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My bf just told me he his bi and we have kids together what do i do?
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#23 Dec 5, 2012
Some of u all r crazy. A person sometimes can not help the way they r. I love this man with all my heart and yes we have kids together. I think more people would come out and tell they r gay bi etc. But people in this world make it hard to. I love him to death, even if he is bi. I would love to marry his man, bc he is a great man and a great dad. I put this on here to hear what people would say little did i know people would act like kids. When I said dont be shy, I did not mean to act like 2 year olds.
#24 Dec 5, 2012
Well there you go,you answered your own question.Go ahead and marry the half a homo.And when the wedding bells ring make sure the tinkerbells sing.
#25 Dec 5, 2012
Girl you better get over him kids or not or love him or not cause u said he told u that he wouldnt cheat. Well he did with a guy and thats alot worse then another girl. Get help raising your kids and get out before your kids find out cause u dont want your kids to think its ok to bne bi. Thats what is wrong with this world people dont have God in their lives and dont feel guilty about nothing so if your bf likes packing that shit then get the hell away from him. He is NASTY.
#27 Dec 6, 2012
You really do a disservice to Jerry Springer. This place is much more ridiculous. It kind of reminds me of air travel. When the price got so low that even idiots could afford to fly, it was down the chute from there. This place is more like a circus sideshow in a small west Texas town. Plenty of freaks, but only a few come out to see them.
#29 Dec 6, 2012
I would leave him. Just think, he was about to cheat on you with a man! A friend told me Craig's List " men 4 men" was discusting! Just take a look. There is all kids of married men soliticing other men. I told my husband he ever did that and he would have nothing to use!! I would kick his butt out and find someone who will be a good role model for your children!!
#30 Dec 6, 2012
It sounds as if you will only take the advice of people that agree with your desire to stay with this man. You will never be able to trust him now that you have proof he lied, if that is really how you want to live your life go for it. I just hope your children don't have to suffer for your (and his) selfish decisions. Best of luck to you.
#31 Dec 6, 2012
I do want the advice of everyone. Its just hard bc I do love this man with all my heart. Idk what to do. I am worried that he will cheat on my, but at the same time I dont think he would cheat.
#32 Dec 6, 2012
Look, you obviously already KNOW he will cheat, why else would you setup all those fb pages to "catch" him? And by your own words it didn't take him long at all to take the bait. What do you think would have happened if you hadn't told him you set up the pages??? You will never have peace if you stay with him. I'm sorry but that's just how it is.
#33 Dec 6, 2012
Don't follow heart. Don't make a huge mistake based on what you wish were true. He's on FB all the time & according to you ignoring women and embracing men. You're setting yourself & your children for heartbreak. I'm about sure he's having sex with men more often than he's having sex with YOU. HIV,AIDS,HERPES,SYPH & the clap in all forms, he'll pollute your privatalia, your mind, your self esteem and your children's lives. I think I've spoken the truth to you, now abandon your quest for advice on Topix and go to a therapist. If you continue with thread I'll have to go with my first instinct. That's the feeling you're a troll who's playing a game with the simple minded and mean spirited who frequent these Topix boards.
You KNOW what you have to do, now do it.
#34 Dec 6, 2012
We work together side by side everyday in a very small place, we live together, everything just about together,he dont go anywhere without me. So bc he did something one time before we got together and ya he did talk about it to a guy but at the same time he did not do a thing with him. When I was talking for the guy on fb and asked him to meet me, he told the guy no bc he loved me, and he told the guy he would not cheat on me. He said he did not want to tell me bc he was worried i would walk away. So really who am i to hold his past over his head, bc EVERYONE has a past.
#35 Dec 7, 2012
Same one to tie up with a queer it seems.
#36 Dec 7, 2012
You are in such denial - an important part of any relationship is trust and each day will be a struggle for you to trust him. Many homosexuals try to live a straight life - marry, have kids - and eventually come out. Like Jessica Simpson's dad.
Now, you state he is with you all the time and cannot get out and cheat but are you going to keep an eye on him 24/7? What kind of life is that for any of you?
I personally know of a gay co-worker who was married for 20 years (had 2 kids) and came out of the closest. His family has disowned him - even his kids. The sad thing is he is HIV positive and meets up with many men on-line. Some are married and although he claims they safe sex, there is a great risk. I am telling you this because if he does cheat, he may give you something that you may not be aware of for years. And I do no mean only homosexuals but heterosexual sex has risks too. I knew one woman who was having martial problems and while her husband was gone a business trip, she found out he had been arrested for picking up a prostitute. Turned out he had been doing this for years and she divorced him but she was scared she might have been exposed to all kinds of STDs (not to mention the emotional pain).
The best thing for both of you to do is go to therapy. Both of you stay off the internet and figure out if your relationship can survive. No matter how much you love someone, you can't change them and you may not think you kids know what is going on but they prob do (unless they are infants). I sincerely hope the best for all of you.
#37 Dec 7, 2012
I'm sure you do love him. But do you want to raise your kids letting them think that its ok? People can say there born like that are whatever but god didnt make any of us like that its just yourself and the deviel getting his way...well when you go out is he paying attention to you are the guy at the next table? never put your self second he need to fix hisself before i would go any further in a relationship. rember always put your childern first there depending on you they will be there when a man ant. i hope you the best and hope you make the right decion but you will have to make it your self.
#38 Dec 7, 2012
well move out and get out on your own without a man. Dam Im a 36 year old woman and dont need a stupid ass man around. You already had a idea that he wasnt going top be the one. Why would you want to have kids outside of marriage? Thats a unstable for your kids
#39 Dec 7, 2012
My kids r babies and i love this man to death. Do you think this is not killing me, my heart is broke. Do you really think I wanted to hear the father of my kids is bi gay or whatever. Like my name says I am GOING OUT OF MY MIND. I dont have family Ihave noone but this man and my kids.
#40 Dec 7, 2012
Just STFU already.
