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Dear Brandon,
Remember your first "Editor's Letter"? Remember how instantly enamored we were and how hopeful we were that you could salvage a magazine we once adored for its irreverent point-of-view, just because you wrote a succinct and impersonal message and didn't act falsely chummy, Jane Pratt-style, and ask us to vote on whether you should get highlights?
Well, things have changed, and it's not us—it's you. Let's talk about your April message.
Before you get all up in arms about the changes you're gonna see in this issue, let me first say that it's all your fault.
Changes? Based on reader suggestions? Now you're just teasing us, Brandon.
If you weren't so forward, smart and insightful…
Uh oh. Resorting to flattery already? That doesn't bode well.
…about telling me what kind of magazine you want to read, I wouldn't have tweaked a thing.
Well, there's a tacit admission that she's out of touch and knows it. She wouldn't have made any changes? If everything at Jane was copacetic, then why was she even hired? 'Fess up already, Brandon—after all, Jane Pratt barely manages to flip through new issues.
By the way, when you send me an e-mail, it goes straight to my Treo and not to some IT guy.
Which, you know, is the accepted way that email works. But thanks for clarifying that for us!
So the editors here and I can now say beyond any doubt that you want us to feature fewer Hollywood bimbos…
…which is why Avril Lavigne is on the cover, since she's a Canadian bimbo and therefore completely different.
You also love book reviews—sorry I cut down on them for a while…
Remember when you said your readers were "smart"? Do you know a single smart woman who exclusively reads Jane? Yeah, nor do we.
…and you'll most likely shoot us if we ever try to give you pandering sex advice or diet info…
But pandering career advice and a pandering ad campaign are absolutely okay!
We're just trying to get closer to what I think we all want Jane to be: a mirror for a culture of women who are opinionated, funny and smart, and who don't suffer bullshit.
Okay, she's right on this one minute detail. That's what we want Jane (and, if we're truthful, every magazine) to be. Unfortunately, the reality is nowhere near that goal, as is painfully evident in the very next sentence:
My favorite item this month is the women at a dog park in Silver Lake, L.A.: We asked them who their dogs would be if they were famous, and their answers were hilarious—we couldn't have written them better.
Funny, she said she wanted to reflect "opinionated" women, so naturally we thought Jane would seek out opinions on subjects that, oh, actually matter. Not that asking women to conflate a dog's personality with that of a celeb isn't (sort of, perhaps, maybe if you're in the right mood) funny. But it's a terrible trifle to trot out as an example of the "culture of women" the magazine claims to promote. Apparently modern women are defined not by their own personalities, but by the traits they conjure for their dogs.
As ever, e-mail me…
Check your Treo, Brandon.
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Everyone loves the Academy Awards, especially the nominees. They get to strut their stuff and, most importantly, add the most coveted designation to their resumés, "Oscar-nominated." This year's race could be quite interesting in testing the academy's ability and desire to honor true excellence in filmmaking. Let's hope it doesn't digress into a popularity contest and that Mrs. Streep doesn't forget her glasses. My picks for this year's recipients of the elusive golden statuette are as follow.
Demian Bichir, "A Better Life"
George Clooney, "The Descendants"
Jean Dujardin, "The Artist"
Gary Oldman, "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy"
Brad Pitt, "Moneyball"
Because Ryan Gosling ("Drive"), Michael Fassbender ("Shame"), Michael Shannon ("Take Shelter") and Leonardo DiCaprio ("J. Edgar") didn't get the recognition they deserved, I'm going with Clooney. His performance is utterly flawless because he has the uncanny ability to wear his heart on his sleeve.
Glenn Close, "Albert Nobbs"
Viola Davis, "The Help"
Rooney Mara, "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo"
Meryl Streep, "The Iron Lady"
Michelle Williams, "My Week With Marilyn"
Rooney Mara's portrayal of "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" was so boldly riveting that it cut to the quick. Her ground-breaking and brave performance as a severely damaged woman is shocking to behold. I'm looking forward to her two sequels with bated breath.
Kenneth Branagh, "My Week With Marilyn"
Jonah Hill, "Moneyball"
Nick Nolte, "Warrior"
Christopher Plummer, "Beginners"
Max von Sydow, "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close"
Once again, why isn't Ryan Gosling on this list? His work in "Crazy, Stupid Love" was so superior to Jonah Hill's in "Moneyball" (as was Albert Brooks' in "Drive"). My choice is Christopher Plummer whose soulful portrayal of a man who embraces his homosexuality late in life is as touching as it gets. At age 82, Plummer is the poster boy for "hope."
Bérénice Bejo, "The Artist"
Jessica Chastain, "The Help"
Melissa McCarthy, "Bridesmaids"
Janet McTeer, "Albert Nobbs"
Octavia Spencer, "The Help"
Hands down, Janet McTeer's gender-bending, cross-dressing Hubert (a woman), who's blissfully married to another woman is mind-blowing. Her nuanced and joyous performance is a scene-stealer each time she occupies the screen with the brilliant Close. How Melissa McCarthy was allowed to share this category with the other nominees is preposterous.
Michael Hazanavicius, "The Artist"
Alexander Payne, "The Descendants"
Martin Scorsese, "Hugo"
Woody Allen, "Midnight in Paris"
Terrence Malick, "The Tree of Life"
One of the best directors in filmmaking history, Martin Scorsese, most assuredly deserves this award. In "Hugo" he formulates the most poignant and insightful analysis of why we love films ... "they capture our dreams." And through the eyes of a child he celebrates the adult child in all of us.
"The Artist"
"The Descendants"
"Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close"
"The Help"
"Midnight in Paris"
"The Tree of Life"
"War Horse"
It's "The Descendants" because it's magnificently directed, scripted and cast. It's intimate, mischievous and marvelous. It's not sentimental, but there's no controlling the tears as you identify with every actor in this insightful film. It's personal, and it's perfect.
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The trees at the research site appear, for the most part, stunningly healthy. Brush up against the bright-green needles and you'll release a dense cloud of pine pollen. A beetle-infested tree will continue to look green and healthy until the following growing season, when its needles turn into brittle, rust-colored strands and begin to drop — but most of these trees haven't been touched at all. It's an anomaly that Mitton and Ferrenberg managed to document the beetle's accelerated life cycle at a place that's seen little damage so far from the insect — particularly in comparison to the waves of red and gray trees on slopes just a few miles west, on the other side of the Continental Divide.
Still, there are casualties scattered conspicuously across the landscape: trees turning orange, bare-limbed skeleton trees riddled with beetle exit holes. Most of them are limber pines, which the beetle seems to favor here over the lodgepoles. Mitton pauses to examine signs of a recent invasion in a gnarled, eminent limber. There are telltale plugs of fresh resin oozing from several spots near the base of the tree, like wounds clotted with blood.
Mitton chips under the bark with his hatchet but fails to find any beetles. "There's no blue stain in there yet," he says. "I'm not certain if the beetle has been pitched out or if I just crushed her."
For now the limber seems to be holding its own. But the beetles will be back in force as the summer heats up. And the current epidemic threatens to have a far more long-lasting impact on some tree species than others — particularly the limber pine and other varieties of five-needle white pines that play a keystone role in high-altitude ecosystems.
The so-called High Five pines, including limber, whitebark, Rocky Mountain and Great Basin bristlecones, are stress-tolerant species that fare well in poor, rocky soils and harsh conditions, often at the edge of treeline on steep slopes. Generations of wind and cold can twist their limbs into exotic shapes, and they've been known to live for hundreds of years. (Bristlecones are among the oldest living organisms on the planet; one survivor in California has been core-dated as 4,842 years old.) For years, Mitton made regular pilgrimages to a favorite limber pine in Rocky Mountain National Park, more than a meter in diameter, that he estimated to be more than a thousand years old.
"I liked to take pictures of it," he says. "Two years ago, I went back and it was dead. There were beetle attacks all over it."
