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Sophie's afternoon takes an unexpected turn.
My name is Sophie. I was born Sophie Roberts and later became Mrs. Pendleton, and if I'm honest, I know I have a life that many would be jealous of. My father is rich, not only rich but disgustingly wealthy and my husband comes from one of the oldest and renowned families in the state of Virginia. Because of this I've been pretty much spoiled all my life. I was sent to the best schools...Read On
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Amy gets more than expected when a photographer makes 'special' pics for her deployed husband.
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wife gives in to temptation
I recently travelled to The Italian Alps with my wife for a short summer getaway. We were tired with our endless working hours and this seemed a good way to recuperate and regain touch with our lost selves, so to speak. As always, I did the packing and I wasn't surprised that she asked me to pack in a lot of her cut-off shorts and sleeveless tees for the trip. It makes you travel light and...Read On
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A fantasy to push bounderies even further, this time I catch the wife out.
Months had passed since my wife had treated me to my surprise. To say it was a shock to my system was an understatement. It also had an effect on our relationship. It's not that it was a negative effect. Just that since that night all I could think about was the Gloryhole. I tried to talk to her or bring it up but she would just shut down. I had watched the video of the night a thousand...Read On
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My wife brings a friend home for fun
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Jan's desires and wants come to the surface
Over the next few days both my time and Jan's was taken up with other responsibilities and we had no time to catch up. As always the last fuck played out permanently in my mind and I couldn't wait to coerce her into new situations. Towards the end of the week I texted Jan saying I wanted to fuck her tomorrow, Friday evening. She replied saying that unfortunately she was seeing her...Read On
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Seeking other pastures for play and satisfaction
My wife Nisha had just turned thirty-three. At this point in time, we had been married for almost eight years. Nisha's sexual appetite had increased in recent times and we were enjoying each other in the bedroom most nights. This was an improvement over the last two-three years where at some stages intimacy had almost died. Nisha was peaking physiologically in a sexual sense and her...Read On
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Chris and Glenn want to take me at the same time! Is that even possible?
Previously: As you may recall, Glenn, my husband's best friend and college roommate, was staying at our home during the summer of 2015. I had given birth to my first child, Amy, less than a month earlier . The first two weeks of Glenn's stay went smoothly, however, my life changed completely one Friday evening in early June. My husband, Chris, convinced me to breast feed...Read On
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Wife away for 2 nights at a conference
My wife has just returned home after two nights away at a works conference. She has permission from me to play around as long as she tells me about it. She set off, two dresses hung in the back of the car, two very sexy dresses. One was blue, shortish and very tight, the other black, not as tight but shows off her lovely tits. I waited home for two nights, masturbating every night in...Read On
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Chris, Glenn and I establis the rules before they seduce me again
Previously: As you read previously, my husband's best friend and college roommate, Glenn, stayed with us at our home in Aurora, Colorado during the summer of 2015. I had given birth to my first child, Amy, less than a month earlier, and was breast feeding her. Soon after Glenn's arrival, I became aware that he had discovered some naked pictures of me that my husband, Chris, had...Read On
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Our story continues and the rules are set
A few days after that first re-encounter, I called Jan on my mobile. I knew she didn't live with her new partner, that she got in from work around 17.00 and I thought she would be alone. "Hi," I said, "do you have time for a chat?" She said she did and that she didn't go out on a Monday so she did have time. I asked if she was due to see her partner and she told me that it was actually...Read On
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Chris and Glenn take me at the same time!
Previously: As you read in chapter one, my husband's best friend and college roommate, Glenn, stayed with us at our home in Aurora, Colorado during his internship during the summer of 2015. I had given birth to my first child, Amy, less than a month earlier, and was breast feeding her. Soon after Glenn's arrival, I became aware that he had discovered some naked pictures of me that...Read On
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A husband is worried about his wife's flirtatious ways
Val and I were enjoying dinner in the hotel restaurant following an afternoon relaxing on the beach. We'd been together for almost ten years, and she looked just as beautiful as on the day we'd met, with her shoulder-length wavy brown hair and dark brown eyes. She smiled at me as we finished the starter, with a cheeky grin telling me she was in the mood for sex. I smiled back and winked at...Read On
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I breast feed in front of m husband's best friend
Setting the context : First, a little about me. I am twenty three, and married to my high school sweetheart. I am five foot, nine inches tall, with a slender athletic frame. My hair is blond and I frequently wear it in a ponytail, giving me a youthful, innocent look, even when naked. Normally, my breasts are small, but firm and perky with large prominent nipples. However, at the time...Read On
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She had to pick up a few things at the store... and got picked up instead!
Kristi McDowell was not having a good day. It started by waking up too late to get her husband's lunch ready. He couldn't wait and said he would just grab something from the "roach coach" that comes by the construction site at lunchtime. Kristi felt terrible about that - she had eaten a meal or two from those places and she didn't like the fact that because of her, he had to now. Then...Read On
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I enter into a new kind of relationship with my Ex
Looking down at her as she ran her tongue over my cock, I couldn't believe we were here. Jan and I had split up a few years previously but had remained friends. She was older than me by around twelve years and when we first met, we were thirty-two and forty-four respectively. We were in similar social groups and saw each other at various parties from time to time which was fine, until we...Read On
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A blossoming friendship comes to a very real and mutual conclusion.
My wife and I had moved from a busy city to a small town around twenty years ago. I joined a local tennis club soon after, and that was when I first met a lady called May. She too was married, but at the time, she was going through a divorce. We got along well and I helped her get over it by just being there for her. After her divorce and during the next few years we became very close...Read On
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I had been waiting to talk with Kevin all morning, but he always seemed to be on a conference call or talking to a business associate. At first I was delighted when he decided to move his office into our house last year. I thought it would give us more time together, but the opposite occurred. If Kevin worked at another location, he would leave work at the end of the day and go home....Read On
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The friends get together to play, explore, and test their boundaries.
It didn't take long to get to the Garden Inn, maybe ten minutes, but Marci had me hard and throbbing most of the way. In fact, between her touch and my imagination about what Allison might be doing to Michael, my heart was pounding and I was almost quivering with arousal. I'd been stroking Marci's bare thigh with my free hand, steering with the other, and she had scooted forward in her...Read On
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Margie meets a lonely wife after moving into her new home
Margie was finally happy again. She had broken up with her girlfriend of several years about six months ago and had been in quite a funk for months afterwards. But after a break from school lasting over a year, she had finally gone back get her Master's degree in Physics. And now she was in her last semester. There was a promotion waiting once she got the degree, and she had also just closed on...Read On
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When the guys come over to watch the big hockey game, a couple enjoys a wild, new sexual experience
I looked up from my book at the sound of whoops and cheers from the basement. Smiling, I picked up my iPhone and checked on the hockey game that my husband and his two buddies were watching. It was over and "our" team had won handily, five goals to two. That was my signal. Putting my book aside, I got up and slipped off my sweatpants and sweatshirt. Underneath, I wore a pink satin bra...Read On
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If her husband won't use Lucy to her full potential, I was more than willing to!
I will never understand how some men simply refuse to eat a woman's pussy. I mean seriously, what straight man would pass up a chance to get up close and personal with the very core of a woman's body? The delightfully musky smell, the sweet honey that seeps from her flower, the wonderful feel and texture of her - at first silky and smooth, then swollen and spongy as her lust builds. The pussy...Read On
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Dave and Alli play, and eventually reach a decision.
I was pleased to discover that we'd be able to get a table after only a short wait. With last-minute plans on a Friday night, a short wait was not a sure thing by any means. We spent the time at the bar, where I had the pleasure of watching Alli, short skirt and sans panties, try to slide up onto the high bar stool without becoming intimate with the room. She slapped my arm when she saw...Read On
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Ginger and I continue our date.
I woke in the morning before Ginger, and she reminded me of the picture Michelle sent me that morning from Las Vegas, what seemed an eternity or two ago. Ginger apparently sleeps on her back; her hair was spread wildly around her, and the sheet was down to nearly to her waist. I thought I should take a picture for her to send to Eric, but couldn't pull myself away from her. I snuggled my...Read On
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Amy's fantasy of being shared is realized
Amy let her dress drop to the floor as she stood before him in only her black bra and panties and starred at the growing bulge in his pants. She stepped forward and lowered his fly, enabling his generous cock to fall out. Amy gasped at the sight of it before taking it in her hand and slowly stroking him as she watched it grow larger and harder. Soon, his ten inches of manhood was fully erect...Read On
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It was Mike and Chloe's anniversary weekend, so Mike decided to take Chloe away overnight. The trip would start with a bit of shopping followed by plenty of eating and drinking. They said goodbye to the children and boarded the northbound train. Once they got going Mike opened a bottle of bubbly. "What are you up to?" quizzed Chloe. "I thought this trip was about retail therapy, not a...Read On
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Wife acts in an erotic play but things don't always go as planned.
The next day we sat at the breakfast table and I had to ask Titan a few questions. "Your friends, they are in decent shape but don't look like well built, rough soldiers and they have never come onto me like soldiers would. It doesn't make sense what you said they do." He stared at me and said, "We are closer than brothers. They would never even think of it. We have a code of honor. As far...Read On
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The erotic photo book project begins to come together.
When we pulled into the restaurant parking lot we spotted Michael already waiting for us near the entrance; it would be hard to miss him, a giant black guy with a shiny bald head, wearing snug jeans and a black sweater that molded to his muscular frame. There are not a lot of black people in town anyway, and there are not a lot of people of any color anywhere with his size and build. We...Read On
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Sean's friends visit Susan at home
Susan and Garry had a quiet drive home. Susan was knackered and her mind was buzzing from the events of both the afternoon and at the social club. She had too much in her mind to talk to Garry and she feigned sleep. Garry for his part didn't really want to say much either. He was going over the sexual ravaging of his lover that he had just witnessed. Unknown to Susan, Garry had followed...Read On
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Lexi decides to try the cinema
Lexi is beautiful and very sexy. She's curvy with long brown hair, fair complexion and brown eyes that seem to go on forever. She's got nice, big D-cup breasts and a sexy ass. For a number of years, Lexi knew about my fantasy to see her with another man. She'd put it off as something that shouldn't happen, but was always turned on when I'd brought it up. Things changed one evening during a...Read On
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By GREGG DRINNAN
Daily News Sports Editor
Guy Charron, the head coach of the Kamloops Blazers, is into his playoff preparation mode.
Now he needs his players to follow suit.
Charron, whose club has 17 games left in this WHL regular-season, was talking about accountability on Sunday evening, one night after a 3-2 shootout victory over the Silvertips in Everett.
"Some guys think they've got their position all settled and done," Charron said. "It's not going to happen. It's up to us to make sure they understand the message."
And that message, he said, is this: "Unless you perform, you're not going to play."
The line of Matt Needham between Chase Souto and Cole Ully felt the head coach's sting when it didn't play in the third period of a 7-4 victory over the visiting Spokane Chiefs on Friday.
Needham didn't make the trip to Everett due to an injury, while Charron said that "Ully was better," but that Souto "needs to be more physically involved."
"It's looking like he's turning into a finesse player," Charron added. "It's like he's turning into a finesse player. H'll lose effectiveness if he becomes that kind of player."
Charron went into Saturday's game wanting to roll four lines, thus getting everyone involved, and wear down an injury-riddled Everett team that only dressed 16 skaters, including 10 forwards.
"We didn't respond very well," Charron said, explaining that he ended up going with "our nine best forwards and I stuck with it."
In the end, the Blazers found themselves going to extra time for the WHL-leading 17th time this season. They are 6-2 when the game ends in overtime and 6-3 when it goes to the shootout.
This time, right-winger JC Lipon was the only one of eight shooters to score in the shootout.
"Lipon's game was very good," Charron offered.
Kamloops centre Colin Smith opened the scoring at 3:31 of the first period, one-timing a Tim Bozon pass for his 36th goal of the season. Everett defenceman Landon Oslanski equalized three minutes later, but Lipon, with his 27th, put the visitors back out front at 19:25.
Oslanski forced extra time with his 12th goal of the season, ending a 0-for-19 power-play drought, at 11:54 of the second period.
Kamloops goaltender Cole Cheveldave stopped 28 shots through overtime, while Everett's Daniel Cotton turned aside 30. Everett goaltender Austin Lotz, who had stopped 65 shots in a memorable 4-3 overtime loss in Kamloops on Jan. 23, is sidelined with a foot injury.
On this night, Cotton was especially busy in the third period when the Blazers held a 17-3 edge in shots and winger Cole Ully twice hit goal posts. After two periods, however, Everett had outshot its visitors, 22-11.
"I didn't like the start of our game," Charron said. "In the second period, I thought they were the better team.
"Our third period was obviously our best period. But we don't have it altogether. Not everybody. Some guys are going; some guys aren't. We gave up too much."
Charron is of the opinion that a good team will surrender 15 or few scoring chances per game. He said the Blazers gave up 18 in this game.
"That's too much," Charron said. "We weren't bad but, against a team that was only playing with 10 forwards, I thought we should have had a bigger advantage than we did."
The Blazers (35-15-5) now have won five of their last six games, with two victories coming in OT and one in a shootout. They are settled comfortably into third place in the Western Conference, nine points behind the Kelowna Rockets, who are on a 17-0-2 tear, and 10 ahead of the Tri-City Americans.
The Blazers and Silvertips will meet again Thursday, this time at Interior Savings Centre. Game time is 7 p.m.
JUST NOTES: Needham's status for Thursday isn't known. Charron said he understands the injury "isn't as bad as was projected initially." . . . Smith is tied for the WHL goal-scoring lead, with Portland Winterhawks teammates Nic Petan and Brendan Leipsic. . . . The Blazers also scratched F Aspen Sterzer (concussion) and D Joel Edmundson, who served Game 2 of a four-game WHL suspension. . . . Among the 5,659 fans in attendance was former Seattle Mariners and Toronto Blue Jays first baseman John Olerud.
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Monday, February 4, 2013
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A team of scientists announced Wednesday that NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has produced a comprehensive snapshot of the "cosmic dawn" of the universe, capturing a set of seven primitive galaxies that formed several hundred million years after the big bang.
"The situation is similar to having the first ultrasound of an infant," said Avi Loeb, chairman of the astronomy department at Harvard University who praised the new data, saying it heralds the beginning of a transformation for a field that has thus far been largely theoretical. "These early galaxies represent the building blocks of the present-day galaxies that we have."
The oldest galaxy of the set came very early in the lifetime of the universe, which began 13.7 billion years ago. That galaxy, scientists believe, dates to 380 million years after the rapid expansion of the universe known as the big bang. The other six galaxies date from 400 million to 600 million years after the big bang, and scientists noted that these offer glimpses of the universe when it was less than 3 percent of its current age.
"These images are giving us the tantalizing view of what happened in those very early stages of the universe," said John Grunsfeld, an associate administrator at NASA and a former astronaut who in 2009 serviced Hubble, helping make possible recent observations. "This is the time when the universe, filled with hydrogen, started to make stars and galaxies that make the chemical elements we are literally made out of. The oxygen that we breathe. The iron in our blood. The calcium in our bones. This is the beginning of everything."
Scientists emphasized that this discovery is important because it provides a "census" of primitive galaxies. That complete portrait will be important as scientists work not just to find the oldest objects in the universe, but also to unravel what happened during a pivotal point of development.
"We are actually counting a reasonable sample of galaxies. Of course, the most distant object is interesting, but it's the census, the seven objects that give us the first indication of the population of objects," said Richard Ellis, an astrophysicist at the California Institute of Technology who led the work, which will result in seven published papers.
He added that there was gradual galaxy growth and that "cosmic dawn was probably not a single dramatic event."
One of the biggest questions that the new data will help scientists begin to answer is the question of what happened during a period of "reionization" when the universe reheated, prior to the formation of the first modern galaxies. During that time, hydrogen atoms split back into their components, protons and electrons. The primitive galaxies spotted by Hubble are from that time of intense interest.
"We don't know the details exactly during that time," Loeb said. "So one way of unraveling what really happened is to look at galaxies, like we are doing in this particular context."Carolyn Y. Johnson can be reached at cjohnson@
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Submission + - Intel and AMD settle lawsuits (nytimes.com) 1
Kohenkatz writes: "Intel has agreed to pay $1.25 billion to AMD. In return, AMD will drop its lawsuits about patent and anti-trust complaints. The two companies released a joint statement: "While the relationship between the two companies has been difficult in the past, this agreement ends the legal disputes and enables the companies to focus all of our efforts on product innovation and development.""


