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My uncle used to look exactly like the old Rex and was even a few years older, and he did that procedure and looks a lot like the Rex of new. Can't hate on anyone doing something to help himself live longer.
So happy for Rex. Dude's a great coach and him being healthy should keep him around longer.
My uncle used to look exactly like the old Rex and was even a few years older, and he did that procedure and looks a lot like the Rex of new. Can't hate on anyone doing something to help himself live longer.
this surgery is the easy way out. sit on your ass all day if you want, eat everything you want, at some point your stomach tells you your full and thats it. it doesnt even matter what you eat. dont give me this "he has to watch what he eats" crap. if youre 400 pounds you can eat half the **** you ate before and you'll still lose tons of weight. lets not act like he's eating one apple the whole day. if he really watched what he ate he would have lost tons of weight before without this surgergy. its a simple matter of how much you take in and how much you lose at the end of the day, in terms of calories. i dont think he watched what he was eating, i dont think he's working out regularly. enough with the BS, he didnt want to go through all that ****. and thats fine. good for him he's losing weight, but he could have done all that without the rubber band around his stomach. thats all im saying
some people aren't as dogmatic, zealous, intolerant or fanatical as you and your evangelical cult of te-boneheads, Jimmy Swaggerts, Ayatullah Khoemenis, Josef Stalins, Idi Amins or Osama Bin Ladens are, I guess
Rex lost 100 pounds and is continuing to lose more, How he did isn't as iimportant as the fact thst he did it except, I guess to the brainwashed locksteppers
Everyone needs help though.
Saying surgery of any type is the easy way out is wrong. It is the last hope of many people. I quit smoking cold turkey after smoking for 20 years, I would never think less of a person's effort because they use a patch to help them quit.
One thing that will help Rex when the band is removed is that he is around a lot of healthy people that exercise and he has access to great food and exercise equipment for that lifestyle.
This is one time that I wish Rex all the luck in the world.
The band will get him to a weight where he will be able to exercise.
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You're looking good!
It's whole wheat and gives you a largr portion for the same calories as most standard pastas. It's nice being able to enjoy a little pesto now and again.
My boy Rex is looking so much better. So happy for him.
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My oldest brother had gastro bypass surgery 2 years ago and is a now a workout machine...has incredible energy, now runs everyday, did a half marathon. The change in his quality of life has been amazing to see. Some people just need assitance, IMO we shouldn't pile on the folks who actually take steps to get healthier.
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Clearly you've gotten tired of picking stupid fights with Ray Ray so you've moved back to me. Quit your stalking and stick to insulting and whining about everything and everybody (but me).

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Would it be OK to make a crayon quilt for a baby gift? Would it hold up with the many washings it would endure?
Welcome to the Quilting Board!
Would it be OK to make a crayon quilt for a baby gift? Would it hold up with the many washings it would endure?
You know thats a good question. I'm expecting my first Great grandchild, have 8 grandchildren and bound to start much quilting. I'd like to know that answer myself. :roll:
Maybe make it a wallhanging? It wouldn't get washed as often.
Or, go over the coloring several times to make it darker to begin with, intending for it to get softer with the washings?
You can also use watercolor colored pencils, and use textile medium to blend them. This makes the color permanent, and if you go lightly with the medium, keeps the fabric softer too.
the colors do fade with many washings but it is pretty easy to just (brighten) the colors when needed, you just re-color and re-heat set. for the past 10 + years i have helped a local pre-school make crayola quilts. even the very first ones are still used and great. a couple of the blocks had to be gone over to brighten them, they were quite light to start with. but they do hold up to washings quite well as long as you used pre-washed fabric and heat set the pictures.
Years ago for a home ec project I helped finish a 'state flower' quilt my mom had started for her hope chest that was crayon and embroidry. It was already over 20 years old when I worked on it and the muslin background gave up before the the crayoned ateas did...but that was a good number of years and quite a few washings later.
I just finished a crayon quilt from grandson. But having made a small project once befor, I learned that it is washable but not heat dryable. This time I colored the pictures then transferred them to fabric. Be sure to densely color.
i have seen some fabrics with crayons on it


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KEXP Reviews
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This Swedish band's second album came out a couple years ago but received limited distribution. It's now been reissued by Sire, and of all the excellent new garage-rock albums that have recently appeared, this one may be the best of all. Utterly kickass garage-punk that's catchy as all get out - it just doesn't get any better than this (except perhaps the Sonics, and not surprisingly, they're a notable Hives influence). 5/15/2002 - Don Yates
Other Hives album reviews:
The Black and White Album - 11/5/2007
Tyrannosaurus Hives - 7/12/2004


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Braves eager for Bethancourt's bat to catch up
By Mark Bowman / MLB.com
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- Highly regarded catching prospect Christian Bethancourt has read and heard comments made by those who question his ability to hit at the Major League level. Over the course of this year, he is hoping to silence these doubters.
"It's no secret that I have to work on my offense," Bethancourt said. "I was working on it in the winter and in Panama, too. I am here to show what I can do."
Bethancourt reported to Spring Training with some muscle added to a frame that has gone from 198 to 212 pounds over the past year. More importantly, the strong-armed 21-year-old came to camp with a swing that looks a little different than the one he showed while hitting .243 with a .291 slugging percentage with Double-A Mississippi last year.
"That swing has gotten better," Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez said. "When you listen to the reports and hear the guys talk, they always talk about his swing and say he's not ready yet. But just watching batting practice and the four at-bats I saw in winter ball, I think there is improvement there."
Bethancourt's season ended on Aug. 10 when a pitch broke his left hand during his 13th inning at-bat. By late October, he was pain-free and able to concentrate on refining his offensive approach.
While playing in the Dominican Winter League, Bethancourt did not produce encouraging results. He hit just .224 with a .522 OPS in 22 games.
Now a few more months removed from the broken hand, Bethancourt is hoping this will be the year his body matures to help him show what he is capable of with the bat. With the strong possibility that this could be Brian McCann's final year with the Braves, Bethancourt could be Atlanta's starting catcher as early as next year. While there is no doubt he is ready from a defensive standpoint, the Braves would like to see him make some strides offensively.
"I'm here to play baseball, show them what I can do, and then they have to make decisions," Bethancourt said.
Simmons' travel schedule poses potential difficulties
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- Andrelton Simmons might play just one exhibition game with the Braves before making the long trip to Taiwan to prepare for the start of the World Baseball Classic. Simmons will bat leadoff and play shortstop for The Netherlands.
Simmons is scheduled to begin his long trip from Orlando, Fla., to Asia a little after 6 p.m. ET on Saturday. The talented shortstop will be in the lineup when the Braves open their Grapefruit League season against the Tigers on Friday afternoon.
But because of the travel schedule, Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez said he might not play Simmons in Saturday afternoon's game against the Yankees.
The Netherlands will practice as a team next week and begin play in Pool B on March 2. If the team advances to the second round, Simmons would stay in Asia until at least March 9. That sets up the possibility that there might be two weeks left in the spring slate when he rejoins the Braves.
"I think the thing that scares all the managers and coaches is not that they won't get there work in," Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez said. "It's competing at a high level when they might not be ready yet. There's nothing you can do about that."
Braves closer Craig Kimbrel is expected to leave Braves camp by March 3 to join Team USA in Phoenix. Team USA's first round play does not begin until March 8.
Mark Bowman is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Drake + Chris Brown Won't Have to Pay for Ruining a Nightclub's Reputation
Even though their inane fight over who got to date Rihanna injured multiple people and caused an untold amount of damage, a judge let Drake and Chris Brown off the hook because boys will be boys.
Kind of.
According to TMZ, Drake and Brown were being sued for $16 million for their antics last summer, which included throwing bottles at one another and causing an enormous mess that someone else had to clean up.
However, the lawsuit was filed by Entertainment Enterprises, which owns Greenhouse nightclub in New York City. Problem is, that's not where the fight broke out — it's simply adjacent to the brawl scene, W.i.P nightclub. Still, Entertainment Enterprises alleged that the fight cost Greenhouse a pretty penny because its reputation took a hit.
But a judge didn't buy it and threw the case out, saying the nightspot should expect fights and shouldn't sue for them every time one happens. Especially because the tussle didn't even occur on their property.
So that's one court battle Drake and Breezy won't have to worry about. But as for the continually feuding duo's lawsuits against each other? They're still in progress.


