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When Janice and Michael Cunningham first signed up to host an inner city kid in their home for two weeks through the Fresh Air Fund, they never imagined they would be adding a new member to their family.
They first joined the program in 2005, but their initial experience didn't meet their expectations. The child they were matched with didn't have the same interests as their family, who loved playing sports and being active, and the couple had hesitations about continuing another year.
Come November, local residents might see a familiar name in the election booth. Westbury's Anthony Bulzomi is running for the 1st District Town Council seat.
Bulzomi is running on the Republican, Conservative, and Tax Revolt line against incumbent Viviana Russell. The seat represents Westbury, New Cassel, Carle Place and Old Westbury. While the 41-year-old candidate is a newcomer to the political game, he has years of civic and community experience under his belt.
Dr. Faroque Khan remembers when the Islamic Center of Long Island was nothing more than a small two-story house and huge lawn.
"When we purchased the original house, it had a nice open lawn and that was the attraction," Khan said. "On that unoccupied lawn, we built the mosque."
Now, 20 years later, Khan stands at the start of another major building project. ICLI recently broke ground on a major expansion that will allow the center to continue their mission of promoting interfaith unity.
Mineola resident Joseph Wood is the newest hopeful to enter the race for North Hempstead town clerk, on the Conservative line. He'll face off against incumbent Leslie Gross, who switched to the Republican Party in May, and Wayne Wink, a Nassau County legislator from Roslyn.
Wood, 73, is retired and a former director of stewardship for the Diocese of Brooklyn. Describing himself as a fiscal conservative, Wood said he was interested in the race because the election lacks a true right-winger.
Westbury's Laura Schaefer is running for Nassau County Legislature for the 14th District. Schaefer is a first time candidate, running on the Republican, Conservative, and Independence lines in the general election this November. The 14th Legislative District is composed of the communities of Garden City, Carle Place, Westbury, Old Westbury, Hicksville, and Bethpage.
Schaefer is a lifelong resident of Westbury. She grew up in Wheatley Hills riding bikes, playing kickball and going to the movies.
"It was a nice neighborhood and there were a lot of kids. I have fond memories of it," Schaefer said.
The afro is making a comeback. More and more African American women are saying no to the chemicals and embracing their natural hair. For Courtney Crandall, owner of Icon West in Westbury, the shift from chemicals to more natural hair patterns has been challenging but exciting. She opened her Maple Avenue salon in April, saying she saw a need in the area for an upscale salon that focused on hair care.
"There's a lot of salons in the area that don't focus on natural hair care," Crandall said. "Women are moving away from chemicals and processing their hair and getting back to their natural pattern, and with that comes a totally different skill set."
There's one thing Nassau County has a lot of, and it's traffic.
Unlike Manhattan, which has a complex public transportation system to service its inhabitants, Nassau residents for the most part rely on their cars to get around, and in light of roadways that weren't constructed to withstand today's high traffic demands, vehicle and pedestrian safety is a concern -— especially in congested villages like Westbury.
Faced with rising vehicular fatality rates — according to the Tri-State Transportation Campaign, 84 pedestrians were killed on roads in Nassau between 2009 and 2011— County Executive Edward Mangano recently announced his Complete Streets program in a bid to make Nassau's streets among the safest in the nation.
Cardboard, plastic bottles, and pipe cleaners. This hodgepodge of objects might be trash for many, but for Mad Science campers, they're the makings of a robot.
Mad Science summer camps are currently underway all over Long Island, and they allow young learners the chance to shoot off rockets, check out spy equipment, discover space, research birds, and more. Each five-day camp is interactive and focuses on one of 14 specific themes. In Crazy Chemworks, campers can play with chemical reactions and make slime. In Forensic Scientist they identify and collect evidence to solve a crime, and during Flight Academy, they spend their week learning about aerodynamics and building a rocket. Old Westbury Hebrew Congregation in Old Westbury and Fuschillo Park in Carle Place, are playing host to several camps this summer, including Eureka, Robots and
Reactions, Forensic Scientist and Junior Robotics. At last week's Junior Robotics session in Carle Place, students spent a week building a robot, learning about gears, wires,
pulleys, and more along the way.
Over 200 families got one step closer to a new home recently as the Town of North Hempstead held a lottery for affordable rental apartments in New Cassel.
More than 100 residents and elected officials attended the August 5 drawing which was held at the "Yes We Can" Center. Over 350 applicants entered their names in hopes of securing one of the three dozen units in the soon to be completed Cathedral Place Apartments on Prospect Avenue. 255 names were randomly drawn and numbered in the order in which their applications will be evaluated. Applicants must not meet a certain amount of income (this number varies based on the apartment size) and pass a background and credit check.
The New York State Education Department released the results of this year's math and English language arts (ELA) assessments last week, revealing disappointing results as districts across the state reported lower than average scores.
This year's state assessments were the first for New York students to measure the Common Core Learning Standards for grades 3-8. Across the state, 31 percent of students met or exceeded the proficiency standards in both English and math.
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Dubai, Nov 27 (ANI): Pakistani actress Veena Malik, who has been sentenced to 26 years of jail by anti-terrorism court for blasphemy, is shocked by the decision.
Kathmandu, Nov. 26 (ANI): The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Wednesday reaffirmed India's position as far as Pakistan is concerned, stating that New Delhi is looking towards cooperative and peaceful relations with Islamabad at the earliest.
Centre must take a clear stand on Pakistan: Yechury Nov 26, 4:40 pm
New Delhi, Nov. 26 (ANI): Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Sitaram Yechury on Wednesday said the Narendra Modi-led NDA Government at the Centre must take a clear stand on its dealings with Pakistan, without which, relations between the two countries will not improve.
Islamabad, Nov 26 (ANI): Afghan Senate Chairman Fazal Hadi Muslimyar has blamed Pakistan for the suicide attack at a volleyball match in Paktika province that killed nearly 60 people.
No use of dialogue with Pakistan till it shuns terrorism: BJP Nov 26, 2:19 pm
New Delhi, Nov. 26 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday said there is no use of having a meaningful dialogue with Pakistan until that country shuns terrorism.
New Delhi, Nov. 24 (ANI): Defence Expert Praful Bakshi on Monday said that the findings in US think-tank report on Pakistan's growing nuclear weaponry were exaggerated .
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Karachi, Nov 24 (ANI): Ali Zafar recently visited a school of underprivileged children in his hometown Sanjan Nagar in Pakistan to celebrate the success of his latest film 'Kill Dil'.
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New Delhi, Nov. 23 (ANI): Security expert Qamar Agha has called Pakistan a 'failed state' and said that it has got no bargaining power either with America or India on the issue of Kashmir.
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Looks like Bow Wow is all grown up.
The 21-year-old rapper-turned-actor – now known by his real name, Shad Moss – just shot his first sex scene for HBO's Entourage.
"It's with a porn star," he told PEOPLE Wednesday night during the N.Y.C. premiere of the show's fifth season. "It was unreal because I didn't know that I had a sex scene until that day. When I saw a robe in my trailer, I thought, am I taking a bath?"
The actor admits that he shows some serious skin in the scene. So will Moss – who joins the cast as a struggling comedian – be completely nude?
He said coyly, "You have to watch it."
