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More than 100,000 space heaters that can overheat and cause fires are among this week's recalled consumer products. Others include crossbows that can fire unexpectedly and children's pajamas that fail to meet anti-flammability standards.
More than 100,000 space heaters that can overheat and cause fires are among this week's recalled consumer products. Others include crossbows that can fire unexpectedly and children's pajamas that fail to meet anti-flammability standards.
Here's a more detailed look:
DETAILS: Holmes oscillating ceramic heaters sold in black, purple, red, blue and white. The rectangular heaters included in the recall have model number HCH1823M printed on a label on the bottom of the product. The "Holmes" logo is on the bottom front of the unit and two knobs controlling the fan and the thermostat are on the top. The heater adjusts between a high and low heat setting and a fan only setting. They were sold from August 2013 to March 2014.
WHY: The ceramic heaters can overheat, posing a fire hazard to consumers.
INCIDENTS: 132 reports of units that unexpectedly stopped working and/or overheating, resulting in one report of smoke inhalation and ten reports of property damage involving burned flooring.
HOW MANY: About 151,600.
FOR MORE: Call Sunbeam Products at 800-834-0056 or visit www.holmesproducts.com and click on "Ceramic Heater Recall" for more information.
DETAILS: Precision Shooting Equipment's TAC Elite, TAC Ordnance and Enigma crossbows. TAC Elite crossbows with serial numbers 2097056 through 2134901 are being recalled and TAC Ordnance Crossbow with serial numbers 2121938 through 2133384 being recalled. All Enigma crossbows are being recalled. Serial numbers for the TAC Elite and TAC Ordnance are engraved directly above the hand grip. The crossbows were all sold from June 2013 through November 2013.
WHY: The crossbow can fire an arrow without the trigger being pulled, posing an injury hazard to the user and to bystanders.
INCIDENTS: None reported.
HOW MANY: About 2,800.
FOR MORE: Call Precision Shooting Equipment at 800-477-7789 or visit www.pse-archery.com, then select Support and click on "PSE 2013 TAC & Enigma Recall Information" for more information.
DETAILS: Empress Arts 100 percent cotton children's two-piece pajamas sets, sold in boys and girls sizes 12 months to toddler size 4. The pajama sets were sold in four styles: Blue Dot, Blue Stripe, Pink Dot and Pink Floral. "Empress Arts" is on a label at the back of the neck of the tops and the center back of the waist on the bottoms which have an elastic waistband and drawstring. They were sold from December 2012 to April 2014.
WHY: The pajamas fail to meet federal flammability standards for children's sleepwear, posing a risk of burn injuries to children.
INCIDENTS: None reported.
HOW MANY: About 1,400.
FOR MORE: Call Empress Arts at 844-295-8181 or visit www.empressarts.com then click on "Product Recall" for more information.
DETAILS: Quantum ELM and ELM2 two-light emergency fixture. ELM or ELM2 appears on the label inside the fixture's plastic housing above the battery. The recalled units have circuit boards that are green on both sides and either Rev B or Rev C printed in the top left corner. Emergency lights with circuit boards that are beige on one side and ELM2 LED, ELM2 SD and ELM2 WRS fixtures are not included in the recall. They were sold from March 2010 through February 2014.
WHY: The circuit board can overheat and cause the fixture to melt, catch fire and ignite nearby items, posing fire and burn hazards to consumers.
INCIDENTS: 29 reports of circuit boards overheating and fixtures melting or catching fire, with one incident resulting in more than $100,000 of property damage to an office building. No injuries have been reported.
HOW MANY: About 1.7 million.
FOR MORE: Call Lithonia Lighting at 888-615-4501 or visit www.lithonia.com and click on "Quantum ELM/ELM2 Recall Information" on the bottom of the page for more information.
DETAILS: B�b� brand baby food makers made by Hamilton Beach. The baby food maker is a small food processor. It has a white and gray motor base with an orange control knob, a clear plastic, five-cup food bowl and a gray-colored food bowl lid with a built-in food chute. "Hamilton Beach" and "b�b�" are on the front of the motor base. The food maker comes with the following accessories: a chopping and mixing blade, a slicing and shredding disc, a removable motor shaft adapter, a food pusher, a three-cup steaming basket, 10 storage containers and two storage container caddies. They were sold at Buy Buy Baby stores nationwide, through specialty distributor Victor Co. Inc. and online at Buybuybaby.com, Hamiltonbeach.com and Walmart.com from September 2013 through February 2014.
WHY: Use of the slicing/shredding disc with the motor shaft adapter can cause the stainless steel pin in the food bowl lid to loosen and fall into processed food.
INCIDENTS: Four reports of the stainless steel pin in the food bowl lid becoming loose, including three in which the pin fell into processed food. There have been no reports of injuries or property damage.
HOW MANY: About 790 in the U.S. and about 3,100 in Canada.
FOR MORE: Call Hamilton Beach at 800-672-5872 or visit www.hamiltonbeach.com and click on Recall Info at the bottom of the page for more information.
DETAILS: Trident Series 2 Ultraviolet Sanitation Systems for pools. "Trident Ultraviolet Corporation," ''Series 2" and "UV Ultraviolet Sanitation System" are printed on a black label on the front of the units. "Trident Series 2 Ultraviolet Water Treatment System" and a series of letters for the date code are printed on a silver sticker on the units. Go to www.uvrecall.org to determine if the date code is included in the recall. They were sold at pool companies nationwide from February 2009 through September 2013.
WHY: Electrical arcing can cause the units to catch fire, posing a fire hazard.
INCIDENTS: 38 reports of the sanitation systems melting and or catching fire, one burn injury to a consumer's hand and about $23,000 in property damage reported.
HOW MANY: About 3,660.
FOR MORE: Call Trident at 855-522-8200 or visit www.uvrecall.org or email firstname.lastname@example.com.


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A - Adjustment button for clock
B - Clock
C - Outside temperature display
The clock is blanked out approximately four minutes after the ignition is switched off or when the car is locked.
Setting the time
Reaching Through Steering Wheel Spokes
You may lose control of the vehicle.
Setting hours
Setting minutes
Leaving adjustment mode
Automatically after one minute or:
When adjustment mode is deliberately left by pressing the button, the time begins precisely to the second.
The time mode can be changed between 12h and 24h in the on-board computer.
Outside Temperature
The outside temperature display C does not indicate, if ice is on the road.
Even if a temperature above 32 °F (0 °C) is displayed, ice may still form on the road, for instance on bridges or when the road passes through a heavily shaded area.
If the battery voltage drops abruptly, a warning message will be displayed by the on-board computer.
If the warning is displayed by the on-board computer while the engine is running or while driving:
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– Defect in the battery charging system.
– Broken drive belt.
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Retransportation: researching convicts sentenced to secondary penal settlements
Colonial criminals were often sentenced to secondary penal settlements such as Newcastle, Port Macquarie, Moreton Bay, Norfolk Island and Cockatoo Island. Among them were the bank robbers Carol Baxter wrote about in Breaking the Bank and the bushranger Captain Thunderbolt and his accomplices. This seminar provides information about these penal settlements and their surviving records, using the bank robbers and bushrangers as examples.
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The Faculty History Project documents faculty members who have been associated with the University of Michigan since 1837, and the history of the University's schools and colleges. This project is part of a larger effort to prepare resources for the University's bicentennial in 2017. Find out more.
Merle Lawrence
Merle Lawrence
|Years at Michigan:
1952 - 1984
| Psychology |
Professor of Psychology
Professor of Otolaryngology
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Colombian singer Shakira visited Phoenix on Thursday, meeting with the city's police chief and mayor over concerns that a sweeping new state law cracking down on illegal immigration will lead to racial profiling.
The Grammy winner said she wanted to learn more about how the law will be implemented if it goes into effect this summer and to meet with Phoenix's Latino community.
"I heard about it on the news and I thought, 'Wow,'" Shakira told The Associated Press after meeting with city officials. "It is unjust and it's inhuman, and it violates the civil and human rights of the Latino community ... It goes against all human dignity, against the principles of most Americans I know."
