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Karen D. King, PhD is Program Director at the National Science Foundation in the Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings in the Education and Human Resources Directorate. She most recently served as Director of Research for the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, the largest professional association of mathematics teachers in the world, serving the US and Canada. Kings current research focuses on urban mathematics reform, the mathematics preparation of elementary and secondary teachers, and the policies of mathematics teacher professional development. She has been the principal investigator or co-principal investigator of National Science Foundation funded grants totaling over $2,000,000 and recently co-edited book titled Disrupting Tradition: Research and Practice Pathways in Mathematics Education with William Tate, IV and Celia Rousseau Anderson. She also served as part of the writing team for the recently released The Mathematical Education of Teachers II, which describes the mathematics teachers need to know and be able to do to be successful in light of the Common Core State Standards in Mathematics.
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Day Nine: Chest & Back
Friday, June 28, 2013 5 comments
Day 9: Chest & Back (63 minutes) - I enjoy this workout. I still get annoyed by the instructor, but now just tune her out and focus on the work. Last week I felt a bit sore the next day, so I'm expecting that again. I guess the reason this w... Read more
Day Eight: Cardio
Thursday, June 27, 2013 6 comments
Day 8: Cardio (54 minutes) - Yay! The second week has begun!! I was thinking of adding something to this workout, but once I finished this morning, I was already late for work, so nothing additional but my usual walking. The workout was fine... Read more
Day Seven: XTF Arms
Wednesday, June 26, 2013 2 comments
Day 7: XTF Arms (49 minutes) - This, as entitled, is all about the arms. The workout was OK. Simple, but effective. I don't know why this workout didn't grab me, though. There's just something lacking. Anyway, I do feel my arms got a good ... Read more
Day Six: Hard Core & Stretch
Tuesday, June 25, 2013 4 comments
Day 6: Hard Core & Stretch (54 + 26 minutes) - Extremely nice easy day. The ab workout was good for sure, but not that taxing really, even if it was 54 minutes long. I'm sure I'll be sore tomorrow, but certainly didn't have a problem working ... Read more
Day Five: Cardio
Monday, June 24, 2013 5 comments
Day 5: Cardio (54 minutes) - OK, back to the first workout again. I tried it with the music on, but didn't really get into the techno music. I did like the workout better this time, though. I was able to work harder than the first time and h... Read more
Day Four: XTF Legs
Sunday, June 23, 2013 4 comments
Day 4: XTF Legs (53 minutes) - Good leg strength training routine. It went fast (didn't even seem like it much time had gone by and then it was over). I enjoyed this very much. After that, I went to spin class. My legs are a bit sore, but n... Read more
Day Three: Circuit Burnout
Saturday, June 22, 2013 3 comments
Day 3: Circuit Burnout (80 minutes) - This was a great workout. I really like that there are so many options/levels to choose from during this workout. Also, going from higher heart rate to lower heart rate really makes you sweat. There are ... Read more
Day Two: Chest & Back
Thursday, June 20, 2013 4 comments
X-TrainFit: Chest & Back (63 minutes) - I finished Day 2 of this new program. I will be playing these workouts this week without any music so that I can hear all the instruction, with the plan that after seeing the video once, I can then play ... Read more
New Exercise Program - Day One: Cardio
Thursday, June 20, 2013 10 comments
Finally! Although two weeks ago I stated that I'd be back the next day with my plan, I wasn't. I was just coming back and decided not to overwhelm myself too much. I have been tracking my food every day. (I haven't always stayed within the c... Read more
Getting Back Into the Swing of It
Thursday, June 06, 2013 5 comments
OK, I think I need to start organizing my life again. I need to set goals and checklists for how I'll achieve those goals. I look at other friends on SP and see some amazing exercise programs. I'll have to figure out what will work best for m... Read more
New Way of Eating
Wednesday, June 05, 2013 9 comments
I can't believe it's been since January that I wrote my last blog! Well, for those of you who don't know me, I had surgery at the end of January. I had been sick for a while and the doctors couldn't figure out what was wrong. I finally had to... Read more
How NOT to end the year!!!
Saturday, January 05, 2013 11 comments
I had been so proud of myself for all I had accomplished this past year. I got myself in a full-time exercise routine including finishing Insanity twice and Asylum once. I was tracking my food every day and found how easy it was to keep within... Read more
Reflection Day
Friday, November 09, 2012 10 comments
Well, it's been since September that I have reflected on my goals. I think it's a good day to review those goals and see how I'm doing. I had said that there were several things I need to work on in order to lose weight. They include: tr... Read more
Asylum - Day 29 & 30 - I'M DONE!!!
Wednesday, November 07, 2012 10 comments
Speed & Agility Fit Test I cannot believe my Asylum program is actually over. It went really fast, I think. I haven't lost a lot of weight from the program, but I definitely added some muscle. I am trimmer, so that's a good thing. ... Read more
Asylum - Days 26, 27, and 28!!!
Sunday, November 04, 2012 4 comments
OK, I just don't what happened!! Where have my blogs been? Here are the workouts: Vertical Plyo Back to Core Relief I really liked having all three of these workouts back to back like this. Right after Game Day & Overtime where ... Read more
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How many people can honestly say they have seen football history being made in the flesh? It is amazing to think just how many people today in their 60's were at Wembley on the 30th July 1966 when England won the Jules Rimet trophy considering the official attendance was only 98,000, or how many Scottish fans sat on the crossbars at Wembley in 1977. We have all seen remarkable games in our time – West Ham United 8 Newcastle United 1 in March 1986 was one that sticks in my memory, as too does the 2006 FA Cup final when West Ham came within a misguided kick into touch of beating Liverpool in Cardiff. But two games for me are really special. And if I offered up a prize of a million pounds (which I am not I hasten to add) you would never for the life of you guess them.
Back in 2002 I stumbled across a book that changed the way I watched football. I was browsing in Borders in Charing Cross Road one day after work and I picked up a book by Charlie Connelly called Stamping Grounds. The first thing I noted was that it appeared Charlie came from my neck of the woods – South East London, the second was it was a book about travelling to watch football, which just so happened to be my favourite past time. In the previous two years I had "done" Barcelona, Milan, Madrid, the European Championships and had the World Cup in South Korea on the horizon. I was an old hand at it. But this book was about travelling to watch football in a place I could not even locate on a map – Liechtenstein. It was his story of deciding to follow the tiny Alpine nation in their quest to qualify for the 2002 World Cup. Few books in life truly inspire you but here was one that did just that. I was by now a seasoned European traveller, having been to the San Siro, Camp Nou and Olympic Stadium in Munich but the booked opened my eyes into the intimacy in following the underdog, the teams no one had heard of. Continue reading


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SCARS is currently #1 in Biblical fiction on Amazon
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As a sixteen-year-old, living in Southern California, Rebekah Silver is your average teenager. She worries only about learning her cheerleading routines and passing her math test. But as world dictators rise to power and devastating disasters claim millions of lives she is inspired to search for answers. Becky soon discovers her world is quickly coming to an end, just as it was prophesied. Now she must decide whether to risk her life to follow the laws of God or surrender her soul to the law of man in this action-packed thriller. ~ Will Becky Survive?
