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nternational nuclear inspectors will be barred from all Iranian military sites under any deal with world powers, a senior commander in the Revolutionary Guard said Sunday, setting up a possible standoff as negotiators try to reach a final deal.But, hey, all Obama cares about is getting a deal. There isn't any indication that Iran plans to abide by any of it. The deal is what matters, not the details.
And why won't the White House insist on the release of Americans being held by Iran as part of their negotiations over arms? The fact that they don't must tell Iranian leaders all they need to know about who has the upper hand in these negotiations. They know Obama will give them whatever they want, so why not demand more. As the WSJ writes,
Give Ayatollah Ali Khamenei credit for knowing his opposition. Two weeks ago the Supreme Leader declared that Western sanctions had to be lifted immediately as a condition of a nuclear deal. And sure enough, on Friday President Obama said Iran would get significant sanctions relief immediately upon signing a deal.
The Ayatollah knows that Mr. Obama wants an agreement with Iran so much that there's almost no concession the President won't make. So why not keep asking for more?
Keep in mind that the talks began with the U.S. and its European partners demanding that Iran dismantle its nuclear program. But to persuade the Ayatollah to accept the recent "framework" accord, Mr. Obama has already conceded that Iran can keep enriching uranium, that it can maintain 5,060 centrifuges to do the enriching, that its enriched-uranium stockpiles can stay inside Iran, that the once-concealed facilities at Fordow and Arak can stay open (albeit in altered form), and that Iran can continue doing research on advanced centrifuges.
All of these concessions are contrary to previous U.S. positions, and we're no doubt missing a few. But none of that was enough for the Ayatollah, who quickly asserted two new deal-breaking objections: immediate sanctions relief, and no inspections under any circumstances of Iran's military sites.
The White House has insisted that sanctions relief would be phased out based on Iranian compliance with the accord. Iranian negotiators quickly denied they had agreed to any such thing. At first White House spokesman Josh Earnest dismissed this as mere face-saving domestic politicking inside Iran. But then the Ayatollah weighed in with his demand for immediate sanctions relief, adding to reinforce the goodwill that the Obama Administration was "lying" and had "devilish" intentions.
On Friday Mr. Obama nonetheless turned the other cheek and suggested a compromise on sanctions relief is likely. White House sources whispered to reporters that the immediate windfall to Iran could be between $30 billion and $50 billion from access to frozen offshore Iranian accounts.
David French reports on the shameful and shocking methods that Democratic opponents of Scott Walker in Wisconsin have hijacked law enforcement to go after Walker's allies whose only fault was supporting his agenda.
Cindy Archer, one of the lead architects of Wisconsin's Act 10 — also called the "Wisconsin Budget Repair Bill," it limited public-employee benefits and altered collective-bargaining rules for public-employee unions — was jolted awake by yelling, loud pounding at the door, and her dogs' frantic barking. The entire house — the windows and walls — was shaking.Does this sound like the American justice system?
She looked outside to see up to a dozen police officers, yelling to open the door. They were carrying a battering ram.
She wasn't dressed, but she started to run toward the door, her body in full view of the police. Some yelled at her to grab some clothes, others yelled for her to open the door.
"I was so afraid," she says. "I did not know what to do." She grabbed some clothes, opened the door, and dressed right in front of the police. The dogs were still frantic.
"I begged and begged, 'Please don't shoot my dogs, please don't shoot my dogs, just don't shoot my dogs.' I couldn't get them to stop barking, and I couldn't get them outside quick enough. I saw a gun and barking dogs. I was scared and knew this was a bad mix."
She got the dogs safely out of the house, just as multiple armed agents rushed inside. Some even barged into the bathroom, where her partner was in the shower. The officer or agent in charge demanded that Cindy sit on the couch, but she wanted to get up and get a cup of coffee.
"I told him this was my house and I could do what I wanted." Wrong thing to say. "This made the agent in charge furious. He towered over me with his finger in my face and yelled like a drill sergeant that I either do it his way or he would handcuff me."
They wouldn't let her speak to a lawyer. She looked outside and saw a person who appeared to be a reporter. Someone had tipped him off.
The neighbors started to come outside, curious at the commotion, and all the while the police searched her house, making a mess, and — according to Cindy — leaving her "dead mother's belongings strewn across the basement floor in a most disrespectful way."
Then they left, carrying with them only a cellphone and a laptop.
As if the home invasion, the appropriation of private property, and the verbal abuse weren't enough, next came ominous warnings.This is what has been happening in Wisconsin since Scott Walker led Republicans to reform laws concerning union workers.
Don't call your lawyer.
Don't tell anyone about this raid. Not even your mother, your father, or your closest friends.
The entire neighborhood could see the police around their house, but they had to remain silent. This was not the "right to remain silent" as uttered by every cop on every legal drama on television — the right against self-incrimination. They couldn't mount a public defense if they wanted — or even offer an explanation to family and friends.
Yet no one in this family was a "perp." Instead, like Cindy, they were American citizens guilty of nothing more than exercising their First Amendment rights to support Act 10 and other conservative causes in Wisconsin. Sitting there shocked and terrified, this citizen — who is still too intimidated to speak on the record — kept thinking, "Is this America?"
Yes, Wisconsin, the cradle of the progressive movement and home of the "Wisconsin idea" — the marriage of state governments and state universities to govern through technocratic reform — was giving birth to a new progressive idea, the use of law enforcement as a political instrument, as a weapon to attempt to undo election results, shame opponents, and ruin lives.It's hard to believe that any of this is constitutional. Read the rest and ponder what a partisan Milwaukee district attorney, John Chisholm, can do when he marshals the force of law to go after political opponents and shut down their right of free speech.
Most Americans have never heard of these raids, or of the lengthy criminal investigations of Wisconsin conservatives. For good reason. Bound by comprehensive secrecy orders, conservatives were left to suffer in silence as leaks ruined their reputations, as neighbors, looking through windows and dismayed at the massive police presence, the lights shining down on targets' homes, wondered, no doubt, What on earth did that family do?
This was the on-the-ground reality of the so-called John Doe investigations, expansive and secret criminal proceedings that directly targeted Wisconsin residents because of their relationship to Scott Walker, their support for Act 10, and their advocacy of conservative reform.
Largely hidden from the public eye, this traumatic process, however, is now heading toward a legal climax, with two key rulings expected in the late spring or early summer. The first ruling, from the Wisconsin supreme court, could halt the investigations for good, in part by declaring that the "misconduct" being investigated isn't misconduct at all but the simple exercise of First Amendment rights.
The second ruling, from the United States Supreme Court, could grant review on a federal lawsuit brought by Wisconsin political activist Eric O'Keefe and the Wisconsin Club for Growth, the first conservatives to challenge the investigations head-on. If the Court grants review, it could not only halt the investigations but also begin the process of holding accountable those public officials who have so abused their powers.
But no matter the outcome of these court hearings, the damage has been done. In the words of Mr. O'Keefe, "The process is the punishment."
....John Doe investigations alter typical criminal procedure in two important ways: First, they remove grand juries from the investigative process, replacing the ordinary citizens of a grand jury with a supervising judge. Second, they can include strict secrecy requirements not just on the prosecution but also on the targets of the investigation. In practice, this means that, while the prosecution cannot make public comments about the investigation, it can take public actions indicating criminal suspicion (such as raiding businesses and homes in full view of the community) while preventing the targets of the raids from defending against or even discussing the prosecution's claims.
