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watched a different team tonight.
Jared Jefferies
Some say that he once threw a rock in the air.......and missed
LOL at people who don't have a clue what it takes to win a basketball game. We played unwatchable isoball that kept most of our team out of the game. How dare you to talk about "missed opportunities" if Chandler, Novak and Fields took 10 shots combined? I agree Baron and Smith were chucking, but where was Woody then? What kind of basketball it is to give the green light to a couple of chuckers and exclude high percentage shooters? I'm not blaming Carmelo per se, I realize he did what he was asked to. I'm blaming the coach of not using our strengths.
Fields doesn't take alot of shots, so I have no idea why you mentioned him.
Novak doesn't do what other three point bombers do, standing around in one spot waiting for the ball, usually won't get many attempts.
When he moved he got two shots.
Bottom line, Melo and Shumpert showed up to play, the rest didn't.
lack of good movement without the ball, poor passing allowed this game to deteriorate into a game of one on whatever basketball. And it wasn't all Melo's fault.
It was Chandler's worst game in 2 years, Chandler made 3 to 4 consistent mistakes each quarter playing like he was still a Bobcat....there is no excuse for Tyson Chandler poor lazy performance when Horford was DNP.
Woody knew we only needed "Lin-Sanity" speed to beat "his" ole Hawks starters by 10 or more points....or at least have Toney Douglas perform at an uptempo-transition for 20 minutes of running the ball with Shump/Fields/Novak/Jorts (a lineup we shouldve been developing).
Ole-Baron Davis did well playing starter minutes the previous 2 games....3 games was really pushing it big-time with Davis old uncondition body.
Davis dont have that kind of gas in his tank any more....Davis is a decent 21 minute halfcourt offensive PG, u use for 7 minute runs as a starter or backup (only 21 minutes per game).
Will be continue in the Knicks vs Cavs Game Thread
Agreed. Now can we finally put to rest the BD needs to be the PG and Lin needs to sit, watch and learn. Poor Baron's body just can't do it anymore
Baron is too old. He can't handle the minutes. Come back soon, Lin, from your Linjury.
Bibby is too old. WTF did he do to warrant the minutes Woody is giving him?
JR is too iso-happy. Woody has to remind him there are four other teammates on the floor.
Team needs to stop partying on off-days, especially on Thursday nights. Haven't they learned their lesson in Toronto?
I think everybody had an off night, from tyson and baron to coach woodson. melo and shump were the exception, and were the only reason this wasnt a complete blowout.
it happens. lets move on, beat the cavs and get back to winning mode. in that sense, the cavs game is great for us. just imagine us playing the heat / chicago / celtics (in their current form). it could have been a lot worse.


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OCEAN PINES- A West Ocean City man was arrested on first-degree assault charges last week after allegedly chasing another man around a residence in Ocean Pines with a knife.
A little after 10 p.m. on October 2, an Ocean Pines Police officer responded to a residence on Brandywine Drive in Ocean Pines for a reported attempted assault with a pocketknife. The officer met with the alleged victim, who told police he was waiting for his girlfriend when he was approached by another man, later identified as Michael A. Cooper, 24, of Ocean Pines. The victim told police Cooper said to him, "You really want me to put you in the hospital, don't you?"
Cooper then allegedly put his daughter in his truck and proceeded to pull out a pocketknife and began to chase the victim around the property. The victim told police he took a socket wrench from his own vehicle, but never confronted Cooper with it. After allegedly chasing the victim with the knife, Cooper got back in his truck and left the scene.
A description of the vehicle was broadcast and it was located a short time later in Showell Park. Cooper was identified on the scene and was found in possession of a Winchester pocketknife with a three-inch blade in plain view clipped to his right front pocket. The victim later identified the knife as the weapon with which Cooper chased him.
Cooper was arrested and charged with attempted first-degree assault. He was taken before a District Court Commissioner and later released on his own recognizance.
Three Arrested in Vehicle Thefts
OCEAN PINES- Two adults and a juvenile were arrested on auto theft charges last week for their roles in two separate incidents in Ocean Pines over the last two weeks.
The first incident involved the unauthorized taking of a vehicle from a residence in Ocean Pines back on October 1. The second involved the theft of a motorcycle from a residence in Ocean Pines on October 13. Ocean Pines Police were able to connect three suspects to the two theft incidents.
Ashalom Johnson, 20, of Berlin was connected to both incidents. He was arrested and charged with one count of unauthorized use of an automobile and one count of auto theft. Richard Lee Huffman, 20, of Berlin, was charged with one count of auto theft related to the taking of the motorcycle on October 13. In addition, a 17-year-old juvenile was also arrested in connection with the October 1 theft of an automobile. Both Johnson and Huffman were taken before a District Court Commissioner and are being held in the Worcester County Detention Center pending trial.
Dine and Dash Leads to Burglary Suspects
OCEAN CITY- One woman was arrested and two males remain suspects in three burglaries reported in Fenwick Island after the trio allegedly left a midtown Ocean City restaurant last week without paying their check.
Around 7:15 p.m. last Friday, Ocean City Police responded to the Bonfire Restaurant on 70th Street to investigate three people leaving the establishment without paying their check. Through the investigation, police learned one of the suspects, a white female, later identified as Katheryne Lenora Niquette Hart, 26, of Fruitland, had gotten into a late model Cadillac and was attempting to leave the restaurant parking lot.
An OCPD officer stopped the vehicle attempting to leave and during the traffic stop, the officer suspected Hart might be operating while intoxicated or impaired. She was soon after arrested for drunk driving. The Cadillac was subsequently towed from Coastal Highway, and a routine inventory of the car revealed three flat-screen televisions as well as several unopened bottles of assorted liquors in the trunk.
An investigation by OCPD detectives revealed the televisions and various other items had been reported stolen during three separate burglaries in Fenwick Island. Ocean City detectives have since identified the two male suspects who were present with Hart during the dine-and-dash at the Bonfire restaurant. OCPD detectives this week are working with Fenwick Island Police in an effort to connect three burglaries there to Hart and the suspects nabbed in the Bonfire incident.
Ocean Pines Police Inspection
OCEAN PINES- The Ocean Pine Police Department recently conducted a safety inspection of its personnel and an audit of its equipment.
Ocean Pines Police were thoroughly inspected for appearance, while vehicles were inspected for required equipment and police headquarters, including the entire property and the evidence room, were audited. The goal of the staff inspection was to maintain both a professional appearance and determine any internal needs and controls that are necessary to make the department more efficient.
"During my tenure as Ocean City Police Chief, I found that periodic staff inspection is a way to instill pride and to ensure that standards are constantly being adhered to," said OP Chief Dave Massey. "In addition to the daily inspection of personnel by supervisors, staff inspection raises that level of scrutiny to the command level staff."
Commercial Burglaries Cleared
OCEAN CITY- A Berlin man was arrested last week after resort detectives were able to connect him to three commercial burglaries in the resort as well as the theft of over a dozen vehicle license plates dating back to 2005.
Back on October 1, an OCPD detective responded to the pool bar at the Plim Plaza in reference to a reported burglary. During the on-scene investigation, the detective obtained a surveillance video showing a suspect, later identified as Roger Vincent Weldon, 20, of Berlin at the scene of the crime. Detectives were able to identify Weldon as the suspect and secured a search and seizure warrant for his residence.
