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When I found out I was pregnant with Harrison I instantly knew we wanted to buy a co-sleeper this time round. Amelia ended up co-sleeping in bed with us for the first two years of her life, and as much as I loved the cuddles and being close to her I also often wished I had my bed back! I don't think I even knew co-sleepers existed back then.
Once it arrived I couldn't wait to put it together and set it up straight away. Apart from a few poles not slotting into the fabric right away it was pretty easy to put together even heavily pregnant, however the fantastic customer services team sorted that out straight away for me and the new parts were with me the very next day, I couldn't believe it! I did have to get Andy to attach it to the bed frame as I couldn't quite get underneath the SnuzPod as our wardrobe was in the way. There are a lot of pieces to put together so don't expect it to come already made but it won't take you long to put together I promise! Once it was built I was so excited to have it all set up ready waiting for our new arrival even if he did make us wait 10 days!
We didn't actually use it the first night we came home from the hospital as I wasn't expecting to give birth the day before so it wasn't actually attached to our bed and was sitting in the nursery. So the following day Andy attached it and that night was the first night Harrison slept in it. I was slightly apprehensive at first as to whether he would actually sleep in it as Amelia wouldn't sleep anywhere but on or next to me. But luckily he can sleep pretty much anywhere so he took to it really well. He did look really small in it though!
The SnuzPod attaches safely to your bed and doesn't leave any gaps in-between. It has a zip-down mesh wall on the side closest to the best which you can have it zipped up or down to be closer to baby. I tend to put the zipped wall down the middle of the bed so it doesn't get in the way as I leave it down. It can be used independently as a standalone crib and can even be used as a portable crib. It's a fantastic all round crib for baby to sleep in. Underneath can be used for storing spare nappies, wipes and baby grows to save you searching for them in the night. The base also has holes in which is handy if you have a baby monitor with a sensor pad as you can easily run the wire up underneath.
The fabric can easily be removed and cleaned if needed which I have already had to remove ours as I accidentally spilt my can of Dr Pepper down one side whilst I was trying to be clever and carry a baby, my drink and also put the bedside light on one evening. I can vouch that the stain has come out and it was fairly easy to remove.
The SnuzPod is designed to accommodate babies up to 6 months, however it may last you slightly longer if your baby is smaller which is good if you're not ready for your baby to move into their own room just yet. I would advise that when your baby can pull themselves up that you don't leave them in the crib unattended as the bassinet part of the crib is quite low.
We were also provided with an organic mattress, cellular blanket and also an organic crib bedding set which comes with a waterproof mattress protector to go with the SnuzPod. Not only is the bedding available for the bedside crib but it is also available to purchase for prams, moses baskets, cots, travel cots and even single beds! I am also pleased to know that all of the bedding is made with certified organic cotton and are entirely chemical-free which puts my mind at ease.
The SnuzPod is priced from £169.99 and is available in 4 different colours; Natural, Expresso, Eco- White and Dove Grey. All of which are very natural and will fit with various decor and home styles. You can read more about the SnuzPod 3-in1 bedside crib here and the lovely people over at Little Green Sheep have very kindly given me a discount code to share with you to get 10% off your own SnuzPod if you are thinking of purchasing your own. Simply enter the code LGSOHSO10 at the checkout. If you have any questions in general about the SnuzPod please do leave them below or contact me via one of my social platforms.
* We were gifted the SnuzPod crib for the purpose of this review. All opinions are 100% honest and our own.