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At the ripe age of 21, rapper Bow Wow is already seriously considering retirement. "After the eighth album, I'm done," the rapper told MTV News.
In the interview, Bow Wow says acting is his passion and he wants to direct all his focus to the screen. His seventh album, The Pedigree, is due out later this year. "[I have] probably one more in me and that's eight. Like, I'm one [album] behind Nas, and that's crazy."
What kind of a path does Bow Wow see for himself? "I wanna be the next Will Smith," he says. Bow Wow is continuing his acting career with a much talked about role on the upcoming season of Entourage. He even has a sex scene.
"I know the girls, they're going to go crazy when they see it," Bow Wow says. "I know when I look back at it, when I see it, I'm gonna be like, 'Damn! Look at this. This is crazy!' I stun myself sometimes."
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Rapper Bow Wow has admitted his hospitalization last week was not due to "exhaustion and stress," as his rep had claimed, but, in fact, because of blood loss that followed an angry pre-concert outburst in which he severely cut his hand.
Upset that certain props were missing for his show last Thursday in Cincinnati, the musician, 20, "hit something and cut my hand," he tells MTV. "It would not stop bleeding. I lost a lot of blood, went onstage, put out a lot of energy, came off, got light-headed. I fainted, went to the hospital."
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Twenty-year-old rapper Bow Wow was rushed to the hospital on Thursday night after a concert performance in Cincinnati. He's currently recuperating and "in good spirits," his label says.
Bow Wow, who's on tour with Chris Brown and Sean Kingston, has now canceled his Friday night concert in Chicago after he suffered from "a combination of exhaustion and stress," according to his rep. He's recuperating and promises his Chicago fans "he will be sure to come back soon."– Tiffany McGee
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Ciara and Bow Wow, the popular R&B and hip-hop artists who collaborated on the hit "Like You," have ended their one-year relationship, TEEN PEOPLE reports.
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Much like aliasing/moire on a 5DII or BMCC..... You just need to test the situations that create banding and try to avoid them or use a different setting to minimize it.
For 99% of your shots though, you should be fine shooting C-Log. It has a great look and is surprisingly gradable for 8bit (if it works like a C300).


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London Fashion Week: backstage with butter LONDON founder Nonie Creme
While we were backstage at Clements Ribeiro yesterday morning we met the lovely Nomie Creme, the Founding Creative Director of nail polish brand butter LONDON, who gave us a sneak peek of what we can expect from them for next Spring (above)!
Nonie told us that we'll be seeing a lot of sherbet colours next season, not like the creamy, ice-cream hues of the pastels that were popular this summer, but more muted tones like the three above, which she initially mixed up herself for a show last season - can't wait to get that pistachio green. We got a few nail tips from her too - "People often think that top coat is the step you can't miss, but actually it's the base coat - you need to give your polish something to grip", she told me.
While I was there, Nonie also gave me a quick nail art masterclass - she said that her style of nail art is less constructed and more casual, as if it's just been quickly dabbed on. She showed me what she meant on my nails - which you'll have to excuse (I know I'm a supposed to be a beauty editor, but London Fashion Week means no time for touch ups!) - and haphazardly brushed over one of my chipped burgundy nails with metallic pink flames, which she then topped with glitter at the tip. So 'Oh-what-this-no-I-Just-threw-this-on' nail art is my new favourite thing.


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Celebrating fifty years of African unity
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Celebrating fifty years of African unity
24 May 2013
Leaders from across Africa and beyond are gathering for a special African Union (AU) summit which marks the 50th anniversary of unity on the continent.
Meeting in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, from 25-27 May, Heads of State and Government will celebrate achievements spearheaded by the AU and its predecessor the Organisation of African Unity established in 1963.
On Saturday, a Special Commemorative Summit will debate Pan Africanism and the African renaissance and stage an event involving more than 70 world leaders, 15 000 invited guests, a gala dinner hosted by Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn and performances from international stars like Salif Keita and Papa Wemba. The following two days are given over to the 21st Assembly of Heads of State and Government where leaders will help chart Africa's way forward.
Since it was set up some thirteen years ago, the African Union has worked to ensure the further development of the continent and it is committed to meeting future social, health and economic challenges. This is especially relevant now when there is so much emphasis on the post 2015 development agenda and what this will mean for people, countries and regions.
There are several meetings and side-events occurring during the Summit. Today, for example, the African Regional Civil Society Health Platform, the Consortium of Christian Relief and Development Association and the Global Network of People Living with HIV are hosting a roundtable discussion.
They are joined by UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé and Mark Dybul, Executive Director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. High on the agenda will be the collective responsibility of 'Getting to Zero' (zero new HIV infections, zero discrimination and zero AIDS-related deaths) and keeping health issues central to the post 2015 development agenda.
There will also be a focus on the implications of the Roadmap on Shared Responsibility and Global Solidarity for AIDS, TB and Malaria Response in Africa adopted by African leaders last year. The Roadmap is a plan aimed at improving health outcomes and access to affordable high quality medicines, as well as diversifying financing mechanisms. Advancements in the AIDS response in Africa have been considerable in recent years, with ever greater numbers of people on HIV treatment and dramatic reductions in the rate of new HIV infections. The roundtable will look at how these successes can be built upon.
With the theme of accountability a motif of the summit the African Union Commission, alongside UNAIDS and the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD), will launch Delivering results towards ending AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria in Africa, the first thematic accountability report on the AU-G8 partnership. It recommends that both bodies exercise greater leadership, especially in the spheres of sustainable financing, access to medicines and human and gender rights.
The summit also provides an opportunity for AIDS Watch Africa (AWA) to measure partners' progress in the three key diseases affecting the continent—AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. AWA was founded by African Heads of State in 2001 as a platform for advocacy and accountability. The outcome of its recent Action Committee meeting will be presented to the 21st session of the AU Assembly for endorsement and follow up action. AWA is expected to request that member states develop a sustainable investment plan for health with year on year increases in domestic funding.
According to the Chairperson of the African Union Commission Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, the continent has made great strides in the last 50 years and needs now to look to the future. She said, "As we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the OAU and AU, we are inspired by their example, and pledge to work together in solidarity for an integrated, people-centred and prosperous Africa, at peace with itself."
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The Open Cloud Manifesto in full
This is the text of the Open Cloud Manifesto - it came from someone who disagrees with its sentiments. Maybe there are shades of the Aperi process here with companies feeling they are being bulldozed into signing something they haven't had a hand in developing? On the other hand, expecting Microsoft to join in with a bunch of …
The Cloud is not a new concept, but is finally gaining traction
We've heard about utility computing, autonomic computing, dynamic data centers, and the goals of each. Cloud computing is a convergence of the best concepts of each, and now is the time to actually begin implementation on a private scale, without interoperability standards, within the corporate data center. This will allow customers to begin realizing its value today.
Vendor of hardware and software, servers, networking, security, storage all have to come to grips with how interoperable clouds will change their product lines. It is a very exciting time to be in the industry, and it will take cooperation from all vendors to enable this vision to come to its complete fruition.
The design goals need to be simplicity, ease of use, built-in security, manageable service levels and interoperability. The gains to the end-user customer must be very tangible immediately upon deployment.