Despite or perhaps because of their venerable age, the slow-growing High Five pines have proven to be less resistant to beetle attacks than more common species; milder temperatures at high elevations have also allowed the beetles more freedom to operate. At the same time, the High Fives have had to contend with the creeping progress of white-pine blister rust, a fungal disease from Asia that kills trees slowly over years but for which there's no known treatment.
"This has been a one-two punch that's sending the Forest Service into high-gear problem-solving," says Diana Tomback, a professor of integrative biology at the University of Colorado Denver. "These trees are very important for high-elevation ecology."
Tomback started out as a student of avian ecology. Her research on the Clark's nutcracker, though, soon focused on its "co-evolved relationship" with the whitebark pine: The bird plunders the whitebark's cones for seeds and then caches them in thousands of sites, intending to retrieve them when food is scarce — but effectively planting new trees across the landscape. The whitebark helps protect watersheds and provides high-energy seeds for squirrels, bears and other animals; government studies indicate that grizzlies in Yellowstone end up in more deadly encounters with humans in years when the whitebark seeds are in short supply, as they have been in recent years.
Although limber and bristlecone pines in Colorado have also taken a hit, the fate of the whitebark, which grows farther north, is of particular concern to Tomback and other ecologists. Between the blister rust and the relentless march of the beetles, some areas in the northern Rockies are reporting a mortality rate among whitebark pines of 80 percent or more. Last year U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officials ruled that the whitebark is in danger of extinction and warrants endangered-species protection but said the agency doesn't have the resources to list the tree. Canada has already accorded the whitebark endangered status.
Tomback, who is also the volunteer director of the Whitebark Pine Ecosystem Foundation, says blister rust has already wreaked havoc in much of the whitebark's range, and the beetles could finish off much of what's left. "Those few trees that are potentially resistant to this disease can be killed in one season by the pine beetle, which doesn't discriminate," she notes. "It's a bad problem that we don't think nature can overcome."
In Yellowstone and other hot spots, state and federal officials are scrambling to combat the possibility of extirpation — local extinction — of the whitebark pine. They're collecting seeds to try to develop blister-rust-resistant trees, then pondering how to protect those trees from beetles. Annual spraying can protect individual trees but is too costly, financially and environmentally, for widespread use. Another limited protective measure involves placing packets of chemicals on certain trees that mimic an anti-aggregation pheromone the beetles issue when they've taken up residence and want to keep other beetles from invading the host — a kind of "no vacancy" sign.
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This isn't the only study on these, and it has been shown that winters are not cold enough to kill off these bugs
Unless the tree is dead that it can freeze easily. I've seen DEAD wood freeze yearly in the mountains of northern new mexico. So that's why I don't think temperature has a lot to do with this problem.
Nice fixation, Ranger. Lack of forest diversity? Somewhat. Lack of water? Definitely. Longer warm season? Yes. That's what I took from the experts. And experts in Entomology/Forestry are going to be as excited about their subject going up in a mainstream paper as you suggest I am about it. So, I'm not sure which of the indifferent, "who cares" comments you see coming from an expert, or anyone with a degree in this stuff.
So....errr...I suppose the fact that we have not allowed a fire-dependent forest to burn for a hundred years had nothing to do with it? And this climate change thing - what is the climate supposed to be doing? Staying the same? Getting colder? What? We are generally coming out of an ice age, so it is not astounding to me that the climate is getting warmer. Al Gore is making a lot of money on this deal, with his carbon footprint of a thousand city people!
Grower: I am absolutely positive that there are other researchers looking for generations of the insects of their choice. I don't doubt that every insect is a major concern of yours as a grower. However, its BS suggesting there is no story (as Phd and others suggested) in the fact that pine beetles have been observed flying for the FIRST time in the Colorado high country in May during a drought which has weakened tree defenses, setting this whole situation up as a potential epidemic...that's a story I am glad is being reported. Regardless of what the other insects are up to. Westword runs gossip pieces and bullshit blogs constantly and no one comments. But here we get a long story that hasn't been regurgitated a billion times, and people are dissing the fact that it was even reported because a small part of the story doesn't jive with their opinion on the narrowest little subject that they know anything about. I stand by my fucking point.
I remember as a kid seeing all the beetle kill trees that were cut down, sprayed, and wrapped in plastic to control their spreading. You could see them on the way up the canyon to Central city on the mountainsides. If this has stopped, the question should be WHY??????
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Ask any farmer and they will agree warm winters increase the yearly chances for multi generations of insects. Are you on the peer review for this article? They plan for this. I agree this is common knowledge. Further, if I planted the same corp every year during an increase of annual multi generation, or single generation, of damaging insects I would be out of business. The lack of forest diversity is the cause and the effect. Climate fluctuations ehances lack of forethought in forest management - the real cause. Examing different type of insects and multi generations of seasonal hatching proves that pine beetles are not exclusive and climate fluctuation increases are in fact common knowledge. Defending someone's thesis, in this case, proves your lack of understanding the "whole fucking point."
Dead fuel accumulating for the past 15+ years. Fires take off like hot cakes. You do the science.
Phd: Early beetle flights resulting in 2 generations per year, instead of 1 is not common knowledge. In fact, it goes against everything we know and accept about the pine beetle. The fact that they can lure a pine beetle with pheromones in May is proof enough. Larvae cannot be lured through the air by pheromones, and pine beetle eggs will not spontaneously grow wings in "cold winter" to be drawn to a trap. The whole fucking point is that weather changes are now allowing 2 generations per year instead of 1. You want to see this test run during the egg stage? Do you see insects cruising around when the weather is cold? Do you really think that beetles trapped using pheromones in May are less developed than the one they happened upon on Niwot Ridge in May? And what would running the experiment with "other beetle types" look like and what would it have to do with proving or disproving the fact that pine beetles are squeezing out 2 generations where they used to make 1?
Good article about the pine beetle devestation, however the title is misleading. The subtitle additionally says why the forests ate burning up, like there is a correlation between the beetle and all of the current fires. There is only a few sentences that talk about the fires and it never mentions a correlation between the two problems. False advertisement!
The article is an example of lacking journalism filled with a lack of citations and filled with conjecture. Worse, the article is stale information. The beetle kill is common knowledge and the simple method of "They set up lures loaded with pheromones to invite beetles to establish broods in those trees." Then stating warm winter sampling represents the first peer-reviewed report of the insect achieving two generations in a single summer. Show this result without luring beetles with pheromones. Then try the same experiment with pine bettles during a cold winter. And finally try the experiment with other beetle types.
Yea, you're right. He should have written it as "The top ten things you didn't know about pine beetles!" Or maybe 5 in your case.
Single season multi generations during an upswing in warm winters gets you excited? Read closely, and I see your comment about jerking off - that polishes your stance. Plain, simple, concise and without argument - it's lack of forest diversity. Now you can once again start your multi seasonal pseudo physical and biased masturbation and please stop writing comments where you have no expertise or degree. Grower, thank you.


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Spring Break in Panama City!!!!
