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Jay Cutler: 'Not everybody's bought in' to Marc Trestman
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Bears quarterback Jay Cutler was unfazed by general manager Phil Emery's pronouncement that he would not negotiate contract extensions for any players during the 2013 season. Cutler is in the final year of a five-year, $50 million contract he signed in 2009.
''That's fine with me,'' Cutler said upon arriving at Bears training camp at Olivet Nazarene University in Bourbonnais early Wednesday evening. ''I haven't really talked about any of my contracts in my career and I'm not really going to start now. We'll play it out, and however it's supposed to go, it's going to work out.''
The decision by Emery could work in Cutler's favor if he has a big season under first-year head coach Marc Trestman, who, like Cutler's first NFL head coach, Mike Shanahan, is an offense-oriented coach. The Ravens' Joe Flacco parlayed a Super Bowl season into a six-year, $120 million contract. Cutler, 30, could be in that ballpark if he leads the Bears to a Super Bowl.
''There's some big contracts going around, so if you win and produce, you're going to get paid,'' Cutler said.
Cutler is one of several Bears regulars who will play the 2013 season on the final year of his contract. Charles Tillman, Tim Jennings, Devin Hester, Robbie Gould, Henry Melton (who was given the franchise tag), Major Wright, Corey Wootton and Roberto Garza are among the others.
''New coaches, there's a lot of things happening. There's a lot of change,'' Cutler said. ''It doesn't really matter what year you are in your contract I don't think, you gotta still go out and prove yourself. You've got to play each and every week. You've got to be consistent and you've got to sustain that the whole season. Nothing's really changed on that part.''
While Trestman's offense is expected to cater to Cutler's strengths, this is the fourth offensive coordinator he has played for in the last five seasons. Cutler already is on record as saying it takes three years to learn this offense. But he might not have that much time. But he is confident he and his teammates can ''grind it out'' under Trestman.
"Just have to forget all the other systems and learn this one, so it takes time,'' Cutler said. ''I think we had a good minicamp, good OTAs. Guys were working hard at it, just not in the building, but outside the building. You could tell a lot they were studying at night. Just have to continue that over. We have a little bit more time on our hands now with meeting times with the new schedule. We just have to grind it out."
The Bears are coming off a 10-6 season, so the playoffs are a legitimate goal.
"I think there's pressure before every season,'' Cutler said. ''Everyone feels good about the spot they're in with the start of the year. Obviously, with a new coach there's a lot to learn on our part. But there's a lot of room to be positive and to think we're going to have a good season."
Cutler praised Trestman, but acknowledged that ''not everybody'' has bought in to his system.
''He's got high expectations,'' Cutler said. ''He's very smart. He knows offense, defense. He knows the direction he want to go into. I think with him being in the NFL for so long and being out of the NFL, when he got back in he got his chance he definitely wanted to do it his way and head in a direction he thought was right. Guys are buying in. Not everybody's bought in, but that's OK. We still have a lot of time. Hopefully by the time the first game rolls around, we've got everyone on the same page.''
On the other hand, Cutler has run so many offenses in his seven-year NFL career, this one is not unfamiliar to him, which could make the transition easier.
''They all have some similarities here and there,'' Cutler said. ''This is a little more West Coast of Bill Walsh. He [Trestman] was with Mike Shanahan for a little bit, so there are some similarities there. It's good stuff. He knows what he's doing offensively. It's proven over many years that he can move the ball offensively. We just have to get everyone else on his level.''


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Scout's Portrait By Artist Brooklyn Lamb
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Jodi Cook's oldest son could not run, so she decided to run for him. After many nights running on the treadmill in her home, she logged a total of 39.3 miles as she ran both a 13.1-mile half marathon and a 26.2-mile marathon last month.
The 34-year-old elementary school teacher and single mother of four originally from Old Fort said she set out to teach her children and students that it is possible for them to reach the goals they set for themselves as she laced up her running shoes to tackle her own.