#41 Dec 7, 2012
Blah, blah, blah. Enough out of you.
#42 Dec 8, 2012
I have always heard if your faily has disowned u and wont help then theres something wrong with you. Get a job find you a babysitter and prove to yourself and him that you dont need his sorry ass. Too many women give these pity stories about how they cant do it on their own and they need a man. A man will only hold you back in life but it soundsa like your to young and dumb to listen to whats right. You only think you love this boy toy cause you didnt have good role models growing up so you mistake his actions for love. Trust me honey theres alot better men out there. Women seem to get hung up over one guy and then when and if they move on, they think back to all the years that they wasted thinking they loved the boy
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"They're not on our good list yet," said Paul Guequierre of the Human Rights Campaign, a national gay-rights group. He said the HRC, in its annual rankings of corporate policies on workplace fairness, would deduct points from companies that donate to the Boy Scouts until the ban on gay adults is lifted.
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electronic ignition failures in all but airheads are just about non-existent. yes all electronic can and do fail, but are very reliable.
would we be having this discussion in say Honda or Yamaha bikes? yes ignition failures do exist, but for everything except for airheads they are rare indeed.
someone will be along shortly to deny it all. but for some reason threads on electronic ignition failures for airheads both OEM and aftermarket ignitions consistently pop up.
First hand experience from someone who's a true believer of Electronic Ignitions...
1983 R80ST, bad Bean Can to be replaced with A/M bean can.
1993 R100GS Bad Bean Can replaced when the bike was still under warranty.
1993 XR650L died, on the freeway (Carrying my wife) Trouble shooting lead to a failed CDI box AND bad trigger winding.
Replaced the box and stator, (which also includes trigger winding) and problem went away never to return.
1983 CB750F, Ignitor potting failed leading to Ignigtor failing. When the Ignigtor fails the bike no longer has Ignition.
This mind you is an age and heat related problem, so an outlier when it comes to electronic ignition.
But I've had far more experiences with points needing work and futzing and hard starting and...
To sway me to go back to running points, ever.
But I'm also a fan of fuel injection over carbs.
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Rahul Gandhi's experiment of selecting candidates through primary system will not work in Uttar Pradesh, a senior party leader from the state today said and claimed that the party's campaigning for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls was not on the right track in the state.
Union minister Beni Prasad Verma said Congress will win as many as 50 seats if tickets are distributed properly and "campaigning is done properly. Verma warned the party against selecting candidates the way it was done in the the previous elections, which he claimed had harmed the party. "Rahul Gandhi's initiative is pure, it is democratic. But environment in Uttar Pradesh is not conducive to follow this system to select the candidates," he told reporters today.
Claiming that his party has the largest support base in the state as well as support of the 20 per cent Muslim population, Verma said Congress will win as many as 50 seats "if tickets are distributed properly and campaigning is done properly". "If tickets are distributed the way they were done last time, we cannot do anything, but if tickets are distributed properly and honestly, I can guarantee that Congress will win 50 seats from UP. 20 per cent Muslims are looking at us," he said. "We pre-warn our leadership. Last time, we said Congress will win at least 30 seats, but Congress did not contest properly and did not contest in 18 seats. It contested from 58 seats and won from 22 seats," he said. He warned the Congress leadership against falling prey to whims of tall party leaders in Uttar Pradesh in ticket distribution in the state.
Slamming BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi and his remarks to oust Congress from the country, he said that "Congress cannot be defeated as it is in the DNA of the country".
Taking a jibe at the trio of Modi, SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal for holding different rallies in the state on the same day, Verma said all of them will "flop" in the state.
Targetting Modi for his promise to deliver a corruption free government in the country under his leadership, Verma said Modi should first talk about the three ministers in his government who are facing corruption charges. He also sought to expose Modi for his concerns about the poor and the backward classes, saying that while he as a minister in UP he had reserved 27 per cent seats for backward classes in government jobs, Modi has failed to do so in Gujarat. "In Gurajat, only seven per reservation is there for the backward classes and Modi is talking about development in his states. There is no reservation in panchayats," Verma said.
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Hitting out at Mulayam for espousing the cause of the Muslims, he said the SP chief did little to alleviate the sufferings of the riot victims of Muzaffarnagar. "We sent blankets to the relief camps to provide them shelter from cold but Mulayam ran bulldozers in the relief camps," he claimed.
Raking up the issue of large scale police recruitment in Uttar Pradesh when Mulayam was the chief minister, he said 16,000 of the 22,500 recruited were from his caste.
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The RV Tauri Variables
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Janet A. Mattei
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RV Tauri stars are yellow
supergiant variables with light curves that have alternating deep and shallow
minima. The amplitudes of light variations are on the order of 1.5 to 2.5
magnitudes, with occasional rises that exceed these limits. The periods,
defined as the interval between two deep minima are 50 to 100 days. Many show
long period changes of 500 to 9000 days in their mean magnitudes (Kameny,
1956). The light curves do not repeat at each cycle. Occasionally there may be
irregularities in the light curve, or absence of the scheduled minima, or an
exchange of deep and shallow minima. It has been noticed that the maximum
following a deep minimum is usually brighter than the preceding few maxima.
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by James Slater - Photo © Pavel "Eagle eye" Terehov - David Haye is already planning his crack team for his scheduled June mega-fight with WBC heavyweight boss Vitali Klitschko. Coming on board to assist "The Hayemaker" will be none other than former three-time heavyweight champion of the world, Lennox Lewis. Haye believes the former champ who, of course, met and defeated "Dr. Iron Fist" in a very exciting fight back in 2003, will be the man to help him to victory next summer.
Lewis, now a successful commentator, has been in the news himself lately, what with the persistent rumours going around saying he would make a shocking return to the ring. The 43-year-old has now quashed any such talk, but is definitely interested in helping his friend train for his own big fight..
Talking to The Sun newspaper, Haye told of the plans to have Lennox help get him ready to make his dream come true.