(episode 15)
Spring break would be coming up soon & I was disappointed that all the girls had planned different trips. Jennifer, Brittany & Renee were going to the Bahamas for that week. Kelli & Katie were going with two of their sorority sisters to Destin, Florida. Vic, Chip & myself ended up booking a cheap motel in Panama City. I had blocked calls & texts from that crazy stalking girl, Jackie, & thought that maybe the problem was solved. Jennifer had been pushing me to do new sexual things with her. We sometimes would shower together and then do some anal licking. She had me take several naked & semi-naked lingerie pictures of her. We'd videod ourselves having sex a few times, she even had me video her while she fucked herself with a dildo. Jennifer sometimes made me uneasy because she liked to ask me about my sex fantasies & tell me about hers. Actually, I was living my sex fantasies, having an absolutely beautiful sexy girlfriend that looked like she should be a Hollywood star (my frat brothers always just raved about how unbelievably gorgeous and sexy Jennifer was - I had the best looking girlfriend in the frat and on a campus with thousands of good looking chicks, Jennifer was one of the very best) and she gave me all the sex I wanted. Jennifer had told me that she sometimes fantasized she was a pornstar and about being gangbanged. Every time she found out about a gangbang happening on campus she'd want to find out all the details she could. I was a little bothered by those revelations. About a week before spring break Jennifer started getting really bitchy with me. She started an argument with me over something really petty. Finally I got mad and told her to "quit being a pouty spoiled Scarlett O'Hara." Then she broke up with me. The more I thought about it the more I started thinking she just broke up with me so that she wouldn't feel tied down on spring break and have to feel guilty if she hooked up with some guy. Vic and Chip thought so too, even Kelli and Katie agreed with that theory. I got really down and depressed about it. Finally Vic, Chip and I were on our way to Panama City. We'd headed out Friday evening in Chip's old faded out Chevy Suburban with just a duffle bag of clothes & essentials each & several empty ice coolers which we planned to fill with beer & ice when we got there. Vic brought his acoustic guitar on his theory that building a fire on the beach at night & playing the guitar would attract several chicks. I guess I'd been whining about Jennifer and as we were half way to Panama City, Vic and Chip told me that they'd heard enough about Jennifer. They said that she's going to fuck somebody's balls off in the Bahamas and for me to get over it. They were sure she'd want to make up with me after we all got back from spring break. Then they kept insisting that I promise to fuck somebody in Panama City. Finally, I promised that I would try to fuck some chick in Panama City. We arrived at out motel parking lot in the early morning hours when it was still dark, of course we couldn't check into our room until early afternoon, so we went to sleep in the Suburban. Chip in the front seat, Vic in the back section next the bags & stuff and me in the back seat. After sun up we went to Waffle House for breakfast, then drove around Panama City scoping out the scene before just walking around on the beach. After lunch we checked into our room, showered went out and bought several cases of beer and got ice. We filled up the small room refrigerator with beer and put the rest into the ice chests. (The 3 of us were staying in 1 room that had 2 beds so we worked out a revolving arrangement where each night a different guy would get a bed by himself - of course things would change.) By about 4:00 pm we went out to the beach to scope out chicks. We had no idea that right away we'd run into the chicks that we'd end up spending all week with. We walked out on the beach in front of our motel and almost immediately noticed three chicks about 100 feet away, two were standing, one sitting on her beach towel, they had a volleyball net set up next to them. From where we were it looked the chicks had really good tight tone tanned bodies. We planned to casually stroll by them & check them out. As we got closer we could see that all three chicks had tattoos, always a good sign for easy sex. As we got close we could see that they were really cute girls with really good sexy bodies. There was a tall one with big boobs standing up, a short girl next to her. We were going to stroll by without saying anything then the one girl that was sitting yelled at us, "Hey Georgia Bulldogs!" That startled us & we stopped & turned toward them. All three girls walked up to us as Vic said, "How'd y'all know we're from UGA?" All three chicks really laughed at that & the lighter haired girl that had yelled at us, pointed to Chip's Georgia Bulldog swim trunks (red & black with the "G" on one side, a Bulldog on the other), I was wearing a pair of black UGA gym shorts and Vic had his red & black "Georgia Bulldog" cap on. She said, "Its really obvious!" as the girls all laughed at us. Her accent sounded like New Jersey so I said in my best New Jersey imitation accent, "Are you goils from Joisey?" - notice "goils" & "Joisey" - The lighter haired girl slapped my arm hard & said, "You hush!" Vic asked, "Well?" "Yes we're from Jersey," the girls all piped in. I said, "I recognized your funny accent." She slapped my arm hard again & said, "We don't talk funny!" Vic, Chip and I insisted that they did. The girls were all laughing and entertained by this. The tall one said, "No, you southern guys talk funny!" Chip interjected (what we always say down south), "No God talks like us and everyone else has it wrong!" "You're crazy!" the lighter haired girl said and slapped Chip's arm. We found out they were staying in the same motel as we were. We told them we had a lot of beer. They said they were all just 20 and hadn't been able to buy any. We admitted we were just 20 also but had state-of-the-art fake IDS that included drivers licenses, UGA ID's & auto insurance cards. The girls thought that was really great. After several minutes of flirty verbal sparring the girl's wanted to know if we'd play volleyball with them. The chicks were all hot & slutty looking. The lighter haired girl was maybe 5' 5" tall, long straight medium brown colored hair with a lot of blonde streaks dyed into it, & very pretty big blue eyes, she had tattoos on both ankles, one arm band tattoo, a large lower back tattoo (all 3 had large lower back tattoos) & she had a sunburst tattoo around her navel, & some kind of tattoo was just peeking out of the top of her bikini above her pussy, there was a little lump in her bikini right at where the top of her pussy would be so I guessed she might have a clit ring. All three girls were very suntanned, had little nose rings, tongue rings, belly button rings, eye brow rings and multiple earrings. After close inspection of their bikini tops It was clear they all had nipple rings. The tall girl had long black hair, olive skin and black eyes & big natural boobs and she soon told us she was of 100% Sicilian ancestry. When Vic asked if her dad was in the mafia she slapped his arm hard & said no. The third girl was short about 5' 2" tall and had the most tattoos. Her left arm was one big continuous tattoo art scene from the elbow up to her shoulder, tattoos on the back of both shoulders, both ankles, one ankle a big tattoo all the way up to almost her knee, big star tattoos on her front waist that poked out above her bikini on each side and a star around her belly button and she had black hair in a short choppy style, blue eyes & breast implants. I knew these girls had to be fun!!!!! We played volley ball a long time with them and the girls seemed to crack up laughing at all out crazy antics and things we said. The girls asked us if we wanted to go get something to eat with them, then later go clubbing. Of course we said yes. By this time it had become clear who'd be with who as the chicks asked us for our cell phone numbers. They grabbed their phones out of their bags by their beach towels and stood in front of the guy they were interested in. The lighter haired girl, Steffi, got my number and then used a pen to right her name and hotel room number on my arm. Gina, the tall big boobed girl was doing the same with Vic and Carla, the short girl got Chip's number and wrote on his arm. The girls said they'd run up to their room and put on some shorts and to meet them in the parking lot. We did and Steffi drove us all in her old Ford Explorer. We finally found a seafood restaurant & got in line. We had a great time with them, ate dinner & drank a few pictures of beer. The girls had grown up together in New Jersey and shared an apartment together, and worked part-time as waitresses while they went to school. Steffi and Gina went to their town's local community college in Jersey and Carla was attending a nursing school there. We asked if her tattoos would be a problem as a nurse and she said that wearing scrubs will cover all that and that her mom is a nurse and has tattoos also. These girls were really interesting and very different from the spoiled rich prima donas that are our girlfriends at UGA. The girls wanted to go back to their room to clean up and change before hitting the clubs. We went back to the motel and they told us to pick them up at their room in an hour and half. When we knocked on their door, they came out in these really hot sexy wild, emo type outfits. All three were wearing obscenely short low waisted ruffled skirts, their brightly colored lacy thong panties pulled up high showing over the top of the skirts and wearing different brightly colored thigh high fishnet stockings that matched their exposed panties and they wore tall clog shoes. Steffi and Carla wore lacy bras underneath these ultra sheer shirt type things that barely covered their bras & wore these ultra sheer frilly fingerless gloves. Gina wore a black leather super low cut metal studded bra or halter that her big breasts almost fell out of. And they all wore really dark eye shadow & had dark shiny lipstick on. We went to some clubs and danced, drank and made out with the chicks on the dance floors & standing against the walls in the crowded