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I like to master guys. So does my housemate who lives with me.
I am more submissive primarily and my housemate (R) is not.
When I slave guys, I would describe myself more as a gentle Master, and as R put it once, I like to "make friends" with my slaves, in a sense that I talk to them in a more friendly matter of fact, manner, and gently slave them overall, and in a way push only when I get their permission in a way. I can push them quite hard though, if I sense that they let me.
R, on the other hand, is, or can be, quite a bit more forceful in domination. He does not care if he pushed slaves too hard or too fast that they have to use a safe work to get out.
So one particular question I have is this:
about a year ago, there was this slave who replied to my scat ad. he was interested, but nothing came out of that. Now, he emails me again and I recognized him! This time he was interested in all sorts of things but no mention of scat. Anyway, I invite him over, ask him for his limits and he says "anything that will not kill me". I probe more -- what about body marks? He tells me "it's really my first time, let's hold off on those". I say okay and away we go into the tieing to the bed.
I had to shit really really really bad by the way and knowing that he was interested in scat at some point before, I though I would break him into it. One of my fantasies once was to have a guy shit on me after I licked that guy's ass.. Anyway that was my fantasy and I though I would try to see if this slave would have a similar one.
So I had this slave smell my ass and was going to ask him to rim me. Guess what I hear? Slave says "I can't, Master". Why not? "it's not hygenic, dirty and I am scared of diseases". So I think oh.. and ask him if he can do if it I wash up. He says yes. I wash up and he licks my ass. Then I ask him about using him as a toilet. He says no. We talk a little more and I have a feeling (don't know right or wrong) that he will not be up for me taking a shit on him. So I skip that experience entirely. And I beat the hell out of him for not pleasing his Master, he sobs, scream-groans and cries from pain and shame.
Now ... R tells me that I could just shit on him without asking him about it. Like at that point where I asked him if he could be my toilet, instead just shit on him right there. And if he safewords-out of that, then so be it. He did not list scat as one of his limits, so just do it on him.
That's where I want some advice. Can I just do that and force myself on someone like this?
My gut feeling told me to not to proceed with this based on all the information I had at the time. But I also see the value of just forcing the guy into a new experience as well, without asking, but although maybe with some kind of a warning, and even if he says no, there room to do it anyway. What do you say?


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Had my Sirius radio on this morning when it did an update. When the update finished, Howard Stern was no longer able to be listened to and it says call to subscribe, however everything else was ok, and I noticed a bunch of new sports channels around the 200-220 area. I don't see anything mentioning the changes on their site, but then what's new about that? We the subscribers are always the last to know anything.
Anyone else experiencing this issue?

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The Charlotte Bobcats have reportedly agreed to terms with center Al Jefferson.
According to the Charlotte Observer, Jefferson will make approximately $13.5 million per season in the three-year deal, which includes a player option for 2015-16.
The deal cannot become official until July 10, when free agency begins.
The 6-foot-10 Jefferson averaged 17.8 points, 9.2 rebounds and 2.1 assists in 78 games with the Utah Jazz last season.
Selected out of high school with the 15th overall pick in the 2004 NBA Draft, the 28-year-old Jefferson has career averages of 16.4 points, 9.0 rebounds and 1.5 assists with the Celtics (2004-07), Timberwolves (2007-10) and Jazz (2011-13).
The Observer also reported that the Bobcats will use their amnesty clause to waive forward Tyrus Thomas to make room for Jefferson under the salary cap.
Thomas, who had two seasons and more than $18 million remaining on a five-year contract he signed in July of 2010, averaged career lows of 4.8 points and 2.3 rebounds over 26 games in a disappointing 2012-13 campaign.


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The nation is counting down to the new year with all kinds of celebrations today, with cities and counties lavishing money on New Year's Eve countdown parties or firework shows, or both, amid talk about the bad economy and austerity. The New Year's Eve countdown party in Taipei, for example, has a budget of NT$8 million (US$274,500) this year. Taipei's Department of Information and Tourism tried to increase the budget to NT$15 million for next year's countdown party, but failed after the city council turned down the proposal.
The ambitious budget proposal was at odds with the city government's previous outcry against the Executive Yuan's new policy of lowering the debt ceiling for most local governments, when it said the budget cut would hurt the city's finances. Although they are complaining about financial difficulties, local governments are competing to throw more money and manpower at New Year's Eve galas.
Taipei Mayor Hau Lung-bin (郝龍斌) joined Taichung Mayor Jason Hu (胡志強) and many other local government heads in dismissing Minister of Finance Chang Sheng-ford's (張盛和) suggestion that local cities should cancel the costly New Year Eve's activities and firework shows, and use their budgets more carefully. They said that the galas attract huge crowds and boost the local economy, so the money is well spent. Hau further insisted that the annual event has enhanced Taipei's international reputation.
Rather than scaling down the countdown party, the city will continue to hold the party in grand style to meet public expectations.
The Taipei mayor was not wrong about the international fame Taipei enjoys due to the event. Thanks to the Taipei 101 firework shows, Taipei's countdown event was selected by CNN as one of the 10 best places in the world to "see in the new year in style." The countdown party and the 101 fireworks show have become a signature new year celebration in Taiwan.
The annual event in Taipei was initiated by former president Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) when he served as Taipei mayor, and the city government has since expanded the event, which attracts huge crowds every year. In order to impress these crowds, the government has spent more money every year for the countdown party and firework displays.
The budget for the event during President Ma Ying-jeou's (馬英九) term as Taipei mayor was about NT$2 million. The Hau city administration increased the budget annually, reaching NT$8 million this year. This excludes the NT$30 million spent on the Taipei 101 fireworks show, which is under private sponsorship, and the additional production costs of the countdown party, which add up to more than NT$30 million, according to the organizer of the event, TVBS.
Besides the nation's capital, 14 cities and counties have also organized countdown parties to celebrate the new year. According to information from the Ministry of Finance, the Hualien County Government budgeted NT$13 million for its countdown party, while Greater Kaohsiung spent NT$9 million.
While the budgets for the countdown parties in different cities vary, the events are similar: Every city competes to get pop stars and top performers for its lineup. While there is nothing wrong with ushering in the new year with countdown celebrations and building a festive spirit, when almost all the performers featured are old faces, the events are much the same from year to year and the venues are filled with tonnes of garbage, perhapse it is time to think about what is left after the dazzling fireworks shows.
If canceling countdown parties and asking people not to watch the fireworks shows is too extreme, local governments should try to be innovative about the new year celebrations and not rush to expand the scale of the events for the sake of competition. After all, fireworks are not the only option for new year celebrations, and New Year's Eve countdown parties can be more than concerts filled with pop stars.


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Hi Patrick,
My prayers thoughts are with yours for your Dad and Mum. My grandmother had Parkinsons. I treasure that final look of recognition in her eyes the last time I saw her, before she passed away.
I love the Chronodex idea and would love to give it a go. My thinking is currently very linear and it looks like a great way to tickle my dormant creative side. I was wondering if you could create an A5 format (when you find the time, and if you wish to). I do like the portrait version shown above. I would use it with my Atoma disc binder.
I'm going to start full-time uni next year and I think this will be a great way to keep track of time and assignments.
Thanks for a great idea!
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Thanks a lot NOS. It is not difficult to accept the fact that life will end some time soon, seeing how a person suffer is a totally different thing.
I'm gonna post Cororado's version so that you can download to try.
I do think A5 is a very good size to exploit the radial aspect of the Chronodex, it seems to have more room to allow a portrait version which is more natural to most people IMHO. What do you think?
BTW, working at retail, Xmas is the busiest time of the year and I doubt I could make it, but I'll try.