IN PICTURES: The US/Mexico border
The law, signed Friday by Republican Gov. Jan Brewer, is viewed as the toughest on illegal immigration in the nation and has drawn criticism from President Barack Obama, who questioned its legality. The law makes it a state crime to be in the U.S. illegally and directs police to question people about their immigration status if there is reason to suspect they're illegal immigrants.
"I'm not an expert on the Constitution but I know the Constitution exists for a reason," Shakira told reporters after meeting with city officials. "It exists to protect human beings, to protect the rights of people living in a nation with or without documents. We're talking about human beings here."
Shakira also made a stop at the state Capitol in downtown Phoenix, telling a group of a few hundred community members that if the law were in effect, she could be arrested since she didn't bring her driver's license to Arizona.
"I'm here pretty much undocumented," she told the crowd, who screamed her name and took photos of her with cameras and cell phones.
She called on the U.S. Congress to work on immigration reform. "No person should be detained because of the color of their skin," she said.
The new law thrust Arizona into the international spotlight last week, with civil rights leaders and others demanding a boycott of the state, and the Mexican government warning its citizens about an "adverse political atmosphere" in Arizona. At least three Arizona cities are considering lawsuits to block the law, and there are two efforts to put a referendum on Arizona's November ballot to repeal it.
Supporters of the law say it takes the handcuffs off police and is necessary to protect Arizonans, while opponents say it will lead to rampant racial profiling.
Shakira also sought to meet with Brewer during her visit to Phoenix but was told the governor's schedule was booked, said Trevor Nielson, the singer's political and philanthropic adviser.
Shakira is perhaps best known for her nimble dance moves and songs including "Hips Don't Lie" and "She-Wolf," but recently she has become more active in political and social issues.
She visited earthquake-ravaged Haiti earlier this month, expressed her support for Cuban dissident group Ladies in White and has worked as a UNICEF goodwill ambassador. Her Barefoot foundation provides nutrition to more than 6,000 children in Colombia, and she is a member of the ALAS foundation that advocates for children across Latin America.
Last month, the U.N. labor agency gave the singer a medal for her work to help impoverished children.
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Just a road side stall selling porridge with poached chicken, pre-fried noodle, Chang (dumpling) and sited next to a Bak Kut Teh shop called Leng Kee (a corner tyre shop next to it).
|Simple fried noodle de economical style
|Poached chicken (half bird) was tender, juicy and delicious. No wonder business is so good.
|Minced meat balls porridge - yummy and hot, eat slowly and not to burn your tongue. Unfortunately you can not see the meat balls they are all submerged in this bowl.
I guess it must be also the soy sauce that made it so yummy. We will come back again.
|Killing two birds with a stone, we ordered a supplement bowl of mixed Bak Kut Teh from Leng Kee Bak Kut Teh shop. My boys love meat.
Porridge & Poached Chicken
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YORK, Pa. – Tim Hartung (Mohnton, Pa. / Governor Mifflin) and Jess Miller (Dauphin, Pa. / Bishop McDevitt) earned their bids to NCAA Cross Country National Championships on Sunday. Both athletes will look to make history on November 23 in Hanover, Indiana.
Hartung will enter the NCAA's coming off an impressive NCAA regional race where he broke the 25 minute barrier. Hartung took 7th overall at the Mideast Regionals, and will now be able to compete in his third Nationals race. As a junior, Tim was able to take place as the 7th fastest male in Division III and earn his status as an All-American last year (full story here).
Coach LoBianco on his excitement for Tim to reach the national stage once again, "I am excited for Tim to get back to the national stage in Cross Country. After a 7th place finish last year we have high hopes for Tim this year. He recorded his fastest time in the regular season before nationals at regionals Saturday, so he is on the right track to do big things at nationals."
Tim will look to build off his experience on the national stage and make a memorable finish to his York cross country career. As a senior, 2012 All-American, and a three time NCAA qualifier, his experience will help him tackle his biggest challengers and achieve his highest goals.
Miller will enter the NCAA's coming off her own impressive NCAA regional race with an 18th place finish. Miller finished with a time of 22:01 at the Mideast Regionals, which will set her up for her first Nationals race. Miller will be the first woman to place at the national meet in York College history.
Coach LoBianco on the history setting Miller, "Our plan all year was for Jess to focus on regionals and be All-Region with a shot of going to nationals. She set a 14 second PR Saturday and put herself in contention to be in the top 7 individuals. I am excited that as a junior she is stepping onto the national stage in Cross Country and look for a solid race and necessary experience at nationals this year."
Jess will look to enter the meet with a strong attitude, but a relaxed demeanor. Miller will look to continue to carry the flag for the women's program that is quickly becoming a dominant force in the conference and beyond.
The NCAA Cross Country Championships will be held on Saturday, November 23, 2013 in Hanover, Indiana. Full details on the meet can be found here.


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What Buyers Need to Know About HOAsWhen searching for a home, you may end up selecting a property in a community with a Homeowners Association (HOA). Before you buy, it's important to know how
This Summers Reading List
Dated: 01/23/2019
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There is no better time than summer to soak in a good read. Whether you're sitting in the sun at the beach or wanting to relax after a long day of work, our picks for this summer's reading will be your go-to's for a literary escape.
Adult Reads:
1) Astrophysics For People In A Hurry by Neil DeGrasse Tyson
Tyson breaks down astrophysics in an approachable and enjoyable manner. Topics include the cosmos, quantum mechanics, and black holes.
Release Date: 5/2/2017
2) The Potlikker Papers: A Food History of the Modern South by John T. Edge
Edge chronicles the importance of Southern culture and food from the 1950's to 2015. Politics, Southern cuisine, the civil rights movement, and gentrification are discussed.
Release Date: 5/16/2017
3) Of Mess and Moxie: Wrangling Delight Out Of This Wild and Glorious Life by Jen Hatmaker
Of Mess and Moxie details the struggles that all women face. It is filled with hilarious life tales such as driving to the wrong town for a school field trip, along with the tragedies, missteps, and mishaps we all will endure in life providing comedic relief all the way.
Release Date: 8/8/2017
4) Sunshine State by Sarah Gerard
Sunshine State is a collection of essays from Gerard that cover her time in Florida. They examine everything from friendships to her parents to a bird sanctuary and has received rave reviews.
Release Date: 4/11/2017
5) Camino Island by John Grisham
This mystery novel features a gang of thieves and their mission to steal literary treasures from Princeton University. Camino Island will be Grisham's 30th book.
Release Date: 6/6/2017
6) Secrets In Summer by Nancy Thayer
Thayer's novel has been called "The Queen of beach books" by The Star-Ledger. It is about Darcy Cotterill's experiences on the Nantucket shore one summer featuring scandal, family, and romance.
Release Date: 5/16/2017
7) Beartown by Fredrick Backman
Beartown is set in a small forest town which is failing. Hopes that the towns junior ice hockey team will win a national semi-final is all that keeps Beartown going. However, a violent crime is witnessed by a young female and the accusations that ensue afterward create intense drama for the team players and the town's residents.
Release Date: 4/25/2017
8) Do Not Become Alarmed by Maile Meloy
Meloy's tale is about a perfect family vacation gone wrong. It all starts out well with a picture perfect cruise but after the children go missing while on land, it evolves into a story of guilt, placing blame, and intense fear while attempting to find their lost loved ones. This nightmare of a trip will have you on the edge of your seat!
Release Date: 6/6/2017
9) Al Franken, Giant Of The Senate by Al Franken
Franken's personal memoir covers his experience evolving from a satirist to a senator. He details his campaign, new career, and more and with a comedic standpoint on it all. Although just released, the book has already sold one million copies.
Release Date: 5/30/2017
10) Priestdaddy: A Memoir by Patricia Lockwood
Priestdaddy: A Memoir features Lockwood's Catholic upbringing with her untraditional priest Father and her return to living in her parent's rectory with her husband after a crisis. It ranges from silly to deeply serious recanting her old memories at the rectory and details the collision of their different ways of life.
Release Date: 5/2/2017
Family Reads:
1) Grand Canyon by Jason Chin
Chin's children's book geared towards ages 7 to 12, gives the reader the geological history of one of the world's greatest natural wonders through the hike of a father and daughter. The amazing illustrations along with the accessibility for children to understand the science and history behind the Grand Canyon make this a wonderful fun learning tool.
