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Zimdorf - A Tudor Village
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Welcome to Zimdorf, a tudor-style paradise-like village situated on the Windenburgian Island.
Built with love and great effort, enjoy!
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Vanessa Williams eyes Broadway's 'After Midnight'
NEW YORK (AP) — Vanessa Williams wants to stay up after midnight.
The actress, singer and former Miss America watched the matinee performance of "After Midnight" on Wednesday and then broke it to the cast backstage that she has signed up for a stint in the Broadway show celebrating Duke Ellington's years at the Cotton Club nightclub.
"It's an honor to jump in. It's a well-oiled machine, up and running and I think it'll be a perfect fit," Williams said afterward. She signed on before ever seeing the show and says it was an "easy, easy" decision to jump in.
FILE - This Sept. 24, 2012 file photo released by Starpix shows Vanessa Williams, a cast member in ABC's "666 Park Avenue," in New York. On Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014, Williams announced after the matinee performance of ¿After Midnight,¿ that she has signed up for a stint in the Broadway show celebrating Duke Ellington's years at the Cotton Club nightclub. She will start as a guest vocalist on April 1 and end May 11. (AP Photo/Starpix, Amanda Schwab, File)
Williams, who next month turns 51, will start as a guest vocalist on April 1 and end May 11, replacing Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds and Toni Braxton, who in turn replaced k.d. lang. Lang took over from Fantasia Barrino, who originated the part at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre.
The high energy show, directed and choreographed by Warren Carlyle, features two dozen musical numbers that showcase dance, jazz, tap or singing backed by 17 musicians from Jazz at Lincoln Center.
Williams, the former "Desperate Housewives" star, will be called on to sing four songs, including "Stormy Weather," ''I Can't Give You Anything But Love" and "I've Got the World on a String." She said she enjoyed the music of that era when she was in the TV movie "Stompin' at the Savoy" in 1992.
What can people expect? "It'll be me," she said flirtatiously. "It won't be k.d. lang. It'll be me. The people that know me know what I bring. I love the music and it's our history. This is the music of African-Americans in New York."
The actress and singer has never recorded the four songs in the show and especially looks forward to the chance to make "Stormy Weather" her own. "Lena Horn is such an icon for me and her performance is emblazoned in my mind," she said. "To be able to do my version is phenomenal."
A three-time Emmy Award-nominated actress in "Ugly Betty," Williams has appeared on Broadway in "Into the Woods," ''Kiss of the Spider-Woman" and "Sondheim on Sondheim." Last year, she starred opposite Cicely Tyson and Cuba Gooding Jr. in "The Trip to Bountiful," which she just made into a film.
Williams also has been nominated for 11 Grammy Awards and has had pop hits with "Save the Best For Last," ''Dreamin,'" and "Colors of the Wind." She also wrote a memoir with her mother titled "You Have No Idea."
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Two days or so ThinkPad System Update 3.14 was running. Today it is not. It errors during the splash screen (almost immediately) with a Windows error dialog box (I can't attach a JPEG, so I typed it out):
Window Title: Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library[X in red circle] Runtime Error!
This is a Windows Vista Ultimate T61, fully updated (Windows and Lenovo) as of a day or so ago, and now it is malfunctioning.
Separately and distinctly, this happened several months ago on an R40 and I never fixed it. When I first discovered that problem, I tried deleting TVSU and reinstalling, but on that computer it behaved as before.
Hello Hilfenmir,
it might be a problem with some software installed on your system. The same behavior on two different models, seems strange.
Also the two day´s running TVSU aim to this conclusion.
Please check your installed software, MS updates and NET Versions.
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Please insert your type, model (not S/N) number and used OS in your posts.
I´m a volunteer here using ThinkPad X1 Carbon 5th Gen. Silver Edition, ThinkPad 13, Yoga 900, ThinkPad T430s, IdeaCentre B540.
TIP: If your computer runs satisfactorily now, it may not be necessary to update the system.
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I'm now having the same problem w/ my 2757-cto and a fresh, clean install of Win7 x64 Pro. (W700, 17" Screen, Nvidia 3700, 4 GB, Q9300 CPU, Bluray Disk, Dual Hitachi HTS72050A9A364 500 GB drives, Fingerprint Reader, Color Calibrator.)
The system reports that .NET 3.51 is installed and active.
I've tried the following, to no avail:
1) Downloaded and installed C++ runtime for x64 systems.
2) Downloaded and installed C++ runtime for x86 systems.
3) Tried to install .NET executable packages from Microsoft, but they wouldn't not install -- 3.51 already present.
4) Manually downloaded and installed Lenovo System Manager and most of the other patches, then tried tvsu.
5) Tried to used Lenovo's PC Doctor to obtain and install tvsu, but it points to the 3.14 version (which won't install).
6) Updated BIOS to 2.09-1.07
Nothing helps.
On the same system with a different boot disk containing a triple boot of Vista x64, Win 7 x32 and Win7 x64, tvsu had no problems when booted to any of the OSs.
Needless to say, this is most frustrating! Any assistance would be gratefully appreciated.
Thanks all.
I can only agree with "Agotthelf", as I have experienced such situation in the past and it was in my situation an AV software, that was blocking all applicaitons, that requested internet access.
Maybe you can try to uninstall TVSU, make sure that also it's deleted from %programfiles% and then install it back.
Let us know your results.
I also had this problem recently.I installed Windows 7 few days ago and TVSU worked fine at that time. After few days of using and installing new software, TVSU is dead now.
I tried installed TVSU again without success.


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Lady Bucs look to break single-game attendance record; while Grant Team partners with Second Harvest Food Bank for special "Pound for Pound Biggest Loser" promotion
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Feb. 19, 2010) - Buccaneer fans looking for a fun and affordable evening, should plan on attending the ETSU/USC Upstate women's basketball game on Monday night at 7 p.m. inside the ETSU/MSHA Athletic Center.
The ETSU women's basketball grant team is launching a special "Buc for a Buc" stimulus package for the Lady Buccaneer regular season home finale. This promotion is geared towards a fan appreciation night, as their support this season has reached a new single-game attendance record; while also acting as a "Sixth Man" and helping the Lady Bucs work towards a perfect 10-0 home record. In honor of the fan support, tickets, food, and drinks have all been marked down to $1 for the game on Monday.
"The Buc for a Buc program is our NCAA grant team's way of saying thank you to the loyal Lady Buccaneer fans, who have come out game-after-game in record numbers to support our team," commented Senior Associate Athletic Director Barbie Breedlove. "From our Pack the House initiative, to the Pink Zone, and all games in between, the loyal followers of ETSU women's basketball deserve $1 admission and reduced concession prices during this tough economic time."
In addition to the "Buc for a Buc" promotion, the Lady Bucs have teamed up with Second Harvest Food Bank to help spread the word for their "Pound for Pound Biggest Loser Competition."
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On Friday afternoon, head coach Karen Kemp, members of the women's basketball team, and staff from the grant committee visited the Second Harvest Food Bank to tape public service announcements for the promotion - which will air on WCYB-TV News 5. Then, on Monday, during ETSU's final home game with USC Upstate, computers will be available for fans to sign up and pledge for the challenge. In addition, fans are asked to bring canned food items to the game on Monday night, which will also be donated to the Second Harvest Food Bank.
"This is a great promotion to help raise money, so the Second Harvest Food Bank can help donate more food to the local charities," said ETSU Marketing/Promotions Coordinator Sara Hacker. "We have teamed up with Second Harvest during the holiday season for canned food drives, so they came to us and wanted coach Kemp and her team to be the spokesperson's for this challenge. It's a great way to get our team active in the community, while also helping out those in need."
Monday night also marks the end of the inaugural season of the Dean's Challenge. The winning colleges will be announced at halftime of the game, and those schools will receive a $1,500 scholarship. The challenge, which began back on Jan. 27, was designed to help create more athletic support on campus; while also rewarding the participants with an academic scholarship. Each of the eight colleges received 200 tickets for their selected game, and the school with the highest percentage of tickets used collects one of the two scholarships. The second scholarship will be given to the college who requested more than 200 tickets and had the highest amount of tickets turned in for the single-game.
"The Dean's Challenge has been a fun initiative," added Breedlove. "The idea behind this was to pit the deans of eight different colleges on campus against each other, and see who can drum up the most support for Lady Buc basketball at selected home conference games. This is a great marriage between academics and athletics on the ETSU campus - that is truly a win-win for all. Fans from the eight colleges got to see outstanding women's basketball, while having a chance to win $3,000 in scholarship money for students in their college."
Rounding out the festivities on Monday is the $1,000 cash prize giveaway to one lucky ETSU student. Throughout the season the grant team formed the "Wii Support the Lady Bucs" promotion, which was geared towards increasing student attendance at ETSU women's basketball games. At every home game (when school was in session) in 2009-10, students had a chance to sign up to win a Nintendo Wii. Each time students showed up and entered, they increased their chances to for a special $1,000 cash prize - which will be given away on Monday night.
The Lady Bucs are on pace to break their single-game attendance record on Monday, as close to 2,000 tickets have been requested for this regionally televised game on CSS. Over 1,000 tickets have been passed out for the Dean's Challenge, 500 tickets were given to Upward Athletics and 200 to the Second Harvest Food Bank.


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Give your guests moist and delicious chicken with just a few spices. This BBQ Chicken Marinade recipe is easy to do and will give you tasty results!
BBQ Chicken Marinade Ingredients
- 1/4 cup white vinegar
- 1/4 cup butter
- 1/4 cup water
- 1/4 tsp each dried thyme, oregano, rosemary & garlic powder
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 1/8 tsp pepper
- Place chicken in a shallow glass dish.
- In a small saucepan, combine all remaining ingredients: bring the bbq sauce to a gentle boil. Remove from the heat. Pour over chicken. Cover and refrigerate for 4 hours, turning once. Drain and discard marinade. Grill chicken, covered, over medium heat for 30-40 minutes or until juices run clear. Yield: 4 servings.


