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|Spring 2007 Issue
More solar power to them
Congratulations to the SCU Solar Decathlon team (Mission Matters, Spring 2007 SCM) on being chosen for this elite competition. You are the stewards of a collaboration of great implication to all mankind. It is indeed an exciting opportunity for SCU and team members.Brian T. Del Giorgio CPA '68
Santa Maria
But what are universities doing about mental disorders?
While I appreciate "Are People Getting Crazier?" in your Spring 2007 issue, it is an academic discussion of mental illness.
As the Mental Health Services Act (Proposition 63) policy coordinator for the National Alliance on Mental Illness in California, I work with groups to, among other things, revamp mental health education and mental health workforce development. Regional collaboratives between higher education and the mental health system are being developed throughout the state. SCU should become involved.
College age is often the first time that these issues present themselves—sometimes with dramatic and tragic consequences.Dede Moon Ranahan '66
Marie G. Herbert, assistant director of Santa Clara University Counseling and Psychological Services, responds:
Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) provides psychological, consultative and educational services to the SCU community. Services are free and confidential (within the limits of California law). The clinical staff consists of licensed mental health professionals. Students may be seen for up to 10 appointments each year and occasionally more. A staff person manages emerging crisis cases each weekday and is available by cell phone to consult on after-hours emergency situations. Staff members provide consultation to various University departments, faculty, and parents regarding students in crisis. Staff also conduct educational workshops with students and campus personnel to address mental health issues. Please visit the CAPS Web site for more information.
Stigma and mental illness
The National Alliance on Mental Illness for years has been fighting the stigma that is associated with mental illness. As a father who had a son with a mental illness, I feel that using the word "crazier" in the title [of Thomas Plante's article] and numerous times in the text was insensitive to the problem of mental illness.
However, I did find the article very interesting and informative.Richard Berryessa M.A. '74
San Jose
These letters were received before the tragic massacre at Virginia Tech brought renewed attention to the realities of mental illness on college campuses—and what universities can and should do to help. For more on this important topic, visit the online discussion in the Spring 2007 issue of SCM. —Ed.
Not my ideals and morals
With respect to "A hidden gem" (Mission Matters, Winter 2006 SCM): If Gavin Newsom and Jerry Brown are representative of the ideals and morals of Santa Clara University, I am going to pick up my library commemorative paver and retreat in shame.Richard R. Callahan '59
Orange, Calif.
Morality vs. ethics
Regarding the After Words by David DeCosse in the Spring 2007 issue of SCM: Can morality change? I think not. Yet our understanding of it can evolve. Galileo was not so much censored for his morality but his insistence that his sun-centered solar system was the correct view even before his fellow astronomers, many of them Jesuits, could confirm that he was right. Was the Church incorrect? Yes, but her motivation was sincere.
True, the majority of Catholic ethicists traditionally have been priests. To describe them additionally as male and celibate is at best redundant, or is it only veiled anti-clericalism?
Is lay involvement in the Church's discussion of ethics a good thing? Yes. The genesis of much needed Church reform historically has sprung from this exact source. We are however, I believe, in a time where the vast majority of our clergy are truly holy and good men. This is not the Church preceding the reformation. An ethical claim is more than "aided by insights drawn from Scripture, popes and Church councils, Catholic tradition, philosophy, and the sciences." These are the very sources from which we must draw on to answer the often very difficult questions life raises.
Our personal experience of Christian love, what some might call our ethical conscience, is important but not infallible. Many well meaning people following their conscience have paved a new but dangerous path. Luther comes to mind. As a former Protestant, ELCA Lutheran, I have seen what happens to a church when the important decisions of the day are decided by a majority vote of its members.
Richard Hesla
Portland, Ore.
Voice of the voiceless?
Regarding "A banner beginning for Madam Speaker" in Mission Matters (Spring 2007 SCM), Jerold Enos' beautiful banners certainly remind us that children, everywhere, are the future of mankind.
But what is troubling is that Jesuit Father Privett persuaded SCU's Jerald Enos to provide the banners for a Mass offered by Jesuit Father Drinan, celebrating the Catholic identity of Nancy Pelosi, the new Speaker of the House. And, Mr. Enos exuded that she is "the new voice of the voiceless" and "it was like a meditation on the gift of life...."
Considering that Congresswoman Pelosi and ex-Congressman Drinan have been political enablers of the abortion industry, how many "ironies" can be found in this story?
Mack White '56 and Lucy Hould White
The Spring 2007 issue glorifies Nancy Pelosi as "the new voice of the voiceless." This is the farthest that can be from the truth. She leads the political party that has used abortion as their No. 1 platform for 25 years. To not note this in the article is a disservice to all of the "voiceless" millions aborted because of Democratic party policy.
We are responsible for those for whom we vote. Let's not be responsible for abortions.
Michael Cosgrove BME '58
Brookings, Ore.
Much to our proofreading chagrin, the print edition of Mission Matters in Spring 2007 SCM contained an incorrect spelling of the first name of the chairman of Intel. He spells it Craig Barrett.
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|Comedy, Romance, School Life, Shounen Ai
Despite his endless enthusiasm and flashy style, Koshiro just can't seem to get a girlfriend or even a date. To make things worse, the cute girls that ignore him all go flocking to aloof Kirihara who glides through life effortlessly and unaffected. In fact, the only thing that Kirihara seems to take enjoyment in is watching Koshiro's failures. Why do these opposites keep getting thrown together or is it more than just coincidence...

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It's on every Dodger blog site and sports media outlet in the universe, so I'm not going to belabor the issue here; but just in case this is your first stop along the World Wide Web, Zack Greinke signed with the Dodgers on Saturday evening.
Here's the breakdown:
- Six years / $147M
- $12M signing bonus
- $17M in 2013,
- $24M in 2014,
- $23M in 2015,
- $24M in 2016,
- $23M in 2017,
- $24M in 2018.
- Greinke did not receive a no-trade clause with the contract.
- Because he was traded mid-season from the Brewers to the Angels, the Dodgers do not lose a first round draft pick.
If you want more info, just pick any one of the other bazillion sports blogs or websites out there.


