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I have done some resurch and found lots of conflicting ways of propigation for Fiji Islands Begonia. Some say leaves but others say you can't get a true plant from a leaf only from crown. I have never done begonia's before. I am just now getting back into my plant after having not been able to for many years. Any help would be great. Thanks Annette |
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- Posted by woebegonia (My Page) on Thu, Dec 31, 09 at 15:48
Yoy can propagate Fiji by leaf stem,piece of rhizome, or even by the cone method and the resulting plant will be true. However if you propagate B. 'Cathedral' (sometimes incorrectly known as B. 'Cathedral Windows') from a leaf you will get B.'Fiji Islands', but if you propagate 'Cathedral' from a piece of rhizome you get 'Cathedral'. Obviously there is some connection between 'Fiji' and 'Cathedral', but the origin of both is obscure. This information originated with thelate Elda Haring who wrote extensively about begonias. |
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How fickle we are.
A decade ago the steak house was in cardiac arrest, as outmoded as a vinyl LP. Sure, your dad still lunched with clients on rib eyes and Gibsons, and beefy regulars swore by their old haunts. But did anyone who really cared about food—people like you—consider creamed spinach and a Frisbee-sized porterhouse a Serious Dining Experience?
Well, just as vinyl LP's simply sound better nowadays, so does the thought of a nice New York strip, with some cottage fries and an iceberg-and-blue cheese salad. Blame the economy, the Atkins diet, or a craving for all things retro: steak restaurants are more alive than ever. At old-school beef emporiums like Brooklyn's Peter Luger, reservations are harder to get than courtside seats for the Knicks. Meanwhile, celeb chefs such as Jean-Georges Vongerichten and Joachim Splichal have opened their own steak-house interpretations, proving plenty more can be done with a choice cut and a few spuds.
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So is the steak-house trend really about great beef, or is it all just cigar smoke and mirrors?We got to the meat of the matter in New York, L.A., Las Vegas, and Chicago, sizing up the New Breed against some esteemed ancestors. For an unabashed carnivore's perspective, I brought along my friend Jack, a guy's guy of a certain age, who thinks "vegetarian" means the T-bone comes with mushrooms ("I hate that," he says). He does love beef, and the thought of eating steak for two weeks straight had him frothing like a mad cow.
"Reminds me of my uncle's brothel back in Reno," Jack muses as we duck into the Strip House in Greenwich Village. There's a definite bordello theme, with rosy silk lamp shades, ruby-red flocked wallpaper, and red quilted-leather banquettes. You feel as if you're deep in a bottle of Burgundy—and from the look of things, half the patrons already are. A tableful of suits whoops it up over a bawdy joke, and hollers for another shellfish platter. Jack studies the carpet pattern: a kaleidoscope of buxom female silhouettes, like the opening credits of a Bond film.
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The namesake strip, richly marbled and bursting with juice, is paired with a boneful of velvety mustard-and-marrow custard. By now Jack has forgotten about the pornographic carpet and is giggling with pagan joy. One spoonful of the truffle-scented creamed spinach and he's entirely out of his head.
As the night wears on and the port starts flowing, the sound track shifts from Steely Dan to Maxwell, and couples canoodle on the mohair sofas in the bar. Enjoyably schizo, the Strip House is the sort of place you could take your dad, your wife, or your mistress. Just don't go there with your macrobiotic niece from NYU.
Jack and I are stunned into silence, ogling the steak tartare at Dylan Prime, a nouveau beef joint in deepest TriBeCa. We'd heard rumors about this divine apparition. Now it sits before us: a delicate mound of raw sirloin with a speckled quail egg perched on top. "My God," Jack whispers, "it's beautiful."
After a short prayer, we pour the egg over the tartare, mix in capers, onion, parsley, and a dollop of mustard, and spread a small forkful on crostini. It's the platonic ideal of meat. We take our time, hardly noticing the Miu-Miu—shod models at the next table. "This is it," Jack murmurs, licking his fork clean. "This is the Grail."
Too bad the rest of our dinner doesn't measure up. The bread arrives cold; the mushy gnocchi and soupy risotto sides aren't worth a second bite; and the kitchen can't seem to get Jack's porterhouse done medium-rare—the first is medium-well, the next barely lukewarm. He finally gives up and orders another tartare.
The thing to do, then, is hit the candlelit lounge and cut to the chase, with a Bloodless Mary martini (horseradish-and-pepper-infused vodka, served straight up in a glass rimmed with celery salt), a good Cohiba, and that ambrosial tartare.

