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You may remember that my wife had performed a striptease in our home, for a group of my friends, in return for generous donations to the charity she had worked for. It had turned out to be more than she had expected (she hadnt thought that she would be required to open her legs and display her vagina and anus) but she had reluctantly continued, finding eventually that she had been turned-on by the experience and the resulting excitement and appreciation of the men watching.
Well, since that fateful evening, things moved on. My mates had badgered me incessantly to watch the video of the evening (they had not been allowed to take photos, just a video that I kept under lock and key) and so, one night, they returned to my place and we watched it together. My wife, Sue, had found it hard to meet any of them since the strip, but had done so gradually she had no choice since most were husbands of her good friends too. The viewing night was, however, a bit too much for her to join, and she had gone out for the evening with a girl-friend. All were sworn to secrecy and it was clear that none had breathed a word. Once again each guy had made a further donation to Sues charity to watch the movie.
As we watched it was clear that everyone found the sight of my wife disrobing, while she wore a mask, very arousing. There were surreptitious movements of hands down the front of trousers at various points. At the end, after just about everyone had had to visit the toilet (!) we discussed that night - the guys were all keen to see more of Sue in her sexy undies, and out of them The consensus was that for a further donation the lads should be allowed to take their own photos of Sue as she modelled for us all. They suggested that she wore her mask again, to preserve her anonymity, but that they would be allowed to keep the photos, and that the shots should not be taken in my home or anywhere recognisable: Surely that would reassure Sue that no-one would know it was her, and we wouldnt publish the photos anyway was the general agreement.
I said that Id put it to Sue and get back to them. I wasnt at all sure shed go for it, but then she had done the strip and been turned on by that, and the charity had been very pleased with the donation she forwarded to them, earning her a promotion in the organisation.
After the guys left and Sue had returned home, she asked me how the evening had gone. She was delighted with the new donation Id collected from them and that the guys had been made horny again from seeing her strip, but she went a bit quiet after I suggested the photo session.
She didnt dismiss the idea, but after a little contemplation she began asking me detailed questions like what would they expect her to do, how to pose, did they seem genuine about allowing her to wear a mask, how much would they donate, and so on. I suggested that she set down some ground-rules but that I expected they would want something similar to the strip. She surprised me a little by immediately agreeing to their request same donation as before, plus £100 for taking photos each. She had to agree to any poses before she would do them, having a right of veto if necessary, and would decide on her own outfit which they would pay for. Only the guys who attended before could come along and we had to use a hotel room out of town. Wow! I said Id tell the guys and we agreed a convenient date for the shoot. Blimey, she was going to do it what had happened to my wife?
I got on the phone to the lads the next day. They were all surprised and delighted that Sue had agreed so readily. Bill said he would sort out a large room in a hotel. All agreed to the large donation. I began to experience a mounting sense of excitement. I had been incredibly turned-on by seeing my wife exposed in front of my mates and the effect she had on them. I got rock hard just thinking about it; what would it be like this time?
A week later the session went ahead. Bill had registered the room and checked-in. The lads had arrived later and were sitting around in the large deluxe room, drinking beer, setting up lights, etc., when Sue and I entered. They had a sort of focal centre set up at one end of the room with the bed and a low table next to each other. Andy had a rather mysterious plastic shopping bag placed next to him on the floor. Whats in there, Andy? I asked.
Oh just some possible props for Sue to use later if she wants he winked. Sue looked embarrassed, took a drink off one of the others and sat in the corner.
Are you ready to start, Sue? I asked Or do you want a few minutes or a few more drinks?
She took a deep breath. Ill be ready in a sec. Ill just get changed in the toilet, get your cameras ready.
As she disappeared into the loo, Andy switched on the large reflector lights he had brought along. These had the effect of massively illuminating the whole room, but the bed and table area in particular. We wont need to use flash with these beauties, he said should make sure we get all Sues, er details, shall we say! This was greeted with laughter from the others. Bill tuned the room TV into a music channel and the ambience was complete we just needed our model.
A few minutes later Sue came into the room. She looked dynamite in a tight red silk blouse and a long black pencil skirt with a zip up the front from waist to hem. She wore high-heeled red patent pumps and her hair was worn up on her head, showing her long dangling silver ear-rings to good effect. She had the mask in her hand.
Oh, stunning said one of the guys.
I thought I should show my face to start off, just so you know it really is me she smiled. You can start snapping now, but the mask goes on As she said this, she slipped the white mask onto her face and secured it at the back of her head. Now, how do you want me she asked.
Bill took initial charge, asking her to adopt various poses with her hands, on hips, turning her back to us, raising a leg onto a chair, cupping her breasts over her blouse, bending forward so we could see down the front, etc, etc.
Then it was time for Sue to start taking things off! She was instructed to remove her blouse in various stages: opening a few buttons, putting a hand inside her blouse, opening it completely and hanging loosely open. Then she opened it fully to show us her new black lacy bra. The intensity of picture-taking increased at this point, along with a few ah, just what we came here to see, comments. It was an under-wired D cup with fabulous cleavage, probably a size too small so her breasts mooned above the cups beautifully. Nylon and shiny, the bottom part was opaque but the lacy top part showed the dark outline of the upper part of her nipples through its mesh. Sue cupped both breasts then fingered the outside where her nipples were, to make them stand out and push through the bra fabric. Guys got closer and closer to her in order to get good shots. I switched my own camera onto the video setting so I could get moving shots of the guys appreciating my wifes curves.
Then she removed her blouse and threw it aside. The boys then took a few shots from the floor, looking up at Sue from below as she teasingly opened her legs slightly and stretched her skirt to the limit. She reached down to the zip and slowly began to raise it, opening a slit in the front of her skirt exposing more and more black-stockinged leg.
She turned her back to them and slowly raised her skirt for more shots, the lads getting great views of her seams and heels. Meanwhile she unzipped the skirt completely and let it fall. She was wearing black full-cut nylon panties over a black lacy suspender belt both in a design that matched her bra. She turned to face us. The panties were tight, pulled right up into her crotch and showing camel-toe. Cameras snapped ferociously. Magnificent!
Bill continued giving directions. They had her sitting on the low table, pretending to unhook her bra at the back. Then they wanted her legs up on the table so they could get good shots of her panty gusset. Then they wanted her kneeling for panty bum shots and on all fours to get fully-filled bra shots as her tits hung down. Still on all fours, they had her open her legs wide and dipping her chest onto the table so that her crotch was spread under her panties and presented towards their lenses.
She went along with their requests to touch her gusset and even to put her hand down inside her panties. At this point Andy picked up his mysterious bag and asked Sue if she would mind holding a prop or two. The props turned out to be various sex aids vibrators, a dildo and a butt-plug. Obviously Sues facial reaction wasnt visible under the mask, but she took a vibrator and ran it over the crotch of her panties. Can you slip it past the gusset? asked Bill, that would be super erotic. Sue did as she was told, her legs apart, she reached down to her panty gusset and pulled it slightly away from her body, then slipped the end of the vibrator inside her panty. Then, as we all snapped away (and I was secretly videoing) she ran it up and down her crotch, under her gusset, clearly teasing her vagina lips, which we could not, of course, see.
