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Lightening Branches, by UK artist Andrew Campbell I wrote last week about fear of failure, and how dreamers and pessimists get addicted to and paralyzed by this fear. Since most of us are to some degree dreamers (idealists, and those hopeful for a better future) or pessimists (the poor and disenfranchised, the more knowledgeable of us, and those who lack self-esteem), the cost of this addiction, in terms of getting things done that could make our world a better place, must be enormous. I prescribed some rather weak treatments for this addiction (surround yourself with people who love you, collaborate with others to overcome obstacles, learn something new to chip away at the fear of the unknown, and have a Plan B to fall back on). It seems to me there is something else besides fear of failure holding us back, however, something that is in some ways connected to fear of failure, and that, for want of a better term, is lack of presence. We are so distracted by stress, by overwhelming amounts of information and demands on our time and attention, that we rarely live in the moment, we are rarely really 'all here'. In business this is called 'lack of focus', but it is something much more profound and personal than that. This lack of presence I think manifests itself in an inability to take joy in simple, beautiful things ("no time"), an inability to concentrate on one thing at a time, an inability to meditate, pay attention, 'quiet your mind', think differently or imaginatively, or relax, an 'insensitivity' in every 'sense' of that that word, an inability to have non-competitive fun, a distrust of our instincts and emotions, and perhaps even an inability to really love (other than in the shallowest, escapist way). Things are the way they are for a reason, and I suspect there is both a short-term and long-term Darwinian reason why so many of us today seem to lack 'presence'. The short-term reason is that presence cannot easily happen in an environment of constant stress — it takes time and opportunity to turn off the Machine in Our Heads and really live in the moment. We are not rewarded for it — in school and in work we are rewarded for juggling many tasks simultaneously, doing abstract things well, taking on more stress, producing more 'stuff', and living in 'clock time' that marches forever forward in relentless, constant increments. It 'pays' to live inside our heads instead of in the real world. And as a consequence, attention has become a scarce commodity, and though we spread it around as best we can, we no longer have adequate time to pay sufficient attention to anything. When we cannot pay attention to the real world, we stop living in it, and become (as Varela put it) disconnected from our own experiences. We see everything — nature, the rest of life on Earth and everything that happens to it — as 'other', as apart from us, rather than seeing ourselves 'realistically' as a part of all life on Earth, a part of everything that happens. We become autistic, antisocial, biophobic, psychopathic, absent, in the original sense of these words. Stress makes us mentally ill. The neurons in our brains are, when we are young, very plastic, and they form themselves in patterns needed to do what we do as we grow. In modern civilization that means learning language, and doing all the school and work tasks we are forced to spend most of our young lives doing. Our neural paths are therefore physically programmed into our brain to make us creatures of abstraction and distraction, not 'present' in the real world. So now not only do we have to make the time for presence, 'cure ourselves' of our mental illness, we have to work against all the programming in our brain that has not equipped us for presence, that 'hard wires' us for 'ab-sense'. No wonder it is so difficult! I wrote last year about the book Presence that presented a U-shaped 'presencing' process chart and defined presence and our need for it as follows: The core capacity needed to access the field of the future is presence — being fully conscious and aware in the present moment, listening, being open beyond one's preconceptions and historical ways of 'making sense'.
As long as our thinking is governed by industrial, machine-age habit, we will continue to recreate institutions [corporations, schools etc.] as they have been, despite their disharmony with the larger world, and the need of all living systems to evolve. The authors wrote principally for a business audience, though my guess, from looking at the dreadful sales data, is that they might have been wiser to aim it at individuals. Big business is not ready for such heresy. Varela, whose work largely inspired the book, suggests three steps to achieving presence:
He acknowledges the difficulty of doing this, and the amount of practice it requires, and criticizes those who arrogantly argue there is one 'best way' to do this. He also suggests that a consequence of our 'ab-sense', our lack of presence, is that we end up living in a figment of reality, a thin, shallow, objectified representation of reality in our own heads. Part of that thin, one-dimensional representation of reality in our heads, according to research done by Canadian biophysicist Peter Beamish is our conception of time. He argues that most animal communication, except in times of stress, is not "signal-based" like ours, but rather "rhythm-based". This is because, he says, humanity has become so focused on one-dimensional, abstract linear time, and so constantly stressed, we have lost touch with another dimension of time he calls "rhythm-based time" or "Now Time", which is based on interval and music, rather than on sequence, and which has the characteristics of waves, rather than particles. Now Time is the original complex time 'dimension' that most animals, living in the moment, at times of low stress, continue to inhabit, and within which rhythm-based intra-species and inter-species communication occurs. Humans, in their modern prosthetic inside-the-head representation of the universe, formed and limited by language, spend most of their lives in local, one-dimension mechanical "watch time", and are able to communicate only through the signal-based communications that function in that limited dimension. The communication of Gaia is important, and takes its time. The communication of humans is merely urgent. This is of course extremely difficult to understand conceptually: it's like trying to imagine string theory's eleven dimensions by looking at explanatory two-dimensional pictures. Artist Andrew Campbell offers a 'map' of Now Time in the graphic above, accompanied by this explanation: Of memories Mind <ñ fills up – firms up with many background & foreground sensations and thoughts and through many works and much imagination it arrives at an outcome. Mind full now only of <ñoñ> as it contemplates itself ñ by opening up middle-ground and entering in the circle ñdeep mind- the single thought offers a new line ñ> it is off again- an emergence, bareback riding against the landscapes of infinite possibilities. This map has ten thousand lines ñ Imagine ñ when you make something, even as fragile as a single thought or a simple dream, under its surface living carpets of complexity lie hidden, as many as the visible lines here- ten thousand times ten thousand layers. The memory of a single face is an occasion for the many to map in the one, standing still at the centre, it a very fragile point in the mist of dreams, eternity in an hour. The circle is the eye of the needle at the arch of the U ñ the eye of the storm.
