us to enjoy the moment I was just catching my stride at 30
"I live in a Democrat state. Losing representation would be an added bonus." justapixel
When I was in my teens & twenties, I used to think that once you got past 40 it probably was the end. Well, I'm in my late 50's now and guess what .... it's not the end at all! Still living and loving life to the full (and getting my fair share of cock, too)!!
How do you find an old man in the dark?
It's not hard.
In his autumn, before the winter, comes man's last mad surge of youth
Listen for the dentures to clink in the glass? Listen for his joints to creak? Listen for labored breathing? Lol the list goes on and on. Look for the glow of his pace make power pack? Find the squishy lump under the covers...
"I live in a Democrat state. Losing representation would be an added bonus." justapixel
Late 40s here and in great shape!!.... and having a great time with guys younger and older too. Safely of course! Not in the "older" bracket until your around 85. Can still have sex at that age too. Still have a tongue to eat out ass and enjoy life.
Depends, but I would say not really. We learn more things as we grow older anyway.
Yes, it's the end.
The end of waking up with a hangover.
The end of being controlled by your hormones and desires.
The end of worrying about paying the rent.
The end of frantically looking to get laid.
The end of stolen street signs used as decor.
The end of late-night phone calls to try and fix something.
The end of having to buy the latest pop diva album.
The end of "tricks" and hookups.
The end of injuries due to taking silly risks.
The end of leftover issues from your childhood.
The end of that clunky used car you've been driving.
The end of irresponsibility.
But the end of your sex life? That ends when you no longer have a penis.
I prefer guys my age and up (i'm 43). They are much more skilled and more sensual. I've found that the younger guys just want random, anonymous fucking. No thanks.
"Love me or hate me, both are in my favour."
Whatever age your are you can find guys your own age. Hopefully they are looking for the same thing. Too many idiots out there 60s and up looking for 20 year olds.
In his autumn, before the winter, comes man's last mad surge of youth
"I live in a Democrat state. Losing representation would be an added bonus." justapixel
What a load of crap.
Being older is what happens when you get up tomorrow.
Being old is what will happen in another 10 years
And in 20 you will be really fucking old...
everybody should know this...
And Corny, if you had said something like that to me...
I'd have caned you proper
and then run over your ass
with my wheel chair.
Yes most people dies at 70 plus, 80 plus, 90 plus ... ?
So i hope you live well to that age.
Another advantage to age and maturity, you learn when to drop something as insignificant or irrelevant Give it a try sometime.
"I live in a Democrat state. Losing representation would be an added bonus." justapixel
"I live in a Democrat state. Losing representation would be an added bonus." justapixel
So much for fighting stereotypes lol. They're alive and well in our own ranks.
"I live in a Democrat state. Losing representation would be an added bonus." justapixel
Hey Armi,
One of my heroes made 84 in May.
His spouse is 20 years behind him.
Golfs 3 X a week, 18 holes each and no cart.
Bowls on a league and every other Friday
its guys poker night ...
Well your sex drive goes down compared to being 18 but dating is a lot more than that anyway so you find ways to make it just as good as it was because as you get older you just find/discover new ways to improve the quality of dating rather than focusing on how many orgasms you have each day. But also in the dating process you may have fewer people to choose from than you did when young but then again you don't have all the competition either. I was rejected more when young on superficial things than now because most older guys who are looking for guys in their own age group are not going to be so judgmental about physical aspects. We all have some wrinkles or an extra kilo or 10 maybe (NOT an extra 50 kilos mind you). So that means in general your chances are not greatly reduced because of that compensation. There are of course olders looking just for younger but I am excluding those because IMO they are in the minority EXCEPT just for hookup but here we are hopefully talking about something more relationship oriented. But if we aren't then you also have to consider that when you get older you open up a whole group of younger guys (sugar daddy) that wouldn't have been interested in you as a younger guy. Again you can see the compensation.
Everyone has a thought or two about the inevitable. But, since people die in childhood, in their teens, twenties and so on, old becomes relative.
Some wise old bird once said something like "Live each day fully as if it's your last". Make sure everyone you know appreciates the now also.
It will be unless you submit Gardening Pics!!
both my neighbors right now are old gay guys. I dont live in a gay community or anything, just happened to move in between two elderly gay couples
I think it depends on where you live and how well you keep yourself.
"Love me or hate me, both are in my favour."
You're to old to get castrated, your voice has already changed. If you want to get castrated then you might
as well say fuck it and go for the whole remodel. Vagina remodel from testes sack, trim the cock back to clitoris
size and hang a set of tits on you. Then we'll have to call you Princess Josette and not let you into the Mens Room.
Joe, I'm worried about you. Have a hug!
I make my bed with the stars above my head and dream of a place called home.
Hey cutie, I'm going to bed. Ttfn
I make my bed with the stars above my head and dream of a place called home.
