text:
As a long-time aficionado and part-time scholar of that rarefied subgenre, the Lesbian Vampire movie (it was actually my minor in VHS Seminary), I have by now seen many, many movies based on the original literary Lesbian Vampire tale, Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (which if you haven't read, you can--and should--download for free here). It's really a brilliant and surprisingly modern tale of vampirism as metaphor for human (specifically female) sexuality, psychologically well ahead of its time when it was written in 1872, and a refreshing counterpoint to the Stoker-based, rapaciously phallocentric vampire lore most of us are more familiar with.
Therefore, as a student of all things lesbo-vampo, I've seen dozens of movies that take Le Fanu's text as either a primary or (more commonly) secondary or tertiary source, among them the previously reviewed Christopher Lee chiller Crypt of Horror, the yet to be Vicarized Daughters of Darkness, and the much-geeked over mmmmmasterpiece The Blood-Spattered Bride. But leave it to the equal parts literary-and-titterary Hammer Films circa 1970 to bring us perhaps the definitive movie adaptation of Carmilla, Roy Ward Baker's entirely excellent The Vampire Lovers.
"Karnstein Trilogy" (followed by the almost equally excellent Lust for a Vampire and the soon-to-be-Vicar-viewed Twins of Evil, both 1971), The Vampire Lovers stays remarkably faithful to Le Fanu's story of a mysterious woman who contrives to push her "niece" off on well-meaning aristocratic hosts who little realize that by offering the girl shelter, they are inviting a monster into their midsts. Baker and his trio of writers (including the wonderfully named and prolific Tudor Gates, who also scripted the other Hammer Karnstein flicks as well as a little something called Danger: Diabolik) also manage to take the simmering sensuality of Le Fanu's tale and bring it to a full rolling boil, aided in no small part by the exotic scorching hawtness of Horror Royalty Ingrid Pitt as the sexy undead.
The movie opens with a voice-over narrated flashback in which vampire hunter Baron Hartog (Douglas Wilmer) recounts his experience ridding the local village of a clan of vampires years ago. This sequence really sets the tone for the rest of the movie, as Hartog watches the vampire rise from her grave, completely shrouded in diaphanous purple silk (one HELL of an image, let me tell you) and creep slowly through the thick, eerie fog toward the village for her meal. The visuals just drip Gothic awesomeness, and the excellent score by Harry Robertson hits all the right notes (ba-dump-bump). When the vampire returns, sated, and reveals herself a gorgeous femme fatale, it's all Hartog can do to raise his sword and behead her--one of the only two ways to kill a vampire, as we all know.
Love Bites
When the Countess is called away on urgent, mysterious business by her equally mysterious servant (a creepy John Forbes-Robertson, credited here only as Man in Black), the General graciously offers to allow Mircalla to stay with them until her aunt can return. Before long Laura and Mircalla are the best of friends, and Laura starts having terrible nighmares (done in stylish black-and-white) of a huge gray cat smothering her in her bed. His daughter's health deteriorating, the General starts to suspect her attachment to Mircalla is something "unnatural," and hopes to get rid of his mysterious guest. Sadly he's too right, too late, as after an OMG SMOKIN' HAWT supernatural makeout session with Mircalla, Laura expires, drained of life and love. With no reason to stay, Mircalla vanishes as if she were never there.
As you've come to expect from Hammer films of this period, The Vampire Lovers is just absolutely GORGEOUS. The costumes and sets are nothing short of stunning, with wonderful gigantic manor houses and creepy dilapidated graveyards to spare. (From my while-I-watched tweet-log: "How much more Gothic could Vampire Lovers be? The answer is: none. None more Gothic.") The score is almost a character, really amping up the creepiness where appropriate and making the action scenes that much more thrilling, but also lending an eerie, sensuous aural eroticism to Marcilla's seduction of Laura. Add some great camera work--through-wall dissolves, slow-mo corpse-walks, sexy compositions and eerie, effective lighting--and really, there's nothing left wanting. An absolute treat.
Carmilla quickly becomes Emma's BFF, much to the consternation of also uber-hott governess Madmoiselle Perrodot, played by the cat-like Kate O'Mara. (Really, there are so many super-gorgeous Eurobabes in this movie, it's a challenge to keep track of them all--you may want to open a spreadsheet.) Early in her stay, Carmilla invites Emma into her room while she's in the middle of a nice HAWT bath, then coaxes her into dropping her petticoats to try on some of Carmilla's fancy dresses. This leads to an all-girl game of "Chase Me Nude Around the Room" that is enough to make anyone's loins reach Ludicrous Speed. When Emma finally wrestles her way into one of her friend's super-slinky dresses, she's shocked at her own sexiness. "What will my father say?" she wonders. "Oh, he will appreciate it," Carmilla says, archly. "Like *all* men."
The Spielsdorf Pattern continues to repeat when Emma also starts having nightmares about a large gray cat. "The cat lies across me," Emma tells Carmilla in horror, "Warm and heavy...and I feel its fur in my mouth!" Well, I don't think we need to consult the Dream Dictionary on this one, do you?
In fact, one of the really interesting thing about Le Fanu's book and this adaptation is the juxtaposition of Carmilla's passionate, destructive love for her victims with the more traditional, heterosexual, phallocentric society that must destroy her. Carmilla wants nothing more than to love and be loved forever in an explicitly lesbian relationship. It's significant that the people who are most threatened and spurred to action by her predations are not the girls--who are largely complicit in their seduction, if admittedly overpowered by Carmilla's supernatural magnetism (when Madmoiselle Perrodot falls under Carmilla's sway as well, she becomes not a passive victim but a jealous lover intent on supplanting Emma from Carmilla's side)--but their fathers, aristocrats all, whose wealth and continued affluence depend upon marrying their daughters off to good, upstanding, manly men like Carl. It is their power structure that Carmilla's "unnatural" love threatens, and while some might point to her fatal kiss as evidence of the cultural bias against lesbianism, an argument could also be made that this too is a metaphor for what happens to girls who buck the phallocentric system. (See also Alucarda, The Blood-Spattered Bride, etc.)
Once Pa Morton becomes really worried about Emma's failing health and her too-close relationship with their houseguest, as if by fate he runs into General Spielsdorf returning from Vienna with an aged but still vamp-hating Baron Hartog in tow. Hartog recaps the opening flashback and fills in a few more unsavory details, including the fact that while he staked most of the Karnstein clan back in the day, he failed to find one grave--that of Carmilla. He's come back with Spiesldorf to finish the job, and Morton's report on the situation back home only adds urgency to their quest.
The acting here is mostly excellent, with the notable exception of Madeline Smith as Emma, whose perpetually wide-eyed stare and breathless line readings would really grate on you if she didn't also offer lots of distracting and frankly excellent boobage. Hall is great as the loyal but eventually corrupted Renton, and Finch adds a level of rugged manliness to his glorified walk-on as the de facto young hero. Cushing is great as always, bringing a level of class to the proceedings that only a legend of his stature can--while Hartog is really the Van Helsing in this story, Cushing hangs around to give the vamp hunt an extra level of gravitas and to finish off the last of the Karnsteins himself--because really, who else do you want wielding the stake and hammer?
But of course this is Ingrid Pitt's movie, and she owns it from the first time she's on screen all the way through to her tragic demise. Far from a one-note, bloodthirsty vamp, Pitt plays Carmilla through a wide range of conflicting emotions--beast-like hunger, morbid depression, passionate love, fear, regret--she pulls it all together and makes it work. No wonder this role became one of her best-loved and remembered, even if like many of the famous vampire actors before her she later betrayed a certain reticence about her association with the role. (Apparently at one time Pitt had a bit of a problem with the "Lesbian Vampire" label, claiming that her characters weren't lesbians because vampires and humans were different species--why she thought interspecies beastiality was better than lesbianism is anyone's guess. And thanks to Tenebrous Kate for that little tidbit of information! ;) ) And this is to say nothing of her lip-smacking gorgeousness here--about which there's plenty to be said, believe it.
Of course the Forces of Good prevail as expected, with a group of three aristocratic men forcing their way into Carmilla's secret sanctum sanctorum, stripping her breast bare, and piercing her sensitive organs with a long hard shaft of sharpened wood--and if you don't think that's sexual by this point, you haven't been paying attention. Thus vanquished by the act of penetration, Carmilla's unnatural love is conquered and Emma recovers, presumably to marry young and live a long life pumping out babies for some earl or duke. Happy ending? You make the call.
Obviously I LOVE THIS MOVIE, so it should come as no suprise that it gets an easy 3+ thumbs from me. Probably the best, most faithful adaptation of Le Fanu's seminal (ha!) work of vampire literature, it should definitely be seen by anyone who loves horror, whether you're a fan of the classics or not. And would it kill you to read a book now and then? No, it wouldn't. Get thee to a library!
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
The Vampire Lovers (1970): or, Love is the Pitts
Posted by The Vicar of VHS at 2:14 PM
Labels: '70s, 3+ Thumbs, Based on Carmilla, Ingrid Pitt, Peter Cushing, Vampires (Lesbian)
5 comments:
They may be lesbian vampires, but they've got a damn fine-looking man chained to the wall there.
- March 10, 2009 at 4:24 PM
- The Duke of DVD said...
An all-girl game of Chase Me Nude Around the Room you say? Consider me sold on this one, dearest Vicar. I gather from your most excellent review that they spared no expense with this movie, what with all the fancy camera work and lavish sets, not to mention the copious use of petticoats, an expense I'm personally trying to cut back on.
Bravo to you, sir, on the most excellent review. I do look forward to giving this one The Official Duke of DVD Award For Excellent Lesbian Vampire Make-outs Captured On Film.
- March 10, 2009 at 4:28 PM
- Tenebrous Kate said...
As someone who's enthusiastically in favor of unnatural love, I find Carmilla's death to be tragic in all of her cinematic incarnations. Even though I'm fairly certain that LeFanu and a majority of the filmmakers who built from his source novella intended their message to be one of titillation mixed with a warning against the inversion of sexual desires, Carmilla is such a vivid creature. Death surrounds her, but she fears and loathes the destruction she brings, as you've so rightly observed. She's a reluctant femme fatale with a powerful need to be adored, and I always feel a little bad for the gal who eludes her clutches at the end. I mean--what a HELL of a way to go, really!
Really great work, sir.
Pee Ess: Are you trying to score dates with feminists or what? "Phallocentric" indeed ;D
- March 10, 2009 at 4:38 PM
A student of lesbo-vampires...
That's a new one on me.
- March 11, 2009 at 2:08 AM
- The Vicar of VHS said...
@jm-kaye--Indeed! Sadly, however, that scene does not appear in the movie itself. In fact, the whole poster is somewhat misleading--still, better that the Floating Heads that make up most of our modern movie sheets!
@Duke of DVD--the first step to overcoming your petticoat problem is admitting you have a problem. ;) As for the make-outs in this movie, they're perhaps not on a level with Rollin's fur-bed, but they're right up there.
@Tenebrous Kate--"a reluctant femme fatale with a powerful need to be adored," eh? Well-put. Sounds like many of the women I knew in my pre-ecclesiastical days. ;) And to answer your question, all the broads dig my phallocentric talk.
@S.V.K.--thanks for stopping by! If you're interested in pursuing a degree in Lesbo-Vampo studies, I'd suggest you start here. Happy hunting!
- March 11, 2009 at 7:58 AM