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Thursday, March 2, 2017
"Hockey Night In Los Angeles"
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- cjdahl60 said...
I live in the Seattle area and on our local cable we get the CBC channel from Vancouver BC. I can watch the current Hockey Night in Canada.
Don Cherry continues to be entertaining/bombastic on the broadcasts, each game in the weekly doubleheader contains a Canadian team (of course) and the commercials during breaks reflect an entirely different culture and perspective than their American counterparts.
They have a season long contest sponsored by Kraft to identify the community in Canada that best supports their local youth hockey program. Videos pour in from across the country no matter how large or small the town may be. The winning town gets money to improve their local hockey rink and gets to host an NHL exhibition game the next preseason.
For this American, Hockey Night in Canada is a window into a different world. I love it.
- March 2, 2017 at 9:01 AM
- FFS said...
In the 1998 Olympics Team Canada lost the semi-finals in a shoot out. At the time I thought their first shooter should have been Al MacInnis who should have skated to the top of the face off circle and fired one of his 100 mph slap shots at Hasek. Subsequent shooters could then fake the slap shot making Hasek wince and then do their dipsy-doodling and faking him out. I screamed at the tv but to no avail.
- March 2, 2017 at 2:14 PM
- Mike Barer said...
I have great memories of "Hockey Night In Canada" from watching on cable in Eastern Washington. It was from CHEK, remember Gump Worsley, Bobby Hull, Bobby Orr, Jean Beliveaux, and Phil Espisito.
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Hi Deborah,
I've been wearing my hair short for the past few years and I really like it because it's so easy to take care of, but my daughter is getting married next May and I'm thinking I want a new style (to go along with my weight loss), so I'm going to have to go through that terrible stage of letting it grow out and then find another "look".
Here's some pictures of what it looks like now, plus some "before and after" pics. Yes, I'm proud! :) My next goal is to get rid of that extra chin! LOL The only style I can think to grow into would be like Lisa Rinna's over the years….what do you think? Dee
This is hairstylist Billy Lowe for Fabulous After 40 and I think you look BEAUTIFUL inside and out . Thank you for filling us in on all your happenings and the wedding sounds super exciting. I can't wait to see the pictures.
Like you, I'm growing my hair out – believe it or not – and yes, it's super annoying. However, getting through the inbetween stages can be easier than you think by wearing more of a messy/unstructured look – which I'm a BIG fan of. Beauty doesn't have to be mysterious. It's actually quite easy.
Couple of pointers for you.
#1 – Cancel the highlights. I think your hair looks amazing w/ deeper tones. Gives more contrast to your skin, which makes skin look softer and eyes pop out.
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3D Printed Prosthetic Hands
Make Club enabling amputees with with customized and accessible alternatives.
Founder Mike Li worked in the IT industry up until 3 years ago when he was inspired by a video that highlighted a unique use of 3D printing for children's prosthetics. Motivated to develop 3D printed prosthetics in order to help others, he and other local makers volunteered their time to create and customize prosthetics for patients.
HK Make Club is made up of local makers who are keen on technology and driven by innovation. They initiated their prosthetic campaign by using their talents to create prosthetic arms and hands.
Now they are influential promoters of 3D printing technologies among local HK hospitals and medical institutions such as Prince of Wales Hospital.
Patient Eric utilizing 3D printed prosthetic hand to grip a cup.
Customized prosthetics require unique and precision fitting parts which traditionally require lengthy and expensive iterations. These types of prosthetics have been unattainable to most of its intended patients due to high costs.
Before adapting 3D printing, prosthetic production struggled with:
- Inability to mass produce due to custom parts and requirement of plaster molds.
- Long lead time and involved iterations due to the need of new molds alongside changes.
- High cost due to time and resources used.
Utilizing the Raise3D N2, HK Make Club was able to:
- Eliminate physical prototypes and create final production parts directly.
- Use 3D CAD data to make custom and precision accurate parts.
- Reduce costs by over 90%
Company: Hong Kong Maker Club
Industry: 3D Printed Prosthetics
Interviewee: Mike Li (Li, Zaimin)
Title: Founder of Maker Club
The prosthetic begins by creating a CAD template. With the aid of Chang Hsian-Liang, the regarded "God of Open Source Prosthesis" in Taiwan, Mike Li customizes a CAD design specifically for their patient. The structure, dimensions, palms, fingers and overall geometry is uniquely customized according to the patient's healthy hand.
After optimizing the CAD model and layout, Mike uses the Raise3D N2 to print all the necessary parts. The printed parts are primarily made from PLA or ABS material and are used to create the major structure such as the palms and fingers. Cords and springs are added during assembly and are used to transfer forces from wrist to finger joints.
Printing of a 3D printed part in PLA on a Raise3D N2
Installation of the completed prosthetic with cord, spring, and tension screw.
A patient wearing the palm prosthesis can control the grip turning their wrist, which will tighten the cords and close the fingers. The spring on the top of palm forces fingers to reset its position when losing their grasp. The exposed screw will adjust tension and can control the power of the grip for a wide variety of applications.
Before 3D printing was applied in prosthetics, the only process available was the traditional casting process. In this method, the process involves an initial evaluation, measurements, cast making, diagnostic test socketing, dynamic fitting / alignment and cosmetic restoration. This involved process requires many iterations and the process is lengthy and inflexible. Each cast is made by molding with plaster and will require a new mold at any time that an adjustment is made; affecting time and overall timeline and cost of the finished prosthetic piece. The cost of customized and functional prosthetics can cost up to $128000. However, many amputees cannot afford even the more inexpensive traditional options at $2500.
Using the Raise3D N2 printer, the HK Maker Club has been able to supply over 100 3D printed prosthetic hands within Hong Kong and Africa. By optimizing their procedure with 3D printed parts, a final production part with custom fitting and functional fingers retails around 250 dollars.
From beginning to end, the process is about 100 hours which includes: scanning, designing, adjustments, printing, and installation. Printing alone is 20 hours which traditionally would have needed to be active labor hours to create. Additionally, the PLA or ABS material that is used is much lighter than traditional casted prosthetics. In return, the patients like Eric (below) can wear their prosthetic for a longer period of time due to the comfort of the custom fit and lightweight material properties.
Mike Li (left) and Eric (right) displaying the fully installed prosthetic.
Eric suffered from peripheral vasoconstriction, a narrowing of the blood vessels, which resulted in the loss of his fingers. The local hospital once provided him a non-functional plastic glove which did not fit his hand and offered a prosthetic hand which he could not afford.
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Habey has recently unveiled HIO Project, a $100 ARM Linux board designed for rapid prototyping powered by Freescale i.MX6 dual lite or quad, and shortly after, the company launched a Kickstarter project for HIO Wallpad, an in-wall Power-over-Ethernet touch controller for home or office automation embedding HIO Project boards.
HIO Project Boards
HIO Main Board (HIO-EMB-1200) specifications:
- Soc – Freescale i.MX6 Dual Lite or Quad ARM Cortex A9 processor @ 1 GHz + Vivante GPU
- System Memory – 1GB DDR3
- Storage – 4G iNAND flash, 1x micro SD socket
- Video Output – 1x HDMI
- Audio – 1x on-board audio codec with 1W Amplifier built-in to I/O expansion headers
- Connectivity – 1x GbE PHY to I/O expansion headers
- Expansion Connectors:
- 1x PCIe PHY to I/O expansion headers
- 8x 50-pin 1.27mm pitch female header for I/Os: 24bit Parallel Display Port, dual channel 24bit LVDS, MIPI DSI up to 24bit, MIPI CSI up to 4 lane, 8bit parallel camera interface, GbE PHY, x1 PCIe PHY, 2x USB2.0, I2S audio codec output with Line-out/detect, Line-out, Mic-in/detect, speaker out (1W), 4bit SDIO, IOMUX outputs: up to 5x UART, 2x CAN, 3x SPI, 3x I2C, 34 configurable GPIO
- USB – 2x USB2.0, 1x OTG (Device)
- Debug ports – 1x UART Console, 1x JTAG
- Power – 5VDC
- Dimensions – 72mm x 80mm x 10mm (HIoTX form factor)
There are three daughter boards available:
- POE Board (HIO-POE1260-IWK)
- Standard RJ45, Power Over Ethernet 802.3af compliant
- Ethernet RJ45 POE input or standard GbE input without POE module
- Serial Port 1x RS-232 (Tx, Rx) via RJ45, 3x RS-232 (Tx, Rx) via pin header
- Power – DC Input 2 pin terminal block or RJ45 12V DC power input
- Dimensions – 72mm x 60mm
- IO Board (HIO-IOB1240)
- Ethernet -1x GbE RJ45
- Camera – 1x 8bit Parallel, 1x MIPI 2-lane CSI,
- I/O – 2x I2C, 2x USB2.0, 1x 4bit SDIO, 1x 5V +3.3V pin header
- Audio – 1x Line-out, 1x Line-in, 1x Mic-in, 2x 1W speaker out
- Power – 5VDC Power In
- Dimensions – 72mm x 40mm
- HIO-PNL1280-IWK Board
- Display -Parallel RGB, default support Sharp 3.5" LCD Panel, 2.8VDC
- Audio -1x Mic-in, 2x 1W speaker out
- WiFi -1x USB WiFi Module
- I/O -1x USB2.0, 1x I2C for TP, 1x power button
- Dimensions – 72x 80mm
The main power can work on standalone, and you can insert one or more daughter boards, at the top or bottom of the main board. In the picture above the main board is apparently coupled via the PoE board and HIO-PNL1280-IWK daughter board. The company can provide the Android SDK, and a Linux SDK is also in the work. The IO boards, panel boards, POE boards and other daughter boards, add-on modules developed for the HIO Project should become open hardware, albeit not the main board.
The boards should become available at the end of May , but you can now reserve the main board (Dual Lite) for $99.99, PoE board for $59.99, IO Board for $19.99 and a 5V/3A power supply for $12.99. Shipping varies between $12.99 and and $39.99 depending on your location. Strangely, HIO-PNL1280-IWK board shown in the first photo does not seem to be available for reservation. You can find details more on HIO Project website. If you're feeling lucky, you could also participate in the giveaway "competition" to get one of 5 free kits.
HIO Wallpad
HIO Wallpad kickstarter project showcases HIO Project capabilities, and allows you to connect and control your entire home or office automation system via a single PoE Ethernet cable for data and power, albeit there's also Wi-Fi connectivity as an option. It's basically like a 3.5″ Android phone that you'd insert in your wall running Android 4.2.2 or, soon, Linux.
- SoC – Freescale Cortex A9 1GHz i.MX6 DualLite with Vivante GC880 (3D) and GC320 (2D) GPUs
- System Memory – 1GB DDR3
- Storage – 4GB NAND flash, 1x microSD slot (internal)
- Connectivity – Gigabit Ethernet, WiFi
- USB – 1x mini USB 2.0 OTG (device only, internal)
- Audio – MIC-in internal header, 2x header to 2x 1W internal speaker (optional)
- Display – 3.5″ LCD capacitive touchscreen panel connected via a parallel RGB interface. Resolution 480


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My good friend Russell James, the Raw Chef, is KING in the RAW arena. I've pretty much tried all of his recipes, bought his amazing e-books, and think he's one cool dude. So, this recipe is dedicated to him and his awesome RAW recipes! To find out more about Russell, head to: www.therawchef.com and find even more amazing RAW recipes!
Before I get into the way to prepare this awesome recipe, I thought it best to explain why RAW is so important in our diets.
Now that summer is nearly here, we are more likely to eat raw food in summer because we are crave lighter, cooler dishes such as salads, juices, chilled soups and smoothies. And that's great as raw fruit and vegetables deliver far higher levels of nutrients to our body than cooked food. I always try to have ONE RAW DAY.
One day of the week; immerse yourself into raw foods – it's awesome! Go to the your local store and buy a huge amount of organic fruits and vegetables. Having one 100% raw day per week can give your body a rest and let it heal and rebuild. Think of it as like a 'detox' one day a week. If you're new to RAW, then why not sign up for my Green Smoothie Challenge. Click here for details!
And now onto the recipe! It's easy peasy, lemon, squeezy. My 14-year old even said so as she helped me make and then we ate it!
Okay, one more thing.. if you don't have a spiralizer… it's okay! Although they are very inexpensive so if you think you're going to do more recipes like this, definitely invest in one! You can then use a mandolin or julienne slicer instead of a spiralizer.
For the Courgette Spaghetti: 2 green courgettes or in America, we say zucchini 🙂
For the Sundried Tomato & Almond Sauce:
1 cup sundried tomatoes, soaked
1/2 cup almonds, soaked for 4- 6 hours
zest and juice of one lemon
1 garlic clove
1 Tbsp. olive oil
sea salt and fresh pepper
Marinated Red Peppers
1 red pepper, sliced
50 ml apple cider vinegar
50 ml tamari
Red peppers, red peppers, red peppers, where for art thou red peppers? Remember, I was Captain of my Cheerleading squad in High School so my brain is all about poems, rhymes and cheers. Well, red peppers are an awesome 'super' food. A quick summary: All peppers are rich in vitamins A & C, and K, but red peppers are simply bursting with them. Vitamins A and C, awesome antioxidants, help to prevent cell damage, cancer, and disease related to ageing (am all over that one!) , and they support our immune system. They also reduce inflammation like that found in arthritis. Vitamin K promotes proper blood clotting, strengthens bones, and helps protect cells from free radical damage. There's LOADS more information on what Red Peppers can do for you health wise, but if you've been reading my blog for a while, I try to keep it simple so that you can remember snippets here and there rather than slamming you with a War & Peace novel of information.
So, slice your red pepper and marinate it with the tamari and the apple cider vinegar. Cover your peppers and set aside in the fridge to allow the tamari and the apple cider to absorb in the red peppers.
Next, get your spiralizer… so fun! But don't worry , you can still have fun without one and use a mandolin or julienne slicer instead. You're aim is to create spaghetti or taglietelle like strips out of the courgettes. If you think you'll use this recipe again and again, then spiralizers are actually very inexpensive to buy. Put your strips into a bowl to have ready for the sauce.
Now put all of the Sauce ingredients into your blender and whizz away. You should get a paste-like sauce, but if that's too thick for you add just a bit more water to thin it out.
Pour the sauce over your Courgetti, mix well and top with your marinated red peppers! If my 14 year-old raved about this and ate it all up, then I hope you will too! If you like this, then why not LIKE my Facebook page too!