Her son, Luke, had some complications as a baby that would later change the course of his life. Shortly after he was born, he had a seizure, and doctors found out he had blood on his brain. They did surgery to implant a device called a shunt to help the blood drain, but he had another seizure a couple weeks later. After that, Luke went about three years without having any major problems, growing just as a normal child would.
After he had just turned 4, he had a seizure in the middle of the night. Complications from that caused him severe brain damage — to the point that his doctors did not know whether or not he would live. The shunt was blocked, and the pressure fluid had put on his brain had increased so much that his life was hanging in the balance.
"He had a 1 percent chance of survival," Cook said, recalling one night in the hospital when she and her then-husband prayed and read Bible verses over their unresponsive son. "We just left it up to God."
He ultimately survived the ordeal but was left having to relearn things like how to move around and talk. Cook said Luke, who is now 7 years old, uses a wheelchair and is "like an 18-month-old cognitively."
But she likes to stress that he is continually learning new things, which she said has served as an inspiration to her. Cook said Luke, who at one time needed a feeding tube, can now chew and swallow food normally. The boy who could previously only get around using a wheelchair is now able to walk around his home as long as he is careful not to lose his balance.
"Doctors did not give Luke much hope even after he came out of rehab," Cook said. "But he has proven all of them wrong with what he is doing today."
Luke is also well enough to attend Waterville Community Elementary School, and Cook believes that, at the rate he's going, he may learn to talk again.
Cook has three sons and one daughter, 7-year-old Luke, 6-year-old Rafe, 5-year-old Grant and 2-year-old Isabella, who she is raising with help from family members. She and the children's father are divorced.
She said caring for her four children is like "a 24/7 job," and she also stays busy with her job as an elementary school teacher. Despite her busy life, she said she recognizes that Luke has a harder life than she does because of his disability.
That is what inspired her to run a marathon in his honor. Cook said she was at home with her children one evening when she began to think about what her son had begun to overcome. She said she thought she could learn to run long distances if he was able learn how to walk again.
"Every day, he has to persevere to do thing the things I take for granted," Cook said. "It just hit me; I needed to do something."
Early last year, she trained and set out to run her first half marathon with hopes of eventually working her way up to a full one. However, she injured her foot the day of the race and was not able to run. The thought of running such a race never left her mind though, she said. She was discussing it with her brother one day when he suggested she check out the marathon races held at the Walt Disney World theme park in Florida.
She ran in "Goofy's Race and a Half Challenge" that required runners to participate in a half marathon on Jan. 12 of this year and a full marathon the very next day. She accomplished both goals with her family there to cheer for her along the way.
"I ran the half marathon and the full marathon in two days because I wanted to honor Luke and my other three children," Cook said. "I know Luke will never be able to accomplish that goal, but I became his legs that day and did it for him."
Cook graduated from Bradley Central High School, Cleveland State Community College and Lee University and earned a master's degree from Lincoln Memorial University in Harrogate. For the past 11 years, she has taught fifth-grade writing, language arts, social studies and science at Oak Grove Elementary School.
After busy days teaching children at school, Cook returned home and would train to run a marathon in her den. She would log several miles on a treadmill while keeping an eye on her children as they played nearby. On weekends, she would sometimes get the chance to run by herself outdoors when relatives would babysit for the children.
While Luke may not have had much of a grasp on the amount of time she spent running, she said the other three would sometimes ask her why she spent so much time running. She said she explained her goal to them, and they later got to see their mother go on her "Goofy" run and get medals for making it to the finish line while keeping up a good running pace. Cook said she hopes they were able to see that they could also do whatever they put in the work to accomplish.
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After being a world away from civilian life Paul Vallas Jr. returned from military service in Afghanistan and talks about his experiences there, in Tinley Park, Illinois, Monday, January 28, 2013. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media
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Paul Vallas returned from the war in Afghanistan months ago, but he continues to fight a battle that began in a foreign land.
"You can leave a war zone, but it never leaves you," Vallas said. "Whether you like it or not, it's like a tattoo that's going to be with you the rest of your life."
Vallas, 24, the son of former Chicago Public Schools chief Paul Vallas and grandson of former Palos Heights Mayor Dean Koldenhoven, was a Navy corpsman assigned to a combat platoon with the 5th Marine Corps Regiment in Afghanistan from March to September of last year.