This was really turning the guys on; we were all sweating under the lights and with what we were seeing. Can you use the vibe on your nipples now? asked Bill, and Sue removed it from her panties and pulled one cup of her bra down and folded it under her breast, exposing it fully, yet keeping it supported by the under-wiring. Her dark nipple responded immediately to the vibrator attention. The guys took many close-ups of her erect nipple, before Sue reprised the breast exposing act now both tits were fully on show. Fucking hell, Id love to lick those said one of the guys, who was rewarded by Sue beckoning him forward and nodding. So Mike leant in to her chest and put his tongue out onto Sues nip and licked it slowly and deliberately while she gave a slight groan. Then he took it completely into his mouth and sucked. I couldnt believe my eyes. I couldnt believe my wife was allowing this, and I was OK with it! In fact I was absolutely fucking amazed at it it was wonderful. I got a rock-hard erection immediately. Mike was in heaven, but soon Sue pulled back, hed had his fun. She adopted another pose, this time sitting demurely on the table with her back straight.
Next the boys wanted her to lay on her back on the bed, then on her front. Then with her legs spread wide. They clicked away. Sue raised her knees and then lifted her legs back onto her chest, showing her panty gusset yet again to eager eyes and shutters. Then, unbidden, she reached under herself and began to pull off her panties. There were shocked gasps from the men as she pulled her knickers over her bottom and down her legs. Then she kicked them off and lay back, with her legs still bent back on her chest and her labia fully visible between her legs. Everyone was focused on her crotch as she slowly opened her legs and raised then upwards. She was fully shaved, her vagina was fully on show, then it began to open as her legs went further apart. Finally her anus came into view. Bless her, she knew what was wanted! She held the pose, fully exposing her most private places to everyones gaze. Cameras snapped and erections pressed against underpants. I saw a few mates adjusting their pricks inside their trousers. I focused on her open cunt, which glistened with juice. As I watched I saw drips of moisture run out from it onto that lovely little patch of skin between cunt and arse-hole. Bill was rubbing the front of his trousers even as he snapped away.
Can you see it all OK boys said Sue teasingly, shall I open it up a bit more for you? As she said this she placed fingers at each side of her vagina lips and opened them up. The powerful lights enabled us to see right down into her vagina her clitoris, her urethra, all her lovely folds totally in view, and right down into her womb.
Put the dildo in, Sue asked Bill, handing her the larger sex-aid. Sue took it from him and teased her outer lips with it, getting it moistened nicely from her cunt juices. Then she slowly introduced it into her vagina. Hold it there, Sue, we want some good shots as it goes in said one of the guys, so a series of shots were taken as Sue slipped the dildo in stages into her cunt.
The guys were getting bolder as Sue was responding so positively: can you have a go with the butt-plug please, Sue suggested Bill.
You naughty bastards she replied, but took the plug from him and began holding against her anal opening. Ive never had one of these in before, she said be patient. With that she wiped the end of the butt plug with her hand and then put the plug up by her face, moved the mask aside slightly and spat saliva onto it. Then she replaced it next to her anal hole and pressed. At first nothing happened, then it became clear that her anal ring was slowly opening. She withdrew pressure and allowed her sphincter to relax, then pushed the plug again. This time her ring opened further and, with a gasp from Sue, the end went up her arse which then closed around the plug. Many photos were taken as Sue held that pose, finally withdrawing it and leaving her anus open for a few seconds for some really horny gaping sphincter shots.
Sue relaxed her legs and stretched out on the bed. Errm Sue? The lads have a request wed like you to consider said Bill, clearly acting as spokesman. Would you mind repeating the pose with your legs wide open and back, so we can really see up your arse and cunt, but then doing a pee for us?
Oh my god! What were they asking? Surely Sue would never agree to that, I thought. To my surprise she just replied: Where do I do that; where will the pee go?
Well, if you get onto the table again, we can put some towels on the floor just under you to catch the pee what do you think?
As long as youre prepared to deal with any hotel problems from urine-soaked towels, its OK with me! replied Sue. My dick throbbed in my pants. Was I dreaming this? Cue frantic rearrangement of the table and getting hotel towels together. Sue replicated her pose on the table, legs akimbo, arched back, arsehole and fully-open vagina all on display, guys positioned with cameras to get their shots, me capturing it all on my video setting.
Alan, help me out here she said to me, put a finger in my arse-hole while I do it! I didnt need asking twice; holding the camera in one hand, I went over to her and inserted a finger into her willing, wet, stretched bum-hole from below her, keeping myself to the side and out of the view of her twat.
Ready! she cried and seconds later a dribble of piss appeared below her clitoris. Then her pee-hole opened and a stream of pale yellow pee shot out from her. Piss arched across into the room and most of it fell on the towels that the guys had placed ready for it. As she peed, my finger was sucked further up into her arse until it was in up to the knuckle and was gripped hard. Fucking hell what a finish!
But was it a finish? The guys were obviously very pleased with what they had seen so far, but it was clear that they were expecting more. I extracted my digit from her anus and had a brief chat with Sue to make sure she was OK, and she agreed that she felt the same, the guys probably didnt feel they had yet got their moneys worth.
Bill came over to us for a word, while the rest of the guys were trying to appear disinterested. Ok Bill, what more do they want? I asked him.
Well, wed like a bit of, well, I suppose youd call it, er hardcore! Before I could reply, and while Sue looked on, shocked, he went on. When Sue did her strip, you were fingering her holes inside her panties werent you? I nodded. We all thought that was really erotic, so wed like you to do it again, but so we can all see this time how about it? We are paying quite a lot for this, you know. I looked at Sue and she nodded. Well only need your fingers in shot, Alan. No-one will know its you. reassured Bill.
So we moved on to some rather more intimate shots. This time Sue bent forward over the bed, legs wide apart, while I opened her bum cheeks with both hands so they could see right up her from behind. Then, I put my fingers inside her vagina and frigged her slowly, making her juices flow and doing all the things I know she likes when we make love.
She got wetter and wetter and her breathing became shallower; she was in a pre-orgasm state now, as I withdrew from her cunt and transferred my attention to her anus, slowly teasing her anal-ring with my index finger, making sure it was as slippery and wet as I could. Press back, love I whispered to Sue and I felt her anus push against my finger. Then, to the sound of half a dozen shutters firing simultaneously, it went right up into her arse. Sue began to rock back and forth on my finger, which I was able to insert full-length into her rectum. Then, I placed my middle finger into her vagina and double fingered her slowly for the benefit of my mates. Two of the guys unzipped their flies at this point and grabbed their erect dicks, masturbating slowly in time to my frigging of Sues holes.
Holy shit, thats great said Bill. Sue was breathing very hard now and I slacked off, not sure that shed want to climax in front of the guys. Sue ! Alan ! continued Bill, gravely, we must have a dick inside her. We really have to have some shots of Sue getting a prick up her. Honest, we really must said Bill.
I looked at him. Im not sure I can do that in front of you all I said.
No, not you Alan! said Bill. Andy has one of the biggest cocks weve ever seen; the lads think we should take some shots of that inside Sue. It wont be like hes actually fucking her, well just have it in her at various depths, like with the vibrator. All stills, no real movement. Thatll be all right wont it Sue? Wed really appreciate it it would be the crowning glory for the evening. His cock really is massive itll make some great pictures. Hes got condoms with him. I was speechless. I looked at Sue. The suggestion was making me as horny as hell; another guy having his dick in my wife, while I took shots. My erection was almost bursting out of my jeans.
I can see Alan thinks its OK she said, looking at my crotch. OK then, a few stills. Not really fucking me, I suppose. Itll be interesting to feel a giant cock up me I guess .
Fucking hell!