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"Be the one that decided to go for it"
Karina discovered Pilates in 2015 as a tool to destress her mind and body. She soon developed a new understanding of balanced fitness which only deepened her mind/body connection. Strength was gained through Pilates without having to do excessive exercise and still gentle on the body. After her children entered Kindergarten and Pre-school, she pursued her love of fitness and studied Pilates under master instructor Tricia Hill to receive her Pilates Certification at The Pilates Co. She sees Pilates as a great time to take a moment to focus on your own body & mind, find release from tension and energize for the day. Her goal is to continue learning and growing in her practice through workshops and continued education.


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One such talented artist is Ping Lian Yeak, a 17 year old boy, born in Malaysia and now living in Australia. Ping Lian began an art based program as part of a behavioral plan, to encourage him to learn fine motor skills. After a while, rote tracing was replaced by drawing his own works. For the last several years, Ping Lian has been featured in a number of television programs, and he has displayed his work in galleries around the world.
A visit to Ping Lian Yeak's website shows just how appealing the artwork is. A focus on details is balanced by strong compositional elements. With a quirky sense of perspective and bright, lively colors, the work is energetic and alive. There are many examples displayed online, and a full array of prints for sale. I had a hard time limiting myself to a few.


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Tilden Topoff
Hiking Tilden Regional Park in the East Bay
With a name like Seaview Trail, expectations run high. And this 3.5-mile loop in Tilden Regional Park delivers. You won't have to find the viewpoints; they find you … in abundant panoramas.
Starting from Inspiration Point, take Seaview Trail, cross Wildcat Canyon Road, and continue on Seaview for a steady ascent past eucalyptus trees and up to the highlight: 360-degree views of San Francisco, the Golden Gate, and the East Bay hills.
Benches along the way mark perfect points for contemplation. Return along the Upper Big Springs Trail and then Lower Big Springs Trail.
Bonus Food & Drink: Five miles down the road in northwest Berkeley, stop by Bartavelle Coffee & Wine Bar. Nestled next to Kermit Lynch and Acme Bread Co., the coffee shop has a small outdoor patio, as well as some of the bay's best avocado toast, served on Acme's pain au levain. Try it with an olive oil egg; it comes nearly hard-boiled with Pacific Sun olive oil, lemon, Celtic Sea Salt, and marash pepper.
Inspiration Point is located in Tilden Regional Park at Wildcat Canyon Rd., Orinda. Bartavelle Coffee & Wine Bar is located at 1603 San Pablo Ave., Berkeley. Free parking at both. Both the hike and patio at Bartavelle are dog-friendly!
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I disagree, I think the canyon will go down as one of the classic aero frames of this generation of bikes. The horizontal top tube, beautiful seatpost with the little aero element connecting seatpost to seatstay, as well as the matching angles of the seatpost and headtube make it super clean.dcorn wrote: ↑Mon Mar 04, 2019 3:43 pmLove my Aeroad disc. I have the 8.0 SLX with Ultegra Di2 and its been a great ride. I direct swapped my Ultegra crank for a rotor 3D24 with power2max NGeco and Praxis rings like you want.
I will agree that the frame design is getting long in the tooth. If I had more time to wait, I would have gotten the new Venge, but it wasn't even revealed when I bought my Canyon. A Venge Pro with Ui2 plus a Rotor ALDHU24/P2M crank setup would be well under your budget and still a $$$ setup.
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Coupon Boobie I rolled into the news paper plant, around 9am. I had overslept again. I hate Monday mornings.
I had party the whole weekend. I had just passed my 2nd semester of college. I was interning for a small news paper in my home town. A college professor had gotten me the job. I was her pet project for the semester. She gave me good grades. I gave her my big cock after class.
It was a win, win, for me. She was very voluptuous. I had been attracted to skinny girls before I met her. I changed after she rocked my world. I got out of my pickup truck and headed inside. I walked toward the time clock. "Buck!" said my boss. I turned to see my older skinny female boss.
She was pissed. Last week I was late every day. Now I was late again. I had promised to call her daughter for a date. She showed me her picture. Helen, her daughter, was not my type. I set her up with a friend of mine. He was into the skinny nerds with achne problems. Now I hope he did not blow it for me. "Hey! Chief! What's up?" I said. "Late again I see. You need to get here on time. Any chance we can start to get here earlier than 9am.
I talked to Helen last night.
You sent another guy on your date. What's up with that?" she said. I paused. "Yeah! Sorry about that. I was studying at the library. Really late. My truck broke down. My dog bite me. I asked my room mate to fill in for me. He said, they had a great time." I said. "He drove by our place. Rolled down the window.
Saw my daughter. Then spun his tires as he fled from the scene." she said very loudly. I gulped. "Sorry boss. How can I make it up to you?" I said. She paused.
"Yeah! You can make it up to me. First! I need you to make a special delivery for me. I got a friend of mine. She lives across town. She is called the coupon lady. She gets all of our undelivered inserts for the Sunday paper. There a big stack down at the loading dock. Make sure she gets all those coupons. Don't leave until she is happy. Very happy! Got it?? This is your last warning. Then call my daughter. Arrange another date.
Just you and Helen. Got it young man?" she said. I smiled. "No problem. I'm off to see the coupon lady." I said. I pulled my pick up around to the loading dock. I started to throw the bundles of inserts in the back of the pick up bed. I opened one to see the coupons. Fuck there was allot. I was positive the coupon lady was going to be just like my boss. A real bitch. The only good thing, was this delivery was going to take all day. There was a sports bar near her house. After dropping the coupons off.
I was going to spend the rest of the day drinking until I had to drive back and punch out. It took me less than forty minutes to pull up in front of the coupon lady house. It was just the house you would expect. A two story plain white house, with a small white picket fence in the front yard.
The lawn was cut perfect. The white suburban station wagon in the driveway in front of the two car garage. She probably was listening to some weird cult like music in the house. I looked around to see if she was even home. There was no movement in front of the big bay windows. I got out of the front seat. I reached in the back of the truck. I pulled out one stack of inserts. I pulled on the thin white plastic straps, keeping the small bundles together.
It made my fingers turn red in the middle. I was not sure how many I could carry without my fingers turning purple. I walked up the white side walk. I pulled up the large brass knocker on the big white door. I knocked twice. "Knock! Knock!" I waited a minute or two. Before I knocked again. "Knock! Knock!" I could hear some noise behind the door.
The big brass door knob turned. I watched the front door open. "Please! Wait. Hi! Oh! Your not William! " she said. "No! My name Buck. I think William retired last week. Mrs. Klink sent me to deliver your coupons." I said. "Glad to meet you Buck. Your such a handsome young man. My name Suzi. Everyone calls me coupon Suzi." she said. They should call her coupon boobie. My eyes were about ready to come out of there sockets.
Suzi was about 5ft 2. She was maybe in her late thirties. She was wearing a light green sweater that was pulled tight over her large torpedo shape breast. She was wearing a large cone shape bra from the fifties underneath her sweater. Her sweater was tucked inside her denim blue skirt. The skirt was old fashioned and cut below her knees. She had two large granny style white shoes on.
She was very top heavy. Luckily her big ass pushed out the back to balance her out. She had a white apron covering her expanding cleavage as she talked to me.
I could see she had just painted her finger and toe nails, the same high gloss shine. Her makeup and small gold earrings were old fashioned. It was like I was back in the future. I just watched her soft pink lips move. She had a super short platinum blonde hair style. It was set high on her head. It did not even cover her ears. "Nice to meet you Suzi. Where would you like your coupons?" I said.
"Follow me, Buck! I just got done making cookies. Some big old fashion chocolate chip cookies. My favorite." she said. She turned to walk down the hall, her front door closed behind me.
I could see a big red belt tied tight around her hips from the back. Her big ass moved under the denim skirt. I looked down the front of my tan cargo shorts.
I could see my cock move in the front. She was making my mind, do back flips. I wanted so much to fuck this hot older MILF. I looked around to see if she had any kids or a husband.
I could not see any pictures on the wall. She just had allot of shelf's through out her house. All of them were stocked with food, paper products, laundry detergent, water, cereal and femine products. "Quite a stockpile. Is it the end of the world?" I said. She giggled. "Almost all of it was free or I paid next to nothing. That why they call me the coupon lady. I got so much stuff, that my husband moved out with the kids.
He said I spent to much time couponing. His loss. Are you still back there honey? Just down the hall to my office." she said. I kept close, I did not want to miss that ass exploding out the tight denim skirt. We walked to the other end of the house.
She opened her office door. "You can put them on the big table at the end." she pointed. I smiled and walked into her office. I put the first bundle on the end of the big card table.
She had two pairs of scissors and a ton of coupons on the 6ft by 4ft table. I turned to see a big black leather desk chair. A computer and a big printer. "This is where the magic happens." she said with a big smile. I smiled. Then gulped. She had reached over to get a big feather duster off a stack of papers. I am going to clean while you bring in the rest of my coupons. Just shut the front door when your done. Thanks Buck." she said. I smiled as I walked down the long hall and through her house.
I left the front door propped open as I walked back to my truck. I started to take 4 big bundles at the same time. It was killing my fingers. The white bundle straps were cutting into my fingers. I looked down at them as I walked through the house. I finally got to her office.
I dropped all 4 bundles on the floor. I pushed them under the big card table. "Thanks sweetie. How many more?" she said. I turned to see Suzi dusting a high shelf just outside her office. Her big breast pushed her cone shaped bra forward, almost falling out the front of her sweater.
"Just a few more." I gulped. I looked down the front of my cargo shorts again. My cock was moving under the thin material.
I had to move it before she saw my cock move under my shorts. It took me about an hour to unloaded my truck. I made about 30 trips back and forth. I kept stealing looks at Suzi as she kept cleaning her office and hallway. I started to stack the last few bundles on the back of her coupon table.
I looked around for Suzi. I could hear Suzi down the hall from her office. I could feel my hands throbbing from the plastic ties on the coupons. I looked down to see my fingers were almost purple. I started to shake my hands and fingers. Trying to get some circulation back in them.
"Hey! All done?" said Suzi. She was now standing in the doorway to her office. "Yep! All done." I said. "What's up with your fingers?" she said. I smiled. "Nothing.
Some of the plastic straps were tight on the coupons. They made my fingers turn color. It's all good." I said. "Ding!" went a buzzer down the hall. "Yeah! My cookies are done.
Stay here. I'll be right back." she giggled as she left the room. I looked around her over cluttered office. There was stuff everywhere. Now she had another large load of coupons all over her table. I reached down to peel open a few of the plastic white straps on some of the bundles. I tossed the open straps on the set of coupons behind the table.
"Did ya, miss me?" said Suzi. I smiled. She had a small plate of 3-4 large chocolate chip cookies on top. She smiled as she licked her lips. She pulled off the top cookie. She put it on her pink lips. She started to nibble on the cookie. A few crumbs fell off. Some fell on her apron. One big piece fell between her breast. She looked down, then kept eating her cookie.
She moved the plate toward my right hand. I took off the next cookie. I smiled as I nibbled on her cookie. It was very good. "Mmmmm! Very good cookies." I said. "I just love cookies." she cooed. "More than coupons?" I giggled. She laughed too. "Ha Ha!! Never! Nothing beats my coupons. Well maybe one thing beats my coupons." she said with a big ass smile. I was almost afraid to ask. I did not want my boss back at the plant, to kill me.
I just smiled. I finished my cookie. I looked back at Suzi. She had finished her first cookie. She was almost done with another one. She now had crumbs all over her cleavage. I just kept smiling. She offered my another cookie. I started to eat that cookie.
"So.What do you do with all these coupons? What your secret??" I said. "Hmmm! Let me show you." she said. I watched as she walked passed me. She was now in front of her small table of coupons. I walked up behind her. I looked over her shoulder. "First! I like to be organized. I spread out all my coupons. I categorize each one. Then! I open each set of coupons from the big bundles." she said. I watched as her big breast moved in front of my eyes. She kept reaching all around her table.
She arched her back to put some of the coupons on the edge of the table. Her big ass was inches from the front of my cargo shorts. Her ass was so close. It was just a matter of time before she touched the front of my cargo shorts. I inched closer to her. Her white apron moved across the table. Knocking over a bundle of coupons. "Bam! They hit the floor. Suzi looked to her right. "Oh! No! That is just not going to work.
I forgot to take off my apron. I just get so into making sure my coupon are just perfect. I loose tract of the situation. That just can't happen. Can you untie me Buck?
Just pull on the white string. Thanks sweetie." she said. I pulled the white string around her waist. A second later her apron slipped off her waist. I untied the top of her apron next. The top fell off and landed on her breast. Her white apron just sat there on her big breast.
"These get in the way all the time. My husband hated them." she said. She pointed to her big breast. I gulped as she pulled her apron off and dropped it on the floor next to her coupon table. I looked down to see her big red belt around her waist. The back was tied just above her hips. The front was under her big breast. She was bending over squishing her sweater on the coupons. I leaned in to get a better view. She moved her feet back. Then I felt her denim skirt touch the front of my cargo shorts.
I breathed in. I noticed her breathing getting heavier. She kept her big ass on the front of my cargo shorts.