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In the summer of 1976, nine months after the Greatest World Series Ever, the Red Sox acquired an outfielder named Bobby Darwin, and young Dwight Evans greeted his new teammate with, "You're going to enjoy the Fall Classic.''
"What Classic is that?'' asked Darwin.
"The Fall Classic,'' said Evans. "The World Series.''
Dewey was 24 years old, full of energy and innocence. He'd enjoyed the 1975 Series immensely. He was surrounded by a cast of All-Stars, most in their athletic prime, and he figured the World Series was going to be part of his annual autumn routine.
He got back there only once, 10 years after his conversation with Darwin.
Which brings us to the 2013 Red Sox and guys like Dustin Pedroia, Jon Lester, Jacoby Ellsbury, and David Ortiz. All played a big role in the World Series sweep of 2007. Ortiz was Boston's Mr. October in the magical fall of 2004.
Five years ago, when the Red Sox made it to the seventh game of the American League Championship Series against the Tampa Bay Rays, Messrs. Pedroia, Lester, Ellsbury, and Ortiz had reason to believe it was going to be like this every year. Playing baseball in Boston meant that you don't make plans until after Halloween. Red Sox baseball is Octoberball. Every year.
From 2003-09, the Red Sox made the playoffs six times in seven seasons. They won two World Series and got to the seventh game of the ALCS two more times. They were baseball's centerfold franchise, with a top-five payroll, a raft of star power, and boffo television ratings both locally and nationally. They were global. Bud Selig paid them handsomely to represent Major League Baseball in Japan in 2008.
It felt like it would go on forever.
And then it stopped. The reigning world champs, America's Team, were knocked out in a stunning Game 7 at the Trop in 2008. They were swept by the Angels in the Division Series in 2009. They all got hurt and failed to make the playoffs in 2010.
Then Theo Epstein assembled a transcendent team, a team that could win 100 games, dubbed "Best Team Ever" by a Boston tabloid before a game was played. That team folded in September of 2011, triggering the exits of Epstein, Terry Francona, Jonathan Papelbon, and, eventually, Adrian Gonzalez, Carl Crawford, and Josh Beckett.
The decay was rooted at the Trop in late October of 2008. Set to appear in their third World Series in five years, the Red Sox took the field for Game 7 against Joe Maddon's Rays. The music died in the eighth inning when Maddon summoned 23-year-old David Price (the Rays' fifth pitcher of a scoreless inning!) to face J.D. Drew.
Price worked the count to 1-and-2, then froze Drew with a 97-mile-per-hour fastball on the black. Drew tried to check his swing, but couldn't. Plate umpire Brian Gorman rang up the Sox outfielder and Boston limped to a 3-1 defeat.
"I thought the '08 team might have been our best team,'' Francona said later.
That was the last Sox team to win a playoff game.
Five years later, the Rays are at Fenway and the Sox are still looking for that next playoff victory. Price has a Cy Young Award and is the ace of the Rays staff. Jonny Gomes, a bench guy with the '08 Rays, is the blood and thunder of the 2013 Red Sox. Maddon is still cobbling together a playoff team with a low payroll. J.D. Drew's brother Stephen is wearing No. 7 for the Red Sox.
Lester and John Lackey will pitch the first two games of this series against Tampa. Back in 2008 and 2009, when the Sox played the Angels in the ALDS, Lester and Lackey started against one another three times.
They are pitchers who experienced the ultimate baseball event at the very start of their careers. In 2002, rookie Lackey beat the San Francisco Giants in the seventh game of the World Series. In 2007, Lester was 23 years old when he beat the Colorado Rockies in the clinching game of the World Series.
Early success can spoil a guy. It can create the illusion that this is easy, that it will happen again and again.
No. It has been 11 years since Lackey appeared in his only World Series. It has been six years since Lester tasted champagne after the final game of the baseball season.
"Going through what we went through the past couple of years obviously makes even getting to the playoffs, makes you appreciate that,'' Lester said Thursday. "You don't take it for granted.
"There's nothing like playoff atmosphere. You can't duplicate it. You can't describe it. It's just a different beast when you step on that mound. It's something you have to go through to understand.''
Lester knows. Pedroia, Ellsbury, Ortiz. They know. Even the manager knows. John Farrell was here as pitching coach when the Red Sox seemed to be in the playoffs every year. And he watched the fall of the Red Sox from the opposite dugout last year.
"With everything that happened, you don't take it for granted," said the manager. "There was a strong desire to rewrite what took place. There was embarrassment that was shared by those who remained or that had been here.
"This was a rare and unique opportunity to come in here and put Boston back on the baseball map."
The Sox are back. The baseball playoffs are back at Fenway. We've survived a painful reminder that this doesn't automatically happen every year. Enjoy the games.Dan Shaughnessy can be reached at email@example.com.