clubs. Once back at their room, the girls said for us to excuse them a minute while they walked about 15 feet away. We watched as they played rock, paper, scissors and we were thinking what the hell are they doing. Then they came back and Steffi pushed me against the wall and with a sexy mischievous grin stood up on her toes and placed her lips practically touching mine and said, "we're going to your room, they're going to use ours." Then Steffi asked me, "Do you have rubbers?" "Oh yes I do!," I exclaimed. Steffi then asked, "Several?" I eagerly said, "yes!" We went down stairs to my room & as soon as we went in the door Steffi is all over me kissing me and feeling of my dick through my shorts. At the bed she said, "Wait!, take off all your clothes." I stripped naked and stood in front of her while she sat on the edge of the bed looking me over. She took my cock in her hand & looked into my eyes & said, "Nice cock! thick! mmmmm!" Then she took it in her mouth and started sucking it. Steffi then lay back on the bed still in her sexy clothes and spread her legs wide. Her lacy panties were very sheer and it looked like she had a hairy pussy from the big dark patch that shown through her panties. She then stood up on the bed and did a little striptease. When she finally got down to her panties and slowly removed them I saw that she was shaved, the dark patch was a big butterfly tattoo that wrapped around her pussy. And yes she did have a clit ring! I was blown away. She had left her bright green fishnet stockings on and the little sheer green glove things. That with her great suntan, tattoos and fantastic body offered some of the hottest visual stimulation a guy could stand. I got her on the bed and we started tongue kissing then she started slowly licking her way down my neck, chest and stomach until she was sucking my cock, using her tongue ring for extra stimulation. After that I proceeded to give her the same treatment, kissing her ears, neck down to her pierced titty nipples, slowly down her tight six pack stomach until I was licking her pussy which was very wet, slightly salty and pungent. I loved it, licking her over and over sucking her clit and fingering her. She was moaning like crazy and telling me, "oh yes, oh yea, right there!" her pussy was really worked up and wet and I had to fuck her. I pulled up and pushed inside her. Her eyes opened real wide and her mouth and lips made a tight little circle and she "ooooo'd" as my cock was going in her and she grabbed my head pulled it to hers and started tongue kissing me while I was fucking her. I had never kissed a girl with a tongue ring before Steffi. She wrapped her legs around my waist and back tightly and would push her torso back into mine as I thrust into her. After several minutes of this I told her to turn over and we got into the doggie position. It was so exotic looking at her large lower back tattoo on her shimmery slightly damp skin as I was fucking her from behind. She was telling me to fuck her hard and she kept looking back at me smiling and she slung her hair around a lot while screaming out, oooohing and panting. Then she told me to lay down on the bed. She mounted me reverse cowgirl and started up and down on me. It was so erotic watching her going up and down on me and seeing her pussy lips cling to my dick and she kept turning her head to look at me as if she wanted to see my every reaction. She had several little twisty moves, sometimes side to side as she was fucking me in this reverse cowgirl position. Then after several minutes of that she turned around to face me and fucked me cowgirl telling me to squeeze her titties together hard. Wearing a condom I seemed to just go and go. I could not believe how long we fucked. Finally she was getting tired and we ended up in the missionary position again and still kept going. She told me that she'd already cum real hard twice and one small orgasm on top of that and she couldn't believe I had not cum yet. She said, "I'll fix that and she pushed me off her onto my back and pulled the condom off and took my cock in her mouth deepthroating it while she rubbed my balls and then inserted one finger from her other hand all the way up my asshole and went straight to this perfect spot up my ass behind my scrotum and soon I was cumming hard as hell. She pulled her face back and let my cum shoot all over her face. Then slowly rubbed my cock as went back to soft. She looked at me smiling with my cum all over her face and asked how she looked. I told her she looked great. We sat on the bed talking for several minutes while she just let the cum stay on her face. It was a great turn on just sitting there talking to this really cute wild chick with cum on her face. Finally she got up and went to the bathroom to wash her face off and pee. She got in the tub and ran water over her pussy rinsing it off and came back out and said she wanted to freshen up for round 2. By now I was ready to go again, Steffi pushed me back on the bed and crawled up on top of my face and pushed her pussy down on me hard saying, "I'm gonna ride your face until you make me cum!" I licked and licked her, using my fingers to rub her clit area while she rode my face hunching into it hard sometimes until her torso finally spasmed as she started to orgasm and she fell backwards across my legs onto the bed. Then Steffi had me to sit up with my back against the headboard of the bed and sat on me facing me cowgirl style with her titties in my face to suck them while she fucked me, sometimes crunching down enough to kiss me and she reached behind her rubbing my balls, this time even wearing a condom I lasted a more normal length of time before she made me cum. I told her that she was the first Yankee I had ever had sex with. Steffi laughed and told me I was her first "Johnny Reb." I laughed and told her I was surprised she even knew that term. She just said, "I'm a smart girl I know lots of things." I gave her a sly grin and said, "Yes you do!" and we laughed. We all spent the rest of the week together though we changed "room assignments" a couple of nights. Steffi and I were fucking on one bed while Chip and Carla were on the other bed & one night Vic and Gina on the other bed. The girls were not inhibited at all to fuck loud & wild as hell in front of each other. It seemed like they actually competed for being the loudest & wildest when two couples were fucking at the same time in the same room. We took the girls windsurfing one day, jet skiing another day, just hung around on the beach, swam in the motel pool, drove and walked up and down Miracle Strip, one night we even built a fire on the beach while Vic played his guitar & the girls did get all gooey eyed and romantic. The highlight evening though, was when big titted Gina entered a wet t-shirt contest. We screamed our heads off for her to win. She came in second and got $100. She might have won but the girl who did win pulled her bikini bottoms off and Gina didn't. One afternoon outside one club we all watched a bikini contest that really got wild as the chicks that were on stage ended up naked & eating each other's pussies. The crowd went nuts. Six chicks & they ended up with three all-girl 69s going on up on the stage. I had Steffi sitting up on my shoulders most of that time. That week those New Jersey chicks proved that they could drink as much beer & party as hard as any guy.. The girls had to leave on Friday. It was kind of sad. We had all exchanged email addresses but I was sure that we'd never see them again. Chip, Vic and I attended a wet t-shirt contest that Friday night & drank a lot of beer but didn't try to pick up any chicks. The next morning we packed up & headed back to Athens. On the drive back I started thinking about Jennifer again and feeling guilty about fucking Steffi all week, but then I also had no doubt Jennifer had been fucking some guy, so why should I feel bad, we were supposed to be broke up with each other anyhow. Sunday, Vic, Chip and I laid around the frat house trying to get some sleep. In fact all day frat brothers kept arriving & going straight to bed. I decided not to contact Jennifer and see what her response was. I saw Brittany in class Monday morning, she was very tan and very tired looking. She asked me if I was going to call Jennifer. I said, no that Jennifer broke up with me. Tuesday afternoon while sitting in a class my phone beeped. I checked it & it was a text from Jennifer asking if I were still mad at her. I texted back that I wasn't mad, that she had broken up with me. She immediately texted back that she needed to see me. I went to her apartment after class. Jennifer was actually tearing up when she saw me and said that she was so sorry for breaking up. We made up and ended up fucking like crazy 3 times that evening. We were back on again. |
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Buz, I partied in Panama City one year for spring break. I think it was 2003. My friends and I went with our BFs. I wish I'd done like you all did, just went with my buds. Great story you all had a great time and those girls were WILD!!!!! All those tattoos and piercings...I'm sure they rocked your world! I love to read your stories.
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Missy, we've traveled some of the same places. I thought it was really cool when you posted that you were in the Georgia Dome in 2005 at the same time I was for the UGA/LSU SEC Championship game. I've got a commemorative t-shirt from that game. (I kind of cheated, I waited until I knew we were going to win before I bought it.) I have to tell you Missy, all those cute LSU chicks with the fuzzy tiger tails hanging out the rear of their tight jeans looked damn hot. That would for Tigers but I can't think of anything our chicks can do like that for Bulldogs. LOL
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Sounds like a great spring break trip to me!!!! Great story!!!
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Dude, you was hittin that hot wild stuff and then on your way back you done thinking about that Jennifer chick again. Sound like you and your guys and a damn good time at that beach. You know chicks with tattoos, tongue rings and a damned clit ring are going to fuck your balls off and they did didn't they? That was a good story dude.