My eyes got bigger as she moved her ass up and down, and side to side. She was grinding her big ass on the thin material covering my now erect cock. Suzi then looked over her shoulder after putting down her last coupon from the first bundle. "Just like that. Then I put all of them in my computer. It's just that easy? You know what?? I never thanked you for carrying all these coupons to my office. William used to throw them into my bushes.
I like this allot better. I used to offer him a kiss or hug for his trouble. Of course he just sped away before he got his tip" she said. "Hmmm! That sounds like a great tip to me." I said. She smiled. Suzi pushed her big ass across the front of my shorts as she turned. "A kiss or a hug?" she cooed.
"I'm sure there both great. A hug sounds better today." I said. "Great! A big bear hug." she cooed. She opened her arms. I moved forward. Her great big breast pushed into my chest. She put her hands around my neck.
Her arms on my shoulders. I leaned down almost picking her up. I could feel the large metal hinges on the back of her old fashion bra. They almost poked into my skin. Her sweater was very soft. I could smell her old fashion perfume as she pushed her face into my hard chest. She then dropped her hands on my shoulders and long arms. I moved my hands down to her lower back.
"What big arms you have, and such wide shoulders. So many muscles. I'm sorry sweetie. Am I hurting you? How are your fingers? Do they feel any better?" she said softly into my chest. I gave her lower back a big squeeze. "I guess they do. That's good for me." she giggled. I picked her off her small feet. Then set her back down. "You know? You did such a great job. I think you may deserve a kiss too. I don't think a hug is going to cut it.
How does that sound?" she said. She looked into my blue eyes. She then closed her eyes as she stuck out her perfect pink lips. She made a big fish face with her lips. I was afraid to give her a kiss. She kept puckering up.
"Hmmm! Where did she learn how to kiss? Mrs. Suzi! Open your eyes." I said. She opened her eyes. "Did I do something wrong?" she said. "Hmmm!" I said with a weird smile. "I've always kissed that way." she said. "Let's try something different. Just lean up. Don't make any faces with your lips. I'll kiss you. Just look into my eyes." I said. She smiled. Then leaned up into my arms. Her hands were on the side of my face.
I started to kiss her pink lips. Her lips were hard at first. Than she relaxed as her lips began to get moist on mine. After a few minutes she closed her eyes. I could feel her tongue, just about ready to invade my mouth. I opened her mouth first.
I slowly rolled her tongue with mine. She picked up quickly and relaxed her mouth. We kissed very passionately as she pushed her chest against mine.
I could feel her erect nipples under her bra, against my shirt. She was breathing heavy again. She moved her finger nails down the front of my shirt. Stopping just above her chest. She looked into my eyes as she broke our kiss. She moved out of my arms. Only a few inches from me. I opened my mouth.
I was speechless. She opened hers. "That was really nice Buck. Nobody has ever kissed me that way before. It's been such a long time since a man has been in my house.
Especially one, so young and cute, like yourself. Do you have to get right back to the news paper office?" she cooed. I smiled. "I'm sure Mrs. Klink can run the office with out me. She did say to make sure the coupon lady was happy. Are you happy Suzi?" I said. She put her right finger in her mouth. "Yes! I am happy. But I could be more happy.
Maybe you should show me what's been poking me, under your big cargo shorts." she purred. I smiled. She gave me a big wink. I started to take my shirt off. She pulled it over my head. She let out a soft moan when she saw my hard chest and abs. I then kicked off my white tennis shoes, under her cluttered coupon table.
She was now running her hands on my chest. She tugged on my hard nipples. "Oh my Buck!" she said. I then slowly unzipped my cargo shorts. I let them fall around my ankles. My hard cock sprang up, then out. It was standing straight out, almost poking her green sweater. "MMmmmmmmmm! Why Hello young man. No underwear today. Is that real?" she blurted out. I grabbed her right hand. "Ohhh! That is real, and so very hard. Do you shave?
There is no hair down here. God! You have big balls." she blurted out again. "Thanks!" I said. I moved forward to give her a big kiss, as she cupped my big balls. Her other hand was jacking my cock. I broke our kiss. I reached down to grab both her big breast. They felt like two large satin covered beach balls in my hands. I kept her breast up with my right forearm.
She wiggled around, as I reached down to unbuckle her large red belt. I then pulled her red belt off, letting it fall to the ground. She reached down to pull up her green sweater. I smiled when she could not pull it over her large boobs. I had to pull with both hands to get her sweater over her head. Her hair did not move, as I tossed her sweater on her coupon table behind her. Her huge old fashion 50's bra was straining to keep back her large breast.
I smiled as she tried to put her hands back to unhook her bra. She continued to reach as I put my hand down her side. I unzipped her old fashion denim skirt. Her large ass was keeping it from falling down the back. Her large breast were resting on the front of her skirt, keeping it up. I looked down and smiled.
"Here let me get that." I said. "Do you know what your doing? This bra is so hard to get on and off. It's the only one, that keeps my breast from tipping me over." she said.
I put my hands on her hips. I turned her around. She was now facing her coupon table. I took two steps back to admire her large back side. I reached down, on the middle of her back. I could see the four inch bra hooks keeping her old fashion bra on. I had not seen anything like them before.
It was now or never on this big bra. I started to move the hooks, up and down. Then side to side. "I told you it would not be easy." she cooed.
Her face was inches from her coupons. She was smelling the old news paper as I worked on her big bra. After a few minutes, I finally got the trick. I pulled out, then up.
Then her bra hooks slowly turned and fell open. I pushed the head of my cock on her denim covered ass. I left a big wet spot on her denim skirt. I then yanked down her skirt. She quickly kicked it it the side. I looked down to see she was wearing some huge old fashion white panties. I moved the tip of my cock forward. I was pressing the tip of my cock on her white silk panties. She let out a soft moan. "That feels nice Buck." she said.
I reached down to pull her hips around again. Her big white bra was still on her breast. I reached down with both hands to palm her big breast. She smiled. I then used two fingers to pull forward, causing her bra to fall into my hands.
I gently tossed it over my shoulder. She giggled as her big breast fell on her chest. "KaPow!!" Her whole body shook when they slammed against her chest. I then saw her two thumb size nipples expand two sizes in front of my eyes. She put her finger back in her mouth. Some big chunks of her chocolate chip cookies fell out from between her breast. They fell on the floor in front of her. "Take off those panties.
Can we get rid of them?" I said. She smiled. "For you! Anything babe." she smiled. I pointed to her panties, then to her old fashion white shoes. She kicked them both off toward me. I reached down to toss them in a small garbage can, next to her cluttered desk. I then walked over and picked her up in my arms. She tossed her head to the side. She looked over her right side.
I gently tossed her onto her coupons. "Buck! We can't do this here.Not on my coupons." she yelled. I felt her big ass slide on the coupons as I let her big body go.
I stopped for a second. Her face was all excited. I could smell a new aroma in the small room. She was very turned on. I looked down to see her legs open. She had a very full bush. It was blonde and very curly. I smiled. I could not wait to shave her later. I spat some saliva in my right hand. I then wiped my 9 3/4inch cock in my hand. I grabbed the base as I moved my hips forward. She pushed her body up on her elbows to see what I was doing.
Her large breast blocked her view as the tip of my cock found her hairy pussy. Her eyes got big. "Buck! Wait! Not on my coupons!" she said. I eases my cock inside her tight pussy. Her face was flushed as she took more of my hard cock inside her.
I grabbed her legs to hold them around my waist. She pushed me forward causing more of my cock inside her. I could feel her pussy tighten, then relax. She was breathing very fast. I moved my hands to her stomach. I took a big grip, causing her to scream. I then moved my hands to her huge breast. I pushed them to the side. She could now see me body against hers. "God! What are you doing to me. You feel so hard inside me.
No man, has made me feel like this. Your cock is only half way inside me." she screamed. 'Wait! Should I stop? I mean the coupons." I said. She shook her head "No!". She winked again. "Do you like it Suzi? Is this better than couponing?" I moaned.
She moaned very loud. "Oh! I think you do like this better than couponing. Mmmmm! God your pussy is so tight, and so very wet." I yelled at her. I reached down to scoop up her big breast. I could taste some crumbs from the cookies on her breast. She was moaning as I sucked on her big nipples. I was biting, chewing and sucking on them very hard. It was driving her crazy. I thrusted one more time all the way in. Her face got red again. Then her whole body orgasm under my body. She screamed out.
I kept slamming my cock in her. "What is that?? Oh! God! Your making me orgasm. No man has done that for me. I love it Buck. Don't stop homey." moaned Suzi. I reached up to put my hands on her shoulders. I pushed down, causing her whole body to move. "FUCK!!!! YES!!! Your all the way in, you bastard." she screamed. I looked down to see the base of my cock had met her large bush. Her matted down pussy hairs, were against my smooth skin.
She let out a big grunt. Her large breast fell down her side. I reached down to pull her left leg over her right side. She was now on her side. My cock was buried all the way in, as she moved. I reached down to put my left hand on her big left breast.
I put my right hand down to play with her pussy. My cock kept sliding in and out. She let out a soft moan, as I picked up the pace. She kept trying to move on her table. She kept pushing all her coupons on the floor.
A few minute later, I pulled all the way out. She smiled as she rolled over on her stomach. I hopped on my back on the table. I could feel the wet coupons stick on my back. I peeled a few off her back as she looked down at my erect cock. "Lick it Suzi. Show me, how much you like it." I said. She hestitated for a minute. "I never done this before. My husband never wanted me to suck his small cock. Your so big. be gentle." she said. I smiled as she moved her tongue down in front of my cock.
She opened her mouth. She started to lick around the head of my cock. Some precum had mixed with her sweet juices. She then started to take in a few inches. She spit out my cock after a second. "It's to much Buck." she cooed. I smiled as she put more of my cock in her mouth. She was making some large sucking noises. Her greedy mouth kept taking more as I began to fuck her mouth.
I could feel her large breast resting on my thigh. I reached down to squeeze them. This caused her to moan. "Roll over babe. That a good girl. Get on! Put your hands on my chest." I said. Suzi lowered her tight wet pussy on my cock. I watched as my cock slipped right back in her hot tight pussy. She put her hands on my chest. I started to bounce her up and down on my cock. She screamed. She started to orgasm again on my cock. Her nipples turned dark purple.
I looked down. I thought I heard something. "Crack! Crunch!!!! Buckkkkk!" The coupon table started to crack underneath us. Suzi screamed. 'Thud!!" I could feel myself fall. I watched as Suzi body followed mind. We landed on all the big stacks of coupons under the table.
The table fell to the side. Spit in half. Suzi looked around. I looked down to see my cock was still buried in Suzi wet pussy. I could feel something touching my arm. I looked over to see two white plastic straps from the bundles of coupons I had brought in earlier. I grabbed both plastic straps. I started to bounce Suzi on my cock.
She looked down into my eyes. I smiled. I then put one strap in each one of my hands. She smiled. I quickly put each one of her huge breast through the opening of the white plastic straps.
She moaned as I tighten them around her breast. Her soft white breast turned pink, then light red. I brought them up to my mouth. I started to bite down on her erect nipples. She moaned. I then pulled the straps tighter.
Her breast turned a darker shade of red. She screamed. I finally pulled the plastic straps very tight. She fell down on my face. Her big breast mashed against my face and neck.
I sucked hard on her dark purple nipples. "Fuck!!! YES!!!!! I'm cumming again. Buck!!!!" she orgasm so hard, her whole body shook for a few minutes. I was biting her nipples. Her breast mashed against my face.
Her body fully on mine. Her pussy juices coating my cock. She was flooding my waist. Her juices flowing down on her precious coupons. A minute later. I start to grunt. Her eyes got big. Blast after large blast of my cock, unloaded deep inside her. She fell back onto a big pile of coupons. Her pussy bounced off my cock. I looked down to see my cock shoot one last load on her stomach as we both laid there on the piles of coupons.
"Beep! Beep!" I could hear a big truck backing up. "Knock! Knock!" I felt the big bed move. I could not more my hands. "Coming! I heard some new large heels click across the wooden floor.
Then a pause. "Oh! Good Morning! Mrs. Klink. Thank you so much for delivering my coupons this morning." said Suzi. "No! Thank you coupon Suzi. It's a pleasure to bring you this big load of coupons, this fine morning. Is that a new bathrobe? Those heels are very cute on you. You look so very hip in that new outfit. I also am very happy that you found my new employee Buck, a great help these past weeks. I'm just sorry he could not be here today. He had another date last night, with my daughter.
I barely see her anymore. He keeps her very busy these days. I gave him the day off, today. He should be back next week. Have a great day." said my boss Mrs. Klink. "Slam!" The front door closed.
I heard Suzi coming down the hall. "Helen! Wait a minute before you go out.
You Mom should be leaving soon. Then gather all the bundles up and bring them to my office, just like last week. Then start cutting my coupons. Just like I showed you. I'll be right back sweetie." said Suzi. I heard Mrs. Klink daughter get of the couch in the living room. "Can I watch again Mrs. Suzi?" said Helen. "After you get the coupons from the yard. Then you can watch us." said Suzi. I smiled.
Suzi came back into the room, followed by Helen. I watched as Helen took off Suzi bathrobe and carried it down the hall. Suzi untied her small black see through teddy.
Her big nipples were hard as rocks. I looked up to see my hands tied to the bed frame. The same two white plastic straps, I had used on her, from a few weeks ago. She smiled. "I'm so glad you got Mrs.
Klink daughter to help me with the coupons. Now I have so much free time to please you. Our safe word for today is your favorite."Coupon Boobie!!!" Love, Buck xoox "This story is fictional. It is not based on anybody, dead or alive. Thank you. Please read more of my crazy adult stories."