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Wait till you have a computer crash and have to reinstall/re-enable your DRM purchases. Or maybe when the activation servers go down for good and you're left with a digital library that's no longer accessible. Then you'll start understanding how worthless DRM actually is. But, hey, you're about the first and only person I've ever seen defend DRM, so have at it. You're the
customer for these price-hiking morons.
EDIT: ask the people who bought DRM'd PDF's a couple of years ago who can no longer access those files how they feel about DRM. Oh, and all the ones who, as of yet, can't replace their DRM'd LRX files from Sony. I bet they're really chuffed about DRM.
I dont think you understand how the DRM works. or I dont?
My files are stored on my home PC and backed up on an external drive not on anyone elses serves so thats a non issue.
if i have a computer crash(unlikely I use Macs
) then that wont stop me copying the books onto a reader via drag and drop! as they are already authorised to me.
the computer can be deactivated via the sony software from any computer i log into, so a crashing computer does not cause me to lose '1 of my authorised devices'
So basically non of what you said applies to the DRM system that I am currently happy with and again if I hadnt been happy i wouldnt of bought DRM Ebooks.
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What's the biggest determinant of successful retirement planning? One might guess it's asset allocation because of the famous paper published in 1986 concluding that asset allocation is the primary determinant of a portfolio's return variability. But a recent paper by the Putnam Institute suggests asset allocation plays a relatively minor role in the scheme of things when it comes to saving enough for retirement. So does rebalancing a portfolio on a quarterly basis.
So what else could it be, then? You might guess fund performance. But that's not the case either, according to the paper titled "Defined contribution plans: Missing the forest for the trees?"
Individual fund performance would be the trees blocking the view of the metaphorical forest.
I can't help but wonder if the Putnam Institute is trying to minimize the importance of fund performance because it so happens that many Putnam funds have lagged their peer groups. At best, Putnam funds perform at the middle of the pack for one-year returns, landing in the 51st percentile on average, according to Morningstar. Long-term performance is even worse: For five-, 10- and 15-year returns, Putnam funds rank in the 60th, 63rd and 68th percentile, respectively, on average (1=best and 100=worst).
Looking in the weeds of the study
The base case in the study uses funds that have been around for at least 29 years, and that ranked in the bottom quartile for performance. Translation: They stunk in 1982.
Someone -- let's call her Sally -- who deferred 3 percent of her pay since 1982 into a conservative mix of stock and bond funds would have had a 401(k) balance of $136,400 at the end of 2011, according to the study. Assumptions: Sally started out with a salary of $25,000, received 3 percent annual pay raises, never rebalanced the portfolio or changed the asset allocation and just coasted along for 29 years in a portfolio consisting of 30 percent stocks, 60 percent bonds and 10 percent cash, allocated among six funds of various styles and market capitalizations.
The study also looked at four other fund scenarios. What would have happened if Sally had invested in top-quartile funds back in 1982 and held for the long term? What if the plan sponsor switched the lineup every three years so that Sally could invest in the top-quartile funds at three-year intervals? What if Sally only invested in index funds? And four: What if the plan sponsor could accurately predict the top quartile funds in advance every three years, and Sally invested in these at three-year intervals? That last scenario, dubbed "crystal ball," obviously is not accessible to anyone without the benefit of hindsight.
Surprisingly, the portfolio values didn't deviate that much from the base case. In fact, only the crystal ball scenario resulted in a portfolio that was larger, by about $30,000, than the base case. All the other scenarios yielded results that were lower by anywhere from $5,000 to about $10,000 -- including the index fund strategy.
So what determines success?
OK, so if asset allocation, rebalancing and individual fund performance are not the main determinants of retirement success, what is? According to the study, it turns out that the amount deferred in the retirement plan by the plan participant makes the most difference. If Sally had deferred 4 percent, 6 percent or 8 percent instead of 3 percent, she'd have a much fatter nest egg after 29 years. Here's what she'd have:
- 3 percent deferral: $136,400
- 4 percent deferral: $181,800
- 6 percent deferral: $272,700
- 8 percent deferral: $334,000
This is something over which plan participants -- you and me -- have control. The study's author suggests that plan sponsors adopt a more aggressive auto-escalation feature in their plans, hiking deferral rates automatically by a percentage point each year until participants are contributing 10 percent.
But don't wait for your employer to make this decision for you. Start contributing 10 percent -- or as much as you can -- from the get-go.
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We have liked what we have seen in the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 so far around here. If you have liked the WiFi version of the tablet, which is available around the country today, and wished there was a 3G version to get instead your wish may be coming soon. A new version of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 has turned up at the FCC. There isn't a lot of detail on the device and we still have no confirmation by AT&T that the tablet will hit its network or what the thing will cost. What we do know is that the tablet has AT&T 3G frequencies inside.
The FCC data shows that the new version of the tablet will support the GSM 850 and 1900 frequencies and WCDMA bands II and V. The use of those bands would seemingly be a direct indication that the tablet is heading to AT&T. However, there is no official confirmation from AT&T on that. The model number for the new tablet is GT-P7500 and the FCC approvals are usually the last thing needed for the tablet to come to store shelves.
Other than the 3G hardware inside, the tablets have the same features as the WiFi only Galaxy Tab 10.1 we already know all about. That means Android 3.1 Honeycomb for the operating system, a 10.1-inch screen with 1280 x 800 resolutions, and a GHz dual core processor. Pricing is unknown, but it would be a safe bet that you could add $100 to the price of the WiFi only 16GB and 32GB tablets and be at the 3G price.
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|Biographical Information
|High King of the Noldor
|Early Y.T., Cuiviénen
|c. Y.T. 1492, Formenos
|Míriel Serindë, Indis
|Fëanor, Irimë, Fingolfin, Finarfin, Findis
|Physical Description
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Finwë was the first High King of the Noldor (as such he is sometimes surnamed Noldóran) who led his Elven people on the journey from Middle-earth to Valinor in the blessed realm of Aman. He was a great friend of Elu Thingol, the King of Doriath.
Life in Middle Earth
The first Elves awoke in Middle-earth, near the Lake Cuiviénen, sometime during the early Years of the Trees. Though it is not clearly stated in the Silmarillion, Finwë was probably among the first Children of Ilúvatar. Oromë, The Huntsman of the Valar, while traveling in the Orocarni mountains, discovered the Elves and bonded friendship with their kin.
Later, as the Valar decided to call the first Children of Ilúvatar in Valinor, because they regarded this call with suspicion, he selected three Elves to follwo him into Aman and report back what they have seen. The three elves were Finwë, Ingwë and Elwë, who would later become kings of the three fractions into which the elven race was split.
Impressed by the wonders of Valinor, Finwë and his other two companions returned towards the Middle-earth and attempted to convince their race to follow them back into Aman. Those who agreed to follow Oromë received the name of Eldar. Among them were Finwë's people, the Noldor. They later became students of Aulë the Smith. Finwë's eldest son, Fëanor, would become the greatest craftsman among the Elves of Valinor.
Life in Valinor
During Melkor's attempt to corrupt the Noldor, Finwë attempted to moderate his people and lead them back to the Valar. When Fëanor was exiled from Tirion, Finwë went with him to Formenos. There he was the first to be killed in Valinor when Melkor slew him at the doors of Formenos seeking the Silmarils. This act was the catalyst that led to the Revolt of the Ñoldor.
Finwë had two wives. His first was Míriel, who passed away soon after bearing their only child, Fëanor. His second wife was Indis, of the Vanyar, who bore him two sons: Fingolfin and Finarfin, and two daughters: Findis and Irimë.
Finwë's name is not clearly translated. The Appendix in The Silmarillion, part called "Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names", translates fin as "hair". In the The Lost Road and Other Writings, chapter The Etymologies, phin it is translated as "nimbleness" or "skill". To either of these two, the suffix -wë is added. Used generaly for male names it is derived from the stem weg, meaning "manly vigour".
Noldóran, as Finwë was also called, means "King of the Noldor". It is formed by the union of Noldor and aran, a Sindarin noun which means "king".
Other Versions of the Legendarium
In the first drafts of the genealogy, Finwë had four sons: the youngest was named Finrun, but he was dropped after that, thus Finrod (later Finarfin) was Finwë's youngest son from then on.
In a later version Finwë had three daughters added by Indis, Findis (as their first child) Faniel (as their third), and Finvain (as their youngest). In yet later versions, Faniel was apparently dropped, while Findis and Finvain were kept. Finvain (renamed Irimë) was moved to after Fingolfin, thus Finarfin was once again the youngest child of Finwë.
- The Silmarillion, Of the Coming of the Elves and the Captivity of Melkor
- The Silmarillion, Of Eldamar and the Princes of the Eldalië
- The Silmarillion, Of Fëanor and the Unchaining of Melkor
- The Silmarillion, Of the Silmarils and the Unrest of the Noldor
- The Silmarillion, Of the Darkening of Valinor
- The Silmarillion, Of the Flight of the Noldor
- The Silmarillion, Index of Names
- The Silmarillion, Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names
- The Lost Road and Other Writings, The Etymologies
- The Peoples of Middle-earth, The Shibboleth of Feanor
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Former Woolworths boss Roger Corbett is seeking to be elected as a non-executive director of HalcyGen Pharmaceuticals.
Mr Corbett will seek the approval of shareholders at the company's annual general meeting on November 17.
A former chief executive of Woolworths, Mr Corbett is chairman of Fairfax Media and a director on the Reserve Bank of Australia's board.
"I will be delighted to work with the HalcyGen board at a time of significant change and to be working with such a strong management team led by chief executive officer Dr Roger Aston," Mr Corbett said in a statement.
Mr Alston said Mr Corbett would bring much experience to the pharmaceutical company's bid to increase its retail capabilities.
"HalcyGen is now poised for the next stage of its development and is looking to expand its marketing, branding and re-launching of products both in domestic and international markets," Dr Alston said.
Shares in HalcyGen were up four cents, or 7.02 per cent, at 61 cents by 1312 AEDT.


