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The Coast Community College District recently found itself in the crossfire of union and non-union advocates after a board member floated a broad labor agreement that quickly stalled.
The sample agreement with local unions on how to spend $698 million in bond money stoked angry responses, even though the idea has so far received little traction.
In November, voters approved Measure M, which will fund construction at Coast's three schools: Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa, Golden West College in Huntington Beach and Coastline Community College based in Fountain Valley.
Four speakers lambasted the college district's board at its Tuesday meeting, accusing trustees of discrimination against non-union workers by developing a contract with local unions that would dictate hiring on all Measure M projects.
"I'm here tonight because you've brought into this college and this chamber disrepute, division and discrimination in the form of a project labor agreement," said Eric Christen, executive director of Coalition for Fair Employment in Construction — a statewide organization formed to oppose these contracts, also known as PLAs.
Such agreements pre-determine some terms with unions before any individual projects go out to bid.
Union advocates hail them for benefits like keeping hiring local, but opponents call them giveaways to labor because they could control hiring.
"I believe they're inefficient, unfair and create an un-competitive environment," Huntington Beach Mayor Pro Tem Matthew Harper told the board.
Christen threatened a campaign of mailers and media against trustees and any agreement.
"Unfortunately you got yourselves into this situation, and now you're going to understand exactly how controversial it is," he said.
But there is no project labor agreement being drafted or negotiated, district spokeswoman Martha Parham said.
A board agenda included a sample agreement, but it was only an example provided by advocates, she said.
A task force looking at the idea hasn't made much movement with it, board members say.
Fountain Valley representative Jerry Patterson placed the item on the agenda at a January special meeting, but other trustees promptly pushed it to a later date, according to board documents.
On Feb. 6, the board voted unanimously to appoint a task force to "explore developing" such an agreement.
But by committee members' own reports, that's where the process halted.
The task force had its first meeting this week and ended in a "total standoff," Patterson said.
Other task force members contended that any desired effects from an overarching agreement could be placed into bids requests for individual projects, he said.
Patterson, however, was eager to decide what the task force wanted in an agreement and appoint negotiators to approach local construction unions.
"To me, the way it's being approached by the task force, you're never going to get there. The only report you're going to get is, 'We don't need one,'" he said.
Fellow board and task-force member David Grant was content with that outcome.
"I thought we took your motion to heart and explored whether or not this is even a good idea to proceed with any negotiation or not — not to get into negotiation," he told Patterson.
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In other news, the Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production calls for urgent and major reform of confined animal operations.
"One of the most serious unintended consequences of industrial food animal production is the growing public health threat of these types of facilities," the report said. "There is increasing urgency to chart a new course" in agriculture, which has been shifting over the last 50 years from family farms to large livestock meat producers."

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text: On Sat, 22 Feb 2003, Dale Harris wrote: > So maybe I better short term solution would just be to go with terminal > servers or serial concentrators. I guess that is what I'm hearing. I'd > rather stick to a more open, less proprietary, solution for my cluster. [[ I hope you mean to imply that serial concentrators are the proprietary solution. ]] Today you shouldn't rely on an IPMI 1.5 implementation picked at random to perform reliable serial-over-LAN. Going further, I would advise against using any IPMI network commands while the host OS is running. Instead you should communicate with the host OS, and use it to performan the IPMI commands using the KCS or MCS interface. If the host OS isn't running, then using standard IPMI features is reliable (*). Serial-over-LAN has a good chance of work well enough for BIOS setup and observing the boot failure. If the host OS should be running but is not responding to network traffic, then it's safe to reset the machine or shut down the power using IPMI. (You don't care if you lose timer ticks or drop packets.) (*) "Reliable" here means "will work in real life" as opposed to "reliable, confirmed transaction". -- Donald Becker becker at scyld.com Scyld Computing Corporation http://www.scyld.com 410 Severn Ave. Suite 210 Scyld Beowulf cluster system Annapolis MD 21403 410-990-9993


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You can't talk about old school TT racing without mentioning the name Joey Dunlop. The outright record-holder for the most TT race wins at the Isle of Man TT, Joey Dunlop is an absolute icon at the Manx island, and road racing in general. He is quite simply the King of the Mountain.
So to help celebrate this year's Classic TT, Arai will produce 300 units of its RX7-GP helmet in Joey Dunlop's livery from 1985. Arai is calling the helmet the most authentic limited edition Joey Dunlop replica helmet ever produced, and it's using the actual design and sponsors from 1985 season. Additionally, Linda Dunlop, Joey's widow, will be signing each of the 300 exclusive helmets being produced.


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Setting The Facts Straight by guest speaker "Ktown"
This post is from guest writer Ktown. We're shutting the blog down soon, but he wanted to squeak one post in before doing so…
Setting the Facts Straight
I was recently pointed in the direction of a Flames blogger who wrote about the state of their team. That in itself is likely a misleading statement, as the author wrote primarily about the state of the Oilers, under the theme of "We don't suck as bad as them". This opened up a lively debate with a friend of mine (as avid a Flamer as I am an Oiler). Throughout our banter, I heard more of the same "facts" spewed back at me, attempting to demonstrate the Oilers' futility in the last few (several) years.
