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Dive Australia's Great Barrier Reef while helping Earthwatch scientists unravel the mystery of coral disease. Your work may be critical to protecting coral from disease.
Scuba divers from around the world come to the Great Barrier Reef, an Australian World Heritage Area, to explore its extraordinary diversity of animal and plant life. Over the past decades, however, disease has wiped out a significant area of the reef and threatens not only the remaining coral in the region but also other coral reefs in the Pacific and Caribbean. This disease, called black band disease, is poorly understood.
By joining this expedition, you'll be at the forefront of international research on coral reef disease. You'll live at the Orpheus Island Research Station, operated by James Cook University—actually inside the borders of the World Heritage Area. Your involvement, which will require scuba and open-water dive skills as well as specific certifications, will help Earthwatch researchers to assess how the reef is recovering from recent cyclones, any seasonal changes that may be going on, and the impact of light, temperature, and water quality on disease progression.
Working at a variety of dive sites, you'll conduct underwater surveys by tagging and photographing diseased areas, which will be monitored over time to assess the condition of the coral. In the aquarium, you'll set up and conduct experiments that measure light, temperature, pH, and nutrients of the water.
Note: To be eligible for this project, participants must complete and pass a commercial dive medical assessment performed by a SPUMS doctor prior to the beginning of the project. Visit SPUMS website to locate a doctor. The cost of the assessment ranges between AUD$200-AUD$300. For further information, please contact us.
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Approximately 19% of the world's coral reefs have been destroyed, with no immediate prospects of recovery.
You can play a key role in protecting tropical coral reefs from disease.
Coral diseases are among the most significant threats to tropical coral reef ecosystems. Approximately 19% of the world's coral reefs have been destroyed, with no immediate prospects of recovery. An additional 15% are at risk of collapse from human pressure within the next 10 to 20 years, and a further 20% are under a longer-term threat of collapse.
The first outbreak of black band disease, a virulent disease that threatens reef corals worldwide, was observed in the Great Barrier Reef in 2006. A monitoring program has recorded recurring summer outbreaks, causing total collapse of susceptible types of coral. Many studies have linked the increasing impact of disease to global ocean warming, highlighting the urgent need for improved understanding of the biology and ecology of coral reefs under predicted climate change scenarios. Such knowledge is critical to enable reef managers to predict future disease consequences and develop appropriate strategies to control this emerging threat to coral health on the Great Barrier Reef.
Help to conduct reasearch to protect reef corals.
There is a gap in our knowledge of coral disease that represents a major stumbling block to developing management and conservation strategies. This expedition seeks to address this gap in order to ensure the development of better strategies for protecting Great Barrier Reef corals in the future.
Located 739 miles (1,189 kilometers) northwest of Brisbane, Orpheus Island is only 6.8 miles (11 kilometers) long and approximately 0.6 mile (one kilometer) wide. Most of the island is a national park, where you'll find a wide variety of reef habitats, clam gardens, submerged indigenous cultural sites, and recent shipwrecks.
Part of the Palm group of islands and within the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area, Orpheus Island offers secluded, sheltered bays, spectacular fringing reefs, and stunning scenery with volcanic rocks, dry woodlands, rainforest gullies, grasslands, granite outcrops, and beaches. Several reptiles and mammals, such as the bandicoot and antechinus (marsupials), are found on the island, as well as many species of birds, such as the orange-footed scrubfowl and seabirds such as ospreys and egrets. The underwater gardens of the surrounding fringing reef and adjacent mid-shelf reefs are home to 1,100 species of fish and 340 of the 350 known species of reef coral.
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On the first day, you'll take a dive in the calm water just off the research station. This will be a chance to learn about diving activities, including preparation, communication, and equipment. After the dive, you'll be ready to help:
Each evening, you'll review the day's activities, and any issues will be raised and discussed. You will not need any previous training in research methods. All methods, tasks, and use of equipment will be outlined and demonstrated at the beginning of the expedition.
A volunteer looks for evidence of coral disease.
Join Dr. Bourne and dive the Great Barrier Reef.
Dr. David Bourne works with Earthwatch volunteers to study the health of corals in Australia's Great Barrier Reef.
You'll spend your first night in a house or a motel-style unit in Townsville, Queensland, in a scientific zone surrounded by the National Park and Marine Reserve. The next day, you'll continue on to the Research Station at Pioneer Bay on the western side of Orpheus Island. While on the island, you'll stay in the two-story Havana House, which can accommodate up to 48 visitors. A separate building houses a large recreational area including a television and video player, CD player and stereo, lounge chairs, games, and well-equipped kitchens.
Earthwatch will provide all food during your stay at the research site. You'll pack your own picnic lunch each morning to eat in the field, along with snacks such as fruit and muesli bars. You'll also help in the preparation of hearty evening meals, including curries, vegetables, and pasta. Barbecues may be held, depending on the weather.
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Betsy Snow | Thursday, May 07, 2015
This is a project for an avid scuba diver. You will spend most of your days underwater. The fun thing about the project is you are looking for very small things. While under water, in a transect you are counting and identifying all the corals. First the large hard coral then all the baby corals. After, being underwater for an hour and a half, you realize you haven't even looked at the fish.
But don't worry, there was time to do a couple of recreational dives where you can take in all the scenery.
David, Yui and Greg were amazing. Their knowledge and willingness to share that knowledge made this project very special. I will never look at the ocean the same again. There are so many microbes, bacteria and viruses that live in the ocean and affect the health of the ocean. These researchers are not only studying the corals but are also trying to understand the relationships between the good and not so good viruses, bacteria, and microbes that effect the health of the reef.
After counting and collecting coral (both healthy and sick with black band disease) during the day - it is back to the lab - to process and run experiments. At the same time we were divided into teams to cook dinner each night. At the end of the week, we all voted on the best dinner and the winner got a prize! After dinner, there was usually a talk and then we all headed to bed. There is hardly any downtime on this project but every minute was fun and informative!!
If you are a scuba diver I highly recommend the project!!!
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The family Gliridae contains 28 species in 9 genera. It can be divided into 3 subfamilies: Graphiurinae (Graphiurus); Leithiinae (Chaetocauda, Dryomys, Eliomys, Muscardinus, Myomimus, and Selevinia); and Glirinae (Glirulus and Glis) (Wilson and Reeder 2005).
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Judy Gale
Race: Unknown, probably Earth human
Faction: Haffaton
Class: Ruler (Overlord)
Special: Arkenshoes
Proposed Canon
First Appearance: IPTSF Text 50
Judy Gale was Overlord of Haffaton and the attuned wielder of the Arkenshoes. She was kept in a drugged stupor at the end of a yellow brick road and close to an emerald City.
She is described as a ghostly looking woman wearing a blue gingham dress and a long silk scarf, with her short white hair streaked with black and adorned with a dirt-covered diamond tiara. Her signamancy indicated personal decay; she is thin, skeletal to the point of weighing nothing at all; her teeth are rotten or missing; she seems to be missing her eyebrows, but marks had been drawn on her skin above her deep brown eyes which sort of resembled them.
She uses walking stick that appears to be broom with the straw burnt mostly off; it is implied to be magical, and capable of Flight. Around one ankle she wears some kind of Magic Item in the shape of an ankle bracelet.
Judy is confirmed to come from another world, possibly even Stupidworld. In IPTSF Text 51, Judy Gale uses the word 'kill' instead of 'croak'. In IPTSF Text 62, she uses the word 'year' to refer to a time period of 365 turns. In addition, she claims to be from a place called 'Kansas'.
Judy was summoned by Charlie for many of the same reasons that Parson Gotti was. Her summoning was directly responsible for the croaking of Bell, ruler of Easteros. After attuning to the Arkenshoes, which she had taken from Bell's body, she infiltrated Westeregg, destroyed Blair, siezed the Arkendish and took it to Charlie.
