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Starting today, the Ho'oulu Community Farmers Market has a new home at Sheraton Kona Resort & Spa at Keauhou Bay. The weekly Wednesday market is 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. on the lawn fronting Kaleiopapa Street. The location provides plenty of free parking.
Find produce, coffee, macadamia nuts, plus arts and crafts. Each week, as many as forty vendors will offer locally grown and made products, all using locally sourced components.
"We are so happy to have an ideal venue for this wonderful community-based farmers market," said Area Managing Director and Sheraton Kona Resort & Spa General Manager Steve Lindburg. "We look forward to a long relationship with the participants and those in our community that support farmers markets. We also look forward to encouraging our guests to take advantage of the on-property opportunity to meet island growers, crafts people and artists."
For more farmers market information visit www.hooulufarmersmkt.com. To learn more about Sheraton Kona Resort & Spa at Keauhou Bay, visit www.SheratonKona.com or call 930.4900.
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Lip Biting
I have a nervous habit of biting the inside of my lips… sometimes to the point where they bleed and I can`t bite anymore off. It is the worst when I play sports. I play softball for my college and was wondering if it would be a good idea to use a mouth guard to stop biting them so much.
I cannot answer for you whether you should wear a mouth guard to stop biting your lip — you and your health care providers will need to make that decision.
Many nervous habits are just that, habits, and with some work on your part they can be changed. When "nervous habits" become so pervasive that they affect your ability to live your life or do what you want to do, then it may be that you have an obsessive – compulsive disorder.
I am repeating below an answer I gave previously about nervous habits:
What you are describing could be a "nervous habit" or it could be a "compulsion." It is impossible to tell with a brief internet description. I recommend that you talk to your primary care physician or a mental health professional to better help you figure out what is going on.
Nervous habits are common, repetitive actions we do to help us in stressful situations or when we are feeling some mild anxiety. The actions of nail biting, hair twirling, skin picking, etc. focus our sub-conscious attention on the activity and allow us to get through the stress or anxiety. The actions then become habits because we do them again and again because they were successful – we made it through the anxiety by biting our nails, so we continue to do so. Nervous habits often begin in childhood, and may continue into adulthood unless we find more successful ways to deal with stress and anxiety such as talking with friends and family, exercise, meditation, prayer, etc. Occasionally "nervous habits" continue just as habits because we have done them so often. They no longer serve a purpose to decrease anxiety, but we do them because we have done them for so long.
Compulsions are different, and are part of a more serious anxiety disorder called obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). Compulsions are repetitive behaviors that a person almost feels driven to do. They are aimed at preventing or reducing distress (or preventing some dreaded event) but they are either not connected in a realistic way with what they are designed to prevent, or they are clearly excessive. For example, if someone feels driven to wash their hands ten times in a row each time they wash in order to kill germs, the excessive hand washing will not realistically decrease germs, but a person with OCD will feel anxious or upset if they don't do the handwashing 10 times.
People with compulsions eventually recognize that the behavior is excessive or unrealistic, but they feel powerless to stop the behavior because their level of distress is so high if they don't do the compulsion. Eventually, these compulsive behaviors interfere with a person's life — they either take so much time or cause physical, work or social problems.
When a person finds it impossible to stop a behavior that has negative consequences for them, it is a good idea to get some professional help. Luckily, treatments today can really help people with these problems.
For more information:
Go to the Anxiety and Stress Disorders health topic.

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Stress Reduction Through Meditation
Berlin (dpa) - Sitting in the lotus position, eyes closed, murmuring a protracted "om" is what many people picture when they think of meditation. But meditation is more than that - it is an effective way to relax."Meditation is a general term for a variety of mental techniques," said Bjoern Husmann, a psychotherapist and chairman of the German Society for Relaxation Techniques. The techniques involve different forms of concentration and reflection, and "in many cultures there's a religious element as well," Husmann said. Many people use meditation to reduce stress and the stream of thoughts. "We've never learned to manage our mind and thoughts," said Maren Schneider, a non-medical practitioner of psychotherapy and author of books on meditation. "Our thoughts usually compel us to act." For example: Don't forget the bank transfer. Be sure to call the new client tomorrow. "But you can learn to gain autonomy over your thoughts and decide whether you want to heed them or not." Meditation is well suited for this purpose, she said. One way is to concentrate, while either sitting or lying down, on your breathing, for example in your abdomen. You should be able to feel your belly expand when you inhale and contract when you exhale. "It's not easy to hold your attention on your breathing alone, though. Especially in the beginning, your thoughts keep wandering," Schneider said. But this is no problem - you just have to concentrate on your breathing again. "It's like a workout for your mind and as time goes on you'll learn to be less distracted." Visualization is another kind of meditation. "Instead of focusing on your breathing, you focus on a certain picture in your mind's eye" that conveys tranquility or peace of mind, Husmann explained. People interested in learning how to meditate can consult books or look for a teacher. Meditation is suitable for many people, but not all. "Someone in severe pain or with severe depression will hardly be able to relax," Husmann said. Lutz Hertel, a psychologist and chairman of the German Wellness Association, warned, "There are risks for people who are very anxious and inclined towards brooding and frightful thoughts. Meditation could intensify their feelings of anxiety." Meditation is no substitute for psychotherapy, he added.
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Brainiac Got a Toilet Paper Holder Stuck Where?!
Well, if this isn't embarrassing, nothing is.
A man in Britain recently had to call that country's version of 911 because – drum roll, please – he got a toilet paper holder stuck in his keester.
He couldn't move, but was able to make the call, thanks to his cell phone (which was presumably within arm's reach).
Fireman descended onto the scene to liberate the fella, while paramedics treated him for injuries. There's no word whether the rescue crews themselves had to be treated for laughter.
The incident came to a close when fireman offered "suitable advice" to make sure the man took the necessary steps to make sure it didn't happen again, which begs the question: do you really need advice to make sure you don't get a toilet paper holder wedged into your bunghole? And since when is that a skill firemen are trained at passing on to those less enlightened?


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I write from a patio overlooking the palmed courtyard of the Raffles Hotel Le Royal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The colonial vestiges have their appeal. Phnom Penh, which I imagined as a sleepy French influenced capital with rickshaws and tuktuks, is a bustling metropolis, sprawling with new, shiny office skyscrapers, municipal buildings, commercial districts, marked by traffic jams of cars and swarms of scooters, honking and braking in the day's heat.
China has invested over $1.2 billion here. Hillary Clinton just announced that the U.S. will "put its money where its mouth is," and offered up $50 million for the Mekong Delta Regional Development project.
The U.S. is said to be "pivoting" to Asia, but this is like Britain reclaiming the colonies after World War I. We are operating on former glories, military prowess and fumes. China is the force here. And these capitals have the energy of America's first Gilded Age: corrupt, vibrant, pulsating, oppressive, alive.
But I didn't write to offer a travel guide, but a thought. Myanmar is opening—after decades of sanctions—to the West, seeking to counter the Chinese influence. There is a mother lode of jewels, minerals, oil, etc, on the crossroads between India and China.
European and U.S. companies are like horses moving into the gates, snorting, pawing at the earth, eager to join the race.
Someone will win a Pulitzer and more by reporting on the transformation. The rush of capital. The corrupt deals with the military that still demands its piece of everything, even as it opens more quasi-democratic space. The exploitation of a workforce that now is the literal bottom of the world labor market. The cowboys and confidence men, the gamblers and adventurers all descending on a country previously oppressed by a vicious dictatorship, but cut off significantly from the rapacity of modern capitalism.
Since HuffPost is the only growing newsroom that I know of, I thought I'd suggest this beat to them. It doesn't fit in naturally with the daily pace of the blogosphere. But there will be an unending stream of stories between the contrast of the military, the Chinese and Western investors, the dignity of Aung San Suu Kyi and what will be beleaguered Democrats, the efforts to build a labor movement in the frenzy, etc.