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The beauty of nature provides inspiration for artist Robert A. Richert. He grew up in Southern California at a time when open space was abundant. Many childhood days were spent exploring and enjoying nature. Today, he still maintains an insatiable curiosity about the natural world, and he has always loved art.
In 1969-70, he served as an infantryman with the U.S. Army in Vietnam and was awarded an Army Commendation Medal with a "V" Device for valor. After military service, Robert attended California State University, Long Beach, and earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree. Majoring in Scientific Illustration, he learned how to apply the knowledge and discipline of science to the creation of art.
Mr. Richert has pursued art full-time since 1980. For most of his early career, he specialized in wildlife subjects and later began to devote more time to his passion for scenic beauty. Today, Robert specializes in landscapes and seascapes. Always, he seeks to create dramatic paintings that rise above the generic. People say that his paintings are inviting; they transport them into a beautiful place where they feel joy and tranquility.
"Although plein air painting (painting outdoors) is popular among many landscape artists, I prefer to work in the studio. I enjoy hiking, exploring or just observing nature over sitting at an easel in the outdoors. I seldom interpret a scene literally; instead, I prefer to orchestrate strong compositions using elements from my photographs for reference. I seek to capture the feeling or essence of a scene, not to duplicate exactly what I see. The majority of landscape and seascape artists paint in oils, but I prefer acrylics. I've spent more than twenty-five years learning to master this water-based medium. The acrylic paint is applied in a succession of thin layers, almost like sketching with a brush. This method affords me more flexibility than slow drying mediums allow. I continuously refine and edit as I work through a painting, altering the shape of an ocean wave here or a cloud there, moving a rock, or even a mountain! This technique allows me superb control over color, value (light and dark), texture, and composition. My paintings are full of rich detail and I seek to convey the intricate textures and subtle nuances that abound in nature. I find beauty in these small details and bringing them to life with strokes of a brush is a joyful experience.
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It's a girl!
Jennifer Love Hewitt gave birth to Autumn James Hallisay on Tuesday in Los Angeles. But that's not all...
A rep confirmed to Us Weekly that she also secretly tied the knot to her fiance Brian Hallisay.
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Hewitt most recently had a lavish baby shower in early October at the Hotel Bel-Air.
A source told E! News at the time that approximately 25 women joined the "Client List" star at a luncheon in an indoor ballroom of the hotel, with guests bringing in presents wrapped in yellow and green packaging and one guest toting pink and blue balloons.
In lieu of the typical blue or pink baby shower dcor, the party room which was decorated in black, yellow and white, with yellow flowers from Mark's Garden placed on a tree stump and white couches all around the room.
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The beautiful event was created by none other than celebrity planner Mindy Weiss.
Hewitt and her beau had decided on waiting to find out the baby's gender until the big day.
"It's one of life's last great surprises and I want to be surprised," the mom-to-be told E! News over the summer.
Hewitt also shared that the baby news has been a blessing following her mother's tragic death last year from cancer.
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I can tell you this, I haven't been blogging.
I was hacked. Not mad, hacked.
As in my blog was hacked (I think you probably get it by now).
Fixing something like this took me longer than I imagined.
So, since January 21, I haven't written a thing. Other than about a bazillion Twitter tweets.
And I launched my own website at www.michaelsmithsupt.com.
And lucky for me, school seems to keep me busy.
The break from blogging was good. I must admit, not having to come up with the next topic has been kind of nice.
Although, I have felt a little guitly. I never wanted to become the person who just stops blogging without an explanation.
So during my time off I've tried to stay productive. I've updated the cartoon on the blog (actually, I have people for this).
The Evil Spawn and Buddy the Dog continue to grow up right before my eyes.
Weirdly, my wife and I never age. Not sure how that works, but I know if you pay your cartoon guy enough everything seems to fall into place.
So I'm back. Hopefully, with interesting stories about my school year, family, and soon the highlights of my trip to Washington D.C. (Thank you Discovery Education).
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Welcome to the Urbanite Project!
The Urbanite Project is an initiative set up to promote sports and activities for inner city children.
It can be hard to not only find the space to enjoy activities but also the dedication needed to coordinate clubs and teams. At the Urbanite Project we have a team of highly motivated coaches that set up clubs and teams in inner city areas and help children find their active side.
We all hear so much about children playing computer games instead of enjoying themselves outside but with so few safe, regulated options in the major cities of the UK it can be difficult. This new idea will give children the motivation to get up and out of the house, interact with other children and make exercise a part of their day to day life.
On the back of recent UK sporting events and achievements it is important that we build on it and ensure a healthier, active future for the youth of Britain today.
As well as offering a wide range of sporting activities we are also looking to give children the opportunity to get a taste of more creative pursuits.
Access to music and art facilities can offer the urban youth a positive outlet for energies that can sometimes get them into trouble.


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Public safety is the primary responsibility of the Clearwater Beach Patrol. Guards provide safety supervision for designated areas of gulf waters and adjacent beach on Clearwater Beach. Please swim near a lifeguard.
Lifeguards are on duty daily at Clearwater Beach. Swim near guarded towers. See towers for guarded hours.
Do the Stingray Shuffle
Stingrays are not normally an aggressive fish, but they will defend themselves if they feel that they are threatened, such as being stepped on. Stingrays use the stinger in their tails to sting a predator (this includes unintentional beachgoer) usually in the ankle or foot. The stinger is covered in a protein similar to a bee sting, which adds to the pain of the sting.
To avoid stings, shuffle or slide your feet slowly through the sand to warn the stingrays to your presence and they will move out of your way. Do the "stingray shuffle" from the time you get in the water until the time you get out.
For most stings, the basic first-aid treatment is to soak the area in hot water to help breakdown the toxins. This will also help relieve the pain. However, some people may develop a severe allergic reaction since the protein on the stinger is very similar to that of a bee sting. In this case, you should seek immediate medical assistance. If you get stung, see a lifeguard or go to a nearby fire station for an assessment of your injury.


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The Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) facilitates the hardware initialization process of a computer and hands off control to the operating system, giving it a trusted status that also could present opportunities for attackers.
"Unauthorized modification of BIOS firmware by malicious software constitutes a significant threat because of the BIOS's unique and privileged position within modern computer system architectures," say the authors of new BIOS security guidelines for government from the National Institute of Standards and Technology. "Malicious BIOS modification could be part of a sophisticated, targeted attack on an organization -- either a permanent denial of service or a persistent malware presence."
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Security basics: Start within the BIOS
An initial draft of Special Publication 800-147B, "BIOS Protection Guidelines for Servers," includes requirements for mitigating the execution of malicious or corrupt BIOS code on servers. They apply to firmware stored in the BIOS flash, including the code, the cryptographic keys that are part of the root of trust for updating the code, as well as static BIOS data.
Firmware often is updated by vendors to fix problems, patch vulnerabilities and support new hardware. This document focuses on the threat of BIOS corruption through update mechanisms and does not address supply-chain tampering or physical replacement of the BIOS chip.
This document is the second in a series from NIST on BIOS protections. The first publication, SP 800-147 was released last year and covers laptop and desktop PCs. The current draft covers protections for managed and blade servers, specifically those with multiple BIOS update mechanisms.
Three core principles of BIOS protection were laid out in SP 800-147 for client systems, and these also apply to server-class machines.