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A search warrant executed at a Jennings residence Monday afternoon resulted in the arrest of the three suspects for possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine and ecstasy.
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We are sailing out of Tampa in January 2009. I usually have sailed from Fort Lauderdale or Miami, but flights to Tampa are much cheaper. We will not have a car, but will probably want to do some shopping for drinks, etc. before boarding. Does anyone know of a good pre-cruise hotel within walking distance of shopping (even if just a grocery store)? If the hotel has a shuttle to the airport or port and/or is close to one or the other, that's great. Thanks.
You might be interested in Hilton Garden Inn Ybor City. They even have a shuttle to the port.
Thanks Dave!
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More apps to express your feelings to your Valentine
Valentine's Day is probably one of the most stressful days of the year for men. The pressure to come up with an over-the-top idea to woo their Valentine can be a daunting task. But there's no need to for the men to go it alone. Below are some helpful apps compiled by AT&T to take the stress out of Valentine's Day and put the "man" back in romantic!
Helpful Romantic – This app provides great romantic ideas for Valentine's Day which are specifically generated for your significant other based on her personality. (Apple iOS - $.99)
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Find Chocolate (Apple iOS)/Find Chocolate! (Android) – If your Valentine has a sweet tooth, then this FREE app will come in handy. It helps you locate the nearest chocolate shops.
OpenTable – Want to wine and dine your sweetheart on Valentine's Day? This FREE app allows you to book a table at more than 20,000 restaurants. You can find restaurants near you, as well as search by cuisine, price or location. You can also check out reviews and browse menus.
Love Poems – Not the creative type but want to sweep your Valentine off her feet? Nothing says "I love you" like a love poem. This FREE app provides thousands of love quotes, sayings and poems. You can send the love poems as text or e-mail. And if you really want to earn some brownie points with your sweetie, you can share love poems to her through your social networks.


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Charlotte's Mom
My name is Karen Marshand. I'm a 26-year-old mother of a five-year-old daughter, and this is our story.
I had always thought that the most beautiful sound in the world was the sound of a young child laughing.
I was fast asleep on my sofa when I awoke with a thin smile on my face as I heard my 5-year-old daughter, Charlotte, laughing and giggling. I opened my eyes to see her sitting naked on the floor while Wolfie, our white German Shepard, was licking between her legs.
"Char!" I shouted in a panic, scaring her and Wolfie half to death. She jumped and started to cry while Wolfie took off like a scared rabbit.
"Honey, what were you and Wolfie doing?" I said, trying to control the panic in my voice.
"He was lickin' me, Mommy. He likes that."
"I know, honey, but you shouldn't let Wolfie do that to you."
"Why not, Mommy? It feels good," she explained with quivering lower lip.
How do you explain to a child that everything that feels good, isn't necessarily good for you? At age five, children believe that if it feels good, then do it. Come to think of it, I knew a lot of adults who believed the same thing, so how do you convince a five year old that anything involving her private parts with an animal isn't the moral or socially correct thing to do? I decided to take the physical, rather than the moral or social approach.
"He could hurt you, baby. Doggie's tongues are very rough, and could make you sore down there. It might hurt when you go pee-pee."
"Sometimes it does, Mommy, but it still feels good."
Oh my God! Did she say "sometimes it does?" How many times has this happened? Where have I been? What kind of mother was I? I tried to think back to what I'd learned in college about `child sexuality.' All I could remember was that children begin to masturbate at a very early age, and that you should tell them that it was okay to do at home, but not in the grocery store. I don't remember reading anything about what to do if you find your dog licking your child's pussy, or worse still, what to tell her if she likes it.
My next thought was orgasm! Did five year olds have orgasms? I seemed to remember that the sexual response cycle included desire-arousal-orgasm-recovery, and that 43 percent of children to age 12 engaged in some sort of sexual activity and that 23 percent attained climax. Was Charlotte one of those lucky 23 percent?
I don't remember if, at age 5, I was in that lucky group or not, but I do remember that during those classes in Teacher's College I became sexually aroused by the thought of children having sex and "cumming." I wasn't sure why a math teacher had to know all of that, but Child Sexuality was my favorite class, and it wasn't just because I aced the course.
I decided that the best course of action at the moment was to run her a nice warm bubble bath, and then to rub her down with baby oil. "Honey, Mommy is going to run you a nice warm bubble bath, so you wait in that chair and don't let Wolfie near you. Okay?"
"'Kay, Mommy,"
I ran her a warm bath with California Baby Bubble Bath, and added some of my Estee Lauder Youth Dew Bath Oil, which always made her feel like a "big girl," because it was what Mommy used. I thought it might make her want to stay in the bath longer, giving the bath oil time to work its magic on her sore pussy.
When I returned to the living room, she was sitting sideways in the recliner, feet up on one arm, legs parted, and she was gently rubbing her clitoris.
"Does it hurt bad, sweetie?"
"Uh-Uh, Mommy, it itches."
I moved her hand out of the way and was looking at her crimson genital area with a red clitoral hood, the light pink tip of her clitoris peeking out from under the hood. I fought to keep from touching it, but lost the fight. I gripped her clitoral hood between the insides of my first and middle finger and began to stroke it gently, watching her clitoris grow larger, peeking out then slipping back under it's hood.
"Is the itch all gone, sweetie?"
"Kinda," she moaned, making a low, animal-like noise
"Do you want Mommy to itch it some more?"
She silently nodded her head in the affirmative.
I increased the pace of my stroking, as her feet slipped off of the chair, the back of her knees now resting on the arm. As I picked up the pace, she arched her back, her hips moving in a circular motion, her head thrown back, her eyes glazed and fixed on some unknown object in outer space.
And that's when I lost it. I was over the top, beyond any turning back. My panties were drenched with my own juices, as I consciously masturbated my own 5-year-old daughter, watching the expression on her face, the distant look in her eyes, and listening to the soft purring sounds coming from her lips.
In my own defence, I hadn't had sex since my divorce from Charlotte's father a year ago. I hadn't had sex with another female since that one time during my junior year at college with my roommate, and that only happened after our Child Sexuality class, each of us pretending that the other was a child. Well okay, maybe it happened more than once, but not enough times to be considered a lesbian.
"Is Mommy as good as Wolfie, honey?" I asked Charlotte.
"Uh-Huh . . . Uh-Huh," spoken with a trembling lower lip.
"But Wolfie licks it, doesn't he?" I said, leaning over and placing my lips on her belly and "blowing bubbles" as I had when she was an infant.
She giggled, entwined her fingers in my hair and pushed gently downward on my head. "Lick my pee-pee, like Wolfie does, Mommy," she whispered.
"Don't you want a nice warm bubble bath to make you all better down there, sweetie?"
"Uh-Uh I want you to kiss my pee-pee and make it all better."
I lifted her from the recliner and held her close to my chest as I carried her to my bed and laid her sideways across it. I knelt on the floor next to the bed, placed a pillow under her hips, my head between her thighs, and her legs thrown over my shoulders. I hadn't forgotten everything that I learned in college.
I stared directly into her vagina, at her enlarged clitoris and the ragged edges of her hymen, torn in a tricycle mishap at age three. I wet the tip of my finger with my tongue and touched the very tip of her clitoris as I stared up over her pubic mound into wide eyes full of anticipation.
The room seemed to spin dizzily as I ran my finger down from her clitoris to her vagina, then down to her tightly puckered anus. I pressed gently against her tight sphincter eliciting a confused look from Charlotte.
"It's okay, baby," I whispered. "Mommy won't hurt you."
Charlotte reached for her clitoris and began rubbing it slowly. She instinctively began flexing her sphincter muscles when she felt my finger press against it. "I don't care if you do," she whispered softly.
This was simply too surreal; almost as if I were having an out-of-body experience; as if I were far off in the distance, watching myself preparing to make love to my own child. "Mother's don't fuck their own children," I told myself as I lashed out with my tongue and began licking my daughter from her throbbing clit to her puckered asshole.
I placed my hands on her hips and pulled her pussy closer to the edge of the bed and into my hungry mouth. With her hands entwined in my hair as if to keep me in place, she began to pound her heels against my back while making the soft sounds of a cat with its motor running.
I traversed her entire vaginal area with my tongue, from her rectum to her clit, spending extra time at her inner labia which was quickly becoming thick with engorged blood. I had learned in college that the ridge-free vaginal walls of prepubescent girls allows the vaginal seepage to flow more freely, and my efforts were soon rewarded by the steady flow of my daughter's juices.
Totally out of control at this point, well beyond any thought of turning back, I lifted Charlotte's hips so that only her shoulders and head were touching the bed, her pussy pulled up hard against my wet face as I aggressively licked and drank from her.
Charlotte removed her fingers from my hair and began to pound the bed beside her with her fist. Her head thrashed from side to side, wet strands of flaxen hair sticking to her sweat covered face. I pushed my tongue past the ragged edges of her torn hymen and tongue fucked her tight pussy.
Charlotte clamped my head between her thighs and continued to pound my back with the heels of her feet. I knew then that I had just taken her virginity with my tongue as I watched my five-year-old daughter become a woman right in front of my eyes.
Suddenly, her back arched, her legs stiffened and shot straight out, the heel of her right foot latched over the instep of her left as she clamped my head between her thighs in a scissors grip.
I knew from my own experience that girls were not supposed to ejaculate until about age eight, but the taste in my mouth changed from the almost tasteless lubricating juices that seep from the vaginal walls, to a thicker sweet taste, mixed with just a hint of urine. Female ejaculate tastes sweet because it contains two different forms of natural sugars. It is quite different from the taste of urine, or the lubricating juices. Is it possible that my baby ejaculated, further proof that I had taken her virginity?
I carried a pan of warm soapy water and two large terry bath towels into the bedroom. I placed her onto one of the bath towels and began to sponge down her exhausted, limp body, kissing and licking her as I did. "Was I a big girl, Mommy?" she asked.
"Yes, sweetheart, you were a very big girl," I assured her. "What you've just had was an orgasm. Have you ever had one of those before? Like maybe when Wolfie licks your pee pee?"
"Nope. He didn't do like you do, he just licks me, but it don't feel like when you do it. Did Wolfie ever do that to you?"
"No, sweetheart. People are not supposed to let doggies do that."
"Well still, you should let him, `cuz it feels good."
It was getting late, so I gave her the choice of sleeping in my bed tonight, or going to her own room. She elected to sleep in my bed, so I tucked her in, kissed her good night, then went to drain the tub of the cold bubble bath so that I could take my own shower. I took off my blouse and skirt, then stepped out of my drenched panties and slipped into my long terry robe while waiting for the tub to empty.
I decided to go into the living room while I waited, fixed a Scotch and soda, sat in the recliner, and contemplated the events of the day. I never thought when the day began that I would commit incest and pedophilia by day's end. I finished my drink, lay back in the recliner, and closed my eyes to think about what I'd done.
Suddenly, my eyes popped open when I felt Wolfie's cold nose slip under my robe and start sniffing the dried cum on my pussy. I tried to push him away, but he weighs almost 100 pounds, making that task a little difficult. The next thing I knew, he was licking the dried cum and juices from inside of my pussy.
Charlotte was right; it felt good. I slouched down in the chair, moved my ass up to the seat edge, then leaned back in the recliner to enjoy having my pussy licked.
Suddenly, Wolfie was on top of me, his paws on my shoulders and his hips were thrusting rapidly as he tried to aim his very large, very red cock at my pussy. I reached between my legs, and grabbing his cock, aimed it at my now wet cunt with great success. His head and paws were on my shoulders and his feet tried to get traction on the carpet as he entered me up to the ball. He tried without success to get the large ball inside of me as I hung on for dear life while he continued to fuck me.
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Estate sales have long been the stamping grounds of the select few — antiques dealers, avid collectors, diehards who line up at 3 a.m. to get first dibs on the best stuff. But the art of sifting through a stranger's home in search of treasure is fast becoming mainstream. "Because of the economy, everybody's looking for a bargain," says Cari Cucksey, estate sale guru and host of the HGTV show Cash & Cari. "It's becoming a hip thing to say 'Guess how much I got this for?' People love to find out what things are worth, and they love digging around and finding treasure." So your heart doesn't go pitter-patter at the sight of crystal and silver? Don't rule out estate sales just yet — you can get deals on everyday items if you know a few tricks of the trade.
First, find a sale
EstateSales.net is the leading online directory; sign up for alerts or search by keywords. Check newspaper classifieds on Thursdays to get a jump on weekend planning. If you're searching Craigslist, use the search term "estate" to rule out garage and yard sales.
Many local estate service companies have mailing lists that often offer details on parking and early-bird entry.
Keep an open mind
"Don't make a snap judgment based on the neighborhood," says Stephanie Rigaux, of D.C. Estates in Kensington, Md. "A lot of estate sales in newer developments . . . are full of chain-store stuff. But the benefit of shopping an estate sale is getting older, better-quality, unique things — so look for older, established neighborhoods ."
If you're hoping to buy something you saw advertised, get there early. "All the good stuff is gone within the first 30 minutes," says Mike Wolfe, creator and host of History Channel's American Pickers.
At most estate sales, prices decrease with time. On Day 2, the discount is usually 25 to 30 percent; on the final day — usually a Sunday — items are half off. "Come back on Saturday, and if there's something you like but think is overpriced, make a bid," Rigaux says. "That enables you to get a discount and get the item before half-price day."
If you're shopping for collectibles, do some homework so you can spot reproductions. "Bring a smart phone to do some very quick research and make sure you don't make a costly mistake," Rigaux adds.
How to get deals
It never hurts to ask for a price break — nicely. "The best thing to ask a dealer or liquidator is, 'What's your best price?' " Cucksey says. "Most people will discount something just because you ask."
Tools are one of the best deals you can get at an estate sale, as they're usually priced between 50 cents and $3. If you're in the market, head to the garage or shed first.
Don't pass up cleaning supplies, paper goods and household items, which are priced at a fraction of retail cost.
Scoop up underused furniture. "For couples on a budget or young people who are trying to furnish an apartment, go to an estate sale and look for a living room set," says Jared Fast, owner of Caring Transitions of Montgomery County, Md. "Chances are it's in good condition because no one sits on their living room furniture — they only use family room furniture."
"Sometimes people feel shy about opening closets, cupboards and drawers, or going in the basement, but everything is usually up for grabs," Rigaux says. "A lot of times, that stuff is unpriced because the agent didn't get to it, and you're more likely to get a good price if you ask."
If there's something you really want, ask for it. "Don't be afraid to ask the people at the door where an item is in the house," Wolfe says. "Don't waste your time looking through the other rooms. And if you find it, grab it — if you don't, the guy behind you will."