Release Date: 2/21/2017
2) We Found A Hat by Jon Klassen
We Found A Hat is the third in Klassen's hat series. It aims to teach the importance of justice, hilarity, and sympathy. This picture book is great for children ages 4 to 8.
Release Date: 10/11/2016
3) Out of Wonder, Poems Celebrating Poets by Kwame Alexander, Chris Colderley, and Marjory Wentworth
The poetry and mixed media illustrations in Out of Wonder provide inspiration for young writers. The three authors pay homage to 20 different famous poets by writing poems that emulate their styles. These greats include Pablo Neruda, Robert Frost, Maya Angelou, e.e. Cummings, and Emily Dickenson to name a few. This is an excellent read for the family, independently, or in a classroom setting.
Release Date: 3/14/2017
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – In the first meeting between both programs the MIT men's lacrosse team outscored Lyndon State College, 9-2, in the first quarter en route to a 20-8 victory on Saturday afternoon. Freshman Michael Traub (Aliso Viejo, Calif.) amassed a game-high nine points on two goals and seven assists for the Engineers (6-6), as his assist total equaled the Institute mark set by Ryan Ballentine '09 in 2008. Sophomore Adam Peeler (Worcester, Mass.) paced the Hornets (1-12) with two goals and two assists.
Traub was a factor in three of MIT's first four goals as he earned assists on strikes by sophomore Luke Verdi (Middletown, Md.) and freshman Henry Merrow (Hopkinton, N.H.) before finding the back of the net at the 10:45 mark. Freshman Harris Stolzenberg (Weston, Fla.), who set up Traub for the goal, also had an unassisted marker during the opening run. Sophomore Billy Bazyk (Manchester, Vt.) ended the shutout for Lyndon State but the Engineers responded with two goals from Stolzenberg and another by Traub, increasing the advantage to 7-1 with 5:51 left in the first quarter. Like their previous goal, the Hornets generated a transition marker courtesy of a blast by freshman Dominic DiTommaso (Ashby, Mass.). MIT then closed the frame with goals by senior Britt Cyr (Cincinnati, Ohio) and sophomore Paul Orrson (Baltimore, Md.) to take a commanding 9-2 lead.
The Cardinal and Gray produced three goals during the first 2:23 that was later matched by Lyndon State. Traub set up sophomores Chris McPherson (Gaithersburg, Md.) and Joseph Sullivan (Atlanta, Ga.) while freshman Henry Aspegren (Ann Arbor, Mich.) redirected a feed from classmate Dominic Hansford (Darien, Conn.). In the Hornets' three-goal spurt, freshman Justin Mosher (Salem, N.H.) earned assists on strikes by junior Richard Aberle, Jr. (Essex, N.Y.) and Bazyk that sandwiched a marker by sophomore Robert Crupi (Scituate, Mass.). MIT ended its nine-minute scoring drought when Sullivan converted a feed from Aspegren, increasing the margin to 13-5, with 3:30 remaining before halftime.
The hosts generated three goals during the first half of the third quarter as two came from Stolzenberg, including a man-down blast, while sophomore Jonah Hessels (Laytonsville, Md.) connected on a feed from Traub. After being held scoreless for most of the period, Lyndon State broke through at the 3:40 mark courtesy of Aberle as Peeler followed with a solo effort just over two minutes later. With time winding down, Merrow found Verdi for the score with 22 ticks left, upping the lead to 17-7.
MIT carried the momentum in the final frame as senior William Dominas (Rochester, N.Y.) set up freshman Cody Jacobucci (Woodstown, N.J.) after 2:41 elapsed. A defensive battle ensued until the Stolzenberg-Traub connection returned at the 5:23 mark. Exactly a minute later, Merrow tacked on an unassisted marker to wrap up the scoring for the Engineers. The Hornets' lone goal of the quarter was a man-up strike by Peeler with 2:43 remaining in regulation.
Stolzenberg finished with six goals and two assists while Merrow posted two goals, two assists, eight groundballs, and two caused turnovers. Orrson and Aspegren both notched one goal and one assist as Traub and Dominas added five groundballs apiece. Cyr won 13 of his 14 faceoffs and collected 10 groundballs while Jacobucci was 9-of-11 in faceoffs and scooped up five groundballs. Sophomore Max Malinowski (Boise, Idaho) rounded out the face-off corps with a 4-of-6 performance and three groundballs. In net, sophomore Eric Bartell (San Diego, Calif.) made five saves in the first three quarters as senior Sidhanth Rao (New Delhi, India) turned away three shots during the final 15 minutes.
Bazyk recorded two goals, one assist, and three groundballs while DiTommaso had one goal and one assist for the visitors. Sophomore Jonathan Kimball (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) led the way with five groundballs, followed by four from Mosher and three from freshman Colin Young (South Royalton, Vt.). In the first half, freshman Marcus Bessette (Pembroke, N.H.) tallied nine saves while classmate Shane Morin (Salem, N.H.) closed out the game with 14 saves and three groundballs.
Both squads return to conference play on Wednesday, April 16. MIT will visit NEWMAC foe Emerson College while Lyndon State will host NAC rival Johnson State College.


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My guy loves to give me oral sex, and I love it too. But I'm always a little self-conscious about how I taste down there. He doesn't seem to have a problem with it, but I was wondering if what I eat could affect the flavor?
It's widely believed that what you ingest can affect the smell and taste of your vaginal secretions. However, there's no surefire recipe to guarantee that you'll always taste scrumptious, because there's no scientific research on the subject — only anecdotal evidence. Plus, it depends on how your individual body chemistry reacts with what you eat.
Since your boyfriend loves pleasuring you, I'll bet he already digs your signature aroma and flavor. But, if you want to play it safe, stick to a diet with lots of vegetables, fruit, and whole grains, and try to avoid foods that affect your breath and body odor — such as garlic, asparagus, spices (like curry), and excess amounts of dairy and animal products — because they could have a similar effect on your secretions.


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Playing Bach pieces with Robin Andrews of #buzz for our upcoming gigs (16th February and 3rd March). Some of his pieces work surprisingly well on the gurdy, against a drone!
Playing Bach pieces with Robin Andrews of #buzz for our upcoming gigs (16th February and 3rd March). Some of his pieces work surprisingly well on the gurdy, against a drone!
superfeedr self-hosted comments accepted via Pingback :)
I tend to prefer to let users inject buttons/UI for the services they use rather than force buttons upon them (e.g. using Indieweb Reply as per Web Actions), but looks like #subToMe already does a good job of that so I might add one
superfeedr yeah, there's a weird bug where logging in only works the second time round — I haven't fixed it yet as I rarely have to log in! At the mo there is little benefit to others logging in but I may add private content/collaborative features in the future. Crowd-sourced typo fixing FTW ;)
Brennan Novak great to see you auto–POSSEing! And pleased that you found the truncenator useful. Also check out the stuff in BarnabyWaltersPosse, there's a more up to date version of the truncenator as well as some other syndication helpers.
@aral that would certainly be more consistent with the naming schemes @aaronpk, Tantek Çelik and myself are using, which we borrowed from the activitystrea.ms schema.
It's great that you're self–hosting shorter units of content as well as longer articles now! Maybe tweets next? ;)
Great to see superfeedr using web action delegate patterns for subtome.com! #indieweb #webactions
I'm wondering where aral's notes and scribbles fit into the infamous "notes vs articles" debate…? See also Semantics of Article-Note Distinction
My Gurdy Sheet Music listing is a bit old and tired in implementation and purpose as well as design. Currently re-building it as a much more flexible system with a much wider scope — I'll be hosting my own tunes, and tunes I've transcribed as well as the trad. material which I've already got. #gurdy #indieweb
Hey Christopher,
I have some questions.
Firstly, who are you? Have you worked on any social-web related projects before? Do you own your identity on the web (i.e. have a personal URL)? Do you post content under your own domain? Do you actively encrypt many of your communications?
If not, with what authority/experience/motive are you proposing a "standardized standard" for social data? If you have not put effort into building and using your identity on the web, why should any of us who have care about your proposal, as it is unlikely to be relevant to the actual problems faced by people trying to implement this stuff?
Secondly, why is your wiki username socml? Making your username the name of the thing you're proposing strikes me as odd, if not slightly arrogant.