"I'm really good friends with Lennox," Haye said. "He has worked with me in the gym before, he has seen me sparring, he knows I am the real deal. I will definitely bring him onboard in an advisory role. He's fought Vitali, he knows what works and what doesn't. If there's anyone to give me advice about strategy, it's Lennox.
"Maybe I'll go to the States where he is based. I've got six months, a long build-up to the fight, so why not? I have said from day one I am going to be the undisputed cruiserweight and heavyweight champion."
We all know how Lewis, coming to the end of a great career, struggled mightily with Vitali Klitschko, but Haye is still right when he says there is no-one better to train him for the big Ukrainian. Lewis, then pushing 40-years-of-age, was unable to do the things he could do in the ring as a younger man. Perhaps now he will give the peaking David Haye the game-plan he himself would have adapted had he been in HIS prime when he met Vitali.
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There is an undeniable sense of urgency. The Palestinian initiative to seek United Nations endorsement of statehood at the next General Assembly, in September, is only gaining speed—and the United States will not be able to veto this. Uncertainty abounds: Who will be in charge in neighboring Egypt? Or Syria, where the Assad regime faces daily protests? Or Lebanon, where Hezbollah has essentially taken over? Or even Jordan? Meanwhile, with the dozens of rockets coming from Gaza, some claimed by Hamas, as well as various other back-and-forths—most recently an airstrike against a Hamas commander in Sudan (and the attack on an Israeli school bus this morning)—tensions between Israel and Hamas have been higher than ever since January 2009. How are the various parties reacting to the urgency?
Prime Minister Netanyahu—who faces the additional problems of corruption allegations, an extremely fragile governing coalition, and severely diminished popularity—is in Berlin today to try to head off Germany, arguably the most influential country in the European Union, from supporting the imposition of Palestinian statehood, whether via a peace plan suggested by the so-called Quartet (of which the EU is a member) or at the U.N. Expect him to mention the new poll that found nearly one in three Palestinians approve of the gruesome Fogel family murders last month. Bibi is also reportedly planning to come to the U.S. in May, announce a plan of his own, and invite President Obama to Israel; President Shimon Peres was in Washington, D.C., this week laying the groundwork for that. They sense the urgency.
Prominent Israeli centrists are putting forth their own outlines for peace and Palestinian statehood. They may not be supporters of the Netanyahu government, but they, too, sense the urgency.
Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad continues his state-building push, pledging that Palestinians will have their country by September. But the folks who are most likely to make this a difficult proposition may be Hamas, which has responded to popular calls to unify with Fatah by violently cracking down on protests. Both groups sense the urgency.
This Palestinian dysfunction as well as, again, this urgency is why, in America, prominent neoconservative Elliott Abrams suggests, in a widely circulated essay, that Israel essentially do to the West Bank what it did to Gaza in 2005: Pull out (minus major settlements), separate, vigorously police the border, and retaliate againt any cross-border provocations. Meanwhile, experienced negotiator Aaron David Miller finds little hope for peace short of a full-on initiative from President Obama—who, lest we forget, has multiple other crises in the region to worry about, plus an entire rest of the world to worry about, plus his own country to worry about, plus an election in 18 months to worry about.
Hamas needs its people distracted. Netanyahu needs to shore up his popularity. Fatah needs its biggest enemy to be Israel, not Hamas. The Obama administration, which temperamentally clearly feels for the Palestinians but which recently vetoed a Security Council resolution that would have declared Israeli settlements illegal, needs not to have to deal with Palestinian statehood while at the same time be able to plausibly throw its hands up at an impossible situation. Two things will ease this urgency, and peace is only one of them, and given the work it requires, it probably isn't the default. If I were a betting man, I'd be less likely to bet on peace than on its very opposite.
In Israel, Time for Peace Offer May Run Out [NYT]
Officials: Israel's PM to Push German Leader Not To Support Palestinian Statehood Plan [AP/WP]
Poll: One-Third of Palestinians Support Itamar Massacre [Haaretz]
Prominent Israelis Will Propose a Peace Plan [NYT]
Palestinian Leader Tilts at September Statehood [WSJ
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Is this Kubrick's funniest movie or what?? :D The whole movie is filled
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The point is not her age but what she said to him..?
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she says him : " you should get a coat lined with ermine . " The Ermine
Cloak own to the kings , she is a little girl but her body is tho one of a
woman , in her imagination Cruise is the king of her own fairy tale
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Daughter of Mr. Millich she reportedly whispered: "you should have a cloak
lined with ermine".
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"Couldn't you see she is deranged!? Dr. I'm sorry to keep you waiting."
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Is she the one, who will be killed by the secret club after the ceremony?
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I don't have any kids. If I had a 15-16 year old daughter, I couldn't allow
her to be in a movie like this. It wouldn't matter how much it paid. Call
me old fashioned...
Автор Johnny Schutte (9 месяцев)
ZIGGYONTHEMOON: in answer to your question (& I had to have 'caps' on to
finally find out what she whispered in Tom's ear). "...you should have a
cloak lined with ermine..."
Автор john moreno (8 месяцев)
What didshe tell him? Is lip reading any help here?
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i think she says i wanna fuck ya,,, enough said
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This is so great. I dunno WHAT the twats in the comments below are so
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231 gays hated this women haters
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leelee is listed at 5"10 (178cm) and tom is (1.70cm) how come he towers
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• from the looks of it, it wasn't Sobieski s first time having sex with
older men
• the promiscuous smile she gives to Tom cruise
• the suggestion she gives to Tom cruise about the cloak as if she knows
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Автор john moreno (8 месяцев)
What didshe tell him? Is lip reading any help here?
Автор Johnny Schutte (9 месяцев)
I would have to highly DISAGREE with you, & yes you're entitled to your
opinion, just as I am now: I'm curious, in the sense that you 'Wuz'
stereotyped, is that past tense or present? Just the fact that you were
watching this scene (& may I be so bold as to share my assumption(s) that
you, more probable than not, have seen the entire film 'Eyes Wide Shut'?)