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I have found myself giving this piece of advice several times lately: Just because you love it /it's beautiful, that's not a good enough reason to use it. |
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- Posted by beekeeperswife (My Page) on Tue, Nov 27, 12 at 22:37
My doors? |
- Posted by palimpsest (My Page) on Tue, Nov 27, 12 at 22:40
I hadn't read your thread, but now that I have, yeah, that might be a good example. The unchangeable white muntins inside the glass affect the rest of the doors (the exterior ones, anyway). |
- Posted by jterrilynn (My Page) on Tue, Nov 27, 12 at 22:41
I can't afford things I love. Hey, maybe that's good? |
So you're saying I can't use George Clooney? |
- Posted by chickadee2 (My Page) on Wed, Nov 28, 12 at 1:25
Of course, you can, jakabedy. I believe palimpest was referring to inanimate objects. ;-) |
Of course you know this is in direct contradiction to the standard advice, "If you love it it will work in your home." That works if there is some consistency in the things you love and only an occasional oddball. But a room or house full of oddballs with nothing that relates them other than the owner is like Thanksgiving at my in-laws. And it isn't pretty. |
I agree with Pal's statement. Ignoring it is what leads to chaos in decorating. Budgetary or visually. Or more work than is justified. Example is that my current dining room light fixture had a broken socket. It is a very simple antique brass fixture. I thought for a while about replacing with a crystal chandy.....but in the end decided that 1.5 minutes twice a year of dusting was all the love that I had to give to my light fixture. I simply don't have the time to enjoy disassembling and washing a crystal chandelier once or twice a year. So I had the current fixture repaired. |
- Posted by palimpsest (My Page) on Wed, Nov 28, 12 at 8:51
The latest time I used this piece of advice was with someone who wanted to do: A wall color All in an open plan LR and kitchen that is 13" x 25. That already has three wood finishes excluding furniture. |
- Posted by Bumblebeez (My Page) on Wed, Nov 28, 12 at 9:27
I don't know; if the bigger picture is to have a well designed, beautiful space, then yes, I do agree. But if that is not the priority and seeing things that make you happy are most important, than filling the rooms with things you love is fine. Most people want a balance and the word love is used indiscriminately, it's fickle, but we all have things we cherish and there are ways to make those work too. I prefer somewhat unique rooms that are creative yet also beautiful. By following the crowd to closely, conformity sets in. |
- Posted by jterrilynn (My Page) on Wed, Nov 28, 12 at 9:50
Oh you are talking about paint as well. I see what you mean. There is a Farrow & Ball dirty sort of teal color that I would LOVE for an accent wall at the end in my living area. I have touches of this shade as an accent throughout the house. The problem is that I have an open plan with a multi tone kitchen at the other end. I know it would not work. This paint shade haunts me and I occasionally revisit the idea only to come to the same conclusion. |
- Posted by palimpsest (My Page) on Wed, Nov 28, 12 at 10:34
- Posted by kitchendetective (My Page) on Wed, Nov 28, 12 at 10:35
Sometimes I look at rooms in design magazines that have phenomenal amounts of details that I would never add to a room. I would not even know where to find the artisans and craftspeople to fabricate them. Then I play around with the question of whether the detail actually adds something essential to the success of the overall design or just to extra bill padding for the designer. Sometimes I come to the conclusion that I'm either ignorant regarding why that detail was added or the designer wanted to pad the commission. One area of note where this thought process goes into overdrive is when certain additions to crown molding trim seem randomly applied. Pal's example of the client who wanted multiple trim colors reminded me. One example is a room with crown molding, under which a narrow strip of faux tortoise shell is painted. Perhaps the client said he loved tortoise shell--so, hey, let's add it there! I'm quite sure it cost a fortune to paint that around the bottom of the crown of an entire library, yet I'm not convinced that it added anything to the room. On the other hamd, it probably didn't detract, either, whereas some items that get added just because they are beautiful or desirable on their own can ruin the overall design. I am afraid I feel this way about the very traditional rooms of Bunny Williams or Gerri Bremermann to which MCM pieces get added. |
- Posted by chicagoans (My Page) on Wed, Nov 28, 12 at 11:29
"But a room or house full of oddballs with nothing that relates them other than the owner is like Thanksgiving at my in-laws." OMG I needed a spew alert on that one! Do we have the same in-laws? |
I don't think so, chicagoans but it might have been fun if we did! Have to say all attending were nice people but it did make for an 'interesting' afternoon. |
- Posted by palimpsest (My Page) on Wed, Nov 28, 12 at 11:39
"but we all have things we cherish and there are ways to make those work too" I am not talking about getting rid of something that has personal resonance, just because it "doesn't go", by some preconceived notion of what is "correct" design. Really, quite the opposite, if you look into it. The clients who I have the most difficulty pinning down in regards to this piece of advice have generally grown up in a particular type of household, and that tends to be one where nothing was really around long enough to have much personal resonance. They are the offspring of serial redecorators. The two that I think of the most had mothers who pored over magazines like 1001 Decorating Tips and spent one weekend a month pushing furniture around from one end of the living room to the other and then back again. They typically cleared out everything in the living room and dining room about every five years, and got rid of it all: furniture, carpet, drapes, pictures, accessories, and even dishes, because they had a "new idea". I've seen pictures of some of these clients from their youth where the living room went from Mid Century Modern kitsch with a vinyl padded bar and spaghetti pendant lights and Danish modern furniture, to "Bicentennial" with wood paneling and drum and soldier wallpaper and braided rugs and Ethan Allen phony colonial furniture, to 80s disco modern with a pit sofa and mirrored wall. Everything literally got cleared out and the new theme was installed. I don't actually consider this in good taste, but that is a matter of opinion. What has resulted is that their own houses have a lot of incomplete thoughts, and design ideas indulged in and abandoned mid stream before some other idea takes hold. Not that these clients have bad taste necessarily, but they just want too many things all at the same time and all in the same house. |
- Posted by writersblock (My Page) on Wed, Nov 28, 12 at 11:54
A bit tangential, but I thought of this thread when I read this: |
Here is a link that might be useful: idealizing the unobtainable
- Posted by matildajane (My Page) on Wed, Nov 28, 12 at 12:17