One can envision a day where datacenters are scalable enough with sufficient security to allow their own resources to be shared amongst a set of external users, publishing their capacity for sharing in a public manner, and when available, external users can rent the time and capacity needed to handle the "cloud bursts" of activity they cannot handle in their own private environment. Any data center can be available for rent, not simply external cloud providers. The technology will enable any data center to also be an external cloud provider.
Be Careful what you Wish for ..... for IT makes the Much Bigger Picture Available.
Now just simply replace the word cloud with government and you will start to understand the Nature of ITs Being ......One of ITs Beings.
And Run the Best Cloud has One Running Everything in the Open and/but Stealthily, for whoever would Appreciate the Provision of ITs Virtual Control and Cover/Storms/Rains.
why Microsoft objects ..
The reason why Microsoft objects is that they invented 'cloud computing' :)
www.opencloudmanifesto.com says it all!
I was amazed at how comprehensive the Microsoft Azure products was (even with the initial odd SQL Services). Not just a platform, but an architecture blueprint..
The alternative is "under construction"
First paragraph, even. Rare, that.
It's hype. Ignore it.
Cloud Computing
**Miserable** idea for important data or computing no matter any gains.
It simply allows other access to your data.
It also allows someone else to potentially shut you down hard, lock you out.
In other words, Cloud Computing Sucks.
Open Cloud Considered Harmful
1. Security and integration require competent designers working on realistic schedules. Prudently managed businesses avoid such expenses and such impediments to early market entry. Portability and interoperability provide unacceptable advantages to competitors. Governance/management and metering/monitoring are acceptable business areas, but only if served through proprietary products and well-protected intellectual property.
2. Businesses offering insecure and unscalable products must lock customers into a particular platform, or they will lose sales to well-design, effective, and interconnectable alternatives.
3. The IT industry investment in existing standards and standards organizations is income lost to businesses entering the Cloud market. An entering organization will assure a healthy revenue stream by rendering existing IT investments obsolete.
5. Community effort driven by customer needs will reveal shortcomings in providers' offerings, leading to loss of income and prestige. Before satisfying customer requirements, a business must first minimize costs, maximize profitability, and increase market share.
6. Standards organizations eliminate product differentiation and thereby destroy a firm's advantage of marketing a unique product. Advocacy groups and communities interfere with cost reduction efforts by publicizing ineffective products and unethical practices. A business best reinforces its equity and credit positions with re-engineering-prevention licenses, non-disclosure agreements, and agressive patent and intellectual property litigation.
(Disclaimer: I am not now, not have I ever been, an employee, shareholder, or creditor of Microsoft.)
How many aliases does Grahamanfromarse have here?
"One can envision a day where datacenters are scalable enough with sufficient security to allow their own resources to be shared amongst a set of external users, publishing their capacity for sharing in a public manner, and when available, external users can rent the time and capacity needed to handle the "cloud bursts" of activity they cannot handle in their own private environment. Any data center can be available for rent, not simply external cloud providers."
You mean, like, back to the days of MVS on mainframes and VMS on minis and (super)micros? Hey, it's fine by me, no worries with conficker there, not even much of a worry with respect to standards and interoperability (why would there be, there'd be no MS in the picture) but all those MCPs/MCSEs/etc are going to have to redefine what their M is for.
@Mitch, @amfM, David & greatfog, @Doug, @Stephen
Mitch: You know, we already have all that. Trouble is, how many corporations are going to trust the IT of another corporation with their data? The answer is "none".
amfM, David & greatfog: Exactly.
Doug: Nope. Microsoft never invented anything, they just commercialized it. Look into IBM's early mainframes, which lead into SNA in the early '70s. Same basic idea of "cloud computing", given the limited hardware & networking infrastructure that was available back then.
Stephen: Enjoy your Cool-Aid[tm].
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>>A call to action for the worldwide cloud community
Does this refer to more than two people who are not authors of the text? :)
Nothing new and still something new
"some" time ago punch cards where sent to the "basement" to be processed bye the experts with the equipment.
In the "cloud" the data is digital and no truck is needed.
Nothing wrong about that.
The new thing is words like standards, open, non-proprietary, no-lock-in like behind these sentences.
"and the potential pitfalls of proprietary technologies that can lead to lock-in and limited choice."
"to come together around the notion of an open cloud."
No wonder Microsoft is pissed off as it is against their very "soul".
Yeah, sure
i think i am just going to keep my data right here - under my left hand, so its mine, and anyone who wants it has to get through my computer first, not a crappily protected server somewhere.
hah hah hah!
*cradles laptop, and scuttles away*
Site is online
Well , the list is dang impressive .. the only player missing is Microsoft
You didnt seriously beleive they would actually be on the consumer side now did you ?
Now that this is cleared , we have to wait and see it the good intentions lead anywhere.
Guess we're slated for an update to this story in 2 years see where it got us.
...these are my toys, MINE ,MINE, MINE!!!
Microsoft and the word "open" in the same sentence, I doubt that very much. The Redmond outfit don't want to play nice with anyone. They want to be the only choice, and are willing to spend billions to achieve this goal.
"I was amazed at how comprehensive the Microsoft Azure products was (even with the initial odd SQL Services). Not just a platform, but an architecture blueprint..
The alternative is "under construction"."
Wow, just wow. How much of that Kool-Aid have you consumed? It seems to have the same hallucigenetic qualities many class "A" drugs are renowned for.
Get a grip, y'all
*Of course* when Microsoft speaks of "openness" it means "the way we can rake the most profit in".
But so do bloody Google and bloody IBM and bloody whatnot.
Wake the fuck up, folks! It took you a few decades, and you've learned to distrust every latest hype from M$. Very good. But then there comes another bunch of rascals with a new shiny green image and you woot and cheer and clap and dance all anew. But it's the same old thing, dammit. Get a grip. I don't wanna have to wait even one decade.
While it's sooo simple. Big bucks says "good" => good for them. Big bucks says "bad" => bad for them.
[Good for big bucks] => [you got big bucks] ? [Good for you] : [Bad for you]
(and we're talking biiiiig bucks here, not your puny savings account)
What a joke...
Cloud computing has been around under different names for decades. It's nothing more than hype; this sales cycle's shiney new marketing term and attendant collection of buzz words to dupe CIOs into buying something that they probably already have or never really needed.
@ Lager And Crisps
Thanks mate, you saved me from writing much the same thing myself.
Really this whole uproar that MS is making over this cloud manifesto is much ado about nothing. The ONLY reason they give a damn is because they aren't going to be able to totally and utterly control every aspect of cloud computing.
BTW I'll pay big money to make this whole shitty notion of "cloud computing" being the savior of IT go away. It was a crap idea twenty odd years ago, it's a crap idea now.
Allergic reactions?
Did they pass out some antihistamine with their manifesto? 'Cause I'm sure there were allergic reactions to things such as:
"2. Cloud providers must not use their market position to lock customers into their particular platforms and limiting their choice of providers."
Tiger his pinstripe suit
i.e. same pattern, different cover... still an angry cat with big claws inside....
Some observations:
The cloud concept is not new, but the multi-vendor 'happy shiny cloud club' approach is. The question is however, which vendors are going to win in this new slice+dice end-state?
As for 'can I trust this cloud thingy with my data etc', well that question is already out in the wild, re: outsource your IT... data: will they lose it, screw it, share it or sell it off? A matter of trust, which has more than a few seeds of suspicion anyway.