Real World References
She is named for the actress (Judy Garland) and main character (Dorothy Gale) from the Wizard of Oz.
Her gingham blue dress is a reference to the blue gingham dress worn by Judy Garland when portraying Dorothy Gale in the Wizard of Oz movie.
Her drug addiction is reminiscent of Judy Garland's struggle with alcohol and drugs, which damaged Garland's career and eventually killed her at age 47.
The magic ankle bracelet may be a shackle, but from it artwork it appears far more to resemble an electronic curfew tag.
It is known for a fact that Judy comes from another world. She could be a native of Earth, and brought to Erfworld for some currently unknown purpose, much like Parson has been. This would be in keeping with the Wizard of Oz references that this character seems to be heavily involved in. However, she is unusually short for a Stupidworlder and her name is the sort of reference Parson would be capable of recognizing as one of Erworld's jokes, which implies that she might come from a different version of earth than the one Parson comes from. Or she may have been summoned in part because of her familiarity with L. Frank Baum's fictional world of Oz, in the same way Parson Gotti was summoned because of his fondness for breakfasting on marbits. Judy Gale may not be her birth name--she may have acquired a second, Erfworldian name, similar to how Parson acquired the title Lord Hamster.
Special Note
Judy is one of the few characters to have been a subject of Retconjuration; originally named Dorothy, Rob decided she was a more complex character, and Retconned her name to reflect that. WoT-11/15/2012
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When Cotton Growers, Inc., in Dell, Ark., cranks up its cotton gins this fall, it will take lint cleaning and cotton ginning to new levels of efficiency.
Seven of the gin's 14 saw-type lint cleaners will be equipped with new technology that allows up to seven grid bars in each cleaner to be bypassed if necessary.
The technology, called prescription lint cleaning, can add as much as 12 pounds of lint to a bale of cotton, according to its inventor, Stanley Anthony, director of the USDA — ARS Cotton Ginning Research Laboratory at Stoneville, Miss.
The technology is somewhat similar to gin process control, which uses computer software and electronics to bypass selected cleaning and drying machines to maximize profit for the grower.
But Anthony noted that with typical gin process control "the ginner is mandated to use at least one saw-type lint cleaner for all the cotton that passes through the gin, because the classing office or the mill do not like to see cotton that has not been through one. It looks a little rough."
Ginners often don't need an entire lint cleaner to accomplish this, notes Anthony. For example, the first grid bar (cleaning point) in a lint cleaner takes out virtually 100 percent of the immature seed and most of the trash left in the lint. "Once you get past the first grid bar, most of what's taken out is more fiber than trash."
Sometimes, additional grid bars may be needed to improve color, noted Anthony. "For example, your color might not be quite 31 and maybe two more grid bars could get you there."
To accomplish the desired level of cleaning on a per bale basis and minimize over-cleaning, Anthony developed a system of louvers which can be extended between the grid bars when needed. In this position, a louver will fully conceal the cleaning point of the grid bar and allow the flow of cotton to bypass it.
The technology, tested, patented and further developed by Continental Eagle Corp., is now marketed as Continental LouverMax lint cleaners.
LouverMax uses seven, computer-controlled cylinders that move the louvers in or out. The first grid bar is always in this configuration. Therefore, there are eight cleaning options for each lint cleaner — from one open to eight open. It is available only on 24-D Continental lint cleaners, which contain eight grid bars. Most other lint cleaners have between five and nine grid bars.
Cotton Growers, Inc., a 13-year-old gin complex, is installing the technology on Continental 24-D lint cleaners for each of its seven gin stands. Four of the lint cleaners are part of the original gin. Three other cleaners are a part of a gin expansion project.
Prescription lint cleaning addresses the frequent problem of over-cleaning cotton to improve grade, noted Bailey Wiener, cotton producer and stockholder at Cotton Growers.
"The problem with a traditional lint cleaner is like a light switch on the wall. It's either on or off. There are no degrees to which it is cleaning the cotton. All grid bars are engaged. The LouverMax cleaners are like a car. You can press the accelerator pedal halfway or all the way, depending on what you need."
Anthony noted that the first two grid bars in a saw-type lint cleaner will typically remove about 8 pounds of material. "The louvers can save between 8 pounds and 12 pounds per bale, depending on the cotton condition."
"If a farmer is netting 50 cents a pound, the savings are up to $6 a bale extra profit," Wiener said. "Most of that additional lint is coming out of the motes and trash pile and ending up in the bale. So theoretically, we should be able to give the farmer that much more lint in the bale than a conventional lint cleaner."
Anthony noted that during one season, 80 percent of the cotton ginned at Servico Gin in Courtland, Ala., where the technology has been in place for several years, used only two grid bars.
Continental also developed an optical sensor, the Eagle Eye, which helps the gin's computer determine how many grid bars need to be automatically engaged for optimal cleaning. The sensors are being installed with the LouverMax lint cleaners at Cotton Growers.
According to Auvie Kincer, vice president of domestic sales for Continental Eagle, prescription lint cleaning "allows you to do exactly the amount of lint cleaning needed."
He said around 50 LouverMax lint cleaners will be in commercial use in 2004. "Upwards of 2 million bales worldwide will be processed through the LouverMax lint cleaners."
The Cotton Growers, Inc., expansion project is on pace for completion by the start of this ginning season. All pollution controls are complete as well as all the concrete work — the foundations under the building and the tunnels underneath the gin.
Three Continental 161 gin stands, centrifugal cleaners, and LouverMax lint cleaners are already in place on the foundation in the new gin, which can support a fourth gin stand if necessary, and the gin building itself is under way.
The existing four-stand gin, also equipped with Continental 161 gin stands, faces the new one, which is offset to allow room for truck turnaround. The gins share a docking area.
"Everything in the two gins is identical," Wiener said. "So when we bring you a sample, you won't be able to tell which gin it came from."
Each gin will have the ability to add moisture to the cotton before it goes into the stand to improve ginning efficiency. Moisture can also be added at the lint slide.
"We also use a high-capacity dryer, so the cotton spends less time in the dryer, which minimizes damage," Wiener said. "When we start up this fall, these will be the most modern gins in the world."
Cotton Growers, Inc., started operations in 1991 and built its capacity to an average of 70,000 bales by 2003, "by treating the grower right, picking up his modules quickly, and properly ginning his cotton," said gin manager, Barry Braden. "Plus our rebate program has returned over $7 million to our growers."
But the rapid growth also meant that its four gin stands have been processing well over 17,000 bales per season, according to Tim Gipson, plant superintendent. "When you go over 14,000 to 15,000 bales per stand during a season, your frequency of repair goes straight through the roof."
With the addition of three gin stands, Cotton Growers, Inc., will have the capacity to gin just over 100,000 bales, according to Braden.
"Growers are happy with the expansion," Braden said. "We're going to have a good balance of trucks, yard capacity (900 modules) and 2,000 bales per day ginning capacity. Come Thanksgiving, we should have all the cotton ginned."
The gin is adding a third seed house which will hold seed from 25,000 bales, making the total seed inventory capacity around 75,000 bales. The gin has a service area as far north as Rector, Ark., and as far south as Clarkedale, Ark. It serves over 40 growers and more than 40,000 acres of cotton.
"Our philosophy is to treat everybody the same whether he's got 40 acres or 4,000," said Clarence Crosskno, chairman of the board for Cotton Growers.
"Our cotton all comes here voluntarily. That's a big plus for the organization. Plus, we've got an excellent group of people to work with."
Cotton Growers board members, all cotton producers, are Allen Donner, Paul Fleeman, Tommy Dilldine, L.H. Gaines, Louis Lammers, Bailey Wiener and Clarence Crosskno.
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Texas A&M International University's International Language Institute is currently conducting registration for intensive English as a Second Language (ESL) courses set to begin at the University Oct. 26.