Now, before we get too far, I want to state clearly – this is not a defense of the Oilers, nor an attempt to say "they don't suck that bad". The levels of suckage, futility, insanity and pure, abject failure within the organization are beyond debate. What I am submitting now is more of a simple supplication to other fan bases (and even our own) to at least get some facts straight before engaging in any spirited debate.
Facts are important in any "informed" discussion, and so the level to which facts are misstated, misquoted, Continue reading 'Setting The Facts Straight by guest speaker "Ktown"'»


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The Walt Disney Co. says it plans to launch a free, broadcast version of its popular Disney Channel in Russia next year, enabling the entertainment giant to deliver its family programming to about 40 million households in the increasingly important market.
Disney will acquire a 49% stake in the Seven TV network, enabling it to air Disney Channel programming on broadcast stations in 54 urban markets, including Moscow and St. Petersburg, as well as in rural areas.
"International expansion is a key strategic priority for our company and Disney Channel has proven to be invaluable in building the Disney brand around the world," Disney Chief Executive Robert Iger said Thursday in a statement.
Disney has been active in Russia since 2006, when the studio formed a joint venture with Sony Pictures Releasing International to distribute films in Russia. In 2008, the company announced a joint venture with Media-One Holdings to start a Russian version of the Disney Channel on 30 stations throughout the country, bringing "Hannah Montana" and "Wizards of Waverly Place" -- dubbed in Russian -- to the market.
-- Dawn C. Chmielewski
Photo: Disney Channel's Phineas and Ferb animated series, from the "Wizard of Odd" episode. Credit: Disney


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The NetBSD release comes ready to roll with a host of advanced networking capabilities. However, an administrator may wish to use additional or alternative software. This section looks at other software that can run on NetBSD the administrator may find of interest.
The portsentry utility is a great tool. In a nutshell, portsentry watches your system for scans and connection attempts and then will take action to block a possible attacker. The main weakness portsentry has is that it takes one connection attempt for portsentry to determine that the host attempting to connect is hostile, so, if the first attempt is successful, you are still out of luck.
Portsentry can be retrieved and installed using the pkgsrc system:
cd /usr/pkgsrc/security/portsentry make && make install
On NetBSD, portsentry is configured in
In the configuration file there are three sets of ports shown, of these, one for tcp and one for udp must be selected by uncommenting the line, the default is to use the "middle" sets, they should look something like this:
# Un-comment these if you are really anal: TCP_PORTS="1,7,9,11,15,70,79,80,109,110,111,119,138,139,143,512,513,514,515,540, 635,1080,1524,2000,2001,4000,4001,5742,6000,6001,6667,12345,12346,20034,30303,32 771,32772,32773,32774,31337,40421,40425,49724,54320" #UDP_PORTS="1,7,9,66,67,68,69,111,137,138,161,162,474,513,517,518,635,640,641,66 6,700,2049,32770,32771,32772,32773,32774,31337,54321" # # Use these if you just want to be aware: #TCP_PORTS="1,11,15,79,111,119,143,540,635,1080,1524,2000,5742,6667,12345,12346, 20034,31337,32771,32772,32773,32774,40421,49724,54320" UDP_PORTS="1,7,9,69,161,162,513,635,640,641,700,32770,32771,32772,32773,32774,31 337,54321" # # Use these for just bare-bones #TCP_PORTS="1,11,15,110,111,143,540,635,1080,524,2000,12345,12346,20034,32771,32 772,32773,32774,49724,54320" #UDP_PORTS="1,7,9,69,161,162,513,640,700,32770,32771,32772,32773,32774,31337,543 21"
The number of ports portsentry should monitor in advanced mode, all of the ports below the listed number(s) are monitored this way:
Additionally in this section portsentry can be told certain items to exclude (such as loud NetBIOS services):
# Default TCP ident and NetBIOS service ADVANCED_EXCLUDE_TCP="113,139" # Default UDP route (RIP), NetBIOS, bootp broadcasts. ADVANCED_EXCLUDE_UDP="520,138,137,67"
Where files live, on NetBSD this is under
# Hosts to ignore IGNORE_FILE="/usr/pkg/etc/portsentry.ignore" # Hosts that have been denied (running history) HISTORY_FILE="/usr/pkg/etc/portsentry.history" # Hosts that have been denied this session only (temporary until next restart) BLOCKED_FILE="/usr/pkg/etc/portsentry.blocked"
This section is pretty straightforward just as it says in the file:
# 0 = Do not block UDP/TCP scans. # 1 = Block UDP/TCP scans. # 2 = Run external command only (KILL_RUN_CMD) BLOCK_UDP="1" BLOCK_TCP="1"
This is the kill route option, the one used for NetBSD is already uncommented:
# Generic BSD (BSDI, OpenBSD, NetBSD, FreeBSD) KILL_ROUTE="/sbin/route add $TARGET$ 333.444.555.666"
It should be noted that some can actually modify firewall tables, for example, the FreeBSD packetfilter option:
# For those of you running FreeBSD (and compatible) you can # use their built in firewalling as well. # #KILL_ROUTE="/sbin/ipfw add 1 deny all from $TARGET$:255.255.255.255 to any"
If another type of firewall is being used on your system, it may be possible to add in something like this to your portsentry configuration.