The 'arch of the U' he refers to is the bottom-point of the process in the book Presence, the point of "presencing", the still point between letting go and letting come (allowing to emerge). Meditation, sleep, love, music and the arts, spending time in nature, other exercises that focus attention, and activities like Open Space that acknowledge complexity and allow time for emergence can all, it is claimed, open us to Now Time, and hence to be present, here, now. I confess I'm not very good at any of these things, though I keep trying. There is, I think, a connection between fear of failure and lack of presence. They are both to some extent manifestations of failure to 'realize' the truth. Living day-to-day in modern civilized society really demands the perpetuation of both these 'ab-senses'. As Eliot wrote: Go, said the bird, for the leaves were full of children,
Hidden excitedly, containing laughter. Go, go, go, said the bird: human kind Cannot bear very much reality. Time past and time future What might have been and what has been Point to one end, which is always present. Rousseau pointed out how different children, who have not yet acquired either fear of failure or lack of presence, are from adults, and the folly of education systems that assume they are like adults and instill in them the fear of failure and lack of presence. Eliot not only acknowledges this, and the inability of adults to 'bear reality', but echoes Beamish's argument that the only true time, Now Time, is 'always present'. Without fear of failure we would all go off and do what we wanted, instead of what we're doing now, and civilization as we know it would simply collapse. That would be a good thing, quickly and profoundly redistributing de facto power from the few to the many. But it would be tumultuous, anarchic (in the positive sense of the word), disruptive and, at least in the short run, possibly even more damaging to our already-struggling environment than civilization culture is. And without lack of presence we might find the truth of what we've become and what we're doing to this world so unbearable that we might commit suicide in massive numbers (perhaps that accounts for the short life span of so many great artists). Our current global mental illness is arguably a coping mechanism. If becoming truly 'present' did not overwhelm us with grief, it might overwhelm us with anger, fury at what civilization has robbed us of. Neither alternative would bode well for civilization. Better to keep the people 'absent', unaware of what they are missing, of how their lives and this world are being wasted. If the lunatics are running the asylum, what chance would a sane person have of surviving in it anyway? I'm not arguing that civilization was some massive, deliberate conspiracy. It was a natural evolution for a species that is inherently fierce, intelligent, adaptable and socially malleable — civilization, beginning with agriculture, evolved because without it our naturally ill-equipped species, facing ice ages and the sudden extinction of the big game animals it depended on, would probably have perished. Here's a great little story "The Way It's Always Been Done", from Jeff Bridges (yes, the actor) explaining how the great idea of civilization has morphed into the soul- and Earth-destroying monstrosity it is today. Civilization today, although it is The Only Life We Know, the "way it's always been done", has outgrown its usefulness. And while overcoming our fear of failure and our lack of presence will make us increasingly intolerant of civilization's excesses, we must do both if we are to be part of the solution to those excesses. There's an implosion coming, and while it may still be more comfortable in civilization's bosom now, the edge is a much safer, saner place to be,and from here, you can see everything. Thanks to deconsumption for the link to Jeff Bridges' story, and to Andrew for the inspiration for this post. |


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Built in 1842 and operated through 1865, the fort's purpose was to protect the Chickasaw and Choctaw Tribes from marauding plains tribes. Log structures were built at first (an officer's quarters is open for viewing today), then permanent native sandstone and refined wooden structures were built. Federal forces abandoned the fort at the beginning of the Civil War in 1862. Confederate forces then occupied it and it became a major supply depot for Confederate troops in Indian Territory. In 1962, the fort was acquired by the Oklahoma Historical Society, who restored some of the fort's original ...
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Toad Eyes Talks Hiatus, Explosive Warts, and Kicking People in the Face
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After becoming big stars among the Biscayne Corridor's Senior High and Junior College demographics (not to mention landing spots on tastemaking scene showcases like Death To The Sun 2011 and the most recent edition of Sweatstock), proggy pop-punk power trio Toad Eyes is taking an indefinite hiatus.
The cause turns out to be the most heinously un-rock'n'roll sabateur of them all: higher education. Check the cut for a goodbye Q&A with Toad Eyes.
Crossfade: How long has Toad Eyes been a band?
Fern: For two and a half years, although Alex and I have been playing together for four years.
Chris: Our first show was August 30, 2010. I view that as the Anniversary Dinner day.
Why is Toad Eyes breaking up?
Fern: We thought that with the release of our new EP and the successful addition of a fourth member [Virginia De Las Pozas], it would be the perfect moment to end the band.
Alex: Drugs addictions.
Chris: I want to take time off to practice my golf arm.
Toad Eyes' Top Five Memories
5. Release of Honeybadger EP
"We packed Sweat Records (to our surprise) and people were crowd surfing. One of our friends kicked the lamp hanging above him, and it came down on one of our friends."
4. Random Show at MOCA
"We played this MOCA show back in January, and Chris talked about the dream he had the night before, about how he was walking and saw the prettiest girl he ever saw. He then grabs a random girl and starts making out with her. That whole night the room also smelled like Doritos."
3. Philly
"When we were in Philly on tour with Ice Cream and we played this basement show. It was hot as hell and in the middle of the show we stopped because people started freaking out about the smoke rising out of Alex's bass cab."
2. Alex's Wart Removal
"Not only did his wart explode on his cousin's face, the doctor gave him third-degree burns when trying to remove it fully. He played with half a finger."
1. Back Patio at Churchill's
"I remember a girl on some guys shoulders and they got on stage right in front of Alex, and just jumped into the crowd. The drummer of Acidosis came up to us after and told us that he kicked someone in the face."
Do you have any immediate plans to play new music?
Fern: We're gonna get the band back together once we move up to Boston [to attend Berklee School of Music]. I've also got a new project with Virginia named the Real Audrey Horne.
Chris: I might start playing drums with this band called Milk Spot that used to play a lot of shows with Ice Cream. Maybe, start a new band. I like the name Church Bus.
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The Last Will and Testament of Rev. Cornelis Van Santvoord ca. 1693-1752
of Wills, Vol IV, 1744-1753, pages 422 & 423: In
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in health, "and considering, especially in this sickly and dangerous
time, the uncertainty of the hour, as well as the certainty of our
departing this life." "Before disposing of my worldly estate,
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Ramesh, K and Rao, Ramesh N and Sangunni, KS and Gopal, ESR (2003) Electrical resistivity of Cu doped As–Se glasses at high pressure. In: Physica Status Solidi (b), 235 (2). pp. 536-541.
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Electrical resistivity measurements have been performed on $Cu_xAs_4_0Se_{60-x}$ glasses with x between 0 and 28 at% of Cu. The resistivity of these glasses continuously decreases and saturates at higher quasi-hydrostatic pressures. The pressure derivative of the electrical resistivity shows distinct changes as a function of composition; a large change for the initial addition of Cu (\geq 10 at% Cu) and levelling off for higher content of Cu. To understand this, Differential Scanning Calorimetric (DSC) and thermal crystallization studies have been carried out on all these glasses. Thermal crystallization of As-Se glasses with 5 and 10 at% Cu results in crystalline $Cu_3AsSe_4$ and $As_2Se_3$ phases, whereas glasses with 15 and 20 at% of Cu crystallize into $Cu_3AsSe_4$ phase only. Glasses with 25 and 28 at% of Cu yield a new binary $Cu_2As_3$ and the ternary $Cu_3AsSe_4$ phase. These structural differences arising as a function of composition are reflected in the pressure derivative of the resistivity of the glasses.
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Meet the Bigg Boss 5 contestants
The celebrity reality show Bigg Boss has landed in one controversy after another in its earlier seasons. So, with season five about to commence, the suspense is growing about the new inmates.
Bigg Boss 5 starts on October 2 and will be hosted by Salman Khan and Sanjay Dutt.
This season has quite a few interesting names, and a host of international guests.
We take a look at some of the contestants in the Bigg Boss house, Season 5.
Shraddha Sharma
Actress Shraddha Sharma made headlines mostly for her relationship with ex-beau Raja Chaudhary (Shweta Tiwari's estranged husband).
Raja assaulted her after the couple had a heated argument and then Shraddha was severely beaten up by him and suffered bruises and scratches all over her body.