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For many drivers, the fear of rising auto insurance rates keeps them from driving too fast or leaving their license at home.
For many drivers, the fear of rising auto insurance rates keeps them from driving too fast or leaving their license at home.
Get into an accident or get a ticket, and what's the second thought you might have?
"Oh, my gosh, my insurance will go up." You might use stronger language, but the sentiment is the same.
AAA estimated that last year almost 31 million Americans traveled by car during the Memorial Day weekend and another 36 million during the July Fourth holiday. With that many cars on the road, traffic violations - not to mention accidents - are bound to happen.
The thing is, you don't generally know how much a traffic ticket will affect your car insurance.
The website Insurance.com has created an online tool that allows drivers to estimate the percentage increase to their auto insurance rates for 14 common violations. It's called the "Uh-Oh! Calculator."
Get a ticket for not wearing your seat belt, and that could increase your insurance rate by about 3 percent, according to Insurance.com, which provides consumer insurance information and quotes.
"We decided to develop the calculator, because average rate increases for common traffic violations were not widely known or reported, yet everyone is curious about it," said Michelle Megna, managing editor of Insurance.com. "Naturally, you know how much the ticket costs and you realize your car insurance rates are likely to go up, but after that, it's a bit of a black hole. No one really knows what to expect in specific dollar amounts."
To come up with the averages, the company said it analyzed nearly a half-million auto insurance quotes provided to its users from 2009 to 2011. Drivers with common violations were compared with folks with no infractions. Insurance.com then used this information to figure out annual premiums that also took into account people's personal information such as age, where they live and length of time with their insurance provider.
If you get a ticket, you will likely get a surcharge on your car insurance premium upon renewal, Megna said. So here are the percentage increases a ticket might cost:
� Reckless driving: 22 percent
� First offense for driving under the influence: 19 percent
� Driving without a license or permit: 18 percent
� Careless driving: 16 percent
� Speeding 30 mph or more over the posted limit: 15 percent
� Failure to stop: 15 percent
� Improper turn: 14 percent
� Improper passing: 14 percent
� Following too close/tailgating: 13 percent
� Speeding 15 to 29 mph over the limit: 12 percent
� Speeding one to 14 mph over limit: 11 percent
� Failure to yield: 9 percent
� No car insurance: 6 percent
Of course the caveat to the calculator is that the average percentage increases will vary depending on your personal information, including your overall driving record. Still, this tool is a great guideline.
Contact Michelle Singletary, a personal finance columnist at The Washington Post, at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Mark van Bommel says Lionel Messi would struggle to achieve the feats he has in La Liga if he was plying his trade in Italy.
Messi struggled to impose himself on proceedings last night as AC Milan secured a famous 2-0 win over Barcelona to put them on the verge of qualification for the quarter-finals of the Champions League.
The Argentinian forward, who has 48 goals this season already and broke the record for most most goals in a year in 2012, has not scored in his 11 games against Italian opposition from open play.
Van Bommel, who spent a season with the Rossoneri between 2011 and 2012, believes Messi wouldn't able to score so many goals if he was playing in Serie A.
"Three quarters [of the AC Milan changing room] thought he would score definitely less [than 30 goals a season in Serie A]," Van Bommel, who also had a spell with Barcelona, told Algemeen Dagblad.
"And that's me included, yes. Serie A is just a very different approach to football. You can still neutralise sides like in no other league.
"It was only last year that Messi scored his first goal against an Italian club. This is no coincidence."
Van Bommel is now back playing with PSV Eindohoven, the club he made his name with between 1999 and 2005.
The Dutchman says he enjoyed life at both the Nou Camp and the San Siro, but admits he preferred playing in Italy because of the affection shown to him by the fans.
"At Barcelona I had a great year, but the affection at Milan was huge," the former Netherlands international added.
"Perhaps it was also about how I arrived at the club. I was brought in as a big name. But at Milan, I was able to apply myself, I think, in terms of football but also as a human being, and I had a great time.
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It was standing room only in the Solano County Board of Supervisors Chambers on Tuesday, as three supervisors were formally sworn in to represent the county.
Supervisor Linda Seifert was re-elected to represent District 2 and will once again serve as the board's chair after a unanimous vote from her colleagues.
Supervisor Skip Thomson is once again serving on the board to represent District 5 after he left the post in 2002. He was chosen to serve as vice chair.
Supervisor Erin Hannigan, who formerly served on the Vallejo City Council, will represent District 1 and was chosen to serve as chair pro tem.
Seifert, who also served as chair in 2012, said she thoroughly enjoyed it, as it gave her an appreciation of how issues really impact the people.
She said it's been a privilege to serve the community the last four years and she believes the board has done good work, even while they don't always agree.
"The work is the result of respectful disagreement," she said, adding that she hopes the board can continue its collaborative decision-making.
Supervisor Jim Spering praised Seifert for her leadership.
"It takes good leadership to meet the needs for Solano County," he said, adding that Seifert has done an outstanding job of demonstrating patience and respect. "Her leadership helped guide us through the challenges."
He also added that it's only fitting that Seifert continue as chair of the board.
Seifert recalled some of the positive changes during the last four years, including a precedent-setting rooster ordinance that is aimed at keeping illegal cockfighting out of Solano.
Additionally, she said when she first campaigned for office, it was partially to create an open and transparent government. While improvements have been made, she said there is still more that can be done.
During the next four years, Seifert hopes to secure a funding source for parks and recreation in order to preserve open space since Solano County is one of few California counties without a steady revenue stream for that department.
Seifert also wants to see the county continue work on protecting agriculture, water and the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta.
"I have much hope and optimism for the coming year," she said. "I'm so excited not only about this year, but the next four years."
Hannigan and Thomson are just as thrilled.
Hannigan said her parents instilled in her to be humble and to always give back to the community.
"This is a great day for all of us," she said. "I'm looking forward to serving my community in my hometown with my colleagues."
Holding his 2-month-old grandson, Thomson told the packed chamber that all the supervisors have one goal: to make the best county government it can be.
"This is the reason so many of us get into politics," Thomson said, referring to the little guy in his arms. He added that it's a privilege to serve on the board again and he "hopes to meet your expectations."
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WILSONVILLE, Ore. — (BUSINESS WIRE) — January 24, 2012 — Mentor Graphics Corp. (NASDAQ: MENT), a leader in high-performance system verification solutions, today announced that Altera, a leader in innovative custom logic solutions, has adopted the Veloce® emulator platform for the accelerated verification of its next-generation products. Altera's solutions target a wide range of applications, including automotive, broadcast, computer and storage, consumer, industrial, medical, military, test and measurement, wireless, and wireline.
Altera chose the Veloce platform due to its high runtime performance, fast compiler technology, ease-of-use, excellent debug capabilities, and the ability to mix transaction-based acceleration and traditional in-circuit emulation (ICE) modes of operation. Additionally, the ability to use the Veloce platform as a shared resource across their global development teams was a considerable benefit to Altera.
"The level of integration in leading-edge FPGAs requires that we leverage the most sophisticated emulation and verification tools so that we can achieve our time-to-market goals, performance requirements, and minimize design risks in our latest device portfolio," said David Moore, director, software and IP engineering at Altera. "Using Mentor's Veloce platform lets us quickly and accurately exercise hardware designs at performance levels orders of magnitude higher than that achievable by RTL simulation and enables greatly reduced debug cycles as a result."
The Veloce platform, with dual mode accelerator and emulator, provides high performance for both transaction-based verification and traditional in-circuit emulation (ICE). With an extensive portfolio of both physical and virtual vertical market solutions, the Veloce platform is the platform of choice for multimedia, networking, wireless, storage, and embedded systems applications.
"We have worked closely with Altera to provide the best possible emulation solution that meets Altera's needs and allows them to accurately verify their next-generation designs," said Eric Selosse, Mentor Emulation Division (MED) vice president and general manager. "We are delighted that Altera benefits from our latest-generation Veloce emulators, and that they have adopted our high-performance, transaction-based acceleration (TBX), and iSolve™ vertical solutions for the validation of industry-standard on-chip protocols."
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By Teresa Rivas
Intuit (INTU) broke even in its fourth quarter, reporting adjusted earnings per share of 0 cents, in line with estimates.
However its revenue of $634 million beat the consensus estimates of $622.95 million.
In addition, it said that its board of directors approved a new quarterly cash dividend of 19 cents per share, an increase of 12% or 2 cents per share, payable on Oct. 18 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on Oct. 10.
For the first quarter, the company expects to earn between 10 cents and 11 cents a share, compared to the three-cent consensus estimate. However its revenue range, between $595 million and $605 million was below the $619 million analysts were looking for.
For the full year, it now expects to earn between $3.52 a share to $3.60 a share, compared to the $3.58 consensus. However, its revenue forecast of $4.44 billion to $4.525 billion was below the $4.55 analysts were expecting.
On August 1, Intuit lowered its current-quarter and full-year outlook and said it had completed the divestiture of its financial services business.
Earlier this month, Oppenheimer analysts raised their target price by $4 for Intuit to $69, as they saw favorable risk-reward profile ahead of the earnings report and investors were already digesting the changes.
In May, Intuit rose after its third-quarter earnings report beat estimates, despite a light fourth-quarter outlook.
Rival H&R Block (HBR) missed fourth-quarter expectations in June.
Nonetheless, with a tax-centric business, fourth-quarter results typically only account for 15% of the company's total annual revenue.
The shares, which were falling more than 4% right after the release, were down 1.1% at 4:15.