These raids and subpoenas were often based not on traditional notions of probable cause but on mere suspicion, untethered to the law or evidence, and potentially violating the Fourth Amendment's prohibition against "unreasonable searches and seizures." The very existence of First Amendment–protected expression was deemed to be evidence of illegality. The prosecution simply assumed that the conservatives were incapable of operating within the bounds of the law.Glenn Reynolds rightly compares the action of these Democratic prosecutors to how Vladimir Putin shuts down opposition.
Even worse, many of the investigators' legal theories, even if proven by the evidence, would not have supported criminal prosecutions. In other words, they were investigating "crimes" that weren't crimes at all.
If the prosecutors had applied the same legal standards to the Democrats in their own offices, they would have been forced to turn the raids on themselves. If the prosecutors and investigators had been raided, how many of their computers and smartphones would have contained incriminating information indicating use of government resources for partisan purposes?
Is this un-American? Yes, yes it is. And the prosecutors involved — who were attacking supporters of legislation that was intended to rein in unions' power in the state — deserve to be punished. Abusing law enforcement powers to punish political opponents, and to discourage contributions to political enemies, is a crime, and it should also be grounds for disbarment.
If Republican officials treated political opponents this way it would be national news. But when Wisconsin's Democratic apparat behaved like Putin's thugs, it got little attention from the "mainstream" media. One of the good things about Scott Walker's presidential run is that it will bring these abuses national attention. They deserve it, and the perpetrators deserve punishment.
How Hillary earned more at an hourly rate than top 10 CEOs.
Matt Lewis wonders if, instead of her scandals and lack of a substantive record of accomplishments, it will be satire which brings down Hillary.
This all sounds petty and superficial; the best ridicule usually is. The more one watches the coverage of Mrs Clinton, the more it becomes apparent that it won't be the serious scandals – the Benghazis or the private email account – that will matter. Rather, the much greater danger is that she could become a joke.
Unlike Barack Obama's early days, Mrs Clinton isn't viewed as "off limits" to the entertainment and media worlds. And unlike her husband, former president Bill Clinton, Mrs Clinton must get elected in a world where conservative websites and citizen journalists with camera phones are ubiquitous....
The funny thing is that some serious news involving Mrs Clinton came out this week, but has mostly elicited yawns. First, it was revealed that she had simply ignored congressional inquiries into her use of private emails during the time she was serving as Secretary of State back in 2012. Second, it was reported that the Clinton Foundation would continue taking money from foreign governments – even as Mrs Clinton officially ran for president of the United States.
None of these "serious" stories garnered as much coverage or commentary as her failure to leave a tip at Chipotle. This is both a commentary on the American public and the American media. But it's also a warning to Mrs Clinton about how it will be the little things that kill.
Byron York reports on how the Republican candidates did at the big confab in NH this past weekend.
You know that Hillary has no answer to the allegations in the new book by Peter Schweizer, Clinton Cash, about all the money that the Clinton Foundation and Bill Clinton have raked in from foreign donors and governments while she was in the Senate and Department of State by the way that she is responding. She's not denying the allegations and asserting that they have not done any such thing. No, all she has is the typical Clinton brush-off. She calls it all typical political attacks that distract from what people really care about. Translation: she's guilty.
And this can't be good news for Hillary's efforts to laugh away all the book's allegations.
The New York Times, The Washington Post and Fox News have made exclusive agreements with a conservative author for early access to his opposition research on Hillary Clinton, a move that has confounded members of the Clinton campaign and some reporters, the On Media blog has confirmed.
"Clinton Cash: The Untold Story of How and Why Foreign Governments and Businesses Helped Make Bill and Hillary Rich" will debut on May 5. But the Times, the Post and Fox have already made arrangements with author Peter Schweizer to pursue some of the material included in his book, which seeks to draw connections between Clinton Foundation donations and speaking fees and Hillary Clinton's actions as secretary of state. Schweizer is the president of the Government Accountability Institute, a conservative research group, and previously served as an adviser to Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin.
Fox News' use of Schweizer's book has surprised no one. The bulk of the network's programming is conservative, and the book's publisher, HarperCollins, is owned by News Corporation. But the Times and Post's decision to partner with a partisan researcher has raised a few eyebrows. Some Times reporters view the agreement as unusual, sources there said. Still others defended the agreement, noting that it was no different from using a campaign's opposition research to inform one's reporting -- so long as that research is fact-checked and vetted. A spokesperson for the Times did not provide comment by press time.
And Chris Cillizza of the Washington Post weighs in in response to Clinton defenders who are outraged that the MSM would report on the allegations in Schweizer's book.
Here's what I say to all of them: OF COURSE we should be examining the claims made in Schweizer's book. Come on!
The most foundational principle of covering a presidential campaign (or anything, really) is trying your damnedest to give people the fullest possible picture of the candidates running to represent them. The more information you have at your disposal then, the better.
Agreeing to look into the claims in Schweizer's book is not, of course, the same as "reporting" those claims. Not to be too much of a teacher's pet, but WaPo National Editor Cameron Barr got it exactly right in his quote to Politico. "What interests us more are his facts and whether they can be the basis for further reporting by our own staff that would be compelling to our readers," he said.
That's right. We are information-gatherers at heart. Our job as reporters and editors and, more broadly as an organization, is to vet all of the information that comes at us to see what should be reported, what shouldn't and what needs to be followed-up on. How then can we (or any media organization) justify turning aside everything in Schweizer's book without a glance?....
As for those who dislike the fact that The Post, Times and FNC entered into an agreement with Schweizer to exclusively look into the allegations in the book, I say: Either what he writes is accurate and worth following up on or it's not. Yes, the market for Hillary stories is a hot one. But The Post isn't going to report things that aren't true just because they got the book a little bit early. And places like the Wall Street Journal or ABC aren't going to avoid reporting on the book slightly after the fact if they find that the allegations made within it are correct. So the timing feels to me like a side issue here.
In the end, this could well be much ado about nothing. After all, it's possible that Schweizer's reporting simply doesn't meet the standards mainstream news organizations require to either look further into or report.
But the impugning of information before anyone even sees it or checks it out seems to me to set a dangerous precedent. Journalism's job is to help people understand their world and the politicians running to represent it. More information is a good thing, not a bad thing, in that quest.
And the White House spokesman's inability to categorically deny the allegations doesn't help her either.
In case you're wondering about how much foreign money went to the Clinton Foundation, the WSJ breaks it down.
Marco Rubio seems to be benefiting from a successful roll-out of his candidacy. And Jeb Bush seems to be losing his purported dominance among Floridians.


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Jul 19, 2018 | 8:00PM
Cody Jinks with Special Guest The Steel Woods & Paul Cauthen July 19
Rolling Stone said it best about Cody Jinks- "Rule Changing Country Music"
With his smooth baritone and lonesome, dark-hued country songs, Cody Jinks brings his hugely successful tour to Evansville, IN on July 19th at Victory Theatre. The Saving Country Music Album of the Year award winner is proving that Country Music empowered by credibility has made its way to the masses. This did not happen overnight for Jinks, who has spent the better part of the last 10 years playing numerous empty bar rooms to a never-ending financial loss. "Yeah, I've been pretty good at losing money. Not the greatest feeling in the world to be gone from home for long stretches of time, only to walk in the door broke. But I never gave up. Never even had that thought"
His latest critically acclaimed album 'I'm Not The Devil' smashed his Personal Chart Records, Breaking Top 5 On Billboard Country And Independent Album Charts. Pandora called 'I'm Not The Devil' "a gift from above for country fans of all stripes."