Image: Shraddha Sharma
Laxmi Narayan Tripathi
Celebrity transgender and social activist Laxmi Narayan Tripathi continues the tradition of representing sexual minorities on the show which started with actor Bobby Darling, followed by designer Rohit Verma in season three, and Pakistan's Begum Nawazish Althat.
Laxmi was part of TV shows like Sach Ka Saamna and Raaz Picchle Janam Ka.
Image: Laxmi Narayan Tripathi
After Pamela Anderson's three-day cameo appearance on Bigg Boss last year, the channel has roped in singer Shakira for a guest appearance in the fifth season. She will enter the house at a later day.
If everything goes well, the Latin songstress will stay in the Bigg Boss house for five days.
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Jonty Rhodes
Former South African cricketer Jonty Rhodes, 42, has confirmed his participation in the fifth season. But like Shakira, he will also enter the house at a later date.
He was part of the South African cricket team from 1992-2003 and was best known for his superb fielding.
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Nihita Biswas
Nihita Biswas, 22, is the wife of smuggler and serial killer Charles Sobhraj. Last year, she married Sobhraj, who is serving life imprisonment in Nepal, and instantly acquired mini celebrity status.
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Mike Tyson
Former world heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson is no newcomer to India. He made his Bollywood debut in 2007, in a music video for a Hindi film called Fool-n-Final, a comedy centred on a bunch of criminals. Like singer Shakira and cricketer Jonty Rhodes, he will enter the house at a later date.
The highly successful American boxer was known for his combative and aggressive behaviour inside and outside the ring.
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Mahek Chahal
Actress Mahek Chahal, who was last seen in the films Wanted and in an item song in Yamla Pagla Deewana, has been away due to a personal tragedy. But now she is back and has entered the Bigg Boss house.
Mahek hopes to stay in the house for the entire period and emerge as the winner. This will be her second reality show. She was earlier part of a Norwegian reality show, where she was the only Asian participant.
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Shonali Nagrani
Shonali Nagrani is a model and an actress, who has made appearances in films like Dil Bole Hadippa and Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi. She has hosted a couple of TV shows as well.
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Pooja Mishra
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Juhi Parmar
Juhi Parmar is best known for her role as the title character Kumkum in the popular TV serial. She has participated in various reality shows like Pati, Patni aur Woh, Say Shava Shava, Saas v/s Bahu and the recent Maa Exchange.
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Shakti Kapoor
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by Blondeau, Anne-Marie; Katia Buffetrille (Eds.)
Price: US$37.88 (SGD50.50*)Format: Paper Back, 364 pagesPublished: 2008, USA, 1st EditionISBN: 9780520249288SB#: 044912 (101)
For many years there have of course been opposing interpretations of Tibet's recent history. In 1989 the Chinese government published "100 Questions About Tibet" to which they gave short clear answers, of course from China's official point of view. This book is a revision of work done in 2002 by 13 international Tibet scholars at the Paris Ecole Pratique Des Hautes Etudes when they reviewed the questions and offered carefully researched non-polemical answers. These were largely different from the answers given by the Chinese publication but did not necessarily accord with the Dalai Lama's approach. The 100 questions are grouped as: Historical facts; Human rights; Policies towards the Dalai Lama; Population; Religious belief; Right to autonomy; Culture and education; Economic development; Livelihood of the people and Riot in Lhasa. With chronology, glossary and references.
* Actual charges are made in Singapore Dollars (SGD). SGD1.00 = US$0.75


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Now that you know how I feel about the word "diet", I want to dive into two "diets" that I do support from both personal experience and expert advice. The two diets, of which you may be familiar, are The Zone and Paleo/Primal.
First, I want to give you a little background on my personal experience with these two diets. When I graduated college it dawned on me that I had packed a bit extra baggage to take home. I moved back home and started a cardio kickboxing program at the karate school I attended as a kid. I also started training for a half marathon in November. I switched to eating mostly whole grains and lower fats since that was what most of the articles I found on MSN health and other sites suggested. Also, continuing with the "carbo-load" mindset from high school track, I ate tons of pastas and breads before a long run along with high carb "recovery" snacks after cardio class. October hits and I realize that I haven't lost a pound; if anything, I had gained more. So I started counting calories. I found an awesome app on my iTouch called Lose It!. It had me enter my weight, goal weight, and birthday (as a goal completion date). Soon I got the hang of it and slowly started losing weight. At first I tried to keep my fat intake below 20%, protein around 20%, and carb around 60%. After 5 long months I was down about 15 lbs. I was also super agitated, irritable, not quite approachable...
Another back story: Most of my life I have been struggling with a skin irritation that was present on my underarm, thigh, and feet. I hated it. It was uncomfortable and ugly. However, I never took the time to get it checked out. I guess I had learned to live with it for so long I just took it for what it was. Then one day I was reading an article that mentioned a wheat intolerance may be to blame. Interesting, I thought, since I had been inundating myself with articles and sites from CrossFit and had come across this idea before. I jumped on a few sites and read more about the Paleo/Primal diet. I decided to give it a shot and cut out wheat for a week. Within days the irritation subsided. A week or so later I ate some pasta and WHAM!, skin irritation. Bingo! No more wheat for me! Just like it. I kept reading more about Paleo/Primal and also cut out peanut butter (replaced with almond butter), white potatoes, oats, and rice. Remember that agitation, irritation, and non approachable-ness I mentioned earlier? Gone. I was sleeping better, had more energy, and just overall much happier.
So that's my story. Zone helped accelerate the weight loss, but Paleo/Primal kept the weight off, improved my mood, improved my health, and tastes d@mn good. That being said, I do tend to stick to Zone proportions using all Paleo/Primal food. So now that you know my story, think about yours. Are you happy with the weight you are at, or do you want to lose or gain weight? Do you have issues sleeping, with allergies, or irritability? Are you willing to give up conventional diet staples like breads and pastas or are you stead-fast on keeping them?
Next post we will review The Zone diet. If you'd like to review some of it beforehand, this is the CrossFit Journal article that started it for me. I will base most of my information off of this article.
This recipe (adapted from the Student Savor blog) is good 3 block carb/3 block fat side dish. Easy to make, it is delicious as a side for a nice pan-fried or broiled 4.5oz white fish to finish out the 3 block meal.
Sweet and Sour Celery and Carrots
The Food- 4 stalks celery
- 12 baby carrots
- 1/4 cup water
- 1 tbs oil
- 1/2 tbs honey
- Juice from 1/2 lime
- Salt and pepper
The Prep
Cut up celery into 1" chunks
Cut up baby carrots in quarters (length wise then in half)
The Method
Add water, oil, honey, lime juice, salt and pepper in a medium pot
Mix at a simmer until honey is melted and all is combined nicely
Add celery and carrots
Cover and cook until vegetables are tender to your liking (I cooked mine about 15 minutes)
Remove the celery and carrots; if there is any liquid left you can turn up the heat and reduce it down a bit
Pour juices over vegetables
Enjoy :)


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April 2000 |
Principal investigator Jeff Blackmon, Group Leader Michael Smith, postdoctoral researcher Dan Bardayan and university collaborators just completed an experiment that uses a beam of fluorine-17, which has a nucleus that lives for only one minute. Many thought it was too difficult to create in sufficient quantities for experiments.