For example, say you have outsourced some of your UK or USA-based infrastructure with explicit local-only support access to it. If there is a possibility of outage and breaching SLA's you don't think for an instant outsourcer doesn't have foreign workers looking after your infrastructure remotely from their home country so they don't breach SLA? And of course you'd know a-l-l about ... uh-huh... (an FD 4 years ago went from tanned face to ashen white in seconds after I'd told him "if they can see your UK data in India, they can copy it - data export anyone?") ROFLMAO...
An amusing outcome: cloud computing ideals come of age, everyone hauls it back inhouse and get a better/faster/more agile infrastructure because its cheaper than farming it out, which now includes a reeling back in of offshore contracts - oh yeah, its safer too. External cloud organisations perhaps leveraged for peak/overload scenarios.
Maybe going back to the old days of some software development is outsourced but the 'stuff' stays in your basement?
@Murray Hynd
"The cloud concept is not new, but the multi-vendor 'happy shiny cloud club' approach is."
No, it fucking is NOT new! Jesus H. Christ on a pogo stick, people ... Have you "pro-cloud" fucktards (cloudtards? Hmmm ... I kinda like that ...) even bothered to look at how the Internet itself works, much less the history of the very medium that you are using? In the early days, I could use processing power & storage pretty much anywhere ... and it could still be that way, in todays world. Trouble is that anyone could see what I was doing back then. There was no privacy. The same is true today.
"As for 'can I trust this cloud thingy with my data etc', well that question is already out in the wild, re: outsource your IT... data: will they lose it, screw it, share it or sell it off? A matter of trust, which has more than a few seeds of suspicion anyway."
::rolls eyes::
We went thru' all this in the late '70s as what we now call "The Internet" was being developed ... Basically, the bottom line is that sharing the cost of the links (I pay my end, you pay yours [and it was dial-up @200bps {or sometimes Switched56} back then]), but data and processing is best kept protected and local, for all kinds of reasons.
Connectivity is good. Allowing all and sundry access to sensitive data is bad.
Yes, encryption is stronger today. I'd rather use the CPU cycles to keep the data local.
People who forget history are doomed to repeat it ...
Appropos of mine, 3rd April 06:26
See this post to alt.folklore.computers, dated today (Sunday the 5th):
If you don't grok usenet, ask for help. Or just google the above Message-ID. No, that's not my post. I do know and trust the poster in RealLife[tm], especially when it comes to knowledge of the early days of computing ... At the moment, I don't know if there are any replies to mine ... it would appear the mods are taking the weekend off (hell, *I* would! :-)
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Dinner: Sunday: 5:00pm - 9:00pm.
Dinner Tuesday - Saturday: 5:00pm - 10:00pm
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- Cuisine: American, Comfort Food
- Executive Chef: Tony Clevenger
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62 reviews since July 31, 2014
- Food4.3Service4.4
- Ambiance4.2Noise LevelModerate
fit for foodies (34)neighborhood gem (31)great for outdoor dining (25)good for groups (22)notable wine list (20)romantic (19)special occasion (18)hot spot (8)vibrant bar scene (7)late-night find (6)scenic view (2)Show More
- Brandon was a great waiter!OpenTable Diner Since 2011VIPDined on 11/22/2014The food was great, the wine fantastic, and Brandon tolerated the whole thing without ever missing a beat and smiled the whole time while I cut several items out of my Beet Salad!! Plus he is really cute with a great smile! He & Dustin make us all feel so welcome! Thanks Guys! You're the BEST!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Nice timeATXPossumDined on 11/15/2014Took my wife to Flour and Vine for our anniversary. Enjoyed the calamari appetizer which was perfectly cooked and spiced. For main courses we had shrimp and grits and pasta with lamb ragou which were both excellent. Had a nice Tempranillo with dinner which was very reasonably priced. Limited dessert menu. Service was excellent to start with but then became much less attentive after our meal came. Not very crowded so don't know what the issue was. We would go back!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Good food and nice ambianceAppreciativeAustinDined on 11/15/2014Nice to find a restaurant that you don't have to yell to talk at your table. The place had a nice vibe to it, with a guitar player. The service was great as was the food. Thumbs up!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Way to fast!c2002139Dined on 11/7/2014This place was not romantic. It was very loud! The server, yet good at his job, seemed to rush everything. We delayed ordering our entrees and we're still out in under 50 mins. It was bizarre. For a meal around 100 bucks, I want to enjoy it. The food was okay, nothing crazy. Calamari was super spicy. Needless to say, we won't be back.Special Features:
- KLM0414Dined on 10/30/2014We had a fantastic experience at Flour and Vine. Our waiter was attentive and the food was excellent.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Very GoodMidlandVIPDined on 10/24/2014Perfect spot for pre-theatre meal and drinks. Authentic spicy shrimp and grits perfectly prepared. Chicken very tasty. Try the after dinner specialty drinks. Perfect finish.Special Features:
- To Zach or not to Zach8trackVIPDined on 10/22/2014This is the only place to go before watching a show at the Zachary, but also after the pre-show dust clears, it has a lovely, intimate ambiance. Compared to other downtown venues, the entrees and wine are both excellent values. Best dishes are the fish en papillote and the bread pudding.Special Features:
- great findOpenTable Diner Since 2013Dined on 10/22/2014Everyone in our group of 8 was impressed: the wine suggestions were great; mac and cheese (shared by all) was soo good; entries of spicy shrimp and grits, chicken, fish, and steak all impressed; and bread pudding w/ice cream was loved by all. We all want to go back.Special Features:
- Great Restaurant / Great FoodOpenTable Diner Since 2011VIPDined on 10/18/2014We dined on Saturday night with 2 friends from out of town & one Austinite. Dustin was our extraordinary wait person! He made ordering fun, as I am known for "re-arranging" my order. ( cut this, leave off the dressing, add extra this). He was a trooper! And he had a great dry wit.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- great place for dinner near ZachdatenightDined on 10/15/2014Had the glazed pork chop and seared mahi mahi. Both were excellent. Staff was very attentive. Location is perfect for heading to Zach Theater after dinner.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Wonderful Little GemsrnaustinVIPDined on 10/11/2014We just love eating here before the plays at Zach Theatre. The food is very good with nice selection. The service is always great. Can't say enough nice things about Flour and Vine.Special Features:
- DeliciousOpenTable Diner Since 2012Dined on 9/27/2014We actually arrived 2 hours before the earliest reservation that was available with the full intention of just sitting at the bar for a few cocktails but they were able to seat us on the outside patio (which was where we wanted to sit, anyways!) We started off with some delicious cocktails and apps. The habanero brie was delicious! We had the shrimp and grits and the chicken marsala... both were excellent! We finished our meals off with a round of delicious beverages, one being the chocolate kiss - a great desert!!Special Features:
