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Burlesque Strip Joint Clip Joint Sunburned Vintage Sleaze
A nice vintage photograph of burlesque theater (strip joint)...open all night and all day. This would date well before the days of lap-dancers who have learned to squirm twenty dollar bills right out of your pocket while whispering absolutely sweet nothings into your ear.
Astoundingly, some collective group of demented, obsessed, likely "regular" participants at a modern day strip joint or two have together written a Wikipedia article on them with TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN FOOTNOTES! That would figure to about a dollar a footnote, given the average loss you would probably experience at a club today.
Save your money dudes...stay home and verify more quotes!
I have only been to one strip club and it was when I was a kid. It was in St. Augustine, Florida, it was late in the drizzling afternoon, off season and I was the only patron. There was one stripper there teaching a future stripper how to strip, and the lessons were conducted with Fleetwood Mac's Rumors Lp on a cassette recorder. I drank three beers and went back to my hotel in the rain. A rite of passage. It rained my whole trip except for the last day, when I burned so bad I drove back north with a wet towel over my charred calves.
I have three book recommendations, so screw the wiki article. The first two are by Herb Pastor, both refreshingly honest, frank and hilarious accounts by the self-named "Strip Joint Millionaire" whose extraordinary website is HERE. What a guy! Just browse the pictures and you will be typing his name into your kindle faster than a sawbuck disappears into a pair of sweaty panties.
The other book is one of the most unusual, curious and frightening books I have ever seen or read. Seriously...and if you know me, you know I do not generally read "best-sellers." It is "Headless Man In Topless Bar" and it is illustrated below. The subtitle says it all. "STUDIES OF 725 CASES OF STRIP CLUB RELATED HOMICIDES" I mean really! The book is authored by T. A. Kevlin.
Truly, the only thing more amazing about the mere existence of this title is the fact that I read it and enjoyed it! You can put it down and pick up the next day without loosing continuity, as each case is only a page or two long, but believe me, the author's research is commendable. As the jacket reads "Every case of strip club related homicide since 1964, which the author was able to locate in newspaper files, appellate court decisions, has been included." Now THAT is a serious obsession. Bravo!
Original Photograph of a Burlesque Club (Undated, Anonymous) taken from a slide Collection Victor Minx
What's New Black Pussycat? A Calendar with a Women of Color on the Cover
A scarcity, but at one time I am sure a welcome addition to many struggling barbershops and gas stations across the country. I hate to credit Reuben Sturman, sleaze magnate and all around bad guy with anything positive, but this calendar, published two years before James Brown's "Say it Loud: I'm Black and Proud" was one of the first indications (I am serious here) that Black women were beautiful enough to be on the wall anywhere. Can you imagine what that meant to the race?
To see "Sepia Stunners" in a calendar?
I am sure this was not uplifting to a major part of the community, but it was a landmark of sorts anyway.
Do not consider me a racist for pointing this out...it was the dominant white culture with a problem. A problem which unfortunately persists even today among certain folks, and bless the current generation to whom color matters not.
The anonymous model was used around the same time (shown below) by Leonard Burtman, but by 1966 he was having financial problems, both personally and with his distributor. Partly as a result of censorship which today seems foolish (and it was) but also because producing his high quality smut magazines was expensive. Up stepped the King of Porn, Reuben Sturman. That is his logo at top (no...not the pussycat, the tiny WWNC globe, which depicts his company initials literally covering the world with slime.
If there was a buck to be made, Sturman didn't care if the model was purple or orange, he'd take the green. So he "helped out" by taking over the product for a while.
As unseemly as this calendar might seem today, it was a breakthrough in racial consciousness, and a mere THIRTY YEARS LATER Sports Illustrated was shooting the sisters for their swimsuit issue. So who is the pioneer here? Tyra Banks wasn't even born yet when this calendar came out. Like Jazz, the races got along better in the sleaze business.
Uhura didn't make out with Captain Kirk on Star Trek until two years later, Same with Diahann Carroll and Julia, the first sitcom with an African-American woman as a lead character. 1968.
As I have written before, and as my modest book SECRET HISTORY OF THE BLACK PIN UP indicates, women of color didn't become wall candy until LONG after their Caucasian sisters, for better or worse...but this is one of the first examples. Were there Black Pin ups? Yes, but not until decades after their white sisters.
1966 Pussycat Calendar "Featuring Twelve Exciting Sepia Stunners All In Exotic Color" 1966 (1965) Collection Victor Minx.
Lost Robert Bonfils Illustration Vintage Sleaze Paperbacks King of Illustrators Bonfils
A 1959 Robert Bonfils illustration lost for fifty years, this inside cover for Fling Festival Magazine Volume one Number one 1959 (Collectors Annual issue) As you can see the eyes don't quite match up right...the issue is so old and the cover is loose...Since early smut like this is fugitive literature of a sort, I guess we are lucky to have it at all.
Robert Bonfils is generally considered the finest illustrator who worked on vintage sleaze paperbacks, but that wasn't his whole career. He did lunch boxes! He did record covers. He did them all well with a very unusual, unique style usually far exceeding the esthetic quality he was providing a package for.
Bonfils was usually on the outside of the book, but this illustration was the inside front cover (with an unusual bleed over to the title page of the novelette in black and white.) As you can see, the cover here has slipped a bit, but then I don't think too many of these issues are still around. A striking work by a striking vintage sleaze artist, and from a place not too many folks would have seen it.
Bonfils site is HERE and it is recommended!
"Fling Festival" Collector's Annual Volume one Number one 1959 Collection Victor Minx
Bettie Page Leonard Burtman writes A Resume Vintage Sleaze Burmel 1955 THE RARE DIGESTS #24 SERIES
Leonard Burtman provides Bettie Page with a resume, circa 1955 PRESENTING BETTIE PAGE Burmel Digest
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Rose's are Red Violet's are Blue Showing Possession Correctly With Apostrophes Vintage Sleaze
Gag Gift by Fishlove cheats on the apostrophes on the front of the box in order to make his gag work. If you intend to show possession (of panties or anything else) use the correct grammar, Fishlove.
Fishlove Company Gag Gift 1947 Collection Victor Minx
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Spiderman Eric Stanton Steve Ditko The Missing Link? Who Invented Spiderman?
For some eight years, from 1958 to 1966, Spiderman co-creator Steve Ditko shared a studio in Hell's Kitchen at 43rd Street and Eighth Avenue with Fetish illustrator Eric Stanton. Earlier the two had attended art school at the forerunner of the School of Visual Arts, then known as The Cartoonists and Illustrators School.
Did they help each other with their drawings? Duh.
Did Stanton help invent Spiderman?
Stanton has been quoted on the subject. "Eric Stanton drew his pictures in indian ink and they were then hand-coloured by Ditko" according to Eric Stanton: For the Man Who Knows His Place (Taschen 1997.) In 1988 Stanton addressed the issue of Spiderman directly in The Steve Ditko Reader (Pure Imagination, Brooklyn, NY, 2002.) He minimizes his work on Ditko's pieces, yet says they "worked on storyboards together and I added a few ideas. But the whole thing was created by Steve on his own... I think I added the business about the webs coming out of his hands"
The illustration above (spider logo, spider webs and big dames!) is credited to Stanton and appeared in Diabolique Magazine, issue number 3. Diabolique was published by Leonard Burtman and appeared in 1962...1963 at the latest. The publication has no date, but it comes from Selbee, the corporate name Lenny was using at the time. Burtman published Stanton's work regularly during the time period, and I believe the artist was even credited as Art Director on some of the Selbee publications.
Spiderman made his debut in Amazing Fantasy in 1962, quite likely the exact same year this Stanton illustration appeared in Diabolique, while the two young artists were sharing a studio.
A number of writers and comic historians have both documented and speculated on the artistic relationship between the two cartoonists, some approaching from the comic book side of things, others from fetish art... but to my knowledge this is the first time since the original publication of Diabolique the illustrations above have been shown...webs and all.