If I understand the OP correctly (and I may not be), he has no problem getting sex. He just is not finding it enough.
Not everyone is cut out for non-stop casual sex, especially those who don't know what real love it. Sex does not equal love.
I realize many feel that youth is a time for sowing their wild oats by having lots of sex with lots of different guys.
I see youth as time for love and making lots of love with someone you truly love. The days of our lives pass by so quickly and before we know it, we have built a foundation for our lives. The question is what kind of foundation? You reach the age of 40 and with all the sex partners you have learned to be good at sex, but is that all there is? Have you learned about putting another person first, have you learned about genuine commitment and loyalty? Have you learned about kindness and tenderness? Have you learned how to be genuinely intimate with another person? In other words, have you learned how to love? When you are in your early 20s, life often seems carefree and what a wonderful time that is for learning how the share and laugh and be playful with one other person. These might seem like simple things, but by the time you reach your 30s and life becomes much more serious and demanding, these simple things will pay big dividends because they will be a major part of the foundation of your life.
I can assure you that in your 40s, the passion you feel for each other is great. It's not the passion of a new relationship. It's the passion of deep love, exclusive love, proven love. Have you ever seen the bud of a flower begin to open? It's a beautiful thing full of anticipation for what it will become. But it's not until the flower is fully opened that you can see it's real beauty. This is what love is like--magnificent in it's beginnings, but perfected over time.
Also, when two people are in love and healthy and vital, sex is better than ever.
A long time ago I noticed something. I awakened in the middle of the night and we were holding hands in our sleep. I've awakened to that many times over the years. Even in our unconscious slumber, we are drawn to each other.
I guess my point is this: while we can't help getting older, love matures but never gets old.
You sounded like you are in a depression. Go see a counselor for help. Or get a new iPhone 5! That cheered me up instantly.
Ok, Joswan, here's my best shot. Love is about more than sex and physical attraction. You can get those all day every day anywhere you choose. Love is about committing your whole self and your whole life to another person. Not because he's hot, not becuase he's the best lay you've ever had, but because you care about what happens to each other, that you want to be with each other not just when times are fun and good, but even more so when times are bad. And it's true that love will swell and ebb over time. That's natural. He'll drive you mad sometimes, and you'll do the same to him. But if it's real and true, you get past the temporary nonsense and noise and see the bigger picture: that this is someone who has your back, always, who'll be there for you when no one else is. Someone who knows all your secrets, all your hurts, all your regrets, all your flaws, and loves you because of them, because they're a part of the whole you, and the whole you is the man he loves above all others.
Life isn't always fun. Sometimes it's utter crap. Sometimes it's thrills and laughs a minute. But mostly, it's just the day to day process of living, and taking delight in the small joys we encounter along the way. Being in love with someone makes that process richer and more meaningful, as you have someone to share it with.
Finally, love can come along at any time. More often than not, it's quiet and unassuming. There probably won't be fireworks or little starburts all around. You'll be talking to a guy, maybe someone you've known for a while, maybe someone you've only just met, and it will suddenly dawn on you "this is who I belong with."
Live your life, Jo. Love will come along in it's own time. When it does, embrace it.
Well allow me to weigh in.
My partner and I have been together 30 years.
I know from other men's experience that some of them only found their perfect partner in their 40's or even 50's. One as late as 65, if memory serves me correctly.
There is no age limit for love and affection.
What there is....and let me be perfectly blunt about this....is a trend among the very young toward an anti-socilaism...or a stupid virginal romanticism that I can guarantee you will leave more of you unattached and lonely than you can shake a stick at. Unless you get out there and take some risks...particularly emotional as well as sexual...and by that I don't mean going bareback....I mean letting the sex happen and happen without fifteen dates before you blow the guy.
I met the two loves of my life...including my partner of 30 years and tore the sheets up the very first date with each.
Get out there. Spread love.
First, are you still being silly and mad at me?
Second, leave your penis alone. If you cut it off you will have to pee sitting down
and the world is full of disgusting toilet seats....especially in the Mens' Rooms.
Now don't get all pissy here but think about this...
you got to try on a lot of pants to find the perfect fit.
You got a 'friend' that wants to investigate natural urges with you, wear
protection and BOTH of you have a good time. It's not a great idea to buy
the first car you see on the lot, thats why they have test drives.
Seriously my little neurosis, stop internalizing everything and doing Tab A/Slot B.
Thats for OLD OLD OLD folks that no longer want to bother with the other.
Shuffle the cards, roll the dice and pull the handles. Life is a trip to Las Vegas.
Do what you can while you can now. Save the coulda/shoulda/woulda for when
you can't anymore.
Bottom line, you got to give to get. Last time I was in Neiman Marcus, Bellevue store,
they had no Prince Charmings in stock...shit, neither did Nordstoms or Bealls.


