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Time's Gadget of the Week: OS X Tiger
Posted by Edwin Soto Categories: Software,
Most impressed by the new widgets in the OS, Time tells us their favorite things about Tiger. The latest iteration of OS X from Apple was last week's Gadget of the Week. Here's an brief overview:
1. You can automatically look up words in the integrated dictionary as you surf.
2. It's got a standalone version of the Migration Assistant, which lets you move all of your programs and settings from one Mac to another.
3. HD movies are coming to QuickTime.
4. Album art can be your screensaver.
5. VoiceOver will read all of your web pages (and other text documents) out loud.
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Introducing Venturus
Posted by Andru Edwards - Categories: Announcements,
Venturus is a trend-setting web magazine, launched in May 2005, devoted to providing an all-inclusive resource for those looking to learn about starting, managing, and monetizing an online business. We provide news and commentaries related to all facets of doing business on the Internet. Our readers enjoy our timely coverage, and honest approach. In this day and age, every major company has an Internet presence - but with the vast array of consumer level tools, any individual can get online and begin making money in a variety of legitimate ways. With a great idea, investment capital, and a good PC with the right mix of hardware and software, you have just about all you need to get started on your way to success. Whether you are just getting started, or have been running an online business for years, the content you find on Venturus will be relevant.
Venturus is written and edited by Andru Edwards.
Venturus is committed to providing in-depth content, including textual and audio interviews. If you would like us to profile you or your online business, please contact us.
XBOX 360 Full Images
Posted by Oscar M. Cantu Categories: Video Games,
We've been drooling over the past "leaked" images for some time now. Well now you can salivate all over the full Xbox 360 in all its glory. Someone was able to snap some quick shots of the new Xbox at the L.A. unveiling last night – seems to me someone has been playing Splinter Cell a little too much. The Xbox 360 pictured has the hard drive attached on the top as previously speculated, white wireless controller, Xbox Live headset, a camera attachment and a remote control with a very intersting windows logo! Check out the images on Playfeed.
( Thanks w00t.w00t!)
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XBOX 360 Full Images
Posted by Oscar M. Cantu Categories: Xbox 360,
We've been drooling over the past "leaked" images for some time now. Well now you can salivate all over the full Xbox 360 in all its glory. Someone was able to snap some quick shots of the new Xbox at the L.A. unveiling last night – seems to me someone has been playing Splinter Cell a little too much. The Xbox 360 pictured has the hard drive attached on the top as previously speculated, white wireless controller, Xbox Live headset, a camera attachment and a remote control with a very interesting windows logo! Check out the images after the jump.
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Bonjour for Windows
Posted by Edwin Soto Categories: PC / Laptop, Software,
The famous simple networking system from the Mac OS is now available for Windows. This easy file/Internet/printer sharing software has been a staple for Macs everywhere. Great for those of us that aren't good at figuring out the routers and printers on our networks, or those who just want to feel as cool as a Mac user should download this for their Windows-based PC.
Now anyone using a Windows PC can take advantage of the effortlessness of Bonjour for free. The Bonjour Setup Wizard makes setting up a printer under Windows as easy as Mac OS X (we can't make it as beautiful, unfortunately). Bonjour for Windows includes a plug-in for Internet Explorer, so you can setup a Bonjour-enabled device without knowing its IP address. You can even print to printers connected over USB to Airport Extreme Base Station or Airport Express. If you're an Open Source enthusiast, you will be able to download the Bonjour source code to create software for virtually any platform.
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Slappa Shockshell Cases for iPod Mini
Posted by Edwin Soto Categories: Accessories,
Each Slappa Shockshell case is given a three-foot drop test, which is good because this is approximately the height from which I drop mine every day. They come in a variety of colors and textures that are pretty unique, albeit unattractive, such as the blueberry swirl in the image. No blandness detected here. They run you about $30 bucks a pop.
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ErgoDex DX1 Keyboard With Movable Keys
Posted by Andru Edwards - Categories: Peripherals,
The ErgoDex DX1 keyboard is extremely unique. Basically, you have an electronic board onto which you can place keys which can be put anywhere you like. Check out the above configuration one gamer uses, optimized for EverQuest II. The directional keys are smack dab in the middle, and the F-keys are nicely lined down the side.
I use the DX1 to play Everquest II. I have laid the keys out in the shape of my hand. Everything is set up so that the keys are easy to reach from my fingers. My most often used keys are near my easiest to use fingers (index, middle, and thumb). Keys that I don't use often are out near my pinky. I use about 47 Ergodex keys in my layout. My moving and turning keys are in the center. I use three keys with my thumb: cycle target, jumping, and missile attack.
The system includes the USB pad, the tray, and 25 configurable keys. If you want one, be prepared to drop 150 bones to get one.
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Samsung DuoCam VM-F7500
Posted by Andru Edwards - Categories: Cameras,
Samsung has brought the DuoCam VM-F7500 to Korea, and it looks very similar to the SC-D6550 which is available elsewhere. This is another camcorder, digital camera hybrid with a 5 MP CCD and a 900x digital zoom. The nice thing here is that it can shoot in the 16:9 aspect ratio, making its user that much more leet.
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Gear Live Podcast: E3 2005 Preview
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You guys asked for it, and we are happy to deliver. This is our first Podcast here on Gear Live, so feel free to drop us any requests, thoughts, or even complaints. In our initial show, we give our pre-E3 thoughts on Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo. If you are into gaming, pull yourself away from OurColony.net and take a listen.
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Length: 47:41, 21.8 MB
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D3 Designs Vase Deferens
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Clive Solari and David Francis of D3 Designs have developed the Vase Deferens. As you can see, it holds a single flower upright in a chic sort of manner. What u don't see is the 35ml of water housed inside of the Vase Deferens. For all intents and purposes, this is a flower vase which allows the flower to enjoy a more natural posture, using its own strength to stand.
(Thanks Cin!)
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Getting sharp, identically-shaped corners on a pocket used to be a chore. Achieve professional results on all your patch pocket treatments with this unique template which has four different corner shapes to match various pocket shapes. This notion simplifies the process of shaping and pressing Peter Pan collars and collar bands, too.

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Once you have, you can even work your way up the tree, and youll never run out of entertainment.
Percy Jackson & the Olympians Family
Rick Riordans Percy Jackson & the Olympians books represent the latest in a long line stretching back over 2500 years of adaptations of Greek Mythology. Although Riordan wasnt around to hear the Greek Myths told, himself, he certainly read adaptations, going back to Greek and Roman sources.
It doesnt have to be complicated, though. A direct adaptation is a relatively faithful re-telling of another work. A book being remade as a movie is an example of a direct adaptation: the movie might leave some things out, or make some changes, but it will pretty much follow the original plot. An example of a direct adaptation is Grant Morrisons 18 Days series by Graphic India. (Published on YouTube.) 18 Days is a retelling of the Mahabharata one of the epic myth cycles of Hinduism, along with the Ramayana. Although both Percy Jackson and 18 Days are based on a source, the Percy Jackson series isnt a straight re-telling of the Greek myths, but rather uses them as an artistic inspiration. 18 Days, however, follows the same plot as the Mahabharata, even though it chooses to tell the story in a different style (kind of like a sci-fi shadow puppet show).
You can do this with authors, artists, or directors, as well as books or movies! If you went to see a horror movie this Halloween season, it could probably trace its roots back to Charlotte Brontë or Edgar Allan Poe.
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Our very first Teen Tech Tips blog post featured some keyboard short cuts to help you save time and work more efficiently. Click here for a review.
We are happy to share David Pogue's TED Talk from Febraury of this year as an update and addition.
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websites and mobile apps. Learning how to do that just got a thousand times easier with the Library's recent release of Treehouse - Click on the banner below.
Learning Adventures
Learn the basics for creating your own website, mobile app, or web app. The instructors recommend free software, show you how to create and edit apps and sites, and explain the process for launching a site or adding your app to a Marketplace.
Deep Dives
Want to know all there is to know about HTML, CSS, Javascript, Ruby, or Database Foundations? Then be sure to go through one of the Deep Dives to sharpen your skills.
So Much More
Each section is taught by a professional developer and contains video instructions, quizzes, code challenges, and a forum to reinforce your learning. The forums are moderated to keep the content relevant and to ensure correct information.
In the current job market, there is a strong demand for individuals with computer coding skills, and these careers are very well paying. Be sure to check out this amazing resource freely available through your library.
Have you tried Treehouse? We'd love to hear from you, so comment below.
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Geographic Information Systems (GIS) covered analytic map-making software that you can use for school research projects.