Thirdly, have you heard of activitystrea.ms? Judging by your admission that you
"have not searched the web
URLs don't just give addressability, they give accountability. When there's a URL, someone is responsible for it. When a thing (concept, object, document, proposal, idea, etc.) has a URL, it can be discussed, supported, contested, referenced and documented.
URLs are valuable things. We must treat them with respect.
Application of #geo notes or similar: reminding people to contact people in areas they don't go to often. Potential flow:
Learning new trompette patterns with Gregory Jolivet, and decided to try to evolve a micro syntax for representing them in notes, so I can add some SVG or Audio-API magic afterwards.
1 4 1 3 1 4 1 3 1234 1234 1234 1 3
And a variation:
12 4 1 3 12 4 1 3 1234 1234 1234 1
Glenn Jones I can highly recommend kangoextensions.com as an open source framework for cross-browser extensions. I'm using it for indieweb reply and own-your-comments
Just had a peek at my analytics for the first time in months. I'm amazed to find that my articles on iOS Diagnostics and getting the lego RCX to work on OS X are still my most popular content!
Really looking forward to meeting up with all the #gurdy–playing friends I haven't seen for a while this weekend at Halsway Manor!
Just some simple performance–enhancing on #taproot these last few evenings — cached and parallelised pingbacks and identengine.com requests.
The jwentomologist reaction to a programme about bionics:
"They could use that to build a pantomime horse"
Currently #php-mf2 is passing 263, failing 199 of Glenn Jones' latest #µf2 test suite. Time to change that a bit!


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Memorial Fund Created in Memory of Officer Tom Decker
COLD SPRING - Memorial funds have been established at multiple Cold Spring banks in support of the family of slain Cold Spring police officer Tom Decker.
Decker leaves behind a wife and four elementary school-aged children.
You can contribute to the Tom Decker Memorial Fund via three Cold Spring banks:
State Bank of Cold Spring
PO Box 415
401 Main Street
Cold Spring, MN 56320
The First National Bank of Cold Spring
301 Main Street, P.O. Box 416
Cold Spring, MN 56320
(320) 685-8611
Central Minnesota Credit Union
202 Red River Ave S
Cold Spring, MN 56320


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Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today (March 2) announced USDA's continuing commitment to get kids outdoors and connected to the natural world around them through $1 million in cost-share funding from the U.S. Forest Service to enhance children's programs in 18 states.
Vilsack will highlight the announcement later today at the Interior Department during the White House conference, Growing America's Outdoor Heritage and Economy, which emphasizes the link between conservation and strong local economies through tourism, outdoor recreation, and healthy lands, waters and wildlife. The conference has attracted boaters, hunters, anglers, farmers, ranchers, land conservationists, historic preservationists, outdoor recreationists, small business owners, local governments, tribal leaders and others from across the 50 United States to discuss ways to spur and support successful conservation projects around the nation.
The Forest Service grants align with President Obama's America's Great Outdoors and First Lady Michelle Obama's Let's Move! initiatives.
"These programs provide an essential connection to our great outdoors, which we hope can be a key part of growing up for children from all walks of life," said Vilsack. "We need kids to experience the wonders of the great outdoors and take ownership of the future of natural resources. Today's children are tomorrow's stewards of the land."
The funding will be distributed to the agency's More Kids in the Woods and Children's Forests programs. Augmented by partnership money or in-kind donations, the funding will benefit existing programs or act as seed money for new ones that help kids explore their role in natural resources. Twenty-three of the grants will go toward More Kids in the Woods projects and eight will go toward the development or expansion of Children's Forests.
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A jarring scene of workplace violence threatens to throw the more popcorn-movie rhythms of "The Bourne Legacy" completely out of whack.
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At the end of 2007's "The Bourne Ultimatum," Jason Bourne went into the belly of the beast that robbed him of his memory and remade him. That third installment was Matt Damon's final as the existentially troubled agent. And while the door has been left ajar for Jason to return, the franchise has found a compelling, new hero in Aaron Cross and a commanding performer in Jeremy Renner.
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Don't let the movie's many governmental acronyms and the medical jargon throw you — the point is a simple one: Bourne's final incursion into New York made the government's clandestine work vulnerable. What's "morally indefensible but absolutely necessary," as one defender for the programs says, needs to be liquidated.
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While many raise a good point that spotify probably doesn't belong on a secure system - that's not the amusing part, nor even the point.
The amusing part, and indeed the point, is the RIAA (p2p enemy number one) saying the following about a p2p system:
"These services are safe and secure, and assuring access to them not only respects the contractual relationship users may have with these services, but also achieves an important public policy goal of promoting legal, safe digital providers,"
This makes it kind of problematic to continue claiming that p2p is the end of the world and the devil incarnate. It just doesn't add up.
"P2P is evil, unless it's our P2P, in which case it's the dog's bollocks."
Ain't we lucky that these lobby groups run the country?
It's worse:
https://www.techdirt.com/blog/wireless/articles/20130123/11101721766/google-decides-smartp hone-market-share-is-more-important-than-net-neutrality.shtml
Beginning to look like it's time to shut down everything Google in all of France, make sure the public knows why it's happening, and wait for the public outrage to be aimed at the ISPs and the newspapers.
Yet more demands that search engines stop searching. Again, it's a matter of convenience: instead of going after the person that actually commits a crime (and in this case I use the term loosely), you blame the search engines for finding it.
It may be easier to blame google for finding "illegal" images or copyrighted material than it is to blame the people posting it on the internet in the first place, but this doesn't make it right to blame google - just convenient.
Of course this also leads to the next question: how is google or any other search engine supposed to know what material to block? Manually review every piece of content the engine finds, and manually compare it to every ruling from every court in the entire world, as well as every copyrightholder in the world? That sounds impossible. DMCA-like takedown notices then? Surely no one would abuse that...
Isn't it time to stop blaming search engines for everyone elses fuckups?
Think of it like this:
Option a: Games are the problem! Movies are the problem! Whatever is the problem! This is about blaming things, and it's EASY.
Option b: People, society and politics are the problem. This requires critical self-reflection. This requires politicians and indeed the population to shoulder the blame. This requires you to accept that maybe, just maybe, YOU are a part of the problem. This is HARD, and for politicians it's probably also career suicide.
Try "Kerbal Space Program". In development but very playable, very popular, teaching you all kinds of interesting things about the laws of physics. It's fascinating to see people discuss whether or not "the Oberth effect" is big enough to make a gravitational slingshot viable around a small celestial body such as the moon.
Just because the big studios focus on "action blockbusters" doesn't mean everything is like that. There's a lot of really good, and very ususual games out there, but most studios cater to the lowest common denominator and make shooters "because that's what people want" and to a large extent they are right. This isn't much different from the movie industry in that respect.
Now and then, an independent developer makes everyone go "Huh!?" by doing something completely outside the box and being massively successful. Minecraft and Kerbal Space Program are good examples of games that don't involve guntoting massacres. Sometimes even the big shooter-studios do that: remember "Portal"?
Just look at how fucking perfect the last generation came out... they are no strangers to murder, rape, sexism, hate, or war. In fact they are doing their best to eliminate all civil rights. Clearly something to strive for. We should al be like them.
WTO, UN, Geneva convention... pick an international forum, document or agreement and it's the same thing all over, and it's not exactly a new thing:
"Our way or the highway."
Even when vetod in the UN, the US still gathered its laughable coalition of the willing and went to war. Everyone has to do what the US says, and the US doesn't have to do anything that anyone says. Old news.
I'm just waiting for someone, somewhere to grow a pair and say "With all due respect, mr President, I think we'll try the highway." Preferably they should record said conversation, threats and all, and release it to the media at the same time.
Honestly, the US owes everyone money, produces little to nothing of anything, and keeps shooting in all directions. If just HALF of the world's nations set up trade blockades against the US, the country would be in the stone ages within months. I don't understand why countries keep obeying a country that's quickly becoming morally, legally and financially bankrupt.
Forgive me for going all Reagan but maybe it's time to "Just Say No!"
Indeed. It's hard to look at an officer and think "good cop" if thay fail to show outrage that fellow officers are getting away with things that would see most people in jail for years.
Want to serve the public trust? Then stop covering shit up!
Holding cops to a higher standard signifies a society of laws.
