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Middlebrooks, Napoli each go deep as Boston rallies vs. Team Puerto Rico
By Ian Browne / MLB.com
FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Will Middlebrooks and Mike Napoli both hit bombs over the Green Monster to back a strong pitching performance by John Lackey, lifting the Red Sox to a 4-3 victory in an exhibition against Team Puerto Rico's World Baseball Classic entry on Tuesday night at JetBlue Park.
Lackey fired three shutout innings, giving up three hits and no walks while striking out two. The righty threw 45 pitches, 31 for strikes, as he made his third start back since Tommy John surgery.
"I felt really good tonight," said Lackey. "It was a really good day in the process. I felt like my arm strength's getting better. It feels like it's getting better each time out."
Napoli, who saw Lackey at his best when they were teammates with the Angels, is happy to see his former batterymate healthy again.
"He looked great tonight," Napoli said. "His arm looked free. He was doing what he wanted with the ball. It was a good step for him. He's going to be a big part of what goes on here. To have him healthy is going to be huge -- good for us."
Middlebrooks put the Red Sox on the board in the bottom of the second, belting a hanging curveball from Nelson Figueroa over the wall in left-center.
Once Lackey exited, Team Puerto Rico put three runs on the board against righty Clayton Mortensen in the fourth.
In the bottom of the fourth, Napoli unloaded for a towering shot over the Green Monster, his second homer in three days.
Figueroa went three innings for Puerto Rico, giving up just one run and two hits.
Former Red Sox shortstop Mike Aviles, who was traded to Toronto for manager John Farrell and subsequently dealt to the Indians, had two hits for Puerto Rico. Carlos Beltran added a hit and scored a run.
Up next: Ace Jon Lester will take the ball for Wednesday afternoon's 1:35 p.m. ET home game against the Pirates. Prospects Rubby De La Rosa and Steven Wright are on the docket to pitch, as is setup man Junichi Tazawa.
Ian Browne is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Brownie Points, and follow him on Twitter @IanMBrowne. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Olivia Palermo Talks Winter Style Tips and Favorite Prints at Tibi
Olivia Palermo's solidified her status in the fashion world as a trendsetter with impeccable taste and a killer wardrobe — so when we spotted the style setter front row at Tibi, we had to know just how she's staying so chic and keeping warm at New York Fashion Week. Not only has Olivia mastered the high-low outfit mashup, but she also has quite a way with layers. Watch on to hear her talk Winter styling tips and favorite prints, and even score some Valentine's Day dressing tips straight from one of our favorite fashion darlings.

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Twins place Willingham on waivers
By Rhett Bollinger and Kelly Erickson / MLB.com
MINNEAPOLIS -- The Twins placed left fielder Josh Willingham on revocable waivers, a Major League source confirmed on Tuesday.
Willingham is the second prominent Twins player to be placed on waivers this month, after first baseman Justin Morneau cleared waivers in mid-August.
But the key difference is that Willingham still has another year on his contract, while Morneau's deal expires after the season. Willingham, who is hitting .214/.348/.393 with 12 homers in 87 games this season, is set to make $7 million next year as part of a three-year, $21 million deal signed before the 2011 season.
Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said it will be business as usual for his club despite the news of Willingham being on waivers. Willingham was in the lineup on Tuesday against the Royals, batting cleanup and starting in left field.
"I don't think every player who has been through [waivers] has been tweeted, but that's just the way it is now," Gardenhire said. "People find out. I'd imagine most of our players have been through waivers. You read about names like that and I don't know how they get out there, but they do."
If Willingham is claimed by a team, the two clubs will have 48 hours to work out a deal. But the Twins also could decide to let the claiming team take Willingham and the rest of his contract without a return, or pull him back off waivers, which means he wouldn't be able to be traded to any team. If he clears waivers like Morneau, he can be traded to any club.
"If you're looking for a right-handed bat who can put one in the seats, then Willingham would definitely be one of those guys," Gardenhire said. "He's healthy. Even though he's not swinging the bat well now, if you put him in a different atmosphere, he might take off and that's what everyone is looking for -- someone to put them over the top."
Buxton leads seven Twins on AFL squad
MINNEAPOLIS -- Top prospects Byron Buxton, Alex Meyer and Eddie Rosario are among seven Twins Minor Leaguers set to play in the Arizona Fall League this year.
Buxton, ranked as the No. 1 overall prospect according to MLB.com, is considered the headliner for the Arizona Fall League, which begins play in early October. Meyer, ranked as the No. 33 overall prospect, and Rosario, ranked No. 64, join Buxton as Twins prospects ranked in MLB.com's Top 100 set to play in the Fall League.
Other Twins farmhands set to represent the organization include right-hander Trevor May, outfielder Max Kepler, right-handed relievers Zach Jones and A.J. Achter. All seven players will play for the Glendale Desert Dogs, which will be managed by Double-A New Britain skipper Jeff Smith.
"It's a pretty good group," Twins general manager Terry Ryan said. "You put guys in that league and they need to take advantage of the situation, the exposure and competition playing with different players and different coaches. There's a flock of scouts at every game."
Buxton, 19, has dominated at Class A Cedar Rapids and Class A Advanced Fort Myers this season, hitting a combined .335/.426/.532 with 12 homers, 19 doubles, 18 triples and 52 stolen bases in 117 games. Ryan said the goal is to continue to challenge Buxton, who will be one of the younger players in the Arizona Fall League.
"We think Buxton is ready to go compete out there," Ryan said. "This league has gotten younger as it's evolved."
Still no timetable for Mauer's return
MINNEAPOLIS -- While Joe Mauer told manager Ron Gardenhire he's starting to feel a little better on Tuesday, there's still no timetable as to when the All-Star catcher will return to the lineup.
Mauer was placed on the 7-day disabled list with a concussion after he was a late scratch prior to the Twins' Aug. 20 game at Detroit, due to dizziness in batting practice. The concussion occurred after Mauer took an Ike Davis foul tip off his mask during a makeup game with the Mets on Aug. 19.
"We just have to wait and see," Gardenhire said. "I don't have a timetable. He came in today and says he feels actually pretty decent. He's had some rough days at home. ... He's getting better and it's just going to take time here."
According to Twins general manager Terry Ryan, there is no plan to shut Mauer down for the season.
"There's no thought of that," Ryan said. "We'll just wait for him to recover and get him going."
Gardenhire noted it will be a process when the trainers do finally clear Mauer to play. Once he's determined to be healthy enough to return, the Twins skipper said the team have to talk with Mauer and decide where best to play him -- at catcher, first base or filling in as the designated hitter.
Arcia continues to struggle with sore wrist
MINNEAPOLIS -- Oswaldo Arcia has attempted to play through pain in his left wrist, but his swing has continued to suffer, so the rookie will get some more time off to recover.
Twins manager Ron Gardenhire did not mince words when addressing the state of his young outfielder's injury.
"No. No he's not," Gardenhire said when asked if Arcia was doing well. "He told me his hand was hurting. I brought him in here today to check on him and definitely his hand is hurting when he swings, a sharp pain.
"I told him, 'You're going to see the trainers and we're going to get this straightened out.' Because he's been trying to play through this thing, says he's fine. But he's not fine. We can see it in the way he's swinging. It's just not a good swing."
Arcia injured his wrist diving for a ball during a game against the White Sox two weeks ago. He was held out of the lineup for a few games, but has played since, making a start on Saturday in Cleveland. He went 0-for-4 with three strikeouts in the 7-2 loss.
Gardenhire noted that Arcia initially felt pain in the top of his wrist, but now it's more down on the outside of his wrist. As a result, Arcia's swing has notably suffered.
"I just wanted him to know, 'It's not like we're mad at you. If you're hurt, you're hurt. You just have to be honest with us and tell us you're hurt,'" Gardenhire said. "He wants to play and he wants to be a part of it, but he's not swinging very well.
"We'll let this guy get healthy. He's a big part of our future here and I don't want to see him do something silly and he's definitely not swinging good now. It's just not happening."
Arcia has yet to be placed on the disabled list, and as it's so close to September and expanded rosters, Gardenhire isn't sure if he'll need to move Arcia anywhere -- especially since the Twins will play with a short bench as long as Arcia's out -- but it does remain a possibility.
"We're so close to the [Sept. 1], where we could make a move," Gardenhire said. "They're [Triple-A Rochester] in a playoff race, but I won't rule it out."
Rhett Bollinger is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Bollinger Beat, and follow him on Twitter @RhettBollinger. Kelly Erickson is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Today was the last day I lecture at my developmental biology students. We have one more lab and one final class hour which will be all about assessment, but this was my last chance to pontificate at them…so I told them about all the things I didn't teach them, and gave them a reading list for the summer. (I know, there's no way they're going to take these to the beach, but maybe when they move on in their careers they'll remember that little reference in their notes and look it up.)
So here are the books I told them to go read.
We've been all up in the evo-devo house this semester, so I urged them to read the antidote, just to get some perspective. This is the great big book all the grown-up developmental biologists read and admire and regard as gloriously wrong in many ways, but still an important reminder that physical and chemical properties of whole cells and organisms matter — it's not all genes. And of course that legendary book is On Growth and Form by D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson. I tell all my students that if ever they want to get serious about developmental biology, they must read Thompson.
For the more modern gang who like computers and math and logic puzzles, I point them at At Home in the Universe: The Search for the Laws of Self-Organization and Complexity and The Origins of Order: Self-Organization and Selection in Evolution by Stuart A. Kauffman. He'd really benefit from more time in a wet lab, but still, there's some very provocative stuff in those books about how complexity can spontaneously arise. I also gave them a bit of an introduction to NK network theory.
There is always a philosopher or two in the class, so for them I suggest that they read The Ontogeny of Information: Developmental Systems and Evolution by Susan Oyama. Developmental Systems Theory suffers for its lack of applicability — it really is a little too abstract for most scientists — but I love it for its more holistic approach to development.
For the hardcore biologists, the ones who are ready to read a book where every page makes them think very hard, I suggest Developmental Plasticity and Evolution by Mary Jane West-Eberhard. It's quite possibly the most brilliant book I've ever read, but it's dense and challenging. Intentionally challenging: she really does question a lot of the dogma of evolutionary and developmental biology, and forces you to realize there are a lot of wide-open, intensely interesting questions out there.
And finally, I brought up a book I seriously think about making the class text every year, Ecological Developmental Biology by Scott F. Gilbert and David Epel. The course as it is now is a fairly traditional modern molecular genetics and development class, with a solid overlay of evolutionary biology. The Gilbert and Epel book integrates all that with ecology — and I firmly believe that the well-rounded biologist of the type a liberal arts university tries to generate ought to have a balanced conceptual understanding of ecology, development, and evolution.
That's the short list. It's too bad I don't have total control of my students' lives, or I'd have them studying ten or twenty books over the summer. Or they probably think it's a good thing I don't.