This section is the text that gets put into
Here, any external command (or script etc.) may be called.
#KILL_RUN_CMD="/some/path/here/script $TARGET$ $PORT$"
As an example, altering the firewall could be here as well.
This is the number of port connects that portsentry allows before an alarm goes up, the default is 0, 1 is usually pretty safe as well (to keep down the false alarms).
This is a message that can be sent back to the person who
tripped portsentry, unless they are using a very verbose tool it
usually ends up in a logfile on their system (on NetBSD it ends up in
The nmap utility is a portscanner. It can scan one host, a network or combinations therein. It is currently in the pkgsrc tree.
Use pkgsrc:
# cd /usr/pkgsrc/net/nmap # make && make install
The nmap utility has a lot of options, we will look at three examples:
scanning one host
scanning several hosts
scanning a NetBSD firewall
For this example we will use a pretty insecure system on an internal network:
% nmap -P0 172.16.14.12
Starting nmap V. 2.53 by email@example.com ( www.insecure.org/nmap/ )
Interesting ports on marie.ipsosasi.net (172.16.14.12):
(The 1504 ports scanned but not shown below are in state: closed)
Port State Service
7/tcp open echo
9/tcp open discard
13/tcp open daytime
19/tcp open chargen
21/tcp open ftp
23/tcp open telnet
37/tcp open time
111/tcp open sunrpc
. . .
Now lets look at a whole bunch of machines!
% nmap -P0 172.16.14.0/24 >nmap.out
Whenever it is either done (which could be awhile) or interrupted/stopped take a peek at the file where all of the information was dumped, following is a sample from the network I scanned:
Starting nmap V. 2.53 by email@example.com ( www.insecure.org/nmap/ ) All 1523 scanned ports on (172.16.14.0) are: closed Interesting ports on somename.blah.net (172.16.14.1): (The 1521 ports scanned but not shown below are in state: filtered) Port State Service 23/tcp open telnet 68/tcp closed bootpc All 1523 scanned ports on somename.blah.net (172.16.14.2) are: closed Interesting ports on somename.blah.net (172.16.14.3): (The 1520 ports scanned but not shown below are in state: closed) Port State Service 23/tcp open telnet 79/tcp open finger 80/tcp open http Interesting ports on somename.blah.net (172.16.14.4): (The 1513 ports scanned but not shown below are in state: closed) Port State Service 7/tcp open echo 9/tcp open discard 19/tcp open chargen ...
Last but definitely not least, lets nail a firewall:
Starting nmap V. 2.53 by email@example.com ( www.insecure.org/nmap/ ) Interesting ports on (22.214.171.124): (The 1522 ports scanned but not shown below are in state: filtered) Port State Service 22/tcp open ssh Nmap run completed -- 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 772 seconds
Now that is more like it.


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text: 05/15/2013 (10:00PM - 11:00PM) (Wednesday) : CASEY LEARNS THAT OLD HABITS DIE HARD WHEN HE IS LEFT TO DEAL WITH VOIGHT - Events force Lieutenant Casey (Jesse Spencer) to team up with the Intelligence Unit, now run by Voight (guest star Jason Beghe), who doesn't appear to have changed his crooked ways after his stint in prison. Shay's (Lauren German) excitement at the prospect of becoming a parent grows, while Mills (Charlie Barnett) and Dawson (Monica Raymund) face some personal challenges. Meanwhile, the house comes together to support the opening of Molly's. Taylor Kinney, David Eigenberg and Eamonn Walker also star.


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Organic Electronics Part I: Chemical Modulation
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Organic semiconductors (OS) have been in the center of attention in at least two areas: in chemical ,sensors and in molecular electronics. Although the chemistry and physics governing them is the same their performance characteristics are apparently measured on different scales. Electrochemical sensors operate on the principle of controlled change of some electrical parameter, e.g. conductivity, current or voltage, caused by the change of the chemical environment. Specifically, in electrochemical gas sensors the change of conductivity or work function is measured in response to the change of partial pressure of the analyte. On the other hand, in molecular electronic applications the effect of these "environmental" factors are either ignored or generally seen as a nuisance that should be avoided. In solution sensing applications the electrochemical characteristics of OS, such as the kinetics of electron transfer at the OS/electrolyte interface or the ion exchange properties of the CP layer become important. A new platform fabricated from silicon allows simultaneous evaluation of OS as a sensing material in CHEMFET and as a structural material in molecular electronics OFET.