"However, the architectural and operational complexity in servers due to the need to remotely manage them makes it more difficult to implement BIOS security protections in the same manner as clients," the authors wrote in the current draft. "The core reason for the increased difficulty is that servers typically possess multiple BIOS update mechanisms," and often service processors that also can update BIOS must be protected.
The core requirements BIOS security are:
There also is an optional secure local update mechanism, which requires that an administrator be physically present at the machine in order to install BIOS images without authentication. The current draft publication includes guidelines for incorporating these core requirements on server platforms.
Comments on draft NIST SP 800-147B should be sent by Sept. 14 to firstname.lastname@example.com.
NIST plans to develop a new publication providing an overview of BIOS protections for IT security professionals to be released as SP800-147rev1. At that point it will reissue the current SP800-147 as SP800-147A.
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Oswego named a top-producing Fulbright campus
The Chronicle of Higher Education has recognized Oswego as one of this year's Fulbright Scholarship "top producers." Two Oswego faculty members arestudying and teaching overseas on Fulbright awards: one in India and the other in Kenya. The top producer nationally in Oswego's category of master's universities was Towson University, with four recipients. In addition to Oswego's two faculty recipients — Dr. Geraldine Forbes of the history department and Dr. Faith Maina of the curriculum and instruction department — Dr. Joshua McKeown, Oswego's director of international education and programs, was selected to participate in a Fulbright-Nehru International Education Administrators Seminar in India.
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Human-subject research
Medical research often requires human experimentation. Ancient Greek doctors experimented on prisoners. In the 1600s, Edward Jenner used his son and other children to test his smallpox vaccine.
Clinical trials on human test subjects are still important in medical and psychological research. The difference is that rules such as the Nuremberg Code ensure these trials are safe and ethical.
Participants must be volunteers in human-subject research today. They must give informed consent for anything tested on them and can withdraw from the experiment. Experiments must be monitored by outside organisations such as the Office for Human Research Protections. This ensures no-one is placed in unnecessary danger.
Unfortunately, this cannot be guaranteed worldwide. Critics often attack pharmaceutical companies for conducting clinical trials in developing countries. They argue many of the participants cannot give informed consent because they are illiterate or poor.
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As I write, the counting is still not complete in the American presidential elections. Under the (to an outsider) bizarre American electoral college system, the result is now a landslide, despite the fact that each candidate has an almost identical number of votes, both having gained around 49%. The graceful concession speech has been delivered, and Obama has been re-elected. I couldn't face watching his victory speech, so I have turned off the box; now, I sit here, grimly tapping away.
I cannot help regarding this result as a tragedy, for America and for the world. Firstly, because Obama has been a dreadful president; second, because I get the strong impression that Romney would have been a good one, despite the fact that, though his campaign had a late surge, it didn't quite have the cutting edge it should have had. But a good campaign doesn't necessarily produce a successful presidency, as Obama's first four years have amply demonstrated. Obama was the better campaigner, this time too, it seems: he had a better "ground game", the pundits seem to think, and he spent hundreds of millions on negative advertising which in key industrial states like Ohio blackened Romney's character as a ruthless and uncaring capitalist who cared nothing for the working class, and who had, for instance, opposed state support for a managed bankruptcy of the automobile industry which would have had the same effect as what actually happened: in fact Romney called for just such a state-supported bail-out: the Obama campaign simply lied, over this and much else.
The other reason Romney lost was that he took the stragic decision, in order to mount a positive and optimistic campaign, not to make the Benghazigate cover-up an election issue; and that Obama's steadfast refusal to respond to the growing evidence of this mounting scandal was supported by the equally scandalous failure of most of the American media to report it.
But not everyone failed to report it: enough was in the public domain for Romney, if he had kept his nerve, to have mounted an indictment powerful enough to make Obama unelectable, as unelectable as Nixon would have been if the Watergate cover-up had emerged in time (in other words actually during his re-election campaign rather than some time later). The Fox News correspondent, Catherine Herridge, brilliantly reported the whole affair: but since Fox News was clearly on Romney's side, its reporting was largely ignored. But Reuters, CNN, CBS and others nevertheless retailed most of it: the facts were out if you knew where to look.
The general lines of the scandal are clear enough. Firstly, there was the fact that intelligence immediately indicated that the US consulate in Benghazi was destroyed in a planned terrorist attack, not as the result of a "spontaneous" protest triggered by a YouTube video. This, however, is what the Obama administration, including President Obama, repeated obsessively for weeks, knowing it to be untrue.
The greatest scandal, however, is that the murdered American ambassador Stevens, who had repeatedly asked for more security — a request which was repeatedly refused because it was "unnecessary" (after all, hadn't the President killed Osama bin Laden with his own bare hands, thus defeating al-Qaeda and all other terrorism?) — had made it quite clear that terrorism was still a major threat in Libya, however politically inconvenient this might be, and that he was himself in danger. Knowing this, the administration did nothing to protect him.
Catherine Herridge established this beyond any doubt, in what will become recognised, in the history of this affair, as her famous "smoking gun" revelation, which established the State department's (and therefore Obama's) involvement in the scandal and in its cover-up beyond any doubt.
Here it is (October 31), as it was revealed on Fox News:
GRETA VAN SUSTEREN, FOX NEWS HOST: Disturbing new information about Benghazi and the Obama administration. Fox News obtained a classified cable sent in August from the US mission in Benghazi to the State Department in Washington. The cable, coming just weeks before the attack, warned the Benghazi consulate could not sustain a coordinated attack.
But that is not all that was in that cable. Fox News chief intelligence correspondent Catherine Herridge, who has read that cable, is here with the latest — Catherine.
CATHERINE HERRIDGE, FOX NEWS CORRESPONDENT: Well, the status of the cable is that I really believe, having read it, that it is the smoking gun warning here. You've got this emergency meeting in Benghazi less than a month before the attack. At that briefing, the people are told that there are 10 — 10 — Islamist militias and al-Qaeda groups in Benghazi.
The consulate cannot sustain a coordinated attack and that they need extra help. And this information goes directly to the office of the Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton. So again, you're got the culpability of the State Department. This is a very specific warning that they are in trouble, they need help and they see an attack on the horizon.
VAN SUSTEREN: All right, what's the date on this cable?
HERRIDGE: It's the 16th of August.
VAN SUSTEREN: Is there any response or any indication that there's been any direct response to that cable between the 16th of August and the 11th of September?
HERRIDGE: I don't know what the classified traffic was between the 16th and the 11th, but I asked the State Department today specifically, given the warnings and how detailed they were and the intelligence that al-Qaeda and these militias were operating in Benghazi, was any extra security considered or put in place in light of the 9/11 anniversary? You're three weeks out. I think that's the critical question.
And the State Department said to me today they wouldn't comment because it's classified. And they are also waiting for the outcome of this investigation.
VAN SUSTEREN: Who was the signatory to the cable?
HERRIDGE: Ambassador Stevens.
VAN SUSTEREN: And you say that it was — it went to the office of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Was there any indication that it actually went to her? ….
HERRIDGE: The copy to her, and then it routes out, in this case, probably, typically to diplomatic security, their Near East Asia desk and others. But it is specifically addressed to her office.
VAN SUSTEREN: How did you get to see it?