During the search of Weldon's house, evidence was collected and stolen property was recovered linking Weldon to three reported commercial burglaries in the resort including two incidents at Plim Plaza and one at the Jolly Roger Amusement Park. In addition, police also located in Weldon's residence 13 license plates from various states and Canada. It was later determined the license plates were stolen on Assateague back in August 2005. That information was forwarded to Assateague Island authorities.
During the search of Weldon's residence, OCPD detectives recovered roughly $2,000 in stolen items connected to the burglaries at Plim Plaza and Jolly Rogers. The three open commercial burglary cases have been closed, although the investigation is continuing to identify additional suspects and additional charges are pending. Weldon has been charged with one count of felony second-degree burglary and two counts of misdemeanor fourth-degree burglary. Weldon was taken before a District Court Commissioner and released after posting a $25,000 bond.
Locals Busted in Pot Raid
OCEAN CITY- Two local men were arrested on marijuana and paraphernalia possession charges this week after the Ocean City Police Quick Response Team (QRT) and the narcotics unit raided their residence on Jamestown Rd.
Shortly after 7 a.m. last Saturday, members of the QRT team and the narcotics unit served a search warrant signed days earlier by Judge Daniel Mumford on a residence on Jamestown Rd. Upon entry, the QRT secured the residence and placed the two occupants, brothers Paul Christopher Day, 52, of Ocean City, and Timothy Daniel Day, 49, in custody.
After the residence was secured, narcotics detectives began searching the unit. In Timothy Day's bedroom, police allegedly found two plastic baggies of marijuana, one multi-colored glass pipe containing marijuana residue and one bond with marijuana residue. In Paul Day's bedroom, police allegedly found two baggies of marijuana, one marijuana grinder, one bong with marijuana residue and some currency. Both were charged with possession of marijuana and possession of paraphernalia.
Fatal Hit-and-Run Trial Postponed
SNOW HILL- A Berlin man facing serious charges including negligent homicide by motor vehicle after an alleged hit-and-run accident on the Route 50 bridge this summer that claimed the life of another local man had his trial postponed this week while awaiting the final accident reconstruction report.
Around 2:26 a.m. on June 26, Maryland State Police troopers were dispatched to the Harry Kelley Memorial Bridge for an alleged hit-and-run accident involving a motor vehicle and two bicyclists. The investigation revealed a 2006 Chevrolet Silverado, driven by Daniel M. Bren, 34, of Berlin, was traveling in the far right lane of the bridge when it allegedly struck two bicyclists, who were riding in the travel lanes, from behind.
The two victims, identified as Edward Joseph Zisk, 41, and Maxim Matuzov, 20, both of Ocean City, were ejected from their bicycles. Matuzov sustained non-life threatening injuries and was transported to PRMC for treatment. His condition remains unknown this week. Zisk, however, was pronounced dead at the scene.
According to police reports, Bren allegedly continued west across the bridge after the collision and was later apprehended after a high-speed attempt to flee the scene. A cab driver traveling on the bridge called 911 and pursued the suspect as he continued across the bridge after the collision. The cab driver stayed on the line with the 911 dispatcher as she pursued the Silverado first down Golf Course Rd. in West Ocean City and across Center Drive to Keyser Point Rd., where she lost sight of the allegedly fleeing driver.
A short time later, Maryland State Police troopers contacted the cab driver and told her the suspect had been stopped on westbound Route 50 near the WAC Center. Police advised the cab driver and her fare to proceed to the arrest site to identify the truck and the suspect. At the scene of the stop, Bren was administered field sobriety tests and was found to be operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol, according to police reports.
Bren was arrested and charged with numerous criminal and traffic violations including negligent homicide by motor vehicle while under the influence.
Bren appeared in District Court for a preliminary hearing in August during which Judge Gerald Purnell set his trial date for October 20 and ordered him held on home detention until that time. On Tuesday, however, the trial was postponed because the final reconstruction report had not been filed yet.
Judge Admonishes Combatants
SNOW HILL- District Court Judge Gerald Purnell this week read the riot act to a pair of antagonists in an ongoing assault case related to $7 in rent.
On Tuesday in District Court, Harold Miller of Cambridge appeared to face second-degree assault charges from an incident in August when a feud with a tenant over $7 in rent. According to the victim, Theodore Cropper, Miller confronted him on August 10 about the missing $7 in rent, and after Miller allegedly got in face several times, Cropper said he turned to walk away. Miller then allegedly poked Cropper in the back to get him to stop walking away, at which point Cropper had Miller arrested for assault.
The case came to trial on Tuesday in District Court, but Purnell quickly dismissed the minor incident and admonished the combatants to work it out between themselves and stop wasting the court's time with the petty incident.
"What makes you two think the court wants to get involved in this dispute about $7 dollars in rent and an alleged poke in the back?" he said. "This case is dismissed, now go out and try to lead productive lives and get over this."
It was not the first time the pair had been in front of the judge for the same incident, and another petty dispute between the pair is still pending, for which Purnell advised them not to come back before him.
"This case is dismissed, and I hope at least one of you has the sense to make the other one go away," he said.
Judge Stays on a Roll
SNOW HILL- Minutes after dismissing an alleged assault case over a disputed $7 in rent, District Court Judge Gerald Purnell abruptly dismissed another seemingly petty case involving one cousin taking a swing at another.
In District Court on Tuesday, defendant Azam Purnell, 18, of Snow Hill, appeared to face second-degree assault charges for allegedly taking a swing at his elderly cousin in a Snow Hill convenience store during an incident back on August 7. The victim, Avery Harman, was called as a witness in the case and told the court how he went to the Chicken Man store in Snow Hill to get some food when he was confronted by Purnell, his cousin.
Harman said he was standing in the doorway of the store when Purnell arrived and took a swing at him with his fist, nearly striking him in the face. Harman said the alleged attack was unprovoked and he was not certain why his cousin took a swing at him. He said he filed assault charges against his younger cousin, which is how the case ended up on Tuesday in front of Judge Purnell, who was less than pleased to be caught in the middle of the family confrontation.
"He took a swing at you, but neither of you can tell me what this is all about," he said. "I don't know why he did it, but this case is dismissed. Now, you two are cousins and I suggest you go out of here today and try to be civil to each other."
Mom Says Stay Put
SNOW HILL- A Berlin man remains behind bars this week after a bond review hearing in District Court this week when his mother refused to accept responsibility for his showing up for future court cases should he be released.
Brandon Krieger, 19, of Berlin, appeared in District Court in Snow Hill on Tuesday for a review of his $25,000 bond. District Court Judge Gerald Purnell offered to reduce Krieger's bond is his mother, who was present in the courtroom, agreed to take responsibility for him. The judge explained he could reduce Krieger's bond and let him go free that morning, but that his mother would have to take responsibility if her son's bail was revoked and ensure he appeared for subsequent court dates.
"He's clearly a knucklehead," the judge said. "He has made has bed and he can lie in it."
With that the mother opted not to take responsibility for the revised bond for Krieger was returned to custody.
Rather Stay then Pay
SNOW HILL- A Pittsville man, who pleaded guilty this week to driving under the influence, told a District Court judge he would rather go to jail than accept probation before judgment and all the costs and fees and classes associated with the lesser sentence.
Brian Gravenor, 39, of Pittsville, on Tuesday pleaded guilty to driving under the influence of alcohol stemming from his arrest in March near Route 113 and Bay Street. Gravenor was pulled over in part because of the loud music emanating from his car stereo and was found with liquor bottles in his vehicle.