- Lack-luster experienceMikeRVIPDined on 9/23/2014I love the name of the place and was excited to see such a diverse wine list but I couldn't really find a good wine in the $30-45 range, the service was very pleasant and let me try several tastes prior to ordering but I had to settle in the end. The seating is very sterile inside and lacking ambiance outside, the weather was so great we had to sit outside. The food was ok but in a city with so many great options you have to be better than "ok". Not a place that is in my top "go to" places, I hope they can find a way to improve, it's a great location and seems like a great place as well. Better luck next time.Special Features:
- NiceKwilDined on 9/21/2014Nice evening, enhanced by free parking in the building's garage. Sleek and uncluttered dining space.A quiet Sunday evening dinner, every order pleased us - fish, shrimp and grits, lamb ragout, salads, fried green tomatoes. Nice wines by the glass. After dinner we strolled across to the Zach Scott theatre complex to enjoy a show.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great pre-Show diningLukejbhDined on 9/18/2014We love the small plates at Flour and Vine.--just right for a pre-theater dinner.Special Features:
- perfect date nightLauraMDined on 9/6/2014We thoroughly enjoyed our dinner at Flour and Vine. The service was excellent, the atmosphere really pleasant, and the food and wine was just terrific. In addition, there was a jazz duo playing and they were wonderful! It was a wonderful place for my date night with my husband. We really loved our evening and look forward to a return.Special Features:
- great spot for good food and drinksfoodie78746VIPDined on 9/5/2014I love going to Flour and Vine. The service is great, there is free covered parking behind the building with an easy in and out and the food is inventive, clean, fresh and delicious. It has a great happy hour menu also. The sound level is not loud and frenetic like in so many good restaurants in Austin. I highly recommend Flour and Vine for a wonderfully relaxing and special meal.Special Features:
- Rediscovery2happycatsDined on 9/3/2014Enjoyed our meal and the excellent service. The waiter was enthusiastic and attentive. The food was well-prepared and presented. Glad we decided to return for dinner.Special Features:
- Nice spot outside of right downtownaaronb13Dined on 8/29/2014Had a good dinner here on a Friday night. Live music was a nice touch, although sitting right next to them made conversation a bit tricky. The appetizers started our meal of great. Mac and Cheese and the habenero honey Brie were both amazing. Had the shrimp and grits and the mahi for entrees. Disappointed in the Mahi (too salty and bitter), but the shrimp were very good. Overall, was a good experience and would go back again if only for the mac and cheese :).Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- UnderwhelmingHungryRunnerDined on 8/23/2014Our reservation was at 615pm (early dinner seating in my opinion). The restaurant was busier than I expected it to be at that time, however, it did not feel overly crowded which was nice. We noticed most tables ordering the ROCK FISH IN PARCHMENT so we decided to give it a try since there must be a reason it was so popular. To my surprise, our waiter came by after we had ordered to tell us they were out of this menu item. For a restaurant to run out of their most popular dish before 7pm was pretty terrible planning in my mind. We ordered the PAN SEARED SNAPPER instead, but I found it to be flavorless and I could definitely make better myself at home. The service we received was great, but almost too "stiff" or "formal" for my taste.
- Great food, tough service nightFivestarDiveDined on 8/13/2014The food was really good especially the pork chop. They were short handed so the mngr(?) waited on us and was very kind & apologetic but waiting tables isn't his forté. The acoustics are strange so it can be very loud if there is a large group nearby or after they leave, a loud person across the room can be heard word for word. They had a difficult time cleaning the tables because of being short handed as well. It may be that the staff needs better training in efficiency but not by the manager...poor thing, he was all over the place. He did however offer us their bread pudding on the house as an apology and it was delicious! Good business move...we will give them another try and might try HH as well.Special Features:
- First ImpressionceliDined on 8/12/2014First time at this place and I would highly recommend it to my family and friends. Appetizers were good and they had a good wine list.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Not bad.. but not fantastic...BucketListerDined on 8/3/2014This one has been on our bucket list for a while now so we were really excited to go. We were there on a Sunday night around 7:30 and the place was a ghost town. They were out of the two dished we wanted, which was odd since we were in an empty restaurant. The potato salad app was delicious, probably the best part of the meal. I ordered the drum which came out still wrapped in the dirty parchment paper it was cooked in. The rice was crunchy and undercooked and the fish itself was a bit salty. My date ordered the lamb linguini which was tasty but nothing special and certainly not worth $17. We may try happy hour sometime but we will not be back for a meal any time soon.Special Features:
- Must try!OpenTable Diner Since 2012Dined on 8/2/2014Food was amazing, especially Black Drum, Lamb Linguine, and Beef Wellington. Great wine list with affordable variety. Mixed drinks also delicious - try the sauzerac. For dessert, Bread Pudding is extraordinary! We had a party of 7 and everyone enjoyed their entrees. Service was friendly, accommodating, comfortable. Will definitely recommend and return!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Downtown Gem!VespagirlDined on 8/1/2014First time to Four and Vine. Drove by it many times and glad we finally made reservations. It's a wonderful gem! Food was outstanding especially the nut crusted Brie. Wine options plentiful. Service of a knowledgeable and kind wait staff. Many downtown locations are so loud, but this was the perfect atmosphere for catching up with old friends. We will be back soon!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
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- Great for Pre-TheatreAustinDinerVIPDined on 7/31/2014I love to come here before enjoying a play at Zach Scott Theatre. Walking distance to Zach -- and they have a great wine list. The small plates are perfect for a quick bite before the show and its fun to share with the table.
- Great foodMargaritaDined on 7/29/2014We enjoyed our dinner at Flour and Vine. The Shrimp with Grits was fantastic. Our waitperson was very nice and attentive.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Excellent, as usual!davidhDined on 7/26/2014Flour and Vine never fails. Very good food, wine, and cocktails. We try to go there before we go to Zach Theater. We will continue to go there as we like everything about the place. The Zach crowd should really take advantage of this place (I'm almost hesitant to tell folks). Tee-hee.Special Features:
- OpenTable Diner Since 2012Dined on 7/23/2014Great spot for dinner before a show at Zach Scott. It took a little too long between ordering and the food arriving at the table. Otherwise everything was well done.
- First Timegood2goDined on 7/23/2014My wife and I went for dinner at Flour and Vine prior to attending the ZACH Theatre. Great find. The food was delicious and the presentation to match. We will definitely return.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great pre-theatre dinner and wineOpenTable Diner Since 2012Dined on 7/19/2014We had a great experience with a pre-theatre dinner at your restaurant on Saturday. The food was divine and the service and atmosphere were really wonderful. They timed everything well for us to be able to make our show as well.