This conversation, like most, easily turns into a philosophical debate. In this world, decor tastes are all over the board and one person's "yuck!" is another person's "gorgeous!". Even browsing Architectural Digest, my heart often stops beating over something so repulsive that I cannot imagine wanting it, photographing it or ever sharing it with others. People view things differently and act according to their uniqueness. Consider backsplashes as one small example. Some are downright hideous and yet the owner loves it. What am I trying to say? ....just about anything goes in this crazy world.....like the $800K house in the neighborbood that was painted shades of lavender and decorated like a mythical house. Some people wretched when they saw it and others exclaimed, "How adorable!" Who is truly qualified to make judgements for others, including those with a doctorate in home design. |
- Posted by palimpsest (My Page) on Wed, Nov 28, 12 at 13:26
Oh, I think that within cultural contexts, there is definitely recognized "good taste" and "bad taste". And I think there are people who are recognized has having or being authorities on taste. But I think it's a mistake to think that it is necessary to exhibit good taste all the time. I don't think Architectural Digest has as its mission statement only to feature properties in good taste. I think their mission statement is to show what people who have lots of money are doing, good and bad. Actually Paige Rense, the former editor of AD is on record for promoting a certain amount of "vulgarity" in every issue. But all good taste all the time is boring. The thing that I have noticed though, about the people to whom I have been giving the advice to narrow their scope is that they are Never happy with the way things look when they just add and add things just because they like them. Also, they actually don't really have a personal taste that is well defined at all--anything and everything is subject to external influences. This leaves them more confused than anything else. |
- Posted by katrina_ellen (My Page) on Wed, Nov 28, 12 at 14:02
Pal, I think you really hit on it, they do not have well defined taste. I know now that when I have the urge to just keep adding, I haven't gotten the basics right. I followed that mantra " if you love it you will make it work" for a while, until I saw that it didn't! I have been through a lot of accessories over the years for that very reason. I wish I had all the money back I spent on them over the years, because they are gone now. |
- Posted by bronwynsmom (My Page) on Wed, Nov 28, 12 at 15:09
Interesting thread... My least favorite clients were always people who couldn't make the psychological or emotional step from what they had grown up with but didn't like, and what they said at the outset that they longed for. So they balked at key elements of a design scheme because they didn't look familiar and safe enough, and put back the things that created the atmosphere they wanted to escape. Decisions like that often watered the whole thing down to the point where they didn't get quite what they wanted, nor did they leave the thing they disliked behind. The worst was a complete English basement finishing job that included a wall of cabinetry and video/audio equipment, an office, a bathroom, a wet bar, a pool table, a game table, and all the attendant lighting and furnishing to make a family and entertaining space. We were inches from completion when the client panicked and changed the order for the wall-to-wall carpeting from the very attractive camel-toned textured wool sisal to a cheaper, less well-made, bland white berber like what her parents had, with flecks of every color in the room scheme in it. It ruined the space completely, partly because it was unattractive by itself, partly because it deprived the whole space of the element of warmth and natural material underfoot, but mostly because the mix of flecks of navy and a red that was not the sophisticated red of the scheme gave the whole floor a vaguely dirty lavender haze. Just awful. |
- Posted by tuesday_2008 (My Page) on Wed, Nov 28, 12 at 16:21
Quote Pal: "They actually don't really have a personal taste that is well defined at all--anything and everything is subject to external influences. This leaves them more confused than anything else." I have to really work on this problem, which gives me decorating paralysis! The only thing I am sure of (most of the time) is what I DON'T WANT/LIKE. Just can't make up my mind or come to a decision on what I DO WANT/LIKE. |
- Posted by mtnrdredux (My Page) on Wed, Nov 28, 12 at 17:52
This is another wrinkle on the "do what you love" debate. It occurs to me that no one ever says that in fashion, do they? We don't encourage people to keep wearing their powder blue eye shadow, do we? |
- Posted by palimpsest (My Page) on Wed, Nov 28, 12 at 18:11
- Posted by palimpsest (My Page) on Wed, Nov 28, 12 at 18:26
To some extent, doing what you love is not bad advice, but that is different from doing Everything you love, just because you love it. I have a (male) friend who has a particular affection for Chanel costume jewelry and women's accessories. He likes the way they look and he has the opportunity to buy Chanel at significantly below retail. So he has a cabinet full of Chanel boxes with women's costume jewelry, belts, and small leather (and other material) accessories. Since he can't (or really Doesn't, I suppose he Could) wear the Chanel accessories and just possesses them, and occasionally takes them out of the boxes to Look at them, it's really just an indulgence. (No, he doesn't fetishize them in anyway). However, it's a matter of degree. It would not be completely healthy to indulge every whim of this sort though, right? |
I can't tell you how many new construction spec homes I saw about 8 years ago where the builder and/or his wife put all the tile, lights, finishes and fixtures that they liked in one house, even though many of them were different styles and/or inappropriate to the home. |
- Posted by AnnieDeighnaugh (My Page) on Wed, Nov 28, 12 at 19:08
...doing what you love is not bad advice, but that is different from doing Everything you love... Exactly and very frustrating as there are so many things that I love and want to do, but I have only so many rooms....and I try to respect the individual element by placing it where it belongs rather than cramming it in because I have it. What I've never accomplished is the art of swapping things out so I get to enjoy my favorites at different times in different ways....which would be nice as you do notice stuff more after a change....once you've seen it for awhile, it tends to disappear from one's focus. Part of this is a matter of developing taste over time....certainly what I loved when I first got married is not what I love now.... Part of it for me is that my taste is so eclectic. There are pieces I love from so many different styles, but there are so many specific eras that become too much if the whole room is done in it....eg some art deco pieces are wonderful, but I couldn't live in an art deco room. Trying to blend pieces from different eras with coordinating colors is my poor attempt at dealing with this issue. |
- Posted by Bumblebeez (My Page) on Wed, Nov 28, 12 at 19:26
Mtn, I thought about that in relationship to clothes: it's so easy to "love" something that is unflattering, yet wear it regardless. Maybe the wearer is clueless, maybe, they know what they look like and don't care because they love the item. The whole I shall wear purple thing. Some would say, why wait until I'm old? |