Gravenor, who had one prior conviction, was offered probation before judgment along with a 30-day sentence, of which Judge Gerald Purnell was prepared to suspend all but two days. However, Gravenor told the judge, because of his financial situation, he would prefer not to get probation before judgment because of all the costs associated with classes and other fees and opted instead for the jail term. With that said, Purnell sentenced Gravenor to 30 days in jail with all but 10 suspended, and put the defendant on unsupervised probation for one year following his release. Gravenor began serving the sentence on Tuesday.
Citations for Boat Fires
OCEAN PINES- The Worcester County Fire Marshal's Office this week is investigating an un-permitted controlled during which two boats were intentionally set ablaze on Taylorville Lane in Berlin.
Around 10:45 a.m. on Tuesday, the Berlin Volunteer Fire Company was dispatched to a marine repair facility on Taylorville Lane in Berlin. Upon arrival, Berlin firefighters determined an employee of the marine repair facility had intentionally set fire to two boats on the property in an attempt to purposely destroy them. The Worcester County Fire Marshal's Office responded to the scene and issued two citations for violating the Worcester County Fire Prevention Code on outdoor burning without a permit. The Berlin Fire Company remained on the scene for about 45 minutes while extinguishing the two boat fires.

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Undergrad: Shanghai International Studies University
Fast Fact: Yinghua taught Mandarin Chinese during the day and English during the evenings over the summer of 2012.
"My professors are the best!!! Supportive and dedicated."
Yinghua has a bachelor's degree in translation and interpretation, and gained valuable hands-on experience while in Shanghai, China.
She shares, "I regard myself as an excellent language learner. Almost all of my friends agree that I am a good listener, who is patient and responsive. I even taught my Mom how to type in Pinyin when I was in elementary school. Somehow, I think I have what is required of an ideal language teacher. To better prepare myself to be a language professional, I decided to pursue a master's degree in TESOL."
When Yinghua received her acceptance to the Monterey Institute, she also had offers from the University of Pennsylvania and Boston University.
Yinghua says, "I still chose MIIS to pursue my TESOL degree mainly because I knew that I would be the only Chinese student in my class in fall 2011. It feels good to be somewhat unique. More importantly, I didn't want to give up translation and interpretation. I was interested in taking or at least auditing some translation and interpretation classes to hone my skills, which I did in my first semester."
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Yinghua is specializing in Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL). She explains, "Not necessarily tech-savvy, I am still fascinated by how technology can help people learn languages. Someday, I would love to establish my own language school, which will offer customized online courses, incorporate corpus use into teaching, and introduce social media to get learners exposed to authentic language use."


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CARSON, Calif. – Another must-win match against C.S. Herediano for Marcelo Sarvas and another win for a Sarvas-led team.
A year-and-three-months after leading L.D. Alajuelense past Herediano to win the Costa Rican Invierno title, Sarvas bested Herediano again as he helped the LA Galaxy to a 4-1 aggregate victory over The Florenses in the CONCACAF Champions League Quarterfinals.
Partnered alongside Juninho, Sarvas and the Galaxy midfield controlled the midfield against a cagey Herediano side that was eager to find an away goal after going down in the 18th minute. Although the score line was an unflattering for the Costa Ricans, Sarvas lauded LA's opponents, but don't expect him to get any free drinks from Herediano fans during any future to Costa Rica.
"I think Herediano had a good game today. They had a good team; they made it hard for us. They make our result seem much more important because they played hard. They have a good team. I'm happy to beat Herediano and I'm happy to win with the Galaxy that is the most important."
Now as the club looks towards a date with two-time defending CCL champion Monterrey in the semifinals, Sarvas is aiming to do what he can to lead LA to the final.
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AUDIO: People worry about plastic grocery bags, but we discuss why they aren't as scary as people think and some new ways to profit from plastic that gets in the water. Also, GMOs, solar energy, polling data and much more. How do we do it? We're resource economists - we make the most of everything.
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Rudyard Kipling's story of a wolf foster mother may seem pretty far-fetched, but recent studies have shown that gray wolves really will foster orphaned pups.
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Long before the EPA was a glint in anyone's eye, property rights were dealing with pollution issues. Watch as PERC's Terry Anderson discusses free market solutions to pollution and other environmental conflicts with John Stossel on Fox Business Network.
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We make the mistake sometimes of assuming that the way you clean the environment is just adding another regulation. Watch as PERC senior fellow Jonathan Adler discusses the confusion about pollution and why he is unhappy with the EPA's new rules with John Stossel on Fox Business Network.
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America's natural gas revolution has led to increased coal exports. What are the implications for climate change? We asked Stanford University Professor Frank Wolak, director of the Program on Energy and Sustainable Development.
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Contempt for NYT Public Editor Reaches New Heights
In your resplendent Monday media column: an NYT ombud feud, News Corp loses its education contract, NY1 rules, government spending can't save print media, and the world's oldest grudge against Romenesko.
- Bwahaha: New York Times staff vs. ombud feud alert! Yesterday, fusty current ombudsman Arthur Brisbane spent his column wringing his hands over whether the NYT's investment in DealBook "meant forgoing an opportunity to strengthen reporting elsewhere"—in big-picture economics and business reporting, specifically. So today Biz editor Larry Ingrassia sent out a memo basically calling Brisbane an incompetent fool. He is a pretty bad public editor, let's be honest! It's the old "I didn't read all those boring stories when they came out and then later down the road I complain about how the paper never covers those same topics" problem.
- The News Corp phone hacking scandal has cost the company a $27 million contract that one of its affiliate and totally unrelated companies had with the New York Department of Education. Which is rather nonsensical, but still, good final outcome! All is well!
- Everybody knows that NY1 is the only cable news channel in America worth watching. If you don't watch NY1, what the hell is wrong with you? Oh, you don't live in New York.
- A new study of media and government spending in various countries finds that there is "no correlation" between government subsidies for the media and levels of print readership. People read things however the fuck they want no matter what you do. Might as well just write interesting stuff and hope for the best.
- Everybody loves Romenesko, right? Well, yes, except for Time Out Chicago media blogger Robert Feder, who's still mad about what Romenesko said about a column he wrote in 2003. Two thousand and three. Two zero zero three. Even if you're right, Robert, get over it. That's an order.
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Ph.D., Texas Tech University
D.Sc. in Engineering Science, Monterrey Tech (2011)
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¨ Quality Management: Design and management of performance improvement initiatives for product development, manufacturing, construction and service (healthcare) environments; Integrative approaches for process improvement techniques (e.g., lean) and statistical-based methodologies (e.g., six sigma); Applied statistics (e.g., design of experiments and Six Sigma).
- Project Management: Stochastic process modeling and optimization (e.g., stochastic project management).¨ Operation Management: Design and integration of process architecture frameworks; Organizational assessment and performance measurement; Risk management; Suitability measurement for management science models and implications for engineering practice.
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Martinez, C., Temblador, C., Beruvides, M.G., and Farris, J.A., (2012) Integrating Six Sigma tools using team-learning processes, International Journal of Lean Six Sigma, 3(2), 133-156.
Martinez, H. C. and Farris, J.A., (2011) Lean Product Development: A Review of the Current State of Research and Practice, submitted to Engineering Management Journal, 23(1), 29-51.
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March 10 - 16 is Sunshine Week, an annual nationwide effort to call attention to transparency in government and freedom of information. It is a reminder to us about how important it is to make our voices heard all year long, not just on Election Day.