The intensive ESL courses will be offered weekday mornings, Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 12:45 p.m., from Oct. 26 - Dec. 18. Intensive courses consist of 160 classroom hours plus additional work in a multimedia lab.
Tuition is $750 per course.
Instruction for intensive ESL courses is focused on four skill areas: grammar, reading, writing, and listening and speaking. Six course levels, for beginning to advanced students, are offered.
Beginning Level courses, ESL 101 and ESL 102, are designed for individuals who have no knowledge or very limited proficiency in the language. Listening and speaking skills, introductory reading, basic writing skills, and basic grammar structures are emphasized.
Intermediate Level courses, ESL 103 and ESL 104, are designed for individuals who have limited or some proficiency in the language. Development of listening skills, general academic reading, vocabulary development, paragraph writing and short expository writing, and fundamental grammar are emphasized.
Advanced Level courses, ESL 105 and ESL 106, are designed for individuals who have some proficiency in the language, but need further preparation for academic and professional work. Advanced listening and speaking skills, advanced general and collegiate reading, expository writing, vocabulary development, and advanced grammar are emphasized.
For further information on ESL courses offered at A&M International, contact the University's International Language Institute at 326-2136, or visit offices located in the Sue and Radcliffe Killam Library room 214.
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READING, Pa. - February 6, 2014 --A homeless man who was repeatedly attacked as he sheltered himself from the cold inside a laundromat in Reading last month has been found dead a week after being released from the hospital.
The man again sought to get warm and dry off Tuesday inside another business. When the business owner checked on him 45 minutes later, he found the man unresponsive and called 911.
The homeless man was pronounced dead at a hospital. His name has not been released.
An autopsy was being conducted to determine whether his death was caused in any way by the injuries he suffered in the Jan. 12 attack, which was caught on surveillance video.
Three people have been arrested and charged in the case. A fourth suspect is still being sought.


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Mocassini con motivo intrecciato 'Tim' di colore nero in pelle di vitello di Giuseppe Zanotti Design. Modello con punta tonda, placca logo frontale e suola in gomma bianca.
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20v 4age's come stock with ITB's. You just put extended tip velocity stacks on it?
Base model honda fit. no mods what so ever... no money *snifff*
my fav pic
the difference between snow tires and all season XD
honda fit is mine (owned by my parents) and toyota yaris is owned by my friend... *sniff* i'm toooo poorrr!
Instead of giving me a cookie, give me a burger
bboybowzer wrote:
HAHA one of these threads finally came up...too bad theres no real way or callin BS unless we post pictures of us in the cars? or registrations haha well this is is my car. and I'd like to see the number of posers who post one up too ROFL copter
nice car, but ... honestly ... the colour is a little... well "look at me, i stick out of the crowd"... but thats just preference XD
Instead of giving me a cookie, give me a burger
How long did it take to tune those ITBs to run properly.
I hear ITBs are a huge bitch. Props.
we are invincible <3
20V 4age Blacktop. ITBS are a standard, no real tunning done to it. I'm puttin down 146 at the wheel with 115 for torque. pretty good for a corolla. Color was already like that when i traded my other corolla for it. I loved the color now its kinda eh every other day its I like it or I hate it. even tho the color is out there i dont stick out of the crowd or anything, more like invisible to the other cars. and for the stacks, there aluminum instead of the factory rubber/plastic bend ones. I lost some power in the mid to high range tho kuz of the change. I want to experiment with longer or short ones later on.
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HAHA one of these threads finally came up...too bad theres no real way or callin BS unless we post pictures of us in the cars? or registrations haha well this is is my car. and I'd like to see the number of posers who post one up too ROFL copter
delicious itbs, I must lick it.
any videos of it?
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This is the car I drive. I unfortunately don't have any pictures so I took this one off the net. It looks exactly the same (other then it is maroon) It is a Mercedes-Benz 92 300SE.
here's my rsx type-s... fwd ftl!
don't hate
wooo my baby gerl, her name is suzy... I have to crate in a whole new motor oh suzy im so sorry.. boo hoo!
:p how many people are showing off their parents car
as for me
i drive a little 5 speed mazda 3
its alright for now, and pretty good on fuel effinciency, definitly not a monster like its relatives.
The Cobra
This, my friends, is why we don't over compensate.
(Was a 2000 Pontiac Grand Am)
I now sport a 2003 white Ford Focus. Which is in the body shop from my having hit a deer last week.
my lovely ride a time ago..
in malaysia people called it Proton Satria (based on Mitsubishi Mirage model)
converted to 1.8 GSR turbo engine..
not much modded done on the engine..
only change to stainless steel piping intercooler, vr4 intercooler, hks sqv blow off valve,
hks evc II electronic boost controller, aftermarket fuel regulator, Apexi SAF-C, Apexi RSM,
Apexi Boost Meter, Tein Hi-Lo Adjustable Absorber, Evo3 TwinPot Front Disc, VolkRacing TE37 16" rims..
n bla bla bla....
sell the car and buy this car
from turbo to NA engine...
mods - only hi profile racing camshaft with aftermarket adjustable cam-pulley,
re-chipped the ECU, exedy racing clutch, lightened flywheel and GAB adjustable absorber..
n now the car also sold, come to uk to accompanied my wife..she's continue her studies..
hopefully i could buy either Subaru Impreza ver8/9 STi or BMW E46 here then shipping to malaysia..
pray 4 me guys...
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well im not gonna get into hardcore details but here some pics and info ;p
Well my baby is a 1998 acura integra Type R..Umm on teh outside wings west body kit umm Koing 17" rims uhhmm shaved door handels custom black vynal on meh hood,im gonna get a Carbon fiber hood soon.
ehh hmm in teh engine gots a 1.8L v-tech of course >.> umm Greddy 1.8 psi Turbo kit, Aem cold air, greddy Headers . erm Lightweight flywheel........ehmm light weight pullys :O umm limited slip duh >.> short shifter stage 2 clutch from AEM umm inside i got sparco seats (got em used for 1000$ xD) erm AEM shifter (looks sexy) xD
well i hope more ppl reply and i got a bit more in the engine but ask if u wanna know :P
I call bs. Greddy turbo kit with on 1.8 psi of boost, aem cold air intake and greddy header muahaha. Turbo kits have their own charge pipes and turbo manifold. Greddy turbos come installed with at least 5-6psi of boost also. Why get a turbo kit to run 1.8psi of boost = pointless lol. Greddy also doesn't have a turbo kit made for the type r. The pic of the engine bay only shows an intake also so no you don't have turbo. The bodykit isn't a wings west either. Type r's don't have sunroof and 4 lug wheels. Vtech is spelled vtec. So that means you don't know anything and probably that's not your car. Man you make me laugh. Why are you fronting? Your are a liar.