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It wasn't worth it in the end
Renting out your unused residential property might seem like a good idea at first, but then you have to think about all of the bad things that can happen when you take on that risk. You don't know what a person's intentions are when they enter a domicile they don't own whether they stay for a year or for one night.
You can definitely expect some damages like messed-up carpets, holes in the wall, and stolen items… but sometimes it's even worse! Hopefully you don't have to deal with stopped-up toilets, serious burn marks, and leftover drug needles like these people did.
Last week a woman who was fully vetted by Airbnb rented my house for what turned out to be a Halloween party. She lied about her intentions, even when I spoke to her over the phone. In just a few hours, they did over $3,000 in damage, and the police evicted 150 people for my 1200 sq ft home.
It was only broken up by police because there was a gun shooting that landed somebody in the hospital. All this in a quiet residential neighborhood that is part of a golf resort, in a city that is not especially known for crime. I'm sure the damage would have been far worse if the police hadn't come because of the gunshots. Thank God nobody was killed. (Never-On-Reddit)
Wanted Woman
My last house had an income suite off the back of the property. She was moving from out of state with her son, and that her credit was damaged due to a recent divorce.
Turns out my property manager never looked into it. They were divorced, but the credit was destroyed way before that. She paid her first/last/security to move in, and never paid another dime. Didn't pay for gas/water/electricity/cable/etc. She would pretend she wasn't home, then she would complain things were broken, (if we called her out on this she would then do her best to break the item in question), and used the place like one large trash bin.
What finally set me off was when I stopped by after accidentally having a package delivered to her (in my name). No answer, so I let myself in and saw two things. One, was my package along with some other mail of mine that had all been opened, and two, her Comcast bill which was in her SIX YEAR OLD SON'S name.
Called the property manager and the cops that night. It took five months to get her out of the house, and eventually arrested after finding out she had done this in six other states, with multiple warrants out. She tried to plea for me to accept payment of $50/month until we were caught up. She owed close to $5,000 in back rent alone. (petethepianist)
Live Birth
Not me, but my aunt has an Airbnb and had a lady and her husband stay at her place for a month or so. In the last week the lady gave birth in the upstairs bathroom floor. It was DISGUSTING[…]
They were apparently really apologetic but they didn't clean up at all! It was like they had murdered someone and then decided to clean up the mess with Kleenex and water and it was just a gross mess. (Sniffingpuppybutts)