text:
Finger prints again
Interesting. How long as the iPhone 5S been on the market? 2 weeks?
Unsurprisingly, the finger print scanner has already been "hacked" — meaning that if someone can take a photo of your fingerprint, for example from your beer glass, they can photo manipulate it and cover it in latex or just plain glue to make a working pattern that will sign them into your phone.
This is no big deal – most and perhaps all consumer grade finger print scanners are vulnerable to this kind of thing. It's just evidence that:
- A finger print scanner is all about convenience, not about security
- If you want security, combine multiple authentication factors.
I wonder if that basic advice shows up anywhere on Apple's marketing material or user guides? Probably not.
Tags: finger print security, iphone 5s

subset: commoncrawl


text:
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Justice Department urged an appeals court on Wednesday to reverse a judge's decision blocking part of a law allowing indefinite military detention, a ruling that the government has said would hurt its ability to fight terrorism.
A government lawyer told the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York that concerns by some journalists and activists, who fear their interactions with groups such as al Qaeda or the Taliban could get them locked up under the provision, were unfounded.
"This statute does not apply to them," Robert Loeb, a Justice Department attorney representing the Obama administration, told a three-judge panel in a packed courtroom.
He also called the earlier ruling "fundamentally flawed."
The government is appealing a Manhattan federal judge's decision last year in a lawsuit brought by journalists including Pulitzer Prize-winner Chris Hedges and activists whose work relates to overseas conflicts.
In the lawsuit, the plaintiffs argued they could be detained indefinitely under a section of the National Defense Authorization Act, a law that Congress passes annually to fund the Defense Department. The provision empowers the government to detain people it deems to have "substantially supported" al Qaeda, the Taliban or "associated forces."
Hedges testified in March 2012 that his concerns over the law chilled his work, which has involved interviewing members of al Qaeda and other groups the United States labels terrorist organizations.
In September, U.S. District Judge Katherine Forrest issued a permanent injunction preventing the United States from invoking the part of the law authorizing indefinite detentions, after granting a temporary injunction in May.
Forrest, whom Obama appointed to the federal bench in 2011, had found the provision violated the Constitution in part because its language is too vague.
But the Justice Department has said her ruling would harm U.S. war efforts abroad. It won an emergency suspension of the ruling in September while the appeals panel considers the issue.
In arguments to the court on Wednesday, Carl Mayer, an attorney for Hedges, attacked the government's contention that the provision merely reaffirms powers granted by the Authorization for Use of Military Force, a law passed after the attacks of September 11, 2001.
There is no reason to pass a law to say another law exists, he said.
Mayer also disputed a government argument that another section of the law clarifies that the controversial provision does not alter existing detention law, saying it was vague and did not explicitly exempt people like his clients.
Loeb, the Justice Department lawyer, argued that the government has exercised these detention powers for 10 years without subjecting such people to indefinite detention.
But Judge Lewis Kaplan, a U.S. District judge in Manhattan who is sitting on the appeals panel, appeared skeptical on this point. He said it's always possible the government could change course in the future.
"The executive branch has been known on occasion to change its mind, has it not?" he said.
About 100 protesters assembled outside the court in support of the plaintiffs.
"I think it's wrong to detain people indefinitely without a trial," said Eve Gilbert, 45, of Hackensack, New Jersey. "I don't even care what they did. We have to do better as Americans."
Reporting By Bernard Vaughan; Editing by Cynthia Johnston and Eric Beech


text:
Let me guess, you have been playing USA Today crossword and got stuck on the clue Swats away, as flies. Well, you have come to the right place to find the answer to this clue.
While some crosswords are much simpler than others, most require that players have a vast knowledge of the language and possibly even various topics. So while crossword puzzles are seen as a more intelligent game, they can be very frustrating for players to complete and even experienced crossword players need some help occasionally.
When finding the answers to the clues becomes too difficult, there's no shame in looking for them online.
Now you have the answer to your clue. Its time to move on to the next clue. You can browse through the list with all the answers to the USA Today crossword of July 13th, 2018. Or you can use the search form below to find the answer (no matter if its USA Today Crossword or any other crossword).
|USA Today crossword of July 13th, 2018 other clues
|Disagreeable duty
|Shoppers' aids
|Worker with a whisk
|Solving puzzles involves this
|Nielsen of "Mr. Magoo"
|Boxer with a "shuffle"
|Caramel-topped dessert
|Smuggler-stopping org.
|Shipped off
|Villain's vanquisher
|Lincoln Financial Field gridder
|Do axels and lutzes
|Message in a "storm"
|Signal from an empty stomach
|He wrote of "the sweet Lenore"
|Cause for a reboot, often
|Best-liked, informally
|Alloy components
|Dairy-aisle dozen
|Pompeo of "Grey's Anatomy"
|McGraw of talk TV
|___ & Chandon Champagne
|Whimsical adventure
|Many college benefactors
|Rare astronomical event
|Blacken on a grill
|Basis for a civil suit
|Common item in religious art
|Mayberry's Andy Taylor et al.
|Words after "step" or "bet"
|Try for the extra point
|Contingency ___
|___ Band (The Boss' backup)
|Fido's tormentor
|"Missed by that much!"
|Sound from a steeple
|"Let me clarify . . ."
|Got to second base, in a way
|Interrupter's utterance
|Like movie candy boxes
|BrickHeadz toymaker
|More than just suggest
|Lee of Marvel Comics
|Act the worrywart
|Part of a Frankenstein's Monster costume
|Got hitched on the run
|Dimwitted sort
|Lose firmness
|Oral hygienist's procedure
|Badlands feature
|Dimwitted sort
|State with six straight sides
|Car wash supplies
|IPA part
|Dish that requires breaking 62-Across
|Ironing mishap
|Coffee shop stack
|Kid-vid viewer
|Bank teller's call
|Shelters for Shetlands
|Dream Team letters
|"I concur"
|Model of perfection
|Beef or pork cut
|At the crest of
|Be passed along, as a bad habit
|Long, hard look
|Go far and wide
|Clad in clogs, say
|Didn't stick around
|Arterial blockage
|Like some deals or recruits
|Unhealthful haze
|Milky stone
|McJob trainee, often
|In any respect
|Lovers' quarrel
We offer support and help with a wide range of crosswords and are guaranteed to make sure you complete everything; the site is also updated regularly to make sure that all of our answers are correct and to add more crosswords to the ever growing list.__IMAGE__
If there is any problem with the answer, please contact us! We will fix the problem.


text:
South Dakota Celebrates Native American Day
It's Columbus Day in the United States, but it's Native American Day in South Dakota.
The state Legislature in 1989 approved the change proposed by then-Gov. George Mickelson. South Dakota is the only state that celebrates Native American Day on Columbus Day.
Dani Daugherty grew up on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. She tells the American News that Native American Day is a time to recognize the resiliency and the contributions of native peoples.
But others have mixed feelings. Standing Rock Sioux member Gordon Tree Trop says he remembers being teased by classmates when he was growing up because he had his "own day."
Meanwhile, the Crazy Horse Memorial plans to celebrate Native American Day on Monday with a weather permitting mountain blast and a free buffalo stew luncheon.
Other activities and programs include Native American singers, dancers, artists and storytellers, the South Dakota Symphony's Lakota Music Project and an educational program.
The memorial is a mountain carving in progress that will honor Oglala Lakota warrior Crazy Horse. Work on the sculpture began in 1948.
South Dakota is the only U.S. state that celebrates Native American Day. Others observe the day as Columbus Day.
Copyright 2012 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. Material may not be redistributed.


text:
Unless some sort of major breakthrough occurs, cars powered only by compressed air just can't be practical. Conventional cars, or course, store the potential energy of gasoline, which can propel a 3,000 lb vehicle for 400 miles or more. For most people, that will last a week or more between fillups. You can also cruise at speeds of 60 mph or more and get high acceleration when you need it. That's a far cry from the Tin Lizzies of 100 years ago.
It's also a far cry from today's electric cars. Electric cars don't provide much more perfomance than they did 100 years ago. Using the latest technology in batteries can yield some decent acceleration, but the range of electrics is still only about 120 miles. So if you want to drive from Cleveland to Cincinnati (roughly 250 miles), you'll have to stop to recharge the batteries twice during your trip — and even more if you use air conditioning, heater, or headlights.
Air cars are no better. There's only so much compressed air energy a vehicle can store — and it's nowhere near that of 20 gal of gas. With their range of maybe 100 miles, compressed air cars are only practical for going back and forth to work (if you live 25 miles or less from where you work) and for local trips. If you want to go cross country, you'll have to stop frequently to recharge the compressed air supply.
Whether they're electric or air cars, these vehicles seem like only sophisticated golf carts. In fact, it almost sounds like they revert back to the steam age. When steam locomotives ruled the rails, you could travel from Boston to LA, but you had to stop frequently to replenish fuel, water, or both. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for finding alternative energy to reduce harmful effects on the environment. But this discussion is about alternative drives.
I recently heard about an alternative drive under development at PSA Peugeot Citroën. Researchers there are working on a gasoline-compressed air hybrid. This hybrid air car sounds much more practical because it uses a small gas engine to drive an air compressor — thereby negating the need to frequently recharge the vehicle with compressed air. Sure, it's not a zero-emissions vehicle, but researchers are shooting for a fuel economy of 2 l/100 km (about 118 mpg). To learn details, click here. To watch a video summarizing the technology, click here.
Another interesting aspect of this vehicle is its variable transmission, which provides high torque for acceleration at low speed and also lets the engine run economically at highway speeds. In this case, the transmission is hydraulic, rather than the series of gears used in a manual transmission or the hydrodynamic system used in automatic transmssions. Sounds like a topic for future coverage.
In conclusion, I'm not claiming that all-electric or all-air cars can't work. They certainly can, but widespread use will require Americans to alter the way they use their cars. That's about as likely as the US standardizing on the metric system.
Click here to see additional images.