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Unfortunate that respecting privacy to the extent the law permits is the exception, not the norm...
Yes. Sadly, that's why it's news. Were it the norm, it would not be news...
Err... not to the extent the law permits... to the minimum the law requires
But the two are related closely. In the US, metadata is considered the corporations, which obviously has no privacy right to the data. The idea is that the person has already disclosed that data. Hence, the government has a much lower, well non-existent, burden on law enforcement because they are asking for business records, not for personal information.
In Canada, it seems that just got inverted, so now it's private information v
The Canadian courts think that our right against unreasonable search is actually a right to privacy and it's not just the government that has to respect that right, businesses have to respect rights as well.
Another example is that the courts have ruled that companies can't do drug tests for no reason whereas down the States it seems to be standard procedure even if (off-work) drug use has no bearing on the job.
Perhaps you should read what you are replying to before replying.
Fuck you american corporations
did so in a completely gentlemanly manner...
with profound politeness and thoughtful adjectives.
Dearest representatives of the corporate interests of the United States of America:
It behooves me to request that, as we collectively drop the rears of our trousers, would you kindly bend down and kiss our asses? Only if you please, eh?
With tender, gentlemanly affection,
Your friendly neighbour,
One of the draconian provisions of the upcoming Trans-Pacific Partnership, which the Canadian government unfortunately signed on to (and just hosted a meeting of in Ottawa) is that ISPs are legally expected to monitor and rat out their customers for accessing verboten content, ie torrents.
I hope that this is the beginning of the end for that idea.
ISPs are legally expected to monitor and rat out their customers for accessing verboten content, ie torrents.
Not that I'm disputing the fact that more than a healthy percentage of torrent downloading is copyrighted content where unauthorized copies (ie, copies for which no explicit permission was ever given to make) are being distributed, but not *ALL* of it is... so who does the ISP "rat out" their customers to?
The big difference between Australia and the UK compared to Canada is that Canada's constitution includes a bill of rights and the Supreme Court isn't shy about striking down laws as unconstitutional and the same with lesser courts including throwing out ill gotten evidence so here it's actually the courts requiring warrants and the government can't (actually this one will) just pass unconstitutional laws without ramifications.
The courts have already struck down provisions in law regarding both "reasonable suspicion" and "exigent circumstances." Slapping it back into the law, will ensure it ends right back up at the SCC and struck down again.
Thats one things we got one our side. The courts most of the time will side with the citizen when it come to Charter of Rights, for now they have our backs. Now is even a better time since Harper has been pissing them off and even the Con judges are going agaist the party line.
Luckily Harper has been having a hard time even finding qualified judges as extreme as his government.
The TPP can not sell Canadian Citizens Constitutional Right to privacy.
It's not a bill.
It's in the Constitution.
In writing.
No government can sell that right to another country.
(yes, I did take Canadian Law in grade 10, it was the best thing I ever did, other than Canadian Business Law later on, and, yes, my brother passed the BC bar and got his LLD from UBC)
When the ISP is forcibly shown who their real customers are, they will tow the line. Nice marketing play, though.
Darn it! Toe the line. Toe the line. HOLD THE LINE!!!!!!!
Me do speak English.
Yes, the current government has already done things like threaten to bring Verizon into the country and limit their access to spectrum auctions to make sure these companies do what our glorious leaders wants, I mean to promote competition.
Including those residing in countries with International Data Treaties with Canada.
Yes, that means the USA and the EU.
Privacy. It's what's for Breakfast, Lunch, and Supper.
Would you like some Poutine with that back bacon, American Privacy Ignorers?
It's difficulty will be on a scale of one to ten how reasonable it is.
"In 2011, the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association reported to Canada's privacy commissioner its members received 1.2 million requests for customer information in one year and disclosed information about 780,000 customers. http://www.cbc.ca/m/touch/news... [www.cbc.ca]"
I'm betting on a sizable dent in those numbers.
I have to applaud Rogers for doing the right thing.
This may even be a first for them, seeing as they are one of the most evil corporations ever created.
Rogers... one of the most evil corporations ever created.
I'm a Canadian, and I used to be a Rogers customer. Yes, they are evil, but they're nowhere near the top of the evilness ladder. Monsanto, Big Tobacco, and Big Pharma make companies like Rogers look positively saintly by comparison.
Not really that big... in Canada.
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Tim Tebow has reached out to Johnny Manziel amidst intense media scrutiny surrounding the Heisman Trophy winner.
The Texas A&M quarterback, nicknamed 'Johnny Football', has hit the headlines after being forced to leave the Manning Passing Academy early. Manziel, who was working as a councillor, was initially said to be ill, but has subsequently revealed it was a mutual decision for him to leave after over-sleeping and missing various sessions.
Whatever the situation, it's increased the attention on the talented QB, who was the first freshman to win the Heisman last year.
Tebow, the first sophomore to win the award during his time with the Florida Gators, knows a thing or two about off-field pressures, and is trying to help the 20-year-old.
"There's been some miscommunication ... and I haven't talked to him personally, but I really would like to get a chance to," said Manziel.
"Tebow's a guy I really look up to. He's an SEC legend. I hope I can reach the level and do what he did at Florida."
Manziel also told Mike Bianchi of the Orland Sentinal that Tebow left him a voicemail message.
But, the Aggies superstar admits he isn't the same man as Tebow, who is renowned for his work away from the football field. He also hopes the public don't expect him to live the same kind of lifestyle.
"I'm not Tebow. I'm different in many ways. Hopefully (the public) accepts me for me," he concluded during the SEC media day.
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I'm developing an open source library that allows you to have C++ mixins (vaguely similar to Ruby's mixins and not to be confused with CRTP mixins).
It can be treated as an alternative to an entity-component system, which is very useful for games or other projects with fairly complex objects (like CAD systems or Enterprise systems).
The library has a lot of working and a lot of planned features, but for now I'm focusing on the documentation (which is pretty thin). I don't intend to add any of the planned features until I submit it to Boost.
Anyway I'd be happy to hear any comments, suggestions, and questions you might have.
Here's the link to the source: https://github.com/iboB/boost.mixin
... and the (work-in-progress) documentation: http://ibob.github.io/boost.mixin/index.html
(the name is Boost.Mixin, because I want to submit it to the Boost libraries for inclusion, but it's not part of them yet)