But what if you simply want to plot a set of waypoints on a map to embed in a blog? A Google Fusion Table can be created for free using Google Drive. Check out our example map below of all 18 Library branches:
Collecting and Formatting Your Data
The most important part of putting together your map is correctly formatting your data into columns. In fact, when working with databases and spreadsheets, it is best to think of your columns as fields and your rows as separate entries in each field. Let's take a look at an example together:
This table is organized into two fields (Location and Address), and we see the first 11 entries--one for each branch. Each field has a specified data type, text for branch, and addresses has been formatted as location.
The table we made is very simple with no additional information, but you can add as many fields as you want. Your fields can include links to photos or websites, so be creative. The information will be displayed on the location marker on your map.
You can create and edit a spreadsheet using Excel or Google Spreadsheet and upload it to Google Drive. (Note: you will need to sign up for a Google account, which is free. You can use any email address and do not have to create Gmail account.)
Making Your Fusion Table
Once you have logged into your Google Drive account, select the 'Create' button. At the bottom of the drop down dialogue box, select 'Connect to More Apps' and search for 'Fusion Tables'. This will add Fusion Tables to the list of documents that you can now create.
You can create your table from scratch using Fusion Tables or upload a previously created table from you computer.
Once you have create a table with addresses (you can also use Geographic Coordinates for locations that do not have an address), click the 'Map' tab and Google will geocode your addresses and create map of you locations. You can select the drop-down menu from the 'Map' tab to edit the map style and settings.
Publishing and Sharing your Map
Once you have fine tuned your map and are ready to share it, select 'File > Share' and set you parameters. You can share it with one or more people and email a link to your map, or you can select share publicly and publish in a blog post or website.
To share on another site, select 'Tool > Publish' and copy the HTML embed code into your blog or site.
For more, check out this Video Tutorial
Using Map Maps for School
We have only really scratched the surface of what you can do with Fusion Tables. Here a few great ideas to take your next school project to the next level.
Autobiographical Photo Tour - make a map of the important places you've been and link to photos
Historical Locations - Civil War battle sites or Ancient Greek cities
Study Plants and Animals - map plant habitats or animal migration
Want to master Fusion Tables? Be sure to check out these informational resources and tutorials - click here.
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Keep an eye on our program calendar for upcoming programs. You can click on Events by Location to check for programs at a specific branch, or click on Events by Type and then on Teens to look for teen programs at all the branches at once. Just FYI, its always a good idea to call the branch hosting the program to register beforehand so they dont run out of room or supplies for the program.
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Programs for September
Just to give you an idea of whats coming up in September: At Middletown we are having a celebration of all things Doctor Who on September 30 at 4 pm where you can come dressed up as your favorite Doctor, Companion or Villain for the costume contest and show up how knowledgeable you are about our favorite Gallifreyen with the trivia contest! Middletown will also have a Digital Cartooning program on September 25th at 4 pm. Also keep an eye out for Teen Tuesdays at Iroquois at 3:30 with DIY tech for comics, microcomputers, coding and app making. Fairdale has Tabletop Roleplaying gaming on Tuesdays at 4 pm. On September 5th at Newburg will be Open Mic Night with Prolific at 6 pm. Southwest Branch will host the Teen Code Club September 9th at 3:30, and Westport will have a Digital Collage program on September 11th at 3:30. You can decorate your Teen Summer Reading messenger bag at Jeffersontown September 9th at 4 pm and attend the Mortal Instruments party at St. Matthews September 14th at 3 pm!
Looking ahead to October
We also have tons of programs planned for October: At Middletown on October 29th at 4 pm we are celebrating the Day of the Dead with sugar skulls and papel picados. The Highlands/Shelby park branch will host its annual Teen Halloween Party on October 31st at 4 pm, and you can make Q-tip skeletons at Southwest on October 30th. Bon Airs Teen Book Club will have a literary showdown between Suzanne Collins and Veronica Roth. You can Get Your Craft on at Jeffersontown October 21st at 4 pm. Fairdale will have an Origami Night October 17th at 6 pm, and check out the Teen Art Club at Shawnee October 10th at 6:30 pm.
I have barely scratched the surface of teen programming at LFPL over the next couple of months. Please look at our Calendar of Events to see a list of all the upcoming teen programs. Hope to see you at some of them!
-Emily Mauldin, Youth Services, Middletown Branch
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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — When Martin Baron starts on Jan. 2 as the executive editor of the Washington Post, he will have the unenviable task of accomplishing more with less.
Baron, the well-regarded editor of the Boston Globe for 11 ½ years, is a hardheaded realist. He recognizes the burden that media organizations like the Post US:WPO have. They must maintain time-honored journalistic standards of excellence while dealing with internal financial challenges and fending off such rivals as The Wall Street Journal, the New York Times and USA Today. The Post must also compete for eyeballs with Facebook, Twitter and other social-media entities. (The Journal, like MarketWatch, is owned by News Corp.)
"No question, there are fewer resources now than we've had in the past," Baron told me Tuesday in a telephone interview from Boston. "Decades ago, editors could put their stamp on an organization by creating more sections and adding more people."
But today, he stressed, he and his newspaper counterparts are "in a different environment."
Baron shrugged off a suggestion that the financial challenges will mean that the Post will now have to become more of a regional newspaper as compared with its traditional stance as a national media operation.
"The Post has always had multiple roles," he stressed. "It has had responsibilities for covering its own community and a role that goes well beyond that in politics, policy and world affairs. Much of that IS the business of Washington."
The Post's Kaplan education business, a money engine that powered the entire company in past years, has been struggling. At the time that Baron's appointment was announced earlier this month as the executive editor, the Post's stock had dropped 9.6% year to date.
The Post said that for the first nine months of this year, the newspaper's daily and Sunday circulation fell 9.2% and 6.5%, respectively, compared with the same periods of the previous year. For the nine months ended on Sept. 30, average daily circulation at the Post was 471,200 with 689,000 on Sunday.
Baron puts a priority on maintaining good communications with his staff. He told me that one of his first objectives will be to get to know his new colleagues in the newsroom to gather ideas so he and the staff can develop plans together.
"While I have ideas, I'm not coming in with some preconceived plan."
Baron's most sensitive discussions will be with the Post's business side. His predecessor, Marcus Brauchli, who has been named a vice president of the Post company. Brauchli reportedly clashed with Post publisher Katharine Weymouth about budget matters.
"Marcus has contributed immeasurably in the more than four years he has been at the helm of this newsroom," Weymouth said in a press release. A Post spokeswoman didn't respond to a call for further comment on the Weymouth-Brauchli speculation.
No matter how diplomatic Baron is, he has a tough task. He will have to walk a tightrope between representing the newsroom's interests while respecting the positions of his colleagues on the business side.
"I speak my mind," he told me. "I'm a pretty straight shooter," while adding: "Ultimately, I am a manager and an executive." Baron expects to have vigorous debates but noted that when decisions are made, he has the responsibility to carry them out.
"We are thrilled to have Marty Baron lead The Washington Post's newsroom," Weymouth said when she introduced Baron on Nov. 13. Under Baron's leadership, the Globe won six Pulitzer Prizes,
The Globe received journalism's highest honor for Public Serve in 2003 for a Globe Spotlight Team investigation into the cover-up of clergy sex abuse in the Catholic Church.
When he joins the Post, Baron can expect every employee in the newsroom to be watching to see if his loyalties will be with them or the Post's financial officials.
Does Baron pause to think that he will face possible resistance from the parent company's business executives?
"I don't think about that at all," he told me. "I worked with the (Globe's) business side for 11 ½ years. There is room for a disagreement in strategy and allocations for funds."
Even with the money questions, he said: "I am absolutely convinced that in the end we'll be able to do quality work."
He also intends to continue the progress that the Post has made in digital journalism. "There is a whole new digital frontier," he said. "Companies like Google, YouTube, Facebook — you name it — are having a profound impact, all within the past 10-to-12 years."
I pressed Baron to reveal a little about his digital plans. "You want me to list 10 things we're going to do. I'm not going to do that."
Perhaps the only thing that unifies people in Washington is an affection for the hometown pro football team, the Washington Redskins. I couldn't resist asking Baron, who toiled in the shadow of the powerful New England Patriots, if he had yet become a Redskins fan.
He paused and conceded: "My loyalties are shifting."
MEDIA WEB QUESTION OF THE DAY: What do you like or dislike about the Washington Post?
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Useful Resources: School Monitoring and Preventing Fraud
December 4, 2009
Tuesday''s post this week focused on biosurveillance for schools, businesses, and healthcare facilities. The Southwest Center for Advanced Public Practice (APC) has created an effective way of collecting information from schools and is seeing rising rates of response from their region.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Department of Education, in collaboration with state and local health and education agencies and national non-governmental organizations, have implemented a nationwide school dismissal monitoring system.
This system, featured on NACCHO''s H1N1 resources page, generates highly-accurate national summary data daily on the number of school dismissals and the number of impacted students and teachers. The latest update shows that—cumulatively—1,905 schools have closed impacting 618,121 students and 40,074 teachers from Aug. 3 to Dec. 3 of this year.