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The East Hampton Town Zoning Board of Appeals ruled on two controversial appeals Tuesday night, voting 3 to 2 to deny Bethany Mayer, owner of a tiny 4,000-square-foot parcel of land in Amagansett's Beach Hampton neighborhood, the right to expand her house by adding a second floor, then voting unanimously to deny an appeal by Richard Eagan, an attorney, to reverse a building inspector's determination allowing both residential and business development on the same piece of land, normally zoned for housing, in Wainscott.
Ms. Mayer, a single mother of one who runs a clothing shop in Sag Harbor, first appeared before the board on April 3, asking to expand the two-bedroom house at 25 Wyandanch Lane she bought last August. "It was all I could afford," she said at the time. The house is on one of the smallest parcels of land in the town.
At issue was the town's pyramid law, which prevents construction of a building out of proportion to the size of the plot of land.
Don Cirillo, a board member, argued strongly that Ms. Mayer had a right to build as she saw fit, especially since her attorney, Richard Hammer, had presented the board with a second plan scaling back the expansion to only 300 feet. The revised plan, however, was still in violation of the pyramid rule.
"This is not being done to flip the property. This is a hardship. We should encourage people to move into town," Mr. Cirillo said.
Alex Walter, the board chairman, reminded members that there was a good deal of opposition from neighbors in April. "If the neighbors object to a variance, it would be a hard thing for me to grant," said Lee White. He said Ms. Mayer, when she bought the house, should have known what she was getting.
"She bought a very small house on a very small lot. The pyramid law is there to protect the neighbors," agreed Sharon McCobb.
Mr. Walter noted that the Z.B.A. had, in 1982, turned down a similar request for the same property. "I find it difficult to go back and rewrite history," he said.
"That is the entire reason we have variances," said Mr. Cirillo, adding that East Hampton should not only be for "rich retired people."
"What hasn't changed is that the lot is still only 4,000 square feet," Mr. Walter responded.
Bryan Gosman voted with Mr. Cirillo for approval, but they were in the minority. Ms. McCobb, however, left the door open for Ms. Mayer to make a return visit to the board, remarking that "I don't mind the size of it. It is just where it is going." If the 300-square-foot expansion were to the north of the house, where the immediate neighbor is farther away, instead of the south, she would be inclined to vote for approval, she said.
Mr. Eagan, representing the Concerned Citizens of Wainscott, was appealing a June 2011 determination by Tom Preiato, the town's acting chief building inspector, allowing dual usage on a property at Montauk Highway and Sayre's Path.
Mr. Preiato referenced a variance granted by the zoning board in 1975 for the property.
Based on his recommendation, the town planning board in January approved the tear-down of the existing 1,375-square-foot building, to be replaced by a business of similar size and a 600-square-foot residence.
Since the site is zoned for residential use, a business there would normally not be permitted. However, the building predated the town's zoning laws and was therefore considered a pre-existing, nonconforming structure, thus allowable.
In appealing that decision to the zoning board, Mr. Eagan argued on March 27 that the building, which had been built as a diner, could not be replaced by a "dual-usage" plan, the right to such usage having been forfeited in the 1975 action.
The owner of the site, Michael Davis, through his attorney, Denise Schoen, had argued that adding a residence to the site would bring it closer to the actual zoning code, and was thus an improvement.
Mr. Walter told the board, "The decision we will make will be on the merits of the building inspector's decision."
It became clear after a few more minutes of discussion that there was a consensus on the issue among the members, and they then rendered their verdict.
"If the board doesn't get it correctly, the courts will," Mr. Eagan said before the hearing began.
It seems that there are so many extreme people who are dead-set on controlling what other people do with their property and it is just plain sad.


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Lecture: The Warbler Guide: Secrets to Warbler Identification in the Field
Lecturers: Tom Stephenson
Every avid birder knows the how tricky it is to identify warblers in the wild. The Warbler Guide by NYC Audubon board member Tom Stephenson is a book that brings many revolutionary new features to the field guide, including a new system of understanding vocalizations, comprehensive visual and song/call finders, and a complete guide to aging and sexing warblers. Join Tom and NYC Audubon to learn these methods and much more… and add to your warbler ID toolkit!
This event is hosted by the New York City Audubon Society.
For more information, please visit the NYC Audubon website calendar.


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BRISTOL, Tenn. – King Men's Basketball completed the sweep of Monday's basketball doubleheader over the Lees-McRae Bobcats. Behind a strong defensive effort that limited the Bobcats to 25.8 percent field goal shooting on the night and led by senior Jason Seymore's seventh double-double of the season, the nationally-recognized Tornado beat Lees-McRae, 72-48, holding the Bobcats to the lowest point total of any King opponent this season.
King (12-3, 7-2) held Lees-McRae to six field goals and only 20 percent shooting in the first half. The Tornado complimented their defensive stronghold on the Bobcats by running out to an early 14-2 run to open the game via five different scorers. Jason Seymore got the ball rolling in King's direction after stealing the ball from Chad Eppley and hitting a layup on the fast break. After a miss by Gideon Oji, Seymore corralled the rebound and hit a three pointer on the other end to make for a seven-point advantage, 9-2.
Seymore and fellow senior Eddie Piccinini (Orlando, Fla.) solidified an early double-digit lead with back-to-back treys, pushing the lead to 15 points, 24-9 with 6:00 to go. Despite being held to 28 first-half points, Lees-McRae's offensive struggles helped King to a 28-16 halftime lead.
Head Coach George Pitts and the Tornado kept a rotation of fresh bodies in the game that they used to push the tempo and get the offense going toward 44 second-half points. The trio of Logan Lyle (Unicoi, Tenn.), Piccinini and Seymore helped build King's lead to 21 points through a 13-5 rally on four consecutive made buckets. King continued to pour it on in the second half when another set of back-to-back makes by Piccinini led to the team's largest lead of the game, 28, and a 59-31 score with 4:13 remaining.
In the second half alone, King had 11 different players score and nine pull down rebounds. Of Seymore's 15 rebounds, nine came in the second half. He finished with a game-high 16 points and a season-high 15 rebounds, good for his seventh double-double of the season. He now has double-digit rebound and point totals in four of his last six games and has scored in double digits in seven of his last eight games.
Eddie Piccinini was the only other King player to score in double digits, posting 10 points in the win. Logan Lyle and sophomore Jordan Steele (Knoxville, Tenn.) each had nine points. His nine points marked a new career high for Steele, who played in his third game of the season and played the most minutes (12) in a single contest to date.
King committed only five turnovers on the day, marking the fewest in a single game this season and bettering their previous game by 14 turnovers. As a team, they also set a new season-high in blocks after knocking seven shots out of the air on Monday. Freshmen Aaron Wheeler (Morristown, Tenn.) and Drew Standifer (Knoxville, Tenn.) joined Brandon Crompton (Hurricane, W.Va.) with two blocks each on the night.
The Bobcats were led by Asad Lamot's 15 points, 12 coming from three pointers. Daniel Sepokas followed with 13 points and was one rebound away from a double-double. Lees-McRae shot just 25.8 percent for the game, 16.7 percent from three-point range.
The win completed the night's sweep of the Bobcats in the basketball doubleheader following the Lady Tornado's 61-44 victory earlier in the evening. With both teams defeating LMC, they increase their lead in the inaugural battle for the Blue Ridge Cup, 6-2. A third point will be on the line this week when the Tornado and Bobcats meet on the volleyball court this Wednesday, Jan. 23.
King's next game will be at home against the Limestone Saints on Jan. 24 during Military/Veteran Appreciation Night. All active, reserve, and military veterans and their families will be granted free admission for Thursday's game. Tipoff for the men's game is set for 7:30 p.m., following the Lady Tornado/Saints contest.
Thursday also marks the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee's Make-a-Wish Night. SAAC has adopted a local youth in an attempt to grant her wish to go to her favorite Disney park. Special 'support stars' and t-shirts will be sold before and during both the women's and men's basketball games to help raise money to grant 'Kellan' her wish.