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Faith & Family Viewing Party featuring THE SOUND OF MUSIC, live on NBC!
From executive producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron ("Smash," "Hairspray," "Chicago") comes an instant holiday classic: "The Sound of Music," based on the original Broadway musical. Carrie Underwood and Stephen Moyer star as Maria and Captain von Trapp in this beloved story of the young novice who falls in love with Captain von Trapp and his seven children, set against the backdrop of Nazi-occupied Austria. The jewel in the Rodgers and Hammerstein crown, "The Sound of Music" contains some of the most famous songs ever written for the stage, including "The Sound of Music," "My Favorite Things," "Do-Re-Mi," "Sixteen Going on Seventeen," "Climb Every Mountain" and "Edelweiss."
This new version of "The Sound of Music" will be a faithful adaptation of the original stage musical, to retell the story for a whole new generation. And more than that, it will be broadcast LIVE, adding a whole new level of immediacy and excitement. Get ready to reintroduce your family to the most joyful, most emotional and most musical family adventure of them all.
What: Blog & Twitter Party to promote the live viewing of "The Sound of Music" on NBC
When: December 5th
Time: 7:00pm CST (8:00 pm EST)
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Episode 3 - "Team Jones vs. Team Sonnen - Embrace the Suffering" (Airs February 5, 9:00 pm e/p) - A fighter responds after being called out. Coach Sonnen gives advice to a fighter lacking confidence. Coach Jones bonds with his team during a house visit. Two fighters deliver explosive action in the Octagon.


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The North American Eagle team is anxious to break the world landspeed record with their jet car, which is powered by the engine from a F-104 Starfighter. There's only one problem: money. They're not getting the sponsorship they need to best the current record of 763 mph held by the British Thrust SSC team and they think it's because they're old men. They need an awesome driver to attract an awesome sponsorship. Said designer Ed Shadle "My age is stopping us from getting sponsors, we have to remove the barrier. We'll put some hotshot in the driving seat who looks like Robert Redford and see how that works." Awesome. Information on how to apply below the jump.
Assuming you meet the qualifications (between 20 and 40 years of age, photogenic and lacking in dependents) you can apply by sending headshots and a 400-word email with your winning story to landspeedracing at gmail dot com. Note that you'll be fighting against Braff for the position.


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We have seen some fairly strange timepieces in our time but this one has really lived up to the description. The Corpus Clock took a team of 8 about 5 years to create and was recently unveiled by Stephen Hawking on the Corpus Christi College campus. Inventor John Taylor said he wanted to "make timekeeping interesting." The clock's face is 4 ft. wide and gold plated. The grasshopper (aka Chronophage, which means time eater) atop it munches a minute every 60 seconds. Run by an electric motor, it will supposedly run for 25 years.
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Source Engineering Shocks are Custom Tuned
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Elmira, Ore.-based Source Engineering Inc., developers of motorhome chassis enhancement and repair parts, has introduced the new Platinum Series tuned Bilstein shocks for Navistar RV's Monaco Roadmaster chassis. According to a press release, the Platinum Series is available for both new and late model Roadmaster chassis.
The Platinum Series is available in both 46mm and the new super 60mm piston size, which offers ultimate comfort and performance. Source Engineering said it is the only company to offer the Super 60mm shocks that are precisely tuned for the unique considerations of the recreational vehicle market.
"Source Engineering developed the Platinum Series exclusively for each individual motorhome chassis, rather than taking a one-size-fits-all approach," said Jim Walls of Source Engineering. "Custom-tuned shock absorbers are essential for RV applications since they are developed for a specific chassis. Engineering for an RV chassis requires vastly different considerations than other vehicles, and Source Engineering has extensive experience with this specific market niche."
While currently available only for Navistar RV's Roadmaster chassis, Source Engineering is developing its Platinum Series line for additional chassis applications. For complete application and pricing information call (541) 935-0308.


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Shares of Chesapeake Energy (NYSE:CHK) soared 7% on Wednesday as Wall Street bets the departure of longtime CEO Aubrey McClendon will allow the natural-gas producer to turn the page on a rocky 2012 and clear the way for asset sales.
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Chesapeake announced late Tuesday that McClendon, 53, will retire on April 1 even though an extensive review of alleged conflicts of interest and other matters involving the executive found "no improper conduct."
The No. 2 U.S. natural gas producer and McClendon had been dogged by probes from federal regulators and the board about antitrust issues and the executive's conduct in financing matters.
In a statement, McClendon acknowledged "certain philosophical differences" with the new board but said he will work to ensure a "smooth transition."
Chesapeake, which has been searching for direction amid a heavy debt load, said McClendon will continue to serve as CEO until a successor has been appointed. McClendon has led the company since its founding in 1989.
Chesapeake Chairman Archie Dunham praised McClendon for his "strong leadership" and credited him with creating "one of the most valuable and innovative companies in the energy industry."
"However, as the company moves towards more fully developing the value of its outstanding assets, Chesapeake is at an important transition in its history and Aubrey and the board of directors have agreed that the time has come for the company to select a new leader," said Dunham.
Chesapeake said the decision to find a new CEO is not related to the board's pending review of McClendon's financing arrangements and other matters, which is scheduled to be released on February 21.
"I am extremely proud of what we have built over the last quarter of a century, and I am confident that Chesapeake is in a great position to continue to grow and achieve great success in the future as it realizes the full value of its outstanding assets," said McClendon.
Activist investor Carl Icahn who has helped shake up Chesapeake released a statement late Tuesday saying McClendon has a "right to be proud" of the talent and collection of assets he has built.
"While it is known that some of these assets will be sold by the company in due course, I do not believe that this will in any way effect the ultimate realization of Chesapeake's potential," Icahn said.
Despite the cloud of controversy following McClendon, Chesapeake said the executive will receive his "full" compensation and other benefits. According to Reuters, McClendon is entitled to receive total compensation of about $47 million, including $11.7 million in total cash compensation based on salary and bonus and $33.5 million in restricted stock awards.
The company has hired executive-search firm Heidrick & Struggles to help find a successor to McClendon, who also serves as chairman and president.
Shares of Oklahoma City-based Chesapeake jumped 7.22% to $20.34 Wednesday morning, leaving them up 22% so far this year.