Andy took down his trousers and pants as Sue and the rest of us looked on. Then the biggest prick I had ever seen outside of porn films, sprang to attention in front of us. It was over nine inches in length and was extremely thick. The head of it was red and glistening with pre-cum; Andy was clearly VERY excited about this. He began to unfurl a condom onto the monster. Sue looked apprehensive as she put the mask back in place, climbed onto the table and lay on her back with her bum cheeks at the table edge. She raised her legs up and apart and back, ready to receive Andys huge knob. Lubricate me, Alan she said to me and I stepped forward, spat copiously on my fingers and began to stimulate and moisten her up, using the techniques that I know turn her on, and had already nearly made her cum. As I did so it was clear that her vagina was dilating nicely; I was able to get four fingers inside her with ease.
When I felt she was ready, I withdrew my fingers and Andy stepped forward. All cameras were pointing at Sues cunt now as Andy touched her outer vaginal lips and placed his dick against her cunt entrance.
Lovely stuff said Bill, hold it there for a few shots, Andy. Andy stood stock still, his prick jumping slightly every few seconds.
Ok, lets just have it slightly inside her now please, Andy. Andy pushed slightly forward and an inch of his cock went up my wife. I gasped. No one paid me any attention. I looked at Sue who was holding steady, but she reached down and slightly pulled her arse-cheeks further open, probably to make it more comfortable as this huge log went inside her.
A little more now please, Andy said Bill. Another inch or two went up my wifes cunt. I swallowed. Sue had both hands holding her cheeks open now.
Are you wet enough, love? I asked Sue and she nodded.
Bloody great big thing though! she chuckled.
Really lovely and tight grinned Andy really wet, warm and tight! Lovely.
I didnt know how to feel. I was jealous of his huge knob and worried my wife would never be satisfied with me again, but so turned-on by what was happening, my head was spinning - and my own erection was straining against my flies. Sue moved one hand to her clitoris and began to play with herself. I knew she loved the sensation of having her cunt filled by one of my hands as I bring her to orgasm with the other; she was in another world.
Right in now I think, please Andy said Bill.
Andy pushed the rest of his great member up my wife: To the fucking hilt he said slowly, God, your wifes cunt is a dream!
I saw Sue move her hips back and then forward again as Andy went up her. He had tipped her over the edge and she began to rock with orgasm.
Sorry Alan, thats too much for me shouted Andy got to have her! and with that he began to pump in and out of Sue with long strokes, prick almost out of her then buried in as far as it could go.
Long strokes getting faster and faster as Sue bucked back and almost screamed: Im cumming, oh God, Im cumming.
Me too shouted Andy. He pumped away a few more times then pulled his massive dick out of Sue, the end of his condom full of spunk. I was capturing all this on my camera, but couldnt hold myself back much longer; this was all too much for me too. I opened my flies, got out my own dick and went up to Sue, pulled the mask off her and sank my prick into her mouth. She sucked me greedily and seconds later I exploded into her mouth. The rest of the guys had taken this as a sign and had dropped their cameras, got their own cocks out and were masturbating openly over my wife!
I saw the next bit in slow motion. All the guys stood around Sue as she lay back on the table, her legs now closed, and wanked themselves over her. Within the space of about 10 seconds they all came gobbets of cum over her face, tits and chest. Everyone in that hotel room had orgasmed as a result of my wifes performance. Sue beamed at me. Very nice to have that big cock in me, but I only came because of what you did to me dont worry, I dont need a great big baton up me, in fact Im a bit sore where it hit my womb!
Thats what my wife says replied Andy, she says Im too big and I have to be very careful it was great to be up you tonight, you really are lovely and tight and warm in there.
Well I hope everyone is satisfied said Sue, and thanks for your charitable donations. Keep your promises about keeping quiet, wont you?
Much nodding.
Maybe well do it again, but I only want Alan up me in future shots sorry Andy! Well both have to wear masks wont we? Especially if Im going to have my husband up my arse for you all next time but Ill let you cum off on me again, I rather liked that, very complimentary.
My jaw dropped. This looked like it was going to be a regular thing. We had both been equally turned on. And it was anal sex next time. I could see more donations on their way already. Wow.
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CLEARWATER — Larry Dimmitt Jr., the colorful auto dealer, developer and philanthropist whose decisions both reflected and helped shape the growth of Clearwater, died Wednesday at his Belleair home.
He was 97.
In 1952, Mr. Dimmitt took over a dealership his father started in the 1920s and oversaw its expansion, leading to the current Dimmitt Chevrolet and Dimmitt Cadillac on U.S. 19.
A shrewd investor, Mr. Dimmitt was choosy about the properties he bought, and even to whom he sold. For example, he once turned down an offer to sell downtown property to a buyer who planned to use the space for mini-warehouses because he envisioned a more glamorous retail and residential complex where his old dealership had stood.
He gave just as carefully, his contributions benefiting hospitals, schools and churches. In 2005, the Clearwater Chamber of Commerce honored Mr. Dimmitt with its first lifetime achievement award.
"He was one of those obvious leaders within the community," said Clearwater Mayor Frank Hibbard. "He worked hard, and he enjoyed life to the fullest."
A proud local product who grew up when downtown Clearwater was two blocks long, Mr. Dimmitt wore seersucker suits in the summer and crisp dark suits in the winter. He laced his rapid speech with expressions such as "boy howdy!" or "hot dog!" and could sum up his approval in a word: "Whoopee!"
"The best thing was to get seated next to Larry at an event and just let him tell you stories," said Clearwater contractor Alan Bomstein.
Born in 1914, Mr. Dimmitt moved with his family from Georgia to Clearwater in 1924. His father, Lawrence Dimmitt Sr., bought a Ford dealership at Drew Street and Garden Avenue. The business moved to S Fort Harrison Avenue in 1931.
Mr. Dimmitt ran track at the University of Florida, according to nephew Mike Sanders, and served in the military in North Africa during World War II. He started a family with wife Betty Jane, a talented artist.
Within a decade of taking over the business from his father, Mr. Dimmitt developed satellite used car lots in Pinellas County, supplied in part by rental car companies he had acquired.
He handled disappointment with aplomb — including the rainy days that mired his annual car sale for 21 years in a row.
"If you need rain," he advised local growers in a half-page newspaper advertisement, "let me know and I'll put on a sale."
In 1976, he weathered a tougher loss when Betty Jane Dimmitt, 53, died of cancer.
He eventually rebounded by continuing an adventurous lifestyle that included scuba diving, snow skiing and traveling to most continents on the globe.
In the late 1980s, Mr. Dimmitt and his sons moved their Cadillac and Chevrolet stores to U.S. 19, in keeping with a wider commercial migration away from downtown Clearwater. Still, he did his best to help downtown recover, taking out a full-page ad in 1997 to help sell two large tracts.
"I'm proud of (downtown Clearwater)," he said at the time. "I want to see it sparkle again."
To Mark Klein of Klein & Heuchan Realtors, the size of the ad was unprecedented — but so was Mr. Dimmitt's overall style.
"He could recite poetry to you one minute, and be very business-oriented in the next moment," Klein said.
Many will remember his generosity. Mr. Dimmitt paid for gymnasiums at St. Paul's School and Berkeley Preparatory School, the carillon bell tower at Episcopal Church of the Ascension and four annual scholarships for Eckerd College students.
"He was certainly one of the leaders for his generosity," said Clearwater lawyer Ed Armstrong.
Mr. Dimmitt was even willing to take his pioneer spirit into space — literally. In the mid 1980s, he put down a $5,200 deposit with a Seattle company offering a "space voyage."
