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When I was just a little tike, the nuns who taught me in grade school would often say, "idle hands are the devil's workshop." Far be it from me to lend the devil an idle hand. While I was waitin' on my new computer, the one that allowed me to resume my podcasts, I decided to use some of the down time to respond to a backlog of correspondents in the old fashioned way…by writing.
Name: Adam
Age: 34
Location: UK
I have been attracted to male children for years. Having been arrested for viewing child porn I realize that I need to pursue a celibate lifestyle. I realize that celibacy is a demanding lifestyle. What advice would you offer me?
You present a particularly touchy issue for our culture, Adam. But before I respond, I'd like to help you with some of your vocabulary. You say you need to pursue a celibate lifestyle. I think you mean to say you need to pursue an abstinent lifestyle. The two concepts — celibacy and sexual abstinence — mean different things. Unfortunately, way too many people use these terms interchangeably. This is not a good thing and only serves to muddy the waters further.
Celibacy has a very specific meaning. Let me whip out my trusty, handy dandy Funk & Wagnalls dictionary. Celibacy: the state of being unmarried. Some people infer, especially those of a strict religious bent, that celibacy also connotes sexual abstinence. Ya see, religious people are of the mind that there is no legitimate sexual expression outside the confines of heterosexual marriage. Legitimate or not, unmarried people have always been and will always continue to be sexual, so making that unfortunate connection between celibacy and abstinence ill advised.
The only thing we ought to be able to say for sure when someone identifies him/herself as celibate is that he/she is not married. To assume a celibate person, even one who has taken a vow of celibacy, is sexually abstinent is quite a dangerous stretch indeed. Need I point out the very unfortunate sex abuse scandals that continue to plague the Roman Catholic Church?
In the same way, if someone identifies him/herself as sexually abstinent, the only thing we ought to be able to say for sure is that he/she is not engaging in any type of sexual expression. It would be false to assume that a sexually abstinent person is not married, because there are a lot of married people who are indeed sexually abstinent.
In your case, Adam, I believe you are telling me that you are both not married (celibate), and because of your particular sexual predilection — young boys — you must also be sexually abstinent. If I've got this right…and it is very important that I not misinterpret your words…then I think there are options you may not have considered.
I firmly believe that we learn our sexuality. All we eroticize, in your case boys, is learned behavior. You once learned to eroticize boys; you can now learn to eroticize a more appropriate group of people. This isn't a particularly easy thing to accomplish, but it's not impossible either.
Anytime any one of us discovers that the object of our desires is someone inappropriate, we need to adjust our eroticism immediately. This is the better part of being a sexually responsible person. Pedophilia is just one such inappropriate eroticism. A father for his daughter, a mother for her son, a boss for a subordinate, a man for his neighbor's wife, a teacher for her student, a counselor for his/her client, a congressman for his page…are you getting the picture? I hope so. And the list goes on and on.
I believe learning to readjust your eroticism to a more appropriate outlet is a much better option than trying to live a sexually abstinent lifestyle. The reason I believe this is that having a more appropriate outlet will at least give you an outlet for your pent up sexuality. If you have no outlet, or limit yourself to masturbation, you will only intensify your longings and further fixate on the inappropriate object of your current desires.
Like anyone trying to wean him/herself off a bad habit, the task ahead of you Adam, will be challenging. It will also be enriching and life-affirming. I hasten to add that you ought not try to do this on your own. Work with a sex-positive therapist.
You're a relatively young man with many years ahead of you. These years can be filled with happy, healthy and appropriate sexual expression. Make it happen.
Good luck!
Name: Bert
Age: 54
Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Dear Sir,
7 years ago I lost my lover who I had lived for 14 years by AIDS. 6 months later I met my present lover. His lover just died of lung cancer. We met each other at a time we needed someone in our life. I am not a person who steps inside easily into a relationship. For the first 3 years we had a review every 3 months and every 3 months we extended our relationship for another 3 months. I needed time to get over my loss. My problem is that I cannot ejaculate when I have sex with my present lover and my appetite for sex has vanished. Before my lover died I had the greatest appetite for sex and I had no inhibitions about sex. I feel shy and uncomfortable when he approaches me and I do have an erected penis. In the first years I thought the reason was my lost of my lover. But after seven years it must be over. Can you give me advice?
Dear Bert,
Grief has a profound effect on our sexual response. In my practice I have found that grief is one of the leading causes of sexual dissatisfaction and dysfunction. You, Bert, present the classic symptoms of grief induced sexual dysfunction and dysphoria.
As you probably know, some animals mate for life. When the mate dies, that animal will not mate again. Are you such an animal? Is seven years of grieving enough? I can't say. Grieving is such an individual thing. What I can tell you is it is time for you to bring this concern to a professional for help. I suggest that you seek the help of a qualified sex-positive therapist, someone who is well versed in both sexuality and grief counseling. It's imperative that you address this issue as soon as you can. Don't let this go unattended any longer. It will fester and destroy any sexual relationship you will try to establish in the future.
Good luck!
Name: Lenore
Age: 28
Location: IL
Whenever I have sex with ANYONE (it could be the hottest guy on the planet) I have to ALWAYS imagine I am with someone else from my past. The guy in question was the first guy I ever had sex with. We only did it once and I never saw him again after that. I was 17 in high school and he was 23 in the navy. Now if I don't imagine this guy I can't achieve orgasm, no matter how GOOD the partner I have is making me feel. I'm having a good time, I lubricate like crazy, but when it gets right down to it, I HAVE to think of this guy or no orgasm.
Can you give me some advice on this?
Are you suggesting that what you describe here is a problem? Or are you just making a point and asking me for my thoughts on the matter? I hope it's the later, because I
don't see that your fantasy life is getting in the way of you enjoying your sexuality. On the contrary, your fantasies are enriching your sexuality. You're able to fully enjoy sex, even to orgasm…with the help of your recollections of the guy who popped your cherry.