HERRIDGE: It came to me through confidential sources… the warning that came from Benghazi was very specific. It said, We cannot withstand an attack. The militias are everywhere. Al-Qaeda is here. This was known to the US intelligence community, as well, and that they really could not see a situation where the security was going to turn around. They said it was trending negatively.
This comes three weeks, three-and-a-half weeks before the attack. I can't think of anything that would be more specific than if these groups had emailed the State Department and said, Here's the time, here's the place and here's the method of the attack, because the cable names the two groups, al-Qaeda and Ansar al Sharia, that we believe were responsible for this assault.
Knowing all this, Governor Romney made the decision not to mount an indictment of the President as part of his campaign. That may arguably have been wise, in view of the way the media would have gone for him in defence of the President. It might have been risky. On the other hand, what he did wasn't successful either.
Hindsight is a wonderful thing, and no doubt there will be many now to say the same thing; personally, I had hoped all along that Romney himself would accuse the Obama administration of the scandalous cover-up and the equally scandalous refusal to provide Ambassador Stevens with more security, scandals which with congressional attention already on them will now begin to unravel too late, and which will, I suspect, come more and more to dominate Obama's second term. We shall see what we shall see.


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LAS VEGASRealTouch wants to bring teledildonics to Afghanistan. Company manager Scott Rinaldo, appearing at a CES party sponsored by porn firm Pink Visual, said he's working on distributing "a thousand dildos for the military wives"—in this case, Internet-connected sex toys that can let families thousands of miles apart get intimate.
I'm not sure if he's being skeezy or sweet here. Let me start with the technology. RealTouch is a slightly terrifying, synthetic orifice that lives in a plastic tube and connects to a computer. Based on data from an Internet connection, the unit warms up, lubes up, pulses and grips any item stuck into it. On the other end of a connection, a "performer"—who could be a paid "cam girl," or the aforementioned military wife—hand-operates a sensor-covered rod to run the motors in the RealTouch.
I really hope I didn't just freak out anyone reading this story.
Rinaldo's core audience, at least so far, is men who buy his device to sync it with porn videos in the privacy of their own homes. But Rinaldo sees a genuine social benefit in his tech, so he said he's trying to get in touch with the U.S. military to have RealTouch approved as a method for a sort of virtual conjugal visit. (Presumably, female soldiers could operate the rod while deployed and send the main unit home.) Given the lack of privacy on military bases, I'm not sure how that would work, exactly. But it's a thought.
RealTouch is the latest stab at teledildonics, the science of remote-controlled sex. The term was coined in 1975 by a science-fiction author, according to Wikipedia. The gadget's appearance here at CES was part of a sex-tech party organized by Pink Visual, a porn company which specializes in technology-forward content delivery.
As an intrepid reporter, I stuck my finger into a RealTouch unit while performer Kirsten Price hand-rubbed a nearby, Internet-connected dildo. The sensation was very strange; what felt like a whirring, rotating, feathery object made of a moist latex-like material was almost polishing my finger. Afterwards, my finger smelled like lube. I'm not going to judge.
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ATLANTA — Alex Wood set a career high with 12 strikeouts in 7 1-3 innings and the Atlanta Braves beat Washington 3-1 on Sunday night to continue their recent success against the Nationals.
By winning two of three in the weekend series, Atlanta cut Washington's lead to 3½ games in the NL East. The Braves are 9-4 against the Nationals this season and 22-10 in the series the last two years.
Justin Upton homered for the Braves, who had lost nine of their last 10. Ian Desmond's fourth-inning homer was the only run allowed by Wood.
With the game tied 1-1, Emilio Bonifacio led off the fifth with a bunt single and scored the go-ahead run on Jason Heyward's infield hit off Gio Gonzalez (6-9).
Wood (8-9), who allowed five hits, set another career high by throwing 124 pitches.
The left-hander walked Jayson Werth to lead off the eighth before striking out Adam LaRoche. David Carpenter replaced Wood and ended the inning on Desmond's double-play grounder.
Pinch-hitter Evan Gattis hit a single to right field off Jerry Blevins in the eighth to drive in Chris Johnson, who walked.
Craig Kimbrel, pitching on the third straight night, had a perfect ninth to earn his 34th save. Gonzalez gave up two runs, six hits and four walks in 4 2-3 innings. He has lost four straight starts.
The versatile Bonifacio, acquired from the Cubs on July 31, hit leadoff and started in center field one night after starting at shortstop.
With the game tied 1-1, Bonifacio used his speed to lead off the fifth with a bunt single, despite a creative defensive effort by Gonzalez.
The pitcher fielded the ball with his back to first base and flipped the ball between his legs to Adam LaRoche. Bonifacio was safe despite a collision with LaRoche.
Gonzalez walked Tommy La Stella before Freddie Freeman's double-play grounder sent Bonifacio to third.
Bonifacio took off for the plate on Heyward's grounder to second baseman Danny Espinosa. LaRoche broke for the grounder, leaving first base uncovered because Gonzalez started running for the bag and then stopped before taking off again too late.
Heyward was safe with the single as Bonifacio scored the go-ahead run.
Desmond led off the fourth with his 19th homer to right field. Upton tied the game in the bottom of the inning with his 21st homer.
Upton collected two career milestones with the line-drive homer. It was his 1,000th hit and gave him 500 career RBIs.
Washington's Denard Span had two doubles, extending his hitting streak to 14 games.
Nationals: Outfielder Steven Souza, who hurt his shoulder in a collision with the right-field wall Friday, was placed on the 15-day disabled list. Outfielder Michael Taylor was called up from Triple-A Syracuse. ... Werth started in right field after missing two straight starts with a sore right shoulder.
Braves: Manager Fredi Gonzalez said shortstop Andrelton Simmons' sprained left ankle continues to improve. Gonzalez indicated Simmons may play Tuesday, take Wednesday off and then be ready for regular work.
Nationals: Washington is off Monday and right-hander Doug Fister will start in Tuesday night's game at the Mets. Fister will try to extend his successful record — 5-0, 1.80 ERA — when pitching with at least an extra day of rest.
Braves: Right-hander Julio Teheran will face Kevin Correia as the Braves open a four-game series against the Dodgers on Monday night. Teheran took the loss despite allowing only two runs in eight innings at the Dodgers on July 31.


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DENVER -- Perhaps the biggest surprise for the first-place Rockies five games into the season is the quality starting pitching they have boasted.
Colorado has a 3.15 ERA, with its starters posting a 3.10 ERA after one trip through the rotation. They saw four quality starts, with only Jorge De La Rosa struggling. He allowed four runs in 4 1/3 innings in a game the Rockies went on to win 8-4.
"They've all given us a chance to win, and then some," manager Walt Weiss said. "They're doing the things that we talked about this spring. Guys are less concerned about east and west, and are really thinking about pitching to the bottom of the zone and putting the ball on the ground. These guys are buying in that when you're at the bottom of the zone and you stay in decent counts, you can be very effective."
The pitchers have a longer leash than the Rockies closed the season with, and deeper pitch counts than they've typically enjoyed early in the season, with several starters getting into the 90s during their first start. Jeff Francis and Juan Nicasio both reached 97 pitches, while Jhoulys Chacin went to 94, Jon Garland 75 and De La Rosa 77.