A tool designed for preventing fraud is also featured on NACCHO''s resource page. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has created a fraudulent products widget that can be posted on Web sites, in order to inform consumers about misleading products on the market.
The FDA first warned about such products in May of this year and has been tracking them down since then, building a long list of 2009 H1N1 fraudulent products.
Instructions on installing the widget are available on the FDA Web site.
Do you have any other useful tools or resources to share? Please comment below, or visit NACCHO''s Toolbox.
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Vermilion County: New Nursing Home Owners Look Toward Improvements
The U-S Census count could play a factor in restoring employees at the newly-owned nursing home in Vermilion County.
Some of the earlier-announced 39 jobs lost recently at the former Vermilion Manor Nursing Home may be restored in the future. Attorney Bill Donahue is the legal advisor to the Vermilion County Board. He says FNR Healthcare Group of Skokie made the cuts because the census at the nursing home had reached an all-time low.
Donahue says the new owners decided to temporarily close two wings at the nursing home so they can be remodeled. And he adds FNR believes that once the renovations are done, the number of employees could grow to a level even higher than when the company purchased the facility.
But when asked about possible recall rights for workers who were terminated, Donahue noted they are no longer county employees. So, he adds they would have to work something out on their own.


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Brittney Cooper was on an airplane when, out of the corner of her eye, she caught alarming words on her seatmate's phone. The fellow passenger was texting a message about Cooper's race and weight. Host Michel Martin talks to Cooper about what she did next, and what she was hoping to accomplish.
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The Tritons, who entered the day in a two-way tie for ninth place with Notre Dame de Namur following an opening round 318, shaved six strokes off that total in round two and then carded their best round to wrap things up and maintain their position.
UCSD, which finished with a final score of 71-over par, 935, held off tenth place Sonoma State by three strokes.
Sophomore Lewis Simon was the Tritons' top individual finisher, posting a final tally of +13, 229 on the difficult John Daly Signature course. Simon, who fired back-to-back 76s on Tuesday after shooting a 77 in the first round Monday, finished tied for 21st place overall.
Fellow sophomore David Smith was UCSD's next-highest finisher, carding rounds of 79 and 75 on Tuesday to wrap up the tournament at +18, 234. His tally was good enough for a share of 35th place. Freshman Jay Lim finished in a tie for 38th place at +20, 236 (80-80-76), while sophomore Jacob Williams concluded the competition at +23, 239 (81-78-80) to earn a share of 45th place.
Top-ranked Chico State ran away with the team title, finishing with an impressive final tally of 30-over par, 894. The host Wildcats held a nine-stroke lead over second place Grand Canyon at the conclusion of play on Monday and then carded rounds of 306 and 294 on Tuesday to increase their advantage to 15 strokes.
Grand Canyon finished second at +50, 914, while ninth-ranked Cal State Stanislaus and No. 11 Western Washington tied for third at +53, 917.
Chico's Kyle Souza carded a +4, 220 (71-76-73) to claim individual medalist honors, while Hawaii-Hilo's Travis Russell finished second at +6, 222 (76-74-72) and GCU's Ryan Mahoney was third at +7, 223 (74-75-74).
Head coach Mike Wydra's squad returns to action next week when they travel to Seaside, Calif. to take part in the Cal State Monterey Bay Otter Invitational October 24-25. The two-day event will be held at the Black Horse Golf Course.


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here you go not sure if it's real but hot
here you go not sure if it's real but hot
I'm renting his films now!
The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it. ~Oscar Wilde
Does anyone have the video on MPEG?
Jesse has a nice ass, looks hot when he wears speedos.
Jesse Spencer from HOUSE is the same australian actor who played Billy in neighbours. I have fancied him since i was a kid and watched it after school. Just go on IMDB.
Yeah Who is Jansen Spencer?
Jesse Spencer was in Neighbours, I didnt realise he was in anything else I thought he was still living happily with Anne(They were like the Ross and Rachel of Neighbours for a wee while with their will they won't they love story)
Thanks for the link. Jesse is hot in those pictures. Brunette or blonde, he is cute.
I have thought he is very hot since Neighbours. Nice looking uncut dick there - I reckon that would develop very nicely, thank you!
Apparanlty from when he made that film when he ran into the sea naked...
good pictures. judging by the pics it looks like it was cold in the water and where they were filming.
i don't think the full frontal is fake...
it looks real to me....
see at first i thought it was fake but i dunno, could well be real!
These are pictures of Jesse Spencer also known as Dr. Robert Chase for FOX's House M.D. from a movie called Swimming Upstream
Here's the link to more pictures http://www.superherofan.net/gallerie...cer/index.html
Interesting architecture in the last picture at link.... some sort of indoors cabanas?
so... a video with Jesse nude:
what about the frontals in the attach? there are fakes?
Those are real. From a movie called Death in the Holy Order or something similar.
I've always thought there was something cute about Jesse Spencer. These pictures are from a movie called "Death of Holy Orders"
Man I could spend some time in that ass
Yumm yumm yummmmmyz!
Oh my god, what I could do to the rest of him as well
FlipPy, where did you find those?
Is this Jesse Spencer? I hope so!
Yes, it is Jesse Spencer. Do a search here on JUB, there have been several threads that included this picture.
^ Yep; the upper part comes from a movie called 'Death in Holy Orders', which does offer you a nice view of his rear end as he races towards the ocean for a swim...
But the frontal shot, has been argued to belong to..Alex Behan (spelling?), a radio presented from New Zealand who took part in the National Penis Day celebration there by stripping down with a bunch of other guys in public.
I'm sorry to have kept you waiting, but I'm afraid my walk has become rather sillier recently...
^ Well, I stand corrected.
I presume my source was incorrect then when I'd first heard about it.
I'm sorry to have kept you waiting, but I'm afraid my walk has become rather sillier recently...
And just to tidy it all up. Here is the original of Alex Behan that was used for both of the 'cock shot' fakes of Jesse. Alex's image was flipped horizontally in order to create the fakes (which is what I've done for ease of comparison). The 2nd popular fake is also shown.
So are there ANY nudes of Jesse Spencer?
Jesse at the 2nd "Handle With Care" HIV Charity sponsored by Cedars-Sinai held on the 1st March. Great forearms!!!!
So beautiful. I stopped watching HOUSE when they reduced his role. I have Swimming Upstream on dvd because of Jesse - was unaware of the nude scenes shown here. I'll have to see if I can get that movie too.
If I recall correctly, someone pointed out a while ago that the 'full frontals' are actually of New Zealand personality Alex Behan:
Judge for yourself.
I'm sorry to have kept you waiting, but I'm afraid my walk has become rather sillier recently...
He is so good looking. I can't even stand it.
Sorry the picture didn't work above!
He has a nice mouth too.
Those lips just demand to kiss and blow me! I've always thought he was sexier than sexy!
He is a treasure of beauty, fell in love with him years ago in Oz lovely to see him in 'House' but really he needs to be a twink again the beauty he had then. Still love those eyes though to die for xx
So gorgeous! (But I loved his hair longer and blonder.)
Majorly Yummo.
gets better with every passing year
I think porn star Gabriel Clark looks a lot like Jesse Spencer from House MD. they are both really hot! look at their similarities..........
Jesse Spencer
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Some wonderful donations have come in -- large and small, some very generous fundraisers included -- and I am happy to announce that we have raised more than $10,000 for Rupert's Fund to MRI scan cavaliers for syringomyelia research, and are well on our way to hitting an amazing £10,000!!
The latest Rupert's Fund total as of today is
which translates to $10,428 or 8,092
This amount will fund over 34 dogs for scans. Many thanks again to all those who have made these wonderful totals possible! More info on Rupert's Fund at www.rupertsfund.com.


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Descendants of Alonzo Royce Harris
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Descendants of Alonzo Royce Harris
Generation 1
Argh - why do our computers choose to misbehave at the very times we need them most? Hope every thing gets fixed and recovered.
I am so, so sorry. Boy do I feel your pain. I am all admiration for your fortitude and stiff upper lip. Good New England traits, those. Glad to have you back amongst the blogging.
Thank you Greta and Susan. It isn't an interesting blog, so I really appreciate your comments. New England traits, good thought, but I'd rather be in Virginia! I appreciate your writing.
Oh, boy, I can relate to your story and I'm so sorry you had to live through it, too. I missed your posts. I have a question, I noticed the name CONVERSE. Is there a family connection to the CONVERSE family of Woburn/Charlestown, Massachusetts?
But it *was* an interesting entry.
Because someone found you! Squee for you! All this hard work you have been doing on the 'net has paid off...
And despite your technical difficulties, you got back up and connected your dots...
So, go you!
OK, I know Susan had trouble this year, now Barbara. I need to do some more backups, even though I do have 99% of my stuff on my external hard drive.