As to what goes on in your head during sex, well that's no body's business but yours, unless you want to tell your partner what's on our mind. Everyone enjoys sexual fantasies as an integral part of their sexual expression. And rarely do those fantasies include the person right there bumpin' parts with the person doing the fantasizing. There's nothing wrong with that, don't 'cha know! I mean, why would you want to leave your largest sexual organ, your brain, unstimulated when your pussy is having such a good time?
Why not just enjoy what works for you?
Good luck!
Name: Kevin
Age: 30
Location: Delaware
I would like to know why gay men and lesbian woman have fetishes (turned on by a certain body part). I'm turned on by feet and by men wearing all types of boots and all types of sox please reply with answer thanx
Ya know, Kevin, fetishes are not just a gay/lesbian phenomenon. Every kind of person may have fetishes.
Fetishes come in all sizes and shapes; body parts, clothing, hair color, (racial fetishes…as we will see later) particular sex acts, sex toys, to name just a few. There are a few plausible explanations for these behaviors, but the one I prefer is that we learn our sexuality. All the things we eroticize — in your case feet, footwear and sox — are learned behaviors. I suppose that if you had the time and energy to retrace your steps, as it were, you'd find a specific time and place when you began to fetishize these things. The people who study human sexuality say that there is a pleasurable connection of one sort or another with everything we find erotic. Some fetishes develop later in life, some start when we are children or even infants.
Good luck!
Name: Mura
Age: 22
Location: Japan
I am 22 year old. I like and love strong and humor and good-looking male man. When saw the man like those, my cock is becoming hard and want to have sex. Frankly speaking, I like and love black Actors of USA Will Smith and Denzel Washington. When I watch their films, I do my cock by myself. I feel it s very nice. But I also think that it is not good. But I can't control myself. I don't know how to do. Please tell me your advice.
Lots of us share your sexual fantasies of black American actors.
— Denzel! Denzel! Denzel! Oh baby, oh baby, you make me so hot! —
And those that don't share your (our) fantasy have other beloved fantasies of their own, just like Lenore and Kevin above you. There is nothing wrong with that. Masturbating to sexual fantasies is good and healthy. It will help you learn about your
body. Enjoy yourself. Try not to think of yourself as having a problem. This is all very natural.
Good luck!
Name: Jose
Age: 27
Location: Miami
Dear Dr.Dick, I'm been having a problem for a long time I'm a goodlooking guy that works out, healthy, professional but I have a problem I can only have sex with men of color only I fantasy about it everyday till the other day I call an escort service and finally I did it but now I'm worse still having more fantasies everyday and I don't know if this is an addiction problem or what, I try white guys but they do not turn me on at all and by the way I'm Latin, can you please advise.
Why do you think there's a problem with your sexual preferences? It sounds like you're doing fine, you've discovered that you're into men of color.
— Denzel! Denzel! Denzel! Oh baby, oh baby, you make me so hot! …WHOOPS, I THERE I GO AGAIN…
No need to apologize for that. Why not just enjoy yourself…and the luscious black men that we love so much?
Good luck!


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With approximately 20 minutes remaining in regulation, Wentworth's attack began to find its rhythm. With only freshman goalie Samuel Cannon (Scarsdale, N.Y.) to beat, Geleski attempted to corral a bouncing feed just inside the top of the box but sophomore Andrew Fijan (West Chester, Pa.) sprinted between both players to clear the ball out. In the 74th minute, Travis Lombardi's corner kick ricocheted off several players and then hit the bottom of the crossbar before getting kicked out of play. Cannon turned away long-distance attempts by Jake Buzzell and Josh Deschene in the 76th and 81st minutes to maintain the shutout.
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Both squads will continue play on Saturday, Oct. 29. MIT will visit NEWMAC foe Wheaton College for its regular-season finale while Wentworth will begin postseason action in The Commonwealth Coast Conference Championship Tournament.

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BATON ROUGE — The ongoing efforts of a Lafourche Parish lawmaker to call a special session of the Legislature ended Friday afternoon when it was announced that only nine senators had signed his petition.
Rep. Dee Richard of Thibodaux, an independent, needed 13 signatures from the Senate to accompany the 40 he had previously gathered in the House, where only 35 were required.
Had the Senate obliged, it would have triggered a mail balloting process where each member of the Legislature would have been asked to vote on holding a special session.
"It's disappointing," Richard said. "But I appreciate the support of my colleagues, and it was great to see the interest that was generated around the state. That was very satisfying."
Richard wanted a special session because he said lawmakers have been left out of the decision-making process by Gov. Bobby Jindal's administration on budget cuts. He told lawmakers a special session could be used to reverse the planned closures of the Paul Phelps Correctional Center in DeQuincy and Southeast Louisiana Hospital in Mandeville.
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"You try to change things and make a difference, but you can't always do that," Richard said. "The bodies have spoken."
The only senator from the Terrebonne-Lafourche delegation to sign the petition was Sen. Troy Brown, D-Napoleonville.
Sens. Brett Allain, R-Franklin, and Norby Chabert, R-Houma, did not endorse the effort, Richard said.
Allain said earlier this week he was "hesitant" to vote for a special session when he hadn't seen any actual bills for lawmakers to review.
On the House side, Reps. Truck Gisclair, D-Larose, and Joe Harrison, R-Napoleonville, signed the petition, while Houma Republican Reps. Gordon Dove and Lenar Whitney opted against supporting Richard's push.
Like Allain, Whitney said she wanted to see specific proposals, and Dove added that Chabert was already leading efforts to find avenues for public-private partnerships to shore up the Houma hospital — the Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center — that bears his late father's name.
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As if we needed another sign that the biggest buyout in history was a colossal flop, even the Oracle of Omaha is eating crow. Warren Buffett, in his annual letter to shareholders of his company, Berkshire Hathaway, warned that weak natural gas prices could "virtually wipe out" the $2 billion worth of bonds he purchased in Energy Futures Holdings.
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HERMES GARDEN PARTY POCKETS BAGCategories:Other Brands
Want to see a new bag made by Hermes? It's about time right? Well, it's not really new but its something you haven't spotted yet.