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hypocrites. What difference is there in choosing to have this film stuck on
your eyes? Yes, of course it's your choice whether or not you'd allow your
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daughter aged 13-16, &/or all points in between? Imagine she's passionate
for theatre & thus lands a bit-part in a large production: if you didn't
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rest of your life. I would suggest that you re-consider this whole
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that that really matters...): first, you have to realize that when you are
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actors, costumes, keeping an uber-number of all involved on a tight
schedule, on & on & on! Your head would be spinning, but just maybe you'd
see your daughter 'glowing' w/enthusiasm, looking over toward your
direction as someone calls "QUIET ON THE SET!", & smiling the biggest smile
that any father would melt inside over receiving, yes, receiving from his
daughter because you 'allowed' her to 'play a part', 'pretend', ACT!
Really think about it: the scene in question is funnier than hell. She's
not partaking in any porn-driven scenes for Christ's sakes. Think of the
doors that would be opened for your imaginary daughter. Just as doors were
opened for Leelee Sobieski (more doors, to be precise, bigger & better).
In closing, she's playing the part of daughter to a man depraved enough to
make money off the sales of her prostitution. Child sex slavery is
something that needs attention like "yesteryear"! So she'd be acting in a
film which happens to bring attention to a very, very serious issue.
That's all. You'll either give what I've suggested some thought, totally
agree, totally hate what I say & allow pride to blind, or think something
entirely on your own that neither I nor anyone else need know. I choose to
imagine you as a good human being. I hope that I've not offended you in
any way. Take care, always change your underwear & love life as the
strange experience that we all share!
Johnny Schutte
Автор Panoplie (9 месяцев)
This is the only truly humorous scene of the movie, but it's a damn funny
Автор ziggyonthemoon (1 год)
What does she whisper in his ear? And what does it mean?
Автор roberto mazzaroni (1 год)
this is the only movie in whom cruise seemes quite a good actor. personal
Автор Lordofthepastries (1 год)
Possible evidence for the film's dream theory: the two models at the
Ziegler party mention "end of the rainbow" and the costume shop turns out
to be called "Rainbow" as well as the disrupted sex act happening at what
you can call the end of the Rainbow store
Автор Baracchina (1 год)
What iz zis?
Автор dgriff1264 (1 год)
At the end, is it the Verrazano bridge Cruise is on? And I don't recall
where the actual gathering takes place if anyone remembers a reference.
Автор Vin Vass (1 год)
A lot of people get the Lolita reference, but consider this - is she
Millich's daughter then same way as Lolita is Humbert's daughter? If that
is the case it puts a whole new spin on things. What if Humbert and Quilty
had become friends and Humbert started attending Quilty's house parties...
Автор cannibal366 (1 год)
Granny Panties
Автор BaltimoreFootStomper (1 год)
He's calling a policeman, for being with a minor ? Was it illegal to have
sex with a 25 year old ?
Автор Ouija1210 (1 год)
Eastern European Man Millich played by Rade Serbedzija= Zbignew
Berzezinski, where he tried to make deals with jap and Chinese government
to sign friendship treaty and become enemies of USSR. Japan refused this as
it was not in their interest to be unfriendly to uSSR. Berzezinski used his
daughter to smooth things out with Japanese polititians who were into funny
practices. She even admits in her autobigrphy that she used to entertain
her fathers political guests at their house. At one point she droped plate
of caviar into jap's ambassador's crotch and had to clean it up with bare
hands, rub it out... Kubrick is alluding to this here.
Автор Brendan Geier (1 год)
porno in real life
Автор timeman786 (1 год)
Watch Eyes Wide Shut: The War room a analysis undertaken which you can find
on my channel
Автор Adriann604 (1 год)
she was whispering see you later. the movie shows what we live, see you
guys having no problem with her age? there. And if she agrees everything is
ok with everyone, despite her being 14, 15. Ew.
Автор Adriann604 (1 год)
Astral legacy, yes it is about awakening and not. Because anyone can be
brought into, many would do nothing, what is worse girls are been showed
slut role models daily, so we see nothing wrong with underage
sexualisation. Bunch of idiots here only agree. Under the veil of anonymity
of computer anyone can do whatever, so child sex slave is thriving. Of
course those up there are not clean, in it,or do 0 against as it has roots
in highest places and are blackmailed. Eyes wide shut, people act like I've
got nothing to do with, whilst this exists because people demand it. These
days even teaching our kids to be sexual from early age, so it seem less
obvious if those are manipulated.
Автор smeezekitty (1 год)
I find the fact that she was only 15-16 in real life at the time of filming
rather disturbing.
Автор wannabehendrix (1 год)
Help me out. Whatever happened with Leelee? She did a few other movies but
have not heard about her in some time.
Автор Solid State (1 год)
Jennifer Lawrence.
Автор jonas brave (1 год)
Leelee's great smile at 1:20.
Автор ook park (1 год)
ah your intention is very clear.
Автор Stillwater900 (2 года)
I'd do her. She's got breasts, good to go.
Автор Nabil leal (2 года)
In my book, pussy's pussy....
Автор backhaul1 (2 года)
This segment may have been filmed in 1998 when LeeLee was 15. Nothing
technically pornographic here but those panties cannot hide the image of
her big hairy bush.
Автор Marc Clenn De Mesa (2 года)
They have this in amazon prime
Автор attilaclark (2 года)
It's showing you how the use guilt frame people. Extortion. Only the rich
are invited. So you don't have to worry.
Автор godvirus*cure (2 года)
There's grass on the pitch ; )
Автор generalzod4life (1 год)
'You depraved creature!'
Автор Conor Ghilarducci (2 года)
apparently with subtitles on she says something like "you should have a
cloak with ermine lining" which is a symbol of royalty.