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Table tennis has been around for at least a couple of hundred years. The game was first played in England as a simply parlor gam in the late 1800s. Rumor has it that the game was actually invented by British officers stationed in India and was initially played using books as both racquets and nets. A golf ball was used for play.
What was once considered a parlor game is now a serious competitive sport requiring strategy and lightning-fast reflexes. The game can be played by two or four players who take turns volleying the ball back and forth. The ball can only bounce once on a player's side before being returned. Professional and serious players are experts at putting "spin" on the ball so that it will be more difficult to predict where the ball will land.
Table tennis rules and regulations are governed by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF), which has existed since the early 1900s and now has more than 200 member associations. Table tennis has been an Olympic sport since the 1980s, with men's, women's and team events. China has dominated Olympic table tennis competition since its inclusion, with the exception of an Olympic gold-medal win by Sweden's Jan-Ove Waldner in 1992 and a silver-medal win in 2000.
Playing table tennis is a fun way to get active, whether or not you're trying to make the Olympic team. The next summer Olympics, in 2016, will be held in Rio, so it might be worth brushing up on your skills. JOOLA is the official table sponsor of the ITTF, and we have a competition grade JOOLA Duomat table in stock and ready for you to polish your spin.
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Nanoparticles hold great promise for drug delivery applications. Nanoparticles might prove to be the only way to bring water insoluble, chemically unstable drugs to market. Because of this, this seminar will summarize the use of polymers to prepare and/or coat nanoparticles. Preliminary studies from our laboratories on: (1) the anti-estrogen letrozole; and (2) the development of the X-ray based PDF (pair distribution function) method for analyzing nanoparticles and nanocrystals. In summary, the concept that nanocrystals can be synthesized will be presented.
Kinam Park, Ph.D., Professor of Pharmaceutics; Showalter Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Rodolfo Pinal, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Industrial and Physical Pharmacy; Director, Center for Pharmaceutical Processing Research
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Soquel, CA, January 31, 2013 — Last week, over 1,500 farmers, distributors, researchers, and sustainable food system advocates gathered at the 33rd Annual EcoFarm Conference at the Asilomar Conference Grounds in Pacific Grove, California.
Soquel, CA, January 31, 2013 — Last week, over 1,500 farmers, distributors, researchers, and sustainable food system advocates gathered at the 33rd Annual EcoFarm Conference at the Asilomar Conference Grounds in Pacific Grove, California. This event is the largest sustainable agriculture conference in the western United States. It is produced by the Ecological Farming Association (EFA) and offers hands-on learning, workshops, and networking opportunities. At each conference, the EFA Board of Directors designates three Sustie Awards to individuals or couples who are long-time Stewards of Sustainable Agriculture. This year's recipients of the Sustie include Jim Riddle and Joyce Ford, Mark Squire, and Steve Sprinkle and Olivia Chase. In 2005, EFA began awarding the Justie Award, for Advocates of Social Justice. The 2013 recipient of the Justie is Sister Miriam MacGillis.
As organic inspectors for twenty years, 2013 Sustie recipients Jim Riddle and Joyce Ford founded the International Organic Inspectors Association in 1991 and co-authored the International Organic Inspection Manual, Organic System Plan, and inspection report templates. They have improved and expanded organic agriculture through their work in over fifteen countries around the world. In the United States, Jim saw a need to reduce regulatory barriers on organic farmers, and he advocated for a national organic certification cost share which was established in the 2002 Farm Bill. For the past seven years, Jim has worked for the University of Minnesota as Organic Outreach Coordinator. Joyce served on the Organic Growers and Buyers Association (OGBA) board in the late 1980's. She served two terms on the Midwest Organic and Sustainable Education Services (MOSES) board; co-authored OTA's Good Organic Retailing Practices (GORP) training manual; was a site monitor for pipelines crossing organic farms in Minnesota; and established a training program for this unique occupation. She currently does work for the International Organic Accreditation Service (IOAS).
Sustie recipient Mark Squire founded Good Earth Natural Foods in Fairfax, CA in 1969 and runs it to this day. He was a co-author of the 1979 California Organic Farming Act, a co-founder and long time board member of CCOF, and continues to be an ecological activist and educator. His store has developed numerous innovative projects including the organic school lunch program, which serves about 4,000 all-organic lunches a week at seven Marin County, CA schools, using no plastic packaging and distributed via a fleet of biodiesel vans. Prior to his involvement with retailing, Mark managed his family's farm in North Carolina and transitioned it to organic. He is a founder and director of the Non-GMO Project.
Steve Sprinkle and Olivia Chase, the final 2013 Sustie recipients, are a farming and cooking couple from Ojai, California. Steve was a student of Alan Chadwick at UCSC in the 60's and has been farming ever since. He migrated to Texas for a few years and was a major supplier to Whole Foods Market in its early years. After returning to California, he and his wife, Olivia Chase, founded The Farmer and the Cook, an-all organic farm café and marketplace. Their Gozo Farm also supplies a sixty-member CSA and regional farmers markets. Steve was very active in the early days of CCOF's South Coast Chapter, serving in numerous positions. As a writer, he contributed monthly columns for Acres USA for more than a decade. He is currently President of the Board of the Cornucopia Institute.
Justie Award winner Sister Miriam MacGillis became coordinator of Peace and Justice Education for the Newark Archdiocese in 1973. She later joined the staff of Global Education Associates as program coordinator and art editor of "The Whole Earth Papers" in 1976 and founded Genesis Farm in 1980, where she now lives and works. The farm, which practices biodynamic methods of agriculture, was one of the first to organize a very successful CSA program that currently serves over 300 families in the beautiful Ridge and Valley Region of Northwest New Jersey. Genesis Farm offers hospitality and shared learning experiences through a variety of residential and non-residential educational. Sister Miriam's approach to learning is holistic—working to see all people and human cultures, in addition to the lands, waters and creatures of the planet, as an evolving, interconnected web of life. In addition to her field days and on-farm classes, Sister Miriam has taken her earth literacy message throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. In acknowledgement of her commitment to creating a new world consciousness, she was named one of the world's top 15 green religious leaders by Grist magazine in 2007.
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Here is the deal signed with Microsoft in acquiring the platform, which they have been looking for a while to function much better in terms of ad technology.
Facebook believe in having a strong fight with Google Inc……
- Buying of Advertising Technology from Microsoft Corp with an attempt to improve effectiveness of ads on its website, will have huge impact in their market share.
- Facebook will purchase Atlas Advertiser Suite, an ad management and measurement platform.
- Facebook did not disclose the deal amount.
- Relief from embarrassment, after co. like General Motors Co. declared pulling the plug on all paid advertising on Facebook network after its IPO during May last year.
- They believe purchase is not a step forward creating a much wider ad network beyond Facebook site.
- Now, it's time to make some difference. The question is how quickly and successfully facebook can integrate its data with Atlas tool.
- Google Leads the $15 billion us market for online display ads with 15.4 per cent share and facebook with 14.4 per cent.
Will they over take????


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Veterans Affairs Watchdog: Health-Care Scheduling Delays Not Fatal
Inspector General Finds Widespread Scheduling Problems at Phoenix VA But Can't Tie to Deaths
The Department of Veterans Affairs' independent watchdog said no patient deaths at the Phoenix VA Health Care System were directly caused by long wait times, in a final report that nevertheless detailed widespread scheduling problems there.
The Office of the Inspector General for the department released the report Tuesday, following months of turmoil at the agency, multiple investigations and a number of resignations, including by Veteran Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki. Much of the attention on the agency was triggered by...


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They don't. They are there to find information quickly and easily and then they will move on. Give them bite-size pieces of information to draw them in and always remember you are writing for the audience not for yourself.
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No they won't. If you can't spell, have bad grammar, or can't structure a sentence, stop writing! Find somebody else to do it for you.
4: Thinking people read your site like a book.
Writing for the web is not the same as writing for print. Web writers write for how people use the web, not for how they read. Don't assume any reader has seen any other page on the site. They probably haven't. Treat each page as standalone content which links to other content, but doesn't repeat it.
Repetition drives users away, whereas links are what the web is all about. So link, don't repeat.
5: Writing clever headlines.
Headlines are the single most important piece of content you will write on the web. Headlines get the attention of readers, make it clear what's going on, and (most importantly) are very attractive to search engines. Keep headlines short (ideally no more than eight words). Keep them clear and descriptive. Avoid being "clever" or using puns and wordplay unless there's a very strong communications reason for it. Remember, Google has no sense of humour, and won't appreciate a witty headline. It just wants the facts.
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7 Actresses Who Have Played Convincing Hookers
Sometimes when you're an actor or actress you are asked to step outside of your comfort zone to take on a role. You're supposed to transcend your character and get in tune with their feelings and desires. Well, if you're a female and asked to play a hooker for a role that can be very hard. Hell, even revealing to your loved ones that you're new gig is playing a prostitute in a film is strange enough, sometimes scary.
Yet, parental judgments aside, the below actresses took their roles very seriously and built characters that were not only convincing but also tremendously entertaining. And you never know, sometimes if you take a risk the outcome could be rewarding… as in Academy Award winning rewarding.
Here are seven actresses that stepped outside their comfort zone to play some rather convincing prostitutes.
Jennifer Love Hewitt – The Client List
We think it's safe to say that the lovely Jennifer Love Hewitt has come a long way since her 'Party of Five' days, even her 'I Know What You Did Last Summer' days. She's been successful and beautiful for years, however, it wasn't until posters and trailers for her new Lifetime series 'The Client List' started popping up everywhere that we really noticed her. Bluntly put, we noticed a couple of other things popping up as well.
Amanda Seyfried – Chloe
Gone is the innocent girl we knew from years ago. She was cute and funny in 'Mean Girls', delightful in 'Mamma Mia' and just plain sexy in 'Chloe', especially this scene. In this film, Amanda stretches her acting capacity and comes across as a very, very convincing woman of the night.
Jodie Foster – Taxi Driver
Is this a bit odd? Yes! However, one can never think of Jodie Foster without having the movie 'Taxi Driver' in their mind. Starring Robert De Niro as the lonely and troubled Travis Bickle, Jodie Foster plays a very convincing young prostitute who De Niro attempts to befriend and save from the troubles of her ways. At the time of filming Foster was merely twelve-years-old but it was obvious at the time that she had the chops for a long lasting and successful career ahead of her.
Julia Roberts – Pretty Woman
How can one think of a film involving prostitution and not mention 'Pretty Woman'? It's unfathomable! This movie is a classic. So many women, after seeing this movie, only wished that an older wealthy handsomely gentleman like Richard Gere would come and swoop them off their feet, saving them from all of the hardships of life. However, sans the prostitution profession.
Mira Sorvino – The Might Aphrodite
In this film, Mira Sorvino is not only playing a convincing role, she's quite funny at it as well! Apparently the academy agreed because in 1995 Mira won the Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Woody Allen's 'The Mighty Aphrodite'.
Nicole Kidman – Moulin Rouge
Nicole Kidman's role in this film made every woman want to be a prostitute. Okay, maybe not. However, what it did do was create an incredibly successful film with an enjoyable role that will forever be remembered as funny, loving and most definitely sexy.
Elisabeth Shue – Leaving Las Vegas
In this film Elisabeth shows us not only that she's a great actress but also that she can be very sexy in nearly any outfit or position when wanting to. But we're curious; do you think Nicholas Cage tried to sell her a dinosaur head when they were filming?