About The Steel Woods:
Wes Bayliss: vocals, electric/acoustic/baritone guitars, piano, dobro, keys, harmonica
Jason "Rowdy" Cope: electric and acoustic guitars, bass guitar, piano, percussion
Jay Tooke, drums and percussion
Johnny Stanton: bass
"The stories told in all these songs / Don't sound the same to everyone / Some you hear, and some you see / And all that means is whatever it means to me / Not all are real, but all are true / Cause all that means is whatever they mean to you"
"Whatever It Means To You"
Like their name, The Steel Woods are a hybrid musical force, part hard-edged, part Americana roots country folk, man-made, yet organic, rock but also bluegrass, R&B, blues, gospel, soul and heavy metal, "the materials which America is built on" according to co-founder Wes Bayliss. The Nashville-based band is also steeped in the ethos of Southern rock, with the music on its debut Woods Music/Thirty Tigers release, Straw in the Wind, both timeless and indefinable, sounding like it could've been recorded at any point during the past half-century. "That's kinda the idea," nods Bayliss.
The Steel Woods trace an unbroken line from Jimmie Rodgers and Hank Williams through Willie and Waylon, then the Allmans, Blackfoot, The Band and Tom Petty up through contemporaries like Kings of Leon and the Avett Brothers.
About Paul Cauthen:
"I'm a singer not a preacher, but these songs are my sermon," says Paul Cauthen. "We're ripping each other apart out there, and forgiveness and mercy are what's going to get us through. I want to use my voice the best I can to spread that message while I'm here on this Earth."
Somewhere between an EP and an album, Cauthen's new seven-track collection, 'Have Mercy,' is a stunning showcase of the pure power of truth and love. Building off the success of 'My Gospel,' the Texas troubadour's breakout debut, 'Have Mercy' pushes Cauthen's songwriting to new heights as he searches for common ground and peace of mind in an increasingly polarized world. Fueled by nearly two straight years of personal and artistic growth on the road, the songs reflect a newfound maturity and creative self-assurance. Cauthen's rich, velvety baritone is still very much the centerpiece here, but it's the craftsmanship that dazzles more than anything. 'Have Mercy' is the work of an artist who's turned his life over to the music, body and soul, and the rewards for his devotion are undeniably on display throughout the record.

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|Gami giving his talk
|The men hiking up the mountainside
|Some of the ladies bought baskets from specific Haitian women
|Babies are hard to resist
|Buying the specific baskets helped build relationships and prayer partners
|Handing out supplies for the next batch of baskets
|Snacks were served!
|Cheryl gave a powerful devotional on putting hurts behind us
|The second session was a sewing event for ladies in the Onaville church
|Our translator and friend Regine models the sewing project
|The team ladies helped guide the sewing process
|The ladies did a tremendous job on their projects
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|Proud of their finished projects
|Pat gave a devotional to this group
|They are so grateful for what Cheryl has done
The team has a day off tomorrow and will complete their work week on Saturday. Please be praying that God will work through them and speak into their lives.
Serving on your behalf in Haiti,
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I am running a marathon. I really, really long marathon. My days transition from one to the next and honestly I just feel exhausted, but happy. Here is a bit of an update on what we're transitioning through.
Chris Update – Chris got a job in Centerville doing what he went to school for. Who gets a job doing what they went to school for? Maybe because I successfully completed six years of school and my job pertains to nothing I ever learned at school, I'm bitter. By bitter, I mean really excited for him. Centerville is roughly one hour and 15 minutes from our house in Provo. If Chris takes the train it's about one hour 40 minutes away. Great job - horrible location, we have to move, again.
Danielle Update – I begrudgingly went back to work after having the babe tot. This was really hard and still is really hard. However, I think it's the best thing for me right now. On top of the long hours at work and commuting, being a mom is just the best. Can't describe it until it just happens to you and then there it is – mind blown.
Caldwell Update – Caldwell is growing full speed. He gets to hang out with Grandma Jan every day, who is a gift from heaven. I might have officially checked into the looney bin if it wasn't for her. We don't go for our four month checkup until next week, but until then - Caldy is working really hard on rolling over. In my mind, when this officially happens, it will be the equivalent of him winning a gold medal. Some of his favorite things about him include, his love for sitting up when his sitting up muscles don't work yet. He loves to look out. Bath time or just being naked in general; I'm hoping this funny quirk doesn't stretch into his teen years. Finally, my ultimate favorite thing is that he can grasp anything and everything. As soon as he gets a hold, it goes straight to his mouth and he sucks on it – unless that thing is a pacifier and then he acts like we just choked him to death and spits it out. Go figure. In conclusion, he's a baby, just doing baby things, but man is there a big difference when that baby is your baby. It all becomes quite remarkable.
That's about it for us. With all the new changes for Chris and I, when our contract ends in Provo May 1st we will be moving. We are hoping to find something near Centerville. We really like that area, but it's further away from Grandma Jan. I don't know anyone in that area who could help with babysitting so I'm a mess of nerves trying to figure out the best resolution. In the meantime, Chris and I will continue to commute four hours a day, combined. Like I said, a marathon.


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Disclaimer: I do not own The Vampire Diaries. I do not make any money from the writing of this story.
Author's note: This story takes place during Series 2 and contains spoilers.
Keywords: Anal, FF, Oral, Toys
Vampire Diaries: Mirror Image Part 2
by MTL ([email protected])
Elena Gilbert had been a mess the entire day. Luckily no one expected her to be smiling when Katherine Pierce was out there somewhere, plotting to do who knows what, most of her friends too busy trying to make sure that they were talking to the real Elena Gilbert and not Katherine again or simply looking over their shoulders to notice something was wrong with her. Naturally Stefan noticed, but of course he nodded his head in acceptance when she mentioned she was worried about Katherine and didn't push her further for details.
All day she thought about telling him what happened, but she was too embarrassed and it would only hurt him. So Elena kept her mouth shut and hoped that Katherine wouldn't tell him the truth. Hoped Katherine wouldn't tell her friends what she did to her. Hoped she wouldn't do it again. Only she kind of hoped she would, Elena unable to deny that was also one of the main reasons she didn't tell anyone what had happened, and why she opted for another nice alone instead of asking to stay with Stefan. Of course as long as Katherine had the element of surprise on him either he or his brother really stood a chance against her. Not that they had fared so well in their last face to face confrontation.
With the picture of her mirror image throwing the Salvatores around like rag dolls Elena opened the door to her room and spotted a familiar face laying back against her bed, "Katherine?"
Smirking wickedly Katherine purred, "Hello lover."
Blushing furiously Elena quickly stepped into her room, slammed the door behind her and then scurried to the foot of her bed, before softly asking, "What do you want Katherine?"
"I thought I made that clear last night." Katherine said nonchalantly, "But I'll happily remind you, as much as it takes."
Elena gulped nervously and then stammered, "Jeremy... Jenna..."
"No one is going to disturb us, I promise." Katherine smirked, "Now, take off your clothes. Slowly."
Lowering her head in submission and shame, the latter thing just as much because she was excited as because she was once again a victim, Elena did as she was told, her hand seeming to tremble more with the removal of every piece of clothing. Once Elena was standing there without a stitch on Katherine moved so she was sitting on the edge of the bed and patted the area next to her, the younger brunette quickly taking the wordlessly requested place beside her and then nervously glancing up at the vampire.
"I've been thinking." Katherine softly said after a few seconds, before slowly turning to the other brunette, "I... I owe you an apology."