"We've got four of our starters who missed a lot of time last year," Weiss said of Chacin, De La Rosa, Nicasio and Garland, who each missed the majority of 2012 to injury, with Garland not throwing a pitch. "I certainly am aware of [pitch counts], and it's a factor. But I haven't had to push that button early. Some of these guys have been in the 90s, and I think that's a good place to be. Especially for the guys that had some issues last year physically."


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Big Rapids, Mich. - The Ferris State University men's basketball squad suffered a 77-64 setback in Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) play against Michigan Tech on Sunday (Dec. 18) afternoon at Jim Wink Arena in Big Rapids.
The Bulldogs had their six-game winning streak snapped with the setback and the loss was FSU's first in GLIAC play this campaign. FSU dropped to 6-4 overall and 3-1 in the conference.
Michigan Tech, which was the preseason divisional favorite, is now 6-4 overall and remains undefeated in the GLIAC with a 4-0 record.
Junior forward Daniel Sutherlin (Detroit/Renaissance) led the Bulldogs with 14 points followed by senior forward Jerrell Sanders (Grand Rapids/Creston), who contributed 12 points.
Senior guard Dontae Molden (Detroit/Pershing) chipped in with 11 points while junior guard Kenny Brown (Farmington Hills/Harrison) netted 10 points in the loss.
Michigan Tech led 37-31 at halftime and outscored the Bulldogs 40-33 over the final 20 minutes to earn the road victory.
MTU shot a blistering 70.7% from the floor, including making 15-of-18 (83.3%) field goals over the final 20 minutes of the contest. Meanwhile, the Bulldogs were held to only 37.3% shooting for the game.
Despite the difference in shooting percentages, FSU managed to keep the score relatively close as the Bulldogs had only four turnovers in the contest compared to MTU's 10 on the day. Ferris State owned a 16-4 edge in points off miscues.
The Huskies were led by Ali Haidar, who tallied 17 points in the game, which was a game-high, in addition to 12 rebounds. Guards Austin Armga and Ben Stelzer both had 16 and 15 point games, respectively. Alex Culy added 13 points.
The Huskies scored 38 of their points in the paint compared to Ferris State's 20 inside the lane. The Bulldogs held a 30-22 rebounding edge and had 11 offensive boards, which helped lead to a 9-2 margin in second chance production.
The Bulldogs will try to get back on track on Monday (Dec. 19) as they host Northern Michigan in league play with a 7 p.m. (ET) tipoff inside Wink Arena. The contest represents FSU's final outing prior to the holiday break.


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Around Camp
Two early busses (8 a.m.) for the traveling squad to Kissimmee (Astros). Rest worked out at Bright House Field at 9:30 a.m. and then were free for the rest of the day.
Back home Wednesday (Twins) and Thursday (Braves, who are 1-9), although Thursday is another split squad day (at Rays).
Scouting World
Marti Wolever and his six top lieutenants are in camp at Carpenter Complex. This gives them a chance to see the minor league players. Next week, the Latin America scouting group will spend time here.
Joining Marti, recently promoted to Assistant General Manager, Amateur Scouting, are Mike Ledna and Billy Moore (coordinators) and supervisors Sal Agostinelli (international), Gene Schall (east), Brian Kohlscheen (central) and Darrell Conner (west).
After Clearwater, it is on to non-stop scouting in preparation for the draft that starts June 4.
With the free agent signing of Papelbon, the Phillies lost their first round selection, the 31st overall. Losing Madson and Ibanez, the Phillies picked up some extra picks. So, the Phillies enter the draft with the 40th, 60th, 77th and 95 selections over the first two rounds.
Around Camp
**94WIP afternoon crew is broadcasting live from Bright House Field every day from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. through Friday.
**Station's 9 a.m.-12 noon Saturday crew will do likewise on St. Patrick's Day, when the Phillies will wear green hats. That's a home game with the Blue Jays.
**BAT (Baseball Assistance Team) will meet with the minor league players at 7:45 on Wednesday morning and the big leaguers at 9 a.m.
**If different voices were heard Monday on the Phillies radio broadcast, the same are back again today, Matt Provence and Jon Shaffer, the broadcasters for the Lehigh Valley IronPigs. Reading's broadcaster, Brian Seltzer, will do a couple of radio games next week.
Wall of Fame
Voting on phillies.com ends at 5 p.m. Wednesday, which is also tomorrow. Top five consensus selections will then be presented to a Special Wall of Fame Selection Committee consisting of members of the media, broadcasters and club executives.
The winner will be inducted on Friday night, August 12. John Kruk, the 2011 inductee, will induct the 2012 winner.
Spring Training Memories
Shane Victorino
"2000 as a 19-year-old kid from Hawaii in the fabled Dodgertown over in Vero Beach. It was my first time away from home. I had always heard about Dodgertown. All of players were there, minor leaguers and big leaguers and several Alumni. We stayed in a dorm, four per room. We all ate in a big dining room along with such stars as Koufax, Wills. I thought this was the best thing ever. Had so much fun. Couldn't believe I was in same place and playing on the same fields as Jackie Robinson and all the greats."
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The India Art Fair for Novices
If you don't know much about art, don't let it keep you from attending the India Art Fair in Delhi this weekend.
There's plenty to see and like at the annual event, even for the curious but untrained eye, including the eccentric outfits of Delhi's upper crust and arty-types, who make for great people-watching.
As for the art itself: sure, the fair has its share of paintings showing concentric circles, or splattered paint that has no particular design – you know, the kind which makes us, the art novices, think we, too, can make a career in art.
But there are also paintings that will appeal to a broad audience of non-regulars on the art circuit, installations which draw your admiration for their intricate details and sheer toil, and works which tell a compelling story.
Here are five artists whose works I recommend checking out:
Nantu Behari Das : At this Kolkata artist's booth you'll see the sculpture of a chubby little boy, looking up and sticking his tongue out. His mischievous expression adds to the boy's appeal, and the material used to make the sculpture gives him a fuzzy, cuddly look from afar, almost like a large teddy bear.
But walk right up to the boy and you'll see he is made up of thousands of tiny nails or oil pins (hammered onto a base of fiber glass).
How did the artist take such a hard object like a nail and create something that looks so very soft? See it, and other little boys to believe it.
See it to believe it. And they let you touch it as well. (Where: Gallery Sanskriti, Hall 2, Booth No. S-15)
Nandita Kumar: This artist has created a miniature modern city inside a large glass bottle with a cork. There are miniature skyscrapers, roads, street lights, and even a few windmills, made of copper wafer, all in a two-foot high bottle. Three micro-mini LCD screens -- the size of your palm – hang in this city. Ms. Kumar says these screens show short films – one of nature, and one showing the city like a machine. Maybe it's her way of showing us how crazy and cramped our world has become.
It's a bit hard to explain this work, but Ms. Kumar says she'll be there for the duration of the show, so viewers can probably ask her directly. (Where: Lakeeren Art Gallery, Hall 1, Booth No. A4)
Anant Mishra: Mr. Mishra has given Indian gods a whole new cool. In several paintings, Mr. Mishra shows Indian gods as modern-day avatars, with outfits and backdrops right out of a Marvel comic book.