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September 14, 2009
Dapper Taylor Talks Fashion to MTV
So cute how he jokes around with the interviewer! [via New Moon Movie]
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Robert Xiao & Chris Harrison
The time for smartwatches has arrived.
Carnegie Mellon University's Future Interfaces Group is exploring wearable technologies to make information and communication even more accessible.
"For highly glance-able information such as notifications, directions, an upcoming meeting or your calendar, our smartwatch is much less distracting, and it's much less socially intrusive," said Chris Harrison (CS'13), an assistant professor in CMU's Human-Computer Interaction Institute and director of the Future Interfaces Group.
Harrison and doctoral student Robert Xiao recently demonstrated the technology for international journalists in Pittsburgh for a conference. One of the biggest challenges in academia is getting innovative ideas out of the lab and into the public eye.
"The press are really the avenue to get ideas into the public. What people want, industry follows. Our job is to get the interesting — and sometimes crazy — ideas out there, to get people excited," Harrison said.
Xiao and Harrison, whose team includes doctoral student Gierad Laput, showed the audience how a user could check time and calendar meetings, find directions and even play video games on the device.
"To illustrate the potential of our approach, we developed a series of example applications, many of which are cumbersome — or even impossible — on today's smartwatch devices," Xiao said.
Wearable technology is a multibillion industry still in its infancy. Rumors of Microsoft and Apple smartwatches have been circulating for around a year.
"The era of worn computers is imminent — starting with technologies like smartwatches and Google Glass — but no company has quite cracked the nut yet ... the interface continues to be a stubborn problem," Harrison said. "Worn interfaces must be small to be unobstrusive, but our fingers are relatively large. This means we have to think beyond touch interaction in order to use these devices effectively."
By using the watch face as a multi-degree-of-freedom mechanical interface, their approach enables rich interaction without obstructing the screen with fingers. The prototype supports continuous 2D panning and twisting as well as binary tilt and click. [Watch the video demonstration.]
"Through Chris's tutelage, and just hacking on things, I'm developing the technical skills necessary to tackle and implement cutting edge ideas," Xiao said, "to take formless ideas and turn them into physical manifestations and actually test them out and show them in the real world."
Xiao admits that working on human-computer interaction at small scales is difficult. He said feels fortunate to be conducting the research in what he calls the best human-computer interaction program in the world.
"This is an awesome, awesome place to work. There are lots of cool ideas, lots of cool people, lots of really neat technology that we get to play with," Xiao said. "This is definitely the place to go if you want to do some serious forward-thinking in your research."
Harrison pointed out that CMU has the first degree-granting HCI program in the world.
"In most places there may be only one lab or a single professor who does HCI. CMU made a big bet 20 years ago, and this was before anyone was really thinking about it," he said.
Harrison said research is not just about publishing papers.
"Getting people excited about technology people to go into technology careers, take technology classes, get people into research, all of which generates economic activity," Harrison said. "It has all of these incredible ripple effects."
Harrison and Xiao are exploring other ways to improve multi-touch devices beyond the smartwatch. They are co-founders of Qeexo, a startup company that develops "rich-touch" interactive technologies spun off from CMU in 2013.
The company, with a business office in San Jose, Calif., and a research and development office in Pittsburgh, announced $2.3 million in Series A funding at the end of May.
Related Links: Future Interfaces Group | Human-Computer Interaction Institute


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SAN ANTONIO, Texas - Heading into Saturday's U.S. Army All-American Bowl, there are several match-ups that should weigh heavily in the outcome. Rivals.com has established our five key match-ups to watch in the battle at the Alamodome.
West defensive line vs. East offensive line
This is without a doubt the key match-up to the game. The West defensive line has simply dominated practice all week with a trio of five-star players across the front four. Kilgore (Texas) defensive end Eddie Jones, Oklahoma City (Okla.) Southeast defensive tackle Gerald McCoy and Elton (La.) defensive tackle Al Woods have been unstoppable.
For the East, Birmingham (Ala.) Huffman offensive guard Andre Smith, Pickerington (Ohio) North offensive tackle Justin Boren and Ft. Lauderdale (Fla.) St. Thomas Aquinas offensive tackle Sam Young and center Daniel Wenger need to have big games.
This group of linemen will be tested by the West front four unlike they've ever been before. The West defensive line literally demoralized the confidence and rhythm of the West offense in practice this week. The fact that the East has seen nothing like they're going to see on Saturday gives the advantage to the West.
EDGE: West
East wide receivers vs. West secondary
The talk of the East team has been the play of the nation's No. 1 ranked player, Landstown (Va.) wide receiver Percy Harvin. The 6-foot-1, 185 pound Harvin has looked like Ted Ginn in practice and coincidently the coach of the East squad if Ted Ginn Sr.
Look for Ginn to utilize Harvin in several ways on Saturday, along with Chatham (Va.) Hardgrave Military receiver Vidal Hazelton and Norfolk (Va.) Hampton receiver Chris Bell. Hazelton has arguably been the most physical receiver in either camp.
The key for the West will be the play of Waco (Texas) University corner Perrish Cox, Rancho Cucamongo (Calif.) corner Devin Ross and Destrehan (La.) corner Jai Eugene. Both Cox and Ross have played outstanding in practice this week and they're going to need to bring it up another level on Saturday. The strong push by the West front four should help them, but right now the edge is with the East.
EDGE: East
East linebackers vs. West running backs
The East linebackers are absolutely huge, but they can move. Shelby (N.C.) Crest linebacker Brandon Spikes is 6-foot-4, 235 pounds and Fort Campbell (Ky.) linebacker Micah Johnson is 6-foot-2, 255 pounds. The speed guy in the East linebacker core is Wheaton (Md.) linebacker Akeem Hebron.
They will have a major challenge on their hands stopping West running backs Michael Goodson, Emmanuel Moody, Stafon Johnson and DeMarco Murray.
Goodson has been the most impressive of the West running backs with his 10.5 speed and he should be able to break one or two big runs on Saturday.
The West will run a spread offense which will require the East linebackers to cover in space, so this gives the edge to the West.
EDGE: West
West quarterbacks vs. East quarterbacks
The West team is very fortunate to have South Lake Carroll (Texas) head coach Todd Dodge working with the quarterbacks this week. Dodge has installed a dumb-downed version of his spread offense that captured the 5-A state title in Texas.
Springdale (Ark.) quarterbacks Mitch Mustain, Stephenville (Texas) quarterback Jevan Snead and Grandview (Mo.) quarterback Josh Freeman all seem to have a solid grasp of Dodge's offense. Dodge wants to rotate the quarterbacks either by quarter or every two to three series.
Meanwhile, the East is going to rely heavily on St. Augustine (Fla.) Nease quarterback Tim Tebow. Ginn will run a spread option type look with Tebow that will feature his mobility. Mechanicsburg (Penn.) quarterback Zach Frazer is the other quarterback on the East squad, and he has struggled for most of the week to establish a rhythm.
Right the knowledge of Dodge, the leadership of Mustain and just the overall depth at quarterback give the edge to the West.
EDGE: West
East running backs vs. West linebackers
Akron (Ohio) Garfield running back Chris Wells and Merrillville (Ind.) Columbus running back James Aldridge have both had solid weeks for the East and Wells has looked like the No. 1 ranked running back in the country.
Meanwhile, we know the West is loaded at linebacker with Colton (Calif.) standout Allen Bradford and Dallas Woodrow Wilson's Sergio Kindle.