Holifieldĺs fluorine-17 beam, says Smith, is ôfantastic, a very high-quality beam that is equal in quality to widely available beams of stable nuclei. It allows us to do precision measurements with a unique, very exotic radioactive nucleus.ö
Blackmon describes the experiment as an attempt to understand how elements are created in X-ray bursts and nova explosions, which are more frequent events than the headline-grabbing supernovae. ôNova explosions occur in our galaxy every year, but we would be fortunate to see even one supernova occur in our galaxy in our lifetime,ö says Blackmon.
ôNovae and X-ray bursts occur in binary star systems when gas is transferred from one star to another and reacts violently. The explosions occur on the surface of the star and can recur, as opposed to a supernova, in which a massive star is obliterated from the inside. The star that explodes in an X-ray burst is a neutron star, and in a nova itĺs a white dwarf.ö
Reactions between hydrogen and other light elements, such as carbon, start the explosion. Gradually nuclear reactions produce heavier and heavier elements. ôItĺs this synthesis of the elements, and the prodigious generation of energy, that weĺd like to understand,ö Blackmon says. ôThe reaction of carbon and hydrogen creates oxygen-14, a radioactive oxygen nucleus with low neutron content. Oxygen-14 is special because it canĺt react with the abundant hydrogen. This suppresses the explosion for a time. For the explosion to continue, the oxygen-14 must react with helium, which is very hard to do. This is called a bottleneck at O-14. Understanding how oxygen-14 reacts with helium is very important to understanding these explosions and the elements they produce.ö
Fluorine-17 and hydrogen are the two products of the reaction of oxygen-14 with helium. The chances of such a reaction occurring hinge upon the relative velocities of the particles.
ôThere are certain Ĺmagicĺ velocities where, if particles collide, nuclear reactions occur much more frequently,ö Blackmon says. ôCertain energies make things happen. We try to find and study these magic velocities, called resonances.ö
Blackmon and collaborators, along with the HRIBF operations staff, have essentially reverse-engineered the stellar processŚcreating the fluorine-17 beam and smashing it into a hydrogen target, a polyethylene film similar to food wrap. Those collisions create oxygen-14 and helium, which they detect in a complex array of silicon semiconductor detectors.
ôLess than one in a trillion atoms will undergo this reaction,ö Blackmon says. ôOur beam has up to two million atoms per second, which is fantastic, and it is a very high-quality beam. We can vary the velocities of the beam and look for the magic velocities that lead to significantly enhanced probabilities for reactions.ö
What Blackmon has seen is that reactions at lower energies, while less common than those at higher energies, could be more prevalent than previously believed. And thatĺs important because those lower energies play a more important role in X-ray bursts and novaeŚthey are more representative of the energies of particles on the surfaces of neutron stars or white dwarfs.
ôThis intense fluorine-17 beam allows us to look at the lower energies,ö he says.
Michael Smith says this experiment helps scientists place their models of stellar explosions on a firm empirical foundation. The facilityĺs success with the fluorine-17 beam is that much sweeter because most doubted is was feasible.
ôIn the last year the staff has increased the beamĺs intensity by a factor of 100,ö Smith says. ôThe high intensity at low energies allowed us to pull this experiment off.ö
ôHits,ö or reactions, at low energies occurred only a few times a day during the 24-hour-a-day run of the experiment, which began in January and closed on February 11.
Smith says the reliability of the beam and the success of the experiment is a triumph in particular for the Holifield Facilityĺs radioactive beam development and operations staff.
ôThis was a difficult experiment operationally because we had to change the beamĺs energy frequently,ö he says. ôIt was hard work for the operations staff, who were also instrumental in the years of preparation of the facility.ö
Blackmon is now analyzing the data to make a final determination of the yield of this reaction as a function of energy, and Smith will put the rate into a computer model of the exploding stars to determine the astrophysical impact of their measurements.
ôThe beam has run almost continuously since December. Itĺs logged well over 900 hours of fluorine-17 beam in that time. This has been a great payoff for the years of development work.öŚB.C.
The reliability of the Holifield Facilityĺs beam, which many thought was too difficult to create, and the success of the experiment is a triumph in particular for the facilityĺs development and operations staff.
Cosmic bottleneck
Holifieldĺs fluorine-17 beam helps experimenters understand stellar processes
Itĺs in the stars, and Physics Division researchers are using the Holifield Radioactive Ion Beam Facility to understand exactly what is happening in those stars. Beams generated at the unique facility are recreating the processes that happen only under violent stellar conditionsŚand they are helping researchers understand them
.The reaction products oxygen-14 and
helium-4 have a unique energy relationship that allows them to be easily distinguished from other reaction products. Particles from nuclear reactions are detected in a large array of silicon semiconductor detectors; the energy, trajectory and time of arrival of each particle are then measured. When two particles arrive within 100 nanoseconds of each other, the energy of one particle is plotted versus the energy of the other particle, and in the case of 0-14 and He-4, you get a distinctive streak.


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Fiction, Anal, Blowjob, Cheating, Consensual Sex, Oral Sex
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Gender: male Age: N/A Location: N/A
Posted Fri 30th of March 2012
Chapter 1
Mary Patricia (MP) and I became a real couple. She was always invited to my house for parties and family functions and I spent almost as much time at her house as I did at my own. When the school year ended we were inseparable. Her mom knew we were enjoying each other so we didn't have to sneak around like a lot of kids do. We were free to do what we wanted around her pool or yard and since both my parents knew we often used our pool, especially when MP's dad was around. We had a lot of outdoor sex that summer so we made doubly sure to use plenty of sunscreen in places where we definitely did not want to burn like our butts and abdomens, plus, of course, MP's delicious tits. I loved putting it on her.
Early on in our relationship I mostly rubbed and massaged her breasts—maybe I just didn't know any better-- but as we progressed I grew to love suckling her nipples, and because MP liked it a little rough, I often used my teeth to gently nibble her tender flesh.
At night I would often take MP to a movie or an arcade at our local mall. For the first time I grew to understand why couples enjoyed sitting in the back row of the balcony. Our local theater is an old one. We don't have a multiplex—our town is too small to support one. Our theater's age means it's decorated in what I've been told is the art deco style—much more ornate than the contemporary theaters I've seen. Most of the films shown in the theater are "revivals" like "Shane" with Alan Ladd and "High Noon" with Gary Cooper. We howled when we saw "Blazing Saddles," one of the few movies we actually saw in its entirety. We held hands and I put my arm around MP but we didn't kiss or grope each other the entire time.