I agree..why get a turbo to run only 1-2 lbs of boost.
the thing is, he cant. most wastegate companies dont make below 0.250bar (3.626 PSI) springs. You cant run boost lower than what the wastegate is set to or else your NOT running boost at all. another thing he mentioned is that he has a stage 2 clutch from AEM... AEM doesnt make clutches. he doesnt even know what motors in a type R. all he mentioned was a 1.8ltr "vtech" hahah. b18c5 noob
ha ha.... noob--- what a wonderful word
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Friday, April 06, 2012 - Wank Party 2012 #4, Part 1
Wank Party 2012 #4 celebrates Easter. It features David Kadera, Roman Ditrich, Rado Viker, Milos Zambo andn Martin Poupa. Celebrations start in earnest in this first part. The scene starts with Milos, Martin and David having a drink together. Roman and Rado arrive, with the Easter sticks to do the traditional spanking of the neighbourhood girls. Since there are no girls about they must spank the other guys instead. David and Milos bend over for a little spanking and then they call in some girls and proceed to spank them before the girls turn the tables on them. Then Roman and Rado are blindfolded and the girls begin to feel their crotches. Without the guys realising it the girls move out of the way and David and Milos take over rubbing the crotches. Rado and Roman are hard and the guys open the pants and pull their cocks out. Still they think it is the girls who are doing it.Milos begins to suck on Roman and David does the same to Rado. As they are being sucked Martin removes their shirts. Then, after losing his eye glasses he bends to kiss Rado, and remove his blindfold. Rado sees that the girls are not there, and that David is sucking him. Roman removes his blindfold too and sees that Milos is sucking him, but it doesn't phase him. Soon Rado and Roman kiss as they are being sucked. Martin pulls his dick out and begins to wank it, then David stands and has Rado suck on his cock. Milos follows suit, with Roman sucking on his throbbing dick. As David is being sucked he leans over and sucks on Martin's cock. I think it he the first time for Martin, and he seems to enjoy it. Rado and Roman certainly love cock and change places, so that Roman sucks on David and Rado on Milos. David loves Martin's dick and gives all his attention to it as Roman moves over the share Milos' cock with Rado. Then Rado stands and both he and Milos feed their dicks to Roman, in turn. David has certainly worked his charm on Martin, who tries his hand at sucking too, for the first time. He sucks and then licks up and down the shaft of David's cock. Then Martin straightens up and kisses David, who works their two cocks together, while Roman, Rado and Milos continue to enjoy each other. We leave things nicely primed for the next part of this Wank Party where the fun continues apace.
... more about Wank Party 2012 #4, Part 1 further in this newsletter
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Michal Tyser is a very nice guy, who looks great too. We were very keen to get him into action with another guy, so we set up this screentest with Paul Fresh. After a brief interview by Paul the guys start to kiss. As they kiss Paul reaches into Michal's underwear to play with his cock. Then it is back to kissing and Paul works his way down Michal's body, kissing it as he takes the cock out of the undies and then starts to suck it. It is rock hard and standing proud as Paul sucks, and removes the undies. Michal is rock hard from the mouth action on his cock and rubs Paul's back as he is sucked. Paul then lays down and pushes his undies down, so that Michal can start working on his cock. He begins to suck it and soon it is fully erect and filling his mouth. Paul removes his undies as Michal sucks him and chews on his ballsac. Next Paul moves Michal into a postion, with a leg in the air, so he has access to that hairy ass, for some rimming. He also fingers Michal's tight hole. His tongue really laps at the hole and the finger probes deeply, and very fast, getting it ready for what is to come. Before long Paul is ready and shoves his big, hard cock deep into Michal's waiting hole. He fucks that ass deep and hard, with Paul moaning as he takes it. His dick really pounds Michal's ass, stretching it wide as he fucks in and out. Michal is then moved onto his knees for more fucking. Paul really knows how to fuck and is relentless in his use of that willing hole. Michal feels every thrust, and grimaces as Paul pounds his ass, but it takes it manfully. Another change of position sees Michal sitting his ass down on Pauls rigid dick, taking it all deep in his ass. He rides up and down on that thick shaft before Paul takes over and really fucks him hard again. He pulls out and shoots a big creamy load all over Michal's balls. Michal needs to cum too and sits astride Pauls chest to dump his load. Paul, obligingly sucks on the cock to clean it off before climbing onto his knees to end the scene by kissing Michal after a very successful screentest.
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It's a rather cold Good Friday and Passover in Prague, with rain showers. Geoff, Mike, and Rado Pauer have left and arrived in the UK. Marc from Holland is here, which makes Aida happy as he takes her on long walks on the Petrin Hill each morning.
I'm including a link about Easter in the Czech and Slovak Republics. The whips form the motif for our Easter Wank Party.
Meanwhile today, I've posted Part Two of my Three Sneak Peeks for our Easter Wank Party:
I hope you have a great Easter Weekend and first weekend of Passover. I also hope you more pleasant weather wherever you are.
We start today with Wank Party 2012 part 1, our Easter Wank Party, which features Milos Zamba, David Kadera, Martin Poupa, Rado Viker and Roman Ditrich. We also have erotic videos from Gregor Pytel and Radek Filipec as well as a fabulous new guy, Lukas Pribyl in his session stills.
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01/03/2012 (10:00PM - 11:00PM) (Tuesday) : IN AN ATTEMPT TO PLEASE HIS MOTHER ON HER BIRTHDAY, ZEEK FORCES A LAST MINUTE ROAD TRIP WHICH STIRS UP MANY EMOTIONS AND ISSUES FOR THE BRAVERMAN CLAN - Seeking his mother's approval, Zeek (Craig T. Nelson) demands the entire family caravan on a road trip where they encounter many road blocks along the way. While spending time on the road, Adam (Peter Krause) connects with Haddie (Sarah Ramos), Sarah (Lauren Graham) confronts an embarrassing issue with Drew (Miles Heizer) and Julia (Erika Christensen) learns to appreciate Crosby's (Dax Shepard) odd personality. Meanwhile, Kristina (Monica Potter) struggles to enforce a harsh punishment she gave to Max (Max Burkholder) for acting out.
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LINCOLN, Neb. — Evangelization and the pastoral tending of souls are among the main goals for Bishop James Conley, who was named the ninth bishop of Lincoln by Pope Benedict.
"There is nothing more important for a bishop than the care of souls," Bishop Conley told members of his new diocese at a Sept. 14 press conference.
With the support of the diocese, he said he has "one aim," consisting of three parts: that all men and women will "come to know Jesus Christ," that they "live in the abundance of his love" and in turn strive to "become holy, as our Father in heaven is holy."
"I am dedicated above all else to this noble mission," he said. "I am grateful to know that I can already count on your prayers and your collaboration."
Bishop Conley will replace Bishop Fabian Bruskewitz, who has served the diocese for more than 20 years and submitted his resignation according to Church procedure upon reaching his 75th birthday in 2010.
"He has been a true champion of the Catholic faith, and he has been a personal hero of mine for years," Bishop Conley said. "All of us owe him a great debt of gratitude."
Bishop Bruskewitz assured Bishop Conley of his new diocese's support in a Sept. 14 statement.
"We promise Bishop Conley our prayers and dedicated support in all his undertakings and apostolic labors here in southern Nebraska," he said. "We cannot be happier about this appointment."
Bishop Conley, whose installation will take place Nov. 20 at the Cathedral of the Risen Christ, has chosen "heart speaks to heart," from Blessed John Henry Newman, as his episcopal motto.
"I hope that as our hearts speak with one another," he said, "all of us may encounter the love of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Christ."
Bishop Conley, who was raised Presbyterian, has "a heart for evangelization," he said, as he converted to Catholicism in college and even "had the privilege" of receiving his parents into the Church after he was ordained a priest.
As the Church nears the start of the Year of Faith, Bishop Conley said he is eager to begin his work in sharing the Catholic faith with non-Catholics, especially those who are "in their student years."
Bishop Conley served as pastor of Wichita State University's Newman Center, chaplain to the University of Dallas' Rome campus and was an adjunct instructor of theology for Christendom College's Rome campus.
He said he has already heard of the University of Nebraska Newman Center's "stellar reputation" and is "filled with great joy" over what he called an "important apostolate."
Lincoln, which is celebrating its 125th anniversary as a diocese, has long been known for its "steadfast defense of the unborn, civil and religious liberty, traditional marriage between a man and a woman, and strong family values," Bishop Conley noted.
"I am not yet the bishop of Lincoln," he said, "but I am already proud of the people of this great state."
While looking forward to "forging the bonds of fraternity and friendship" with them, Bishop Conley said he is excited to know the priests of Lincoln "as brothers in the vineyard of the Lord."
In closing, Bishop Conley thanked all those who have aided him throughout life, including Archbishop Samuel Aquila of Denver, Archbishop Charles Chaput of Philadelphia, his family and, most especially, the Virgin Mary.
Bishop Conley dedicated his ministry to Mary under the title of "The Immaculate Conception," who is the patroness of the Diocese of Lincoln.