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The Salt Marsh Trail
Well, we did something today that we have wanted to do for some time – we walked the Salt Marsh Trail. We have been on the trail dozens of times but we have never walked it end to end. It was not that it is that long; it was more the fact that it's a one way trail, meaning that when we reached the end we would have to walk back. Because the Salt Marsh is an EarthCache we thought that it was fitting that we walk its full length today. All in all, with cache runs we logged 15kms (9 miles).
A Salt-Marsh is a coastal wetland that is one of the most biologically productive habitats on Earth. They are rich in marine and wildlife and sometimes called tidal marshes, because they occur in the zone between low and high tides.
One of the predominant features of a Salt-Marsh is the Smooth cordgrass that grows. Smooth cordgrass, like most Salt-Marsh plants, is called a halophyte because it can tolerate salt water, a feat that most plants can not achieve. In fact, Smooth cordgrass has salt glands that excrete salt onto the leaf surface. The habitat formed by this plant provides vital nursery and feeding grounds for young fish and crabs. It also supplies food and cover to a variety of marsh birds and other animals.
Today we saw a dozen or so Great Blue Heron and sand pipers. In the past we have seen a family of Red Fox. The Salt-Marsh is also home to osprey, bobcat and otter.
We also logged four other finds today, all which were fun and unique. One in particular stands out – it was a real treasure chest! Not only was it quite large but held a trove of goodies. We've never seen so much stuff in one cache before. Truly a treat!
Here are some photos of the Salt Marsh Trail:
It certainly was a great afternoon. We had an exhilarating walk, found five Geocaches and learned a bit about Salt-Marshes. Who could ask for more?
If you would like to go Geocaching on the Salt Marsh Trail (and we suggest that you do!) the main trailhead is located near Dartmouth, NS on Bissett Road at N44 39.451 W63 26.870, the West Lawrencetown Road entrance is located at N44 39.784 W63 22.647 and you can find the available caches here.
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Tramping New Zealand
Mt. Taranaki
Back on the North Island we could only visit one coast before heading back to Auckland. We decided for the west and one of NZ's most impressive volcanoes: Mt. Taranaki. Its perfect cone shape makes visitors compare it with Japan's Mt. Fuji. When it appeared, almost floating over the great plane, it was imposing.
We camped at its foot and intended to climb its 2518m the next day. But the mountain decided to deny our visit by cloaking its summit in more and more clouds while we were ascending. Like true mountaineers we accepted destiny and returned over parts of the 'around the mountain track'. At least we had the feeling of having done the right thing…
Aoraki - Mt. Cook
Aoraki - the cloud piercer - NZ's highest mountain with 3,754 metres. We waited in Christchurch for good weather which happened just two days after we arrived. So of we went, back to the mountain you can't miss in New Zealand. The Southern Alps rose slowly from the horizon over the Canterbury Plain while driving closer to Aoraki; snow covered peaks over dry grass-land.
We camped at the shores of Lake Pukaki with the perfect view of our mountain destination. Watching the sun set and all the colours from white to orange and red on the snow and ice fields while having dinner in the car. Long white clouds turned red - surreal spaceships over New Zealand.
Milford Track
The Milford Track (see Department of Conservation) is one of NS's 'Great Walks', located in Fiordland on NZ's South Island. It's 53.5km long and has to be hiked in 4 days / 3 nights. Booking is essential, in fact once can be lucky to get a place in the huts six month in advance. Camping is not permitted.
Good hiking gear is essential, especially rain gear since the region is one of the wettest on the planet with a mean annual rainfall of 6,813 mm.
Golden Bay
The Golden Bay is delimited by the Able Tasman NP and the Farewell Spit. From Nelson it's a short drive over a 800m high mountain range (with a stunning lookout over Tasman Bay and great freedom camping) to the Golden Bay.
Takaka is its biggest town and lovely I've to say. The whole area is full of art and free minded spirits. The town, its people and shops reflect that. We listen to local music which we got from our Couchsurfing hosts in Blenheim and visit the local sites.
Tongariro Crossing
We came back to Turangi and waited for an extra day. We got up at 6am and left after a quick muesli breckfast. What for?
To hike one of NZ's best day-hikes, the Tongariro Crossing!
Hiking an active volcano (with steam and sulfu smell (H2S - thx David)) was impressive. The region saw erruptions in the last years and showed its activity - from White Island to Ruapehu. This also was my 'biggest' hike so far with 800m up to 1900m, 1200m down, 19km long in ~7 hours (regarding hight and climbed vertical distance).
Coromandel Peninsula
Close to Auckland, just on the eastern side of the Hauraki Golf is the Coromandel Peninsula. It takes just 90 minutes to reach Thames, the biggest town in the area.
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The road ends at a basic bush camp located at a lovely bay with nice beach and a great view over to Great Barrier Island. We had a good night in our van and got up at 6 am to hike the Coromandel Coastal Walkway. The way over to Stony Bay is lovely, first a bit up and down over meadows, then into lush bush, down to a tiny bay (ideal for breakfast) and then very evenly long the hill side. It offers beautiful views over the rugged coast line.
After a lunch stop at Stony Bay we decided to walk back the alternative route, well aware that it will be sunnier, steeper and less scenic. But then "you don't go back the same way in the Zone". Did I say "well aware"? No really, we had no idea HOW steep this track really is. Almost without any pause climbing steeply along ridges from sea level to 530m. And with those ridges you always thing you're almost there… But we got fitter those last month and did it in about 2 hours. The view from the top was nice at least. Unfortunately the way down isn't much better and therefore not very relaxing.
Back at the camp I jumped into the sea for some refreshment. And a refreshment it was with head under water. That cold! *showing a ridiculous small size between thumb and index finger*
Back to Coromandel after this 8 hour hike for a yummy dinner. Then to Kauaeranga Valley, another bush camp at the end of the road. This night was horrible since we had dozens of mossies in the car. We were happy to see the sky turning grey at dawn.
This gave us quite a good head start for our second hike up to the Pinnacles, a 750m high peak (starting at around 50m). After a short stroll the track showed what it's famous for: steps. And when I say steps I mean heaps and heaps and never ending steps. They were mainly carved into the rock to get supplies to the men deep in the mountains in the old logging days. And since the track was built to make it easier for the horses the steps are between 30 and 40 cm high. So, take a building of your choice, imagine to walk up its stairs and then do the math to see how often you'd have to walk up for those 700m. Don't get me wrong, the path and stairs are really beautiful, magical, almost like finding old ruins in the dense forest. But after a few hours you just wish to never have to walk any of them anymore.
After a short lunch stop at the hut we went up the last bit to the top - over stairs, right. This time new iron ones and irons in the stones. Again a nice view from the top, sea at both sides of the peninsula and heaps of forest on hills and mountains.
The way down isn't much easier on the legs and we got the pay back in the next days with quite sore legs.
After this 8.5 hour walk we drove over to the east side of the peninsula to Hahei. We were to tired to hike down to Cathedral cove, but enjoyed the view over the islands. For me, from a coastal view point it's more beautiful than the famous Bay of Islands. We then rewarded ourselves with The 'Holy' Steak in a restaurant called 'Church' which was recommended to us by one of Danny's colleges. Really good!
Another short stop at Hot Water Beach, but too many tourists for our taste and then the 3 to 4 hour drive home to Auckland.
The Coromandel Peninsula is a must see in my opinion, it might get very busy in summer though. We're happy that we get better and better with our hiking and are already looking forward to multi-day hikes.
Cape Reinga & Northland
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We started on my birthday: cake with candles, presents, a letter from home.
Then driving north, Northland. Famous Bay of Islands - in rain, hardly anything to see. A short stop at the Hundertwasser toilet (we used it of course - where else can you pee on art…) Camping on a car park, heavy rain all night. What's wrong here?
Real birthday
The morning wakes us with a stunning sunrise and soon the sky clears all up. I figured out that due to different time zones my birthday is actually today. Read on and you'll see how it all makes sense… ;)
A short stop at misty and magical Doubtless Bay and huge 90 mile beach.