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LAKE PLACID - The Empire State Winter Games, which will be held Feb. 6-9, will expand once again as Tupper Lake joins the fold.
"Tupper Lake is very excited to be included in this great opportunity of helping host the Empire State Games for 2014," Tupper Lake events coordinator Michelle Clement said Friday during a press conference hosted by event organizers at the Lake Placid Conference Center. "It's a great regional event and, Tupper Lake, we would really like to support the event and help to grow the event. We're honored to be included in the event."
Tupper Lake will host the women's ice hockey games at its rink in the Civic Center. The village and town of Tupper Lake join a long list of other hosts that includes the towns of North Elba, Harrietstown, Brighton, Wilmington and Jay; villages of Lake Placid and Saranac Lake; counties of Essex and Franklin; the Regional Office of Sustainable Tourism (ROOST) and the New York Olympic Regional Development Authority (ORDA).
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Tupper Lake events coordinator Michelle Clement announces Friday that Tupper Lake will be part of the Empire State Winter Games in February for the first time at a press conference at the Lake Placid Conference Center. To her right is Saranac Lake Area Chamber of Commerce Director Katy Van Anden.
Mike Lynch/Lake Placid News
Other new developments this year include the addition of a squirt hockey tournament with youngsters competing for ESWG medals. Also, adaptive participation is expected to increase, including a sled hockey exhibition and demonstration on Saturday as part of the ESWG Fest on the Olympic Speed Skating Oval on Main Street in Lake Placid.
The skating oval, where Eric Heiden won five Olympic gold medals in 1980, will host ESWG competition and fun events for the public, followed by a fireworks display, courtesy of Young Explosives.
This the 34th year overall for the Games and fourth since it has been led by the local coalition of organizations and municipalities. A torch run will kick off festivities Wednesday, Feb. 5, and will travel through the North Country to its destination in Lake Placid at the opening ceremony.
The opening ceremonies, free and open to the public, will be held at 6 p.m. the next day in the Olympic Center's 1980 Herb Brooks Arena in Lake Placid. That will occur one night prior to the start of the Winter Olympics in Sochi.
"That certainly is going to be a great tie-in this year," said organizing committee member James McKenna, CEO of ROOST. "Clearly what separates this event (from) any other in the country is the fact that we have ceremonies with it and that is sort of modeled after the Olympic ideal."
McKenna said that the Empire State Winter Games is "the largest multi-sport event in the United States on an annual basis, and we're adding more so that's of significance for us."
Organizers hope to attract more than 1,000 participants to the Games.
Twenty-one different disciplines will be contested, from alpine skiing to figure skating to women's ice hockey. There will be six different adaptive contests, with a higher level of competitive adaptive alpine racers who will ski the challenging Draper's Drop course at Whiteface Mountain. Adaptive races in biathlon are set for the Olympic Sports Complex at Mount Van Hoevenberg, with adaptive cross country sprints on the Olympic Oval.
The alpine skiing competitions will include athletes from the New York State Ski Racing Association. In recent years, organizers have also included more "new school" events with skicross, boardercross and slopestyle competitions, most coming under the banner of the United States of America Snowboard Association.
"It's a wonderful opportunity for our young people throughout New York state to have an opportunity to experience an Olympic-caliber, an Olympic-level experience that ... many of them would not have the opportunity to do," Lake Placid Mayor Craig Randall said. "When you look back at the history of the Empire State Winter Games over 34 years, there are many, many of our young people, not only from around the state, but certainly from our communities that have gone on to become Olympians, and that is the goal of Lake Placid."
There is no ESWG fee to spectate, however some of the Olympic venues charge an entry fee. The Family and Friends Olympic Sites Passport includes admission to: Olympic Center (figure skating, hockey), Olympic Jumping Complex (ski jumping) and the Olympic Sports Complex (bobsled, luge). ORDA is providing this special Family and Friends access for just $25.
The Games are expected to cost close to $130,000 to put on this year, McKenna said. That will be paid for using money from participating municipalities, sponsors and registration fees. In the past three years, the event has paid for itself, he said.
Athlete registration will be available starting Nov. 25 on the ESWG website: www.empirestatewintergames.com.


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Agreed, no way do I do Dunn for Salty straight up. I say trade Griff (with 1/2 of his salary paid) along with Cueto and maybe another piece (no Votto or Wood though). Maybe Lohse, Hatteberg, or Conine could be that other piece.
If the Braves want more or younger guys, I'd offer Stubbs, Cueto and Wood, but that's it- no mas.
I would then offer Dunn a 4-year $55 million deal to see if he bites. If not, I'd start thinking about what return I could get for him at the deadline. One final question- I know it has been said that his deal would get voided if he is traded this season. What if he is traded after this season (and once his option gets picked up.) Is he then tied to that team for one year at $13 MM? Would he be more attractive in a trade like that or as a 4-month rental this year? These are questions the Reds need to be thinking about in case he wont take the $55 MM deal.


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Original URL: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/16/review_sansa_fuze/
SanDisk Sansa Fuze
Small but perfectly formed
Posted in Personal Tech, 16th June 2008 12:09 GMT
Review Even though SanDisk tells us the future of MP3 players is devoid of built-in storage...the future isn't here yet. The new Fuze player slots into the Sansa range and comes with either 2, 4 or 8GB of internal memory.
Measuring 78 x 48 x 8mm and weighing really not much at all - the spec sheet doesn't actually give a weight, and we don't having a set of apothecary's scales to hand – while also having with a 1.9in screen, the Fuze clearly has the perennial iPod Nano in its sights.
SanDisk's Sansa Fuze: impressive, most impressive
When you first get your paws on the Fuze it's hard not to be just a little impressed. The front of the player is made of a fine-looking glossy plastic with a fully flush screen, while the sides and back are in the same colour but with a matt finish making for a better grip.
The round control wheel – which actually spins – and select button are fabricated from a similar matt plastic giving the the Fuze the feel of a very high-quality product. Our review unit came in black, a colour that lends itself particularly well to the Fuze's design aesthetic.
External controls consist of said navigation wheel and 'home' button on the front, and an on/off/lock switch on the right side. At the bottom is a 3.5mm 'phones socket and the bespoke SanDisk USB port. The only other external feature is the most important" the Micro SDHC card slot on the left side.
That card slot is really what the Fuze is all about, its party trick being that it fully integrates any media held on the card with that held on the player. In effect, you aren't buying a 2, 4 or 8GB player but rather a machine that can be expanded by up to 8, 16 or - soon - 32GB.
Thankfully, the Fuze doesn't make much of a palaver of integrating the memory card data with content held in the main memory. We filled our 4GB test player then slotted in an equally full 4GB Micro SDHC card in. The player took 20 seconds or so to get its act together and combine the two into a single media library. That figure will probably rise - a lot - when it comes to combining larger amounts of on-board and memory-card data, but as it only does this when a change is made to the media content rather than whenever the player is powered up, we reckon it's something users will learn to live with and i a small price to pay for the end benefit.
The Micro SD slot is recessed to just the right degree: easy to get your cards in and out, highly unlikely to be press by anything accidentally and spit cards out at inopportune moments.
Small but plenty of storage
Feature-wise the Fuze comes with an FM radio that lacks RDS but lets you pre-set your 40 favourite stations, and a voice recorder that's coupled to an excellent built-in microphone. You can set the duration of radio recordings to snag your favourite radio shows, which is a handy little feature. Recordings though are stored as WAV files, which seems a touch unnecessary. If you plan on recording anything of length make sure you have space in the internal memory as a ten-minute recording is going to take up about 55MB.
The user interface is a more-than-decent bit of design with very few flaws. The scrollwheel allows you the move through the straightforward menu structure without lag or delay, while basic navigation is aided by the presence of the 'home' button. Hit this key at any time and you're taken straight to the main menu. Hit it while you're looking at the main menu and it takes you to the Now Playing page. This is not exactly rocket science, but it isn't half useful.
When checking out the music menu, we were relieved to find that clicking on Artist took us to the list of each artist's albums rather than directly to the list of all his or her songs. Chalk one up for common sense!
For those users who feel the need to zip through their operas or audio books to the best bits, the rewind and fast-forward audio scan ramps up its speed nicely, depending on how long you hold the control down, allowing you to skip through even the longest recordings with ease. Though you can't bookmark audio, the Fuze will ask you if you would like to resume the last audio book file you accessed from the point where you stopped it. Similarly, if you switch the player off mid-track it will resume at the same place when you switch it back on.
The only slight menu-related glitch we noted was that the successful importing of album artwork seemed a touch random. When transferred onto the player, some folders took their artwork with them, others didn't. This really only bears mention as the Fuze has two settings for viewing content by album, one that shows six albums per screen with no art and one that shows four but each with a thumbnail of the cover. It's a nice idea, but only if you can get the artwork to show up in the first place.
Nice songs - shame about the video
Currently, audio file support is limited to MP3, WMA, Audible and WAV, but a promised firmware support will soon add Ogg Vorbis and Flac to that list. The latter is particularly valuable as SanDisk has long made a song and dance about being the only mp3 player manufacturer to make its own audio chips. Relevant or not, such a claim was a little pointless when its players wouldn't support a broader range of codecs than any other chip maker's offerings.
The Fuze comes without of any bells-and-whistles sound modifiers, making do instead with ten pre-set and one customisable EQ settings. This is one instance of less definitely being more. With the EQ set to Normal, the Fuze pumps out a solid and coherent sound with plenty of bass. Listening to the epically pompous, but still fun, Pandora's Box Original Sin project from Jim Steinman underlined this - from thunderous drum lines, through avalanches of tortured guitars to grand pianos being abused in a way that would make a Steinway engineer cry, the Fuze never missed a step, always presenting a lucid and balanced sound.
A selection of Beethoven piano sonatas performed by Wilhelm Kempff showed the Fuze to be no less talented when it came to serious music, the tone being little short of perfect. In short, the Fuze is easily a match for the Samsung YP-P2 in the sound stakes, and that's quite a compliment in our book.
Sad to say that the bundled phones are a bit two-bob. Stick 'em in the bin and buy a decent pair.
Video playback from the 224 x 176 screen is rather limited. To get anything to play on the Fuze you will need to transcode it using Sansa Media Converter which can be downloaded from the SanDisk site. The Converter pumps everything out as MPEG 4 20f/s DivX, which looks OK but no more. Let's be honest, who actually buys an MP3 player with a 1.9in screen to watch video anyway? The Fuze also supports JPEG image files.
Colours to suit all moods
Media transfer is straightforward. The player can be set to either MTP, MSC or Auto-Detect so you can either sync up via a desktop media player; drag and drop if you are using Windows; or just drag and drop if you are a Mac or Linux aficionado. The Fuze also comes with a handy on-the-go playlist feature - adding a track simply requires you to hold down the centre button while it's playing.
SanDisk claims the Fuze delivers 24 hours' continuous play from a full battery charge. We got 21, so no complaints on that front.
In the value for money stakes, the Fuze compares well with the iPod Nano being about £20 cheaper like for like. Of course, you can currently get an 8GB Micro SDHC card for less than £50 which means you could end up with a 16GB player for less than £150, and that isn't bad at all.
SanDisk is excited by the idea that we'll soon all be hot-swapping our media from our phones to our cars to our hi-fi systems to our MP3 players. Maybe. In the meantime, we just like the idea of a small Flash-based MP3 player that sounds great and comes with the option to add a shedload of extra memory yet doesn't make us go poking about deep into the player's menu structire to find the content it holds, as we had to do with iRiver's E100.