"You really didn't worry about getting killed, as strange as that sounds," he said. "You just accepted that as part of what you signed up for. You'll live or you'll die, and that's not in your hands.
"But you are always on alert. Always living on the edge, keeping your eyes and ears open for signs of danger.
"What you're most worried about is making some mistake, missing something that could cost the lives of your buddies or result in somebody's death. And you can't just turn that off when you come home."
As a corpsman, Vallas provided medical care not only to the men in his unit but to civilians.
"There are terrible, indescribable injuries to civilians there from IEDs (improvised explosive devices) that are like land mines," he said.
He cared for many of those who were injured before they were shipped off to hospitals for treatment.
Part of his mission included going on patrol with the Marines, hunting for the Taliban, but another part was assuring the civilian population that Americans were there to serve and protect them.
"The Taliban are always threatening people in villages if they don't cooperate and sometimes take punitive measures against them if they don't," Vallas said.
Language often was a barrier in getting to know the locals, although interpreters were often available.
"They teach you a few words before shipping you out, but it really isn't conversational," he said. "Some of the guys picked up a little of the language over there, but for the most part we relied on interpreters."
During the summer months, Vallas said, temperatures often hit 130 degrees, "and you could say you get used to it, but you don't really. It's really, really hot."
On patrols, Vallas said his platoon leaders tried to make sure that he was in the rear, a location as safe as possible "because if I get wounded, the rest of the guys are in a lot of trouble. There's no one else to take care of them. So they really tried to make sure I was always as safe as possible."
But there is no safety on a battlefield, or away from it, if you're in a war.
"A friend I grew up with in Beverly was killed in action," Vallas said. "We played baseball together."
Connor Lowry, 24, was a Humvee gunner.
"I've made a vow to go over to his mother's house and be there for her on every Veterans Day and Memorial Day," Vallas said. "Those days are special now. They mean a lot to anyone who has been in the service and lost a buddy."
But not all the casualties of war happen in combat. After returning to the U.S., Vallas befriended a Navy SEAL who had left the service.
"I was having a hard time adjusting, and he and I and another veteran would get together and talk and it helped a lot," Vallas said. "No one can know what you've gone through unless they've been through it themselves."
On Veterans Day last year, Vallas was in the San Diego apartment of that Navy Seal, Robert Guzzo, 33, when he shot himself.
"He ended his life in front of me," Vallas said. "I tried to help him, but I couldn't save his life. And this was the guy who was helping me adjust."
There are those who believe that everyone who serves in the military is a hero. Vallas quickly dismisses the label.
"The heroes are the guys who died on the field of battle or those who left pieces of themselves there," he said. "I'm no hero."
Yet, it's obvious Vallas left a piece of himself in Afghanistan.
"I would do it again," he said. "I wanted to serve my country."
But he quickly adds that if this country were to launch another war somewhere in the world, he would urge caution.
"I would be against the idea because it's a terrible thing to put people through," he said. "You can't understand it unless you've been there. I guess you could say, I'm anti-war now."
Vallas has tried going back to college but has trouble focusing. He lives in Palos Heights with his mother.
"I have trouble sleeping," he said. "I have nightmares. And I'm still in this state of high alert, just always on the lookout for some possible danger, even though I know I'm safe at home.
"I talk to other veterans a lot about it, and that seems to help. And there are short periods of time when these feelings go away.
"I know I'm going to adjust at some point, but I guess it just doesn't seem to be happening quick enough."
Vallas wears a black memorial bracelet on his wrist, "hero bracelets" they're called, that lists the names of several Marines killed in combat along with that of his buddy Lowry.
I don't think he needs that bracelet to remember the dead. He carries them, and wounds that can't be seen, with him all the time.
I should point out that was not the purpose of his visit to my office. His proud grandfather had sent a photograph of Vallas taken in Afghanistan that had touched me, and I wanted to know more about it.
But I came away with a different kind of story.
Americans need to do more than build memorials to the war dead. We need to do a better job of helping the living, the walking wounded who return.