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I'm good with names, numbers and symbols
(that's why I think when I get the hang of writing Kanji I'll be pretty solid), I guess...
I have the tendency to randomly remember license plates of people I know, when I've seen them twice or less...
it's weird.
When I spend a minute to memorize something,
if I can associate with other things I know, I can keep it for the entire day.
I'm so-so at memory games, the card flipping ones seem to confuse me...not sure why.
Of course, I'll often forget things if I wasn't paying attention at all...that's a given. :P
I also routinely forget to eat a meal or two if I don't have an appetite during work/study.
(This is every-now-and-then).
Being a lifetime insomniac, sometimes I forget to sleep,
and I also forget to make myself wake up during the day at times.
死んでる。Hic nunc est hodie, cras absit. Ad praesens, nusquam quasi nihil.
Decent, I remember important stuff fairly as well as alot of not so important information. In the case of facts like names and numbers repetition definitely helps.
No good. =_=
That's why i always keep a small notebook to write the things that I should do.
I consider my memory to be great, if not awesome. I do sometimes forget important things (usually in regards to the past week) and remembering useless things (also in regards to the past week). I also have a tendency to remembering random trivia and blurting them out in the appropriate situation.
Personally, I would tell you, but then, why should I?
I am not sure..I think my memory is good or some form of retarded, I can remember a lot of stuff..actually I do remember a lot of stuff.
I've done "hard" IT vendor exams with very little study and pass while others and majority has failed but I am not sure if it's I really know-know these things or if it's simply visual memory..idk i feel like im starting to contradict myself and doubting myself but I remember all sorts of big and small things that people forget like one time i baked a cake for the first time for my friends birthday and she doesn't even remember it
IG: chubbyasianlover :)
my memory is okay i suppose. if i care about it enough, ill keep it in my mind.
Gamers anyone?
It's cool.
My memory is fine, I guess. I forget things here and there, but not much. o3o
my memory was so bad in high school, that they actually diagnosed me with a learning disability. they said i had a horrible short term memory, and much better than average long term memory, meaning... I had a lot of difficulty recalling what happened in any great detail the day before. If, however I CAN manage to remember something for more than 2 or 3 days, I'll remember it for life (needless to say, before I understood how my brain worked, i was a HORRIBLE student. I would get home to do my homework, and not remember how the teacher explained it. Very frustrating. My parents tried a handful of things including Ritalin, but it only gave me a headache). Today i'm 30, and I remember stuff from high school that no one else remembers. everything from what people wore, favorite shirts, to teachers, to people's cars, to funny stuff people used to say (and all the stupid shit i learned in science class that's all outdated obsolete information). I shouldn't remember the majority of all this, and I realize it. it freaks me out when I think about it too much. I remember stupid stuff at work that happened last month, that doesn't matter any more, instead of the important stuff we're focusing on from what happened yesterday and the day before. It can be very challenging sometimes. But I work through it because I like my job, and I still think my circumstances could be much worse all things considered. I find I retain information best when I take notes on everything (even if I think i'll remember something stupid, like a report due the day after tomorrow, I still write it down, because I won't). I have sticky notes everywhere. It's the only way I remember. oh, and i love the alarm app on my phone. i set it for the dumbest crap (but it helps me). and i love writing crap on my hand like lists.
So if there's some poor high-schooler out there reading this right now, and thinking it all sounds somewhat familiar, please. This is for you. It gets better. I swear it does. Some of it you grow out of, some of it gets easier, and sometimes if you're lucky, you find a good person you can spend the rest of your life with that likes anime as much as you do.
if you want to talk, i'm here. DO YOUR BEST!!
If it takes you five years to learn one year worth of information, you're still ahead of everyone who did not even make the attempt.
That's what I tell students when they want to drop my class.... But in reality I'm wondering if they represent a danger to the health of the gene pool.... Then I remember that I don't really care about humanity, I only help people out of a self-gratifying chemical feedback loop I've been exploiting since my teens. And that in the not so distant future, we're probably all going to find out what happens when a messianic middle eastern death cult gets its hands on atomic weapons.
Then I sign off on their class withdrawal slip and wave at them like a sailor saying goodbye.
A narrative has power, even when its hero is a dirty rodent carrying the plague.
Terrible i'd forget my own name if I could
Goddamn philistine


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LOS ANGELES -- David Wright hit a solo homer and RBI double as the New York Mets sent the Los Angeles Dodgers to their fifth straight loss, 3-2 Thursday night.
The Dodgers ended their 33-inning scoreless drought in the fourth, with Dee Gordon getting congratulated up and down the dugout after crossing the plate. But they couldn't break through against the Mets' bullpen and dropped from the top of the NL West standings.
Chris Young (2-1) allowed two runs and six hits in 6 1-3 innings, striking out six and walking none.
Relievers Tim Byrdak and Jon Rauch followed and then Bobby Parnell, getting his first save opportunity since closer Frank Francisco went on the disabled list, pitched a perfect ninth inning for his first save of the year.
Chris Capuano (9-3) gave up three runs, five hits and no walks over seven innings. It was first start against the Mets since leaving them to sign a two-year, $10 million contract with the Dodgers in December.
The Mets are the only NL club the 33-year-old left-hander has never beaten -- including five starts with Milwaukee in which he was 0-4 with a 6.35 ERA. Capuano came in 5-0 with a 1.57 ERA in his seven previous home starts this season.
Coming off a three-game sweep at San Francisco in which they were outscored 15-0, the Dodgers' shutout string ended when Dee Gordon doubled and Elian Herrera tripled over the head of center fielder Andres Torres. Juan Rivera followed with a sharp single through the box -- all with none out.
The drought was the Dodgers' longest since the 1966 World Series against Baltimore, when they were blanked over the final 33 innings by Moe Drabowsky, Jim Palmer, Wally Bunker and Dave McNally. The franchise mark is 41 scoreless innings, set in August 1908 when they were known as the Brooklyn Superbas.
The Mets, who came in with the second-best average in the majors with runners in scoring position and two outs, regained the lead in the fifth with a two-out double by Torres after Mike Nickeas singled, advanced on Young's sacrifice and stole third. New York leads the majors with 167 two-out runs.
Wright, who had a season-high five RBIs in Wednesday's 17-1 rout of the Cubs at Wrigley Field, doubled home a run in the first. In the fourth, he golfed a drive into the left-field pavilion.
It was his ninth homer and 192nd of his career, tying Howard Johnson for third place on the Mets' career list behind Darryl Strawberry (252) and Mike Piazza (220).
NOTES: The Dodgers are 3-10 since the NHL champion Kings stopped by Chavez Ravine to show off the Stanley Cup they won two nights earlier. At the time, they led the Giants by 4½ games. ... Dodgers RF Andre Ethier, who strained the oblique muscle on his left side while checking his swing in Wednesday's game, did not play. He is 12 for 29 with six homers against Young. "At this point, we're kind of day to day," manager Don Mattingly said. "Yesterday I kind of assumed we were going to be in a DL situation. But the docs looked at it and didn't see any swelling, so the news couldn't be any better as far as Andre is concerned." ... Wright drew his 581st walk, breaking Strawberry's club record. ... The Dodgers optioned OF Ivan DeJesus Jr. to Triple-A and recalled RF Scott Van Slyke, who batted fifth and was 0 for 4. ... The Dodgers have reached an agreement on a seven-year, $42 million contract with Cuban defector Yasiel Puig. The deal for the 21-year-old outfielder is expected to be completed on Friday, pending a physical.