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The radish's good looks are a big part of its appeal. A bright white interior is encased in a thin layer of skin coloured somewhere between hot pink and cherry red. Chefs consequently find this spicy little root just the thing to decorate a pretty plate, yet it has far more scope than its role as a garnish. When fresh and firm it has a bracing, bitter heat. It's great as a one-bite crunch; thinly sliced with raw or smoked fish; or julienned and added to salads. Freshness fades as the root ages and the flavour dulls. Radishes are sold in bunches with their tops still on, and the leaves start to wilt fairly quickly, so it's easy to judge how long it was since they were plucked from the ground. Bunches with leaves that look good enough to add to a salad are bound to be firm and tasty. In fact, don't try that - the leaves are a bit overwhelming raw, but they do cook down well in a soup or pasta sauce.
Radishes pickle well, which is a handy tip for gardeners who find themselves with a glut. Boil up half a cup each of rice vinegar and sugar with a teaspoon of sea salt and pour over two cups of sliced radishes. Refrigerate overnight before using.
Peter Inderbitzen grows bananas at Lakeland Downs. ''If you don't know where that is, it's just south of New Guinea,'' he jokes. In fact, it's about 70 kilometres south of Cooktown. When cyclone Yasi wiped out 95 per cent of Queensland's banana crop last year, Inderbitzen's Swiss Farms was spared. The mad prices that went with the consequent supply squeeze handed Inderbitzen a windfall he has put back into the industry. He planted more bananas, built a new packing shed, hired more workers, and installed Australia's first banana monorail. This transport system reduces the waste caused by bananas being damaged between field and shed as they jiggle and jerk and mash each other on the backs of trailers. The new system sees the bunches slung over a suspended cable for transportation to the sheds. The bunches can hang until they are de-handed, packed and shipped out. Over the next few weeks, growers are expecting a spike in the production of Queensland bananas and that should mean good prices for shoppers.
Warmer weather means parsley is sprouting in gardens all around Sydney. This new growth is softer and milder in flavour than the hardy leaves that held on through winter. Cooks who are not already growing their own parsley can plant some now. Pots of seedlings bought from garden centres can be divided and planted into a sunny spot in the garden, or simply potted up into a bigger pot. Plenty of water, sunshine and occasional liquid fertiliser keep parsley's growth steady.
Apples Granny smiths and West Australian pink ladies were picked in autumn but are still firm and tasty.
Asparagus Australian and Peruvian bunches to choose from.
Blueberries The NSW season is under way.
Broad beans A lovely spring treat.
Broccoli One of the bargain greens of spring.
Cabbage Both savoy and drumhead types are good at the moment.
Gai lan Broccolini is pricey, but its parent is a bargain.
Mandarins A few different varieties are available to try.
Mangoes Early fruit from the Northern Territory is available.
Mushrooms Choose mild-flavoured buttons for salads.
Oranges The blood oranges are finishing up.
Peas Podded peas, sugar snaps and snow peas are delicious.
Strawberries Quality is still good.
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Regardless of what business sense this makes/doesn't make for Google - it is better for the users.
The more traffic is sent via HTTPS, the better. The days of concern over the CPU overhead of HTTPS are long past.
Please read TFA. The question is not over use of SSL, which the author of TFA "applauded."
The days of concern over the CPU overhead of HTTPS are long past.
Really? Why do you say that? SSL still takes a fair amount of CPU overhead. Compared to an HTTP connection, HTTPS is markedly slower (aggregated over thousands of connections). I've seen a couple sites that use HTTPS exclusively throw up transparent SSL accelerator appliances in front of their servers to allow them to only need a fraction of the number of hosts for actually hosting the data.
I've seen a couple sites that use HTTPS exclusively throw up transparent SSL accelerator appliances in front of their servers to allow them to only need a fraction of the number of hosts for actually hosting the data.
Yet people who've actually measured the overhead say it's more like 2% on a modern CPU. I guess if you're serving one-pixel
Well, my car would go faster (probably more than 2%) without the brakes and seatbelts, but that doesn't seem like a good idea. The question should be is there a cheaper, easier way to achieve the same security as SSL.
That's not the point at all. Frankly, this has only little to do with SSL.
The point is that if you pay for Google-ads, you will receive the referer-information, regardless of whether your site uses HTTPS or not, even when its breaks security for the user. If you don't pay you won't get the info.
The days of concern over the CPU overhead of HTTPS are long past.
But the days of concern over the IP address overhead of HTTPS are still with us, and they will remain with us until Windows XP and Android 2.x go away. IE on XP and Android Browser on Android 2.x don't support Server Name Indication (SNI). And without SNI, a user agent can see only the first certificate on port 443 of a given IP address, not the certificates for any of the other dozens or hundreds of domains that may be hosted on that server.
Google is an ad agency. What do you expect? Google has to pass the referrer to their advertisers or monetization won't work properly.