"I know how lucky I am," Vallas told me. "I survived and came back home in one piece. But you want to be happy again. Cheerful. Yet you're always battling mental enemies.
"You can come back home. But it's not like throwing off a light switch and it's done. You can't shut it off."


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I love sniffing other men`s underware. I got two pairs of may older cousins used underware and i always jerk off while sniffing theme. Anybody got the same fetish?
I love sniffing other men`s underware. I got two pairs of may older cousins used underware and i always jerk off while sniffing theme. Anybody got the same fetish?
Yes fetish here of sniffing guys undies and jocktraps that are well used and abused.
I've been sniffing underwear since I was in high school. I had a crush on my best friend and used to sneak his skidmarked briefs (found in his dirty clothes pile) home with me and sniff them while jacking off. Throughout college I did the same thing with dirty briefs and jocks that I found lying around in the locker room or those of my roommates and frat brothers. Of course all this skidmark sniffing evolved into me becoming a rimming addict. I still can't get enough of the "funky" smells of a guys asscrack and hole.
Huge fetish of mine! I luv to sniff other dudes hot undies especially when I'm jackin'.
I have saved used underwear of old boyfriends and jerk to it now and then. Can never get me to throw it away. Hardest part is explaining to new boyfriends why I have different kinds of different sized underwear, but usually telling the truth works best and is a big turn on for them as well. Have stolen underwear of cute boys out of the locker room on more than one occasion to smell, jerk off to, and even to wear. Bikini style or briefs are my preference, but if the boy is cute, I'll take it all.
First, welcome Fatty, this is a great first thread. Hope you stick around the forums for awhile...
...and welcome Umbroboy, great pics, keep 'em cumin'
and a special welcome to Asslicker...a man after my own heart !
Thanks for the welcome Fliptrx, i`m defenetly going to stick around, there are a lot of very hot threads on this forum
I also have a fetish for sniffing undies. I used to sniff my cousin's and my step-dad's undies. mmmmm
sniffing undies has never really been a fetish to me. I have never had a craving to do so. Am I wierd?
I have an overwhelming urge to steal jock straps from some of the hot jocks at my gym to sniff privately later, but have never gotten the nerve to actually do it.Originally Posted by mercuro
You should try Blademan. Best opportunity is when the dude is in the shower, his locker is open, and no one is around. Impossible to get caught, and the thrill is an evolving one. As you continue to run into these jocks in the locker room, you can continue to revisit your fantasy with nightly visits to their scented pouch.
I love to sniff underwear, i used to work at a rugby clubhouse as the cleaner
and got to get some great undies that some time got left behind, jerked off to the smell a lot it was great.
Really get off and smelling a guys jocks that have been made sweaty from the gym or a game of footy. Not really into the skid marks - more into the sweeaty cock smell.
Started with my mates, moved on to my brothers and graduated to sweaty jocks forgotten at the gym.
Great to blow a load with
I love your posts Blademan. I am right there with you, fantasizing from the next locker over.
glad to see so many of you get turned on by sniffing used jocks, pinched a pair recently in the changing room, love having a good wank in them just thinking where the straight cock and balls have been.
anyone fancy exchanging used jocks?
This thread is awesome! I love meeting men into stained/musky underwear! I love looking a guys in underwear imagining what kinda of use and abuse they get by then end of the day when he peels them off and throw them in the to wash pile! I enjoy prejizze stains in a white pouch mixed with ball sweat! and a few light skids in back are cool too! All part of being a man! dirty your undies up! email me if you want to talk about this , i prefer guys 20 to 35
Hey proboy79, welcome to JUB. I'm sure you will have a great time here.
sniffed undies forever since i was 14, used to hang out in the lockers after everyone else went to gym class so i could smell the undies left behind
I like sniffing other guys uhdies or jocks even my own as long as they are sweaty or piss spotted. Sometimes I evcen chew and suck on them. In the navy I stole my roommates jock and sniffed it while jacking off. I really get into manly ordors.