We all feel this pain.
I'm so sorry about your hard drive problems. I just received a note yesterday from my computer telling me it was time to back it up. Did I? No, not yet. But I will tomorrow or Monday.
I really like the way you presented this information in your post. I like the organization, the lines, the indentations, etc. And I want to know how you did it. The lines I have down; the indents, yes; but the 2nd and 3rd idents, no. Thanks.
Thank you all for writing, you've lifted my spirits.
Heather: I know nothing of the middle name of Converse;
Dee: yes I agree that the net connects us, and I'm glad she "found" me;
Carol and Nancy: Get on it, I will ask you both later and Nancy I will write you with instructions.
Interesting informtion Barbara. Thanks for sharing in spite of the techinical problems you had.
If you are getting accustomed to FTM 2010 you might want to consider upgrading to 2011 - has better features. I still have my FTM16 that I love but I suspect that when I can no longer use Windows XP 16 will not work. It doesn't work on Windows 7 that I have on my new laptop.
Said too much... later ;o)
Barbara, I enjoyed reading about you connecting with another researcher. These pesky computers, off to back mine up:)
Congrats on connecting with another researcher! That rocks!
And I'm sorry about your computer. It sounds like you were as prepared as you could be, Still it's no good when they crash. There's never a good time.


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The Rev. Eddie Williams vividly remembers seeing Emery Williams before leaving choir practice at Silver Hill Memorial United Methodist Church on Wednesday night.
The Rev. Eddie Williams vividly remembers seeing Emery Williams before leaving choir practice at Silver Hill Memorial United Methodist Church on Wednesday night.
"He had his hand on my shoulder like this and said, 'Love you, man.' I said, 'Right back at you, bro,' and we laughed," Eddie Williams recalled.
On Friday, the pastor helped lead a prayer vigil in Spartanburg that drew a crowd of more than 100 friends, family and community members to mourn the loss of Emery Williams.
The 64-year-old was gunned down in a drive-by shooting while he was on his way home from church at about 8:45 p.m. Wednesday. He was on the phone with his wife while driving along Willis Road near Blackstock Road when multiple bullets tore through his car windows and struck him. His car crashed just outside of the Westside Club fitness center, where he was pronounced dead.
"The biggest thing is the shock … Are we safe?" Eddie Williams said. "It could happen at any moment. This is something you should never take lightly."
The vigil, held outside the Spartanburg County Foundation, gave attendees an opportunity to write messages to Emery Williams' wife, Kay Woodward, who owns J.W. Woodward Funeral Home on Howard Street.
Sounds of "Amazing Grace," "Taps" and other melodies from a trumpet player resonated over those gathered.
Emery Williams loved Jazz, said Chapman Cultural Center President Jennifer Evins. He had been a member of the cultural center's community advisory council.
Stinson Ferguson said the family appreciates "all the love, support and every gesture" from the community and expressed disappointment in the way in which her stepfather died.
"We can't undo my stepfather's death. But since we know that, all we can do is move forward," she said.
She called on the public to help "break the cycle" of violence.
"We're heartbroken but life will go on. And we won't just survive, we'll thrive," she added. "He had a heart of gold... I'm grateful to be able to call him 'father.'"
Various ministers who prayed during the vigil asked for God's blessing over the sheriff's office's investigation, the Spartanburg community, the healing family and the future of Spartanburg.
"We're not asking why, oh Lord, we just ask that you protect your sheep, protect our families," The Rev. Audrey Grant said.
Others attending the vigil spoke about the need to improve the safety of the community and use Emery Williams' death as a call for residents to band together in unity.
Tamela Spann, a program specialist for the Mary Black Foundation, led the group in singing "Reach Out and Touch" by Diana Ross.
"Reach out and touch somebody's hand, make this world a better place if you can," the attendees sang hand-in-hand while some wiped tears from their eyes.
Spartanburg County Clerk of Court Hope Blackley said Emery Williams was a mentor, and she saw him regularly when visiting with Woodward. Blackley was taken aback when she heard the news of his death.
"It's just awful. The violence needs to stop, and we need to come together as a community as a whole," Blackley said.
Lt. Tony Ivey said Friday the investigation was ongoing but that no arrests had been made.
"We're all in the dark," Ferguson said. "It's just the unfortunate reality of it."


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Live On Fire
April 2013
Released: 2013, Steamhammer
Rating: 3.5/5
Reviewer: JP
There are few things you can count on in life. But you can be sure that along with death and taxes, every twelve moons Axel Rudi Pell will release an album. For every year since 2004 Axel Rudi Pell has released something, be it an album, a compilation, or in this case his 3rd Live album, LIVE ON FIRE. Few artists have the longevity or productivity of Axel!
This thirteen track double-disc set was recorded not that long ago (at time of writing) on October 18, 2012 in Cologne, Germany on the Circle Of The Oath Tour'. I'm not thrilled with the album art, a flaming Fleur De Lis has been associated with Stratovarious for well over a decade. He has his own cool and unique snake/skull/guitar logo why not use that? Come to think of it all his Live album covers have been uninspired. In terms of the line-up, they are consistent and reliable, the quintet has not changed since 1999. By this time Johnny, Alex, Volker, Ferdy and Mike are a well-oiled Metal machine and each individual performance is great. I'm glad they have the balls to include the drum solo, keyboard solo and naturally, guitar solos! Mike Terrana's eight-minute solo is a monster! I can just feel the new generation of Metal hipsters shudder in fear at the thought of an eight-minute drum solo!
Traditionally Axel Rudi Pell albums have had very few songs but they are long songs. Seven of the 12 songs are over 9 minutes long! This set runs almost two hours but only has 12 songs. He presents his music in a true 70's format, with long medleys and extended jams and solos with a cover tune wedged in. He has done this on his last three live albums. 'Masquerade Ball/ Casbah/Dreaming Dead/Whole Lotta Love' runs 17 minutes. The last live album (ONE NIGHT LIVE, 2010) it was 'Masquerade Ball/Casbah/Tales Of The Crown' that ran 14 minutes and on KNIGHTS LIVE in 2002, it was' Masquerade Ball/Casbah/Stagazer' for a whopping 27 minutes! He could to mix it up a bit more.
Elsewhere on this album two other medleys run 12 minutes and 15 minutes! I feel he could drop the medleys a little bit and add a few deeper tracks from his massive 15-album, 150+ song catalogue. There is heavy duplication on all of his last three live albums with cuts like 'Fool Fool', Mystica' and 'Tear Down The Walls' appearing on all of them. Great songs yes, but he could change it up. He plays four songs from the latest album but really only three if you don't count the brief intro music. Having said all that, one of Axel's trademarks is the medleys and extended jams. That style gives the album much more of a 'live' feel than a band like Iron Maiden for example, who, on their live albums, do relatively faithful representations of the songs on the studio album. Axel versions are very different and spontaneous in the spirit of Rainbow and Deep Purple.
As with all live albums, your affinity for them is determined by your enjoyment of the studio albums. I love Axel Rudi Pell so accordingly I love this live album. LIVE ON FIRE is another great live platter from a group of wily veterans who keep the spirit of indulgent Live albums, alive in the hearts and minds of Metal fans.
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1. The Guillotine Suite
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Two-time Wimbledon winner Stefan Edberg believes Andy Murray's first home slam win will be the first of many.
Murray who defeated world number one Novak Djokovic in straight sets 6-4, 7-5, 6-4 became the first British male in 77 years to win Wimbledon since Fred Perry's triumph and Edberg now thinks he has more SW19 wins in him.
"I believe Murray can still win a lot more. He's good enough and young enough," reflected Edberg.
"He's proved he can play well on grass and there is no question why he can't do it again."
Murray's win at the All England Club last Sunday comes just under a year after his first slam at the US Open which was also against Djokovic in September 2012.
Since the 2011 Grand Slam season, the 26-year-old has reached the semi-finals or better in all four competitions and also won gold at the London Olympics last year defeating Roger Federer.
Swede Edberg won six grand slams in total between 1985-1992 also feels Murray can get to number one if he can produce quality tennis over a consistent basis.
Edberg said: "It could be in his mind to be the number one player in the world.
"It's going to be tough to get that but that's probably something that can be achieved."
Murray now has two slams to his name adding even more spice to the rivalry with the top names in tennis - including Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer who made early exits from Wimbledon this year.
"He needs to produce the results for 12 months, but this could be a great start of it," concluded Edberg.
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By Don Lee
By Don Lee
WASHINGTON — In an encouraging sign for the American economy, the U.S. trade deficit fell sharply in December as exports grew at a solid pace while imports of oil and many other goods shrank from the prior month, the Commerce Department reported Friday.
The big drop in the deficit, to $38.5 billion in December from $48.6 billion in November, indicates that the trade picture was not as bleak at year's end as previously thought. And that should push up the fourth-quarter change in gross domestic product into positive territory from the 0.1 percent decline in the government's initial estimate.