Expecting ad sites to run SSL is unreasonable. That would run up the cost of operating a content farm substantially. Made-for Adsense sites would have to have their own IP addresses; virtual hosting wouldn't work.
Google is an ad agency. What do you expect?
To put things in perspective, isn't it fair to say that the vast majority of the web is financed through ads? Something as fantastic as Google which basically equates to a modern day Oracle of Delphi has to be financed somehow. Would you prefer they extract
I would love to pay for Google. I would rather pay, get zero ads (without ad blocking), and BE the customer. Let the company's interest align with pleasing me rather than USING me. Today, there is rarely an option to pay for services directly. So you're only choice is often a "free" service where your every movement is harvested for ad dollars.
. Would you prefer they extract
Yes and no.
The problem with ad-supported the searcher-is-the-product Google is that it is exploitative to those that don't realize the ramifications since it's not in Google's best interest to be completely honest with how they operate and monetize. Those in the know can prevent some of those techniques they understand from harvesting their every bit, but the majority are in the dark. To me, that feels a bit underhanded.
The problem with for-pay the searcher-is-the-customer Google is that any payment scheme
The problem with ad-supported the searcher-is-the-product Google is that it is exploitative to those that don't realize the ramifications since it's not in Google's best interest to be completely honest with how they operate and monetize.
Google spells out very clearly how adwords works. I'd make the argument that in many ways the relevant ads actually enhance the search experience. Often times people use Google for just that, buying stuff. If an ad sucks and misrepresents the product, I might click it but then I'm going to hit faster than you can say it. Google clues into this and charges the advertiser more next time around as the ad is obviously not relevant. The advertiser feels the pain and fixes the ad. Everybody wins. I search
I search for "linux laptop" and see a very relevant ad for system76.com so I win. If I searched for that and saw an ad for dell.com that took me to "We recommend Windows 7" landing page, believe me, Dell will be spending more money on Google in the future.
Well, damn. I used that purely as an example and just for shits and giggles, I tested it. Sure enough, the Dell ad at the top takes you to a "recommend Windows 7" page and the system76.com ad at the right is actually relevant. Ain't that a bitch. Maybe I'm wasting my talent as should get into advertising!
What exactly did they share and with whom when I searched for "occupy seattle". And what did they store, and when and with whom did they share that stored data.
If you cannot answer that question in the specific, it's not clear enough. 'We share data with people' is not very clear.
You're the product, not the customer.
This meme needs to die. It superficially seems to have a message which rings true with slashdotters, but really doesn't deliver.
Just because a company is ad funded, doesn't allow a free-pass to provide crap service, whether that be search, or a social network.
You seem to be forgetting that this isn't television, and power users have unprecedented control over how content is displayed, if at all.
The second mistake you people make, is to think yourself part of some geek elite, where actually every kid or game
>"You're the product, not the customer." basically says that an ad funded company is expected to act as evilly as possible, just because of the way it's funded.
Of course Google isn't acting as evil as possible. Google is nice to us. The same way a hunter is nice to the game by not scaring it off by making a ruckus in the woods, or a fisherman will never splash around in the water, and even thrown in a couple of nice yummy bait bits before putting the fishing rod in.
Trollpost is trollpost.
A search company that sells ads has a fundamental conflict of interest:
Provide better search results to get more users.
Inject more ads into search results to get more money, and sell more user information to get more money.
There is no getting around this.
When Google started out, their product was the search results.
When Google got big, they switched to being an ad company.
The only company with more fanboy zealots than Google is Apple. Google will never have to pay the piper after
A search company that sells ads has a fundamental conflict of interest:
Provide better search results to get more users. vs.
Inject more ads into search results to get more money, and sell more user information to get more money.
Google penalizes advertisers with irrelevant ads by charging them more. When someone searches for something they want to buy, clicking on ads is a perfectly natural thing to do. If the ads represent the product well and you end up buying, your needs have been met. That is most certainly not a conflict of interest. If an ad misrepresents a product then if some hapless searcher clicks on it, they are probably going to very quickly hit the back button. Google notes this and charges the advertiser more the
Users go to a search engines to find things and expect unaltered results.
No user ever wants to see ads, no matter how well "targeted".
Charging more for misplaced ads simply highlights the conflict of interest - Google recognizes that it's something users don't want, so they balance the other side of the conflict by charging advertisers more and allow the behavior to continue.
Users go to a search engines to find things
You got that much correct. The error in your reasoning is assuming that what you want is what everybody else wants. You may never type in "wholesale flea market merchandise" but, I assure you, many people do. Wading through the organic search listings for a real wholesaler that will actually give you the time of day for an order under 20,000 dollars and who isn't a scam is an exercise in pure frustration. But if a legitimate business can buy a relevant ad and that ad can allow Google to connect that buy
I think you're misunderstanding the function of advertising.
Advertising is used to promote a product or service that can't promote itself on its own merits.