It strikes me that one could get philanthropic support for a project, perhaps jointly with the Asia Society, to place a reporter there with the explicit beat of covering what surely will be the rape and, less certainly, the redemption of a society suddenly opened to the global market. Not a lot of readership is for this kind of thing, I know, but it would be a great service to our understanding.


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"Cloud solutions often appear to have lower initial and switching costs than traditional solutions, but include hidden costs and risks, and require unique terms for contract protection, compared to traditional arrangements," said Alexa Bona, research vice president at Gartner. "Many cloud providers appear reluctant to negotiate contracts, as the premise of their core model is a highly leveraged approach. The starting point contractually often favors the vendor, resulting in a potential misalignment with user requirements."
When assessing cloud offerings' procurement and sourcing, executives need to understand what can be negotiated relative to risk elements, what they need to pressure cloud providers to offer, and what will likely not be negotiated.
"Cloud markets are generally still very competitive, and it is important for sourcing and procurement executives to leverage competition to optimize negotiations. They should be prepared to walk away from deals, if some of the risk elements are not satisfactorily addressed," said Frank Ridder, research vice president at Gartner. "As this computing model is relatively nascent, we believe that, over time, the combination of buyer pressure, and a provider desire to reduce the length of negotiation cycles and number of customized deals will mean that some terms will evolve to more of a middle ground, rather than the current contract practices, which are mostly provider-centric."
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Remember how Jason London got beat up, arrested and then defecated himself in the back of a cop car?
And couldn't remember what happened?
Well, turns out he remembers enough to insist that everyone coherent during the incident is totally wrong about it.
London's rep says that the 'Dazed & Confused' actor has several eyewitnesses who will go to bat for him and clear his name. (His wife, Sofia, who told cops he's "an asshole" when he's drunk probably isn't one of them.)
"The details of the events leading up to the incident are still being worked out with the help of many eyewitness testimonies, with the testimony of individuals who were there with Jason for the duration of the evening and with the recollection Jason does have," the mouthpiece told Radar Online in a lengthy statement.
"We will get to the bottom of the specifics undoubtedly."
One of the bits of evidence the rep cites could hold some water (and is likely one Chris Brown wishes he had on his side in his own brawl with Frank Ocean). "The charges against Jason indicate that he is the assailant in a 'Multiple Victim Assault,' as described by the bouncers to the arresting officer. It is a fact of note that Jason does not have one bump, bruise, red mark -- not so much as a scratch -- on his hands."
"His face however sustained injuries which are indicative not of his 145-pound frame assaulting four 250+ pound bouncers but rather indicate a repeated, intentional, aggravated assault where excessive force was used," the rep continued. "Additionally, assuming that these four bouncers are trained fighters, which most are, that quickly becomes assault with a deadly weapon. Jason's injuries clearly demonstrate skilled and intentionally inflicted injury and harm."
If you'll recall, the bouncers involved said that London was drunk and sneezed on one of them. When the snot-recipient asked for an apology, London allegedly punched the guy instead.
Not so, says the rep: "Since that time witnesses have come forward to give an entirely different account of what they saw that does not match in any way the report given by the bouncers."
What's more, London's team says any boozing and rude commentary that went down simply wasn't bad enough for him to have the crap literally beaten out of him. Long story short: While London was probably being a jackass, the bouncers supposedly went overboard.
The rep insists that witnesses say London wasn't "inappropriate or aggressive in any way" and that "Jason does remember in the midst of having a good time that someone said something about Jason looking at his friend's girl wrong."
"Then he remembers being grabbed and dragged. The next thing he remembers he was coming to and the cops were arresting him."
No word on whether or not he remembers pooping his pants. But we'll bet whoever does his laundry will be able to corroborate that one way or the other.


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Up for sale is a great working repeater that was updated to a multisite DMR network, and taken in on trade. The setup includes a Motorola 146-174mhz RKR1225 repeater, driving a TPL 150W amplifier, into a set of TXRX duplexer cavities. All you will need is to reprogram repeater and retune duplexer to your frequencies and add an antenna.
Was used in public safety service, and removed in working order only weeks ago.
Shipping base on location. Prefer pickup.
Will accept offers!!
specs: www.repeater-builder.com/maxtrac/gr-series/rkr1225-brochure.pdf
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It's over for the Lakers! Down 3-1 and so far with no way to stop Rasheed Wallace, especially with Malone out.
It's about time that the East won a Championship.
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|2004-06-14, 00:24
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1). Well rounded team. All players can play defense and offense equally well.
2). They can shoot 3 point shots. (this is key)
3). They have good players on the bench ready to come in and sub.
1). Only 2 real players on that team. Kobe and Shak. Since kobe is being double teamed the whole time that leaves it all in shaks hand. We all know one man can't win a game.
2). They can't shoot worth shit. I've never seen so many missed shots in my life.
Even the completley open shots they bricked.
3). They have no one on the bench. Rick fox? Luke Walton? Those guys are way out of their league. Kareem Rush is good, but he can't play defense, only offense.
|2004-06-14, 00:32
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errr, violating the rules? there is a thread about this, mr troublemaker, post there!
the truth is... I hate sports and anything sports-related (wich obviously include extra threads about it in the forums)
now everyone is going to hate me because of that
damn, I searched in google and these are basketball teams (yes, I am that ignorant about sports, I told you) just ignore my rantings then sorry.
|2004-06-14, 01:45
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Lakers aren't missing on purpose. If you saw the Indiana/Detroit series, that was an ugly game. Both defenses shut each other out. I think the average of that series was like 68 points for both teams.
Tyshawn Prince is shutting down kobe with his long ass arms. Rip hamilton and Billups are shutting down Payton and who ever the #3 spot is on lakers. Rasheed is destroying the #4 spot. And ben wallace is actually doing a mighty fine job on shaq.
Kobe can't guard Hamilton because hamilton will tire him out. so lakers are going home in game 5!!
|2004-06-14, 01:53
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Lakers will be able to bring it home to Game 6, and while I still have faith, things are certainly looking grim. Credit go to the Pistons for what they've done...the Lakers are just thoroughly embarrassing throughout the four games so far. But of course, being a Laker fan, I must go with the mandatory "the refs helped the opponents" argument. All joking aside, I do find the officiating to be slightly biased in the Pistons' favor for whatever reason; generally I agree that the refs are on the Lakers' side, but this time they aren't...so THIS is how the rest of those Western Conference team felt. Regardless, credit the Pistons for their nasty pick-n-roll, consistency, offensive rebounding, and aggressive defense; they played hard and great team basketball, and as a basketball fan I admire that.
Tthe Pistons have definitely put a dent to the West's supremacy; the Lakers have not embarrassed the West on its own...it's about time we give props to the underdog for winning, not blame the favorite for losing.
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Teh Lakers are LOSING!!!! I can't help but be happy.
It's sort of weird, because everyone else in my family loves the Lakers. However, most of my friends agree with me: it's about time the Lakers lose.
|2004-06-14, 14:42
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Never! Winners should keep winning! >_<
Long live the Yankees! I'm not a Yankee fan, but I love how they kept on winning (well, up until recent years) and haters kept on whining...I love dominance (by a team I like, of course). ^_^
|2004-06-16, 00:52
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I'm so happy....so so happy...
Unfortunately I couldn't see the faces of kobe and shak when the last second passed. I feel kinda bad for the poor Karl Malone, but, that's what happens when you become desperate for ring.
|2004-06-16, 01:04
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Man I can't believe lakers lost in 5. At least 6. Well the East deserves it, it's aobut time the two conferences match up.
Good for Larry Brown too he deserves it. Although I really would have liked him to win it in Philidelphia.
|2004-06-16, 01:26
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Phil and Kobe will most probably say sayonara to the Lakers. It will be interesting to see where Kobe lands next season as it will change the landscape of NBA somewhat (could land in jail though).
|2004-06-16, 08:37
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Cantonese Dimples
yeah same here. It would have been so cool if Larry had done it in Philly in 2001. That stifling Detroit defense reminded me of the Sixers in 2001 when they reached the Finals against the Lakers. Great hustle and collective teamwork. I hope Allen Iverson is taking notes because Larry Brown just did it his way.