text:
Customize IIS settings
Using your control panel, you can customize the IIS Settings for directories on your website.
- Log in to your GoDaddy account.
- Click Web Hosting.
- Next to the hosting account you want to use, click Manage.
- In the Tools section of the Hosting Control Panel, click the IIS Management icon.
- To modify an existing directory or directories, select the appropriate directories and click Edit. To set up a new directory, click Create.
- Type a directory name, select the settings you want to apply to the directory, and click Continue. To set a directory as an application root in IIS, make sure the Anonymous Access and Set Application Root options are selected.
- Verify the settings for this directory. If the settings listed are correct, click OK.
For additional information on IIS Settings, see What do the different IIS settings do?


text:
MW Home Improvement in New Hampshire is your top source for anything and everything home improvement. Our repairmen services are the best reviewed and most popular around in the area. Whether you need a handyman for the home, the office, or new construction, our licensed pros will take care of it. We can wire, fix, repair, install and inspect anything you need. Contact us if you're in New Hampshire, and we'll give you free cost estimates and a free quote.
Here is a sample of the handyman services that we offer at MW Home Improvement:


text:
(STEUBENVILLE, Ohio) -- Two Steubenville, Ohio, high school football players accused of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl have been found delinquent by a judge -- the juvenile court equivalent of guilty.
The teens could serve prison time until they turn 21.
The verdict comes after a four-day trial that included tearful testimony from the accuser who said she was "embarrassed and scared" after hearing about the night she was allegedly sexually assaulted while intoxicated.
"I honestly did not know what to think because I didn't remember anything," she testified. The teen pieced together the night's events from Twitter, Instagram photos, a YouTube video, text messages and witnesses.
Prosecutors accused Trent Mays, 17, and Ma'lik Richmond, 16, of using their fingers to vaginally penetrate the girl at an alcohol-fueled party in Steubenville on the night of Aug. 11, 2012, as other teenagers watched. Mays was also accused of later sending text messages that included photographs of the girl with her clothing removed and charged with distributing nude images of a minor.
Brian Duncan, a lawyer representing Mays, told ABC News' "20/20" that what occurred that night was consensual.
"Trent Mays did not rape the young lady in question," Duncan said.
Richmond, in an exclusive interview recently with "20/20" anchor Elizabeth Vargas, said, "I didn't rape anybody. I didn't witness a rape going on.
"And if I would have thought that somebody was being raped or anything like that," he added, "I would have stopped it."
The case drew further attention when some outside the small Rust Belt town accused local officials of willfully protecting the football players, seen as hometown heroes.
Copyright 2013 ABC News Radio


text:
Prostate Cancer: Your Chances for Recovery (Prognosis)
Prostate Cancer: Your Chances for Recovery (Prognosis)
What is a prognosis?
Prognosis is the word your healthcare team may use to describe your chances of recovering from cancer. Or it may mean your likely outcome from cancer and cancer treatment. A prognosis is a calculated guess. It's a question many people have when they learn they have cancer.
Making a choice
The decision to ask about your prognosis is a personal one. It's up to you to decide how much you want to know. Some people find it easier to cope and plan ahead when they know their prognosis and the statistics for how well a treatment might work. Other people find statistics confusing and frightening. Or they might think statistics are too general to be useful.
A doctor who is most familiar with your health is in the best position to discuss your prognosis with you and explain what the statistics may mean in your case. At the same time, you should keep in mind that your prognosis can change. Cancer and cancer treatment outcomes are hard to predict. For instance, a favorable prognosis (which means you're likely going to do well) can change if the cancer spreads to key organs or doesn't respond to treatment. An unfavorable prognosis can change, too. This can happen if treatment shrinks and controls the cancer so it doesn't grow or spread.
What goes into a prognosis
When figuring out your prognosis, your doctor will consider all the things that could affect the cancer and its treatment. Your doctor will look at risk estimates about the exact type and stage of the cancer you have. These estimates are based on what results researchers have seen over many years in thousands of people with the same type and stage of cancer.
If your cancer is likely to respond well to treatment, your doctor will say you have a favorable prognosis. This means you're expected to live many years and may even be cured. If your cancer is likely to be hard to control, your prognosis may be less favorable. The cancer may shorten your life. It's important to keep in mind that a prognosis states what's likely or probable. It is not a prediction of what will definitely happen. No doctor can be fully certain about an outcome.
Your prognosis depends on:
The type and location of the cancer
The stage of the cancer
Your overall health
Your treatment decisions
Understanding survival rates
Survival rates show how many people live for a certain length of time after being told they have cancer. The rates are grouped for people with certain types and stages of cancer. Many times, the numbers used refer to the 5-year or the 10-year survival rate. That's how many people are living 5 years or 10 years after diagnosis. The survival rate includes people at these different stages:
People who are cancer-free or cured
People who have few or no signs or symptoms of cancer
People who are getting cancer treatment
What are the survival rates for prostate cancer?
The prognosis is excellent for men with prostate cancer that hasn't spread. Below are the most recent statistics from the National Cancer Institute. The rates are adjusted to account for some men with prostate cancer dying of other causes.
5-year relative survival rates:
Prostate cancer still confined to the prostate: almost 100%
Prostate cancer that's grown just outside the prostate or has reached nearby lymph nodes: almost 100%
Prostate cancer that has spread to distant parts of the body: about 30%
Prostate cancer for all men combined: about 99% (because most prostate cancer is found at an early stage)
Talking with your healthcare provider
You can ask your healthcare provider about survival rates and what you might expect. But remember that statistics are based on large groups of people. They can't be used to say what will happen to you. No two people are exactly alike. Treatment and how well people respond to treatment vary.
May 21, 2017
Reviewed By:
Alteri, Rick, MD,Gersten, Todd, MD


text:
- Home
- News
- Sports
- Opinion
- Obituaries
- Features
- Special Sections
- Classifieds
- Public Notices
Dear Santa Claus:
While you have not heard from your friend, the old curmudgeon, in many-a-year, he wishes to join in the requests for your generosity you receive each year from the children and simple folk the world over.
Santa, if your sack can hold them, please bring to the people of America the following gifts:
Bring them a Supreme Court that has the commonsense to know that the Founding Fathers did not have in mind the spending of money when they guaranteed the right of free speech.
If you currently subscribe or have subscribed in the past to the Roane County News, then simply find your account number on your mailing label and enter it below.
Click the question mark below to see where your account ID appears on your mailing label.
|ZIP Code:


text:
Hundreds of accounts for online games used by registered sex offenders have been shut down in the US.
More than 2,100 gaming accounts were closed as part of Operation: Game Over run by New York's attorney general.
It was able to target the accounts because registered sex offenders are required to surrender details of their online aliases.
Blizzard, Microsoft, Sony, NCSoft and many other game firms are backing the purge, aimed at protecting children.
"The internet is the crime scene of the 21st Century, and we must ensure that online video game platforms do not become a digital playground for dangerous predators," said New York's attorney general Eric Schneiderman in a statement.
Mr Schneiderman said the action would make online gaming communities a safer place for children. Many parents did not know, he said, that online gaming platforms and services let players communicate anonymously. However, he added, offenders had used this capability in the past to contact and "groom" children they later went on to abuse.
New York's Electronic Securing and Targeting of Online Predators Act, known as the e-STOP law, requires convicted sex offenders to tell the state which email addresses, login names, screen identities and other online aliases they use. These are then passed on to game and web firms that have signed up to help the programme.
Gaming accounts on Xbox Live, PlayStation Network, World of Warcraft, Guild Wars, Gaia Online and many others have been deleted as a result of the law.
This action builds on the first stage of the e-STOP programme that saw more than 3,500 online accounts used by sex offenders shut down.


text:
Alba Botanica - Natural ACNEdote Oil Control Lotion - 2 oz.
Alba Botanica Natural ACNEdote Oil Control Lotion is a naturally treats and helps prevent acne while complexion maintains a shine-free appearance all day. Formulated with maximum strength 2% Salicylic Acid, Natural ACNEdote Oil Control Lotion features a powerfully natural, botanically effective formula that weightlessly hydrates skin as needed but keeps oil at bay for an all-day matte finish. You'll see a visibly clearer complexion with skin that's touchably soft and never tight, dry or greasy. Willow Bark Extract, a natural source of Salicylic Acid, helps treat and prevent acne. Parsley and Lemon Balm Extracts deeply cleanse and act as a natural oil blotter. Organic Green Tea Extract helps reduce redness and soothe and calm irritated or inflamed skin. This, light, oil-control, weightless moisturizer helps maintain an all-day matte finish. ACNEdote Oil Control Lotion is great for oily or acne-prone skin types.
Active Ingredients:
Salicylic Acid 2.0%
Inactive Ingredients:
Aqua (Water), Ethylhexyl Stearate, Cetearyl Alcohol, Glycerin, Cetyl Alcohol, Dimethicone, Cetearyl Olivate, Sorbitan Olivate, Polysorbate 60, Azadirachta Indica Leaf Extract(1), Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract(1), Carum Petroselinum (Parsely) Extract, Melissa Officinalis Leaf Extract, Salix Nigra (Willow) Bark Extract, Urtica Dioica (Nettle) Extract, Potassium Hydroxide, Xanthan Gum, Alcohol(1), Benzoic Acid, Dehydroacetic Acid, Phenoxyethanol, Citral, Limonene, Linalool, Fragrance (Parfum)(2).
For exteral use only. Apply to freshly cleansed face morning and evening. For best results, use after Alba Botanica Natural ACNEdote Deep Clean Astringent.
Warning :
For external use only. Using other topical acne medications at the same time or immediately following the use of this product may increase dryness or irritation of the skin. If is occurs, only one drug should be used unless directed by a doctor. Avoid direct contact with eyes. If contact occurs, flush thoroughly with water. Keep out of reach of children. If swallowed, get medical help or contact a Poison Control Center reight away.
Image may vary from actual product due to Continuous manufacturer Product updates. Information we provide is for your reference only.