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Men and women religious, whose "consecration serves the whole Church," are a "sign of the universal vocation to holiness," Bishop Conley said.
The Diocese of Lincoln is home to more than 95,000 Catholics in 136 parishes, has 150 priests and 141 women religious, and is home to one diocesan seminary, St. Gregory the Great, and one religious seminary, Our Lady of Guadalupe.
Bishop Conley noted his history with the Diocese of Lincoln, pointing out that, while in Wichita, he served under Bishop Michael Jackels and Bishop Thomas Olmsted, who were "both men chosen as bishops from the ranks of the Lincoln presbyterate."
He said he is also familiar with the legacies of Archbishop James Casey and Bishop J. Henry Tihen, both of whom served first as bishops in Lincoln and then Denver.


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ChromaDex's CEO, Frank Jaksch, is scheduled to present at 1:00 p.m. Pacific Time, with one-on-one meetings held throughout the day. Management will discuss the company's growth prospects driven by its pipeline of proprietary products including its patented pTeroPure® (pterostilbene), which was named the 2010 North American Most Promising Ingredient of the Year by the independent research company Frost & Sullivan. Human clinical data for its pTeroPure® study will be presented on September 20, 2012 at the High Blood Pressure Research 2012 Scientific Sessions, sponsored by the American Heart Association's Council for High Blood Pressure Research and Council on Kidney in Cardiovascular Disease.
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Gateway Conference is designed to provide a unique gateway between influential members of the investment community and a select group of compelling publicly-traded companies. Portfolio managers, research analysts and brokers from buy-side and sell-side institutions will have the opportunity to learn about more than 50 emerging growth companies across a broad range of industries, from technology, business services and digital media, to clean-tech, consumer/retail, life sciences and natural resources. For more information, go to www.gateway-conference.com.
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ChromaDex, Inc. is an innovative natural products company that provides proprietary, science-based solutions and ingredients to the dietary supplement, food & beverage, animal health, cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries. ChromaDex's pipeline of proprietary products include patented pTeroPure® (pterostilbene), which was named the 2010 North American Most Promising Ingredient of the Year by the independent research company Frost & Sullivan. The company has also launched ProC3G™, a natural black rice extract containing 40% cyanidin-3-glucoside and is in the process of developing Nicotinamide Riboside, a novel next-generation B-vitamin. All products are backed with extensive scientific research and intellectual property. For more information about pTeroPure, visit www.pteropure.com or call 949-600-9694.
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Country Bed and Breakfast at One of Kentucky's Largest Wineries
It may come as a surprise, but the first commercial winery in the United States wasn't located in Northern California—it was in Kentucky. Marquis de Lafayette first planted vines here in 1798; by the mid-1800s, the Bluegrass State was the country's third-largest grape and wine producer. Prohibition effectively ended Kentucky's run as a major vintner, but Elk Creek Vineyards carries on the tradition. Set amid rolling hills, it's one of the largest wineries in Kentucky, boasting its own art gallery, outdoor amphitheater, and bed and breakfast.
Accommodations are spread among three buildings: The Inn, The Lodge, and The Estates. The Lodge features private decks overlooking 30 acres of vineyards and stocked fishing lakes. No matter where you spend the night, you'll be treated to a complimentary continental breakfast in the morning.
Live entertainment is available from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays in the tasting room, where you can sample offerings such as the Estate chardonelle and chambourcin. The winery also has a gallery that showcases work by area ceramists, painters, and glitter-glue prodigies.
Owenton, Kentucky: Rolling Hills near Horse Farms, Hunting, and Fishing
If you were to draw a triangle between Lexington, Louisville, and Cincinnati, Owenton would lie directly in the middle of it. Though it's within an 80-minute drive of each of these towns, Owenton remains charmingly rural. Elk Creek Vineyards might be the area's biggest draw, but there are also opportunities for fishing and hunting nearby.
About 50 miles southeast of Owenton lies Lexington, which has the spirit of a university town intertwined with a pedigreed thoroughbred-horse culture. The small city is fringed with horse farms, many of which have yielded Kentucky Derby winners. It's possible to take a guided tour of many of these facilities—a great chance to see the next Triple Crown contender before it becomes famous and blows everything on oats and platinum bridles. At Kentucky Horse Park, you can see the gravesite statue of the legendary stallion Man o' War and visit living race winners in the Hall of Champions.


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David Hall: The Connecticut half dollar was struck to commemorate the 300th anniversary (tercentenary) of the founding of the colony of Connecticut. The original mintage was 25,000 coins and they were apparently quite popular as they were widely dististributed at their original issue price of $1. Today, the Connecticut is popular with collectors as a one-year-only type coin with a fairly attractive design, and a coin which is scarce enough to be desireable but not so rare as to be overly expensive. The eagle on the reverse is the focal point for marks and abraisions, so look for Gems with good feather detail and minimum marks. Luster is usually quite frosty and of course there are toned examples of varying degrees.
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The club's location and pre-development land-use planning are part of a joint public-private effort to maximize green space in surrounding Tweed's Park, a state park in Delaware. Fitness club members and public visitors to the state park's soccer fields, continuous pathway system and the historic 18th century Tweed's Tavern will share a parking deck with more than 300 spaces.
Bob Carpenter, owner of Delaware's Pike Creek Fitness Club, and Roger Ralph, former owner of Bel Air Athletic Club in Harford County, MD, are partners in Eastern Athletic Clubs LLC.
The club will offer a licensed preschool, before-and-after school areas, a café and a community conference room, as well as gymnastics, dance and martial arts studios, which can be used for free children's classes. In addition, the facility will include a hot yoga studio, state-of-the-art group exercise and fitness areas, a competition outdoor swimming pool and a 17,500-square-foot aquatic complex with a lap pool, a therapy pool and a beach-entry leisure pool with a 35-foot-high slide. The aquatic complex will feature an energy-saving comfort radiant heated pool deck housed under a glass structure with a retractable roof.


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Quality time with grandma—it's a beautiful thing. A few hands of pinochle. A game or two of Scrabble. Longs hours of breakdancing to the kickin' beat. For this month's quality time sesh, she's taking on other b-girls at the annual Breakin' Hearts competition and you're her moral support. Damn, your nana is cool.
Breakin' Hearts was born out of a warehouse in the war zone five years ago, founder and promoter Cyrus Gould says. It was created by Gould and Albert Rosales from a desire to host an all-ages, all-inclusive hip-hop and breakdancing event for Valentine's Day. "We didn't plan for it to be an annual event," he says, but given its success they kept it up and each year it's grown with nearly 1,000 attending last year.
"Annual events tend to get bigger and bigger and bigger and sometimes tend to lose focus and lose the intimacy," he says. This year, they're taking it down a notch hosting it at the newly renovated Heights Community Center in an effort to keep the event small and focused.
But small is a misleading word. You and grandma get two stages of entertainment—one with live hip-hop, reggae and rock performances and one featuring DJs Kayote and Souliva spinning as local b-boys, b-girls, beat boxers and pop 'n' lockers compete for cash prizes. Canvas art will hang along the walls. A mini-skate park will take over the basketball court. All the while, grandma won't have to worry about being barraged with explicit lyrics or booties and bling. "It's not about what you see on MTV—all these girls shaking their asses," Gould says. "It's about building and networking and really getting stronger together." Gould invites everyone to come: male, female, young, old, hip-hop, reggae, rock, punk, whatever. It's about unifying and bringing together diverse demographics, he says.
Beyond the artwork and live performance, Breakin' Hearts has become a forum for The League of Young Voters (or The League of Pissed Off Voters, whichever your prefer) to register new voters, open discussion and create an educated, empowered voter block. "Too many times main stream hip-hop as a whole starts to be very nonpartisan," Gould says. "It can't just be ignored all the time. [It's] not telling people what to think, but just opening up the conversation and creating that dialogue." People need to open up and talk about the war, he says. "War is not a value of hip-hop."