To some extent, doing what you love is not bad advice, but that is different from doing Everything you love, just because you love it. Totally agree! I like the link that writersblock posted and have found that when I felt I couldn't afford anything in home decor there were many things I thought I *really* wanted. Just glad I never maxed my Visa to get those items! However when I actually had the money there were a lot fewer things I *really* wanted. So I guess it was a case of "idealizing the unobtainable" for me. When I now find something I think I want I always ask myself whether or not, in the future, I will really regret not getting it. Sometimes that helps me make the correct decision. Development of personal taste is an interesting subject. I don't think my DM really knew what her personal style was so always had a decorator tell her what to buy. Consequently there were 4 completely different styles I remember our LR being decorated in and very little with personal resonance. I didn't particularly like any of the styles so my favorite is based on what I saw as a child in homes I liked which were all decorated in vintage/antique and nothing newer than 1930's style. Hence I don't like anything much newer than that, or at least things that go with that era. I also treasure all of the personal items that belonged to my GM - my DM never displayed those items but I do. Fortunately they go with my vintage/antique style. |
- Posted by bronwynsmom (My Page) on Wed, Nov 28, 12 at 19:40
Pal, I'm right there with you on the over-the-top French wallpaper! I'm always willing to go farther with something that is exquisitely made and beautiful in it's own right. Where a lot of people go wrong is in choosing a cheap, badly rendered approximation of something beautiful and authentic, rather than choosing something in their price range that is honestly what it is. |
- Posted by franksmom_2010 (My Page) on Thu, Nov 29, 12 at 22:48
Annie totally summed up what I was thinking. And we just don't have that kind of house. I love the '40's-'50's era of kitchens, and would just love an old candy colored icebox and matching enamel stove, but it would just look silly and out of place in our mid-'70's Ranch. We have a fairly traditional kitchen, painted in a pale Jadeite green, so I indulge the urge with a red Kitchenaid mixer and a few vintage accessories. Anything more than that would be wrong. |
- Posted by palimpsest (My Page) on Thu, Nov 29, 12 at 22:54
Sometime in 2013, for the first time in almost 20 years, I will Not be living in something built in the 1830s. I am going to have to shift in many ways to go to 1963. |
- Posted by kitchendetective (My Page) on Fri, Nov 30, 12 at 14:38
Pal, I would really miss your wonderful windows. |
- Posted by palimpsest (My Page) on Fri, Nov 30, 12 at 16:33
There are many things I will miss about not living in an 1840ish house. But, as much as I love Greek Revival and late Classical architecture, no amount of architectural detail or 19th c. dÔŅĹcor will make my 1963 house look like anything but a modernist house. As far as the structure goes, I am going to have to embrace 1963, because it has such a strong identity that it would never look like a "real" anything else. This doesn't mean I will be channeling 1963 interior design or getting rid of any period furniture or decorative elements, that's different. This house has two walls of glass though, there is a new window style to embrace. |
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By now, many of you have already heard about the "unfortunate" word choices of Represenative Todd Akin (R-Missouri) when discussing his opposition to any exceptions to abortion law.
"It seems to me, from what I understand from doctors, that [babies concieved as a result of rape are] really rare. If it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down."
There are many things that are fundamentally wrong about this statement (beginning with the fact that somehow the body can prevent insemination at will), but what bothers me in particular is the ignorance about rape in general and how Akin's comments remind us of how much further we as a society need to go in recognizing the importance of mutual, respectful relationships.
First, let's talk about the law. In Akin's comments, he is talking about forced, non-consenual sex at weapon point. It also harkens back to the days when the law put the burden of defense on the victim rather than the attacker. First a woman was asked if she said no and fought tooth and nail to defend herself. If she didn't defend herself "to the fullest extent" then the courts were loath to qualify an attack as rape. As we moved away from physical defense, rape became a state of mind, also from the perspective of the victim. Questions such as "did you enjoy it," "did your nipples harden," or "did you become otherwise physically aroused" were asked to determine whether the victim wanted to have sex. Again, if the answer was yes, then the courts were loath to convict a perpetrator (generally a man) of rape.
Now we are looking to actions of the victim. What clothes did they wear? Where they drinking alcohol? Did the person go home with the other party. All of these actions are used to defend against accusations of rape by perpetrators against their victims.
The legal definition of rape has always lagged behind the times of social awareness. Up until 2012, men couldn't be raped according to the Department of Justice. They could be unlawfully sodomized, but not raped. As a result, the courts have reinforced the notion of Akin's "legitimate" rape and limited to violence against women solely by unknown perpetrators attacking from the shadows.
The second point that follows from the legal argument is that traditional notions of sexual assault are misleading at best and harmful at worst.
Akin is not alone in his thoughts about "legitimate" rape. Many in society cling to the idea of the "rapist in the bushes" and are loathe to find assaults in the bedrooms of partners, at parties with friends, or at bars with drunken strangers. This is despite the fact that a majority of reported sexual assaults involve friends, family, or loved ones (otherwise known as acquaintance rape).
These misconceptions are perpetuated in a variety of ways. The myths are perpetuated by not looking to men as active agents in the conversation about and acts of sexual assault. The myths are perpetuated by the singleminded focus on what people wear and where they come from. The myths are perpetuated by the few public false accusations that occur that hide the far too many private claims that go unreported.
But mostly, this idea "legitimate" rape stems from the misconception that sex is an entitlement. No amount of wining, dining, good conversation, length of committment, can ever overcome the simple fact that btoh men and women have the right to do what they want with their own body.
Without an affirmative yes uninfluenced by excessive drinking, drugs, or mental, physical, or emotional pressure, any sexual contact is a legitimate rape or sexual harassment claim.


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Has anyone ever been spanked (and i mean a real spanking) in public. I have and it is so embarrassing. but i love the humiliation at times.
Yes I was spanked in public twice when younger very embarrassing painful but deserved .
Finley it wasn't Mutch is a spanking but it happend
Dark park
My wife spanked me OTK the other morning and the old lady who helps with the cleaning heard the noise and looked round the door. My wife told her to come in and she carried on with the hairbrush.. . At the end I had to get up and I only had a t-shirt on so the cleaner saw my stiff cock & balls as well as my red butt.. She smiled so wide her face might crack. She's told another cleaner who is her friend because they both saw me this week and burst out laughing. It won't be long before they tell some of the ladies they work for.