- J. Janata and M. Josowicz, Nature Materials, 2 (1), (2003) 19-24, "Conducting polymers in electronic chemical sensors"
- J.Janata, Phys.Chem.Chem.Phys., 5 (2003) 5155-5158 "Organic Semiconductors in Molecular Electronics"
- F. L'Hereec, Hang Chen, Zhipin Zhou and J. Janata, J.Phys.Chem.B. 108 (2004); 9042-9047 "New Platform for Testing Organic Field-Effect Transistors"
- Hang Chen, Mira Josowicz, Karin Potje-Kamloth and Jiri Janata, Chem. Materials, 16 (2004) 4728-4735, "Chemical Effects in Organic Electronics"
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Researchers should cite this work as follows:
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ANAHEIM — Former TV news anchor Bree Walker was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving in Anaheim, it was reported today.
Walker, 61, of Venice, was pulled over near South Beach Boulevard and West Ball Road about 12:30 a.m. Wednesday on suspicion of running a red light, and officers allegedly smelled alcohol, according to media reports.
Walker was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving and later released on a promise to appear in court. Her vehicle was impounded and a pit bull inside was turned over to animal control officers.
Police said she was unable to produce a driver's license.
Walker, best known in Los Angeles for her stint at CBS2 in the 1980 and '90s, worked as a reporter and anchor in San Diego, L.A. and New York City. She was also a disability activist, having been born with her fingers and toes fused together, a condition kept hidden until she revealed it while at KGTV in San Diego.


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If you click on an item that you have, the item is surrounded by a light green frame and the item is selected.
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Michael Bolton Was Paula Abdul's Babysitter?!? [VIDEO]
'X Factor' judge Paula Abdul dropped a surprising bomb on last night's 'Jimmy Kimmel Live': when she was seven years old, her babysitter was silky-voiced crooner Michael Bolton! Luckily, Kimmel reunited the oddball pair.
Paula also reveals a particularly embarrassing babysitting mishap: she once accidentally sat on a pencil that was sticking up out of the couch and Bolton had to drive her to the hospital.
Watch Paula's strange reunion with Michael Bolton below.


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|Tin / Tin Alloy
|Tin is metal with a low melting point and low hardness. Tin and tin alloys are used in coatings, as alloying additives, in battery electrodes, and as solders.
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|Asbestos is a naturally occurring fibrous silicate mineral that was widely used a filler and reinforcement in materials due to its strength, chemical, insulative ability and thermal stability. Common types of asbestiform minerals include chrysotile, amosite and crocidolite. Chrysotile was the source for 95% of asbestos used industrially. When separated or milled the minerals breakdown in long, threadlike fibers. Asbestos causes lung cancer when the fibers are inhaled. Older pipe or thermal insulation in factories or buildings still contains asbestos, which requires professional abatement or removal.
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|Lead / Lead Paint
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|Tire / Rubber Scrap
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NAMCO BANDAI Games Releases Galaga Legions DX on Windows Phone
The name Galaga brings back childhood memories of assimilating my parent's change from an errand run to our neighborhood grocery store just to waste time playing the arcade game of the same name. Fast-forward to today, NAMCO BANDAI has dusted off the classic game and converted it especially for the Windows Phone platform. Actually, it's more than just dusted off, as the Galaga Legions DX graphics have been upgraded and modernized, and the gameplay is more immersive. Alien swarms can now attack your ship from all directions, but new weapons have been added to counter the alien attacks, including two special satellite guns that are always at the ship's side and can flip between two firing modes with a gesture of the touchscreen.
Even with all the modern tweaks, anybody who can remember the arcade version will immediately recognize the alien formations that players have to blast their way through before the swarms destroy your ship. Galaga Legions DX isn't cheap at $6.99, but if your my age, it's well worth it if only for nostalgic reasons.


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WelcomeĀĀEnterprise Cape Breton Corporation
Enterprise Cape Breton Corporation (ECBC) is a federal Crown corporation created to promote and assist the financing and development of Cape Breton Island and the Mulgrave area.
Festivals and Events Program
Each year, ECBC makes funding available to assist incorporated, non-profit entities organize and host festivals and events. The assistance is targeted at events with the potential to generate new visitation or to better serve visitors to the island, increase lengths of stay and spending, and improve the quality of the visitor experience.
To download the 2014 Festivals and Events application criteria, pleaseĀclick here (PDF, 103kb).
To download a copy of the 2014 Festivals and Events application form, please click here (PDF, 189kb).
Community Centre ProgramĀ
ECBC will work with economic development stakeholders, community leaders, and organizations to identify and develop key infrastructure initiatives that strengthen and enhance the economic foundation of communities so that they are an attractive place to live and invest.
ECBC interest include supporting community centres that have a direct relation with festivals and events.Ā It has been recognized by festivals and event organizers that as the facilities age, the declining physical condition of the infrastructure put the festivals and events at risk.Ā The program is in response to providing matching dollars for upgrades to existing facilities, thereby capitalizing on the capacity, strength and opportunity present in communities across Cape Breton Island. Ā
Please note:Ā There is no deadline.Ā Applications may be received at any time throughout the year.ĀThe review of the application and the approval of funding will be subject to ECBCÆs annual budget restrictions for the community centre program.ĀApplications will be reviewed and evaluated against the program criteria.