Congratz to Larry Brown and the Detroit Pistons... We miss you Larry
|2004-07-14, 19:43
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Lets see next year whose a true fan or just a bandwagon hopper.
McGrady and Yao is going to be strong in 2 years or so
|2004-07-15, 05:09
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Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Toronto, Canada
My home team Raptors are gonna suck ass even more if they trade away Vince... he's a good player and brings in the fans.... too bad the damn politics in that organization might make him leave...
about Shaq to Miami... I firmly believe that Shaq is the best player in the NBA right now... him going to Miami is good for that team... but... I don't see Miami going to the finals with Shaq and Wade alone... they're gonna need more support... the Lakers with Odom, Payton and Kobe can still be a good team... but without Shaq and Phil... they're gonna hurt...
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Just five states made up almost half of all U.S. foreclosures completed over the past year, even as the national market showed a marked improvement, with gauges of troubled properties reaching near pre-crisis levels last month, according to data released Thursday.
These usual suspects made up the five states: Florida, Michigan, Texas, California and Georgia. Meanwhile, the national landscape continued to rebound in April, as the number of mortgages per completed foreclosure rose to 65 – the strongest reading since February 2008 – up from 52 a year earlier, according to CoreLogic, an Irvine, Calif.-based analysis firm.
"We have now registered two and a half years of continuous decreases in the number of homeowners who are in some stage of the foreclosure process," Anand Nallathambi, CoreLogic's chief executive, said in a statement.
And here's a sign that buyers are making a real dent in the number of troubled U.S. properties. It would take less than 15 months to sell April's foreclosure inventory, down from 19 months a year earlier.
There were 46,000 completed foreclosures in the U.S. in April, higher than an average of 21,000 per month over the years before the bubble burst, but down from 56,000 a year ago.
"This consistent decline means fewer Americans are experiencing the distress of delinquency and default," Nallathambi said.
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AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2010-11: Competed in six of the 12 events in his sophomore season … tied for 27th at the Del Walker Intercollegiate with rounds of 72, 79, and a season best round of 69 … tied for 38th at the SCU Cabo Collegiate with rounds of 80, 78, and 71 … tied for 53rd at the UTA/Waterchase Invitational with rounds of 75, 76, and 74 … tied for 69th at the Duck Invitational shooting rounds of 77, 79, and 76.
AS A FRESHMAN IN 2009-10: Competed in four of 11 events for the Broncos as a true freshman … tied for 10th in the Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate with rounds of 77, 70, and 71 … tied for 21st at the Anteater Invitational with rounds of 81, 69, and 68 … tied for 26th at the Del Walker Intercollegiate with rounds of 70, 74, and a season best 67 (-3).
HIGH SCHOOL: A 2009 graduate of Saint Stephen's Episcopal School ... coached by Jay Denton ... was three-time team MVP and team captain in his junior and senior seasons ... was named to the all-district team on two occasions.
PERSONAL: Born in South Bend, Ind. ... son of Charles and Candice Lamb ... has a twin brother, Rick, who also plays golf at Santa Clara ... has an older brother, Tom ... hobbies include golf, ice hockey, working out, hanging out with friends, traveling, and going to the beach ... grandfather Bill played football at Texas A&M, and great uncle Mark founded IMG sports management ... also played tennis and ice hockey in high school ... was a member of the math and French clubs in high school ... wants to become a doctor after college ... major is psychology.


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|Teen Reform School: Upside-down Suspension, Brutal Spank, Enema and Fuck in Every Hole
Featuring : Kristine and Andre Chance
Length: 88.5 minutes
Kristine's bad attitude lands her in reform school, where she gets severely punished with heavy spanking, paddling, belt whipping, caning, hogtie bondage, panties up her pussy, suppository, multiple enemas ("enema? what's that?"), and even an upside-down suspension.
Kristine starts losing her bad attitude when her butt is made very red, with imprints and welts – and she breaks into tears.
For extra humiliation, she has to take the Schoolmaster's cock in all 3 holes, while she's tied up! And give him a foot job, And taste his cum, too.
|Teen Reform School: Jade's Straitjacket Punishment with Caning, Enemas & Fucking Machines
Featuring : Jade and Andre Chance
Length: 114 minutes
Corporal punishment for Jade, a delicate schoolgirl, Asian/White mix, who is both innocent and slutty. She got in big trouble in school, and gets sent to reform school.
There, she gets put in a straitjacket by the schoolmaster, and receives a brutal, humiliating and lengthy series of spanking, caning, enemas (including with a long colonic tube), ice cubes, nipple clamps, suppositories, rectal thermometers and more.
She also gets fucked by a large machine (while still in the straitjacket), gets her butt rammed with butter sticks and cherry tomatoes, and is made to pee and expel the enemas in buckets and on the toilet.
|Teen Reform School: Spanking and Hogtie-Bondage Enemas for Mabel Rose
Featuring : Mabel Rose and Andre Chance
Length: 59 minutes
Severe punishment for schoolgirl Mabel Rose, including hard and extended OTK spanking, plus caning, belt whipping, and hogtie bondage.
She also gets her ass stuffed with a butt plug and even a whole stick of butter!
Not content with that, the sadistic Headmaster gives her 2 rounds of enemas: the first one she expels on the toilet, in full view; and the second one she has to expel into a bucket while sitting on an "enema high chair."
For even more humiliation, she is subjected to masturbation while expelling her second enema!
(In her next round of punishment, in her second film, she has to suck the Headmaster's cock, and she also gets spanking and enemas from her own mom.)
|Athena & Natalia reform school
Featuring : Athena, Natalia and Andre Chance
Length: 98 minutes
When recidivist schoolgirl Natalia gets sent to the Reform School for the 3rd time, she's surprised to find a sexy girl named Athena, who turns out to be the new assistant-in-training of the Headmaster.
If Natalia hoped that punishment by a college girl in a ravishing dress would be lighter than at the hands of the Headmaster, she's in for a shocking surprise: Athena is brutally sadistic! She pushes Natalia face-down onto a large wedge, and proceeds to spank her, whip, cane her, and paddle her hard with a wide variety of paddles. By the end, Natalia's butt is on fire with redness and welts!
That's when Athena further immobilizes Natalia with thumb cuffs, handcuffs and an open mouth gag (metal.) Next, it's ice cubes on Natalia's butt, back, tongue, breasts – and even dipped inside her pussy!
But that's just the beginning... Athena finishes stripping down Natalia, until she is completely naked. For further humiliation, Athena gives Natalia (still tied up) an enema, using a large plastic nozzle, a clear enema bag (soaked up to last drop) and a flow Indicator.
Natalia starts crying. Still tied up, she has no choice but to expel her enema into buckets, sending out big jets!
Athena lifts her own dress and pees into the same bucket.
To make matters worse, the Headmaster joins in and further humiliates Natalia by fucking her in every hole! While at it, the Headmaster also fucks in every hole his gorgeous new assistant!
(Vol. 2)
It's back to just the two girls. As demanded by the Headmaster as part of her training, Athena has to make Natalia to give her an enema! Athena hates getting enemas, and so she's extra angry at Natalia for having to receive an enema from her...
For starters, Athena turns Natalia into a "horse", with a horse-tail butt plug, and a bit-style mouth gag; she makes her crawl around the floor, and rides her, and whips her with a riding crop.
Athena makes Natalia "serve her" for the delivery of an enema: first, she further humiliates Natalia by making her widen her ass with her finger. Next, Athena makes Natalia give her an enema, using a large plastic nozzle, a red bag and a flow indicator.