Went to the park last night it almost happened but nope Mabey next time
When I was 21, I was playing tennis with my girlfriend (22 at the time, and still carrying her awesome high-school tennis star figure) at a large public park. Afterwards as we were just chatting on a grassy berm by the courts, she quickly reached over and pinched my inner thigh. In the flash of pain, I didn't even think. I just threw her over my lap, and gave her a dozen quick ones over her cute white tennis shorts. Before that I had never even thought to spank her, publically or privately. When it was quickly done, she rose up and her whole mien had changed. I didn't know much about much at the time, but that was when I first started to understand (some) women and submissiveness. Later that night she was hornier than I had ever known her before.
That's an experience i long for as i dread it. The dichotomy is intense!
I would love to go over the wife's lap in a dark park some where
Oh I love it, giving or getting a public spanking. Got it first time in the dark part of the park.
My wife has threatened to pull over while she is driving& spank me.
I wish she would!
When she brings up the subject of spanking me, I sometimes start sucking my thumb, that gets her even more mad at me!
I was spanked with a hairbrush on the bare by my girlfriend while in a darkened parking lot. It hurt and it was loud but no one was around. I was nervous that someone would come by. She put her foot on the car bumper and pulled me across her raised leg. It was a beating with no warmup.
When my wife and I go hiking or camping at some point she will strip me and turn me over her knee for an O-natural spanking. On a few occasions a couple of women hikers witnessed my humiliation my wife would speak with them without missing a beat.
Yes. My boyfriend and i were at club- dancing, drinking. I wasn't in the mood to do what he wanted. He took my hand led me to a table with chairs and proceeded to pull me acrossed his lap. I get the worst spanking of my life. Needless to say i got in the mood for what he wanted.
I was not the way you mention above,but,once i had my palms caned in class when i was in high school,and i had provoked our very beautiful French teacher to do it.She had not before,but as she saw the (blushing now) bulge in my pants she stopped and ordered me to sit.Later i saw how wet i was.
If it counts another time when i came home late i was slippered in front of a lady,then sent to my room for corner time.
In high school the girl I was dating was what would be referred to as a butch and jock. She was very dominating and controlling. Well she played softball and at a picnic with the team I got into a verbal back and forth with one of her friends. Now I was a pretty. pretty princess and was wearing a short skirt and panties. She grabbed me a pulled me over her knee pulled up the skirt and pulled down the panties and proceeded to give me a spanking.
I was crying and begging her to stop and it was her friend that I had fought with who grabbed her arm and said think she has had enough. My GF said are you sure look at this and jammed a finger deep inside me and yes was dripping wet. I was so embarrassed but only could let out a moan. She then proceeded to finger me to an orgasm in front of everyone.
Only if public includes being spanked in front of my high school PE class. I got it one time for just being in the wrong place at the wrong time - it really wasn't my fault. The class was coming back into the gym from the outside and we were warned to be quiet and not disturb the other classes in session. Well, I just happened to be in the group of 5 other boys that decided to make a lot of noise -- just when the teacher happened to be right behind us.
The 6 of us were lined up in the gym in front of the rest of the class. We were ordered to remove our T-shirts and gym shorts, leaving the 6 of us standing there in only our jockstraps. We were made to turn around with our backs to the class, bend over and grab our ankles. Once we were all lined up and in position, the teacher gave us each a hard whack with his wooden paddle. But we were told to stay in position, and he went back to the beginning of the line and gave each of us another whack. And finally a 3rd one before we were told to go shower and change. A very embarrassing experience for me.
got a public spanking at school at assembley that was public!
I was 12 pitching a fit because we had to wait on line at a fancy New York restaurant. Step mother took me into the ladies lounge which had a couch chair and mirror separate from the toilets. Women and daughters were going in and out. She pulled my pants and undies down and spanked my bare tush till it was bright red and I was crying loud. Some of the women and girls would stop and stare it was so embarrassing. I learned never to do that again. .
when i was 13 my two older sisters took me to the beach, the beach was very crowded and during horse play i thew sand in a girls face my sister pulled off my bathing suit stripping me completely naked in front of everyone and spanked me. then having me stay totally naked for the rest of the day.
A girlfriend of mine and I were at a home improvement store a few years ago when I was in HS, she had been bitchy all day so I grabbed a paint stirrer on the way past the paint counter, waited until we were on a deserted aisle then I bent her over a bit and gave 3-4 with the stirrer on her bare (thong and a short skirt) bottom. She said she was sorry for acting the way she did-- wasn't the last time she got spanked either.
I have been on the recieving end and the audience end. At the time I much prefered being on the audience end.
I remember one time at a resteraunt. I think I was 14 or 15. The waitress messed up my order and I called her out on it. I think why really set mum of was that I cursed her out. I had Been having a bad day and that was my blowing point.
I guess mum was at her boiling point with me too. She asked the waiter where the restroom was. After he walked off she grabbed my by the shirt and pulled me towards the bathroom. I didnt think she was actually going to go all out.
In the bathroom there was a bench and a changing table area. The bathroom actually had a line because there were few stalls. Mum sat down on the bench and yanked my skirt and panties down. Everyone that was in the bathroom stared. I begged my mom to stop that there were people watching and that I would be good.
She told me that I should have though about that bfore I went off on the waiter and cursed him out. She then yanked me over her lap. I was on my back she had my upper body propped up against the arm rest. She then held my legs back and started spanking my bare bum with the free hand. I screamed kicked and cried, but she wouldnt stop. She told me im only making it more embarasing.
What was humiliating was that I could see the people. I wasnt face down. The children in there as well were staring. One child had asked their mum why was this girl getting her bum hit. Mum heard it an said because she cand watch her mouth. She then proceeded to spank me more. It seemed like an eternity.