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I had never heard of Super Meat Boy.
That's wht the PETA spoof is so important for them. On their site [supermeatboy.com] they explain how they've been trolling the PETA forums, hoping for this to happen. Apparently with success. It's a weird kind of PR, but it works, because now you've heard of Super Meat Boy. Thanks to trolling, PETA and Slashdot.
It's a weird kind of PR, but it works, because now you've heard of Super Meat Boy. Thanks to trolling, PETA and Slashdot.
I am feeling I am becoming too old for this century...
And I am not even 30...
They offer downloads for PC and Mac. What, no Linux version? You mean I have to play the version on the website to play in Linux?
If they won't give me Linux Tofu Boy, then I have absolutely no incentive to cease my consumption of meat. Clearly, they don't care about me, so I will continue to not care about them.
I should go have a double down or something later....
You know, maybe they could have spent some of that development money on outreach for their shelters, so that they wouldn't have to kill 86% of the animals they shelter.
But no, I guess making video games, stockpiling red paint, and placing ads of naked hippies should really come first.
You know, maybe they could have spent some of that development money on outreach for their shelters, so that they wouldn't have to kill 86% of the animals they shelter.
Instead they spent in on a campaign for livestock, 100% of which are killed. PETA don't consider livestock inferior to pets, or any less deserving of ethical treatment.
And they have pretty much zero effect there. Why? Because they alienate people with combativeness. They get attention because people love to hate them. And they seem completely oblivious to that fact.
I think they have it backwards then. They could start by showing proper stewardship of their own animals. PETA putting down 90% of the animals they take in is rank hypocrisy especially when that's triple the rate of a non-PETA shelter. "Do as I say and not as I do" is just not the way to run an advocacy program. If they trail the industry in pet treatment, why should anyone listen to them on the treatment of any other kind of animal?
I got sent this on twitter today:
How many Peta members does it take to change a lightbulb?.... None, Peta can't change anything.
http://twitter.com/#!/SuperMeatBoy [twitter.com]
Apparently people are saying that Super Tofu boy cost more to make than super meat boy.
They'll attempt to demonize any mention of carnivorous behavior, often without a complete grasp of what they are attacking-- as seen here. A boy with no skin must be countered with a lump of tofu? Obviously no one there actually played Super Meat Boy.
PETA can't rightfully preach about animal rights while euthanizing tens of thousands of unwanted pets every year. Hypocrisy at its finest.
As a Vegan, I'm always interested when these issues come up on my usual websites.
Hey, maybe you can give your personal opinion, if you've thought about it. What do you think should happen to animals that currently earn their living by being eaten by humans, like pigs? Should humans stop breeding them and let them go extinct? Should they be preserved in some kind of "domesticated animal zoos" in small numbers, so they could earn their upkeep by playing with kids or whatever? What should happen to them?
I personally find eating ethically raised animals just fine morally. The animal gets to
Now, I much prefer the idea of No Kill shelters, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No-kill_shelter [wikipedia.org] , I dont know how practical they are in real life.
No-kill shelters are good and all, but they generally only accept animals with a high probability of being adopted. A no-kill shelter isn't going to take the three-legged, one-eye pit bull with a history of attacking people. That dog is probably gonna end up in a high-kill shelter.
I don't know much about PETA's shelters other than they have a reputation for killing
I need to preface this by saying that I have absolutely nothing against vegans, especially when their viewpoint is presented logically and clearly and calmly, as you have.
I have issues, however, when some vegans decide to claim the moral high ground over me, because I continue to eat meat. Let alone when they try to evangelise me. And I realize, baby with the bathwater. It's not fair to lump all vegans together in the same boat in the same way that it's not fair to lump all the Christians in the same boat:
> PETA can't rightfully preach about animal rights while
> euthanizing tens of thousands of unwanted pets every
> year. Hypocrisy at its finest.
Not at all. Animal rights groups are strongly against the ownership of animals. Euthanizing instead of running an effective adoption program is actually seen as the lesser evil. They obviously don't connect those dots in their public fund raising materials...
I think the point is that if you skip the "right to life", no other rights really matter*.
* Excepting, of course, the right of your descendants to profit from your copyrights for at least 50 years after your death, which will only rarely come into effect in the animal kingdom.
> I think the point is that if you skip the
> "right to life", no other rights really matter*.
Nature doesn't recognize any "right to life". For the vast majority of creatures, it's more like "a right to live a short, nasty life constantly running and hiding in fear, only to die starving and/or screaming".
Animal rights see the "right to not be property" as implying a kind of "right to life". That is, if you stop treating them as property, then you can't just go around killing them on a whim. I guess tha
Vegetarians are a whole different and sad subspecies of humankind, they try to deny we've been eating meat from animals since many millions of years.
As a matter of fact we've become the creatures we are because we ate animals, for example there is strong evidence of a correlation in humanoids starting to eat seafood and a jump in intelligence that led to the making and use of tools.
Well, it is a more concentrated form of protein, which leaves you more time from gathering roots and berries, to like, build stuff, like pyramids, dams, hospitals , a civilization and the like.
This guy had a good take at it all: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Bronowski [wikipedia.org]
My girlfriend had a veggie book, that claimed that eating meat was against human instinct; "who would ever think of eating a nice, cuddly squirrel?"
I countered with a quote from Benjamin Franklin, "hunger never saw bad bread'.
Well, it is a more concentrated form of protein, which leaves you more time from gathering roots and berries, to like, build stuff, like pyramids, dams, hospitals , a civilization and the like.
Well, not quite. The basis of all civilizations has been the ability to grain of some kind, which allows a few people to create a lot of food, to feed enough people to allow a division of labor and the creation of a class structure. It actually takes each member of a civilization much more labor to be able to feed the
While I'm not a vegetarian, I find your argument invalid. There are plenty of examples of things we've done since many millions of years which are not socially acceptable anymore, at least in our society.
Appeal to tradition, also known as proof from tradition, appeal to common practice, argumentum ad antiquitatem, false induction, or the "is/ought" fallacy, is a common logical fallacy in which a thesis is deemed correct on the basis that it correlates with some past or present tradition. The appeal takes the form of "this is right because we've always done it this way."
An appeal to tradition essentially makes two assumptions:
* The old way of thinking was proven correct when introduced. In actuality this may be false -- the tradition might be entirely based on incorrect grounds.
* The past justifications for the tradition are still valid at present. In cases where circumstances have changed, this assumption may be false.
No, not PETA, the developers of Super Meat Boy.
After hearing about this game I was curious as to whether a Linux version was available or in the works. I ended up at http://www.indiegames.com/blog/2010/10/indiegamescom_podcast_5_super.html [indiegames.com], and a commenter put a link to a podcast with the developers here: http://www.levelfortytwo.com/2009/12/talk-is-cheap-12-21-09/ [levelfortytwo.com]
The relevant bit starts at 43:55. Basically, they think that a Linux version would mean it would have to be open source, which obviously it doesn't. To quote one of the developers: "Linux can fuck off as far as I'm concerned." Gee, thanks. I don't mind if you're not going to bother making a port to Linux, but to not even bother to understand what people are asking and instead resorting to profanity shows these guys are a bunch of closed-minded dicks.
To do this, they HAD to look beyond the title.
Super Meat Boy has nothing to fucking do with meat on a dietary level. What the hell went through the minds of those at PETA?
Until they take over and make us their pets no...no sympathy from me.
In essence, you're saying that if aliens come here and make us their pets then we don't need rights either and they can do with us as they please.
That's a really limited way of seeing things.
It used to be SOP to eat the dead in many cultures. There's still tribes where the custom is for the new chief to eat the heart of the old one when he dies. What's crazy about that? People are made out of meat. Crazy would be killing them to eat them when the alternative is not starvation but merely menu boredom.
It used to be SOP to eat the dead in many cultures. There's still tribes where the custom is for the new chief to eat the heart of the old one when he dies. What's crazy about that?
There are several rather serious diseases that are only transmitted by eating the flesh of humans. You rarely hear of these diseases because they only appear among cannabalistic cultures of which there are few. However, I remember reading somewhere in the last 10 years about a culture that was confirmed to have certain cannabalistic traditions because of the occurence among them of one of those diseases. Up until that disease was diagnosed among them, it was believed that the references to that culture eati
Animals die, you know, so it's mostly a matter of how and at what age. Me, I'd rather have my head clubbed or my neck slit in a farm than be eaten half-alive by a predator that just mauled me enough to keep me still. And while that's not a true dichotomy, the odds of dying peacefully, surrounded and guarded by my peers are small.
You are in a maze of little twisting passages, all different.


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Roy Hodgson has admitted he is "disappointed" not to have Rio Ferdinand at his disposal for England's upcoming World Cup qualifiers - but refused to be drawn on the Manchester United defender's plans to fly to Qatar during to international break to work as a TV pundit.
Ferdinand earned his first call up for England since 2011 for the games against San Marino and Montenegro - but pulled out of the squad citing concerns that appearing for the Three Lions would interfere with his "pre-planned fitness regime", designed to help manage a long-term back problem.
However he courted controversy after it was revealed he would be making the 15-hour round trip to Qatar to cover the game against San Marino as a TV pundit - prompting the 34-year-old to take to Twitter to defend his actions.
Hodgson refused to be drawn on the issues surrounding Ferdinand's withdrawal and his subsequent plans during the international break, but admitted he was disappointed he wasn't part of the squad.
"I don't have any serious thoughts. I was disappointed when he couldn't join up with us because I picked him as one of our four defenders," he said.
"What he does now and how he operates in the coming couple of weeks is his business and the club's business. I'm not really interested in the players that aren't here."
"I just look at the players that are here in the squad and worry about them. It would have been nice for Rio to be here but he's not and we move on without him."
Doubts remain over whether Ferdinand will be able to add to his 81 caps after this incident, another issue Hodgson refused to comment on.
"It's more a question of how his injury situation will impact on him playing for England," he explained. "We will see. It is speculation about a long-term future but I am only focusing on the next two games."
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text: Unless we design research programs to look at why people would rather stay on country than receive effective health treatments, Aboriginal health may not improve. Dan Peled/AAP August 18, 2017 Controlled experiments won't tell us which Indigenous health programs are working Tim Carey, Flinders University Like all good health care, improving health in remote settings requires an evidence base. But forcing all research questions into the randomised controlled trial model is not the answer.