Автор GabiN64 (1 год)
damn tom cruise is short
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District News: March 23, 2015 - In an ongoing effort to make Clark County safer, the U.S. Marshals Service and the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department recently teamed up to conduct a three week operation targeting sex offenders who were in violation of the sex offender registration laws, and fugitive offenders wanted for sex related crimes. The recently concluded operation, which occurred from March 2-20, 2015, was very successful and resulted in eighteen arrests. Read More
Profiled Fugitives: Do you have information on these fugitives?
|The policies and procedures of the various U.S. Marshals Service District Offices found on this website may vary depending on local rules, local needs, and legal and policy interpretations. These policies and procedures, and any variations among District Offices, are not intended to, do not, and may not be relied upon to create any rights, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law by any party or person in any matter civil or criminal. Nor are any limitations thereby placed on otherwise lawful U. S. Marshals Service prerogatives.


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There are things we do every day. Certain actions and behaviors form the habits that seem to run on autopilot – without thought. It's for these actions and behaviors that ONEplace created the Lunch & Learn Series, where we
Spend one hour focused on something we rarely think about.
Each session explores a habit, beginning with a short presentation on the topic followed by a facilitated discussion among your colleagues. You get to share information, test ideas, and connect with others in the nonprofit sector.
Mostly, however, you spend about an hour becoming more self-aware.
We opened the Lunch & Learn Series last week with a look at Giving & Receiving Feedback. This week (Wed, May 27), we examine how we're Managing Expectations. Next month (Tues, June 23) we'll explore Effective Board Meetings.
We limit the discussions to 12 so all have a chance to participate. Consider coming to a Lunch & Learn, or at least consider spending some focused time discovering and testing your habits.
It'll be time well spent.
At our workshops and peer learning groups, I enjoy watching participants share ideas, insights, and resources. When the room buzzes with energized voices from people perched on the edge of their seats, it's fun. And I learn a lot.
This is my vision for our new Lunch & Learn events coming in May. Our Lunch & Learns start at 12:05 and end at 12:55 pm. The session opens with a brief presentation of the topic followed by a facilitated discussion. The goal is to not just share our knowledge but to go deeper into the subject. My hope is that each person leaves with a greater understanding and feeling challenged to take the next step related to the day's concern.
This month, our Lunch & Learns focus on people topics. On May 21, we'll explore Giving & Getting Feedback, and on May 27, we'll tackle Managing Expectations.
Each Lunch & Learn is limited to 12 participants so that everyone can fully engage the discussion. Also, it's BYOB (Bring Your Own Bag-lunch). We'll provide our usual water station.
At ONEplace we have the opportunity and honor to have extended conversations with many who devote their career to the nonprofit sector. One of my favorite questions is, "What attracted you to do this work?" The answers vary in detail, but a consistent theme runs through virtually all of them:
It's not work. It's what I love to do.
That point resounded loud and clear at last week's 30th Annual STAR Awards. Since its inception, Volunteer Kalamazoo and MLive Media Group/Kalamazoo Gazette have co-sponsored the annual STAR (Sharing Time and Resources) Awards program to recognize the contributions of the outstanding volunteers who exemplify the spirit of volunteerism – a spirit embodied by Lifetime Achievement Award winner, Elaine VanLeeuwen.
In case you missed it, Mrs. VanLeeuwen served as a foster parent for 52 years and cared for nearly 500 children. MLive reports her story and many of the things she said in her acceptance speech. Yet the one thing she said that stood out to me was,
I don't deserve any praise. It was something I enjoyed doing.
Over the years, many psychologists and others have explored the question, "Why do human beings do good things?" Altruism poses an evolutionary conundrum: how does it serve my preservation to risk myself for others?
Steve Taylor (Leeds Metropolitan University) suggests that we don't need to try to explain away altruism, figuring out how it serves our best interest. He says that our "altruism is an expression our most fundamental nature – that of connectedness." So, we should celebrate it.
Thankfully, the STAR Awards did just that.
The Kalamazoo Nonprofit Advocacy Institute is a beginning-level program for organizations that are ready to engage in advocacy but need the skills to do so. It is designed to enhance your nonprofit's capacity to impact public policy at the local, state and federal levels. Michigan Nonprofit Association has contracted with Erin Skene-Pratt to facilitate the sessions. During the five month program, you and your peers will learn how to engage in policy work with specific strategies tailored for your community.
The Institute will include:
Individualized course learning plan
Five group sessions covering the following topics with customized content:
Monthly one-on-one conference calls with the instructor, Erin Skene-Pratt
Individualized organizational advocacy action plan
Upon completion of the program, you will have a customized advocacy action plan that includes specific objectives for building your organization's capacity to advocate.
Registration is limited to 10 organizations. Organizations are required to assign a representative from the staff and one from the board of directors to participate in all aspects of the Institute. It is estimated that each participant will spend about 10 hours per month on this course. Organizations must be members of Michigan Nonprofit Association. The cost to participate is $100 per organization.
If you and a board member are interested in participating in the Institute, please request an application and submit by Monday, May 11.
Questions? Contact Erin Skene-Pratt, facilitator, at firstname.lastname@example.com or Thom Andrews, at firstname.lastname@example.com
Earlier this month, executive coach Mary Jo Asmus led a day-long workshop on Coaching for Breakthrough Performance. During this workshop, participants not only learned about coaching but also coached one another on real work-related issues.
Early in the practice sessions, participants commented on the power of deep listening. An undistracted listener, focused solely on the one speaking, gave the speaker space to explore their concern more fully without fear of the conversation being redirected.
Mary Jo reminded us that this type of listening requires a person to
The workshop ended with participants pairing up and agreeing to check-in over the next month to see how their coaching practice was progressing. Mary Jo also offered participants a group follow-up session in early April for additional check-in and a look at advancing their practice.