Athena expels her enema into a bucket, while sitting on an "enema high chair", and making Natalia massage her and masturbate her. Later, she finishes expelling her enema on the toilet.
Afterwards, Athena makes Natalia lie down into a bathtub, and pours hot wax on her. Finally, Athena pulls out the butt plug that is still inside Natalia – and admonishes her to never be sent back to Reform School!
|Schoolgirl Reform School: Fireball Nina
Featuring : Nina and Andre Chance
Length: 72 minutes
A bad schoolgirl's last chance to avoid juvenile: submit to intense corporal punishment.
She doesn't appear too worried, foolishly assuming that corporal punishment means "just some spanking", like her dad used to give her... To her dismay, she discovers that spanking is just the very beginning!
The rough treatment for slutty Nina includes multiple enemas (including with a large antique metal syringe, as well as a large squeeze bulb with a huge, hard nozzle), spanking, eggplants in both holes, paddling, hot wax, nipple clamps and hogtie bondage. She's also made to pee in a bucket.
For a final humiliation, she's made to expel her enema water while tied face down to the bed – and has to extinguish a candle with her jet!
Nina's intense, feisty personality only makes her appear more sexy – and the punishment harder.
A film for those who like bad schoolgirls and really FEISTY submissives!
|Hogtie Enemas and Caning in Suspension for Schoolgirl Leila
Featuring : Leila and Andre Chance
Length: 65 minutes
Schoolgirl Leila is petite, looks angelic, and claims innocence when sent to a Reform School for some serious misdeeds. However, as the Schoolmaster delivers a brutal corporal punishment, Leila reveals her true self: a feisty, unrepentant fireball of a girl!
Leila's extended ordeal includes hogtie bondage, spanking, caning, multiple enemas, hot wax, and having to suck the Schoolmaster's cock and taste his cum.
The Schoolmaster places Leila on a sex swing, and proceeds to spank her, paddle her with a riding crop, and cane her. Then he strips her completely naked and applies hogtie bondage, nipple clamps and a clit clamps.
For extra humiliation, Leila's ass gets stuffed with a pig-tail butt plug, and her mouth gets stuffed up with the Schoolmaster's cock! But first he uses her feet to gratify his cock.
Next, it's milk enemas with a huge squeeze bulb, a water enema from a bag, with a large nozzle and a flow meter. The enemas are expelled into buckets and on the toilet, in full view.
For additional punishment and humiliation, Leila has to endure face slapping, oil dousing, tickling, whipping with a belt, fucking by a machine (pussy & ass), a metal open-mouth gag, and hot wax.
Throughout the lengthy punishment, Leila squirms around and talks back. Definitely a bad girl in need of serious discipline!
|Schoolgirl & Mom
Featuring : Mabel Rose, Tina and Andre Chance
Length: 71.5 minutes
After being punished by the school's Headmaster, Mabel Rose is taken home by her mom, to be punished some more!
For starters, Mabel Rose gets disciplined for a second time by the Headmaster: spanking and enema, in hogtie bondage, plus a blow job and foot job. For final humiliation, she has to expel her enema into a bucket (while still hogtied to the sex swing) and has to eat the Headmaster's cum.
At the end of the session, Mabel Rose's mom, Tina, arrives to pick her up.
The mom sends Mabel Rose off to the car, and begs the Headmaster to teach her something that she can use on her out-of-control teen. The Headmaster demonstrates on the mom how to spank and give an enema! The mom gets spanked across the Headmaster's lap; then she has to strip naked and receive an enema, also across his lap. She expels it on the toilet.
Once home, the mom is all too eager to give her daughter a painful spanking and a humiliating enema – just like she herself endured from the Headmaster! The mom even barges into the bathroom while her daughter is expelling her enema, to humiliate her even more...
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|Schoolgirl Reform School: Paige
Featuring : Paige and Andre Chance
Length: 61 minutes
Schoolgirl Paige looks angelic in her coy uniform. But she has a long discipline file, and receives an extreme punishment: multiple enemas (made to expel in bucket), straitjacket & hogtie bondage, spanking and paddling (including upside down), ice cubes, ice popsicle inserted into her pussy and dipped into her asshole, hot wax, lit candle inside butt & pussy, and "drilldo" (sex machine.)
She also has to give a blow job to her master and lick his cum.
|Schoolgirl Reform School: Julie
Featuring : Julie and Andre Chance
Length: 92 minutes
Something is immediately spellbinding about Julie, and it's not just her striking young beauty.
For starters, she seems out of place in the Reform School: her school grades are stellar – and yet she caused mischief serious enough to bring her here.
Traditional reform school just doesn't work on her: corporal punishment makes her laugh and "humiliation" appears to turn her on...
Well, she's BEYOND being just a "punishment slut", like some past girls in Reform School. It turns out that she's a schemer, who got herself sent to Reform School on purpose – as she finally admits. She confesses that she finds school boring because too easy; at the same time, she has a strong fascination for BDSM, and is eager to experience it at length.
The Reform School Headmaster finally strikes a deal with her: she agrees to remain in school in exchange for being introduced to various intense BDSM activities – what is heavy punishment/humiliation for most other students is a treat for her!
Hogtie bondage, heavy whipping, multiple enemas, enema expulsion in full sight, caning, being fucked in every hole: she adores it all, and cums twice!!
(PS: Julie continues her kinky explorations, no longer in Reform School, in her second film)
|Huge Butt Plug, Enema & Paddling for Schoolgirl
Featuring : Lexie (aka Iris) and Andre Chance
Length: 64 minutes
Lexie, a beautiful schoolgirl with a bad attitude, ends up in Reform School. The Headmaster disciplines her extensively: paddling, a large enema (which she has to hold, and then expel in full view), a suppository, whipping, riding crop, a vibrator stuck inside her pussy with tape, etc. The Headmaster even makes her crawl around the room wearing a HUGE butt plug with a horse tail!
However, Lexie is so slutty that she handles everything pretty well – or even enjoys it!
But finally something makes her reconsider her bad school behavior: hogtie bondage, a gag, clothespins on her breasts, hot wax and being doused with a jet of cold water...
|Upside-Down Discipline for Raven at Reform School
Featuring : Raven and Andre Chance
Length: 67 minutes
Raven is a hot schoolgirl with a truly bad attitude. But she gets straightened out with heavy-handed corporal punishment and humiliation at the Reform School.
The schoolmaster swings her across his lap and spanks, paddles, whips, belts and canes her. Then he puts her in hogtie bondage, upside down on an inversion table. While Raven is upside down, the schoolmaster whips her at length and makes her suck his cock, until he cums in her mouth; then he cleans her out by drenching her with a cold-water hose! He "warms her up" with a riding crop, before finally taking her down...
Raven's punishment is far from over! The schoolmaster applies nipple clamps, a metal mouth gag and clothespins on her nipples. Next, he sticks a suppository up her butt.
When poor Raven needs to pee, she has to pee onto the floor while she sits astride the schoolmaster's lap – and then Raven has to mop her own pee from the floor!
The sadistic schoolmaster swings Raven across his laps and positions her almost upside-down, with her arms on the floor. First, he gives her an enema with a large, antique metal syringe. Then he invades her pussy with fingers and a vibrator. Afterwards, he gives her a full-bag enema with a large nozzle and a flow indicator that lets you see every drop go in.
For final humiliation, he makes Raven expel the enema into a bucket while she sits astride his lap. If that weren't bad enough, he spreads out her butthole with two fingers to help the water come out! Lastly, he sends Raven to the toilet to finish up. While she expels the rest of the enema on the toilet, the schoolmaster probes her mouth with a finger while Raven recites all the punishment she received today!
|Schoolgirl Reform School: Penney's Thorough Cleaning
Featuring : Penney and Andre Chance
Length: 74 minutes
Schoolgirl Penney looks hot in her coy uniform. But she has misbehaved, and receives an intense, extensive punishment: enemas, douching, spanking, caning. She's also made to expel the enemas, and to pee, in a bucket and on the toilet.