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CAMC has recently begun offering several new, state-of the art endoscopy procedures that offer many advantages for patients.
The human lungs are like tree branches because there are many divisions within them. A regular scope cannot reach the outer two-thirds of the lungs, meaning that, in the past, people with suspicious nodules were put primarily on a "wait and watch" course of treatment, which is frightening for all involved. With the superDimension system, a bronchoscope can extend to regions deep within the lung.
"It works like GPS works in a car," said Tom Takubo, DO. "A catheter is used to look at sensors placed on the chest and is guided through the complex lung system."
Using these sensors, a three-dimensional roadmap of the lung is transferred to a special software system to track the real-time position of the guide catheter. This targets lesions in the lungs. Once arriving at a target, the location sensor is removed and the guide catheter provides a channel for diagnostic or therapeutic tools.
"This system will allow us to catch lung cancers much earlier," Takubo said. "This is the first significant advancement in years that actually might increase the survival rate of those diagnosed with lung cancer, and right now only 5 percent of hospitals in the country are using it."
Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS)
Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS) combines endoscopy and ultrasound in order to obtain images and information about the digestive tract and the surrounding tissue and organs.
"When the procedure is performed, conscious sedation is administered. Once the patient is sleepy, a special endoscope is inserted which has a camera for direct visualization of the esophagus, stomach and small bowel; as well as an ultrasound probe for examination of surrounding structures," said Jeremy R. Stapleton, DO.
At that time, the physician observes the inside of the intestinal tract on a TV monitor and the ultrasound image on another monitor. The entire procedure takes about 30 to 90 minutes, depending on the complexity and whether or not fine needle aspiration (FNA) is performed.
"Endoscopic ultrasound has become a crucial part of the diagnosis, staging and management of numerous gastrointestinal and mediastinal diseases," Stapleton said.
EUS can help diagnose via FNA and stage gastrointestinal and mediastinal cancers, detect common bile duct stones, assess masses of the gastrointestinal lining, assess enlarged stomach folds that may be involved with cancer deep in the stomach wall and unreachable by surface biopsies, diagnose diseases of the internal organs, and safely and accurately collect fluid samples from the lungs or the abdominal cavity for analysis.
"There are probably fewer than five physicians performing this procedure throughout the state, and three of them are here at CAMC," Stapleton said. "It can have extremely important implications in diagnosis and management through diagnostic FNA and staging of cancers."
SpyGlass is a new endoscope that can directly visualize biliary and pancreatic ducts. While a standard endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) creates two-dimensional black and white X-ray images, the SpyGlass system overcomes these restrictions by using a small, flexible tube to access hard to reach areas and physically enter the ducts to spot causes of disease and blockages.
The ability to literally look inside a tiny bile duct and take clear images allows for quicker and more accurate diagnoses. Repeat tests are also needed less, which is more convenient for patients.


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Wooooow thanks for share this info. Now i know why happens this :/
I am very grateful this post was stickied! I would have had no clue about any of this! Thanks many times over!! :)
My question is same as above. Do I also uncheck it for avatars folder? You mention to uncheck it for attachments directory but didn't mention avatars folder. I'm just assuming to also uncheck it for avatars folder since avatars are the topic subject.
You can just transfer everything as binary and it will be ok, as Arantor says here:
Or use your host's cpanel filemanager to make a zip file of everything, then download the zip. If you do this, make sure to read the popup window that shows what has been zipped because any error messages will show up in here. (For instance, if you don't have enough space for the zip file in your web space, it will fail.)
Thank you all for this thread as I had the very same problem. Godaddy was able to restore my forum directory from a backup and I have now moved it to my new domain name correctly and all now works okay. I thought, for a moment, I had lost all of my attachments and avatars but this thread alerted me to the problem and I was able to recover. That was a close call!
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NEP features Jiiva and Samantha in the lead with Santhanam playing a crucial role. One of the major highlights of the film is Ilayaraja`s soothing chart-busting melodies which have been ruling the air waves.
December 14 is said to be the best season in Chennai as it is the music festival season. And NEP producers have zeroed in on a very good date as it is the beginning of the Christmas holiday season which will enable the film to take a flying opening.
NEP is produced by Gautham Menon's Photon Kathaas and Elred Kumar`s RS Infotainment. The film will also have a Telugu release titled Yeto Vellipoyindhi Manasu with actor Nani and Samantha.
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Everything sounds fine to me, but I have a question. What do you do with the quince? I have a huge bush which gives me a lot of quince every fall. The only thing that I/ve ever done with them is to make jelly.
I am in the Bed and breakfast business, and my guests really enjoy the delicate flavour of the quince, but I would like to do something else with them. I have not had much luck in finding recipes for them. Send me the link to your blog in a private message if you don't want to post it here.
I am not a teacher.


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Francisco Liriano helped the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Oakland Athletics for the first time in team history on Wednesday with a 5-0 victory.
Pittsburgh came into the game 0-11 against Oakland all-time, but Liriano (9-3) paved the way to snap that streak as he gave up just four hits and a walk with six strikeouts over seven innings to win his fourth straight start.
"The one walk, the six punchouts, just the command of everything tonight," Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said of Liriano. "He was just on top of his game."
Pedro Alvarez drove in a pair, while Jose Tabata finished the game with two hits, two runs scored and an RBI for the Pirates, who snapped a four-game losing streak.
Coco Crisp had three of the five hits for the Athletics, who had won five of six coming in. Tommy Milone (8-8) lasted just 2 2/3 innings as he gave up three runs on seven hits to lose for the first time in four starts.
"They just made him work," A's manager Bob Melvin said of Milone's outing. "They made him work, got his pitch count up and dunked some hits in there and then squared up a couple and next thing you know he's got a lot of pitches under his belt."
After a nearly three-hour rain delay, the game finally got underway and stayed scoreless until the Pirates went on top in the third. Starling Marte led off with a double and quickly raced home as Tabata followed with a double. Tabata then came home on a single from Andrew McCutchen, who later scored on a base hit to right from Alvarez for a 3-0 lead.
Pittsburgh added two runs in the fourth as Tabata reached on a fielder's choice, moved to third on a McCutchen single and came home on a Russell Martin base hit to center. Alvarez singled to right off Jerry Blevins to plate McCutchen for a 5-0 advantage.
Oakland got a runner to third base in the third, but that was it for the threats Liriano retired the final 10 men he faced.
Justin Wilson kept the A's off the board in the eighth. Jeanmar Gomez closed out the game with a perfect ninth, striking out Nate Freiman to finish off the shutout.
Game Notes
Both teams have off on Thursday as the Pirates will host the Mets starting on Friday, while the A's return home to start a set against Boston ... Liriano moved to 4-4 in 15 games (13 starts) against Oakland in his career ... Pittsburgh batted 5-for-9 with runners in scoring position, but did strand nine men.


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Video Five Easy Pieces: Short Product Presentations from CES 2014 (Video) 19
Five Easy Pieces: Short Product Presentations from CES 2014
Interviewee:Here I have a ZeroHour USB Tactical Grade Battery Backup Flashlight. It is a tactical grade flashlight with an integrated USB battery backup. So you can actually charge your iPad, your other tablets, and your other mobile devices.This is very very bright. We are using a CREE XM-L U3 LED. I can show you how bright that is right now.That's 1000 maximum lumen output right there. There's 20, 400, and 18.
Tim:How is it different from other flashlights?
Interviewee:Well, it is different because it is modular. Sure, it is a flashlight but it is also a battery backup. It can also be used independently of one another. So you can actually detach the flashlight, attach a cap, and now you have a portable, USB battery backup that's nearly indestructible.
Pete Walton :We are MadeSolid a 3D printing materials company. We are here at CES. We produce, we do research, and we formulate our own resins, photopolymers and filaments for 3D printers.
Tim:Why is that important?
Pete :That's important because there is a lot of room for development in terms of materials. There needs to be more functionality and lower prices. So for example, in the Form 1 we are the only other people to be able to get our resins formulated to work in a compatible way with Form 1. We are cheaper, we are easier to work with, and we offer a lot more colors. With filament printers, we actually have a PET derivative that is strong like ABS easy to work with like PLA but a lot more flexible.
Tim:How long has that been under tension there?
Pete :This has been under tension for three weeks and it is still holding strong. Still springing. That's right.
Tim:Very cool. What's the future for 3D printing?
Interviewee: The future of 3D printing is all in the materials. The more and better materials you have, the more functionality you bring the better you can actually do things with your printer.
Bhavesh Shah :This is Tango. This is the world's most powerful pocketable, dockable, officeable, entertainmentable, gameable Windows PC. What we have inside this is a quad core AMD 25 watt processor which is a standard laptop performance.We got a DDR3 slot for RAM. You can put up to 8 gig RAM. We have a slot inside for data drive you can put up to ½ terabyte of SSD inside. All in a small box with Windows 7, or Linux or any other PC based operating system you like, you can install it on it. It is pretty open hardware.
Francesco:I am Francesco Giartosio. This is our company GlassUp. We are developing eye glasses that allow you to see information.Very simple very basic. This is how they will look like. And the prototype that I have in my other hand shows what next offering we have to show.We want this to be monochrome, low resolution 320 x 240. We want to give information depending on the alphabet, it can be of very different kinds. We wanted it to be cheaper than our competitors. We want the information to be seen in front of you, overimposed on reality, and we want to come around to market in this year so that the users that are waiting for it, can get it. Our price will be $399. And the difference with Google Glasses is that Google has it on the side, we want to see the information just in front of you. And we want them to look like a normal pair of glasses. No camera in the first version. We will have a camera VGA for industrial uses in following versions.
Caith:My name is Caith. I am a product designer/operations at Doorbot. Doorbot is a Wi-Fi wireless doorbell that pings your cell phone no matter wherever in the world you are. All you got to do is press the button, it is going to send a push notification to your cell phone, just like a facetime call, you could answer the call, decline it.
Tim:So is there a camera in there that lets you see who is at the door?
Caith:Yes, there is a camera installed in it. You can actually rotate the camera as per your needs.
Tim:And how is it powered?
Caith:It is actually dual powered so you could actually power it through the existing doorbell wiring installed and it is battery operated too.And the battery lasts up to a year.
Tim:So you can access the images then from anywhere?
Caith:Anywhere from the world.
Tim:Alright. Now this is for Android and iOS.
Caith:Yes, it works for both Android and iOS devices.
Tim:Why not desktop PCs?
Tim:Why not desktop PCs?
Caith:Well, we are building that interface yet, but for now it is only for iOS and Android.
Tim:Talk about price and availability.
Caith:So it is available at GetDoorBot.com for $199 retail pricing.
Tim:And that's now?
Caith:Yes, it is available now.