For more information on Mary Jo and to access her fantastic blog, visit aspire-cs.com
There it was again. Originally, it surprised me…even confused me. My background colored my perception. Today, I've seen it so often, it no longer surprises me. And now, I find a reputable post placing it plainly before me.
Fund Marketing strategically merges fundraising and marketing strategies.
Coming from arts marketing, I often experienced marketing as quite distinct from fundraising, focusing on event advertising, subscriptions and ticket sales. Over the past five years or so, I've come to see much more overlap in these two areas. So has Gail Perry.
In her recent blog on Fund Marketing, she points out that, thanks to recent marketing research, we know: how to increase response to our newsletters, what type of images work best, and how to shape a call to action. Successful fundraising centers on relationships, and it also includes "a working knowledge of messaging, copyrighting, good design and layout."
Few areas change as often, or as quickly, as marketing. So as we prepare for our annual Marketing & Communications Series (April 29, May 6 & 13), we're pulling together the most recent research, practices, and tools to help you with your marketing challenges.
Keeping a sharp, focused, relevant message helps you cut through the noise and clutter to be heard and to motivate response…and, to raise more money!
Earlier this month, we explored Donor Retention with Michelle Karpinski (Pretty Lake Camp). During this workshop, we learned about donor-centered recognition.
According to research by Penelope Burk, the essential components of donor-centered recognition include:
If all three of these essentials are present, donors report that
The bottom line was to not over-think the effort but to keep the donor relationship front-and-center while doing the essentials well: timely, genuine, and accurate.
It was late, and the airport shuttle had just delivered my parents, brother and I to the far reaches of remote parking. Tired and hungry, we lugged our bags over to my old van. I put the key in the lock and – snap! – the key broke in the lock. The worn faces turned to me with eyes wide and mouths open. What were we going to do?
I simply pulled my spare key from my wallet. We entered the van and went home.
Three years prior to this incident, I had been a passenger when our driver had the same problem – key broke in the lock. He had an extra key in his wallet, and the problem was easily solved. His example helped me prepare for my family's little emergency.
Emergencies happen – we know this. We just don't know when, nor do we know the common possibilities. A little planning may not only save us some time and inconvenience, it may save our organization.
Protecting our organizations protects the clients, staff, board, and community that depend upon them. So we offer Emergency Action Planning every year to encourage and equip you with the tools and information you need to be prepared. Our next session is Wednesday, February 25.
For more information, visit Ready.gov.
In the spirit of practice what you teach, we've taken a deliberate, strategic approach to Twitter. We carefully considered several questions, including:
Over the past several weeks, we've documented our experience online as well as off, and examined how to use Twitter as a metric for larger program goals, and how adding this effort affects our workload and schedules.
We've learned a lot. Lolita has been driving the effort and she presents her research, cases from local organizations, experience, and insights in Twitter Time for Kzoo Nonprofits on February 10.
We invite you to attend to learn, share, and see how Twitter may fit into your personal or organizational communications efforts.
In January, several viewed a video by Kerri Karvetsky (Company K Media) on how to Find Your Audience on Social Media.
Focusing primarily on Facebook and Twitter, Kerri identified various ways to locate and analyze followers as well as several tools (many free) to help get the most from your social media presence.
She presented several points from the recent Pew Research Internet Project report. Again, focusing on Facebook and Twitter, she highlighted a few important trends.
For more information from the report, visit the Pew Research Internet Project website.
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Researchers have shown for the first time that stem cells injected into enlarged hearts reduced heart size, reduced scar tissue and improved function to injured heart areas, according to a small trial published in Circulation Research: Journal of the American Heart Association.
Researchers said that while this research is in the early stages, the findings are promising for the more than five million Americans who have enlarged hearts due to damage sustained from heart attacks. These patients can suffer premature death, have major disability and experience frequent hospitalizations. Options for treatment are limited to lifelong medications and major medical interventions, such as heart transplantation, according to Joshua M. Hare, M.D., the study's senior author and professor of medicine and director of the Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami in Miami, Fla.
Using catheters, researchers injected stem cells derived from the patient's own bone marrow into the hearts of eight men (average age 57) with chronically enlarged, low-functioning hearts.
"The injections first improved function in the damaged area of the heart and then led to a reduction in the size of the heart. This was associated with a reduction in scar size. The effects lasted for a year after the injections, which was the full duration of the study," Hare said.
Specifically, researchers found:
"This therapy improved even old cardiac injuries," Hare said. "Some of the patients had damage to their hearts from heart attacks as long as 11 years before treatment."
|Contact: Maggie Francis
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International Federatation of Library Associations
Source: IFLA
A Selection of Papers to be Presented at World Library and Information Congress: 72nd IFLA General Conference #2
+ Directories of international repositories: research results and recommendations
+ Web accessibility: a review of research and initiatives
+ Information literacy as an emancipatory process directed to social inclusion in a knowledge society
+ Dynamic Transformation of the National Diet Library: From the Researcher's Library to the Library for All
+ Enabling Library and Information Skills: Foundations for Entering Students
+ Integrating Information Literacy in a First-Year University Course: A Case Study from Canada
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Scholarly Literature
Open Computation: Beyond Human-Reader-Centric Views of Scholarly Literatures
A new book chapter by Clifford Lynch to appear in Open Access: Key Strategic, Technical and Ecomomic Aspects, Neil Jacobs (Ed.), (Oxford: Chandos Publishing), Spring 2006. "...speculating about the interactions between the emerging technologies of text mining, licensing electronic scholarly journals, and open access."
Also available in PDF.