However, this group has yet to be tested in practice because the West defensive line has blown up just about everything. Saturday should be a little bit different and Bradford and Kindle will be tested by Wells and Aldridge. Right now the East running backs get a slight edge in this match-up.
EDGE: East
Score Prediction: West 31 East 10
This may shock some people, the but the West is clearly built more like a team at this point and the coaching experience of Jim Rackley has brought this team together. Rackley coached on John Barnes' staff last year in San Antonio, so he has a good understanding of what he can and can't get done in one week of practice.
Also, another thing that the West has is a solid familiarity with one another. There are six current Texas Commits and there should be a plethora of USC Trojans on this team when it's all said and done. That common bond with one another allowed this team to clique and its practices have been much more crisp than the East.
Expect the West front four to dominate and expect Dodge's spread offense to give the East match-up problems all day.


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Springer gets breather for second straight day
By Adam Lichtenstein / MLB.com
PHOENIX -- Rookie outfielder George Springer was out of the Astros' lineup with right knee soreness for the second straight game on Tuesday.
Springer missed Monday's 4-3 win against the D-backs as well, and he said before Tuesday's game that he thought could step in if needed.
"If I can breathe, I can play," Springer said.
Manager Bo Porter said Springer told him that he felt better than he did on Monday, and Springer thought that he may be available to pinch-hit.
"We'd just rather be safe than sorry," Porter said. "We'll let it subside and get treatment. The fact that he feels a whole lot better today than he did yesterday is even better news."
Springer was named the American League Rookie of the Month for May after hitting 10 home runs and batting .294. He leads the Astros with 35 RBIs.
"We'll get home tomorrow and let him get running around a little bit," Porter said. "If we don't have any ill effects, he'll be back in there."
Singleton working through swift transition to bigs
PHOENIX -- Not many players go from the Minor Leagues to a No. 3 hitter for a Major League club quickly, but that's what Astros first baseman Jon Singleton has done in the span of a week.
With fellow rookie slugger George Springer out for the second straight game, Singleton has taken up the third spot in the lineup against the D-backs.
"Jon Singleton is a really good player," manager Bo Porter said. "You look at even him getting plugged into the three-hole [Monday], it was more centered around Springer getting scratched, but he's been swinging the bat well."
As the No. 3 hitter in the Astros' 4-3 win against the D-backs on Monday, Singleton went 1-for-5 with a strikeout, but he also came around to score a run.
Singleton's first week in the Major Leagues has been an eventful one. He's already appeared on highlight reels thanks to his first big league grand slam, which came on Sunday against the Twins, and was part of a pair of grand slams in the same game. Teammate Chris Carter also hit one.
"Really, I'm just having fun," Singleton said. "I'm just glad to be here and taking it all in. It's a great experience."
Although Singleton has made a quick splash, he's not lighting up the league with his numbers. Through seven games, he has a .200 batting average and a .659 OPS.
Cold streaks to start careers aren't anything new -- Springer struggled when he was first called up before going on a tear and hitting 10 home runs in May.
Singleton isn't resting on his laurels now that he's with the Major League club. Before Monday's and Tuesday's games, Singleton has spent time watching video.
"I'm just watching it to see what's going on," Singleton said.
The Astros have been on a roll lately, winning six of their last 10 and 18 of their last 30. Singleton hasn't been a part of all those games, but he's certainly enjoying the ride.
"It's pretty cool," Singleton said. "We all want to go out and win, so we can all do our part and can definitely help the ballclub win."
Porter prefers traditional series format
PHOENIX -- The Astros' two games against the D-backs in Phoenix and two games in Houston are technically considered two separate series, but for Astros manager Bo Porter, they may as well be one four-game set.
"Really, it's a four-game series, in my opinion," Porter said. "You're playing the same team four days in a row. It just so happens two are in their ballpark and two in your ballpark."
If you ask Porter, he'd rather stick to traditional series formats.
"I'm not a fan of the two-game series," Porter said. "I would rather either play three or four in one place and keep it at that."
Regardless, the split set of games does allow the team to get home quicker and gives them a chance to improve their 14-18 home record.
"We'll head home tonight and play two games at home," Porter said.
Adam Lichtenstein 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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East County children took on star-performer status Jan. 11, as they represented the Manatee County School District at the Florida Music Education Association Annual Conference, in Tampa.
Five students from Bashaw Elementary and three from Braden River Elementary were selected for the All State Elementary Chorus. They included: Hannah Badenhorst, Jada Emery, Hannah DeGenaro, Gabe Fleming, Andrew den Boggende, Natalie Hood, Taylor Snyder and Gabriel McDerment.
Dr. David Katz, music teacher at Braden River, was the chorus accompanist, while Barbar Sullivan, music teacher at Bashaw, assisted Katz during the concert.


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Decorating our homes for the holidays has been on our minds for quite some time. We love the idea of creating garlands and mantle pieces using fringe and some holiday ribbons. Hopefully, these pictures allow you to fall in love with the idea too! If you want to put your DIY skills to work, make sure to check out our Holiday Ribbon and our Fringe sections to get started!
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USO Okinawa Bike-Share Program Solves Troops' Local Transportation Issues
USO Okinawa Bike-Share Program Solves Troops' Local Transportation Issues
There aren't many convenient transportation options for unaccompanied Marines and sailors stationed on the 400-square-mile island of Okinawa.
"They can take the bus that travels from base to base, they can take a [taxi], or they can try and figure out the local bus system," said Will Stanley, center manager at USO Camp Schwab. "Most of the Marines don't have cars or that much money to spend, so it can be a challenge to get off base and see the local sights."
Stanley, who was stationed on Okinawa during his time as a Marine, understands the challenges Marines encounter on the island.
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USO volunteer and Marine Lance Cpl. Costel Outlaw maintains the bicycles and oversees the program, which has grown from seven to 12 bikes in just one year. He says he'd like to expand the program to nearby Camp Hansen.
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With soaring summertime humidity, Outlaw stays busy keeping the bikes rust free and operational. He says the program has gained so much popularity that some Marines who own bicycles have donated those bikes to the USO as they rotate off the island.
"The word about the bikes have increased by quite a bit," Outlaw wrote, "mostly because the USO is something we all care about here on Schwab, so we get a lot of support from the Marines stationed here. What started out as a few new bikes has multiplied into a dozen or more box bikes, street bikes, and mountain bikes. Most of them get used every day!"


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Read the full story here Web Link posted Saturday, March 9, 2013, 12:33 PM
Town Square
Kniss victim of identity theft
Original post made on Mar 7, 2013
Read the full story here Web Link posted Saturday, March 9, 2013, 12:33 PM
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Mar 7, 2013 at 9:46 am
So .. the merchandise had to be delivered somewhere, somehow. Is anyone going to pursue this, and at least see if the person using this credit card was a County employee?
Since the charges against the credit card were dropped by the vendor, then the County isn't directly involved any more. Presumably the card has been cancelled by now, but if one County card can be "cloned", then perhaps others have too.
At $4K-$5K, this illegal use of the credit card would seem to qualify as grand theft.
a resident of Community Center
on Mar 7, 2013 at 9:55 am
This is not the first report of misuse of her credit card. About a month ago there was a report in the local papers ( which the Weekly did not report on ) that kniss had misused her credit card while supervisor. Now this.
Perhaps the weekly should do some real reporting on this matter. Note the obviously slanted position to the story above. Also note that kniss bought advertising in the weekly during the last election cycle. And note that the weekly has ALWAYS enthusiastically endorsed kniss every time she ran for office.