Three years later, citing the Challenger accident, the company pushed the expected launch date from 1992 to the late 1990s or 2000.
"I'm not sure I can hold out that long," Mr. Dimmitt said in 1989. "That is awful old."
This story has been modified to reflect the following correction: The survivors list below should have included Mr. Dimmitt's wife, Marjorie Armston Dimmitt.
Andrew Meacham can be reached at (727) 892-2248 or email@example.com.

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Was Firefox 21 extraordinarily slow to start up? Sometimes it seemed to take minutes, although I never timed it.
All my computers and virtual machines are converted to FF 22 now, which seems to start up faster. Twelve seconds today.
Mozilla knows it is an issue and has this support article:
Firefox takes a long time to start up
AdBlockPlus supposedly adds 21% to startup time, but that seems like a small penalty to pay considering its functionality. Are there any similar plugins that do the same thing, faster? Searching shows Adblock Edge, Simple Adblock, Adblock Lite, etc.
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TOOTH FAIRY Movie Poster - The Tooth Hurts
Here is the first poster for Dwayne (The Rock) Johnson's new family comedy, Tooth Fairy. Yes, Dwayne Johnson is playing The Tooth Fairy. He sure likes to do these kid films doesn't he. Maybe he enjoys collecting the pay checks, I guess I can understand that. I mean he's never going to win an Oscar. Here is the official plot summary for the film:
Dwayne Johnson is "The Tooth Fairy," also known as Derek Thompson, a hard-charging minor league hockey player whose nickname comes from his habit of separating opposing players from their bicuspids. When Derek discourages a youngster's hopes, he's sentenced to one week's hard labor as a real tooth fairy, complete with the requisite tutu, wings and magic wand. At first, Derek "can't handle the tooth" – bumbling and stumbling as he tries to furtively wing his way through strangers' homes…doing what tooth fairies do. But as Derek slowly adapts to his new position, he begins to rediscover his own forgotten dreams.
So there it is folks, thats the movie. I have no doubt the kids are going to love it. Check out the poster below and after you're done laughing tell us what you think. The film comes out January 22, 2010.
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I rediscovered climbing 4 years ago, and since then I have been keen to build skills indoors, as well as push myself on outdoor crags and in the mountains.
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A keen climber, with sport experience indoors and out up to 6b+. I love the mountains - climbing them, walking them and ski/boarding - as long as I am in the mountains I am happy man!
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Yet Another Gamma World Article
I don't like my players texting, Tweeting, or otherwise having contact with the outside world during my game sessions. First, I find it distracting. Second, my players are practical jokers. One particularly memorable prank involved a call to the police and the words "hostage situation." I like a joke as much as the next DM, after a wrongful imprisonment trial has gone on for six months, it's time to let the gag drop.
My communication ban did not stop one of my players from sending out a few choice Tweets during the second session of our ongoing Gamma World game last weekend. The Tweets involved a pair of out-of-context quotes that may not have painted me in the best light. First, @drumbumrm (Ryan) quoted me as telling another player 'I hope you die.' Second, he complained that I "did the crit dance" after rolling a critical hit on an attack against his character.
Now, the first comment is taken completely out of context. It is true; I did tell a player (Chris) that I hoped his character died. But there is more to the story. You see, the character in question had finally succumbed to ongoing radiation damage. He had failed two death saves and had not managed to shake off the ongoing damage. By any measure, the character sheet was inches from the paper shredder. At that point, Chris turned to me and told me his plans for his new character. Specifically, Chris said that he intended to incorporate a particular plot development that had occurred earlier in the session in a way that would create some in-party tension and an interesting moral dilemma. As a DM, I am a sucker for tension, drama, and moral dilemmas and I love it when the players bring those elements into the game. Thus, I said "that's a great idea, I hope you die." It was a compliment.
The second Tweet was also technically true. I was standing up to better oversee the combat when I rolled an attack roll against Ryan's character. When the die landed on a natural 20, I did do a little dance as I announced the crit. But again, that's taken a little out of context. Ryan didn't mention that his was a plant-based character and the attack was a high-damage, fire-based attack to which he was vulnerable. So, in addition to maximizing three dice worth of damage, he took extra damage due to the vulnerability. So, of course, a little celebratory dance was in order. The dance was very brief and quite low key and he survived the attack (eventually). It's not as if I ran victory laps.
Now, I realize that some of you might feel the crit dance might seem a little mean-spiritied, but you can just keep your sissy, player-loving, sunshine and rainbows and bunny farts approach to DMing to yourself. Besides, I am sure that I've left a few of you scratching your heads about the previous comment. Moral dilemma? Tension? Plot development? In Gamma World?
I've been a bit vocal on Twitter myself lately about my current Gamma World game and a few fellow Twitterers have raised eyebrows at my deadly serious approach to the game. At least, they have raised eyebrows at the "serious" part. The "deadly" part is pretty much part of the game. Considering a number of bloggers have questioned whether Gamma World could be used as the basis for a serious, ongoing campaign, I thought it was time to discuss it. The answer is yes. Sort of.
Gamma World from Alpha to Omega
Recently, Wizards of the Coast released Gamma World. To be more precise, they actually released the seventh edition of Gamma World which incorporates the basic mechanics of Dungeons & Dragons, 4th Edition (D&D 4E).
Originally, created by James M. Ward and Gary Jaquet and first published by TSR in 1978, Gamma World was an RPG set on a post-apocalyptic Earth in the far future. While the evolution of the game and the setting, I'm not going to discuss it here. I strongly recommend you check out Jared von Hindman's excellent history: Gamma World: Over 30 Years of I Have No Idea What Is Going On. Its a great read.
Past editions of Gamma World were best known for being incredibly random, brutally deadly, and just plain bizarre. While the latest incarnation is not quite extreme as some of its predecessors, it does remain true to its lineage.
The new Gamma World is set in the year 2,162. 150 years have passed since scientists at the Large Hadron Collider accidentally caused reality to fracture and inadvertantly ended civilization as we know it. As a result of the so called 'Big Mistake' numerous alternate realities all came crashing together for a one moment, leaving a twisted, mutated, and ruined Earth in its wake. What remains of the world is blighted with radioactive deserts; strange, alien jungles; ruins of our human civilization; and weird intrusions of other realities and technologies.
Player-characters (PCs) take the forms of mutated humans, humanoids, animal-human hybrids, robots, and the like who are competing against similar beings to survive in this hostile, ravaged, somewhat alien world. And the game is just as hilarious as it sounds from that setup.
Players create characters by mixing and matching different mutations (called origins) at random, two per character. These mutations can take the form of psychic powers, animal mutations, or other strangeness and part of the fun of character creation is reconciling your two different origins into something playable. For example, my first group consisted of a humanoid lava elemental (radioactive and seismic mutations), a hive mind swarm of sentient spiders complete with incredible speed and reaction time (swarm and speedster mutations), a robot designed to infiltrate humanity by using mind-controlling electromagnetic pulses (android and mind-control mutations), and a humanoid cockroach that could be in two places at once by manipulating the fabric of space-time (cockroach and duplicator mutations).
PCs have most of the trappings of D&D 4E PCs. They have powers based on their randomly determined mutant origins, a small number of random trained skills, and the normal slate of ability scores, influenced by mutant origins but otherwise also randomly determined. I am not purposely repeating the word 'random' for emphasis, but I might as well.