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) Jacksonville Jaguars receivers Marqise Lee and Allen Robinson, both second-round draft picks, are sidelined with injuries.
Lee has an ankle injury, and Robinson has a hamstring injury. Robinson's is considered the more serious of the two, with the team expecting him to miss several weeks.
With the team unlikely to rush the duo back, both could miss a mandatory minicamp later this month.
The Jaguars selected Lee with the 39th overall pick in last month's draft and then traded up to grab Robinson with the 61th overall selection. They are vying for a starting spot opposite Cecil Shorts III, essentially replacing Justin Blackmon.
Blackmon is suspended indefinitely for repeated violations of the league's substance-abuse policy, and the team could consider cutting him when and if he gets reinstated.
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Stronger carbon market would net EU governments over €60 billion
Brussels, Belgium – European countries could increase revenues from a strengthened EU carbon market by more than €60 billion between 2013 and 2020, according to a report [1] released today and commissioned by Greenpeace and WWF. The report also shows that the extra income could substantially increase green investments, while leaving European industry unscathed.The EU's Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) has been suffering from a low carbon price and an excess of emission allowances which have in turn reduced EU government revenues and hampered the scheme's ability to cut carbon emissions from Europe's industrial sector. As a response to this situation, the European Commission is expected to release a plan on 14 November to curb the oversupply of emission allowances.
The report, based on modelling by the German-based Öko-Insitut, shows that temporarily withholding emission allowances – a step known as 'backloading' – would increase carbon market revenues by 7 percent or €7 billion between 2013 and 2020, compared to a scenario without intervention. In addition, the report finds that with carbon market measures delivering 25 to 30% greenhouse gas emission reductions by 2020, auctioning revenues would increase between 73 and 91% (€62 - €78 billion for 2013-2020). Several EU member states, including Germany and Latvia, decided to use ETS auctioning revenues for supporting innovation and green technology.
Sam Van den plas, Climate Policy Officer at WWF European Policy Office said: "Without a stronger carbon market EU governments lose the opportunity to send an economically efficient price signal to Europe's biggest climate polluters. What the EU needs is a combination of emergency and structural measures to fix its carbon market. EU governments need to smartly invest the auctioning revenues in cleaner and more competitive production."
The report also demonstrates that the effects of ETS intervention on the competitiveness of European industries – such as steel and cement – are negligible, as many sectors continue to benefit from free emission allowances. Finally, the report criticises the Commission's 2009 assessment of the ETS' impact on industrial competitiveness (known as carbon leakage), arguing that it is based on outdated parameters.
Joris den Blanken, Greenpeace climate policy director said: "Despite Europe's carbon market, coal burning is on a record-high. The carbon market is not working and EU leaders need to fix it before it becomes irrelevant. This report demonstrates that a functioning carbon market can bring huge financial benefits without harming European industry."
WWF and Greenpeace support backloading as an important temporary solution to fix the ETS and call on the EU to withhold at least 1.4 billion emission allowances. However, backloading must be followed urgently by structural measures to strengthen the ETS, in line with cutting domestic EU emissions by 30%, compared to 1990 levels.
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A domestic 30% EU emission reduction objective for the EU ETS implies in total 2.7 billion emission allowances would need to be retired from the next trading phase (ie. a reduction of the cap by 2.7 billion EUAs between 2013 and 2020). This can be achieved by a combination of a cancellation of emission allowances and an increase of the annual linear reduction factor.
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Cabin in the woods a picture-perfect home in Weston
WESTON — Michael Friedman had always been familiar with the house at 367 Newtown Turnpike in Weston, often stopping to admire it from the road.
So when his realtor unknowingly brought him and his wife, Donna Vita, to the property a decade ago, he knew before they'd even crossed the threshold it would be theirs.
"I remember I didn't know where we were going, and as soon as I realized it I said 'We're buying this house,'" Friedman said. "(Donna) said 'Wait, we haven't even been inside.' But she walked in and got about to the living room, and when she turned around she had tears in her eyes. I said, 'I told you so.'"
The pair was intrigued by the home's rustic charm, and at the time, the home needed a substantial amount of work. But with Friedman's background in Western antiques and Vita's background in home furnishings and design — and their joint affinity for restoration projects — it was the perfect project.
"I don't know if there's two other people who were more meant to restore this house than the two of us," Vita said. "You can't find houses like this, even in Colorado. It's very historic, but it was really completely falling apart. We brought it back to it's more authentic roots."
The home is serene. Situated on three acres across from the Devil's Den Nature Preserve, it feels like a country getaway. The original two-room log cabin was built in the 1870s, and is now the centerpiece of the home. In the 1920s, an artist named William Gillis purchased the home. Vita and Friedman are only the third owners since the property was registered by Gillis.
The living room, which once served as Gillis' studio, is a room most people have seen though they likely don't realize it. A scene from the original Stepford Wives was filmed there — it was the psychiatrist's house — and the room has been featured in countless advertising campaigns over the past decade.
The home's appearance in ad campaigns started entirely by chance. A friend of Friedman's, who happened to be a photographer for Getty, loved the home and asked to stage a photo shoot there. The rest, Vita said, is history. The home has been featured in more than 30 campaigns for clients from Budweiser to Ralph Lauren.
"It was fun for our daughter to grow up in such a magical place and to have that experience," Vita said.
Vita and Friedman added a cabin behind the house, which can be used as an office or escape from the 3,300 square foot main home. They also added a separate garage, which is attached to a guest house with a porch overlooking the pond.
Up the hill is where Friedman and Vita go "camping." Atop a knoll, a flat area is the perfect spot to pitch a tent next to the fire pit they've added.
"It's gorgeous in the summer, but in the winter it's the coziest nest of a house I've ever seen," Vita said.
Together, Vita and Friedman have owned The Goose in Darien and the Ash Creek Saloon in Norwalk. Previously they owned an antique shop and Vita's home furnishings and design shop. Now, though, they're preparing for their next adventure, and having sold the restaurants and businesses, the last step is selling their home.
"We love this house, but we're itching for a new project," Vita said. "We love to restore old houses."
The house is listed for $1.4 million through Todd David Miller of The Higgins Group at Christie's International Realty.
"Whoever gets this house is going to be really lucky," Friedman said.
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Rocking zig zags
'Rock your winter', 'Be inspired by the hard glam fashion', 'Be a rock lady'! According to the most heard fashion slogans of the 2013-14 Winter Season, the 80s rock style revival is spreading allover the globe! Have you too been seduced by the charm of the leather & studs mix? If you can no longer resist the renewed beat of the 80's fashion trends and you're a zig zag fan, you will definitely appreciate what we're saying!
Although the M Missoni Winter 2013-14 Collection has been entirely inspired by the Punk and Rock era, some unique pieces are the result of combining the creativity of M Missoni and rock style clothing trends: First, the Zig zag patchwork minidress that thanks to anatomic inlays in contrasting tones and 'maxi chevron' patterns which give a 'reinforcing effect' drawing the silhouette. It will go prefectly with bondage collars and studded belts creating a super glam rock effect. Another outstanding piece is the Zig zag Criscross dress: an eye-catching dress that emphasizes the silhouette while the unique cross pattern provides a stunning contrast on the breasts. You can't ignore the intriguing long webbed sleeves that shout rock-n-roll! See the version at the Daisy Vega blog and check out Virginia Varinelli's page to be inspired and feel ready to get the look!
Style will be the star in Dubai on Thursday, October 10th, at the Dubai Fashion Mall, where the international fashion spotlight will shine on the first annual Vogue Fashion's Night Out! Take this opportunity to celebrate fashion and to pick up our exclusive M Missoni Headphones in our Dubai boutique!
