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March 23. 2013 7:44PM
Garry Rayno's State House Dome: State reps, senators nearing crunch time
By GARRY RAYNO
State House Bureau
The legislative session is almost at the point when bills passed by the House are sent to the Senate and vice versa.
The House will begin its session Wednesday with Majority Leader Steve Shurtleff's bill to repeal of the stand-your-ground law approved last year.
At the end of the House's calendar is
House Bill 617
, which would raise the fuel tax 12 cents over three years for gasoline and over six years for diesel fuel.
The first vote on the controversial tax, 207-163, was not as strong as some had hoped after former House Speaker William O'Brien weighed in and essentially turned it into a partisan issue.
The House Ways and Means Committee gave the bill a "haircut" of 3 cents and tightened the language so all of the gas tax increase would go into fixing the roads and bridges across the state. But the political reality is a gas tax increase of 12 cents or even 10 cents is not going to come even close to passing the Senate.
So if you were a House Democrat, why would you want to be beaten over the head in the next election for voting for a "ludicrous increase" in the gas tax?
An increase of 8 cents over two years certainly would be defensible, considering the tax has not been raised for more than two decades, but the Senate wouldn't pass that either.
No gas tax is initially going to pass the Senate because gambling proponents in the Senate would want some gaming revenues to go to fix highways and bridges.
However, after House and Senate conference committees work out a compromise on the budget, the gas tax, although much smaller, may well be part of the revenue equation.
The other major event next week in the House is the budget. The Finance Committee must have its recommended budget completed Thursday.
The committee will work Monday and Tuesday and probably Wednesday on its recommendations, which is expected to track fairly closely to the budget proposed by Gov. Maggie Hassan.
While the revenue may be less than the governor projected, House budget writers have found some significant "savings" in areas such as caseloads at the Health and Human Services Department and a bigger pile of money due to expanding Medicaid to cover more state residents under the Affordable Care Act.
The Senate has seen little of the drama and attention the House has drawn so far this year, although there will be several "big bills," including Senate Bill 180 to establish a fund for victims of the Financial Resource Management Ponzi scheme. The big question has been how to pay for it.
The House and Senate have to act on all their own bills by Thursday. The House has until April 4 to approve its version of the budget.
The next two weeks are going to be busy.
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SETTING PRECEDENT: Restricting free admission to the state's parks system is an issue the Senate has grappled with for more than a month.
No longer allowing people older than 65, lawmakers and the governor and executive council and their staffs to have free access to the parks is a touchy subject, particularly when it comes seniors, many of whom have enjoyed free skiing at Cannon Mountain. The changes were needed, supporters said, because the parks system is self-funding and needs more money.
Taking the bill off the table became a partisan issue last Thursday, and it quickly became more politically charged when Republicans tabled a committee amendment. The Finance Committee amendment would have also ended free parking for those with handicap stickers.
The amendment did provide for an annual senior pass for about $20 a year.
An amendment from Sen. Nancy Stiles, R-Hampton, the prime sponsor of
Senate Bill 190
, sought to remove changes that would affect people with walking disabilities but keep the other changes.
Senate Minority Leader and former Senate President Sylvia Larsen quickly noted that in the history of the Senate, amendments had never been tabled before, they had always been attached to a bill that was tabled. She asked Senate President Peter Bragdon, R-Milford, to identify in Senate rules where tabling an amendment was allowed.
Bragdon noted the provision was contained in the rules the Senate adopted last month on a voice vote. The rules allow the tabling of the main bill or an amendment, he noted.
Larsen was not done.
"I bemoan the history of the Senate was broken today," she said at the end of the session. "It is very unwise for us to inadvertently agree to the idea an amendment can be tabled without its bill.
"If you're a member of the minority or the majority, these things affect you," she said. "You have to have a fair process for everyone."
You might ask: What's the big deal?
If amendments are free floating, they can come off the table at any time, even if the bills they were intended to change are gone.
Once an amendment is off the table, it can be attached to another bill at any time, and all of a sudden it is alive and viable again.
It greatly enhances the opportunities for mischief, particularly for the party with the most votes.
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BLOWING IN THE WIND: New Hampshire wind turbine sites have proliferated on the hillsides and mountaintops since the first wind farm was built in Lempster.
And there are more in the planning stages before state regulators.
Some wind farms are in highly visible locations, making some former supporters rethink the issue.
Wind farm opponents have turned to lawmakers to stop or at least slow the progress of a half-dozen wind farms in the pipeline. Similar efforts have been made by opponents of the proposed Northern Pass transmission line project,
While the House has been receptive to stalling Northern Pass, the Senate has not been quite so supportive. Regarding wind farms, however, the Senate has acted quickly.
Last week, Senate Majority Leader Jeb Bradley, R-Wolfeboro, presented an amendment to a Senate bill at the Energy and Natural Resources Committee for a moratorium on wind projects.
The one-year moratorium would allow the state to do a full review of the state's criteria for wind farms and the Site Evaluation Committee's ability to review applications, according to Bradley's proposal.
Under the amendment, the chairman of the committee would study staffing and funding needs as well as the panel's ability to hire experts needed to make decisions.
A legislative study committee would look at the current criteria and recommend possible changes.
The Senate will vote on the amendment Thursday.
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PUSH POLLING: The New Hampshire push polling law that ensnared former U.S. Rep. Charlie Bass' 2010 campaign could be even tougher if the House goes along with a Senate proposal up for a vote this week.
Senate Bill 196
seeks to distinguish between the negative telephone calls made under the pretense of polling from the more lengthy, legitimate surveys and opinion research.
The bill focuses on the length of the call and the number of people called. Push poll calls are short and go to several thousand people, while legitimate surveys are often as long as 20 minutes and go to several hundred people.
The state's law has run afoul of several national organizations - including the Washington-based Market Research Association and the American Association of Political Consultants - which filed briefs in support of Bass' motion to dismiss the charges brought by the Attorney General's Office in Merrimack County Superior Court.
The groups say the state's law has many political consulting firms avoiding the state, and that could affect the presidential primary.
They also claim the state law cannot bind federal campaigns, but the attorney general disagrees.
An amendment to the bill would define what a push poll would have to contain to be legal: informing the person called that it was a "paid political advertisement," identifying the organization making the call, providing a valid telephone for the organization, and identifying the candidate who is the subject of the call and whether it is in support of or opposed to.
The criteria are considered tough by most standards.
The bill was expected to be voted on last week by the Senate, but was put off a week.
Several key Republicans had set up a conference call with one of the party's national consultants to review the language, but the conference call fell through, so the vote was delayed until this week and presumably another conference call is set up.
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IRISH EYES: Donald Manning, former House chief of staff and longtime House Democratic office staffer, will be honored at the Manchester City Democrats annual St. Patrick's Day Breakfast, beginning at 9 a.m. today at the Tower Café on Elm Street.
Democrats are coming off their victory Tuesday in the Manchester Ward 2 race for state representative; William O'Neil defeated former Rep. Win Hutchinson.
The governor will address the breakfast, as will U.S. Rep. Carol Shea-Porter.
The city committee expects more than 125 people for the breakfast and hopes to raise more than $10,000.
The city's annual St. Patrick's Day parade begins at noon.


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Portsmouth bar charged in connection with patron's deathBy GRETYL MACALASTER
Union Leader Correspondent
April 30. 2013 11:21AM
PORTSMOUTH - The Page Bar and Restaurant is facing a felony charge after an investigation into an April assault that resulted in a Dover man's death.
Rockingham County Attorney Jim Reams and Portsmouth Police Chief Stephen DuBois held a press conference Tuesday to announce the charges.
The one felony complaint alleges that the bar's owners, New Adventure Entertainment LLC, doing business as The Page Bar and Restaurant, negligently allowed beverages to be consumed in an area not approved by the Liquor Commission, namely the dance floor of the Stadium Lounge.