In addition, she's humiliated by having to wear a butt plug with a pig tail, while jumping through a hoop. She also gets soaped up all over, and has to take the soap bar insider her mouth, pussy and butthole. Finally, she's also made to give a blow job to her master and to lick his cum.
PS: in spite of all that, she didn't learn her lesson, and eventually got sent back to reform school (as you can see in her next film)
|Kinky Sex Therapy for Uptight Girl, with Schoolgirl as a Sex Toy
Featuring : Ariana, Raven and Andre Chance
Young Ariana, a very slim, lovely brunette, gathers up the courage to see a sex therapist. Oh boy, does she need it! She's shy, inexperienced, repressed, uptight, fragile and generally neurotic about sex – especially anything that's not "100% vanilla."
Unbeknown to her, she's in for a very kinky shock-therapy treatment, far beyond what she even knew existed!
The therapist warms her up by making her do a strip-tease. Then he keep her lying naked on the analyst's couch, with a blindfold on, while he introduces her to many sensations: caresses, masturbation, 4 fingers in her pussy, a vibrator, and 2 fingers up her ass.
Ariana's introduction to kinky play kicks off with a thermometer that probes all her 3 holes... Followed by a cheese stick that does the same!
Next, she gets doused in oil. Nicely lubed up, she gets a speculum slipped up her pussy! Then the therapist introduces her to the over-the-knee position: he masturbates her, finger fucks her pussy and ass, and lightly spanks her. Before she starts crying, he sends her off to take a shower.
To poor Ariana this is all extremely kinky – but she doesn't realize that it's just the very beginning... When she returns from the shower, she's stunned to find a schoolgirl, standing with her wrists tied up to the ceiling!
The schoolgirl is Raven, a nymphet from the Reform School where the therapist serves as headmaster. He decided to use Raven's punishment as a learning experience for Ariana – and gives Raven to Ariana as a "sex toy."
Ariana, who's never been with a girl and is scared/repelled by the concept (not to mention terrorized by bondage and BDSM), doesn't have the foggiest idea of what to do... The therapist introduces her to how to spank, paddle, whip, belt, cane and masturbate a girl, how to periodically probe her pussy to see how wet she's getting, how to apply nipple clamps, how to use ice cubes, etc.
Pain-slut Raven laughs through everything, as usual; it's the scared-bunny giver, not the receiver, who's intensely shaken by it all!
After Raven and the sex therapist finger-fuck Ariana's pussy and ass, it's time for the girls to jump onto two large fucking machines! Predictably, timid Ariana is terrified while mega-slut Raven has a grand time. When she needs to pee, Raven has no problem peeing in bucket. She enjoys the double dildo (pussy+ass) on the machine, while Ariana seems to suffer with her single dildo.
The therapist finally pulls out his cock and makes both girls suck it! Raven sucks it well, while Ariana is so inept and squeamish that the therapist puts on open mouth gag on her and fucks her mouth through it, while Raven holds her head.
It's now time for the girls to become "enema sisters"! The therapist hogties them together – a first for Ariana – and puts mouth gags on both. Then it's a simultaneous double enema, with two bags, large nozzles and flow indicators. As you can guess, Raven soaks up a full bag without complaints, while Ariana is horrified all along: it's the first enema in her whole life and (like most things) she doesn't take it well!
Then both girls, having no choice because they're still hogtied, expel their enemas into buckets.
Afterwards, they get freed and sent off to take a shower together. Mid-shower, they take turns dashing out to the nearby toilet – and you can hear the rest of their enema water finally coming out!
When they're both back in the shower, Raven makes Ariana eat her pussy, and also eats Ariana's pussy.
|Teen Drops Out of School and Gets Punished with Enema, Blow Job & Upside-Down Water Torture
Featuring : Raven and Andre Chance
Length: 56.5 minutes
Bad-schoolgirl Raven decides to drop out of school!
The Schoolmaster gives up on reforming her to stay in school, and punishes her AT LENGTH for dropping out!
It's hogtie bondage, nipple and clit clamps, 3 thermometers in all holes, enema (hogtied) with colonic tube, foot-job and BJ mid-enema, enema expulsion on toilet.
Then, while Raven is suspended UPSIDE-DOWN by her ankles, she gets anal beads, tickling, paddling with riding crop, whipping, and dousing with a jet of cold water.
|Schoolgirl Reform School: Kyra
Featuring : Katia, Kyra and Andre Chance
Length: 62 minutes
Kyra is an enticing Asian schoolgirl, looking innocent in her demure outfit. She's a good girl – but one who has misbehaved. She was caught masturbating, as well as without panties, and with another girl in her bed, etc. Her school file is growing. So, her parents and teachers send her over to a reform school. There, she gets taught a lesson she won't forget by the Headmaster and his young and lovely female assistant Katia. Kyra's punishment, in spite of her crying and begging, includes spanking, enemas (even milk ones!), bondage, hot wax, nipple clamps, ice cubes and paddling. She's also made to pee in a bucket, and to expel her enemas there, too, in front of the Schoolmaster – and often on his lap!
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|Schoolgirl Reform School: Eva in Forest
Featuring : Eva "St. Valentine" and Andre Chance
Length: 44 minutes
A walk in the woods can get you into big trouble if you are a pretty girl in boarding school and you are sneaking out without permission. It might just get you stripped down, greased up all over with Vaseline, probed, spanked, roughly led by a leash on a naked walk, and lashed to a rock wall.
And finally humiliated with an enema driven up your ass – and having to expel it and to pee right there, tied up for hours in a standing position. All along, you're getting goose bumps on every inch of your skin from the cold. Still want to go for a walk?
A film for the SADIST in you!
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|Reform School for Pain-Slut with Attitude
Featuring : Isabella and Andre Chance
Length: 43.5 minutes
Isabella looks like an angelic, old-fashioned schoolgirl – but the moment she opens her mouth, you know that she's an insolent mega-brat with a rotten attitude!
The Headmaster sets out to straighten her attitude with an extended corporal punishment – only to discover that smartass Isabella is a pain slut!
Fortunately, a punishment enema reaches Isabella in a way that spanking alone doesn't...
Isabella punishment starts out with OTK spanking and paddling, using a ping-pong paddle and a wooden paddle. Since her insolence remains unabated, the Headmaster positions her swung over a large wedge, ties her up and brings out riding crops, a wooden spoon, a large wooden paddle, a cane, a whip (flogger), and a large belt. But, if anything, Isabella's foul mouth gets worse, and then she even starts smiling! She finally even admits that she likes it...
The Headmaster in turn admits, "Sometimes I meet girls who cannot be disciplined with spanking alone, because they like it!" And that's when he reaches for the enema bag! First, for extra humiliation, he violates her pussy with a wand vibrator. When she complains that she needs to pee, he makes her pee into a bucket, while still hogtied.
To finish up, hot wax (while still hogtied) and a lit candle up her pussy!


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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. -
This Week
The Schedule
Saturday, November 5, 2005-1:00 p.m.
UC Santa Barbara Gauchos vs. Pacific Tigers
At UCSB's Campus Pool
Sunday, November 6, 2005-1:00 p.m.
UC Santa Barbara Gauchos vs. Cal Bears
At UCSB's Campus Pool
*Statistics for the October 14 match against St. Francis N.Y. were unavailable at the time of this release--the records are correct, but the individual statistics may not be*
The Gaucho Record
No. 14 UC Santa Barbara enters the week sporting a .500 record at 12-12 overall, 0-3 in the MPSF. The Gauchos are coming off a tremendous week at home in which they outscored their opponents 40-12. UCSB tallied an 11-5 victory over Cal Baptist on Friday before sweeping Chapman 16-4 and Occidental College 13-3 on Sunday. UCSB will try to carry its momentum into the weekend matches starting with Saturday's clash with No. 9 Pacific. The Gauchos will then look to knock-off one of the best water polo teams in the nation when they do battle with second-ranked Cal on Sunday.