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Startup Makes App to Help People Evade Traffic Laws
Never, ever forget: the Silicon Valley insider crowd is exempt from the rules and norms of the rest of the citizenry. TechCrunch excitedly reports on a new app called "Fixed," which will help San Franciscans automatically kill parking tickets, whether or not they deserve it.
Yes: parking in a city is miserable.
Yes: parking tickets are sometimes bullshit.
But: giving a very small group of people an app to easily dodge the penalties everyone else is subject to, that, that is not good. What makes Fixed so alluring is that you can be completely in the wrong and still have a decent chance of beating a ticket.
TechCrunch explains how the app, currently in a "small beta trial," works:
Up to 50 percent of parking tickets are dismissed when fought in court, but it takes knowledge and time to do it. New app Fixed will do it for you. Take a photo of your ticket, Fixed contests it, and if it's dismissed, you pay Fixed 25 percent of the ticket price. If Fixed loses, you pay it nothing, so there's nothing to lose.
Yes, but, what about the consequences of releasing an automated flood of legal complaints to the municipal government?
Now, there's an argument to be made that fighting parking tickets just takes money from the community. Ticket revenue can go to pay for important local infrastructure, and a lot of tickets are designed to prevent people from unsafely parking, obstructing other cars, or endlessly squatting on spots. And sending frivolous contest letters could slow down the whole legal system.
But still, I agree with Hegarty that it sometimes feels like city governments are unfairly sucking blood from people who can't afford garages or private car services like Uber.
Since there's not an Instagram for Logical Fallacies yet, let's give this a shot the old fashioned way: you don't have to choose between spamming the government with boilerplate legal complaints and taking a massively expensive Uber everywhere. And perhaps, if San Francisco kept some of the tens of millions of dollars it reaps from traffic tickets each year, and didn't have a Silicon Valley sycophant as mayor, it could spend that cash to bolster public transit.
Or just let an app put a bandaid on our ills—that's more fashionable. The pocketable smartphone resemblance of progress is always easier than the real thing.


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Being labeled a "breakout alt-dance group" may be difficult for some, but for Los Angeles' Capital Cities it's a badge of honor.
The band will bring their positive vibes and vintage synthesizers to the Red Bull Sound Space this Thursday at 1p.m. PST / 4p.m. EST. With a mere 250 fans crammed into the tiny space, it's sure to be a fun and intimate webcast. Watch the webcast here.
The band is doing their best to bring some 'hope' back to modern music with singles like their hit "Safe and Sound." "In some ways 'Safe and Sound' is an antidote to the human tendency to think in apocalyptic terms," explained Ryan Merchant, the band's co-founder. "It seems like every generation feels like it's living in the worst of times," he continues. Merchant explained the single is designed to lift fans out of the doomsday mindset.
Although the Capital Cities may appear an overnight success, Merchant and Sebu Simonian have been in the music game since the ages of 10 and 12. The truly DIY band self-funded their music and touring until just recently when signed to Capitol Records. Merchant and Simonian flew around the globe; South America; Europe; anywhere they could find an audience, all on their dime.
Now, spins at major market radio stations like L.A.'s KROQ, San Francisco's Live 105 and Las Vegas' X1075 putting the band on the fast track to earning new fans.
Following Thursday's performance, Capital Cities will hit the road for a 30 stop "Dancing with Strangers" tour in support of their self-titled EP on Capitol Records.


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The ability to measure the degree of financial intermediary constraint is of crucial importance for regulators and investors. Standard measures of intermediary constraint often focus directly on the riskiness of the financial institutions themselves, such as their level of credit risk, volatility, or leverage ratio. One such example is the TED spread, which is the difference between LIBOR, a short-term interest rate for uncollateralized interbank loans, and the yield for Treasury bills. Large TED spreads indicate that banks, and hence uncollateralized interbank lending, are risky, which is the case during the financial crisis of 2008-09 (see in the picture below). However, safe banks are not the same as unconstrained banks. In fact, a period of low TED spreads could be precisely because of the tight constraints that limit the banks' ability to take on risky investment.
In a recent research paper with Professor Scott Joslin at the University of Southern California and Sophie Ni at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, we propose a different approach to measure the tightness of intermediary constraint by observing how financial intermediaries manage their tail risk exposures. Specifically, we focus on financial intermediaries' trading activities in the market of deep out-of-the-money put options on the S&P 500 index.
Our measure is motivated by theory. I will sketch out the main ingredients of the model here. We consider a general equilibrium setting where two types of agents, public investors and financial intermediaries, have different beliefs about the chances of major market crashes. Such disagreements lead to trading in the crash insurance market, with the more optimistic financial intermediaries selling crash insurance to the public investors during normal times. The assumption of financial intermediaries being more optimistic about tail risks is a shortcut to capture their superior ability to manage tail risks, or agency problems such as government guarantees and compensation schemes that encourage financial institutions to take on tail risks.
As in practice, financial intermediaries in our model face risk constraints, which limit the amount of tail risks they can take on relative to their net worth. If the intermediary risk constraint starts to tighten, which could be due to higher levels of tail risks in the economy or trading losses that reduce the net worth, the financial intermediaries will effectively become more risk averse, and their ability to provide risk sharing with the public investors will be reduced. As a result, the amount of crash insurance sold by the financial intermediaries becomes lower and can even turn negative (as the financial intermediaries become net buyers of crash insurance). In addition, the tighter constraint and reduced risk sharing will also make crash insurance more expensive and lead public investors to demand a higher risk premium for the aggregate stock market.
The deep out-of-the-money put options on the S&P 500 index (DOTM SPX puts) are effectively insurances against major market crashes and are well suited to test our theory. The figure below plots the net amount of DOTM SPX puts that public investors acquire each month (henceforth referred to as PNBO). This also reflects the net amount of the same options that broker-dealers and market-makers (financial intermediaries) sell in that month. The net public purchase of DOTM index puts was positive for the majority of the months prior to the recent financial crisis in 2008, suggesting that the financial intermediaries (public investors) were mainly net sellers (buyers) of crash insurance. A few exceptions include the Asian financial crisis (December 1997), the Russian default, the financial crisis in Latin America (November 1998 to January 1999), and the Iraq War (April 2003). However, starting in 2007, PNBO became significantly more volatile. It turned negative during the quant crisis in August 2007, and then rose significantly and peaked in October 2008, following the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers. Afterwards, PNBO plunged rapidly and turned significantly negative in the following months. Following a series of government actions, PNBO first bottomed in April 2009, rebounded briefly, and then dropped again in December 2009 as the European sovereign debt crisis escalated.We find that PNBO is negatively related to the expensiveness of the DOTM SPX puts relative to the at-the-money options. This result is the opposite of the prediction of the demand pressure theory for option pricing, whereby exogenous demand shocks push up both the amount of options public investors buy and the price of the options, thus inducing a positive correlation between the public demand for an option and its expensiveness. Instead, the result is consistent with time variation in the tightness of intermediary constraints driving the pricing of the options and the endogenous public demand simultaneously.
Moreover, we find that PNBO significantly predicts future market excess returns. During the period from 1991 to 2012, a one-standard deviation decrease in PNBO is associated with a 3.4% increase in the subsequent 3-month market excess return. The R-square of the return-forecasting regression is 17.4%. The return predictability of PNBO is, again, consistent with the prediction of a tightened intermediary constraint driving up aggregate market risk premium.
Two alternative explanations of our predictability results are: (1) PNBO is merely a proxy for standard macro or financial factors that drive the aggregate risk premium; (2) the predictability captures the direct impact of intermediaries' constraints on the aggregate risk premium. Consistent with the second view, we find that the predictive power of PNBO is unaffected by the inclusion of a long list of return predictors in the literature, including price-earnings ratio, dividend yield, net payout yield, consumption-wealth ratio, variance risk premium, default spread, term spread, and various tail risk measures.
In addition, we also compare PNBO with a list of funding constraint measures (including the VIX index, the growth rate of broker-dealer leverage, and liquidity measures in the Treasury market). We find that financial intermediaries tend to reduce their supply of market crash insurances when these measures of funding constraints tighten. When regressing market excess returns on lagged PNBO and other funding constraint measures jointly, only the coefficient on PNBO remains significant, which suggests that PNBO contains unique information about the aggregate risk premium relative to the other measures of funding constraints.
Our study sheds new light on a specific channel, the crash insurance market, through which intermediary constraints affect aggregate risk sharing and asset prices. Our measure of financial intermediary constraint has several advantages compared to the existing measures. Compared to the accounting-based measures such as the leverage for financial institutions, our measure has the advantage of being forward-looking and available at higher (daily) frequency. Unlike price-based measures such as the TED spread, our measure moves the focus away from whether the financial institutions themselves are risky and instead onto whether they behave as constrained in the financial markets.
For details of this research, see Hui Chen, Scott Joslin, and Sophie Ni, "Demand for Crash Insurance, Intermediary Constraints, and Stock Return Predictability."