The only problem with going to the movies was that we sometimes had to walk home. The walk took us through one of the few tough neighborhoods in our area. MP always clung close to me, afraid of every shadow. Of course, she didn't know at that time of my magical abilities. Had anyone actually approached us they would have really regretted it. I could make us appear to be cobras like I did with Alan Hamilton or even space aliens. I could also cause excruciating pain just by saying a few words. After "Blazing Saddles" we had just passed the neighborhood safely and were now in the woods en route to our street. I pulled MP off the sidewalk into a small clearing that I knew was maybe thirty feet away. I put my hands on her ass and pulled her close to me. "Didn't you get enough at the pool today?" MP kidded me.
"No, MP, I can never get enough of you. You know that, don't you?" She looked up at me and smiled. Her hands found the bulge growing in my shorts. She unzipped me and pulled my hard cock through the hole.
"I hope I don't get my knees dirty. I'd have a hard time explaining to my dad that I was giving you a blowjob." She used her tongue, lightly teasing my helmet, and driving me crazy in the process. My knees were growing weak as she worked her magic on me. She may not have been a "person of magic," but you couldn't prove it by me right now. Looking up, the moonlight reflecting from her eyes, she oh so slowly took me into her mouth. She was able to get me halfway in without gagging. She moved up and down my cock and it was great, but I wanted to help her, too. I pulled her up, kissed her deeply, and lifted her by her thighs. I backed MP into a tree, pulled her panties aside and pushed into her cunt. Her slit was soaked with her juices so I slit into her easily. MP groaned as I entered her, throwing her head back as her ecstasy overtook her. "Fuck me hard, Jeremy. Push yourself all the way into me."
I was hammering her poor pussy, lifting her eight inches or more with every thrust. Even though we had fucked twice by her pool this afternoon the sex was incredibly hot and exciting. MP helped herself by rubbing her clit and soon she was close to cumming. "Just a little bit more, Jeremy. I'm almost there." And then she was. She opened her mouth and would have screamed had I not covered it with mine. As she was coming down from her high I blasted hot white semen into her over and over. Every thrust was drowning her womb. I collapsed into her. Thank God we had the tree for support. I slowly let her down and gave her my handkerchief. She stuck it under her panties to staunch the flow that was running from her pussy, seemingly by the gallon. We made our way back to the sidewalk and laughed all the way home. I had her come into my house to wash and clean up before returning home. My folks took one look at us, shook their heads, and smiled. MP returned the hanky; it was a sodden mess. I dumped it in the trash.
Our relationship hit a turning point in one Saturday afternoon in late August. Her dad was playing golf and her mom was at a card party so we made our way to her room for some great sex. I closed the door behind us and began to undress MP. Being summer she wasn't wearing much and neither was I. In a moment we were naked and in each other's arms. I lay her on the bed and climbed on after her. We kissed and touched each other, expressing our love for each other. I climbed between her legs and had just entered her when I heard a noise in the hall. The door flew open and in rushed her father. Before he had a chance to do or say anything I froze him in place with a gesture of my hand.
MP was a mess of conflicting emotions. "Jeremy!" she shouted in fear just before noticing that her dad wasn't yelling and wasn't even moving—not a single millimeter. "Jeremy, what…? How?" I pulled out of her and told her to get dressed. When we were both done I sat her on the bed and started to explain. "Don't worry about your father. He'll forget what he saw and he'll be fine. He's not hurting…it's just that time has stopped for him. When I bring him out of it he'll see us on your bed going over your algebra, just like we've done dozens of times."
"But, Jeremy, how did you…?"
"I'm never supposed to tell or even let anyone see me do magic, but I have no choice now. I'm a wizard, MP. My mom's a witch and my dad's a warlock. We're people of magic. I can do all kinds of things."
"You mean like Harry Potter?"
"NO! Harry Potter is just a bad joke, but I can do many of the things that he claims to do."
MP thought for a moment before speaking. "Like make my boobs grow? Was that you?"
"Yes… guilty…it was me…my magic. Remember what I did—licking my thumbs, placing them on your chest—that was to hide the spell I put on you. And, before you ask, I did the same thing to Sarah, but I let hers grow and grow and grow until my mother made me reverse it."
"Uh…Jeremy…did you make me fall in love with you and want to fuck you?"
I held her tenderly for several minutes before lifting her face to mine. "No, MP," I replied shaking my head. I continued, "For two reasons—first, because manipulating people like that is strictly forbidden, and, second… because I really, really care for you. I'd never do anything to hurt you. Falling in love with me and deciding to fuck me was all you, not that I objected even one little bit."
"Are you going to make me forget all this like you're going to do with Dad? Are you sure you're not hurting him?"
"No, MP, he's in kind of a state of suspended animation, sort of like being asleep. And, no again, you're not going to forget a thing. Even I cannot make someone forget as much as I've told you. However, I am going to work a spell on you that will make it impossible for you to ever tell anyone what we've talked about here. You and I will be able to talk about it, but nobody else. And, no, it won't hurt you. You won't feel a thing. In fact, you won't even know that anything has happened."
"Oh, Jeremy, I wish this hadn't happened."
"Me, too, but it has so we have to make the best of it. I still love you as much as ever and I hope you still love me." While she was assuring me that she did love me I put the spell on her.
"Done. Feel anything?" When she shook her head I told her it was time to deal with her dad. MP found her algebra book on her shelf. Her mom and dad bought her one because—basically—she sucked at math. I often helped her with it so working together would be natural and accepted. She gave me the book, I opened it and released her father.
"Oh, hi kids. Getting ready for the coming school year, huh? Well, don't let me disturb you. My golf game got rained out. Never know it by the weather here, though, would you?"
"OK, Daddy," MP replied as he closed the door. "Jeremy," she continued, "I didn't really believe you until just now. I thought we were in really big trouble and Daddy has a terrible temper. He could kill you."
"No, MP, we were never in any danger just like we were never in any danger walking home from the movies. I did like you clinging to me, though. That was a lot of fun." Changing the subject, I continued, "Here, you can put the book away now."
"Jeremy, can you make me get good math grades, you know, like you?"
"Sorry, MP, it doesn't work that way. We can do a lot of things but we can't make someone into something they're not. And we can't make someone do something they wouldn't normally do. Just like with hypnotism."
"Can you tell me some of the things you've done?"
"I suppose so. Let's see. OK, I stopped Alan Hamilton from bullying in fourth grade. Remember that? I made him see Ted, Josh, and me as king cobras and then I made him fall and break his leg. You already know about your breasts and Sarah's. I also used magic to clean up the bathroom our first night together and dried your hair. That's just a few. I really don't like to talk about it. I'm not allowed to and if your dad hadn't barged in on us you would never have known."
"Is this going to change us, Jeremy? I love having you as a boyfriend."
"I hope not. I love you, MP. I think I always have. I don't know what the future will bring but I do know that I love you very much."
"Thank you, Jeremy. Let's go over to your place. I really need you now. You got me all horny and then we got interrupted. I want to finish what we started. OK, with you?" I took her by the hand and led her from the room. Next stop—paradise.
Chapter 2
We walked to my house. Mom was waiting for us when we walked in the door. "What happened, Jeremy?"