text:
Peter Fonda still remembers the day he discovered that his legendary dad Henry-an outspoken liberal who lived and breathed the populist themes of his classic film The Grapes of Wrath-had been a Republican.
"Several years ago a friend of mine sent me a wallet that had belonged to my father," recalled Fonda, 73, who stars in the new Civil War drama Copperhead. "Inside was an uncashed check from my maternal grandmother and his first voter I.D. And the card had him as a Republican!"
Armed with irrefutable proof, Fonda casually mentioned his dad's first party affiliation in a conversation with his sister Jane Fonda.
"My sister could not and would not believe it," he laughed. "She had the worst time with that! I figured I'd wait until she really dug herself into a hole, and then I'd drop it on her, because I had the weapon in my hand."
The elder Fonda's early affiliation with the Republican Party was not politically motivated, however. It was born of his lifelong affection for Abraham Lincoln.
"My father was a tremendous Lincoln fan. In his study, right above his chair, was a framed block of the first Lincoln postage stamp."
Despite Henry's early Republican experience, Fonda hastened to add, "He changed parties."
Lincoln never appears in Copperhead-the third Civil War movie directed by Ronald Maxwell (Gettysburg, Gods and Generals)-but his presence is mightily felt. The story is set in upstate New York, where opponents of the Union cause in the ongoing Civil War risk their livelihoods, and sometimes their lives, for their conviction. Fonda plays the town blacksmith, a central figure in virtually every 19th Century village.
"Everybody needed their hinges made, their horses shod, the wheels on their wagons fixed," he said. "All the stuff that had to be done with metal, the blacksmith did.
"In this little community in Copperhead, we're not touched by the war; we're touched by the politics of the war. The youth we send out-and isn't this the way it always works?-to fight for our idiocies. They bear the brunt, take the bullet. Now they take the I.E.D. (improvised explosive device). It hasn't changed. So I really liked that part of this story."


text:
Marching Unit
Welcome to the official web page of the Kutztown University Marching Unit (KUMU)!
UPDATE: Season Information for KUMU members is now available on Forms page.
The Kutztown University Marching Unit (KUMU) is a marching band with a great band tradition. Membership in KUMU is open to any interested student enrolled at Kutztown University. The Marching Unit is an energetic part of the KU Campus Community which provides music, marching, and entertainment for all KU Golden Bears Football games, select away games, marching band festivals/competitions, professional sporting events, parades, and additional spirit building activities. The Marching Unit is currently composed of Winds, Brass, Battery Percussion (drums), and Colorguard members who bring with them a wide variety of talents and experiences.
Membership in KUMU requires dedication, hard work, and a willingness to share your spirit with members and friends of the KU community. As a member of the Marching Unit you will provide support for KU sports teams, and develop life-long friendships, meaningful memories, pride in yourself, and your school. KUMU rehearsals are on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 3:00 to 4:30 PM. I encourage you to join us in creating musical and visual energy.
Please come and be a part of our ensemble. Contact me or complete the form to receive more information.
Daniel Neuenschwander, Director
Kutztown University Marching Unit
KUMU Photo Albums on Facebook
To view KUMU's photo albums, click on the link below:
KUMU Photo Albums


text:
|FreeBSD General Other questions regarding FreeBSD which do not fit in any of the categories below.
|Thread Tools
|Display Modes
NFS your thoughts
So far I was using SAMBA for file sharing between my BSD desktop and other Windows/Mac on my LAN. I was thinking of moving to NFS because of better performance and more in the spirit of Unix . But I've few concerns about NFS.
1. File sharing - How can I mount NFS on windows, I assume it can be done easily on OSX.
2. I have few windows machine on the LAN of which I don't control. I would like to share a directory with them but don't want them to have access to any other directory.
As I have no prior experience with NFS, I needed some suggestions. Thanks
I was in a similar boat myself some months ago. NFS is fairly simple to work out and the most detailed how-to documentation comes from the old System Managers Manual, under OpenBSD this is located in /usr/share/doc/smm/; FreeBSD should be the same.
To mount NFS shares on Windows, I use Microsoft (Windows) Services For UNIX, aka SFU. Once you have it installed, you can use start -> all programs -> windows services for unix -> services for unix administration; to configure the NFS client and server. The main thing you probably will need to do, is setup a mapping between Windows user accounts and the ones on the NFS server.
To actually mount the share, open a cmd.exe, window, Korn Shell, or C-Shell session, and use the mount utility:
Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600] (C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp. U:\Terry>mount vectra:/srv/nfs N: N: is now successfully connected to vectra:/srv/nfs The command completed successfully. U:\Terry>dir /w N:\ Volume in drive N has no label. Volume Serial Number is 0000-0013 Directory of N:\ [.] [..] [Backups] [Files] [Terry] 0 File(s) 5,632 bytes 5 Dir(s) 24,717,033,472 bytes free U:\Terry>
The SFU documentation (man mount) says to use the UNC \\ComputerName\SharedFolder\Resource path syntax, but it's full of it... The mount command requires the unix-stye host:share syntax to work correctly. Do not use Windows Explorer to manage the connection, use the mount/umount commands.
My Journal
Thou shalt check the array bounds of all strings (indeed, all arrays), for surely where thou typest ``foo'' someone someday shall type ``supercalifragilisticexpialidocious''.
I also read that I can share drives using NFS. My BSD got a dvd writer but my Macbook don't, so can I mount that DVD writer on macbook and use toast(or any other burning s/w) to burn files.
I know I need fast network connection and I think if I connect two computers via ethernet with switch between them should server the need.
Last edited by rex; 24th September 2008 at 01:11 AM.
My philosophy has always been to use the file sharing protocol that's native to the client.
This means using CIFS/SMB for Windows clients and NFS for Unix clients.
Trying to use NFS to share files to a Windows client is like trying to shoehorn a trailer hitch onto a Firefly. It'll work for awhile, but you'll quickly burn out the motor.
Of course, there's plenty of other philosophies out there.
Help for FreeBSD: Handbook, FAQ, man pages, mailing lists.
You can use explorer fine, but it may lock-up for a bit when first opening "My Computer" or the actual network shares, until it updates itself (caching probably). Then again, I've found explorer usually locks up for awhile on almost any network related inquiry.... I typically use both explorer and cmd a lot under XP, and find both useless.
You can mount the DVD on the server, and mount it on the clients (if you export the mount dvds point!), but I doubt you can burn disks to it via the network; I would expect that to need device access, not just file I/O. Although konqueror can do a nice job of abstracting that, hehe.
@phoenix, I generally agree: except when multiple OSes are involved and must cooperate.
My Journal
Thou shalt check the array bounds of all strings (indeed, all arrays), for surely where thou typest ``foo'' someone someday shall type ``supercalifragilisticexpialidocious''.
|Thread Tools
|Display Modes
Linear Mode
|Similar Threads
|Thread Starter
|Last Post
|Thoughts on NetBSD 5.0
|NetBSD General
|25th May 2009 06:34 PM
|ZFS thoughts and questions
|FreeBSD General
|28th November 2008 07:27 AM
|FreeBSD as a desktop - Thoughts..
|FreeBSD General
|6th September 2008 01:27 AM
|Your Thoughts on WINE (Codeweaver products incl.)
|General software and network
|21st July 2008 11:56 PM
|MTA thoughts
|General software and network
|8th June 2008 07:37 PM


text:
Volcanoes are incredible sights on their own — but toss in a stupendous sunset, and you've got yourself a photo, homie. This shadow scene looks like the world turned upside-down.
What you're seeing here is just the shadow of Mount Rainier cast up upon low clouds. No magic, no strange natural phenomenon. Just a fantastic find by photog Nick Lippert. Half apocalyptic, half idyllic. [Discover via PetaPixel]


text:
It's every generation's goal to be better than the one before. But for the first time ever, those under 40 may be worse off financially than their parents thanks to a combination of the housing market crash, soaring college debt and underpaying jobs.
Continue Reading Below
A recent study from the Urban Institute shows that wealth-building among those under age 40 has stagnated, while their parents accumulated wealth. The study classified wealth-building as paring down debt, owning a home, saving and growing a retirement fund.
People in their 30s and younger currently have a net worth half of what their parent's had during the same age. For those born before 1970, average household net worth nearly doubled from 1983 to 2010 despite the economic ups and downs. However, for the generations born after 1970, their net worth didn't perform as well—their average wealth in 2010, adjusted for inflation, was about 7% below those similarly aged people in 1983.
Saving for and Owning a Home
Past generations had one major savings goal in the past, says Michael Schreiber, editor-in-chief of Credit.com: buying a home. But now, growing student loan debt and credit card debt hinders younger Americans' ability to grow savings.
"That was equated with the American Dream, but it's just not the case anymore for Americans. Now they have a couple of big things to save for and one of them is college. If you defer that college debt, it accrues interest and that will consume all of your disposable income."
Weighed down with massive student, which the Federal Reserve reports nears $1 trillion, saving enough for a down payment on a home is near impossible, and home ownership is a key part of establishing wealth over time.
"People would buy a house and hold onto it and equity would build," he says. "If you can't buy that house, you can't generate the wealth."
The Urban Institute's study author Caroline Ratcliffe says those who did purchase a home during the great recession were also negatively impacted, which hurt any wealth they had worked to establish.
"Those in their 20s and 30s were particularly impacted," she says. "It was recent homebuyers [during the recession] that were hardest hit, many of them have large mortgages no longer relative to their home values. Many ended up under water on their mortgages and couldn't take advantage of lower interest rates in recent years."
The 'I'll-Make-it-Back' Mentality
Part of this generation's trouble is that they view earnings on a scale that continues to tip in their favor, according to Lauren Lyons Cole, certified financial planner.
"Millennials are taught the trajectory goes up, but your earnings over your lifetime are a bell curve--at best," she says. "You cannot rely on income in the future. You have to look at what you have today and what you are realistically making right now."
Recent stagnate wages mean people aren't making what they need to keep up with inflation.
"Everything is getting delayed and there is less time to make it up," Ratcliffe says. "We have to focus more on younger generations now so they do have a softer landing when they have an emergency hit or they eventually have to retire."
This mentality is a major risk, says Schreiber. Some may very well make up this spent cash, but many won't.
"Some people certainly will make it back, but if not, that risk and pain is compounded over time," he says. "That debt multiples."
Impacts Now and in the Future
Schreiber says members of this generation are big consumers and will probably not curb their spending habits.
"We are a culture that enjoys consumption, but that will be felt when this generation has major life events that demand a big down payment that will drive them into deeper debt with no savings. Or when they have no equity to retire on, or haven't saved," he says. "The economic lifestyle of the average American is changing, and the rules have changed."
In the short-term, this generation will continue to experience instability. If children are involved, that means more of a potential for future ripple effects, Ratcliffe says.
"It's important for young families to have stability. We know that instability among families and young children is bad for their development."
But one positive short-term effect is that people are starting to worry, says Lyons Cole, which leads to change.
"A healthy dose of worry can help people to save more," she says. "It can also make them more cautious in what they are investing in, including buying homes."
Having less wealth will also mean more reliance on government safety net programs and Social Security.
"It's realizing you have to be a millionaire in terms of total net worth to retire," Lyons Cole says. "If we end up in a situation [in the future] where we have boomers who don't have enough wealth, and the rest of us don't have enough—that is definitely scary."
Without established wealth, this generation will be unable to sustain itself over time, Ratcliffe says.
"It means relying on government support even more so than older Americans today," Ratcliffe says. "We won't necessarily have generations any more that are better off than previous generations. Looking at young generations today, the trend could get worse if we don't address the issue."