Illustrations from "Black Widow Sorority" by Stanton, inside back cover Diabloique Magazine Number 3, circa 1960-1963 (No Date in Publication) Selbee Associates, New York. Collection Victor Minx
Don Pendleton Vintage Sleaze Paperbacks ? David Zentner The Executioner and Stephan (Y) Gregory Pseudonym
Did Don Pendleton, mega-huge author of the line of formula tough guy crap "The Executioner" write this blasphemous looking book?
I think so! But as a woman.
David Zentner, one time publisher of such quality magazines as "Keyhole, Bare" and the slightly more upscale "Escapade" was once involved in a convoluted lawsuit over the Executioner novels (Read it HERE) Zentner is best known as president and/or CEO of Bee-Line, one of the most persistent paperback sleaze publishers. It lasted forever! There were hundreds, and what started as your typical soft-core, goofy paperbacks eventually morphed into more hardcore goofy cover paperbacks with models instead of paintings.
Anyway, in the court document cited above, one (me) finds a curious little tidbit, to wit: "Among the authors writing for Bee-Line was Donald Pendleton, who wrote six or seven erotic books which were published by Bee-Line in 1966 and 1967." A good lead...and one which pays off.
The official, I guess, website for the writer HERE casually mentions his earliest works, written as by one Stephan Gregory, a series of novels featuring the character Stewart Mann, one of which is titled The Sexy Saints. Except that it appears to have been published as by STEPHANY Gregory. Looks like Don was mistakingly a dame for one book!
I do not know the relationship between "Rapture" books (so lovingly indicated by lipstick on the cover) but Don did write a few other books which, at least from the titles, appear might also fit into a vintage sleaze paperback collection, including:
The Insatiables
The Sex Goddess
Madame Murder
The Hot One
All the Trimmings
The Huntress
Color Her Adultress
(Spelling of above courtesy of Wiki, who also lists "The Sexy Saints" but as by Stephan Gregory)
Worth looking into, I think...that is if you read these things.
"Bee-line" still going strong years later
Spin the Bottle Grows Up Sex Party Games 1974 Vintage Sleaze
A cheap "get rich quick" one-page folded over "book" for a buck. "Published" in 1974, I suppose at the height of the hippie, birth control, experimental, swapping, hedonistic, swing-club, find yourself, go crazy, no rules apply era. It's disgusting, ridiculous and I wish I had thought of it.
Why there is a jester with slippers and a stocking cap is a complete mystery...I don't want to play no games with this clown. Wouldn't a clip-art dame have sold more copies?
Anyway, the games inside, (of which there are only four and they are all incredibly stupid, not to say in one case MOST unsanitary...) would not liven up a party even if the fool who paid a buck could line up any guests. Just imagine the faces of the bridge club as Harvey pulled this out "as a joke" and attempted to liven up the place. Silence. Cringe. Looser.
The modern day version of Spin the Bottle? You REALLY, REALLY do not want to know.
Sex Party Games 1974 "Majestic" Distributors. One folded page (for one folded dollar) collection Victor Minx
Mimi Springs Into Action Vintage Sleaze Risque Novelty
Mimi the Snappy Bubble Dancer is for Men Only and she has been around a long time. Pull her legs and a still working spring-operated slapper smacks you in the finger.
Mimi the Snappy Bubble Dancer No Manufacturer noted. Circa 1930? Collection Victor Minx
Super Bowl of Vintage Sleaze 12 Minutes, No Time Out HUGE Cone Bra
I'll be watching the Super Bowl, but only to see Madonna perform for an audience of approximately 100 million people. If she brings the dancers, it should be the most gay half time show ever, and it will certainly have the most gay viewers for any sporting event in history. How could anyone miss it? Plus, it's a big, big venue. She'll have to wear a cone bra 6 feet long to be seen in the cheap seats. (Which started at $600 but are now over $5,000 according to "CNN MONEY" so it must be true.
The game? Eh. For those of you betting, which is the primary reason for professional sports (think I'm kidding? I'm not in the least) here is the inside scoop. (Don't share it as the odds are currently in our favor.) One team will win, the other won't. And why? As the talking heads will assure you immediately after the game, "It all came down to ball-handling" so there you go. You can go to bed after halftime.
Madonna has twelve minutes to play with, but with the fathead, overpaid "color" guys trying to squeeze in their inane comments, you'll be lucky to hear one complete song. It COULD be the greatest halftime show ever, but she has to perform better than Elvis Presto (real name Alex Cole, "Solid Gold" dancer) who wowed us all in 1989.
So is it really true that "blowing your wad" the night before hurts performance? Hard to say, as every website I try to find the answer on has so many pop-up ads for crap, I'm tired of clicking through them.
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Fishlove again! For Dirty old Men Vintage Sleaze Novelty
Fishlove steps in to clean a Dirty Mind. What's ON a man's mind? According to Fishlove, novelty crud gift king, it's, um..."portions" of people.
Novelty Risque Toy Fishlove #409 (with washcloth, miniature Ivory soap Bar and graphic representation of a mind needing cleaning. 1973 Collection Victor Minx
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Stuff from the Three Dollar Sex Dictionary Vintage Sleaze
One entry from the mail order $3 Sex Dictionary (One sheet folded brochure, no date circa 1960?) Collection Victor Minx
Rudolph Rossi Untitled circa 1950 "Camera Club Girl"
The "dressed" version of an anonymous, but apparently prosperous camera club model taken by Rudolph Rossi in New York city circa 1950. The undressed version appears HERE on the (adult) site created for the book Camera Club Girls: Bettie Page and her Friends The Work of Rudolph Rossi and subsequent exhibitions. Thirty of the original, hand-tinted Rossi photographs are on display in Santa Fe at Au Boudoir Gallery until February 2012.
Untitled (one of two) 8 x 10 Original circa 1950 photograph taken and hand-tinted by Rudolph Rossi. Collection Jim Linderman
Bilbrew Burmel Beat Vintage Sleaze Back Cover 1959
Back cover of Domination, Discipline and Desire by Brian Hayle 1959 Burmel Publishing Company, New York NY Illustration Gene Bilbrew Collection Victor Minx
Bettie Page Sir! Sir Magazine Cover Art 1955
I love Sir! magazine. In fact I would award them the prestigious vintage sleaze posthumous pulitzer if I could, but the award doesn't exist. I did, however, profile one of their goofiest cover artists on the other blog a while ago, the unusual talent of Mark Schneider. I'd have to say, however, much as I like Mark, I'd have to enter this one into competition.
Bettie Page twirls on the cover of SIR! Magazine, 1955 Collection Victor Minx
Big Galoot with a Pea-Green Coupe Five Publishers on One Book Vintage Sleaze Paperbacks
Vintage Sleaze Paperbacks seldom get any better than this, so enjoy! Check out THIS galoot! His name is Al but the ladies refer to him as "big boy" in the novel. On the cover here, rendered in primitive skill which makes Grandma Moses look like a master of perspective, Al opens the door like a gentleman. I don't think the women are looking for etiquette...obviously they are interested in more than polite chatter over a spot of tea.
I hate to dispel a myth ladies (or in this case, barflies) but there is no relationship between body size and wanger size. Nor, in this case, intelligence. But Al will drive you anywhere you need to go. Step right into his pea-soup coupe!
The publisher, who obviously could not afford an illustrator who went to art school, had several names. "IN books" "In LIbrary books" "Newstand Library" "Neva Paperbacks" AND "UG" on the spine(which refers to the distributor United Graphics according to the lovely and talented Brittany Daley) ALL IN THE SAME BOOK!
They also couldn't afford a proof reader. I'm no genius either, but I try to spell the words right on the COVER! "Desireble" appears on the back cover.
The publisher location is indicated as Las Vegas. 1968. After reading it, let's go see Frankie at the Sands!