Holding cops to a lower standard signifies a police state.
I was thinking the same thing, but then I realised: we are not thinking like the maffia: "If Martin Luther King speaking to the public is automatically public domain, how can we argue that music or anything else performed at a public event isn't?"
Anyone that argues that King's speech should be in the public domain, will have to face off against the every copyright group in the US who will desperately defend their ability to protect their own copyrighted material. We already know they will fight tooth and nail to avoid ANY exception to copyright, even at the expense of the deaf. I very much doubt they will act any different to this "exception".
I got a question: how long is the US citizens going to tolerate secret laws, secret procedures, secret interpretations of laws, and secret applications of all of the above - before the americans actually vote for "none of the above" and find a third party?
The libertarians is starting to look pretty damn good about now, aren't they? At least they are neither democrats nor republicans and it'll send a message.
So basically, governments are no longer satisfied with backdoors into the cellphone networks and backdoors through encryptions, but now they actually want the legal right to hack citizens' computers without even an accusation of a crime? Sure. That won't end up abused.
Very true. This isn't about justice. It's about making an example.
I' ve often wondered about this "jurisdictional issue", being a swedish citizen. We do have some pretty extensive rights (still, despite best efforts to have them removed), which includes making private copies of anything we buy - in any format we want. We even have the right to, for example, decompile our copy of windows, change the source code and then recompile it, to suit our personal needs.
What happens when I bring my laptop through customs in the US? Will I be charged with copyright infringement, and hacking? Does the act of bringing your perfectly legal laptop with perfectly legal content with you on a vacation to the US suddenly amount to criminal activity punishable by several years in prison and outrageous fines, because the US doesn't approve of swedish consumer law?
Pull youtube... It's an idea. Could be good for a larf.
While they are at it though: pull the google search engine from every country where the press is demanding pay-to-link. See how well the newspapers do without google's "piracy".
"It makes you wonder: are the US systems for copyright, patents and trademarks actually envied anywhere around the world, except, perhaps, by lawyers who might profit off them?"
Oh sure! We love the systems in the US! Just look at how us Europeans embraced the increased protections and more american way ACTA was giving us!
Sure, admittedly the politicians were all for it (until the shit hit really the fan and no politician dared touch it with a ten foot pole. Even De Gucht slipped silently into the night in the end), but the public wasn't exactly thrilled...
We already knew since before that in the UK, you weren't allowed to speak. I guess now it's also illegal to listen.
The only silver lining about the state of censorship in the UK is that I cannot wait to see the people's revoltion - spearheaded by Mr Bean, wielding a teddybear and a golfclub.
Well, see... murder, rape, assault, breaking and entering... all these things hurt citizens. Copyright infringement hurts large corporations.
The government, regardless of whoever is currently in charge, are far more loyal to the corporations, than the people they are supposed to represent.
Well, if you create a botnet, you are in fact hacking hundreds of machines belonging to blissfully unaware civilians. This is illegal, and always has been. I haven't seen anyone argue that this should be legal.


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The number of people sickened with fungal meningitis from tainted epidural steroid injections has now risen to 91 in nine states, including seven deaths, federal officials said Sunday, as investigators try to home in on the precise source of contamination at a compounding pharmacy tied to the widespread outbreak.
Investigators from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and state officials are probing the Framingham, Mass., facility where the New England Compounding Center made the 17,676 potentially tainted steroid injections, which were then shipped to 75 clinics in 23 states, according to federal and state officials.
A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention spokesman said it isn't possible to know how many cases there will be. The CDC and state health officials scrambled last week and over the weekend to track down patients who received the shots to see if they had been sick and to warn them to watch for possible symptoms.
The numbers of cases are rising sharply now not necessarily because people are continuing to get sick, but because investigators are pinpointing more illnesses among those who already received the injections of methylprednisolone acetate for relief of back and neck pain.
The injections were given between July and September. So far, those who have been infected developed symptoms between one and four weeks after receiving their injections.
"There's no evidence that new infections are occurring at a more rapid rate," said John Jernigan, medical epidemiologist at the CDC who is involved in the investigation.
It is too early to know how many people ultimately will be affected. Federal and state investigators must determine how many people received potentially contaminated injections, then track down each one. They must then confirm that those who have subsequently become ill actually had fungal meningitis and not another disease. There are "too many variables to speculate on the number of possible cases," said a CDC spokesman.
The compounding pharmacy that produced the injections in question issued a recall Saturday of all products made at its compounding center. "This action is being taken out of an abundance of caution due to the potential risk of contamination," the New England Compounding Center said in a statement. The company has said it is cooperating with investigators. It had no further comment Sunday.
The FDA had already advised medical professionals last week not to use NECC-made products.
Meningitis is a potentially deadly inflammation of the brain or central nervous system. It is usually caused by viruses or bacteria, but can also be brought on by fungi. The two fungi found thus far in some patients—known as aspergillus and exserohilum—are commonly found in the air and soil.
The fungal form of meningitis is particularly difficult to diagnose because the symptoms can be vague and mild initially, including fever, headache, nausea and stiffness of the neck, according to the CDC. People with fungal meningitis can also experience dizziness and confusion. Several of the patients in the current outbreak have had strokes.
Most of the people who have been sickened had normal immune systems, Dr. Jernigan said, meaning they weren't at particular risk of infections. While the investigation into how patients became infected is ongoing, there is some evidence to suggest that the fungi in the medication penetrated the lining protecting the central nervous system after being injected epidurally, Dr. Jernigan said.
While the fungi aren't harmful in the environment, they can become deadly when they flourish in a medication and are then injected directly into a part of the body that should not have germs, Dr. Jernigan said.
One possible victim, 56-year-old Tennessee resident Diana Reed, died Wednesday; she got meningitis after receiving steroid injections, says a lawyer for her family. She had received the injections at a facility that has since been closed because of a meningitis outbreak, according to its Web site.
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I have been having a ton of rough sex with my boyfriend and the last time we did it he complained that I ripped something up there and that it burns whenever I try to slide in. He also says it burns sometime when he does #2 and he finds blood also! What can we do to get him better and prevent this from happing again?
Oh Bob? Are you completely brain dead? Tell me that you and your BF have been doing so many drugs that you've both fried your brains to the point that neither one of you can put two and two together. Please tell me that, because that is the only explanation for either or both of you not attending to your abused BF's butt hole before now. You simply can't be that friggin' ignorant! Where there's pain and blood, there is BIG trouble. Your BF needs to see a doctor immediately. If an infection sets in, he could lose his bowls. And he'll have to shit in a bag for the rest of his life.
Listen up, you monkeys! If you're gonna be doin' a lot of rough sex, especially were delicate innards are concerned, you gotta know that it's only a matter of time till you cause some serious harm. And I know for certain that rough sex inside someone's asshole is simply impossible unless the bottom is wigged out on some mind and body altering substance. This is absolutely and always unadvisable!
If you have some death wish, fine…proceed. But if you are serious about wanting to know how to prevent this from happening again, that's easy too. First, quit the fuckin' drugs…at least while you're fuckin' each other senseless. Second, rough sex is fine to a point. But if the rough sex involves abusing someone's rectum or colon, then you're goin way too far.
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I just want to know how you start and ask a girl to have sex.
Well, that sure is to the point, Thomas! I suppose the answer to that query will depend on the young woman in question. Do you have a particular girl in mind? Or is this a generic "how to" question?
I'm of the mind that the direct approach works best, just so long as you're not gonna be a dick about it. That being said, if the chick is a mate of yours and you fancy her, you'll need to take a different approach to finessing a fuck than if you want to shag a relative stranger.
So, before I go much further with my advice on how to bag a bird, I think we'd better take a good look at you first. Is there anything about you that would make you attractive to a young lass? I mean if you're not overly geeky and have a bit of charm about you, your task is gonna be considerably easier than if you are some uncouth Neanderthal who just wants to dip his wick in some fine pussy.
If you're not sure what kind of guy you are, ask a woman friend for her honest feedback. If she tells you she'd bump you in a pinch — you may have something going for you. If she tells you that she'd rather let her cooch die a slow lonely death than fuck the likes of you — you definitely have your work cut out for you.