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Torrance woman suspected of DUI after driving with dying man on hood
People reportedly spotted the woman's car driving in Torrance with a man on the hood of the car. Several people approached the car and flagged down the driver, according to media reports. One of the people claims to have reached into the vehicle and taken the keys from the ignition.
Emergency responders were called to the area where people flagged down the woman. Police say that the man was struck slightly more than two miles from where the group is credited with stopping the car. Investigators say that the man was partially embedded in the windshield when emergency responders arrived. He was responsive at that time. However, police say that the man later died at the hospital.
The woman was arrested on suspicion of manslaughter and drunk driving charges related to the incident. News reports suggest that the woman works as a drug and alcohol counselor. Police claim that she panicked after the accident. Authorities say that the woman tested nearly twice the legal limit for alcohol under California's drunk driving laws.
The woman was placed in jail with bail set at $100,000.
- KABC-TV News, "Torrance DUI suspect drives with pedestrian on car's hood," Leanne Suter, Nov. 25, 2012
- The Huffington Post, "Sherri Wilkins Hits Philip Moreno With Car, Drives With Him Through Windshield: Cops," Nov. 26, 2012


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DPM 2012 R2 - Extreme amount of warnings in DPMRA.errlog
DPM 2012 R2 running on Windows 2008 R2.
DPM was upgraded from 2010 to 2012 R2 a couple of days ago.
The server creates a lot of DPMRAxxx-logfiles in C:\Program Files\Microsoft DPM\DPM\Temp.
A vast majoity of the warnings in the logfiles says:
WARNING [0x1b561580] Not able to apply security settings for \\?\Volume{fc9c5a30-0b93......
WARNING Failed: Hr: = [0x80070005] : Encountered Failure: : lVal : ::SetKernelObjectSecurity( m_hFile, si, m_pSD)
It seems to be one warning for every file protected. It affects all kinds of protection groups (SQL, file, etc)
I´m also seeing warnings like:
WARNING Failed: Hr: = [0x80070002] : GetFileAttributes failed for \\?\Volume{a4161096-a440-11e1-a6b1-001b21c942d8}\a8d09ded-4819-428c-8ecd-013e48e61a34\Incremental\181ebb88-4757-4b81-a88b-7fcc9fd77354\S-Vol\MSSQL\
All PGs except one (there are 51 total) report ok in DPM gui, but I´m having some serious trust issues now when the server is spitting out log files filled with warnings.
Looking for the warning messages in 11 files (randomly picked in powershell) resulted in the following number of warning/errors:
"Not able to apply security settings for" : 146364
"Encountered Failure: : lVal : ::SetKernelObjectSecurity" : 146364
"GetFileAttributes failed for" : 1898
Now, that´s from 11 logs created in less than 1 hour.
Anyone out there that has an DPM 2012 R2 that can have a look in C:\Program Files\Microsoft DPM\DPM\Temp and see if you have a lot of DPMRAxx-logs? If it weren´t for the problems I´m having with one PG (another case/thread) I would probably have missed this since the GUI reports everyting as ok.
Regards, Per
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Hi Per,
This feels like a R2 bug. We're experiencing exactly the same problem. We recently upgraded from DPM 2012 SP1 to R2, and have now found hundreds of similar errors in the DPMRA-error logs - only for one single volumes of a file server. Have opened a MS case as this is quite critical for us, so I would be very interested in any reply to this thread.
I'm experiencing the exact same issue.
Logs are showing: WARNING Failed: Hr: = [0x80070005] : Encountered Failure: : lVal : ::SetKernelObjectSecurity( m_hFile, si, m_pSD)
For each and every file the touched by the DPMRA process.
After 1hour 20min, DPMRA consistency check fails with: The protection agent on D(Your.server.here) was temporarily unable to respond because it was in an unexpected state. (ID 60 Details: Internal error code: 0x809909B0)
I'm totally at a loss. We've initiated a support case, but MS doesn't seem to have any clue either. At this point, i'm considering starting over and moving back to 2012 SP1. R2 seems utterly broken.
I do not have a second DPM Server. Just the one. It's a clean install.
Clean install of Windows Server 2012 R2, SCDPM 2012 R2, and local clean install of SQL Server 2012.
Everything is fully patched and updated. No hardware issue at all.
This is VERY frustrating.
- Edited by Terafloppy Friday, December 6, 2013 5:21 PM
@ Commoner31
Same here. I finally received the Private fix. dsmfs.dll
No change. Log is still full of errors and my replications fail if they take more than 1hour and 20 minutes to run. MS doesn't seem to have any idea why.
At this point, i'm probably going to have to move to linux and BackupPC
We have released the fix in UR1.
Issues that are fixed in System Center 2012 R2 Data Protection Manager Update Rollup 1
Carlos (MSFT)
Carlos Carrolo
We have released the fix in UR1.
Issues that are fixed in System Center 2012 R2 Data Protection Manager Update Rollup 1
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This does not fix the issue.
Any other solutions?