text:
Pledge to End Genocide
Museum visitors and website users around the world have posted their pledges to take action against genocide on the Museum's Pledge Wall. What will you do to help meet the challenge of genocide today? Make a pledge.
Some familiar names have visited the Museum's Pledge Wall and joined the effort to end genocide. See featured pledges.
What Can I Do?
Help the Museum confront genocide and related crimes against humanity today.
Access DVDs, photos, posters, web links, and other educational materials to learn more and spread the word about threats of genocide today.


text:
Kegel Exercisers
No products were found matching your selection.
No products were found matching your selection.
Your privacy and security is important to us, therefore we offer the highest level of encryption when shopping with us. We don't store your card details, and we don't pass on your card details to third parties, and your orders are shipped discreetly in plain packaging.
• FREE GIFT with orders over $75
• All items displayed are in Stock
• Discreet Billing & Shipping
• Immediate Discreet Delivery
• No Hassle Exchange Policy


text:
Friday, September 9, 2011
Feeling bad for Jim Crane
If you're a loyal, or even a not-so-loyal, Astros County reader, you'll note that we have linked to every story Maury Brown has published, be it through the Biz of Baseball or Forbes, on updates on the sale of the Astros. None of these reports - none of any report - have been favorable. (That's not a criticism of Brown. He's basically been the sole writer to bring Crane's previous activities to prominent light.) At best, Crane is a bad American, profiting unfairly from The War. At worst, he's a horrible person: petty, dishonest, racist, domestically violent.
There hasn't been a single person - other than Drayton - who has come forward on Crane's behalf to say, "You know, there's more to the stories you've been given."
Crane couldn't take it anymore. And frankly, who could blame him? I would gouge someone's eyes out if they went to the press on me with a lot less.
Everything from Crane's past: the EEOC, the war profiteering, the domestic disturbance allegations that prompted Crane to speak out to the Chronicle, has been covered before. Every single item that has come up about Crane's past was a matter of public record, whether it was in the Chronicle or the Houston Press. That this is the first time Bud Selig has heard of these allegations, and that he "needs more time" to do his due diligence indicates - to me - two things:
1. Crane was never taken seriously as a prospective owner of the Cubs or Rangers, or the Astros in 2008. Or else all of these issues would have been taken care of.
2. Selig is taking his role as Baseball's Morality Policeman very seriously, thanks to the problems initiated by the McCourts and the Wilpons.
I understand the desire to keep baseball clean and pure, or, in a state that is completely impossible to maintain. If Crane can't come up with a good explanation for any allegation, then it's a different story. But perhaps the reason that Crane hasn't given so much as a middle finger to the press is because he couldn't. He has no official role in baseball until Selig approves his sale. And it's bad form to run your mouth before you've been approved, or rejected.
Do I want the Astros to have a crook running the show? Absolutely not. But he at least deserves a chance to get a chance to talk to Selig.
Richard Justice says this will infuriate Bud Selig. And frankly, I really don't care if it does. Crane should be allowed to answer every single one of these allegations, because what plays out in this episode is not confined to his, or his family's, life with Selig's decision. It's going to come up any time Jim Crane's name is mentioned.
8 comments:
Crane is a low life piece of slime and Drayton knew that when he agreed to sell the team to him. Just 2 dirty dogs doing business together.
- September 9, 2011 at 9:47 AM
Ok, deal off, get Friedman's dad in here and get this thing started. That way Andrew Friedman will be GM and we can rock this joint! We don't need this much debt coming into this sale, and hopefully Friedman will be better equiped to say hell no to the move to the AL. MLB is being a bunch of freaking punks, we have been in the NL for 75+ years give or take, make Colorado go and we can move to the NL West. We want to opportunity to have a all Texas WS.
- September 9, 2011 at 9:58 AM
lol at "75+ years, give or take". You're taking 25. 2011-1962=50 seasons.
Moving to the West is a dumb idea, regardless of league affiliation. Nobody wants to watch games that start at 9:05 and end after midnight. Some of us have to work for a living.
- September 9, 2011 at 10:58 AM
Oh, so now Crane is a low-life piece of slime. You have fallen to the propaganda machine that is MLB.
- September 9, 2011 at 11:15 AM
Ha ha, I was totally guessing at the time, for some reason thought we just had a 75 years of Astros or something, still it is a hell of a lot longer than some of the teams that are candidates. This wouldn't have been an issue if the Expos would have moved to Las Vegas or Salt Lake instead of Washington. I don't care about Crane's stuff that much, I just want Friedman to own the team.
- September 9, 2011 at 12:00 PM
Infuriate Bud Selig...?
Let me get this straight...
Jim "Guido" Crane, ie, the man who would own your Astros, has now made a public statement that affirms that he'll move the Astros to the American League as long as he is compensated financially for doing so.
Bud Selig's ire doesn't even barely register in comparison to the ire of many of us fans.
Bud, at least, is going to get his realignment... Crane, at least, is going to get his power lust to own a baseball franchise... and what do we get?
Us fans get to bend over and take it.
- September 9, 2011 at 4:26 PM
- Reuben said...
The 50 years of history in the NL is something that doesn't get mentioned enough. To have our team all of a sudden playing the A's, Angels, etc. all the time would be spitting in the face of the history the Astros have with the Cardinals, Reds, etc. not to mention NL non-division rivals like the Braves, Dodgers, etc.
I really hope Crane or whoever ends up being the next owner doesn't cave. How about moving the Brewers back to the AL? What's wrong with that?
- September 9, 2011 at 6:04 PM
I really hope Crane gets kicked to the curb soon. He only got as far as he has because Drayton couldn't keep it in his pants when he found out Crane was willing to finance overpaying to such an extreme degree. The character issues on top of that should make him a non-starter for any level of MLB ownership
- September 9, 2011 at 11:58 PM


text:
|Il tuo browser non è supportato. fai l'upgrade del tuo browser
This document governs your access to the FlightAware web site. The FlightAware web site is only available to you on the condition that you understand and agree to all terms and disclosures presented on this page. This document is subject to regular change; please view regularly.


text:
Being Concerned With Free Speech Implications Of PROTECT IP Does Not Mean You Think You're Above The Law
from the oh-come-on deptWow. In the legacy entertainment industry's latest "you're either with us or against us" mentality, it appears that expressing concern about the free speech implications of bills like PROTECT IP means you're a horrible, horrible person. Both the MPAA and RIAA are quite upset about Eric Schmidt coming out against PROTECT IP and saying that the impact on free speech would be disastrous. Both responses are so sickeningly disingenuous, it really makes you wonder how out of touch they are.
Let's start with the RIAA's statement:
"This is baffling. As a legitimate company, Google has a responsibility to not benefit from criminal activity. In substance and spirit, this contradicts the recent testimony of Google's General Counsel that the company takes copyright theft seriously and was willing to step up to the plate in a cooperative and serious way."Um. Except that nothing in what Schmidt said actually contradicted Kent Walkers speech, nor did he say they don't take copyright infringement (not theft guys) seriously. He was expressing very legitimate concerns about the free speech implications.
On to the MPAA's statement, which echoes the RIAAs, but is a little more fleshed out:
In April, Google senior vice president and general counsel Kent Walker testified before Congress that 'Google supports developing effective policy and technology tools to combat large-scale commercial infringement.' That's exactly what the PROTECT IP Act is designed to do -- it creates a narrowly-drawn, carefully constructed solution to the threat to American jobs and America's economy, a solution that protects and strengthens our right to free speech. As constitutional law expert Floyd Abrams wrote, '[c]opyright violations are not protected by the First Amendment.'This is really shameful how the MPAA twists the debate. First of all, the PROTECT IP does not effectively combat large-scale commercial infringement at all. That's just wishful thinking. The actual infringement will continue. Second, there is no evidence that it will support American jobs or the economy. In fact, the reverse is almost certainly true, as these kinds of laws will harm large parts of the internet that enable new jobs.
But the really sickening part is the Floyd Abrams quote. While it is entirely true that copyright violation is not protected by the First Amendment that's not what Schmidt or anyone else raising these issues are concerned about. No one -- not Schmidt, not us -- is arguing that copyright infringement is protected by the First Amendment. We're saying that this tool will be used against non-infringing and perfectly legal speech. And that's not a theoretical concern. We've already seen it happen multiple times with the existing ICE domain seizures, in which blogs and sites that were not violating the law were seized.
That's the concern.
Furthermore, as Schmidt made clear in his statement, he was also noting that once you justify the censorship of some speech just because you're trying to stop infringement, you open the door to much more censorship of speech. Traditionally, the First Amendment caselaw has been clear: if you're going to strike against illegal speech, you have to very narrowly focus on just that speech. PROTECT IP does not do that. It casts a wide net. But, once you have that door open, saying that it's okay to shut down some legitimate speech in an effort to stop some others, that will only expand.
Is Eric Schmidt really suggesting that if Congress passes a law and President Obama signs it, Google wouldn't follow it? As an American company respected around the world, it's unfortunate that, at least according to its executive chairman's comments, Google seems to think it's above America's laws.Oh, come on! Of course that's not what Schmidt is saying and the MPAA is being obnoxiously disingenuous in suggesting otherwise. He's not saying they're "above America's laws." He says that the RIAA/MPAA-written laws should not be above the Constitution. That is, these laws should not violate the First (or in other cases the Fourth) Amendment. By saying that Google would fight, he doesn't mean ignore, he means challenging the Constitutionality of these laws in court.
Sad that the MPAA has so little actual substance behind its arguments that it's forced to blatantly mislead like that. Typical, but sad.
Filed Under: copyright, eric schmidt, free speech, protect ip
Companies: google, mpaa, riaa