Now I have also been on the audience end. I went with my friend and her mum to go shopping once. My friend acted up and her mum was like one more strike and it wont be pretty. Well my friends mum saw my friend sneak something in the shopping cart. It was an isle all the way towards the back of the store. Next thing I know my friends mum sat on one of the bottom empty ahelves. She then gravs my friend by the dress. She lifts up her dress and pull down her panties and begins swatting away not caring who saw.
When I was in grade school a kid was put across the teacher's lap and spanked in front of the whole class. it was unbelievably humiliating. We were about 10 or 11 years old at the time. As I got older I used to fantasize that it was me - still do :)
Nope. Always a private thing
I've never been spanked in public. However, I've seen people, both adults and children being spanked in public. It must be so embarrassing! People stopped and stared. I couldn't imagine it happening to me!!!
I was not spanked as a kid in the ladies' room, but I saw boys get escorted by their moms into the ladies' restrooms to get spanked. Not unusual at all. I would be waiting for my mom or brothers who had gone into the restrooms in a store and see little boys getting hauled into the restroom by their moms. No question what happened next because you could hear the spanking and crying even if we couldn't see it. If it was quick, the boy and mom would come back out and the boy would have that just spanked look. My mom was not that type. We would get ours when we got home. Once we were already in trouble, we knew to behave or it would get worse when we got home. If our dad was with us, we might get a trip to the car for a spanking in the parking lot, but that didn't happen much.
Do "trips to the ladies' room" with Mom count? That was SOP when I was a kid, and a serious threat (sort of like when Dad said "am I going to have to stop this car?"). You knew that your bottom was going to be bared and smacked no matter who was in there. The worst part was seeing the others ladies and girls in the place smirking as your pants came down. I wonder if an entire generation of young boys wasn't traumatized by ladies rooms.
I've been spanked publicly by my ex boyfriend. It was a long distance relationship and he was on the road so I decided to meet him. I got there a lot later than he thought and he met me in the parking lot of the hotel. I was bending over in my car getting my bags out when he came up behind me and smacked my ass a few times. I flew up in shock, and turned around to see it was him. We greeted each other hello and then he told me I deserved more spankings but gave me options. I could take fewer bare assed spanks in the parking lot or more bare assed spanks in our room. I chose the parking lot, very thrilling.
When I was in 7th grade, the teacher would spank kids in front of the class if they did something wrong. He had a large wooden paddle and made the kids put their hands on their knees and then give one hard smack. I got it twice; once for not doing my homework and once for disrespect. The only good thing about it was watching classmates get it sometimes.
My kindergarten teacher gave the kids in her class birthday spankings over her knee. On my birthday, I had been acting like a brat. After giving me "soft" birthday spanks, she gave me a hard wallop for my "one to grow on" swat as punishment for my behavior. I still remember my embarrassment over the situation.
My 7th grade shop teacher gave over half the boys in the class a paddling for one thing or another. I successfully avoided his paddle. One day, however, he was standing by the doorway of the classroom and gave me a hard swat across my butt just as the bell rang and I walked in. Other students saw him swat me and kidded me about it later.
My hubby will usually give me a stern look and give a smack over my bottom in public. Warning me " If you choose to be naughty in the public, your bare bottom will be right accross my knee when we get home, this is your warning. now, behave.! "
I recall two spankings in public by my mom in the 70s. One was in the women's restroom at Sears when I was around 6 and I don't remember any others being in the bathroom s mom spanked my bare bottom. At age 7 or 8, mom took me into the crying room in the back of our church one Sunday during Mass and spanked my bare bottom hard - that spanking was witnessed by a couple of mom nursing their babies in the room and I recall being mortified with my exposure in front of them.
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STRATFOR CEO George Friedman says the world's focus should be on the
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Colin: While Europe and NATO appear tremulous and uncertain, the chances
of global intervention in Libya seem unlikely. But why is the media
focused on Gadhafi when real trouble is brewing in the Persian Gulf?
Welcome to Agenda with George Friedman. George, NATO has met, the EU has
met, Obama has spoken, but it seems that in Libya at least the chances
of intervention are close to zero. Until at least there is a
humanitarian crisis and that looks like being Europe's problem.
George: Well, certainly Europe has a deeper interest in Libya than the
United States does and I think the United States really does not want to
lead the intervention into Libya and then find themselves criticized by
the Europeans. I mean one thing you have to understand, when you
intervene in a violent situation, your soldiers will make mistakes and
innocent people will be killed. And an intervention that stops the
violence is simply a fantasy. So if you go in on the ground, even if you
go in in the air, you're going to wind up in a situation where people
will be killed, they will be killed by your troops and some of the
people that will be killed will not be the enemy - will be people who
are innocent bystanders and so on. And I think the American position is
pretty much let the Europeans carry the burden on this, and the
Europeans of course might not have the means really, nor the appetite
for it, so everybody will stand by.
Colin: And, of course, the Europeans have got the refugee problem. The
media is preoccupied with Libya and Gadhafi, but this is not the only
trouble spot. In many ways, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia might be more
George: Well, I mean, what's really happened here is that Libya has the
foreign correspondence and CNN covering it. And so this has become the
spot, but far more significant is the Persian Gulf where Bahrain has
been in a standstill crisis, if you will - a country with a majority
Shiite population facing a Sunni government. And now we hear reports
that gunfire has broken out in eastern Saudi Arabia with Saudi Arabian
forces firing on Shiite demonstrators there too. So now we're talking
about problems all up and down the west bank of the Persian Gulf. It is
turning into something that appears to be Shiite versus Sunni - very
different from the issues that are being raised in North Africa. And
clearly this involves the rivalry between the two main players in the
region which is the Iranians, who will undoubtedly support the Shiites,
and the Saudis, who are terrified of rising Shiite power backed by the
Colin: Now, the Persian Gulf is an area America really does have to
worry about.