Changeover by Duane Davis (cover artist unknown, at least to me) 1968 Collection Victor Minx
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Voluptuous Vixens Candy Stripes in a Blue Field The Rare Digests #23 in the Series Vintage Sleaze
Dante Publishing Company peddles some Voluptuous Vixens as figure models for artists when in fact they were hot naked chicks. As you can see, Miss Candy Stripe was doctored up and placed at the beach on the back cover. An early example of isolating a "figure model" from the pack...the camera club session may have been crowded and some shutterbugs trying to get close may have appeared in the photo, but at any rate the Vixen was lifted out of the crowd, put in lovely stripes and dropped back against a blue screen like your local weatherman on TV.
Still, a lovely little relic of the days when naked women appeared only as "studies" rather than hot babes with no clothes.
Note the retail shop would negotiate a bulk price, then set their own on the cover, in this case a one dollar price in grease pen.
Voluptuous Vixens Dante Publishing (No date, No publishers location) with airbrushed photographs by Albert Wasson, Michael Denning, Joseph Steffek. Circa 1950 Collection Victor Minx
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A Giant George Troop Full Page sleaze centerfold by George Troop comic cartoonist
George Troop comics don't get seen much today, and there should be more information on Troop given his productivity. Here, in a full spread gag cartoon the Texan, a gravity defying catch runs around the room like a gazelle on the African savanna. Troop is better known for his 1970's work in Sex to Sexty, this two-pager is from Cartoon Jamboree way back in 1957, and the styles on the women in the door makes it look even older. Even two pages hardly contain the chase. Sexist, silly and typical of the woman chaser motif.
SUPER OLD Vintage Sleaze The Naughty Girls of Paris Gay Burlesquers Midnight Ramble Girly Show
Naughty Girls of Paris Gay Burlesque (Night Dancers) They clearly aren't showing much here for free. I'm guessing 1880 or so, quite a photo at the time and still. "GAS" on the banner means the tent had gas lighting inside (a selling point as you would be able to see EVERY racy hot detail) but I would have made sure I could crawl under the tent stakes in case of fire. The promoter is presenting the girls with a wave of the hand. I guess one would crawl into the show through the white drape under the painted ladies.
Original Girly Show Burlesque Tent "Naughty Girls of Paris" circa 1880 Collection Victor Minx
72 Year Old Eleazner Smith and Sweeter Than Life by Mark Tryon The Book He Didn't Read Vixen Press Convicted of Obscene Literature
See this book? Ever read it?
Neither did Eleazar Smith, a 72 year old owner of a bookstore in Los Angeles. The book is Sweeter Than Life by Mark Tryon, not his real name, but then there is no Mark Twain either. I've written about Mr. Tryon's publisher, Vixen, before. But this post is about Eleazar.
Eleazar had the bad luck to sell a copy of Sweeter Than Life to an undercover cop in Los Angeles in 1956. Why the cop went to a bookstore to purchase a book of fiction which had lesbian characters is beyond me, but we can assume he didn't just happen in and like the cover. Gee...maybe there was no crime in Los Angeles that day.
Smith, who had instructed employees in the shop not to sell books from that section of the store to minors, was nonetheless convicted in 1958 of possessing an obscene novel, a conviction which was upheld by a second LA court. He was sentenced to 30 days in Jail. Not for selling, by the way, but simply because he had the book in his store.
Three years later Eleazar's lawyer argued before the United States Supreme Court that Mr. Smith could hardly be held responsible (or jailed) for having the book in his store as he had not even read it. Thank God the Supreme Court agreed and reversed the conviction, because I don't think the clerks in the Barnes and Noble a few miles from here have read everything in there.
This post is just to dispel any notion that what I am writing about on this blog is just boob jokes.
Is Sweeter Than Life dangerous? I don't know, I've never read it...but there are 4 copies currently available on Amazon, used...and the price starts at $2.75. Maybe the cop sold his copy or traded it for a violent murder book.
Read the Supreme Court Decision prompted by old man Smith HERE. Don't worry...I won't hold you responsible if you don't.
Bookstores Which Are STILL OPEN (Not even In Bankruptcy Proceedings) Vintage Sleaze
Like famous sleuths of the past, I have taken matchbooks to solve a crime...the missing bookstore! All three above are still open... and as far as I know, not trying to spin-off a profitable Ebook division to save their bottom line! Like with all tour guides, call before visiting.
Three Adult Bookstore (OPEN!) Matchbooks. Collection Victor Minx
Roger Brand Obscure Obscene Seldom Seen Comics for Candid Press 1969 Vintage Sleaze
Roger Brand appears to have been one underground cartoonist who should have smoked weed instead of drunk booze. He passed away at the age of 42 leaving behind a large body of work, but work which I do not believe has been anthologized. If I am wrong, you can let me know hippie guys.
One thing I do know is that little, if any, of Brand's work for Candid Press in 1969 has appeared on the web. Brand did a continuing series titled "Camille." One week it might be "Modern Fun With Camille On The Planet CumQuat!" and the next "Camille vs. The Grand Empodent!" It was a sci-fi nudie sometimes, little more than an excuse to draw some breasts other times. I'm providing just a few of the panels Brand created for the series.
Jay Lynch had this to say on the Headcomix bulletin board: "But the hardest underground era collectors items to come by are back issues of CANDID PRESS, a Chicago shock & scandal weekly tabloid newspaper that Robert's brother-in-law Marty Pahls edited for the same people that published THE NATIONAL TATTLER. This paper is all stories that were made up out of thin air." Well, that's good to read, as I have a pile of them.
The best information, and a tribute, to Roger Brand appears HERE on the Comics Reporter in an article by Kim Deitch
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The Sound of One Man Clapping Burlesque Stripper Nightclub Original Photo
I really don't know why the photographs of burlesque dancers (okay, let's be real...strippers) I find so often have one pervy guy watching. Well..put a game face atop your gams and get out there girl! You never know, lonely guy here might have a loaded wallet, even if he is on the clock and the matinee show is the only one he can make without the wife finding out. Don't pick up a pack of the club matchbooks, dude.
To see another dancer, likely of THIS decade, entertaining one solitary wanker, see HERE As in the previous post, I've isolated the fellow with my high-optic technology so you can more easily make fun of him, and you can see his two-drink minimum is about done.
Original Anonymous Snapshot, circa 1950, collection Victor Minx
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Rose Ann (Werth) Sipes, 75, Ellis, died Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012, at Clara Barton Hospital, Hoisington.
She was born May 3, 1937, in rural Schoenchen to August and Dorothy (Werth) Werth. She was a 1955 graduate of Schoenchen High School.
She was an assembly line worker at Adronics, Hays.
She was a loving and devoted grandmother and enjoyed spending time at the farm, especially during calving season.
She was a member of St. Mary Catholic Church, Ellis.
Survivors include a daughter, Beverly Gunther and husband, Paul, Sachse, Texas; a brother, Gus Werth, Schoenchen; a sister, Freda Fisher, Ellis; four grandchildren, Augustus Kortemeier, Annie, Averie and Aubrie Gunther, all of Sachse; and her companion, Gene Mater, Olmitz.
She was preceded in death by her parents; a son, Michael Sipes; a daughter, Deborah Schneider; a granddaughter, Alicia Schneider; a brother, Fred Werth; and two sisters, Gladys Braun and Alice Werth.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at St. Anthony Catholic Church, Schoenchen; burial in St. Anthony Cemetery, Schoenchen.
Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday and from 9 to 9:30 a.m., both at Brock's North Hill Chapel, 2509 Vine, Hays, KS 67601.
A vigil will be at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
Memorials are suggested to St. Anthony Cemetery Fund or St. Anthony Church Fund in care of the funeral home.
Condolences can be sent to the family by guestbook at www.keithleyfuneralchapels.com or emailed to firstname.lastname@example.com.

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Gray comes into crowded position
The freshman set several records during his high school career
AUSTIN, Texas -- Johnathan Gray has been turning heads for years.
There are the double takes from the adoring hordes. Not to mention the whiplash for those who have tried to stop him.
"You go by the film room and you see him in there," the junior lineman said. "You go by the weight room and you see him in there. You are like, 'All right, I see.'