First of all, the original Hermes Garden Party Bag doesn't need any introduction because it has been around for sometime. And we know the Hermes Garden Party is ideal for almost any occasion – for work, the weekends or shopping. It's feminine and has large spacious to carry so much more than your basic essentials.
But anyways, allow us to introduce something different; Meet Hermes Garden Party Pockets Bag. The one we are sharing is made from calf leather in combination with cotton. It's refined with palladium hardware and the interior features a zip-closure. The shoulder strap can be adjusted anytime you want – it can be carried on your hand or even on your shoulder.
Sow what's new about this bag? Well, the name already revealed the secrets – it got extra pockets on the front and it has a squared shape (if you compare it to the original Hermes Garden Party Bag).
But other elements like the button on the front, the handles and most of the design are basically the same.
Now for the details;
Hermes Garden Party 36 Pockets Bag
Measurement: 36 x 26 x 17 (L x H x W) in cm
Reference code: H070507CKAA
Price: €2470 euro
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Chanel Around Pockets Flap BagCategories:Other Brands
By now you should already know that Chanel do not publish all their latest handbags on their website. They leave the crumbs for us to pick at their Chanel boutiques and sometimes crumbs can be very tasty.
For example, like the Chanel Caviar Easy Flap Bag. This handbag has never been revealed on their website, we needed to visit their store to find out.
All right and here's another one that might interest you.
How we get to know this handbag is kind-of a funny story. One of our readers, Ornoi, published a video in our comment section, she showed in details on how this bag looks, and it's truly amazing.
Thanks Ornoi.
She bought this bag in October 2014 in Frankfurt, Germany. It's a medium sized flap bag, probably cheaper than the iconic Classic Flap Bags. The color is Bordeaux and it's made from lambskin.
The leather is luxurious – with beautiful stitches and it feels butterly soft. The CC closure is the same like the Classic Flap Bag, but the difference is that the Chanel Around Pockets Flap Bag comes with extra side pockets. The rest is still the same, like the interwoven chain links.
The interior is quite large, it comes with a zip pocket too. Simply a gorgeous handbag and an alternative for anyone that loves Chanel.
We do not have the style code, the exact prices and the colors available.
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The Kushell Music Endowment Sponsors Acclaimed Artists
The Kushell Music Endowment was established in 1971 to provide support for residencies that enhance the instructional and performance offerings of the Department of Music. Since its inception, the program has brought to the community of Lewisburg and the university campus an impressive array of nationally-recognized performers, scholars, music educators and composers for residencies and special programs. Some examples of recent events follow.
Recent Artists Events
Patricia Shehan Campbell: Professor of Music, University of Washington:
Dr. Campbell visited several classes and led a special three-hour Dalcroze and world music workshop as part of Bucknell University's Music Education Methodology Series. Bucknell music education majors as well as educators from across the state attended.
I Gusti Nyoman Darta: Gamelan expert: coaching, class visits, and performance of shadow puppetry
Dave Liebman: NEA Jazz Master: coaching of improvisation ensemble
Paavali Jumppanen: Pianist: class visits, one-on-one masterclasses, and a special performance of Professor of Music William Duckworth's Time Curve Preludes
Duo Fantaisie en Echo: Early music duo: class visits and performance
Orff-Schulwerk: Class visits and workshop with Dr. Rick Layton and Jacque Schrader of The Key School, the first in a series of annual Music Education Methodology seminars
Dean Sorenson: Trombonist & composer: commission of work (Four by Four) for Bucknell Jazz Ensemble and performance in premiere of work with Jazz Ensemble
Jupiter String Quartet: Class visits
Cascata Early Music Ensemble: In addition to performing a concert of Italian music from the Renaissance to the Baroque on instruments such as the viola da gamba and the theorbo, Cascata gave two open lectures on the subject to Professor Annie Randall's Music History & Literature class.
Bassam Saba: A Workshop in Middle Eastern Music: Bassam Saba, an internationally-recognized performer of such middle eastern instruments as the nay and ud, led two open workshops with April Centrone, percussionist for Dr. Bethany Collier's World Music class and the public. He also visited classes to talk and perform, and returned in the spring semester for a full performance and further workshops.
Curt Branom: Singer/actor/dancer: workshop and one-on-one consultations with Opera students
Wind Soloists of New York: Class visits, masterclass
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See also: Mike Lynch blogs for CIO UK
Autonomy founder Mike Lynch is leaving the company after less than a year under the ownership of HP.
The news came as HP announced 27,000 redundancies last night, as part of its quarterly financial results.
HP bought Autonomy for $10.3 billion (£6.7 billion) last October, with Lynch earning £500 million from the sale. HP's CEO Meg Whitman said that Autonomy had suffered disappointing licensing revenues in the second quarter, "with a significant decline year-over-year, according to TechMarketView analyst Richard Holway.
Whitman cited the difficulties of growing an entrepreneurial company as the reason for the decline.
"It is not the product. It's not the market. It's not the competition. This is classic entrepreneurial company scaling challenges – it's a whole different ball game," she said.
However, according to sources close to the situation, 20 percent of Autonomy management team have left since the HP takeover.
These include president Sushovan Hussein, chief financial officer (CFO) Steve Chamberlain, chief technology officer (CTO) Pete Menell, chief marketing officer Nicole Eagan, chief operating officer Andy Kanter, and Martina King, head of Lynch's more recent pet project, the augmented reality platform Aurasma.
"They were finding it very hard to deliver on strategy because of the differences between the software and hardware business," a source said.
This contrasts with Lynch's comments last December in an interview with ComputerworldUK, when he said that Autonomy had not lost "one significant member of staff" through the acquisition.
Around the same time, Mike Lynch also told delegates at the Bloomberg Enterprise Technology Summit in London that HP had vowed not to interfere with the day-to-day style or workings of his business.
"HP understands the Autonomy is high-speed, smaller and more agile," he said at the time. "And that it needs to be left that way.
"They drove this acquisition in that style."