In one painting, monkey god Hanuman is decked in armor fit for a sci-fi superhero. He is seen lounging on his own version of the Batmobile, flying above a planet of skyscrapers where there are fires burning in a sign of impending destruction.
Mr. Mishra, who hails from Jharkhand, says he wants to show that Indian mythology has had superheroes long before the West came up with them. (Religare Art Gallery, Hall 2, Booth No. S5)
Sheba Chhachhi: In a set of three "moving images," Ms. Chhachhi shows Delhi's Yamuna river – historically worshipped by Hindus as a giver of life – with its stark, dry reality today.
The subject isn't unique, but Ms. Chhacchi's presentation is worthy of notice. Each work is in two layers – the first is a photo, on which she super-imposes a screen showing a moving object.
In one work, for instance, there is a photo showing the Google Earth image of the Yamuna and its surrounding area. On top of this static image we see several rusted taps moving across the screen.
The contrast leaves you with no doubt about Ms. Chacchhi's broader message. (Volte Gallery, Hall 1, Booth No. B10)
Jayasri Burman: Paintings by this well-known artist are catchy because of their bright colors as well as the intricate details within the painting.
Ms. Burman's "Lady in the lotus pond" is a gem, showing a woman with long tresses in the center of the painting, surrounded by geese and lotuses, and some trees in the background. No apparent social message here, but it's pleasing to look at – what's not to like in beauty?
At least two booths have Ms. Burman's paintings: "Gonga-Ma," a depiction of the Ganges river as a goddess, is at Art Alive Gallery in Hall 1, booth B7.
The lady with lotus is at Gallerie Nvya, in Hall 3, booth I3. This gallery also has a painting by Seema Kohli, whose style looks a lot like Ms. Burman's. At least to the untrained eye.
The India Art Fair will be open to the public between Feb. 1 and Feb. 3, at NSIC Exhibition Grounds in Okhla (near Govindpuri Metro station).
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Readers, share with us your favorites at the India Art Fair, in the Comments section.
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VATICAN CITY - The Roman Catholic Church, God's One True Church™, has given up on unbaptized babies and buried the concept of limbo.
In a long-awaited document, the Church's Historical Revision Commission said limbo reflected an "...unduly empathetic view of salvation."
The 41-page document appeared in Mad Magazine, the publishing service of the U.S.-based Catholic News Service, which is part of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, which is a part of the International Conference of Catholic Bishops, which is a part of the Galactic Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Pope Benedict, himself a top theologian who before being inducted to the Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame in 2005 expressed doubts about limbo, authorized the publication of the document, called 'No Hope of Salvation for Infants Who Die Without Being Baptised'. It sounds classier in Latin.
Limbo, which comes from the Latin word meaning "border" or "to slide under a low bar", was considered by theologians to be a state or place reserved for the unbaptized dead, including good people who had the misfortune to die before the coming of Christ. Limbo became a part of church vernacular after it was discovered that people afflicted with empathy felt bad that innocent babies and good pagans who had the misfortune die before the birth of Jesus didn't go to Heaven.
"Sure, for ages we've been teaching that limbo is a fact. What you fail to realize is that 'fact' is a maleable word. Unlike the Word of God, which can only be interpreted one way, 'facts' can be changed. Yesterday it was a 'fact' that unbaptized babies go to limbo, today it isn't." said the head of the Roman Catholic Church to the back of his hand after taking a big hit off his Pope-bong.
"What the Pope means is that limbo is not now, nor has it ever been a part of Catholic doctrine. We never just pull 'facts' out of our pious asses simply to salve the consciences of our followers." said the humorously named Cardinal Cardinal, rephrasing the Pope's infallible words for the laity. "We follow His word and only His word. Just try to find 'limbo' in the Bible. Go ahead, I can wait."
So what happens to unbaptized babies now?
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The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation is urging Internet companies to provide back doors that facilitate online surveillance, according to a Cnet report.The bureau reportedly aims to increase the amount of data they can collect through online channels. [*Correction - May 7, 2012] Because of a shift in popular communication methods - from phones to online correspondence via social networks and chat features -- it's more difficult to gather information on Americans suspected of illegal activity, the FBI claims.
A proposed revision to the law would change that. The bureau's counsel's office drafted a proposal, according to the report, that would require major Web companies to rewrite their code to allow their products to be wiretap-friendly. This could potentially apply to social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter, any provider of instant messaging services such as Microsoft's (Nasdaq: MSFT) Skype and Xbox Live, and services such as Apple's (Nasdaq: AAPL) FaceTime.
The law would fall under the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA), a piece of legislation from 1994 that requires telecommunications providers to produce wiretap-friendly systems. In 2004, the FCC extended those provisions to Internet service providers, but Web companies still don't have to comply.
The FBI did not respond to our requests for comment.
'Going Dark'The FBI has reportedly asserted that a change in the way people communicate has lessened the bureau's wiretapping ability, a problem it refers to as "going dark."
That stance was countered, though, by Gregory Nojeim, senior counsel and director of the Project on Freedom, Security and Technology for the Center for Democracy and Technology, told TechNewsWorld.
"Electronic surveillance is at record levels," he said. "For the FBI to say that it is going dark is simply inconsistent with the facts that show far from going dark, the FBI is listening in on more communications of more people than ever in the past. That doesn't sound like going dark, that sounds like an awful lot of white."
It's an especially bold move by the FBI, he said, since other proposed legislation is actually looking at cutting back on the power that the FBI or other government agencies would have to keep an eye on Web communication.
"Depending on the wording of the proposal, it would be ironic," he said. "Because at the same time Congress is pushing for legislation to make Internet communications more secure, the FBI would be asking Congress to make them less secure by building in backdoors to facilitate surveillance."
Big Burden of Proof for FBIThat public concern for increased online security could make it difficult for the FBI to continue its push for greater surveillance power. The FBI may have to show that a site like Facebook doesn't cooperate when presented with existing law enforcement means such as a warrant.
"The FBI is going to need to prove that it is somehow missing out on stuff that it can't get by current cooperation methods," Stephen Wu, partner at Silicon Valley law firm Cooke Kobrick & Wu, told TechNewsWorld. "If they're saying the tools they have today are inadequate, they're going to have to show why."
Influential Web companies such as Apple, Microsoft, Google (Nasdaq: GOOG), Yahoo (Nasdaq: YHOO) and Facebook are also unlikely to give a thumbs up to the FBI on this proposal, since many of their services include social networking or instant messaging features. It might have been an easier argument a decade ago, said Marc Roth, attorney at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, but now there is a greater chance of opposition from civil liberties groups.
"Unlike the Patriot Act, which was enacted shortly after 9/11, unless the FBI can show current immediate concern for harm, it will be a difficult initiative to push through," said Roth.
The unintended consequences of such a proposal are also going to be tough for the FBI to defend, said Roth, since attempting to monitor online surveillance casts a much broader net than targeting phone communication.
"Allowing access to social media channels could be more broad sweeping and violate privacy rights of citizens, as such efforts may involve searching key words or tracking behavioral activity, which are not directed to targeted individuals. It may result in a virtual fishing expedition," he said.