I've done it a few times. I dont smell my own, but I did to a guy I work with when I stayed with him at a hotel for work. He was away so I saw them on the floor and thought to myself what the hell that would be the only time I could smell his manly smells. I also did it to my best friends when I was younger.
This younger guy at my work is so damn buff, and I have had a secret crush on him for years, so when I noticed he'd left his sports bag behind the office door, I wanted to see what was inside so bad I was shaking! Unfortunately, office traffic was just too busy, so I thought I'd missed my chance.
I kinda forgot about it until week later I noticed the same sports bag was now over beside a filing cabinet. Again, too busy to investigate, but over the next few days I realised he must have forgot about it, so I made up an excuse to be late and when there was only a couple left in the place, I looked to see if it was still there.
It was, and inside was a sexy but clean (washing powder smell) pair of Kangos which gave me a nice image to fantazise over. But best of all, a pair of really funky smelling briefs!
I've been to the gym a couple of times with this guy, so I know he doesn't wear a jock, just briefs and shorts. (Fuck me - you should see him in the showers. Only reason I gave up my luch hours!) Anyway, I figured that his sports bag had lain in the office untouched for so long now that he wouldn't remember what he had in it. So I pinched his funky underwear.
Yup, I'm a pant pincher. I was really nervous for a while he would find out they were missing and ask questions, but he never did.
They smelt so funky, I was walking round with a permanent hardon for weeks! I just kept burying my face in them and dreaming I was clamped between his legs, drinking in his manly scent. Sadly, I didn't keep them in a sealed bag, so the funk has dissipated... but they've kept their nice bulge shape, and some nice not too gross stains have appeared over the months. Which is nice!
When I was in my teens I buried my face in one of my (straight) mates boxers from his washing machine in the garage. Mmmm!!!
I've done it quite a few times. I love it if there are a couple of pubic hairs in there as well.
Great thread guys - really enjoy hearing your 'confessions'!
As a teenager I stole twice the worn brief from my tennis coach and on it.
My mum found them and I had a hard time explaining where they came from...
i have an obsession with sniffing undies, and licking them, as if i was licking cock.
There's nothing like smelling musky underwear and then, after taking it off with your teeth, start licking away those sweaty balls and that sweaty, hairy, musky incredibly moisty crack.... until you can't get out of his addictive asshole....
You're a man after my own heart...on!Originally Posted by therimmer
just reading all this got me soooo hard. Finally found other people into sniffing. i've been doing it since i was about 14, my friends, my own, any didn't matter as long as they had skids in em, i even paid an escort to send me some um um um
Today a friend invited me over , he was working out and i was waiting for him to get done working out so I waited for him while he took a shower, After he got done i had to used his bathroom, Little did i know hanging on the back of his door knob was his white briefs from his workout 5 minutes ago. They were hanging there with the rest of his sweaty clothes, I HAD to grab them and give them a big wiff..... So i did They were extremely damp almost could wring them out. And very musty but not at all stained. It was very nice knowing this stud had filled these briefs just minutes ago and got them sooooooo musky smelling.
oh that got me hard pretty quickly
Once when I was "straight" I lived with this hunk of a latino guy (also straight)...I used to lay in his bed and smell his undies to jack off to.....ohhhhhhhh yummmmmm
His smell was everywhere....i wanted him sooo bad.
we used to get high and compare cocks, and of course that would lead to beating off, he loved to see me cum.
Once he even poured hot candle wax on my cock and balls.....
Now he is married with kids.....
wow, kinda got off the subject huh?
No hiding what he's into LOL
YES!!!!!! I love it i do it with my briefs, i even lick them and stuff them i put the hole thing in my mouth, on them
Have a young guy living with me now. He's 19 but still going to school. He is straight and I never mess with him. BUT, I do sniff his dirty underwear every chance i get. After he leaves for school in the morning I go into his room grab his boxer briefs and look for his skidmards to sniff while jacking off. His funky ass smells totally turn me on and wish I could smell his ass for real. Sometimes I find cum stains in them too. Would love to exchange e-mails with other guys into sniffing dirty briefs and assholes.
There's nothin' finer than a back door diner...