Knowing it was likely a trap Elena asked, "Why?"
"Because I was so looking forward to going down on you and I rushed it." Katherine explained before smirking, "But that's ok, because now I get to make it up to you."
Elena squeaked loudly in surprise as Katherine grabbed her and pulled her onto her lap, the vampire holding her close and nipping on her neck almost but not quite hard enough to break the skin. Which of course played on Elena's biggest fear, that all of this was just some kind of sick game before Katherine killed her, but after a few moments of this Katherine giggled against her skin, Elena relaxing as she became fairly certain that wasn't the case. Then Katherine started kissing her neck, the press of her lips so soft Elena had no choice but to moan happily. Then Katherine's lips gently attacked her own, Elena going limp in the stronger woman's arms and surrendering her body completely to her doppelganger.
Katherine had kissed countless people over her 500 years of life, many of them women, but none of them brought her quite as much sadistic joy as kissing her sweet mirror image. It was just so, unique... and yet, Elena was just such an innocent little thing when it came to lesbian fun it was ironically clich'd at the same time. And Katherine was loath to admit it to herself, let alone anyone else, but even after all these years that 'innocent' routine appeal to the darker side of her which wanted to corrupt and devour that innocence.
Right now she mostly wanted to devour innocent little Elena Gilbert in a way they would both very much enjoy, Katherine just doing it with her lips at first before she picked Elena up and positioned her so she was lying flat on the bed. To her delight Elena not only allowed herself to be carried but held on tightly to the vampire to make the experience easier, and kept kissing Katherine to make the experience as enjoyable as possible. Although truth be told that became less endearing after Katherine got tired of bullying Elena's tongue around with her own and tried to move lower, not that the poor human had a prayer of even slowing her down.
Despite urges to the contrary Katherine forced herself to spend some time on Elena's boobs, the older brunette delighting in finding that the younger one's nipples were already as hard as rocks. Still, she licked and sucked them just the same, going back and forth for what felt like an eternity as Elena whimpered and writhed underneath her. She even started pushing her down once, although Katherine refused to budge unless Elena actually said the words, even resorting to increasing the intensity of her licks and sucks to make Elena beg for what they both knew she so desperately wanted.
Sure enough, after longer then Katherine would have liked, the pure and virginal Elena Gilbert whimpered, "Please Katherine... lower."
Briefly Katherine considered forcing Elena to be more graphic. Force Elena to tell her exactly what she wanted her to do to her in graphic detail. But she had waited all day to get another taste of the yummy treat in between Elena's thighs, and as much as Katherine wanted to go slow there was only so much she could take. So she settled for sliding her lips downwards so she could kiss every inch of Elena's stomach before settling in between the other girl's legs, Elena quickly spreading those long athletic legs as wide as she possibly could to give Katherine all the access she needed.
Instead of then finally giving Elena what she wanted Katherine chose to spend a few minutes kissing her inner thigh, making her even more nervous than she already was. She was also worried that she'd have to say something else, and as much as Elena didn't want to admit she wanted Katherine to go down on her in that moment she wasn't sure she physically could. Her mouth was just so dry, and she was so overwhelmed with need she wasn't sure she could form coherent words even if she could find her voice.
Suddenly Katherine finally stuck out her tongue and slowly slid it over Elena's pussy lips, causing the poor girl to cry out so loudly that she blushed and immediately shoved a pillow over her face. It was a good thing that she did, as Katherine repeated the process over and over again, the older girl licking the younger girl's pussy at a slow and steady rhythm which had Elena helplessly whimpering and crying into her pillow. Those sounds were mostly out of pleasure, but there were also some genuine tears as Elena wallowed in the fact that she could no longer convince herself she was being taken against her will.
She had asked for this. She had wanted this. Spent the entire day thinking how good Katherine had made her feel the night before, and how much she'd like to feel that talented tongue again. Now she was getting what she wanted it felt really good, but Elena couldn't stop thinking of her boyfriend Stefan and what a cheating slut this made her, and perhaps she deserved whatever Katherine had planned for her. Perhaps she deserved to become a vampire's meal, or a vampire's slut, if she was so embarrassingly easy.
Essentially those thoughts melted away as the blissful pleasure became overwhelming, Elena's whimpers and cries becoming of pure pleasure as moans and groans were added to the mix. It only got worse when Katherine started lingering on first Elena's entrance and then her clit. The first was torturous enough, Katherine pushing just the tip of her tongue inside Elena's aching love hole, but when the older brunette started lingering on the younger brunette's clit Elena was surprised one or both of the Salvatores didn't come rushing to her aid, despite the pillow still firmly being over her face.
The temptation to brutally attack that clit or invade Elena's pussy and tongue fuck the other girl to climax was almost overwhelming, but Katherine had spent most of today scolding herself for rushing last night and she was determined not to make the same mistake twice. Determined that tonight she would take her time with Elena, Katherine savouring every moment of being in between the legs of her sweet mirror image. And oh, was there plenty to savour.
Just having sweet and innocent Elena Gilbert lying on her back with her legs spread for her, the girl whimpering, moaning and clutching the bed sheets as Katherine gave her more pleasure than Stefan ever could, her doppelg"nger helpless to resist her touch, oh it was all so intoxicating. Of course the best part was the unique flavour of the doppelg"nger, the flavour so like her own and yet with an additional sweetness that Katherine couldn't get enough of, the wicked vampire eventually forced to wrap her lips around the little human's cunt so at least the majority of that precious honey ended up in her stomach where it belonged.
Soon after that Katherine let out a long loud moan into Elena's cunt, the vampire unable to help herself thanks to having so much of her mirror image's delicious cream pretty much sliding directly down her throat. That moan caused vibrations on Elena's pussy which had the helpless human crying out with pure joy, which in turn caused Katherine to smirk around the tasty treat in front of her before increasing the power of her suction, causing more delicious honey to flow into her mouth and down her throat, restarting the process until innocent little Elena Gilbert just couldn't take it anymore.
"Katherine please..." Elena gasped.
In a flash they were face to face again, Katherine wildly grinning, "Please what Elena? Please leave? Or please fuck you? Tell me what you want, and I'll do it. I swear."
Elena stared at her for a long moment, and then closed her eyes and whimpered, leaving Katherine to chuckle cruelly before slowly calling back down and restarting the slow pussy licking. Oh yes, it was just like before, except Elena was even more aroused and Katherine wrapped her mouth around that lovely little entrance a lot sooner because of it. There were more whimpers and cries, but it was several minutes before Elena let out a coherent word, and although Katherine had no doubt what her doppelg"nger wanted it was a really long time before poor little Elena Gilbert could muster the courage to admit what she wanted.
Elena tried to tell Katherine to leave, she really did, but she just couldn't convince her mouth to let out the words. Not that they ever got that far, her treacherous body not allowing her to do the right thing and yet her mind couldn't cope with actually verbally admitting she wanted Katherine to make her cum. However the need for climax, to feel that talented tongue inside her, ultimately just became too overwhelming, and after what felt like hours of gentle pussy worship Elena just couldn't help herself. She needed this, needed it like oxygen, and to her shame would say anything to get it.
"Please Katherine fuck me!" Elena squeaked.
She then opened her mouth to say more but all that came out was a high-pitched scream, Elena desperately trying to muffle the sound with the pillow she was now practically smothering herself with as Katherine Pierce plunged her tongue as deep inside her as it would go. If Katherine had pushed quickly Elena was sure she would have cum on the spot, but instead the other girl had slowly pushed inside her bit by bit, unknowingly or perhaps knowingly further torturing her victim.