Do the math.
a resident of Crescent Park
on Mar 7, 2013 at 10:10 am
More details are needed here; Kniss would be wise to allow the County Auditor to review any and all correspondence -- written; oral; cell phone; credit card statements; receipts; computer emails -- related to this alleged theft.
a resident of Midtown
on Mar 7, 2013 at 10:24 am
Sounds like you know what's going on, somehow.
a resident of Esther Clark Park
on Mar 7, 2013 at 11:09 am
"whose name and business she said she did not remember" is such an odd sentence in this story. Wouldn't this have been important enough to write down? Does not the bookkeeper mentioned in the story remember?
a resident of Leland Manor/Garland Drive
on Mar 7, 2013 at 11:09 am
A lot of "I don't recall" here.
a resident of Crescent Park
on Mar 7, 2013 at 11:31 am
Is Kniss the new Shirakawa?
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Mar 7, 2013 at 11:40 am
Liz Kniss claims she "can't recall" the name of the outfit that was the other party in the alleged identity theft—
Here's a little help in that department, Ms. Kniss:
Web Link
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Kind of funny that the person who "cloned" Ms. Kniss' card seems to have used it only once. That seems kind of odd.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Mar 7, 2013 at 11:49 am
Looking at the charges on Ms. Kniss' Santa Clara County p-Card, along with the charges to Forexmentor.com, there is also a curious charge to--
Mike Filsaime:
Web Link
Filsaime seems to be hawking a large number of Internet-related products/services, one of which he describes as:
The Exact System I Am Using Right Now To Make $1.74 Million A Year Will Be Revealed On This Webinar! Here's a bulletproof plan you can tap into immediately to grow a serious online income… Starting This Week. Even If You're Tried And Failed In The Past!
Interesting that none of the papers in Ms. Kniss home town have ever looked at her charge card expenditure, before now.
a resident of Downtown North
on Mar 7, 2013 at 12:29 pm
Kniess seems to bring out the best in everyone: Web Link
a resident of another community
on Mar 7, 2013 at 12:38 pm
Why wasn't I smart enough to think of this defense?
a resident of Charleston Gardens
on Mar 7, 2013 at 1:23 pm
You'd think all of the kickbacks from selling her vote to the public unions would be enough...
a resident of Community Center
on Mar 7, 2013 at 1:26 pm
Will the weekly do an in doth investigation of their local darling, Liz kniss? I doubt it.
If only shirakawa had bought advertising in the weekly and/ or donated to the weekly.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Mar 7, 2013 at 2:22 pm
Kniss' story seems a little suspicious. Is anyone going to check it out and make sure it all adds up?
We have had our identities stolen twice in twenty years, and we found out about it almost immediately, thanks to American Express and Palo Alto Police. So, why did it take so long in Kniss' case?
a resident of Downtown North
on Mar 7, 2013 at 2:45 pm
Something does not SMELL right.
a resident of Escondido School
on Mar 7, 2013 at 3:55 pm
Ms. Kniss has practiced legal extortion and legislative taking against Stanford for so long and with such blatant intent that I have no trust in her and must be suspicious of this "identity theft."
a resident of East Palo Alto
on Mar 7, 2013 at 5:38 pm
I'm no fan of hers but her not recalling the company name doesn't seem that odd. She's a busy politician & it wasn't get purview to chase it down. It likely wasn't important to her to deal w/it as she clearly had other priorities. Back when I knew her, she would hyper-focus on her goals & what mattered to her & forgot lots of other things the rest of us considered relevant - she's always had loyalists pickIng up the pieces.
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Mar 7, 2013 at 8:58 pm
@Just-Charge- It looks like the card was used to purchase online education videos about currency trading from Forex Mentor, so there probably was no physical delivery of goods. If anyone cared to look into it, they could start with the IP address of the purchaser..
a resident of Downtown North
on Mar 7, 2013 at 9:33 pm
More of the same that we haven the White House!!!
a resident of Old Palo Alto
on Mar 7, 2013 at 10:17 pm
She conveniently doesn't remember the name and business of the man who tried to save her.
Kniss has a long history of masking illegal or self-serving actions.
a resident of Community Center
on Mar 7, 2013 at 10:25 pm
The weekly should look at the Metro and the work they did on the shirakawa affair. The weekly could learn a lesson n investigative journalism ( not that the weekly would investigate a client and a buddy) .
In fact the above article lists no author. Makes me wonder if the weekly asked Liz to write the article herself. Those that say that Liz is self serving have her down to a T.
a resident of Community Center
on Mar 8, 2013 at 1:26 pm
Just charge it-- the daily post and the daily news did have an article a couple of weeks ago about misuse of the card while supervisor. The weekly chose not to report on it ( no point in investigating a client).
Looks like now even the weekly could not ignore the story, though their report is so vanilla and empty.
a resident of Old Palo Alto
on Mar 8, 2013 at 2:49 pm
Will this story die away, or will someone have the courage to put together just a few of the many times that Kniss has manipulated events and facts that have been self-serving?
a resident of another community
on Mar 10, 2013 at 11:39 am
Radical thought: Maybe her card was cloned and she was the victim of identity fraud.
Is her whole political past relevant?
Nevertheless, I'm sure that the "blame the victim" and stupid charges will continue. PA: what a "community."
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Mar 11, 2013 at 3:48 pm
> Radical thought: Maybe her card was cloned and
> she was the victim of identity fraud.
Maybe. But how does someone "clone" a card that he/she has never seen before? More likely that someone has had access to that card, and maybe even might be a County employee, or an employee of a Supervisor.
Just today, a Sacramento Aide to the Mayor has pleaded guilty to a misappropriation of funds--
Web Link
And the papers are still carrying articles about Kniss' former colleague--Big George.
Kniss would have been in a better position with the electroate if she had overtly offered to work with the SCC Auditors to track down the person who misused/cloned her card. As quoted in the various papers--it just didn't seem to be much of an issue with her.
Even the charge to the PA Chamber of Commerce is questionable, since that is a private organization--which doesn't do business with the County. Kniss would have been better off paying for this out of her personal funds, or lobbied the Chamber to "comp her".
It would be very difficult to find Kniss ever weighing in against fraud and corruption in government. This is just another example of how she seems to see all of this as a big game, and a toy for her to play with.


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I prefer my wife having real lovers, not just fuckers
My kind of marriage, my wife getting dick, sucking dick, in front of me!!!
Same here, but I would also suck some dick
One day I came home early and found my wife just about to fucks some guy. I heard the bitch say the same fucking words this slut said. Oh your dick is so much bigger than my husband's. I got so mad that I punched him out and then kicked him out of the house. The bitch got so excited watching me kicked her boyfriend's ass that she got all horny and creamy. I don't know if it is the guilt or the fact that I kicked her boyfriend's ass. She is now my submissive sex slave.
My wife is a submissive little whore with a tight cunt and I like to watch other men fuck her hard and fill her with multiple loads of cum. I like to play with her tight cunt when it is full of cum and scoop some up and put it in her mouth and then finally I fuck the cum back in her cunt. I like sliding my prick into the cum.
she almost killed this poor guy ... look at how red his face is at the end ... and his eyes have almost rolled back into his head .
nammed on strung side dont do lazy or unclran res tee rock lookin for alittle stress b gone need touchens tilshift change ,,,if you have thai im home and need your skillz im
My wife is a GREAT fuck and I love sharing her with a few of my close friends. She was not happy with it at first but now she asks when I can have someone come over for the night, she loves it now.