The charge against the bar carries a $100,000 fine but no jail time, as it is against a corporation, not an individual.
Reams said had the bar been following the rules of their liquor license, the assault that resulted in the death of Joshua Krantz, 24, may never have happened.
Police allege that Zachary O'Neill, 24, attacked Krantz from behind on the dance floor around 12:30 a.m. on April 6 and struck him repeatedly in the head. O'Neil alleged that Krantz spilled a drink on him earlier in the night while on the dance floor.
Later that morning, Krantz was found dead in his Dover apartment by his roommates.
O'Neill is facing a felony degree assault charge at this time, because the state medical examiner has not yet ruled Krantz's manner of death as a homicide.
The investigation to date has revealed that Krantz's death was caused by a fractured skull that resulted in bleeding of the brain.
On Tuesday, DuBois said the medical examiner's final report is still pending.


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The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is again accepting bids on building a new veterans health center in Butler County.
There are four locations are in consideration for the new multimillion dollar center, each with different developers.
The center would replace the main building on the VA Butler Healthcare campus on New Castle Road.
Here are those locations.
Butler Township
Cedarwood Development and Gilbane Development, both of Akron, Ohio, are working together on a plan for the center to be built on a property along Lions Road in Butler Township.
The residential property is owned by David Bocci and spans Butler and Center townships.
Hake said the Bocci property is about 50 acres and is adjacent to the Route 356 and Route 422 interchange.
Center Township
Center Township supervisors met with a representative from Cambridge Developments, a Virginia-based developer, on Monday to discuss information on whether the township would be interested in the center.
The proposed location there would be on North Duffy Road, just north of the township's southern border. The more than 100 acres of farmland is owned by Dale Herold.
Supervisor Kenneth Frenchak said Herold's property borders a portion of the Bocci property.
Franklin Township
Another site in consideration is the Mount Chestnut Golf Course at the intersection of North Road and Route 422 in Franklin Township.
That property is owned by Wade and Doug Orloski.
The father and son bought the property in August from Wade's father, Jake Orloski.
Jake Orloski confirmed that his son, who lives in Tennessee, has been contacted by a Texas-based developer and was told there is interest in the property as a site for the health care center.
Wade Orloski declined to comment on the issue.
Butler Township
The fourth location is the 21-acre Deshon Woods site where work already had begun on a health care center.
However, the VA canceled its contract with the developer of that project, Westar Development Co. of Aurora, Ohio, accusing the developer of making false and misleading representations during the lease process.
Under the canceled $75 million contract, Westar would have erected a three-story, 168,000-square-foot building.
The property is owned by VA Butler Partners Co. in care of Westar Development.
Richard Bowen, a consultant to Westar who is with Fine Lines Development Services in Wexford, said he does not know if the owner has heard anything from the VA.
He did say the land still has all of its permits and is ready to be developed should the VA choose the site.
It is not known whether Westar still would be eligible for the bid, or if the VA would require another developer to buy the land before using the site.


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The Washington Nationals were already the team to beat in the National League East and Tuesday they made it even more unlikely that somebody will beat them.
According to Yahoo.com's Jeff Passan, the Nationals have teamed up with their favorite agent, Scott Boras, and struck a two-year, $28 million deal for arguably the premier reliever on this year's free-agent market.
Rafael Soriano, 33, spent the last two seasons with the New York Yankees and posted a 2.94 ERA in 111 games. He served as Mariano Rivera's setup man in 2011, but when the future Hall of Fame closer went down early last season, Soriano stepped in as New York's closer.
His performance was Rivera-esque as he went 2-1 with a 2.26 ERA while converting 42 of 46 save opportunities.
Soriano's addition to the Nationals makes a strength even stronger. A year ago, the Nationals' bullpen ERA was 3.23, which was the seventh best in baseball and the third best in the National League.
That is a nice complement to a starting rotation that had a 3.40 ERA and a major-league leading 72 victories. Only Tampa Bay's starters had a better earned run average among baseball's 30 teams last season.
The Phillies felt they significantly upgraded their bullpen by adding free agent Mike Adams, who is considered one of the best setup men in baseball. They signed Adams to a two-year deal worth $12 million.
Relying on a cast of young relievers to get the ball to closer Jonathan Papelbon, the Phillies' bullpen had a 3.94 ERA last season, which ranked 21st in baseball and 10th in the National League.
The addition of Soriano gives the Nationals the luxury of three quality pitchers with closer experience. Tyler Clippard served as the team's primary closer last season and had 32 saves in 37 opportunties. The year before, Drew Storen had 43 saves in 48 opportunities and posted a 2.75 ERA.
It will be interesting to see who manager Davey Johnson selects to be his primary closer in 2013, but it's obviously a nice problem to have and another reason the Nationals will be difficult to dethrone as N.L. East champs.


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NEW YORK (AP) — Incoming CNN President Jeff Zucker said Thursday that he intends to make the network more "vibrant and exciting" while broadening the programming on television's original but struggling cable news outlet.
The former NBC Universal chief's long-rumored selection as CNN president was announced Thursday. He'll start in January and report to Phil Kent, who runs all the Turner networks for parent company Time Warner.
Zucker will lead a large and profitable news organization with 23 separate businesses worldwide that has come to be defined by problems at the flagship U.S. network, particularly in prime time. CNN has never been able to solve the conundrum of how to keep viewers on quiet news days, while Fox News Channel and MSNBC have passed it by with combative programming that appeals to political partisans.
"The key is that CNN remain true to its ideals of great journalism but at the same time be vibrant and exciting," Zucker said. "Just because you're not partisan doesn't mean you can't be exciting."
He said it was premature to offer specifics. Although he said it was his goal to beat Fox and MSNBC in the ratings, it was important to note that he sees the television competition more broadly.
"News is not just about politics and war," he said.
CNN this summer said it was developing a program featuring celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain, and Zucker cited it as some of the new thinking he's hoping to see.
Kent said it was essential for CNN to build a base of hardcore fans who will stick with the network no matter the news of the day. Both Kent and Zucker said CNN has no plans to retreat from its stance of unbiased reporting.
"CNN does not have an identity problem," Kent said. "CNN knows what it is and what its identity is. If anything, CNN has an execution problem."
During this election year, CNN is averaging 763,000 viewers in prime time on weekdays, up 2 percent from 2011, according to the Nielsen Co. Fox is averaging 2.5 million, up 13 percent from last year, and MSNBC is at 1.1 million, a 22 percent increase.
Anderson Cooper is CNN's best-known news anchor, with a news show that airs at 8 and 10 p.m. Eastern time. Piers Morgan hosts a nightly talk show modeled after Larry King's. Wolf Blitzer, Erin Burnett, Candy Crowley, Soledad O'Brien and Sanjay Gupta are among the network's most popular personalities.
Kent said he was seeking someone with news and television management experience who could be a magnet for talent. Zucker shot to fame in TV as executive producer of the "Today" show at the start of its morning dynasty in the 1990s. He was less successful as NBC's entertainment president. As chief of NBC Universal, he couldn't turn the flagship company around but oversaw a profitable and growing stable of cable networks.
Zucker replaces Jim Walton, who announced this summer that he was leaving.
Zucker said he took note of the opportunity after Walton's announcement but didn't inquire about it until being contacted by Kent after Labor Day. Their discussions grew more serious during the past few weeks, he said.
While familiar with CNN, he said in an interview that "I have watched it with a slightly different eye more recently. Obviously, there's a tremendous amount of fantastic work that goes on here."
Zucker was behind the ill-fated move of Conan O'Brien to the "Tonight" show, with Jay Leno's brief and disastrous stay in prime time. But an unorthodox Zucker personnel decision — recruiting Meredith Vieira to replace Katie Couric on "Today" — was a big winner.
A brash and opinionated executive, Zucker rubbed many people in the Hollywood power structure the wrong way. But Kent said he was interested only in Zucker's news experience.
"Whether Jeff Zucker was the best leader for NBC's entertainment division was irrelevant to me," he said.
Since leaving NBC Universal after its purchase by Comcast Corp., Zucker has helped Couric launch a daytime talk show. Couric said she was excited for Zucker's opportunity "and equally excited for CNN."
Roger Ailes, top executive at Fox News, offered a welcome to Zucker on Thursday.
"I have known Jeff for a quarter of a century and he is one of the most experienced executives in the business," Ailes said. "He is a talented producer with solid strategic skills and I'm sure he'll make a difference at CNN. I wish Jeff the best."
Tom Johnson, president of CNN during the 1990s, called Zucker's hiring a "splendid choice."
"I would hope it would be a return to CNN where news trumps all programming so CNN gets back to its basics of being a breaking news network," Johnson said.
There was no word on the futures of Ken Jautz and Mark Whitaker, who have been running the flagship network on a day-to-day basis since Walton's departure. Zucker will also have management control over HLN, CNN International and the CNN.com website.


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SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J. - November 22, 2012 --The remains of a roller coaster that was knocked off a New Jersey amusement pier by Superstorm Sandy and partially submerged in the Atlantic Ocean may be left there as a tourist attraction.
Seaside Heights Mayor Bill Akers tells WNBC-TV in New York (http://bit.ly/XCW35T) that officials have not made a decision on whether to tear down the coaster. But the mayor says he's working with the Coast Guard to see if the coaster is stable enough to leave it alone, because he believes it would make "a great tourist attraction."
Meanwhile, efforts to rebuild the storm-ravaged town are continuing.
Demolition crews have removed the resort's damaged boardwalk. And Akers says construction on a new boardwalk should begin in January and be ready by Memorial Day.


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Porites solida
|Scope: Global
Language: English
|Scientific Name:
|Porites solida Forskål, 1775
|Red List Category & Criteria:
|Least Concern ver 3.1
|Year Published:
|Date Assessed:
|Sheppard, A., Fenner, D., Edwards, A., Abrar, M. & Ochavillo, D.
|Livingstone, S., Polidoro, B. & Smith, J.
The most important known threat for this species is extensive reduction of coral reef habitat due to a combination of threats. Specific population trends are unknown but population reduction can be inferred from estimated habitat loss (Wilkinson 2004). This species is widespread and common within its range, has a low susceptibility to bleaching, and therefore is likely to be more resilient to habitat loss and reef degradation because of an assumed large effective population size that is highly connected and/or stable with enhanced genetic variability. Therefore, the estimated habitat loss of 20% from reefs already destroyed within its range is the best inference of population reduction since it may survive in coral reefs already at the critical stage of degradation (Wilkinson 2004). This inference of population reduction over three generation lengths (30 years) does not meet the threshold of a threat category and this species is Least Concern. However, because of predicted threats from climate change and ocean acidification it will be important to reassess this species in 10 years or sooner, particularly if the species is also observed to disappear from reefs currently at the critical stage of reef degradation.
|Previously published Red List assessments:
|Range Description:
|This species is found in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, the southwest, central and northern Indian Ocean, the Arabian/Iranian Gulf, the central Indo-Pacific, west, north and east Australia, South-east Asia, southern Japan and the South China Sea, the oceanic West Pacific, the Central Pacific, the Hawaiian Islands, Johnston Atoll, Palau and Southern Marianas (Randall 1995).
|Countries occurrence:
Native:American Samoa; Australia; Bahrain; British Indian Ocean Territory; Cambodia; Christmas Island; Cocos (Keeling) Islands; Comoros; Cook Islands; Djibouti; Egypt; Eritrea; Fiji; French Polynesia; Guam; India; Indonesia; Iran, Islamic Republic of; Iraq; Israel; Japan; Jordan; Kenya; Kiribati; Kuwait; Madagascar; Malaysia; Maldives; Marshall Islands; Mauritius; Mayotte; Micronesia, Federated States of ; Mozambique; Myanmar; Nauru; New Caledonia; Niue; Northern Mariana Islands; Oman; Pakistan; Palau; Papua New Guinea; Philippines; Qatar; Réunion; Samoa; Saudi Arabia; Seychelles; Singapore; Solomon Islands; Somalia; South Africa; Sri Lanka; Sudan; Taiwan, Province of China; Tanzania, United Republic of; Thailand; Tokelau; Tonga; Tuvalu; United Arab Emirates; United States Minor Outlying Islands; Vanuatu; Viet Nam; Wallis and Futuna; Yemen
|FAO Marine Fishing Areas:
Atlantic – southeast; Indian Ocean – eastern; Indian Ocean – western; Pacific – eastern central; Pacific – southwest; Pacific – western central; Pacific – northwest
|Additional data:
|Range Map:
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|This species is common.
There is no species specific population information available for this species. However, there is evidence that overall coral reef habitat has declined, and this is used as a proxy for population decline for this species. This species is more resilient to some of the threats faced by corals and therefore population decline is estimated using the percentage of destroyed reefs only (Wilkinson 2004). We assume that most, if not all, mature individuals will be removed from a destroyed reef and that on average, the number of individuals on reefs are equal across its range and proportional to the percentage of destroyed reefs. Reef losses throughout the species' range have been estimated over three generations, two in the past and one projected into the future.
The age of first maturity of most reef building corals is typically three to eight years (Wallace 1999) and therefore we assume that average age of mature individuals is greater than eight years. Furthermore, based on average sizes and growth rates, we assume that average generation length is 10 years, unless otherwise stated. Total longevity is not known, but likely to be more than ten years. Therefore any population decline rates for the Red List assessment are measured over at least 30 years. See the Supplementary Material for further details on population decline and generation length estimates.
|Current Population Trend:
|Additional data:
|Habitat and Ecology:
|This species is found in shallow reef environments, generally to depths of 30 m.
|Major Threat(s):
Porites species are heavily collected for the aquarium trade. In Indonesia, the catch quota for this genus is 55,500 per year.
The genus is not particularly susceptible to bleaching, but is more prone to disease than many other corals. Coral disease has emerged as a serious threat to coral reefs worldwide and is a major cause of reef deterioration (Weil et al. 2006). The numbers of diseases and coral species affected, as well as the distribution of diseases have all increased dramatically within the last decade (Porter et al. 2001, Green and Bruckner 2000, Sutherland et al. 2004, Weil 2004). Coral disease epizootics have resulted in significant losses of coral cover and were implicated in the dramatic decline of acroporids in the Florida Keys (Aronson and Precht 2001, Porter et al. 2001, Patterson et al. 2002). In the Indo-Pacific, disease is also on the rise with disease outbreaks recently reported from the Great Barrier Reef (Willis et al. 2004), Marshall Islands (Jacobson 2006) and the northwestern Hawaiian Islands (Aeby 2006). Increased coral disease levels on the Great Barrier Reef were correlated with increased ocean temperatures (Willis et al. 2007) supporting the prediction that disease levels will be increasing with higher sea surface temperatures. Escalating anthropogenic stressors combined with the threats associated with global climate change of increases in coral disease, frequency and duration of coral bleaching and ocean acidification place coral reefs in the Indo-Pacific at high risk of collapse.
In general, the major threat to corals is global climate change, in particular, temperature extremes leading to bleaching and increased susceptibility to disease, increased severity of ENSO events and storms, and ocean acidification. In addition to global climate change, corals are also threatened by a number of localized threats. Localized threats to corals include fisheries, human development (industry, settlement, tourism, and transportation), changes in native species dynamics (competitors, predators, pathogens and parasites), invasive species (competitors, predators, pathogens and parasites), dynamite fishing, chemical fishing, pollution from agriculture and industry, domestic pollution, sedimentation, and human recreation and tourism activities. The severity of these combined threats to the global population of each individual species is not known.
|Conservation Actions:
All corals are listed on CITES Appendix II. Parts of this species distribution fall within several Marine Protected Areas within its range.
Recommended measures for conserving this species include research in taxonomy, population, abundance and trends, ecology and habitat status, threats and resilience to threats, restoration action; identification, establishment and management of new protected areas; expansion of protected areas; recovery management; and disease, pathogen and parasite management. Artificial propagation and techniques such as cryo-preservation of gametes may become important for conserving coral biodiversity.
Having timely access to national-level trade data for CITES analysis reports would be valuable for monitoring trends this species. The species is targeted by collectors for the aquarium trade and fisheries management is required for the species, e.g., Marine Protected Areas, quotas, size limits, etc. Consideration of the suitability of species for aquaria should also be included as part of fisheries management, and population surveys should be carried out to monitor the effects of harvesting.
Aeby, G.S., Work, T., Coles, S., and Lewis, T. 2006. Coral Disease Across the Hawaiian Archipelago. EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union 87(36): suppl.
Aronson, R.B. and Precht, W.F. 2001b. White-band disease and the changing face of Caribbean coral reefs. Hydrobiologia 460: 25-38.
Bruno, J.F., Selig, E.R., Casey, K.S., Page, C.A., Willis, B.L., Harvell, C.D., Sweatman, H., and Melendy, A.M. 2007. Thermal stress and coral cover as drivers of coral disease outbreaks. PLoS Biology 5(6): e124.
Colgan, M.W. 1987. Coral Reef Recovery on Guam (Micronesia) After Catastrophic Predation by Acanthaster Planci. Ecology 68(6): 1592-1605.
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A psychiatrist who the U.S. Forest Service says admitted to sabotaging Ashland mountain biking trails will continue to be employed by Jackson County at least until the legal process is concluded, County Administrator Danny Jordan said Tuesday.
Jordan said the allegations against Mental Health Department psychiatrist Jackson Tyler Dempsey do not label him as unfit for his job, and as of Tuesday he still had a license with the state to practice psychiatry.
"He's afforded due process," said Jordan. "At this point, he's still a licensed psychiatrist."
A Forest Service law enforcement officer said Dempsey, 57, admitted in July to stringing nylon cord across mountain biking trails and placing nails, fallen trees and other debris on the same trails in the Ashland watershed on numerous occasions. According to a Forest Service report, Dempsey said he did it because he "did not like downhill mountain bikers."
He was charged with fourth-degree assault and three counts of reckless endangerment and is scheduled to appear in court Oct. 29.
Because Dempsey's alleged crimes weren't committed while he was at work for the county, he will continue to work for the Mental Health Department until the case is completed, Jordan said.
"He's not allegedly charged with something that happened during the course of work," said Jordan.
But local members of the mountain biking community find it hard to believe that Dempsey is a practicing psychiatrist.
"You would think a psychiatrist would be able to control his actions," said Rob Cain, president of the Ashland Woodland and Trails Association. "I think this guy was clearly delusional in his thinking. The irony is cruel."
Cain said that it's still difficult to use some of the trails because of vegetation that someone has pulled into them.
Dempsey was arrested on July 22 after a group of mountain bikers encountered a man matching his description on a trail and shortly after that came across numerous small trees that had been placed on the trail. They contacted a Forest Service officer, who later arrested Dempsey.
While bikers, equestrians and hikers sometimes run into each other on areas of the trail and conflicts do arise, Cain said he believes all trail users would disapprove of the kind of sabotage for which Dempsey stands accused.
"I think all of us, regardless of the type of user, recognized the potential severity of this," said Cain. "He could have easily created a quadriplegic, in the most severe case. It's a crazy story."
Dempsey will remain in his position as a psychiatrist while the case is open, although the county had the option to put him on administrative leave, Jordan said.
"At this point, these are allegations," said Jordan. "There are people that get charges all the time."
Jordan said the allegations don't conflict with Dempsey's ability to do his job.
"If he's able to perform the duties of his job, and he's able to be licensed, those are the job requirements," said Jordan.
Jordan said he couldn't comment any further on discipline issues against a specific employee, including when the county became aware of the allegations against Dempsey.
Depending on the outcome of the investigation, Jordan said, the county could take disciplinary action against Dempsey, but would also pay attention to whether the state medical board reprimands Dempsey or suspends his license.
If an Oregon doctor is convicted of a crime, he must report his actions to the Oregon Medical Board, which will then conduct its own investigation, according to OMB investigator Dave Lilly.
"It would really depend on the circumstances of the charge," said Lilly.
Lilly said he couldn't speculate on how the board might proceed if Dempsey were convicted, but he said the board would consider the relationship between Dempsey's role as a psychiatrist and his alleged criminal behavior.
"We would do our own investigation," said Lilly. "It can go anywhere, it really depends on the case."
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A psychiatrist who the U.S. Forest Service says admitted to sabotaging Ashland mountain biking trails will continue to be employed by Jackson County at least until the legal process is concluded, County Administrator Danny Jordan said Tuesday.


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AUSTIN, TX - The Texas men's team captured gold in all seven events while UT's women took home six and maintained their lead on day three of the 2013 Big 12 Swimming and Diving Championships in the Lee & Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center.
Texas women (732 points) started the finals with wins from Katilin Pawlowicz in the 400-yard IM (4:11.80) and Kelsey Amundsen in the 100-yard butterfly (52.57). This was Amundsen's second 100 fly title and first since 2011.
After breaking the Big 12 Championship record in the 500-yard freestyle Thursday, WVU's Rachael Burnett took home another league title in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:45.22. Texas then won four-straight events, beginning with Laura Sogar's 100-yard breaststroke victory in an NCAA Automatic Qualifying time of 58.67. Longhorn Sarah Denninghoff added to her trophy haul with a 52.10 swim in the 100-yard backstroke.
On the diving board, Texas grabbed the top four spots as freshman Meghan Houston captured the 3-meter crown with a score of 338.65. In the final event of the night, a 200-yard freestyle relay win from Bethany Adams, Gretchen Jaques, Amundsen and Ellen Lobb of UT in a time of 1:29.71 was good enough to secure an NCAA Automatic Qualification.
After Day Three, West Virginia women sit in second place with 375 points, followed by TCU (369), Iowa State (341.5) and Kansas (326.5).
On the men's side, Texas (732 points) completed another sweep on Day Three. Austin Surhoff won his fourth career IM title and second of the meet, winning the 400-yard IM in a time of 3:45.11. UT has won that event now for 10 straight years at the Big 12 Championships.
Tripp Cooper followed up with a 100-yard butterfly victory in a time of 46.85 while Clay Youngquist took home his first individual Big 12 victory with a 1:33.71 time in the 200-yard freestyle, Texas' 16th victory in that event in 17 championships. Longhorn senior Dax Hill collected his third career individual accolade, winning the 100-yard breaststroke in 53.33, the fastest time at the Championship since 2009.
Longhorn Kip Darmody nabbed his second career backstroke title, racing to victory in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 46.77. The sophomore also anchored the winning UT 200-yard freestyle relay team of Hill, Charlie Moore and Ben Anderson that posted a time of 1:18.64.
UT's Cory Bowersox picked up his second diving title of the meet, winning the 3-meter dive with a score of 416.25. The Longhorns took the top three scoring positions in the event.
In the men's standings, WVU and TCU are in second and third, respectively.
The schedule for the final day begins with prelims at 10 a.m., followed by the men's platform diving finals at 4:30 p.m., and swimming events beginning at 6 p.m. Team and individual trophy presentations will begin immediately following the conclusion of the 400-yard freestyle relay.
Men - 1. Texas (695); 2. West Virginia (551); 3. TCU (496)
Women - 1. Texas (732); 2. West Virginia (375); 3. TCU (369); 4. Iowa State (341.5); 5. Kansas (326.5)
400-Yard Individual Medley: Austin Surhoff (Texas) - 3:45.11
100-Yard Butterfly: Tripp Cooper (Texas) - 46.85
200-Yard Freestyle: Clay Youngquist (Texas) - 1:33.71
100-Yard Breaststroke: Dax Hill (Texas) - 53.33
100-Yard Backstroke: Kip Darmody (Texas) - 46.77
200-Yard Freestyle Relay: Texas (Dax Hill, Charlie Moore, Ben Anderson, Kip Darmody) - 1:18.64
3-Meter Diving: Cory Bowersox (Texas) - 416.25
400-Yard Individual Medley: Kaitlin Pawlowicz (Texas) - 4:11.80
100-Yard Butterfly: Kelsey Amundsen (Texas) - 52.57
200-Yard Freestyle: Rachael Burnett (West Virginia) - 1:45.22
100-Yard Breaststroke: Laura Sogar (Texas) - 58.67$
100-Yard Backstroke: Sarah Denninghoff (Texas) - 52.10$
200-Yard Freestyle Relay: Texas (Bethany Adams, Gretchen Jaques, Kelsey Amundsen, Ellen Lobb) - 1:29.71$
3-Meter Diving: Meghan Houston (Texas) - 338.65
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Keene police take delivery of controversial armored vehicle
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KEENE - After a controversial vote to accept Homeland Security funds last spring for the purchase of the town's SWAT vehicle, the Keene police department placed its BearCat into service Tuesday.
The department took delivery of its Special Mission Rescue Vehicle from Lenco Industries on Nov. 16, however the lone piece of equipment that did not come standard on it, a piece radio, had to be installed. According to a press release, after the radio's installation, the vehicle was delivered.
The Keene City Council voted to accept a $285,933 Homeland Security grant in December - without a public hearing - to buy the armored vehicle. Some claimed it was a waste of public tax dollars while others said it was not needed in a small town such as Keene.
After a public outcry, the Council held a vote at its March 1 meeting in City Hall. There, councilors voted 9-4 in favor of accepting the grant, defeating councilor Terry Clark's motion to rescind the grant.
"It's an armored vehicle, not an armed vehicle and there's a big difference," Keene Police Capt. Brian Costa said in describing the BearCat last spring.
The vehicle's manufacturer, Lenco, provided initial training, which will be ongoing.
The BearCat was purchased through Department of Homeland Security and the New Hampshire Department of Safety.
"We hope that if a situation arises I'd be glad to have it," Costa said Tuesday. "The hope is always that they don't arise. That why we have police departments for when they do."
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Immigrants make their demands heard at Nashua rallyBy KIMBERLY HOUGHTON
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March 02. 2013 8:11PM
NASHUA - On a mission to fix what they call a broken immigration system, immigrant activists rallied on Saturday, demanding a clear path to citizenship for the country's 11 million undocumented immigrants.
"I am undocumented. I am an illegal," acknowledged Heliodono Callijas of Nashua.
Speaking with an interpreter, the 73-year-old man shared his desire to stay in the United States and continue working as a painter.
"I work as hard as a young person would," said Callijas, who has been in the country since 1996.
Authorities are already aware of his undocumented status, said Callijas, explaining he was in the wrong place at the wrong time when agents picked him up as an illegal immigrant.
"But I know we are going to continue to fight," he told the small crowd gathered at St. Louis De Gonzaga Church as part of the Keeping Families Together bus tour.
Several families who have been affected by existing immigration laws traveled to New Hampshire to share their stories and promote immigration reform. The national bus tour is visiting 90 cities in 29 states, while also making stops this weekend in Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
"I know what it is like being rejected as an immigrant," said Belgica Garzon of Waltham, Mass. "Although I am not yet a resident, I am still a human being."
As an immigrant, Garzon said it is her obligation to participate in the bus tour and continue to promote immigration reform with a path to citizenship.
"I have seen the goodbyes," she said emotionally, adding several of her friends have already been deported.
Pedro Portillo of the Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition called on Congress to make a change.
"We have to demand that it is not about politics," said Portillo. " . We are entitled to feel safe."
Signs with the names and phone numbers of New Hampshire legislators were posted at the event, where participants were urged to pick up their cellphones and call New Hampshire senators and congresswomen to voice their concerns.
It is important to put a human face behind the tragedy of existing immigration laws, said organizers.
"Families are being broken apart. These are families that are looking for better opportunities," said Hugo Gutierrez of the Minority Council of Nashua.
While immigrant enforcement officers may be doing their job, Gutierrez maintains there are more humane ways to handle the sensitive issues.
According to Gutierrez, many Mexicans, Dominicans and Colombians in Greater Nashua are being faced with deportation, with some families already being torn apart.
Soraia Ferreira of Nashua moved from Brazil to the United States in 2002, about 17 years after her father relocated to the states. Her two sons, now 20 and 25, are still living in Brazil, she said.
"It is too difficult to speak about," Ferreira said through the help of a translator.
Her own visa expired in 2003, and she believes a paperwork error following the death of her father, in 2008, is causing her delay for citizenship. Ferreira's Green Card was declined in December, she added.
The Rev. Marcos Gonzalez-Torres said he opened his church for the event, knowing firsthand the struggles of immigrants.
"I am an immigrant, too," he said. ". We are good people. We are families, and we want to work together."
Joao Canto, 25, was born in Brazil and came to the United States when he was 13. Last October, he applied for the temporary Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA); he is still waiting for a response, he said.
Canto, of Everett, Mass., lives with his mother and sister, who were not able to apply for DACA.
"It is difficult for them. I feel like I got a lucky break and they didn't. It doesn't seem right," said Canto, who works in the audiovisual field. "I have friends and people that I work with who feel like they are already Americans. They really want to become citizens."
Keeping Families Together is a project of the Fair Immigration Reform Movement and is supported by the Center for Community Change.


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What ranks and titles have you held? Gladiator Heavyweight champion, Gladiator Light-heavyweight champion, WEC light-heavyweight champion. Brown Belt in BJJ
What is your favorite technique? Punches to the ear on the ground. "Ear Holing".
What does it mean for you to fight in the UFC? It's a dream come true, but it's where I belong. I have paid my dues in other organizations.
Did you go to college and if so what degree did you earn? One year of college. Dropped out of college to support my son.
What was your job before you started fighting? I worked at the San Bernardino Sheriff's Dept, teaching firearms and Defensive Tactics. I now train full time.
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HIV Prevention and Care of Psychological Trauma in Vulnerable Rwandan Youth
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01401335
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Last Update Posted : July 25, 2011
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The investigators propose a prospective single arm pilot cohort study of 100 youth (ages 15-25) to evaluate the feasibility of this project. A convenience sample of subjects will be enrolled on a voluntary basis from those who come to the day care center located in Nyanza, a district of the Southern province, in Rwanda. UYISENGA N'MANZI identified 400 youths in Nyanza region, organized in 4 groups, each of them between 160 to 100 youths. Many of those orphans go to school in any school in the country. This situation will be taken into account for the calendar of activities and for organization of the regular interviews and evaluations.
Random selection of the participant will be ensured by choosing study subjects from a list and attributing them an arbitrary number. The random selection will be weighted by the size of the household group across the 4 groups in the Nyanza region. Selection will also be in proportion of sex and age groups. In this manner 100 youth will be picked with 20 "backup" to account for refusals and drop-outs. Those selected youth will be asked to participate to the pilot study and will fill the consent form under the guidance of an external observer (not one of the service providers of the project to avoid consent obtained by social pressure).
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Spring Game Last Call for NU Time Capsules
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As part of Nebraska football's final 50 Years of Consecutive Sellouts celebration, Saturday's Red-White Spring Game will be the last call for Husker fans to participate in a special project – filling 200 scarlet-and-cream time capsules with meaningful memories, mementos and memorabilia that define Nebraska's half-century journey of 325 consecutive sellout crowds inside Memorial Stadium.
"We believe collecting mementos from Husker fans to commemorate the last 50 years of consecutive sellouts is a fun way to connect our current fans with future generations," said Ethan Rowley, Nebraska's director of athletic marketing. "It's almost as if we're leaving a present for the next generation to celebrate."
Later this spring, Nebraska Athletics will bury the 200 time capsules in vaults under the newly expanded East Stadium section of Memorial Stadium at the historical Gate 20 entrance – the original welcome mat for most Husker fans in 1923, the year construction was completed.
The time capsules will be opened in 2062 when Nebraska plans to celebrate 100 years of consecutive sellouts. Each capsule is a 16-inch long pressure-sealed canister with a 4-inch opening to commemorate the expansion that will be completed this fall.
Saturday is last call for Husker fans to submit personal photos of favorite game day memories. Some fans have saved ticket stubs from their first Husker home game or their favorite home game during the streak. Some have brought clothing to reflect how formal people dressed in the early days of the sellout streak. Some are donating a game program, a magazine or a book from the past 50 years. Some even have written letters to fans and family members who will open the canisters in 2062. Nebraska's goal is for fans to have fun and to be a part of history.
The effort helps kids participate in the 50 Years of Consecutive Sellouts celebration using an activity sheet that can be downloaded here on Huskers.com. "This is a good way for parents and grandparents to help kids and grandkids get involved in history," Rowley said. "We're encouraging fans to be creative and to send anything that displays their Husker passion and traditions over the last 50 years."
Anything that cannot be mailed or fit into the 16x4 capsule will not be considered. The time capsules and vaults will be on display at Husker Nation Pavilion directly northeast of the stadium from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. Fans are invited to stop by and drop off items for the time capsules, and to use the opportunity to get their pictures taken with the time capsule in the background.
Fans who will not attend the Spring Game can mail submissions to UNL Athletics, Attention Marketing – Time Capsule; One Memorial Stadium; Lincoln, NE 68588-0153. To qualify for consideration, all items must be sent by Friday, April 12.
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I always say what I mean. But sometimes I'm a sarcastic prick whose tone can't be properly communicated via text.
Quote from: Tero on April 07, 2012, 10:14:59 AMI take it this forum is for discussion and debate. But with certain individuals, every discussion is a debate.If I do not want a debate but just a discussion, do I have to put it in Chatter?You can discuss anywhere you want. But you still have to support what you say. The forum isn't just a soapbox for people to voice their opinions and be done with it.
What's the difference?
Goals, expected outcome, focus and nature of the discussion...
There certainly is some soapboxing. However, often someone has never discussed a particular topic with anyone. Lots of these things do not make good dinner table conversation.
Then they are simply expressing their thoughts on a subject and wish to hear what others think about that. It's kind of like women discussing a subject with a man. The woman wants to speak, express their opinion. The man wonders what the problem is and how do I solve it for her. Or do I just listen?
Azdgari, I can think and explain religion, evolution etc. But when it comes to politics, for example, I know how society works. I do not expect logic, only winners and losers, after we all go and vote.
I meant what the differences in those areas are.
Quote from: Lucifer on April 07, 2012, 12:15:27 PMI meant what the differences in those areas are.I woulda thought they were self-evident, but usually in a discussion, there isn't a goal of winning points, other than successfully conveying one's reasoning behind a position, while additionally trying to glean information in order to obtain a better understanding of the other participant's position. Granted, it's easier and more fun to parse the fuck out of the other persons comments to the point of bringing the discussion to a stalemate at best, but conversations can be rewarding, too. Give it a shot and let me know what you think.
However the other side has to want to give information for that to work. That's Tero's issue. He doesn't want to actually have to give any information on anything or think about things. He just wants to talk for the sake of talking. His idea of "discussion" is different from the one intended by the forum.
Quote from: Alzael on April 07, 2012, 12:30:36 PMHowever the other side has to want to give information for that to work. That's Tero's issue. He doesn't want to actually have to give any information on anything or think about things. He just wants to talk for the sake of talking. His idea of "discussion" is different from the one intended by the forum.His idea of "discussion" seems to be "preaching"."This is what I think about this issue. (...) My idea is stupid, you say? Not supported by evidence, you say? Fuck off. I don't need to support my idea!"
I'm hoping he'll acclimate. Every board like this is a little different. Such differences in mode and tone of an exchange (debate or discussion) are not as black and white as maybe we are both suggesting. I don't know how many times I was embroiled in a debate, which turned into a pretty good, less-formal converstation. And as is all too common, an informal conversation turned into a formal debate, though nobody actually said "debate starting... now!" I believe both scenarios stems from one or both sides not fully comprehending the position of the other prior to the discussion, or the reasons behind it.
Well my way of saying it was nicer, but yes.
His idea of "discussion" seems to be "preaching"."This is what I think about this issue. (...) My idea is stupid, you say? Not supported by evidence, you say? Fuck off. I don't need to support my idea!"
He's been here since January and has over 300 posts, and I've read his posting history.Acclimating isn't an excuse by this point.The thing is that it's not a discussion/debate issue really. It's just that he doesn't wamt to have to justify anything he says either way. He has no interest in discussion or any form of discourse. He just wants to talk at people.
Ok, I'll just chalk this up to me missing some key info, such as past history, cuz on the surface.... the phrase "lighten up" keeps comming to mind."Never mind"~ Rosanna Rosannadana.
Opinions are NOT about objective things. "Gravity exists" isn't an opinion. It's a verifiable assertion. "Evolution exists" is another verifiable assertion. "This processor is better than that processor" is yet another verifiable assertion. These are not opinions."Red is my favorite color" IS an opinion. "This is my favorite brand" IS an opinion. These things are not without justification, but they cannot be proven as objectively true for everyone, simply because they're not.
I might be inclined to do so, if it wasn't for the fact that he continually puts the same stupid idea forward everytime he's challenged. As I said:"When your idea is challenged you do the intellectually honest thing. Either drop it, acknowledge your error, or defend your point. What you don't do is continue to mindlessly insist on it when it has been shown to be wrong. That's dishonest. "He hasn't once put any effort into actually justifying his idea. All of his effort is focused on just repeating his ignorant statements over and over everytime he's called out. His opinion is wrong and has been shown to be wrong. Instead of just dropping it, or admitting he was wrong, he keeps reasserting it without bothering to offer any justification or defense of it.It's dishonest, offensive, and extremely disrespectful. It's why members of the forum, you'll notice, have a tendency to react so badly to theists when they lie and do the same things he's doing. A lot of the people here have a thing about intellectual honesty.
I may state my understanding of some issue. I am not going to list references and sources for every item.
When I mention social issues, anything to do with interactions of people, I don't expect logical behavior, simply patterns. I never apply logic as you folks define it. When I interact with people IRL I try to predict their next reaction. I can't even express in words how I do it.
I will point out that I don't jump to using adjectives like smarmy and condescending attitudes at work, for example. Many of you are great debate experts but really have little manners.
If I were a theist, I would stay far from here.
My only other atheist forum is mostly social.
Tero, the philosophy of this forum includes the idea that any statement or idea is open to being challenged and critically examined. This is a thinking forum. What do you want out of it?


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Friday, November 16, 2012 - Wank Party 2012 #12, Part 1 RAW
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Wank Party 2012 #12 features some wonderful guy, David Skabeta, David Koral, Cecil Stok, David Smetak and Walter Uwe. Four of the guys are waiting in the apartment when David Koral arrives, with his new bride. Everyone congratulates the happy couple and they settle down for a glass of wine. David Sk and David Sm take the bride off somewhere in the apartment while Walter and Cecil stay with David K. They chat with him about spending the rest of his life with just one woman, and think that he should have some fun before settling down. They open his shirt and pants and Walter quickly begins to suck on his cock. Cecil rubs David's chest and kisses him. As the sucking continues the other two David's return, without the bride, and join in the action. David K's dick has become nice and hard under the expert sucking of Walter. He wanks Cecil's cock and then begins to Wank Davkd Sk as well. Meanwhile David Sm pulls his cock out and pushes it into David K's mouth, for sucking. Walter continues to work on David K's cock who sucks ravenously on David Sm's big dick. David Sm wants some cock to suck too and goes down on David Sk. Walter stands a presents his cock to David K who begins sucking it too. David Sk then returns the favor to David Sm, sucking on his big fat cock. David Sm reaches out and pulls Walter to him for kissing. The sucking continues apace, with Cecil being brought into the action, being sucked by David Sm, and then sucking his and David Sk. They all close up together with David K sucking on Cecil, while his own dick is sucked by David Sk. Walter's big dick is swallowed by David Sm too. The guys all chang positions again, sucking on each others cocks, making David K's wedding day one to remember. Things get even hotter as Walter prepares to fuck Cecil's hot little ass while David Sm pulls David K's legs up and rims his hot hole. I can't wait for part 2 to come online to see how it all turns out
Filip Husak is 18 years old and lives in Luka nad Jihlavou. He is unemployed and enjoys football, fitness and snowboarding. Filip does his interview and then, in just his underwear, lights a series of candles. When they are all alight he relaxes and begins to feel his cock through the underwear. That cock already looks hard as his hand runs over it. When he pulls it out, through the leg of the shorts, we see that it is, indeed, rock hard. With his big balls hanging down Filip starts to wank his cock. He removes the underwear and lifts his legs, as he continues to wank, and shows his lovely ass crack, which is lined with hair. Using his hands to spread the cheeks makes sure we get a good look at his tight little hole. Filip's cock is so hard and he shows it off perfectly when he kneels on the couch, with it standing proud. His hands run over his well defined body and then he wanks on that cock some more. Then Filip turns around and bends over so that his hot ass is on display again. With the legs well spread that ass looks great as Filip pushes his cock down and back while he wanks. The view is wonderful as we watch him wanking. Then he turns over and lays down to wank himself to a magnificent climax, shooting his cum all over his abs. Finally Filip goes off to clean himself up in the shower.
Dalibor Radnic is aged 22 and lives in Prague. He is a student who enjoys sports, football and fitness. What a handsome guy he is too, and a very dapper dresser too. He looks so smart as he starts the shoot. Then he begins to undress, slowly revealing his body. As he opens his shirt we see that he has quite a nice body. Then, turning around he shows a lovely ass, framed by tan lines. Turning back we get to see Dalibor's cock, in its flaccid state, and very nice it looks too. He sits on the sofa to remove his shoes and jeans and then leans back to show himself off some more. Lifting his legs in the air gives us a different view of his sexy ass as he spreads the cheeks to show his hole. Then Dalibor gets his cock nice and hard for us and poses very well as we enjoy it. So, fully hard he poses some more to allow us to glory in the sight of his wonderful cock and ass to end a very nice shoot. His erotic video is surely one to look forward to.


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SAN DIEGO—Californians are bundling up with sweaters and gloves and stocking up on firewood as they endure the latest winter storm that has brought very unseasonable freezing temperatures.
The National Weather Service said records could fall as the cold snap stretches into the weekend.
"It's only going to get colder," NWS weather specialist Bonnie Bartling said. "Early Sunday, you're looking at possibly mid-30s in downtown Los Angeles." Long Beach could see temps dip into the low 30s, she said.
Freeze warnings were issued for Sunday morning across wide swaths of the LA Basin and San Diego County. Residents were being urged to cover outdoor plants and bring pets inside.
Morning frost was expected on San Diego and Los Angeles beaches. Big Sur, on the central coast, prepared for daytime highs almost 20 degrees below Boston's. Even the snowbird haven of Palm Springs saw temperatures hover around freezing at night. A low of 12 degrees was recorded in the snow-covered Big Bear mountain resort east of Los Angeles.
In addition, San Diego zookeepers turned up the heat for chimpanzees, tourists covered their hands on Hollywood walking tours, and some farmers broke out wind machines and took other steps to protect crops from freezing.
Traffic was flowing again on a major Southern California traffic artery that was severed for the second time in three days because of snow.
The Grapevine segment of Interstate 5 was reopened at 7:25 a.m. Saturday, about four hours after icy conditions forced the closure, the California Highway Patrol said. The key link between the Central Valley and Los Angeles was also shut for about 17 hours on Thursday, stranding hundreds of truckers and other motorists.
In Sonoma County, homeless shelters handed out extra warm clothes to protect people from frigid overnight temperatures.
Some customers drove more than an hour to buy firewood.
"It's crazy busy here," said Renea Teasdale, office manager at The Woodshed in Orange, south of Los Angeles.
Still, it was business as usual as much of the state contended with temperatures in the high 40s and low 50s.
"It's still sunny Southern California, and I'm going to work on my legs all year long," said Linda Zweig, a spokeswoman for the Del Mar Fairgrounds, which is hosting a 5-kilometer run north of San Diego on Sunday. The lifelong San Diego-area resident is prone to wearing two sweatshirts when the temperature drops but refuses to give up on shorts.
In the San Joaquin Valley, the heart of California's citrus production, growers prepared for another round of freezing temperatures early Sunday after seeing little crop damage Thursday and Friday nights.
"Last night was not a problem, but tonight and Monday morning could have the potential to be pretty cold," Paul Story, director of grower service at California Citrus Mutual, said Saturday.
Farmers run wind machines and water to protect their fruit, which can raise the temperature in a grove by up to 4 degrees, Story said. Existing moisture, sporadic rain and cloud cover can also help keep in heat.
Associated Press writers John Marshall in San Francisco, Elliot Spagat in San Diego, Gosia Wozniacki in Fresno and Chris Carlson in Orange contributed to this report.


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Eleven-year-old Woosuk Kim sees his mother only three or four times a year. That's because he's part of what Koreans call a "goose family": a family that migrates in search of English-language schooling.
A goose family, Woosuk explains, means "parents — mom and dad — have to be separate for the kids' education."
Woosuk's father brought him and his little brother to America two years ago to attend Hancock Park Elementary, a public school in Los Angeles. The boys' mother stayed in South Korea to keep working.
Woosuk's family is unusual. In most cases, it's the father who stays behind. "Goose fathers" are even a fixture of South Korean TV dramas, usually appearing as lonely drudges, working nonstop to support their families abroad.
Goose families prefer to migrate to English-speaking countries. New Zealand and Australia are popular, but the United States is especially prized. And in the U.S., one of the favorite "port of entry" schools is Hancock Park.
A School Transformed
"I would say that we have a very significant Korean population," says Principal Ashley Parker. "They start first grade, second grade — we have new fifth-graders coming from Korea."
A generation ago, Hancock Park was predominantly Jewish. Now it's 37 percent ethnic Korean. The school doesn't track the students' citizenship, so it's impossible to know how many are Korean nationals; but they've become a significant population in this school.
Shari Cooper, a volunteer for the school's parent organization, gets regular inquiries from prospective new "goose families."
"From Korean families, I probably get three to four emails every month. And just this week, I've had four, because over the summer is when most of the families come," Cooper says.
Some of the Koreans come because a parent has found a job in Los Angeles. But when just a mother arrives with her children, they're usually here for the school. Jihyun Lee brought her children over last year.
"[My husband] wanted [our kids] to come to a more globalized place, so that their minds become more globalized, larger," Lee says through a translator.
Lee says her kids are here not only to learn English, but also to gain a special edge when they go back home. Lee's Korean-American friend, Diana Park, explains that having lived in America carries significant status.
"If you do not have the American experience and you live in Korea, it's not the same as people who've been here," Park says. "They treat you differently in Korea if you say you've been in America."
Reading, Writing And Recess
And there's something else: Many of these goose parents — including Lee — say they're also here to get away from Korean schools.
"Although the academics in Korea are more rigorous, there's no creative mind there," says Park, translating for Lee. "Everything's rote memorization, and it's purely academic — there's no individual thought in their teaching."