"Her dad walked in on us, Mom. I had to freeze him while we dressed and cleaned up. We made believe we were studying when I brought him out of it. So, of course, MP knows about me."
"I'm sure you've already handled that." I nodded as MP tried to speak, but she couldn't—the spell forbade her from telling anyone about me and my magic, and that included my mother, who was a witch. "Meanwhile, I think you two have some business to finish so off to your room, and, no, MP, I don't look like a witch, do I?" MP just stood there, mouth open, until I pulled her away.
Once in my room I brought her to me, kissing her gently until MP pulled away abruptly. "Jeremy, how'd your mom know what happened to us and what I was thinking?"
"Mental telepathy, MP; we can carry on whole conversations without anyone ever having to open their mouths. Wanna try it?"
MP got really serious looking like she was concentrating on sending me a message. After a few seconds she asked me if I had received it.
"I think so, MP," I replied, "You want me to eat your pussy and then make wonderful sensational love to you."
MP laughed. "You don't need mental telepathy to know that. But, that wasn't what I sent you."
"I know," I said as I leaned down to kiss her. 'I love you, too." She jumped back, shocked. "Remember I'm experienced and very sensitive to your thoughts, but I think with practice you could probably do it. Like, what am I thinking right now?"
"Ha ha, you're so obvious. You want what you always want—me!" We laughed as we pulled each other close. I loved the touch of her soft skin and when she pushed those hard little nipples into my chest there was nothing I wouldn't do for her. I pushed her back onto the bed and knelt between her long slender legs. I rubbed my cheek against her soft thigh. I licked my way back to her knee and then back up the other side. I nuzzled her pussy lips with my nose, teasing poor MP cruelly before thrusting my tongue deep into her cavern. "OH, Jeremy! I want you in me. Fuck me now! Please!" I rose to my feet, lifted her legs onto my shoulders and leaned forward bringing my cock toward its ultimate target. Straightening up enabled me to push several inches into her.
True to her word MP had seen her doctor for the birth control pills and began taking them right away. Our next time together occurred exactly two weeks after the first when her parents again went out for the evening. Unsure, I reached for a condom until MP shook her head and pulled me into her. Since then I had enjoyed the wonderful sensation of direct contact between my cock and her tight wet vagina. Today, as I eased into her we both savored the feelings of her pussy walls stretching around me. I loved the pressure on my cock; she loved being filled and, even more than that, she craved my cum in her pussy. The first time I shot my load into her she actually screamed in her ecstasy. She'd calmed down since then, but just barely.
I leaned down to kiss MP, bending her in half. She tucked her ankles behind her head and began to move just like a rocking chair. Her motions were making me drive deep into her with every thrust and grinding her clit against me. I could feel my cock banging into her cervix and I was afraid I would hurt her until she sent me a telepathic message—don't worry, I love it. I pulled out and tried something I hadn't done before. I lowered my angle so my cock would rub against the front surfaces of her pussy. I had read about the G-spot and wanted to see if I could find it. I must have because suddenly MP breathed deeply and let out a long "Ooooooooooooohhhhhh, God, Jeremy." Maybe ten seconds later she began to shake and shudder until she lay still on the bed. I released her legs and lay on my bed next to her, holding her close.
MP turned to me, bringing her hand to her mouth. "Do you think," she whispered, "your mother knows I just had a monster orgasm?"
"Probably," I whispered back.
"Oh, how will I ever face her?"
"MP, my mother knows everything we've done, because I've told her, and my dad, too. Witches and warlocks can always tell if someone's lying—always! I can't ever lie to them so if they ask me about you I have to be one hundred percent truthful. If Mom had a problem with anything we've done she would have told me. Trust me, she knows and she approves and, if I know her, she's probably jealous as hell."
"Jeremy! I just realized—you didn't cum! Oh, I'm so sorry." And then with a glint in her eye, "I think I need to take care of that right now." She lowered her self between my legs to lick my cock which was still as hard and as sensitive as before. It didn't take but a second for her to begin cleaning my cock, removing every trace of her hot pussy from me as she licked me from my balls to my tip. All this licking was making me squirm, but when she tried to swallow my cock in a single swallow I got hot as hell in millisecond. Watching her red hair go bobbing up and down my cock was incredible sexy and it was making me want to cum desperately. But, in sex as in life, I always put MP's needs ahead of my own. I pulled her up and sat her on my cock. She sank down on it with a huge smile on her face.
"Slow, MP, start slow so you can catch up with me." MP began to rock very, very slowly. I could feel her pussy walls on my cock. Now, normally, the sensations of fucking MP are spectacular, but when she squeezed those muscles I thought I would die. The pressure was intense, so much so that I came buckets, flooding her womb over and over until my cum leaked from her onto my abdomen. With one hand I teased her nipple, with the other I rubbed little circles around her hard swollen clit. My mouth went quickly to her other nipple as I suckled hard. I knew she was close when she arched her back and grunted loudly. She fell in a heap on my chest. I wrapped my arms around her, holding her as close to me as possible while I told her over and over that I loved her.
Chapter 3
As ninth grade progressed I became amazed at how sexually aggressive MP became. We were with a crowd of other kids at a football game one Saturday afternoon. She pushed my hand into her crotch. She was wearing jeans and as soon as I touched the material I noticed that the seam had been cut so I could reach in and finger her. I gave her a shocked look. She mouthed, "Go ahead; I need it." I pushed my finger inside, teasing her slit and clit while the other kids sat nearby talking and joking. Soon she was close to her orgasm. How she managed to hide it surprised me. She was always loud and thrashing around while we were alone.
About a month later she asked me what I knew about anal sex. I told her I'd seen it on some porn sites, but, other than that, not very much. "Why don't you learn about it? I'll bet you can make it so it doesn't hurt at all. I hear it can be really great." When I went home later my mom was waiting for me. I asked her about it. Just as I cannot lie to my parents, they cannot lie to me without my knowing it.
"Your dad and I have tried it a number of times. We both enjoy it. Your dad loves the tightness of my ass and I love the stimulation of all the nerve endings in my anus. Has MP asked you about it?"
"Yes, Mom, I think she wants to do it, but I'm kind of scared. I want to satisfy her and make her happy, but I don't want to hurt her."
"Jeremy, duh, you're a wizard. You could do nothing to somebody and hurt them badly or you could fuck MP's ass like she wants and make sure she feels nothing but ecstasy. That's what your dad does to me." I looked at my mom realizing she must be the smartest person in the world. She took a few minutes to teach me the right spell, even though I wasn't supposed to learn it until I was 18. She also gave me some lessons on how to prepare. When I went to my room I was ready. When MP and I walked to school the next day I asked her, "Do you really want to do it, MP?"
She turned toward me. "You mean…anal?" After I nodded she continued, "Can we do it so it won't hurt?"
"Yes, MP. My mom told me how. She says my dad uses the spell on her."
"Your dad fucks your mom's ass?" MP asked incredulously.
"Let's not go into it, MP, it's none of our business. If you want to do it I want to do it with you." MP reached up to kiss me. "Saturday night my folks are going out again. Let's do it then." We walked the rest of the way in silence.