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Memorial Day Salute!
While this is the weekend that generally kicks off the summer season with family get-togethers, cookouts, and three-day get-aways, let's not forget the true reason why the holiday exists.
Memorial Day—originally known as Decoration Day—was first observed on May 30, 1868, when flowers were placed on the graves of Union and Confederate soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery. It has been celebrated ever since then as a day to honor veterans of foreign wars and all the men and women currently serving in the armed forces. Take some time this weekend to recognize the true meaning of the holiday and share the history with your children.
Memorial Day Weekend has also become known for mega retail sales, and this year is no exception. Here is a sampling of just some of what you might want to check out on sale, whether you're shopping in stores or online.
Shop Sears this weekend for 20% off (lowest price guarantee) on all Craftsman power lawn and garden equipment, like the 17.5 hp "Shift-on-the-Go" 42″ Lawn Tractor, now $1,044.99 (originally $1,374.99) when purchased online. And be sure to check out Kenmore appliances and floor care products, which are on sale for 30% off. Sale ends 5/29.
The Home Depot is offering $5 off every gallon of paint and "Special Buys" on LG appliances—save as much as $500 when you purchase the LG 3.6 cu. ft. Large Front Load Steamwasher with the companion 7.3 cu. ft. Extra Large Capacity Electric Dryer. There's additional savings online too, with 10% off Edsal Garage Storage; 20% off sheds; as much as 30% off compressors, nail guns and air tools; 50% off ceiling fans; and up to 60% on select lighting.
Stock up on picnic essentials this weekend at True Value with a Coleman 48-qt. Chest Cooler for $19.99 (reg $35.99), a 14-inch tabletop Grill Zone Charcoal Kettle Grill for $12.99 (reg. $19.99), and over-sized folding Sports Chair with Cup Holder for $19.99 (reg. $29.99). Sale ends 5/28 or while supplies last.
And if you're an outdoor enthusiast, check out Dick's Sporting Goods, where we discovered savings on everything from camping gear to lawn games, and 50% off select kayaks—like the Field & Stream 12′ Eagle Run now $349.98, half price from its original $600 price tag.
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Sukanya Maulik, from left, Dasia Moore and Jacob Sweeney react as their spaghetti bridge breaks under 28 kg of weights. The students are among about 120 high school students in Johns Hopkins' four-week Summer course Engineering Innovation competed in the annual Spaghetti Bridge contest.
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George Clooney: Navedano with Stacy Keibler!
George Clooney and girlfriend Stacy Keibler enjoy a night out on Tuesday (June 19) in Lake Como, Italy.
The happy couple held hands as they walked into Navedano restaurant to grab dinner.
PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of George Clooney
Rumors that Stacy was pregnant were recently debunked after she and George were spotted drinking red wine with a group of friends.
The blonde beauty also squashed the pregnancy gossip by showing off her rock hard abs in her first Instagram photo. "I am officially on @instagram! :)," Stacey tweeted.
FYI: Stacy is wearing a Robert Rodriguez dress.


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YREKA, Calif. — Deep in Siskiyou County in far Northern California, high granite peaks and rocky streams have long incited gold miners, including my grandfather, who in the 1930s lived with his family — my grandmother, mother and aunt — in a two-room cabin near the Dewey gold mine southwest of Yreka.
My mother, who doesn't remember much about the area because she was 3 when they left, and I recently headed to this beautiful backwater to find out what we could about the gold mine where my grandfather worked and to bask in the region's simple charms.
Gold fever here dates back nearly as far as the famous Sierra Nevada gold rush. In March 1851, a mule-train packer named Abraham Thompson saw flakes of gold among the grass roots that his mules were eating near Black Gulch. Word got out, and by April, 2,000 miners were hoping to strike it rich at Thompson's Dry Diggings.
Within three months, tents and shanties had created a gold-rush boomtown. Several name changes occurred, but today the city is called Yreka. And though the region never garnered the fame of the Sierra Nevada and its gold rush, the amount of gold recovered here over the years is a mother lode itself: Millions of dollars' worth is said to have been mined in the area.
Miner Street, the heart of Yreka's historic district, is much quieter than in its heyday, a western fantasy of false-fronted buildings and balcony-shaded sidewalks, gentrified by restaurants, antiques shops and the Yreka Chamber of Commerce, where we start our quest for information.
"We're looking for the Dewey mine," I told the tourism rep. "We have a vague idea, but…" She pulled out a map and ran her fingers across the lines. "Hmm," she said. "If anyone would know, it's my son. He's a hunter and knows all those back roads." She called him and, sure enough, he said he knew exactly where it was: "Simply take the road out of Stewart Springs," he said through her. "But why would anyone go there? It's just a bunch of ruined buildings."
"If you're looking for gold," the woman continued, "you must visit the million-dollar gold display in the Siskiyou County Courthouse. It's the largest such display south of Alaska." At least it was a concrete plan, so off we went to the towering government building constructed in the mid-1850s.
Behind a wall of glass in the foyer (and in view of the building's security staff) lie piles of gold extracted in the county: huge nuggets, flakes and dust — all unpolished, rough and worth about $3 million. This is the same collection (minus some choice pieces that were stolen in the dark of night in February) that was displayed at the 1939 World's Fair in San Francisco to show the world the extent of riches found in Siskiyou County.
We strolled up West Miner Street, my mother taking a particular interest in No. 319, a historic building that now holds a scrapbooking shop. A sign indicated that the city's meat market, established in 1854, was housed here and in continuous operation until closing in 2009. My grandmother refers to the market in one of her letters to her family: In those Depression-era days, she bought a mere "0.08 cents worth of stew meat this morning and the man almost threw it at me."
At the tourism bureau's suggestion, we found the Yreka Third Street Inn, housed in a dollhouse-like 1897 Victorian; we stayed in the Rose Room, cozy with its hand-crocheted bedspreads and floral wallpaper. Innkeeper Hedley Cooper recommended a couple of places to eat on West Miner Street, each housed in a historic structure. We chose the casual Brickhouse pizzeria, where we enjoyed vegetarian pizza and a simple green salad. (The homemade vinaigrette alone is worth coming back for.)
The next morning, hoping to find more information, my mother and I headed to the small Siskiyou County Museum, also on Miner Street, with impressive displays of the region through the ages. On a wall, I discovered a sepia-toned photo of the Dewey mine, with a row of men hanging out in front of its wooden shaft. The photo was dated before my grandfather's time, but this must have been the mine where he worked.
The receptionist was kind enough to indulge our curiosity, and she pored over maps and books that she pulled from the back room, to no avail. Dewey mine, she said, had been one of the biggest, but it closed in 1907.
"Maybe my father was hired to try to reopen it," my mother said.
We head south and west out of Yreka on California Highway 3, through long, golden Scott Valley with its cows, horses and backdrop of granite (gold-filled) peaks. We passed through Fort Jones, named after a military outpost established there in 1852.
At the nearby Forest Service office, we told a ranger about our quest. He studied several Forest Service maps but even he seemed a bit perplexed about our mine. Finally, he pinpointed it somewhere east of Mountain House Creek and north of China Mountain, and noted a road leading south off Gazelle-Callahan Road to reach it.
"What's the road like?" I asked.
"Dirt," he says. "You'll need an SUV to get there."
Continuing south on Highway 3, we came to Etna, where my grandparents had a post-office box. I'll bet the little town hasn't changed much since they were here; it's essentially one street with western facades, the highlight being Scott Valley Drug, in business since 1902. The drugstore has an old-fashioned walk-in safe to hold the gold nuggets that were exchanged for goods and an 1800s soda fountain with a pine back bar.
We had lunch at the Etna Brewing Co., which served delicious salads, soups and sandwiches — and locally brewed beer — on its sunny patio. We both had the delicious pub chili, the secret of which is Old Grind Porter (a dark-brown beer) added to the spicy sauce. Afterward, we headed along the Scott River, noticing rock pilings left from mining days. We didn't spot any modern miners, though gold panners and dredgers still forage the area. We passed through the ghost town of Callahan, its buildings looking as though a slight breeze could tip them over.
We veered onto Gazelle-Callahan Road, climbing, twisting and turning through gorgeous pine-forested mountains. In the distance, jagged, gun-gray peaks march in rows.
I studied the map and saw that based on what the Forest Service ranger told us, the turnoff to the mine occurred after a huge U curve in the road. It looked as though we were driving along such a U, and just as I glanced to the right and saw a dirt lane winding into the forest, the road crested and dropped down the other side of the mountain in a series of precarious switchbacks.
"I think that's the road to the mine!" I said.
But my mother was driving too fast, and there are no turn-arounds. Maybe she was concerned about getting stuck on a rutted dirt road — or perhaps she didn't want to disturb sleeping ghosts, but there was no turning back.
As we zoomed down the mountain at a faster speed than my grandparents could ever have imagined in their Depression-era Ford, I knew one thing for sure: The region is worth a visit just for its gold mine of natural splendors.


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Naomi Sims, "First Black Supermodel," Dead at 61
Naomi Sims, "First Black Supermodel," Dead at 61
>> The title of "first black supermodel" has been handed out to Beverly Johnson, the first African American woman to score the cover of Vogue, or Donyale Luna, who Vogue named model of the year in 1966, but Naomi Sims, who died of cancer Saturday, at 61, held her own right to the title.
Halston referred to her as "the first [black supermodel]" in 1974: "She was the great ambassador for all black people. She broke down all the social barriers." When modeling agencies turned her down in the late '60s, she went straight to photographers, finally convincing Gosta Peterson to capture her for the cover of The New York Times Magazine's Fashions of the Times supplement in 1967; the image is now appearing in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's "Model as Muse" exhibit. Sims sent out the image to ad agencies, and within a year, she was earning $1,000 and had a national AT&T TV commercial campaign wearing Bill Blass.
She paved the way for the likes of Pat Cleveland, Beverly Johnson, gave up modeling after five years in favor of pursuing what became a multimillion dollar beauty empire, and thought of her race as an advantage: "It's 'in' to use me, and maybe some people do it when they don't really like me. But even if they are prejudiced, they have to be tactful if they want a good picture."