Whether she knew what she was doing or not, and Elena suspected that she did, Katherine continued the torture by slowly thrusting that tongue in and out of her, pushing the younger brunette to the edge of orgasm and somehow keeping her there for what felt like an eternity. The worst part was that after a lot of effort Elena found the strength to verbally beg Katherine to make her cum, even pulling the pillow slightly from her face to make her words clearer, and yet still Katherine chose to torture her. To tongue fuck her. To torture her with her tongue, the steady pace of the fucking driving Elena crazy.
"Katherine, oh please Katherine, fuck me!" Elena wept, "Fuck me and make me cum! Ohhhhhhhhhh Goooooooooodddddddddd, mmmmmmmmm, please Katherine, fuck me hard! Harder! Please harder! I, ooooooooooh, I, mmmmmmmmmm, I... I need you to make me cum! Please? I'll do anything if you make me cum!"
Immediately Elena regretted those last words, even as Katherine curled her tongue inside her and gave Elena the best orgasm of her life. After all that build up it was even more powerful than the last one Katherine had given her, Elena reliving last night only better as she was tongue fucked through multiple orgasms, Katherine seeming to swallow every drop in between powerful thrusts of that wicked tongue of hers. It was wonderful, and yet through it all Elena worried what would happen when Katherine forced her to make good on her promise.
She should be worried, thought Katherine, able to guess what Elena was thinking without having to compel her or even see the look on her face. And certainly, Katherine's mind raced with possibilities, however she had a specific plan and was determined to stick to it. Not that it wouldn't be enjoyable enough, at least for her, even if she was tempted by some of her other ideas. But all that could wait until after she had finished making a meal of Elena Gilbert, the innocent girl's cum proving to be even more delicious than Katherine remembered it as it flowed like wine into her belly.
Unfortunately despite her many years of eating pussy Katherine couldn't catch all of it, part of her cursing Elena for cumming so much that she lost some of that precious liquid. On the other hand it was really thrilling to have her face covered in girl cum, and thanks to Elena thrashing about and even, Katherine guessed instinctively, grinded onto her face she got quite the facial. Certainly one of the most enjoyable ever, Katherine grinning at the thought of seeing one or both of the Salvatores again with her face covered in Elena's cum and pussy cream, the older brunette considering calling them in here so they could see what she had done to their precious Elena Gilbert.
As tempting as that was Katherine instead chose to tongue fuck Elena through orgasm after orgasm until just like last night she slipped into unconsciousness. Then Katherine spent a few minutes cleaning Elena's cunt of any remaining cum and then unlike the night before she kissed her way up the other brunette's body until she was pressing her lips to those belonging to her doppelg"nger. It took a frustratingly long time for Elena to stir, but when she did, oh it was thrilling to see the look on her face.
After enjoying the look for a few long seconds Katherine pressed her lips forcefully to Elena's again, not stopping until the other girl began kissing her back, Elena moaning into her mouth as the young thing tasted herself first on Katherine's lips, then on her tongue. Which of course made Katherine grin, and kiss Elena even more forcefully, and eventually begin grinding down on her helpless mirror image. Oh how Katherine wanted to take her pleasure from this girl right here and now. Shove that pretty face as deep as it could go into her cunt and demand Elena use her little tongue to get her off the exact same way she had. It was overwhelmingly tempting, especially as Elena had promised to do anything, but again Katherine had a plan.
Sticking to that plan Katherine finally broke the kiss and asked, "Are you ready to return the favour?"
Elena blushed, "I, I... I..."
"I'll take that as a no." Katherine sighed, "Oh well, maybe next time."
With that she disappeared in the blink of an eye, leaving poor little Elena Gilbert naked, alone and most of all confused and horny.
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Sonoma Biochar Initiative hosted the 2012 US Biochar Conference
For more on their work visit the SonomaBiocharInitiative.org website.
Sonoma Biochar Initiative hosted the 2012 US Biochar Conference
For more on their work visit the SonomaBiocharInitiative.org website.
During registration you have the opportunity to purchase on-campus housing with a meal plan. The meal plan includes all your meals from Monday morning to Wednesday lunch, including the Tuesday night Gala Dinner. If you don't choose the on-campus housing you can still puchase the meals a la carte. Look for your selection during the registration process.
The meals will be served in the Zinfandel Dining Hall. Below is a sample menu - our menu may differ.
|Monday - Breakfast
|Tuesday - Breakfast
|Wednesday - Breakfast
Cinnamon French Toast
Sausage Scramble
Biscuits & Gravy
|Monday - Lunch
|Tuesday - Lunch
|Wednesday - Lunch
Chicken Enchiladas
BBQ Pork Ribs
Monterey Chicken
|Monday - Dinner
|Tuesday - Dinner
|Wednesday - Dinner
Roasted Salmon with
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Santa Rosa Wednesday Night Market
Also available on campus:
From the SSU website and a part of why we're pleased to use on campus dinning services:
Sonoma State Enterprises Continues Sustainability Efforts
New sustainability efforts are underway on-campus, driven by student feedback and consultations with Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) and Sonoma State Enterprises (SSE).
A new composting initiative is debuting in Zinfandel Dining Hall as part of the campus' commitment to adopting sustainable practices. All pre- and post-consumer compostable items will be sorted at the Dining Hall, then transported by North Bay Recycling to the Carneros Ranch in Petaluma.
In turn, an estimated 40 tons of material is expected to be salvaged each semester. The program utilizes nature's process of recycling organic materials – including paper, egg shells and yard trimmings – into a rich soil known as compost.
Composting services are expected to expand to all campus dining venues, following a review of the initial campaign. A similar pilot program is being developed in the Residential Community to allow students living on-campus to participate in this sustainability effort.
Dining Services is also continuing its partnership with Santa Rosa Junior College's Shone Farms, a 365-acre outdoor educational laboratory that offers students the opportunity to learn about all aspects of small-scale commercial farming.
Shone Farms provides the SSU campus with locally grown produce, wine, and grass-fed beef.
The view at Shone Farm is nearly as nice as the produce.


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Symbiosis: Nokia, Finland And The Rise Of Jolla
I have just finished reading probably THE most thought-provoking story about Nokia that I have read in some time, which really illustrates the symbiotic relationships that have existed through the years between Nokia, Finland, and indeed now Jolla; it's really quite remarkable.
I'll just seek to point out a few things that I learned from reading the article and urge you to read it for yourselves if you have an interest in Jolla, Nokia and/or Finland.
The first thing I hadn't realised was that Nokia is actually older than Finland! Finland only became independent from Russia after WWI:
For a start Nokia is older than Finland. Much older. It was founded in 1865 while Finland — after over 700 years of Swedish rule and 109 years of Russian rule — only attained its independence in 1918.
So Nokia has always been there for Finland and of course it wouldn't have succeeded without the symbiotic relationship that existed with the Finnish people themselves.
The Nokia name appeared in 1871 when founder Fredrik Idestam renamed it after a small nearby town and over the next hundred years it grew by continually switching industries. It moved from paper to rubber to robotics to chemicals and eventually electronics and telecommunications in the 1970s.
The Finns were also very much, to a large degree, dependent on Nokia's success (until more recently):
For its part Finland was pulled out of the most severe economic crisis in any OECD country since World War II. It was transformed from one of the least information and communication specialised countries in the world to the most specialised.
The article then moves on to mention that while there was this co-dependency for many years, latterly Finland was starting to outgrow Nokia and could see that it was perhaps unhealthy to have all her eggs in the one Nokia basket.