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A few notes:
- Michael Brick writes an op-ed on the deleterious effects of grading schools for the sake of grading them. [New York Times]
- Friend Laurie Wasserman and co-teacher Elizabeth Stein write about their experiences co-teaching. [MiddleWeb]
- A group of artists combat the mega-giant Walmart through Tumblr. Intriguing. [Tumblr]
- Michigan's affirmative action ban was struck down by the federal appeals court this past week. Great fodder for the eugenicists who comment here. [Huffington Post]
- Do you need more writing ideas? Here's a post that can help with that. [Writing Forward]
"Yesterday, we had a nice conversation on Twitter [with regards to] experience, newbies, and challenges in teaching profession. It's been a busy semester and what I share online is to try to bridge understanding as to what's happening on the ground level, the ground zero of education reform, [namely] the school. So I share this: whose fault is it that a rambunctious classroom wreaks havoc on a campus? The teacher, the admin, the school, the system? We have a math/science shortage in the U.S. so we import teachers in these areas from the Philippines where [their education] system is vastly different. They arrive in South Central [Los Angeles], shell-shocked. The district mandates struggling readers to take a prescribed curriculum, READ 180.
Students are grouped together because behavior issues are strongly correlated to reading difficulties. By end of the day, kids are up to no good. The teacher new to the country struggles. [There's no money] for mentors, no money for appropriate number of admins to supervise teachers adequately, plus a language barrier. Do we expect such students to not throw chairs, not say f**k you to staff members before eight in the morning, or not throw bloody maxi pads around? So, in conclusion, experience matters, but so does a well-funded educational system, community resources to combat poverty and empathy by all."
– Martha Infante, emphasis and brackets mine


text: Hello all, Visited a friend of mine today, who is a Wilson rep. We'll he received as a gift Roger's racquet from a couple years ago. Signature included, with paintjob. Before anyone starts the conversation. He said that it was from a couple years ago. Obvious with the paint job and the fact it really looks like a ps 85. I measured it since I know it would be asked: 338g unstrung 30.5 balance Enjoy the pictures!


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GRAMMYs On The Road With The Helio Sequence And Com Truise
The Recording Academy Pacific Northwest Chapter played host for GRAMMYs On The Road At The Sasquatch! Music Festival, held May 25–28 in George, Wash. The Chapter conducted exclusive backstage interviews with artists performing at the festival, including indie alternative rock duo the Helio Sequence and electronica DJ/producer Com Truise.
The Helio Sequence vocalist/guitarist Brandon Summers and keyboardist/drummer Benjamin Weikel discussed the Portland, Ore., music scene, musical influences, their evolution, and their forthcoming new album, among other topics.
"Portland, as a city, over the years has [become] more and more alive," said Summers. "The beauty [of] Portland is there's not one unified aesthetic. … It's not constricting, everyone's very accepting of everyone else's styles and types of music."
Combining elements of indie alternative rock and electronica, the Helio Sequence were formed in 1999 in Portland, Ore., by Summers and Weikel. In 2000 the duo released their full-length album, Com Plex. Young Effectuals followed in 2001, garnering the interest of Seattle's Sub Pop Records, which subsequently signed the duo. Love And Distance followed in 2004 and their most recent album, Keep Your Eyes Ahead, was released in 2008. The duo recently completed work on their forthcoming new album, expected to be released this fall.
Com Truise discussed musical influences, the evolution of his sound and performing live, among other topics.
"The artists [who] inspired me to become a DJ were the Chemical Brothers [and] a bunch of drum and bass DJs," said Com Truise. "I started out in drum and bass music and then I heard [electronica duo] Boards Of Canada and I kind of changed all of my producing methods."
Com Truise is the project of producer/designer Seth Haley. Hailing from New Jersey, Com Truise creates what he calls "mid-fi synth-wave, slow-motion funk" music. In 2010 he released a digital EP Cyanide Sisters. The EP was later remastered and released with four additional tracks on Michigan-based record label/music publishing company Ghostly International. Com Truise's first true full-length album, Galactic Melt, was released in 2011. Aside from recording his own music, Com Truise has remixed tracks for artists including Daft Punk, Neon Indian and Twin Shadow, among others.


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I picked up a couple WYSE terminals because they had really nice mechanical USB keyboards, and a "lot of 5 vintage computers", 2 of which have 5.25" floppy drives. (Awwwww, yeah!) (Sum total of all my purchases was $1.10, that's some smart shopping )
So, my plan is that I would like to set up a machine with the 5.25" floppy drives to show to my kids, who recently were
Does anyone know if 5.25" floppies can be made to work with a semi-modern motherboard and PSU that has a floppy disk header on the MB? (The type used by 3.5" floppy drives)
Or will my dream of having a 5.25" floppy love on a modern OS going to be crushed due to some technical issue (Connectors are incompatible, power supplies are incompatible, no OS provides driver support, etc.)?


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President's Message Mar-Apr 2005
What a surprise to a fit, active, 49-year-old man when he suffers a heart attack. David Chook, the subject of our fascinating cover story, is a health care professional who was neither overweight nor hypertensive, but was stricken with heart disease. In I Can't Be Having A Heart Attack, we explore David's story, and then, uncover the common Myths About Heart Attacks.
In this issue of Healthy Living, I am also particularly proud to share a profile of The Annenbergs. The late Honorable Walter H.Annenberg and Leonore Annenberg have, with extraordinary grace and distinction, unparalleled generosity and vision, over the years, helped Eisenhower Medical Center realize our dreams.The Annenberg Center for Health Sciences at Eisenhower pioneers advances in continuing medical education, increasing both the professional and public understanding of critical health care issues. We are proud to honor and thank the Annenbergs for their truly exceptional contributions to Eisenhower Medical Center.
We also turn our attention to diabetes, metabolic syndrome – a precursor to diabetes, and prevention. "In the year 2025, we are talking [that] somewhere in the range of 25 million people in the U.S. will have diabetes," notes Frank Vinicor,MD, MPH, Director, Division of Diabetes Translation, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Eisenhower Medical Center is proud to feature Dr. Frank Vinicor as one of our keynote speakers at this year's A Day of Hope for DiabetesSM on Saturday, March 12.This annual, free event presents an opportunity for people with diabetes and the public to learn more about the disease that is currently considered a national epidemic."We are all gaining weight," continues Vinicor. "And we are all being less active, and that is what is accounting for this apparently chronic disease epidemic.… It's no longer a cosmetic issue. It's an issue of health."
And as always, please keep in mind that Healthy Living is YOUR magazine. If there are any topics that you would like to learn more about, please let us know.
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CAIRO — A Saudi judge has asked several hospitals in the country whether they could damage a man's spinal cord as punishment after he was convicted of attacking another man with a cleaver and paralyzing him, the brother of the victim said Thursday.
via Saudi judge considers paralysis punishment – World news – Mideast/N. Africa – msnbc.com.
Every time I think my country is screwed up, I read this sort of thing, and feel better about it. And kudos to the hospital that just said no (apparently).
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Working for life
July 22, 2013 at 2:22 a.m.
Willie Garcia Jr.'s face shows signs of age etched by the sun over his 83-year life span.
Garcia worked in the rice fields for $7 a day in his youth, hardly a sum of money by 1946 standards.
Married at 16, Garcia and his wife had 16 children - 8 boys and 8 girls. Garcia jokingly said, "I told my wife, 'When the children go, I'm going out of here, buddy.'"
Sick and hurting from a case of the shingles, Garcia moved in with one of his daughters in Victoria.
Never one to be idle, Garcia wanted to stay active and realized that trying to live on a Social Security check of $100 a month wasn't going to be enough, so he decided to sell watermelons like he had in the past.
For the past three years, Willie has staked out a spot on Houston Highway near the airport, where he sets up his crates of watermelons, honey and jams. "Some days I make a little money; on some, I don't."
Several cars pulled up intermittently and rolled down their windows to buy a watermelon while others came by just to visit and taste test the melons, which are from the Rio Grande Valley.
"I make $40. I spend $20 and put $20 in my pocket; that's not too bad, 'eh?"
Moving around with the energy of a young kid, Willie is constantly talking, joking and reminiscing about the past, his ranch and horses and even thoughts of God and prayer.
"I pray to God to help me; pray for Willie," he says with a crooked smile and a little sparkle in his eye.
"I've got to work. If I stop working, I'll die."