George: The Iranians have rising influence in Iraq and what is going on
in the Persian Gulf, if not directly tied to what's happening in Iraq,
certainly supports that. It's interesting that countries like Oman,
Qatar, Kuwait - all of which have American facilities - have had all of
these instabilities, if you will, arise. Now Saudi Arabia as well. We
are looking at a serious crisis and, compared to the stakes of the
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citizens, as if somehow anyone ever thought that Moammar Gadhafi was
anything but a thug for the past many years and decades. We have a real
problem which could change the balance of power in the Persian Gulf and
in some ways globally. And the gunfire that we've seen in Saudi Arabia I
think is extremely significant - we don't know how it will play out -
but right now it is certainly far more troublesome that anything
happening in Libya.
Colin: What kind of contingency planning will now be going on in the
George: Well I mean the problem is what kind of forces are available to
plan with. The United States obviously has its Air Force, it also has
the Navy, but its ability to influence events on the western literal of
the Persian Gulf is limited. Certainly the United States is not in a
position to intervene on the ground and any intervention on the ground
will probably be counterproductive. So I suspect most of the planning
that's going on is to make certain that the Straits of Hormuz remain
opened and hope that nothing happens in those countries that are oil
exporters to disrupt the oil markets because the effect that will have
the world economy and the recovery from 2008.
Colin: But, should that happen, the United States has its troops tied
down elsewhere, it's got its Navy and Air Force of course, but the
Europeans probably will not do anything, so it will be a real mess.
George: It is an enormous mess but I am certain that the Europeans will
pass a strong resolution and hold a press conference. I mean it is
really interesting to watch the Europeans deal with the Libyan crisis
not because it's a crucial crisis but because I mean here is a case
where the Europeans, who always talk about soft power, are facing a
situation where soft power really isn't going to work, and now have to
face the question of their collective responsibility for a country like
Libya that is clearly within the area of responsibility of European
powers, and where the United States will play a supporting role, if any.
So the countries like France, Germany and Italy bear the primary
responsibility in this area. They are the major, particularly Italy is
the major investor there and have maintained relations so it will be
interesting to see how the Europeans come out in their self-conception
after this crisis because here is a case where clearly the European
responsibility is primary, clearly the Europeans cannot agree a common
course. I think this is another blow from the NATO side to the blow that
has been struck in 2008 by the financial crisis on the EU side. European
institutions are under tremendous strain. But all of that is subsidiary
ultimately to the question of whether oil gets out of the Straits of
Hormuz, which certainly is not in danger yet at this point but is always
dangerous when crises occur when major oil supplies are involved.
Colin: George, I'll watch out for those Brussels press conferences.
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Sadism, nihilism, poverty, wealth, screams, whimpers, sanity and madness collide in Nowhere, Indiana.
For Thomas Krieg, Nowhere is a miles-long, pitch-black underground maze in which he's imprisoned dozens of boys for the past ten years — all in the name of art.
For two brothers, Nowhere is the only place they clearly remember living. A world unto itself, in which they must stay alert to stay alive. A world from which the only escape is death.
But for an English occultist known only as Mr. No One, Nowhere is much more…and much less: the perfect place in which to perform a ritual to unleash the grandest of eldritch deities, the God of Nothingness, the Great Dark Mouth.


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National Editor Tom KarstThis is the year to be tweeting at PMA. With the hashtag #freshsummit, you can keep apprised of what is going on, real-time throughout the exhibit hall.
This morning I have been following #freshsummit tweets about the 5K race for talent, the pending speech by Eric Wahl, and more.
Kudos to PMA for making free wifi available throughout the exhibit hall, greatly enable easier tweeting and social media buzz.
The #freshsummit tweets are also a great way to pick up new Twitter accounts to follow. My twitter account is @tckarst.
Saw a couple of guys from Wal-Mart at the opening reception last night, discussion the recent moves within the produce division leadership of Wal-Mart and also the company's work on sustainability.
Check out the recent Wal-Mart announcement on the global sustainability index here. From that Oct. 25 release:
The commitments outlined today include:
By the end of 2017, Walmart will buy 70 percent of the goods it sells in U.S. stores and in U.S. Sam's Clubs only from suppliers in the United States, China, and around the world who use the Index to evaluate and share the sustainability of their products. This change will involve suppliers who produce goods in categories where the Index is available.
Beginning in 2013, Walmart will use the Sustainability Index to influence the design of its U.S. private brand products.
Walmart will change the way its key global sourcing merchants are evaluated so that sustainability becomes an even more important part of buyers' day-to-day jobs. Beginning in 2013, these buyers will join key buyers in Walmart U.S. and Sam's Club who already have specific sustainability objectives on their annual evaluations.
The Walmart Foundation will grant $2 million to fund The Sustainability Consortium (TSC) and assist in its efforts in launching TSC in China. TSC is an independent research organization. Using the Walmart Foundation grant, TSC China will engage industries, universities and other experts to form a global network of leaders improving sustainability in consumer goods, and will provide tools and resources to help suppliers become more sustainable and competitive. Walmart will use the results of TSC's independent work to refine its Sustainability Index for use in China.
Later in the release:
Walmart has rolled out the Sustainability Index, which measures product sustainability using metrics developed by TSC, to more than 100 categories. Merchandise buyers from Walmart U.S., Sam's Club, Walmart.com and Walmart Canada are now using the Sustainability Index in regular buying decisions. More than 500 suppliers have participated in the Sustainability Index, representing an average of 70 percent of sales within the categories Walmart is currently evaluating with the Sustainability Index. Walmart expects to expand the use of the Index to an additional 100 product categories by the end of 2012.


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[OS] THAILAND - Thai PM says won't quit over flood crisis
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BANGKOK (AFP) - Embattled Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on
Thursday vowed to stay on and fight the country's deadly flood crisis
despite criticism of her handling of the disaster.
'People supported and voted for me so I want to continue my work to the
best of my ability,' she told reporters when asked whether she was
considering resigning.