Every single time, "organic" search results will be better than ads.
If Google cared about search quality, they would ban advertisers who foist such ads onto users. Instead, they just charge them more and let them continue doing it.
I think you're misunderstanding the function of advertising.
Advertising is used to promote a product or service that can't promote itself on its own merits.
Some advertising does as you say. But a lot of advertising is actually just about making people aware of a product so that it can promote itself on its own merits. It doesn't matter how good the merits are of your product if no one knows about it in the first place.
Every single time, "organic" search results will be better than ads.
Untrue. If I search for a piece of hardware, a lot of the search results are going to be people discussing how to make some software work with that hardware, reporting problems with the hardware, praising the hardware, etc. Whilst I might fi
"You're the product, not the customer." basically says that an ad funded company is expected to act as evilly as possible, just because of the way it's funded.
Actually, it means exactly the opposite. Google does everything to provide better product to their client. That means, not annoying people, giving them the ads they are most likely to click on, giving them tons of excellent free tools so that they stay within the Google network and therefore helps Google getting the best value for its ads placements. However, as you said,
The reality is that sometimes there are conflicts of interest
So that is important to remember and why the meme is somewhat useful.
> Just because a company is ad funded, doesn't allow a free-pass to provide
> crap service, whether that be search, or a social network.
Yes it does, if the alternatives are ( 1 ) no service or ( 2 ) a paid-for service.
You and I would likely pay for a search engine tailored to our needs, with Alta Vista-style boolean logic and no ads.
Joe Public won't, so we're landed with the crapfest that is Google and Bing search results.
Joe Public will be content with a craptastic Facebook experience just because it
Can I ask something? Why are there so many anonymous Google supporters who post on Slashdot? Does anyone else find it somewhat suspicious how they appear in every single Google article in which they get criticized?
"You're the product, not the customer." basically says that an ad funded company is expected to act as evilly as possible, just because of the way it's funded.
No, it simply describes a truth about their behavior and their business model. Google's source of revenue is web advertising, and their cus
Google passes Referer info from https to http how?
I'm trying to figure out how this is somehow unexpected. My understanding was that traffic between me and Google was being done via SSL, not traffic from Google to the site.
Ultimately, this is a significant improvement over how it was previously, done, but shy of requiring all traffic to be over SSL, I'm not really sure how much better this could be.
Excellent question -- I was very surprised to see absolutely no analysis of this in TFA!
Doing a very quick test googling my own blog from https://google.com/ [google.com] the referer I end up seeing is like this:
I don't have any Google ads on my site, so I guess this would be in the "Ordinary Site (http: = n
If you'd clicked on a paid link, apparently you'd have seen a referrer which told you which search terms the user got there from. That's what this is about.
Ah, who gives a rat's ass then? As a user I don't want my search keywords going to third-party sites to begin with, and I don't click on paid links in search results. (It wasn't clear from the original article that this referred to *ad links on the Google page* and not *links to sites with google ads*.)
Far more worrying is that the redirect always goes through HTTP, giving a chance for MitM attacks to sniff or alter your target traffic -- for instance redirecting you from what you thought was a nice safe
The gist: Google actively hides referer data when linking from the new SSL site, even if the site that is linked to is also an SSL site, except when the link is an ad.
Well, tough titties. It's Google's site, they can link to you any way they want. If they want to redirect the visitor in a way that hides the query from the linked-to site, that's their prerogative. They could simply make their whole search engine POST the query and you'd never see the search terms, not even with plain HTTP. What are you gonna
Unlike with normal search results there's intentionally no way to find out what URL a Google ad goes to without clicking on it, which means that if the ad is relevant people probably will click it.
Both TFA itself, and the summary could do with a summary.
Summary for the security conscious: since you switched to using https://encrypted.google.com months ago, you're fine, nothing new here. Move along.
Summary for the masses: Google is now using security by default (if you're logged in), but it isn't quite as secure as is possible.
https move in itself is not bad... but the way it is implemented messes up statistics (you know that stuff came from google but no search keywords) and operation of some sites (display a page with the queried keyword to boost relevance). They say it affects less than 1% of the queries only logged on users).. but I think that is a low number.... who is not logged into gmail? maybe not everybody but I suspect figure is higher than 1%
Among others, they could in theory fix that with a redirect to an http site t
You know, I'd be a lot more concerned about this kind of thing if we weren't hearing Slashdot stories crying wolf practically every day. I'm just not impressed with people trying to call Google evil anymore; none of these so-called revelations have panned out so far, so how likely is this one to go any differently?
Regardless of the actual intentions, I do not believe that this appearance is in the best interests of Google in the long run.
Slashdot: Opinions of nerds. Does this matter?
Yeah, this. Slashdot's "journalism" isn't trustworthy.
"See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil."