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Bruce Springsteen's 'The Rising' Turns 10
The most difficult challenge for a musician when writing topical songs is making them resonate beyond their run in the news cycle. The opening riff of Neil Young's 'Ohio' still brings chills more than 40 years after the Kent State shootings because of its urgency, but when was the last time you listened to Sting's first couple of solo records?
Bruce Springsteen's 'The Rising,' which was released 10 years ago today (July 30), has lost none of its power. With most of its material written in the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, its best songs stand alongside his strongest narratives. He accomplishes this by sticking to what he's best known for — stories of people whose worlds have been shaken as a result of the tragedy and searching for answers and redemption.
Themes of loss persist, most notably on the opener, 'Lonesome Day' and 'You're Missing.' Springsteen wisely avoids putting them in the context of 9/11 so that they can be applied to any situation. But interspersed with powerful songs that are more specific to the attacks — 'Into the Fire,' 'Empty Sky' and 'Nothing Man' — they come across as part of the commentary on the events.
But that doesn't mean it all works. 'Let's Be Friends (Skin to Skin)' doesn't fit in with the rest of the album. 'Worlds Apart's' attempt to mix rock with Middle Eastern music is stilted, both as music and as a statement. 'Paradise' is a bit heavy-handed and 'The Fuse' is simply embarrassing. 'Waiting on a Sunny Day' polarizes fans, especially live, but at least, in the context of the album, it provides a little bit of relief while advancing its themes.
For most listeners, 'The Rising"s main selling point wasn't that it was billed as Springsteen's comment on 9/11, but that he was recording with the full E Street Band for the first time since 1984′s 'Born in the U.S.A.' From the full-throated rock of 'Further On (Up the Road)' to the late Danny Federici's gorgeous keyboard solo on 'You're Missing,' we're reminded of what a formidable group of musicians this is. The reunion brought Steven Van Zandt back into the fold with Nils Lofgren, who replaced him in 1984, giving the band a three-pronged guitar attack. It also introduced new member Soozie Tyrell on violin and background vocals.
Three of the songs, 'My City of Ruins,' 'Waiting on a Sunny Day' and the title track play important roles on Springsteen's current tour (although the inclusion of "Sunny Day' is a continuous source of consternation among die hard fans). That's a testament to 'The Rising's' continued ability to move an audience after 10 years.


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Name: Anonymous
Age: 22
Location: Phoenix
Dear Dr. Dick, I'm a pretty good looking guy, with a pretty average penis size, with a pretty average ego and confidence level. I am unable to make a first move. Whenever the situation rises, I become nervous as a little girl and the only thing I can think of is the awkwardness of rejection. Its really starting to throw me off balance when I cant get the physical attention I need, you know? It's starting to make me think I'm gay also, which is totally fucking with my head. Help me out dock, what's going on?
Well, anonymous, the fact that you couldn't even bring yourself to include your first name on this anonymous submission form, or even think up a plausible substitute marks you as a world-class wimp. And hey, here's a tip, stop comparing your total lack of cojones to being a girl or being gay. You are neither — a girl don't need no balls and gay men have 'em. You, on the other hand, need to grow yourself a pair, pal
So you're 22, a pretty good-looking guy (or so you report) with an average sized dick (although I don't see what that has to do with anything), and yet you still are stumped on how to connect with a chick. Holy cow, did you miss junior high?
Is there anything about you that a woman might find interesting? Are you intelligent, witty, fun to be with, a good conversationalist, sensitive, kind, a good cook, romantic…are you rich? Listen chum, you're gonna need more to recommend you than bein' pretty good lookin' and a modestly sized peanut.
"I can't get the physical attention I need…" I'm gonna go way out on a limb here and guess you mean you can't get laid, right? Maybe you oughta work on your presentation. I mean, what self-respecting woman is gonna want to put out for someone as desperate as you.
Start by getting off the pity-pot and learn to handle rejection. Don't take it personal, rejection is just part of being a grownup. Also, jettison the notion that women are put on this earth simply to satisfy men's physical needs. That's so freakin' Neanderthal.
Put your pride aside and start connecting with women as friends, not as potential fuck meat. , Sex flows from intimacy for most women. If you take the time to get to know a woman first, without that lean and hungry sex-starved look that I just know you have, you'll find that, unless you are a totally dorky klutz, even you may get laid sooner or later.
Name: Carol
Gender: Female
Age: 28
Location: Montreal
I like oral sex, but my new BF doesn't know what he's doing down there. He's really sweet and I like him a lot. Unfortunately, he thinks he's like this really great lover when actually he sucks…and not in a good way. I know he reads your column, he was the one that turned me on to your site, so could you give him some pointers on how to orally pleasure a woman. He doesn't listen to me.
Instead of me, who has no pussy, pontificating on the joys of muff diving, I turned to my #1 friend of the lesbitarian persuasion, Joy. Not only does she have her very own chuff, she sure as shootin' knows her way around other gravy boats as well. I shared your message with her and asked for her advice. I figure, if you wanna learn how to do something right, ya talk to a pro. Simply put, no one sucks cock as good as a queer; no one gobbles clam like a dyke. Enough said!
Joy's first comment was…and I quote. "What's this chick doin' with a dude? If she wants good head, she should bed a dyke. Once you go lezzie, you never go back." Ahhh, Joy is such a…joy!
Ok, so giving a chick some head is about the most perfect sexual thing you can do for a woman. It makes her feel special. What woman doesn't groove on knowin' her partner finds her finger-lickin' good? And maybe that's a real good place to start this tutorial. If you don't like the taste or smell of pussy juice, give up on the idea that you'll be a fabulous lover. However, if you want to give this whole muff diving thing a try, but you don't know if you can handle your partner smell, or she's unsure about you bein down there, because she thinks she might smell, you guys could start off by showering or bathing together.
Many women prefer oral to intercourse, because it has the potential to give her an exceptional orgasm. And for all those gals out there who need loads of direct clitoral work to get off, mouth to clit stimulation is one of the easiest, most enjoyable ways to get make that happen.
Joy says that the biggest mistake a guy can make with a pussy is divin' in without knowing his way around. And like I always say, ladies, it is absolutely up to you to introduce your partner to your particular beaver. Remember, just because he may have been with other women, that don't make him an expert on your parts. Get it? Got it? GOOD!
The novice cunt lapper will do well to approach this amazing piece of human anatomy very gently…at first. If the woman you're eatin' wants it more vigorous, she will ask for it. So relax and enjoy! If all this licking and sucking isn't a turn on for you, it won't be much of a pleasure for her, either. So, if you're heart is not in it; I say don't even bother.
Don't make the mistake that Carol's boyfriend makes. Listen to the feedback you're gettin on the job you're doin'. If you're not gettin' feedback, ask for it. Just don't talk with your mouth full. Once you hit on something that works with the gal you're with, stick with it for a while. Unless of course you're trying to drive her wild with some tongue teasing.
Joy insists that a soft tongue and a relaxed jaw works best. And believe me, she knows of what she speaks. She always starts out licking her pal from vaginal entrance up to her clit. She follows the outer edges of her pal's pussy along both sides —slowly at first, then more rapidly. Sometimes she'll even throw in a little raspberries — you know, the mouth vibration you make when you force breath through lightly closed lips. Joy swears by this technique, don't cha know! Sounds like so much fun I kinda wish I had me a cooch.
Don't be caught with idle hands while you're eating=out-at-the-Y. Gently press her two outer vaginal lips together then run your tongue between the inner and outer labia one side at a time. Try poking your tongue into her vagina. The majority of nerve endings in a typical woman's vagina are around the opening and within the first couple of inches inside. Target them with a darting tongue motion. Insert a hardened tongue into her hole. Try moving your tongue in and out, as well as in circles around the inside of her opening.
Spread her outer vaginal lips with your fingers. With your tongue pointed, gently flick your tongue around her clit. Feel free to roam around in there, but keep coming back to her clit, because it's the most sensitive area…just like your dick head, you dickhead!
Some women find the direct approach too intense. If this is the case with your woman, blow a stream of warm breath over and around the clit. This lighter breathy touch might just do the trick. Again, be sure to ask for feedback and then do precisely what she says.
Once your partner is good and hot and juicy wet, Joy suggests you kick things up a notch. Spread her lips, expose her clit and give it a quick little suck. If this hits the spot, you might want to lightly pull back her clitoral hood and repeat the quick sucking motion. Joy assures me that this feels incredible, and it's just the thing to do if you feel like tormenting your partner. Now take her exposed clit into your mouth and gently suck on it, simultaneously flicking your tongue over and around it. This, combined with fingering her vag, will usually produce an intense orgasm.
Keep your tongue and hands busy flicking and massaging, poking and prodding lapping and kneading. In other words, find out what she likes and how she likes it and let her have it just that way.
Finally, Joy suggests you surprise the little woman by having a mint or an ice chip in your mouth while you go down on her. These can create a very intense tingling sensation and will enhance your performance immeasurably.
Name: Jake
Gender: male
Age: 23
Location: Omaha
I'm 23, and I've been dating a 30-year-old chick for nearly a year now. I come from a very conservative Christian upbringing and I love that she is more experienced than me. My girlfriend likes to tie me up. I'm a college gymnast so I have very defined muscles. They are a huge turn on for my girlfriend, which I guess explains why she likes to see me struggle against the rope. I get real turned on too when I'm tied up. Sometimes she teases my penis and testicles with a feather or a piece of leather, which drives me wild. I'm worried though, because I think this is gonna warp me somehow. Do you think this is perverted? Why is it so much fun?
Ahhh yeah Jake, I do think it's perverted. I think your girlfriend is a big fat pervert and I think you're still a little tiny pervert, but well on your way to being a big fat pervert, just like your girlfriend.
And why is this bondage thing so much fun? It's such a blast because it's perverted, nasty and forbidden, silly! One can only guess what your fundamentalist Christian mom and dad would think about their star athlete son trussed up like a thanksgiving turkey while a considerably older dominatrix punishes his family jewels. I fear this apple has fallen a great distance from the tree, right Jake? I absolutely love it!
Bondage is fun for you because you have to relinquish all your male privilege — Christian, preppy frat boy control — to this unlikely kinky lady friend of yours. And what's even better, you let her have her way with you. I have a feeling you're not telling us everything about what she does to you when you're all tied up. I'd be willing to guess there is a lot more perversion here than meets the eye. Not that that's a bad thing, necessarily. I think it can be very therapeutic as well as amazingly hot to be completely helpless and in the control of another.
For a dominatrix, like your girlfriend, there is, as you say, the visual aspect to bondage. I think she'd agree, there's nothing sexier then young masculine, muscular male flesh wrapped in ropes while having his cock and balls available for discipline. It's the ultimate form of objectification. And, I might add, that you guys are turning all of society's conventions — particularly the sacred "male as top" rule — on their head. YOU GO!
This has got to turn your crank, on some base psychological level too. I would so love to know how you and your girlfriend met. How she introduced you to the perv lifestyle. And more importantly, how you came to submit so unequivocally. That's the real story here.
Jake, you are on the cutting edge. And I think you have some sense as to how radical your play really is, don't you? I think it's the radical nature of your play that gives you pause, right? It's not the actual bondage, discipline and possible humiliation that concerns you as much as you feel like you are losing your moral moorings. Nothing about what you are currently experiencing at the hand of this woman has any connection to the life you were brought up in. That has to be a bit of a jolt, which makes it all the more enticing. And there is virtually no turning back, is there? Once you've tasted the sweetness of surrender, vanilla will never again be enough.
Trust me, none of this makes you a bad person. On the contrary, if you embrace and integrate all this new information about yourself and live your life with authenticity and integrity, it will make you exemplary.
I do have one fear, however. I fear that one-day you will begin to second guess this harmless submissive eroticism and cave to the dictates of the popular culture. The worst case scenario would be for you to continue to enjoy your BDSM lifestyle on Saturday nights, then rush off to church on Sunday morning to join the choir of sanctimonious hypocrites who do one thing in private, but publicly endorse and promote a sex-negative message of repression and denial. That, my friend, would be criminal…and a real perversion.
Good luck ya'll