Regardless of what group you fall into — the "possibly fuckable", or the "not fucking ever;" you can always improve your image among the ladies. Look to how you present yourself; make sure you are groomed, clean and odor-free. Dress to impress. That doesn't mean fancy or fussy. Just make sure it looks like you gave your cloths a thought before you dressed yourself. Make yourself interesting; have a point of view. But share it sparingly. If you can't be clever and witty, then keep your mouth shut for the most part. Women love the strong silent type. And they rarely know if the silence is stoic or stupid till it's way too late.
And if you really want to get laid never approach any woman like she's a piece of meat. If you think women are put on this earth simply to satisfy a man's needs, stick to pullin' your own pud. And here's a tip: I always suggest that a guy squeeze one off before he goes on a date. This will take the edge off his sexual tension and his blue balls won't be so friggin obvious to the lass he's tryin' to woo. There's nothing more unattractive to most women than a desperate fuck. Besides, if you don't jerk off first, you'll have way too short a fuse and you'll be finished before she even begins. Get it? Got it? Good!
If you're not already friends with the chick you lookin' to bone, take the time to become her friend. This will involve some effort. If you're not in it for the long haul, then skip it and find yourself a pro who will get you off for a few quid.
If the woman in mind is already a friend, and she trusts you because you've been nice to her, you're half way there. She'll be more inclined to say yes to your direct request.
Keep in mind that women are different from men, especially where sex is concerned. Few women are as casual about sex as are most men. So if she says no don't take it personally. She may just be shy, or not ready, or not sure. It's your job to draw her out, be patient while you do so. And most of all reassure her that you have her best interest at heart.
If she is uncomfortable with you, ask her why. You may learn some very interesting things about yourself that you need to work on. Maybe she just wants you to take your time and finesse her into giving up the bump.
If she has her wits about her, she'll be concerned about the whole pregnancy thing. This is much more serious concern for a girl then for a boy. If you're not well versed on several methods of contraception, you're not ready to have sex. Sexually transmitted infections ought to be a concern for you both. Don't be a fuck-up; always use a condom.
If you've got a hardon, it's not the right time to be pestering a chick for sex. Talk about having sex at another time when the need is not so urgent. If you pressure her to service your wood, you're going about this at the wrong time and in the wrong way. If she senses that all you want is to satisfy your loathsome self, she'll have you pegged as the asshole you are.
Remember that there are lots of different ways to have sex, so she might welcome one type while rejecting another. Maybe she'd be up for a hand job or blowjob, just no full-on fucking. Whatever the case may be, you'd be well advised to get her off a couple of times before you look to your own satisfaction. Whatever you do, respect her boundaries and let her know that you won't pressure her to do anything she doesn't want to do.
In the end, there no standard way to ask for sex, but if you treat the woman with respect, honesty, and patience, you can be sure that whatever words you use they'll be more welcomed than if you're a jerk.
Name: Sita
Gender: female
Age: 19
Location: Delhi
I came to know u through the net. I am from India and I am 19 years old. I am married for the past one year and I have a problem. Myself and my husband had sexual relationship which meant only breaking of the hymen but whenever he tries to insert it I cry out of pain and stop him from it. I really do not know how to overcome this problem. Kindly help me please.
The two most likely reasons for this painful fucking are: 1) you're not aroused enough before the fucking begins, or 2) you have a physical condition that might make fucking painful, even if you are aroused.
I'd be willing to bet that, in your case, Sita, the first reason is the more likely cause of your discomfort. This is often the case with young people having their first go at sex. One can hardly fault them, both women and men in our culture, as well as the women and men in yours, are not particularly informed about their own sexual response cycle, much less the sexual response cycle of their partners.
Young women new to sex, may not have time to come to full arousal before their man starts trying to shove it in. A woman, particularly one who is new to fucking, must come to full arousal before her partner attempts penetration. A man, on the other hand, needs only to have a stiff dick. And if the young men in your country are anything like the young men here in the good old US of A, they pretty much a hardon 24 hours a day. This obviously makes them ready and eager for the old in and out long before their female partners are ready and eager for the same. If your husband is guilty of this, and I'd bet my last rupee that he is, your body will resist him, even if you want to make a go of it.
I'd also be willing to bet that your culture, like ours, doesn't value a woman's sexuality or pleasure as much as it values a man's sexuality and pleasure. If that's the case, you're gonna have to struggle against those cultural forces to gain your rightful place as an equal sex partner in your marriage.
Start by being well informed about your own sexual response cycle. If you don't know what turns your crank, don't expect your hubby to know what to do. My first question to you is: are you orgasmic? If not, there's a whole lot of remedial sex learning for you to do on your own. If you resist doing this, for whatever reason — women are not supposed to do that, blah, blah, blah —you can say good by to ever enjoying sex with your man.
Once you figure out how your body work, it's gonna be your responsibility to instruct your husband on the subtleties and points of interest of your particular pussy. Touch is very important to most women: often a woman will want to be touched and caressed all over, not just on the sexually charged points of her body like her tits and clit. Take your husband on a little touch tour of your body. Literally, take him by the hand and touch yourself with his fingers. Show him the kind of touch you like in the places you like to be touched. Take your time with this. I can guarantee he's not gonna get it the first time out.
With your help he's gonna be able to see your arousal build. He should be encouraged to use his lips and mouth as well as his hands. Make your man work for his bone, darling. If you let him just pounce on you like a sack of rice, that's how he's gonna respond to you. If you want him to behave like a lover rather than a conqueror, then you're gonna have to demand that of him.
If you're not fully aroused, your pussy will be dry. Use a lubricant to make yourself slippery and to facilitate penetration. If you can't get commercial lube, cooking oil, body lotion or saliva is better than nothing at all.
If you follow these simple steps, Sita, you will have greater success with your fucking. You will experience great pleasure for yourself and be a fount of pleasure for your husband. In the end, it is you who must take the lead in this. Know your own body, so you can teach your husband about it. Then insist that he respect and use that information.
Name: Tench
Age: 27
Location: San Francisco
Dear Dr. Dick: I read your response to someone having trouble making gay friends. You said casual sex tends to be the norm for making friends in the gay community. I actually agree, but I wish that weren't the only answer. My boyfriend and I have been happily together for over a year and a half. We lost a lot of "friends" because we are in a monogamous relationship. It seems they were friends to the extent they had a chance of sleeping with (or dating) either one of us. So now we have significantly less friends, which tends to happen I suppose when a couple takes the time to grow together and bond. But now we want to re-emerge to the social scene, go out more often and have fun. We don't want to make friends vis a vis threesomes or on open relationship. Are you saying we're doomed to never have gay friends again unless we put out? Honestly, that's how it often seems in SF, and frankly, it's not acceptable. I'd rather just be with my boyfriend. Thanks!
What an interesting predicament you present. Would you mind if we examined things a bit closer? You're tellin' me you guys used to have friends before you got together in the sexually exclusive relationship you're currently enjoying, right? Then these former friends…and I think it's pretty safe to assume these were mostly single friends…began to drop away when they realized they no longer could compete for either of your affections, right?
Well, do ya blame 'em, darlin'? I sure don't. I mean why would any self-respecting single gay man stick around? Just to enjoy your little nesting experience from afar? Gee, no thanks!
If these former friends were also suitors to either you or your current husband, why would you want them to hang in there? You are making such a big deal out of the exclusivity of your nest, wouldn't these others just be unwelcome 3rd wheels, as it were? I believe these other, not so exclusively encumbered as you, gay men would be much better served by taking their leave of you and your current husband and trying to find their own nesting situation. On top of the sexual tension that would continue if they did stick around, they'd also not be positioning themselves very well to find their own mate. Would you not agree?
So, ok I hope we cleared up that part. Now you say that you and your current husband are through with the first stage of nesting, the really exclusive part. And you now want to increase your circle of friends. Ok, that's not a particularly tall order to fill! You'd probably do well to look to other couples for these new friendships, right? I mean, what would you old married guys have in common with single queer men…other than your youthfulness?
Good luck ya'll


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How to Use the Images
Photo 2 & Drawing 1
Photo 2 & Drawing 1
Photo 1: Gran Quivira Unit,
Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument.
This photo shows the pueblo ruins in the foreground and San Buenaventura, the second mission church, in the background.