FTC Gives Final Approval to Settlement with Google over Buzz Rollout
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2011/10/buzz.shtm [ftc.gov]
The settlement resolves charges that Google used deceptive tactics and violated its own privacy promises to consumers when it launched its social network, Google Buzz, in 2010. The [FTC] alleged that the practices violate the FTC Act. The settlement bars the company from future privacy misrepresentations, requires it to implement a comprehensive privacy program, and calls for regular, independent privacy audits for the next 20 years.
Google has made numerous mistakes and misteps with regard to "don't be evil"
If you bothered to read the follow up stories, you'd see that the boy is crying wolf because there is a wolf.
If I am paying per click for certain search terms, then this data SHOULD be passed along. The other alternative is to just get a bill from google and trust that it is accurate?
As an advertiser I need this information. First to make sure I get the clicks google is charging for me, and more importantly to determine which words don't have a conversion rate worth paying for.
Those that SHOULD be getting the information
Why? Who decided that?
So again, why?
I've grown to really like NoScript for this. VirtualBox was simple when I clicked, and only got distractedly highlighted when I temporarily allowed it to execute scripts. Cheers!
>> I wish there was a chrome extension to hide referrer data just so that I could avoid that.
You can do it on firefox by setting following key network.http.sendRefererHeader to 0. Not sure if Chrome has something similar, though.
Google is no more Evil than any company out there trying to make a buck. Do they care about their users? Sure, but only up to the point where it hurts the bottom line to do so.
This new tactic moves along the same line as their view on SEO. Do they want to make it more difficult to obtain better ranking in their site? Yes, but only to the point where they make it easier to pay to get better position within listings.
Is this new process for handling SSL information biased towards their paying customers? O
They're using SSL in a standard way. What the article gets confused is the difference between SSL (the protocol used to encrypt connections) and HTTP Referrer header handling (used to pass referrer information to the target site). Note that the two have nothing to do with one another.
The convention has been that when the source page is https: and the target page is http: the Referrer header is suppressed, while if both are https: the Referrer header is passed normally. Google's changed this to a different r
When a service is provided for free, you aren't the customer, you are the product.
Google handed out my referrer data before, to everybody, for free. Now they restrict it to clicks on ads. My overall privacy has increased. I imagine ad buyers would revolt if they didn't get the referrer data they have always gotten from Google. Google, quite properly, doesn't give a flying *bleep!* about webmasters collecting referrer data on clicks they are getting for free.
Outside of advertisement info, why is this "referrer" data important?
If this is somehow reducing my security, I can see a problem, but if it's just data to help websites know who their customers are, then why should I care?
Google provides a service. They give it free to the customer and if you want your website to have an advantage, then you pay a premium for access to Google's services.
To me this sounds more like a QQ, but I am interested to know if there's something I'm missing as I am not knowledgeable i
The point is, if you are using SSL, you probably do so because you don't want someone in between to read your search terms. Now the referer contains your search terms (as part of the URL), therefore if the referer is sent to a non-SSL site, your search terms can be read in the clear.
This isn't Google somehow modifying the way SSL and referrers work in your browser -- after all, in the normal course of things, you browser is in charge of deciding whether to send a Referer header or not.
This is Google using a JavaScript method to intercept and handle clicks on their site. In some cases the JavaScript does a redirect through non-HTTPS Google so that the referer is sent. In other cases it goes directly to the result site, no referer (as expected).
They could (and probably do?) use a similar
Lately I'm finding Google is getting increasingly unreliable about finding references I want, specifically regarding politics, the economy, and Occupy.
Ask has been filling in the gap quite nicely, but I don't like what seems to be censorship by Google.
I submitted a post that Google has stopped using the + symbol
to denote boolean AND, (ie specifically to require the word in
the results.)
It has been replaced with double quotes.
I for one find it EXTREMELY annoying after a decade and a half
of the 'correct way' to have to completely relearn the new way.
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Oh dear. That explains why I've been failing to get their over-active autocorrect not to "correct" my queries as of late.
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2008 All-Conference USA Second Team
2007 All-Conference USA Second Team
2006 Conference USA Freshman of the Year
2006 Conference USA Second Team
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2008 Season (Junior)
Started 56 games, all at catcher... Second on the team in RBI with 52... Third on the team with 13 home runs... C-USA Top-10 in several offensive categories including: batting average, slugging percentage, on-base percentage, total bases and sac flies...Put out a team-high 379 batters... Team-best .993 fielding percentage, committing only three errors... Blasted a 3-run homer and drove in 4 again Army (Feb. 15)... Went 3-for-4 with a 2-run blast scoring 2 runs and driving in 2 against #6 Texas A&M (Feb. 27)... Scorched a walk-off grand slam in the bottom of the ninth to beat Texas, 5-1... Belted a 2-run bomb against the USA National Team (Apr. 8)... Notched a 2-for-2 performance against UT-San Antonio with a 3-run home run to place her in 4th place on the all-time UH career home run list... Crushed a mammoth 2-run blast and drove in a season-high 4 runs at Tulsa (Apr. 20)... had 10 putouts and one hit in the C-USA Championship game against UCF (May 10).