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"Kenan and Kel" was one of the most quality programs back in the '90s, as part of a Nickelodeon line-up of shows that will probably never be rivaled. Unfortunately, as time has gone by, it seems Kenan now wants nothing to do with his former friend and collaborator.
Kenan Thompson currently has a comedy pilot in the works with NBC, so of course, everyone's first thought is whether or not he'll be involving Kel. It turns out, according to Kel, Kenan is actively avoiding him.
"The truth is Kenan does not want to be seen with me in any form of media, or even have my name mentioned around him," said Kel.
Kenan's choice to distance himself from Kel fortunately hasn't made the latter bitter. "I have not been upset about this," said Kel. "I respect his choice of wanting to make a name for himself solo. There is no bad blood on my side, I'm not declining a reunion, I know the fans love the show and would love to see some type of appearance with us ... I just don't see that ever happening because of how he really feels."
And though it seems like just yesterday Coolio was rocking the intro, awwww, there it goes.
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Hi everyone. I'm new to this forum and am in need of some advice please. I've been looking to purchase a newish Ford fiesta and have finally found one that's not quite 4 years old and in my price range and its only done 12000 miles. The price is soooo good it's almost too good to be true if I'm honest (approx £1800 less than I'd expect it to be).
I've already carried out an HPI check and it's clear - I've not actually seen the car yet but I've been sent several photos and it looks immaculate inside and out!! I contacted the seller who has advised that she has taken a job in Germany recently and is there at the moment. She says she bought the car in feb, then got the job abroad so signed a contract with a car transport company called Ace uk holdco ltd and they currently have the car, keys and paperwork in their warehouse in Northumberland and will deal with the sale etc and can deliver the car to me for no extra cost (she has paid for delivery of the car anywhere in the uk). I've not yet contacted them but I've searched the web for reviews and can find absolutely nothing except various listings in company search directories. They are listed at companies house. Their web address is
I know there are scams out there whereby the buyer gives the intermediary money for the car then the car never turns up!! I have no intention of handing over any money without having the car and keys in my hand.
I was thinking of getting the RAC to do a full inspection on the basis that if the car doesn't actually exist (the photos could have been any random car) then Ace Uk holdco ltd will fob off the RAC so the appointment is never kept. That's my theory anyway!!
So, has anyone ever heard of Ace UK Holdco Ltd?? It just all seems a bit odd. The car is being sold for approx £1800 less than all other models of same year which I'm also suspicious about. If it is legit then I'll happily buy it but I need to be sure this is a real deal.
Any advice would be very welcome. Thank you.


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September 19, 2013 - submitted by Raj, Canada
Q. Why is the latest song called Atlas and not Carry Your World? I wonder since it's mentioned so much in the chorus, wouldn't it make a better title overall?
The Oracle replies:
I don't think it's necessary to name a song after a repeated refrain or chorus.


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25 Complex Text Passages to Meet The Common Core
Literature and Informational Texts A collection of 25 leveled passages with text-dependent comprehension questions that help students tackle increasingly complex texts and provide the academic rigor called for by the Common Core State Standards. The lessons include teaching tips that target the challenges students will encounter in the passage and provide text-complexity information— quantitative (Lexile level), qualitative, and reader and task considerations—to help teachers meet the needs of their class. 80 pages.
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Whether a student is a struggling reader or advanced, Differentiated Reading for Comprehension presents three levels of reading in short, nonfiction passages for close reading practice. Each 64-page book focuses on grade-specific reading skills defined by the Common Core State Standards. Text-dependent comprehension questions—Including multiple-choice, fill-in-the-blank, true/false, and short-answer writing practice—follow each set of passages to promote understanding and critical thinking. Students of all reading levels stay interested, build confidence, and discover that nonfiction reading can be fun! 64 pages.
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These comprehensive guides each include 30 grade-appropriate mini-lessons, one for each of the first 30 days of school. Focused on literacy, lessons include shared reading and writing, class meetings, conferences, accountable talk, and responding to literature. Also includes tips for classroom organization, reproducible calendars, reading logs, book lists, assessments, and more. 80 pages.
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- Korean Grand Prix
Maldonado wants Williams stay
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Pastor Maldonado says he wants to stay at Williams next season, having kept his options open last weekend.
In Japan Maldonado said that "At the moment, for sure, there is the chance to go to other teams" in 2013, as negotiations with Williams continued. However, following the re-election of Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez - which should ensure the ongoing backing of PDVSA - Maldonado has now said his desire is to remain with Williams.
"To be honest I really want to stay in Williams because it's a good team," Maldonado said. "The team is getting better and better every day, we've been rebuilding everything in the team and now I think it's more compact. The car is looking better and better every day so good confidence with them, but at the moment there is no confirmation so I am looking forward to seeing that, otherwise I'm looking forward to remaining in Formula One, for sure."
Looking ahead to this weekend's Korean Grand Prix, Maldonado said maximising the car's qualifying potential would be crucial for Williams.
"I hope to have a competitive car, and a part of that is to especially be quite competitive in qualifying. We missed a couple of tenths in the last qualifying in Suzuka to get in to qualifying three; it was a good pace in the race but we are really looking here to be in qualy three and very competitive, but it's very difficult to exactly know where we'll be."