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Find a phenix during a heatwave and follow it until it ends. The phenix will turn into ashes and land on the ground but will spawn right back at the same exact spot during the next heatwave. Build a trap 6 blocks high so I can't glitch out and you have yourself a trapped phenix to tame:)
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You can get it to spawn next to your base because of the following: It always respawns at it's last location, so if the heatwave ends while you are following it you will know where it is for the next heatwave. It also chases you when you eat flowers... hint hint
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Airstream Inc. announced today (Feb. 23) that its Airstream Interstate was named the number one selling Class B motorhome model in the U.S. for 2011, according to Statistical Surveys Inc.
In a press release, Airstream said the Interstate grew its market share by 68% in the touring coach segment against a 15% industry decline during the same period.
Airstream Interstate unit sales in 2011 increased almost 43% over the previous year. Airstream attributes the heightened interest in the company's touring coaches to "the Interstate's sophisticated style and dedication to consumer satisfaction."
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Weekly TGIF battle, meet on the steelbeasts.com teamspeak server at 9 PM Central Standard Time. This is currently Sat, 2 AM UTC/GMT.
Everyone is welcome, no experience required. Doing some of the tutorials to learn the basics before arrival is recommended.
If you have never attempted online play before, please show up a 10 minutes early and ask someone there to help you test out your ability to connect.
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In this article we take a look the basic home decorating styles, which usually overlap one over the other these days since mix and match is so 'in.'
Sure, it is important to focus on larger aspects of good home decor such as wall colors, textures, permanent fixtures but it is equally important not the neglect the small but essential things such as a lamp-shade that matches the area-rug or the accent floor carpets that keep the feet warm when stepping out of bed, too!
Additionally, you can get the newest, most practical information about many kinds of home decor styles from online and print design magazines that cater to encouraging hobbyist house decorators devoted to beginning interior upgrades, within budgets and short timelines too.
But, amidst all this excitement of special home decorating projects, it is important to recognize your own tastes and match these options with decor styles suggested by specialists to get the greatest results for a truly trendy and functional home.
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Bollywood - A trend towards Hollywood
Let us make it clear first. What is Bollywood? It is known to all Indians that Indian film industry is mainly Bombay based & the name comes from it. Movie, the mirror of society is the thing which really reflects our lives through different characters. Many persons are needed to make a complete movie. They are actors, actresses, directors, music directors, sound engineer, choreographer, producers etc. Various kinds of movies are made in the Bollywood industry. Romantic movies like 'dilwale dulhaniya le jayenge', action movies like 'international khiladi', theme movie like 'black' etc have been made in our film industry.
Influence of Michael Jackson on Bollywood
On the death of Michael Jackson, the whole world has been astonished and speechless including Bollywood. Michael Jackson was the first emperor of Pop and an excellent dancer. He is the one who became the inspirations of various actors, dancers and musicians all over the world, as well as Bollywood. He became a trademark for various kinds of new fashion, a hallmark for the youth generation. His classy and amazing dance steps make the whole world crazy including Bollywood.
The Bollywood Film Industry before 1990s
Bollywood is a part of the Indian film industry which is located in Mumbai. This industry may also be called the national film industry as the films produced here are mostly in Hindi language though it is not the one and only film industry in India. Currently it is not only the most number of movies producing film industry in India but also one in the world. The Bollywood film industry has derived its name from the famous American film industry, Hollywood. Though according to standard of films, the former is not even near if compared with the latter.
Language used by the Bollywood:
Before 1990s, the Bollywood was found to produce films which used Hindi as their main language and they also used poetic Urdu words (though not in every film) frequently.
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"Hi birdie, too" "Come on Piper, Come on, come here, Piper! Come here Piper, come here" "Mkay" "Come on. Sidney! come here" smoochies, whistle, "Come here good buddy" smooch "C'I have a smooch?" smooches, "Where's Jasmine, buddy?" "Hi Buddy good boy!" "Ready, ready, ready? Go!" random house noises "Jazzy buddy" "Hi Jasmine good boy" more smooches "Hey buddy" "Hi Jazzy buddy" random noises and smooches "Piper! Come here!" "Come on, come here, go outside?" water noise


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The r is not silent in any of the words you mentioned, nor is it ever silent (that I know of).
Interested in Language
I found the following:-
carrot is r [not silent]
cry is r [not silent]
friend is r [not silent]
free is r [not silent]
garden is r [silent]
hear is r [silent]
German is r [silent]
here is r [silent]
four is r [silent]
learn is r [silent]
but I don't understand when R is silent or not? Is there a rule or can anyone explain it to me?
The r is not silent in any of the words you mentioned, nor is it ever silent (that I know of).
Ron, you haven't lived in New England, where I'm called "Bahb."
R's that follow a vowel sound will sometimes fade away. I believe officially it's called the "non-pre-vocalic r."
The R in carrot is clearly pronounced because of the second syllable.
R's that are end the end of the word can fade away as well, or take an "uh" sound.
Dear sounds like dee-uh and beer sounds like bee-uh. But this is distinctive to certain areas.
However, I would pronounce the R in all of those, as Ron would. (Even though when someone calls out "Bob!" I still turn around.)
The R is much less pronounced in England and Wales.
carrot is r [not silent]
cry is r [not silent]
friend is r [not silent]
free is r [not silent]
(all of R's are folled by vowels in examples above)
In the following examples R's are muted beacuse they're preceeded by vowels which turned to be longer thanks to disapearing R's.
garden is r [silent] --> /ɑ:/
German is r [silent] --> /ɜ:/
four is r [silent] --> /ɔ:/
learn is r [silent] --> /ɜ:/
Finally, R's in the following exaples turn into vowel schwa /ə/
hear is r [silent] --> /hɪə/
here is r [silent] --> /hɪə/
I hope it helps at least a little
We have a restaurant ad running in some of our TV channels in which the announcer is I believe British. Its very distinct to hear how the end r were dropped in words like texture & adventure in RP English as Tdol & Seba indicated.
It's not universal in Britain- England and Wales tend to be non-rhotic (don't pronounce the R) and Scotland is generally rhotic.


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From: EA Games
Rated: M
Who's it for: Anyone looking for a great new shooter or a killer Xbox One game
Console: Xbox One, PC (Xbox 360 version not reviewed)
Grade: A
"Call of Duty: Modern Warfare" changed the way we view and experience first-person shooters, particularly online multiplayer.
Instead of just participating in skirmishes, players earned experience and leveled up their characters, with more experienced characters gaining "perks" that made them more powerful.
This simple concept gave players an incentive to spend more time in multiplayer, and it worked. Players flocked to "Modern Warfare" and its sequels, logging untold hours online while fighting the good fight.
Then, in 2010, two of the game's designers had a falling out with publisher Activision and subsequently left to found a new independent studio, Respawn Entertainment.
Fast-forward to 2014. Respawn just released its first effort, "Titanfall," a multiplayer-only shooter bent to once again revolutionize how we look at the genre.
"Titanfall" made a huge splash when it was unveiled at last year's E3 show, winning the lion's share of best-in-show awards. Now that the game is out, it's gratifying to see that all the buzz was justified.
I admit, online gaming isn't my favorite. I'd rather play a great single-player game than spend hours online shooting things in the face. Blame my love of a good story (and my anti-social leanings).
"Titanfall," however, has gone a long way in changing my perception of what an online shooter can be.