For all of 2012, America's trade deficit of goods and services dipped 3.5 percent to $540.4 billion - reversing two straight years of double-digit percentage gains in the deficit.
U.S. exports rose 4.5 percent last year from 2011, with strong increases particularly of cars and auto parts, and capital goods such as airplanes, electronics and engines. Imports grew 3 percent last year, mostly behind shipments of a wide range of capital goods.
What made the big difference last year, though, was that the U.S. imported a lot less commodities: The dollar value of imports of crude oil, natural and liquefied petroleum gases fell by a combined $27 billion from 2011, partly reflecting America's increased production of energy.
Analysts were surprised by the big fall in December's trade deficit; on average, they were expecting the deficit to narrow just a little from November's number, to about $46 billion. Some of the slide in December imports could suggest weakening American consumer demand, said Chris Williamson, chief economist at Markit, a financial information services company.
Still, Williamson noted that with China's exports surging in the past two months and some leading European countries showing signs of a pick-up in trade, the data are "starting to confirm the message from the worldwide business surveys that global economic growth is reviving at the start of 2013, assisted by rising trade flows, with the U.S. acting as an important driver of the revival."
The U.S. trade deficit of goods and services hit a peak of $753.3 billion in 2006, and it fell to $379.2 billion in 2009 when the economy was still in recession, before starting to rise again, Commerce Department figures show.
Last year's narrowing of the trade deficit, to $540.4 billion, was thanks to sharply lower imports of oil. The American deficit in goods trading with OPEC countries fell to $98.9 billion last year from $126.9 billion in 2011. Meanwhile, the U.S. shortfall in trade with China edged higher, to $315 billion from $295.4 billion in 2011, while the deficit with Europe also ticked up, to $125.9 billion in 2012 from $119.7 billion the previous year.


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'Music' tunes up neighborhood tempers
Chelo's thinking of relocating
"We've been accused of being bad neighbors and it couldn't be further from the truth," says Glenn Chelo, co-owner of nine Chelo's Restaurants statewide, including the waterfront location at 1 Masthead Drive that has been accused of creating noise, parking and littering issues for Cowesett residents. "All we're asking is to operate in the guidelines of the law."
In an interview Friday afternoon, Chelo said he is frustrated with the situation and he and his brother, Craig, are thinking about relocating their two Warwick establishments to East Greenwich. He said this would be a big hit to Warwick, as the waterfront restaurant paid $10,620 in tangible taxes, $195,359 in property taxes and $612,405 in sales taxes.
"We have to beg to do business in the City of Warwick," said Chelo. "I don't get it. It's disgraceful."
Further, he feels "dirty politics" are taking place.
"My family and I are committed to finding out what's going on and who's involved," he said. "My employees don't deserve this type of treatment. Their jobs are being thrown away."
Due to the recent restriction of hours of operations in terms of live entertainment, Chelo had to layoff 45 to 50 employees. He said it potentially impacts 300 people in total, from servers, bartenders, bar backs, supervisors, managers, maintenance workers, security guards, liquor distributors, valet employees, as well as vendors and band members.
"My family is going to be O.K., though it would be nice to stay in business," Chelo said. "But what about all those people that they are laying off?"
At a meeting at the Warwick Police Department last week, nearly 150 people were present to watch the Board of Public Safety inform Chelo that the venue may host outdoor entertainment from 6 to 10 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, as well as 2 to 6 p.m. on Sunday. In previous years, bands were permitted to perform on additional days and until 11 p.m.
But, in contrast to a Jan. 24 meeting, the board advised Chelo to limit live entertainment until 9 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. While he said he's happy his establishment gained an increase in hours, he said he doesn't understand why the board is restricting hours in the first place when the restaurant has not had a noise or traffic violation in its 17 years of business. In fact, said Chelo, the venue received one violation in that span of time and it was for playing past curfew.
"Why is this an issue now?" Chelo said. "We didn't say, 'Up the volume.' Some people have legitimate concerns and, over the years, we've done everything we possibly can to minimize the noise, and now we're going to do even more."
Chelo said he spent $45,000 for a 300-square-foot soundproof stage.
"There isn't any other one like it in the state," he said. "We built the Taj Mahal of soundproof stages."
Additionally, Chelo plans on moving the stage sideways, as it will be positioned towards the water to possibly lower noise levels. This, he said, will cost $75,000.
"We don't have to turn the stage, but we're going to," he said.
Chelo also installed a $15,000 sound system, added valet services and hired two police details to control traffic. Further, he stopped booking particular bands that attracted larger crowds, such as Those Guys and World Premiere.
In 2011 Chelo said he and his staff invited more than 100 neighbors by mail for a free lunch and the opportunity to talk about any concerns they had with the venue.
"We wanted to know if there was something we could do to make us better neighbors and only one person came," he said.
That person was Barbara Dickerson, a Cowesett resident, as well as a retired principal and teacher. Her husband, John, owns Apponaug Harbor Marina, a competitor of Brewer's Greenwich Bay Marina, which is located near Chelo's.
Chelo said he believes Barbara is responsible for rallying Cowesett against him and the venue, as she was the only one who accepted his invitation. Yet, she said during a phone interview Tuesday morning that isn't so.
"I have never rallied anyone, but I let my neighbors know when there is a meeting," she said. "All our neighbors along the water have been tortured by Chelo's. We're all very, very upset by the noise. And I have nothing to do with the marina. My husband's family started the marina 50 years ago and my husband took it over 30 years ago. [Chelo] implied that I am doing this because we are losing customers, and that's not the case."
She said she and John used to live at 46 Paul Avenue but moved to 4 Paul Avenue hoping she'd be able to sleep better being further away. To her dismay, she was wrong, as she can't sleep when bands are performing.
"I've heard all the comments: 'We should use earplugs. We knew what we were getting into when we bought our homes. We're lame. We're idiots. We should come and enjoy the music,'" Barbara said. "These people do not understand the other side of the story. It's upsetting."
Barbara said at times she has been unable to open her windows on breezy summer nights or have a conversation on her deck. Chelo's methods to improve the situation do not satisfy her.
"It has not done a thing," she said. "They have become a nightclub, not a family restaurant, because of the big bands they have."
Others share her sentiments, including board member Dr. Joseph Spinale. At last week's meeting, he told Chelo he considers the establishment to have a nightlife atmosphere. While Spinale was contacted via phone for a comment, he did not return calls by press time.
Chelo said he thinks it's "absurd" for Spinale to make that suggestion. He said that since 2011, the sales ratio was 62 percent food and 38 percent liquor.
"What nightclub serves a full menu the whole time they are open?" Chelo said. "Children can listen to the music and dance. We've never charged a cover fee and we monitor the sound every two hours. Never once have we gone over the decibel reading. We're below by five decibels and that's a big, big difference."
Currently, under city ordinance, noise cannot be above 60 decibels from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. and above 50 decibels from 10 p.m. to 8 a.m. Moreover, Chelo feels that Spinale is prejudging Chelo's and going out of his way to hinder the venue.
"I asked him if he ever goes to Chelo's and he said, 'When I can get in,' and he's upset about it," Chelo said. "That's a good thing. Don't you want those tax dollars? Don't you want those jobs? He told me he still recommended zero hours knowing full-well it would put us out of business."
Ward 9 Councilman Steven Merolla, who recently attempted to amend the noise ordinance but withdrew it due to constituent opposition, said he doesn't think Spinale seeks to force Chelo's to close. In fact, he said he met with the Chelo family in early winter and recommended they stop booking certain bands and lower the decibels.
"This isn't a vendetta," Merolla said in a phone interview Tuesday morning. "If this was happening in front of Mr. Chelo's house, he'd be thanking Dr. Spinale. The city has been overly considerate of Chelo's circumstances and has given them chance after chance after chance to correct the situation. A lot of the remedies Chelo's offered at the last meeting I had suggested many months ago and they refused to do it."
The issue, said Merolla and Dickerson, isn't just noise. They said the venue has caused parking problems and patrons often urinate, vomit, even fornicate, on residential property.
"This wasn't a problem in the past until they expanded their operations," Merolla said. "I don't begrudge Chelo's from making money, but they've turned it into something else. Let's not check our common sense at the door. They put in an outdoor tiki bar, two fire pits and hired bands that drew hundreds, if not 1,000 people, and they wonder why there's a problem."
Chelo said while he has taken responsibility for these claims, it upsets him that people don't consider that his patrons may not be the culprits. While neighbors have complained that they have found beer cans on their lawns, Chelo said his establishments don't serve beer in cans.
"Why is there an assumption that it's all Chelo's?" he said. "Leslie [Walaska Baxter, the board's chairwoman] said she drove around the neighborhood and struggled to hear the music. So why did she punish us? They screwed up, and I wish they would make it right."