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For questions specific to Waldorf Education, please read the FAQs section on the website Why Waldorf Works.
How many grades will Birchtree include this year?
Birchtree is a K-8 school.
What will the daily school hours be?
Our days begin at 8:30am and end at 3:15pm. Drop off time will begin at 8:20am. Students can be picked up in the classroom at 3:15pm or outside from 3:20pm to 3:30pm.
Kindergarten hours are from 8:30am to 12:30pm Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday and 1:30 pm (extended day) on Thursdays. Parents will come in to the building to pick up their students at 12:30pm. On Thursdays students may be picked up at 1:30pm outside on the west side of the building.
How long is the kindergarten day?
Kindergarten is a four-hour day Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday.
Thursdays are an extended day (5 hours).
Will any bus transportation be available for students?
Birchtree offers limited bus to and from a few select locations. If you are interested in having your student ride the bus, you must fill out the Bus Permission Slip and turn it in to the office.
Morning bus route:
- Departs Wasilla Target (near Walgreens) at 7:25am
- Departs Palmer Library at 7:46am
- Arrives at Birchtree at 8:05 AM
Afternoon route:
- Departs Birchtree Charter School at 3:30
- Arrives at Wasilla Target (near Walgreens)at 3:40pm
- Arrives at MTA Sports Center at 3:50pm
- Arrives at Palmer Library at 4:00pm
Early Release Thursdays:
- Departs Birchtree Charter School at 1:45
- Arrives at Wasilla Target (near Walgreens)at 1:55pm
- Arrives at MTA Sports Center at 2:00pm
- Arrives at Palmer Library at 2:10pm
Can Kindergarten Students ride the bus?
Kindergarteners can ride the bus to school Monday-Friday. Only on early release Thursdays kindergartners can ride the bus from school to one of the designated drop off locations.
Will there be a hot lunch program?
Students will need to bring their own cold lunch and a healthy snack. There are no microwaves available for student use.
Will extracurricular activities be offered?
We are excited to offer a wide variety of extracurricular activites. Please see the extracurricular page on our website.
Will childcare be available before and after school?
We do not offer before and after school care.
Will teachers follow a class through multiple grades?
Birchtree teachers will "loop" with their students from Grade One through Grade Five. Students will have a different teacher starting in sixth grade who will loop with the students through eight grade.
What school supplies will my child need?
Supplies used in Waldorf schools are quality supplies that can last children many years. These are specialty items that must be ordered. We order these supplies in bulk over the summer. Student fees are collected per student each year.
Does the school have a dress code?
Because Waldorf-inspired education aims to create an educational environment free from distractions from the media, we recommend that student attire be free of large logos or cartoon characters. More details regarding student dress is outlined in the Birchtree Family Guide.
Where can I get details about Birchtree's curriculum?
Please see our curriculum page.
What is the school's philosophy on homework?
Typically, students begin getting weekly homework in Grade Four, an age where most children are able to take full responsibility for their work. Homework will then gradually increase in frequency and amount in subsequent years.
How do you incorporate nature/outdoors into the school day?
The curriculum exposes students to the natural world every day. Our 14-acre location will also offer ample opportunity for students to connect with nature!
If my child seems more advanced in reading and writing than her peers, will the school consider moving her up a grade?
Because Waldorf-inspired curriculum is based upon the developmental stages of each age group, academically advanced students typically remain with their peers. The curriculum, however, offers opportunities for students to receive extra academic challenges as needed.
What types of opportunities will there be to volunteer and how many hours are we expected to give?
Opportunities for volunteering will be advertised each week in the Friday Update. To learn about opportunities to volunteer in the classroom, you can communicate with the classroom lead volunteer.
How will discipline be handled for typical mild-moderate situations that may arise?
Most discipline issues will be handled by individual teachers, who will communicate directly with parents. The school assistant principal and/or principal will assist when needed.
What types of assessments will Birchtree be using?
As a public school in the state of Alaska, Birchtree is required to conduct all State-mandated tests. These include the Alaska Measures of Progress (AMPs) given annually to students in Grades 3 – 8, and MAP testing for Grades 5-8. Additionally, Birchtree will be using assessment rubrics designed specifically for Waldorf-based programs. These rubrics will assist teachers in assessing the learning growth of their students and will be shared with parents during parent/teacher conferences.


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There are several Onslow County citizens that have been trying to stop the infliction of Common Core on the education system of this county. We have tried to educate our fellow citizens in meetings and face-to-face discussions, as well as informing the Onslow County Board of Education about this �progressive� educational inhibitor.
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There are several Onslow County citizens that have been trying to stop the infliction of Common Core on the education system of this county. We have tried to educate our fellow citizens in meetings and face-to-face discussions, as well as informing the Onslow County Board of Education about this �progressive� educational inhibitor.
According to the state of North Carolina, the cost for the Common Core Standards is an increase of $389 per student. I am not sure if that is correct.
There are professional development courses that are required to train the teachers on the new Common Core academic standards and methods. This Professional Teacher Development will cost $1,931 per teacher. There are 1,565 teachers. That is a cost of $3,022,015. There are the 26 instructional coordinators that are in the system, and they will need the training. That cost is $50,206. I don�t know if the teacher�s assistants or the instructional aides will need the training, but there are 527 of them. That would be a cost of $1,017,637. This runs to a total of $4,089,858. This is with a student to teacher ratio of 15 to 1.
The records show the current student testing cost is about $10 per student. The student testing under Common Core will go to $28 or $29 per student. That is an increase of $18 or $19 per test per student. The test questions will be made public after the test so each year new questions and tests will need to be developed so the cost will just go up. These tests are purchased from an outside source. According to the county records, there are 24,046 students. With the increase in student testing charges of $18 or $19 per student per test that means the increase in testing cost will be $456,874.
I could not find any information on the cost of new textbooks that would be needed, so I am going to project a cost of $30 per book and I think that price will be low. This would be approximately $750,000 or in other terms, three quarters of a million dollars.
So far that comes to a total increase in spending of $5,296,732. Some of this will be one-time expenditures, but much will be reoccurring costs that will do nothing but climb over the years until the county and state can no longer carry the load and we have to turn our entire educational system over to the federal government.
This increase in cost does not include the cost of upgrades and improvements to local infrastructure. Common Core testing in North Carolina will have to be taken on computers. The state and local education authorities will have to examine concerns about bandwidths and technology. Are there enough computers? Are the schools wired for the extra power requirements? If they are going to be hardwired, are the schools wired for this with Cat-6 wiring? Or are all the computers going to be on Wi-Fi with a central server in each school or will each school need several servers? How about the additional bandwidth needed to connect each school with the central offices of the school system? How often will the school system need to upgrade the computers in the classrooms? Who pays for that? I am guessing that will be the local county taxpayer.
There are many more questions to be asked and each question shows an increase in the cost of this �progressive� system.
Yes, I want the children to be well educated, but Common Core will not get that job done. Looking at the overall school budget and financial requests the $5 million plus that Common Core will cost in its first year may seem a small thing, but we need to stop spending money in some places now.
Common Core is not only costly, as well as not needed, it is a bad thing for the students.
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They are? My OED says they're not even in the same genus: parsley being Petroselinum sativum and parsnips being Pastinaca sativa.
Umm... let me grab my bible...
Doh! Of course you're right. (Where did I pick up this idea then? That damned grocery is spreading lies I tell you, lies!)
Anyway, The Vegetable Bible [amazon.com] says:
Parsnip (Pastinaca sativa). One of the oldest gathered plants of the original inhabitants of Eurasia, the parsnip was an important food stable until it was superseded by the potato and the carrot in the mid-eighteenth century. Although regarded as something of an old-fashioned vegetable, they are still valued as a winter vegetable for soups and stews and are delicious roasted with beef.
If you cook old-fashioned vegetables, are you a fuddy duddy? (If you use phrases like "fuddy duddy", are you a fuddy duddy?)


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Physician at your fingertips? There's an app for that!
Mobile application for smartphones promises to connect patients to free medical advice from physicians and other credible medical experts. But can it deliver?
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Privacy and the Power of Social Media
According to the blog Lifehacker, "Facebook is tracking your every move on the Web; here's how to stop it." Some of Facebook's "social web apps all send information to Facebook and can post to your profile or share with your friends whether you want them to or not." And logging out is not enough to […]
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text: S371 Sculpture 2 P: S270, S271 or permission of instructor. Development of skills in both traditional and contemporary sculpture methodology. Rotating semester topics include figurative sculpture, casting, steel/wood construction, installation art, and public art. Emphasis on the exploration of ideas through the sculptural form and knowledge of materials and historical traditions. May be repeated once. This is a general description based on an academic year semester. It is intended as a guide. Your instructor will provide you with specific course topics and requirements. A lab fee is charged. Please visit http://www.indiana.edu/~blbursar for fee details.


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My Waypoint Arrow doesn't seem to show up anywhere on my screen. I've tried uninstalling/reinstalling the guide with no success. What else could be affecting it?
My Waypoint Arrow doesn't seem to show up anywhere on my screen. I've tried uninstalling/reinstalling the guide with no success. What else could be affecting it?
Yeah, same here. I used Curse Client to download the Dugi Addon and now the TomTom arrow doesn't appear on-screen
^ If you downloaded the Dugi Addon from Curse, it completely deletes the guides. Reinstall the guide, and then type /dugi (or /dg I believe) to open up the preferences. You can then reset the arrow and guide locations.
Don't use the guide from curse, read here the announcement here
reinstall using our installer.
If your arrow is missing try typing /dugi reset and click on a green button or quest icon in your objective tracker.
Make sure Waypoint arrow is enabled in the settings menu.
Just a heads up check your upper right hand corner mine keeps moving over there even if it's locked where I want it, so it's by the mini map and locked there, so I have to unlock it, and move it again and re-lock it I got tired of doing that so I just keep it unlocked now
Mine either moves to the top right corner or the bottem left corner of my screen.
I love seeing these new issues come up and we can't seem to reproduce it LOL
Try deleting your saved variables files
the 2 files you need to delete are:
They can be found at:
World of Warcraft\WTF\Account\Account Name\SavedVariables
World of Warcraft\WTF\Account\Account Name\Realm Name\Character Name\SavedVariables
Remember also, if you only have quests from a single area and you go out side of that area (far away), I have found your arrow will not be visable untill you get back close to the area you recieved the quests. I hope that made sense...
Yes, this works. But it happens so often to me that it is very annoying. The /dugi fix is good too, but all of these require resetting other preferences and it gets old real fast. Sometimes just unclicking then reclicking the arrow setting under the "Settings" menu works too, but once again, it happens so often that it has become very annoying. BUT - that's my only complaint. Very good product even if it sometimes loses track of a particular quest line.
Good job over all.


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Back to the Future: Intuit Financial Services Now Digital Insight
The meaning of the Thoma Bravo acquisition of Intuit's Financial Services group is just this: the focus is back on the financial institution, said Jose Resendiz, a vice president at the company.
His point is that, inside Intuit, the focus is centered on the consumer. As part of private equity fund Thoma Bravo, Resendiz suggested, there will be greater emphasis on what financial institutions want and what best serves their needs.
The merger also proved that even in financial tech, what's old can be new again, as the one-time Intuit Financial Services group now has been renamed Digital Insight, a company formed in 1995 and a pioneer in online banking solutions.
Intuit bought Digital Insight – for a reported $1.35 billion – in 2007. Founded by former staffers of credit union core processor XP Systems, Digital Insight served as the backbone of what then became known as Intuit Financial Services.
The sale to Thoma Bravo was announced at $1.025 billion.
In a press statement, Resendiz said, "We will remain focused on creating and delivering solutions that help mid-market financial institutions be at the center of improving their customers' financial lives so bankers can engage in deep, profitable relationships. Working with Thoma Bravo enables us to further enhance our focus on meeting the business needs of financial institutions."
In an interview, he elaborated, "Our customers are excited that we can go back to focusing on the financial institutions. They are excited we are going back to our roots."
He admitted that at least some customers had a concern: Can this newly independent entity sustain the innovation it had become known for inside Intuit? Said Resendiz, "The reality is that the innovation came from our employees who are still with us."
Resendiz said Digital Insight now has around 650 employees. And around 600 mobile banking apps in the Apple Apps Store and Google Play.
An emphasis in the near-term, Resendiz said, will be finding more ways for financial institutions to generate incremental revenue in the online and mobile channels. "That is what they tell us they want. We are looking at ways to build in cross-selling and upselling opportunities."
As for Finance Works – the personal financial management tool that went to Thoma Bravo in the acquisition – its future vis a vis Mint, the PFM retained by Intuit, remains unsettled. Although Inuit had indicated some months ago that it planned to offer Mint directly to financial institutions, that may be in flux, post the spinoff of Intuit Financial Services. "We are in talks about possibly offering Mint to our FIs," said Resendiz.
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A short trip to Kusatsu Onsen in Gunma Prefecture. Sainokawara Park.
Located in a valley a short distance west from the Kusatsu town centre, Sainokawara park is permeating with a smell of sulphur (but not overbearingly so) and features natural hot spring water that oozes onto the surface and flows into a stream. There are also small pools of water here and there, some warm others hot, some with light emerald green coloured rocks, etc. The area is scattered with small-ish religious monuments including, as seen in the photo, a rock statue of a Buddhist deity with what looks like a little kid clinging on real tightly.
There's lots more space to the west of this park beyond this spot but regrettably I ended up not exploring further on.
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The eight islands of Japan sprang into existence through Divine Intervention.The first two gods who came into existence were Izanagi no Mikoto and Izanami no Mikoto, the Exalted Male and Exalted Female. It was their job to make the land for people to live on.They went to the bridge between heaven and earth and, using a jewel-encrusted halberd, Izanagi and Izanami churned up the sea into a frothy foam. As salty drips of water fell from the tip of the halberd the first island was formed. Its name was Onogoro.So far, so good. But when Izanagi and Izanami first met on their island, Izanami spoke to Isanagi without being spoken to first. Since she was the female, and this was improper, their first union created badly-formed offspring who were sent off into the sea in boats.The next time they met, Izanagi was sure to speak first, ensuring the proper rules were followed, and this time they produced eight children, which became the islands of Japan.I'm sure you did not fail to miss the significance of this myth for the establishment of Japanese formal society.At present, Japan is the financial capital of Asia. It has the second largest economy in the world and the largest metropolitan area (Tokyo.)Technically there are three thousand islands making up the Japanese archipelago. Izanagi and Izanami must have been busy little devils with their jewelled halberd...Japan's culture is highly technical and organized. Everything sparkles and swooshes on silent, miniaturized mechanisms.They're a world leader in robotics, and the Japanese have the longest life-expectancy on earth.Text by Steve Smith.


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In the Garden:
Upper South
December, 2010
Regional Report
Christmas is a perfect time to share your love of gardening with kids.
Kids, Gardening and Christmas
How many times have you or someone you know said, "If it wasn't for the kids, I wouldn't bother with Christmas?" Yet even if you don't have young children at home, you are still connected to children in any number of ways. Maybe there are grandchildren, nieces, nephews or cousins. None of those? Then let yourself think in a much more universal, or global, sense. Think how important all children are to the future of the world.
So what does all this have to do with the holidays and gardening? What better time than at Christmas, a time for children, to think about how we can share our own love of gardening with kids. Among the pages of the National Gardening Association website, which, in case you didn't know, is a non-profit leader in plant-based education, is the statement, "We use gardening as a vehicle for encouraging children to make good food choices, augmenting classroom studies with experiential learning, building a love of nature, stimulating social interaction, facilitating cultural exchange, and more."
Kids and Gardening - One on One
No doubt, you're probably busy right now buying presents and decorating the house. Involve your own kids, relatives or someone else's in these activities. Have the kids help fill bird feeders, buy a bird book and learn to identify the birds coming to your feeder with them, string popcorn and cranberries for an outdoor "bird tree." Smear pine cones with peanut butter and hang them on the tree. Continue the theme with a gift of the board game Birdopoly or a Birdcam for a budding photographer.
Go to a Christmas tree farm and cut down a live tree. Even better, buy a living tree to add to the garden. Each year the kids can watch "their" tree grow. Gather greens together from the garden. Share stories about the different plants.
And, yes, while something electronic is probably going to be higher on a kid's wish list than gardening tools, that doesn't mean you shouldn't include at least a few garden-related items on the list. Check out the Kid's Gardening Store on this website for lots of ideas. Consider a Worm Factory for a child who is fascinated by creepy-crawly things. A GrowLab Light Garden will provide a chance for both you and kids to start vegetable seedlings indoors later this winter for a home-grown harvest next summer. And be sure to check out the Rolypig Composter!
For help in learning how to include kids in gardening activities, check out the Parents' Primer at http://www.kidsgardening.org/family.asp. This primer is not just about creating one garden for your kids. It's about taking advantage of "gardening moments" with your kids every week in your own yard, in the garage, at the windowsill, and in the basement. Through the seasons there are big projects and little opportunities for gardening with kids that can fit seamlessly into your life. This primer will help you learn to recognize those opportunities and turn your kids' questions into fun discoveries. And you'll get the garden-building basics too!
Take Your Love of Gardening to the Community
If time and interest allow, look beyond your own household to your community. For some people, donating money might be harder than giving time. And vice versa. Play to your own strengths. Search out ways that you can use your skills to help children learn about gardening and nature. Contact schools in your area to see if you can help in some way. Get in touch with the Adopt A School Garden Program administered by National Gardening Association or check out their Curriculum Guides and Resources sections. Talk to Master Gardeners, the Cooperative Extension Service, local market farmers. Soon, you'll have a network of contacts, and you'll find the best way that you can help connect kids and gardening.
Let this time of year inspire you to share your love of gardening, be it with one or many.
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Hello @ all,
Many people have a problem with the video game The Darkness 2.Forcefield (iswsvc.exe) blocked the game. If the game is started, only the video sequences then oh it crashes. The game will start only if you deactivate it iswsvc. Perhaps the developers who can view the problem times. I use and buy ZoneAlarm Extreme Security for years and do not want to give it.
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KROQ's Weenie Roast always brings a surprise guest and Saturday's (May 18) show was no exception. The concert put together two huge names for an unexpected performance: Stone Temple Pilots with Chester Bennington. The group premiered their new single, "Out of Time" on stage.
A download of the song is available exclusively on Radio.com.
During the show the group opened with "Vasoline" and went on to perform hits including "Big Bang Baby," "Wicked Garden," "Sex Type Thing," "Interstate Love Song," and "Trippin' On A Hole In A Paper Heart," as well as the b-side "Dead and Bloated."
Bennington, the singer of Linkin Park, previously performed with the STP on the single "Wonderful," circa 2001.
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is interesting, managing to be restful yet harmonically interesting at the same time
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.. The Schnittke represents the best of the present Antes disc. The players convey the rapidly shifting moods of the first movement well and the second movement (for violin and piano alone) is eloquent and lyrical. The rhythmically alive finale has a musical argument that is fascinating to follow."MusicWeb International


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McDonald's Tests Breakfast After Midnight
McDonald's customers looking for a late-night meal may now have more than just burgers and fries to choose from. McDonald's may be in the process of adding breakfast options to their wee-hours menu, bringing a larger food selection to their 24-hour locations.
More From Delish: 23 Fast-Food Items Sold Abroad
According to Business First, McDonald's is testing the late-night breakfast fix at most of central Ohio's 127 Mickey D's locations. Called Breakfast After Midnight, customers can order a limited selection of the typical morning menu items, including sausage McMuffins, egg McMuffins, hotcakes with sausage, breakfast burritos, fruit and maple oatmeal, hash browns, juice, and coffee.
Around-the-clock locations will not offer breakfast all day. The morning menu simply starts with the beginning of the new day at 12am, instead of normal breakfast hours. In Ohio, the chain is advertising with the slogan "Nocturnivore" in an attempt to draw late-night customers to the newly expanded menu. Certain 24/7 McDonald's in other states, such as Massachusetts and California, will also offer late-night breakfast. If you live in one of those states, check with your local McDonald's to see if it is participating.
More From Delish: A History of America's Chain, Restaurants, Doughnut Shops, and Convenience Stores
Has your local McDonald's launched Breakfast After Midnight? Would you eat off the breakfast menu after 12am?
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KEXP Reviews
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- (Matador)
A wonderful debut album of brooding, intense indie-rock anthems from this British band, combining ringing, sometimes blistering guitars and droning violin with Dan Eastop's evocative lyrics and urgent, passionate vocals. Songs slide from passages of hypnotic beauty to ferocious, feedback-drenched noise-rock, containing echoes of the Velvet Underground, Sonic Youth, The Fall, Husker Du and other alt-rock greats without coming close to aping anyone. 3/29/2004 - Don Yates
Other Seachange album reviews:
Glitterball ep - 1/19/2004


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Nothing would thrill me more than to see Jenny kiss Joey and give him some cum. He already ate her creampie in another vid so why not a kiss.
Except where Joey came, both seemed bored to death with this. Meh!! Nice technique on the cumshot in the mouth, though.
There's that closeted gay "ks" at it again. Just can't keep his mind off Joey can he? Why don't you just face facts and stick to the gay channels instead of continuing to pretend you're straight while complaining about the hot couples?
There's that closet gay "ks" again, commenting on Joey...just can't seem to keep his mind on the girl can he?
Hope she's lickin the sweet spot with her tongue as he's spermin' ! Fuck, that feels sooo good !
Lmao. These two are porn comedy relief. Pancake titties and a fuss with a bikini tan.
Joe is right, that's how it should be done...every cock sucker should watch this, way to go jenny
love to watch my wife swallow a long thick cock shes almost as good as her mom
this is what all wives should be doing! great skill;)
Took "Tobacco bag saggy ass" long enough to give a gum job ,lol!!!
I love this couple. He eats pussy, she sucks cock. He sucks her cunt clean and she swallows it all! I'd love to be eating her pussy while he cums hard in it and make sure they both get all the cum out!
Man! It's a beautiful thing to watch this woman stroke a cock, then get on it just in time for him to cum in her mouth. I wish I could see more women squeeze the last few drops out of it like she does, and put that sensuous mouth back on the head and take it. It would also be a beautiful thing to suck those incredible nipples of hers.
kinda funny old man with a bikini banana hammock tan line. No one else thinks that is funny?
Think its hot, love thong and speedo tanlines
I do!
LOL... what's your fascination with the guy? If you are into young guys without tan lines, check out the YouPorn gay site.... LOL
The tan line actually gets me excited, I would do him anytime.
Wish joey be more vocal..i love it when he talks dirty..makes me horny as hell
I want to feel Joey's cock pulsate in my mouth as he fills me with all his sweet cum....please Jenny...let me
D, that's indeed the the best way to cum!
Nice job while relaxing and massaging enjoyed experincing same with my house maid really gives pleasure.
Love a throbbing cock squirting in mouth when I have lipstick on
You can have my cock unloading in your mouth anytime
Jenny you are the Master of Sweet Torture!
I want to suck that juicy dick
Jennyandjoey outdid themselves on this one. fantastic
there's nothing like the feeling of a Cock exploding in your mouth
She has great natural breasts and is very good at oral sex. Her man has one great cock!
Great great great
I wish you would suck me off
Jazmin, damn yes!! Where you from?
Sei la dea del pompino...
great editing. she knows exactly when to administer the coup de grace.
I wish i could fine someone who would due this to me. I would love to cum in my wife month but she hate the cum in her month.
She knows just the point to lock her lips onto his cock and suck the cum out of him!!
Do that to my hubby after watching this. We both just love it!!
very hice i love watching nice hard cock getting jacked
Damn this is SO hot! The way she expertly swallowed every single drop, without wasting any of it down her chin, or gagging. She is an expert - a beautiful one.
Ray I love the way she tooked the cock in her mouth and swallowed all the good cum. Your the best Jenny. Would love to see more of this. Maybe in a full length movie. I masturbate eveytine I watch this clip.
Leave a comment...que rica masturbada con lo que me encanta que me saboreen la verga que rico lo hace ella
would also love to suck your cock and swallow all of your cum
yes I give u.
cum in my ass!!
oh my god.....
VERY hot video. Such a lucky guy to have someone to treat your cock so wonderfully and it's a very nice looking cock to boot.
be nice to see her face at the same time while she;s strokin
That is SO HOT.
Oh Jenny.....U r the queen of BJ
Que ganas de sobarle
not THESE two again!! EXTREME CLOSE UP!!!!!!!!!
Now that's how a BJ should be done!!!
I just love Jenny's tits--perfectly tiny and shaped oh so well. Good stuff all around. My old girlfriend used to put her head on my belly and suck me while I face fucked her. I would just about die when I came and she sucked the head dry. Too bad we are still not together. :)
I want fuck with all girl
I love this couple! Hottest videos on here. From creampie eating to cocksucking, they do it great ! Gets my cock hard every time! I love the way she takes the cum and eats it all!
Agree totally with the last comment...much hotter than is typical, him wacking off on her face. And just the way it feels best! Nice how his cock visibly throbbed as he came.
I like this video cause its really hot and realistic and I don't want to watch some guy wacking of instead of her doing it
I wanna see Joey cum all over her tits and lick it off..........
Man I would drench Jenny's titties in my cum... not to mention, Joey's cock looks juicy enough to suck too :)
Hearing him cum makes me so horny Mmmmmmmm Love it
Jenny is hot .. but whats up with Joey .. it looks like his balls have not descended
way to work that cock!
Great hand job and wonderful finish!
so when do we see the series of him going down on her?
Love that tight bag!
wanking hard after watching her drink it all down like a good girl!!!
i like sucking big cocks and swallowing jizz. my boyfriends dick is always happy when i suck him off.
U can suck my cock anytime if u love doing bjs that much
Auja, eine liebevolle Schwanzmassage.
Great action. Love Jenny's big soft nipples and Joey's big hard cock.
My gf told me about Jenny & Joey. Now I see where she got that little trick of closing her mouth around the head of my cock when I cum. This was awesome, felt awesome when my gf did it for me too! Keep it up Jenny, I'm happy to reap the rewards of all that you're teaching her.
i love jerkin of to thes guys
Excellent BJ, just the way they should go, no muss no fuss, with all the pleasure
made me cum in seconds ,,woow thanks
no balls!!!!!
She doesnt miss a drop.
ma ficcala sta bella gnocca
...wow...geil...so muss es sein!
YES! I liked the way Jenny took the load in her closed mouth when you came Joey and swallowed it.
These two are great together. Great job you two.
2 LOW RPM on hand and small piston XD
einfach nur geil!!!!!!!!!!!!!
you do this shit that everone SHOULD be doing i love you guys BIG THUMBS UP TO YOU JENNY
good stuff.
True Love!
would've been nice if see spit the cum back down on his cock
would love to see jenny's face while she does the "work" would be a turn on to see her reaction
That's a really nice cock
Next, I will take one too.
Skip to the last 40 seconds... Not such an amazing cum shot. Excellent work, however, on licking up the leftovers. I gotta make sure my girlie does the same next time.
Jenny & Joey, this was a good one. I liked the way Jenny took the load in her closed mouth when you came Joey and swallowed it. Then to lick off all the extra spasms was great. I have been a fan of yours for some time. Keep up with these good ones.
Thats the best way to cum at bjs my exgf did this all the time
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The current "gold standard" for treating bipolar disorder is lithium, but a review of clinical research has found that other drugs may be more effective for acute episodes of mania without the side effects of lithium ("New drug developments for bipolar mania," Psychiatric Times, Dec. 2012).
Lithium has been associated with negative side effects, including sedation and weight gain, which can impact adherence to the treatment. A meta-analysis of recent clinical findings found lithium to be one of several medications that were more effective than placebo for mania. Another meta-analysis concluded that some of the alternative medications "were significantly more effective than mood stabilizers" in bipolar treatment.
"Because strong evidence exists for the use of lithium . . . as a maintenance treatment for BP, antipsychotics may be increasingly used to treat the acute manic phase of the disorder and mood stabilizers (particularly lithium) may be used for long-term treatment," the authors suggested.
With research for new mental illness medications in serious decline, identification of what the authors call "novel and more effective treatments" – including the application of existing medications to new situations – is encouraging.
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Argonne National Laboratory
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As the new director of the
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With funding from his former research facility, Professor Rasner and his colleague Stephen Goldberg -- a special assistant to Argonne's new director -- examined reactors ranging from the tradition gigawatt scale, down to smaller megawatt-scale designs.
The report simplified the equation a bit, removing interest and construction time. It dubbed this simplified metric "overnight construction costs". It puts the cost of a kilowatt of new nuclear capacity at $4,210 USD for a large plant -- nearly twice what large-scale capacity cost in 2004. The remedy, it argues, is smaller reactor designs.
Professor Rasner cites "commodity price changes and other factors". While he does not explicitly elaborate on those "other factors" in his press, release, he's likely referring to the strong public animosity for nuclear power in the U.S., in the wake of
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But the veteran researcher says those who lump modern nuclear reactors with decades old legacy designs like the reactors at Fukushima are ignorant of the scientific reality. He states to the contrary, "[Modern reactors] would be a huge stimulus for high-valued job growth, restore U.S. leadership in nuclear reactor technology and, most importantly, strengthen U.S. leadership in a post-Fukushima world, on matters of nuclear safety, nuclear security, nonproliferation, and nuclear waste management."
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Again, he says the cheapest way to get their is to develop a modular construction process, perhaps somewhere around the 600 MW scale. Rather than being custom-built on site, parts could be mass-produced at factories and then shipped to the new reactor for "easy assembly".
Mr. Hamre says its not just public sentiment that's holding reactors back -- it's the staggering scale of large reactor cost. A gigawatt scale reactor would cost a company $10B USD to deploy and would not see a pay for 7 to 9 years.
He opines that small reactors currently look like the best energy solution, other than natural gas use. He says natural gas is less desirable too, because it's a commodity and its cost in 15 years could radically shift.
Mr Hamre and Professor Rasner say that the government must step in as a customer to help small nuclear manufacturers build up factories and deployment networks. Even at small scales, initial costs will likely be too high versus traditional "dirty" power technologies like oil and coal, they argue.
"The faster you learn, the better off you are in the long term because you get to the point where you actually start making money faster." says Professor Rosner. But while there is a rush to get these solutions out there, he warns that he's not advocating a rush to judgment. He adds, "It's a case that has to be argued out and thought carefully about. There's a long distance between what we're doing right now and actually implementing national policy."
Another good thing about SMRs mentioned in the report is that they could serve as direct replacements to fossil fuel power plants. Given the fact that many coal plants produce around 200 to 400 MW, a SMR could be fitted as a direct drop-in, versus current larger designs, which require special grid accommodations.
Another positive
mentioned in the report, is that SMRs would likely strike a blow to opponents who hope to
cripple the clean power technology with lawsuits and protests
. Rather than having just one target to focus their wrath on, landowners and "environmentalists" would be forced to divide their time and money between several deployments per state, depleting their resources.
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vocal pre-Fukushima support
of nuclear development) -- in an effort to avoid angering either side?
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I would use a little more sugar, or maybe honey. For a more a dense crumb, I would use less H20. Maybe try 50%. A lot of recipes use 1 cup of water to 2 1/2 to 3 cups of flour. I like my bread a little more moist.I used a standard loaf pan. This is what I used to make this loaf. The bread was even better on day two. As for in the toaster, it was wonderful. I Did up the oil butter, sugar, salt and VGW. I did this because I was using more flour and water than in the pizza. 400 grams flour240 grams water2 tsp IDY1 1/4 tsp salt1 1/4 tsp sugar1 tbls butter1 1/4 tsp VWG
Let me know how the loaf turns out. If ya have any problems let me know. I'll be baking another loaf later this week and see if I get the same results.
Bob you are a great friend!!!!!!! I am glad I have got to discuss our love of pies! I want to thank you for your insight in helping me making cracker crusts and NY style. Making great food is my love. I am a good artist, but making great eats for my friends is my true love. The dough should get between 79 and 85 degrees, most likely a lower temp on the finished dough. This is a first attempt for my friends, so I am trying to make it easy for them, Once they get addicted I can give a more exact formula. Thanks for your help and inspiration. Friends are few and far between, but My True Friends are always there. Thanks Bob!
1 cup of flour can weigh up to 9 oz
Thanks Peter you were right. I went from low hydration to high, then settled on 60%. I'm very happy with my results. With the equipment I am working with I think have gone as far as I can. I can't complain, I think I can make a better pie than most of the pizza joints in town, and I get the enjoyment of tasting my own creation. I may try your Papa John's clone for fun. I have a couple of ideas on cracker crusts, that I will share later on in the forum. Thanks again for taking the to time to help. I could have not done it without you. Hey Bob! Hope you are having a great day. It was a 14" pie and the dough ball weighed 436.41 grams. I used 6 oz of Kraft low moisture part skim mozzarella. ATK said it was their first choice for low moisture part skimmed mozz. Not sure if I agree, but it tasted OK. Instead of running it through a grater, I used a food processor to crumble the cheese. I like how this melted better than using a cheese grater. I think the sauce really made the pie taste wonderful. I think you are right about the importance of sauce. I'll stick with Classico crushed maters.
Thanks Bob! Glad you had a great weekend. I was going to do a mixture of provolone and mozz. The store only had sliced provo. I also smoked some St Louis style ribs, a whole chicken and some burgers. Now we have more food than we can eat, and we even fed some relatives.I used to use 8 oz of cheese at first, but I have gotten down to 5 or 6 ounces for my 14 inch pies, and it still seems very cheesy and I do like the cheese. I had see a thread where you thought the sauce was the magic ingredient in the toppings. That's why I started using more in my last few pies. You were right, I always thought something was lacking. I was worried about using too much sauce and having the toppings slide off the pie. Haven't had that problem though. I was shocked at how good Classico was. I tasted it right from the can and was pleasantly surprised. It may not be a fave with a lot of the people on the forum, but it's the best I can find so far in Tulsa. A question? I was thinking about doing a 4 or 5 day rest in the fridge, to see if I can get more flavor and texture. The dough calculator for my recipe calls for almost a teaspoon of IDY for a 1 day rest. I am doing 3 day rests and using 1/2 teaspoon for that. Should I go down to a 1/4 teaspoon or less? Is there any way to calculate that, or is it a trial and error thing? I use a teaspoon of sugar for my 3 day, would I need to use more? Or is it worth it to go for a longer rest time in the fridge?
Thanks Norma. Your pies look so wonderful. You are an amazing pie guru. I would love to come your way to try a slice or two or maybe three. I will look forward to seeing some more of your amazing artistry.Yeah Bob, the selection of the Classico line at the Walmart was limited. They only had whole canned tomatoes, and crushed. They were both were 28 oz cans. They did have 3 of the Classico pasta sauces, which are pretty good. I could always run them in the blender and they would work. The 28 oz can of crushed tomatoes cost $1.00. I'll be going back to Wally World and stock up. Walmart has the Neighborhood Market stores here, maybe they have a wider selection. They are more upscale. I have noticed at my local grocery that they have made the shelf space a lot smaller for Classico. They have some new Italian brand sounding sauces I have never heard of taking up more space, and the price is a lot higher. I am always suspect when unheard of fancy new labels appear. I'll do some more investigating, I bet some are just rebranded sauces trying to create more revenue. I have read on the forum that the Walmart brand is good. Is it the Great Value brand?


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Windows 8 on the other hand is built around a single tasking modelNot really no. If you're on a very small screen, then this is hte case. However, Win8 support multitasking pretty well, with the ability to show two modern apps simultaneously at any time.
"Pretty well" is obviously subjective. One app is restricted to a 1/3rd of the screen in vertical alignment only. That's pretty damned restrictive, and it shows in how few Metro apps actually work well in this scenario.


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Moto X may have Magic Glass, Aluminum Structure, and Dual LTE MIMO
40 Comments
1. milan03 (Posts: 8; Member since: 28 May 2013)
So who can explain WTF Dual LTE MIMO is besides being the ridiculous marketing term?
2. o0Exia0o (Posts: 903; Member since: 01 Feb 2013)
Dual LTE MIMO antennas are used in LTE Advanced for VOLTE (Voice over LTE). An LTE Advanced device has to have dual LTE MIMO antennas as one is receiving the data stream while the other is sending data from the device to the tower. If this rumor is true this device should be able to have a data streaming speed of 150 Mbps which is truly fast compared to the devices of today.
4. milesboy5 (Posts: 179; Member since: 07 Nov 2012)
thanks for the explanation...even though I didn't ask.
7. o0Exia0o (Posts: 903; Member since: 01 Feb 2013)
Your welcome. No problem.
30. milan03 (Posts: 8; Member since: 28 May 2013)
Every LTE device on the market EVER had two antennas, LTE main and LTE diversity. WTF is Dual MIMO other than marketing crap. All LTE smartphones on the market have been 2x2 MIMO on the Downlink and 1x2 SIMO on the uplink.
Cat 3 or 4 baseband processor is incapable of processing more than 2x2 MIMO leveraging spatial multiplexing. Category 5 should be able to support Higher order MIMO like 4x4 which is due end of next year or 2015. So no...
Even Galaxy S4 LTE-A doesn't market that phone as "Dual LTE MIMO" because it's mandatory for every phone to have two LTE antennas.
31. o0Exia0o (Posts: 903; Member since: 01 Feb 2013)
And that's where you are only partially right. Every device has 2 antennas. One for GSM/CDMA connection and one for LTE connection, but for VoLTE you have to have dual MIMIO antennas again because one antenna is sending data and the other antenna is receiving data at the same time. With out the dual MIMO (LTE) set up the device CANNOT run on a VoLTE network. Read the links provided as they will help to explain what you are missing
32. o0Exia0o (Posts: 903; Member since: 01 Feb 2013)
^^I hope this helps you to understand^^
33. o0Exia0o (Posts: 903; Member since: 01 Feb 2013)
Heres another article to help you.
36. milan03 (Posts: 8; Member since: 28 May 2013)
I would like to remind you that dual LTE antenna setup is required for Release 8 operation on the downlink UE side. It's been in use on virtually every phone since HTC Thunderbolt 2 years ago. Go ahead and open any FCC filing of your choice on any LTE device, and you'll find LTE main and LTE diversity.
Baseband processor isn't capable of processing more than TWO spatial streams, and having two times the amount LTE antennas (4) would be redundant in terms of throughput. So no...
Also, to prove that it's all marketing, look at Samsung GS4 LTE-Advanced that's being sold in Korea, that is supporting their VoLTE network, and tell me if you've ever seen them advertising any "Dual MIMO" nonsense.
Also look at their filings for that phone, and you'll realize that antenna setup is exactly the same as any other LTE phone, including Moto X.
37. o0Exia0o (Posts: 903; Member since: 01 Feb 2013)
OK. At this point I know that your ether a troll or a retard. I am done. I have given you all of the material you need to understand Dual LTE MIMO Antennas and why they are needed. If you did not read it or understand it, it is all you fault.
And NO. No 4G LTE phones (with the exception of the GS4 I9506) have more than 1 LTE antenna. The cell phones of today have 4 antennas; 1 LTE, 1 CDMA/GSM, 1 Wifi, and 1 Bluetooth. That's it nothing more. This phone (if the rumors are true) would come with 5 antennas; 2 LTE (Dual LTE MIMO Antenna), 1 CDMA/GSM, 1 Wifi, and 1 Bluetooth.
38. milan03 (Posts: 8; Member since: 28 May 2013)
Oh we resort to name calling?! Oh how helpless.
Anyhow, let's take a look on some obvious examples from recent FCC filings all with multiple LTE antennas:
GS3 LTE, chapter 1.3: apps.fcc.gov/eas/GetApplicationAttachment.html?id=1910663
GS4: droid-life.com/2013/03/29/verizons-samsung-galaxy-s4-cruises-through-fcc-wonder-when-theyll-acknowledge-it/
You get my point. Feel free to visit FCC site and educate yourself.
34. GeneralTsosChicken (Posts: 22; Member since: 04 Dec 2012)
Haha, You Got Served!
3. jedpatrickdatu (Posts: 169; Member since: 24 Jan 2013)
Looks luscious and beautiful.
21. JojoGo101 (Posts: 211; Member since: 17 Dec 2012)
This can't be real. I don't believe in the phone customization part and we've already seen photos of the dotted plastic back of the Moto X.
22. Commentator (Posts: 3722; Member since: 16 Aug 2011)
How awesome would it be if those photos and old rumored specs were just elaborate decoys, and Moto just blew us away with something totally next-gen? I mean, the price of the thing would skyrocket, but even so... Maybe they could make two!
5. Shatter (Posts: 2036; Member since: 29 May 2013)
Sorry but its still using an ancient dual core cpu...
6. o0Exia0o (Posts: 903; Member since: 01 Feb 2013)
What's bad about the CPU? In fact, the CPU is pretty awesome. Have you read the articles on the chip they're using? I think you should take a closer look at the hardware they're using. Might actually surprise and wow you. Motorola X 8 - 8 cores.
20. alltechinside (Posts: 248; Member since: 21 Apr 2013)
Ya, I think this has to do with bad marketing from Motorola. I think they should have marketed like samsung with their "Octa" core. I was one of those people who was disappointed with the CPU until I read more in-depth about it. Then again, Moto X hasn't actually been announced yet XD
8. Droid_X_Doug (Posts: 5993; Member since: 22 Dec 2010)
It would seem that Magic Glass is Moto's term for flexible display. I wonder who is supplying the flexible display? Sammy teased us with their version of flexible display early in the year but ultimately kept it back. Perhaps Corning is not as bashful?
9. KingKurogiii (Posts: 5713; Member since: 23 Oct 2011)
the Moto X is shaping up to be a phone done very, very right. o:
10. o0Exia0o (Posts: 903; Member since: 01 Feb 2013)
Indeed it is. What I would really like to see now is price and battery life info. Other than that I thank that this might be my neXt device.
11. evarod48 (Posts: 154; Member since: 30 Oct 2012)
I've been waiting for a worthy phone, and this looks like a great choice. I think battery life will be above average, and priced at 150 on 300 off contract. Just wishful thinking though :)
12. o0Exia0o (Posts: 903; Member since: 01 Feb 2013)
I was personally hoping for a $200 off contract price but from the leaks Ive seen It looks like it might be $299 which is still not bad.
13. o0Exia0o (Posts: 903; Member since: 01 Feb 2013)
The one thing that is missing that would make this the perfect device is the micro SD card reader.
14. Hello-dirt (Posts: 102; Member since: 02 May 2010)
27. Berzerk000 (Posts: 4275; Member since: 26 Jun 2011)
Just a few more days until the most well rounded Android phone gets launched. I just really hope it doesn't just have the S4 Pro, but Motorola's X8 custom chip.
4.5-4.7" 720p display
Motorola X8 chipset
Stock Android looks with a few extra great features
Near instant updates
All for $300 for the 16 GB variant. I'll pick up mine in white with a grey spine and white Kevlar back.
15. OldNorseBruin (Posts: 233; Member since: 12 Mar 2013)
Is picture #2 of a REMOVABLE battery? The only reason for phone manufacturers' to make embedded batteries is to force customers to BUY a new phone when the battery dies...And for companies that make their phones Non-removable, they should at least make those phones IP57 or IP58 Waterproof -certified!
19. OldNorseBruin (Posts: 233; Member since: 12 Mar 2013)
Sorry Typo: "...that make their BATTERIES Non-removable,..."
28. Berzerk000 (Posts: 4275; Member since: 26 Jun 2011)
Well, it might not have a removable battery. The back cover will be removable so you can swap it for one with a different color and/or material, but whether the battery will be accessible remains to be seen. Motorola's been using unibody designs without battery access for a while, so I would understand if they wouldn't include it now.