- Good Food and Close to Zack TheaterDadFoodCriticVIPDined on 7/16/2014We usually eat here befor going to Zack Theater. The food is usually good and the ambience is great. I have noticed the service is always a little slow. Drinks take a bit of time to come out and the wait staff seems to be alway rushed or understaffed. Don't get me wrong- great place and good food and decent drinks!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Nice surpriseGeohesDined on 7/11/2014We happened on to flour and vine as a dinner before theater spot and were pleasantly surprised on how good the food was as well as the service being able to accommodate our theater start time...the place was packed so glad we had reservations...very convenient to Zach'sSpecial Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Pleasant SurpriseAmber722Dined on 7/5/2014We were super surprised and pleased by this discovery. We had 815 dinner reservations and the place had a man playing guitar set up. It was quiet, intimate and every recommendation our server made was outstanding. Food was amazing and it made for a wonderful night out. Look forward to going back and trying something else!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Definitely a keeperfoodieDined on 6/29/2014We decided to try it because there was a groupon. Boy, were we surprised! It is lovely, very pleasant decor, conveniently located, plenty of parking, the service was great. We loved our fried green tomato with goat cheese appetizer. Also ordered shrimp and grits, which were as good as we had in deep south and baked fish with fennel and other veggies in parchment paper was very aromatic and delicious. Will definitely go back and recommend to friends.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- another fine evening at F & VBeckyVIPDined on 6/25/2014One of our favorite spur of the moment dining spots---always reliably good..Special Features:
- excellenttxagdinerDined on 6/25/2014Our server was knowledgeable, helpful, courteous and attentive. Food was flavorful. The tart for dessert was delicious. We were stuffed. Will recommend and will return.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- wonderful restaurant findfoodie78746VIPDined on 6/22/2014The food at Flour and Vine is inventive, delicious, and perfectly prepared. After dining a number of times including happy hour and for Sunday brunch, I can highly recommend Flour and Vine to my friends. The items on the menu are all expertly prepared and there is variety for every taste. The prices are reasonable and the drinks and wines well chosen. My vegetarian friends have all found something they like as well as the rest of us omnivores. The service has always been very friendly, professional and efficient. My favorite spot for high quality, dependable food and service. I've also seen friends having dinner before theatre at Zach Scott, another great idea!Special Features:
- Awesome Food!OpenTable Diner Since 2011Dined on 6/21/2014This was the best food I've had in a restaurant in a long time! I had the black drum fish in parchment, and it was flavorful and well-cooked. The sides that came with it were also wonderful. We had the habanero honey brie appetizer and it was amazing. We also had the chicken and smoked gouda casserole, which was great too. The wine suggested by our server went great with the food and didn't cost an arm and a leg (Roth Cabernet Sauvignon)! For dessert we had the goat cheese graham cracker tart, which was interesting, different, and really good! The dishes were more creative and interesting than the dishes prepared in many restaurants that would fall into the same category as this one. An overall very positive and memorable experience!Special Features:
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Veggies in jars keep easily in the fridge and make great additions to salads, sauces, and soups. Middleberg especially loves roasted red peppers, artichoke hearts, and pickled beets.
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Over one hundred years of celibacy were beginning to take its toll on Alucard. He had handled decently well during the first few decades or so, the experiments done on him and the many missions during World War II distracting his mind. However, the last few years with a female as his master were beginning to grate on his self-control, his body's need finally showing its wants with a greater force than he'd known.
Perhaps this sudden urging to take a female was why he had created the young fledgling now in his care. He certainly couldn't account for any other reason for so eagerly disobeying his master with such blatant disregard, and caring little for her anger afterwards. Stopping the pacing he had been doing in his chambers, he dwelled on the amusing, if naive, child. Her body was enticing, soft curves with large breasts and her small, pouting lips...
Alucard growled at his traitorous thoughts, shaking his head as he once more began walking the small room. However, he could think of no other solution to the current problem now beginning to stiffen between his legs, a frustrated growl coming from his lips. Then a slow grin crept across his face as he thought over the images flashing through his mind. Her writhing form beneath his as he thrust into her tight walls, being milked dry as she screamed his name in her release. His length throbbed painfully at the mere idea of taking the young virgin for his own.
And after all, Integra did call the Police Girl his toy and he wouldn't want his master to be wrong, would he?
With a sadistic grin Alucard disappeared in a swirl of shadows and appeared in Seras' chambers, his eyes widening in glee at the sight before him. The young woman had apparently been preparing for an early bed, her uniform hung over a chair while she stood in only her underclothes. Her back was turned to the vampire, showing him the flesh of her smooth hips and the small cheeks of her buttocks.
Seras was about to pull the nightshirt she held in her hands over her head when she heard a distinct growl from behind her. Turning quickly she stood still as she noticed her master looking at her with an intense gaze, his lips curled back in a feral smirk. She covered her revealing bra with her shirt as she noticed where his eyes lay, blushing under his careful scrutiny and managing to squeak out a question.
"M-master" she stuttered, trying to curb the shaking of her body. "W-what are y-you d-doing here?"
Alucard didn't respond to the question as he began stalking toward the confused form of his fledgling, a large grin on his lips. Seras backed against the wall at the head of her bed, clutching the shirt tightly to herself as her eyes widening in fear. The emotions swirling about her master's eyes frightened her with their intensity and hunger, the dominant feeling of lust drowning her thoughts with its longing as she tried to stay focused on reasoning with him. Her master surely did not plan what his eyes were showing her, did he?
Actions spoke louder than words as Seras tried to edge away from him, his hand reaching out and grabbing the inside of her thigh with tight reprimand. He snatched the shirt from her hands, intent on getting a full view of what he possessed; she did not disappoint him.
His hungry eyes roamed over the silky skin of the female, trailing his gaze from her smooth white hips up between the juncture of her thighs. He growled as the g-string she wore hugged her sex, the sight making him harden with excitement. His eyes traveled further upward, past the slim waist and flat stomach to the breasts bound by her silk bra. He took a step closer as he watched the pert nipples harden under his scrutiny, the fleshy orbs shivering as he pulled his head downward.
"Master!" Seras gasped, fisting her hands in his white shirt. She tried to push him away but stopped her struggling when he growled, opting to stiffen against his ministrations. Strange emotions were beginning to rise within her and she was slightly terrified of their intensity, though a sensual heat between her legs relaxed her being as her reasoning drifted off; allowing her instincts to take control.
Alucard sighed against her skin as he felt her indifference to his touches, pulling away to look into her eyes. He saw fear and confusion battling for dominance within her orbs, but he noticed an underlying current stirring within her. With a stunned jolt he realized the emotion was love, deep, unrestrained love. She cared deeply for him and the affection he was showing her opened the feeling to his curious eyes, leading him to wonder how he would now take this simple coupling with the rising complications.
Alucard softly nuzzled her neck as he thought of an answer to his problem, a soft moan jerking him from his soothing actions as he looked to Seras' face. Her eyes were glazed over and her breathing was shallow, her hands having wandered to his back and pulling him closer to her without his knowing. He grinned at her fallen inhibitions, moving away from his fledgling and shrugging out of his trench coat. A soft chuckle rang through the room as he noticed her eager eyes on his body, many layers of clothing still separating him from the feel of her flesh.
He smirked as her eyes wandered down to the bulge beneath his pants, her red orbs widening at his obvious need to take her. Slowly he strode over to the trembling female, taking her in his arms as he pressed their lips together in a possessive kiss. His tongue pushed into her mouth as she gasped in surprise, tasting her warm cavern as he found a willing partner within. Their long tongues dueled with each other until she admitted defeat, allowing him to explore every crevice and cavity of her wet mouth.
He pulled away and picked her up bridal style, walking over to the bed and softly laying her on the covers. She squirmed as he stood back to look at her, her back arching pleadingly as she tempted him with her stiff peaks. He roughly growled at her need, leaning forward and sliding his body over hers as his mouth paid homage to her slender neck. His hands played soothing circles around the mounds of his mate before teasingly pinching her through the material. She moaned and jerked into his palms, allowing him to slide his hands beneath her and unclasp her bra. He flung the material away and stared hungrily at the now free breasts, lifting and lowering with every breath she took. His length pulsed with need at the sight and he pushed his aching manhood against her crotch, the thin layers of their clothes barriers from entering her. He growled in annoyance and tore the material away, eliciting a surprised gasp from his female as he cupped her innocence.