Further north, the cape, New Zealand's most northern point. The last 25km are (still) unsealed, they're upgrading it though and we drove through heavy road works. This sacred place will loose quite some of its atmosphere with an easy to drive road and a big visitor centre…
We escape the streams of visitors by hiking a part of the Cape Reinga Costal Track. 8.5 hours over vast beaches, through creeks, over huge sand dunes, through bush land, swamps and over a meadow in the end. Just the two of us - the two of us and places called Twilight Bay or Cape Maria van Diemen, endless surf on two endless oceans.
Back south
Next morning I wash my hair in the sink of a public toilet and feel human again. We visit Waitangi where by signing the Treaty of Waitangi the New Zealand nation was "found" and made a member of the Commonwealth. We take a look at Bay of Islands in sunshine and visit old Russell where we've fish & chips and ice cream as desert. A short coffee stop in Whangarei, then back to Auckland.
What remains is the magic of the far north with its untouched beaches and huge bays battered by oceans and storms. What remains is the conviction that hiking is a good, a very good way to go.
Aotea - Great Barrier Island
How should I describe five days that were so full of experiences in a few lines? I wouldn't know, yet I'll try.
Great Barrier Island - or just 'The Barrier' - was named by captain Cook because it shields the Hauraki golf towards the Pacific. That's the place were the sea and storms hit hardest and the landscape reflects that its jagged coastline and rugged mountains.
We took the ferry to get there. Ferry is maybe a bit much - it's a barge. A barge that likes to rolls. I got terribly seasick after just half an hour and had to cope with it for the 4,5 hours yet to come. Standing outside at the back of the barge in rain and wind was still the best place even though I was freezing like crazy. I had to vomit three times - once already on land - and felt horrible all day long.
We stayed at 'The Crossroads' (no Orcs though…) at the first night, which was lovely. Next morning we started hiking through the centre of the island, over its highest peak Mt. Hobson (621m) towards Port Fitzroy. Since the track starts close to sea level it's a steady climb over ridges and hills, through valleys and rain forest, along creeks and swamps.
Imagine it's 10-15 °C, windy, sometimes sunshine, some heavy rain showers. The track's just more than a food-wide path through dense rain forest. Everything is dripping wet, every second step is slippery. The forest seams unreal: trees, small ferns, huge ferns, fern trees, palm trees, moss and grass as tall as you. You have all your rain gear on: jacket with hood, rain over-pants, impregnated shoes, rain cover for the backpack. The backpack is 10kg and includes everything for the next days. Imagine to hike like this for 7,5 hours. The higher you get, the more amazing lookouts you get and you know why you're here.
The last half an hour up to the summit was a steep climb over rocks and roots forming almost a ladder. That's where you start hiking with four 'feet'. The view from the top was just stunning! We hiked down the other side through Windy Canyon and were picked up at Aotea Road.
We were picked up by Ken, not by George, our CouchSurfing host. He missed his flight back from AKL, but had organised us a stay in the recreational room of the Department of Conservation (DOC). So Ken and I found two old mattresses in one of the shed and he organized some bedding for us. We even had a hot shower and were able to start the fire place. It rained and was very windy at night, but we had a good sleep after that cup of hot Milo.
Next day we met up with George and moved our stuff to his place. We hiked up to Coopers Castle (a huge rock formation with great views) and down to an old Kauri Dam (a wooden dam used to collect water for washing down Kauri logs). The forest here is very different to yesterday, much denser. We're running late, which gave us awesome light, but we managed to reach Forest Road just before being pitch black. George picked us up as he had promised in case it's getting dark without us being home. Another 6,5 hour hike up to 450m done.
On the fourth day we took it more easy, since our legs were quite sour and Danny had a blister and a wound ankle due to new shoes. We walked an hour to a special place at the beach where George told us we could find muscles. And there they were: Black Muscles, green rimmed ones, Ousters, and white clamps. We collected some for dinner and walked back. We had Chid with us, George's dog - very much to Danny's entertainment.
In the evening we went fishing with George. Yea, I went fishing for the first time and it took me five minutes to catch one: a 40-45cm Kahawai ! Danny caught a slightly smaller Travalley and George a Snapper. We climbed back over the rocks in pitch black - George had a head lamp. We even saw two penguins on the way. While walking back in darkness and wind over the massive sand beach we saw thousands of sea glow-worms which made our footprints glow in the dark. Above us the Milkyway and finally the Magellan Clouds again.
We had a fantastic dinner with mussels, fish and home made pasta with a few glasses of white wine.
Next day it was time to say good bye. We flew out from Claris Airfield in a machine with only ten seats. I was so lucky to be seated at the co-pilots seat, which gave me an amazing view! The little plane jumped and turned after the start like crazy - so different to bigger, faster planes. I was way to exited to be scared, though. It also flies so much deeper than what one is used to. I could see all the trees, waves and houses. The landing was picture perfect.
New Zealand is about stunning landscape and the best way to experience it is by hiking. So it's not surprising that there are numerous hikes all over the country. Some of them are regarded among the best world wide. Names that come to my mind are 'Kepler Track', 'Routeburn Track' and of course 'Milford Track' to name a few easier accessibly ones.
'Milford Track' is so popular, it's usually booked out. Booked out? Yes, the maximum number of hikers is limited at any time. We were told we had to book a year in advance to get a chance. We looked it up nevertheless and in fact found every day starting from 14th Dez to be unavailable. But not before. So we're officially going to hike 'Milford Track', a four day hike in Fiordland, 53,5km long and up to over 1000m.
We're going to test our equipment for the first time this weekend on Great Barrier Island where we hope to hike for three days. More about that in another post.
Coast 2 Coast
Another nice day, another hike. After getting some stuff done we started for the 'Coast to Coast hike' which crosses Auckland from south to north. It is about 16km long and goes up Mt. Eden and One Tree Hill (the One Tree Hill from the U2 song) - two of the highest volcanoes in Auckland. It starts at the Pacific Ocean in the Auckland CBD and ends at the Tasman See in Onehunga (don't ask me how to pronounce this…)
We skipped Mt. Eden since we've already been there but were happy to climb impressive One Tree Hill. We also saw our first NZ sheep there. The cliché comes alive. ;)
Onehunga reminds me a bit of Heidelberg West in Melbourne. Partly dodgy, partly nice and some really cheap supermarkets and Asian/Indian diaries. I bought some still missing spices.
A very nice half-day hike (4 hours) which leads you to some main nature spots and buildings in Auckland.


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Grayslake discusses gun shops
Retail gun and ammunition shops will be allowed in certain parts of Grayslake if an amendment to the village's zoning ordinance passes at the next board meeting.
The village's committee of the whole agreed on the amendment's provisions, which would allow retail firearm and/or ammunitions sales in the general business and shopping center business zones as well as light industrial areas.
A special-use permit would be required. The committee also agreed not to allow such sales in the central business area, which includes downtown along Center Street.
No sales could occur within 500 feet of public or private schools, parks, libraries, house of worship and liquor license holders. In addition, retail sales could not be done in a home business.
Zoning officer Kirk Smith that the village receives several requests annually regarding opening a guns and ammunitions shop. His response has been, "The zoning ordinance doesn't address that issue."
Smith said having a gun amendment in place makes sense given the "legal cases over the course of several years in Illinois regarding these types of uses."
"We don't have any regulations right now," said Mayor Rhett Taylor. "After the conceal carry law was passed, we knew that was an area where we had a gap."
That conceal carry law was adopted by the state July 9, 2013. Gov. Pat Quinn vetoed the bill, but the General Assembly overrode his vote, making Illinois the last state in the nation to permit some form of possession of guns in public.
Grayslake's proposed gun sales amendment "is not tied to the conceal carry law. It's an expansion, not a constriction," Taylor said.
Smith agreed. "The amendment has nothing to do with the conceal carry law," he said.
Taylor understands gun laws can be controversial.
But, he said, "regardless of one's position, the village does not have the authority to ban sales of legal materials."