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Gonzalez rewarding Rockies' patience
Outfielder helps fuel Game 2 victory from leadoff spot
By Thomas Harding / MLB.com
He went from the nowhere-bound Athletics to Triple-A Sacramento, which was in the Pacific Coast League playoffs. Gonzalez earned co-Most Valuable Player honors.
Rockies at a glance2009 record: 92-70
2008 record: 74-88
Clinched NL Wild Card
NLDS matchup:
Rockies at Phillies
Postseason tix: Information
• Gonzalez: Bat on fire
• Bullpen: Hitting stride
• Gonzalez: Rewarding Rox
• Giambi: Impact beyond bat
• Tulowitzki: Ready for return
• Cook: Returns right on time
• Barmes: Credit to Tracy
• Marquis: Living in moment
• Ubaldo: Big-game pitcher
• Helton/Giambi: Leaders
• Stewart: Emerging star
• Tracy: Quiet leader
• Street: Mutual admiration
• De La Rosa: Earning trust
• Ubaldo: Sending a message
• Helton: Resurgent slugger
• Morales: On the attack
• Tulowitzki: Vigorous finish
"It was fun in the Minor Leagues," Gonzalez said. "I had the opportunity twice to win championships. That was pretty exciting.
"But nothing compares with this."
No longer needing to get his kicks in Triple-A, Gonzalez is an integral part of a Rockies team that finds itself in a good position against the Phillies in the National League Division Series.
Colorado has split two games with defending World Series champion Philadelphia, with Gonzalez going 5-for-9 with a double and two runs scored.
He went 3-for-5 with a double and a run from the leadoff position in Thursday's 5-4 Game 2 victory. Manager Jim Tracy swapped Gonzalez with center fielder Dexter Fowler, who hit second.
Gonzalez singled off Cole Hamels in Thursday's first inning, then stole second. Fowler bunted Gonzalez to third, and Gonzalez scored on Todd Helton's fielder's-choice grounder.
Tracy referred to Gonzalez and Fowler, both 23, as "two kids, two young studs that have quite a future in this game at the Major League level."
Gonzalez struggled immediately after being called up from Triple-A Colorado Springs in June. But a strong second half brought his batting average to .284, with a .353 on-base percentage. He wound up hitting .300 in 110 leadoff at-bats and .327 in 52 at-bats from the No. 2 spot.
"You just want to have the opportunity to play, no matter where you hit, one or two," said Gonzalez, known around the clubhouse as "Little Pony" because of the slightly longer tuft of hair down the middle of his head, which teammate Brad Hawpe compared to a horse's mane. "You just want to be in the lineup, do your best, help the ballclub win."
When Gonzalez was hitting .202 with 25 strikeouts in 84 at-bats, Tracy faced calls to send him back to Colorado Springs. Glad the Rockies felt he was past that, Gonzalez worked his way back into playing time and became a force.
"It was really hard for me, but when you're not doing very good, you have to keep yourself happy and try to keep working, just win your job back," Gonzalez said. "That's what I did.
"When you get to play more, you're going to feel better at the plate. The key was being patient, waiting for my opportunity."
Thomas Harding is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Decide whether you're going to play at all. Auctions are not for the ill-prepared and faint of heart, and that is what this is, an auction. Understand that bidding is an emotional, time-consuming process. Can you make that personal investment and keep your sangfroid, your ability to walk away if the bidding doesn't go your way? You may have to do a lot of work for nothing. Decide in advance whether you have the metal to play and lose.
Know where you're going to stop. Have a price in your head. Be prepared to go to that value, and then put the paddle down. No you won't be holding a real paddle when you press send, but the urge to bid simply to win will feel very real. Don't give in to it. Bid within your preset limit. Any experienced auction participant will tell you never go into an auction without having a stop price in your head. Value first, and value last.
Get a strategy. Many times, you can get the property for less than your stop price. Study the recent market and the patterns of overbids. Your competitors will be doing the same, and it will define their behavior. Create a bidding strategy that steps outside of the established pattern and you could acquire the property for less than your maximum price.
Good strategies come from understanding patterns of human behavior. Say the ask is $1.2 million. What amount did similar houses eventually sell for. Should you expect the price to be 2 percent over, or 20 percent over? The clues are usually there, if you take the time to look.
Tailor your offer to win. Contingencies and terms are the name of the game here. The less contingencies and the shorter the close date, the better you look. In other words, it's not all about money — it's about making the seller's life easier. Do your due diligence on the property before you make your offer, so you can omit a physical inspection contingency.
See it through the seller's eyes. Are they likely to agree to an offer where the discovery of a crack (even a minor one) could reverse the terms, or are they likely to accept the hassle-free offer. For the same reason, try to drop your loan contingency by getting a loan commitment from your lender in advance. Finally, do something nice: Ask the seller what they want. It could be as simple as they want to move on a Tuesday. Or they want to sell now and rent from you for two months. Would you wait two months to possess your dream house? These are the types of questions from which winning offers are built.
Be prepared for the consequences of winning.
Removing contingencies and closing quickly is a high-wire act without a safety net. If you waived your physical inspection contingency you should have a dollar amount set aside to take care of the little surprises that are coming your way after you close. If you forgo a financing contingency, make sure you understand where you stand and the additional cash requirements that could be needed if the property doesn't appraise at the purchase price. In other words, be bold but have the financial and intestinal fortitude to back up your bold moves.
Use an experienced, local real estate agent.
If you show up with an agent outside of the local area, or with no agent, you are bringing a knife to a gun fight. An experienced, local agent will help you accurately assess the degree of risk you are taking, and have the best feel for value and bidding trends. Without the right guide, you are swinging your auction paddle blindly. Then, you might pay a Picasso price for what experienced eyes can plainly see is just a Thomas Kinkade.
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Gene Chague: Zebra mussel action plan is signed into law
State Senator Benjamin B. Downing announced that his legislation, S. 1904, (An Act Protecting Lakes and Ponds from aquatic nuisances), was recently signed into law by Governor Deval Patrick.
Downing championed this proposal after the discovery of zebra mussels in Laurel Lake in 2009. The new law seeks to protect the Commonwealth's uncontaminated lakes and ponds by preventing the spread of zebra mussels and other aquatic nuisances.
"Getting this new law on the books before the 2013 boating and fishing season was important to me," said Downing in a news release. "A few summers ago, the discovery of zebra mussels in Laurel Lake caused widespread panic because a plan to deal with their detection was not readily available. This Act assists the environmental agencies as they implement a zebra mussel action plan. I hope it also reminds lake users of our collective responsibility to ensure human actions do not threaten the environmental health of our cherished lakes, rivers and ponds."
The Act is based on the recommendations of the state's Zebra Mussel Task Force, tasked by the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs in 2009 to author a zebra mussel action plan. Invasive species, like zebra mussels, pose a significant threat to lakes, ponds, rivers and reservoirs statewide, creating significant adverse impacts on recreation, ecology, fisheries, aesthetics and property values.
The Task Force determined that, under existing law, state environmental agencies do not possess the necessary enforcement authority to manage the immediate and long-term effect of zebra mussels, or the means to manage aquatic nuisances that are likely to infest Massachusetts' natural resources in the future.
Downing's legislation authorizes the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) to establish an aquatic nuisance control program to study and promote improved methods of suppressing, controlling or reducing the risk of the spread of aquatic nuisances. This program will collaborate with other state and federal agencies engaged in the study or control of aquatic nuisances. (I don't think the program has been developed yet.)
In the press release, Downing said the bill makes clear that lake and pond users cannot knowingly or willfully launch a vessel that has been in contaminated waters without first decontaminating it in accordance with state environmental regulations. Zebra mussels were likely introduced to Laurel Lake by a boat previously launched into the contaminated waters of neighboring states.
The bill also strengthens enforcement measures by allowing the DCR to impose civil penalties for violations of any rules, regulations, orders, or quarantines issued by the Commissioner. The Massachusetts Environmental Police are authorized to proceed against the certificate of number of a vessel involved in a violation. Further, progressive fines for violations are established. This bill will take place around April 1.
Next weekend, the New England Fishing and Outdoor Expo will be held at the DCU Center in Worcester. The show hours are Friday from 12:30-9 p.m., Saturday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is $12 for adults, $5 for children aged 5 through 11, and free for children younger than 5.
It is advertised as being bigger and better than before. After logging onto newenglandfishingexpo.com to check it out, I don't think they are kidding. There will be far too many attractions, guest speakers, seminars, sponsors, and booths there for me to mention in this column.
At that Expo, MassWildlife will award trophies to the adult and youth anglers who last year caught the largest fish in 22 species categories. They will also recognize the angler who caught the greatest variety of fish species in the Program. As of January 29 they have not officially announced the winners.
In 2012 only one "gold pin" fish was caught out of Berkshire waters and that was a tiger muskie which weighed 18 pounds, 3 ounces, and it came out of Pontoosuc Lake in Pittsfield. Lou Baker of Lanesborough was the lucky fisherman. He will be recognized at the above Fishing and Outdoor Expo freshwater fishing awards at 4 p.m. on Saturday. The saltwater fishing awards will be presented at 2 p.m. on Sunday.
According to Andrew Madden, DFW Western District manager, it is likely that the fish was 7 or 8 years old. He said the last time tiger muskies were stocked in Massachusetts was in 2006, and some were put into Pontoosuc Lake, where they had the most success with them locally.
They are hybrid fish (cross between Northern Pike and Muskellunge) and can't breed. Because of what's called 'hybrid vigor' they grow faster than pike or muskies, but don't live as long. Regular muskies can sometimes live 30 years, but tigers would be very lucky to live half that.
Why did they stop stocking them? Madden stated that the tiger muskie program was based on free surplus fish from other states. Because our state does not grow them, they could only stock when they became available. Now, fewer neighboring states are growing the fish and there is more concern about fish disease being transported across states. So basically the supply is no longer available.
Could the above mentioned fish be the last one to be caught in our state? Maybe not. I did a little research and found that the typical maximum life span is 8 to 10 years. The state record was caught by the late James Lambert out of Pontoosuc Lake in 2001 and it weighed 27 pounds. I wonder how old that fish was. Who knows? Maybe there are a few others swimming around in our local waters.
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Economics of Coal Power and Wind are shifting in favor of Wind
While the cost of wind power has been dropping, a fascinating article in The Washington Post describes how coal mining is becoming more difficult and expensive. The coal industry cites environmental regulations as the main source of upward pressure on costs but WaPo writer Steven Mufson makes a convincing case that factors within the coal fields themselves are the main culprit.
Mufson is careful to note that the trend varies from one coal field to another, but it is occurring in the key coal-producing region of Appalachia among others. Against the backdrop of falling wind prices, the rising cost of coal provides businesses with yet another incentive to explore ways of tapping the wind to power their operations.
As described by Mufson, the problem is mainly geological. In some regions the "easy" coal is being tapped out, and the remaining reserves are thinner and more difficult to mine efficiently.
In contrast to coal's troubles, the average cost of wind power has been on a long term, downward spiral. It has dropped 90 percent since 1980 according to the American Wind Energy Association.
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Pujols runner-up to Votto for NL MVP
Holliday, Wainwright receive votes in BBWAA balloting
By Matthew Leach / MLB.com
Pujols finished second to Votto in balloting for the National League Most Valuable Player Award, leaving him in a nine-way tie with three career MVP awards, second-most in history. Barry Bonds won the award seven times. With his runner-up showing, Pujols equaled the greatest player in Cardinals history, Stan Musial, who also had three wins and four second-place finishes.
Pujols secured one first-place votes, 21 second-place votes and 279 total points. Votto earned the other 31 first-place votes, one second-place vote and a total of 443 points. Pujols' first-place vote came from St. Louis, with Joe Strauss of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch placing the two-time defending winner of the award at the top of his ballot.
While the rivalry between the two clubs became quite heated in the second half of the season, Pujols and Votto remain admirers of one another.
Pujols issued a statement congratulating Votto.
"I would like to offer my sincere congratulations to Joey on winning the National League MVP Award," Pujols said in the release. "Joey is an outstanding young player that works extremely hard both on and off the field, and I'm proud to welcome him to the family."
2010 NL MVP vote leaders
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|Albert Pujols, STL
|Carlos Gonzalez, COL
|Adrian Gonzalez, SD
|Troy Tulowitzki, COL
|Roy Halladay, PHI
Votto, meanwhile, acknowledged the gravity of beating out a player such as Pujols for the MVP.
"It's very special to have beaten out a guy -- from when I entered the league, you couldn't help but watch one of the greatest hitters of all time. He might go down as one of the greatest players of all time also," Votto said.
Two other Cardinals received consideration as well. Matt Holliday was named on 10 of the 32 ballots and finished 12th with 32 points. He received one sixth-place vote, four sevenths, one eighth and four ninths. Adam Wainwright was named on four ballots, receiving 12 points for a 17th-place tie with Carlos Ruiz and Dan Uggla.
For much of the season, Pujols and Votto battled not only for the lead in the NL Central and the MVP race, but a possible Triple Crown as well. But when the Cardinals fell off over the season's final seven weeks, it became clear that Votto was the favorite to win his first MVP Award. The two first basemen put up very similar numbers, and conventional wisdom went that the Reds' success would push Votto past Pujols to the MVP. That appears to be exactly what happened.
"I did some good things," Votto said. "Most importantly. We won. We went to the playoffs. It had been a long time since we went to the playoffs. I think that's the reason why I won. That being said, it's pretty freaking awesome to have beaten Albert Pujols for the MVP."
In his 10th Major League season, Pujols put up typically superb numbers. He batted .312, remarkably the lowest full-season batting average of his career, with a .414 on-base percentage and a .596 slugging percentage. Pujols led the NL with 42 home runs, 118 RBIs and 115 runs, winning his first RBI title.
Pujols also topped Votto in games played, appearing in 159 games to Votto's 150. Pujols won his second Gold Glove as well. He even amassed 14 stolen bases, the third time in his career that Pujols has managed double-digit steals.
Votto topped Pujols in batting average, on-base percentage and slugging percentage while thriving in high-pressure situations. St. Louis consistently beat Cincinnati head-to-head, but the Cardinals' struggles against second-division teams doomed them to a second-place finish. The Reds made the playoffs for the first time since 1995.
In seven of his 10 years in the Majors, Pujols has finished first or second in MVP balloting. Only in 2007 did he finish lower than fourth, and even in that "down" year, he finished ninth in the voting.
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has established himself as one of the world's leading contemporary photographic artists. The self-taught photographer has spent four decades documenting interiors and facades in cities as diverse as Havana, Paris, Rome, and New Orleans, producing large-scale photographs unified by their visual precision, monumentality, and painterly use of color. Eastman is most recognized for his explorations of architectural form and the textures of decay, which create mysterious narratives about time and place. He still relies on capturing the image on film and continues to print the images himself.