Its hard to beat the thrill of stealing a hot guys undies or jock from the locker room and taking them home and inhaling that hot crotch smell as you jack off. I've done it a few times, I've got a collection now! Jocks are my fav, especially ones that are well worn and real sweaty!
Hey asslicker, I just luvvv your story. Do you get to smell much piss stain on his boxers ...
I live alone, so the only undie excitement I get is when the young spunky couple next door hang his undies out on the line once a week. I just luvv perving at them and thinking where they've been.
Originally Posted by asslicker
I can really get off on sniffing my own after they've been worn a few days! My BF likes to suck my cock right through the filthy shorts. He gets off on the smell, too.
IM just a total Underwear Whore! Any one wanna exchange?
I love to sniff the underwear of other guys. I love to put my nose where their cock rests. I love the smell. One day when I was sniffing my friends underwear, Stephen Nobrigga came in and caught me. I love to smell other guys underwear.
I love this too.
Used to share a house with a str8 lad, and when he would come back from the gym, then go out, I would go into his washing basket, grab his briefs and lye on his bed jacking off smelling his sweaty balls and ass hole.
I'd even take to sniffing his sheets too to smell where his ass had been - mmmm makes me hard just writing about it!
Originally Posted by PixelHerder
Great story
There is this couple who are friends of the family and we take care of the house for them whenever they are away. I go over to cut the grass for them and they let me use the shower in the house before I come home. Anyway ... they have 2 bathrooms that are hooked together and I went into the more private bathroom when I went in to take my shower, and found the dirty clothers basket. I got to thinking about finding a pair of used undies in there and sure enough I found a pair. They were a bit smelly but my imagination went wild and I had to j/o into them. I stuck them back into the middle of the pile for the next time. I went over again this week to cut the grass while they were at home and decided to check out the dirty clothes again. Ahhhhhhhhhhhh, there was another pair of recently changed ones that had an awesome funky smell to them. Well I just had to jack into them, then stuck them into my undies and took them back home. At night before I go to sleep I pull them out and imagine his balls being cradled by the soft funky smelling cloth of the pouch. 1 minute later I shoot a wad into them and they go back to the bottom of my drawer for the next time. Now each time I go over, I take the cummy ones over and put them into the middle of the dirty clothes and grab a "fresh" pair.
Damni think this is so hot, hard right now, done that to some of my straight friends, nothing like that crotch smell...
Tomorrow I go over to get another pair
I can hardly wait !!
Anyone fantasize about sniffing celebrity briefs?I sure would like to get my hands on Paul Walker's used tightie-whities!!!
I picked through the dirty clothes again and found a jock strap!!... Oh fuck it smelled so so so spunky. I wanted to take it home like the other ones, but I was afraid that he might miss it, So I wacked a load into it and shoved it back into the pile again.
love finding old torn and dirty jocks and briefs. Anyone got pictures of guys arseholes showing through their torn shorts,briefs, jeans etc.?
I too love the manly smell of used underwear but depends on who. I like to sniff my own underwear mostly. I did smell my X's underwear but that was only because I did his wash for him. My point, and this is what most you boys miss, is that I enjoy the musty smell of my own underwear because I wear nylon tricot bikini briefs all the time. The thing is that nylon does not absorb moisture the same as cotton so what you get is a more intense, heightened cock odor. It is absolutely great!!! My X always wore nylon underwear as well. He would pre cum a lot which I really did not like. I more prefer the smell of thick, sticky cum or when it has sat on your dick and balls after a good jerk. This really produces a nasty, smelling dick bulge. I so enjoy nylon briefs so much so words cannot express. You guys should try this. Most of you do not describe the fabric or the type of underwear you are sniffing. Boxers do nothing to spark my interest. Guys who wear them just are not as sexy to me. As for ass crack and skid marks most difinitely NOT!! That is repulsive. That would be just like sniffing a baby diaper. That is gross. But hey, it's just an opinion so sorry if I offend.
I have been "taking" other guys undies since the 7th grade. Most wore tightie whities then, and I would sniff, lick and wank in them then wear them for the rest of the day. I swear I would stay completely hard in them the entire time I wore them.