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Appeals Court Gets Yet Another Shot At Fixing The Software Patent Problem
from the pay-attention dept
Of course, as often happens in these kinds of cases, you get amicus briefs with wildly divergent claims. For example, here we'll show and discuss the briefs from both the EFF and the Business Software Alliance (BSA). Somewhat surprisingly, both of those briefs agree on one thing: that the actual patent in question should be ruled invalid, as in the district court ruling. But that's about the extent of the similarities between the two -- who paint extremely different versions of the world of software patents today. The EFF brief explains how damaging software patents are to innovation and the wider economy while the BSA brief talks about how software patents are the greatest thing ever for innovation. One of these three-letter-acronymed organizations is wrong, and it's not the EFF.
The EFF brief is quite detailed in how, where and how much software patents are doing harm to innovation and the economy. It explains how there's been an explosion in the number of patents applied for, granted... and being used in litigation. They also detail how the costs associated with patent trolling have gone out of control, and how large companies like Google and Apple both spent more last year on patents than they did on actual research and development. If you read Techdirt regularly, you've seen many of the arguments and data they present, but it's a great overview whether or not you're familiar with the situation.
Meanwhile, the BSA takes a rather... different view of the world. And, by "different" we mean the view that Microsoft (the BSA's largest supporter) would take, whereby software patents are just freaking awesome. It does this by first rewriting history. It claims that the patentability of software is a long-settled matter without any disruption at all. It does this by completely ignoring the reality -- often espoused by companies who are BSA members, including Microsoft -- that software was not realized to be patentable subject matter until after the State Street case in 1998. As we've noted many times, even Bill Gates used to claim that if everyone was patenting software in Microsoft's early days, the industry would have stagnated rather than grown. Of course, now that basically every tech company out there is more nimble and innovative than Microsoft, it seems to want to stagnate the world.
It then talks up the importance of software to the economy and innovation -- which is true -- but falsely argues that this massive growth in innovation exists because of patents, rather than in spite of them. It keeps insisting that software companies rely on patents to have the incentive to innovate. This is laughable. Seriously. Whoever wrote it should be ashamed. I deal with software companies all the time -- including many very, very successful ones. And the people there all tend to hate patents with a passion. The idea that these patents have been any form of incentive is simply ridiculous. But they claim that without patents, innovation might grind to a halt:
Simple economics makes clear that, if patent protection for software were curtailed, the adverse consequences would be swift and severe. With less profit to capture from the commercialization of the fruits of research and development, businesses would divert their resources into other ventures, and software development would suffer. That would have a ripple effect on productivity across the entire economy. Advanced software allows factory workers to be more precise, cars more fuel efficient, and healthcare more effective. Any new obstacles to software development would carry a penalizing multiplier effect that could threaten the continued technological advantage of the United States. For these reasons, "[d]iscrimination against a form of innovation that is increasingly critical to technological advancement, indeed that in many areas dominates technological advancement, makes no sense."Once again, there is no evidence to support this. None, zero, zilch. Because it's simply not true. The "simple economics" the BSA describes is wrong both in theory and in practice. The software industry was built up and became super successful in a time before most software companies -- including most BSA members -- got any software patents at all. Ignoring that is simply historical revisionism being used for the sake of blatant protectionism.
They then go on to argue that, basically, CAFC had better not change a damn thing, because any change to such "settled" law, would be a disaster. Somewhat amusingly, they quote a decade old paper from Mark Lemley to support the argument that software patents are here and never going away and everyone should stop complaining. Why is that amusing? Because much of the EFF brief also relies on Lemley -- but a much more modern Lemley. That is, the key to the EFF's brief is suggesting that the judges at CAFC use this case as a chance to put into practice exactly what Lemley suggested earlier this year as an "easy" solution to the issue of software patents. Rather than worry about Section 101 and what's patentable, focus on Section 112(f), which (effectively) says that you can't claim a broader function (such as the idea of easing settlement risk with shadow transactions), only the specific implementation of the proposed solution or invention.
As Lemley noted when he first published his paper on the subject, all this really needs is for judges to enforce the law as written -- and the EFF is suggesting that now would be a good time for CAFC to start actually doing that. While the BSA filing gives lip service to Section 112, arguing that it is a good reason why the courts shouldn't redefine Section 101 to not allow software patents, I do wonder if BSA folks would really be that happy if the courts suddenly started tossing out tons of software patents for violating section 112(f) by describing a general idea, rather than a specific implementation.
Either way, whether the court deals with these specific issues or somehow dances around them (again), it's clear that the CLS Bank v. Alice case is one worth following if you care about software patents.


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West Seneca man facing prison in plea deal on sex attack
LOCKPORT –A West Seneca man charged with sexually attacking a 12-year-old girl in North Tonawanda last year accepted a plea deal Wednesday in Niagara County Court.
Justin C. Wheeler, 21, of Westminster Road, admitted to a reduced charge of attempted first-degree rape in connection with the Nov. 18 attack. Prosecutors said the sex was not forcible and the rape charge stemmed from the girl's age.
County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas said she will sentence Wheeler, who had no prior criminal record, to between five and 10 years in prison. sentencing is set for Sept. 10. As


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Made In Chelsea Millie Mackintosh underwear video has boyfriend Professor Green 'fuming' – or not
PUBLISHED: 13:28 19 March 2012
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Rapper Professor Green has said he was only joking when he posted Twitter comments suggesting he was unhappy with his Made In Chelsea girlfriend Millie Mackintosh stripping down to her underwear for an advertising campaign.
Reality TV star Millie did an online video for hair care range Umberto Giannini that saw her get undressed with another man.
The 22-year-old was pictured getting down to her bra and knickers in a crowded café as she 'seduces' a bartender.
For the online novel The Incredible Body, Millie is seen slowly undressing before leading the bartender out of the door.
Millie said: "The character in this story was great fun to act. It felt really sexy to play the 'femme fatale' role! I love the film noir, 1920s feel to it all."
It appeared the shoot did not go down well with her boyfriend, Hackney-born rapper Professor Green, whose real name is Stephen Manderson.
The 28-year-old Read All About It star tweeted: "Hold on a minute, whats all this about getting naked in a cafe and seducing another man?"
After Millie replied that it "just got a little warm" and was "perfectly normal", her beau retorted: "I don't care if he was shorter than you, you're having a giraffe if you think i'm putting up with this.
"Off to get naked in a restaurant and seduce a waitress."
Since the comments were turned into a 'Twitter row' in the press Professor Green has put the record straight, tweeting again: "My jokes about Millie's advert apparently weren't jokes and I'm fuming about it."
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FUNC HS-260 Gaming Headset Review
FUNC HS-260 Gaming Headset Introduction:
Gaming peripherals became all the rage a few years back, and to this day more manufacturers are joining the fray. Any computer retail or online store carries a legion of "Gaming" branded products that can be overwhelming for some buyers. Some would argue that the whole "Gaming" movement is just a marketing scheme, while some swear only by their preferred gaming peripherals line. I took a neutral stand since the debate started and my only policy is if the product performs as intended, call it whatever you want! For example, I wouldn't replace my CM Storm QuickFire Rapid Mechanical Gaming Keyboard for anything else, not even for a FILCO Ninja!
Today I will present you the FUNC HS-260 Gaming Headset. The HS-260 is part of FUNC's new product lineup that consists of a complete gaming peripherals package including the FUNC MS-3 mouse, the F-Series 10 and Surface 1030² mouse pads, and the FUNC KB-460 keyboard. The California-based company promises comfort, great sound, and optimal functionality with the HS-260, which is its first entry in the audio products.
Seeing that so far FUNC only produced mouse pads, I am quite skeptical. Let's take a closer look and see how the FUNC HS-260 Gaming Headset fares.