The floods, triggered by months of unusually heavy rains, have killed 533
people and damaged the homes and livelihoods of millions around the
The waters are now slowly closing in on the heart of Bangkok, a city of 12
million people, swamping major roads and threatening the downtown area's
luxury hotels, businesses and shopping malls.
Visiting a shelter for flood evacuees in Bangkok's Chatuchak district, Ms
Yingluck pleaded for understanding from the public.
'Everybody has worked to their utmost ability. It's a natural disaster
which other countries also failed to prevent,' she said.
'I want to ask for sympathy for all the officials who are working to fight
the flood waters, and as for me I will do my best and will listen to all
suggestions.' Ms Yingluck, a political novice and sister of fugitive
former premier Thaksin Shinawatra who only came to power in August, has
been under enormous pressure to tackle the three-month-old crisis.
She has at times shown the strain and opponents have accused her of
lacking leadership.
Her administration has also come under fire for its confusing information
about the rising waters.
After three months in office, Ms Yingluck's government scored an approval
rating of about 48 per cent, according to a nationwide survey of 1,168
people published by Bangkok University on Tuesday.
'So far she has run the country without direction or decisiveness,' said
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Party, which has stopped short of calling for Ms Yingluck's resignation.
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The Neff Education Center of Emory & Henry College will present the 26th Annual B.G. Raines Education Forum Tues., April 8, 2014 at 5:30 p.m. The event will be held at the Grand Hall of the Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center in Abingdon, Va. The forum is free and open to the public, but registration is required.
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In August 1988, the Jessie Ball duPont Religious, Charitable and Educational Fund awarded Emory & Henry College a grant to develop a model program for collaboration and cooperation between the College and public schools.
One goal of this grant was to develop an annual education forum to bring together individuals from Emory & Henry, surrounding schools, business, and industry to establish an on-going dialogue regarding educational needs and opportunities. The yearly forum is intended to initiate and foster this dialogue, to address these needs, and to make plans for continued collaboration to bring about improved education in the region.
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: done contrary to or without choice
: not subject to control of the will : reflex
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— in·vol·un·tari·ness \-ˈvä-lən-ˌter-ē-nəs, -ˌte-rē-\ noun
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- Breathing and circulation are involuntary processes.
- When the door burst open, she let out an involuntary shriek.
- The lawyer argued that the client's confession was involuntary.
Origin of INVOLUNTARY
Middle English involuntari, from Late Latin involuntarius, from Latin in- + voluntarius voluntary
First Known Use: 15th century
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- Synonyms
- coerced, forced, unintended, unintentional, unwilling, will-less
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- deliberate, freewill, intentional, uncoerced, unforced, voluntary, willful (or wilful), willing
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: not subject to control of the will : reflex <involuntary contractions>
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I will be building a new home this year in the bay area - we are doing a modern style home and are interested in putting in good quality windows that don't cost too much. I originally wanted to do vinyl windows and looked at Milgard Style Line (thin framed). I was trying to stay away from Aluminum since I thought it cost more that vinyl plus I would like as good of efficiency as I can get. So my questions are: If you were doing a modern home design, wanted windows with as small a frame as possible, didn't want wood (due to upkeep), what type would you choose - Vinyl or Aluminum with a thermal break? And then after that answer what brand? I am staying away from Pella, don't really want to do Blomberg (we have these in our office building and I don't like them). Have looked at Marvin, Anderson, Milgard, Soundproof, Weathershield so far... |
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I am confused you state aluminum with a thermal break or vinyl yet you list no aluminum with a thermal break windows. The brands you list are either aluminum or vinyl clad wood for the most part. What type of window are you actually looking for? What is your budget? What style home? |
As stated in the original question, we are doing a modern home design. We want to have slim vinyl or thermal break aluminum - no vinyl clad wood or aluminum clad windows. Milgard has an aluminum product with thermal break, so does Blomberg. Budget isn't set yet, but I am not looking for high cost windows, however they need to be reasonably energy efficient and good quality windows. I would go right with the Milgard Style Line if I had to choose today - but I looking for some other opinions or options... |
I guess I am looking for other advice. Aluminum with Thermal Break or full Vinyl? If Vinyl, the best vinyl brand with thin frames? If Aluminum, the best brand for the money - I already want to stay away from someone like Blomberg due to price...Fleetwood? Milgard? or any others... |
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Aluminum will provide you with the narrowest profile. Fiberglass will be next, vinyl and wood clad are the thickest. I have had good success with Milgard Aluminum in other jobs. Stick with sliders though. Their Double hungs were problematic. |
And the problem with sliders is they are the least energy efficient of any type of window. |
Anyone else have experience with the Milgard Aluminum line with the thermal break? Or any other options that don't cost too much??? Thanks! |
Back with more help needed. The aluminum windows from Milgard are not available with a thermal break or otherwise at all in California. The Style Line vinyl from Milgard also isn't available in awaning or casement like we will need (plus after seeing the varying thickness of the vinyl we don't want them). Our next shot was with Marvin Integrity Ultrex fiberglass inside & out wiht a sheet rock return - we would need to do some re-design on our plans as they aren't available in the larger sizes we want with 3 windows side by side etc... So we are looking for other options and need help!!! We don't want wood or vinyl if we can help it - we would prefer fiberglass at this point, but would go with aluminum if we have to. Again this is for a modern home - so a bronze or dark finish on the outside - sheetrock return with pain white on the inside is fine. The Blomberg windows would work - but will be pretty expensive, ditto with Inline...So I am looking for some better choices. Thanks! |
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Project Runway contestant Mondo Guerra -- read our feature story on Mondo -- hosted a silent auction for the Colorado AIDS Project and Rainbow Alley at Beauty Bar last night, September 30, in conjunction with the weekly Project Runway viewing party. Photos by Kate Levy.