Medical Literature--Open Access
Source: Canadian Health Libraries Association 2006: Pearls of Wisdom (via E-LIS)
Open Access for the Medical Librarian
"The most important aspects of open access for the medical librarian are presented. Reasons for open access include access to research information, access to taxpayer-funded research, facilitation of evidence-based medicine, equity of access, promotion of author control, and controlling library costs. The two primary approaches to open access, via author self-archiving and open access publishing, are presented. Key open access policy developments are highlighted. Many of the major policy initiatives of the moment are from the research funders. From the researcher funders' point of view, open access means more research impact, more real-world impact when professionals can access the literature, and value is illustrated to the taxpayer, building support for further research funding. The world's largest medical research funders, including the U.S. National Institute of Health and the Wellcome Trust, have public access policies, and many more policies are in development. For example, two weeks ago the Federal Research Public Access Act was introduced in the U.S. Senate. One of the essential elements of open access policy is ensuring that researchers are required, not requested, to deposit works. In Canada, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research has a policy in development called Access to Products of Research; public comments are due May 15, 2006. The dramatic growth of open access - over 2,220 journals in DOAJ, over 7.3 million items in an OAIster search - is discussed, as is the idea of new roles for librarians in an open access environment." Presentation; PDF (137 KB) or PowerPoint (80 KB).
See also: Bill demands free public access to science reports (Federal Computer Week)
Scholarly Publishing--Avian Influenza--
Source: Proceedings International Workshop on Webometrics, Informetrics and Scientometrics & Seventh COLLNET Meeting (via E-LIS)
Cooperation bibliogram of bird flu
"The published literature on Bird Flu, now a pandemic animal disease with a possible potential of evolving into a devastating human disease, was analysed primarily with respect of national and international cooperations and networks of authors and countries. The output of research-relevant papers is now around 150 per year and was less than 100 papers per year before 2003. The field is highly cooperative; nearly 90% of the articles have two or more authors. National extramural cooperation is around 50% since 1998, intramural cooperation shows a decreasing tendency and is now about 20%. Between 20% and 30% of the papers have been published in bi- or multinational cooperation. Observed and expected citation rates of international papers are twice as high as the citation rates of national papers. 47 countries are engaged in Bird Flu research, on top USA, followed by PEOPLES R CHINA, UK and JAPAN. These countries are also centers of country networks, but minor centers exist. An Asian local network with strong ties consisting of countries most affected by Bird Flu can be identified.. No strong direct connections exist between Europe and Asia; thus it seems necessary to intensify international cooperation. Author network show interesting cluster structures which must be studied in detail."
Full Paper (PDF; 1.27 MB)
Digital Archiving
Source: UKOLN
Material on Digital Archiving presentation available
"Slides are now available from the presentation entitled 'Digital Archiving' to the East Anglia Online User Group (EAOLUG) given by Maureen Pennock of UKOLN. The event, called 'Digital Archives and Records Management', took place at the Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, on 23 May 2006."
See Also: Archiving Web Site Resources : a Records Management View
Poster presented at the WWW 2006 conference, Edinburgh Scotland. Thanks to PADI for the news tip.
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Choir of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
The Choir of St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle exists to sing services in St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle.
It has been in existence since 1348 and, with the exception of the Commonwealth period (1649–1660), has sung services in the Chapel continuously ever since.
The choir today[edit]
The choir comprises 18 boy choristers (3 of whom are probationers or training choristers) and 12 professional Lay Clerks, singing Countertenor, tenor and bass.. The Choir sings daily during term-time. The choir has two joint head choristers; Henry Bishop and Joseph DeBiase and deputy is Daniel Hamilton-foster The boys are educated at St George's School, Windsor Castle which is situated in the Castle grounds. The Lay Clerks live in the Horseshoe Cloister and on Denton's Commons.
The choir sings regularly in the presence of the Queen and other members of the Royal Family. Significant recent events have included:
- the annual service for the Order of the Garter, Britain's highest order of chivalry
- the marriage of Peter Phillips and Autumn Kelly in 2008
- the thanksgiving service for Edmund Hillary in 2008, televised live in New Zealand
- the baptism of James, Viscount Severn in 2008
- the thanksgiving service for HM The Queen's 80th birthday in 2006
- the Service of Prayer and Dedication on the marriage of Charles, Prince of Wales and Camilla, The Duchess of Cornwall in 2005
- the funeral of Princess Margaret in St George's Chapel and the thanksgiving service for her life held in Westminster Abbey in 2002
- the marriage of Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex and Sophie Rhys-Jones in 1999
Concerts are also given from time to time, some collaborating with ensembles such as the London Concert Orchestra, the London Handel Orchestra, Southbank Sinfonia and the London Mozart Players. The choir also broadcasts regularly on BBC Radio 3 and BBC Radio 4.
The choir is directed by the Director of Music and accompanied an Assistant Organist, plus an organ scholar who is selected by audition on an annual basis.
- 2013 - Germany and Austria (the Lay Clerks sang in Nuremberg, Munich and Salzburg)
- 2007 - United States (the Choir sang in Boston and Washington DC)
- 2006 – United States (the Choir sang in New York at the official opening service of The British Memorial Garden on the fifth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. The Choir also sang at a Gala Dinner at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel to raise money for the New York Downtown Hospital, where many of the casualties were taken following 9/11 as well as singing Evensong at St. Thomas Episcopal Church, New York. This was the first appearance of the Choir in the US for over 20 years.)