Questions for Photo 1
1. How would you describe the structures in the photo in terms of materials and construction techniques?
2. What missing features might help you better understand what these structures looked like when they were inhabited? Why do you think these no longer exist?
3. Why was the second mission church never completed?
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Actual Charge – The amount a doctor or other health care provider actually bills a patient. You often see the phrase, "The actual charge may be different from the allowable charge." This means your health plan may only cover a portion of what your doctor charges you. For example, your doctor bills you $35.00 for an office visit. This is the actual charge. But your health plan may only accept $32.00 for an office visit. This is the allowable charge.
Allowable Charge – The most your health plan will pay for a covered service. You may see the phrase, "The actual charge may be different from the allowable charge." This means your health plan may only cover a portion of what your doctor charges you. For example, your doctor bills you $35.00 for an office visit. This is the actual charge. But your health plan may only accept $32.00 for an office visit. This is the allowable charge.
Approval – The process of deciding whether or not a person's health plan will cover a specific service. Check your health plan carefully. You may find certain procedures, like surgery, require pre-approval. This means you need to check with your health plan to see if it will cover the service before you receive it. This simple approval process could save you money!
Approved Amount – The amount your health plan says is reasonable for a covered service. This amount may be less than the actual amount. For example, your health plan may cover $29.00 for a doctor's office visit, even though your doctor may charge you $32.00 for that visit. The $29.00 is the approved amount.
Assignment –
Automatic Claims Filing Option – Purchase this option and we'll arrange for your Medicare claims from South Carolina doctors or hospitals to come to us automatically. With automatic claims filing for Medicare Part A and Part B claims, you get your claims paid faster. With this service, we arrange to receive all claims filed to the S.C. Medicare administrator. Without this service, we still receive claims filed by participating providers stating that you have our Medigap policy. (You would need to file all other claims directly to us.) Please note Railroad Retirees are not eligible for Automatic Claims Filing.
Beneficiary – A person who will receive insurance benefits.
Benefit – Services and supplies a health plan pays for. The term also refers to the amount a health plan will pay.
Benefit Period – The period of time a health plan will pay for covered benefits. Benefit periods are usually one year. They don't always reflect a calendar year, so be sure and check your policy. This is also a Medicare term, with a more specific definition. A Medicare benefit period covers 90 days. It begins the first day you receive inpatient hospital services that Medicare covers. The services also can be from a skilled nursing facility. It ends when you have been out of the hospital or skilled nursing facility for 60 days. A new benefit period begins the next time you get inpatient hospital care. There is no limit to the number of benefit periods you can have.
Cafeteria Plan – A health plan in which all employees may choose among two or more benefit options. This is also called a flexible benefits plan.
Carrier – A company that signs a contract with the federal government to handle Medicare claims from health care providers. BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina is a Medicare carrier.
Case Management – A service offered by your health plan and/or insurance company. Under case management, you will have a special nurse assigned to assist with the organization of your care. This nurse will work with your doctor, your family and you to help you get the most out of your health plan benefits.
Catastrophic Coverage – A type of health insurance providing coverage for a severe or prolonged illness usually considered to be life threatening or with the threat of serious disability. Treatment of catastrophic conditions may be very involved and is frequently costly. This type of coverage usually has higher deductibles and costs less than other types of coverage.
CMS – Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. This is the agency that administers the Medicare program.
Coinsurance – The dollar amount or percentage you pay. For example, if you have an "80/20 plan," your health plan would pay 80 percent of the bill and you would pay 20 percent. The 20 percent you pay is your coinsurance.
Comprehensive Coverage – A type of health insurance that covers a full range of personal health services for diagnosis, treatment, follow-up and rehabilitation of patients. This type of coverage usually has deductibles, coinsurance and benefit maximums.
Copayment – A small fee you pay for each doctor's office visit, medical service or prescription. For example, your health plan may have a $10 copayment for doctor's office visits. This means every time you visit your doctor, you pay just $10.
Cost Sharing – A method of dividing the cost of health care among customers, insurance companies, employers and providers. For example, your employer may pay part of the premiums for your insurance. Your health plan will pay part of your health care bills, and you will pay part. If your doctor is part of your health plan's network, then he or she will cover part of the cost by negotiating a discount for his or her services. Everyone shares in the cost to keep costs down.
Covered Service – Specific services your health plan will pay for.
Deductible – The amount of money you must pay before your health plan will pay its share. For example, if you have a health plan with a $250 deductible, you must reach that amount before your health plan begins paying.
Disease Management – Voluntary programs that give you the information and support you need to live well with chronic conditions. These programs help you understand your doctors' instructions and improve the way you care for yourself every day.
DMERC – Durable Medicare Equipment Regional Carrier.
Emergency Medical Condition – A severe injury or illness (including pain). Your illness or injury must be so severe that if you don't get medical care right away, one of these might occur:
Exclusion – Services or items your health plan doesn't cover.
Fee for Service – This is "traditional" insurance. You pay doctors and hospitals for each service you receive. Your health plan will pay a portion of the total cost.
Flexible Benefits Plan – A health plan in which all employees can choose among two or more benefit options. Also called a cafeteria plan.
Fraud – A deception that could result in your health plan paying for something it shouldn't. For example, if your doctor files a claim for a service you didn't receive, this is fraud.
Health Savings Account (HSA) – A Health Savings Account (HSA) is an account you set up to pay for qualified out-of-pocket medical expenses. You set aside money in your HSA with tax-deductible contributions. High deductible health plans are used with HSAs. The health plan covers major medical expenses and routine expenses after you meet your deductible.
High Deductible Health Plan (HDHP) – A Health Savings Account (HSA) is an account you set up to pay for qualified out-of-pocket medical expenses. You set aside money in your HSA with tax-deductible contributions. High deductible health plans are used with HSAs. The health plan covers major medical expenses and routine expenses after you meet your deductible.
HMO – Health maintenance organization. When you sign up for an HMO, you choose one doctor to coordinate all your health care. This doctor, your "primary care physician," learns your entire medical history. He or she recommends care based on knowing you from head to toe. This saves you money, as opposed to going to different specialists for different aches and pains, which costs more. If you should ever need care from a specialist, your primary care physician will refer you to one in your health plan's network. HMOs help their members receive quality care at reasonable prices.
Home Health Agency (HHA) – A facility that offers skilled nursing care and other services to patients in their homes. These include occupational, physical and speech therapies, medical social services and home health aide services. For example, your Aunt Lily has a stroke and has trouble speaking. She's not hurt enough to stay in a hospital, but needs some help learning to talk clearly again. A home health agency assigns a speech therapist to visit Aunt Lily at home and work with her.
Hospice – An organization that helps dying patients and their families. Hospice programs help patients spend their last months at home instead of in a hospital or nursing home. Staff members help relieve pain, manage symptoms and offer counseling to patients and their families.
Immunosuppressive Drugs – Medicine that people who have received organ transplants must take to help prevent their bodies from rejecting the new organs.
Inpatient – A patient who is staying in the hospital and receiving room, board and general nursing care. For example, you need to have surgery so your doctor admits you to the hospital and you stay there for several days. You're getting inpatient care.
Intermediary – A company that signs a contract with the federal government to handle Medicare payments for hospital, skilled nursing facility and home health agency services. BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina is a Medicare intermediary.
Lifetime Reserve Days – This is a Medicare term for the 91st to 150th day of a hospital stay. If you have Medicare coverage, you only have 60 lifetime reserve days. You can use them whenever you want, but you can't renew them.
Managed Care – An evolving health care process that integrates the delivery of health care services for the patient, doctor and insurance company/health plan through the use of special arrangements with selected health care providers to deliver comprehensive health care services, established fees for health care services, established incentives for members to participate within the health care plan and monitoring of the use of health care services.
Medicare Supplement Policy – A health plan for people with Medicare coverage, also known as a "Medigap" plan. Medicare doesn't cover everything. So many folks buy a Medicare supplement policy to help cover their health care bills. There are 10 standardized plans to choose from. This means that all companies can only offer the same policies, "A" through "J." "A" is the most basic plan, while "J" covers more services.
Monthly Bank Draft Billing – This is an option you can choose in which your premiums automatically transfer from your checking account directly to us, to pay your premiums.