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In essence, humanities and the social sciences are the study of the human condition - a field of study concerned with human behaviours, exploring the contours of culture and society across space and time. The study provides a perceptive framework of the processes of social systems and examines the impacts of social organisation on the individual and groups.
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Pulling on hip boots, we settle into the muck of Venice, then take a speedboat tour of the lagoon. On the mainland, we head for Padua to tour a once-illegal anatomy theater and track the restoration of Giotto's Scrovegni Chapel. In Vicenza, we admire elegant Palladian- style streets and villas. In Verona, we climb the Roman colosseum, jostle with tourists to rub the brass breast of Juliet, and taste- test grappa before riding the train to Ravenna for its dazzling 1500- year-old mosaics.
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The Department of Transportation (DOT)has teamed up with delivery.com to equip 1,500 commercial cyclists with free retro-reflective vests, bells and bike lights. The safety kits will be distributed directly to delivery cyclists at the agency's ongoing multi-language commercial bicyclist forums.
DOT held a series of 17 forums last year to educate business owners and delivery cyclists on bike safety laws, also giving out more than nearly 2,000 safety equipment kits. Since July, DOT's new six-person team of inspectors also have visited 3,530 businesses that employ delivery cyclists to inform them of existing legal requirements to provide helmets, well-equipped bikes, upper body apparel such as vests and ID numbers to delivery workers.
"Safety is everyone's business, so it's significant when the private sector steps up to the plate to make in the public interest," said Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan. "New Yorkers want their deliveries in a New York minute, but the businesses that employ bike riders need to be as up to speed on safety as they are on making fast deliveries."
DOT has found 57 percent of inspected businesses already comply with the bicycle safety poster requirement, and there are a growing numbers of delivery cyclists wearing the appropriate equipment visible on New York's streets.
Enforcement will start in April under the revised procedures passed by the city last October, which also requires that commercial bicyclist complete an online safety course that covers traffic and commercial bicycle laws.
NYPD will continue its ongoing enforcement against individual delivery cyclists who ride on the sidewalk or against traffic, who disobey signs and signals or who do not wear a helmet, among other traffic infractions.
"Our goal is to make it simple for our business partners to be successful while supporting the DOT's objectives to keep our crowded city streets safe." said Jed Kleckner, CEO of Delivery.com, which connects neighborhood residents with 4,000 New York City merchants through online ordering, and which operates in more than 50 cities.
A new series of eight forums are being scheduled to distribute the 1,500 safety kits and to help bring even more businesses and their delivery cyclists up to speed on safety rules. They include:
• Thursday, February 21, at 3 p.m.
Brooklyn Arts Exchange
421-5th Avenue
Studio D/Theater
• Tuesday, March 5, at 3 p.m.
Queens Library
Flushing Branch
41-17 Main Street
• Wednesday, March 13, at 3 p.m.
Estrella Latina
39-07 104th Street
For more information, and for a complete list of upcoming commercial bicycling forums, go to nyc.gov/dot.


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Editor's Comment: Neurasthenia was a neurological condition typified by unrefreshing sleep, post-exertional malaise, faintness, exhaustion, altered gut motility, and as many as 50-100 other symptoms. In the early 19th century, it was viewed as a physiological disorder of the nervous system, caused by unhealthy environmental factors such as poor diet, pollution, and the stresses of "modern life." In the latter part of the 19th century, the illness was recast as psychological, due, no doubt, to its prevalence among women. Although the term has fallen into disuse, it is still included in the International Statistical Classification of Diseases (ICD)-10 as a psychiatric diagnosis.
~Source: Tidsskr Nor Doctor Foren, March, 2013
By K. Lillestøl and H. Bondevik
Neurasthenia as a diagnostic category was introduced in America in 1869 and quickly spread to Europe. Many have drawn parallels between the historical disease unit neurasthenia and contemporary conditions such as chronic fatigue syndrome / myalgic encephalopathy and burnout, but little is known about the early history of neurasthenia in Norway. Based on the Norwegian medical science journals from the period 1880 – 1920 we wanted to study the implementation, interpretation and application of the term neurasthenia in Norwegian medicine, with particular emphasis on symptoms, causes, treatment, prognosis and prevalence.
The results show that the term was probably first used in a Norwegian medical journal in 1876, and beyond 1880 is reported more and more people were diagnosed with neurasthenia. The condition was defined as a deterioration of the nervous system. Symptom picture was extensive, with fatigue as the main symptom. The reasons could not be verified or localized objectively and theories were many. Overstrain was a common explanation, but also trauma, infections, poor diet, heredity and sexual excesses were presumed causes. The recommended treatment was centered on strengthening the nervous system, through rest and electrification. The condition was described as typical of its time, in response to the "spirit" and modern life.
Source: Tidsskr Nor Doctor Foren March, 2013; 133:661 – 5 doi: 10.4045/tidsskr.12.1221. K. Lillestøl and H. Bondevik