Click here for a copy of the Community Centre Program Guidelines and ECBC application for assistance.Ā
June 6, 2014 - Government of Canada Supports Innovative Cape Breton Company Serving the Music Industry
April 23, 2014 -ĀAĀMILLION REASONS TO CELEBRATE AT CAPE BRETON UNIVERSITY
April 22, 2014 - SENATOR MACDONALD VISITS CAPE BRETON UNIVERSITY
April 14, 2014 - GOVERNMENTS OF CANADA AND NOVA SCOTIA SUPPORT RICHMOND COUNTY TOURISM STRATEGY
April 14, 2014 - GOVERNMENT OF CANADA SUPPORTS EXPANSION OF SYDNEY BOARDWALK
April 11, 2014 Ś MINISTER MOORE TO MAKE ANNOUNCEMENT IN SYDNEY
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Schism Tracker is a music editor that aims to match the look
and feel of Impulse Tracker as closely as possible. The player
code is based on Modplug, so it supports a wide variety of
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Maintained by: Erik Hanson
Keywords: impulse,tracker,module,scream
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Dallas fashionista Lauren Scruggs, who is recovering from severe injuries after walking into an airplane propeller last December, was seen outside a gym in her hometown with her new prosthetic eye visible for the first time last week, msnbc.com reports:
Scruggs has returned to blogging on LoLo, her online fashion magazine, and earlier this month tweeted pictures of herself wearing sunglasses, joined by friends and family at a Colorado ski-jumping competition.
The day after Lauren was seen outside the gym, her grateful mother Cheryl took to the family's blog at CaringBridge.org to write about her daughter's healing.
"Physically, she's getting stronger!" Cheryl Scruggs wrote on Friday. "She received a remarkable neurological report last week! We are all working hard through the grief and the ups and downs of something so painful and horrific."
Next, Lauren will be fitted with a prosthetic arm. "We have had some big time belly laughs," noted her mother, adding that there are time when Lauren is "just plain angry and frustrated."
Scruggs lost her left eye and left hand in the accident Dec. 3 after a plane trip to view Christmas lights over McKinney.


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Tuesday, May 10, 2011 - Ivan & Slavomir
Ivan Kufan's Screentest
Ivan Kufan's Screentest with Slavomir Zeleny is a scene that we set up after Ivan asked for some more work. He said that he would like to try out as a bottom, and maybe could be a top as well. So we paired him with Slavomir who always seems to be ready for ...
... more about Ivan Kufan's Screentest further in this newsletter
Our Coming Soon Set Preview
Radek Vysoky and Pavol Zbynek treat us to a really excellent sukat duo. Radek, with his outsized member is a great bottom and Pavol, who is always hard and ready for action is a fabulous top. So this was a pairing that promised us a real good session. It proved to be just that. The scene starts with Radek jacking himself with Pavol, naked and hard, spying on him from the next room, whilst in silhouette. As he stands there Radek eventually sees Pavol who steps into the room and proceeds to feed his hard dick into Radek's mouth. After Radek has had his fill Pavol reciprocates and sucks Radek's engorged member, and then the give us a very good 69. Pavol then proceeds to slip it up Radek's bumper chute and fucks him nice and deep, in three different postions, before dumping his load all over Radek's face. Which is just what Radek needed to get him ready to blow his load too.
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I'm going to have to do a quickie commentary tonight. We did a wonderful Broke Czech Guys shoot this afternoon, and I just go back. I love to do these interviews myself. I asked both guys whether they were str8, gay, or bisexual. The guy who bottomed answered immediately: heterosexual. The other model, a singer, hesitated then answered: bi-sexual. Immediately my radar locked on. So, I said, 'you mean this is not your first gay experience?'
'No, I had one other.'
'What happened?'
'We were camping and my friend and I were sleeping together in a tent. We were both very drunk and we ended up sucking each other.'
'And who was the aggressor, you or your friend?'
'My friend started rubbing on me and pulled out my dick and started to suck it.'
I just love how in these stories there is always a very large amount of alcohol involved. And isn't it a nice coincidence that his friend was the 'aggressor?' The model in question went on to give a great performance. I believe he'll be a great top (always very valuable in my book). In fact I told him: 'You seemed to have learned a lot in that tent that night.'
Beautiful hot weather in Prague. We'll be shooting a Wank Party on Friday. We'll shoot story on the island where the singer will sing some Karel Gott songs accompanied by Maxim on the guitar. Hope the weather holds.
Please write me with your impressions of the new site. If you have problems, let us know about them also and we'll fix them ASAP.
Just a little reminder that the Latest Updates page which appears when you access the site shows the latest sets to come online. However that doesn`t include the castings. For the latest castings to come online you can click CASTINGS at the top of the page.