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Lawyers for accused serial killer Anthony Sowell are asking for another delay in the case, and 19 Action News has also learned they've also added Cleveland's mayor and his wife to their witness list. Why?
Maybe because Sowell dated the mayor's niece for a time.
Crime scene photos obtained exclusively by 19 Action News explain why the mayor might have to testify: the photos show the name of the mayor's niece Lori Frazier.
Frazier, an admitted drug addict, lived with Sowell for about two years.
Defense attorneys might also call an assistant city prosecutor to answer questions about Sowell.
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My colleague Archon Fung has a new web-based project (in conjunction with ABC News) called My Fair Election to enable voters to rate how fair their voting experience was.
I've blogged before about how citizens could be on the front-lines in monitoring global warming or bird patterns or even improving GPS systems. (See related post here.) Now citizens can be at the forefront of helping to monitor our election process.
The My Fair Election website says "Rate your polling place and your experience of voting here. Was it easy to vote? Were there long lines, closed polling places, or broken machines? Your rating and those of thousands of other voters will produce a real-time map of voting conditions throughout the country on November 4, 2008. Sign up now, and you will receive an email message with instructions for submitting your own rating after you vote."
My Fair Election enables American citizens or journalists or politicians to see where there are concentrations of voting unfairness or irregularity and enables high level of citizen-observed unfairness in the election process to trigger investigations into asserted irregularities. One could also see the day after the election from the "Weather Map of Election Fairness" we collectively create whether concentrations of voting unfairness occurred in certain states or traditionally Blue vs. Red areas.
So don't only vote on November 4, but sign up at My Fair Election and get your friends (in lots of different places) to sign up as well. Together we can all hold the voting system accountable and we can add a layer of transparency to our voting process.
Note: other parallel efforts (although not enabling one to map the infractions) are a service which Twitter offered called Vote Report and Video Your Vote (a YouTube) effort enabling voters to upload a video of their voting experience.


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Herman Klein
Born: June 7, 1928
Sirma, Czechoslovakia
Herman was the fourth of eight children born to a religious Jewish family in the small town of Sirma, located near the city of Sevlus. The Kleins had a small plot of land, which they farmed, and they also ran a shoe shop. At age four Herman began attending religious school. When he started public elementary school, he continued his religious lessons in the afternoons.
1933-39: In March 1939, the region of Czechoslovakia in which I lived was annexed to Hungary. Our teacher at school was replaced by a Hungarian and Hungarian became the official language. Except for us Jews, all the students joined the pro-Nazi youth group "Levente." While the group marched and trained in military drills with wooden guns, we'd get sent outside to clean the yard.
1940-45: When I was 16 my family was deported to Auschwitz. Separated from my mother and sisters, I was placed in an all-male barracks. One day, a neighbor from my hometown and I were looking across the barbed-wire fence. I asked him, "What are all those white trees thrown on top of one another?" "They're not trees," he said, "they're people. Don't you see the crematorium? Can't you smell the people burning?" After a week in Auschwitz, my father, my brother and I were deported to a labor camp built in the ruins of the Warsaw ghetto.
In 1944 Herman was deported from Warsaw to the Kaufering labor camp. He was transferred in an open wagon to the Dachau camp only hours before it was liberated by U.S. troops.