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Tsuga canadensis
|Scope: Global
Language: English
|Scientific Name:
|Tsuga canadensis (L.) Carrière
Common Name(s):
Pinus canadensis L.
|Taxonomic Source(s):
|Farjon, A. 2010. A Handbook of the World's Conifers. Koninklijke Brill, Leiden.
|Red List Category & Criteria:
|Near Threatened ver 3.1
|Year Published:
|Date Assessed:
|Farjon, A.
|Stritch, L. & Thomas, P.
This very widespread and abundant species occurs in many forests and woods. In parts of its range, mainly the southwest, dieback that is caused by an invasive alien insect pest is spreading. This causes the flagging of this species as Near Threatened (close to qualifying under criterion A4ae). Whether this pest is moving the species closer to extinction in the near future is uncertain as there is past (prehistoric) evidence of great fluctuations of Tsuga canadensis that were possibly caused by pest outbreaks, from which it recovered.
|Previously published Red List assessments:
|Range Description:
|Recorded from eastern North America: occurs from Nova Scotia to northern Georgia, westwards to Minnesota. The extent of occurrence and area of occupancy are well in excess of the thresholds for any threatened categories.
|Countries occurrence:
Native:Canada (New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward I., Québec); United States (Connecticut, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin)
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|Locally common. Much rarer in the southwestern part of its range. A significant decline is occurring in some parts of its range but this has not yet reached the thresholds for a threatened category.
|Current Population Trend:
|Additional data:
|Habitat and Ecology:
|Tsuga canadensis occurs from near sea level (Nova Scotia) to 600 m in N Michigan, in the southern Appalachians between 600 and 1,500 m a.s.l. The soils are of glacial, fluvio glacial, alluvial, or colluvial origin, podzolic and usually highly acidic (pH 3-4). The climate is cool and humid, with annual precipitation between 700 and 1,500 mm. T. canadensis grows locally pure, but is usually mixed with other conifers and broad leaved trees: Pinus strobus, P. resinosa, Abies balsamea, Picea rubens, P. glauca, Larix laricina, Betula spp., Acer saccharum, Quercus rubra, Fraxinus americana, F. nigra, Fagus grandifolia, Populus spp., and other species. It is very shade tolerant and allows very little vegetation to develop under its own canopy.
|Continuing decline in area, extent and/or quality of habitat:
|Generation Length (years):
|Use and Trade:
|The slow growing Eastern Hemlock produces lumber of good quality suitable for building (e.g. roofs, floors) and making crates or boxes, but until recently these kinds of use were completely overshadowed by its use in the paper pulp industry. Other former uses were to make telegraph poles and railway sleepers. In the past its bark was used in the tanning industry. Eastern Hemlock is still in demand as an ornamental tree; it was introduced to Europe in 1736. In gardens and parks it often grows several trunks, but this is by no means a characteristic of the species in its natural habitat. A large number of cultivars has been produced, including variegated foliage plants and dwarf forms raised from cuttings, whereby the slow growth of this species is an obvious advantage over Western Hemlock, of which few cultivars exist. Conversely, due to that slower growth Eastern Hemlock is less preferred as a forestry plantation tree, giving way to Western Hemlock.
|Major Threat(s):
|An introduced insect pest, the Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (Adelges tsugae) is causing substantial dieback in many areas, expanding from Virginia where it was apparently introduced in 1951 to the north and east. It has not yet reached the main area of occupancy around the Great Lakes. Moderating temperatures associated with climate change could allow the spread of this pest into areas where it has so far been prevented from infesting due to low winter temperatures.
|Conservation Actions:
|This species is present in many protected areas. Control of the insect pest Adelges tsugae is the main priority and is being researched. Pest control in wild populations is difficult because of negative environmental effects of spraying from airplanes with insecticides.
|Farjon, A. 2013. Tsuga canadensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T42431A2979676. . Downloaded on 23 May 2018.
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Inverno Veneziano 2012
Venice - Campo San Polo, 1st December 2012 - 17th February 2013
Mestre – Giardini di Via Piave, 1st - 23rd December 2012
Piazza Ferretto, 28th December 2012 – 3rd March 2013
Skating on real ice, fun for everybody. Open every day, with skate rental.
Come and vist u sto have an exciting experience!
The opening of the rink in Mestre, Piazza Ferretto, is EXTENDED TO MARCH 3rd 2013!
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Venice, Piazza San Marco
Mestre, Piazza Ferretto
Saturday 31st December, at 10.30 p.m.
The new Venetian way of celebrating New Year returns to Piazza San Marco in Venice and Piazza Ferretto in Mestre, ready to set the two hearts of the city beating on one of the most important nights of the year. Once again, the New Year celebrations will culminate in a vast, communal kiss to send a message of love, peace and brotherhood to the world. This is the simple but profound gesture, that will welcome in the New Year at an event that is destined to become the focus of media attention and a worldwide symbol of goodwill as well as a very special memory for both the city and all those who will be there to enjoy this new, unforgettable night in Venice. The music shows will be accompanied by a grand collective toast, and at midnight, the marvelous fireworks show in the basin of San Marco will light up New Year's Eve.Read more...
Venice and Mestre
From 3rd December 2011 to 8th January 2012
In Venice, the Procuratie will shine with a beautiful touch of red, while xmas images will be projected on the four sides of the bell tower. Decorations will cheer your way downtown.
In Mestre, there will be decorations in the square, main streets, and church yards will be offered by Co.De.Vi., a majestic arc will welcome Christmas downtown.Read more...
Venezia, Lido - Blue Moon Beach bar
1st January 2012, 12.00 a.m.
If you are not brave enough to plunge, at least come by and honor a Venetian custom, with Viennese Waltz, cotechino, lentils, and a glass of good wine.
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(MCT) — WASHINGTON — Sen. Bob Casey, who has long opposed new gun laws, said Wednesday that he had changed his views in the aftermath of last week's shootings in Newtown, Conn., and would support bills to ban assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition clips.
In an interview in his office, the ordinarily staid Casey, D-Pa., told The Inquirer that he was "haunted" by the images and reports of children killed in their school, and teachers slain trying to protect them. He said his wife confronted him as he reassessed the issue over the weekend.
Furrowing his brow and casting his eyes downward, Casey expressed regret that he had not reconsidered his views as starkly after earlier massacres at Virginia Tech and in Aurora, Colo.
"The power of the weapon, the number of bullets that hit each child, that was so, to me, just so chilling, it haunts me. It should haunt every public official," said Casey, who won a second term six weeks ago while touting his opposition to gun control.
In the days since the shooting that killed 20 children and eight adults, the debate around gun laws has shifted. Democrats have called for reinstating the assault weapons ban and barring magazines that hold more than 10 rounds of ammunition.
"If those two bills come before the Senate, I'll vote for both," Casey said. He said his decision amounted to being "summoned by your conscience."
"Work that we do doesn't always bring you to that kind of deliberation or consideration. This has, for me, and I have to, and I think I should, vote that way on those two" measures, he said.
Casey spoke on the day President Barack Obama also backed the two proposals and launched a task force to reduce gun violence.
Though many Democrats have pressed for new gun curbs since the Newtown shooting, the most significant developments in Congress have been changes of heart from lawmakers such as Casey, who were legislative roadblocks but who now may be part of a growing coalition supporting new regulations.
His comments follow statements from several other pro-gun Democrats, including Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada and Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, who this week signaled that they, too, would be open to new restrictions.
Casey, who said he still has "strong" support for the Second Amendment, has held staunch gun-rights positions throughout his Senate career. After 32 people were killed at Virginia Tech in 2007, Casey said, "No man-made law will ever eliminate cruelty and evil from every human heart," and argued against new gun laws.
He made similar comments in July after a rampage that killed 12 at a movie theater in Aurora, and he reiterated his opposition to new regulations in a debate shortly before Election Day.
On Wednesday, Casey was asked why he did not re-evaluate his stand after those earlier killings.
"We're all open to that charge, and that's a fair question. That should weigh on us as well, any public official in my position," he said. The killing of children so young makes Newtown feel different, Casey said, but he noted that that view was unfair to families of those who died in other assaults.
Pausing for a few seconds as he searched for words, he said: "I wish that maybe I had spent more time thinking about those other tragedies in the way that I have on this."
In Pennsylvania, where there is strong support for gun rights, Casey could pay a political price for changing his stance before he even begins the new term voters gave him in November.
"There's no question I'll be open to criticism, and I understand that," Casey said. "I just believe that in light of what's happened, in light of measures we can take to lessen the chances that will happen (again), that these are two steps we can take."
Kim Stolfer, chairman of the Pennsylvania-based Firearms Owners Against Crime, reacted Wednesday night by calling Casey "a political opportunist seeking to curry favor with a public that knows nothing about the current level of laws."
"Firearms are the most regulated commodity in this nation," Stolfer, of the Pittsburgh area, said in an interview. "Our rights are not meant to be toyed with at a moment's whim, and we don't predicate freedoms on what others do."
Casey, often defined by his sober and cautious public image, said he typically looks at issues from an analytical perspective. He said this shooting, though, prompted a uniquely emotional reaction.
"This isn't a tax debate. This is different," he said.
"I've been around government and public policy a long time, and I can't think of another time when I had these same feelings," he said. "I don't really care if people criticize me for having emotions about this. It probably helped me think about it in a different way."
He described the impact of seeing a CNN story about Newtown teacher Victoria Soto, killed while trying to protect her pupils, and the grief of her heartbroken sister. The senator said he was transfixed watching as he washed dishes at home in Scranton on Sunday night.
"That hit me very, very hard," he said. "I started thinking about my daughters, the way they get along, the way they love each other." His four daughters range in age from 16 to 24.
Over the weekend, his wife of nearly 30 years, Terese, challenged him on the issue and urged him to support new gun laws, Casey said.
"She confronted me several times," he said. "She was very direct and persistent."
Casey said his mind was largely made up on Sunday and Monday, though he did not say so publicly until Wednesday.
Despite his shift, Casey said he believes hunting is a "family tradition" in Pennsylvania and that people's right to have firearms to protect themselves and their homes should be respected. He does not own a gun or hunt, but while growing up in Scranton, Casey, 52, said guns were neither unusual nor controversial.
"There weren't a lot of negative connotations attached to it," he said.
So he always opposed gun-control laws, he said. He has received "A" and "B-plus" ratings from the National Rifle Association.
He could be open to charges of flip-flopping, but "context makes all the difference in a case like this," said political scientist Michael Federici of Mercyhurst College in Erie, Pa. Casey's move, he said, matches a changing mood among the public and lawmakers.
"There are many voters out there who have probably flipped themselves because this is different," Federici said, adding that there was a distinction between changing positions for political expediency and changing because of a dramatic development.
Casey also has time on his side. After defeating Republican Tom Smith by nearly 9 percentage points, he has six years before he faces voters again — "an eternity" in politics, Federici said.
Casey said he did not know what the potential fallout might be.
"Others can probably analyze that better than I can," he said, "but I know what I have to do on this."