In addition to the random character generation, further random wackiness comes in the form of Alpha Mutations. The PCs genetic structure is in constant flux due to the merging of numerous alternate realities. During each encounter, these fluctuations manifest as random mutations that provide a single-use power or an encounter-long static bonus. A character might manifest a sudden, armored insect shell, a new psychic power, or a repulsive stink gland. When the encounter ends (and at random moments during the combat), the Alpha Mutations are swapped for new ones.
Finally, the game also boasts an analogue to magic items in the form of alien technology that has appeared on Earth as a result of the various realities crashing together. This Omega Technology, as it's called, is quite similar to Alpha Mutations in that each piece of technology generally provides an encounter power or a static bonus. However, unlike Alpha Mutations that change constantly, Omega Technology can be hoarded and collected. When Omega Technology is used, there is a, you guessed it: random chance it will break or run out of power or otherwise become useless and have to be discarded, but a player can hold onto their Omega Technology until the right situation comes up. In addition, broken Omega Technology can sometimes be salvaged and turned into useful (but less powerful) equipment.
Aside from the (say it with me) randomness of character generation and Alpha Mutations, the game plays much like a stripped down version of D&D 4E. Of course, that's to be expected. It is a stripped down version of D&D 4E, except with shape changing, psychic Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fighting Mad Max. I'm not kidding.


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China Mobile Lowers 4G Smartphone Requirements To Target Lower-End Users
China Mobile (CHL) has changed their 4G smartphone requirements from 5 Modes to 3 Modes to target lower-end users, says Wedge Partners analyst Jun Zhang. The 3-Mode 4G smartphones do not support FDD-LTE and WCDMA.
China Mobile changed its requirements because the current 5 mode solution is too expensive, smartphone manufacturers do not want to pay royalty fees to Qualcomm (QCOM), and the mobile telecom can get the 4G phones faster especially now that the government has issued 4G licenses, according to Wedge.
This move is a plus for China Mobile, smartphone manufacturers such as MediaTek, Spreadtrum (SPRD) and Huawei, and a negative for Qualcomm, which is under anti-trust investigation in China.
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We think 3 Mode 4G smartphones will be for the low-middle end smartphones and high-end smartphones will still use 5 Mode. Therefore, we think this might encourage many smartphone players to go for 3 Mode smartphones in the early stages in order to get share from China Mobile's procurement. Previously, they had to use Qualcomm's or Marvell's 5 Mode solution.
We think this will increase 4G smartphone procurement volume for China Mobile in 2014 and make 40 million 4G smartphone procurement possible. We think this is positive for China Mobile's initial 4G adoption, as China Mobile is trying to lower 4G smartphone costs closer to middle end 3G smartphones, which are around USD $150-200.
We think 4G user growth will be a key catalyst for China Mobile. We think 4G user growth will start in the 2nd half of 2014, after the first round of 4G baseband roll-out finishes.


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Parents Let Five-Year-Old Swim With The Sharks; Awesome Or Idiotic? [POLL][VIDEO]
When it comes to other people's parenting decisions we all have an opinion. Elana and David Barnes are finding that out the hard way. The Connecticut couple are drawing heavy criticism for allowing their five-year-old daughter Anina to swim with the sharks while vacationing in the Bahamas.
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Tuscany Burgers with Cranberry Dressing
This recipe was inspired by my 16 year old son, Bradford. He came up with the ingredients and together we made them into a moist, flavorful burger. This was also the ocassion when he learned how to build a charcoal fire.
1/4 cup + 2 tablespoons Dried Cranberries
1 1/2 cups Wine
1/4 cup + 2 tablespoons + 1 3/4 teaspoons Butter
3/4 teaspoon Parsley + 3/4 teaspoon Parsley for burgers
2 tablespoon Green Onions
2 tablespoon Baby Portebello Mushrooms
3/4 teaspoon Olive Oil
18 ozs Ground Beef
6 ozs Italian Sausage
1 tablespoon Sun-dried tomato
3/4 teaspoon Paprika
1 1/2 teaspoons Kosher Salt
1 1/2 teaspoons Fresh Ground Black Pepper
3 tablespoons Goat Cheese
3 tablespoons vegetable oil for grill rack
3/4 cup Fresh Spinach - shredded
6 each Onion Rolls
To make the sauce: soak the dried cranberries in the wine for a half hour in a small grill-safe pot. Add butter and parsley, place on grill and simmer till thicken. Stir occasionally. To make the patties, sauté onions, mushrooms with olive oil in a small grill-safe pot. Combine this mixture with the ground beef, Italian sausage, sun-dried tomato Balsamic, paprika, salt, and pepper in a large bowl. Handle the meat as little as possible to avoid compacting it, mix well. Divide the mixture into 12 equal portions. Place ½ tbs goat cheese in the center of 6 of the patties. Place the other six patties on top of the cheese patty, seal and form the portions into patties to fit the rolls. Brush the grill rack with oil. Place the patties on the rack, cover, and grill until browned on the bottoms, 3 to 4 minutes. Turn the patties and continue grilling until done to preference, about 5 minutes longer for medium. During the last few minutes of cooking, carefully place the rolls, cut side down, on the outer edges of the rack to toast lightly. To assemble the burgers, on each roll bottom, place 1/8 cup of the spinach, a patty, and an equal amount of the cranberry dressing. Add the roll tops and serve.
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The annual Farm Day Experience for third-grade students returns to Salinas, Calif., on Feb. 9.
Nonprofit sponsor Monterey County Agricultural Education is seeking volunteer guides and presenters for the event, which draws nearly 3,000 students annually, coordinator Candi Depauw said.
A sign-up form for volunteers is online. The invitation-only event will run from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Growers Street Cooling in Salinas.
Farm Day offers children hands-on educational experiences about food origins with produce growers, salad processors, seed companies, nurseries and cattle ranchers.
"We have 110 or 111 classes coming, and each needs a volunteer guide," Depauw said. "We will end up with close to 300 volunteers. The presenters know they're needed, but we're looking for guides."
Monterey County Agricultural Education covers all Farm Day expenses, including buses and teacher training.
Event access and parking will be off Harkins Road. There will be no access to Growers Street Cooling from Abbott Street, one of the city's busier roads.
Farm Day is set to proceed regardless of weather.


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Ft. Pierce, FL- After a couple of days off in Florida, Geneva′s bats came back ready and out hit Delaware Valley in each game of a doubleheader but couldn′t turn the hits into runs, falling 4-0 and 5-2. Now 1-5, the low run output wasted good pitching efforts as only five of the nine runs allowed were earned.
In the opener, Ian McDonald (West Shore Christian Academy, PA) pitched a complete game, allowing just three hits. Andy Santana (Desert Christian, Dominican Republic) had the day′s only extra base hit with a double and finished with two hits in three at bats.
In the second, Geneva was able to score two runs in the top of the first but the lead didn′t last a full inning as Delaware Valley answered with two in the bottom of the inning. Garrett Swanson (Blackhawk) and Jeremy Herzog (Freedom) scored the two runs.
Geneva will return to Florida action Saturday with games against Hilbert and Albright.
Game 1
Delaware Valley 4, Geneva 0
Delaware Vly0 0 2 0 0 2 0 - 4 3 0
Geneva 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 5 2
Winner: Dalton (7 inns.) 1 strikeout, 1 walk. Loser: Ian McDonald (7 inns.) 5 strikeouts, 0 walks. 2B: Andy Santana (G). Multiple hits: Santana (G).