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Please be aware that the link www.williamhiggins.com takes you to this brand new website now. If you bookmarked our old website in the past and you want to keep the bookmark as a shortest way to access the old WH website you need to change the link in the bookmark to:
You do not need to remember this link, you can conveniently get to the old WH Website - WilliamHiggins.com Archives anytime you need through the "WH 2001-2010" in the top menu of the new WilliamHiggins.com website.
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Shanxi, Wade-Giles romanization Shan-hsi, conventional Shansi, sheng (province) of northern China. Roughly rectangular in shape, Shanxi is bounded by the provinces of Hebei to the east, Henan to the south and southeast, and Shaanxi to the west and by the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region to the north. The name Shanxi ("West of the Mountains"—i.e., west of the Taihang Mountains) testifies to the rugged terrain of the territory. The largest city and provincial capital, Taiyuan, is located in the centre of the province.
Shanxi has always held a strategic position as a gateway to the fertile plains of Hebei and Henan. Since ancient times it has also served as a buffer between China and the Mongolian and Central Asian steppes. A key route for military and trading expeditions, it was one of the major avenues for the entrance of Buddhism into China from India. Today it is important for its vast reserves of coal and iron, which form the basis of heavy industrial development. Area 60,700 square miles (157,100 square km). Pop. (2010) 35,712,111.
Two-thirds of the province is composed of a plateau, part of China's vast Loess Plateau, that lies at elevations between about 3,300 and 5,900 feet (1,000 and 1,800 metres) above sea level. The plateau is bounded by the Mount Wutai massif and Heng Mountains to the north, the Taihang Mountains to the east, and the Lüliang Mountains to the west. The eastern mountains average between 5,000 and 6,000 feet (1,520 and 1,830 metres) in height and reach their maximum elevation at Mount Xiaowutai (9,455 feet [2,882 metres]), located in Hebei province. The highest peak in the west, Mount Guandi, reaches an elevation of 9,288 feet (2,831 metres), while the northern ranges are crowned by Mount Wutai at 10,033 feet (3,058 metres).
The Huang He (Yellow River) flows through a mountain gorge from north to south and forms the western border with Shaanxi province. At Fenglingdu the river turns sharply eastward and forms part of the southern border with Henan province. The southwest corner of the province is part of the highland region that extends from Gansu to Henan provinces and is covered with a layer of loess. The Fen River valley comprises a chain of linked, loess-filled basins that crosses the plateau from northeast to southwest. The largest of the valley's basins is the 100-mile- (160-km-) long Taiyuan Basin. North of Taiyuan are three detached basins, which are areas of cultivation. Farther north the Datong Basin forms a separate feature.
Drainage and soils
In addition to the Huang He, several rivers drain eastward and southeastward, cutting valleys and ravines through the Taihang and Wutai ranges, including the Hutuo and its tributaries. In the west several rivers cut across the Lüliang Mountains and drain into the Huang He; principal among these is the Fen, which flows in a southwesterly direction through two-thirds of the province. The northern mountains are drained chiefly by the Sanggan, which flows northeastward.
In the mountains, several types of light brown and brown forest soils are common, with meadow-steppe varieties found at higher elevations. Alluvial soils in the central and southern portions of the province are formed mainly of calcareous (lime-bearing) brown soils deposited by the Fen River. There are also loess and lime deposits. Natural organic materials are not abundant, and salinity is excessive.
Shanxi has a semiarid climate. The mean annual precipitation (largely as rain) ranges from 16 to 26 inches (400 to 650 mm), the lesser amount in the northwest, increasing to the higher total in the southeast. Between 70 and 80 percent of the annual rainfall occurs between June and September. Temperatures range from a January mean of 19 °F (−7 °C) and a July mean of 75 °F (24 °C) at Taiyuan to a January mean of 3 °F (−16 °C) and a July mean of 72 °F (22 °C) at Datong. Winter droughts are common because the plateau is subject to the full force of the dry northwesterly wind that blows in the winter from the Mongolian Plateau. In summer the southeastern monsoon (a rain-bearing wind) is blocked by the Taihang Mountains. Hailstones are a common natural hazard, as are frequent floods, particularly along the course of the Fen.
Plant and animal life
Vegetation distribution primarily depends on the direction in which the mountain slopes face. The southern slopes are characteristically covered by species such as oaks, pines, buckthorns, and honey locusts, which are more tolerant of drier conditions than are the lindens, hazels, maples, and ash that prevail on the more humid northern slopes. The province has long been cultivated, and such natural vegetation as remains consists mainly of shrubs and grasses.
More than 2,700 plant species, some of them now under state protection, have been identified in Shanxi, and forests cover some one-fifth of the province's total land area. However, few natural forests remain, though there are isolated patches on the north-facing slopes. One large stretch of virgin forest has been found in the Zhongtiao Mountains area in the far southwestern corner of the province near the border with Henan. Efforts at reforestation made throughout Shanxi have included planting trees adjacent to some of the cultivated land and on mountain slopes.