Tenacious Tilburg
Sophomore driver Matt Tilburg tallied six goals over the weekend for the Gauchos. The Poway, Calif. native led the Gauchos in two of the three matches with two scores in each match. With the six goals over the weekend, Tilburg has claimed the third spot on the Gaucho scoring list with 18. Over the last seven matches, Tilburg has amassed eleven goals--the most of any Gaucho over that stretch.
Goalies Take Offense
With such dominating play over the past weekend, the Gauchos found time to take a break from reality and have some fun at Campus Pool. Senior goalkeeper Jon Bonafede started the shenanigans when he was replaced by fellow goalkeeper James Street and took to the open water in an attempt to net his first goal of the season against Chapman on Sunday. Bonafede did manage to find the back of the net in the match, insuring a spot on the Gaucho scoring list for the season. Head Coach Wolf Wigo decided to press his luck using his goalkeepers as offensive weapons when he put Rick Wright on the offensive end in the match against Occidental College. The sophomore out of San Diego, Calif. took advantage of a two-meter shot opportunity to net his first score of the year.
Scouting the Tigers
Pacific (14-9, 0-3) is carrying momentum after coming off a sweep at the Davis Shootout this past week in Davis, Calif. The Tigers outscored their opponents 39-29 at the competition. Before the four straight victories, Pacific had dropped its previous two matches, 14-10 to UC Irvine and 17-7 to Cal.
The Bear Trap
No. 2 Cal (16-4, 2-1) is coming off a tough 8-6 loss to Pepperdine this past week. Before falling to the Waves, the Bears had tallied three straight victories, which included wins over UC Irvine, UC Davis and Pacific. John Mann leads the Cal offense with forty-one goals in 19 matches played. Cal's best goalkeeper is Nate Bennett, who has tallied 141 saves and allowed 97 goals this season.


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The future of Fulham's backroom staff should become clearer on Monday as newly appointed first-team manager Felix Magath looks to build on a constructive first day at the office.
On Friday, the bottom-placed west Londoners took drastic action in their bid to stave off relegation from the Barclays Premier League, ending Rene Meulensteen's 75-day reign and appointing Magath on an 18-month deal.
The news of the three-times Bundesliga champion's arrival was as impressive as it was bizarre, and has left the future of Meulensteen shrouded in mystery.
The deposed head coach was not mentioned in the club statement announcing Magath's appointment and went on the radio minutes later to claim chief executive Alistair Mackintosh had told him that he had been "released".
However, Press Association Sport understands Meulensteen has not been sacked by Fulham, nor have assistant manager Ray Wilkins or first-team technical director Alan Curbishley.
The latter duo are believed to have met with Magath on Sunday evening and an update on their futures could be made on Monday.
Until then, though, the questions will continue after the German, who is not set to speak to the media until a pre-match press conference later in the week, refused to shed any light on the situation.
"We signed last Friday night, so the time is too short to make up our mind about this stuff," he told Fulham TV in his first interview since taking charge.
"I have only time now to work with the players and prepare the team for the most important game next Saturday. We will talk about the (other) stuff afterwards."
Magath's first match at the helm will be Saturday's trip to fellow strugglers West Brom.
It is a match the 60-year-old approaches pleasantly "surprised" by the qualities his new side showed in his first training session at Motspur Park.
"I know not only the German players, but the international players very well," said Magath, who has previously worked with Lewis Holtby, Sascha Riether and Ashkan Dejagah.
"I would think that we would have a team that has more potential than what we have shown.
"I am sure that we will do that in the next games, show our fans, who I hope will support us in our most important game next weekend against West Bromwich, that we can do better than our last games."
Asked if Fulham can beat the drop, Magath said: "Yeah, I am sure I can because I have done it sometimes before in Germany.
"I have taken over clubs in a similar situation to Fulham and I am very confident I can do it once more here in England with Fulham.
"I think 12 games are enough to keep them in the Premier League and we need confidence now. We need spirit and we will start next Saturday at West Bromwich.
"If the players, the staff and fans will support us 100 per cent and the players give 100 per cent in the next days, I am sure we have the potential to avoid relegation."


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Extracting meaning from the mounds of data available on the Web is no easy task. For example, take the case of Data.gov, where the Obama Administration has posted 272,000 or more sets of raw data from its departments, agencies, and offices to the World Wide Web.
"Data.gov mandates that all information is accessible from the same place, but the data is still in a hodgepodge of different formats using differing terms, and therefore challenging at best to analyze and take advantage of," explained James Hendler, the Tetherless World Research Constellation professor of computer and cognitive science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. "We are developing techniques to help people mine, mix, and mash-up this treasure trove of data, letting them find meaningful information and interconnections.
"An unfathomable amount of data resides on the Web," Hendler said. "We want to help people get as much mileage as possible out of that data and put it to work for all mankind."
The Rensselaer team has figured out how to find relationships among the literally billions of bits of government data, pulling pieces from different places on the Web, using technology that helps the computer and software understand the data, then combine it in new and imaginative ways as "mash-ups," which mix or mash data from two or more sources and present them in easy-to-use, visual forms.
By combining data from different sources, data mash-ups identify new, sometimes unexpected relationships. The approach makes it possible to put all that information buried on the Web to use and to answer myriad questions
"We think the ability to create these kinds of mash-ups will be invaluable for students, policy makers, journalists, and many others," said Deborah McGuinness, another constellation professor in Rensselaer's Tetherless World Research Constellation. "We're working on designing simple yet robust Web technologies that allow someone with absolutely no expertise in Web Science or semantic programming to pull together data sets from Data.gov and elsewhere and weave them together in a meaningful way."
While the Rensselaer approach makes government data more accessible and useful to the public, it also means government agencies can share information more readily.
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Hendler started Rensselaer's Data-Gov project in June 2009, one month after the government launched Data.Gov, when he saw the new program as an opportunity to demonstrate the value of Semantic Web languages and tools. Hendler and McGuinness are both leaders in Semantic Web technologies, sometimes called Web 3.0, and were two of the first researchers working in that field.
Using Semantic Web representations, multiple data sets can be linked even when the underlying structure, or format, is different. Once data is converted from its format to use these representations, it becomes accessible to any number of standard web technologies.
One of the Rensselaer demonstrations deals with data from CASTNET, the Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Air Status and Trends Network. CASTNET measures ground-level ozone and other pollutants at stations all over the country, but CASTNET doesn't give the location of the monitoring sites, only the readings from the sites. The Rensselaer team located a different data set that described the location of every site. By linking the two along with historic data from the sites, using RDF, a semantic Web language, the team generated a map that combines data from all the sets and makes them easily visible.
This data presentation, or mash-up, that pairs raw data on ozone and visibility readings from the EPA site with separate geographic data on where the readings were taken had never been done before. This demo and several others developed by the Rensselaer team are now available from the official US Data.gov site.
The aim is not to create an endless procession of mash-ups, but to provide the tools and techniques that allow users to make their own mash-ups from different sources of data, the Rensselaer researchers say. To help make this happen, Rensselaer researchers have taught a short course showing government data providers how to learn to do it themselves, allowing them to do their own data visualizations to release to the public.
The same techniques can be applied to data from other sources. For example, public safety data can show a user which local areas are safe, where crimes are most likely to occur, accident prone intersections, proximity to hospitals, and other information that may help a decision on where to shop, where to live, even areas to avoid at night. In an effort McGuinness is leading at Rensselaer along with collaborators at NIH, the team is exploring how to make medical information accessible to both the general public and policy makers to help explore policies and their potential impact on health. For example, one may want to explore taxation or smoking policies and smoking prevalence and related health costs.
The Semantic Web describes techniques that allow computers to understand the meaning, or "semantics," of information so that it can find and combine information, and present it in usable form.