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By Walter Addiego
Documentary. Directed by John Maloof and Charlie Siskel. (Not rated, 83 minutes.)
When Vivian Maier worked as a nanny in the Chicago suburbs, she would take the children she cared for on walking tours of questionable neighborhoods. She photographed the denizens with a Rolleiflex camera, creating tens of thousands of negatives, but never exhibited her work.
"Finding Vivian Maier" is an engaging documentary attempt to probe her mystery, and it offers some answers - she was secretive and stubborn, a hoarder of epic proportions who seems to have had fits of instability. She also wasn't always nice to her young charges.
Most important, over five decades she produced a body of work that some have compared to the street photography of Diane Arbus and Robert Frank. The film makes clear that not all the experts agree about the value of her pictures, but those we see are impressive, at least to my (amateur) eyes.
Maier was basically unheard of until 2007 - two years before her death - when John Maloof, one of the film's directors, bought a box of negatives at an auction. It took him a while to realize he'd hit the jackpot with that $380 investment. Spurred by the quality of the work, he bought more, and learned that the negatives were taken by someone about whom little or no information was available.
In 2009, he posted some of her images on the Internet, and Maier quickly acquired the kind of fame she had avoided in life.
In addition to showing us many of her striking photos, Maloof interviews many of the children, now adults, whom Maier nannied. He notes her obsessive collecting of huge stacks of newspapers, and traces her heritage to the French Alps. He also gives himself a fair amount of camera time - perhaps a bit too much.
While the search to pin down Maier sometimes seems a bit breathless, Maloof and co-director Charlie Siskel don't pretend that they have pierced the heart of her mystery. She wasn't an eccentric puzzle to be solved. The film functions best as an introduction to her work, which is what matters, and an invitation to see more of it, which is highly recommended.
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This is just a minor email topic that came up, and probably familiar territory to most viewers. Even so, it's been a while since we posted anything that wasn't an announcement or an open thread, so here's a topic to chatter about.
This exchange was actually kind of long and tedious, because the person kept asking vague questions where he wouldn't really explain what he was talking about. I had to ask a whole lot of clarifying questions, which I won't repost, in order to make him get to a point. I'll speed you through it.
…should atheist people believe they can educate people when the very definition of the word educate goes against what atheists people believe?
…When you say the word God I get 1000 pictures that the probability of me guessing what picture or groups of pictures you mean is unfair to you. What do you mean when you say the word God?