Destruction of the original forest cover in ancient times eliminated most animal species. Among common animals are hares, wild boars, and ring-neck pheasants. In addition, several dozen rare and endangered species survive in the remaining areas of forest cover, including brown eared-pheasants (Crossoptilon mantchuricum), sika deer (Cervus nippon), and red-crowned cranes (Grus japonensis).
Most of the province's people are of Han (Chinese) origin and speak the Northern dialect of the Mandarin language of Chinese. The small minority populations include the Hui (Chinese Muslims), in the Taiyuan-Yuci region, and some Mongols and Manchu around Datong. Most of the populace lives in agricultural villages. The highest rural densities occur in the Taiyuan Basin, in the southeast around Changzhi, and in the Fen River valley.
The two principal urban areas are Taiyuan, the capital and leading industrial and mining complex, and Datong, a mining and rail transport centre. Other manufacturing and transport centres include Yuci, south of Taiyuan; Yangchuan, east of Taiyuan; and Changzhi in the southeast. Smaller cities are Houma and Linfen, both situated in the fertile Fen valley; and Yuncheng, on the salty Yan (Xie) Lake in the southwest.
Because of widespread soil erosion, only about one-third of the province is under cultivation. Extensive soil and water conservation efforts since 1949 have taken the form of terracing, afforestation, digging irrigation canals, diking cultivated plots, soil desalinization, and land reclamation along rivers.
In the extreme north the short growing season (120 days) and long, cold winter limit cultivation to one annual crop of spiked millet, spring wheat, naked oats (oats with no covering on the kernels), potatoes, and sesame. In the rest of the province—except for the mountainous areas—the longer growing season (210 days) permits three crops in two years or two crops in one year. Winter wheat, millet, soybeans, kaoliang (a variety of grain sorghum), corn (maize), and cotton are raised in adequately irrigated areas. Some tobacco and peanuts (groundnuts) as well as some fruits are produced in the central basins and on the Huang He floodplain.
Only a small part of Shanxi's cultivated acreage is devoted to cash crops, such as cotton and sesame, the latter grown both for its oil seeds and for its fibre. Other cash crops include castor beans, rapeseed, and sugar beets.
The relatively low ratio of population to land over much of Shanxi's hilly terrain has traditionally fostered animal husbandry. Sheep are raised for their high wool yields, notably those bred in the northeast near Guangling. Domestic animals include pigs, horses, yellow oxen (for transport), donkeys, and chickens. Dairying has become increasingly important in northern parts of the province.
Resources and power
Shanxi is China's major coal region, producing a large proportion of the country's output. Proven reserves of anthracite and high-grade coking coal have supported the development of heavy industry and thermal generation of electricity. Iron ore is mined from vast deposits in central Shanxi. The largest titanium and vanadium (metallic elements used in alloys such as steel) deposits in China are located near Fenxi. Other mined minerals include aluminium, cobalt, copper, and edible salt. There has been some development of hydroelectric power.
Shanxi's industrial sector is based on its abundant coal resources and is focused on heavy industries concentrated in the Taiyuan-Yuci region. The iron and steel sector produces ingot steel, pig iron, and finished steel products. Heavy machinery, industrial chemicals, and chemical fertilizers are produced, as are cement, paper, textiles, milled flour, and wine. Other mining and iron and steel centres include Yangquan, Changzhi, Datong (which also produces cement and mining machinery), and Linfen. There has also been rapid development since the 1980s in the sectors of electronics, textiles, food processing, and household plastic products. Local traditional products include fen jiu (a sorghum-based liqueur) from Xinghua (Xinghuacun) and a type of aged vinegar from Qingxu.
Shanxi relies heavily on rail lines, both for intraprovince transport and for shipping raw materials, industrial commodities, and foodstuffs outside the province. The longest of these, the Tongpu trunk line, runs from Datong to Fenglingdu, in the southwestern corner of the province. Other trunk lines pass through the province, notably the line from Beijing to Baotou, and additional branchlines connect the main lines with more recently opened industrial and mining sites. Major efforts have been made to relieve the pressure on Shanxi's railways from ever-increasing freight volume and limited coal transport capability. Rail lines have been double-tracked and electrified, and trunk and spur lines have been constructed.
Express highways and long-distance, all-weather roads have been extended, especially in or near major cities and coal mines; many roads serve as feeder routes to the rail lines. The Fen River is navigable for small flat-bottomed boats as far north as Linfen. However, freight traffic on the Fen, as well as on the north-south section of the Huang He, is insignificant. Taiyuan is the hub of air traffic for the province.
Government and society
The chief provincial administrative body from 1967 to 1980 was the Shanxi Provincial Revolutionary Committee. It was replaced in 1980 by the People's Government, which is the administrative arm of the People's Congress. The province is now divided into 11 prefecture-level municipalities (dijishi). At the next lower level there are districts under municipalities (shixiaqu), counties (xian), and county-level municipalities (xianjishi).