Other overseas appearances include Norway, France, Holland, Poland, Spain and Switzerland
Recent recordings include:
- 2011 - Celebrate Christmas
- 2006 - O How Glorious is the Kingdom
- 2006 - W H Harris Anthems
- 2005 - Music for a Royal Celebration
- 2005 - Abide with Me
- 2003 - Carols from Windsor Castle
- 2002 - Carols from Windsor Castle
- 2001 - Tomkins Cathedral Music
- 2001 - Carols from Windsor Castle
- 2000 - Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis Vol 21
- 2000 - The Glory of St George's
- 1999 - Mathias: Lux Aeterna
- 1996 - David Fanshawe: African Sanctus (with Bournemouth Symphony Chorus)
- 1994 - Parry Cathedral Music
- 1994 - Tavener Sacred Works
- 1993 - Saint Nicolas & Hymn to Saint Cecilia (with Corydon Singers)
- 1984 - 20 Christmas Carols from Saint George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
List of Organists and Master of Choristers[edit]
Sub organists[edit]
- Richard Frank Martin Akerman 1908 - 1924
- Malcolm Boyle 1925 - 1932
- Reginald Alwyn Surplice 1932 - 1945[1]
- John Morehen 1968 - 1972
Assistant Organists[edit]
- Charles Hancock ???? - 1875
- G.F. Huntley 1875 - 1880
- Henry Walford Davies 1885 - 1890
- Richard Frank Martin Akerman 1900 - 1908
- Harold William Rhodes 1908 - 1910 (later organist of Coventry Cathedral)
- Reginald Alwyn Surplice 1927 - 1932 (afterwards Sub organist)
- John Charles Stirling Forster 1941 - 1945
- Philip Harold Moore 1946 - 1949
- Lionel Frederick Dakers 1950 - 1954
- Richard George Greening 1955 - 1959
- Clement McWilliam 1959 - 1965
- John Porter 1972 - 1985
- Roger Judd 1985 - 2008
- Ben Giddens 2008 - 2009 (Acting)
Assistant Directors of Music[edit]
- Richard Pinel 2009 -
Organ Scholars[edit]
- Peter J Williams 1965-1966[2]*John Porter deceased 1965–1967 (later sub organist)
- John Taylor 1965–1967 (then Assistant Organist of St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh)
- Terence Atkins 1967–1969 (now Organist and Choirmaster at St John the Baptist Parish Church, Chipping Barnet)
- Jason Smart 1969–1972
- Francis Grier 1972–1973 (afterwards organ scholar of King's College, Cambridge; later Organist and Master of the Choristers at Christ Church, Oxford)
- Colin Walsh 1973–1974 (afterwards organ scholar of Christ Church, Oxford; now Organist Laureate Lincoln Cathedral)
- Christopher Brayne 1974–1975 (later Organist and Master of the Choristers of Bristol Cathedral; now Director of Music at Christ Church, Charlotte, North Carolina)
- Thomas Trotter 1975–1976 (afterwards organ scholar of King's College, Cambridge)
- Adrian Partington 1977–1978 (afterwards organ scholar of King's College, Cambridge and now Director of Music Gloucester Cathedral)
- Harry Bicket 1978–1980 (Director, The English Concert)
- Wayne Marshall 1980–1983
- Iain Simcock 1983–1984
- Neil Kelly 1984–1986
- Andrew Nethsingha 1986–1987 (then organ scholar of St John's College, Cambridge, now Director of Music at St John's College, Cambridge)
- Roger Muttitt 1987–1988 (currently Director of Music at Durham School)
- Philip Scriven 1988–1990 (then organ scholar of St John's College, Cambridge, now Lichfield Cathedral)
- Mark Wardell 1990–1991 (later Assistant Organist of Chichester Cathedral)
- Jonathan Lilley 1991–1992 (later Sub-Organist at Leeds Parish Church, currently Assistant Organist at Ely Cathedral)
- Christopher Allsop 1992–1993 (afterwards Trinity College, Cambridge, assistant at St. Philip's Cathedral, Birmingham, currently Assistant Organist of Worcester Cathedral)
- Matthew Raisbeck 1993–1994
- Greg Morris 1994–1995 (now Associate Organist Temple Church, London)
- Iain Farrington 1995–1996 (then organ scholar of St John's College, Cambridge)
- Myles Hartley 1996–1997
- Teilhard Scott 1997–1999
- Jonathan Vaughn 1999–2000 (afterwards Organ Scholar at St John's College, Cambridge, now Assistant Organist Wells Cathedral)
- Robert Kwan 2000–2001 (Assistant to the Organist-Choirmaster, Christ & Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, Westport, CT; currently Director of Music, Trinity Episcopal Church, Southport, CT, USA)
- Francesca Massey 2001–2002 (Acting Assistant Organist September–December 2001; then Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge and Manchester Cathedral, currently Assistant Director of Music at Peterborough Cathedral)
- Tom Winpenny 2002–2003 (Acting Assistant Organist; then organ scholar of King's College, Cambridge; then Sub-Organist, St Paul's Cathedral; now Assistant Master of the Music, St Albans Cathedral)
- Henry Parkes 2003–2004 (Acting Assistant Organist September–December 2003; then organ scholar of Christ Church, Oxford now Associate Director of Music All Saints, Margaret Street, London)
- Ben Giddens 2004–2005 (then organ scholar Norwich Cathedral; subsequently Acting Assistant Organist at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle; now Assistant Organist Magdalen College, Oxford)
- Peter Stevens 2005–2006 (Assistant Master of Music, Westminster Cathedral)
- John Challenger 2006–2008 (then organ scholar of St John's College, Cambridge, now Assistant Director of Music at Salisbury Cathedral)
- Laurence Williams 2008–2009 (currently reading Music with a Choral Scholarship at Trinity College, Cambridge)
- Alexander Binns 2009–2010 (currently studying at the Royal Academy of Music, London)
- Ben Bloor 2010–2011
- Adam Mathias 2011-2012
- Joseph Beech 2012-2013
- Glen Dempsey 2013-2014
- Alexander Hamilton
Notable alumni[edit]
- Michael Chance, Countertenor
- Sir Henry Walford Davies
- Francis Grier, classical composer
- David Fanshawe, classical composer
- John Lubbock, conductor
See also[edit]
- Organists and Masters of the Choristers of St. George's Chapel in Windsor Castle. Historical monographs relating to St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle Volume 3. Edmund Fellowes (1939)
- ^ Who's who in Music. Fourth Edition. 1962. p.205
- ^ (Graham Elliott was NOT an Organ Scholar but a private pupil of Dr Sidney Campbell. I went in 1964 as a private PA to Dr. Campbell and then became the first Organ Scholar, along with John Porter who stayed on when I went to be Assistant Organist at York Minster 1966. Many of these dates are wrong!)