She wriggled against his touches, her hips pushing down to feel more of his torture as a finger played with her clit. He groaned when he felt how wet she was, her readiness to be taken pouring out of her in waves as her heat called to him. His digit slipped into her entrance and he hissed as her walls clamped tightly around the invader, her hands digging into his hair as she rocked against his hand.
She suddenly whimpered and pulled at his clothing, her eyes showing her need to feel his skin. He chuckled and nuzzled his nose against hers, his clothes suddenly disappearing from around his body and into a portal. His female rubbed her nude body against his own and eagerly slid her hands over his bulging muscles, brushing against his nipples and eliciting a hiss from his mouth. He pulled her arms above her head as he bit her neck enough to cause blood, feeling her squirm with impatience as he lapped at the sweet droplets pouring from the wound. He released his hold on her and began trailing heated kisses down her body, his hands cupping her swollen breasts as he teased one of the ridged peaks with a flick of his tongue. She let out a crying mew as he took the treat into his mouth, enjoying the taste of her body as he suckled her pointed tip. His mouth moved lower as his hands grasped her thighs, opening her to him as he nuzzled the curly tuft of hair between her legs. Her scent was overpowering as her fluids soaked the dark curls, his eyes closing as he inhaled the delicate aroma of her essence as she moaned her pleasure.
One long lick against her clit silenced the female beneath him, a sharp gasp ringing around the room as her innocent eyes widened. He repeated the process with his long muscle, earning a soft moan and his own body responding by tightening his already rigid cock. He growled low at his little lover, enjoying the taste of her as he spread her thighs wider apart. The taste of her was heavenly as he plunged his tongue into her folds, lapping at her juices as he licked the side of her walls. Her inner muscles squeezed him as he began thrusting into her sheath with long, deep strokes, her pitch increasing until she was nearly screaming.
Then did he pull away from her body, licking his lips with a contented growl. Seras moaned at the loss of his warmth as he slowly moved over her body, pressing his chest against her breasts as he settled the tip of his cock against her entrance. The heat of her called out to him to become one, to join their bodies and rut until their climaxes took them to the height of pleasure. Without warning he thrust hard into his female, breaking through her proof of virginity and burying himself deep within her folds. The woman beneath him let out a painful cry as her inner muscles tensed, bringing a groan from him as he tried not to start pounding into her tight sheath. After a few impatient moments of stillness he finally felt her shift around him, a hiss escaping his lips as her walls sensuously rubbed against his manhood. He slowly pulled out and pushed back into the tightness, groaning as her walls welcomed him with eagerness.
He heard a moan from his female and knew she was enjoying the sensations as much as he was, her face flushed and her breathing quickening as he repeated the process. His hard, heated length pulsed with the slow pace he was keeping, demanding harder thrusts into her wet sheath. After a few minutes he felt her join him in their love making, wrapping her legs around his waist and pulling him deeper within her. They rocked in unison as their bodies glowed with sweat, their growls and moans echoing around them in a heated mantra of sex and blood. Soon the sound of flesh slapping against flesh resounded in the air, rutting frantically against each other as their voices grew louder with the coming release.
He felt and saw her moving toward her climax as her eyes slammed shut and her body stiffened, her back arching as her nails dug into his back and scenting their love making with blood. Her walls tensed around his throbbing sword as she hit her peek, throwing her head back in ecstasy as she screamed his name to the heavens. Alucard's eyes glowed a blinding red as she squeezed him unmercifully, trapping his length within her pulsing folds as her warm fluids rushed around him.
"Mine" he rasped as he thrust one last time, his body stiffening with the force of his release as his seed spilled into her body. He collapsed atop her still shaking body, exhausted from their coupling and basking in the scent of their quickly cooling bodies.
After a few minutes he rolled to his back, taking her with him as he settled her compliant body on top of his own. He groaned as she shifted against him, his member still locked deep inside her and her walls stroking him. Seras answered his unspoken need with a low moan, her hands reaching down to grasp his hips as she felt him give a small thrust into her core. He growled in her ear, nipping at the tender flesh as he twisted her around so her back lay against his chest. The action caused her sheath to shift around his length, a sharp gasp escaping from his lips as his eyes widened from the feeling of her tightness milking him.
He suddenly shifted their bodies so he loomed over her, his body pressed against her own as he wrapped an arm around her waist. Pushing up with his free hand and lifting her at the same time, he knelt on his knees behind her while his female was on all fours. Releasing his grip on her slim waist and placing his hands on either side of hers, he growled his pleasure at the new position. His female answered his call with a pleading whimper, moving beneath him and urging him to begin their coupling once more.
He happily complied with her wishes, thrusting hard into her pulsing core and groaning at the deep penetration. His instincts took control as he pounded into her quivering sheath, his husky pants mingling with hers as their sweat covered bodies rubbed against each other. He could feel the female shuddering hard as her climax hit her senses, her sheath clenching his engorged length as he jerked hard into her tight, wet core. Finally his own release came, burying his member into her heated body and shooting his seed deep within her womb.
He collapsed atop her, panting from his climax as he felt her do the same. Shifting so he lay on his side and without removing himself from her wet sheath, he pulled her against him and nuzzled her hair. He would have gladly continued the pleasuring but noticed with a small laugh the even breathing from his female; she had fallen asleep as the sun had risen. With his thoughts he moved a sheet over their nude bodies, affectionately nuzzling his face into her neck as he allowed himself to join her in slumber.


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Welcome to the happy cottage of Flickr user devotedsatellite! She didn't have time to give us a tour herself, but I couldn't let this house go unnoticed. Luckily, it's jam-packed with cool stuff to look at, and the photos mostly speak for themselves.
Devotedsatellite learned the hard way this year that sweet potato plants WILL take over your front lawn.
I've been fantasizing over front doors lately, and everything about this one is a beaut. Would buy immediately.
Come on inside!
Reclaimed wood coffee table? A SIX sided couch? And is that a hanging chair I see?
Of course it is. Consider my home envy officially ignited.
Doesn't her living room look like a set for Arsenic and Old Lace?
Oh, for the built-in cabinets that were chic in the '20s to come back into vogue! I need a place to store my harp!
Awesome painting.
AWESOME bull!
Devotedsatellite calls this the "music and western room." Awesome. It's got a load of handmade STUFF, made in…
…Devotedsatellite's sewing room! It's like an elegant ladies' dressing area, but for making things.
Paintings, a purse collection, fabric remnants.
Lots of storage. I think this is my favorite photo of her house.
Let's jaunt to the kitchen, shall we? On our way, we'll pop our head into the bedroom…
And admire the incredible handiwork of that gnarly duvet. It seems to match the entirety of the house!
Okay. To the kitchen!
Devotedsatellite also has an ample garden — but get a load of that red tile on her counter top!
This is really the pièce de résistance: Devotedsatellite's 1950 tappan deluxe vintage stove, which she bought used (clearly) and uses.
My eyes need a break. You guys have the bridge.


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Get a peek at the Route 630 interchange plans Thursday
The proposed design plans for the Courthouse Road interchange in Stafford will be on display Thursday.
And transportation officials will be on hand to answer questions.
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The estimated $175 million project that would replace the current interchange, which was built in 1963, and reroute Courthouse Road.