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MILFORD—A financial report prepared for the Caroline County Board of Supervisors shows the county government's debt is higher per capita than most other nearby localities.
Fran Hatcher, the county's finance director, prepared the report and presented it to the supervisors at their regular Jan. 22 meeting.
As of Nov. 16, 2012 the county's debt was $117,701,808, according to Hatcher's report. In March 2010 the county's debt was at $89,210,717.
The increase was due largely to a jump in utility fund debt from $23.6 million to $44 million in order to finance an expansion of the county's wastewater treatment plant. In addition, debt for schools increased from $33.6 million to $39.6 million due to renovation projects, and general government debt increased by $2.1 million to $34 million.
Hatcher's staff gathered data from surrounding counties, and the most recent data available for total county debt was June 30, 2011. Caroline's per capita debt was $4,151. That compares to $4,057 for King George, $3,281 for Stafford, $3,109 for Orange, $2,203 for Hanover, and $4,391 for Spotsylvania. Fredericksburg's per capita debt was $3,616.
The report did not include figures for King William, but the June 2009 per capita debt for King William was $2,060. Caroline's per capita debt was $3,260 at the time while Louisa was at $932 and Westmoreland, $926.
Total debt for other counties ranges from $96.8 million for King George to $537.5 million for Spotsylvania.
Caroline's debt service for the current fiscal year is expected to be $9.59 million, according to the report. However, the county's debt service is expected to rise to $10.29 million for fiscal year 2013-14 and continue rising until it reaches $14.6 million in 2016-17. Debt service is expected to drop to $8.2 million in 2017-18 and to $7 million by 2020-21.
A state agency that provides bond financing for local governments rejected a request by the county to refinance existing bonds a year ago. The county's application to the Virginia Resources Authority (VRA) was turned down because of its financial condition and increases in debt service expected in the future. The county was expecting to refinance the bonds at a lower interest rate and save money.
The county will continue to face challenging times in fiscal year 2013-14, according to a five-year outlook prepared by its financial advisory firm, Davenport & Company, and County Administrator Charles Culley. The county will be paying for a new $6.5 million radio system, which is required by the Federal Communications Commission, and the annual debt service payment for it may be $630,000. If financed by Motorola, however, the first payment may not be due until fiscal year 2014-15.
Also in the next fiscal year the county will probably have to lease new school buses and sheriff's vehicles at a cost of $1.09 million, and the annual payment would be $195,000, according to Davenport's report. The county also may need to lease a new $500,000 fire truck, and it needs to drill new wells that would cost an estimated $500,000.
With its debt service increasing, the county would have to obtain more revenue from real estate taxes, sales taxes, or other sources. For example, the $630,000 annual payment for the radio system would be equal to another 2.54 cents on the real estate tax rate, which is currently 72 cents per $100 in assessed value.
In fact, Davenport projected the county will need new, additional revenue equivalent to a 13.4-cent increase in the real estate tax rate in the next fiscal year – whether the revenue is raised from real estate taxes, personal property taxes, or other taxes or fees.
Caroline's real estate tax rate was as low as 48 cents in 2006, but that was after a reassessment drove property values higher. The most recent reassessment was in 2011.
In the current budget, one penny of the real estate tax rate generates $245,683 in revenue.
Davenport expects the county to conduct its next reassessment in 2015. An increase in property values of 1 percent would provide the county with $180,000 in additional revenue for fiscal year 2015-16 and beyond.
The county faces other significant costs, too. The supervisors and the School Board have been assembling a citizens panel to help guide a major new project to expand and renovate Caroline High School, which would cost in the range of $20 million. Improvements planned for Madison Elementary School would cost an estimated $3 million. The county may need to undertake a major water supply project that could cost in the neighborhood of $20 million. The county may expand its solid waste convenience site in Ladysmith for $200,000, and it is making plans for a new ambulance for $150,000.
The weak economy of recent years has hurt, noted Culley. "Few people in government have dealt with this type of economic downturn," he said. "I've been in government for 26 years and nothing I've seen has been this long and strong and with unemployment this high."
The total taxable value of residential, commercial, and agriculture property in Caroline County dropped from $2.86 billion in 2008 to $2.46 billion in 2012, according Sharon Carter, the county's commissioner of revenue. It may be inching back up because it was $2.43 billion in 2011.


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Alexander seals memorable retirement
Graham Alexander brought his 22-year career to a close in style as he curled home an injury-time equaliser which ensured Preston denied League One champions Charlton the chance to reach 100 points at Deepdale.
The Addicks, who wrapped up the title against Wycombe last weekend and could still bring up a century on the final day, looked to be cruising to treble figures after first-half goals from Danny Haynes and Dany N'Guessan.
However Preston had other ideas after the break with Nicky Hunt pulling one back before Alexander, an 84th-minute substitute and featuring for the last time, curled home a free-kick to clinch a 2-2 draw.
Haynes fired Charlton in front in the 11th minute after North End failed to clear their lines.
N'Guessan, on loan from London rivals Millwall, struck a second in the 35th minute, capitalising on sloppy play from David Gray following a short goalkick to fire home.
But Hunt cut the deficit in half 12 minutes into the second period with a stunning volley from 25 yards and Alexander completed a dramatic comeback with a curling free kick at close.
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LISLE – Future brides will gather for a one-day event to sample cake, search for a dress, try on jewelry, meet vendors and address other wedding planning needs in downtown Lisle Sunday.
The event, Bridal Mile in Lisle, will be noon to 4 p.m. Sunday along Main Street.
More than 45 vendors specializing in entertainment, health and beauty, fine jewelry, gifts, flowers, invitations, planning, travel, attire, cakes and more will be available to help brides plan their big day.
"[The event] saves the brides time and energy since they can meet everyone in one day," said event coordinator Mary Kay Vincenti, owner and president of Lisle business 121 Creative Communications. "We are excited and think it's going to be great."
At the event, brides will receive a bridal canvas tote bag, a $29 value, to carry information they receive from vendors and a "passport" to retrieve stamps from vendors they visit. Each bride will be asked to retrieve a certain number of stamps to learn how different vendors can help with their wedding, Vincenti said.
While some vendors at the event are based outside of Lisle, most are local, Vincenti said, including The Nook, which accepts custom orders for candy buffets at weddings, Past Presence Framing, which creates shadow box collages of wedding keepsakes, and Above and Beyond, The Pilates Studio, which provides an exercise program to get brides in shape prior to their wedding.
Brides will also be shuttled by bus and limousine to the Wyndham and Hilton hotels in Lisle, where they can tour reception halls, guest bedrooms and suites, taste appetizers and small plates of food, and meet additional vendors.
At the end of the event, brides will be asked to gather for a raffle, where they can win a travel gift certificate that can be used for a honeymoon.
Vincenti was inspired to bring Bridal Mile to Lisle after attending a similar event with her daughter. She began organizing it in February, and said the enthusiasm from vendors has convinced her to continue the event on a yearly basis.
Bridal Mile is sponsored by 121 Creative Communications, Lisle Dental Center, Hilton Hotel Lisle and Wyndham Hotel Lisle.
Registration is $25 per bride, and each bride can bring up to two guests.
For a list of participating vendors or to register, visit bridalmileinlisle.com. For more information, visit facebook.com/BridalMileinLisle or contact Vincenti at 630-418-6226.