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BOLIVIA—Jury selection for the first-degree murder trial of Joshua Caudill began Tuesday afternoon.
District attorney Rex Gore said Tuesday jury selection was under way and opening arguments are expected to begin Wednesday.
Caudill, 21, is on trial for the 2007 murder of Phillip Cook.
BOLIVIA—Superior Court Judge Thomas Lock has issued injunction orders on two establishments raided in prostitution stings in April.
On May 17, Lock granted the county a preliminary injunction for Sun Day Spa on Longwood Road and a consent permanent injunction order on Playmates Exotic Dancing on U.S. 17 near Carolina Shores.
On April 1, agents with the Brunswick County Sheriff's Office Drug Enforcement Unit raided Sun Day Spa and Playmates Exotic Dancing. Two women were arrested at Sun Day Spa, and three women were arrested at Playmates.
The Beachcombers played at Lion's Paw and Charlie Shore had the low gross, 84, and the low net, 67. Team (one low net on par-5s, two low nets on par-4s and three low nets on par-3s): Reggie Auten, Ed Kinney, Stu Cleveland and Bob Smith at 18-under. Golfer of the week was Charlie Shore.
Golf is a game of both honor and intrigue. The golfer does not actually play against other golfers. The player plays against the course.
Yes, there are group and team competitions, but the essential game of golf is played by one person and the competition is not the other golfers but the course.
Golf is simple. The lowest score played against the course wins.
Inshore fishing has remained strong, although the fish are moving around a lot now with the water temperatures rising toward summer, so some spots will be vacant on one tide and provide good fishing on the next.
The biggest news is strong inshore redfish and flounder fishing along with good catches of Spanish mackerel and occasional king mackerel for folks plugging the piers.
Agents with the Brunswick County Sheriff's Office charged the following suspects last week, which are taken from a sheriff's office press release:
•James Michael Haag, 25, of 472 Retha Drive, Shallotte; charged with three counts of possession with intent to sell and deliver marijuana, three counts of felony possession of marijuana, two counts of maintaining a dwelling to keep a controlled substance, three counts of sell/deliver marijuana and three counts of possession of drug paraphernalia.
Holden Beach police investigated the following incidents and charged the following suspects, which are taken from police incident reports, citations and arrest reports.
•Credit card/ATM fraud on Brunswick Avenue West on May 14.
•Simple assault at the Paradise Café on May 16.
•Credit card fraud on Holden Beach Road in Supply on May 21.
•Roxanne Marie Moore, 21, of 831 Summit Ave., Reidsville, was cited for possessing an open container of alcohol in a passenger area of a motor vehicle.
Kayla Padgett completed perhaps one of the most remarkable individual athletic seasons in recent West Brunswick sports by finishing second in the discus throw.
Padgett, a junior, threw the discus a personal best 129-6. The winning distance was a Class 3A record 137 feet. South Brunswick sophomore Lexus Hankins was third at 117-8.
The K-9 enforcement team answers calls, conducts driver's license checkpoints and assists with other agencies when K-9s are needed.
From May 17-23, K-9 deputies answered 16 calls, wrote three citations and made four drug arrests. The following suspects were charged, which are taken directly from citations and arrest reports:
•Crystal Dawn Meuse, 28, of 403 Green Bay Road, Ocean Isle Beach; charged with possession of a schedule III controlled substance, possession of a schedule IV controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia.
On May 19, Dr. June Atkinson, state superintendent of schools for North Carolina, visited The First Tee of Brunswick County. She came to observe School Day Programming in action and to meet with representatives of TFTBC.
In School Day Programming, fourth-grade students from six elementary schools are bused to Cinghiale Creek, home of The First Tee of Brunswick County, every other week for a 90-minute lesson in golf skills and life skills and core values.
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The Brunswick Beacon is your source for local news, sports, events and information in Brunswick County, North Carolina and surrounding areas.