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Colette M. Metcalf 7/27/2007 5:58:00 AMBeautiful!!! #700173
Kimi A. Phillips 7/27/2007 6:43:12 AMThanks a bunch, Colette! #4567356
Linda Blair 7/27/2007 6:53:12 AMBeautiful capture, Kimi!!!! #4567409
Lynn Margason 7/27/2007 7:07:28 AMWe have dozens of these webs and orb spiders, but I particularly like the angle you chose for this and the way the web is prominent against the dark but not solid background. Gives a definite sense of billowing. The spider on the side is eyecatching! Lynn #4567481
Kimi A. Phillips 7/27/2007 7:23:16 AMThank you Linda and Lynn! I appreciate the comments! #4567573
Colleen Farrell 7/27/2007 10:46:30 AMBrilliant! Capturing a gorgeous web is one thing (and you've done it perfectly) but with the spider included is even better, imho! Love the wide frame, too! #4568409
Kimi A. Phillips 7/27/2007 11:19:14 AMThanks Colleen! #4568505
David Pratt 7/27/2007 11:27:52 AMTerrific wide perspective Kimi! Love the spide, great touch! #4568525
Kimi A. Phillips 7/27/2007 11:35:06 AMThanks so much, Dave! Have a great weekend! #4568544
Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna 7/27/2007 12:38:18 PMThis is WONDERFUL, Kimi!!!! These garden spiders and the best spiders you can have. They trap a lot of the larger insects that can ruin a garden in a day!!!! So please be kind to them!!! LOL LOL They really like grasshoppers!!!!!
This image is so perfectly composed!!!!! It's AWESOME!!!!! k #4568692
Kimi A. Phillips 7/27/2007 1:46:02 PMThank ya, Kitty! I promise to be kind...especially if he'll eat grasshoppers! Have a great weekend! #4568867
Dianna Hauf 7/31/2007 8:03:22 PMOh Kimi! Such a onderful capture! LOVE the droplets hanging from the web! Like jewels... and the spider perspective is way cool! GREAT eye! Sorry about all your rain woes! :( #4585141
Susan Weisensel 7/31/2007 10:33:24 PMJust Stunning Kimi, love the dew and the spider. I can see why it is in EFP. #4585413
Chastity Abbott 8/1/2007 5:43:21 AMWOW WOW WOW!!!!!! How awesome is this! I love the fallen leaf off to the side too...excellent light falling on the droplets! #4586602
Nancy (Peaches) Harker 8/1/2007 1:35:35 PMSUPER job Kimi, The dew drops and the spider are wonderful to this image. Congrat's on your EFP girl! #4588006
Kimi A. Phillips 8/3/2007 9:40:11 AMThanks so much Dianna, Susan, Chastity, and Nancy! #4596556
Kimi A. Phillips 8/14/2007 7:04:21 AMThanks so much, Manuel! You know I value your opinion greatly! #4646071
Tamera S. Phillips 8/18/2007 6:27:48 PMJust beautiful! #4666770
Kimi A. Phillips 8/20/2007 5:52:46 AMThanks Tamera! I appreciate the visit! #4672562
Karen Slagle 8/24/2007 6:41:02 PMLove the pano layout of this capture, Kimi. The dark bg, dew drops and spider off to one side really make for a stunning image. #4694048
Kimi A. Phillips 8/24/2007 7:17:34 PMHi Karen! Thanks so much for the nice comment! Where are you in Tx? #4694223
Melissa McCabe 12/12/2007 8:27:33 PMSo cool!!! What a great capture!! -mm #5202000
Lisa J. Boulden 12/13/2007 11:54:24 AMFABULOUS!!!
Kimi A. Phillips 12/14/2007 6:49:52 AMThank you Melissa and Lisa! Have a great weekend! #5207277
Lorri Shank 1/1/2008 11:50:42 AMVery, very cool shot I like the way the web appears in this! #5277270
Kimi A. Phillips 1/2/2008 6:48:15 AMThank you Lorri! Happy New Year! #5281259
Dianna Hauf 1/25/2008 10:49:23 AMAWESOME for you KIMI!!! I am soooo happy! Super congratualtions on such a darn cool capture!!! #5392970
David Pratt 1/25/2008 11:06:43 AMCongratulations Kimi on this great finalist! #5393172
Jeana Clark 1/25/2008 11:23:24 AM
RC Fritz 1/25/2008 12:30:24 PMCongratulations on your Finalist, Kimi! #5394027
Colleen Farrell 1/25/2008 1:04:17 PMWTG, Kimi! Congratulations on your WIN! #5394301
Melissa McCabe 1/25/2008 1:14:59 PMBig Congrats Kimi!!! Well deserved, it's fantastic!!! -mm #5394412
RC Fritz 1/25/2008 1:27:44 PMCongratulations on your WINNER!! #5394535
Steve M. Harrington 1/25/2008 1:39:50 PMGood on you, Kimi! I am truly pleased for you. Fine work!
Nancy (Peaches) Harker 1/25/2008 1:48:01 PMWHOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOo
Tammy Espino 1/25/2008 1:49:40 PMAwesome capture! Congrats, I always liked this one :) #5394703
Lynn Margason 1/25/2008 2:07:21 PMJust a 'swangin'! Hey, way to go! #5394804
Dianna Hauf 1/25/2008 2:44:16 PMHuge hug Kimi! Congratulations! #5395056
MELODIE C. ROBERTS 1/25/2008 2:46:10 PMThree Cheers For KiMi!!!!!! #5395075
Mike D. Perez 1/25/2008 3:03:42 PMCongratulation on this AWESOME Winner, Kimi! #5395157
Cindy Bendush 1/25/2008 3:10:53 PMAMAZING capture Kimi! Congratulations!!! #5395215
Elida Gutierrez 1/25/2008 4:30:31 PMEspecialy for the winners
Cheryl E. Molennor 1/25/2008 5:04:59 PMAmazing! Congratulations #5395961
Sam Britt 1/25/2008 5:27:48 PMCongratulations, Kimi. Terrific winner! #5396121
Michael Umbreit 1/25/2008 5:59:45 PMKimi - Congratulations!! - Mike #5396304
Evy Johansen 1/25/2008 7:28:29 PMCongratulations on your beautiful win, Kimi! #5396831
Lorri Shank 1/25/2008 7:58:09 PMI am so happy you won for this! It is just incredible. Congratulations, Kimi! #5396942
Jeff Robinson 1/26/2008 7:00:54 AMOutstanding work Kimi; congrats on your Win!! Jeff #5398952
Patrick Rouzes 1/27/2008 8:18:23 AMHEYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
Cassie L. Woodlee 1/27/2008 8:40:16 AMAWESOME WOW CONGRATULATIONS!!!!! Kimi #5403252
Emile Abbott 1/27/2008 2:34:00 PMFantastic eye and capture and I am so glad to see this in the winners column, Kimi. Way to go. #5404491
Kimi A. Phillips 1/27/2008 2:34:43 PMOH MY GOSH!!!!! I HAVE BEEN AWAY FOR A FEW DAYS....I AM SHOCKED!!!!! THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH!!!!!!!! #5404495
Flavio Carnevale 1/27/2008 11:58:36 PMa great image. comgratulations!! #5405987
Kimi A. Phillips 1/28/2008 5:43:28 AMTHANK YOU!!!!! #5407300
Norman P. Banks 1/28/2008 7:59:05 AMSorry for the late Congrats Kimi!
Wonderfully done image, keep up the good work.
Norm #5408029
Kimi A. Phillips 1/28/2008 8:01:38 AMThank you so much, Norm! I really appreciate your continued support and advice! #5408038
Erika Haight 1/28/2008 9:34:10 AMOutstanding job on 2nd place WINNER KIMI!!! :))))) You go girl I am so proud of you! erika haight #5408362
Angie Sidles 1/28/2008 9:42:15 AMBIG congrats on this 2nd Place masterpiece Kimi! It's just beautiful!! #5408390
Shannon D. Miller 1/28/2008 10:12:48 AMBIG CONGRATS on your win Kimi! This is such an AWESOME photo so very much deserved girl! This is OUTSTANDING! Shannon~ #5408536
Kimi A. Phillips 1/28/2008 10:14:07 AMThanks a million! I am THRILLED!!!! #5408547
Jessica Jenney 1/28/2008 11:12:31 AMCongratulations, Kimi on your gorgeous win! #5408803
Bill Wyatt 1/28/2008 1:50:32 PMWOW Kimi this is fantastic a once in a lifetime shot!! Congratulations!! #5409362
Sandra R. Alvey 1/28/2008 5:49:22 PMOMG Kimi CONGRATS!!! Gorgeous! I guess I missed this one the first time I looked at your Gallery. :( #5410314
Kimi A. Phillips 1/29/2008 6:26:08 AMTHANK YOU!!!! This was a re-submit because I liked it so much. So, for those of you who get frustrated when a shot you believe in gets passed by...RE-SUBMIT!!!!!! #5412823
Darryl Wilkinson 1/30/2008 4:47:59 PMCool shot, Kimi! Congratulations on your win! #5420304
Lisa J. Boulden 1/31/2008 6:25:47 AMCONGTATULATIONS, GIRL!!!!
Kimi A. Phillips 1/31/2008 6:49:52 AMThank you, Darryl and Lisa!!! #5423021
Crystal L. Craig 2/1/2008 11:22:44 AMCongrats Kimi on this spectacular capture! Wow! Absolutely incredible in every way. Beautiful colour, crisp details, wonderful composition ... just fabulous! #5428672
Kimi A. Phillips 2/4/2008 9:35:13 AMThanks a bunch, Crystal! #5441879
Jennifer A. Lambert 2/13/2008 5:15:45 AMFabulous !!! Congratulations on the win !!! You deserve it with this one !!! I have some spiders that look close to this one in my gallery. Did this one have blue coloring on its head ? I can't figure out what kind of spider it was. hehehe
Kimi A. Phillips 2/13/2008 7:43:28 AMHi Jenny! Thanks a bunch! I don't think he had any blue. I have heard these spiders called Banana spiders, Garden spiders and Orb spiders...take your pick! #5489530
Crystal L. Craig 5/7/2008 10:55:33 AMJust re-visiting this one again ... so spectacular Kimi, truly. Wow. #5895847
Kimi A. Phillips 5/7/2008 11:29:44 AMYour too sweet! Thanks, Crystal! :) #5895936
Amy E. Schneider 5/8/2008 11:14:33 AMGorgeous capture Kimi. Your gallery is amazing. WOW!!! Amy #5900687
Kimi A. Phillips 5/8/2008 11:29:11 AMThank you so much, Amy! I appreciate the visit! ;) #5900777
Renata Gusciora 5/9/2008 6:00:17 AMAwesome shot!Congratulations! #5903998
Kimi A. Phillips 5/9/2008 6:21:21 AMThank you, Renata! #5904053
Nobu Nagase 5/10/2008 8:11:56 AMMany congrats on your great win. #5907997
Dennis Flanagan 10/2/2008 12:00:42 PMFirst time I've seen this shot. Very cool indeed! :-) #6544253
Kimi A. Phillips 10/2/2008 1:16:13 PMThank you, Nobi.
Woke up one misty morning and spider webs had been built all over the place during the night!
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I could really go for a tv dinner right now. The 70s kind, like the Hungry Man dinners from Swanson – Salisbury steak that has the compartments with the meat in the middle then peas, mashed potatoes, a corn bread puff or chocolate cake above the meat like word balloons. What was that corn bread puff? It was like cornbread but also usually soft inside and sweet like a dessert. Did I dream it? Maybe. I am not sure. Food memories can be dreamlike and misleading. It could have been what I wanted it to be instead of just a small portion of creamed corn.
It's been so long since I had one, the containers then weren't microwaveable! That's so crazy. They had to baked in a convection oven. I loved how everything kind of tasted the same and it was like a home version of the airplane meal, but unpredictable, since you would have to do the heating, and usually I burned the meal slightly, just to brulee it, bringing the prodigious sugar to the surface and adding crunch and caramel. If I had a propane torch then I would have just defrosted it on the counter and seared the top.
The salisbury steak or turkey tv dinner was preferable to the turkey and chicken pot pie because even though the pies were delicious, after 40 minutes in the oven, the creamy white a'la king insides would get unbelievably hot and my tongue would be blistered for days because it took forever to cook and by the time it was ready your patience would have been tested and your appetite ravenous and unreasonable. I always took it out of the oven prematurely, and proudly persevered through doughy centers rather than put it back in because the wait was just too much for me.
Could you make these dishes yourself now? Yeah totally, but it wouldn't have the same gravity, the emotional weight that comes from cooking for yourself for the first few times. The pulling of cold cardboard out of the freezer and reading of boxes and preheating. If you were real little, like me, you'd have pulled up a chair in the kitchen in order to reach the back of the freezer, dragging the legs across the floor and scraping up the new tile.
There was that scared, alone feeling, and the momentary envisioning of a twilight zone style apocalypse, where you are the only one left alive, and it's just you and all these tv dinners. It's like Burgess Meredith with the books and the oven is your glasses. Those first few times I was always afraid the oven would explode, but it was always ok. I ate a lot of these dinners and also hot dogs with American cheese – boiled and I must admit raw at times, which I didn't mind. It's kind of good and all the same really.


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petwalksandplus necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 114 diseños de 31 diseñadores freelance.
Simple, comtemporary, fun and yet attractive.
Pet Walks And Plus
A comtemporary design of a dog, cat and bird, maybe something of an abstract effect, using solid colors bright orange and bright yellow. Click on the link to "Vistaprint" to see what I have been using as my logo (triangle shaped dogs, one larger than the other, solid in color). You can include the name of my business and or my saying, "Too busy or going away?" with the design. Design something similar or whatever you think is more impressive.
So a little bit about myself, I'm a pet sitter that enjoys what I do. I love playing, loving and caring for 'my' pets when my clients are away. I never feel I'm going to work. My service is in house, meaning I go to you. It's a no brainer job just a lot of common sense with responsibilities and dependability. I will provide daily walks for dogs or visits for the cats/birds, if you're too busy and can't get home or if you're going away, I'll visit the pets 2-4 times a day or sleep over...whatever the calling. I'll protect the animal when it is with me (although, some do that with me) while we out and about. I will take care of pets that have special needs, administer meds when needed and provide taxi service to/from the vet or groomer. Now the plus to my service are, while my clients are away: bring the mail and newspaper in daily, place the trash by the curb on pick up days and adjust lighting or window treatments so that it appears that someone is home. I feel I'm professional at what I do and don't have a problem providing my customers with quality service. I will give my clients attention and listen to their needs about their pets and comfort them when I have to. Both animal and client are my priority.
- Item 1...see the first paragraph, under "Description:*"
- Item 1...oh no, no rainbows...otherwise, go for it and I'll know when I see it...
Descubre cómo funciona un concurso de diseño u obtén más información sobre nuestros servicios de diseño de logo.