The week flew by; school kept us too busy to even think about sex. Saturday morning was a beautiful sunny day. Mom asked me if I wanted to go to the store and when I made a grimace she sent me a telepathic message that reminded me about tonight. I grabbed my jacket and off we went. I was surprised at all the stuff we bought. As we put each item into the cart she explained why we were buying it. Of course, it was telepathic so nobody else could hear unless there was another witch or warlock in Wal-Mart which was unlikely. After shopping I called MP and told her we were all set. I'd see her at seven. We had dinner early and I showered before going over to MP's. I ditched my goody bag on the other side of the garage where I could get it but it wouldn't be discovered by her parents. As usual, they said good night, Mrs. O'Brien kissed MP and touched my cheek. They left and we were alone. I waited a few minutes and retrieved my bag.
"I'm ready," MP told me.
"Actually, according to my mom, you're not, unless you want to make a really big mess which will make your parents really fucking angry. First, I need to give you an enema. My mom says it isn't necessary to actually have anal, but if you want to guarantee it won't be really messy it's a good idea. Let's get our clothes off and get into the bathroom. MP shed her clothes so fast I figured it must have been a world record. It was funny but, even after all we had done, MP was really nervous about the enema. I did my best to soothe her and assure her that voiding her bowels in front of me was normal. I wasn't convinced so I don't know if I convinced her either. I filled the water bag with warm water, lubed up the tube and pushed it gently into her ass. Two quarts later she couldn't wait to sit on the toilet. I grinned as I handed her the toilet paper. To get even with me she turned and bent over, inviting me to wipe her. I did, making sure she was completely clean, and once she was I placed a quick kiss right on her rosebud.
MP giggled at that. "That felt pretty good, Jeremy. Is that a hint about what's coming?" I smiled, pulling her into my arms for about the millionth time. I kissed her as I slid one finger into her pussy and another into her asshole. I walked her to her room where I spread an inexpensive bedspread over her bed. She gave me a funny look, so I told her it was just in case. We'd be using a lot of lube and we didn't want to mess up her bed. We didn't need a lot of unnecessary questions.
I laid her on her back, placing a pillow from my bag under her hips. "This is so you can see everything I do, and Mom says it's actually easier this way than doggie. Speaking about doggie, we should try that, too." I rubbed her pussy getting her wet before pushing my cock forcefully in to the hilt. I fucked her hard and while I did I lubed a finger. I rubbed it into her asshole, followed by my digit. I could see the rapture on MP's face so I pushed in another finger. When she grimaced I put a finger to her mouth and went through the spell. The grimace disappeared and was replaced by a smile. "Thank you, Jeremy. It just hurt a little bit but now it feels really great."
"Good, MP, I'm glad because I need to push in another finger." I used some more lube and now three fingers pumped in and out of her ass. MP was really squirming now. I pulled my cock from her pussy, applied some more lube which I stroked all around it, and pushed it into the hole left by my fingers. I wiped my hand as I plunged deep into her bowel. "Ooooh, FUCK!" MP screamed. Good thing our houses are pretty far apart or the neighbors would be calling the cops any minute. MP was looking as my cock pumped in and out of her ass. She shifted her eyes to mine. They were glassy and unfocused; I noticed her breathing was rapid and shallow. MP was in sensory overload. Meanwhile, I wasn't doing much better. The tightness of her anus was getting to me; I wasn't far from my own climax. Using my clean hand I pinched her clitoris while I stroked it between my fingers. MP was gyrating all over the bed now and when it hit her it hit her hard. Again, she would have screamed had I not silenced her with a torrid kiss. I began to shake as much as MP as I ejected my semen once…twice…three times…and more into her ass. I lost count of how many times my hot cum was deposited in her dark hole. I only knew that when we were done, we were really done—totally, completely, finally. I pulled out of her ass, falling onto the bed next to her.
We lay there for almost a half hour, recovering our strength. Eventually, MP reached out and stroked my cheek. "Jeremy, that was incredible—the best orgasm I have ever had and you've given me some great ones. Thank you so much. I love you. I love you."
I smiled back at my lover, "It was pretty great for me, too." Then I leaned over to kiss her. It was long and hot and really wet and when it was done MP told me she wanted me to fuck her pussy now. "Not until I have a chance to wash it. Mom says it'll be loaded with bad germs even though you had the enema. It'd be worse without it, but, either way, I don't want you getting an infection. Of course, I'm being completely selfish because an infection means no fucking."
She elbowed me and pushed me off the bed, "Then get that thing cleaned off, I want you and I want you now." I jumped up and ran to the bathroom . I washed my cock so fast—wash cloth, water, soap, water, and towel, and then, to be completely safe I said a quick spell to take care of anything I may have missed. I was back with MP in less than a minute. She was standing by the bed. She pushed me by the shoulders, forcing me back onto the bed. She rolled me into the center. I noticed an almost evil look on her face as she moved between my legs. She began stroking my cock and, before long I was hard again. She wrapped her beautiful sexy lips around it, bobbing up and down. One hand went to cup my balls, using the other she pushed a finger into my ass. It had some lube on it so she must have been fingering herself in my absence. She was giving me what I had given her—sensory overload—too many signals to process at one time. The effect was overwhelming. I felt as though the only parts of my body were my cock, balls, and ass, and what I was feeling there was un-fucking-believable. I came, shooting over and over into MP's thirsty mouth. She swallowed it all, moved up, and held me in another long hot kiss while she rammed her tongue into my throat.
When she broke the kiss she asked me, "Can you clean all this up?" I just gave her a look that said "duh!" She jumped up, pulling me with her. We dressed, I said a spell and in an instant everything was back in the bag. I double checked in the bathroom and re-set everything in there, as well. Then we went down to have some brownies and soda. I reached into my pocket and brought out a small box. I gave it to MP. Inside was a small silver locket. Inside the locket was a small red heart. It was pulsing as though it was beating. "That's my heart I'm giving you. Put it on and I'll be with you always."
She put it over her head before turning to me. "Is this magic, Jeremy? Is that why it's beating?" When I nodded she continued, "I love it and I love you. I'll never take it off." She pulled me toward her, not for a kiss but for a long loving hug. That's how her parents found us a few hours later.
I retrieved my bag and walked home. Mom and Dad were there waiting for me. "How'd it go, Jeremy?"
"It was incredible, Mom, Dad. The orgasms were really intense, but I don't think I'd want to do it all the time. I'm happy with just regular sex, but MP really loved it and I guess that's what was really important. I'm exhausted. I'm going to bed.
Chapter 4
We went all through ninth grade totally and completely in love and when the summer came again we were looking forward to making love every day again. MP and I had a long discussion one day about "fucking" and "making love." I explained to her that animals can fuck but they can't make love. Who do you think about when we're having sex?"
"You, Jeremy," she answered.
"Right, and I'm always thinking about you. That's why we make love instead of just fucking, understand?" MP just responded by kissing me, even though her father was only thirty feet away.