Earlier designs have included some big changes, including moving the courthouse intersection at U.S. 1 south to the Stafford Hospital. Those plans showed sections of Route 630 around the interchange with three lanes each way, including turn lanes.
The earlier designs also showed that the current Courthouse Road could be changed to end just west of the fire and rescue station, causing some concerns about response times.
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Italian Film Festival
The most successful event of its kind, the Italian Film Festival is in its 17th year and still going strong. Viva il cinema italiano!
When: Wednesday, 26 September - Sunday, 14 October
Where: Various Cinemas, Auckland
How much: varies
Great news for all you lovers of everything Italian, the Italian Film Festival is here. Screening at Rialto and Bridgeway Cinemas and happily coinciding with erratic spring weather, this year's festival promises a fantastic and diverse line-up, so there's bound to be something to suit everyone's tastes.
The tantalising selection includes comedy, romantic comedy and drama, plus two documentaries that open windows on life in modern Italy, as well as the classic Oscar-winning Cinema Paradiso from 1988. The pick of the festival is certain to be the opening night comedy, Benvenuti al Sud (Welcome to the South). It's the New Zealand premier of this hilarious box office sensation that proves the age-old rivalry between north and south is still very much alive and kicking.
There are also two special screenings at this year's festival - A Second Childhood, which includes morning tea and coffee and a 'films for foodies' screening of Basilicata Coast to Coast, which means Italian nibbles, wine and even a foodie gift bag.
The most successful event of its kind, the Italian Film Festival is in its 17th year and still going strong. Viva il cinema italiano!
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I have an XFX 7870 2GB. I have to say that on ML this card absolutely screams. I can only imagine a 7970 OC. Configuring it was fairly straightforward. The only thing that really needs to be done is an update to Chimera so I can boot with PEG and therefore be able to boot into Windows when I want and not have to blind boot straight into the OSX desktop. Unplugging SATA cables and changing BIOS settings is getting tedious!!
Small correction:
>The only other cards that beat this one are dual GPU cards such as the HD 7990, GTX 690, and TITAN, which are upwards of $1000.
Titan is a single GPU part.
Thanks frnskfk- I've made the correction.
would any 7970 OC work? or specifically the gigabyte
I'm interested in the 6GB version of this.
This looks like the answer to my problems. One question, since I'm still new to the hackintosh community. You say this card supports 4 monitors. Are all 4 presented to the system for configuration, or do they show up as one large monitor?
Im thinking about buying this card, but Do I have to configure something? Do I need to do some tricks so I could get it to work perfectly ? I have read that the gigabyte version is recognized natively, but Im confused....I already have an nvidia gtx660 oc, but Im really disapointed with the results.....Any suggestions?
Can only confirm that, unsing the same card SC2, D3, all running as high and smooth as it gets.
as soon as chimera is updated, there is no stoping the radeon cards.
7870 really is a good deal for everybody how doesn't want to spend a fortune.
for now, dual booting works fine just using the iGPU and switching screen source.
I changed my bios settings (MSI) to PEG w/ IGD Multi-Monitor. Then I applied the fb rotate trick to my login item and everything works PERFECTLY.
Any theories explaining why the HD7970 smokes the GTX680 by such a difference? On Windows there's no such difference: http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1881/14/
Was the 7970 benchmark done with comparable settings to the Nvidia tests here? NVIDIA Performance Benchmarks - 10.8.3 - GeForce GT 640 to GTX 680
The only benches that show Nvidia is strong are games especially ones that Nvidia paid to be the exclusive or stuff that uses CUDA.
if anyone how to stop this card from overheating on hackintosh please post your solution here ...
Can you open AE CS6 on this card?
A question, does this work with the Apple Cinema Display 27" via mini display port directly (no adaptors)
I got the SAPPHIRE HD 7970 GHz Edition 3GB GDDR5 VAPOR-X
and it's working smoothly.
has anyone been able to enable hdmi audio on this card ???
(10.8.4 and DSDT ) ??
help would be apriciated.


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The company, which has serviced notable clients like the Rockville Centre and Sewanhaka Central High School districts, said the areas in need of immediate attention are the chimney at Summit Lane Elementary School, brickwork cracks at the Levittown Memorial Education Center (LMEC) and masonry upgrades at Salk Middle School, including sections that are currently used as walkways.
Additionally, Division Avenue High School's library roof needs to be replaced, and the school also needs masonry repairs, asphalt and concrete site restoration and sidewalk upgrades by the school tennis court. At the May 23 Levittown Board of Education public planning session at the LMEC, representatives from Lucchesi Engineering presented photographic evidence to the board of the areas in need of repairs, and said the project can ideally be completed over a five-year period.
Other items mentioned for inclusion in the plan are energy-saving occupancy light sensors, new fire alarms and windows. No items have been approved or finalized by the board, as it will continue to engage in discussions with Lucchesi to determine which repairs are absolutely necessary.
In other matters, the board recognized three members of Levittown's transportation staff for going above and beyond the call of duty in their response to a bus accident that occurred on May 1. The students who were on the bus were from the Lexington School for the Deaf, as well as the School For Language & Communication Development in Richmond Hill, both of which are schools that host students with language disorders.
"The driver, James Poccia, and the attendant, Rosemary Kallas, on their own accord, took sign language classes," said Mark Flower, Levittown's assistant superintendent of business and finance. "They were actually able to act as interpreters to rely information from the fire department and emergency personnel. They are being recognized tonight for going above the call of duty by learning sign language to communicate with the students."
Cathy Rust, Levittown school safety coordinator, was also recognized by the board for laying out $495 for the towing and storage fees to get the bus back that same day. The bus was towed away to an impound lot in Brooklyn because the Levittown schools' tow truck wasn't allowed to go onto the New York City highway to get the bus back. "Cathy Rust found out the only way to get the bus from the impound lot was to pay for it by a credit card," Flower added. "The district does not have a credit card. We do everything through purchase orders. Cathy put the charge on her own credit card. We have since reimbursed her, but we wouldn't have been able to get the bus back that day if it weren't for her stepping up to the plate."
The board also honored over two dozen members of the Citizens' Advisory Committee, PTA budget committee and food service committee, for their hard work in assisting in the recent budget planning process. Additionally, second-graders from Abbey Lane Elementary School were given rousing applause for a presentation of "The Seven Continents." The board meets again on June 13 at 7:30 p.m., for a regular meeting at the Levittown Memorial Education Center.


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There is no handwork content tonight but there is something I very much love to share with you.
It is this scenery. Maybe you are already tired of looking at the lake every single spring about this time, but these evenings are so breath taking. The lake has been gone (covered by the ice) for so long that now that it is back, it is constant joy...
Tonight is very calm, not a stir on the surface and you can see the beautiful reflection of the sky. You can stand right there on the edge of the lake and look down and all you see is the sky. There are no leaves in the trees, no grass, nothing to hush down the sounds, so the birds and their cries echo purely, just perfect music for the early summer night.
And don't forget the light, almost 10pm and the sun is still here, kissing softly every surface.
Our winters, harsh, long, bitter cold, dark and at times dreary. All worth it when May arrives!
I will close now and then will take my evening cup of tea and drink it down by the lake listening to this wonderful world. I just looked out of the window, Mr Cat is already there, he is probably waiting for me.
Be well,


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