As Nokia began shedding jobs the Finnish government responded with programmes to drive small businesses. Another key Helsinki-based startup event, Slush, attracted $40 billion (£24 billion) worth of venture capital investors in 2012 and expects 1,000 startups this year.
Of course, Jolla attended Slush 2012 and we were all here watching, anticipating with bated breath – I will never forget that entrance Jolla made for the keynote at Slush 2012 – it was an emotional scene!
While Finland as a nation was preparing for the inevitable after the successes of Apple and Google, Nokia's downfall had already begun – but out of the devastation there were rays of light and hope.
It is said job cuts, which released over 10,000 of Nokia's overwhelmingly R&D based Finnish employees into the job market since 2006, also hasn't done Finland's start-up industry any harm.
Out of this devastation, Jolla was born, benefiting from Nokia's Bridge program which helped a small group of ex Nokia employees, namely Marc Dillon, Jussi Hurmola, Stefano Mosconi, Sami Pienimaki,and Antti Saarnio to start growing the seed which is now a company of 80+ people on the verge of truly great things!
Yet to only see it this way does Nokia a disservice because on its way down it started throwing out numerous life rafts. April 2011 saw the start of the Nokia Bridge incubator programme which awarded up to €20,000 (£16,000) to each redundant staff member with a credible start-up idea. It allowed up to four employees to club together for a €100,000 (£84,000) fund with further financing of up to €50,000 (£42,000) per startup.
The reach of Bridge has been phenomenal. To date more than 1,000 companies have begun through it, 400 of which were in Finland. By far the most interesting is Jolla, which picked up the rights to develop the promising MeeGo operating system Nokia unceremoniously (and some would argue incorrectly) dumped when it teamed up with Microsoft to exclusively develop for Windows Phone.
Jolla CEO, Tomi Pienimaki also mentions the importance of Nokia's role in Jolla's existence along with the compassion Nokia extended and further hints at the deeper symbiosis that exists between the two companies and of course, Finland, their mother nation:
"If Nokia had kept MeeGo, Jolla wouldn't exist," says Jolla CEO Tomi Pienimaki. "It wanted a clean break so didn't fight us over IP or ideas." Along with capital, Nokia also kept Jolla supplied with N9 smartphones, the only MeeGo handset it ever released. "Nokia's legacy is not just as a company, but in shaping an entire country with the kind of knowhow that is capable of the incredible startup scene we have today. It has shaped a workforce which has recently attracted Huawei, Samsung, Intel, Google and now Microsoft to make major investments here."
However, the article overall gives a feeling that all-in-all, Nokia is better off now and indeed Finland, who has, through this tough time, been able to diversify and is also therefore, in a better place.
"My feeling is Microsoft may have done Finland a favour as a country and Nokia as a company," says Rouvinen. "Nokia was going bankrupt or at least facing a dismal future. In principle [the deal] is lending real legs to the network side. What remains of Nokia is likely to be better off."
It also mentions some nice speculatory talk on the 'new' Nokia and the question of a Jolla/Nokia partnership something we've always speculated about here also.:
Speculation has run wild in Finland that Nokia will use its newfound wealth to re-enter the handset business on its own terms — perhaps in a dream team Finnish partnership with Jolla. The talk is unsurprising, the Microsoft deal allows Nokia to sell branded handsets as early 2015 and it could sell phones under a different brand (Jolla?) tomorrow. But for now it seems a hope for the romantics.
"We speculate about re-entry, but having been beaten that badly it wouldn't be an easy goal to make," argues Rouvinen. "Re-entry would burn hundreds of millions, if not billions and it is a huge gamble. Nokia has no history of jumping back. My guess is it will turn into a nice, boring, profitable networking business."
Finally, the article concludes with these fitting words:
And this is the crux. For a famously stoic nation, Finns get emotional when you talk about Nokia. It was a marriage founded on adversity which transformed company and country. But the marriage is over. Finns saw it coming, they prepared for it and in many ways they have already moved on but, like only the most important of relationships, when time came to break up it still hurt like hell.
Like a behemoth, lumbering Blue Whale tracked and hunted by a ruthless pod of Killer Whales, Nokia (as we knew her) died a long, slow, drawn out death. But just as the carcass of the Blue Whale provides nutrition, life and vigour to a whole new generation of marine species, in her wake, Nokia provided lifeboats to a whole host of new startups… and from one of those lifeboats it just so happened that Sailfish was born and has risen from the depths.
Whether Jolla and Nokia will ever reconnect again and, along with the Finnish people bring the early beginnings of their fruitful relationship full circle once more is anyone's guess. I definitely won't rule out a partnership of some kind in the future, whether it's to license Nokia's HERE maps or something altogether different… it just seems written in the stars somehow.
For my part, following Jolla has been truly wild this past year and a half. Jolla are really on the verge of great things and I for one am so glad to be here supporting them with you, supporting Finland's vibrant startup scene and providing the whole world with a genuinely amazing, "unlike" alternative to the big 2.
Thank you for your continued kind support, comments, feedback here which keeps me excited and impassioned to continue following and reporting on this amazing, courageous company, Jolla, that is securely anchored in my heart.
Sail On…
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Here are a few quotes from Randy Pausch about lessons he learned. This is good advice to share with students to encourage them to pursue their own career and personal goals.
- "When you['re] screwing up and nobody is saying anything to you anymore that means they gave up."
- "Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted."
- "You obviously don't know where the bar should be and you're only going to do them a disservice by putting it anywhere."
- "The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. The brick walls are there to stop the people who don't want it badly enough."


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Zoe Barczyk can't remember the last time she bought white bread – and she's not alone.
Lincoln University researchers say the days of the white slice may be over, as growing health consciousness drives more consumers to buy grain loaves, or avoid bread completely.
For the Edgeware student, her go-to loaves of choice are a Ploughman's Rye, or Vogel's – partly for the health benefits, and partly because she prefers the taste.
"Buying white bread wouldn't even cross my mind anymore," she said.
A survey of shoppers in supermarkets by Lincoln lecturers Sue Trafford and Sharon Forbes found about half thought white bread was unhealthy.
Of the shoppers surveyed, 80 per cent perceived multigrain breads to be healthier than other options.
It found 23 per cent of shoppers bought white bread, and 77 non-white.
That was a turnaround from the numbers almost 40 years ago, when a 1978 survey of shoppers found 89 per cent bought white bread.
Supermarket scanner data from across New Zealand showed sales of white bread fell four per cent last year, while non-white bread sales rose 1.6 per cent.
But white bread still has its loyal supporters. Parklands wedding celebrant Tracey Booth said she often bought 10 loaves of white bread in a week.
She said it was devoured by her three boys, aged seven, 14 and 16.
"It's the only stuff the kids will eat," she said.
If it was part of a balanced diet, she didn't have any concerns about bread, she said.
"So many people are gluten-free these days, I think bread's been given a bad name," she said.
Dr Forbes said a lot of fad diets pushed messages that carbohydrates were unhealthy, but they did not tell the whole story.
"I think the nutritionists need to speak up a lot louder, because there are a lot of things in bread, even in white bread, that we really need in our diets, like fibre and folic acid."
She said bread consumption could also be reducing due to the variety of products available for breakfast or lunch, such as cereals, smoothies, sushi, salads and fast food.
The survey was carried out at supermarkets across Christchurch early this year, and included responses from 141 shoppers.