In an interview Tuesday afternoon, Baxter said she did, in fact, visit Chelo's two nights last summer. She explained that she stood in the parking lot, heard what was playing and drove down various side streets on Post Road. She said she could faintly hear music, which was muffled by local motorists. But, she said when she went to neighborhoods in the Nausauket area it was more audible.
"The music travels across the water," Baxter said. "I wasn't driving around at 11 at night when the background noise was a little bit quiet. To be fair to the neighbors, they hear it more than I do."
Chris Ruhling, the general manager and vice president of Brewer's Greenwich Bay Marina and Brewer's Cowesset, said his customers have never made any complaints against Chelo's. He has been operating the marinas since 1991.
"My customers love the atmosphere Chelo's provides," Ruhling said. "I have four children that make me come back to the boatyard at night to come down to Chelo's, especially my little ones who like dancing. I think the Board of Public Safety is very shortsighted. Chelo's has had one violation in 17 years and have done huge improvements trying to answer the call of the neighborhoods. It's interesting to me that a very small group has had such an impact in terms of the Board of Public Safety making the decision they did."
Nevertheless, Baxter is optimistic about the future. The next meeting on the issue is scheduled for June 12.
"We're thinking about going forward and having a peaceful summer in which Chelo's is successful and the neighbors are happy," she said. "If everything goes fine we'll see what everyone has to say and make adjustments, hopefully in Chelo's favor."


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Interview with Vaja Corp.
Posted by Hector Martinez Categories: Accessories, Features
We've seen some really nice leather products from the folks over at Vaja Corp. Their Vaja cases have proven to be a very successful solution for folks looking to protect their cell phones, mp3 players, and PDA's. What sets them apart is that they make your gear look cool while offering great protection and accessibility in the process. Their customers are treated to some quality leather grain, and even a bit of customization for their cases.
We got a chance to chat with Federico Fiocchini (Vaja Marketing Manager) & Michaël MASSAT (Director Innovacases) regarding this unique product line:
Gear Live: Can you tell us a little bit about each of your functions at Vaja Corp?
Frederico: I am marketing manager of Vaja Corp (Buenos Aires - Argentina). I am in charge of communication and all resellers (worldwide).
Michaël: I am in charge of Innovacases (Soon Vaja Europe, based in Saint-Tropez - France). I work on marketing and communication (the promotion of Vaja brand in Europe) on our website, magazines, radios & webzines. In addition, my job is to find the best partners in Europe (resellers). Innovacases allows us to avoid the problem of custom duties, VAT and improve delivery time (for European customers). We stock best-seller cases to improve our service. At the moment, we are working on a Vaja Europe website that will propose many languages and avoid a lot of problems due to shipping.
Gear Live: What's the difference between Vaja and Innovacases? Are they the same thing, or is Vaja a specific brand of leather cases?
Innovacases is the official distributor of Vaja products in Europe and was created more than one year ago. Our aim was to see if Vaja products would have the same success in the USA and the rest of the world. It was really amazing, we did not expect these results. We had so many orders that we had to increase delivery time for all cases.
Gear Live: How did you determine the type of leather used in your Vaja cases? Did the founders have previous experience with Argentine leather?
The type of leather used is Full Grain, for which there´s no substitute in terms of beauty and durability. This leather is unique and natural, and unlike most things its appearance improves with age. It's also one of the most durable and long lasting investments money can buy. Our founders have a vast and recognized experience in the Argentine leather market of more than 15 years.
Gear Live: Are there any other advantages of using this type of leather in your products?
Another important reason is the variety of different textures and colors obtained using some special techniques.
Gear Live: Are the cases made in Argentina?
Vaja´s factories and main offices are located in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Gear Live: What type of software or design system do you use to lay out the form and functions of a case?
Our I+D Dept. is formed by a team of 10 designers. Each designer was trained / specialized in no less than 3 different softwares.
Gear Live: We notice that cases tend to come in a mix of colors. Is the leather dyed in some way?
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Gear Live: What color appears to be the most popular?
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I would also like to share that PDAs, Smartphones, mobile phones and MP3 players are becoming more and more important as part of the accesories people wear (watches, purses, belts…) and Vaja dresses these devices and turns them into fashion items while protecting them as well. We are very proud to be a part of this growing market.
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Are you an NBA fan who hates watching his favorite player play basketball, but loves reading what he has to say about his day-to-day minutia and hashtag causes on the Internet? Then you'll love the NBA Store's new 'Has Handle' t-shirts, the shirsey that replaces the 'Lin' on your back to '@JLIN7'. Oh, and they had a # to the immediately left of your team logo. To the left of the 'Los' if you're buying the racist Spanish one.
NBA Store has six of these bad boys ready to go, and the only upside I can see to them is how much more awkward it makes me going into a team store to ask for an awful player's merchandise and having to say his username outloud. "Uh, excuse me, you guys got any at-sign ianmahinmi shirseys?"
Take a look at the six they've got up now and try to figure out which one you'd like to order least. I agree with Andrew Sharp of SB Nation that an '@KingJames' across your back would make you the absolute worst.


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While many motorcycle racers hang up their boots and helmet when they reach their mid-40s, multi-time former national superbike champion Tony Rees continues to show that even at 45 he's a force to be reckoned with.
The Whakatane Honda star certainly demonstrated at Paeroa just over a week ago that he still has plenty of lessons to teach others.
Rees finished runner-up overall at the 22nd annual Battle of the Streets race meeting, each time finishing close behind Wellington rising star Sloan Frost (BMW), but ahead of the rest of New Zealand's cream of the crop, including Taranaki's Hayden Fitzgerald (Suzuki GSX-R1000).
Rees underlined his ability by setting the fastest lap time in each of his three outings on the concrete at the curb-lined streets of Paeroa.
"It was perhaps the most exciting time I've had racing on the streets of Paeroa and I've been around here a few times over the years," Rees said.
"Every race, I was the fastest rider out there. I just needed to get better starts. It was always a struggle to get past other riders.
"Sloan Frost and I had a nice dice for the lead, especially in that last race and I guess I was riding too 'nice'. I could have shoved any of those other riders off the track if I wanted to ride dirty. I must be getting soft in my old age,," he laughed.
"Perhaps I've still got some lessons to teach these young guys."
Castrol Honda Team manager Peter Finlay, of Auckland, was impressed by Rees' performance.
"Tony has not raced the recent South Island rounds of the superbike nationals and so it was tough for him to come up against the riders who have been racing a lot lately," said Finlay.
"This is a fantastic day for him and he's looking forward to contesting the two upcoming North Island rounds of the superbike nationals."
The New Zealand Superbike Championships will resume shortly with round four at Hampton Downs on March 17, with the fifth and final round at Taupo on March 24.
Rees will take his Castrol Honda CBR1000RR into battle at both events and, if his performance at Paeroa is any indicator, he'll be a definite threat to the championship leaders, a challenge to riders such as Frost and Fitzgerald, as well as national championship leaders Robbie Bugden (Suzuki GSX-R1000), of Australia, Feilding's Craig Shirriffs (Suzuki GSX-R1000) and Christchurch's Dennis Charlett (Suzuki GSX-R1000).
While Frost was dominating the Formula One and Bears racing at Paeroa, Auckland's Toby Summers (R and R Powersports Yamaha) was also battling to score double the glory with outstanding performances in the Formula Two and Supermotards classes.
The 40-year-old Summers finished first equal in both bike categories.
He took his 2011-model Yamaha YZ450F to win the day's first of two supermotard races, finishing ahead of Taupo's Scotty Moir (Aprilia SXV550).
However, Summers had to settle for runner-up spot in the next supermotard race, this time behind Moir, and this meant the two men shared first spot overall for the day.
It was a similar situation for Summers in the formula two class, when he took his Yamaha R6 to share the wins with Wanganui rival Ashley Payne (Suzuki GSX-R600).
Summers, Moir and Payne will also be going head-to-head again when the superbike nationals resume at Hampton Downs.


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Preferential Treatment
Immediately after getting booked for a recent two day job, I received the following text:
What's for dessert?
Needless to say my first thought was, what is coming up for Tuesdays With Dorie? Sugar Topped Molasses Spiced Cookies fit the bill perfectly. Easy to make (can't stay up late baking when you have to get up at 6am and work for the next 15 hours) seasonal, and totally transportable, they were a big hit.
On my next day off I used the remaining dough and some leftover pumpkin buttercream to make Molasses Pumpkin Whoopie Pies.
Oh yes I did.
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- Amanda said...
Oh fabulous! Love that idea ;) I loved those cookies made them last week. This week I did the cran-aple crisp, yum!
- November 17, 2009 at 6:14 AM
- Nina said...
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Pumpkin buttercream.