When the Autonomy acquisition was announced last summer, HP customers and shareholders reacted with bewilderment and sometimes fury to the US giant's wider plans to reinvent itself as a software company.
Autonomy shareholders didn't seem that enthusiastic about the deal either. Indeed, HP was forced to extend the deadline for the takeover bid to be accepted when fewer than half of shareholders voted in favour at the first closing date in September.
Commenting on Lynch's departure, TechMarketView's Holway said: "This is obviously bad news for Autonomy's people in Cambridge. In some respects it might be good news for Lynch and UK-based software development. We fully suspect Lynch will use his vast fortune to produce an Autonomy#2 – wherever that might lead. It would undoubtedly be Cambridge-based – Lynch's physical and emotional home.
"As for HP, we shed a tear for this once great company. The list of once great companies acquired by HP over the last decade only to disappear without trace adds yet another name."


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Where the pillows are plush fluffy waffles and where the rivers run thick with chocolate is where we'll continue this terminal race around the world. Home to Tintin and more official languages than is necessary, Belgium is also an avian wonderland for the pigeon folk. Why live on the streets of New York City eating left over pizza crusts or spend your days getting violently trampled by Japanese tourists in Piazza San Marco when you can make a decent living delivering teeny tiny elfin messages to teeny tiny Belgians living in prefab houses nestled on the side of a hill? Those pigeons have got it good in Belgium - condos with a doorman. People kill for condos with a doorman! I'll bet those little Flemish mules deliver much more than silly messages though. Red-footed strutting drug lords is what those flying rodents really are... coo roo-c'too-coo check my rectum ooh-oor. I've always wondered why Snow White and St. Francis of Assisi were so blissful all day long - always smiling, always singing, hanging out with their bird friends. Now I know. Those bitches were high as a kite. Let's recap, shall we?
We continue this endless adventure where we last left off - in Belgium with our racers greased up and flashing us their mammaries. Somehow Team Armani (Amani & Marcus) finished first and now they're the first team to depart. Teams must now drive themselves to the Ford Proving Grounds (Prahving Grounds if you ask Camille) for their next clue. Team Bert & Ernie () leave behind them in second, with Team Grammer (Camille/Sandy & Kelsey/Jeremy) in third, and Team Snowbunny (Andy & Tommy) and Team Geritol (Bill & Cathi) rounding out the top five. I guess that bodybuilding leg was purely for our amusement because no one got eliminated and all I have to show for it is another week added on to my very annoying TAR blogging schedule.
Note to anyone affiliated with The Amazing Race in any way whatsoever: GET YOUR ACTS TOGETHER!!! I'm sick of your stupid little show starting late every week. You were almost an hour late last night and my DVR neglected to record the 9 o'clock hour. And since cbs.com is an ad ridden nightmare that won't pause long enough to let me write a bloody paragraph, I am now forced to rely on my wits and memory (ha!) in order to recap the show from last night. I say that from now on you should pay me for every minute you're late. According to my calculations, you now owe me eleventeenth million dollars. I'll be waiting for my check.
Alright so Bert & Ernie arrive at the Ford Proving Grounds and it's a Road Block: Who wants to play with the ponies? As Ernie has an extensive My Little Pony collection at home, it is he who braves the challenge. To pass this Road Block, racers must "Master Their Mustang". As dirty as that sounds, it's just a couple of fancy car tricks. #1 - reach a speed of 100 miles an hour and then brake hard through a turn of orange cones. #2 - navigate through a slalom course without knocking over any cones or crashing into a giant inflated blue dummy car. #3 - do a double victory donut.
With wide eyes and hard nipples, Ernie is strapped into the passenger seat and shown exactly what these Mustangs can do. Clad in a fetching royal blue driving uniform and with the wind blowing in his hair, Ernie is ridden hard by the nice Belgian man. "Squeeee!!!", he cries. "Yippee!!!", he squeals. Tumbling around the front seat like that plastic bag in American Beauty, Ernie is tossed hither and thither before Godellef (the Belgian driving guy) finally gives Ernie the reins and let's him drive this bitch himself. Driven by focus and a tingling in his loins, our little blue speed racer plows through all the flimsy wimpy girl speeds and reaches 100 miles an hour with no problems at all. It's when he reaches the slalom course that we discover all the anger Ernie has pent up inside. I don't know what cones and dummy cars did to Ernie in a past life, but in this life, he's going to run those bitches down! Ploof, scroop, floot go the cones hurling through the air while poor Godellef could do nothing but clutch his neck and glare at the CBS producers getting their lawyers on the horn.
The Grammers pull in second and Kelsey snatches up the keys before Camille can even stumble over to the clue. Unshaven and determined, Kelsey passes the speed portion with flying colors, but he gets impatient when pulling into the slalom course. You see, that Ernie is still crashing into the dummy car and Kelsey is antsy to get this show on the road before Camille wakes up and wanders onto the track. Half hungover and half in an Ambien daze, the track could be a very dangerous place for Camille. She's liable to think the dummy car is a real car and, knowing Camille, she'd pop it with one of her Stuart Wietzmans while reenacting that White Snake video. Eventually, Ernie passes which lets Kelsey catch up and complete the slalom course swiftly enough. Camille slept through the whole thing, the blue dummy balloon survives, and now the teams are instructed to drive to Gent.
Team Armani and Team Snowbunny finally arrive at the Ford place and it is decided that, much to Andy's chagrin, Marcus and Tommy will drive. You see, Andy is the "car guy". Andy is the one who drives on roads and talks into CB's and whatnot - not Tommy. The only reason Tommy wants to do the car challenge is because he gloriously failed the Hans Christian Andersen recitation challenge and now he wants to save face. With that goofy smile of his and tussled hair, Tommy skips off to do some driving while Andy stays behind and kicks the pavement with a very unchristian-like fervor. Through the engines revving and Marcus screaming something or other about touchdowns, we can still hear Andy exclaiming, "But I'm the car guy!" I don't know, if cars are really Andy's thing then wouldn't he be the better choice to compete instead of letting spindly embarrassed Tommy save some face? Their reasoning had something to do with head challenges and physical ones. I don't remember the intricacies of their new race plan but it had something to do with Tommy be a bonehead and Andy being a brain. *shrugs shoulders* Whatever.