Dr Forbes said a student involved in the study, Emma Boase, planned to carry on the research in the United States as she studied for her master's degree at a university in Missouri.
Christchurch survey findings:
•23 per cent of shoppers buying bread purchased white loaves
•77 per cent bought non-white bread
•50 per cent bought more than one type of bread
•80 per cent believed multigrain loaves were healthier
Last year, across New Zealand supermarkets:
•Sales of white loaves dropped 4 per cent
•Sales on non-white loaves rose 1.6 per cent


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If you are planning a corporate event and are looking for different types of entertainment to make your event a big success, you might want to consider one of the solo acoustic acts offered by veteran performer Bill Reidy. Depending on what you are looking for, Bill could provide background music for you cocktail hour and/or during dinner, which would include jazz standards, soft rock, pop and folk songs. Or you might prefer to hire Bill as one of the featured acts for your event. Bill Reidy has a vast songbook that includes songs from the 1930s to the 1980s, covering a variety of styles, including Rock, Soul, Pop, Country and Jazz. You can learn more about his solo acoustic act by going to www.BigBillReidy.com, where you will find audios, videos and more information, including a list of past venues and events, a complete song list and his current schedule. In addition to his solo acoustic act, Bill also offers the following solo acoustic tribute acts, any one of which would be highly entertaining for your employees.
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The Blue Suede King: This is an Elvis Presley Tribute Show that is different from most others. While many other Elvis tribute artists dress in sequined jump suits (as Elvis did after his 1968 comeback) and sing to a karaoke machine, this show features Bill playing solo, accompanying himself on acoustic guitar, with backing rhythm tracks. And because he plays the songs made popular by Elvis in the 1950s and early 1960s, his outfit is more reflective of that era when Elvis was known as "The Hillbilly Cat." For more information, including audio song samples and a set list from the show, go to www.TheBlueSuedeKing.com.
Ol' Blue Eyes Is Back…Again: Frank Sinatra was one of the most popular singers of the 20th Century. And thanks to present day popular singers like Michael Buble, the songs of Sinatra are more popular than ever! In this show, Bill plays tribute to Frank Sinatra by singing all of the songs made popular by "Ol' Blue Eyes" himself. He accompanies himself on finger style jazz guitar on slow ballads and love songs as well as up-temp swinging numbers. It's a real crowd pleaser! For more information and audios and videos, you can go to www.TheSongsOfSinatra.com.
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SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Integrated Biometrics LLC, developers of the compact, lightweight, most reliable energy-efficient FBI-compliant fingerprint scanners in the world will be sharing best practices and unveiling an exciting new, game-changing product at Connect:ID March 14-16 in Washington, D.C. The biometrics industry leader will be showcasing its entire lineup of enrollment and verification products at booth #111 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, as well as hosting an official launch party for its new product at The Dignitary Whiskey Bar at the Marriott Marquis Tuesday, March 15 for invited guests and biometrics VIPs.
"We literally cannot wait to get to Connect:ID and share our new enrollment and verification product with the rest of the world," Mike Grimes, Integrated Biometrics president, said, adding, "We truly feel it will be a game-changer for challenges like voter registration, border control, national ID programs and law enforcement."
The 2016 Connect:ID international conference and exposition focuses on identity management opportunities in both the physical and digital worlds, including the future of credentials, mobility, and the threats and opportunities facing big data and cyber security.
Throughout the event Integrated Biometrics will be hosting several well-respected hardware integrators at booth #111 such as NEC, Booz Allen Hamilton, Amrel, Coppernic, Northrup Grumman, Corvus ID, Tascent, Credence ID, Ideco, Grabba, SIC Biometrics, and Mobizent.
Integrated Biometrics will also be exhibiting their popular fingerprint biometrics scanner portfolio including the Watson-Mini, Sherlock, and Columbo Desktop as well as its new, revolutionary product.
All of the company's scanners utilize a patented light emitting sensor (LES) thin film technology to produce smaller, lighter weight devices which are mechanically tested and guaranteed to a million touches without any impact on image quality, working flawlessly in both direct and indirect sunlight and resisting finger contaminants such as grease, oil, water, dust and chemicals.
For more information visit www.integratedbiometrics.com.
About Integrated Biometrics
Integrated Biometrics provides enrollment and verification fingerprint sensors to hardware integrators, software and database providers, and contractors serving government agencies and commercial markets worldwide. More ideal for mobile environments than traditional silicon or optical sensors, Integrated Biometrics FBI-certified fingerprint sensors utilize our durable, patented light emitting sensor (LES) film and work in direct sunlight on dry or moist fingers, resist abrasion, and are 90-95% smaller and lighter than optical scanners. Integrated Biometrics offers the only Appendix F FBI-certified sensor that meets mobility requirements demanded by end users, solving the major problems of size, speed, accuracy and durability. Find out more online at www.integratedbiometrics.com.
Integrated Biometrics, LLC designs and manufactures FBI-certified fingerprint sensors for law enforcement, military operations, homeland security, national identity, election validation, social services, and a wide range of commercial applications. The company's patented light emitting sensor technology enables lightweight scanners that outperform traditional prism-based devices in size, power consumption, portability, and reliability. Identity management solutions providers, government agencies, and corporations around the world rely on Integrated Biometrics' products to enroll and verify individual identity quickly and accurately, even in remote locations.


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I wrote yesterday about Farmer Herman needing help in moving his barn. I was about to solicit 344 people to help me move my house as our area was deluged with over 5 inches of rain and 75 mph winds — all in the dark as the power was out for 14 hours.
In the morning, I was one of the many at Lowes looking at generators and back up plans for a non-functioning sump pump. I asked my contractor friend why he did not already have one. His answer: "They just sit around." The Lowes manager replied: "Yes, they sit around, until they don't." Like now.
What is the equivalent (or maybe even literally) the generator for your organization? Think of the report, client access information, equipment or data that is essential for your operation and how you might have a back up plan if your usual way of obtaining it is not available.
Maybe you could you print out a copy of your staff contacts instead of relying on your phone to obtain them, or send your customer database to the cloud. Another idea is to print out key data on occasion or have a copy of your key data points at home. Perhaps you could purchase a flashlight for each desk in your office or pick up an extra supply of batteries and a radio.
The question is not "if" you will need a detour, it is a matter of "when." The time to plan for a generator is before the storm, not during it.


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Terms and Conditions of Renting with Stahl's Farm Vacations
Your payment of a deposit on the rental house at Stahl's Farm Vacations is an acceptance of these terms and conditions. Please take the time to read through them.
Check-in and Check-out Times. Check-in time is 3:00pm Eastern time, and no early check-ins are allowed without written permission from the Owner or Manager. Check-out time is 11:00am Eastern time, and no late check-out is allowed without written permission from the Owner or Manager (a fee may be assessed for a late check-out).
Deposit. A deposit of $300.00 is required to reserve a rental house at Stahl's Farm Vacations. This deposit is collected in advance, but it is credited as a part of the overall cost of your stay. A refund of the deposit, minus a $25.00 rebooking (advertising) fee, should be expected if you cancel at least 30 days prior to your arrival. Cancellation later than the 30 days prior will result in the forfeiture of the deposit. At the discretion of the owner, other agreements may be made – and will be made in writing.
Pet Fees. Pet fees are charged at the discretion of the owner – and will be charged on a per animal basis (unless waived by the owner). Each dog, cat, or other pet may be charged a $25.00 fee. An additional fee of $25.00 will be assessed if you arrive with a pet, and do not notify the owner prior to your arrival. Pet fees are charged for additional cleaning and maintenance services that may be required to keep the house in acceptable condition.