The educational and medical institutions that were established in Shanxi, mainly through foreign initiative, between 1898 and 1910 played a minor role in ameliorating the widespread poverty, illiteracy, and substandard health conditions that then prevailed. Shanxi University, founded in Taiyuan by an English missionary in 1902, was one of the first in China to offer Western curricula in liberal arts, law, and medicine. Since 1949 technical schools for agriculture, mining, forestry, and machine technology have been established, as have universities, colleges, senior middle schools, and primary schools. The province now has more than 50 institutions of higher education. The medical colleges and affiliated hospitals in Taiyuan offer treatment and full courses of study in both Western and traditional Chinese medicine.
Public works projects include a centralized water supply system based at Lancun that regulates the flow of the groundwater supply of the Taiyuan Basin, modernized sewerage and waste disposal facilities in the major cities, housing projects, and extensive "green belt" areas that are planted with thousands of trees. A major project completed in the early 21st century diverts water from the Huang He at Wanjiazhai in northwestern Shanxi to Taiyuan and Datong in order to alleviate water shortages in those two cities.
Cultural life
Shanxi's long-standing position as an avenue of communication between the North China Plain, the Mongolian steppes, and Central Asia gave rise to a rich and varied cultural and folkloric tradition. Several distinctive forms of Shanxi opera became popular under the Ming and Qing dynasties. Metalworking has been a specialty of Shanxi craftsmen since the 2nd millennium bce. The province was also famous for the uniquely sculpted decorative tiles and glazed pottery figures used for temple decoration.
Jin Memorial Hall (Jinci), some 15 miles (25 km) southwest of Taiyuan, is Shanxi's best-known temple complex. It was originally built in the 5th century ce, and during subsequent periods it served as a monastery and as the centre for several religious cults. Another major attraction is the Yungang cave complex near Datong. Designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2001, the caves contain some splendid masterpieces of Chinese Buddhist art. Also of note is the ancient city of Pingyao (Ping Yao), in central Shanxi, which was named a World Heritage site in 1997.
Among Shanxi's other popular tourist destinations are Mount Wutai, one of Buddhism's most holy places; Mount Heng, the northernmost of the five holy mountains of China and home to the famous suspended temple complex on its steep cliffs; and the Hukou Falls on the Huang He, in southwestern Shanxi on the border with Shaanxi.
Pollen analyses from western and southern Shanxi reveal that several cereal plants were grown there as early as the 5th to the 3rd millennium bce. During the Xi (Western) Zhou period (1046–771 bce) the fief of Jin (now a colloquial and literary name for Shanxi) was established in the area of modern Quwo (east of Houma) along the Fen River valley in the southwest.
Under the Han dynasty (206 bce–220 ce) Shanxi assumed what was to become its traditional role as a buffer state between the pastoral nomads to the north and west and the sedentary Chinese farmers to the south and east. A predilection for political autonomy was paralleled by a commercial aggressiveness that led to the rise in the 18th and 19th centuries of a class of Shanxi bankers and merchants famous throughout China.
From the end of the Han dynasty until the reunification of the empire under the Sui dynasty in 581, Shanxi came under the dominance of several short-lived dynasties, most prominent of which was the Wei dynasty (386–534/535) of the Northern Dynasties (Beichao). Buddhism prospered for the first time during the Wei period; it was from Shanxi that the Chinese Buddhist monk Faxian began his legendary journey to India. The Buddhist cave sculptures dating from this period and preserved at Yungang today constitute some of China's most precious art treasures.
From the 7th century until the end of the 14th century, control over the area shifted back and forth among local military leaders, invading Turkic and Mongol forces, and representatives of the Chinese dynasty in power. Some stability was restored during the Ming dynasty (1368–1644). Businessmen from the province came to control much of the salt trade and banking services in China during that time.
Antiforeign feeling ran high during the latter years of the Qing (Manchu) dynasty (1644–1911/12), despite the fact that there was relatively little foreign influence in the province. A few manufacturing establishments were set up in Taiyuan in 1898, and a French- and Chinese-financed railway between Taiyuan and Shijiazhuang in western Hebei was built from 1904 to 1907. In 1900 antiforeign feeling took a violent form when an English mission church in Taiyuan was burned by the Yihetuan (a secret society that came to be known as the "Boxers"), and foreigners and Chinese Christian converts were killed. This led to the outbreak of what became known as the Boxer Rebellion, which eventually spread to Beijing.
After the overthrow of the Qing dynasty in 1911/12, the Shanxi warlord Yan Xishan (1883–1960) ruled as an absolute dictator until the end of the Sino-Japanese War (1937–45). Yan was instrumental in establishing the nucleus of a heavy industrial base and in opening the southern section of the Tongpu railway in 1935.
During the war the Japanese developed coal resources in the Taiyuan Basin and expanded heavy industry. They were, however, continually harassed by communist guerrillas who operated from mountain bases. The agricultural and handicrafts cooperatives established at these bases were instrumental in facilitating economic and social recovery after communist forces assumed control of Shanxi in 1949.Baruch Boxer The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
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