He also said the amendment would not affect the gun shows held occasionally at the Lake County Fairgrounds in Grayslake. The Lake County Fair Association has a separate agreement on holding such shows, he said.
All trustees except Bruce Bassett attended the committee-of-the-whole meeting. They voted unanimously to bring the gun and ammunitions sale amendment to a vote at the next board meeting.
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In 2004, the tribunal ruled that the pastors were in violation of Victoria's Racial and Religious Tolerance Act. It deemed the pastors' beliefs "offensive" and "unreasonable" interpretations of Christian and Islamic teachings. It also ordered the pastors to apologize for their sermon. The pastors could have faced jail time if they refused to comply.
The Supreme Court ruled that their comments were not incendiary, but rather thoughtful Christian reflections on Islam and on the dialogue between Christians and Muslims. The high court vacated the original ruling and ordered the case sent back to the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal for another hearing with a different judge.
"The pastors were victims of a short-sighted law that pretended to promote tolerance but in fact tolerated absolutely nothing," said Becket Fund founder and president Kevin Hasson. "Hopefully this ruling will help the Australian courts realize they cannot and should not try to control religious discussion in their country."
The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty worked with a team of Australian lawyers to present arguments to the Supreme Court defending the pastors' religious liberty rights under international law.
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William J. Borden, 35, of North Bennington, was arraigned in Bennington criminal court last week on three felony counts of first-degree aggravated domestic assault. On Wednesday, a felony charge of obstructing justice was added in the same court.
Borden, who pleaded innocent to all the charges, was also charged as a habitual offender. Someone who has been convicted of three or more felonies can be charged as a habitual offender and, if convicted, could be sentenced to up to life in prison.
Borden has three previous felony convictions for aggravated domestic assault from 1998 and 2004 and a felony conviction for unlawful restraint from 2004.
In an affidavit, police said they spoke with the child on June 3. The child said Borden had choked him on three occasions, at the childs home, in a car after a baseball game and at the home of an unidentified witness in Shaftsbury.
The obstructing justice charge was filed based on allegations by the witness that Borden had tried to intimidate her while she was trying to describe the incident to police. She said Borden was with her when police called her about the incident and said he tried to force her to hang up.
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oldschoolbiker wrote:most of mine are bike trips with quite a few young ladies baring themselves
Now that's a nice car, and a glimpse of 'tasche too.oldschoolbiker wrote:*reposts now that the thread is fixed*
A bunch of my favorite humor pics
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I'll take some of that action old bean.oldschoolbiker wrote:in the interest of amusing pictures I would submit some pictures from a trip out to Sturgis, me and my buddies took a bunch of them at the Buffalo Chip Campground.
I dont think I can post the link to my page of them though because this forum is accessed by people too young to be lookin at such stuff.
Although I would be happy to send the link to those of age that message me
hmmmm some of these could qualify for the toss bank...
That's some nasty s**t.DarthMorbus wrote:That sounds like me with the scarification pictures I got sent by another user from here.
For those of you who don't know, scarification is where somebody gets their flesh cut out to create an image on their body. The pictures I have show that at various stages of the process and various stages of healing until it is completely (as these thins go) healed.
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Did you know that more people than ever are going to college?
On the surface, this is a wonderful achievement. After all, more college enrollment means a more educated population, and the benefits of that are limitless.
But, like many social trends, this one has an alarming and dangerous downside.
Naturally, with the increase in enrollment comes an increase in the number of students applying for and receiving financial aid. Financial aid includes scholarships, grants and loans, the latter of which must be paid back with interest.
Compounding this are significant state and federal government regulations that are putting even more pressure on young college students and recent graduates.
According to the Pew Research Center, more college students are completing four-year degrees than ever before. Among students ages 25-29, 33 percent will complete four-year degrees, up from 17 percent in 1971.
The cost of a four-year degree varies greatly by institution but the common thread remains: many students choose to complete their education and take on momentous amounts of debt without any serious thought as to how to pay it back. As a result, student debt in the United States now tops 1 trillion dollars.
It is a sad legacy for generations of Americans to come and one that is beginning to cause graduates to question the real value of higher education.
Some believe that the so-called student loan bubble, much like the real estate bubble in 2008, is about to burst.
These disturbing debt statistics from Pew's population surveys underscore that potential scenario:
- Student debt has climbed 511 percent since 1999.
- Two out of every three students are graduating with debt.
- 48 percent of graduates say student loans have made it harder to pay their other bills.
- As much as 57 percent of Americans now believe that college is "not a good value."
- In the past 30 years, tuition to private four-year universities has risen approximately $30,000 per year.
- Nearly one in five U.S. households (19 percent) owed money on student loans in 2010, more than double the proportion in 1989.
Wilmington University has made a widespread effort to communicate these national developments to its students and has been implementing student-centered strategies to promote financial responsibility for several years. Since the 2008 financial collapse that propelled the nation's debt crisis to record numbers, Wilmington University has been tracking this disturbing national trend and making significant headway in helping its students avoid debt and manage their finances.
Here's how.
Aligning Tuition, Budgets and Cost of Living
Prior to the 2008-2009 school year, Wilmington University saw an increase in financial aid recipients from 33 percent to 51 percent of total student enrollment. As part of its ongoing effort to be flexible and attentive to students' needs, the University aligned its financial aid budgets with the cost of tuition and local and regional cost of living expenses. Since the University has 14 locations, this calculation can vary greatly based on the location and level of study of each student.
Around that time, the University implemented an institutional priority to only raise tuition 2.5 percent each year. This was, and still is, the lowest tuition increase in the region.
The University also partnered with Higher One, a financial aid disbursement service with more than 1,300 public and private higher education clients. This partnership served to improve its financial aid refund procedures as well as to empower students to act on their own financial behalf. Prior to this, students had voiced concerns about the difficulties they faced in securing their financial aid refunds and the lack of individual control over their financial aid accounts.
The University's partnership with Higher One continues to provide many benefits for students, including better information security, fiscal management tutorials, multiple refund options and electronic bill payment.
Giving students the ability to manage their accounts electronically rather than wait for bills to come in the mail also allows students to easily return loan refunds. This way, students do not incur unnecessary debt and can make progress in paying back their loans sooner.
Since the inception of the Higher One partnership, Wilmington University has seen 76 percent of refunds disbursed to aid recipients get deposited into a Higher One account.
Staying Ahead of the Government Curve
In 2009-2010, the University began offering Direct Loans (DLs) along with FFELP loans one year prior to the effective date of the federal government mandate for all institutions of higher education to offer only DLs. This dual offering was most beneficial to new student borrowers who were able to continue with the DL program rather than switching loans mid-program. The University then offered assistance with the DL application process to all students and educated them about the impact of this change on their existing and future loans.
Financial literacy is essential to the health and success of any educational institution. Wilmington University is no different. In 2009, the University began offering financial literacy sessions to the community throughout the state of Delaware and at its locations in New Jersey. These sessions provide help to the public in both financial aid for higher education and personal finance. They continue today and are open to the public.
Implementing FYE
The First Year Experience (FYE) course that is required of all freshmen began incorporating visits from financial aid advisors. These advisors informed students about "smart borrowing" and other essential aspects of financial literacy, including:
- The ins and outs of SAP. Students are placed on warning if they don't meet the minimum GPA requirement, the minimum pace of completion, and/or if they are taking too long to complete their degree.
- The University formed a committee of representatives from Advising, the Registrar's Office and the Student Success Center to help students who are placed on probation (with an "academic plan"). Students are guided through the process and are made aware of what is required on their part to improve their GPA, pace or timeframe. For example, a student can re-take a class to improve their GPA. The federal government will pay for a student to re-take a previously passed class one time.
- Students on an academic plan have a designated SAP Liaison who works directly with the committee to speak on the students' behalf. The committee takes into account the student's enrollment and grade history to assist with developing the individualized academic plan. For example, if an average student tends to register for courses on a part-time basis, that student may need a few semesters to be able to increase or improve their SAP status. If students do not take reasonable steps to improve their status, the Financial Aid Office will discontinue their financial aid eligibility.