Game 2
Delaware Valley 5, Geneva 2
Geneva 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 4 3
Delaware Vly 2 0 0 1 2 0 x - 5 3 2
Winner: Kearney (7 inns.) 7 strikeouts, 2 walks. Loser: Caleb Metzler (4 1/3 inns.) 4 strikeouts, 2 walks. 2B: Aaron Witman (G). 3B: Wenger (DV).
Geneva College invites students to accept the challenge of an academically excellent, Christ-centered education. Offering nearly 40 undergraduate majors, Adult Degree Programs with fully online and campus-based options, and seven graduate degrees, Geneva has programs that place students at the forefront of higher learning. Adhering to the inerrancy of Scripture, a Geneva education is grounded in God′s word as well as in a core curriculum designed to prepare students vocationally to think, write and communicate well in today′s world.
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Don't worry about going all-out on flowers — that's what they're there for
All wedding guests remember exactly three things once the shoes come off: what the bride wore (white), how the cake tasted … and whether the flowers were gorgeous.
In times of economic thrift, there are areas where one can scrimp when throwing a wedding, and areas one cannot. Invitations can be printed rather than engraved; banquet food doesn't need to be elaborate; venues can run the gamut from cathedral to backyard garden.
But guests will surely remember the centerpiece of flowers on their table, and whether they were allowed to take it home with them. Whether the bride wore Vera Wang or a veil in her hair will fade, but that her nosegay contained white roses, lily of the valley and orchids — and that Betty Sue caught it — will be forever emblazoned.
There is a certain necessity to splurging on bouquets of rarest botanicals in these hard times. Why buy cheap daisies or economically-priced tulips when drop-dead gorgeous peonies and azure-grotto hydrangeas and tropical birds-of-paradise make you feel so much . . . lovelier? As F. Scott Fitzgerald famously deadpanned, "Take care of the luxuries and the necessities will take care of themselves." He must have been referring to wedding flowers.
Jeff Neighbors, owner of All Occasions Florist, says weddings "are the one thing people will still splurge on, no matter how much they may be feeling the economic pinch. Hydrangeas, cymbidium orchids, calla lilies, vibirnum — all the high-maintenance/high-end flowers are selling, and selling well."
We get the term referring to a bride (male or female), but what makes a flower "high-maintenance"?
"These particular flowers take hours per stem," Neighbors explains. "First, they have to be left in the sun for a while, followed by immersions in multiple cold and hot water baths. Then they must be held in cold storage at exactly 42 degrees to keep them at their optimum look." He smiles. "Of course, when happy brides or grooms are spending well into the five figures just to rent a venue such as Arlington Hall, what's the price on a few dozen, if not hundreds, of perfect flowers?"
Other Dallas florists are stepping up to this plate in similar fashion for flaunting flamboyancy amidst the new frugality.
Sterling's Floral Design offers an online wedding "flowers and bouquet gallery" from which to best glean "botanical inspiration." Enoc Gonzalez Jr., Sterling's manager, encourages all prospective bridal parties to request a floral consultation to plan their event, conveniently breaking down floral options into three categories: 1. wedding party, 2. wedding ceremony, 3. wedding reception.
Sterling's offers the botanical gamut, from bridal bouquets to boutonnieres and bridesmaids' en grande toilette, to centerpieces, tiered cakes and Sunday-go-to-meeting corsages.
Gonzalez advises, however, that all flower decisions should be made at least two weeks prior to the ceremony. "Many of the top-end flowers require a whole week to fully open: peonies, for instance, minimally take a week, roses take a week; stargazer lilies take a week."
Conventional wisdom has it that, when confronted with two evils, a person will always choose the prettier; and, rest assured, where flower are concerned, the prettier is always the more expensive: Dahlias are more expensive than daisies; calla lilies more expensive than carnations; gardenias more expensive than geraniums.
The most expensive stems are "calla lilies, hydrangeas and peonies, in that order," sighs Gonzalez. "Calla lilies, mini or big, easily run $9 a stem, hydrangeas $8 and peonies $5 . . . no matter whether they're out of season or in."
According to TheKnot.com, if you're having trouble picking your flowers from the thousands of varieties available, picture yourself walking through a gorgeous garden with every flower at its peak. Which flowers would you pick for your wedding? The commonplace? The colorful? The rarest? Most fragrant? Unscented? To help you narrow down your bouquet and centerpiece choices before you meet with your florist, consider this overview of the top 10 most popular wedding flowers: 1. rose; 2. tulip; 3. calla lily; 4. lily of the valley; 5. hydrangea; 6. peony; 7. ranunculus; 8. stephanotis; 9. sweet pea; 10. gardenia. (The three most popular wedding flowers of only a century ago — orange blossoms, violets and tea roses — are nowhere to be found these days.
The most expensive wedding flower of our modern times, the Casablanca lily, does not even crack the top 10 of the most popular, while the most popular of all wedding flowers (rose) in only the eighth most costly. With the exception of lily of the valley, a general rule of thumb is that the bigger the flowers are, the pricier they tend to be . . . thus throwing a bit of droop into impassioned philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche's immortal words, "It is easier to be gigantic than to be beautiful."
Let's splurge!
All Occasions Florist, 3428 Oak Lawn Ave. 214-528-0898.
Sterling's Floral Design, 18352 Dallas Parkway, Suite 120, 972-447-9151. Sterlingsflowers.com.
This article appeared in the Dallas Voice print edition May 1, 2009.


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Becoming a university means more than a new name, revamped logo and enhanced prestige. For the Dixie State University, it also means divergent voices on campus, including a former newspaper sex columnist and a would-be sorority sister.
Indigo Klabanoff is a Boston transplant and a 22-year-old communication major who decided she wanted to start a sorority last November.
"I've always liked the idea. ... You learn wonderful things about how to network, leadership skills and getting out into the community," she said. And though she changed her goal from a nationally chartered chapter to a school club, she has refused to remove Greek letters from its name.


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NDSS hosted our annual Buddy Walk® on Washington on March 13 – 14 in Washington, DC. The two-day advocacy event brought over 220 individuals from across the country to our nation's capital to advocate for legislative priorities that positively impact the lives of people with Down syndrome and their families. Advocates from the Down syndrome community met with more than 300 members of Congress to bring our issues to the forefront of their agendas.
On Wednesday, March 13, NDSS hosted an advocacy training session to help our advocates prepare for their Congressional visits the next day. The training session included an exclusive event for self-advocates - NDSS Self-Advocates Speak Out hosted by the NDSS Self-Advocate Advisory Board (SAAB).
During our training session, Jim Nussle, a current NDSS Board Member and former US Representative and former Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director, provided keynote remarks about "Making Your Voice Heard" in our nation's capital.
Following our training session, NDSS hosted our Buddy Walk® on Washington awards dinner and celebration. We recognized individuals and organizations from the Down syndrome community that fight tirelessly to advocate for people with Down syndrome year-round, including: the Down Syndrome Association of Jacksonville (DSAJ) with the Buddy Walk® of the Year Award, Daniel Goodrow and Connor Long, Self-Advocate of the Year Award; Nikki Davis and Richard Peck, Advocate of the Year Award; Rick Kosmalski and Jawanda Barnett Mast, NDSS DS-Ambassador of the Year Award; and the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute for Child Health & Human Development (NICHD), Organization of the Year Award. We were honored to have Congressman Ander Crenshaw (R-FL) and Congressman Pete Sessions (R-TX) join us as award presenters.