"It's going to be important to him and he wants to be good. The thing you worry about is out of high school, any time some kid comes in highly touted, you're sitting back thinking, 'OK it's going to get to him.' That's not with Gray. He only wants to be as good as he can be and is not worried about anyone else's expectations."
That doesn't mean there aren't expectations. Gray came into the Longhorns program as the top running back in the nation. Through four years at Aledo (Texas) High, Gray rushed for 10,889 yards, had 189 TDs, another 16 scores on receptions, and helped the team to three consecutive state titles.
"You can tell he's going to be good," said Texas safety Kenny Vaccaro.
Yeah, no kidding.
But what is hard to pinpoint now is just how quickly Gray might become good at this level. Or whether he is going to get the carries required to be good.
Malcolm Brown and Joe Bergeron are both back for Texas. They were the team's No. 1 and No. 2 rushers a year ago, respectively. As Gray comes into the fold the worry is that Texas will not have enough carries to satisfy the three backs.
It's not a worry for Texas coach Mack Brown. He only needs to point to the 2011 Missouri game. Texas went into that game with three running backs on the sidelines. Two, Brown and Bergeron, were unable to go because of nagging injuries. The third, Fozzy Whittaker, was injured in the first quarter.
The Texas run game, which had flourished in the two previous weeks, floundered down the stretch as did the Longhorns who lost three of their last four regular season games.
So Mack Brown has no issues with the depth of talent or the worry of splitting carries. Neither do others, like quarterback Case McCoy. Instead, like most, he is curious to see how it will work.
"We've got three of the best running backs, not just in the Big 12, but in the country," McCoy said. "With having the three of them in the same room it's going to be interesting how we make it work."
"We all trust and we all know that we are going to find a way to make it work."
In all, Texas had 589 rushes last year -- 62 percent of the plays from scrimmage. Mack Brown is adamant about the offense being more balanced and as such would like the running game to only be about 50 to 55 percent of the offense. If he gets his wish, and that is a big if at this point, that means the number of rushes will probably not exceed last year's total.
Running backs accounted for 442 rushes in 2011.
So it is plausible that there are about 400 carries available for Brown, Bergeron and Gray. There could be more or less depending on Hills' role, how may quarterback rushers there are and the role of the fullback as well as other various speed sweeps performed by Daje Johnson, Marquise Goodwin and D.J. Monroe, who had 48 touches in 2011.
Given those numbers (and assuming Texas plays 13 games), there should be an average of 31 carries per game available for the trio of backs. Gray could also get a few more touches through the passing game. He at least appears more adept at catching the ball out of the backfield than Brown and Bergeron. Those two combined for three receptions in 2011.
All that math adds up to one thing -- egos will have to be put aside. That is the message already being preached by the veteran offensive players.
"It's not just individually how many carries can I get," McCoy said about the running backs. "It's more of a team goal and we're looking forward to the outcome in the long run."
It appears that is what Gray is in this for -- the long run. According to his father, James, the freshman doesn't need 20 carries a game as a freshman to be satisfied.
"This first year I am hoping for somewhere in the range of 10-15 [carries per game], if that," James Gray said.
A manageable start and humble approach. That seems fitting for the freshman who has already begun to turn the heads of the Longhorns veterans.
"You see some good things with him," Walters said.
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Since the dawn of time Cannes, the Jewel in the crown of the 'Côte d'Azur', has been a focal point of festivals and is a cultural melting pot, full with people from a wide range of backgrounds. It is located only 10 km west of Antibes. You could not dream of a place closer to paradise than Cannes, a town whose eclectic make-up has amazed even the most powerful.
From the Romans, who chose to settle here, to the English Chancellor Lord Brougham, and not to mention Napoleon, Cocteau and many others, they have all fallen in love with this vibrant, colourful town and its mediterranean way of life.
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If life in Cannes is a festival, it is because nothing is left up to chance, everything is planned down to the smallest detail in order to meet the expectations of everyone who visits. Here, where French cuisine is at its finest , we are invited by the most dignified representatives of this art to take part in a 'festival of flavour', shellfish and crustaceans, freshly caught fish, local specialities perfumed with the delicate aromas of basil, garlic or black olive. From prestigious cuisine to traditional dishes, all types of cuisine can be tasted.
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Finally, Cramer gave the nod to Linn Energy (LINE - Get Report), the oil and gas producer that's become embattled with the shorts over a planned acquisition. With an 8.7% yield, Cramer said the shorts will eventually relent, especially after the company moves to a monthly, rather than quarterly, distribution.
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As the quarter winds to a close, Cramer turned his sights to the best performing stocks of 2013.
They include Netflix (NFLX), up 134%; Best Buy (BBY), up 126%; Micron Technologies (MU), 119%; Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), 70%; and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), which rose 67% so far in 2013.
Cramer featured both Micron and AMD on last night's show, noting the old-school semiconductors are now riding the coattails of new products like the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
Netflix was left for dead two years ago after the company failed to win customer approval for splitting itself into two services. But now the company is producing its own content and adding subscribers to its already 36 million. Cramer said Best Buy was also abandoned last year after the company's CEO left. But Best Buy's last quarter wasn't that bad, he noted, and the company is making serious efforts to turn itself around. Of course, no mention of turnarounds would be complete without mentioning Hewlett-Packard, which is also cleaning up its act and attracting a lot of investor attention in the process. Cramer said all of these stocks will be hot commodities for hedge funds and money managers going into the second half of the year.Lightning Round
In the Lightning Round, Cramer was bullish on Radian Group (RDN) and American Axle (AXL). Cramer was bearish on Pembina Pipeline (PBA), Cheniere Energy (LNG) and Frontier Communications (FTR).Off The Charts
In the "Off The Charts" segment, Cramer followed up with colleague Marc Sebastian on where the markets might be headed after this week's selloff. Cramer highlighted Sebastian's research on June 11, when Sebastian predicted the markets were indeed poised for the carnage that ensued. Sebastian noted a correlation between the S&P 500 volatility index, commonly known as "the VIX," and the average itself. He said that every time the VIX spikes above 20, as it did today, the markets typically head decisively lower. That pattern has held up in every rise in the VIX since 2008, excluding the lone example of the fiscal cliff in 2012, which was solved at the final hour. The pattern is clear: Sebastian's research showed a sharp rise in the VIX is almost always a precursor to a big market decline. However, when the coloration stops and the market rises while the VIX doesn't budge, then you know the bottom has occurred. Cramer said Sebastian was right two weeks ago, so he's believing him when he says that there is still more pain to come and the bottom in the markets might not yet be at hand.No Huddle Offense
In his "No Huddle Offense" segment, Cramer told viewers they need to be patient and not get aggressive because there are still many questions that have not been answered. Cramer said this week's news taught him autos remain strong, but the consumer may not be. He said he learned the Federal Reserve is staying the course, which means that interest rates are key going forward. But there are still many questions surrounding markets overseas, mainly banking stress in China, socialism in Brazil and weakening demand in India and Russia. Since any one of these things could hurt the markets, Cramer said caution will be the word going into this weekend. To watch replays of Cramer's video segments, visit the Mad Money page on CNBC. -- Written by Scott Rutt in Washington, D.C. To email Scott about this article, click here: Scott Rutt Follow Scott on Twitter @ScottRutt or get updates on Facebook, ScottRuttDCCheck Out Our Best Services for Investors
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Denver-based MapQuest will roll out a new product Thursday called MQ Vibe [3], which the company says will "pivot and repackage the local space."
I'm guessing that means the company believes the new service will have a big impact.
Fusible noted last month that AOL [4], MapQuest's parent company, purchased [5] a social networking site called NVIBE.
Visit NVIBE.com [6] and you'll be redirected to a MapQuest page, with this message: "Something cool is coming to your neighborhood."
MapQuest moved into a new headquarters building in LoDo and shifted [7] its focus this year.