text:
Sonor ProLite 10"x08" TT Nussbaum
Sonor ProLite 10"x08" Tom Tom, Color Walnut(-75), Version Matte/Satin Semi Gloss lacquered Shells, chrome Shell Hardware, 2,3 mm Power Hoops, Shell Construction: Vintage (Extra Thin), Shell Thickness: 9 layers = 4 mm + 2 mm Dynamic Edge, Tension Rods: 2 x 6 pieces, all Shells with a 45° bearing Edge in handselected extremly Thin 100% Maple Wood with Reinforcement Rings for a open Sound with warm Tone and excellent balance between Mids and Hi Range, Tom Toms with T.A.R Mount System, all Lugs with Tunesafe, PL 12 1008 TT,
Further Information
|Colour Of Shells
|Shell Material
|Shell Surface Texture
|Paint, matt
Test Report
Sonor Prolite Kit
MusicRadar.com (3/2013)Read review · Read conclusion
Online Guides
Drum Shells
In our online guide, we want to look at the modern drum set from every angle.
test results:
Smart Navigator
- Sonor 10" Toms at a glance
- Display 10" Toms from € 500 - € 1000
- Go to product group 10" Toms
- Go to product group Toms
- Go to product group Acoustic Drums
- Go to product group Drums and Percussion
- Show manufacturer details for Sonor
- Sonor Drums and Percussion at a glance
- Printer friendly version of this page
Offers include 21% Belgium VAT and are valid as long as stocks last. Shipping costs to Belgium are 2,50 EUR, free shipping on orders above 49 EUR. Please click here for international Shipping rates. We do not accept liability for typographical errors or inaccurate information of any kind. *RRP = manufacturer's / distributor's recommended retail price in Germany
Feedback Found an error or want to give us feedback about this page?
We're looking forward to hearing from you and aim to solve any problems as soon as we can.
ID: 290729 © 1996–2019 Thomann GmbH Thomann loves you, because you rock!


text:
5. Punt coverage
The Ravens surrendered a 40-yard punt return to Browns wide receiver Travis Benjamin last week. They'll need to shore up those issues against Chiefs punt returner Javier Arenas. He's averaging 13.3 yards per punt return to rank seventh overall. Arenas has a long return of 24 yards, consistently establishing better field position for his team. The Ravens have upgraded their special teams, led by three tackles apiece for Brendon Ayanbadejo, Corey Graham and Chykie Brown. They're giving up 11.8 yards per punt return, numbers skewed a bit by Benjamin's long return.
U.S. Presswire
Copyright © 2019, The Baltimore Sun, a Baltimore Sun Media Group publication | Place an Ad


text:
|Oracle Workflow User's Guide
Release 2.6.3
Part Number B10285-02
The Notification History page shows information about the notifications sent by a workflow.
The page displays the workflow identifier as well as the following details for the selected workflow:
The Current Status region displays the notifications that have been sent by the workflow. For each notification, the list displays the status, subject, recipient, sent date, response received date, response value, and activity name.
Note: When you reassign a notification from the Status Monitor, Oracle Workflow transfers complete ownership and responsibility for the notification to the new recipient. If you want to delegate authority to respond to the notification but retain ownership of the notification yourself, or if you want to enter comments to the new recipient, you must use the Worklist to reassign the notification. See: To Reassign a Notification to Another User.
Note: You cannot reassign a notification if the Expand Roles option is selected for the notification.
Additionally, you cannot reassign a voting notification that tallies the recipients' responses. See: Voting Activity, Oracle Workflow Developer's Guide.
You can also select the Return link to return to the previous page, or choose Status Diagram or Participant Responses in the side navigation to navigate to the corresponding Status Monitor page.
Viewing Workflows in the Status Monitor
Viewing a Status Diagram
Viewing Participant Responses
Viewing Error Information for a Workflow


text:
UA Alumni Association Online DirectoryPlease enter your user ID and password below. If you do not have a user ID and password but were a member of our online directory at any point, click on Forgotten User ID or Password link and enter your email.
New users can register by selecting "New User Registration." You must be a UA grad or UAAA member to access the directory.
To Purchase Away-game Tickets: log in below and you will be see the option to purchase tickets. Tickets are a benefit of Wildcat for Life membership. Not a member? Join today! Questions? Contact email@example.com or 520-626-3700.
To Access Member Benefits: log in below and then click on Benefits Guide in the menu below your membership information.


text:
Each spring, The Medical Center invites women in the area to its Mother-Daughter Tea. This special afternoon activity gives women the opportunity to spend time with mothers, daughters, grandmothers and special friends.
This year's afternoon tea will feature a fashion show presented by Dillard's. For more information, call (270) 745-1010.
Register for Mother-Daughter Tea
Next event date: Saturday, May 7, 2016
Time: 3 - 4 p.m.
Location: The Medical Center Auditorium
Cost: $8 per person


text:
Thin, lightweight, and quite attractive, the Toshiba Satellite T135D-S1324 ($599) is a notebook that provides plenty of computing power without draining your bank account. This stylish 3.8-pound machine boasts an AMD processor and ATI graphics, and it lasts over five hours on a charge. Plus, this version of the T135 is $100 less expensive than its Intel counterpart, even though you'll sacrifice some battery life. We have some complaints about the touchpad buttons and heat, but overall this ultraportable offers some of the best performance we've seen at this price.
The T135D features a glossy coating that commands your attention, and the Fusion Finish in Nova Black offers a dark, rich visual design with a subtle checkered pattern that's quite fetching. Available in black, red, and white, the T135D's subtle, houndstooth-esque pattern spreads across the lid, extending onto the keyboard deck and palm rest. Even the touchpad bears this pattern (although it has a textured finish). Because of this design, fingerprints remain more or less hidden. Coupled with metal accents on and around the touch button, the machine looks a bit more expensive (and rightfully so) than your average netbook.
At 3.8 pounds, the T135D is about as light as you'd expect an ultraportable system to be. That is to say, it's light and slim enough to hold in one hand. Even though the six-cell battery creates a slight bulge at the bottom, it was still easy to carry from room to room.
Although Toshiba was able to cram discrete graphics into the T135D, the thinness of the system contributes to poor heat dissipation. After playing a Hulu video at full screen for 15 minutes, the touchpad registered 101 degrees Fahrenheit, the space between the G and H keys reached 97 degrees, and the center of the underside was 105 degrees. The temperature by the exhaust vent rose to an unbearable 125 degrees. We consider anything over 95 degrees to be uncomfortable, and anything over 100 degrees to be unacceptable.
Keyboard and Touchpad
The T135D's keyboard feels a bit cramped. Toshiba could have easily fixed this issue by extending the layout from edge to edge. Instead, the notebook leaves nearly an inch on either end of the deck. The keys themselves are flat and arranged close together, with the right Shift key slightly shrunken and the four arrow keys wedged into the lower right corner—almost an afterthought.
The 3.2 x 1.6 multitouch touchpad has plenty of width, but not as much height, so it's easier to move horizontally then vertically. Unfortunately, the T135D doesn't borrow the two large touch buttons we loved so much in the mini NB205, the company's flagship netbook. Instead, this laptop has a single, narrow touch button. Although the metal design—similar to that on the Satellite U505—looks sleek, it can feel stiff if you accidentally press the center of the button, as opposed to the left and right edges.
Software and Support
The T135 comes with a host of Toshiba utilities, such as PC Health Monitor. It also contains a 60-day trial of Microsoft Office 2007 and a 30-day trial of Norton Internet Security 2010. Toshiba also includes Bulletin Board and ReelTime, two applications that it introduced with the touchscreen-enabled U505. ReelTime is kind of like the poor man's time machine; it lets you scroll back to find previously opened documents and files. Bulletin Board allows you to place photos and notes on a blackboard in the middle of the screen. Also included is the Best Buy Software Installer, which is little more than a portal to purchase software online.
At $599, the AMD-powered Toshiba Satellite T135D-S1324 gives you a strong bump in graphics performance. However, the $699 Intel ULV-powered version of this notebook lasts over two hours more on a charge, so it comes down to what you value most. In the 13-inch notebook class we prefer the ASUS UL30A, which costs only $50 more than the T135D when purchased via Amazon yet offers nearly 10 hours of battery life and bettery ergonomics. If, however, you're looking for robust graphics performance in a small, light, and inexpensive machine, the T135D-S1324 is a solid pick. While we're not enamored with its touchpad buttons and keyboard, this is a stylish and affordable ultraportable that will let you do a bit of gaming, too.