2007 Season (Sophomore)
Was one of four Cougars to start all 62 games ... all 62 starts were at catcher ... earned an All-Conference USA Second-Team selection after pacing team with 31 RBIs, 42 walks and a .443 on-base percentage ... her .443 on-base were third, while her 42 walks were fourth in C-USA ... second on the squad with a .298 batting average ...tied for third on the team with 48 hits ... fourth on the team with eight doubles ... one of five players to register double-digit sacrifice hits ... ranked in Top Five of C-USA games in on-base percentage (.542-2nd), batting average (.377-4th), slugging percentage (.639-5th), RBIs (16-T-5th), home runs (4-T-5th), walks (22-2nd) ... notched 10 multi-hit and seven multi-RBI efforts ... drew a walk in her first four games of the season (Feb. 9-10) ... knocked a solo home run against No. 5 LSU (Feb. 16) ... went 2-for-4 with an RBI against Southern Illinois (Feb. 17) ... cranked a three-run homer against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (Feb. 23) ... notched a 3-for-3 performance with two RBIs against Iowa State (Feb. 25) ... knocked a hit in 19 of 24 games in conference play, including hits in each game of the Southern Miss (March 10-11), Tulsa (March 17-18), Memphis (March 24-25), UAB (March 31-April 1) and East Carolina (April 28-29) series ... was 1-for-3 with game's only RBI against Southern Miss (March 11) ... strung together an 11-game hitting streak (March 17-April 1) ... started streak with a walk-off grand slam in game one against Tulsa (March 17) ... also picked up an RBI in each game of the Memphis series (March 24-25) ... belted a three-run homer to break a 1-1 tie in the fifth inning against UTEP (April 7) ... went 1-for-4 with an RBI in game one at East Carolina (April 28) ... produced a hit in each game of the C-USA Tournament (May 10-12) ... crushed a two-run homer in first inning against No. 23 Louisiana-Lafayette (May 18) in NCAA College Station Regional ... also drew three walks against the Ragin' Cajuns ... was 1-for-3 with a run scored and an RBI in 8-1 win over No. 7 Texas A&M (May 19).
2006 Season (Freshman)
One of two players to start in all 63 games ... majority of her starts came at catcher ... named Conference USA Freshman of the Year after being ranked in the Top 10 of seven different categories including hits (66), batting average (.361), home runs (9), RBIs (54), walks (35), on-base percentage (.451) and slugging percentage (.557) ... her 54 RBIs were second in C-USA and a program single-season record ... joined teammate Jessica Valis on the C-USA All-Freshman squad ... hit safely in all three games of the East Carolina (March 11-12), Tulsa (March 19-20) and UAB (April 29-30) series ... racked up 16 multi-hit and a team-high 15 multi-RBI games ... started the season with a 12-game hitting streak (Feb. 11-22) ... drove home the game-winning runs on a two-run single in the sixth inning against No. 15 Baylor (Feb. 17) ... smacked her first career home run at No. 8 Texas A&M (Feb. 22) ... went 3-for-4 with two RBIs and a run scored against Rhode Island (Feb. 24) ... cranked game-winning two-run single in the ninth inning of a 4-3 comeback win over Mississippi (March 4) ... opened a 10-game hitting streak (March 8-25) with a 3-for-3 effort at No. 18 Baylor ... was 3-for-4 with a home run and two RBIs in series finale at Tulsa (March 20) ... picked up four RBIs in a 2-for-3 performance in the series opener at UCF (March 25) ... slapped game-winning RBI-single in the 11th inning of game two of the UCF series (March 25) ... went 2-for-3 with a career-best five RBIs, including a seventh inning bases-clearing double in a 9-8 comeback win at Texas State (April 5) ... was 2-for-3 with a pair of RBIs at Marshall (April 14) ... scored a career-best three runs in a 3-for-4 effort with three RBIs against Grambling State (April 25) ... had a stretch of three consecutive games with a home run (April 30-May 6) ... went 2-for-3 with two RBIs in an elimination game against East Carolina (May 12) at the C-USA Tournament.
High School/Club
Three-sport star at Kennedy High School ... also played volleyball and water polo ... member of All-District First Team in softball from 2002-05 ... team MVP in 2004-05 ... named 2005 Orange County All-Star ... tabbed 2004-05 Kennedy High School Female Athlete of the Year ... member of Victory USA Gold travel team.
Daughter of Mike and Veronica Nordstrom ... born on October 8, 1987 ... chose to attend UH because she "loves the atmosphere and wants to be a part of something that will be successful." ... also recruited by Iowa State, Virginia Tech and Illinois-Chicago.
About Me
Personality Trait I Admire in Others: The ability to laugh at yourself.