Monthly Direct Billing – Your policy will stay in effect as long as you pay your premiums on time. You can choose to pay premiums monthly or every three months. Premium payments are due at the beginning of the period of time for which you are paying. You can always renew your policy at the premium rate in effect at the time of renewal. Your insurance will not lapse as long as you pay your premiums on time.
MSN – Medicare Summary Notice. This is a notice from Medicare explaining if it approved a service and how much it paid. MSNs have replaced EOMBs (Explanation of Medicare Benefits).
Open Access Plan – A health plan that lets you visit any doctor in the plan's network. You do not need a referral from your primary care physician.
Out-of-pocket Maximum – Your share of medical expenses which are covered by this insurance plan is called coinsurance. Your out-of-pocket maximum is the highest total amount of coinsurance you will have to pay during a benefit period.
Outpatient – A patient who gets treatment at a hospital but doesn't stay there. For example, you go to the hospital in the morning for minor surgery. As soon as you wake up from the anesthesia, the doctor sends you home to recover. This is outpatient care because you didn't need to stay in the hospital. There may be some cases when you spend the night in a hospital, but still are considered an outpatient. It's always best to ask your doctor if you're getting outpatient or inpatient care, because your health plan may pay differently for each.
Pre-existing Condition – An injury or illness you had before you signed up for your current health plan for which you received a diagnosis or treatment. Many health plans do not cover pre-existing conditions. Or, they have a waiting period before you can get benefits for them. For example, you hurt your knee playing football a couple years ago and had to have surgery. When you sign up for a new health plan, you'll have to list your knee injury as a pre-existing condition.
Primary Care Physician – A doctor who treats common illnesses and injuries. If you sign up for HMO coverage, you will need to choose a primary care physician. This doctor will coordinate all your medical care. Everyone in your family doesn't have to have the same doctor. For example, you can choose a family doctor for yourself and a different one for your children. Your doctor, your HMO and you form a team. You'll work together to find the right care to help you get healthy and stay well. Primary care physicians can be in family practice, pediatrics, general practice and internal medicine.
Quarterly Direct Billing – Your policy will stay in effect as long as you pay your premiums on time. You can choose to pay premiums monthly or every three months. Premium payments are due at the beginning of the period of time for which you are paying. You can always renew your policy at the premium rate in effect at the time of renewal. Your insurance will not lapse as long as you pay your premiums on time.
Referral – A referral is consent from your primary care physician to see a specialist for an illness or injury. You may also need a referral to have special treatments, such as X-rays or surgery. A referral saves you money by reducing unnecessary medical costs. Your primary care physician will decide if you need to see a specialist. He or she will help you choose a specialist that is right for you.
Specialist – A specialist is a doctor who treats certain illnesses or injuries. For example, a surgeon is a specialist. A doctor who treats allergies or heart problems is also a specialist. You need a referral from your primary care physician to visit a specialist.


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Rams Defeat Mount Saint Mary in First Round
#2 Farmingdale State - 7, #3 Mount Saint Mary - 3
Farmingdale, N.Y. - The Farmingdale State softball team defeated Mount Saint Mary, 7-3, in todays first round game of the Skyline Conference Playoffs. The Rams advance to the winners bracket and face the winner of NYU-Poly/Old Westbury on Saturday at 11am.
Farmingdale broke open a two run lead in the bottom of the first off a bunt single by sophomore centerfielder Kaitlin Keenan (West Islip, N.Y./West Islip) and a sacrifice fly by junior shortstop Nicole Farber (Oakdale, N.Y./Connetquot) for the 2-0 advantage.
The Rams scored five more runs in the second inning off four hits and one error to push the lead up to 5-0. Sophomore designated hitter Shelby Martin (New Paltz, N.Y./New Paltz) hit a first pitch homerun over the left field fence to start off the inning, followed by a two RBI double down the left field line by Farber to score sophomore left fielder Rebecca Richman (West Islip, N.Y./West Islip) and freshman second baseman Maressa Mistretta (Shirley, N.Y./Longwood). Sophomore first baseman Aubrey Walker (West Babylon, N.Y./West Babylon) singled to left for two RBI's.
Sophomore pitcher Hope Zino (Bay Shore, N.Y./Bay Shore) pitched a four inning shutout with four strikeouts with no walks and just two hits. Junior pitcher Heather Buckshaw (Oakdale, N.Y./Connetquot) closed out the game allowing three runs on six hits. Zino improved to 12-4 overall with the victory.
For Farmingdale, Farber hit 1-for-3 with three RBI's and one run scored. Keenan finished the day 1-for-2 with one RBI and two walks. Mistretta was 2-for-2 with two runs scored and a walk.
Mount Saint Mary freshman pitcher Caitlin Maynes (Miller Place, N.Y./Miller Place) allowed eight hits and three earned runs with two strikeouts for the day. Sophomore second baseman Destiny Scott (New Paltz, N.Y./New Paltz) finished 2-for-3, while senior leftfielder Amy Romito (Washingtonville, N.Y./Washingtonville) was 2-for-4.
The Skyline Playoffs will continue on Saturday, May 1st at top-seed NYU-Poly. Games are at 11:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. The Championship round will be played at NYU-Poly on Sunday, May 2nd at Noon, with a game at 2:00 p.m., if necessary.


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There is a tactical and a logistics problem with this: the catalysts aren't aligning fast, so they are easy targets of vultures. A single long-point ship can take down a cata by scramming it until the faction police arrives and kills it. Taking gates is problematic already and as the amount of rage among the bot-aspirants grow, it will eventually become impossible. The logistics problem is that it's impossible to keep so many HQs seeded. Seeding needs capital, market orders and market update time. As we are operating in larger and larger land, the number of HQs to seed are increasing.
As first countermeasure I checked my transaction log and deleted 1/3 of the items, the ones that didn't sell well. The following items remained on the list:
- Anode Light Ion Particle Cannon I
- Anode Light Neutron Particle Cannon I
- Catalyst
- Federation Navy Antimatter Charge S
- Gallente Shuttle
- Gauss Field Balancer I
- Initiated Harmonic Warp Scrambler I
- Insulated Stabilizer Array I
- Light Ion Blaster II
- Light Neutron Blaster II
- Magnetic Field Stabilizer II
- Magnetic Vortex Stabilizer I
- Prototype Sensor Booster
- Regulated Light Neutron Phase Cannon I
- Scan Resolution Script
- Small Hybrid Burst Aerator I
- Small Hybrid Collision Accelerator I
- Void S
- Zainou 'Deadeye' Small Hybrid Turret SH-603
To solve this problem, I designed the warehouse system: one warehouse within 4 jumps of any target system. I try to match them with tactical HQs, but they aren't the same, there will be more HQs than warehouses. The purpose of the warehouse is to allow Knights to shop nearby. The shopping should be done by a normal sec status character who buys for his main or for his fleet. The destroyer fittings are small, so a battleship or Procurer/Skiff with cargo extenders can transport for a whole fleet. Using T1 industrials is obviously not advised. I will build up warehouses as the New Order moves. Warehouse stations should have repair facility (because the looted guns are damaged from overheat) and preferably factory slots to manufacture catalysts.
OK, the Knights (or second level traders) can shop in the warehouses. But what about Catalyst hulls? They'd need T2 industrials, Orcas or freighters to move more than one at a time. To solve this problem, here is an ambitious plan: Hulls seeded to every relevant system. So the Knight docks, buys hull, his alt or fleetmate gets fittings from the nearby warehouse and he can do his holy duty without taking gates. I will list the Catalyst hulls purposefully high, like 30% above Jita to discourage hostiles from buying it out and to encourage people to import/manufacture hulls. I'd be happy if I wouldn't sell a single hull because that would mean others took this not really profitable - yet essential - duty from me. I'll simply serve as an emergency hull provider, if all else fails, you can still buy from me, without insane cost (currently 1.9M).
The first Warehouse will cover our recently abandoned operations: North Everyshore. The warehouse will be Carirgnottin IX - Moon 5 - Impro Factory. Below you can see the map of the covered zone without lowsec and 0.8+ security systems unless they are bridging to targets:
The fourth warehouse is fully my design, I moved in here first and found so many rebels that I choose to build a warehouse to support fighting them. The HQ is Mesybier II - TransStellar Shipping Storage, 5 jumps from Dodixie: