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FOXBORO — To say the Ravens have their most vulnerable defense in the John Harbaugh era is putting it too simply.A defense that has consistently ranked among the top five in the NFL in past years ranked...
FOXBORO — To say the Ravens have their most vulnerable defense in the John Harbaugh era is putting it too simply.
A defense that has consistently ranked among the top five in the NFL in past years ranked 12th in the NFL this season in points allowed (21.5) and 17th in yards allowed (350.9). New England put up 30 points and almost 400 total yards when the two teams met in September.
It's reason enough to think about dismissing the struggles Tom Brady has had against Baltimore in the past. Brady has thrown seven interceptions in the last four games he's against the Ravens. On the surface, this looks like a different Ravens defense than usual, a worse Ravens defense than usual.
But there's far more nuance to it than that.
"The big thing about the Ravens is they play good when they've got to play good," Patriots coach Bill Belichick said at his news conference on Wednesday. "When they've got to make plays, they make plays. They've won a lot of close games this year. They've been in a lot of close games and they've won a lot of close games, and I think that's really what it's all about.
"Some other stats and all, you can do whatever you want with them, but it comes down to being able to make a play when you need to make a play."
Still, by all indications, Baltimore has had more of a below-average defense than above-average defense this season. But the Ravens defense that will travel to Gillette Stadium on Sunday isn't the same defense the Ravens have fielded all season, let alone the same defense that played the Patriots in September.
Terrell Suggs missed the team's first six games with an Achilles' tendon injury. Ray Lewis missed the team's final 10 games with what at the time looked like a season-ending torn triceps. The two hadn't played in the same game all season until the playoffs.
Safety Ed Reed, in fact, was one of only two Ravens players to start all 16 of the Ravens' regular-season games.
The return of Lewis figures to be the most impactful. The Hall of Fame linebacker might be 37 years old and one loss away from the end of his career, but he remains a premier playmaker in the middle of the Baltimore defense. He had 13 tackles and a pass breakup in a wild-card win over Indianapolis, and he had 17 tackles on Saturday at Denver.
When Lewis has played this season, the Ravens are 7-1 — 5-1 in the regular season, 2-0 in the postseason. Their lone loss with Lewis on the field was a 24-23 nail-biter at Philadelphia in September. Baltimore has allowed 20.3 points per game and 3.9 rushing yards per carry with Lewis on the field this season.
When Lewis has not played, on the other hand, the Ravens are 5-5 and have averaged 22.6 yards per game along with 4.1 rushing yards per carry.
And while the job of Lewis primarily is to stop the run, the Baltimore pass defense has seen significant improvement since the start of the season — even without cornerback Lardarius Webb, who has been on injured reserve since mid-October.
Credit for that can go to outside linebacker Paul Kruger, who has blossomed into a star in the second half of the season. Kruger had 1.5 sacks in the Ravens' first eight games but had 7.5 in their final eight games and 2.5 more in the wild-card win over the Indianapolis Colts.
"He's really been productive on that with pressures, strip sacks, sacks," Belichick said. "He's made a lot of negative plays. He's got good quickness. He plays strong. He's long. He's got good length to be able to be disruptive. … He played quite a while with OK production. In the last 10, 12 games, whatever it's been, his production has really jumped dramatically."
With the emergence of Kruger and the return of Lewis and Suggs, the Baltimore defense now might be as good as it's been all season. Even as the Ravens lost four of their five final regular-season games, they yielded more than 400 yards just once.
Baltimore presents a totally different challenge to Brady and the Patriots than it did back in September — a challenge not unlike the one the Patriots are used to facing when they welcome the Ravens to Gillette Stadium.
"They have a lot of playmakers at each level of the defense," Brady said. "It's not like you beat this team 50-0. It's always a tight game. There's tight coverage. There's tight throws. There's tough reads because, schematically, they do quite a few things. It's never easy. There's not an easy throw. There won't be an easy throw this weekend."


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Ven Omalpe Sobhita Thero
Sri Bodhiraja Foundation, Sri Lanka
In the ancient city of Anuradhapura in Sri Lanka stands the world's oldest recorded tree – a sacred Bodhi tree planted in the 3rd century BC. This tree, planted from a sapling of the original Bodhi tree under which the Buddha attained enlightenment in India more than 2500 years ago, is a representation of the deep roots that Buddhism has in Sri Lanka. Like this sacred Bodhi tree, the Buddhist Sinhalese tradition is the oldest living Buddhist lineage in the world, and the only religious culture that had managed to survive for more than 2300 years.
In 250 BC, Arahant Mahinda and his mission, dispatched by the great Buddhist monarch King Asoka of India, landed at Mihintale in Sri Lanka and was warmly welcomed by King Devanampiya-Tissa. Having heard the first sermon, the King took to the new religion immediately and declared it the state religion. Buddhism spread rapidly across the island and enjoyed royal patronage for successive centuries thereafter. Up to the end of Sinhalese rule in the 19thC, the supremacy of Buddhism was such that only a Buddhist had the legitimate right to be king of Ceylon, a "defender of the faith", entrusted with the protection of the "alms-bowl and the tooth relic of the Buddha".
In the Great Chronicles of Sri Lanka, the Dipavamsa and the Mahavamsa, the underlying theme is the identification of the island as the "Island of Dhamma" (dhammadipa), a land for Buddhism:
"When the Guide of the World, having accomplished the salvation of the whole world and having reached the utmost stage of blissful rest, was lying on the bed of his nibbana, in the midst of the great assembly of gods, he, the great sage, the greatest of those who have speech, spoke to Sakka who stood there near him: `Vijaya, son of king Sihabahu, is come to Lanka from the country of Lala, together with seven hundred followers. In Lanka, O lord of gods, will my religion be established, therefore carefully protect him with his followers and Lanka."
Hence, the pact between Buddhism and Sri Lanka was sealed. In the words of Sri Lanka's first prime minister D. S. Senanayake in 1939: "Sinhalese are one blood and one nation. We are a chosen people. Buddha said that his religion would last for 5500 years. That means that we, as the custodians of the Religion, shall last as long."
Through the centuries, despite frequent attacks from foreign enemies and four hundred years of colonization, Buddhism, though badly shaken at times, withstood the storms. Sinhalese Buddhist kings and leaders fought indefatigably and passionately, both for the cause of Buddhism and for the liberation of Sri Lanka from foreign powers. From the battle cry "Not for kingdom, but for Buddhism" of Duttha-Gamani in the 2nd century BC to Anagarika Dharmapala in the late 19th century, the sense of religio-nationalism was ingrained. Wary of the dangers posed by the spread of Christianity, especially in the establishment of missionary schools, and the erosion of traditional values among the Sinhalese population, Dharmapala warned, "As long as the religion of the pagan influences the Sinhalese Buddhists, so long will Buddhism decline and not prosper." He beseeched all true-blooded Sinhalese Buddhists compatriots to serve for the "preservation of our nation, our literature, our land, and our most glorious religion at whose source our forefathers drank deep for nearly seventy generations." "There exists no race on this earth today that has a more glorious, triumphant record of victory than the Sinhalese." Underlining all this is the sacred mission of the island: "Ceylon, the home of the Dhamma, sacred to the Buddhists, hallowed by the touch of the blessed feet of the all-compassionate Lord, has become the beacon light to future Humanity."
This Sinhala-Buddhist fervor played a critical role in the development of events that eventually led to Sri Lanka's independence in 1948. The fruit of all this is the enshrinement of Buddhism as the "foremost" religion in the constitution of 1972, making it the duty of the State to protect and foster the Buddha Susana while guaranteeing the rights of all other religions of the island.
The fusion of a religion with a chosen land, a chosen people (that forms the majority in this case) can often generate dissent among the minorities and is a potential trigger point for ethnic and religious conflicts. Fortunately, this is not the case in Sri Lanka. This may sound contradictory in the face of the civil war going on in the North Eastern corner of the island. While it is beyond the scope of this paper to discuss at length about the civil conflict, some points ought to be highlighted. The LTTE claim for a Tamil homeland in the North has little justification. 65% of the Tamils in Sri Lanka live in the South harmoniously among the majority Sinhalese population. In addition, the Tamils carried out ethnic cleansing by brutally massacring hundreds or forcibly evicting thousands of Sinhalese Buddhists and Muslims from the North and East. This is not an ethnic conflict but terrorism pure and simple. The fact that many Western governments had labeled the LTTE as a terrorist group and imposed travel ban on its cadre is a testimonial of this.
Regrettably, the civil war in Sri Lanka over the last 2 decades has ravaged the country, resulting in social instability and individual disorientation. This has provided opportunities for some factions to undermine Buddhism. In recent years, Buddhism has come under threat from a wave of unethical conversion by evangelical groups especially in the rural areas. There is nothing wrong with genuine conversion as such. However when it is done through material inducement or forced coercion, and in its course subvert another religion, desecrating its objects of worship, it is disconcerting. When it leads to violent clashes and bloodshed, it becomes alarming. The painful memories of the brutality and humiliation suffered by Buddhists at the hands of Christian missionaries of the colonial era had not been forgotten. The proposed Bill against Unethical Conversion tabled by Buddhist monks in Parliament in 2004 is not an attempt to curb the spread of other religions, but to protect Buddhism from such unethical forces.
The involvement of Buddhist monks in mainstream politics and a resounding call for a unitary Sinhalese Buddhist state had spurred strong criticisms from many fronts. Accusations range from violations of the right to religious freedom to the emergence of Buddhist fundamentalism. To challenge the validity of such charges, one has to look at the reality on the ground.
Modern Sri Lanka is a multi-cultural, multi-racial, and multi-religious democracy. Although Buddhism is been given foremost place in the 1972 constitution, the legal protection of all religious are also guaranteed in Articles 10 and 14. In many cities and towns across the island, Buddhist temples stand alongside kovils, churches and mosques. Buddhists, Christians, Hindus and Muslims are allowed to practice freely within the law. There is no restriction of outward manifestations of religious beliefs such as the wearing of headscarves or crucifixes and the holy days of the main religions are declared as national and public holidays. There is no "bumipitra" preference in job opportunities and airtime is given to all the major faiths on the national broadcast stations. On the question of language, another defining feature of a nation's identity, although Sinhala is the main medium of education in public schools, there are a proportionate number of Christian, Muslim and Tamil schools to cater to the needs of the minorities.
If one is to ask if Sri Lanka is a Buddhist or secular state, one could say that it is a fluid form of secularism unique to Sri Lankan. Sri Lanka is governed by a modern secular constitution. All are equal in the eyes of the law, irrespective of religion or race. In this aspect, it is a fine example of religious diversity and harmonious co-existence in comparison with other countries where the existence of a majority belonging to one religious group results in ethnic and religious tension. In the aftermath of tsunami disaster of 2004, Buddhist temples offered refuge for the many displaced, regardless of race or religion just as they did for the enemies in the past. Buddhist humanitarian organizations provided aid and relief without any discrimination, and built houses for all displaced without segregation. The driving force is not material but simply a compassion for a common humanity.
Inevitably, a Sri Lankan national ideology would be inalienable from the Sinhala-Buddhist culture through 2300 years of evolution. After all, Sinhalese Buddhists make up a majority of 73% of the population. For them, Buddhism permeates every aspect of their daily lives and defines the social fabric that connects them. The threads of Buddhism and Sinhalese culture are inextricable interwoven. Throughout Sri Lanka's history, whenever Buddhism or the island was threatened by invading armies or ideologies, the Sinhalese Buddhists had always stepped forward to champion the causes. The fiery passion and patriotism that Sinhalese-Buddhists have for their country are so strong that it sometimes border on fanaticism but had it not been for their courage and determination, Sri Lanka may have remained in the hands of foreign powers or a mere stooge on the world's stage. Sinhala novelist Gunadasa Amarasekara writes: "The main assumption behind Jathika Chintanaya (national ideology) is that, although there are many ethnic groups in this country such as Sinhalese, the Tamils and the Muslims, all of them belong basically to the same culture; as such they must be referred to as one nation." Hence, the covenant between Buddhism and the Sinhalese is fully expanded to include all other ethnic and religious groups on the island.
In a discussion of Sinhalese Buddhism and national identity, one aspect need to be touched upon - that is the role of the sangha in Sri Lankan politics. The involvement of monks in politics is not a new phenomenon in Sri Lanka. Although there is little evidence in the Chronicles to suggest that monks wield direct political power in the kingdom, it is clear that they exercised considerable influence over matters of kingship as advisors, settling disputes between political leaders and even in the selection of successors to the throne. Even the foreign powers from India and Europe that occupied Sri Lanka from time to time recognized the need to rein in or appease the guardians of Buddhism in their dominion.
In 2004, Sri Lankan monks stirred up a huge controversy by running for elections under the banner of Jathika Hela Urumaya (National Heritage party) and winning nine seats in Parliament. This direct involvement of monks in partisan politics was seen by some as a sign of growing (Sinhala-) Buddhist fundamentalism that undermines the secularism of the country. This is a misconception; the aim of the monks in Sri Lankan politics is not to challenge the established political system. Their main objective is to protect the Buddhist heritage from the threats posed by the spread of unethical conversion throughout the country and the corruption and decline of the Sri Lankan society in a rapidly changing global economy. The Act to control the sale of alcohol and tobacco forwarded by the monks in Parliament and that came into effect in 2006 is a prime example of governance by Buddhist principles to protect the moral, social, mental and physical well-being of the people.
Like their fore-fathers, the present generation of Sinhalese Buddhist leaders is once again at the forefront to fulfill the mandate handed down to them – to protect the motherland, not just for Buddhists but also for all Sri Lankans. Their ideology, based on Buddhist principles, is shared by all who cherish a pluralistic, multi-ethnic and multi-religious society and true democracy in a free world. What they champion are the protection of the vulnerable, the na?ve, the uneducated and the poor from exploitation and manipulation, the protection of human lives from terrorism, and the protection of indigenous cultures and age-old traditions, and of the rich legacy that they have inherited.
From its birthplace in India, Buddhism now has more than 350 million followers across the globe. Buddhism is a religion that seeks to harmonize and synthesize, rather than to destroy or fragmentize. It does not seek to challenge the status quo, to create social turmoil and dissent. Wherever it spread, Buddhism assimilated the native practices and customs of each land, giving rise to its many different forms – Thai Buddhism, Chinese Buddhism, Japanese Buddhism etc. This, perhaps more than any other factor, speaks about the universality and fluidity of the Buddha's teachings.
The Buddha taught respect for other religions and tolerance, compassion and non-violence. "Khanti paramam tapo titikka." "Tolerance and forbearance is the highest moral practice." (Dhammapada184). Buddhism does not insist on people converting to it, nor does it condemn those who convert to other faiths. When Upali, a rich follower of Niganthanataputta of Jainism, wanted to become a disciple of the Buddha, the Buddha urged him to reconsider his decision.. When Upali showed firm commitment, the Buddha consented on condition that Upali should not forsake his former teacher but continue to respect him and offer alms.
Albert Einstein remarked "if there is one religion that would cope with modern scientific needs, it would be Buddhism." Buddhism is an intellectual and rational philosophy, one that does not support blind subordination, but demands of the individual much effort on his or her own path to enlightenment. There is no room for dogmatism; Buddhism does not seek to impose or prescribe strict adherence to its beliefs. Upon his parinibbana, when questioned by Venerable Ananda about a successor, the Buddha answered, "Dhammo ca vinayo mamaccayena sattha." "When I am gone, the Dhamma and vinaya will be your teacher and leader." While this encapsulates the efforts of individual self-realization central to Buddhism, it has left a vacuum in authority and leadership. The same qualities that allow Buddhism to adapt and integrate itself to new cultures also expose the Buddha's teachings to variant interpretations, sometimes with undesirable consequences.
Unlike missionary religions like Christianity and Islam, Buddhism lacks a central authority and is highly vulnerable, especially in a world of growing religious intolerance and globalization. Even as we speak, Buddhists are being persecuted in different parts of the world by extremisms trying to shape the world according to their systems of beliefs. Buddhism does not have militias to ward off the enemies, nor the strong political or economic powers to protect it. The dearth of the Buddha's teachings would indeed be a tragic loss for humankind, the loss of what historian H G Wells had described as "the advance of world civilization and true culture than any other influence in the chronicles of mankind."
At no time in our history is there a greater need for the Buddhists communities all over the world to stand united. More than national identity, Buddhism needs a universal identity that can speak in one voice and reawaken the Buddha's teachings to make it relevant to the 21st century. Only then can Buddhism engage in meaningful and constructive dialogue with other major faiths to build peace and harmony, and a better world for future generations.
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Organizational structure implies and demands process. We organize ourselves through adherence to rules. We are taught to comply through these official rules. It brings accountability and a safety net for employees who are afraid to mess up.
Strict adherence to processes can however stifle creativity and create a culture where we focus on the tasks not the underlying objectives. We go throughout the day ticking the tasks off our list instead of working towards our goals.
Here are some thoughts on how we can encourage people to use process to enable them to be smart about the way they work versus resenting their list of tasks to get through.
- Before you hand a person a task list, ensure they understand the objectives behind the tasks. What are they trying to achieve? What does success look like? How does each task contribute towards that success? Who are the stakeholders? Who do they need to work with?
- Ask them to participate in structuring the process. This will empower them, give them a sense of ownership and control, allow them to incorporate the tools and processes that fit their learning styles and show you how well they understand the task.
- Make it understood that the task list is part of a fluid process. It is not rigid or inflexible. Concentrating on the objectives and understanding the route to success will allow the flexibility to shift focus, direction and to trouble shoot when necessary.
- Trust them to do the job. If the objectives are clear, and the process is set to enable, then empowering them to make decisions is much easier to do. This does not mean you do not support them. Having an open door policy and being available to answer questions is part of the process. It is far better to have someone ask the right questions than have people second-guessing themselves.
- Measure and report against objectives and how close you are to reaching those objectives. Incorporate in that measurement process where the roadblocks to success are and where gaps are appearing. This will allow a refocus and re-evaluation of process. Tick off the objective milestones, not the individual tasks.
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• A home at University Oaks apartments on West Broad Street was burglarized between 5 a.m. Friday and 7:30 a.m. Monday. A TV, combination DVD player-videocassette recorder and DVDs were stolen, Athens-Clarke County police said.
Entry was gained by smashing the window pane of a door, police said.
A value for the stolen items were not given by the victim, according to police.
• A Mellwood Drive resident interrupted a burglary Monday when he returned home at about 7:55 p.m., said police.
He saw a young male running from the back of the residence, but was unable to provide a description, police said.
Several items inside the home were moved, police said. A Wii and a DVD player, altogether valued at $150, were stolen.
• A woman reported on Monday that after she left the windows of her home open in order to air it out someone entered and stole a cellphone and a laptop computer, altogether valued at $750, police said.


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- official developer site > http://www.pleoworld.com/developer
- YAPT, behaviourial deconstruction and "entertainment personalities" > http://www.aibohack.com/pleo/yapt.htm
- martin's spy-cam nosejob » http://www.bodyhey.com/pleohack/index_01.html
- pawn vm : http://www.compuphase.com/pawn/pawn.htm
- reverse engineering attempts: http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2007/12/pleo_holiday_urf_file_ple.html#comments
The file header looks like this. UGRF 0x01000000D7B06247871D0000 UGSF 0x00AE0C00 UGMF 0x60B00C00 UGCF 0xF8B10C0020 AMX 0x18B30C00 PROP 0x70B30C00 SIZE 0x20CF0C00 Then its padded by a bunch of 0x30's And then the first song UGSF 0x01 12days_mbox I would venture to guess that: "URF" & "UGRF" = Ugobe Resource File "UGSF" = Uglobe Sound File "UGMF" = Uglobe Motion File "UGCF" = Uglobe C??? File
I took the first UGSF segment and pulled it in to audacity as a raw file. It didn't sound very good, but I could discern a ho ho ho. Signed 8 bit PCM worked the best for me, but like I said it didn't sound very good, so there must be something else done to the data. Perhaps it's just scaled, or there's some output filtering. Also, the AMX in the header probably refers to the pawn virtual machine code. One of the pleo's creators said that's what they used. I didn't find a decompiler for the AMX virtual machine, so I haven't tried to extract any code there. It is documented and the source code is available, so I imagine that might be a good place to look.


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He nodded thoughtfully, checking out her physical attributes as he did so. She was pretty, slim, looked as if she had nice tits but he was in a relationship and wasn't sure if this would be the right thing to do. However, realizing that he had a duty to science he agreed to her request.
The living quarters she described were very small with two narrow bunk beds, a tiny toilette/shower combination, and cupboard for keeping clothes and personal possessions in. It was almost claustrophobic.
Stella showed him how the top bunk folded back so that the bottom one became a sofa and they sat together chatting for a while. All the time, Manfred was wondering what else was due to happen. After a few minutes, she said that they should undress and put their clothes in the cupboard to see how that worked out. By standing at each end of the cabin, they managed to take off their sweaters without punching each other in the face and they just kept stripping until they were completely naked!
He felt, when he first saw, her that she had a nice body but out of her lab coat she was model material. Manfred had thought her tits were nice – and boy, were they – plump, firm and perfectly shaped. He was dying to grope them.
"Now, if you were going to have sex in here," she began, looking down at his dick that was occupying more than its fair share of cabin space, "What position do you think would be most convenient?"
Manfred was beginning to regret accepting this challenge. It was so clinical. Basically, he just wanted to do what came naturally and he told her so.
"So, you'd like to just start the ball rolling with something like this," she said, and moving up to him she pressed her soft warm tits against his chest and started to kiss him. He couldn't answer because he had her tongue in his mouth.
The regrets slowly faded away as he cupped his palms around her bare bum and felt his throbbing dick pressing against her thigh. When his hands moved upwards to feel her tits, she gave out a little moan. He wet his finger with her saliva and circled it around her hardened nipples. Stella closed her eyes and just stood there motionless as he explored her slim form with his hands and then with his tongue.
Laying her down on the narrow bunk, with barely enough room to straddle her body, he leaned over and began to suck on those soft and inviting mammaries. The moaning got louder and louder and when he spread her legs open wide and began to probe her groove with his tongue, she became almost hysterical.
Manfred very lightly licked the edges of her pussy lips, exploring them with his fingers at the same time. The once reserved scientist began to twist and contort her body as if it was getting too much for her. Suddenly, she screamed and shoved her ass in the air almost causing them to fall off the bunk.
Stella seemed to be totally possessed by massive cum waves for a good two minutes. She kept rubbing her tits and gasping for breath as the climactic spasms continued unabated. When her exploding clitoris finally began to calm down, she slid her body underneath his and started to give his balls a thorough tongue lashing. The pretend astronaut grabbed onto his thighs and maneuvered him so that his cock could slide into her hungry mouth. She couldn't really suck his schlong effectively in that position and so he began to fuck her face. Stella tightened her lips and moved her tongue around the head of his dick as he plunged it in and out. On the verge of a stupendous orgasm, he quickly withdrew and splattered huge dollops of cum all over her.
She laughed as she wiped his semen off her cheeks and nose and scooped the creamy gathering into her mouth as if it were Jello Pudding.
"You could have left it in," she said, it tastes really good.
Manfred laughed as she kept on licking it from her fingers, but now he had to change his position so that he could get his dick, which was quickly hardening up again, between those gorgeous legs and deep into her groove. They both struggled in the confined space to attain congress and Stella was getting a little agitated. She really wanted that big thick cock of his to penetrate her and stretch the sides of her pussy to bursting.
When he delivered that first primal thrust, she just screamed out "Oh fuck!" and held onto him tightly as he began to ram it in and out of her sopping wet groove.
"Oh god – I want you to fuck me," she cried out. "Please, please fuck me, fuck me hard."
Manfred didn't need really any encouragement. He just kept sliding it in and out, crashing his balls against the lips of her cunt until she was weeping with joy. As he shot his load into her, the once demure professor moved her ass up and down in time with his and called out a long string of obscenities.
The bed was too narrow to accommodate them side by side and so he slipped onto the floor but reached up so that he could continue to stroke her pussy. They watched some porn on a little TV screen for around an hour and then went at it again and continued that pattern for the entire eight-hour shift.
In the end, they dressed, she thanked him for his co-operation and said she couldn't wait to view the video that had been made of their experiment. After he'd left, her assistant Emily, who'd been watching the action on a monitor, said it seemed to go very well.
"Who are you going to choose," Stella asked, looking over her shoulder as she browsed through photos of the faculty on her computer.
"I rather like the look of him," Emily replied, pointing to a young professor who lectured on human sexual behavior, "he should know a thing or two."
"I'm going to fuck him next," said Stella, hovering her finger over the photograph of a distinguished looking man, "I've never done it with anyone older before."
The two women started to laugh. The idea to build that bogus cabin, so that they could fuck who they wanted had been a great idea…and their many victims who took that giant step for mankind had no reason to complain either. THE END
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Serena Deeb vs. Cheerleader Melissa vs. Angelina Love
Melissa stood on the apron as Love an Deeb went back and forth. She spent a lot of time early on letting them work each other over. She finally decided to enter the fray but was kicked down by Love, who took her out and nailed a series of clotheslines on Deeb.
Deeb went for a crucifix on Love but failed. She nailed several pinfall attempts. Deeb nailed several right hands but was caught and whipped by her hair by Love. They were both down, so Melissa covered her and tried to capitalize.
Love was locked in a leglock by Melissa, who was then caught in an abdominal stretch. Deeb worked over Melissa with some rapid fire forearms and hit a monkey flip out of the corner. She went for another but Melissa caught her and spun her around into the corner. She tried to set up Deeb for a superplex but was fought off. Deeb went for a flying bodypress but missed.
Melissa went for a move but was caught with a Love spinkick. Melissa was caught in between the others, pinballing back and forth between forearms. Love and Deeb took turns working her over. Deeb nailed a gutbuster and covered her but Love pulled her off and tried to make the cover. Deeb then pulled her off and they got in each other's faces.
Melissa shoved them into each other. She went for a move on Deeb who escaped but was nailed by Love with a big kick and pinned.
Your winner, Angelina Love!
It will be Love vs. Ivelisse later down the line for a shot at FWE Women's champion Maria.
Ted DiBiase Jr. vs. Colt Cabana
DiBiase came out first and heeled the crowd, saying he didn't need WWE, he was a self made millionaire and coming here was the worst mistake of his life.
Cabana came out and mocked DiBiase for calling the fans "booger-eaters: and asked if that's the type of creative he was taught when he cut promos. Cabana offered everyone $1 to do a push-up in the ring as a parody of DiBiase Sr. A little kid got in the ring and did it to a big pop. Cabana helped the kid out of the ring but was when attacked by DiBiase.
DiBiase nailed Cabana with a series of rights but Cabana came back with some offense. DiBiase retreated from the ring and when he returned, he locked on an armbar. Cabana reversed it in his own unique style and ran DiBiase out of the ring.
Cabana followed him to the floor and slammed him onto the apron. DiBiase cut off Cabana with a running knee as he returned to the ring. DiBiase worked him over with a series of right hands. DiBiase suplexed Cabana over for a suplex and scored a two count, then locked in a side chinlock.
DiBiase continued to control Cabana, choking him against the ropes. DiBiase nailed a dropkick for another two count. Cabana fought back and sent DiBiase out of the ring and he landed hard. When he returned, Cabana nailed some clubbering.
Cabana hit the Flying A**hole in the corner for a two count. DiBiase worked over Cabana in the corner with a series of right hands. Cabana yelled Superfly and came off the top, by landing on his feet, then splashing DiBiase for a two count.
DiBiase caught him with the Million Dollar Slam and scored the pin.
Your winner, Ted DiBiase!
FWE champ John Morrison vs. Matt Morgan
Morgan used his power to control Morrison early. He sent Morrison into the ropes and shoulderblocked him down hard. Morrison left the ring and said that this is a match ten years in the making because back in OVW, The Blueprint used to beat down Johnny Blaze all the time, but tonight, he's facing John Morrison.
Morrison worked over Morgan but missed an elbow. Morgan beat him down all over the ringside area. Morgan went to whip Morgan into the stairs but Morrison landed on them and flipped over onto his feet. He nailed Morgan and whipped him into the guard rail.
Back in the ring, Morgan cut off Morrison. Morgan caught him and walked around the ring with him, then nailed a sideslam for a two count. Morrison was worked over but finally ducked, sending Morgan over the top to the floor.
Morgan locked in a straight jacket choke on Morrison. Morrison finally made a comeback after Morgan missed a charge in the corner. Morrison nailed a series of rights and lefts then nailed a spinkick. He nailed a spinning splash for a two count but was cut off by Morgan and worked over in the corner. Morgan elevated Morrison and slammed him into the buckles.
Morgan went for a standing suplex but Morrison turned it into a DDT mid-stream, getting a two count. Morgan missed the Carbon Footprint and was nailed with a spinning kick. Morrison hit his twisting splash off the top for a near fall.
Morrison went to the top but was caught for a chokeslam. He escaped but ate the Carbon Footprint, kicking up at the last second. Morrison went for a Russian Leg sweep but Morgan escaped. Morrison hit a springboard kick to the head, then hit a split-legged twisting moonsault for the pin.
Your winner, John Morrison!
All of the winners who advanced returned to the ring to pose for photos to close the night. Morrison posed on the ropes and when he returned to the ring, Petey Williams kicked him and nailed a Canadian Destroyer.
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Brandy D. Christian serves as the President and CEO of the Port of New Orleans, a public agency that manages more than $60 million in revenues, nearly 300 employees and $200 million in capital projects. Christian is one of 11 female port directors in North America and the first female CEO in the Port of New Orleans' 120-year history. She brings a global perspective and experience building high performance teams in complex organizations to the role, and emphasizes strategic focus, collaborative partnerships and bold action.
Prior to joining Port NOLA, she served 14 years with the Port of San Diego, California's fourth-largest cargo port and one of the State's largest public land developers with a portfolio encompassing maritime, industry, hospitality and tourism. Serving as vice president of strategy and business development, Christian was the driving force behind streamlining the public agency's operational processes, reducing costs, securing major accounts, and negotiating leases for the cruise and cargo business lines.
Before joining the Port of San Diego, Christian worked for KPMG Consulting as a quality management consultant in their public sector practice. She earned a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Arizona and a master's degree in public administration from the University of Southern California. Christian is a Certified Port Executive, Certified Six Sigma Green Belt, Board of Examiners – Malcolm Baldrige, and the recipient of the Examiner of the Year by the California Award for Performance Excellence.
Christian serves on the Green Marine Board of Directors, as Cruise Committee Chair for the American Association of Port Authorities, and on the University of New Orleans Transportation Institute (UNOTI) Advisory Board. Christian was named an Alumna of the Year (2015) by the University of Arizona and 2016 Top Female Achiever by New Orleans Magazine.


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Hey guys, I could really use your help. I have devised this wonderful novel route that gives desired in much fewer steps than before – with a small caveat. The final compound has a tin too many. As I cannot show you exact structures, this image will have to suffice. R is actually lots of things, such as fused ring and so forth.
Lithiation followed by water or acid is out of the question, because of other labile groups. I spent some time in both SciFinder and Reaxys, and much to my surprise, I could not find a catalytic system that does what I want. Can this really be? I mean, I bet that if I would want to to use this material in a Stille coupling, at least 10 % of the protodestannylated product (which in our case is desired) would be one of the byproducts. I am surprised no one has figured out a way to do this catalytically – or my skills with our precious search tools are not what they once were. You tell me!
For aliphatic stannanes, I found this recipe in which you take your material in methanol and add TMSCl. Super-dry HCl thus forms in situ, and protodestannylates the product. But sp3 is not sp2.
If you happen to sit on a magic method or literature reference, the comment field is wide open! Thank you.
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Aryl stannanes can be protodestannylated with H-X, but with your pyridine nitrogen present, it may not be as easy as it looks. Easy to try, though. If that doesn't work, your mention of the Stille coupling is a good lead. You would need H-Pd-X, which would cause transmetalation to give Bu3Sn-X and Ar-Pd-H, which would reductively eliminate. So, what are the ways (especially catalytically) to generate HPdX on purpose?
Pd(0), bulky phosphine ligand, and a stoichiometric acid chloride. Oxidative addition, b-hydride elimination to PdHX, transmetallation, reductive elimination.
e.g. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ja9108424
I guess Pd(0) and R3SnH would generate a Pd-hydride complex, right? So what's next? Would an excess of that specie transmetalate with your pyridylstannane and ultimately generate your desired compound and a Sn-Sn compound? Maybe there are other hydride sources that might be more favourable? I do like question marks, I must say.
Oops, didn't mean to publish my full name, drfreddy could you please edit?
I wonder if aryl stannanes would come off with a protic fluoride source like aq. 40% HF + acetonitrile (or NEt3.3HF) – tributylstannyl has very high affinity to fluoride, KHF2 is commonly used in organotin workup.
Also, if your molecule allows it, maybe you can just take a small sample and heat it to boil with Pd-C in water, to see what happens
I really blog also and I'm composing something similar to this specific posting,
"Help me delete this tin | Synthetic Remarks".
Will you care in cases where I reallyimplement several of your points?
Thanks for your effort ,Elijah
Did you ever find a method to do this?
I recently had a ArSnBu3 compound left in MeCN/H2O for a few weeks at r.t. and it converted completely to what looks like the ArH (as judged by HPLC)


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HTTPS, the cryptographic protocol used to secure web traffic as it travels across the Internet, has been in the news a lot recently. We've heard about security problems like Goto Fail, Heartbleed, and POODLE — vulnerabilities in the protocol itself or in specific implementations — that resulted in major security headaches. Yet the single biggest problem with HTTPS is that not enough sites use it. More than half of popular sites — and a much larger fraction of sites overall — still use old-fashioned HTTP, which provides no cryptographic protection whatsoever. As a result, these sites and their users are vulnerable to eavesdropping and manipulation by a range of threat vectors, from compromised WiFi access points to state-level mass surveillance. When deployed correctly, HTTPS defends against all these attacks.
Why don't more sites use HTTPS? The major obstacle is that it's too difficult for web sites to set up and maintain. Switching to HTTPS involves purchasing a digital certificate (a cryptographic statement that your domain name belongs to you) from a "certificate authority," an identity-checking organization that users' browsers are programmed to trust. This process involves a long series of manual steps, as well as fees that range from tens to hundreds of dollars a year. Site operators must also navigate a complicated process to generate crypto keys, validate the site's identity, retrieve a certificate, and configure their server to use it. These steps, which have to be repeated every year or so when the certificate expires, are also prone to human error, with the result that a substantial fraction of all HTTPS sites have configuration problems that jeopardize their security.
For the past two years, I've been working with a talented group of people to do something about these problems. My student James Kasten and I joined forces with Peter Eckersley and Seth Schoen from EFF and Eric Rescorla, Josh Aas, and Richard Barnes from Mozilla. Our goal is to remove the barriers to deploying HTTPS and see an encrypted web completely replace unencrypted HTTP.
Today, we're announcing Let's Encrypt, a new certificate authority we're creating that will begin operation in Summer 2015. What makes Let's Encrypt different is that it takes the pain out of switching to HTTPS. Web site operators simply install a small piece of software that takes care of the entire process. This software interacts with Let's Encrypt to validate the server's identity, obtain a certificate, securely configure the server to use HTTPS, and automatically renew the certificate when necessary. With Let's Encrypt, one click or one command is all it will take for a site to deploy HTTPS.
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Night games take Ferentz back to his football roots
BURLINGTON, Ia. – Night games are back at Kinnick Stadium this football season, and the added electricity and environment are something that's impossible to miss. Even for Iowa's head football coach.
"You notice," Kirk Ferentz said Thursday before an appearance at the Des Moines County I-Club. "You feel it when you come out of the locker room."
Iowa will play two 7 p.m. home games this season, against Pittsburgh on Sept. 19 and the Floyd of Rosedale game with Minnesota on Nov. 14. These will be the Hawkeyes' first night games at home since the 2012 season. They will also be the 11th and 12th night games in the history of Kinnick Stadium.
Besides the electricity generated from playing at night, these games also take Ferentz back to his football roots.
"For all of us, you go back to your high school days," Ferentz said. "It's a neat thing about playing on Friday nights. There's something special about that. I still enjoy going to high school games under the lights. It's a little bit of a nostalgia pill for all of us, coaches and players."
Ferentz has always been a fan of night games at home. He finds night road games, especially on the West Coast, not as enjoyable.
"They're exciting, no matter where you play them," Ferentz said. "It is a little bit easier if you can go home and go to bed afterwards."
The hardest part of road games for Ferentz is waiting for the game to start.
"That's for both teams," Ferentz said. "It's a long day in the hotel. Mentally, you have to have a plan and try to work that plan. Because you don't want to play the game during the day, that's for sure."
Iowa played three night games during the 2009 season. Three, Ferentz said, "is probably as many as you'd want."
There is a chance that Iowa could play a third night game during the 2015 season. The Hawkeyes' Sept. 12 game at Iowa State could still end up under the lights.
"If it is, it's at least in the state," said Ferentz, whose team always takes a bus to that game. "And the plane won't get delayed at the Tarmac."


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IoT is the short-form for the Internet of Things.
IoT refers to a technology where devices are connected to the internet whereas these devices can access and share data with each other.
A good example of IoT devices is like smartphones, smartwatches and some of the modern air-conditioning and refrigerators.
Being connected to the internet allows these devices to be accessed from far away. Accessing this device can benefit in several ways. For example, we check the status of the device, as simple as their on or off status. Or take some data that are captured by the device, for example, an energy meter which taps on your electric consumption 24 hours a day. All these data are then viewable on your smartphone and smartwatches.
You can adjust the temperature of your air conditioning unit as when you start your drive home only to arrive in a cool sanctuary. You can set on-off schedule for your lighting and other specific devices when you're away from your home on vacation.
You can also track your health from a smartwatch that you wear and share that data with your physician through your mobile phone. With these kinds of opportunity, you and your physician can monitor how well you are sleeping, how many calories you are burning each day through exercise and give you alerts and suggestion to make your life better.
There are many other smart devices on the market these days. In entertainment, smart tvs and smart speakers are becoming more and more popular. You can access your music and movie libraries between devices and also be connected to online streaming services like Netflix and Amazon.
Smart devices are not only for indoor use. There are plans, for example, to make our street uses smart light bulb where it can turn off when there is no one around. These can contribute to major savings to the local town. Even there are ideas for a self-guided parking lot which can lead you to an empty spot so that you can save time and have a better experience.
Many other data can also be collected from smart devices for example noise pollution, traffic, air quality which can lead to better improvement to our environment and indirectly benefiting our own life someday.
At Work
IoT has been in the workplaces and for now, are mainly focusing towards efficiency and cost saving, for example, a smart light which will turn off automatically when everyone has left for the day and turn back on as when it detected a person in its area. Perhaps this simple solution will be a normal thing in the future so that we can be more energy efficient and save more.
Other smart devices like a printer can also contribute to cost saving as when it can order its own cartridge supply as when it is needed.
The ability to monitor people in the workplace is another aspect of IoT that has proven to be beneficial. It can contribute to the understanding of work efficiency and prepare human resources with challenges on improving human capital.
In Conclusion
Being able to collect data which was not possible in the past due to disconnected devices is perhaps the most important thing about IoT today.
Through this data, we will be able to understand and then work on improvements in life with better smart devices and efficient system.


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To develop the Disposition of Messiah, Hallow it in Secret; because what you hallow in secret, you will manifest in public.
Pastor Mike has a worldwide reputation for being a man of love, and a man of restoration - he is a restorer. To me, that's all I need to know.
Paul said: "let him who is spiritual, restore gently those who have fallen".
People that have issues - which is most of us, the other ones have denial issues! We need a father figure to be around, to restore us when we get our head all messed up, and you've got a great man over this place. It's an honour for me to be here with you.
I want to talk about your life with God; and I want to share my own story, to allow some insight.
Matthew 6. Jesus is talking, and Jesus' is a First Century Jewish Rabbi, so He's coming from that perspective. There are all kinds of innuendos, different things that they would have seen and thought of immediately.
One of the common things, if you were a rabbi's disciple - you would ask him things like: what is the summation of the Torah? The Torah was so big and broad and wide, you couldn't get your head around all of it; but they wanted to please God, so they would ask the rabbi: can you just sum it all up in one or two sentences?
They would ask Jesus things like this; and Jesus would say things like: "love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength; love your neighbour as yourself."
They would ask Him things about money; about marriage and kids; how to walk with God. On one occasion, Jesus was teaching people how to walk with God, and about Prayer, and He said this:
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Matthew 6:5 - "When you pray, don't be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners, to be seen by men. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full; but when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father who is unseen. Then your Father who sees what is done in secret.."
That's the key I want to talk about tonight is: what is done in secret
"... your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you".
When you pray, do not keep on babbling like the Pentecostals do! For they think they'll be heard because of their many words. Do not be like them - for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him.
I'll walk with God - for me that cut out 90% of my praying, at the time, because my praying was just 'making requests'. I needed a paradigm shift, and there's so much in this.
He says: "This then is how you should pray - Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name".
There are all kinds of Hebraic innuendos here; Hebraic concepts of 'Father', which I don't have time to go into; and a Hebraic concept of 'Heaven', which you have to translate as plural - 'Heavens'.
The most common translation of that word would be: 'air that we breathe'. Our western world has a concept (from translations) that: God's way up there; and we're way down here.
Surely Jesus wasn't saying: when you pray, say "my Father - who is in a place I have no idea where it is - hallowed be your name" - because where's heaven?
The idea of Father was a 'supplier', or 'generator' of something.
So He was saying: "My supply, which is as close to me as the air that I'm breathing - hallowed be that name".
The word 'hallowed' is the word 'Hagiastheto', which means to 'render', 'acknowledge', or 'become aware of'.
John 17:6 - He's praying again, and He says "Father, I have manifested your name."
I have become everything that you are, to a group of people - I've showed them everything You can be.
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Prominent Canadian Senator Urges Action Regarding Baha'is of Iran
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Slumping Michigan State stumbles at Ohio State
- No. 5 Spartans suffer their second loss in the past week%2C 68-60
- Guard Aaron Craft has big game for No. 18 Buckeyes with 21 points
- Ohio State overcomes six-point halftime deficit with 24-5 run in second half
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Keith Appling stood there, staring straight ahead and saying nothing, and the same was true of Derrick Nix and three other Michigan State players scattered around the free-throw line.
The crowd at Value City Arena had come to life, finally. Ohio State's Amir Williams had just thrown down a dunk, plus the foul, and he was about to make a free throw to push a run to 18-4 and give OSU a 45-40 lead with 12:17 left Sunday.
The game and MSU's chances of hanging on in the Big Ten race were slipping away, but no one had anything to say. And that vocal void has been a season-long Tom Izzo caveat even as his team has looked more and more like a Final Four contender in recent weeks.
"We've not only talked about it, but we've analyzed it," Izzo said after a 68-60 loss for the No. 5 Spartans (22-6, 11-4 Big Ten). "We can't blame anybody for that, it's just not in this team's demeanor. That's why I've got to do a better job. So that probably does fall on me.
"I did stand there and look out there, and (was) a little bit amazed a couple times when guys went around certain guys. I've never seen that happen. So, yeah. But don't think we're gonna snap our fingers and that's gonna pop up."
The run reached 24-5, the lead reached 10, the Spartans fought back to get within a basket late, but the No. 18 Buckeyes (20-7, 10-5) prevailed and got a season split behind a career-high 21 points from point guard Aaron Craft.
Craft "tore us up," Izzo said, and often at Appling's expense, though Izzo said MSU's team defense against ball screens and his own inability to adjust deserved the blame.
The Buckeyes trailed by nine early in the second half but outscored the Spartans, 41-24, from there — shooting 57.1% in the final 20 minutes.
"They should run me out of town," Izzo said after citing that stat. "That hasn't happened very often."
His team's chances of catching No. 1 Indiana (12-2) and claiming a fourth Big Ten title in five years are bleak at best after an 0-2 week. It started with Tuesday's 72-68 home loss to IU and came after MSU's inability to recapture the intensity of a 75-52 rout of Michigan.
Now MSU gets a week off before a return trip to Ann Arbor.
"You could say we've lost our swagger, and we've got to find it," said Adreian Payne, who had 12 points and 15 rebounds to go with solid defense on Big Ten scoring leader Deshaun Thomas (4-for-16, 14 points).
"We can't let that happen," said freshman guard Gary Harris, who led the Spartans with 14 points. "We've got to play with the same grit we played with a few games ago."
And the Spartans need Appling to return to form after a rough week. He struggled on defense and scored three points.
But the schedule in a loaded Big Ten is unforgiving, with Wisconsin coming up after U-M. What he sees on the schedule seems to concern Izzo more than what he didn't see from his team leaders Sunday.
"I mean, we've won (22) games, we've beat some good people without it," he said of vocal leadership. "And we didn't have it the night we played Michigan and (we) played so good defensively. So, hey, what we're going through now is what I told you every team in this league has gone through. And we can overanalyze it or underanalyze it. But the problem when you're in a league where you play (four) ranked teams in a row, it takes its toll."
Joe Rexrode also writes for the Detroit Free Press.


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March 28, 2020 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
KJ Farrell's Bar & Grill
242 Pettit Ave. Bellmore, NY 11710
THE ED RYAN BAND plays the kind of music that you never get tired of listening to… He's the ULTIMATE showman and anyone lucky enough to catch a glimpse of this superstar is sure to have a great time! See for yourself.
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By now, you know the ritual–this is my weekly newspaper column:
One need not be a chamber to be haunted;
One need not be a house;
The brain has corridors surpassing
Material place. ~ Emily Dickinson
There is a rhythm to life. Expectations that must be met. If you are a columnist and it is the last week in golden October then you just naturally turn to the subject of Halloween. And you remember your love/hate relationship with the celebration of the dark night of the soul, or as I prefer to think of it—the night of endless chocolate, chewy caramels, and remembrances of homemade popcorn balls and chocolate chip cookies packaged prettily in cellophane.
Again, against my better judgement, I bought one of those boxes of chocolate bars that I am particularly fond of—a combo of Reese's peanut butter cups, mini O'Henry chocolate bars, and Hershey's milk chocolate bars with peanuts. I have now pretty well emptied the box, having shared only a few of the treats with my husband (lest you think I am mean, he is diabetic after all-don't want to kill the guy!) so I have had to purchase more candy. I was careful this time to buy candy that does not speak to my sweet tooth but will still pass muster with the few kids destined to show up at my house on Thursday night.
The number of trick or treaters have dwindled over the years—as my sons grew older, so did their friends, and no one seems to be replacing that crew at my door—something that is both a relief and disappointment. I remember fondly the days of excitement leading up to the grand day of chocolate and all things sweet—the costumes and smeary grease paint, the adventure of walking out the door knowing we would come home with a bounty of cavity causing booty, my sneaky swiping of my favourite chocolate bars from my sons' cache bagged unceremoniously in pillow cases. Ah—the good old days!
Halloween has become big business. So much so that it seems to rival Christmas in our affections. I guess the 'shadow' side of life needs to be given its moment in the sun, and this weekend The National Post took the whole Halloween, death, and dying thing for a spin—making death the cornerstone of many of their articles, opinion pieces, and columns. I read a bit of it and was left feeling overexposed to the subject and a little bit creeped out. Do I really want to know that Marilyn Monroe's last meal consisted of stuffed mushrooms, meatballs and Dom Perignon, or that Cleopatra noshed on figs before meeting her demise?
One section of the paper was devoted to "The Look of Death", touting black as the new black; another section was called "13 Spectral Street" contemplating the scariest address in town; a third section shouted "How We Die Now" and elucidated on "the new ways we deal with death." And, not to be left out, the financial section headline was "Death and Money." Usually the National Post is my favourite weekend paper, but not so this weekend. I lightly perused its pages, alighting carefully on articles that were not too gruesome, but in truth, skipped most of its content. Even Rex Murphy, who I find eloquently toothsome in his descriptions, was a disappointment with his wish at the end of his column that everyone have a "happy, grey, grim Halloween". Death, a topic possibly ripe for Halloween was overdone in this edition. The paper is now in the recycle pile—none of it saved for further study or rereading.
I am a fan of the Halloween that produces fairies and Cinderellas, dinosaurs and robots. Not for me the monsters, or skeletons, and if the ghost is Casper, then I am okay with that. The macabre does not fascinate me; death does not beguile me; tombstones are not the delight of my décor. Inexplicably I do have a soft spot in my heart for witches and wizards, probably as a result of being brought up on the television program "Bewitched" with enchanting Samantha and her charming nose twitch (something I practiced a lot as a kid to no avail.)
So, in opposition to Rex's desire that you have a grim Halloween, I wish you as many trick or treaters at your door as you desire, chocolate dreams, and caramel apple wishes.


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Paolo Polloniato. Image courtesy of Gianfranco Roselli
In Ars Veritas – Experiences on the art of taste
In partnership with Studio Dimore Collection, Piercing Eyes presents to the public visiting Expo Milano 2015 In Ars Veritas – Experiences on the art of taste, a cycle of events that will be held once a week in the month of May and focusing on the creative relationship between food, art and design.
Conversation springs to life around the table, touching upon cross-cutting topics and revealing some of the top artists and designers that represent contemporary applied art in Italy, associated to quality brands in the food industry. All of this against the elegant and sophisticated backdrop of the Studio Dimore Collection design gallery, that was recently inaugurated in Milan.
Piercing Eyes is a project by Trend and Tradition, one of the 12 winners of the IC – Cultural Innovation call for applications sponsored by Fondazione Cariplo with the collaboration of the Region of Lombardy. The focus of the call was to experiment initiatives to promote, develop and support cultural and creative endeavours, to introduce innovative practices when "making culture".
Lidia Carlini. Image courtesy of Gianfranco Roselli
Piercing Eyes – Distilled art pieces is a curatorial project dedicated to Italian artists and designers working in contemporary applied arts. It organises cultural events and has a dedicated website to promote the creation and sale of unique pieces, realised by using ancient artisan techniques associated to new production processes and contemporary materials. It acts as a meeting point between creative artists and potential clients for the realisation of bespoke pieces, creating a reference market dedicated specifically to hybrid professional figures whose expertise touches upon art, design and artisan skills.
Its website www.piercing-eyes.com will be online from May 2015.
Lidia Carlini. Image courtesy of Gianfranco Roselli
Studio Dimore Collection stems from a partnership between Stefano Del Corona and Giuseppe Di Salvo. The Florence-based brand opens up to a broad range of vintage furniture pieces, small contemporary productions and also exclusive and original objects that pay tribute to the artisan skills that reprocess materials. Guided by their remarkable intuition, Stefano and Giuseppe are constantly searching for the perfect balance between beauty and distinctiveness, giving life to unique decorative objects that often come from the past but which are completely new in appearance and soul.
Luca Schiavon. Image courtesy of Gianfranco Roselli
Their new cult store was recently opened in Milan in a showroom of 140 sqm. that pays tribute to a concept of style which is definitely out of the ordinary, where vintage pieces flirt with contemporary objects and, shaped by the skilful hands of artisans, come back to life with an altogether new identity.
Artists/designers: Lidia Carlini, Simone Crestani, Daniela Forti, Paolo Polloniato, Luca Schiavon
Partners: Mantra Raw Vegan, Tealicious, Apulia Excellentia
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Simone Crestani. Image courtesy of Gianfranco Roselli
Thursday 7 May
Il pasto della puerperal (The first meal after Childbirth)
The tradition of the Impagliata, between health and creativity
Pieces by Lidia Carlini – Raw food cuisine tasting by Mantra Raw Vegan
The first meeting of the cycle In Ars Veritas – Experiences on the art of taste compares the ancient universe of nutrition and more contemporary trends.
Pieces by the artist and designer Lidia Carlini, who has reviewed and reinterpreted the tradition of the impagliata, once given as a gift to new mothers after birth, will be shown and associated to a selection of the most innovative dishes of raw food cuisine, prepared by the restaurant Mantra Raw Vegan.
Lidia Carlini. Image courtesy of Gianfranco Roselli
Thursday 14 May
A Tu per Tè (Tête à Tête on Tea)
Artistic conversations on taste and the art of tea
Pieces by Paolo Polloniato and Luca Schiavon – Tea tasting by Tealicious
In the second event of the cycle In Ars Veritas – Experiences on the art of taste, Piercing Eyes has in store an event which is both an exhibition and a tasting that will guide guests into the world of tea, ranging from the origins of its different essences and its tastes to the aesthetics of tea and the art of contemporary teapots.
Materials, shapes and techniques that contribute to shaping the teapots meet the millennia-long erudition that characterises the culture and production of tea, in a dialogue made of tastes, hints, scents and knowledge.
The futurist ceramic teapots by Paolo Polloniato will be presented alongside the more classically outlined teapots by Luca Schiavon, and associated to an expertly guided Tea tasting session by Tealicious.
Paolo Polloniato. Image courtesy of Gianfranco Roselli
Thursday 21 May
La sostenibile leggerezza della tavola (The bearable lightness of the table)
Grace, irony and transparency in everyday life
Pieces by Simone Crestani – Oil tasting by Apulia Excellentia
In the third appointment of the cycle In Ars Veritas – Experiences on the art of taste, Piercing Eyes presents the most recent productions by Simone Crestani, who ironically and rather magically reinterprets the table, associated to a tasting of Genuine Oil by Apulia Excellentia.
Thursday 28 May
Dal mare alla tavola (From the sea to the table)
Luminous jellyfish and flavours from the sea
Pieces by Daniela Forti – Wine tasting by Apulia Excellentia
In the fourth and last event of the cycle In Ars Veritas – Experiences on the art of taste, Piercing Eyes presents the luminous and sculptural installations by Daniela Forti, coupled with a cool Wine tasting session by Apulia Excellentia.
Every Thursday in May
From 18.00 to 21.00
c/o Studio Dimore Collection
Corso Italia 1
20122 Milano
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Tram: 3, 15, 16, 24
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ROKET THEATER, one of Cagayan de Oro City's old landmarks in the stand-alone movie house era three decades ago is now undergoing major reconstruction.
Initial work was actually observed a couple of months ago but not until lately that construction work has hastened reaching the section near the front area. There are rumors but will wait for further information and official announcement relative to the construction work.
The movie house's unique exterior architecture was very much evident. Its name is actually a combination of ROsario and limKETkai, the owners.
Its "twin" cinema, the former KAIRO Theater is now Savemore Capistrano.


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Review Corpse Party: Blood Drive - Well-Written Horror That Suffers From A Personality Crisis
Bloodcurdlingly inconsistent
If you thought the '90s action flick Face/Off had an identity crisis, wait until you meet Corpse Party: Blood Drive. Part visual novel, part survival horror, Blood Drive is the third game in the Corpse Party series and features the surviving cast of the prior two games. While the original Corpse Party – originally...
You're invited
Corpse Party is one of those experiences that's an acquired taste; you won't be entirely sure if you like it or not at first, but keep trying it. A game such as this is less about raw gameplay and more about an engrossing story and atmosphere, which it has in spades. There may be some frustrations in the gameplay formula that can rip...
News Corpse Party is Coming to the 3DS in Europe
For those of you out of the loop, Corpse Party made its initial debut on the PC back in 1996 as a project produced in RPG Maker. Since then, the game received a few ports to different platforms – most notably on the PSP in 2011. When the game was confirmed to be coming to the 3DS, fans in North America rejoiced, but similar news was...
First Impressions Cowering in Fear in Corpse Party on 3DS
The kids aren't alright
With Shantae and Story of Seasons filling XSEED's E3 booth with so much colour and cheer this year, there was one title that stood out starkly with its bloodstained logo and bleak look: Corpse Party on the 3DS. This inimitable Japanese indie horror game has been scaring people silly in various forms since 1996, and is now...
News XSEED Unveils Corpse Party 3DS Details, Including a 'Back to School Edition'
The horror is coming this Summer
Earlier this week it emerged that XSEED was planning to bring mature horror title Corpse Party to North America, thanks to an ESRB rating. As previously mentioned this is actually a remastered port of a sequel on PSP, Corpse Party: Blood Covered ...Repeated Fear, but is being rebranded to make a splash in the West...
News Corpse Party Looks Set to Bring Some Mature Horror to the 3DS
XSEED secures rating for North America
Occasionally we receive messages asking whether certain genres are going to be catered to on Nintendo hardware, and a recent example was a query about mature horror games. The system in question was the Wii U, yes, but it's actually the 3DS that's going to deliver on that score. An ESRB rating has popped up...