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- November 18, 2009 at 5:44 PM
- Susan said...
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2001 I got PML i was getting better day by day but I'm wandering the pml stop or can continue to do damage to my brain. Last year my TC were almost 500 I was doing Reyatax,Tenofavir and Norvir then a change to Truvada and kaletra my TC count is dropping since then now my TC counts are 368. I tell my doctor to get another regimen of medicines but he keep telling me that my TC count are decreasing because my Hepatitis C. I fell scare and hopeful is not many people with this decease nobody know much not even the doctors. I would like to talk to a surviver like me. THANK YOU NANCY
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PML was (and still can be) a terrible complication of AIDS that in the pre effective treatment days generally ran a bad course ending in death. I have several patients from that era who started effective therapy in the midst of PML (progressive multifocal encephalopathy). I often use the analogy that PML is somewhat like a brain stroke in sometone with high blood pressure. Getting the blood pressure under control may prevent future damage but the damage that has already occured and the recovery from that depends on location and extent of the damage in the brain that is often specific for each case. Thus the brain damage from the PML that has already occurred may only partially improve after the HIV infection is under control but course if different for each person. KH
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Sutanay Choudhury
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
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Sutanay Choudhury is a Data Scientist in the Computational Science and Mathematics Division at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL).
Research Interests
- See https://sutanay.github.io for details.
Education and Credentials
- Ph.D, Computer Science, "Subgraph Search on Dynamic Graphs", Washington State University, USA (http://goo.gl/1kd8zR)
- M.S., Electrical Engineering, Colorado State University, USA
- B.E., Electrical Engineering, Jadavpur University, India
Awards and Recognitions
- Outstanding Graduate Student Award, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Washington State University 2014
PNNL Publications
- Choudhury S, S Purohit, P Lin, Y Wu, LB Holder, and K Agarwal. 2018. "Percolator: Scalable Pattern Discovery in Dynamic Graphs." In Proceedings of the Eleventh ACM International Conference on Web Search and Data Mining (WSDM 2018), February 5-9, 2018, Los Angeles, California, pp. 759-762. ACM, NEW YORK, NY. doi:10.1145/3159652.3160589
- Purohit S, S Choudhury, and LB Holder. 2017. "Application-Specific Graph Sampling for Frequent Subgraph Mining and Community Detection." In IEEE International Conference on Big Data (Big Data 2017), December 11-14, 2017, Boston, Massachusetts, pp. 1000-1005. IEEE, PISCATAWAY, NJ. doi:10.1109/BigData.2017.8258022
- Visweswara Sathanur A, S Choudhury, CA Joslyn, and S Purohit. 2017. "When Labels Fall Short: Property Graph Simulation via Blending of Network Structure and Vertex Attributes." In ACMProceedings of the 2017 ACM on Conference on Information and Knowledge Management (CIKM 2017), November 6-10, 2017, Singapore, pp. 2287-2290. ACM, NEW YORK, NY. doi:10.1145/3132847.3133065
- Chen PY, S Choudhury, and A Hero. 2016. "Multi-Centrality Graph Spectral Decompositions and Their Application to Cyber Intrusion Detection." In IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP), March 20-25, 2016, Shanghai, China, pp. 4553-4557. PISCATAWAY, NJ. doi:10.1109/ICASSP.2016.7472539
- Zhang B, S Choudhury, M Al-Hasan, X Ning, K Agarwal, S Purohit, and P Pesantez. 2016. "Trust from the past: Bayesian Personalized Ranking based Link Prediction in Knowledge Graphs." In Third Workshop on Mining Networks and Graphs: A Big Data Analytic Challenge (MNG 2016), May 7, 2016, Miami, Florida. Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM), Philadelphia, PA.
- Rodriguez LR, DS Curtis, S Choudhury, KJ Oler, PL Nordquist, PY Chen, and I Ray. 2015. "DEMO: Action Recommendation for Cyber Resilience." In Proceedings of the 22nd ACM SIGSAC Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS 2015), October 12-16, 2015, Denver, Colorado, pp. 1620-1622. ACM , New York, NY. doi:10.1145/2810103.2810104
- Choudhury S, LR Rodriguez, DS Curtis, KJ Oler, PL Nordquist, PY Chen, and I Ray. 2015. "Action Recommendation for Cyber Resilience." In Proceedings of the 2015 Workshop on Automated Decision Making for Active Cyber Defense (SafeConfig 2015), October 12-16, 2015, Denver, Colorado, pp. 3-8. ACM , New York, NY. doi:10.1145/2809826.2809837
- Choudhury S, L Holder, G Chin, Jr, K Agarwal, and JT Feo. 2015. "A Selectivity based approach to Continuous Pattern Detection in Streaming Graphs." In Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Extending Database Technology (EDBT 2015), March 23-27, 2015, Brussels, Belgium, pp. 157-168. Open Proceedings, Konstanz, Germany.
- Choudhury S, L Holder, G Chin, Jr, K Agarwal, and JT Feo. 2015. "A Selectivity based approach to Continuous Pattern Detection in Streaming Graphs." In Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Extending Database Technology (EDBT), March 23-27, 2015, Brussels, Belgium, pp. 157-168. OpenProceedings.org, Konstanz, Germany. doi:10.5441/002/edbt.2015.15
- Morari A, VG Castellana, O Villa, A Tumeo, JR Weaver, DJ Haglin, S Choudhury, and JT Feo. 2014. "Scaling Semantic Graph Databases in Size and Performance." IEEE Micro 34(4):16-26. doi:10.1109/MM.2014.39
- Chin G, Jr, S Choudhury, JT Feo, and L Holder. 2014. "Predicting and Detecting Emerging Cyberattack Patterns Using StreamWorks." In CISR '14 Proceedings of the 9th Annual Cyber and Information Security Research Conference, pp. 93-96. A.C.M., New York, NY. doi:10.1145/2602087.2602111
- Lieberman M, S Choudhury, M Hughes, D Patrone, S Hider, C Piatko, M Chapman, JP Marple, and D Silberberg. 2014. "Parasol: An Architecture for Cross-Cloud Federated Graph Querying." In Proceedings of Workshop on Data Analytics in the Cloud (DanaC'14), June 22-27, 2014, Snowbird, Utah, pp. 1-4. Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY. doi:10.1145/2627770.2627771
- Lu H, A Kalyanaraman, M Halappanavar, and S Choudhury. 2014. "Parallel Heuristics for Scalable Community Detection." In 28th IEEE International Parallel & Distributed Processing Symposium Workshops (IPDPS 2014), May 19-23, 2014, Phoenix, Arizona, pp. 1374-1385. IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA.
- Ray A, L Holder, and S Choudhury. 2014. "Frequent Subgraph Discovery in Large Attributed Streaming Graphs." In Proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on Big Data, Streams and Heterogeneous Source Mining: Algorithms, Systems, Programming Models and Applications (BIGMINE 2014), August 24, 2014, vol. 36, pp. 166-181. Journal of Machine Learning Research, New York.