"Computers don't understand; they just store and retrieve," explained Hendler. "Our approach makes it possible to do a targeted search and make sense of the data, not just using keywords. This next version of the Web is smarter. We want to be sure electronic information is increasingly useful and available."
"Also, we want to make the information transparent and accountable," added McGuinness. "Users should have access to the meta data — the data describing where the data came from and how and when it was derived — as well as the base information so that end users can make better informed decisions about when to rely on the information."


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Homes Tour Benefits Tech Scholarship Fund
SOCORRO, N.M. December 5, 2012 – The 2012 AAUW Christmas Tour of Homes will be 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 9, at four homes in Socorro. The cost is $10, which is to benefit the Socorro chapter of the AAUW and its scholarship fund for female students at Socorro High School and New Mexico Tech.
Here are short descriptions of the four homes, followed by longer descriptions.
Sandra Qureshi - 605 Miller Place
Newly renovated for Sandy who moved from Tucson in May, and is already active in Socorro life, the house displays artifacts from Pakistan and Arizona and a Zia symbol on the kitchen tile floor. Sandy treasures her veranda across the back of her house.
Norma and Bill Lorang - 315 Mt. Carmel Avenue
A truly custom home designed by Bill and Norma who acted as their own contractor. A home for entertaining with 14-foot ceilings, corner fireplace, New Mexico folk art and Norma's quilted creations, ingeniously tucked into an historical neighborhood. Music group performances led by Elise Brower.
Joan and John Meason - 225 Fisher Avenue
Built in 1912 by Jesus and Maria Torres, this charming home is a colorful combination of Victorian design and modern decoration. Pressed-tin ceilings, bright colors and treasured objets d'art reflect the couple's personalities and interests. Park on either side of the house.
Betty and Vernon Houston - 515 Center
This home started as a 900-square-foot adobe which the Houstons added to over the years in building a custom home designed for comfort, entertaining – and for grandkids! See what time and vision can create. Parking space is beyond the main gate; watch for sign. Refreshments will be served.
Sandy Qureshi - 605 Miller Place
The first thing Sandy Qureshi and her son, Omar, noticed about the home at 605 Miller Place was the mix of light and trees – they also saw the home's potential, particularly the large, fenced-in backyard and covered porch.
The result is a reflection of Sandy's personality and Omar's design influences in transforming an older home into one with lots of color and contemporary touches.
The porch at the home of Sandy Qureshi, which will be featured on the 2012 AAUW Homes Tour.
The porch at the home of Sandy Qureshi, which will be featured on the 2012 AAUW Homes Tour.
One gets a warm and welcoming feeling at the Qureshi home, from the clean white-with-red-trimming exterior, to the bench near the front door and assorted outdoor potted plants.
Inside, the home opens to an artful mix of light and color.
"I love the (home's) open feeling, and the light shade from the house facing south," Sandy said, whose last residence was an apartment in a Tucson retirement community.
Indeed, the home's natural warmth is enhanced by a 200-year-old, garnet-toned Queen Anne-styled chair, recently reupholstered and sitting near a pot-bellied stove that serves as a heating source for the entire area.
Follow the contrasting burgundy-colored ceramic tile to the living room, where the color theme is carried out in upholstery, window shades and an Indian rug used as a wall hanging. A nest of rosewood tables and a carved cabinet in rosewood from Pakistan complete the décor.
The room is divided by a half-wall, which curves around to the kitchen. A dining table and buffet, both in Mexican pine, serve as a room divider.
Of note is the kitchen floor tile laid by her son that includes a Zia symbol fashioned from contrasting tile in a burnt orange shade. The kitchen is well appointed with a gas stove, stainless steel sinks and lots of storage cabinets, and the rug was bought at the Mother's Day Pow Wow.
A guest room is painted in soothing shades of blues and greens complemented by a chenille spread and Pakistani-themed throw pillows. A painting depicting a snowy street scene and other artwork complete the restful ambiance.
Sandy's room is a lemon-yellow confection, from the walls to the bed cover, throw pillows and framed artwork. A hanging star bathes the room in golden light, and serves as a focal piece. By the way; Sandy purchased the metal bed frame locally.
A third bedroom is dedicated to Qureshi's grandson, with toys, books, a large armoire and full-sized futon bed.
Turquoise is the theme color for the master bath with its walk-in shower; while a hall bathroom is decked out in red and black.
Sandy admits to spending a lot of time in the backyard, with its cement slab and covered porch – and lawn furniture covered in Mexican blankets. A particularly striking feature is the meditation maize designed and built by Omar, near a small waterfall and mature shade trees, which make for a peaceful ambiance.
Following the death of her husband, Mohsin Qureshi of Pakistan, Sandy relocated to Socorro to move closer to her son, who lives with his partner in Magdalena; all have discovered the joys of life in an area saturated with tri-cultural flavor. Omar, a former Peace Corps member and teacher at Alamo Reservation, now operates a landscape business.
Even though Sandy hasn't lived long in Socorro, she is busy with volunteer wo4rk through AAUW, APAS, the homeless shelter and El Camino Real International Heritage Center.
Things to look for in the Qureshi home: An Atlas clock, which operates on atmospheric pressure; a needlepoint canvas of fighting cocks made by Sandy's mother; a metal sculpture of a covey of quail; and a beautiful table with inlaid brass and Pakistani carvings.
Norma and Bill Lorang - 315 Mt. Carmel Avenue
Tucked away off Mt. Carmel Street in a neighborhood of historic dwellings is the home custom-designed and built by an engineer and his artistic wife, both with a history of service to the Socorro community.
Since they moved to Socorro 17 years ago, William (Bill) and Norma Lorang have been active in community affairs; and, as such, have opened the doors of their beautiful home to benefit one cause or another. This year marks their second time as Christmas Tour hosts.
The great room in the home of Bill and Norma Lorang, wihich will be featured in the 2012 AAUW Homes Tour.
The great room in the home of Bill and Norma Lorang, wihich will be featured in the 2012 AAUW Homes Tour.
Norma was born in southeastern New Mexico; in fact, her great-grandparents homesteaded in Cottonwood Creek, with ties to New Mexico politics. Bill, too, was raised in the Land of Enchantment, so their love of the culture and its customs comes naturally.
The Lorangs named the lane leading to their home "Calle Jubilacion." Norma loves to decorate for the holidays, so expect both the "lane" and the home to be dressed in their holiday best!
One only has to walk up to the front door, with its whimsical window paintings, for a hint of what's inside. Entering the vestibule, first thing you see is a quilted holiday-themed wall hanging, Nativity scene, and the most delightful mariachi musician!
A large Kiva fireplace takes center stage in the great room, with its 14-foot ceiling, hand-woven Navajo rugs, ceramic floor, leather couches and a wall of bookshelves. Overhead vigas were carved from dead-standing Colorado spruce trees ("they don't warp," said Bill).
The artfully designed dining area, with its carved-out niche lined with recessed lighting and a granite-topped cabinet, is further illuminated by a metal-and-glass chandelier, one of several in the home.
The farmhouse-styled kitchen styled in ivory and cobalt blue, is designed for convenience (the Lorangs are well known for their culinary skills), featuring custom cabinetry by Vaughan Allen of Magdalena, metal-and-glass hanging lanterns and a small island.
Look for images of patron saints linked to farming and kitchens, including San Pascual driving a vintage red truck.
The couple's personal quarters are down the hall from the kitchen, along walls studded with cultural emblems of the southwest, among them religious icons, santos and small paintings.
Serenity is a word that comes to mind when entering the master bedroom, with its painted-washed walls in shades of periwinkle (a two-part project Norma did herself), quiet sitting area; and an armoire and large metal canopy bed (with a rain cloud
headboard motif), pieces designed by Norma and built by her husband.
Each has his and her own day rooms – Norma's includes an L-shaped counter and cutting table for her quilts. Look for a dollhouse and her latest work in progress.