"For a long time, we've been in the business of really helping
people get directions to where they need to go, but as we move
forward, it's really much more about the exploration and discovery
of places and information," MapQuest general manager
Christian Dwyer told me in April.
AOL sold the social networking site Bebo [8] last year for a reported $10 million. AOL paid $850 million for the site just a couple of years earlier.
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A 3rd Circuit Court judge dismissed a case against a Hawaii County official Wednesday because she had not been properly served notice.
Councilwoman Brenda Ford, South Kona/Ka'u, filed a petition against Environmental Management Director Bobby Jean Leithead Todd in August, asking the court to compel Leithead Todd to justify her qualifications for the position.
"Since the respondent is being sued as an individual, not in her official capacity, serving an agent" is not allowed, unless Leithead Todd had appointed that person to accept papers on her behalf, Ibarra said. "The service was not proper and therefore the court does not have jurisdiction over it."
The sheriff who served the paperwork did so at Leithead Todd's county office, leaving the documents with her secretary.
Ibarra said the papers may be served to Leithead Todd at home.
Michael Matsukawa, Ford's attorney, said he will refile the petition.
"There's a statute that says you have to accept the sheriff's return as being valid," Matsukawa said, adding he thought the papers had been properly served.
Leithead Todd, who was off-island Wednesday morning and did not attend the hearing, said she was pleased with Ibarra's ruling.
"I'm very grateful for my attorney's work on my behalf," she said. "At the moment, I'm savoring our victory."
She said she is also waiting to see what comes next.
The petition, "in the nature of quo warranto," is most commonly used in Hawaii to challenge elected officials' qualifications for office, if for example, they don't live in their district. It also was tried unsuccessfully by the so-called "Birther" movement in challenging President Barack Obama's birth certificate and citizenship and thus his qualification to be president.
Ford challenged Leithead Todd's appointment to Environmental Management director, a position Leithead Todd had also held under former Mayor Harry Kim.
Ford, and two other council members, voted against Leithead Todd's appointment, citing a charter amendment that requires the Environmental Management director to be an engineer or hold an equivalent degree. Leithead Todd's law degree does not meet those qualifications, Ford said. The charter amendment was adopted after Leithead Todd's previous tenure as director.
Robert Kim, Leithead Todd's attorney, said he was making a special appearance in court, despite his client not being properly served, because the case was well known to the public.
"This is a political case with grave consequences for all elected and appointed officials in Hawaii," Kim said.
Leithead Todd was "properly nominated by the mayor, properly presented to the County Council and approved by a proper majority of the council," he added.
Kim also presented arguments on several other items in his motion to dismiss. Ibarra declined to rule on those, because he said he lacked the jurisdiction to do anything with the petition.
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Microsoft revealed their "honeymonkey" (Ah! See?! It's not just Google that uses monkeys! And you all thought I was bananas!), a few months ago. the general idea is, instead of waiting for an attacker to come to their site, why not send out a bunch of "monkeys" or automated browsing tools and find the potential attackers.
Here is the article, and is publicly available. ftp://ftp.research.microsoft.com/pub/tr/TR-2005-72.pdf
Great idea, whatever... There is a tiny part which is interestingly appears toward the end of the research - under "3.3 Search Engines as an Infection Vector".
In reference to that particular section of the research document - Half-Full view: Excellent resource - maybe the search engines could validate the sites themselves.
Excellent - So #1, #2 search engines do not censor sites.
Excellent - So #1, #2 have way more sites!
Half-Empty view: Guess who is the #1 and #2 "culprits" in "providing access" to malicious web sites?
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"Light and fun romance."
Audible doesn't tell but this is the first of the series. The remaining order is
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A great regency story, being a modern woman I sometimes want to slap the characters for there actions, but remembering the time and place makes me realize how little choices woman have. Simple romance that had me grinning a few times and I will read the remaining two.
"Slaver Slaying Duo."
Another hit for the Edger's series. Like the last two books George and Jack stole the show, and now Sophie too. I would like to see all three have their own story as adults. Richard is different than you expect him to be, and in this instance that is a good thing. There were a few storyline discrepancy with Richard's back ground and a few of the other books, overall they were easy to ignore but still there. This may be the last book in the series, but it is left in a way that Ilona Andrews can easily decide to write more. I will admit that this book felt long, even though it wasn't any longer than the last two. I recommend the Kate Daniels series if you haven't read it yet. Narrator does an excellent job.
"Great for fans of Poetry."
Admittedly I'm just not into poetry, but it was free so I thought what the heck. I know I'm so refined, not. Now I can see if you like this type of writing this would really work for you, classic poems told by a narrator that hits the right peaks. As for me it passed the time, but I didn't see any big revelation. Thanks Audible for the freebie.
"Anti-hero beginnings."
I like how Cal thinks, he is devious and sarcastic, makes me laugh. While this book has funny parts the main emphasis is showing how Cal managed to have his life trashed so much that he became a D list supervillain. This book leaves you right where the Confessions of a D list Supervillain starts off. I had read Confessions quite some time ago and after listening to this book I went ahead and listened to it again. It was just as fun the second time around. If you're a fan of the internet show of Dr. Horrible's Sing Along, you will like this. Narrator is perfect for the character Cal, shows his dry sense of humor.
"Drink the Milk."
I like children's book, especially if it is done correctly. This started off good with a lot of world building, but nothing that really caught my attention. The longer I listened to it, the more I started to enjoy it. The second half was fun and adventurous. I laugh when they were negotiating with the Troll. Admittedly there was a few parts to the book that annoyed me a bit, such as Seth always disobey, it was so bad that you couldn't believe a word he said. I did like that he was willing to try everything whereas Kendra as scared of her own shadow. I will probably read the remaining books in the series, but I might wait for a sale. I recommend The Spiderwick Chronicles if you like this book. Narrator was okay, although he was mostly easy to listen to, his voice was a bit to whispery and childlike.
"Write yourself out of this one Zenobia Fox."
Another hit for the Iron Seas series. As per the series there is lots of adventure, fantasy, and romance. Ariq and Zenobia make for a steamy couple. I love the steampunk aspect of this series, it is quite imaginative. I went back and reread the other four books in this series because it had been a while since I read them and I was glad I did. The first three books were by a different narrator than the last two. While I didn't mind Alison Larkin as the narrator, I did think that Faye Adele did a better job. Mind you that I don't usually get to annoyed by the narrator as long as the author rocks. I'm hoping there will be more to this series. Start with the prequel Here There Be Monsters if you are interested in this series.
"Four years later…."
I liked this book better than the first book. I even like the narrator and her quirky accents. Bones and Cat have an electric relationship, they are perfect for each other. Cat has really come into her own since the last book. The way the author wrote this book it almost seemed like this was the first book. There is plenty of action and I like the new friends that Cat acquired. Jeanniene Frost really has a way of creating awkward situations and then finding ways to smooth it out when I thought it might be impossible. She often goes into directions with the story that I don't particular like and I wonder if she will be able to write her way out and be able to make me like it. Amazingly she somehow does. I will be continuing onto the next book soon.
"Oh, the choices Evie has to make."
Another hit from Kresley Cole. Yes there is a triangle in this book, but in my opinion why does she have to choose. I certainly wouldn't want to, both Arik and Jack are something special and I wouldn't want to give up either one. I love the tarot card aspect of this series, I secretly think that Jack is the hidden card, and have my suspicions as to which one he is. To me Jack has aspects of John Conner from Terminator. This book went by so fast, that's usually a good sign of a great book. I recommended this series to many of my friends, I needed someone to talk to about it, badly. I can't wait until the next book comes out, I will defiantly snatch it up as soon as it comes out and anything else Kresley Cole comes up with. Narrator does a great job.
"Hit and Miss."
While I enjoyed some parts of the book, others left me rolling my eyes and wonder should I finish the book. The parts I liked was the action, some of the characters and I liked where the plot was leading to. What annoyed me was the sex, it seemed like half the book. Don't get me wrong I usually like that part but it basically over ruled cognitive thinking. Security was overlooked because sex was too important. I didn't like the pack either. I liked some individual characters but as a whole I was not impressed. The book was good enough that I would read the next book if it was on a really good sale, but if I have to pay full price, this is where I stop. There is the beginning of Vampire Mine at the end of this book. Narrator was good for the most part, but I didn't like the voice she used for Mary.