- Weaver JR, VG Castellana, A Morari, A Tumeo, S Purohit, AR Chappell, DJ Haglin, O Villa, S Choudhury, KL Schuchardt, and JT Feo. 2014. "Toward a Data Scalable Solution for Facilitating Discovery of Science Resources." Parallel Computing 40(10):682-696. doi:10.1016/j.parco.2014.08.002
- Hogan EA, PSY Hui, S Choudhury, M Halappanavar, KJ Oler, and CA Joslyn. 2013. "Towards a Multiscale Approach to Cybersecurity Modeling." In IEEE International Conference on Technologies for Homeland Security (HST 2013), November 12-14, 2013, Waltham, MA, pp. 80-85. IEEE, Piscataway, NJ. doi:10.1109/THS.2013.6698980
- Chappell AR, S Choudhury, JT Feo, DJ Haglin, A Morari, S Purohit, KL Schuchardt, A Tumeo, JR Weaver, and O Villa. 2013. "Toward a Data Scalable Solution for Facilitating Discovery of Scientific Data Resources." In DISCS-2013: Proceedings of the International Workshop on Data-Intensive Scalable Computing Systems, November 18, 2013, Denver, CO, pp. 55-60. Association for Computing Machinery , New York, NY. doi:10.1145/2534645.2534655
- Choudhury S, L Holder, G Chin, Jr, A Ray, SJ Beus, and JT Feo. 2013. "StreamWorks - A system for Dynamic Graph Search." In Proceedings of the 2013 ACM SIGMOD International Conference on Management of Data (SIGMOD 2013), June 22-27, 2013, New York, pp. 1101-1104. ACM, New York, NY. doi:10.1145/2463676.2463697
- Choudhury S, L Holder, G Chin, Jr, and JT Feo. 2013. "Fast Search for Dynamic Multi-Relational Graphs." In ACM SIGMOD Workshop on Dynamic Networks Management and Mining (DyNetMM 2013), June 22-27, 2013, New York, pp. 1-8. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), New York, NY. doi:10.1145/2489247.2489251
- Halappanavar M, S Choudhury, EA Hogan, PSY Hui, JR Johnson, III, I Ray, and LB Holder. 2013. "Towards A Network-of-Networks Framework for Cyber Security." In IEEE Intelligence and Security Informatics, June 4-7, 2013, Seattle, Washington, pp. 106-108. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Piscataway, NJ. doi:10.1109/ISI.2013.6578796
- Bell EB, SJ Rose, and S Choudhury. 2012. Text Analysis Capability. PNNL-21871, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
- Chin G, Jr, A Marquez, S Choudhury, and JT Feo. 2012. "Scalable Triadic Analysis of Large-Scale Graphs: Multi-Core vs. Multi-Processor vs. Multi-Threaded Shared Memory Architectures." In Proceedings of the 2012 IEEE 24th International Symposium on Computer Architecture and High Performance Computing, (SBAC-PAD) October 24-26, 2012, New York, NY, pp. 163-170. IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA. doi:10.1109/SBAC-PAD.2012.39
- Chin G, Jr, S Choudhury, LJ Kangas, SA McFarlane, and A Marquez. 2011. "Evaluating In-Clique and Topological Parallelism Strategies for Junction Tree-Based Bayesian Inference Algorithm on the Cray XMT." In Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Processing Workshops and Phd Forum (IPDPSW 2011), May 16-20, 2011, Anchorage, Alaska, pp. 1710-1719. IEEE, Piscataway, NJ. doi:10.1109/IPDPS.2011.328
- Choudhury S, L Holder, G Chin, Jr, and JT Feo. 2011. "Large-Scale Continuous Subgraph Queries on Streams." In Proceedings of the 1st Annual Workshop on High-Performance Computing Meets Databases (HPCBD 2011), November 12-18, 2011, Seattle, Washington, pp. 29-32. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), New York. doi:10.1145/2125636.2125647
- Chin G, Jr, S Choudhury, LJ Kangas, SA McFarlane, and A Marquez. 2010. "Fault Detection in Distributed Climate Sensor Networks using Dynamic Bayesian Networks." In Proceedings of the 6th IEEE International Conference on e-Science (e-Science 2010), December 7-10, 2010, Brisbane, Australia, pp. 121-128. IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA. doi:10.1109/eScience.2010.22
- Shah AR, JN Adkins, DJ Baxter, WR Cannon, D Chavarr�a-Miranda, S Choudhury, I Gorton, DK Gracio, TD Halter, N Jaitly, JR Johnson, RT Kouzes, MC Macduff, A Marquez, ME Monroe, CS Oehmen, WA Pike, C Scherrer, O Villa, BJM Webb-Robertson, PD Whitney, and N Zuljevic. 2010. "Applications in Data-Intensive Computing." In Advances in Computers, vol. 79, ed. M Zelkowitz, pp. 1-70. Academic Press Inc., San Diego, CA.
- Chin G, Jr, A Marquez, S Choudhury, and K Maschhoff. 2009. "Implementing and Evaluating Multithreaded Triad Census Algorithms on the Cray XMT." In IEEE International Symposium on Parallel & Distributed Processing (IPDPS 2009), May 25-29, Rome, Italy. IEEE, Piscataway, NJ. doi:10.1109/IPDPS.2009.5161109
- Choudhury S, and V Chandrasekar. 2007. "Wideband Reception and Processing for Dual-Polarization Radars with Dual Transmitters." Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology 24(1):95-101.
Selected Publications
- An open source implementation of PakBus™ protocol. S. Choudhury and M. Macduff, "Linux based software for data collection from Campbell Data Loggers" - Invention Report, 15895-E, 2008.


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We noted in First Thoughts that Republicans yesterday declined to say explicitly if they would be willing to participate in White House-offered and Vice President Biden-led negotiations on the budget and spending cuts.
But Republicans will, in fact, meet today with Biden and other administration officials today at 4:00 pm ET, aides say.
After saying a meeting might not happen, aides to House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell say the GOP leaders will attend. Hill Democratic leaders will also attend.


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Pelosi Floor Speech in Opposition to Republican Bill Repealing Health Reform Provision
Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi spoke on the House floor today in opposition to the House Republican bill that repeals a provision of the Affordable Care Act. Below are the Leader's remarks.
"Thank you Madam Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding, I appreciate his leadership on helping us honor what our founders put forth, in our founding documents, which is life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness and that is exactly what the Affordable Care Act helps to guarantee. A healthier life, the liberty to pursue happiness free of the constraints that lack of health care might provide to families. If you want to be a photographer, a writer, an artist, a musician, you can do so. If you want to start a business, if you want to change jobs, under the Affordable Care Act, you have that ability – that liberty to pursue your happiness. And so, that is why I'm so pleased that this week we can celebrate the two year anniversary of the Affordable Care Act.
"And I want to mention some of the provisions that are in it. But not before mentioning that the legislation on the floor today [which] is a feeble attempt to unravel legislation that makes a big difference in the lives of American families. You be the judge: if you're a family with a child with asthma, diabetes, bipolar, has a preexisting medical condition – up until this bill, your child could be discriminated against, for life, of ever receiving affordable health insurance and therefore, care. But already, even though the full thrust of the law does not take place until 2014, right away, no child in America can be denied health coverage because of a preexisting condition. And soon all Americans will have that same protection.
"For the first time in American history, millions of American women and seniors have access to free preventive health services. Services that prevent – that are early intervention to detect a possible illness in a person. 86 million Americans have already received key preventive health benefits under the law. And more than five million seniors have saved over $3.2 billion in prescription drug expenses. Already, $3.2 billion in prescription drug benefits because of provisions in the law that are already in effect. So if you're a senior, and your caught in the donut hole, you are already benefiting from this law. And that's what the Republicans are trying to take away from you, from your family, from your life, from your liberty, from your pursuit of happiness.
"The last point about seniors and prescription drugs is particularly important because it fits in with our consistent commitment, from day one, as authors of Medicare in the '60s, it fits with our consistent commitment to always strengthen Medicare for American seniors, never weaken it. Indeed, as I mentioned, Democrats created Medicare, sustained Medicare, and Democrats will always protect Medicare – even from language that is so misleading as to make one wonder.
"Republicans on the other hand have voted to end Medicare. End the Medicare guarantee. They have said that their goal for Medicare is for it to 'wither on the vine.' And tonight's legislation is a part of the withering on the vine. It's important for you to know that if you care about Medicare, if you depend on Medicare – this is the wither on the vine scenario.
"In fact yesterday, Republicans released their budget – which would end the Medicare guarantee, shift costs to seniors, and the guarantee. What does that mean? Shift costs to seniors – perhaps up to $6,400 dollars from most seniors, a year and again, let Medicare wither on the vine.
"That's why today's legislation is such a cynical political ploy – and I know that America's seniors will not be fooled by it.
"Today, Republicans have brought to the floor legislation to repeal what is known as '[IPAB],' the Independent Payment Advisory Board. Independent of political influence over decision that are made. This piece of the legislation was to bend the curve – to reduce the cost of health care in America. Republicans are desperate to distract seniors from their real record on Medicare. And that's what they're trying to do today. I say that without any fear of contradiction, without any hesitation, because nothing less is at stake than the well-being of our seniors. Their personal health. Their economic health. And that means their security.
"Further, in this bill, Republicans have recycled their old medical malpractice liability legislation that undermines states' rights and hurts the rights of injured patients to obtain just compensation. I can put more in the record but I'll just say this: because of the impact on America's states of what they're trying to do in this bill, the bipartisan, and I repeat, bipartisan National Conference of State Legislatures has strongly opposed this bill. That bipartisan group says, that after a careful review, it had reached 'the resounding bipartisan conclusion,' their words, that 'federal medical malpractice legislation is unnecessary.'
"Again, Madam Speaker, this week we celebrate the two year anniversary of the Affordable Care Act for what it embodies. It's about innovation. It's about not just health care in America, but a healthier America. It's about prevention innovation. It's about customized, personalized care. It's about electronic medical records. It's about lowering costs, expanding access and improving quality. So much misleading information is put out there about it that it's important to keep repeating the difference, the transformative nature of the legislation, in fact has already begun to transform the lives of America's children by saying: 'no longer will they be denied coverage because they have a preexisting medical condition.' And soon we can fully say that 'no longer being a woman is a preexisting medical condition' where women are discriminated against to the tune of a billion dollars a year in cost of premiums, not to mention exclusion from obtaining coverage.
"And so, I proudly celebrate the two year anniversary and I emphatically oppose the legislation on the floor.
"If you want to unravel Medicare, vote aye. If you want to support Medicare, you think health care is a right for the many, not just a privilege for the few, vote no."


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