text:
The Carlos de los Cobos reign started with a whimper.
Chicago's new boss surely hoped for better than two losses and a tie to begin his days in Bridgeview. But he kept tinkering with personnel and formations, tuning the instruments while listening hard for the perfect pitch.
Three games back, he may just have nailed it; the Fire are unbeaten since with a draw and two wins, including three important points on the road. What, exactly, was the light bulb that switched on for de los Cobos?
A five-man midfield. And there's a lot of that going around these days in MLS.
The 4-4-2 may retain its long-held sovereignty as the base system, the "starting point" for most clubs in their initial strategic planning. But at least half the MLS sides have employed a five-man midfield at some point this year, for one reason or another.
(This should always be said before discussing formations: There's a lot of splitting hairs here. The difference between a 4-5-1 and a 4-3-3 for instance, in some set-ups, may be as little as 10 to 15 yards of initial starting position on defense for the wide players. So, keep that in mind.)
Why the lean toward five in the midfield? It's generally about personnel, about finding a system that squeezes the most quality from the roster, one that gets the best players on the field and into comfortable roles. The Fire have two strikers, Brian McBride and Collins John, who essentially play the same way. So it doesn't make much sense to partner them in the lineup.
Meanwhile, no one had quite figured out how to get the best from forward Patrick Nyarko's pace and audacity. And it was increasingly difficult to get Justin Mapp on the field as young slasher Marco Pappa had clearly lapped the American midfielder.
Voila! Now Nyarko is a wide attacker on the right, Mapp is patrolling left and Pappa is set up behind McBride, ahead of two holding midfielders in a 4-5-1 or a 4-2-3-1 (take your pick). Nyarko is the ideal candidate in a lot of ways to attack from the wings; he really doesn't lose much speed, if any at all, with the ball at his feet.
The two holding midfielders aren't necessarily consigned entirely to screening duty. Baggio Husidic has been stationed lately as one of the Fire's two defensive midfielders—and he has two goals in the team's last two matches.
Chicago's opponent on Saturday, Chivas USA, have used two different versions of the five-man midfield. Earlier this year, Martin Vasquez's team lined up in a conservative 4-5-1, with a lone striker and lots of defending in the midfield. Lately, the Goats have tested a less defensive 3-5-2.
Occasionally, teams in a 4-4-2 will add a midfielder mid-stream to match the man-advantage in the middle. Twice this year, for instance, that has happened against Dallas.
FC Dallas line up in a 4-1-4-1, with Daniel Hernandez sitting deep behind Dax McCarty and David Ferreira in the middle. It's essentially a five-man midfield. The bottom line is a fairly well-linked three-man central triangle that has the ability to dominate matches, even on the road. It happened earlier this year at New York and again over the weekend at New England. In both cases, FCD ran roughshod over the home team for a half. (The finishing, in both cases, was another issue—but let's stay on topic here.)
In both cases, managers for the home side added a midfielder at the half to help stanch the one-way traffic in midfield. Red Bull's Hans Backe and New England's Steve Nicol did it the same way, subtracting a forward in favor of a wide midfielder and sliding an extra man into the middle. Nicol said he had no choice but to negate the 3-vs.-2 advantage in the middle of the field.
"We were getting totally out-played through the middle of the park," he said. "They were just rolling balls in between us through the middle of the field. It was only a matter of time before they scored if we continued to let them do that."
Kansas City play a dynamic 4-3-3 this year. Real Salt Lake toyed with the three-forward alignment last year. And Seattle lined up that way over the weekend against Columbus, as manager Sigi Schmid probed for ways to punch up scoring production—which is curiously light considering the trio of peppy, high-profile attackers on site in Freddie Ljungberg, Fredy Montero and Steve Zakuani.
There's also the example of where a 4-3-3 looks quite like a 4-5-1. The three-man central triangle is essentially the same. In the middle, it looks just like the 4-5-1 (the triangle could "point" either way.) The difference more or less is where the wide guys start defending. Do they pressure the fullbacks as Zakuani and Brad Evans did Saturday against Columbus? Or do they retreat further back, connecting with the men in the middle to form a most substantial block of five?
There's also a "tweener" state in which some teams dwell. Columbus deploy an alleged 4-4-2. One of the "forwards," former league MVP Guillermo Barros Schelotto roams, well, pretty much wherever he wants. He's somewhere behind a striker and ahead of central midfielders Brian Carroll and Adam Moffat, using his veteran wile to find the spaces available on the day. A lot of times, that's back in the midfield. So, is that a 4-5-1?
Who cares? Again, the difference is academic. And it gets results: The Crew are still undefeated.


text:
HPE Modular Data Centres
Decrease time to value from years to weeks with a pre-configured and energy efficient HPE MDC deployment.
Rapid expansion for the short or long term
When rapid provisioning is required, traditional brick and mortar data centres can impede the expansion process with complicated construction timelines and higher TCO. HPE modular data centres help you account for rapidly changing business environments by bypassing traditional complexities and leveraging your space more efficiently. In addition, the self-sustaining, modular enclosed system helps ensure higher reliability and a lower cost of ownership - all with trusted comprehensive support from a single vendor.
- Michelle Bailey, VP, IDC
"The monolithic data centre is dead – modular data centre construction is the future."
Airbus: The sky is no limit with HPE modular data centre design
Airbus and Hewlett Packard Enterprise partnered to build a resilient cost-effective, environmentally-friendly infrastructure to handle their extensive e-trade. With the HPE MDC, Airbus was able to quickly and economically fire up a high-performance computing environment to boost supercomputing power for aircraft development and compliance testing.
The HPE modular data centre portfolio
Designed for agility
With movable flooring and server row entrances, the HPE DC8 (EMEA) allows for frequent come-and-go traffic and easy access for testing and changes.
One of our largest MDC units
The HPE DC21 is ideal for infrastructure augumentation and all lights-out data centre scenarios.
Power plus mobility
We offer a smaller unit, the DC4, that is optimally sized for small cloud deployments for medium-sized companies or for small data centres with multifunctional capability.
HPE MDCs available in EMEA markets
Embedded cooling systems and optional UPS. The smaller containerised MDC offers users power plus mobility.
- 10ft small capacity systems for fast deployment.
- Includes 4 industry standard IT racks (200U of IT space).
Embedded cooling systems and optional UPS.
- 20ft small capacity systems for fast deployment.
- Includes 5, 50U industry standard IT racks (250U of IT space)
HPE DC10 and DC21 (EMEA)
Energy-efficient, close-coupled and contained chilled water cooling system. Full Cold Aisle for server maintenance, rear doors open for rear IT access.
- The DC10 includes 10 industry standard IT racks (500U of IT space).
- The DC21 includes 21 industry standard IT racks (1050U of IT space).
Energy-efficient, close-coupled and contained chilled water cooling system. Movable rack floor for easy front and rear rack access from inside of the HPE MDC.
- Includes 18 industry standard IT racks (828U of IT space).
Cooling & Power (EMEA)
ISO containers Chillers and Generator/UPS power solutions, including Switchgears.
- Cooling with eco cooling option and high temperature support.
Services for upgrading data centre infrastructure
Video : Redefine rapid deployment
With a streamlined single-vendor installation and delivery process, Hewlett Packard Enterprise gets you up and running in matter of days.


text:
blabsforbullies wrote:I'm so glad that everything is ok. You are your own dog's hero!!!
mnp13 wrote:blabsforbullies wrote:I'm so glad that everything is ok. You are your own dog's hero!!!
From a vet's standpoint, what should I have done differently, what are different options that would have worked?
God forbid I ever have to deal with that again, I'd rather be more prepared next time around!
mnp13 wrote:Thanks
I never thought of pushing it in but in an extreme circumstance that would make sense. If they can breath you can get them to the e-vet immediately. Better emergency surgery then dead dog (uh.. yeah... stating the obvious )
I tested it last night with Ruby, she will let me hang her upside down to show someone what I did. Of course, I won't actually do the compressions!
LMM wrote:Matt if you find any training on that in the area can you let me know?
maberi wrote:LMM wrote:Matt if you find any training on that in the area can you let me know?
I just received this from a member on my flyball team. I'm going to sign up. Figured I would pass it your way if you are interested
Canine First Aid and Emergency Treatment Workshop
by Dr. Ailsa Currie DVM
Content of workshop will include: What is "Normal"
How to give a full physical exam
Common Problems
Less Common Problems and Emergencies
Emergency Procedures
Do not miss a chance to learn something that could one save your dog's life!
Ideal for anyone who teaches dog classes, works in a doggie daycare or kennel or any other canine professional hoping to improve their skills and ability to provide good care for their canine clients!
Where: Canine Sports Complex
356 Hertel Ave, Buffalo, NY
When: Sunday, March 29, 2009
10am until 3pm (light lunch will be provided)
How Much: $50.00
Will include certificate of completion, handbook for review at home and mini first aid kit
Please contact Kim Russell at email@example.com or 716 225 6646 to register
BigDogBuford wrote:Almost this exact same situation happened with Patrick last night. Chris woke me up at 1:30 this morning and said that Patrick was choking on a frozen turkey neck. I got up, expecting to see a dog trying to hoark up something stuck in his throat. What I found was a lateral dog, not breathing with gums white as a ghost. Oh crap. That woke me up real quick, let me tell ya.
I reefed his mouth open and shoved my hand down his throat and could feel the turkey neck but just couldn't quite grab it. I ran to grab some pliers and told Chris to keep trying to grab the turkey neck out of his throat. After about 10 seconds Chris ran into the kitchen and said that he'd gotten it out so I ran back out to the porch where Patrick was and he wasn't breathing. I got him somewhat sternal and staring pounding on his sides, trying to wake him up. I was saying his name and pounding on his sides trying to stimulate him and the first sign of life I saw.....a waggy stubby nubbin. Boxers. It took a couple of minutes but he slowly came around and pinked up. This morning he seems fine but I'm going to take him into work with me.
By far, the scariest wake up call I've ever had. Keep in mind, this took place with me naked, outside on the porch in 30 degree weather. My feet are *still* cold and I'm still a little twitterpated about the whole thing.
mnp13 wrote:I'm glad to hear he's ok!!!
As an FYI - you can do the Heimlich with a dog that is on the floor. You do compressions at the base of the rib cage, with the same intention - to use the air in their lungs to force the item out. It's easier if you can lift them and have gravity help you, but the premise is the same.
Users browsing this forum: No registered users


text:
Sector 18 (Chandigarh) is located in Chandigarh taluk and district name is Chandigarh. Related sub-office is located at NA and head office is located at Chandigarh G.P.O.. Here in our Codegare we provide complete Sector 18 (Chandigarh) pin code list along with contact address, Postal Circle and Postal Region.
Detailed Information of Sector 18 (Chandigarh) Pincode
Area – Sector 18 (Chandigarh)
Pincode of Sector 18 (Chandigarh) – 160018
Type of Office – S.O
Delivery Status – Delivery
Sector 18 (Chandigarh) Post Office Address and Contact Number
Sector 18 (Chandigarh)
Taluk – Chandigarh
District – Chandigarh
State – CHANDIGARH
Division – Chandigarh
Region – Chandigarh HQ
Circle – Punjab
Pincode – 160018
Contact Number – 0172-2774064
Detailed Information related to Sector 18 (Chandigarh) Post Office
Related Suboffice – NA
Related Headoffice – Chandigarh G.P.O.
Geographic coordinate system of Sector 18 (Chandigarh) Post Office
Longitude – NA
Latitude – NA
Here you will get Pincode details of all regions of Sector 18 (Chandigarh), CHANDIGARH, India. You can even find here the Post office location, full address and its pincode.
A Postal Index Number or PIN or Pincode or Zipcode of Sector 18 (Chandigarh) is 6 digits long. First digit reflects region(Chandigarh HQ), second the sub-region(Chandigarh), third the sorting district(Chandigarh), and last three represent the post office code.
Disclaimer –
Please note the information provided at www.codegare.co.in is collected from official Indian Postal Department and other public data sources. So we can't be held responsible for the accuracy, correctness, reliability, timeliness, non-infringement etc for any particular purpose of the content of all the data shown by us. Also be aware that the Pincode of Sector 18 (Chandigarh) might have changed since the last time we updated this article.
So if you have any information regarding Sector 18 (Chandigarh) Post Office or you want to write a review or comment about it, feel free to submit your information in comments.