Phobia: College Algebra
Favorite Movies: Pirates of the Caribbean and Varsity Blues
Worst Movie: Elizabethtown
Person I Most Admire: My Mom
Historical Figure that Elaina Would Like to Meet: Marilyn Monroe
TV Show I Stay Home to Watch : The O.C. and Grey's Anatomy
Dream Vacation Destination: Mall of America
Favorite Book: The Guardian (Nicholas Sparks)
Worst Book: Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Favorite Band: Rascal Flatts
Things I Wish I Could Do Better: Sing and Cook
Dream Lunch Companions: Channing Tatum and Matthew McConaughey
Favorite Food: BBQ Chicken Pizza
Childhood Hero: Michelangelo from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
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Since the #WhoreOfAkronContest was announced at 1pm yesterday we have been overwhelmed by both the amount of entries received so far, as well as the quality of those submissions.
There are at least thirty entries that Cleveland Jackson and I could have selected as our Day One Winner, and we definitely have received multiple winning tweets so far I believe. Just because an entry you posted yesterday, or last night or this morning, is not today's winner does not mean that it cannot still win later this week. It can, and frankly there are a couple entries that probably will.
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The first copy is off the board though, and that winning tweet is below:
Reading all of the entries people have submitted so far has been fun to be honest with you too. I was laughing out loud for most of the afternoon yesterday, and with the Browns game playing in the background the distraction was particularly appreciated. This one had me laughing particularly hard yesterday though, and points were obviously awarded for creativity as well as fan dedication.
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I-195 Accident In Jackson Kills One
A car that went off Interstate 195 in Jackson and flew over an off-ramp has killed an Oakhurst man.A Chevrolet Silverado pickup driven by Imants Seperis Jr., 48, went off the roadway went airborne over the ramp to exit 16A (Route 537 West- Six Flags) in Jackson around 11:24AM, landing on its side in the woods after hitting an embankment according to New Jersey State Police.
Seperis was flown via MONOC medical helicopter to Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune where he was pronounced dead.
The ramp was blocked while police conducted an initial investigation delaying traffic back to exit 10 in Allentown for a time.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 16th Apr 2013 09:29 UTC
The day has finally come: Google has started shipping Google Glass to the lucky few early adopters. Now that it's shipping, Google has also unveiled a lot more about the API and the specifications of the device itself. While the company had already given out substantial details at earlier occasions, there are still a few surprises here.
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Simple. Brand-building. Being first in can be worth a lot down the line, but it's a real risky game. Think of VisiCalc. Google is hoping that app developers want to be the brand that Glassholes recognise first once the competition comes along.
There will be advertising. It just won't be banner ads. Google don't know what it will be yet fully and want use-cases shoved in front of them (for free) first.


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A week ago somebody reported a problem with my credit card number. The credit card company thoughtfully stopped the card. Buying my family's food down the supermarket, I just thought the checkout card reader was being mardy, it happens more often than it should. Luckily I also have a cheque card on my current account, so I used that instead.
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The breakdown of the 114th Congress is 80 percent white, 80 percent male, and 92 percent Christian.
If Congress accurately reflected our nation on the basis of race, about 63 percent would be white, not 80 percent.
There were rumors of shrieks and flashes emanating from the well, and reports of a figure in white.
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But after winning 55 percent of the white vote, Duke had a database of supporters some politicians coveted.
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Old English hwit, from Proto-Germanic *khwitaz (cf. Old Saxon and Old Frisian hwit, Old Norse hvitr, Dutch wit, Old High German hwiz, German weiß, Gothic hveits), from PIE *kwintos/*kwindos "bright" (cf. Sanskrit svetah "white;" Old Church Slavonic sviteti "to shine," svetu "light;" Lithuanian sviesti "to shine," svaityti "to brighten").
As a surname, originally with reference to fair hair or complexion, it is one of the oldest in English, being well-established before the Conquest. Meaning "morally pure" was in Old English. Association with royalist causes is late 18c. Slang sense of "honorable, fair" is 1877, American English. The racial sense (adj.) of "of those races (chiefly European or of European extraction) characterized by light complexion" is first recorded c.1600. The noun in this sense ("white man, person of a race distinguished by light complexion") is from 1670s. White supremacy attested from 1902; white flight is from 1967.
White heat "state of intense or extreme emotion" first recorded 1839. White lie is attested from 1741. White Christmas is attested from 1857. White House at the U.S. presidential residence is recorded from 1811. White water "river rapids" is recorded from 1580s. White Russian "language of Byelorussia" is recorded from 1850; the mixed drink is from c.1978. White-collar as an adjective is from 1921; white-collar crime attested by 1964 (there is a white-collar criminaloids from 1934). Astronomical white dwarf is from 1924.
Cocaine (1940s+ Narcotics)
Related Terms
black and white, bleed someone white, china white, lily-white