"A remembered goody."
I have always enjoyed Julie Garwood's Highlander books. I read them as a teenager and was in love with them. When this one went on sale I picked it up and reread it. I enjoyed the story again and it brought back memories when I read it the first time. My favorite will always be The Bride with Alex and Jamie. I like how in each book the heroines always have some quirky characteristic that left the hero shaking his head with disbelief. Overall a fun highland romance. Narrator does a good job.
"The Wicked Witch's story."
Levana was always a psychopath/narcissists even as a teenager. She only gets crazier and more destructive the older she gets. This book is like a train wreck, you can't help but look to see what else Levana will do. Her sister Chandler is just as bad, are the parents to blame or were they just bad seeds to begin with. Marissa Meyer really keeps to the details and this book does give us an insight to what a horrible person Levana is. I really feel for Evert. I didn't read the three chapters for Winter only because I hate reading the beginning of a story and not be able to finish it. I will wait until it comes out in November, which makes this book only 5 hrs and 32 mins. This series is an amazing version of fractured fairytales, I love them. This book only wets the appetite for the next book. Series should be read in order. Narrator does an excellent job.


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JACKSONVILLE, Ore. – A Jacksonville woman is hoping that a long-closed popular park and swimming hole on the Applegate River could be the focus of an economic revival in the Applegate Valley.
For nearly seven years, one of the most popular swimming holes on the Applegate River has been off-limits to the general public. The privately owned two acre park was heavily vandalized. So the owners shut it down. Now Christina Duane of Jacksonville wants to see it become a family-friendly place again.
"My focus is wanting to see families together, the extended families, and generations together," Duane says.
Duane is currently in Escrow to buy the park land, with plans to add features with an Old West flavor.
"It's going to be a frontier park theme, so Native American and pioneer things!" Duane says. "We're going to have log frames around the gates with the beautiful signage."
To finance the project, she's created a non-profit organization called "Oh Oregon Frontier Park", an outgrowth of a musical review she created, which tours the western U.S. Her contacts in the production also influence her plans for the donor-funded park.
"We're just going to be in the land acquisition phase and signage this year. The summer camps will start in 2013," She says. "And the visitors center will come in March, of next year. So we have that time-table laid out for opening the park."
One Sunday a month, the park will welcome church groups. A deal with the Applegate River Ranch House next door will provide accommodations and wedding connections. The store next door welcomes the project as well.
"It's a great swimming hole, probably the best swimming hole on the Applegate! And, y'know, if she can get it under control and people take care of it, it'll be good for the community," says Patrick Reynolds at the Applegate Store.
For information on becoming a partner in rebuilding the old wayside park, contact the website for the non-profit "Oh Oregon Frontier Park" at frontierpark.org or call Christina Duane at 541-292-7829.


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The same suspect that robbed an EZ Mart convenience store on June 3rd robbed the same store the very next night.
On June 4, 2010 at around 2:22 a.m., Longview Officers were dispatched to the EZ Mart at 1501 Pine Tree Road for a report of a robbery that had just occurred. Officers arrived and were told by the store clerk that the same suspect that robbed the store on June 3rd had just returned and robbed the store again. The clerk stated the suspect was armed with a short barreled shotgun and demanded money from the register. As the suspect left with the money, he took lottery tickets and cigarettes.
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As part of its wide variety of racing series, NHRA offers the Jr. Street program, in which
teenagers who are 13 to 16 years old can race one another in street vehicles, be they vintage
machines or models straight from the showroom floor. The cars must be full-bodied street-legal
vehicles that meet program requirements. Participants must have a licensed supervising adult in
the car on all runs, which are made on the eighth-mile track using an elapsed time dial-in format
and limited to 9.00 seconds and slower.
Putting together a championship drive is tough. Ask anyone who was lucky enough to come out on top and they likely will tell you it's a daunting task. That isn't lost on Mark Winterbottom. But, to see him week in and week out you wonder if ever fazes. He is what many call a racing machine. Mark captured his 9th A&B Tire Pro Eliminator championship this year in dramatic fashion. Yet, even when he was locked into a tight, four-way battle with brothers Jared Kinson and Jason Mazzotta, and long time friend Joe Silva, Mark kept his cool.
A Tale of Two Knights
It doesn't come as a startling revelation that capturing a championship in any category at New England Dragway is the result of determination, skill and hard work. This year's Indy Auto Parts Super Pro Champion Ray Knight is the epitome of those attributes. Ray has been part of the New England Dragway racing community for decades, recognized by his peers as one of the toughest drivers on the track. But, if you ask him about the most thrilling aspect of this year's hard fought battle you will not hear stories about margins of victories measuring in the ten-thousandths or near perfect reaction times. Instead he will tell you it's the opportunity to share the podium with his son Steven who captured the E.C.O.P.E. Junior Dragster crown.
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Lucas Oil continues its commitment to NHRA Sportsman racing.
Lucas Oil continues its commitment to NHRA Sportsman racing as the sponsor of the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series. "Having come through the Sportsman ranks myself, I know how important it is to have the support you need to compete," said Morgan Lucas of Lucas Oil Products. "These are our people, these are our customers.
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2015 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Schedule Released
Glendora, CA
The NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series returns for a 14th season with premier events taking place across the country in all seven NHRA divisions it was announced today by NHRA officials. The 2015 schedule will feature 45 divisional events with a minimum of six in each of the seven divisions. There will also be 25 regional events featuring the 260-mph Top Alcohol Dragster and Top Alcohol Funny Car classes.
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Inch by inch, row by row, gonna make this garden grow... David Mallett, "Garden Song"
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Inspired by the blooming of spring and all its glory, this vibrant candle holder has so many features - the 3D flowers and butterflies seem as though they are really in flight. The color motif of the candle holder will fit with a lot of different color pallets, as neutral colors are combined with fun, bright colors. Place votive candles in the three glass holders to add ambiance to your room. Buy more than one to add more eclectic color to your decor!
Made from metal, this piece measures 40"H x 14"W x 3"D and weighs 2.5 lbs. Clean with a damp, clean cloth. Dry with soft, clean cloth. Low level of assembly is required (approximately 5 minutes). For indoor use only.
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Rear Motor Mount Plates for Triumph Motorcycles - Chopper Style - The highest quality reproduction engine mount plates available, these Triumph motor mount plates are for 1963 - 1970 unit Triumph frames. Featuring a beautifully TIG welded pivot with an oilite bushing pressed in place. Our motor mount plates are the only ones available with this bushing, giving you years and years of smooth brake pedal operation. This is the 'chopper' style, which is cut down and only for use on unit Triumph motorcycles in a hardtail frame.Triumph engines had the same motor mounts from '63 on up, so these will also work to put your 70's 650 c.c. or 750 c.c. engine into a 1963 - '70 frame. The only thing to watch for is the later 70's Triumphs when they switched to left hand shift, because the brake pivot will be on the wrong side. Sold per pair.
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Dive Mask by Gary Panter | |
Written by Mike Baehr | Filed under Gary Panter | 6 Jan 2010 8:44 PM |
Take a couple of minutes to read Gary Panter 's short prose story for the Significant Objects project — you won't regret it. Here's a taste:
"I needed two masks in order to navigate downstream and surprise a canoe-load of moonlit necking teens. The rubber Mole Man mask I ordered from the back of Famous Monsters was my major expense, $39.95, so I had to skimp on the scuba gear. I traded my hand-cranked tin helicopter and Flintstone Village to my goofy uncle for a rubber diving mask. It was a good one, by Dacor, makers of fine snorkeling gear since 1953. I wanted flippers and a snorkel, but no luck. I scared the teens silly."