Goose family migration combines educational ambition with a desire for leisure. To be blunt, for these Korean kids, American schools represent a chance to relax a little. When Lee asked her kids what they liked about their first year in an American school, the first thing they said was "recess."
"Apparently they don't have recess in Korea," Park adds. "They get time to eat and that's it, and then I think right after school they go to another after-school program. So they don't really get any recess or any time to play."
The American parents at the school are proud of its above-average standardized test scores, so it can be a little disconcerting to hear that the Korean kids see it as a place to kick back.
Shari Cooper says she considers the Koreans to be a salutary academic challenge for her own kids, and she says relations with the Korean families are generally good.
In Tough Times, Some Tension
Still, given the painful budget cuts in Los Angeles public schools, there has also been some grumbling.
"They were feeling like, wait a second, you know, why are these families driving up in these expensive cars and dressing so well — they should be giving to the school,' " Cooper says. "So there was a little bit of animosity. You felt it at the meetings; you didn't feel it on the playground so much."
Cooper says the booster club has done a better job of getting Korean parents to donate to the fund drive, and tensions have eased. Now, when she gets emails from South Korea inquiring about tuition at Hancock Park, she says she answers that it's a free public school — but that fund drive donations are appreciated.
In some other countries, like New Zealand, goose families are charged to attend public schools. Cooper says she wouldn't want to see that in the U.S.
"It doesn't sound like a very American way to go," she says. "It's a free country with a free public education, and if you start charging people, they're going to start feeling more like visitors. They're not going to be invested in the school and the country in the same way."
Migrating From School To School
But while the goose families may feel invested in Hancock Park, they don't seem to feel the same dedication to the larger Los Angeles public school system. Once their kids finish elementary school, they tend to move on.
"Schools in L.A. [are] very terrible now," says Hyungsoo Kim, Woosuk's "goose father." As soon as Woosuk finished fifth grade, he moved the boys to a new gated community in Orange County so they could be close to good middle schools.
Woosuk says he's already run into familiar faces there.
"There's many families from Hancock Park [that have moved] to Irvine. Yeah, to our neighborhood," he says.
In fact, goose families tend to follow a kind of wagon trail of American public education, moving from district to district as their kids age through the system. That journey often culminates on one of the campuses of the University of California.
Sitting by the pool outside their new Orange County apartment, Hyungsoo Kim says he's pleased America has given his boys the chance to relax.
"I think whole life is competition when they grow up," he says. "But when they are young, when they are small kids, they need some happiness."
His sons agree. Back home, they say, Korean kids are now suffering through a pile of summer vacation homework. Here in America, there's little danger of that.
This is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Melissa Block.
And I'm Robert Siegel.
This summer, we're hearing different takes on the American dream. Today, the dream of some Korean families who moved to the United States to send their children to American schools. Some do this even when it means splitting up the family. As NPR's Martin Kaste found out, many of them are chasing the American dream of recess.
UNIDENTIFIED GROUP: (Singing) Take me out to the ball game...
MARTIN KASTE, BYLINE: Welcome to the annual patriotic pageant at Hancock Park Elementary in Los Angeles.
UNIDENTIFIED GROUP: (Singing) ....some peanuts and Cracker Jacks. I don't care if I never get back...
KASTE: What could be more American than second graders dressed up as pilgrims singing about baseball? But in this school, the pilgrims come with a twist.
ASHLEY PARKER: I would say that we have a very significant Korean population.
KASTE: Principal Ashley Parker. She says her school gets a steady stream of these new arrivals.
PARKER: They start first grade, second grade. We have new fifth graders coming from Korea.
KASTE: Hancock Park is nearly 40 percent Korean. And though the school doesn't keep track of student citizenship, it's clear that a significant number are Korean nationals. This 11-year-old boy just finished fifth grade.
WOOSUK KIM: My name is Woosuk Kim. And my English name is Eric.
KASTE: Woosuk's father brought him to L.A. two years ago, specifically to attend Hancock Park Elementary. His mom stayed in Korea to keep working and support them. This setup is common, so common that Koreans have a term for it.
KIM: Kirogi family.
KASTE: Kirogi family. It means goose family because they migrate in search of English-language schooling.
KIM: Parents - mom and dad - have to be separate for the kids' education.
KASTE: Woosuk and his little brother say they've become used to bachelor life with their dad. Even his cooking is now acceptable. And this goose family is unusual. In most cases, it's the mother who accompanies the kids to the U.S. while the father stays in Korea to work.
There's a whole colony of goose mothers living here at Park La Brea Apartments. It's a gated community, which the Koreans perceive as especially safe, that's why so many of come to Hancock Park Elementary. The school is right next door. Jihyun Lee brought her kids over last year. Her friend Diana Park translates.
JIHYUN LEE: (Foreign language spoken)
DIANA PARK: She - they wanted to come to a more globalized place so that their mind becomes more globalized, larger.
KASTE: Goose Families aren't usually looking to put down roots here. This is a version of the American dream that's more about what happens in Korea. When these kids go back home, says Diana Park, they'll have a special status.
PARK: If you do not have that American experience and you live in Korea, it's not the same as the people who've been here. They treat you differently in Korea if you say you've been in America.
KASTE: And there is something else: many of these goose parents say they're also here to get away from Korean schools.
PARK: Although the academics in Korea is more rigorous, there's no creative mind there. it's - everything's rote, memorization, and it's purely academic. There's no individual thought in their teaching.
KASTE: And to be blunt, for these Korean kids, the American school is kind of a vacation.
LEE: (Foreign language spoken)
PARK: Recess. Apparently, they don't have recess in Korea.
PARK: They get time to eat, and that's it. And then, I think right after school, they go to another after-school program, so they don't really get any recess or any time to play.
KASTE: Over the years, American parents at Hancock Park Elementary have puzzled over the nonstop influx of Koreans. Shari Cooper volunteers for the Booster Club. She's the one who gets the inquiries from prospective new goose families.
SHARI COOPER: From Korean families, I probably get three to four emails every month. And then, just this week, I've had four. Because over the summer is when most of the families come.
KASTE: Cooper says some of the American parents have grumbled in the past, especially given the current budget crunch in L.A. schools. But those tensions eased when the Booster Club got more of the Koreans to donate to the school's fund drive. When asked if she'd like to see the district charge goose families tuition - that does happen in other countries like New Zealand - Cooper says no.
COOPER: It doesn't sound like a very American way to go for people here. I think that it's a free country with a free public education. And if you start charging people, they're going feel more like visitors. They're not going to be invested in the school and in the country the same way.
KASTE: But while the goose families may feel invested in this school, they don't feel the same dedication to the larger Los Angeles public school system.
HYUNGSOO KIM: Schools in L.A. is very terrible now.
KASTE: This is Hyungsoo Kim. He's the goose father, Woosuk's dad.
KIM: Because of budget cuts and then - and so educational environment is getting worse, so that's why we moved to here.
KASTE: As soon as Woosuk finished fifth grade, the family relocated to Orange County to live near a good middle school. And they're not alone. Woosuk says he's already running into familiar faces.
KIM: There's many families from Hancock Park move to Irvine, yeah, to our neighborhood.
KASTE: So you're following each other?
KIM: Yeah.
KASTE: In fact, Korean goose families follow a kind of wagon trail of American public education, moving from district to district as their kids age through the system, a journey that culminates ideally on one of the campuses of the University of California. It's a migration that combines educational ambition with a desire for leisure.
Sitting by the pool in their new gated community in Orange County, Hyungsoo Kim says America has given his boys the chance to relax.
KIM: I think whole life is competition when they grow up. But when they are young, they are - when they are small kids, they need some happiness.
KASTE: His boys agree. They say, back home, the kids are now suffering through a pile of summer vacation homework. Here in America, there's little danger of that. Martin Kaste, NPR News. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.