Found some old videos hidden in the bottom of my wife's closet. It was such a turn on watching my wife getting plowed by her previous boyfriends. I didn't know she had so many before me.
Adorei este vídeo foi tal e qual como Minha Mulher a Foder com Nosso Amigo Fernando Martins a Foder Minha Mulher e Eu a Assistir Cheio de Tesão vendo Eles a Foder e Depois a Esporrarem-se todos e aos Gritos Gemendo de Tesão.
her name please?
Found out! It's Ava Ramon.
its fucking awsome!!! i like the videosa lot
Oh please shut her up. I can only watch with the sound turned off.
When I was a cuck I used to be naked and to lick first the assholes of both and then clean everything up
can someone come fuck me infront of hubby
I agree joan
Right. Therefore I want my wife to become the lover of a bisexual friend of mine who fucks me very well
well said
My wife wants this man to fuck her, with 2 differences - I'm not there, and he cums inside her
chisa da quanto tempolapoverina non provava un cazzo così
My wife told me she is having an affair. I told her I wanted to watch but she told me NO. I am now thinking of uploading all our sex videos into the internet and kicking his ass.
he is in alot of videos like this. i recognize the two toned dick.
great fuck nice body and spreads her legs to take it deep luvin it
she's sooooooooooo HOT!
Total fake....that dark-haired dude is in numerous porns on this very web site...
why do they get pussy and i dont. fuck pornstar lucky fuck
That dude's cum didn't look very healthy - almost like water.
When my wife fucks a bbc right in front of me, I want her to talk to me just like THAT!
Fuckin hot aint wanta have a good Time without me
she makes me touch myself all over the place too bad hes to weak to handle two of us
the chick should just shut the fuck up while she's getting fucked. don't talk bitch. shit.
what can i say ... wow
it is trully amazing to watch that dick head where the hussy never touched and to see it radiating in the babes eyes! though the cum should have gone to the mouth. the babe was expecting it there. a lovely sex play reminding me how i also shared ma lovely wife with a guy and i swallowed the cum from her cunt!
How in gods name could that guy just sit in that chair, he looks like he's watching a disney movie. I would be sticking my dick in her mouth, I'd be going crazy watching that.
nice...he really fucked that guys wife hard...must have felt wonderful to fuck such a beautiful wife..
wow nice...i wish the guy watching would jerk off though
Vagina Is Good
hahahaha! That man was almost red like a tomato, dam they must've had a blast doing that. :)
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fucking sexyyy!
fucking hell
i am so wet. i wanna get rammed real hard right now.
Awesome. I wanna drill hard her soft pussy....
gooodddd i want to fuck her..
hahahahahaha the fuckin husband looks like billy ray cyrus
you're a lucky man. we are going to a swing club soon, and my wife promises to fuck someone right in front of me. it will be SO hot!
Watching my wife get fucked right in front of me was a thrill I will never forget. She was in a club dancing with this guy and then they made out. Then she could not resist anymore and he just put it in and started pumping her.
her name is "AVA" i badly want to lick her pussy
nice fuck i have never seen
this video always makes me cum.
best sex i have seen ever
i love to eat her pussy all day long.......
OWWWWWWW my ears... wanted to do my dick some good but NO my ears are fucked now xD
nice fuck.. my pussy is soaked
beschissen geschnitten erst BH an dann wieder nich...???
Whats her name? I want to fuck her!
this is so fake they all say the same shit so obvious
That was REALLY good sex!
What's her name? She is beautiful
very good fuck! may i fuck your mouth o ass
If they're going to get another guy, maybe they should find one who doesn't look like he's about to have a heart attack.
nice sex..ahahahaha
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THAILAND'S army chief has imposed martial law after months of deadly anti-government protests caused political paralysis, but insists the intervention does not amount to a military coup.
Troops fanned out after martial law was declared in a dawn broadcast on Tuesday, as General Prayut Chan-O-Cha exploited century-old legislation that confers far-reaching powers on the military to act in an emergency.
But he left the caretaker civilian government in office and invited the country's warring political factions to sit down for talks, as the United States, Japan and Southeast Asian neighbours urged Thailand to stay on a democratic track and resolve its differences peacefully.
Soldiers and military vehicles were seen in the heart of the capital's retail and hotel district. Troops were also positioned at TV stations where broadcasts were suspended under sweeping censorship orders, although regular Thais appeared largely unfazed.
The dismissal of prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra earlier this month in a controversial court ruling has stoked tensions in the kingdom, which has endured years of political turmoil.
"Red Shirt" supporters of Yingluck and her brother Thaksin Shinawatra, who was deposed as premier in a 2006 coup, have warned of the threat of civil war if power is handed to an unelected leader, as the opposition demands.
Thaksin, who lives abroad to avoid a jail term for corruption, said on Twitter that the imposition of martial law was "expected" but must not "destroy" democracy.
The backdrop is a nearly decade-long struggle pitting a royalist establishment - backed by parts of the military, judiciary and Bangkok-based elite - against Thaksin's billionaire family, which has traditionally enjoyed strong support among poor and rural voters in the north.
New York-based Human Rights Watch branded the imposition of martial law a "de facto coup", voicing alarm at the impact on freedom of expression.
But the government officially remained in office, and General Prayut presented himself as a mediator.
"We are in the process of inviting both sides to talk but at the minute the situation is still not normal... that's why I have had to invoke martial law," he told reporters.
"The military will not tolerate any more loss of lives."
Prime Minister Niwattumrong Boonsongpaisan, who replaced Yingluck, urged the army to act within the "constitution", urging the generals to "follow a peaceful path".
Martial law allows the army to ban public gatherings, restrict people's movements, conduct searches, impose curfews and detain suspects for up to seven days.
The US, a key ally of Thailand, said martial law must be "temporary" and urged all parties "to respect democratic principles".
Japan, whose companies have some of the biggest foreign investment in Thailand, also expressed "grave concerns" at the unfolding crisis.
The imposition of martial law comes after nearly seven months of protests that have left 28 people dead and hundreds wounded.
"This is not a coup," the early morning broadcast said. "The public do not need to panic but can still live their lives as normal."
But concerns a military takeover was under way were fuelled by the troop presence and the censorship of media in the interests of "national security".
"I think what we are looking at is a prelude to a coup. That is for sure. It is all part of a plot to create a situation of ungovernability to legitimise this move by the army," said Pavin Chachavalpongpun from the Centre for Southeast Asian Studies at Japan's Kyoto University.
Originally published as Thai army invokes martial law, urges talks


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A Grand Rapids woman says her son was among four Americans killed when two U.S. helicopters crashed in northern Iraq.
Ruth Windorski of Grand Rapids says she learned Monday that her 36-year-old son, Philip Windorski Jr., was among those killed in the single deadliest incident for U.S. troops in four months.
Philip Windorski grew up in Grand Rapids and was recently stationed out of Fort Drum, New York.
His mother says Windorski was a couple of years away from retirement, but planned to re-up. She says he was on his third tour of Iraq. He leaves behind a wife and three children.
His mother says Windorski "was a great pilot, and he loved the Army more than anything."
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His death brings to 75 the number of people with strong Minnesota ties who have died in connection with the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.