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Cinnamon Bread and Cream Cheese
This is some bread that I made last month and then froze. It's been out to thaw for two days and today it was delicious!
This is some bread that I made last month and then froze. It's been out to thaw for two days and today it was delicious!
Love the shaping of this bread and how the colors all blend so nicely….How did you do it?
Thanks for the link. It does indeed look easy, and fun, to do. I always wonder how people come up with these shapes in the first place - just amazing.
My family love cinnamon raisin bread so I will use this method next time I make a loaf….sometime after the holidays.
Take Care,
I plan on making this on Saturday. I also do not care for Nutella so I will be using Cinnamon and Sugar. Do you remember how much of each you used? Also you mentioned Cream Cheese, how did you use it. I really like the way your bread came out, it really looks terrific. Any pointers on how to do that other than watch the video a couple of time before you make it?
Thanks, Dwayne
I normally operate on the assumption that if a little is good then a lot will be better. I'll try and put some reins on my bad habits. Sorry I had not realized that it was you that got me to try this, I saw your post with the Spinach and Garlic filling. I am actually going to make two of these, one will be for breakfast and the other will be a gift.
Thanks, Dwayne
A very interesting technique that produces a beautiful result! I will also try this one out my next cinnamon bread bake. Brian


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Not sure if you heard, but the NFL hosted the scouting combine over the past weekend. The event, which was televised by the NFL Network, gathered over 300 of college football's top prospects to evaluate their skills. Consider it the NFL's version of a job fair.
There were press conferences, team interviews and athletic drills. Players moved in mass around an obstacle course of workouts to measure their athletic ability, football acumen and future prospects as tomorrow's NFL stars.
Texans TV was on hand, surveying the scene from Lucas Oil Stadium. The amount of video and stories that came out of this event was staggering, and can all be found here and here.
Below is a look at some of the coolest moments from Indianapolis.
Speed at WR
One of the best parts of the NFL Network's coverage was their 'simulcast cam', which compared previous players in certain events (mainly the 40-yard dash) to athletes running this year. Below is a great example of that technology at work, as they combined all the talented and speedy wide receivers that ran at the combine in 2014.
Top Bench Press Performances
Who doesn't love brute strength? In this video, the NFL Network compiled the top bench press totals by the offensive lineman. For those that don't know, each prospect benches 225 pounds as many times as they can.
Combine Confessionals
In a cool behind the scenes series, the NFL Network ran several 'combine confessionals' featuring players in attendance. These videos gave insight on the player, asking them various questions to allow fans to get to know them better. Below is Alabama quarterback AJ McCarron.
Combine Tour
Never been to the NFL scouting combine? Don't worry, neither have I. That's why this video, with voice of the Texans Marc Vandermeer as your guide, is a must watch for the hardcore football fan. Vandermeer, using Google glass, gives you the tour of what it is like to cover the event as a member of the media.
Jadeveon Clowney = Beast
Just in case you missed it, Jadeveon Clowney is pretty fast. The 266 pound defensive end from South Carolina ran perhaps the most impressive 40-yard dash of the entire combine. Watch it below.


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The Jewish Agency offers most olim assistance towards the cost of travel to Israel according to the following general guidelines:
An oleh who travels to Israel at his own expense is usually not entitled to a reimbursement. Tourists who change status in Israel are also generally not entitled to a reimbursement, exceptunder certain specific conditions and with the permission of the Aliyah Desk for their respective country.
Note that assistance towards travel costs is available only for the first time that the oleh travels to Israel. An oleh who leaves Israel within 3 years, and stays abroad for 6 months or more, may be able to receive assistance provided that he did not obtain it for his first journey, or repaid the balance owed to the Jewish Agency.
Assistance to olim for covering the costs of shipments to Israel or for acquiring goods in Israel, takes the form of a loan repayable from the 2nd year following aliyah, over a 3-year period. Aid towards shipping costs is available within 3 years from the date of aliyah. One who changes status to "oleh" in Israel can obtain assistance within 3 years of entering Israel. A temporary resident (A/1) who changes status to oleh chadash within two years is eligible for the shipping loan under the same conditions.
Olim from the West must arrange for the transfer of their belongings to Israel on their own, through the shipping company of the their choice. The Jewish Agency is not a party to the transaction, however can provide information about shipping companies.
The Jewish Agency offers loans to subsidize shipping costs, following aliyah, through Bank Idud and according to the size of the oleh family and their country of origin.
In order to receive the loan, you must take the following to Bank Idud:
If you do not have the "summary process" document from your shaliach or you changed your status here in Israel, go see:
and they will issue you the appropriate document.
The Jewish Agency warehouse at Tsrifin is now closed.
For more information about assistance consult your local aliyah shaliach.


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Pharmacists remain among the more trusted professionals in America, just behind nurses and ahead of doctors, engineers, dentists and police officers. But even pharmacists make mistakes.
We recently received a letter from a reader: "Yesterday, I discovered that when my diabetes prescription was refilled, the druggist made a mistake and gave me something else. I didn't catch it at first because there was a note on the bottle saying that while the shape was different, it was the same prescription.
"My blood sugar numbers crept up, and I began to think there was a problem. I scrutinized the tablet, and instead of saying 1.5, it read 1.25. I went to the drugstore, and they confirmed that not only was it the wrong dosage, it was the wrong medication.
"Always check refills to make sure they are what they are supposed to be. Some pills can cause harm and even death to those who are not supposed to take them. I have no idea what drug I was given, but I'm glad that it caused me no problems except for uncontrolled blood sugar for several days."
Another reader averted a potentially serious problem by checking before she left the pharmacy: "My 11-year-old daughter takes Intuniv (guanfacine) for ADHD. When I picked up her prescription, I was given Invega (paliperidone) instead. This is an atypical antipsychotic used for the treatment of schizophrenia.
"Luckily I noticed before I even left the pharmacy. When I asked the tech, she said someone must have made a mistake entering it into the computer. She did it over and gave me the correct medicine.
"I don't understand why they didn't check her history and see that she takes Intuniv. I was told there is a many-step process before the prescription is released. So how did I get handed this incorrect medicine? Even more important, what could it have done to my 75-pound daughter?"
Sometimes a mistake leads to tragedy. A pharmacist in Illinois dispensed the diabetes medicine glipizide instead of the gout drug allopurinol. The patient did not notice the error, and his blood sugar went dangerously low. He suffered serious consequences, including a stroke, and ultimately died. The family sued the drug chain, and a jury awarded $31 million in damages (Drug Topics, Nov. 6, 2006).
You can learn more about the many things that might go wrong at the drugstore in "Pharmacy Exposed" by Dennis Miller, a registered pharmacist. We also provide a list of the top 10 pharmacist errors and information on how to protect yourself in our book "Top Screwups Doctors Make and How to Avoid Them."
Here are some safety tactics to employ the next time you pick up a prescription:
- Keep a copy of your prescription, and check the pill bottle you are given to make sure it agrees. Do this before you walk away from the cash register.
- Ask your pharmacist how to take the medicine. Find out if it matters whether you take it with food or on an empty stomach, and whether there are any beverages such as grapefruit juice or coffee that are incompatible.
- Review with the pharmacist all other drugs you take, including OTCs. Make sure you are not setting yourself up for a dangerous interaction.
Joe Graedon is a pharmacologist. Teresa Graedon holds a doctorate in medical anthropology and is a nutrition expert.


text: Hello everyone, I'm fairly new to car audio systems, but I've been reading these forums for a long time. Installing a system in my vehicle is something I always wanted to do and now, finally, I have the means to do so. I want to make sure I do it right and build a sick system so I know caraudio.com is the best place to come to. I also will share my experiences along the way. FYI, I will be installing in a 2012 Kia Optima SX with stock Infinity Premium Sound System (8 speakers + 8" sub + external amp).


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Makes contact with official as game ends......Wonder how this is handled by the NFL :yes:
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Makes contact with official as game ends......Wonder how this is handled by the NFL :yes:
I will be EXPECTING MASSIVE MEDIA OUTRAGE.
REX RYAN type Venom.
Cant wait.
Chris Collinsworth:....."I can't believe Bill Belichick just did that" :D
Goodell just burned all video from the game
Should be a suspension. However, good friend Goodell will just hit him with a fine.
He should be suspended for a game or 2......especially after the memo sent out to the league about not disrespecting the replacement officials
Doubt it though, small fine which will be paid by Krafty anyway
At least a one game suspension if Goodell has any balls.
Once a scumbag, always a scumbag.
More of the same from this jerk. He'll be fined
I am just so tired of these replacement refs. It's the freaking NFL, being called like an NBA game. Im thrilled the Pasts lost, but these refs are a joke.
Official will be fined for not ruling in Pats favor, and forcing Belicheat to have to grab him to point that fact to them. Being replacement refs is no excuse for not knowing that BB and Brady should never lose.
once a douche always a douche
@SI_PeterKing: Have thought all along NFL wouldn't cave on $3m/yr pension issue with real refs. I don't see how they have a choice now.
Shocking from Pete...
Replacement refs are the reason the Pats are 1-2... Kraft has the regular refs in the back pocket, literally. If the regular refs were calling these first three games then they would be 3-0 because they always call games in favor of the Patsie cakes.


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Phone number to Hamilton Place mall
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I've shared pictures and stories of Rex before. I believe my friend who owned him even joined PT. She is my neighbor, one of my best friends and almost like a sister. I feel so awful. Today she put Rexy boy to sleep. :( I loved that dog, he was such a sweet dog. Such a gem of a dog. He didn't have a mean bone in his body. He was a lab mix. I always thought he had some cattle dog or something in him due to his paws. Maybe you guys remember when he ran away? I've been texting my friend all day. She is very sad. He was 12 years old, he had a huge tumor on his side that the Vets couldn't drain or anything 'cause he was too old and he just started goin' down hill.
I feel so bad, because I know it's the worst feeling. Rest in peace, Rex you were a great loved mutt, that's for sure!
I think I posted a thread years back when he ran away and we were looking for him for 6+ hours, man, he never did anything like that again! Smart boy.