Lodging Cost, State and Local Taxes. Lodging cost is based upon head-count. Standard pricing is $300.00 per night for 4-6 people with children under 6 staying for free. Additional people over 6 persons will be charged a per-person, per night additional $25.00. Your total cost for your reserved stay will be quoted to you prior to your payment of a deposit. Upon your arrival for your reserved stay, your total balance is due. Failure to provide your balance upon arrival may result in your being turned away without recompense.
While the house is set up with sleeping arrangements for 15 people, there may be additional people allowed at the discretion of the owner. Additional people will provide their own sleeping apparatuses such as an air mattress and will be charged according to the above rates. People who do not disclose the number of overnight guests may be refused rental in the future.
We are a NON-SMOKING Establishment. Ohio recently passed a non-smoking ordinance for all public places. Since the house is a short term rental, it is considered to be a public location. NO smoking is allowed within the building. You are also expected to pick up any cigarette butts or matches, and properly dispose of them in the receptacles provided (trash cans or fireplace).
Working Farm and Rural Location. Understand that we are a working farm and as such there are dangers associated with the location, equipment, facilities, and animals on the farm. We are not a petting zoo. Animals can be unpredictable and can spook or bolt with little provocation. Should you choose to enter our pastures or participate in the wagon rides that we provide, you assume the risk of injury. Occasionally fences are electrified, and may shock people and pets. While we make every effort to warn our guests that fences are on, please assume they are on, and act accordingly. Please also be aware of closed and open gates. Should you walk through a gate, please return it to the condition you found it in. (Open gates may be allowing livestock access to water, and closed gates may be keeping livestock in.)
We allow and encourage people to bring their pets to stay with them while vacationing with us. Be aware that because we are a rural area, surrounded by other farms, and Ohio has a leash law. You are required to keep your pet under control at all times. You are responsible for any damage that your dog does to other guests, to property at the rental, or livestock. We do encourage people to walk on our 55 acres, and have provided paths that we mow regularly for that purpose.
We are in a rural location, and while we make every effort to remove pests from the rental house, there may be occasions when you see them outside or inside the house. Please notify us immediately should you see them inside the house and we will attempt to capture or eliminate them. Should you determine that our efforts are insufficient; you can immediately leave, and request reimbursement for any unused portion of your stay cost. We also assume no financial liability if you choose to stay at that point.
We do not assume any liability for animals that you may see or come into contact with outside the house. As a registered farm in Ohio, we do have the right to eliminate animals that are considered to be pests and animals that go after our livestock; however, our philosophy is that many people come to the country specifically to experience wildlife, and therefore we do what we can to co-exist peacefully with the wildlife in the area. Expect to see some wildlife, especially birds, while staying at Stahl's Farm Vacations.
Credit Cards. A credit card may be requested at the time of your arrival to ensure payment of balance due. Credit card information is maintained by the owner for the calendar year, and is destroyed at the end of the year from the rental file. Please request the removal of your information from the file at your departure if you want it removed immediately. We do require that should you want the information destroyed at your departure, we will inspect the premises prior to your departure to ensure that there is no damage prior to elimination of credit card information.
E-Mail Addresses, Home Addresses and Phone Numbers. E-mail addresses, addresses, and phone numbers are maintained for the purpose of contacting you and sending you information. Occasionally we send out newsletters or specials using the e-mail addresses. Your contact information will not be distributed or sold to anyone not associated with our business.
Expectations Upon Departure.
- We expect all used towels will be removed from bathrooms and placed on the floor in the utility room (near the washing machine).
- Discard all opened food and food containers
- Wipe all counters and eating surfaces
- Do not leave dirty dishes in the sink or on kitchen/ dining surfaces. Load the dishwasher, and start the wash cycle.
- Pick up all loosely discarded objects (don't leave things on dressers or in the bathrooms that you've discarded).
- Pick up trash from all rooms, consolidate in large black plastic bags and place in the garage in the metal trash cans provided (or in the manure spreader – to avoid encouraging wildlife to get into "smelly" trash)
- Pick up discarded cigarette butts from the drive, the lawn or other areas, and discard in the trash
- Should you have a pet on the premises, please pick up excrement from the immediate front and back yards and discard in plastic bags within the provided trash receptacles
We reserve the right to charge up to $100.00 in cleaning fees if the above list isn't completed by check out time. Should you wish to, you can have us come do an inspection prior to your departure, wherein we will provide you a receipt showing no cleaning fee required.
"...way more than expected for the price!"
"Lisa was there to greet us when we arrived. She answered all of our questions ahead of time and gave us a guided tour of the house upon arrival. The setting is very rural, private and beautiful. It was exactly what we were looking for and we intend to come back. We explored the property as much as we could in the short amount of time we were there. Stay longer than one night is my advice! The kitchen has everything you could ever need and is quite nice. Bathrooms were nice as well - updated and clean. We got way more than expected for the price!"
— 2016, Karla
"Better than my vacation to Las Vegas!"
"Absolutely beautiful home. Clean, modern, comfortable. The area was really "away from it all" and just the getaway my family needed. Soaking in the hot tub on the deck, watching the family roast marshmallows over the fire in the peaceful night was amazing. The kitchen afforded me everything I needed to cook amazing feasts. Our host stopped by with anything we asked for or needed so promptly. Better than my vacation to Las Vegas!"
— 2009, Sarah
"Real country living!"
"The house has everything you could need for a weekend or even a week. All you have to bring is yourself and food! Everyday was home cooked meals, bonfires, and swapping stories without the distractions of our modern electronics. But if you really need to, the new 55in. LED tv helps those who are weak at heart! We will for sure be recommending this place to others that are looking for a Country getaway!"
— 2017, Michael
"Second stay as enjoyable as the first!"
"As enjoyable as the first! The pictures accurately show the property amenities and cleanliness. They don't show the quality of the mattresses. No complaints from our group, we all boasted about the comfort of our sleep! Very secluded location with expansive land mass. Equipped to provide total relaxation to recharge for the outside world."
— 2013, WesternPAT


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Full Stack Developer - University of Melbourne
Deadline: Sunday, May 15, 2016 at 5:00PM
Stemformatics is recruiting a Full Stack Developer, to be part of a multidisciplinary team that has developed a web based pocket dictionary for stem cell biologists, for quick and easy visualization of different types of scientific data.
The role is required to develop, maintain and improve the www.stemformatics.org web site, with responsibilities primarily in the front-end web environment. The role includes the assessment of emerging technologies and, where appropriate, planned integration into our technology stack.
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Pellpax - Air Guns, Air Rifles & Air Pistols delivered throughout the UK
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Don't forget, ALL airguns are assembled and zeroed prior to dispatch, and delivered direct to your door!
The Stealth crossbow from Petron is designed to fire the sucker darts supplied with the unit, and can fire them up to 10 meters in distance with great accuracy.
It is robust and well built to last for many years to come, and comes complete with 12 suction darts to get you started.
Here at Pellpax we offer probably the best airgun delivery service in the UK, with weekly deliveries to your door on all airguns across England and Wales and mail order deliveries on all other items.
Unfortunately due to recent changes in the law we can no longer deliver to Scotland although we can transfer to your local Registered Firearms Dealer.
As an RFD ourselves, we can deliver air rifles and air pistols direct to your door. See our guidelines on what ID you require by clicking HERE.
If you have any questions regarding this service, please do not hesitate to give us a call on 01263 731 585.