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Both Richmond and Aiken counties recorded their first homicides of 2013 early Tuesday.
In the Augusta case, authorities are asking for the public's help. According to a statement released by the Richmond County Sheriff's Office, deputies responded about 2:30 a.m. to a shooting at Club Fiesco, 2925 Peach Orchard Road. There they found 21-year-old Edward Yancey dead from an apparent gunshot wound.
Investigators think the shooting stemmed from an argument inside the club that continued into the parking lot. Yancey was not believed to have been involved; deputies called him an innocent bystander.
"When I seen him he was happy," a witness identified as Carlysha Golatt told WRDW-TV. "He was jumping up and down in the club and I seen him again and he was laying on the ground," she said.
Anyone with information is asked to call the sheriff's office at (706) 821-1080 or during business hours at (706) 821-1020. Callers can remain anonymous.
A second shooting took place Monday night in Aiken County, and the victim was pronounced dead Tuesday morning.
According to a statement released by Aiken County Coroner Tim Carlton, Joseph Brown, 22, of Aiken, was shot several times about 9:30 p.m. in the 400 block of Fairfield Street.
He was taken to Medical College of Georgia Hospital and was pronounced dead about 4 a.m., Carlton said. An autopsy is scheduled today in Newberry, S.C., the coroner said.
Jamar Nicholas White, 28, of Aiken, was arrested Tuesday night and charged with murder and possession of a weapon during commission of a crime, according to an Aiken Department of Public Safety statement.


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Iman Shumpert had been in trade talks lately and I want to provide you guys with an update on the situation and why we should consider trading Shump for the right deal.
Chris Sheridan wrote an article that had recent reports of Shumpert's camp and maybe even his agent, Happy Walters, pissed off about how the Knicks have developed Shumpert and his recent position as a SF that doesn't ball handle much.....There are major concerns (from people close to Shumpert) over how the Knicks are developing him, a source from another team told SheridanHoops.com, speaking on the condition of anonymity.They feel hes being played out of position (at small forward) and his confidence is suffering because of it. They understand the team is having success and it has to be the right deal, but theyd prefer Iman in another situation And soon.
Moke Hamilton had a nice article on why the Knicks should consider trading Shumpert. First off, Moke mentioned how Knick fans have hailed "future" players such as Danillo Gallinari that never wound up being all stars or franchise changing players.Second, the Knicks want to win a championship soon and Shumpert is not the defensive force we hoped we would be this season and even with him, we will have a tough time beating the Heat and Bulls in the playoffs. Moke also mentioned how many one dimensional players the Knicks have right now, Ronnie Brewer, Steve Novak, Shumpert, etc.
Moke mentioned a trade that I would consider:
Iman Shumpert and Steve Novak
for Jared Dudley, Sebastian Telfair, and a 1st round pick.
Here are the facts that are becoming evident. Shumpert is our only trade chip and he might not even produce the way we hoped because of his injury. Novak spreads the floor but all a team has to do is put their PG on him and he still won't put up shots (I've seen it). Novak is a fan favorite but he is getting paid 4 mil a year and he can be completely useless and is not the same player as last season. Novak cashed in on a season where he was never scouted and jumped on the scene.
Dudley is a two way player that destroyed us last time we faced him. He is a career 40 % 3 point shooter and can play good defense. He can play the wing at the 2 or 3 and is 6'8. Dudley is only getting paid 4 million and he will be so much more useful than Steve Novak. Sebastian Telfair is a type of guard we need. We need a quick young PG to penetrate the lane and spell Felton when the team is running slow and not penetrating. Telfair is a NY product that has always had nice games at MSG. And right now if you trust Kidd as a backup PG then you need your eyes checked. Kidd has now become a shooting guard and Pablo Prigioni is nice but he never drives and has no speed.
The icing on the cake is a 1st round pick that would most likely be a lottery pick since the Suns are playing poorly this season. We already have a 1st round pick so we would have either two this off season or a pick for the following season which we lost in the Melo trade.
Will this happen? Why or why not?


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I have an old mac that I use as a server and to deal with iphone/ipad update on its itunes. The hard drive in the mac is going south (fortunately all the media is on an external drive) and I have a backup (thanks super duper).
However, I'm considering migrating it to my current mac that I use. Current mac doesn't have a ton on it, but it is used lightly. They both are on the network and both have firewire as they are not current gen. I'll probably firewire target the old one.
Are there any caveats using migration assistant to the already in use mac?
Should I backup the current mac before this? Both have bootcamp, but I don't need that mess migrated anywhere.
If you're just Migrating the User account I don't think you'll have much to worry about.
If the source drive is failing (bad sectors etc) you should always check that Migration Assistant actually did what its says it did. On more than one occasion I've seen it fail to copy anything and then claim the account was migrated successfully.
So do you want to replace everything on the target Mac with what's on the old one? Or keep what's on the target Mac and just add what's on the old one?
The latter if possible. Unfortunately I expect the user accounts are the same, but generally I'd like to take all the old stuff to the new computer adding to what was on the new computer.
I may be confusing Migration Assistant with Windows Easy Transfer, but can you not assign the migrated user as a new user if there's going to be conflict with the current user?
Yes, I think you can just migrate over the other users and they'll get a new ID during the process. If MA doesn't want to do this automatically maybe change the username(s) first.
You also get to use the existing accounts on the target machine during the transfer.
The only thing you really don't want to do is migrate stuff from a newer OS version to a machine running an older one.
Definitely moving from older to newer.
I'll report back when I get this done.
Alright. I just migrated it to another computer. The usernames were the same, so I had the option of changing username- or greyed out option of overwriting (because you can't overwrite the current user). I had options for directories individually selectable in user directory and Apps as a whole. I did not import the settings.
It was interesting, and seems to have worked, but I'll keep playing with it. I might want to unify the users.