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DEERFIELD, Fla. (August 16, 2013) – When amateur boxing star Albert "Prince" Bell signed a promotional contract with Acquinity Sports this past April, the 20-year-old from Toledo, Ohio, had no idea that, only four months later, he'd be promoted by Hall of Famer "Iron" Mike Tyson.
Acquinity Sports, under CEO Garry Jonas, recently partnered with Tyson to form Iron Mike Productions, which is presenting its first event on August 23, in association with Greg Cohen Promotions, "Tyson Is Back!"
"Tyson Is Back" features a World Championship doubleheader, airing on ESPN Friday Night Fights,live from Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, New York. International Boxing Federation (IBF) super featherweight champion Argenis "La Tormenta" Mendez (21-2, 11 KOs) headlines in his first world title defense against IBF No. 13-rated Arash Usmanee (20-1, 10 KOs) in the 12-round main event.
In the 12-round co-feature, undefeated Claudio "The Matrix" Marrero (14-0, 11 KOs), rated No. 2 by the WBA, takes on WBA No. 4 Jesus Cueller (22-1, 18 KOs) for the Interim World Boxing Association (WBA) featherweight championship.
Bell (1-0, 1 KO) will be showcased on "Tyson Is Back!" in a four-round bout against former World Boxing Organization (WBO bantamweight champion Mauricio "Cry Baby" Martinez (36-14-1, 24 KOs).
"We have high hopes for Albert Bell," Tyson remarked. "He was an outstanding amateur boxer who has very good skills. We plan to help cultivate him into a world champion."
A gold-medal winner as an amateur at the 2011 National PAL Championships and 2012 National Golden Gloves Tournament, Bell defeated several amateur boxers who, like Bell, are also solid pro prospects: Toka Kahn-Clary (6-0, 5 KOs), Kendo Castaneda (4-0, 1 KOs) and Pedro Duran (2-0, 2 KOs).
"Bell joined a talented group of young fighters and now he has the great Mike Tyson as his promoter," Iron Mike Productions COO Henry Rivalta said. "It doesn't get much better then that for a 20-year-old prospect. We're developing our young warriors like Albert into sensational fighters. Garry (Jonas) and I are working tirelessly to build a stable of fighters who will be in major fights for years to come."
Providing chief support are a pair of 10-round fights featuring Cuban knockout artist Alexei "The Mexican-Cuban" Collado (16-0, 15 KOs) against Mexican featherweight Hugo "Guerrero" Partida (19-4-2, 15 KOs), while welterweight Ed "The Lion" Paredes (33-3-1, 22 KOs) faces another tough Mexican fighter, Noe "Platanito" Bolanos (24-8-1, 16 KOs).
Collado, now fighting out of Miami, is rated No. 14 by the WBA and No. 15 by the IBF, and Paredes is one of only two welterweights in the world currently ranked among the top 15 in all four major sanctioning bodies: World Boxing Council (WBC) & WBA No. 3, World Boxing Organization (WBO) No. 11, and IBF No. 13.
Also fighting on the undercard in a six-round bout is undefeated Virginian middleweight Antoine Douglas (8-0, 6 KOs), squares-off against Russell "Spiderman" Jordan (15-10, 10 KOs), of Rochester (NY).
All fights and fighters are subject to change.
Mendez, Marrero, Collado, Paredes and Bell were promoted by Acquinity Sports and are now fighting under the Iron Mike Productions banner.
Tickets priced at $150, $95, $55 and $45 are on sale and available to purchase at the Turning Stone box office, by calling (315) 361-7469, or visit www.Ticketmaster.com.
Doors open at the Turning Stone Resort Casino Event Center at 6:00 p.m. ET, Friday, August 23. The first undercard bout starts at 7:00 p.m. ET. The live ESPN2 telecast begins at 9:00 p.m. ET.
Iron Mike Productions, previously Acquinity Sports, is a boxing promotion company co-founded and led by Acquinity Interactive CEO Garry Jonas. It is a partnership with Hall of Famer Mike Tyson committed to changing traditional boxing promotion by advocating for its fighters' successes inside the ring and out, throughout their professional careers and into retirement.
For additional information go online at www.IronMikeProductions.com or www.TurningStone.com.


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Historically, Social Health has described the overall state of well-being for societies and the individuals who live and participate in them a sociological yard stick for measuring how people interact with each other within the moral, legal and communal rules and regulations that govern the societies in which they live.
This is the age-old definition, one that will never lose its place in the dialogue, but one that is uniquely positioned to evolve with the ubiquitous use of the Internet and the proliferation of social networks, applications and even social movements on the Web.
At EmpowHER we describe Social Health as a 21st century movement where health care practitioners and providers, health and wellness brands, and consumers are coming together using social media tools and social networking platforms to improve health, change and save lives. We define Social Health as health and wellness by the people, for the people.
This extends beyond just patient empowerment or even patient advocacy. Let's face it, not all of us are patients. An increasingly large number of people are healthy and well, with no chronic or acute diseases to manage, just a healthy lifestyle to maintain.
At EmpowHER we have learned a lot about the tens of millions of female health consumers who come to us every year for answers to their health questions. They visit our peer health community to join women like them, and consume advocacy resources that help them take charge of their own health and wellness. In fact nearly a hundred thousand have asked a question, shared a story or made a comment on a relevant bit of news.
All of this social health sharing has taught us that we serve three health personas: Be Well (prevention), Get Well (need help), and Stay Well (health maintenance).
What else have we learned? Women share, especially when it comes to their health, or the health of a loved one. They are the consummate connectors of information and resources for each other. We know 9 out of 10 women will take health and wellness advice from a peer. This sharing, what we desbribe at EmpowHER.com as peer health, underscores our definition of Social Health.
Industry luminary Susannah Fox from Pew speaks directly to this in her Summer 2011 lecture with the NIH "Peer-to-peer healthcare acknowledges that patients and caregivers know things" about themselves, about each other, about treatments" and they want to share what they know to help other people. Technology helps to surface and organize that knowledge to make it useful for as many people as possible.
Every day we work to create a world-class social health platform for women and their families. One where they can come to find the help, validation, support and resources they need to live their healthiest, best lives. One where they can take charge of their own health, become a better partner with their providers and caregivers, one where they can drive their own health and wellness. It is empowering health" socially.
Thom Brodeur
EVP Strategy & CMO, EmpowHER
Twitter: @thombempowher


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Rodney Crowell Pens Memoir
Don't expect Rodney Crowell's autobiography, due to be published in January, to be another 'Nashville Babylon.' While the Grammy-winning singer-songwriter and producer likely has plenty of stories to tell from his years in Nashville — touring with Emmylou Harris' Hot Band and experiences during the years he was married to Rosanne Cash — he's keeping many of those to himself.
"It focuses very little on my musical career," Rodney tells The Boot of his as-yet-unnamed memoir. "It focuses mostly on my childhood in east Houston … and the colorful characters around me. It is really a childhood story telling about my mother and father."
Rodney says the book is something of a follow up to his 2001 'musical memoir,' 'The Houston Kid.'
"I wanted to see if I could write prose," he says. "The memories were not as challenging as writing clear sentences and paragraphs. As a songwriter, all the tricks that work through instinct have very little to do with sustaining a narrative. You have to let the pace build much more slowly and, of course, word selection is paramount. I was lucky, got a really good editor and ended up with a very interesting narrative stream."
The only references to his music career are made when such insertions would clarify events. The memoir is only part of Rodney's latest news; he's the producer of a new album by Chely Wright (out May 4) and plans to release a new album of his own next year.