I still get lots of them, from the gym at UML, off of tricks I take home, nothing like mouthing a hot bulge in hot sweaty undies, it turns the guyz on also. I have one guy who I used to suck off a few times a week. He would come to my house after work (working on a roof), and I could suck him in them till he shot a load in the boxer briefs. I always got to keep them. I keep them in plastif zip bags, and take em out to wank every now and then.
When I worked in the public detox, I used to take home undies that the guys wore a long time and throw out. They were too dirty to lick, but smelled so hot.
My best friend would always on the weekends, spend the night at my apartment, cause we would always have a few beers and he didn' t want to drive home. Anyway after some time of doing this, I accumilated about four pairs of his boxers, cause he would take a shower in the morning, borrow a pair of mine, and throw his in my dirty laundry basket. the next day, I would sort through the laundry, find his boxers and wear them to bed and jack off in them, then I would wash them. one week, I didn't get a chance to do laundry, and I forgot that I had a pair of his used boxers that I had totally just plastered with my cum. I left them in my room, on the dresser with my clean boxers. The weekend came along, and the usual friday night thing took place, he spent the night and took a shower the next morning, and got dressed , then headed out the front door to go home. I went into my room to gather some clothes, cause I was going to take a shower, and then I noticed that he grabbed his boxers that I got cum soaked from the previous week! I was kinda in shock, because it was way obvious that they were used, and not to mention the did have a little smell to them. He never did mention anything about them, but c'mon.. he had to have known right away!
Glad to hear so many of you guys are into sniffin undies like me. When I was a student I shared with a guy who used to leave his used undies lying around. Reck he wore them for a few days because they were always well skidded and spunked!! Loved to sniff then and taste them too whilst jerking my cock into them. Then I used to wear them for a day or two before leaving them where I found them.


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In part one a while back we were talking about the USB capability with HDBaseT spec 2.0 and in addition to being important for the residential market it has some implications for the academic area. You've got very large deployments, high up-time, a wide range of daily users …
Yeah, I agree. … and gear being turned off and on dozens of times a day. PowerPoint's one of the most-used applications in the classroom and the computers it runs on are often the source of equipment problems and user errors so there is some interest in so-called PC-less presentation where the visuals come straight from a flash drive to the classroom projector, and with the HDBaseT 2.0 version not having to run a separate USB extension in all of those classrooms to do that.
I agree. Yes. Absolutely. And you said you had a special interest in the education market and university installations, and yes this is a great application for HDBaseT and we've done very well in this market. [Timestamp: 6:21]
Right, and dealing with that large a scale you can start with outboarding everything on standalone extenders, then begin to phase in projectors and source devices with native HDBaseT and repurpose the original separate extenders moving them down the line to other classroom buildings for the first wave of deployment there.
Yes, absolutely and you don't need to be concerned about all the equipment becoming obsolete or you're not dependent on a single vendor. This is the point and the big benefit of HDBaseT being a standard technology.
We also have now what's called HDBaseT Class B with a slightly smaller feature set and I believe a 230ft. distance using the Valens VS010 chipset. What was the main reason for introducing HDBaseT Class B?
Actually we just wanted to offer more flexibility to our customers and provide them with a more cost-effective solution, especially when only selected functionality is required; when not the entire 5-Play feature set is required, and when the distance requirements are shorter. It's been about two years, I think, since this chip was introduced to market and it proved to be very, very successful. [Timestamp: 7:31]
And so with the next wave of the HDBaseT features being built-in, do you see a long future for the extender market on this? I know we're going to be seeing these devices for a good while, but do you envision a time when HDBaseT will just be an integral part of all of the hardware?