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OHSS is a problem that is sometimes seen in women who take fertility medicines that stimulate egg production. Generally, a woman produces one egg per month and some women who have trouble getting pregnant may be given medicines to help them make more eggs. If these medicines stimulate the ovaries too much, the ovaries may quickly swell to several times their normal size and may also leak fluid into the abdomen.
The symptoms of OHSS usually begin within 10 days after taking medicines to stimulate ovulation. The severity of OHSS symptoms vary and the symptoms may improve or worsen over time.
Symptoms of Moderate OHSS:
• Diarrhea
• Vomiting
• Nausea
• Abdominal bloating
• Mild to moderate pain that may come and go
Symptoms of Severe OHSS:
• Dizziness
• Shortness of breath
• Dark urine
• Severe abdominal pain and tight or enlarged abdomen
• Rapid weight gain
• Nausea and vomiting
Here are a few factors that may increase one's risk of developing OHSS:
• Young age
• Low body weight
• Polycystic ovary syndrome
• Migraine headache
• Previous episode of OHSS
• Becoming a parent with multiple births at one time
• High or increasing level of estrogen during fertility treatments
If you have symptoms of OHSS, contact your doctor immediately for an accurate evaluation of your symptoms!


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Remember the Magno retro wooden radio range? Well, Indonesian designer Singgih Kartono is back with else wooden and stylish – the Magno Deskset.
Using the same idea of replacing more commonly-seen plastic and metal with stylish dark wood (always a good thing in our book), Kartono now offers a pen/card/envelope holder, stapler and tape dispenser, all made of java ebony, mahogany and pine and sold in a wooden box with a booklet featuring the designer's statement and materials information.
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Our company is designed to provided top quality sound, music and announcing/MCing for your party, wedding, rodeo, arena or outdoor event. We provide the best and top quality sound and music for your event, no matter the occasion. Jeff Mann (DJ Cowboy Jeff) served in the military for 22 years and is a combat veteran. He has a great attention to detail! He is the best in the business when it comes to making your event the best on the planet!
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Hedgelaying is an ancient skill that was originally for making hedges stock proof so that sheep and cattle could be contained in a particular field.
I prepare and lay existing hedges, provide and plant new hedges and am member of the National Hedgelaying Society.
I have carried out work locally in the Yorkshire style however I can adapt to any required style as agreed with the landowner.
A laid hedge is an attractive asset to a garden or field and provides a denser habitat, more suitable for wildlife.
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Vendors desiring additional information on a specific bid are requested to contact the Purchasing Office at (616) 819-2175.
Bid List Application
The District does not currently have a Bid List Application Form. Vendors interested in being placed on the District's bid list should submit a letter to the Purchasing Office. The letter should include company name, contact, address, phone and fax numbers, your employer identification number, and the types of materials and/or services you supply.
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Conventional thinking suggests all businesses should develop strategic plans and business plans to help direct the business and facilitate successful growth
However there may be instances where strategic planning may be inappropriate for some small companies.
Here are some reasons that may be the case and alternative action these companies may take.
1. Time. There may be conditions that exist that do not allow management to take the time to invest in days of planning.
2. Cost. The company may not have the financing to support engaging professional help and more important may not be able to take key executives like sales managers away from the jobs as it could impact revenue generation.
3. Change. Smaller companies could be in an environment where change is needed frequently and long term strategies are inappropriate.
The option in this environment is for companies to adapt Strategic Thinking.
Fast growing companies need to take advantage of challenges and opportunities and turn their size into an advantage.
1. Plan informally on the go. All big ideas don't have to come from formal strategy planning offsite. Quick huddles with key team members to examine key issues are effective.
2. Challenge. Brainstorm to ask "why not" when faced with the inevitable "that won't work". Test whether initial negative positions are really valid.
3. Make Small Bets.
Large companies with major investments at stake may do exhaustive analysis before acting. Smaller companies can develop and test new potential strategies by making smaller bets by discussing an idea with a customer before the item is built, seeking out a potential supplier that is trustworthy, or discussing the idea with another person with expertise in the area.
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Fish 'N Fun Camp
Program Partner: NC Outside
Session #1: June 22-26, 2020
Seeion #2: August 3 - 7, 2020
Time: 9:30 am - 3:00 pm
Age: Rising 1st-3rd Grades
Gender: Coed
Location: Gonet Gateway (For Drop Off and Pick Up daily, campers will then be bussed to that day's fishing location)
Cost: $425
Program Description: This one-week fishing camp is designed to spark the interest in fishing and teach basic fishing tactics, as well as getting our younger campers outdoors and having fun! Campers will fish a combination of public and private ponds and reservoirs, they may even find some time splash around in a local river in search of crayfish, frogs and salamanders.
Safety is our number one priority! All campers will wear life jackets when in the water or on a boat. We maintain a 1-to-5 counselor to camper ratio to ensure that every camper gets some one-on-one time each day to advance his/her skills.
What to Bring: A lunch/snack(s). NC Outside will provide all bait and tackle, rods and reels, and life jackets.
Instructor: Tee Clarkson has been running fishing camps and youth outdoor programs for thirteen summers as the owner and director of Virginia Outside and Paddle Fish. After teaching High School English for more than a decade, Clarkson left the classroom several years ago to pursue his passion for running youth outdoor programs, as well as, working in land conservation and outdoor writing. Running programs in North Carolina was the next logical step, Clarkson and his staff are excited to launch their new sister outdoor adventure outfit, NC Outside in the summer of 2018.


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Research Column
Rural children may be more vulnerable to many social and economic problems than are children who live in the city or suburbs, a recent study by the National Rural Development Institute contends.
In a survey conducted in 1989, the institute asked school officials from 312 rural, urban, and suburban districts to estimate the percentage of their pupils who exhibited various social, economic, or family problems that are known to increase the likelihood of a child's failing in school.
In 34 of 39 statistical comparisons within various risk categories, the researchers found that rural children were significantly more likely to be described as "at risk" than were their counterparts in cities and suburbs.
The responses from school officials indicated that rural children were far more prone than their non-rural counterparts to be living in poverty during elementary and middle school and to be involved with substance abuse in elementary school.
Among mildly handicapped children, those living in rural areas appeared much more likely than their non-rural counterparts to live in poverty at all grade levels and to suffer from depression in middle and high school.
The study also compared mildly handicapped and non-handicapped students and noted that mildly handicapped children were described as more vulnerable than their non-handicapped peers in 20 of 39 risk categories in rural communities and in 14 of 39 risk categories in non-rural schools.
For more information about The National Study Regarding Rural, Suburban, and Urban At-Risk Students contact the National Rural Development Institute at Western Washington University, Bellingham, Wash., by phoning (206) 676-3576.
Teachers who attempt to discourage cheating by handing out several versions of multiple-choice exams with the questions in different order may inadvertently be giving one group of students an unfair advantage over the others, a Penn State psychologist has concluded.
William R. Balch, an associate professor of psychology at the university's Altoona campus, recently analyzed his students' scores on multiple-choice tests and concluded that students can best retrieve information when the order in which the questions are asked follows the same sequence in which the information was originally presented.
Mr. Balch gave 404 general-psychology students a final exam consisting of the same 75 multiple-choice questions arranged in one of three patterns.
On one-third of the exams, the questions followed the same sequential order as the lectures and lesson texts; on another one4third, they were listed at random; and, in the final group, they were randomly ordered but organized by chapter.
The students taking the sequentially ordered exam had an average score of 76.86 percent, while the students answering randomly arranged questions averaged 73.19 percent and the students who took exams with randomly ordered questions organized by chapter averaged 72.22 percent.
Like their black and Hispanic counterparts, Italian-Americans in New York City appear to suffer from a poor self-image that hinders their academic performance, asserts a recent study that found Italian students to have the third-highest dropout rate in the city.
Researchers at the John D. Calandra Italian-American Institute at the City University of New York separated educational statistics for Italian-American youths from those for white children in general and found that 20.65 percent of Italian youths in the city will not complete high school. In comparison, the dropout rate for other white students was 18.55 percent.
Italian children fared better in New York schools than did black children, who had a dropout rate of 24.54 percent, or Hispanic students, who had the city's highest dropout rate at 31.78 percent.
Experts have speculated that the city's high Italian-American dropout rate may be the result of a poor self-image influenced by stereotyping. Other factors such as peer pressure, parental ignorance about education, or pressure to join the work force may also be causing them to quit school, the researchers said.
By the age of 14, girls--like adult women--are twice as likely as their male counterparts to be depressed, a study by psychologists at the Oregon Research Institute in Portland concludes.
Previous research indicated that very young girls and boys are equally likely to suffer from depression, but that adult women are twice as likely as men to be depressed.
But when Betty Allgood-Merten and Peter Lewinsohn conducted psychological analyses of 802 public high-school students to determine when the gender-based differences set in, they found that the youngest girls in their study, 14-year-olds in 9th grade, already were twice as likely as boys to be depressed.
The girls also were much more likely than were boys to report feeling stress and low self-esteem, and both feelings were found in follow-up visits to have been predictors for depression in the children, Ms. Allgood-Merten said.
Girls in the study also were far more likely than boys to base much of their self-esteem on their image of their own bodies, she added.--ps
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Egyptian Goose and Man
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The Egyptian Goose is a member of the duck, goose, and swam family Anatidae. It is native to the parts of Africa south of the Sahara and the Nile Valley. Egyptian geese were considered sacred by the Ancient Egyptians and frequently appeared in their artwork. They were domesticated by the ancient Egyptians and have since been bred for food in parts of Africa. It has also been introduced to Great Britain, the Netherlands, France, and Germany. It swims very well and in flight looks heavy and much larger than a duck. Egyptian geese typically eat seeds, leaves, grasses, and plant stems; occasionally eating locusts and other small animals. It was the inspiration for this watercolor, where man gently leans over the goose in an attempt to watch over it, to study it, to hold it up as sacred.