With Bill & Cathi in last place, everyone passes the Ford challenge injury free and is now on their way to Gent. Andy sits in the backseat with his arms crossed and a grimace on his face. This is what it looks like when you have sin in your heart. No pitchforks, no flames. Just a jealous stoner in a headband fighting the jealousy within. With the sin eating away at his innards, Andy finally gets in a little face time with Christ and promises to stop being envious. That's all there is to it. Hate whoever you want, wish your enemies dead, wallow in the pea soup of jealousy... as long as you say you're sorry in the end, it's all as good as forgotten. Rrrrright. How about not doing devil things in the first place? I don't know. Just a thought.
Bert & Ernie arrive in Gent first and it's a Detour: Water or Waffles? In Water, teams have to build a raft and search the waterway for two pieces of something (My notes here are vague. I'm thinking this is when I got a refill.). In Waffles, teams have to build a waffle stand and make perfect Belgian waffles. No stranger to the kitchen, Ernie chooses Waffles before Bert can micromanage a single thing. The Grammers choose Waffles as well because a nice fluffy waffle might soak up some of the liquid that's pickling Camille from the inside out. With tiny little legs and stumpy little arms, Bert & Ernie crawl on stools and each other in an effort to assemble their waffle house. Conversely, those statuesque Grammers simply flung a rooftop off of their pinkies and had it land perfectly onto their awaiting poles. Voila! The Grammer Waffle House is open for business. Bert looks on sideways with some of that Andy sin in her heart and wonders why her house is still in pieces above Ernie's head. Ernie shouts, "Because they're tall!" Bert makes a note in her notebook to look into leg lengthening when she gets back home. And now it's time to bake!
Unfortunately for Kelsey, waffles are not his forte. He's a pancake man. The smooth golden discs he flips so effortlessly on a Sunday morning while Camille snores from the other room... that he can do. These boxy, dimpled, textured, square things are not in his repertoire. Besides, I don't think Hungry Jack makes a Belgian waffle mix. Ernie, however, is very confident in his waffle-making prowess. He watches the demonstration closely and skips back to his waffle house to get to work in the kitchen. Bert watches him from across the tiny shack and asks, "Why aren't you using a ladle? " Ernie replies, "Julia Child never uses a ladle!" Bert asks, "Well, why aren't you whisking it?" Ernie replies, "Because Ina Garten doesn't whisk!" When he's not in Swahili class or learning how to sword fight a monkey, Ernie is watching The Food Network (and doing needlepoint). If Bert wasn't so busy planning their next trip to the outskirts of some war torn country, she'd know of what Ernie was capable - throwing a dinner party with only $50 and a nectarine, knitting a shawl out of a tattered soccer net, or creating a handmade soap gift basket from some slivers of hotel hand soap and a sprig of lavender. Trust him Bert. He's got this.
Meanwhile, the slackers are just now arriving. Teams Armani and Snowbunny both choose to do the Water challenge which I'll admit I thought was nuts at the time. Marcus takes one look at the branches, ropes, and barrels with which he has to create his craft and directs Amani to hut hut hut to the 50 yard line where he'll tie everything together and they'll float away. Of course when the Snowbunnies arrive, he completely scraps his cockamamie plan to create a ship that looks like a floating field goal and instead copies the Snowbunnies design from start to finish. Since those goofballs are so good at the dumbest things, the Snowbunnies cruise through the water challenge and are now in the lead as they head to a pigeon outpost for their next clue.
Back at the waffles, Bert & Ernie are stunned to hear they've failed the challenge. Bert flings her arms to and fro wondering what the hell they did wrong while Ernie silently adjusts an askew strawberry and looks to the judge for confirmation. The judge nods as Ernie smiles softly to himself. He knew he had this. Those waffles were his bitches! Over in the Grammer house, things aren't going quite as swimmingly. Camille has taken over and while beer is very popular in Belgium, it's not really a component of the waffle batter. Kelsey stayed in his corner flipping pancakes for the locals and shouting "Tada!" while Camille sprinkled a mysterious white powder all over her waffles and presented them to the judge. The judge gives her a thumbs down and Camille cries, "Do you have any idea how much these waffles are worth?!?" Gandolf shrugs his shoulders and tells her to try it again. She sprinkles more powder and presents her plate again. Again, she is rejected. After begging Kelsey to quit and smooshing each and every one of his pancakes in between her fingers, Camille finally figures out that her waffles were merely presented in the wrong order. Gandolf gives them the thumbs up and they're off to the next clue.
Marcus eventually manages to make a touchdown and Team Armani, followed by the slow moving Team Geritol, are finally on their way to the pigeon place. Bert & Ernie arrive first and discover that they have to release the pigeons and then drive to catch up with the pigeons. Bert dumps a vat of Purell all over herself and Ernie before gingerly tiptoeing up to the pigeon doorman. Bert declares, "I don't want to touch the pigeons." The doorman rolls his eyes and opens the little pigeon condo where birdy after birdy flew off all by themselves - without Bert's help. Flushed with relief, Bert grabs Ernie's hand and throws him into the front seat of the car. They have no idea where they're going so they stop at a 7-11 for some hostess snoballs (for Ernie) and directions.
Meanwhile, the Snowbunnies arrive at the pigeons and somehow make it to their destination while Marcus is scaling a small Belgian mountain in search of a clue. He saw a flag waving in the distance and naturally assumed it was an Amazing Race flag. I guess I should cut Marcus some slack because the Belgian flag actually does have red and yellow in it, but forget it. I'm rooting against him on principle - the principle that life is not a football game, cars are not pep rallies, and momentous occasions are not freaking touchdowns. To make matters worse, Camille also decides to follow Marcus up the mountain. Luckily, she quickly realizes that it's just a random flagpole and not a clue and she scurries away from Marcus as quickly as her little legs will take her.