Hopefully we'll have an HDBaseT world in a few years from now. But actually no, I don't see these HDBaseT extenders disappearing. I do expect that we'll see more and more native HDBaseT devices, but the more HDBaseT products and the more HDBaseT installations you have you will see also more and more HDBaseT extenders. First of all, sometimes all the installer needs is just to extend his HDMI equipment and HDBaseT extenders are a great, cost-effective solution for that. But also, as you said, it's really a transition process and with HDBaseT penetrating to new markets and especially to consumer homes, well no one likes it when their old devices become obsolete. So instead of throwing away your old device, you'll use an HDBaseT extender and with penetrating into the consumer electronics market, I can even anticipate new types of phone factors for HDBaseT dongles, let's say. So I don't see them disappearing from the market any time soon. [Timestamp: 8:57]
I know that it's not a terribly pressing issue right now, but do you see a time coming since we have power use on a lot of the smaller projectors coming down, some future possibility of running projectors on the HDBaseT power and simplifying things even more?
Wouldn't that be great, first of all? There are two things that can happen in that respect. The first thing that can happen is that projectors will become more and more power efficient and eventually will go below the 100W limit, which is a trend but most projectors today cannot. The second thing that can happen is that HDBaseT will be able to send more than 100W of power, and actually the technology itself is already able to do that, and even significantly so if you talk about shorter distances than 100 meters. But in the standard itself, we limited the technology to sending 100W of power in order to comply with the UL safety regulations. So one direction that the Alliance is working on is to work with the UL organization in order to increase the power we're sending and still be compliant. [Timestamp: 10:06]
In the initial wave of this technology a few years ago it really took off fast. How did the marketing of HDBaseT differ from what's usually seen in this industry? I mean you already had the chips produced and pretty much ready to go and the Alliance set up when you unveiled the technology didn't you?
Yes. Actually the initial version of the technology, Valens was already ready with the chip sets when the Alliance announced just because forming the Alliance was also a long process. So we actually worked on the specification with our founders, with LG, Samsung, and Sony Pictures already before the Alliance actually was ready to go public. But if you ask about the difference in the marketing, I think we need to differentiate between Valens marketing and HDBaseT Alliance marketing, and in that respect I personally have two different jobs. When I'm wearing the Valens hat, I guess my marketing work is pretty standard like any other chip company selling solutions to pro AV and CE manufacturers. But when I'm wearing my HDBaseT Alliance hat, this is where the marketing job is kind of unique and I have to say very interesting because as an alliance we're working to promote HDBaseT technology. We're not working to promote a specific product. I think the recent release of 2.0 specification is a great example. We wanted to share the new technology with the public. We wanted to let them know what to expect even if there aren't any HDBaseT 2.0-compliant products just yet. [Timestamp: 11:38]
So what's Valens working on now? What are your goals for the near future? You've just come out with the 2.0 spec, so that's out on the table. Are there more things on the drawing board?
So of course releasing a 2.0-compliant chip is our top priority right now, but yes we are looking at other markets as well. We're active in the CCTV market, in the industrial PCs market. HDBaseT is a great application for other markets besides pro AV and we're looking at that directions as well. [Timestamp: 12:07]
Alright, well I'm sure there's a lot more coming from Valens. Dana Zelitzki and HDBaseT 2.0 from Valens. Thanks for explaining some things and it's been a pleasure to have you on the SVC Podcast.
My pleasure. Thank you.
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Many a time on their travels Mumford & Sons have been posed the question, in various forms, what are their inspirations, what makes them tick, what lays at the beating heart of the band? Well the answer to that question could probably be summarised in the following threefold manner;
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The best gig I have ever been to!! New material was fantastic, that 'difficult second album' isn't going to be an issue and the crowd sang their hearts out word for word on the songs they knew, awesome guys, truly awesome….and I hope you are true to your word and add Wimbledon to every tour you do…oh and Luke "Don't answer that…don't say a f-kin word!!"
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Wow,wow,wow, absolutely amazing ! !
Now come on you dons in the playoffs this Wednesday !
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Dear Lola…....Sigh No More…...you are more then welcome, please give me a call on 07581 320767 and we can make arrangements to pass over the tickets tomorrow night…..Braveheart.
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@BRAVEHEART!!!!!!!!! I would absolutely LOVE it if I could purchase those two spare tickets off you, that's if you haven't sold them already?!?!?!? xx
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As it turns out we have two spare tickets for Monday night, they are in the Dress Circle and would be happy to pass them on at Face Value + Booking Fee to genuine fans ONLY!.
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