In addition to the plethora of standard multiplayer modes — capture the flag, team deathmatch, etc. — "Titanfall" makes a valiant effort to inject a single-player-like campaign into the game's crunchy multiplayer shell.
I say valiant effort because the story itself is weak and forgettable, and as it's part of the multiplayer madness, it's all too easy to play through the campaign twice and not retain much of the story.
And you must play through the campaign twice — once as the IMC and once as the Militia, the two warring factions in the game. Doing so unlocks two of the three types of Titans, the thing that makes the game the beautiful shooter it is.
Titans are 20-foot-tall robot suits that characters can climb into, transforming them from foot soldiers (albeit powerful ones called Pilots) to anthropomorphic tanks suitable for fighting the likes of Godzilla.
Just hearing the words "your Titan is ready" is enough to bring a grin to your face. Pressing the button and watching it fall from space is a visual treat that never gets old.
And once you climb in and feel the power surging through your character, you will be hooked on this game for the long haul.
The reason all of this works isn't because the visuals are beautiful (they are) or because the game's 15 maps offer a staggering amount of variety (they do). It's because the maestros at Respawn have balanced the game so finely that a player will never feel overpowered or helpless.
You will spend a good deal of time on foot as a pilot, as you wait for your Titan to be built. Fortunately, with your jetpack and plenty of perks, you're not just a sitting duck for the walking tanks.
In fact, the feeling of scaling a Titan, ripping open its head and blowing out its mechanical brains is nothing short of a giddy rush. Plus, doing so gets you in your own mech that much quicker.
Respawn wisely limited the game to six-on-six matches, and in doing so, it not only keeps the game from reaching the epic scale of the 64-player matches in "Battlefield 4" but keeps the chaos to a manageable level. Dozens of Titans running around the map at once would just be insane.
There are quite a few computer-controlled characters to frag, so maps never feel underpopulated. This is just another example of the balance the game exudes so well.
Whether you are a Level One newbie or Level 50 veteran, you will have the tools to succeed here, and the wonderful toys you unlock as you gain experience make the effort worthwhile and rewarded.
Ultimately, "Titanfall" doesn't reinvent the wheel, but it does attach it to a wonderful new machine, one that will provide shooter fans with dozens of hours of fun.


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July Term 2011
CHRISTOPHER REGNER and KARIN REGNER,
No. 4D11-1281
September 28, 2011]
The defendants, whose home was sold at a foreclosure sale, appeal
the circuit court's order denying their verified motion to vacate the
certificate of title issued after the sale. The court denied the motion even
though it recognized that the bank had not offered any evidence in
opposition to the motion. The defendants argue that the court erred in
denying their motion because the clerk of court issued the certificate of
title while their objections to the sale were pending and because the
court did not conduct an evidentiary hearing on their objections.
We agree with the defendants' arguments a n d reverse.
Compare § 45.031(5), Fla. Stat. (2010) ("If no objections to the sale are
filed within 10 days after filing the certificate of sale, the clerk shall file a
certificate of title . . . ."), with § 45.031(8), Fla. Stat. (2010) ("If timely
objections to the bid are served, the objections shall be heard by the
court."); see also Opportunity Funding I, LLC v. Otetchestvennyi, 909 So.
2d 361, 362 (Fla. 4th DCA 2005) ("The Clerk of the Court lacks authority
to issue a certificate of title . . . when an objection to a foreclosure sale is
timely filed."). "For the court to 'hear' objections, it must provide both
notice and an opportunity for any interested party to address those
objections." U.S. Bank Nat'l Ass'n v. Bjeljac, 43 So. 3d 851, 853 (Fla. 5th
DCA 2010) (citations omitted). Further, "'it is reversible error for a trial
court to deny a party an evidentiary hearing to which [the party] is
entitled.'" Avi-Isaac v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., 59 So. 3d 174, 177 (Fla.
2d DCA 2011) (quoting Sperdute v. Household Realty Corp., 585 So. 2d
1168, 1169 (Fla. 4th DCA 1991)).
We remand for an evidentiary hearing on the defendants' claims that:
(1) they did not receive notice of the sale; (2) the bank breached the
parties' settlement agreement by wrongfully rejecting the defendants'
final redemption payment; a n d (3) the bank's purchase price was
inadequate. See Bennett v. Ward, 667 So. 2d 378, 382 (Fla. 1st DCA
1995) ("Th e failure to give adequate notice of a judicial sale may
effectively deprive the mortgagor of the right to redeem the property.");
Indian River Farms v. YBF Partners, 777 So. 2d 1096, 1098-99 (Fla. 4th
DCA 2001) (remanding for evidentiary hearing on whether mortgagor's
assignee timely exercised its right of redemption before the issuance of
the certificate of title); Blue Star Invs., Inc. v. Johnson, 801 So. 2d 218,
219 (Fla. 4th DCA 2001) ("[T]o vacate a foreclosure sale, the trial court
must find (1) that the foreclosure sale bid was grossly or startlingly
inadequate; and (2) that the inadequacy of the bid resulted from some
mistake, fraud or other irregularity in the sale.") (citations and internal
quotations omitted).
On remand, the defendants bear the burden to establish their claims.
See Richardson v. Chase Manhattan Bank, 941 So. 2d 435, 437 (Fla. 3d
DCA 2006) ("On remand [the mortgagor] bears the burden to establish at
the evidentiary hearing that she did not receive notice of the rescheduled
sale and must also show what harm, if any, she suffered by reason of not
being notified of the sale."). The defendants shall be entitled to testify at
the evidentiary hearing if they so request. See Sperdute, 585 So. 2d at
1169 ("Neither the submission of affidavits nor argument of counsel is
sufficient to constitute an evidentiary hearing. Since the purpose of an
evidentiary hearing is to allow a party to 'have a fair opportunity to
contest' the factual issues, this purpose is not effectuated if a party is not
allowed to testify.") (citation omitted).
Reversed and remanded.
WARNER and POLEN, JJ., concur.
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Appeal of non-final order from the Circuit Court for the Seventeenth
Judicial Circuit, Broward County; Michael L. Gates, Judge; L.T. Case No.
Charles D. Franken of Charles D. Franken, P.A., Plantation, for
Vivian Lasaga of Spear and Hoffman, P.A., Miami, for appellee.
Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.
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Zac Efron 'Lets It Go' in Epic 'Frozen'/ 'High School Musical' Mashup [VIDEO]by Michelle McGahan | PopCrush
If you're tired of all of the 'Let It Go' covers going viral around the Internet, let Zac Efron breathe some new life back into the incessently catchy 'Frozen' tune for you.
Thanks to one eagle-eyed YouTuber who realized the similarities between the oft-shirtless hottie's 'Bet On It' routine and 'Let It Go,' there is now a hilariously synched-up vid of Efron belting out the 'HSM' song as the 'Frozen' track plays over it. As the hunky actor passionately runs through grassy fields and jumps on rocky crags, we can totally see the resemblance to Queen Elsa twirling around her ice castle. (And the fact that the video is called 'Bet It Go' only helps matters.)
While the video was uploaded back in February, it's just now gaining traction, probably because the Internet needs its daily dose of 'Frozen' and Zac Efron. Check out the epic 'Frozen/'HSM' mash-up above!