The Snowbunnies arrive at their pigeon destination incident free and are directed to the Atomium which is the Pit Stop for this leg of the race. They see some ne'er-do-wells on skateboards loitering on the side of road and decide to ask these kindred spirits for directions. Kelsey, however, doesn't need directions. He recognizes the Atomium from when they were in Brussels and now it's a car race to the finish. I hoped beyond hope that those bumbling Grammers would stumble their way into a first place finish finally, but it wasn't to be. Can you believe those numbskull Snowbunnies won the leg? And they won cars they can customize?! Gross. Tommy stared into the distance with his dumb ass smile while Andy, yet again, with sin in his heart, had to bring up the car challenge just one more time. I hate you both. Lose.
Team Grammer finishes in second with Bert & Ernie in third and Team Armani in fourth. This week we say goodbye to Bill & Cathi. I wasn't necessarily a fan and thought they definitely got lucky on that nonelimination leg early on, but I'm bummed they didn't beat the Snowbunnies. That was all I wanted out of the old timers - shame for the Snowbunnies. So, what did you guys think? How much longer can Team Armani last? Do the Snowbunnies have this thing wrapped up? Do you think the Grammers will treat me to a pancake breakfast? Comment it out bitches and have a great day!
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Where to find images you can reuse and include in your work
Target audience: Cause organizations, nonprofits, NGOs, journalists, general public
Sure, you can eye millions of photos on photo-sharing sites like Photobucket, SmugMug or Buzznet. But where can you find photos you can use? For instance, on your website or in your multimedia slide show, video or project.
It's a theme we often return to: Don't do all the heavy lifting. Let the community help. (If you're looking for video footage to include in your work, see our Free Video Directory. For music, see the Free Music Directory.)
Stock image agencies like Corbis and Getty Images are tailored for professional print publishing, not grassroots video production. Coming on fast are a slew of low-cost websites that aggregate amateur photos. For a few dollars, you can snag high-quality photos for your production at sites like iStockPhoto (at $1 to $3 per photo, the quality is higher than at many of the free sites). See our accompanying story, Top 10 sites for free or low-cost photos.
For many, a more satisfying option is to snag photos for free. In recent years a number of free, grassroots image clearinghouses have cropped up to give incumbent image agencies a run for their money. Be sure to read each site's terms of service before grabbing a photo and incorporating it into your own work. Some of the best include:
You'll want to start exploring at this landing page, which offers images with these licenses: Attribution, Attribution-No Derivatives, Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives, Attribution-NonCommercial, Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike and Attribution-ShareAlike licenses.
Other choices
Dozens of other sites offer images with a wide range of reuse options. Here are a few:
• Free Stock Photos from Cepolina Photos
• ArtFavor
• Bigfoto
• Aarin Free Photo and Digital Images
Sources: This piece borrows from our friend Robin Good's writeups at his Masternewmedia blog. (Thank you, Robin.)
• Socialbrite: Free Video Directory: license-free video, music and sounds
• Socialbrite: Free Music Directory: license-free music and sounds
• A few more free stock photo sites (Photoshop Support)
Note: Most images found through image search engines are copyrighted.
Please comment on, correct or expand upon this article.
• Top 10 sites for free or low-cost photos (Socialbrite)
• Free Music Directory (Socialbrite)
• Free Video Directory (Socialbrite)
JD Lasica, founder and former editor of Socialbrite, is co-founder of Cruiseable. Contact JD or follow him on Twitter or Google Plus.


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This exhibition presents a nearly comprehensive overview of Vancouver-based artist Jeff Wall's (b. 1946) almost 30-year career, featuring 41 works and including most of his major pictures to date.
Wall uses state-of-the-art photographic and computer technology to make pictures that evoke the composition, scale, and ambition of the grandest history paintings.
Jeff Wall: "After Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison, the Preface, 1999-2001."Photo courtesy of The Art Institute of Chicago


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Due to the continued very high fire danger and current level of fire activity in the State of Utah, Superintendent Kate Cannon has announced fire restrictions for Arches and Canyonlands National Parks, and Natural Bridges and Hovenweep National Monuments.
Fires are permitted only in designated fire grates in developed campgrounds and picnic areas. All open fires (including charcoal) are prohibited in backcountry campsites.* Petroleum fueled stoves and grills will still be permitted. Smoking is also prohibited, except within enclosed vehicles, parking lots or developed areas that are cleared of all flammable materials for at least three feet in diameter. Visitors are reminded to exercise caution and to properly extinguish all lighted smoking materials.
*Charcoal fires permitted along the rivers in Canyonlands if contained in a metal fire pan.
Cannon stated that "the fire season has arrived extremely early to Utah this year and firefighting resources are likely to be stretched to the limit. In cooperation with local, state and other federal agencies, we must take these precautions to ensure the safety of park visitors and resources."
These fire restrictions are effective beginning June 14, 2012 at 12:01 a.m. and will remain in effect until further notice.
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What does the bit depth and sample rate refer to?
Most modern audio interfaces provide the facility to specify the bit depth and sample rate for a particualr project but what differences do these values actually make to the quality of the audio? To help you understand exactly what these measures of digital audio are refering to we have created this helpful guide.
Bit Depth - 16 Bit vs 24 Bit
The easiest way to work out how a project recorded at 16 bit will sound different to a project recorded at 24 bit is to make a direct comparison to digital images. Audio files or indeed image files stored digitally on a computer are represented by a series of 1s and 0s stored on the computer. Groups of these 1s and 0s are known as bits and it is the number of bits used which dictates how detailed the image (or audio) is described... confused. Perhaps its better if I give an example. The following images are the same image but one has been saved at a higer bit depth.