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Extract thumbnails from video using ffmpegPHP 2 responses so far
FFmpeg is a free software project that produces libraries and programs for handling multimedia data.It can help us to get frames of video at an interval of time and we can use these frames as thumbnails which when clicked starts the video.Also we can extract multiple frames and create an onmouseover image change effect of this video.So,this software helps us to reduce extra task of uploading thumbnails of videos separately.
First of all ffmpeg needs to be installed to your server.It can easily be installed using command line in ssh.Please follow this [highlight]link[/highlight][highlight][/highlight] to get detailed instructions on ffmpeg installation on centos 6.0.
Once ffmpeg is installed successfully ,its time to write out the code to utilize it and accomplish extracting thumbnails from our videos.
<? function ExtractThumb($in, $out,$time) { $thumb_stdout; $errors; $retval = 0; // Delete the file if it already exists if (file_exists($out)) { unlink($out); } // Use ffmpeg to generate a thumbnail from the movie $cmd = "/usr/local/bin/ffmpeg -itsoffset -$time -i $in -vcodec mjpeg -vframes 1 -an -f rawvideo -s 320x240 $out 2>&1"; exec($cmd, $thumb_stdout, $retval); // Queue up the error for processing if ($retval != 0) { $errors[] = "FFMPEG thumbnail generation failed"; } if (!empty($thumb_stdout)) { foreach ($thumb_stdout as $line) { $line . " \n"; } } if (!empty($errors)) { foreach ($errors as $error) { $error . " \n"; } } } $file= "path to uploaded video"; ob_start(); passthru("/usr/local/bin/ffmpeg -i ".$file." 2>&1"); $duration = ob_get_contents(); ob_end_clean(); $search='/Duration: (.*?)[.]/'; $duration=preg_match($search, $duration, $matches, PREG_OFFSET_CAPTURE); $duration = $matches[1][0]; list($hours, $mins, $secs) = split('[:]', $duration); $totaltime = $secs+($mins*60)+($hours*3600); $kk=0; $inkk=$file; $outkk="output path"; $time=$kk; ExtractThumb($inkk, $outkk,$time); //sql query to store this first thumbnail to be written here</pre> // Loop for fetching images of the videos time diff 10 sec $i = 10; while ($i <= $totaltime) { $in=$row1['upload_file']; $out="output path/image name to each of these thumbnails"; $time=$i; ExtractThumb($in, $out,$time); //code to insert thumb in db goes here $i=$i+10; } ?>
Ffmpeg has wide applications.It is also used to convert and stream audio and video.It includes libavcodec – the leading audio/video codec library.
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TAMPA — In 1967, the manager of the only cab company in town told the Tampa Taxicab Commission his drivers made about $112 per week. Adjusted for inflation, that's $742 in today's dollars.
Drivers were employees then, with health insurance, vacations and bonuses, city records show. But in 1975, the Yellow Cab Co. jumped on a national trend and made its drivers independent contractors. The agreement cost cabbies their benefits but let them keep whatever they made.
At the time, Yellow Cab manager Nick Cambas told the Tampa Times: "This should be the answer to those squawking about the little man not having a chance to make it in business."
Thirty-six years later, the little man still awaits his chance.
Drivers today say the system leaves them poor and at risk. Their predicament is compounded by a lack of choices: Two companies control 87 percent of the county's permits.
City records show their road to domination was filled with crooked rules, legal battles and one blatant conflict of interest. All worked to block competition.
When the commission first convened in 1947, records show Yellow Cab's predecessor was one of six cab companies. But by late 1965, Joseph Giglio, the grandfather of the brothers who now own Yellow Cab, had bought out the competition.
Eleven days later, Giglio applied for 100 permits. In the previous 17 years, the commission had awarded 22. But Giglio had an advantage: he and one of his cabdrivers were two of the five deciding ballots.
By one vote, Giglio got his 100.
A year later, local auto shop owner John Castellano applied for 60 permits. The commission turned him down, telling him all the permits were taken.
For months, Castellano fought the decision. Then, in May 1967, news reports said a state attorney was investigating Giglio's taxi monopoly. Days later, Giglio turned over 50 permits to Castellano, who formed United Cab.
Yellow and United have been archrivals ever since.
With competition, Yellow began hemorrhaging permits, unable to keep them filled at a profit. United soon earned an extra 50, but Yellow swiftly sued.
The judge sided with Yellow on a technicality: that any new permits must first be offered to existing permit holders. It was the rule that for years helped Yellow and United keep their grip on the market, records show.
The law was thrown out when the county took over taxi regulation in 1976. But the companies' duopoly was already secure, and stands unbroken.
The companies also might have been aided in a way that doesn't appear in the official record, said Scott Deitche, author of Cigar City Mafia. Nick Furci was the general manager of Yellow Cab from 1950 to at least 1972, according to federal records. He then managed United Cab.
He also was twice identified in congressional hearings as a member of the Tampa Mafia.
Times researcher John Martin contributed to this report. Jack Nicas can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com (813) 226-3401.


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Back to school
It's barely the middle of August and students are headed back to class throughout the Grand Valley. It seems awfully early to those of us who grew up believing it was ordained by nature that school should begin (and summer officially end) each year after Labor Day.
Still, we understand some of the reasoning. For one thing, School District 51, like every other district in the state, wants to get as much instructional time in as possible before the Colorado Student Achievement Program tests are taken next March. The thinking is students will perform better on the CSAPs if they have more classroom time before taking the tests.
But CSAPS alone aren't driving the early schedule. There is a need to get as much classroom time as possible over the next nine months in a schedule filled with mandated holidays, teacher work days and other time off.
Moreover, District 51, to its credit, is actually adding two instruction days to its calendar this school year. We hope we'll see more of that in coming years, since the United States notoriously lags behind many other industrialized nations in total hours students spend in class each year.
A new school year is always weighted with potential and possible problems. This year is no exception, for district administrators, teachers, students and parents.
How many students will actually show up to local schools this year, in the midst of the current recession and downturn in the gas industry?
How will students like their teachers, and vice-versa?
Will local sports teams do well?
New friends will be made, and old ones reaffirmed. Popularity will remain a central concern for many. But academics must remain the most important issue.
It's time for motorists to remember, as well, to watch for buses and students walking along roadways.
Best of luck to all the students, parents, faculty and staff at the beginning of this new school year.