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Pagan leaves club to have back examined in Phoenix
By Chris Haft and Scott Merkin / MLB.com
CHICAGO -- The Giants sent center fielder Angel Pagan to Arizona ahead of the rest of the club Wednesday so he could have his stiff back examined as quickly as possible.
Pagan missed his third game in a row with his ailment, which has left him day to day. The Giants, obviously, are concerned about these inactive days accumulating. They know that their offense will be seriously compromised if it must operate for long without Pagan, who's batting a team-high .307 with 11 stolen bases in 14 attempts.
Giants manager Bruce Bochy said that Pagan, who already has undergone an MRI exam, which revealed inflammation, will undergo further tests in the Phoenix area. Following Thursday's scheduled off-day, the Giants will begin a three-game series against the D-backs.
Lopez's brief tenure in Chicago a learning experience
CHICAGO -- Only Giants left-hander Javier Lopez and his biggest fans probably are aware that he spent half a year in the White Sox organization.
But Lopez's stay with the White Sox, which encompassed the first few months of the 2006 season, was as significant as it was brief.
Lopez received his most extensive activity as a closer with the White Sox Triple-A Charlotte affiliate. He recorded 12 saves and posted a 0.55 ERA in 26 appearances. The White Sox traded Lopez to Boston on June 15 for right-hander David Riske. Lopez proceeded to win a World Series ring with the Red Sox the following season.
"It was a learning experience," Lopez said of his stint with the White Sox, who completed a two-game Interleague series with the Giants on Wednesday. "The stuff that I did then when I warmed up is stuff that I do now. I work on getting the ball down instead of throwing to spots."
Lefty Blanco gets rare pair of hits off of Sale
CHICAGO -- Gregor Blanco joined an exclusive club during the White Sox 7-6 victory over the Giants on Wednesday afternoon at U.S. Cellular Field.
The Giants leadoff man, who was the only left-handed hitter in the starting lineup against left-hander Chris Sale, knocked out two singles against the White Sox ace. He became just the second left-handed hitter to safely connect off of Sale this season, with the Angels' Josh Hamilton recording two hits on June 7 in Anaheim.
"I wasn't even thinking about it. I treated it like he was another left-hander," said Blanco. "I wasn't trying to do too much. Just see the ball and make contact. I did my job today. It kind of doesn't mean anything because we lost."
For the season, left-handers are 4-for-38 against Sale, with three walks and 17 strikeouts. Sale has yet to allow an extra-base hit to a left-handed hitter.
"Any lefty has an advantage over a lefty," said Sale, who has 75 strikeouts and 10 walks in 65 1/3 innings. "That's why you see matchups in the bullpen all the time, lefty on lefty and righty on righty. I really couldn't pinpoint anything, but hopefully it keeps working out."
"He knows how to get it to his spot, but it might be sinking to get that spot and the next time it's cutting to get there," said White Sox catcher Tyler Flowers of Sale. "I can't imagine how hard it is to hit because sometimes it's hard to catch the ball."
Buster Posey became the inaugural opposing hitter to get a first-inning hit off of Sale this season, with Posey's two-out single ending an 0-for-29 stretch. Over the first two innings this season, the opposition is 5-for-62 against Sale. He had gone six straight starts in which he carried a no-hitter into at least the fourth before Wednesday.
Chris Haft is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Haft-Baked Ideas, and follow him on Twitter at @sfgiantsbeat. Scott Merkin 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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"As long as countries like China keep going all-in on clean energy," President Obama said in last week's State of the Union Address, "so must we."
Obama has thrust the U.S. into an arms race in green-energy subsidies. To grasp the difficulty - or perhaps futility - of such a contest, look at SolarWorld, the subsidized German manufacturer now drowning in a sea of cheap Chinese panels.
Bonn-based SolarWorld has benefitted nicely from German solar subsidies for years. In 2008, the company opened U.S. operations in Oregon, with help from local politicians.
Oregon offered SolarWorld up to $100 million in renewable energy tax credits. Boris Klebensberger, the company's COO, asked for more. The Oregonian reported at the time: "Klebensberger, calling the right to have renewable energy a 'civil right,' urged Oregonians to push for more government support and incentives for the sector."
At that time, an interviewer with GreenTech Media asked Klebensberger: "U.S. incentives aren't as generous as in Germany. Are you concerned about the ability to succeed in this regulatory environment?"
"That is one of the problems in America," Klebensberger responded
Obama's election made the U.S. incentives more generous. In 2009, the Export-Import Bank, a federal agency, approved $61.0 million in loan guarantees for SolarWorld to sell solar panels in South Korea.
On Earth Day 2010, while announcing "Solar Express" - an expedited process for subsidizing solar panel exports - Ex-Im Chairman Fred Hochberg toured SolarWorld's California factory.
Later in 2010 the Obama administration announced SolarWorld was eligible for an $82.2 million Advanced Energy Manufacturing Tax Credit.
Despite all this help, the company has faltered. In early September 2011, SolarWorld announced it was ending all manufacturing in its its California plant and laying off 186 of its 300 employees there. The Oregonian reported that an industry analyst said of the Oregon plant " 'To be honest, it's just a matter of time' before the plant sees job losses given China's pressure on prices."
Two weeks later, the Obama administration gave the company another hand. The Department of Energy awarded a $2.3 million stimulus grant to SolarWorld to study new manufacturing techniques for solar panels.
September was fruitful for the SolarWorld-Obama relationship: On the 30th of the month, Ex-Im approved an $18.9 million direct loan, at a low 2.63% rate, to an Indian power company buying SolarWorld panels.
Meanwhile, states and the federal government provide plenty of other subsidies for SolarWorld's customers. If you installed solar panels on the roof of your corner store in recent years, you could get a stimulus grant from the Treasury. Generate electricity with solar panels, and you can get the production tax credit. Many states require their utilities to buy solar- and wind-generated power.
But still, the profits don't flow. In recent weeks SolarWolrd announced it was laying off more than a third of the workers at its flagship Oregon factory. The company is losing hundreds of millions of dollars a year, and its stock is plummeting.
As a result SolarWorld has pocketed only $27 million of its $100 million in state tax credits, according to company spokesman Ben Santarris. If you don't make profits, you don't owe tax credits, and thus you can't benefit from tax credits. SolarWorld never got any federal tax credits, for the same reason.
Why can't SolarWorld - or Solyndra before it - turn a profit? Because the Chinese sell their solar panels for much cheaper. Chinese labor is cheaper, but U.S. solar companies like SolarWorld also charge that China "cheats."
China subsidizes its solar manufacturing and exporting even more than the U.S. does. This allegedly allows it to "dump" panels in Europe and the U.S., helping China kill U.S. competitors and thus corner the market. Santarris calls it "mercantilism."
Obama's Commerce Department, three weeks before the election, announced retaliatory tariffs against the Chinese solar industry.
But if Obama wants "affordable renewable energy," as he says, why doesn't he welcome cheap solar panels subsidized by the poor people of China. Cheaper energy means more disposable income and cheaper manufacturing, freeing up consumer spending and thus creating new jobs.
But Obama doesn't just want affordable solar energy, nor does he simply want jobs - he insists on solar jobs. That means more subsidies and tariffs.
Taxpayers and consumers pay the price for these policies. The benefit goes to companies like SolarWorld, which still can't turn a profit. You have to wonder if this trade war is a war worth fighting.
Timothy P.Carney, The Examiner's senior political columnist, can be contacted at firstname.lastname@example.com. His column appears Monday and Thursday, and his stories and blog posts appear on washingtonexaminer.com.