FUNC HS-260 Gaming Headset Closer Look:
The FUNC HS-260 Gaming Headset comes in a stylish box with a hang tag and a magnetic tab. The box is very simplistic and I am starting to become a fan of such clean design. The front has the name of the manufacturer with the "Functionality. Perfected" value proposition. Towards the bottom right corner is located a close-up picture of the headset's ear cups. The back of the box has a picture of the headset surrounded by seven icons that represent the main features of the FUNC HS-260.
Opening the tab reveals a cut-out where the FUNC HS-260 Gaming Headset can be seen in all its glory. The back of the tab contains a long speech from the FUNC team. It basically depicts their history, vision, previous achievements, and future goals. Looking through the cut-out, a potential buyer can already see that the mic is detachable, and that the product at hand is on the beefy side of the size scale. Tucked in behind the headset is the accessories bundle, including a product manual, registration card, cable, and a set of leather earpad cushions.
The cable that comes with the FUNC HS-260 Gaming Headset is braided, not overly stiff, and feels of great quality overall. On one side of this three meter (10 feet roughly) long cable is located the headphone/mic combo plug, and on the opposite side are located a headphone plug and a mic plug. The extra earpad cushions, supposedly leather, that come with the FUNC HS-260 are nice to the touch and feel quite soft. Both the velour and leather earpads are circular in shape and thick enough to provide comfort during extended gaming sessions.


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Goldmark: Identifying the polluters and the greens, with standardized tools
We have begun a chaotic, life-or-death, worldwide economic transition. It's from an economic pattern that assumes natural resources are virtually limitless to a system that is low-carbon and highly efficient. One that is resource-conserving rather than resource-wasting. Our survival as a civilization depends upon the transition's success.
For 200 years, from large-scale farming to textile mills to steel foundries to the oil-and-automobile era and now the high-tech world, our economic model has assumed that water, minerals, fuels and trees were readily available and essentially without cost; we thought we could emit limitless gigatonnes of greenhouse gas and other pollutants. The fundamental costs of economic enterprise were thought to be capital and labor.
We know now that this old formulation leads to a planet without enough food, water, energy, forests or other resources; one where the oceans rise relentlessly and where storms, droughts and heat waves devastate many regions of the globe.
From the American rust belt to Shanghai's industrial parks, private and state-owned companies are starting to wrestle with this challenge. But how can we tell whether our industrial base is changing in the right ways, and fast enough?
A highly respected, independent nonprofit organization named Ceres is working to develop a credible monitoring system. Ceres works with large businesses and investors across the United States to help them reduce destructive environmental impact and integrate environmental criteria into investment decisions. Sometimes this takes the form of friendly collaboration; occasionally it looks more like Ceres clasping the corporation in a powerful bearhug and quietly giving them a strong reality check.
There are more than 100 organizations that attempt to rate the products or activities of businesses according to social or environmental performance. Mindy Lubber, the chief executive of Ceres, told me she knows companies that have to assign several employees full-time just to filling out the forms that raters send them, because if they don't they get criticized for avoiding their "good citizen" responsibilities. Some of these rating instruments are solid and serious; others are flaky and cloak their methodologies in fog.
So Ceres and Tellus, a nonprofit institute devoted to bringing scientific rigor and analysis to the civilizational transition upon which we have embarked, have launched the Global Initiative for Sustainability Rating (GISR). Their goal is ambitious: They will set minimum standards for sustainability rating -- the basic metrics a business has to cover and the threshold standards it must meet. What's an example of a minimum standard? An obvious one is for a company to report greenhouse gas emissions transparently in comparable, consistent metrics. Companies care about these ratings because they influence what consumers buy and whether investors will put money into them.
GISR will also drive toward convergence -- a polite word for more uniformity -- among the wild array of criteria and methodologies now in use. Every new set of norms and standards has eventually faced the need for some degree of international uniformity, from accounting to weather forecasting. Getting convergence on sustainability metrics will be difficult, because it means taking on some politically powerful corporations and it implicitly involves rating the existing raters.
Does this all sound a little remote?
Think again. This is a key element in determining what kind of world we leave our children and grandchildren. Independent, tough tools are indispensable in measuring whether we are winning or losing the race to leave them a workable planet. This is the new frontier -- it's not about expanding our territory, but about making the territory we're all crowded into livable.
Peter Goldmark, a former budget director of New York State and former publisher of the International Herald Tribune, headed the climate program at the Environmental Defense Fund.


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We're in the mood for some serious vintage shopping this weekend, so we dug into the archives to revisit the ladies behind our favorite D.C. spot. This story was originally published on October 12.
When you think "local girls gone big-time," the names Cathy Chung and Katerina Herodotou should be at the top of your list. The owners of 14th Street vintage emporium Treasury started out hosting pop-up shops in the District before anyone had even heard of a pop-up shop, and after they moved into their light-filled bricks-and-mortar space, they started collaborating on jewelry lines, dreaming up in-house clothing collections, and generally carrying some of the coolest, most eclectic vintage in town.
This past summer, the ladies took over Meeps, the Adams Morgan vintage mecca, and revamped the store from top to bottom (which means the adult video room is long gone). The transformation created an open, breezy, inviting space, filled with the carefully edited vintage treasures we've come to expect, but now with a community event component added on — think live music, magazine parties, and other sweet shindigs. And in the midst of all that empire-building, Cathy and Katerina sat down with us for a two-on-one, dishing about shopping, personal style, and what entrepreneurial gals can glean from their experience. Click through for the full report.


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Terrebonne Parish teachers will find it harder to get tenure and easier to get laid off after the School Board overhauled its policy manual Tuesday night.
Terrebonne Parish teachers will find it harder to get tenure and easier to get laid off after the School Board overhauled its policy manual Tuesday night.
The sweeping changes, which deleted swaths of board policy governing how the school system hires and fires its employees, were largely a formality — board members had little choice but to bring their rules in line with new state laws.
"This is not something we proposed. This isn't even something we wanted," said board member Roger Dale DeHart. "But we didn't have the choice. The state has come down and told us this is how it's going to be, and we have to do what they say."
Pushed by Gov. Bobby Jindal and approved by the legislature, the new rules make it more difficult for teachers to get tenure.
Previously a teacher earned tenure after three years of service in the school system. To earn tenure now, a teacher must earn a "highly effective" rating on the state's new COMPASS evaluation system five years in a six-year period.
COMPASS uses student scores on standardized tests and principal evaluations to judge a teacher's job performance. The system hasn't been around long enough to accurately judge how many teachers might earn the "highly effective" rating.
Teachers who have tenure will keep it, though any teacher who gets an "ineffective rating" will lose tenure.
Without tenure, teachers can be let go seven days after receiving a letter stating reasons for their firing. The process for tenured teachers takes longer and involves stricter oversight.
Among other things, the changes also place decisions for who to hire, who to fire and where a teacher should be assigned solely in the hands of principals and the school superintendent.
The board's actions on Tuesday mean those rules are now school policy and begin immediately.
Jindal and his legislative allies argue the changes will let school administrators place teachers where they can be most effective and reward teachers who are best serving students, while allowing them the flexibility to remove teachers who aren't effective.
Those changes have some teachers upset. At Tuesday's board meeting, teacher Kenneth Fountain, who sits on the school system's employee representation committee, told the board he didn't agree with the changes.
"These are changes to our contract in the middle of a school year. We don't think it's fair," Fountain said. "The state has decided to put the blame on teachers, and we don't think that's right."
Several board members said they wouldn't be implementing the changes had the state not forced their hand.
"I understand why teachers are upset. I'm upset too," DeHart said. "These changes are so big and happening so fast. It's a like they were bought by a new company and all of a sudden that company was taking away their vacation time or making changes like that."
DeHart said he thinks teachers should be especially worried because everything is happening so fast.
"A year ago I said they made the biggest changes to schools ever. Well, that was going to kindergarten compared to this year," DeHart said. "Jindal and his administration have changed more than anyone else faster than anyone else. It's coming so fast we almost don't know what to do with it."
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