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Today I realize that I'm with a dom transman; an intimate master in bed, a heart that beats in ways so human, a mind that is aware of its own ups and downs.
We're lucky to be, to have found each other. I'm in love and, juvenile as it is, that's all that matters in my life at this moment.
I'd better get my head together for my avocado and potato and golden beet salads this afternoon. Oy vey! School XD
As I write this I realize that none of this would be awesome without the polyamoury aspect. He gets that I'm able and probably will love more than just him, even if he is monogamous. I am myself, and I would never let it be otherwise. *smiles*


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Stockton woman pleads no contest to drug charges
By MIKE CORN
The Stockton woman who authorities said received methamphetamine from former Rooks County Sheriff Randy Axelson pleaded no contest Tuesday to a series of charges as part of a plea agreement.
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By MIKE CORN
The Stockton woman who authorities said received methamphetamine from former Rooks County Sheriff Randy Axelson pleaded no contest Tuesday to a series of charges as part of a plea agreement.
Kara A. Horn, wearing a florescent yellow Rooks County jail outfit, appeared in Ellis District Court for a hearing on the plea agreement.
During the 30-minute hearing, Horn pleaded no contest to two counts of possession of methamphetamine and a single count of aggravated endangerment of a child, all felonies.
She originally had been charged with four felony charges, as well as two misdemeanor charges. The other three charges were dismissed as part of a plea agreement.
While District Judge Ed Bouker ordered a pre-sentence investigation, the plea agreement suggests her criminal background will result in an overall underlying prison sentence of 40 months.
She's expected to be placed on community corrections for three years, however.
Horn was arrested in late December on the charges, a turn of events that eventually resulted in the arrest of Axelson, who was serving as sheriff at the time.
He since has resigned and pleaded guilty in late July to four felony charges, two counts of distribution of methamphetamine within 1,000 feet of a school and two counts of distribution of methamphetamine.
Five remaining charges filed against him were dismissed by Ellis County Attorney Tom Drees, who was named a special prosecutor in the case.
There's no sentencing agreement in Axelson's plea agreement, other than a request from Drees for a total sentence of 64 months in prison.
Axelson's attorney, Kurt Kerns, Wichita, has indicated he will ask Bouker to depart from the state's sentencing guidelines.
His sentencing hearing is set for Dec. 11.
Sentencing for Horn has not been scheduled, pending completion of the pre-sentence report.


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The Iceland Rovers way of travel, accommodation, culture and excellent food are all important elements of our journey where small details reflect on the whole travel experience. Our small groups make the experience more personal and help you get a better understanding of both culture and the nature that surrounds you.
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November 29, 2011
Department of Justice
United States Attorney William C. Killian Eastern District of Tennessee
Cosby Man Sentenced To Oover 24 Years In Prison For Drug Trafficking
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - Johnny Carl Grooms, 59, of Cosby, Tenn., was sentenced in U.S. District Court on November 28, 2011, to serve 292 months in prison for his May 2011 trial convictions of conspiring to distribute oxycodone and cocaine, interstate travel to further drug trafficking, possession of oxycodone with the intent to distribute, distribution of cocaine, possession of firearms by a convicted felon, and illegally trafficking in ginseng. In addition to the prison term, the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, U.S. District Judge, ordered Grooms to serve eight years of supervised release and pay $1,600 in assessments.
In the fall of 2008, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) received reports that Grooms was illegally trafficking in wild American ginseng, a protected plant. The Lacey Act, a century-old federal law for the protection of wildlife, fish and plants against commercial trafficking, makes it a federal offense to transport interstate for sale wildlife, fish or plants taken or sold in violation of state law as well as making it an offense to commercially traffic in such wildlife, fish, and plants that have been taken in violation of federal law.
In September 2008 a USFWS special agent, posing as a ginseng dealer, contacted Grooms at his business, the Park Entrance Grocery in Cosby. In addition to discussing the illegal trafficking in ginseng, Grooms was also observed selling drugs, including oxycodone, hydrocodone, and Xanax, from the counter at the store. In later recorded conversations, Grooms detailed how he was "sponsoring" trips by persons from Cocke County to "pain clinics" in Fort Lauderdale and Boca Raton, Fla. He detailed how the process worked, with individuals going first to the clinics, paying for a referral to a MRI lab (often located in truck trailers next to strip clubs), returning to the clinic for a doctor to issue a prescription, and then filling the prescription, either at a dispensary located at the clinic or at out-of-state pharmacies, often in southeast Georgia because Tennessee pharmacists would refuse to fill the prescriptions. Oxycodone 30 milligram tablets were prescribed in quantities of 180 to 240 at a time, in addition to 180 oxycodone 15 milligram tablets, Xanax, and Soma (carisoprodol, a muscle relaxant). A Greeneville pharmacist who testified at trial explained that drug abusers seek this "drug cocktail" of opioids and benzodiazepines to potentiate the effects of the narcotics, extending the "high" and controlling withdrawal symptoms. Grooms paid the expenses of the trips, including hotels and air fare, as well as the costs of the clinic visits and the prescriptions in exchange for half of the drugs obtained. He then sold the pills from the Park Entrance Grocery, usually charging a dollar a milligram for an oxycodone tablet.
P In a January 2010 recorded conversation, Grooms bragged that he had "15 people down there" in Florida obtaining drugs for him. Grooms' brother Terry Grooms and his son Jonathan Grooms, along with seven others, pleaded guilty to conspiring with Johnny Grooms to obtain and distribute oxycodone. Several of the co-conspirators testified that Grooms paid for them and others to travel to "pain clinics" in Florida to obtain prescriptions for oxycodone and other controlled substances. The scheme included traveling by air from Knoxville and Tri-Cities, Tenn., to south Florida as well as travel by automobile, often in Grooms's van. Grooms paid his co-conspirators to have the prescriptions filled at pharmacies in Florida, Georgia, and elsewhere, paying cash for the narcotics. Grooms also used MoneyGrams sent from the Wal-Mart in Newport to transfer funds to be used for obtaining drugs and paying expenses of the trips to obtain drugs.
Grooms required his co-conspirators to provide half or more of the pills obtained to him which he then sold from the Park Entrance Grocery in Cosby. Many of the people Grooms enlisted to obtain oxycodone for him were prescription drug addicts. He used their addiction to promote his criminal enterprise, including coercing sex from young women desperate for pills to ease their "pill sickness" (withdrawal symptoms). However, Grooms himself was not addicted to prescription drugs.
In September 2009, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and other law enforcement agents recovered pills, firearms and numerous drug ledgers during the execution of a search warrant. The drug ledgers, kept in paper bags with the drug customers' names, contained lists of the pills sold as well as IOUs for pills sold on credit and records of expenses for pill trips. A review of those records showed that Grooms trafficked in over 500 grams of oxycodone, well over 17,000 pills.
Grooms was also convicted of conspiring to distribute cocaine. He broke larger quantities of cocaine down into half-gram bags at the Park Entrance Grocery, which he sold for $50 per bag. Witnesses testified at trial that he had been selling cocaine from the store since at least 2002. In early February 2009, Grooms provided a sample of cocaine to the undercover USFWS and then sold the agent an ounce of cocaine later that month.
Grooms also delivered multiple pounds of wild ginseng to the USFWS undercover agent on four separate occasions in 2009 and 2010. He did not have a dealer permit nor records of ginseng sales as required by Tennessee state law. Ginseng roots, which had been marked by the National Park Service in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (GSMNP), were also found in the ginseng sold by Grooms. He acknowledged during the recorded conversations that he knew ginseng he was obtaining had been illegally taken from the GSMNP. A National Park Service botanist explained that illegal harvesting from the GSMNP threatens the Park's ginseng population.
The indictment and subsequent conviction of Grooms was the result of a three year investigation conducted by the USFWS, DEA, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Cocke County Sheriff's Office, National Park Service, Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, and Federal Bureau of Investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorney Neil Smith represented the United States at trial.