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Light up the the Lite Brix Fire Station, jump into action and race to any emergency in the fire engine. Create the 3D Fire Station and fire engine with the Lite Brix building bricks, complete with four colour LEDs that illuminate when the battery power pack is plugged into the model.
The building system features special connector pieces to fix the Lite Brix together, so you can build the model at different angles. The set includes a fire engine with moving ladder, wheels, a detailed Fire Station with security door and mini firefighter figure. Add to the fun by using bricks from other sets to design different models. - A.D.
Please remember to add postal time (2-3 working days) to obtain a complete estimate of delivery to your door.
You will receive an email to confirm when your item has been sent.
You can also check the status of your order and individual items by accessing My Account details and following the prompts.
Please allow 10 working days from dispatch of your order before notifying us of any late deliveries.
It may be advisable to check with your neighbours to see if a parcel has been left with them, check any outhouses you might have where it may be left if it cannot fit through your letterbox and contact your local sorting office to see if the item has been returned to the depot as undelivered and awaiting collection.
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If you are convicted of wiretapping, you may, as a condition of any probation/parole, be prohibited, among other things, from carrying a firearm.
Once your probation/parole is over, the disability should also end. I am going to direct you to the Pennsylvania Firearms Owners Association website; specifically to the link regarding persons who are not to possess, purchase, etc. firearms. Even if your disability to carry continued after probation, you would, according to your post, be eligible to apply to remove the disability. Navigating the website links on the right hand of the page will provide a wealth of information to you.
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Sign up for the home ownership class. You will receive information on how to be a smart buyer and use programs like Homebuyer Assistance to help you purchase your new home. The class is offered through Neighbor to Neighbor at 970-484-7498 or n2n.org
Then contact a participating mortgage lender and realtor of your choice and let them know you are interested in using City funds.Participating Mortgage Lenders
The City of Fort Collins provides loans to income-eligible households to cover a portion of the required down payment and closing costs for buyers who have not been on title to a home for the past three years. The loan is to be paid back in full either when the house is sold, transferred out of the buyer's name, rented, or if the buyer seeks a second lien (such as a home equity loan). Eligible households can receive a loan of up to 5% of their purchase price (maximum of $15,000) to cover down payment, closing costs or both.
Condo, townhouse, single-family, or modular home on a permanent foundation (no mobile homes on rented land are eligible).
For purchases outside Fort Collins city limits, contact the Larimer Home Ownership Program, lovelandhsg.org.
Buyers must have a household gross income meeting federal guidelines. Buyers must also have sufficient income, meaning total housing expenses will not equal more than 38% of their gross income, and total household debt must not be more than 42% of gross income. Buyers must not own or be listed on the title to any other property at time of application. There is a limit of $20,000 on buyer contributions or gift funds including earnest money without prior approval for special circumstances.
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The buyer must make an earnest money deposit of $1,000 or 1% of purchase price (whichever is greater) with their own funds. This can not be in the form of a promissory note. The buyer must also attend a home ownership class (taking this class online is not allowed) prior to closing. See class info in the tan box to the left. The buyer must use the house as their principal residence for as long as the loan is outstanding, or the loan becomes immediately due and payable. The property will be inspected by City staff for general livability. Any home built before 1978 must have an inspection attesting to its safety regarding lead-based paint.
Applications are available only through participating mortgage lenders. Funds are limited and are committed on a first-come, first-served basis. The program year begins in November of each year and continues until all funds are committed. Download a list of our participating lenders at page top.
What do you need to do to make sure your buyer is eligible? If you think your buyer may be eligible for assistance, it's very important you fill out ONE piece of paper when your buyer makes an offer on a property. It's called a Notice of Voluntary, Arm's Length Transaction and, since the City uses federal funds to provide down payment assistance, this form is required to be given to the property owner at the same time the contract is submitted. It's the law. You can download this form in the box to your right. This is a very strict law, and if a loan officer provides us with an application and the contract doesn't also have a copy of this Notice attached, the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Relocation Office requires that we deny the assistance, even when the buyer is eligible in every other way. Please consider carrying a copy of this form "just in case." For your buyer, it can mean the difference between being able to purchase a home and having to wait for another opportunity.
If you need additional information, contact Beth Rosen, 970-221-6812 or YnJvc2VuQGZjZ292LmNvbQ==. Homebuyer Assistance, through the City of Fort Collins, is funded through federal grants from the Department of Housing and Urban Development HOME and CDBG programs, and local funds. There is no guarantee funding will be available from year to year.


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Jam freak. Me. I am! I make jam way more than I post recipes here. In fact, I can feel the fig, red grapefruit, and tomato jams-stares eyeing at me from their lil' ball jars at this very moment. What I don't have, however, are the stares of this Flying Biscuit inspired Blueberry Herb Jam. Its. All. Gone.
Sad. Very, very sad. By far, this has been my favorite jam I have ever made. Truly.
Blueberry Herb Jam
Inspired by Flying Biscuit's Lavender Blueberry Basil Jam
2 Tbsp. Herbs de Provence
1 Tbsp. lavender
3 cups blueberries
½ cup water
1 cup sugar
1 Tbsp. lemon juice
Wrap Herbs de Provence and lavender in a spice sachet or cheesecloth; set aside.
Please the blueberries, water, sugar, and lemon juice in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil, stirring occasionally. Add herb sachet. Reduce heat to a simmer cook for 20-30 minutes. Test* for doneness. Remove sachet, then skim top if necessary. Leave chunky, or puree to smooth.
* (1) Dip a cool metal spoon into the boiling jelly mixture. When the jelly drops two drops that form together and "sheet" off the spoon, the jellying point has been reached. Or, (2) pour a small amount of boiling jelly on a chilled plate, place in the freeze for a few minutes. If it wrinkles and feel firm, it should be done.
Cook's Note: I used a lemon squeezer to extract as much jam out of my herb sachet as possible.


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Rated 2.5 / 5 stars
crappy crap
crap crappy
Rated 4 / 5 stars
Pretty good.
I liked the story to it most of all,the animation wasn't up to standard as a lot of other clock flashes featuring Strawberry and Turd Clock but this flash was still enjoyable and worthy of a good vote.
Rated 1 / 5 stars
do you feel that? that shitt....
The kind of paper bag clock was too badly drawn.
i mean this WHOLE concept is crappy... but you make it look worst (which i thought was impossible)
Rated 2.5 / 5 stars
either you fail at doing the sound right or you messed something up when posting cause I hear nothing? o_O
??? check your speakers or see if you sound is muted
Rated 5 / 5 stars
Lol, Nice
I thought that was done pretty well, a very decent flash you here, the voices are pretty clear but it might have helped to have some subtitles to this as well. The graphics are pretty decent here, though I'm not too keen on the fire you have on the floor at one part, I think that could have been done a little better.
The very end frame is drawn badly, haha but nothing wrong with it, as it is well the ending frame, I liked the whole plot you have in this flash, it seems to come together pretty well and the ending was also quite amusing. Not too keen on your choice of colours for somethings but eh, everything looks fine to me and the music is pretty decent too.
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Hallsville's culinary arts program mixes students, restaurants in recipe for learning
By Charlotte Stewart firstname.lastname@example.com
March 13, 2012 at 11 p.m.
As one Hallsville High School student adds ingredients into the cornbread she is mixing Thursday morning, another is making oyster sauce. They are working diligently and quietly as their teacher looks on.
It isn't your mother's home economics class. It's part of the school's culinary arts program, and what appears like work to some is valuable classroom experience and credit to another.
"It's a very competitive program," says first year culinary arts teacher Delicia Church. "About 40 students applied, but we can take only 20."
Before students can apply, they must have completed a nutrition and wellness class.
Schools that participate in the Texas Restaurant Association Foundation's program ProStart have access to real restaurant experience, said Gerard and Cathy Cace, owners of Johnny Cace's Seafood and Steak House, and two very active people in the association – he is a past president of the association and she is the former chair of the association's education committee.
The Hallsville culinary arts students are in the kitchen at Cace's for about six weeks, but also have the same rotations to the kitchens at The Olive Garden and Papacita's Mexican Restaurant. "It offers a balance," Church said, with Cathy Cace adding that each restaurant does things differently, therefore affording students a more complete culinary education.
Seventeen-year-old Liz Lopez is one of the students in the class. She is planning to go to college and major in kinesiology after she graduates this spring, but believes this has been a valuable learning experience as well as "a lot of fun."
"It is work, too," Lopez said, complaining that her feet often hurt at the end of the day and that the kitchens can get "really hot," but said she had heard it was also a lot of fun, and she has had a lot of fun.
"Growing up, every kid plays restaurant," she said. "There's something fun about it."
"If I do decide to go into culinary arts later, I have this experience. I have this knowledge, and I have this skill," she said. She also has a food handlers certificate.
She said she was raised to believe that you can't have enough skills, especially in fluctuating markets in which jobs are hard to come by.
Hallsville and Longview high schools participate ProStart. This deviates from home ecomics in that the students are learning to prepare large quantities of food in state of the art kitchens, Church said. Home economics focuses on teaching for a family using a smaller, home-like kitchen.
"We teach, for instance, how to make a complete meal – that is appetizer, main dish, sides and dessert – for banquets and cater it," Church said. "Last year, we had 80 people at the Career and Technology banquet, and we cooked for it."
And it has to be done on a budget.
"They've learned a lot and they want to use it, but it has to be doable and it has to be doable with the funds available," she said.
"And it has to be balanced – we're not going to serve a fabulous meat dish and skimp on every other dish."
One student, for instance, wanted to use a passion fruit in a dish. "You have to ask, how much does that cost? Is it even in season? I asked her to call the grocery stores to see if any even had any right now. So, what seems like a great idea when you have it can quickly dissolve when reality kicks in," Church said.
Church makes the banquet menu, she said, and then presents it to the students for a brain-storming session.
"I am open to their ideas, both on the menu items and on the recipe for making the items. A lot of this program is about creativity. It's not a science, it's an art. Culinary arts," she said with a raised brow when she got to the word arts.
The banquet included such items as cheese stuffed chicken with marinara; a spring salad with strawberries and mandarin oranges with a light raspberry vinaigrette dressing; mashed potatoes with sautéed onion; and vanilla bean cupcakes with white chocolate frosting.
"It received a rave review," Church said proudly.
When the students move into the Hallsville High School this fall, they'll have a state of the art culinary kitchen, Church said. But they'll still be going to restaurants. "It provides a real-world experience they can't get anywhere but in the real world."