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Opening up the nation's eyes and minds to accessorising, Poppylab provides not only one-of-a-kind jewelleries, but also a large collection of foil tattoos that allow you to decorate your skin for upcoming music festivals or even just for a casual brunch. You can never go wrong with these beautiful pieces!
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The Yamaha PSR E263 Review At A Glance
Ease of Use
Very beginner friendly
Affordable at less than $150
Highly recommended!
We like:
●400 high-quality voices
●Nine-step lesson function
●Recording function
●The duo mode for converting one keyboard into two
●Compact design
We don't like:
●No power cord included with the pack
Summary of our Yamaha PSR E263 review: This portable keyboard is an excellent choice for beginners and intermediate pianists. But its duo mode is the feature that turns this simple instrument into a powerful learning tool.
A Short Introduction
Yamaha is well-known for its quality of products and affordability. This company has been building high-class pianos and other musical instruments that are portable and durable. Yamaha is still the number one company in producing excellent and the most competent products, especially the Yamaha PSR-E263 Portable Keyboard.
The Yamaha PSR-E263 is one of the best keyboards for beginners and non-professionals. It has 400 instrument voices, 130 complimentary styles, and 112 songs. It also has an inbuilt lesson feature that allows novices to learn 100 preset songs. It is supported by the Yamaha Education Suite (Y.E.S.) The AUX Line Input converts the keyboard into a speaker system for your MP3 player. Now, you can play along, listen, make your own songs or learn preset ones, all at an affordable price.
The most distinguishing feature of the Yamaha PSR-E263 is the duo mode. This feature seamlessly converts a single keyboard into two, so that you get a huge variety of sounds for great music.
An Overview of Yamaha PSR-E263 Features
- 61 keys to make playing and learning fun, while teaching correct techniques
●400 instrument voices, 130 auto accompaniment styles
●Full key size for unrestrictive playing
●32 note polyphony for more melodious music
●The duo mode for dividing the keyboard; similar to having two keyboards in one
●AUX input to connect your MP3 player in the key boy, so you can sing along or listen to songs
●Y.E.S. in-built nine-step lessons for making learning for beginners easy
●Compact and portable
Advantages of Yamaha PSR-E263
1) 61 full sized keys
These keys give you the experience of playing a full-sized piano without overwhelming you, especially if you are a new user. This keyboard helps you master playing with ease before you graduate to a bigger keyboard or even a full-sized piano.
2) Duo mode
This feature of the PSR series is one of the best and most unique features found on any keyboard of its class. At a touch of a button, your keyboard is divided into two parts, each having a middle C, to make learning easy and music more melodious. It is literally like having two keyboards on one. You can also opt to practice with a partner using this feature.
3) 400 Instrument Voices
These voices enable you to feel as if you are Ina hall, listening to a real performance. Voices like choruses enhance your music making abilities.
4) 130 Accompaniment Styles and 112 Preset songs
You can play like a professional using these accompaniment styles. There are styles like a live band or orchestra too. Now, learning music need not be a boring activity done alone! The song bank having 112 songs is for your entertainment. You can either choose to learn or listen, depending on your mood.
5) Nine-step lesson function
This is a unique feature included in the Yamaha instruments. It simplified learning for newbies and you need not enroll in a class to learn music. Starting from simple hand playing to both hands playing simultaneously, these lessons are an awesome way to learn music at home for music enthusiasts.
6) Compact and Portable
Birthday at your friend's place? Sudden outdoor picnic? No worries. You can easily carry this highly portable keyboard with you anywhere. Plus, the Yamaha PSR-E263 runs on AA batteries too, so you need not worry about power outages or going to places where there will be no power, like campsites.
7) AUX input
It has a port for AUX input that allows you to connect your MP3 player to it and listen to songs and sing along. It is a great accompaniment for family parties where you can play and sing along too.
Disadvantages of Yamaha PSR-E263
1) Non-weighted keys and non-touch sensitive keys
This is just a basic keyboard model so you cannot expect advanced features such as weighted keys, but its 61 keys have enough resistance and bounce back to mimic an advanced piano board. Additionally, it is not sensitive to touch, meaning there is no difference in sound whether you press on the keys lightly or heavily.
2) Loud accompaniment sounds
While some users wouldn't mind having loud accompaniment sounds, we know that others (maybe a majority) would view this a negative as it clouds the acoustic piano sounds. Sadly, it cannot be turned off.
3) No USB and MIDI ports on this keyboard
Unfortunately, you cannot connect your computer to this keyboard. Connectivity is a big bonus especially to the younger generation, what with all the computers and mobile gadgets available nowadays. If this feature is important to you, you are better off looking at other Yamaha offerings such as the EZ-220 or the YPT-240.
Should you buy the Yamaha PSR-E263?
If you are a new user wanting to learn music, but not willing to go forward without knowing your depth, the Yamaha PSR-E263 is an awesome investment for you. You don't need to burn a hole in your pocket, and you can learn music easily and progress on to bigger keyboards and pianos. Even non-music lovers are known to fall for it.


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The Jezabels' world tour has been cancelled due to the health of keyboardist Heather Shannon, 29, who will undergo immediate treatment for ovarian cancer, something she has battled for three years.
The four-piece released a statement on Friday explaining their decision to cancel the tour as they did not wish to proceed without the full band.
"Three years ago Heather was diagnosed with a unique type of ovarian cancer. Although she has been able to maintain life as usual generally, between treatments, the time has come for her to undergo further immediate treatment which will require her to stay in Sydney."
"We were very excited to be hitting the road again in support of our third album, SYNTHIA, but sadly due to a sudden turn of events Heather's condition requires attention now so touring in the proposed time frame is no longer possible."
Ovarian cancer is a disease where some of the cells in one or both ovaries start to grow abnormally and develop into cancer.
Each year, more than 1,200 Australian women are diagnosed with ovarian cancer and around 800 will die from the disease according to a report by the Australian Institute of Health & Welfare and National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre.
However, early detection means the chance of survival significantly increases.
Shannon added to the statement posted to the band's Facebook page:
"Up until now, I have preferred to not let this diagnosis get in the way of getting on with life. I feel a deep frustration at this new roadblock, as I now have to take a step back and undergo treatment. The band means so much to me, and cancelling the tour has been a very sad decision. I am hopeful that in the near future we will be back on the road again playing music we love. This album means so much to us, and we were so looking forward to sharing it live with everyone."
ABC Radio station, Triple J offered their well wishes on Friday, "triple j sends Heather and the band the best wishes at this time and hopes for a swift recovery. We're also looking forward to hearing more kick-ass music from Synthia."
Ticket refunds for the national tour will be available from ticket providers.
For more information on ovarian cancer head to ovariancancer.net.au/.


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Personalized fitness programming is the perfect way to keep your workouts fresh and challenging. No need to be local – Missi designs custom workouts and fitness programs for people worldwide.
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- Have a working knowledge of proper form for most basic exercise movements
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Jammu, May 04 (KMS): In occupied Kashmir, the illegally detained Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Islami Tanzeem-e-Azadi, Abdul Samad Inqilabi, has said that India has been occupying Jammu and Kashmir against the will of the Kashmiri people who will continue their liberation struggle till complete success.
Abdul Samad Inqilabi in a message from Kot Bhalwal Jail, Jammu, said the people of Kashmir have never accepted the India's occupation over Kashmir and are struggling for securing their birthright to self-determination.
He said lakhs of Kashmiris have rendered their lives for the Kashmir cause and would never hesitate to give more sacrifices. He said in 1947 India had killed five lakh Muslims only in Jammu region and forced more than 10 lakh to migrate from their homes. He said India is using all shameful tactics to prolong its illegal occupation over Jammu and Kashmir but would never succeed in its nefarious design.
Abdul Samad Inqilabi said many resistance leaders have been put behind the bars and some are being harassed through different tactics. He said India is using its agencies to harass and victimize the Hurriyat leaders but would never succeed to force them into submission.


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We are Ireland's leading stationery filing manufacturer. Specialising in efficient medical print solutions to the HSE
The services we offer cover all aspects of consultation, litho print and digital print /product design, sampling, manufacture, storage and distribution nationwide.
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