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As you can see the image saved at a lower bit depth looks grainy and undefined. Now translate this into the world of digital audio. Audio recorded at a lower bit depth will sound grainy and less defined therefore recording audio at 24 bit will be of a higher quality than something recorded at 16 bit. So why doesn't everyone record at 24 bit? Well we have identified the benefits of recording at higher bit depths but what about the costs? If something is recorded at 24 bits then it is using more bits in a file and as such the files are going to be much bigger. They will take up more disc space and they also require more computing power to process. So how do you choose what bit depth to work in? The best option is to provide yourself with the choice, buy an audio interface cabable of recording at higher bit depths but only use the higher bit depths if you know your project will benefit from it. For example it may be more efficient to stick to 16 bits if your project is aimed at FM transmissin or internet streaming.
Sample Rates
The sample rate is slightly more complicated to explain. The sample rate is the number of "snapshots" of audio that are sampled every second. The continuous audio stream is digitally encoded in a similar way to a movie camera capturing motion by recording an image frame many times per second. The higher the sample rate (and bit depth), the more accurately the original sound can be represented. The following diagram helps to illustrate this point. The curve can be thought of as being the original sound whereas the columns can be thought of as digital data trying to represent the original sound.
Again this seems to suggest that you should always record at higher sample rates, but again there are costs and you need to decide the most appropriate rate for your project. 44.1k refers to 44.1 thousand sample per second and you will find that 44.1k, 48k and 96k are the most common sample rates although 192k is now becoming more popular. 44.1k is the standard for CDs, 48k is common in video, 96k is popular in professional studios because it offers more headroom for mixing purposes and finally 192k is being used for very high quality DVD projects (normal DVD projects operate at 24bit 96k). Another point to consider is the human ear, this wonderful human tool is limited with regards to the frequencies it can actually detect. It is best not to record at sample rates below 44.1k because of the "Nyquist Frequency" a formula that indicates that the audio bandwidth of a sampled signal is restricted to half of the sampling rate (its getting a bit heavy now isn't it). So in order to cover the approximately 20khz range of human hearing, the equipment must sample at more then 40,000 (40k) samples per second. Put simply... Reducing the sample rate will reduce the sound quality and the bandwidth, and therefore should only be used when absolutely necessary, such as for internet streaming of voice-only sources.
How do the two values relate?
Again this is probably best illustrated in a diagram. See the graph below which shows the relation between the two values.
We have already established that Bit Depth refers to the number of bits you have to capture audio. The easiest way to see how this would effect music would be to view it as a series of levels that audio enery can be sliced at any given moment in time for example for 16 bit audio there are over 65536 possible levels. With every bit of greater resolution, the number of levels double. If we were to record at 24 bit then we would have over 16777216 levels for a slice of audio frozen in a single moment of time.
The biggest advantage of recording at higher bit depths is the extra headroom it provides during mixing with regards to the dynamic range and noise floor of the system. The extra number of values possible for your level indicator give you a better dynamic range and lowers the noise floor. This is transparent to the user since levels are indicated in decibels which is a logarithmic unit of sound intensity; 10 times the logarithm of the ratio of the sound intensity to some reference intensity... or in other words a decibel is a ratio rather than a defined value. Again this is best illustrated by a diagram.
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If we were to then introduce time into the equation (after all audio frozen in a single moment is not particularly useful) then this gives rise to the sample rate. As discussed above the sample rate is the number of times your audio is measured (sampled) per second. Therefore 96KHz refers to 96000 slices of audio sampled each second.
How does this effect file sizes?
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There are a lot of reasons to hate the Star Wars prequels. In fact, there are hundreds. But there are a few redeeming points, and one of them is Ewan McGregor, who somehow managed to pull off being incredibly awesome in those movies while simultaneously paying tribute to one of the most beloved English actors on film. This despite George Lucas playing cut-and-paste with his performance and being surrounded by CGI muppets and bad decisions.
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Some of the world's largest brands – including those operating in Australia – continue to fend off cyber squatters with the number of domain name disputes rising by 4.3 per cent year-on-year, according to a report by Melbourne IT Digital Brand Services.
The report, which uses data from the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), said there were a record 2884 uniform domain name resolution policy (UDRP) disputes in 2012, covering 5082 domain names.
Not surprisingly, .com was the domain most recovered from cyber squatters – who register and typically profit from a domain owned by someone else – with more than 3475 domain names, almost triple the number of disputes in all other generic top level domains (gTLDS) combined, the report said.
Only 16 disputes related to the .xxx domain were filed with WIPO during this domain's first full year of operation.
"The domain industry and global brands have been looking for evidence to shed light on the predictions that the arrival of potential new gTLDs such as .web, .home, and .sucks will drive cyber squatting to new highs, and the first year of .xxx has been closely watched as an indicator," said Martin Burke, executive VP at Melbourne IT DBS.
"Some will be quick to point out that 16 cases show the fears are just hype but that ignores the fact that around 80,000 trademarks were registered in .xxx to protect brands before the gTLD even went live.
"What is more compelling is that .com accounts for 68 per cent of WIPO domain disputes and in our view, that percentage is likely to remain high once the new gTLDs arrive, meaning the biggest problem for brands is actually one they are already having to deal with," he said.
The majority (88 per cent) of complaints in 2012 were upheld, compared to the 85 per cent average, indicating brands were getting better at choosing when and how to file effective UDRP actions, the report said.
China experienced one of largest increases in cyber squatters in 2012 with 47 per cent rise in cases to 500. Australia experienced an 8 per cent decrease in cases from 171 to 158 year-on-year.
Some of the big brands that filed cases with WIPO in 2012 included Apple, Dyson, IKEA, IBM, Intel, LEGO, McDonalds, Pfizer and Royal Bank of Scotland.
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It never hurts to have plenty of digital photos kicking around that you've taken yourself. Sure, they're nothing professional, but at least you don't have to worry about licensing.
It was a good weekend to be outside, so I made the most of it — I cleared my 64MB Compact Flash card and went for a 2+ hour walk around town.
Unfortunately I didn't get as many photos as I wanted because I filled the card at about 100 shots. But there were some great ones which should come in handy in the future. Here are some.