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Investigation of Outbreak of Human Infections Caused by E. coli O157:H7
Updated July 15, 2008
Multistate Outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 infections – Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, New York, and Ohio
States with cases of E. coli 0157:H7 infections with the outbreak strain
State departments of health and agriculture in several states, collaborating local health jurisdictions, CDC, and the United States Department of Agricultures Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA-FSIS) are investigating a multi-state outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7 infections. Based on this investigation, as of 5pm EST, July 14, 2008, 44 confirmed cases have been linked both epidemiologically and by molecular fingerprinting to this outbreak. The number of cases in each state are as follows: Indiana (1), Kentucky (1), Michigan (20), New York (1), and Ohio (21). Their illnesses began between May 30 and June 24, 2008. Twenty-one ill persons have been hospitalized. One patient has developed a type of kidney failure called hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS). No deaths linked to the outbreak have been reported. Twenty-five (57%) patients are female. Patients range in age from 4 to 78 years with a median age of 20 years.
CDC and public health agencies across the United States are continuing surveillance activities to detect additional cases related to this outbreak. CDC and state laboratories are using advanced molecular testing techniques to help determine the extent of this outbreak.
State health and agriculture departments tested ground beef recovered from several patient residences that was purchased at Kroger® retail stores in Michigan and Ohio. Molecular fingerprinting testing conducted by the Ohio and Michigan Departments of Health and Agriculture Laboratories, in collaboration with PulseNet, the national molecular subtyping network for foodborne disease surveillance, on E. coli O157 isolates isolated from these ground beef samples have confirmed the isolates to be the outbreak strain of E. coli O157.
CDC's OutbreakNet Team conducted a multi-state case-control study in collaboration with health authorities in Ohio and Michigan to epidemiologically examine exposures that would be related to illness. The data indicate a significant association between illness and eating ground beef purchased at one of several Kroger® Company stores in Michigan and Ohio. CDC has provided these results to the USDA-FSIS and public health agencies in Michigan and Ohio.
On June 25, 2008, a recall was announced for ground beef sold at Kroger® Co. Stores in Michigan and Ohio. On July 3, the Kroger® Co. expanded the June 25th recall to include ground beef products from Kroger® establishments outside of Michigan and Ohio. On June 30, 2008, a recall of 531,707 pounds of ground beef components from Nebraska Beef Ltd. was announced. On July 3, 2008, Nebraska Beef Ltd. expanded the June 30 recall to include all beef manufacturing trimmings and other products intended for use in raw ground beef produced between May 16 and June 26, 2008, totaling approximately 5.3 million pounds. More information about these recalls can be found at the United States Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Services (USDA/FSIS) web site at http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Fsis_Recalls/. FSIS has confirmed that none of the affected products remain available for purchase at stores; however consumers are urged to check their refrigerators and freezers and discard or return the ground beef products for a refund. Consumers with questions about the recall should contact the Kroger Consumer Hotline at (800) 632-6900 or James Timmerman, Nebraska Beef Ltd. Vice President of Administration at (402) 397-7300.
Consumers with food safety questions can "Ask Karen," the FSIS virtual representative available 24 hours a day at AskKaren.gov. The toll-free USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline 1-888-MPHotline (1-888-674-6854) is available in English and Spanish and can be reached from l0 a.m. to 4 p.m. (Eastern Time) Monday through Friday. Recorded food safety messages are available 24 hours a day. Because any raw ground beef can contain disease-causing germs, CDC and USDA-FSIS encourage consumers to use good food safety practices and to heed the following advice when preparing or consuming ground beef:
- Wash hands with warm, soapy water for at least 20 seconds before and after handling raw meat and poultry. Wash cutting boards, dishes and utensils with hot, soapy water. Immediately clean spills.
- Keep raw meat, fish and poultry away from other food that will not be cooked. Use separate cutting boards for raw meat, poultry and egg products and cooked foods.
- Consumers should only eat ground beef or ground beef patties that have been cooked to a safe internal temperature of 160°F.
- Color is NOT a reliable indicator that ground beef or ground beef patties have been cooked to a temperature high enough to kill harmful bacteria such as E. coli O157:H7.
- The only way to be sure ground beef is cooked to a high enough temperature to kill harmful bacteria is to use a thermometer to measure the internal temperature.
- Refrigerate raw meat and poultry within two hours after purchase or one hour if temperatures exceed 90°F. Refrigerate cooked meat and poultry within two hours after cooking.
- If a restaurant serves you an under-cooked hamburger, send it back for more cooking. Ask for a new bun and a clean plate, too.
- Never put cooked hamburgers or meat on the plate they were on before cooking. Wash the meat thermometer after use.
See E. coli O157:H7 for more information.
Previous Updates on this Outbreak
Page last modified: July 15, 2008
Content source: National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-Borne, and Enteric Diseases (ZVED)


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Marcus Camby and the Knicks have reached agreement on a contract that will pay him $13.2 million over the next three seasons.
Camby was traded by the Knicks to Denver in 2002.
The Rockets agreed to a sign-and-trade for Camby, acquiring Toney Douglas, Josh Harrelson, Jerome Jordan and second round picks in 2014 and 2015. New York will pay the salary of Douglas for the 12-13 season.
Cambys back, finally! Getting some of that 99 good karma back, definitely have a huge edge in the low post defensively now.
Novaks back, now JR and Jeffries and were looking good


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About 10 years ago, there was a major point I could not get people to see or believe. I said the sole end game of the liberalization of sexuality in our culture was to have sex with children.
You look at societies throughout history and there are many societies in which having sex with children was okay. You look at a place like Afghanistan and unless the men want to have babies, they do boys and animals. This is nothing new on the face of the earth. But, in western civilization, this is an issue and I said back then the end game was to have sex with kids.
So, I found an article on Fox News titled "Mental Health Group Looks to Remove Stigma From Pedophilia," which says:
"A group of psychiatrists and other mental health professionals say it's time to change the way society views individuals who have physical attractions to children.
The organization, which calls itself B4U-Act, is lobbying for changes to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, or DSM, the guideline of standards on mental health that's put together by the American Psychiatric Association."
The DSM is the one where you look up a number for the disorder so the insurance companies will pay. And, let me remind you for the umpteenth time: there is nothing in psychology that makes it a science. What goes in and out of the DSM as a disorder is based on social pressures and voting. It has nothing to do with science. I want you all clear…psychology is NOT a science.
"The group says its mission is to help pedophiles before they create a crisis, and to do so by offering a less critical view of the disorder."
That's just a bunch of bull and it's words. Words sell things, and even "nice" words can be co-opted to do some awful things.
"B4U-Act said that 38 individuals attended a symposium in Baltimore …[and] the speakers in attendance concluded that "minor-attracted" individuals are largely misunderstood and should not be criminalized even as their actions should be discouraged."
I said a long time ago the end game of all this social liberalization (unknown to people even amidst the social liberalization) was to do your kids and not be criminalized for it, and this is what this article refers to.
Many of you may not know or may not remember the American Psychological Association published the infamous "Rind article" in its 1998 Psychological Bulletin. This was a study which downplayed the impact of men having sex with boys, finding quite a few of the boys remembered their molestations positively, and not every child who has been molested has problems.
That's like saying "I shot you in the head and you survived; therefore getting shot in the head is not a bad thing." This article was published by the American Psychological Association, and it said essentially man/boy sex was okay as long as the boys consented, because it was "love."
I went on the air after the Rind article was published and I was very clear about this article wanting to decriminalize screwing your kids. Grown men screwing your boys: "it wasn't a bad thing, it was a 'love' thing. It's a cultural problem; people are just misunderstanding it."
Well, I went ballistic and I got everyone in my office on the phone to Congress, and I asked the audience to do the same. I want to tell you the upshot, and I'm going to take all the credit for it. It was my pressure which made Congress condemn the study and the American Psychological Association for the first time in its entire history backed down and apologized and the president of the American Psychological Association found another job. I am proud to say I had enough power to mobilize enough people. And Rind and his buddies were still invited to talk everywhere and were still published in other places.
Well, that may have happened, but we still have mental health professionals going to a symposium from a group which looks to remove the stigma from pedophilia. "It's a cultural thing." If the culture allows it, it's not a bad thing, they say. It's not a bad thing for example in Afghanistan. So, if it's the norm (like Rome before it fell), what's the big deal? This is savage and all I can say is, I warned you.
I want you to understand the attempt to normalize screwing your children is still on in full gear.
They refer to pedophiles as "minor-attracted individuals." How benign can you make it? That's why I call things as they are. There needs to be clarity. When you say "minor-attracted individuals," you can follow it up with "are largely misunderstood and should not be criminalized." So, don't be impressed just because someone is a psychologist or a psychiatrist. You have to be very afraid because people get into positions of power to change things. If I were a pedophile and I wanted to get it normalized and not criminalized, I would secretly and quietly get a bunch of my buddies and we'd join the psychological associations and teacher associations – everywhere there are kids — and get in positions of power. And then we'd gently start using different words (i.e., words that don't shock, words that don't alarm, words that don't send up red flags) and slowly make it happen. Remember the Rind study said it was not a problem; kids were not hurt by this. And the American Psychological Association actually published that.