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Chicago cast – Zellweger, Gere – to perform at Academy Awards
Academy Awards producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron have run out of rehearsal space. Dressing rooms, too. And they just added more stars to their performance filled show.
They say the cast of Chicago will reunite at this year's Academy Awards.
The producers announced Monday that Renee Zellweger, Catherine Zeta Jones, Queen Latifah and Richard Gere will return to the stage where Chicago won best picture in 2003. Zadan and Meron also produced the film.
They demurred when asked if the musical cast would sing on the performance-filled show, set to include appearances by Barbra Streisand, Adele and Norah Jones.
"We can't talk about what they're going to do!" Zadan said.
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Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN – The Minnesota Twins announced today that they have reinstated left-handed pitcher Scott Diamond from the 15-day disabled list. Diamond had left elbow arthroscopy this past offseason.
To make room for Diamond on the 25-man roster, the Twins optioned right-handed pitcher Liam Hendriks to Triple-A Rochester. Hendriks made two starts for the Twins this season.


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ST. LOUIS, Jan. 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- MEMC Electronic Materials (NYSE: WFR), today introduced the MEMC Silvantis™ M330 Solar Module. The Silvantis M330 is the first product to be manufactured exclusively with MEMC-produced polysilicon and CCz p-type mono wafers leveraging the company's strategic vertical integration.
MEMC's new Silvantis M330 Module extends its existing module family and features to full square mono 330 watt (W) solar cells for higher output power and is Potential Induced Degradation (PID)-free, allowing for improved system reliability.
"Our focus at MEMC is utilizing our experience to provide the best customer value and reduce levelized cost of energy (LCOE) for our customers," said Vijay Chinnasami, senior vice president of solar materials at MEMC. "Launching the Silvantis M330 is an important milestone for us. We've leveraged our electronic grade polysilicon, wafer manufacturing expertise and strategic relationships to produce a module that increases efficiency and serves the commercial and utility markets at an economical price point."
The Silvantis M330 is a high-efficiency solar solution that improves efficiency to 16.9% (330W), utilizing new technology and manufacturing techniques to maximize efficiency, minimize cost and extend product lifetime. Renewable Energy Testing Center (RETC) in Fremont California tested the modules according to IEC6125 and IEC61730 standards and certified TUV SUD certifications for long-term operation in a variety of climates and electrical safety. RETC also tested and certified the modules by CSA for UL 1703 (1000 V).
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MEMC is a world leader in semiconductor and solar technology. MEMC has been a pioneer in the design and development of silicon wafer technologies for over 50 years. With R&D and manufacturing facilities in the U.S. Europe, and Asia, MEMC enables the next generation of high performance semiconductor devices and solar cells. Through its SunEdison subsidiary, MEMC is also a developer of solar power projects and a worldwide leader in solar energy services. MEMC's common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "WFR". For more information about MEMC, please visit www.memc.com.
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"I'm surprised and I'm disappointed," head coach Ron Rivera said. "I think we are a better football team than the way we played today."
Highlighted by a 21-point second quarter, the Saints scored 31 consecutive points and moved into sole possession of first place in the NFC South with the victory.
"Those guys were better than us today," quarterback
Carolina's offense started with two methodical scoring drives, but both ended with field goals from
"We had two great opportunities, two great field positions that we just didn't capitalize on," Newton said. "When you are playing a team like this, field goals aren't going to cut it. We know that."
Following a three-and-out on their first series and after gaining just one yard on the first two plays of their second possession, the Saints faced third-and-nine late in the first quarter.
That's when quarterback Drew Brees connected with wide receiver Marques Colston for 21 yards. And that's when the Saints seemingly found their groove.
Brees capped a nine-play, 80-yard drive with a 6-yard touchdown pass to Colston to give New Orleans a 7-6 lead early in the second quarter.
After the Panthers punted from midfield, New Orleans produced an 11-play, 86-yard touchdown drive. Brees found Colston in between safeties
Carolina mistakes then fed right into New Orleans' second quarter surge. Wide receiver
The Saints took over on their 24-yard line with 2:01 left in the first half. Seven plays and 1:43 later, Brees connected with tight end Jimmy Graham for a 5-yard touchdown.
At halftime, Brees had completed 17-of-21 passes for 183 yards and three touchdowns, and the Saints led 21-6. The All-Pro quarterback was given time to throw, and he and his receivers took full advantage.
"We didn't execute," linebacker
A 19-yard field goal from Saints kicker Garret Hartley was the only scoring in the third quarter. Gano missed a 49-yard attempt – just his third miss of the season – on Carolina's first drive of the second half.
Graham scored his second touchdown on an 8-yard catch early in the fourth quarter, extending the New Orleans lead to 31-6.
Carolina responded with its lone touchdown on the ensuing possession. After the Saints' fifth sack of the game created fourth-and-goal from the 17, Newton fired a pass to wide receiver
"Credit to them," Rivera said. "They did some good things and got after us."
The Panthers are now 9-4 and must win the rematch against the Saints in Week 16 at Bank of America Stadium to have a chance to win the division. Carolina returns home to host the New York Jets next week as they look to rebound from their first defeat since October 6.
"We have to put this loss behind us right now," Davis said. "It's a thing we can't let linger. We have to correct the mistakes and keep moving."


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Hamlin mayor to Run for State Representative
Hamlin Mayor Isaac Castro has announced his candidacy for State Representative for District 71. The district encompasses Taylor, Nolan and Jones Counties. Mayor Castro is a Republican and will run against incumbent Susan King of Abilene in the March 4, 2013 primary.Mayor Castro was born in San Miguel, Tamaulipas, Mexico to a Mexican father and an American mother. He moved to Old Glory, Texas when he was five years old. He attended elementary and high school at Old Glory. After graduating as the valedictorian, he attended Angelo State University and graduated with high honors in 1977. He was then accepted to the University of Texas School of Law in Austin, Texas. In 1980, he graduated from law school, passed the bar exam and became a licensed attorney in the state of Texas. His first job out of law school was as the County Attorney for Stonewall County. He served out the remainder of the term of the preceding attorney, who had resigned. When he was appointed to the position, it was too late to file for the next election for County Attorney. He ran as a write-in candidate, but was not successful. He worked in Hamlin at the law offices of Jack Willingham and John Watts. In 1982, he opened his own law office in Aspermont, Texas and in 1984, he ran for Stonewall County Attorney and won. He was reelected in 1988. In 1990, he resigned his position and moved to Hamlin where he continues to practice. He served as the attorney for the city of Hamlin until 2012 when he ran successfully for mayor. He now practices primarily Probate and Real Estate Law. Mayor Castro stated, "I am a fiscal and social conservative. I am pro-life and I believe there are many areas that I would like to improve for the residents of District 71. I will be addressing these issues as the campaign progresses."