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Here's a distant shot of Clare Wuellner of CFI-Austin in The Dress, giving testimony at Wednesday's SBOE hearings. This comes from Steve Schafersman's own blog. If you'd prefer a more journalistic, detailed, play-by-play account of the day's events you know, who spoke and what they said and not just my indignant ranting, Steve's got it. Tons of photos, too. He stayed all day, like a true battle-hardened veteran.
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After repeating these steps infinite times we will get a figure with an area S2. Let's F(r)=S2/S1. It's clear that F(0)=1 and F(˝)=0.
(a) What is this function for square?
(b) What is this function for equilateral triangle?
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Making StridesBy Ericka Chickowski | Posted 2008-06-26 Print
Although Google has made some key security acquisitions and added talented security pros to its team, many IT and security managers still won't trust their enterprise applications to the company's cloud offerings.
Making Strides
Google has made visible strides with the security of Google Apps since it rolled out the first iteration. "Using these tools does represent a risk, but Google has gotten better with security," says Vern Cole, chief security officer at Varolii, a Seattle human resources software development firm. "When Google Desktop initially rolled out, you weren't able to block certain areas that you didn't want to index. Now they have added a feature so you can do that."
The company has also been responsive to security vulnerabilities that have recently cropped up in Gmail and other software it has developed. For example, when security researchers found a nasty back-door vulnerability in Gmail last fall, the Google team acted to close the gap in a matter of days.
In another instance, Core Security Technologies, a Boston-based company specializing in penetration testing products, found a bug in Google's Android SDK. "Our relationship with Google has been brief so far, but they were quite responsive, even though the vulnerability we found was not that relevant to many people," says Ivan Arce, CTO at Core Security. "They addressed the problem quickly."
These efforts seem to provide enough assurance for the thousands of users who have signed up with Google so far. This is especially true for small and midsize businesses, which may not have IT resources equivalent to those Google provides as a service.
"We have millions of active users of Google Apps," Feigenbaum says. "Thousands of university users are deploying Apps, and more than 2,000 businesses are signing up every day."
Nevertheless, many security and IT managers say there is a fundamental control problem that makes the migration of data to the cloud a risk they are not willing to assume.
"It gets back to a lack of control," says Randall Gamby, a security analyst for Burton Group, a research and advisory firm based in Midvale, Utah. "Businesses are hoping Google will pick the right tools to secure the infrastructure, but they have no assurances and no say in what it will pick. Plus, many of these organizations have to ensure regulatory compliance, and a lack of control makes them wonder whether Google can support their compliance needs."
According to Craig Balding, author of the CloudSecurity.org blog and a security practitioner at a Fortune 500 bank, enterprises need to figure out how to balance productivity with security when it comes to trusting in cloud solutions, including those offered by Google. He says part of that balancing act may involve learning how to classify data and educating users on which data and functions are—or are not—appropriate to put on Google Apps.
"I think the issue will be what kind of data is being put in the cloud," Balding says. "If you are a bank and have transaction information up there, that's a problem. But if the data is for a marketing Web site, that might be a different story."
Balding suggests that enterprises might put their toes in the water with less risky segments of their data to establish trust in Google before using its software for more substantial products.
On the other hand, some organizations may not be comfortable using any of the offerings until they get a better view of Google's security practices.
Cole of Varolii believes education is critical in these cases because users may be adamant about the usefulness of Google's offerings and may try to sneak them under the radar if they don't understand the risks. He believes users are more likely to comply if the business reasons for such a ban are explained to them.
"User education is very important," Cole says. "If you just come out with an edict of 'Thou shall not,' you will have problems because people like their tools and feel they need them to do their jobs. Employees have to be made aware of the risk assessment. You'll get more compliance when they see you are trying to work with them."
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Ideal Test solution for IPTV Deployment
Anritsu Instruments Company, a subsidiary of Anritsu Corporation, a global provider of operational support solutions for advanced and converged networks, introduces enhancements to its MPEG Analysis option for the CMA50000 Multi-Layer Network Test and Measurement Platform. Included in the enhancements is MPEG-4 support, which helps make the CMA5000 the ideal test solution for all IPTV deployments.
Anritsu has added many features to the MPEG analysis option powered by the Triveni Digital MT-40 software, including support for MPEG-4 transport stream monitoring and analysis for DTV signals carried by broadcast, cable, IPTV, mobile or satellite networks. Deploying video services over IP is presenting service providers with a new set of testing challenges. The CMA5000 enables simultaneous testing of both the transport system and the MPEG-4 encoded video streams.
Current customers migrating from an MPEG-2 environment to an MPEG-4 network can utilize the CMA5000 to test multiple layers of the network, including actual video content, to ensure proper deployment of IPTV. The decoded video streams are analyzed and instant on-screen indication of the quality of the video is provided. The CMA5000's exclusive easy-to-use graphical user interface allows for fast and in-depth troubleshooting of the video content, to reduce down time and poor quality of video/audio.
Assuring the quality of video/audio characteristics, such as meeting timing and buffer models, correct signaling of and linkage amongst program elements, and synchronization between video and audio, is necessary. The Anritsu CMA5000 is the ideal platform for IPTV providers to ensure that a quality product is delivered to the end viewers.
"The CMA5000 is a perfect tool for deploying IPTV and providing QoE to your customer. The ability to test the actual video content and troubleshoot the lower layers provides easier troubleshooting to locate the root cause of any network impairment" said Jason Thomas, product manager, Anritsu Instruments Company.
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However, winds were well above normal across southern Europe and northern Africa, as well as in southern Africa, eastern Australia, and most of South America.
The largest wind speed anomalies of the quarter, both positive and negative, were found in Europe and northern Africa, a pattern that AWS believes can be explained in part by the Arctic Oscillation (AO).
The AO index was negative throughout the quarter and strongly negative in March. A negative AO is often associated with a more southerly European winter storm track than usual, bringing much higher than average winds to the Mediterranean, while depressing winds in northern Europe
AWS has released a redesigned and expanded version of its Wind Trends Bulletin, a free quarterly report that examines deviations in global wind conditions from historical norms. The new bulletin has expanded from Europe, India and North America to include South America, Africa and the Middle East, Asia, and Oceania.