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Can a population control freak holding the prestigious title of "Science Czar" get away with published musings on forced abortion, mass sterilization programs, and a "planetary regime" to re-engineer society by simply stonewalling?
He's trying his best.
Last week, I called the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy to press Science Czar John Holdren on his views; his purported disavowal of Ecoscience, the book he co-authored with Paul and Anne Ehrlich; and his continued embrace of forced-abortion advocate and eugenics guru Harrison Brown, whom he credits with inspiring him to become a scientist.
I got an earful from OSTP flack Rick Weiss, who lectured me about journalism. He let me know that he was a reporter for 15 years (at the Washington Post) and put me on notice against writing a "smear job." He had snippy words for blogs covering the Holdren story and warned against making unfair associations between what Holdren believes and what other population control promoters believe.
But when I pressed him specifically about Holdren's relationship with Harrison Brown, he:
1) said he didn't know who he was;
2) balked at drawing any conclusions about Holdren's views based on his homages to Brown (even though Brown is a lifelong intellectual mentor, colleague, and continued inspiration for Holdren);
3) and told me not to expect any response from Holdren's office on my specific question about whether Hodren disavows his relationship with a eugenics enthusiast who referred to the world population as a "pulsating mass of maggots."
I didn't have any luck. Maybe you will.
1) Does Dr. Holdren disavow the population control extremism of his intellectual mentor and colleague, Harrison Brown or not?
2) Does Dr. Holdren also view the world population as a "pulsating mass of maggots?"
3) Was Dr. Holdren unaware of Harrison Brown's views when he paid homage to him at the AAAS keynote address in 2007?
Contact the science czar:
Office of Science and Technology Policy
Executive Office of the President
725 17th Street Room 5228
Washington, DC 20502
Director's Office
Phone: 202.456.7116
Fax: 202.456.6021
I am going to reprint here again what I reported last week on Holdren and Brown as a reminder of what the science czar refuses to talk about:
Well, I have indeed read one of Holdren's recent works that reveals his clingy reverence for, and allegiance to, the gurus of population control authoritarianism. He's just gotten smarter about cloaking it behind global warming hysteria. In 2007, he addressed the American Association for the Advancement of Science conference. Holdren served as AAAS president; the organization posted his full powerpoint presentation (you can download the whole thing here.)
Take a gander at the opening slide that set the tone for his entire speech. Holdren admitted that his "preoccupation" with apocalyptic matters such as "the rates at which people breed" is a lifelong obsession inspired by scientist Harrison Brown:
Who is Harrison Brown? And what's in "The Challenge of Man's Future?" Holdren's hero was a "distinguished member" of the International Eugenics Society. And, lo and behold, Harrison Brown advocated the same population control-freak measures Holdren put forth in Ecoscience.
Harrison Brown, writing to us from the year 1954 in his book, "The Challenge of Man's Future," suggests a method that would strike us as a crass violation of the rights mentioned above:
Let us suppose that in a given year the birth rate exceeds the death rate by a certain amount, thus resulting in a population increase. During the following year the number of permitted inseminations is decreased, and the number of permitted abortions is increased, in such a way that the birth rate is lowered by the requisite amount. If the death rate exceeds the birth rate, the number of permitted inseminations would be increased while the number of abortions would be decreased. The number of abortions and artificial inseminations permitted in a given year would be determined completely by the difference between the number of deaths and the number of births in the year previous.
But that wouldn't be all. If we are to maintain a worldwide sustainable industrial society, we will need to control population across current borders. If we don't, many members of overpopulated societies will soon be knocking at our doors asking for assistance or even entry.
Brown also suggests that such control over reproduction might be used to slow down the deterioration of the human species. This has occurred in industrial society because humans are no longer subject to natural selection to the same degree that they have been in the past. Those who are healthy and able might be encouraged through incentives to have several offspring, while those who have deficiencies, say, of sight or hearing or mental ability might be discouraged. The problem, he notes, is in deciding what really constitutes "fit" or "unfit" and overcoming our revulsion to such a eugenics scheme. Still, he adds, when one considers the bald evolutionary facts, it behooves human societies, if they want to remain resilient in the face of changing conditions on Earth, to somehow replace nature's cruel hand in pruning the so-called "unfit" with something less drastic. It's that or face eventual extinction.
Brown acknowledges that none of this will seem acceptable to the vast majority of his readers. But, he is concerned that unless population stability and other problems are addressed head on, arrangements that are far more restrictive and objectionable than the ones he proposes may be implemented in their place.
Harrison Brown's book — the book that inspired Obama science czar John Holdren — also infamously likened the world's growing population to "a pulsating mass of maggots." Don't just believe me. Believe your own eyes:
A Time magazine profile of Brown published when his book came out in 1954 reported: "Scientist Brown is not confident that anything can be done, but he insists that population control is the first and essential measure; only by cutting their birth rates drastically can the crowded agricultural countries hope to enjoy the benefits of industrialization."
If, as the White House claims, Holdren no longer believes that "that determining optimal population is a proper role of government," then why does he still pay homage to one of the country's most renowned population control advocates and plug his half-century-old tome advocating better-living-through-engineered-abortions? Don't just take my word. Believe your own eyes:
Dr. Holdren, come out, come out, wherever you are.
Fox News has picked up the story.
IBD is covering the story.


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Runes can be considered a highly codified form of focus. Others include utilizing an object such as a wand or staff to assist in channeling mana, making gestures with the hands or a wand to better control the direction and formation of a spell, chanting words to help the caster maintain focus on what they're doing, and so forth.


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Beloit Memorial offers many extracurricular opportunities.
Art ClubDECA Club (marketing)Environmental ClubFuture Business Leaders of AmericaFCCLA (leadership)
- Students may choose from 22 Varsity Sports, competing in one of the finest indoor facilities in the state.
- BMHS has over 20 student clubs and organizations providing an opportunity for all students to excel outside the classroom.
- Besides clubs by graduation year that are responsible for different social activities, and a wide variety of performing arts options, BMHS has:
French ClubGay-Straight AllianceIncrescent Student NewspaperInternational ClubJROTCKey Club (volunteerism)Latino Club
MEO-MEO LatinoNational Honor SocietyPurple Knights Catering ClubSkills USA (career education)Student Senate


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Tons of coal ash removed from old SC power plant
CONWAY — Santee Cooper has removed 42,000 tons of coal ash from ash lagoons at its old Grainger Generating Station near Conway.
The Southern Environmental Law Center said Wednesday the information is contained in a report released this week.
Last year, the center reached an agreement to have the utility remove 1.3 million tons of ash from the plant site on the Waccamaw River. The center had sued on behalf of environmental groups claiming the lagoons discharged arsenic into the groundwater and river.
The SELC said at the current rate, the ash will be removed within six years, well ahead of the 10 years required in the settlement.
The ash is used in the manufacture of concrete and an ash recycling center is scheduled to open in nearby Georgetown County.


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As the CEO tries to comprehend the organisation's general execution, he may discover a wide range of adaptations of what is really going on. Finance has its own particular arrangement of income numbers, sales has another rendition, and the diverse specialty units may each have their own particular adaptation of the amount they added to revenues. ERP makes a solitary adaptation of reality that can't be questioned in light of the fact that everybody is utilising the same framework.


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Richard Weibley focuses his practice on complex commercial litigation, defending Fortune 500, Fortune Global 500, and other corporations in contract and business disputes, intellectual property matters, employment matters, and product liability matters.
Richard represents clients in state and federal trial courts across the country, domestic and international arbitrations, and state and federal appellate courts. In addition to performing all aspects of civil litigation, he also provides counseling to clients to avoid or best position potential litigation.
During law school, he served on the Washington and Lee Law Review.


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Monday, May 11, 2015
MONDAY.sucking the life out of you one hour at a time.
Posted by yellowdoggranny at 5/11/2015 06:30:00 AM
4 comments:
- Intense Guy said...
Had a good laff at the Pilates of the Caribbean!
- Mon May 11, 02:29:00 PM CDT
I sort of wish being gay/lesbian/trans WAS like being a werewolf. If EVERYone had to face that once a month, they might be a bit more fucking understanding about something that becomes biologically BASIC.
And oh, do I recall the Cold War. "Get under your desk, bend over, put your head between your knees, and kiss your ass goodbye!"
- Mon May 11, 03:18:00 PM CDT
- Debra She Who Seeks said...
I like Bernie's Vermont Country Store! And yes, that IS a Canadian salad, LOL! Got a huge laugh out of the Cold War Re-enactors too. And all those ones about Obama invading Texas. WTF, eh?
- Tue May 12, 08:25:00 AM CDT
- MarkD60 said...
Happy Hump Day from Miami!
- Wed May 13, 11:48:00 AM CDT
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