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NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Energizer Holdings (ENR) stock is gaining in premarket trading on the news it will separate into two publicly traded companies.
Before the bell, shares have spiked 18.9% to $116.17.
In a statement, the company said its household products and personal care divisions will split into independent companies. The separation is expected to be completed in the second half of the 2015 fiscal year.
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The household products business will hold Energizer's batteries and portable lighting products and is expected to report annual revenue of around $1.9 billion.
Its personal care business which includes brands Schick, Carefree and Banana Boat is expected to generate annual revenue of around $2.6 billion.
TheStreet Ratings team rates ENERGIZER HOLDINGS INC as a Buy with a ratings score of A-. TheStreet Ratings Team has this to say about their recommendation:
"We rate ENERGIZER HOLDINGS INC (ENR) a BUY. This is based on the convergence of positive investment measures, which should help this stock outperform the majority of stocks that we rate. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, reasonable valuation levels, expanding profit margins and increase in stock price during the past year. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had sub par growth in net income."
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Either my search terms are poor or no one has come across this issue, I was wondering if someone can point me in the right direction.
A long time ago, I got a copy of Pokemon Black from Gamestop on the day of release, and within a few hours of playing, I caught an Audino, and I named her K'Tia. In the time I've battled with her, I obtained Hidden Power and her ability was to put Pokemon to sleep from time to time. In the 60+ levels I've battled with her, this has never changed.
Well, until recently. I've started getting into the battle trains in order to get BP to help my Raichu's defense, and I noticed something odd -- I used K'Tia as part of my battling circle since she has the best balance of moves to start with, but her Hidden Power no longer puts Pokemon to sleep - instead it paralyzes them. I wrote this off as the end effect of capping all the competing Pokemon to level 50 and assumed it was more akin to "borrowing pokemon like the ones I entered, retaining all the same moved", kind of like how Pokemon Stadium uses a Ditto to "clone" registered Pokemon. However, after I completed the battle train segment (and rage quitted after I lost a battle due to the opponent using Explosion. He fainted FIRST! >_<') I started going back to normal battles, yet K'Tia's Hidden Power seems to have stuck -- She still paralyzes Pokemon instead of putting them to sleep. My research tells me this is not supposed to happen -- any ideas on how I can fix this? Preferrably without having to catch another Audino?
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More than 95 percent of the people who type "LOL" are liars, a Stanford University study has concluded.
The study used social media and laptop cameras to track 500 students who used the acronym over the course of an academic year. Sociology Professor Douglas Lee, who led the study, described the results as "sobering," "distressing" and "no laughing matter."
"Most of them are not only not 'laughing out loud,' they aren't laughing at all," Lee wrote in the report's five-page executive summary. "We didn't expect everyone to be forthright, but in 82 percent of the cases, they weren't even smiling!"
For "ROFL," which stands for "rolling on the floor laughing" and which Lee described as "the advanced version of LOL," the rate of dishonesty was 98.3 percent.
"Ironically, we found that it's quite impossible to type while rolling on the floor," Lee said. "Only three people in our survey have tried that. Two ended up with cracked touchscreens and one with a broken collarbone."
Lee's study is part of a long-term, multi-university research project into the effects of personal technology on honesty in society.
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State police on patrol in East Providence
The City Manager of East Providence has scheduled a meeting Monday with Rhode Island State Police Supt. Colonel Steven O'Donnell, to discuss the reason for the recent presence of the state police in the city.
City Manager Peter Graczykowski issued a statement Sunday to eastbayri.com, which read, in part, "I have inquired about the additional State Police presence in East Providence with the East Providence Police Chief (Joseph) Tavares, who responded that he had no official knowledge of it or requested such enforcement."
The statement was issued one day after the East Providence Post and eastbayri.com wrote a story, which said the state police were conducting a regular patrol in the city.{} The story also quoted law enforcement sources, which said the troopers were brought in at the request of the police chief.
The story went on to quote those sources as saying Tavares wanted to 'motivate' his officers, and investigate one more police department employees.
In his statement Sunday, City Manager Graczykowski said Col. O'Donnell could not comment further.
Graczykowski added he has 'full confidence in the officers of the East Providence Police Department'.


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On stage about to perform and looking so relaxed.
We'll be right there, Harry.
So cute and a philanthropist. Hot.
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The photo that sold a million Ray Bans.
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On Wed, Oct 24, 2007 at 02:47:06PM +0200, ext Julien Cristau wrote: > On Tue, Oct 23, 2007 at 20:02:31 +0200, Michael Biebl wrote: > > You were right, Julien. It was because of hal (specifically the file > > /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor/10-x11-input.fdi) that the evdev > > driver was enabled. > > BTW, should we change the fdi to load synaptics instead of evdev when it > detects a touchpad? It seems most people are using that. Yep, seems sensible to me. > I'm using evdev right now on my laptop, but I need to run xinput to set > the device to relative mode every time I start X (and I had to modify > xinput to let me do that, because it doesn't think my touchpad is an > extended device). Ah, yes. I assume it was just checking for XExtensionDevice, instead of Device/Keyboard/Pointer? Cheers, Daniel
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As a senior dealing with some health issues, I know first hand, that situation impacts my time, wallet and inclination towards leisure time. The issue isn't just about the expense (though for many that has, or will, be a factor), but also about how much time, energy and enthusiasm one has for pursuits outside of trying to deal with health challenges. The heart and mind may be willing, but for many seniors the 'body' simply won't feel like being in an audience or involved in an organization. And many of those that may end up in that situation may very well be people who formerly were very active attendees, supporters and advocates. What will it mean when more and more of them excuse themselves from our tables? Because that is likely.
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- Random thought about getting that on the front page ASAP... usually
around this time of year (first or second week of January) is when
people start making hotel reservations for the con. I know I spoke to
someone at the Rad about this some time ago, and she said not to wait
until after the second week of January if you want a room here for
That being said, it might help to get that on the front page quickly
so people either A> don't have to change hotel reservations or B> eat
one night to cancel a reservation, as there are hotels down on
Mossside Blvd that do have a cancellation policy that "if you cancel
this reservation we will charge you your first night to cancel (ie The
Super 8)".
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> Hello folks,
> I can always count on you guys to be about a week ahead of me when I
> want to make an announcement. I know I have been incommunicado for a
> while and for good reason. We are indeed as rumored changing our
> dates for 2009. I wish I could have told you all sooner but we wanted
> to make sure all the contracts were signed before we announced new
> dates. (I didn't want to have to announce new dates, have them fall
> through and change dates again) The new dates for 2009 will be
> September 11, 12 and 13 2009. As mused about on the board, it is
> indeed due to the fact that our hotel and our convention hall just
> won't be finished in time for an April Show.
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Matt Damon says his shaved head is a hit with his family, especially his youngest daughter Stella. The We Bought A Zoo star was recently a guest on Late Night With David Letterman when he shared what amuses her.
He said, "My kids love it, especially my baby…my 13-month old. I've had it for about 6 months."
When asked if she recognized him at first, he replied: "She probably thought at that point I was a different guy every time I came in…but I was kind and she responded."
He added, "I was at that point that I'll do anything for my kids' affection and there are so many ways you can relate to an infant so she happened to like to smack my head. I was okay with that. She'd start drumming on my head and start laughing."
Matt – who also raises Alexia, 13, Isabella, 5, and Gia, 3, with wife Luciana – is bald because of a role in the upcoming film Elysium.


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Thanks Dave! Yep, we have a daughter that works in the health and beauty section at Whole Foods and the first thing she did was recommend the BC concentrate. Wife's been drinking it down.
I actually cooked the meat to 160F so good to know the nitrites break down. Just a curious coincidence that it happened when it did and preserved foods is one of the causes of gout. Not worried though and understand it was probably a whole mess of circumstances that caused her first incidence.


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Missing lateral incisors
My daughter is 23 months and there is no sign of her Upper Lateral Incisors. I know that late teething is possible, and have been waiting patiently. All of her other teeth (12 in total) have erupted on time, including her first molars(at 14 months) and her eye teeth (23 months). There is now gap forming between her Upper Incisors. She is otherwise a healthy child - Should I be concerned? and if so, should I consult a Dentist or a Doctor?
While the timing of the eruption of baby teeth can vary greatly from child to child, the sequence of their eruption is less variable. From your description it does sound like your daughter is missing her upper lateral incisors. Take her to see a pediatric dentist who will take an x-ray to confirm the presence or absence of these teeth. S/he can also advise you about managing this situation as it is likely that your daughter will be missing her permanent lateral incisors as well.
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College of Dentistry
The Ohio State University


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