On Thursday, March 14, NDSS kicked off the day on Capitol Hill by recognizing 16 Congressional leaders as NDSS Champions of Change at our annual breakfast reception. "From coast to coast, NDSS is proud there are so many US Senators and US Representatives fighting every day in Congress for people with Down syndrome and their families," said NDSS President Jon Colman.
NDSS recognized the following members of Congress:
Later that day, NDSS joined Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) and Representatives Ander Crenshaw (R-FL), Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Pete Sessions (R-TX) and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) at a press conference for the Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act - one of our highest legislative priorities for the 113th Congress. John Anton, NDSS DS-Ambassador and Self-Advocate from Massachusetts, spoke at the press event about how the ABLE Act will help him as a 47-year-old with Down syndrome. "There is no other bill in the US Congress that has as much bipartisan, bicameral support as the ABLE Act. It is time that Congress enacts into law the ABLE Act," said NDSS Board Chair Chip Gerhardt.
The ABLE Act has 26 cosponsors in the Senate and over 90 cosponsors in the House. "Passing this landmark legislation will go a long way to help all people with Down syndrome (including my 13 year old daughter Natalie) and other disabilities realize and achieve their own hopes, dreams, and aspirations," said NDSS Board and National Government Affairs Committee Member Steve Beck.
That afternoon, NDSS participated in the Down Syndrome Consortium quarterly meeting in the US Capitol with the Congressional Down Syndrome Caucus and National Institutes of Health (NIH).
A special thanks goes to the advocates from around the country that took part in the 2013 Buddy Walk® on Washington. If you weren't able to join us, you can do your part to advocate for people with Down syndrome by taking action to contact your senators and representatives about our 2013 legislative priorities.
Learn more about the Buddy Walk® on Washington and the NDSS DS-Ambassador program.
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Case Reports in Orthopedics
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 439836, 2 pages
Case Report
Foreign Body Granuloma: A Diagnosis Not to Forget
1Rheumatology Department, Mohammed VI Medical Center, Marrakesh, Morocco
2Department of Orthopedics and Orthopedic Surgery B, Mohammed VI Medical Center, Marrakesh, Morocco
Received 29 November 2011; Accepted 2 February 2012
Academic Editor: A. H. Kivioja
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Lana Del Rey cannot sing
At the very end of 2011 I wrote about how Gotye had released the song of the year (sorry for the reminder, I know that was a song that, in most cases, you just used to know...) and I was told by several people to get with the program. The real song of the year that year was by someone called Lana Del Rey. I did some listening to her song (Video Games) and to a couple of others. I know as well as you that music is subjective - the number of people referring to Video Games as some breath of fresh air meant I had to check it out, this Lana Del Rey was obviously great.
I kinda like being outraged (you might have noticed). But I couldn't believe that Lana Del Rey was going to be 2012's star, the song was awful, she was a fake, a fraud, a grotesque - and though reading that back it still makes sense to me I was taken to task for focussing on her style makeover and name-change. I was reminded that many of the musicians I love have changed their names. Heck, even ole Keef added an 's' to his surname so as not to be confused with Cliff Richard (true story). But Bob Dylan wasn't born Bob Dylan, Elton John made that name up for the stage, there are obviously hundreds of examples.
My problem with Lana Del Rey wasn't that she had changed her name, it was that she was so clearly being invented/reinvented as a gin-and-juice swilling producer's puppet when her earnest attempts as Lizzy Grant (a sort of boring but never-quite-twee poppy folk/ish singer) had been so completely uninteresting. All that stood between her and fame was a new hairdo, stoned-over mugging and those car-tyre lips for a car-crash act.
Well of course Lana Del Rey did become one of the big stars of 2012 and then though things were quieter (mercifully) last year she has returned with her second full-lengther, Ultraviolence.
I always like to give things a chance - even if you'll never believe me. And I possibly even wanted to like a second album from Lana Del Rey, perhaps I really had been one of the only people in the world to not be sold on the apparent charms of Video Games and the other hit songs from the first album.
Ultraviolence hangs together as more of a complete-sounding album, well, the songs all match is more what I mean. But there are no big pop hooks this time around, everything just sounds daydreamy-bored, everything sounds like it's a big white wash of swirled together pastel sounds, her voice a thin smear like caked-on make-up being wiped off at the end of the night with the back of a wrist.
This time around she's got one of the Black Keys in on production and she's still singing about the trappings of fame and boredom but my issue, still, is that to my ears she cannot sing. They cover it up as best they can with songs that aim to be moods rather than tunes, with the production gauze doing the work.
I see just last week that Lana Del Rey has rocketed to the top of the NZ Charts. So what, big deal, you might be saying.
She's a pop star and I understand that for fans it is as much about her look and the marketing and being part of the scene but in some reviews I've even seen a defence of her voice. That is what I don't understand.
We're all allowed to like what we like, obviously. But Lana Del Rey cannot sing.
I hope it's all been a case of performance art - some strange folly, some slightly obscure reference lost on most of her core audience. I reckon Lana Del Rey is channelling Alicia Hall, Jerry Hall's character from Tim Burton's first Batman film. She's imagining Hall as torch-singer, the ultimate cracked chanteuse.
I'd almost love that to be true. But I tell you she still can't sing.
Here's my review of Lana Del Rey's new album.
What are your thoughts? Were you a fan of the first and not the second? Do you like the new album more than her debut? Or could you never see the appeal at all? Clearly a bunch of us seem to like her for whatever reason.
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I made some pins colada cupcakes using this recipe.
They looked like a great recipe but mine came out gummy and floury tasting. Why??? They were gonna be a gift but I can't give something that I don't like. Any suggestions on a new recipe or what I did wrong. I didn't substitute anything or change any of the measurements. Thanks. [/quote]
I don't know any other recipes but you could do a search. That seems like alot of wet ingredients for the amount of flour though. Maybe there is a typo in the recipe?
There is a lot of moisture going on in that recipe. Did you drain the pineapple before you mixed it in? If you don't drain it I would skip the pineapple juice next time. I make a pineapple cake that is basically only flour, sugar, and crushed pineapple (undrained) and it is plenty moist. You might try adding a little more flour or cut back the liquid. HTH
Should I use a box mix? Maybe that would be more foolproof?
Here's a recipe for pina colada cupcakes that uses a box mix:
Might be a bit more foolproof because I agree with others, there does seem to be a lot of liquid in that recipe.
The description on the site says they are more than just moist, they are wet. Someone else wrote about theirs turning out wobbly, and they were told to add more flour. A mix is pretty foolproof but you can find another scratch recipe that seems to have a better dry/flour to liquid ratio.
I would leave that recipe alone...for now, anyway.
Would you consider a coconut cake with a pineapple filling.
I have tried, and love this coconut cake recipe,
I JUST found this one,
I tried to find a Pina Colada recipe because that is my favorite drink but never found a recipe that I liked. So one night as me and my besties were mixing some drinks I looked at the Bacardi mixer and said "Hey!, I'm putting this in a cake!" And this is what I came up with...
Pina Colada cupcakes
1 box DH White cake mix
1 cup All-purpose flour
½ cup sugar
1 container Barcardi Pina Colada mix 10 0z.
3 eggs
2 Pina Colada yogurts
1 ½ tbsp rum flavor
1/3 cup water
I bake @ 325 for 20+ mins. My oven temps vary. I bake until the tops start to turn golden. The toothpick test doesnt work on these. The pick will come out clean but the next day these will be too moist. I top these with pineapple buttercream and sprinkle with some shredded coconut. HTH. If you try this recipe let me know how they turn out for you. These are a big hit @ my shop. I find recipe a bit too moist but customers say they love it.