Earlier in the year construction had begun on a house at the end of the street. It was nearing completion as July approached. One day we saw a moving van as the family moved in. Besides the parents there was a little girl I guessed to be about ten and her older brother who looked to be our age. He identified himself as Ronny Young. He told us how he had been Homecoming King, an "A" student, and a star halfback in his previous school and he was looking forward to starring for the Tigers, our high school team. He went on and on about himself and I could tell it was nothing but lies. However, all the girls, including MP were really impressed.
Ronny was also bigger than me—taller, heavier and more muscular—and probably more handsome, at least a lot of the girls thought so. Ronny also had a car, a recent model Mustang convertible that his father let him drive even though he wasn't old enough to have a license.
What bothered me was that Ronny was the type of guy who only wanted what belonged to someone else. In my case it was MP and he really put the moves on her—compliments, little gifts, rides in the car. He was showing her a great time. I could see only trouble ahead but I knew if I said anything to MP she would accuse me of sour grapes or jealousy. I spoke to my mom about it and she agreed that there was nothing I could do but let nature take its course. I knew this son-of-a bitch was going to hurt MP and when he did I was going to take care of him—good.
In mid-October of our sophomore year I was walking home from school with MP when I asked her if her parents were going out over the weekend. She turned to me, "Yes, but I've been invited to Ronny's." When she saw the look of concern in my face she continued, "Don't worry, we're just going to watch a movie. Nothing's going to happen. I promise I won't even kiss him, and I'm definitely not going to fuck him." She leaned in for a kiss but I had already turned away toward my house. I didn't see MP at all over the weekend and, on Monday she was waiting for me at my door.
I asked her how things went with Ronny. "Just like I told you. He was a perfect gentleman—no kissing and definitely no fucking." She held her hand out to me. I put mine in my pockets. She had forgotten what I had told her. I knew she was lying. I turned and walked to school, tears in my eyes.
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2015-01-15 05:19:55
What happened to the 1st and second parts?
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MP IS A TWO-FACED BITCH! How could she do that to Jeremy, after everything they he did for her?! The feels are all for Jeremy now... the pain he knows... knows me all too well...
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The Livingston County Coroner says Tyler R. Friant was among those found dead Tuesday in the Palamar Motel in Pontiac, about 40 miles northeast of Bloomington. He was from Pontiac.
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Everyone was so friendly and the rooms were clean.
The dong in the next room barked an awful lot.
The room was nice
The hot tub had broken tile, the heat didn't work, I cut my foot on the broken tile. The owner refused to compensate in any way
Easy to find. Close to restaurants. drive thru check in and out was nice.
No extra pillows. Pillows were flat. Bed was hard.
The Hostess/ front desk person was very nice. the breakfast was was also nice, lots of room to sit with family.
the entrance to the room are all outside the toilet paper was never changed from the last guest. The room temp. was either to hot or to cold.
Check in was easy & convenient; room was nice, clean & pretty well appointed. Everything was in working order. Breakfast was adequate; breakfast area was kept clean & stocked. Staff was all very outgoing and friendly
internet access not posted in rooms or told at check in. Once I asked, it was easy to access & use.
All of it the kick back breakfast was good staff very nice. An very very clean. Geat time. Thanks.
The room was ok
There were tons of kids running everywhere no sleep from the running and yelling down halls all night slamming doors. Pool filled with all kids no room to go and use those facilities.
Space in the room, location, friendly personnel
Even though room suppose to be in a non smoking section, could smell that people were smoking somewhere close by.
Big room, nice setting.
The heater sits under the window and the cold from the window makes the heater think the room is cold, so even on the lowest setting the heat would run constantly. Fixed this by cracking the window a bit..
The staff was extremely courteous and the hotel was clean and the room very comfortable. I especially enjoyed the walking path around the pond. The only issue is its location right next to the Interstate. The traffic was noticeably loud all night--makes for tough sleeping.
Big Bathroom, clean, plenty of space for clothes, good breakfast, courteous staff
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The location on a very busy corner
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26 July 2010
Preventable diseases such as measles and diarrhoea rarely kill in Australia but in Afghanistan thousands die from them every year. Afghanistan has the worst infant and maternal mortality rates across all of Asia.
In Afghanistan, babies are most at risk of infection during the first 28 days of their life. This is when measles often strikes and because there is restricted access to clean water and sanitation, diarrhoea is common. While Australia's infant mortality is no. 196 in the world, Afghanistan is at the top* - for both infant and maternal mortality. World Vision is fighting this through immunisation and education. Ziba is one of a small number of Afghani mothers whose child – Asiah - has an immunisation card. She receives regular health care at World Vision's Karokh health clinic. Asiah was born at this clinic, and has been a regular visitor ever since. Ziba proudly shows off her daughter's immunisation card. Asiah's health depends on this slip of blue cardboard. Immunisation requires sustained health care to build up immunity. Repeated booster shots are needed. For Ziba and thousands of mothers like her, being part of a long-term health program that goes beyond care to include education and community action is essential. World Vision is committed to a plan of action - the Child Health Now campaign - to prevent 6 million child deaths each year. In countries like Afghanistan this kind of action is desperately needed.*CIA Factbook (2009 estimate)
"God bless all those mothers and children. I will be praying for them. We need to stand up and help the poor and then we will truly follow in the footsteps of Jesus. "
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Happy February, lovlies! And welcome to all those who have wandered over from my button on Miss Kaelah's website. I'm so excited to be her sponsor this month! As my subject hints at, February has definitely been very fogged-filled so far, at least in my neck of the woods. I was happy last night as I was driving home from work, because it was still light out and relatively clear, but by the time I got to the road, I could see the fog literally descending around me and I was stuck in a big fat cloud the rest of the way. Kind of creepy!
To combat froggy days, one must be sure to bundle up with scarves (for the cosy effect!) and drink loads of tea. It's only fitting to drink tea in this weather, I feel. (Please excuse my nails! Yiiikes!)
Delicious tea I bought the other day! Partly for me and partly for the tea swap I'm a part of, with Erin of My Beautiful Disaster and Miss Lou of eLousions. I admit, I was sold on the packaging, like I usually am, but the tea delivered. It's nice and dry and sophisticated, but with a strong enough flavor that I enjoy drinking it. In fact, I'm heating up water to have a cup right now!
What I wore yesterday also complemented the foggy mood in comfiness, but I didn't want to match the grey, gloomy atmosphere of the outside, so I pulled out my lime green dressie that I haven't worn for a while. The dress is from Victoria's Secret, as well as the leggings, and the over-shirt is from Target ($10 right now in stores!).
I hope you are all enjoying the weather, whatever it is where you are! And have a lovely February Friday!
Friday, February 3, 2012
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pretty scarf! When are you sending your package?? I think I will be able to send mine next week ;)
ReplyDeletethat tea sounds so good. you are sooo cute. hope yhings are less foggy soon :) hehe -wearing a fun colourful fun outfit always make me feel better too!
xooh my gosh, girl. you are so freakin' cool. i wish i knew you in real life. lol
love, rach.
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