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This Thanksgiving, Phillip Phillips fans will have something to be thankful for.
The American Idol winner announced that he's releasing his debut album, The World From The Side of the Moon, on November 19.
Phillips teamed up with producer Gregg Wattenberg, who has worked with Train and Daughtry, and wrote or co-wrote the majority of the album.
He also recruited his brother-in-law Ben Neil to play guitar on a few tracks. Phillips has said Neil taught him how to play guitar and inspired him to go into music.
No tracklist has been released for the album, though it will include his hit "Home."
Fans can pre-order the album now.
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Sorry if this has been asked before. I've gone through the archives until I hit pre-DH dates and couldn't find what I was looking for.
I was recently writing, the particular scene involving a student receiving a second letter from Hogwarts after the Ministry's fallen and Voldemort is running things. I've written in that there's a letter, addressed to all students, informing of the changes taking place at the school. I was hoping to get some additional opinions on what you think might be different.
Some questions to get you started:
Do you think there would be any additional or modified rules? If so, what kind(s)? We know, of course, that punishments became much more harsh, but I'm wondering if any additional restrictions would be put on the students, such as earlier curfews, for example.
How much information do you think Hogwarts (and by extenstion, the Ministry and Voldemort) would give to the students? Obviously, it would be the twisted version of events and facts by Voldemort, but would they try to go about things as if normal, or what?


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VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. - Opening statements are underway in the civil trial of a woman suing Volusia County after she was run over by a beach patrol pickup truck in 2011.26639490
The six-person jury, along with two alternate jurors, were seated just before 5 p.m. Monday. Opening statements will start on Tuesday at 11 a.m. The jury consists of five women and three men.
36-year-old Erin Joynt's attorney, John Phillips, spoke to the jury about their family vacation of fun in the sun. But, it turned into a nightmare when a part-time lifeguard ran over Joynt while she was sunbathing. Joynt suffered from permanent brain damage, facial paralysis, hearing loss, among other injuries. Her attorney also showed the jury photos from that day on the beach.
"Mrs. Joynt's injuries were painful, progressive, permanent, her losses altered her daily life," said Phillips. "The evidence will undoubtedly show her life will never be the same."
Attorney Larry Smith, who is representing Volusia County then spoke to the jury, focusing on Joynt's health after the accident.
"The evidence I'm going to show you will demonstrate the extraordinary recovery," he said, adding that months later, Joynt went to school, graduated, worked and traveled.
"It's less than 50 days from the accident and she's appearing on national TV," Smith said.
A chiropractor, who was an eye witness and helped Joynt at the accident also testified, along with her eye doctor. Joynt's eye doctor discussed the seriousness of her eye injuries.
The civil trial is to figure out how much money Joynt should receive. So far, it's unknown how much she is asking.
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At least Dave is always hard for Jess, and when he cums he spurts. It's the combo of Jess and Dave together doing what they enoy best that keeps us all coming back. It's a big thank you from me, like most other guys I just wish I could take Dave's place, just once!
This chick has a fine looking ass but, I like to see her naked and see her face and the expression on her face when she cums and see some passion not just fucking for the sake of fucking. Lovemaking!
I would love to take Dave's spot but I doubt Jessica would enjoy it much because that kid's dick is at least twice my size.
why does she do all the work? he must be fat and lazy..... or taking her for granted :P
Who else noticess jessica does ALL the work? Try to give a lil Dave?
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Great ass. Nice shooting all over it.
it was boring
Your one lucky guy
is dave uncut?
I love watch his dick go into that pussy. I wish i could put my dick into that pussy too. I love when my let me fuck like that too. I love watching my dick go in and out her pussy
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I love this woman, I so want to fuck her. Love jerking off while watching her get fucked.
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she should show her tits
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Does he always do her from behind?
Nice cock - lucky lady
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Being a kid during the summer means playing outside – but the great outdoors can also expose your child to injuries, allergic reactions, severe sunburns and more. Do you go to the emergency room or immediate care?
From traumatic head injury to half marathon, read about the miraculous recovery of Simon Brooks, who was treated at Providence Medford Medical Center ICU after falling off his skateboard without a helmet.
Supported in part by Providence, Kids Health Connection staffs five school-based clinics, providing the only health care many underserved children receive.
The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services Innovation last month announced which clinics will participate in its new national Comprehensive Primary Care initiative. Only three clinics in Jackson County were chosen, and all are part of the Providence health care system in southern Oregon. The initiative is a pilot program to strengthen primary care through collaboration between public and private health care payers. This partnership is the first of its kind and is designed to provide improved access to quality health care at lower costs.


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Krum suffers early exit with playoff loss to Lone Star
CORINTH — Sometimes it's easier to lose games in the playoffs than it is to win them. Krum found that out Tuesday night.
The Lady Cats battled feverishly for the better part of the second half of their Class 3A Region II bi-district game against Frisco Lone Star, finally nabbing a one-point lead with 2:21 left on the clock. But it was the Lady Rangers who went on the final tear, holding Krum scoreless in the process for a 39-34 win.
"It's the same stuff we've been battling all year. It's our Achilles' heel to make those same mistakes in the last two minutes of games," Krum coach Lana Degelia said. "Lone Star executed and hit the shots it needed to and we simply didn't."
Lone Star (20-9) moves on to face Melissa in the area round, while the Lady Cats, who were making its 10th straight playoff appearance, suffered a rare early exit just one year after advancing to the state semifinals.
Krum (17-17) fell behind by three with just over a minute to play thanks to a costly turnover, then missed two potential game-tying 3-pointers in the final 12 seconds.
The second missed 3 was perhaps the hardest to swallow as it came right after Lone Star's Zoie Miller missed two free throws that could have iced the game with 11 seconds left. The Lady Cats quickly set up for its final play, but MacKenzie Ripple's prayer with 1.7 seconds left was off the mark.
Miller led the Lady Rangers with 21 points, while Whitney Apari added 11. Krum got 11 points from Caylee Thomas and six points each from Ripple and Haley White.
The Lady Cats struggled in the early stages of the game as Lone Star built an 8-0 lead and still led by seven heading into the second quarter. But Krum's 6-0 run in the closing minutes of the half trimmed the deficit to five. The Lady Cats opened the third quarter on a 7-2 run to knot the game at 22.
Miller gave the Lady Rangers the lead on their next possession, but Krum's Thomas drilled a 3-pointer with 2:29 left in the frame for a 25-24 lead.
The lead changed hands two more times as the game went to the fourth quarter, then Haley Lewis gave the Lady Cats their final lead with 2:21 remaining.
It looked like the momentum swung further in Krum's favor when Lone Star was called for an illegal screen with 1:55 to play, but the Lady Cats couldn't do anything with its next possession. Lone Star went ahead by one point off a layup from Bria Greene, then forced a turnover and scored again for a 37-34 advantage.
"We could have rolled over early in this one, but these girls didn't do that and I'm proud of them for that," Degelia said. "They understand that it's all about playing one possession at a time and believing in each other. They never give up."
Frisco Lone Star 39, Krum 34
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Krum (17-17) — Caylee Thomas 11, Haley White 6, MacKenzie Ripple 6, Sadie Mae 3, Kylee Myers 4, Haley Lewis 4.
Frisco Lone Star (20-9) — Whitney Apari 11, Taylor Gaffney 5, Zoie Miller 21, Bria Greene 2.


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The mid-seson All-Dunkadelic teams for the first half of the NBA season. There are many players who deserve to be on the 3 teams but these are the best at dunking that rock.
All-Dunkadelic First Team
Amare Stoudemire- Amare is 2nd in the L in Dunks, scored 50 in a game
LeBron James- King James is 5th in the L in dunks, makes ESPN highlights on a regular
Kenyon Martin- K-Mart is 3rd in the L in dunks, is explosive and powerful with jams
Shaquille ONeal- Shaq leads the L in dunks, is the most dominant force in NBA.
Staeve Francis- Wink is the most explosive of the point guards in the NBA.
All-Dunkadelic 2nd Team
Kobe Bryant- Kobe is always fun to watch when he drives to the rim, great dunker
Eddy Curry- Eddy is 4th in the L in dunks this season, big man is powerful
Vince Carter- Vinsanity is rated as one of the 5 best dunkers of All-Time
Dwayne Wade- Flash is just that, Dwade is a highlight dunk machine for Heat
Shawn Marion- The Matrix is in the top 12 in dunks and makes a great highlight.
All-Dunkadelic 3rd team
Jason Richardson- J Rich is a Two-Time Slam Dunk Champ, nuff said
Tracy McGrady- T-Mac is always looking to make a the highlight reel
Pau Gasol- Pau is in the top 10 in dunks this season, loves to give a facial.
Kevin Garnett- KG is always going to bring his game and dunks every night
Andre Iguadala- The new AI in Philly is the most explosive rookie this season
Honorable Mentions:
Richard Jefferson, Corey Maggette, Ricky Davis, Josh Smith, Fred Jones, and Dwight Howard