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Skip to comments.Romney campaign cut off funds, credit cards to staffers on Election Night
Posted on 11/10/2012 12:54:26 PM PST by dirtboy
Team Romney acted fast to sever its staffs access to campaign funds Tuesday after the Republican candidates crushing defeat by President Obama.
NBC News reported that campaign aides taking cabs home late on Election Night found that their campaign-issued credit cards had already been cut off.
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I would think that this was required by law.
I would think that this was required by law.
Well, at least we know that he is frugal.
The ride way over... I don't see a problem with this.
The polls were closed, the campaign was over, so spending campaign funds must stop by law. Sorry that some staffers had to pay their own way home.
Yeah, but the "Romney campaign staff continue to spend funds and credit cards in violation of law" story didn't quite pan out so they had to go with this one.
And I'm sure Obama cut off funds to his campaign staff as well. But this story isn't about Obama. It's about Romney. Specifically, Romney firing people, leaving them destitute.
But many conservative are very eager to jump on their leaders for any whiff of negativity.
The MSM will be eager to comply with their wishes to swallow any koolaid offered.
They should not pay the IT staff after the ORCA debacle, but maybe they were already paid off by 0bama?
I hope the check they pay to Karl Rove for his services bounces, too. LOL.
By the ghost of Seamus, this is c/w Romney
and Rove being in it ONLY for the $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.
If it's the staff in charge of orca. Well, good.
Plus I believe it's the law.
So? The campaign was over. Makes sense to me.
GOTV is a lot more important.
BTW, as a conservative, I sure as heck don't view the folks running the Romney campaign as anything remotely resembling my leaders.
It'd quite possible that campaign accounts were scheduled to stop at Midnight, Nov 7.
and his pollster too!
If true, it is unconscionable. Mitt has enough money and it is at least customary to wait until the next day before cancelling cards so people can get home and check out of their hotels.
However, I suspect that it wasn't Mitt but some junior staffer to did this without approval and without thinking.
There is a period to allow dismantling. The next morning would have been allowed.
Oh noes! I guess I won't be voting for him again lol.
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Is Your Marijuana a Tequila Shot or a Merlot?by
If you're inclined to have an on occasion, I suspect that you don't simply go into a restaurant or bar and say "Give me a drink," not knowing whether you're going to get a glass of merlot or a shot of tequila.
As an informed consumer, you're likely to know that those two options are very different in appearance, taste, smell and alcohol content. We order a drink that's specific to the experience we want.
Something similar might be said of the fruits and vegetables we eat. We can buy organic products, helping us eliminate some or all of the pesticides and inorganic fertilizers that may be used to grow these foods.
It's not so simple for a cannabis patient in the 18 states (plus the U.S. capital) where marijuana is legal for medical purposes, or in Colorado and Washington, where marijuana has been approved for recreational use. The consumer is left either uninformed or, at best, with anecdotal information. Standards and industry benchmarks don't exist. With marijuana, you don't really know what you're going to get.
Yet there are some things we know. Modern growing techniques and available cannabis strains are yielding more potent marijuana today than in years past. Concentrations of tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, the most widely recognized psychotropic component in marijuana, have increased consistently since the 1970s, when they were on average believed to be about 1 percent.
Stronger Strains
Today's medical-grade marijuana, which is often available to recreational users, has THC concentrations that average 16 percent and can reach 24 percent or higher.
There is an argument within the industry that stronger THC concentrations lead consumers to smoke or ingest less cannabis product. This might have the equation backward. I believe it's more likely that overconsumption occurs, and possibly before consumers know they have exceeded their comfort level. This is one reason that formal quality guidelines and labeling are needed.
Some, but not all, states require oversight of commercial growers, monitoring production quantities and security of the plants and related equipment. But the focus is on how much marijuana is being cultivated and whether the facilities are safe and won't be an easy target for thieves.
There are few rules for how a plant is grown, what fertilizers are used or what pesticides are sprayed on the plants. And though many growers are very prudent about how they raise their crops to ensure safe cannabis, not all are so careful. Some let the profit incentive override safety concerns.
Here's an example of what can happen in the absence of strict monitoring of production techniques: Say a grower winds up with an infestation of spider mites, a common pest that can cause severe damage to household plants and marijuana, too. The grower may well spray the plants with a chemical pesticide that can stay on leaf surfaces through harvest and consumption. Because cannabis is usually smoked as the method of ingestion, any residual pesticide will be taken directly into the consumers' lungs, which may be dangerous.
In November, Colorado voters backed the legalization of recreational marijuana use. The law's tag line was, "Regulate marijuana like alcohol." This was an easy way to explain to voters that marijuana would be sold much like alcohol: through designated stores and only to those older than 21. The stores would be licensed and monitored by the state, and marijuana would be properly labeled. Washington state's law was approved with a similar proviso.
Better Warnings
It isn't yet clear what information labels should show. Focus groups, involving industry participants, government officials and the public, are still working on promulgating rules.
The marijuana industry (both medical and recreational) needs to develop production standards concerning pesticides and chemicals and appropriate disclosure on the labels. Warnings should be included about driving or operating machinery and that use by those younger than 21 is illegal. The industry should also create a simple grading system that shows THC potency. It probably wouldn't need to be as specific as the alcohol-content labels on most beverages, but perhaps based on a scale of "light," "medium," "heavy" and "extra heavy." That way a consumer will be less likely to exceed his or her limit.
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|Since I started eating about 80% raw, I've come to appreciate this place more -- but I still find it hit or miss. And its so expensive, I can't afford to "miss" on a salad. Luckily the dessert is always right on. I recommend sticking to dessert.
Reviews: 20
|I love, love, love the I am Cool Milkshake. Quinoa bowl is phenomenal (order with beans and cashew cheese). Desserts are heavenly: coconut cream pie, key lime pie, brazil nut ice creams. Food is a bit pricey, but worth it. The menu is inventive (amazing what you can do raw) and ingredients are always fresh. A nice break from processed food. Always feel great after a meal at Cafe Gratitude.
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|Excellent food along with the higher prices. I've been here several times with open minded omnivores and most liked it a lot. You just need to accept, for example, that a CG "pizza" is not at all like a regular pizza. I've found the staff to be quite nice on average; service does sometimes take awhile but the place is so popular and food prep must take awhile. A great place to try raw food.
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|I like the idea of this place, but the food just doesn't live up to the hype. I'd happily return here for dessert and smoothies. I'll never go back for a meal. My dad and I spent $80 on dinner and still walked out hungry. The food is beautifully prepared, but too light, the portions too small and the raw interpretations on traditionally cooked items require too much stretching of the mind
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|I had dinner with 3 non-veg coworkers and we all thought our meal was excellent. Basil pizza, nachos, spring roll, quinoa/kale/black beans/guacamole. I let slide the robotic dopey singing by wait staff of John Lennon's "You Say It's Your Birthday" to diners having their birthday meal there. The food and good service make up for that one lapse in judgment. Creative, flavorful, colorful, tasty.
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|Food sounded better than it was. They were certainly all fresh ingredients, very well presented, but it didn't live up to expectations. On the two occasions I've visited, the flavours were more bland than expected.
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|A little too pretentious for me. I don't like the "family style" seating and the waitress acted like I had never heard of vegetarianism before.
Reviews: 4
|Great food, but a little bit pricey. I recommend the milkshakes and deserts. Even my omnivorous family likes this place.
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|Their appetizer I Am Happy is incredible--I dreamed about it afterward! I also recommend their milkshakes--they're delicious. I've never been disappointed with any of the food at this place.
Reviews: 2
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The Golden State Warriors had a historic opening night against the Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday evening as the team recorded their highest-win margin in franchise history.
The Lakers came to the Oracle Arena on fire after a win the previous night against the Clippers. The Lakers bench starred that night but the night after they were no match for the Warriors.
The star of the night was Klay Thompson. He had a career high 38 points coming off 15 of 19 from the field and 5 of 7 from behind the arc. This was truly a great performance from young gun Thompson.
Helping Thompson was David Lee, who dropped 24 points and grabbed eight boards. Coach Mark Jackson decided to give the bench some minutes after realising that the match was already won.
The bench certainly didn't disappoint. Led by Toney Douglas' 13 points, they bench were able to hold the lead and extend it to 31.
The Warriors are looking dangerous. With Andrew Bogut signing a new contract extension, the team chemistry is at an all-time high. If Bogut and Stephen Curry can stay healthy, they could become a legitimate championship contender.
Curry can become an elite player with a little improvement and if David Lee can improve his defence, he could be selected for his third All-Star appearance.
With young talent around them such as Thompson, Kent Bazemore, Draymond Green and Harrison Barnes, the Warriors have a good future as well.
The Warriors also had a great off season after signing versatile small forward Andre Iguodala. As well as Bogut, Iguodala also brings a presence to the Warriors defence that improves their team incredibly.
With so many great pieces, all the Warriors need is a little improvement and they could make a championship puzzle. They have a stellar starting lineup, a great bench and an outstanding coach.
Look out NBA - the Warriors are coming.
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