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ROCHESTER — Rochester will be flooded with superheroes, villains, time travelers, aliens and more on Free Comic Book Day, Saturday, May 4. According to organizer Ralph DiBernardo, the annual event drew 5,000 visitors last year and he's expecting 7,000 this year.
"It's free and it's fun. Comic books have always been fun," he says of the event's growing popularity. "It'll go from 4 and 5 year olds to 65-70 year olds."
Over 50,000 free comic books will be distributed at this year's event, including exclusive comic books that aren't available anywhere else. Eighteen local businesses, including DiBernardo's Jetpack Comics, will be participating.
The day starts at 10 a.m., when fans can acquire their passports at Jetpack Comics, 37 North Main St. Using the passports, they can then proceed to visit participating businesses to collect a free comic book.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle creator Kevin Eastman will be on hand at the Exhibition Hall at the Knights of Columbus.
The Knights of Columbus hall also will feature dozens of other artists, vendors, demonstrators and concessions. The fun doesn't end there as participating businesses are also encouraged to dress up as their favorite character and host interactive events. Free parking is available at the North Main Street, Union Street, Congress Street or City Hall parking lots. Visitors are cautioned to make sure that they do not park in private parking lots.
There will be a "Magic" Gaming Room at the Roberge Center off of Bridge Street.
This will be the seventh annual Free Comic Book Day in Rochester and Jesse Robidas has attended all of them.
"Once you spend so much money on ridiculous outfits, you need to find a reason to wear them," he jokes. This will only be the second year he'll be dressing up. "It's just neat to see everyone in town on the same page. The costumes seem to get better every year."
This year brings new ways to have fun, including fast passes, a changed-up scavenger hunt, T-shirt early entry, costume bonuses and "plenty of turtle fun." Got a bunch of comics kicking around that you don't want to read anymore? Bring them to the Monster Comics Booth, in the convention hall, and they will let you swap them out for things you have not read. Comics must be complete and readable.
Limited to only 1,000 pieces created, master Star Wars patch designer Kevin Liell has provided Free Comic Book Day with a very limited quantity of his May 4 special commemorative patch. Just show up to Free Comic Book Day dressed as your favorite Star Wars character and you can get a limited edition patch at Jetpack Comics.
Don't forget about the Free Comic Book Day after party. A minimal cost allows you and a friend to have a night of FCBD fun!
Participating businesses and organizations include the Jenny-Wren Galley, AJ'S Billiards, Rochester Public Library, Tri-City Bicycles, Studley Flower Gardens, Bella Fresca, Dos Amigos Burritos, Skele-Tones, The Portable Pantry, Project Pride (courtesy of Jetpack Comics and Rochester Main Street), Jetpack Comics, Fat Tony's Italian Grill, Lilac City Grille, Cocheco Equipment Company, Happy Pappy's Country Store, Carney Medical, and Union Street Antiques and Collectibles.
Cocheco Equipment Company on Signal Street will also be hosting an Open House Saturday with special offers, demonstrations, and a refreshment stand. They are hosting a benefit barbecue, with all proceeds going to the Rochester Main Street Program.
Free Comic Book Day is a national event that takes place annually the first Saturday in May. Rochester's Free Comic Book Day runs from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. on Saturday, May 4 in the heart of downtown! For more information contact Jetpack Comics at (603) 330-9636 or visit www.jetpackcomics.com. Or you can contact Rochester Main Street at (603) 330-3208 or email@example.com.
Be sure to pack umbrellas and rain coats.


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LONGMONT — One person died and several others were injured in a Saturday night traffic accident that shut down Colorado Highway 66 on both sides of Pace Street, authorities said.
Colorado State Patrol Sgt. Mike Baker said the woman who suffered fatal injuries was a passenger in a 2006 Toyota SUV that was westbound on Colorado 66 when it collided with an eastbound 2007 Hummer SUV.
The driver of the Toyota and at least five occupants of the Hummer were all transported to Longmont United Hospital for treatment of their injuries, according to Baker and Longmont Police Cmdr. Jeff Satur.
Identities of the accident victims were not immediately available.
Baker said officers were dispatched to the scene about 5:30 p.m. and that the State Patrol was still investigating the circumstances of the crash — which he said appeared to have been a head-on collision — several hours later.


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Loyola coach Jimmy Patsos has compared Bucknell center Mike Muscala to one of his favorite former NBA players for his hometown Boston Celtics. Muscala is not the second coming of Kevin McHale, but against the Greyhounds on Friday night, the 6-11 senior looked the part of a modern-day mid-major replica.
Muscala attracted four NBA scouts to Reitz Arena, as well as plenty of attention from Loyola's big men. He seemed unaffected by both, scoring a game-high 28 points to lead the Bison to a surprisingly easy 66-46 victory. Junior guard Dylon Cormier (Cardinal Gibbons) was the only Loyola player to score in double figures for the Greyhounds, finishing with 13 points on 5 of 15 shooting.
The win for Bucknell (12-2) ended what had been a pretty competitive series the past four years, and completed a clean sweep by the road team. If it was also a preview of what's in store for Loyola (9-4) in the Patriot League beginning next season, as well as in its final season in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, the Greyhounds have some work to do.
After a hot start, the Greyhounds went cold and saw a nearly six-minute drought toward the end of the first half result in a 34-23 halftime deficit and a more than three-minute scoreless start to the second half stretch it to 50-32 with 10:29 left in the game. The end result was Loyola's lowest point total since scoring 43 in a loss at Saint Peter's in January 2010.
"They were more emotional than we were tonight," Patsos said. "I told our players, 'You have to have energy and emotion to play this game.' … It's OK to lose but there are ways to lose that are acceptable or not. I didn't think tonight was very acceptable. We didn't answer. It was a great game early, it was 20-all and they went on a run and we came out in the second half and I expected to answer the bell and come back at them. I didn't see it."
Patsos didn't think Muscala beat the Greyhounds — "I thought he'd get 30 points tonight," Patsos said — as much as Bucknell's team did. Coming off a 12-point loss at Princeton, and still thinking about last year's loss to Loyola, which broke the Bison's 18-game home winning streak, Bucknell adjusted after the Greyhounds hit their first five shots, seven of their first eight and eight of their first 10.
"I thought it was a great bounce back after losing to Princeton. We also remembered Loyola coming to our gym last year and beating us and making the tough and winning plays down the stretch," said Bucknell coach Dave Paulsen. "I thought we were half a step quicker, a half a step more focused and a half a step more alert than we were against them last year or we were against Princeton."
After giving up 11 3-point shots against Princeton, Bucknell held Loyola to 1 of 12 on 3-point shooting Friday. The Bison did a good job forcing senior forward Erik Etherly (3 points on 1-for-6 shooting), senior guard Bobby Olson (3-for-11, 0-for-4 on 3s) and Cormier into tough shots. Conversely, Bucknell got the ball to Muscala (13 of 21) and even took advantage of making follows when he missed.
"We have Jordan Latham and Julius Brooks, we have two big guys who I thought could wear them down," Patsos said. Muscala "missed a few shots, but when he missed and they put it in, I was a little discouraged. It was like double indemnity. We were in a little trouble there."
Said Etherly: "I thought we took a few ill-advised shots all the way around. Personally I took a few bad shots. We got out of our offense. Sometimes we're good when we get out of offense, sometimes we're bad. It was one of those days. If we hit our shots, we'd be having a completely different conversation right now."
It won't get any easier for Loyola, which has to get on a flight Saturday to Nashville for its game Sunday at Memphis. At least the Greyhounds will get some of Patsos' cultural side trips out of it, with visits planned to Graceland, the Martin Luther King Memorial and a Grizzlies game. Patsos is putting more stock in the MAAC schedule that resumes next week.
"I've told our team this before, our record is 1-1 [in the MAAC]," Patsos said. "We're a mid-major basketball team, we're 1-1. That's our record. You know what Bucknell's record is? 0-0. They've done some things, but I don't know if they'll get an at-large bid [to the NCAA tournament]. It's three games in March, you have to win your league. We have to get better. We learned from that and we go on."


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DailyDirt: There's Nothing That Can't Be Deep Fried And Eaten
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- In Austria, McDonald's recently offered a sandwich called the McRibster, which was essentially a McRib that had been breaded and fried. And as if that weren't enough, it also came with bacon and cheese (and some healthier stuff like lettuce and onions). [url]
- Fried butter balls first debuted at the State Fair of Texas in 2009. However, the Iowa State Fair took it to the next level last year with a 2-ounce stick of butter, dipped in cinnamon honey batter, deep fried, and then covered in a sugar glaze. [url]
- Every year, the San Diego County Fair features some interesting deep fried foods. Some examples include: fried Krispy Kreme chicken sandwiches, fried Twinkies, fried avocados, fried brownies, fried Klondike bars, fried frog legs, deep fried Girl Scout cookies, and deep fried Kool-Aid. [url]
- To discover more food-related links, check out what's floating around in StumbleUpon. [url]