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OCEAN CITY – The town's taxi ordinance is still a work in process as taxi medallion holders continue to not comply with the law that cab drivers have to be drug tested.
Risk Management representative Christine Parks explained the city began random drug testing for taxi drivers through the Atlantic General Health (AGH) System on 10th Street back in early December of 2010. To date, the program has tested over 80 drivers and four have tested positive for marijuana.
She said the health center has had issues contacting taxi medallion holders or taxi cab company owners. She said the health center has come to the conclusion that medallion holders ignore the center's call because the information is provided through caller ID.
"If she [health center employee] uses her personal cell phone, she will get a live person," Parks said.
Parks asked the council for a remedy to the situation by amending the taxi ordinance to include the 10th Street Atlantic General Health System as an agent for the town. She explained that the most recent taxi ordinance passed contains a section that taxi cab medallion holders shall maintain a business telephone service by which a Town of Ocean City representative can reach the medallion holder within 60 minutes of a 24-hour a day basis.
"I think that would work because I think the word is getting around that the program is there, it is up and running, it's running smoothly, and were getting positive results," Parks said. "But now they're trying to delay testing until employees are clear."
Councilwoman Mary Knight motioned to include Atlantic General Health System as a representative for the town and the council voted unanimously to approve.
Next the council discussed the repercussion if a medallion holder continues to ignore the health center's calls.
"I say we suspend the medallions…I would suspend them all until we bring them in for a hearing," Council Secretary Lloyd Martin said.
Councilwoman Margaret Pillas asserted that if the town were to suspend all of the company's medallions ignored the call then all of the company's drivers would be punished for that one action.
"The whole thing is the safety of the passengers and the medallion allowed the town to put some teeth in this and not have them duck us all the time," Council President Jim Hall said. "And drug testing is probably the most important test we do besides a background check."
City Solicitor Guy Ayres said that if a medallion holder owns a fleet of taxis, and if one driver does not show up for a drug test, all of that company's taxis would have to be taken off the street, causing irreparable harm to the owner.
"You yank them off the street and not have a hearing until four or five days later and find out there is a perfect acceptable reason why the driver wasn't there," Ayres said.
Jim Hall pointed out that by adding the health center as a town representative that may be enough to have the medallion holders answer the phone.
Councilman Joe Hall said that a consequence still needs to be suggested and brought back for discussion or the ordinance will continue to be not taken seriously. He added that if the town follows through with what has been discussed and the first medallion owner has his fleet's medallions suspended then cab company owners will start answering their phone.
"We will send a notification to the taxi medallion holders that the 10th Atreet testing center is now an agent of Ocean City and we will enforce that ordinance," Jim Hall said. "If they do not except that call or return it within 60 minutes, we will take action to remove their medallions and hopefully we will get compliance right away."


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Darmstadt, April 12th 2007 - 10TACLE STUDIOS and 10TACLE STUDIOS MOBILE along with First Star Software, Inc. are proud to present the first graphics of cult gaming figure Rockford™ of Boulder Dash® fame. In Boulder Dash®- Rocks!™, the latest sequel to the 80s cult classic, our familiar well-loved hero appears with a whole new look. Both the logo and characters, as well as the in-game graphics, are designed to appeal to long-standing fans as well as target groups new to Boulder Dash, thus introducing a whole new Boulder Dash look.
The DS™ and PSP™ versions each offer at least one play mode custom-designed for, and unique to each platform. Boulder Dash-Rocks! is due for release on both platforms in the fourth quarter of 2007.
This challenging, arcade-puzzle game made its debut in the early 80s and continues to fascinate its enormous fan base decades later. Today the game is acknowledged as one of the classic cult games in computer gaming history. Now Boulder Dash® will appear with a hot new look sure to take the Nintendo DS™ and the Sony PSP™ platforms by storm. The hit game's main objective and game physics remains unchanged: the player has to collect a certain number of diamonds while avoiding falling objects, traps and besting enemies in order to open and discover the exit, before time runs out. Of course there are a number of helpful tools made available to players such as bombs or laser guns which can be loaded with different types of ammunition. These lasers provide the player with different temporary powers, such as the ability to freeze enemies, destroy boulders and even pull diamonds and other distant objects towards the player.
In addition to the classic single-player mode, presented in several different worlds, Boulder Dash- Rocks! offers a multi-player mode as well as three additional game modes for a total of five play modes for each version. There are two new game modes, never before available in the Boulder Dash series, one of which has been custom designed for each of the two different platforms.


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It's one thing to hit for power and it's another to hit for average, but when you're putting on an all-around hitting display like Magglio Ordonez this season, it's even more impressive.
Maggs has been an enjoyable player to watch all season long -- and the key to our success.
In terms of the power, it's not just the home runs he's hit. He's been a doubles machine and an RBI machine, too. If there's a guy in the game right now who's doing all that he is, let me know about him. Maggs has more than 40 doubles, which is just ridiculous.
He's been playing every facet of the game at its highest level -- not just recently but all season long.
Magglio has been durable, too. He's gone out there every day. Everyone in our clubhouse can count on him not just playing every day, but playing at an incredibly high level. That's a major accomplishment when you consider the length of our season.
I've spent most of my career in the National League and he's spent his entire career in the American League, but I remember watching him play in the Minor Leagues. I knew even back then that he was a great player.
When he broke in with Chicago, he was one of the best players in baseball. Then he got hurt, but he really bounced back last year to get back that "great player" label. Now, he's simply taking it to a new level.
Maggs is the textbook version of a professional hitter. I watch him in batting practice and every day it seems he's working on something new. That's helped him elevate parts of his offensive game.
He always has a plan and never wastes an at-bat. He uses the whole field and goes to right field especially well, which makes him even more dangerous.
Maggs is my choice for MVP.
Sean Casey is in his first full season with the Tigers after being acquired by the club in a trade with Pittsburgh last summer. His teammate, outfielder Magglio Ordonez, leads the American League with a .358 batting average and 48 doubles and is second in the league with 129 RBIs.
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I posted this in the Dwight Trade Rumor post but its not a rumor... just an Idea.
I know this will sound crazy at first but think about this trade idea
Dwight Howard for Lebron James
Orlando needs to trade Dwight before the end of the year or risk losing him for nothing.
Obviously they would be ex-static to get Lebron for a few year and a shot to rebuild around him.
Miami looks good this year and could win it all... but they could falter in the fourth again with Lebron's disappearing act.
A Starting Line Up of Chalmers, Wade, LeBron, Bosh and Anthony is good but there are 2 big holes
plus a key player, Shane Battier, are on the bench are wasted behind LeBron, playing about 10-15 mins.
Chalmers, Wade, Battier, Bosh and Howard is a much more balanced team with better D, and Cole, Jones, Miller, Haslem and Anthony still on the bench. I don't think they lose a step on offence with Wade, Bosh and Howard. Still a HUGE "Big 3".
The main problem with Miami is that both Wade and LeBron need to the ball in their hands to be most effective. They are 1 and 1a. One of them needs to step aside to let the other one take over. So far its been LeBron in the first 3 quarters and Wade to finish the game.
With Wade and Howard, everyone has a much more defined role and the offense becomes more natural with a regular inside/outside flow.
Bosh is happier now that he does have to play the 5 and is free to play the high post.
Bosh and Howard would be a monster duo inside making it very difficult to double Dwight.
Battier starts at the 3 given a very strong defensive presence and 3pt shooting and of course the "intangibles" that he is known for.
Wade may not love the idea but its either LeBron or Wade that you trade for Howard and I would rather have Wade's killer instincts. And he has shown he can play (and win it all) with a dominate center.
Howard will be happiest of all with a real chance at a championship again. Do you remember how dominate a happy-go-lucky Dwight was a few years ago?? Scary!!
Miami becomes the heavy favorite to win it all!
David Stern and the NBA is happy that Orlando will remain significant with Lebron and not become the next Toronto or New Orleans (Sorry Raptors/Hornets fans but we are the NBA waste-land now)
This trade well for all and everyone is happy (well, except LeBron... I guess that's the consequence of someone's "Decision")