But the master of the house didn't skimp when it came to his room, a man cave before the term was ever coined, with its dark leather furniture, animal skin rug, western rope and saddle, and large-screen television. Ah, but the pièce de résistance is an enormous, six-by-six elk trophy.
And don't be surprised to see a life-size, standing image of John Wayne.
In a sense, the Lorang home is a virtual museum with its large collection of framed art and artifacts. "Most of the art is done by friends, relatives – or by Bill himself," Norma said.
Her own artistry is painting with fabric and color – and in decorating her home for major holidays as only Norma can.
Things to keep an eye out for: Wall sconces, a metal sculpture of prancing rams replicating pictographs found in El Morro, a Murphy bed and statuary in several mediums.
"We enjoy living in Socorro," Norma said. "Yes, we do enjoy travel, but it's always good to come home."
And for the Lorangs, home is a mighty special place.
Joan and John Meason – 225 Fisher Street
An historic adobe home built 100 years ago, coinciding with New Mexico's transition from territorial status to statehood, will be featured on the AAUW Christmas Tour of Homes. Joan and John Meason have graciously agreed to open their home to the public in support of AAUW scholarships for women.
Officially known as the Jesus Maria Torres Home, the site joined the list of the state's historic homes in1978; it includes a washhouse, office/workshop and guest quarters – only the main home will be on the tour.
The exterior of the home of John and Joan Meason, which is on the 2012 AAUW Homes Tour.
The exterior of the home of John and Joan Meason, which is on the 2012 AAUW Homes Tour.
Visitors are invited to park on either side of the home and enter through the front door.
The couple was drawn to the house because of its location. "We always wanted to live downtown by the square," said Joan, who with her husband moved to Socorro 11 years ago. The home is historic, and so are much of its contents, retrieved from storage back in their home state of Texas.
"There is nothing new in this house," Joan said, adding that the living room furniture dates back to 1927 and belonged to John's grandmother. The edifice retains its original pressed-tin ceiling tiles – and 11-foot-ceiling – with refurbished hardwood floors.
Victorian and art deco themes permeate much of the home, especially in the living room with its fireplace, objets d'art and a large oil painting of "The Cloth Merchants," chosen by Joan. Her collection of crosses fills an entire wall, and she created the stencil artwork above the kitchen counter.
Take time to admire the room's decorative elements, mostly antique, which reflect the character of the historic residence itself, redolent of another time and another place.
"Every house needs yellow in some room," Joan said; and, for her, that room is the kitchen; which, in terms of modern convenience, bears little resemblance to the kitchen of a century ago with its gourmet gas stove and built-in amenities.
The washhouse off the kitchen once served as a summer kitchen. And the home's original bedrooms were made smaller to accommodate indoor plumbing, which modern folk hardly consider a luxury!
If every house also needs a splash of red, the master bedroom, with its own sitting room, fits the bill. Contemporary artwork complements vermillion-red walls. A previous owner carved out space for a closet, which was not standard for some homes of its era.
"John's room" or office, painted in an eggplant shade, features a lacquered eight-sided screen as a visual focal point. A large bookshelf, family photos and eclectic artwork make for an elegant yet comfortable working space, and ideal for reading.
"This is a neat house you can do anything with," Joan said, giving kudos to George McLeod, a previous owner, who, she said, did a great job on the floral landscape with its bright and hardy perennials.
"We looked at houses all over town, but kept coming back to this one," Joan continued. "And the grandkids love coming here, too."
Joan was told that an adobe house has a personality all its own. "It's true," she said, adding that such personality traits often are audible after sunset, when the house, like its inhabitants, settles in for the night.
The Measons are parents to two sons and have three grandchildren, all males, one of whom graduated from New Mexico Tech. The couple moved to Socorro when John accepted a position as director of the EMRTC division at the college.
In touring the historic dwelling, keep an eye out for unusual artwork and design elements, and listen for any signs of the home's nocturnal personality.
Betty and Vernon Houston - 515 Center Street
The home of Betty and Vernon Houston shows what can be done over time, and with creative vision and a whole lot of hard work. The late Bob Aufill built the original 900-square foot home with its 18-inch adobe walls, which Vernon bought in 1955 under the G.I. Bill.
Betty joined Vernon in the home after their marriage 47 years ago. And the rest, as they say, is home history in living color.
The exterior of the home of Betty and Vernon Houston.
The exterior of the home of Betty and Vernon Houston.
As such, Betty has a catalogued listing of every painting, print, photo and family
heirloom in the home.
She noted that the foundation for the primary expansion was laid in 1972, and they moved into the upstairs in 1981.
In all, the Houston compound comprises five pieces of land, including their own storage units which at one time were filled with vintage autos, Vernon's pride and joy. Now, the collection is down to three – a '57 Chevy Belair, '46 Buick convertible and 1919 Model T Ford.
Visitors are invited to enter through the front door and into the living room with its faux fireplace, big-screen television, and an organ that belonged to Betty's mother. The clock is from a trip to Switzerland. A photo from that era will be on display here
Every home has its heart, and for the Houston's, it's their game room and brick-walled kitchen, the latter built by Phil Gonzales with tile work by Johnny Marquez. "I pushed the wheelbarrow, and Vernon gave orders," Betty said, adding that the couple completed the addition themselves.
The free-standing kitchen cabinet, with its built-in flour sifter and roll top, belonged to Betty's family; refinishing it took three years. And check out the glass curio cabinet – a wall, really! – a testament to family adventures and personal anecdotes.
The kitchen is a cook's delight, with built-in appliances, plenty of prep space and
cabinets, a long counter and lots of light designed for family gatherings and entertaining.
Speaking of entertainment, check out the game room with its Nickelodeon that still plays old '78s, and pinball machine and video game from a past era of game-playing. Friends christened it the "Den of Iniquity," and a sign testifies to the fact.
"We traded an old coffin to Jack Myers for the video game," Betty said; while the piano, bought from a Tech student, took six men to move. They also traded dirt for the flagstone flooring, which they laid themselves. Look for a Vivian Drewien painting of Vernon's brother.
Sleeping quarters are upstairs, featuring extra-large bedrooms, each with its own sink and mirror, large enough to serve double-duty as sitting rooms. Off Betty's bedroom is an outdoor patio facing California St., ideal for an evening of relaxation
The former Adobe "factory" print is on the south wall of Vernon's room. Bunk beds and plenty of play-space for the Houston's two grandsons occupy the room of the Houston daughters. The horse collection was Deanna's; Debra built the headboard and did the sculpture.
Step out the south entry and enjoy the view of M Mountain while entering the hot tub room. "It's lovely in the winter when it's snowing and you are sitting there looking out," Betty said.
On the way out, note the pool, hand-dug with a one man slip scraper. "It took plenty of beer busts to get it done," said Vernon. A built-in barbecue and patio get plenty of use.
The Houston's do have a second home along the Mexican shore, and they both enjoy travel. But when they return home, it's really home – and it's clear to see why.
By Valerie Kimble/New Mexico Tech


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On Wednesday evening the Israeli army for the first time ever proudly promoted a female Arab to command a combat unit.
Mona Abdo, 20, was born to a Christian family living in the Haifa area. Like many young Israeli Arabs who have not been indoctrinated with a hatred for Israel, Mona chose to join the IDF when she turned 18.
Initially assigned to an ordnance unit, Mona decided she wanted more and was transfered to a combat unit where men and women, Jews and Arabs fight alongside one another.
Mona surprised many when she applied for and was accepted to the elite officer's training course.
"There were people who were very proud of me, but there were those [Arabs] on the street who saw me with the IDF uniform and the fighter pin and told me I was a traitor," Mona told Israel's Channel 2 News.
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No doubt Mona will become symbol of inspiration for those young Arabs who do not hate Israel, and a thorn in the side of those who do. But for now, she is simply focusing on being a good commander to her soldiers.
"I'm very excited and I'm thinking about the fact that soon I'm going to get new troops who will be under my command. I hope to lead by personal example," she said.
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