- The Financial Aid Office (FAO) revamped its financial aid award acceptance process in 2011-2012. Once notified of their total borrowing eligibility, students are required to inform the FAO in writing of exactly how much of the loan funds they would like to accept. (This was a change from past procedure, where students only had to inform the institution if they wanted to decline or decrease their loan.) This was done in an effort to make students be more proactive and aware in regards with taking on debt.
Making it Easy – and Accessible
Wilmington University improved and modernized its communications by allowing students to view, accept and/or decline their financial aid package online through the University's student portal.
In 2011, the University's Financial Aid Department teamed up with Career Services to strengthen its work study program by offering a more streamlined orientation process that lays out clear expectations for students' behavior, personal finances and responsibilities in the workplace.
And, to help both students and employees, Wilmington University in 2012 joined forces with Stand By Me, the state of Delaware's financial empowerment program, as a solution provider for those in financial jeopardy due to the challenging economy. Stand by Me brought a financial coach to the University's New Castle campus who is available to meet with students and staff confidentially to discuss their financial responsibilities.
Previous financial literacy classes offered by the University have been replaced with individualized Stand by Me appointments. All conversations or communications between the financial coach and the client are kept strictly confidential.
The Stand by Me coach makes appearances at each First Year Experience section to explain the benefits of the program as well as the ins and outs of financial literacy. The Financial Aid Office continues to participate in the FYE courses to inform students about the availability of funding, SAP and wise borrowing.
The University's Stand By Me coach is Allison Laurant, who has more than 15 years in the financial industry, including banking, real estate, and mortgage financing. Her services include financial coaching, access to financial services, college access support, and referrals to community and public programs. Access to the program is free.
Laurant says that upon her initial meetings with students, she concludes that most have a basic understanding of money and their personal finances. "Out of a 10, people know about a 5," she says.
But to get that additional knowledge that is crucial to understanding student debt and financial independence, a student should take advantage of the many services offered by Stand By Me throughout their college career, and beyond.
"Many of the regular clients I have are non-traditional students who are undergoing a big life change such as purchasing a house, divorcing, or preparing for their children's college fund," she says.
Laurant says it's important for students to understand what their financial outlook will be once they graduate, and to start saving immediately.
"Taking simple steps to save may not cover the full freight of expenses, but it can at least make other expenses a little more affordable," she says.
Nicole McDaniel-Smith, the University's Director of Financial Aid, holds advising sessions in which she directs students to credible sources for aid options such as www.studentaid.ed.gov and www.finaid.org. Her office helps students calculate their expected (estimated) income after they graduate, based on their program of study and career plans, and compares that estimate to the amount the student will owe in repayment of their financial aid.
Wilmington University's commitment to supporting, understanding and responding to the needs of each student remains strong. That includes, but is not limited to, helping students familiarize themselves with the challenging and oftentimes overwhelming task of paying for school. This underscores the institution's deeply ingrained mission of service – providing individualized attention, career services, support after graduation and much more.
"The University wants its students to succeed, regardless of the external challenges and obstacles they may face in their pursuit of a degree," McDaniel-Smith said.


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Normally returnees do spur me on, but I'm sort of stuck with a billion things to do right now. I don't have much room for maneouvre. Black Lagoon review should be up within a week if I get a chance to rewatch a couple of eps. And then there's Planetes, which will be a matter of months rather than days.
As for the podcast, indeed, I am the female voice! Glad you're giving it a go, although we are all beginners and the audio quality is variable from podcast to podcast. I would say our best ones discussion-wise are the Satoshi Kon and Ghibli ones. Helen McCarthy one is awesome for the fact that we got a proper celebrity on! That was a lucky catch. The podcasts are done skype-wise. We're all in our bedrooms and we get on at a certain time, having done our research beforehand and separately, and then come to chit-chat. I love doing it. Really, really do. It's a new way for me to express my views, and it's proving a lot of fun to have friends to just verbally discuss anime with. It's like exercising muscles I never knew I had.
And you? How come you're back all of a sudden? What made you remember us?
FalseDawn, did I ever mention that I love how you're back and active? Missed your face.
Where you been? Haven't seen you around in ages. Should come talk some time.
Yo my man FalseDawn,
My correspondence has been remiss, but I am pleased to recieve your message. It serves to remind me of our illustrious community. Unfortunately a thorough accouont of my absence would be lengthy a post. So to make a long story short, I have been to hell and back. I still lurk here and there, but no substantial activity.Having been essentially consumed by "Real Life" I am left with virtually no time for anything else. Despite my overwelming schedule I still find time to watch my shows, and have my adventures. Overall I would say that for the moment everything is well. I hope that you are doing ok on your end as well.
Are you still involved with any groups? I've completely disappeared from that scene. Although I would not mind getting back into it for the right project and group. BTW Highschool DxD greatest ED ever.


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Not sure if I was just wistfully thinking but I thought I remembered that Vintage was going to do one last release, after the rambler release. They did one the first part of March, then the ramblers, and I was hoping for just one more. I wrote Gregg, but guess he is busy and I haven't heard. Does anyone else remember this or is it just me? I just got my "last" order this week.....as I unpacked the "last" rose......Patsy Cline......I was sad at the thought of never receiving any more of these rare and beautiful roses.....was looking at my older ones this morning, seeing a bloom, observing some buds........and thought of all the years of ordering from Vintage. Sad to see this fine establishment go. I sure hope there will be "just one more" release......and wish they would make it a longer goodbye.... |
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- Posted by poorbutroserich 10 (My Page) on Wed, Apr 16, 14 at 20:45
I felt sad too when I received my last order. Beautiful rare roses... Susan |
Judith, According to what I read on their announcement, Vintage did indeed say they would have one more release after the ramblers. Josh |
Thank you Josh! I was almost sure I recalled them saying there would be one more release. I hope they go out with a bang and release a huge list of roses! Wish we knew when. Judith |
- Posted by mendocino_rose z8 N CA. (My Page) on Thu, Apr 17, 14 at 8:37
I did hear that there would be one more release. I could ask Gregg this weekend. |
Medocino, That would be fantastic. I haven't yet been able to partake in any of their final releases, and having one last release would be so nice. Please give Mr. Lowery my regards. Josh |
Medocino, Just popping in to see if you had the opportunity to ask Mr. Lowery if Vintage was going to have that third release or not. Thanks! Josh |
- Posted by compost_angel 7b (My Page) on Sun, Apr 20, 14 at 18:25
On the 18th, I received an email from Mr. Lowery saying that they will be releasing one final group "in the coming week." I only learned about Vintage Roses three weeks ago, through this forum. I'm thankful for the opportunity to have a living reminder of its story. |
- Posted by mendocino_rose z8 N CA. (My Page) on Sun, Apr 20, 14 at 18:58
Yes there will be one more release fairly soon. it will be another onesie or twosie sort of group of roses, probably some interesting things. Gregg couldn't give me a date yet. |
Compost Angel, you sent me an email but without your email address, so I was not able to reply to you. Your Gardenweb provacy settings are set to conceal your email, so no one can send you email or reply to you through GW. If it is still available, you might want to order a copy of the Vintage Gardens printed catalog. That catalog is one of the finest rose books around. I refer to mine all the time, and so do many other rosarians. The information is currently available on their website, but that website will shortly be going away. Other than that, Vintage will post a list of the roses that they will be offering a few days before the offer goes live. I am basing this statement on past practice. Former customers are on the mailing list to get it directly but someone always posts the announcement on this forum, so check daily. That will give you time to research and pick out some selections. You will want a first choice and some back up choices. And if the sale goes live at a certain time such as 8:00 a.m. (I made up that time; I do NOT know when it will actually be), make sure your order goes in a 8:01 a.m. It really is that competitive. If you wait until an hour after the announced start time, you probably won't get any of your choices. And good luck! Rosefolly |
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