text:
Spot or Not: Grandma Gap
by David Hanson
Pool gaps have always been fun, so it's completely natural in every young shredder's mind to conjure up plans to build their own, which is exactly what happened out here in Narcoossee, Florida, this past summer. The spot was designated to be at my grandma's backyard, just down the street from my house. Unfortunately it took a while to build, mostly because of our unwillingness to drop tons of money to afford all the wood. Luckily, KB Homes down the street offered to sponsor the construction of it! How generous of them… The total for the entire pool gap turned out to be 90 dollars. And even that we split 5 ways.
The pool set up consists of a 45 foot long pool with a 30 foot decline rail on one side of the pool, and a 30 foot long flat ledge on the other side, which drops off to almost 6 feet when the water is low. The pond is perfect to land in: long and deep enough to not worry about being flung into cement, yet too small for a PWC to fit in. We've always just pulled it with a winch.
We built this thing with filming in mind, and the tricks that have been captured have not let us down. Some of the highlights include Chase Connor's frontboard 270 shuv off the ledge and his ridiculously close frontboard backbigs out, Nick Taylor's front big off the down rail, Josh Kirby's nosepress and noseblunt on the ledge with some lock-in technology, Kyle Walton's shove from the pool to the pond. I've had some fun on it as well, with noseslides and back blunts down the decline rail. To see all this and more, check out the all-wakeskate video Esoteric, due out this spring.
Oh and if you see my grandma, tell her thanks for being the raddest old lady in the world.


text:
Mind Controlled Teasing Right to the Edge
Look directly into the spiral, slave. I'm going to drive you to the edge of control but you're not allowed to spill over it, you understand? You have to play my little game, pay close attention. Watch closely and fall under my spell. You won't be able to look away and you won't be able to cum unless I let you, until I want you too, if I want you too. That's a big if, isn't it? Maybe I'll just keep you in limbo forever. Right on the edge, without any control over your own body.
You are weak when it comes to women, aren't you? You drool and lose your mind at the sight of panties or at the hint of the smell of a pussy? Imagine how much you'd lose your mind if I put my pussy in your face and told you that you weren't allowed to touch, lick, taste, smell or adore it? Only look. You would go mad. You would become weak and then I would exploit your vulnerable mind.
Admit It, You Deserve to be a Toilet!
Every day should begin the same for you, slave. You should greet your Mistress when she wakes and open wide for her. The first thing I'll want to do of course is to relieve myself, fill your mouth with and piss. You deserve nothing but my and piss, isn't that right? You don't deserve to be my lover, just my toilet and my toilet paper. Yes, that's right. The only intimate contact you'll get is that when I'm done I'll use you to wipe myself off after I'm done leaving a nice steamy load in your mouth. But only if you've cleaned it all up. You mustn't waste a single nugget or drop, isn't that right? My good toilet, your fate is sealed. Every day will begin like this, Aren't you lucky?
Mind Control Suggestion - SUCK COCK
You will have no idea what's about to come over you, you won't even be aware of what's happening or the craving that's growing inside of you. It will creep up slowly, first as a passing curiosity then as a slight craving building into a lust and finally a need. A need for cock. You will lose all control at my hands. The need to SUCK COCK will consume you like you will consume cocks, for me, your Mistress. You need to SUCK COCK. It calls to you, you need it in your mouth. You crave the taste, the smell, the texture, the sensation. You're not aware of why or how, you're just aware that you NEED it and you NEED it NOW. You thought you needed women but you were wrong, you need and DESERVE COCK. Isn't that right?
-Induction: Your Purpose is to Please Me
Your life literally has no other meaning, you once had a purpose but I'm going to strip it away and show you that your life revolves around only me. Look deep into the spiral and feel everything else fade away within just a few minutes as I seduce you with my erotic mind control to shape you into the perfect pleasure toy for me. I'll wipe your mind clean and mold it however I please, you won't have any need for any of those pesky little thoughts anymore.. Just those that are instructions for how to make me happy.
Seduced Coercion Intox Drinking Game
It's saturday night and you're bored, I'm bored too. I have a fun game to play, are you ready for a challenge? Good, just look into my venomous eyes and have a little gaze. It makes you feel intoxicated doesn't it? Good. That's just the beginning. Now things are going to get fun. Let's get some booze in the mix and I'll put my little spell on you. Just sit tight and watch the spiral… ….. …. …. … … .. .. .. .. Oh? Did you fall asleep? I must have done something to you. Don't worry, I'm not all that evil. I'm just going to manipulate you into getting Tipsy for me! Then the real fun will begin! Hahaha! You won't be able to resist me at all if you're Tipsy, will you?
Brainwashing Mantra - Give Me Whatever I Want
You can't resist me, you never could. Now you have no choice. Give me what I want. I'll make it easy by putting you under my spell. Good boy. Now repeat after me "I am a weak minded, useless man who needs the direction and guidance of women to shape me. Thank you, Mistress Ruby for giving me purpose. I will give you whatever you want to make you happy, my purpose for living. My goddess, my Mistress, my Queen. Whatever you say goes, I will do whatever you say." Very good, now be good for your word. You wouldn't want to not be a man of your word would you?
Blackmail - Now You're My Bitch
Oops, did you mean to do that? I don't think so. I just put you under and forced you to please me and do give me whatever information I see fit. Hahah! Now you have to do whatever I say! Using my deliciously sweet pussy I'm going to tease you into giving me control over EVERYTHING and there's NOTHING you can do. I'm going to shake my perfect bubble butt right in your face too and make you completely helpless to resist my powers! What ever will you do when I have complete control over your life? NOTHING. Deal with it, loser.
Your Ex Left You Because of Findom
You thought you were a man? That's funny. You can only get hard to chicks humiliating you. You're not even a boy. You're some kind of worm or fungus maybe. That's why I left you. You could never get hard. You're pathetic and it's time you admit it, you're addicted to findom and I'm going to prove it to you. I'm going to use my powers to force you to see your fate- A pathetic masturbating weakling addicted to abuse, under the heel of cruel women for the rest of your life with no escape. Always being left by normal women because you're not good enough for us! So suck it!
Erotically Mesmerized into Blackmail - No Escape
You're weak to powers of powers women often hold, aren't you? The lustful stares and sensual curves with intoxicating scents and come hither wiggles in our step. You can't deny that we hold a lot over your head without even trying. I'm going to be intentional about my control though and I'm going to use it against you for my gain and for fun, because I can. It amuses me to wipe your face blank with the wave of my hand and turn you into my little puppet, implant my suggestions and then force you into my trap so you can't escape. Enslaved. Forced servitude.
Contact Clips4Sale® at (727) 498-8515 or click here and email us with
any questions.
About Us | Contact Us | Privacy Policy | Terms of Service | DMCA
Title 2257 18 U.S.C. 2257 Record-Keeping Requirements Compliance Statement
© 2001 - 2019 Clips4Sale® All Rights Reserved. Clips4Sale® does not
own or produce any of the material sold on Clips4Sale.
Unauthorized copying, sharing, distribution, reproduction, or any other use is a violation of applicable laws.
All clips sold are to be viewed by the purchaser only and are not to be shared, traded or posted for others to download.
Violators will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. There is to be no re-sale of any merchandise, videos, video clips, or pictures purchased from any
Clips4Sale® site without written consent from Clips4Sale®.
All models on this site are 18 or older. Title 2257


text:
The Rev. Julian Pridgen marvels at the melody of a single bird
As the Christian season of Lent asks us to consider our human condition, particularly our frailties, I am grateful to be reminded in this ancient practice of a necessity to trust in God as sustainer of life.
Furthermore, while considering the human condition and the idea that God is the giver and sustainer of life, this week, while in downtown Kinston, I found myself standing and listening to a unique outdoor concert.
Not to worry, we have not missed the 2013 debut of Sand in the Streets, nor any event sponsored by Kinston�s fantastic Council for the Arts. This concert was one of nature�s daily impromptu celebrations of a small bird perched on the branch of Cr�pe Myrtle lifting her voice and singing to the glory of God.
The crisp and organic sound of her music was so good and attractive that the sweet springtime melody eclipsed the typical intrusive sound of the busy commercial world happening around us.
As I stood there gazing into this small tree � like a modern day Moses without the fire � beholding this wonderful little feathered creature, I did not know which to rank higher, the sound of her music or the overall performance of this dramatic melody. The sound was heavenly, as her appearance was graceful and majestic.
At St. Augustus, part of our order of worship is to begin with what we call a hymn of praise. In our tradition, we sing hymns because of their theology. They teach something about God, and thus our human frailty, including a need to depend upon the One who gives and sustains life.
So then, as weird as it may sound to some, for me the bird in the Cr�pe Myrtle was a teachable moment.
It was another one of nature�s poetic gestures, a coded message in song, one of nature�s organic and trustworthy voices singing a hymn of praise. And while her performance was in a language difficult to interpret, nonetheless, somehow I could hear a message of joy and peace, to include an ascription of glory and honor, much like our Sunday hymns.
And for me, as I stood there surrounded by a sea of other noises, this simple celebration of praise on a tree branch revealed a kind of clarity about trust in God that I will not soon forget.
Matthew 6:26 says, �Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are you not much better than they?�
So in conclusion of the matter, I praise God for the reminder, and I praise God for the ears of the soul that can somehow interpret nature�s other voices as they sing God�s praise.
The Rev. Julian Pridgen is pastor of Saint Augustus A.M.E. Zion Church. Reach him at email@example.com.