Thxs for recipe. The yogurt should be regular kind right? Not smoothie kind?
The yogurt I use is by Yoplait. I buy the Original. Pina Colada flavor. Not the Light.
Kim, do you think this recipe would translate to a stacked cake? I have a request for one tier of a two tiered cake to be pina colada and I sure hope your recipe would work
Hey, where are you located in SC? I haven't tried to make this into a cake yet. I keep things simple when offering cakes because most of what I sell are sculpted cakes and I have to use pound cake or WASC recipes for those. It is a super moist recipe. I keep working with water ratio hoping to get it right. If you try it let me know! HTH


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Patriots' Wilfork considers skipping minicamp
Published: June 3rd, 2009 | Tags: New England Patriots, Vince Wilfork
Vince Wilfork's holdout might not end any time soon.
The Patriots' defensive tackle has skipped the team's voluntary workouts the last few weeks and would consider staying at home when mandatory minicamp sessions begin next week, the Boston Herald reports. At issue are the ongoing contract talks between the team and Wilfork, who is entering the final year of the five-year deal that he signed as a rookie:
"I'm staying positive about the whole situation," Wilfork said. "Whatever happens, happens. I'm not losing sleep over it. This is the business part. I hate it, but at the same time, I have to look out for Vince Wilfork. That's the bottom line. That's what it comes down to."
Wilfork has started all but three games for the Patriots since 2005, and he's widely regarded as one of the best players at his position. Here's more of what he told the Herald:
"I don't know when I'm going to be stepping on the field but I can tell you I'm going to be ready for the first game of the season," he said. "I hate not being there. It hurts me not to be out with my guys. I hate not being with my guys more than anything, but the time will come. Guys that know me in that locker room know I'm working."


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We left king Zedekiah in rebellion against the king of Babylon (2 Kgs. 24:20), contriving and endeavouring to shake off his yoke, when he was no way able to do it, nor took the right method by making God his friend first. Now here we have an account of the fatal consequences of that attempt.
I. The king of Babylon's army laid siege to Jerusalem, 2 Kgs. 25:1. What should hinder them when the country was already in their possession? 2 Kgs. 24:2. They built forts against the city round about, whence, by such arts of war as they then had, they battered it, sent into it instruments of death, and kept out of it the necessary supports of life. Formerly Jerusalem had been compassed with the favour of God as with a shield, but now their defence had departed from them and their enemies surrounded them on every side. Those that by sin have provoked God to leave them will find that innumerable evils will compass them about. Two years this siege lasted; at first the army retired, for fear of the king of Egypt (Jer. 37:11), but, finding him not so powerful as they thought, they soon returned, with a resolution not to quit the city till they had made themselves masters of it.
II. During this siege the famine prevailed (2 Kgs. 25:3), so that for a long time they ate their bread by weight and with care, Ezek. 4:16. Thus they were punished for their gluttony and excess, their fulness of bread and feeding themselves without fear. At length there was no bread for the people of the land, that is, the common people, the soldiers, whereby they were weakened and rendered unfit for service. Now they ate their own children for want of food. See this foretold by one prophet (Ezek. 5:10) and bewailed by another, Lam. 4:3-12 Jeremiah earnestly persuaded the king to surrender (Jer. 38:17), but his heart was hardened to his destruction.
III. At length the city was taken by storm: it was broken up, 2 Kgs. 25:4. The besiegers made a breach in the wall, at which they forced their way into it. The besieged, unable any longer to defend it, endeavoured to quit it, and make the best of their way; and many, no doubt, were put to the sword, the victorious army being much exasperated by their obstinacy.
IV. The king, his family, and all his great men, made their escape in the night, by some secret passages which the besiegers either had not discovered or did not keep their eye upon, 2 Kgs. 25:4. But those as much deceive themselves who think to escape God's judgments as those who think to brave them; the feet of him that flees from them will as surely fail as the hands of him that fights against them. When God judges he will overcome. Intelligence was given to the Chaldeans of the king's flight, and which way he had gone, so that they soon overtook him, 2 Kgs. 25:5. His guards were scattered from him, every man shifting for his own safety. Had he put himself under God's protection, that would not have failed him now. He presently fell into the enemies' hands, and here we are told what they did with him. 1. He was brought to the king of Babylon, and tried by a council of war for rebelling against him who set him up, and to whom he had sworn fidelity. God and man had a quarrel with him for this; see Ezek. 17:16-21 The king of Babylon now lay at Riblah (which lay between Judea and Babylon), that he might be ready to give orders both to his court at home and his army abroad. 2. His sons were slain before his eyes, though children, that this doleful spectacle, the last his eyes were to behold, might leave an impression of grief and horror upon his spirit as long as he lived. In slaying his sons, they showed their indignation at his falsehood, and in effect declared that neither he nor any of his were fit to be trusted, and therefore that they were not fit to live. 3. His eyes were put out, by which he was deprived of that common comfort of human life which is given even to those that are in misery, and to the bitter in soul, the light of the sun, by which he was also disabled for any service. He dreaded being mocked, and therefore would not be persuaded to yield (38:19), but that which he feared came upon him with a witness, and no doubt added much to his misery; for, as those that are deaf suspect that every body talks of them, so those that are blind suspect that every body laughs at them. By this two prophecies that seemed to contradict one another were both fulfilled. Jeremiah prophesied that Zedekiah should be brought to Babylon, Jer. 32:5; 34:3. Ezekiel prophesied that he should not see Babylon, Ezek. 12:13. He was brought thither, but, his eyes being put out, he did not see it. Thus he ended his days, before he ended his life. 4. He was bound in fetters of brass and so carried to Babylon. He that was blind needed not be bound (his blindness fettered him), but, for his greater disgrace, they led him bound; only, whereas common malefactors are laid in irons (Ps. 105:18; 107:10), he, being a prince, was bound with fetters of brass; but that the metal was somewhat nobler and lighter was little comfort, while still he was in fetters. Let it not seem strange if those that have been held in the cords of iniquity come to be thus held in the cords of affliction, Job 36:8.
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Got a movie you'd like to recommend? Let us know in the comments section or email your review to firstname.lastname@example.com. Write a short blurb with sections for what it's about, why it's great and where we can find it. If you can track down a trailer, link us to that, too.
This week, PennLive's arts and entertainment writer and classical music critic Sean Adams picks a little-known TV show about a troubled theatrical company.
2003-2006 | Not rated | 45 minute episodes, six episodes per seasonWhat it's about:
When the artistic director of a prominent Shakespearian theatre company meets his untimely end, his former protege Geoffrey Tennant (Paul Gross) reluctantly takes the job. Returning to the company after a massive falling out and a nervous breakdown mid-performance, the unstable Geoffrey has to deal with a company in severe artistic decline, his troubled relationship with his leading lady and former lover (Martha Burns), and the affable ghost of the old director.
Why it's great:
But those certainly aren't the only Shakespearian shout-outs. If you know what to look for, the sub-plots are littered with Elizabethan Easter eggs. Take, for instance, the unpopular guy named Richard who keeps plotting to take over the company.
The journey with these folks is all too brief - each of the three seasons has only six episodes - but in that time you get to see the life of an actor in a microcosm: the exhilarating rush of connecting with a play and then sharing that connection with an audience, in between lots and lots of off-stage drama. For us, that means lots and lots of wonderful comedy.
Where you can find it:
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