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Butler's pretty cool. I'd be lying if I said otherwise, and of course with any cool school, there come's another important factor: Hogsmeade. If you're like me and grew up with the character's of Harry Potter, you probably accept the necessity of a place of fun and relaxation outside of the school grounds. And although you won't find Butter Beer or Warlocks walking around you're sure to find some interesting people there as well as drinks for those of age.
But for those under 21 a whole host of other options are available. Some of the best food in the city can be found in this area, and at affordable prices. Broad Ripple Bagel Deli, Yatz (A Cajun place), and Noodles and Company to name a few. What's wonderful is how it's an easy drive away. Bit of advice: make friends with someone who has a car. That's saved my sanity on a number of occasions through the years.
A recent find for me was the Farmer's Market that is ensconced away behind Broad Ripple High School. This marketplace brings the freshest products from the area to residents of Indianapolis. You will find a stand with the "Honey Guy" as I know him by. He owns a bee farm and sells, you guessed it, honey! Fresh produce abound, as do the finest dairy and meat products. Finally, I bring to you the best advice anyone can give you in regards to the Farmer's Market: buy a crepe. But not just any crepe. The banana and Nutella crepe. Delicious is not your companion until you have tried it.
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Man shows off alleged bigfoot "body"
San Antonio, TX — A man claims he shot and killed a Bigfoot in San Antonio and says he has the body to prove it, Tim Gerber got a look at the 'evidence.'
Rick Dyer, Bigfoot Tracker, "Step right up. They're going to see Bigfoot and I'm telling you it's a real Bigfoot."
Rick Dyer has claimed for a year and half that he shot and killed a Bigfoot on the Northwest side. Now he's giving people a chance to see it for themselves, "Come in take a peek and listen to my story and see my evidence first hand and you can make up your own mind."
He invited me inside the trailer to see what's left of the body, "This is just the hide. That is all. The only that is taxidermied is the face, the hands and the feet."
I was less than impressed and I'm not the only one to walk away unconvinced Paul Molter, Visitor, "I saw the body. To me it looks like it's the remnant of a bear rug."
Paul Molter, a local hunter and skeptic, was hoping for proof, "Does it convince me 100 percent, no. Is it physical proof that he may be telling the truth, maybe."
Dyer's past involvement in a Bigfoot hoax in 2008 has earned him plenty of critics. Some even say he's a fraud and a scammer, but he says he's not making money off of this, just entertaining people, "People this is a sideshow right here.. If that's what you wanna believe, then go ahead and believe it.. It don't hurt my feelings.. but you will definitely get your money's worth when you come out here."
Dyer is charging adults $10 and children $5 to take the tour. After paying his expenses, he says he's not making a profit.


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Liverpool City Sightseeing Tour
Because baby, you can't drive my car. The Liverpool tour.
There's no better way to see everything Liverpool, England has to offer than the Liverpool City Sightseeing Tour from Rail Europe. Why worry about driving, tickets or public transport when you can take a fun open-air double-decker bus around, and hop on and off at will? Or start by staying on for the whole 60-minute bus tour route before deciding where to stop first. You'll see the Liver Building, which regardless of its name is actually quite tasteful. An architectural masterpiece in fact. And while we're on the subject of masterpieces, lets not forget your proximity to the home of the most fab rock group of all time. And we'd be remiss if we didn't suggest a visit the world-famous art museum, The Walker. We just don't suggest that you be one. After all, there's so much to see. The Liverpool City Sightseeing Tour. You'll love it yeah, yeah, yeah.
Here's what's included:
- A voucher valid for 24 hours on a Hop on/Hop off open-air double-decker tour bus
- 14 stops throughout Liverpool with departures every 20 - 30 minutes
- English commentary
- Child rates are valid for children ages 5 - 15.
- Rail Europe voucher is exchanged for your Liverpool City Sightseeing tour.
- Special savings option allows you to purchase just one pass that will cover 2 adults and up to 3 children.
Hours of Operation:
- April 1 - July 31, 2015: 9:50am - 4:50pm
- Tour only operates April 1 - July 31, 2015.
- Voucher must be exchanged within 3 months of the date of purchase.
- Some buses may be wheelchair accessible. Please inquire locally.
- Prices are subject to change.
- Canada Boulevard: Mersey Ferries
- Chapel Street: Western Approaches
- Victoria Street: Matthew Street
- Sir Thomas Street: Tourist Information Centre
- Brownlow Hill: Adelphi Hotel
- Mount Pleasant: Metropolitan Cathedral
- Upper Duke Street: Anglican Cathedral
- Mann Island
- Lord Street: The Beatles Shop
- William Brown Street: World Museum & Library, Walker Art Gallery, St George's Hall
- Hope Street: Philharmonic Dining Rooms


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Registration for the 2014 season is now closed.
Our 2014 harvest season runs for 22 weeks, from June to October.
For the vegetables, we offer two types of shares: Full Shares and Half Shares. Full shares are distributed weekly throughout the season. Half share members receives the same amount of food every other week. Your shares are harvested as close to the distribution day as is physically possible (generally the day before) so that you can enjoy the freshest food available.
Vegetable Share: $460 Full Share (22 weeks) or $240 Half Share (11 Distributions) *both average about $20/week. Discounted shares available to eligible families.
La Baraja Farm offers over 50 different types and varieties of vegetables, some of which are traditional Mexican ingredients in addition to regional staples. The vegetable share will include swiss chard, kale, tomatillo, celery, squash, beets, cilantro, lettuce, quelites, spinach, cabbage, broccoli, potatos, tomatoes, sweet corn, and many varieties of peppers. Typically, each week's share contains 7-9 different items(1-2lbs each), enough to feed a family of 2-4.
Fruit Share: $198 Full Share (22 weeks) *$9/week
Wilklow Orchards, located in the Hudson Valley, will bring us–nature permitting–a wide variety of high quality fruit throughout the season, including: all kinds of berries, nectarines and peaches, red and black currants, apples, pears and plums. The fruit is seasonal and comes from a "low spray" orchard. A typical share might consist of a pint of berries or several pounds of apples. Enjoy the immediate vibrancy of locally grown fruit.


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[If possible, ask a junior-age boy to present this first-person report.]
Kiril is an ordinary boy in most ways. He likes to work with computers and make things with his hands. But Kiril believes that God loves him in a special way. Let's let _______ [name of boy presenting the story] tell Kiril's story.
"When I was little I lived with my mother and my grandparents in Moscow, the capital city of Russia. [Locate Moscow or Russia on the map.] "One day my mom went away and never came back. My grandparents drank a lot and didn't spend time with me, so I often went for long walks by myself.
"One winter day when my grandparents were drunk, I went for a walk. I walked and walked. It was cold outside, and I began to shiver. I saw steam coming out of a heating vent, so I sat down on it to get warm. But I was still cold. I got sleepy and fell asleep on the vent.
"When I woke up, I didn't recognize anything. Someone told me that two men found me nearly dead lying on the heating vent. They took me to the hospital.
"I stayed in the hospital several days. Then I was transferred to a children's home where I stayed while the people looked for my mother. I liked the children's home, for I had good food and a nice bed.
"One day the matron of the children's home told me that the police couldn't find my mother so I was going to live in an orphanage. I didn't want to leave the children's center, but I had no choice.
"One day a man and woman came to visit me in the orphanage. They asked me questions and told me about their family. Then one day they came back and asked me, 'Would you like to come and live with us and be our son?'
"I was so happy! I would have a real family again! I felt like crying, but I nodded my head yes. When I had lived with my mother, I was the youngest of three boys. In my new family I am the oldest of five boys! We get pretty noisy, but my parents don't mind.
"My new parents are so kind to me. They're teaching me about Jesus and showing me how to pray. When I told my parents about the men who found me on the heating vent, my new father said that God had sent those men to find me and save my life. Maybe they were angels; I don't know. I just know that from that moment on, my life has changed. God has given me new parents who have taught me to love and trust God in all that I do. Now I'm not only part of a new family in Russia, but I am part of Jesus' family too.


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