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This blog post is long overdue but the recent events that affected customers using Amazon Web Services sparked an increased priority in my mind. I have long been an advocate of Amazon's amazing efforts driving cloud computing to fruition. And the current unfortunate events have not changed my attitude towards them. Amazon is amazing!
Really amazing! And GoGrid is really thankful.
Thank goodness Werner Vogels keeps getting up on stage with incredible success stories. Werner's slides featuring Amazon's growth statistics are so awesome that I bet they make Al Gore jealous. And that isn't a tongue-in-cheek quip because Al Gore gave birth to the Internet. This isn't a tongue-in-cheek blog-post. This is a hearty high-five to Amazon from GoGrid. The convenient truth for GoGrid is that when Werner takes the stage, it feels like he'll need a ladder to show us how incredible the adoption is of AWS.
Can you imagine a world without Amazon? The whole "cloud" revolution probably wouldn't be happening. SalesForce had been doing their thing for about a decade but it wasn't until Amazon Web Services geared up that the whole "cloud" thing started cranking.
- No great brand-name company was going to bring cloud computing to market because they've been watching a bookstore eat their lunch now for years and they still haven't done anything relevant. I'm talking about computing giants like IBM, HP, Dell, and Cisco or telecom service providers like AT&T and Verizon. Sun was gonna do something relevant about 2 years ago but Larry pulled the plug on that. Amazon has declared an entirely new style of computing that will define the future, and the big-names just seem to be watching. Wake up! What is going through your dino-minds? There is a new Sheriff in town. Do you still think that Amazon is just an attempt to sell excess bookstore infrastructure that they didn't need at Christmas? Amazon-dot-com faced an incredible IT challenge and so they invented an entirely new style of massively multi-tenant, incredibly scalable, programmable, on-demand infrastructure. Smell the Java ©!
- Countless technology start-ups would never have started. Amazon established an entirely new paradigm that has changed the game for entrepreneurs in several great ways. First of all, Amazon enables bunches of new businesses that simply couldn't have existed even if they had the capital. The best examples of these are the companies that simply grew too fast to get their needs met without programmable and massively scalable on-demand infrastructure.
- Amazon has done wonders for the psyche of entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurs feel empowered. There is a new consensus that a company can be started for almost nothing whereas it used to feel like a start-up needed $10,000,000. Entrepreneurs are liberated because they know that they can scale their cost of goods sold with their revenues and that they don't need any CapEx. Amazon is a bigger friend to tech start-ups than venture capital and has become a comparable engine for growth in our economy.
- OpenStack wouldn't exist. OpenStack was invented to compete with Amazon. RackSpace never would have purchased SliceHost and jumped into the cloud game. RackSpace wouldn't have needed a "cloud" strategy 'cause their core business was doing great.
- And last but not least, people wouldn't care so much about GoGrid. We're proud to have pioneered cloud computing alongside Amazon, but if we had done it alone it might be comparable to a tree falling in the forest. We had load balanced cloud servers years before Amazon, and load balancing is core to elasticity which is a defining attribute of cloud computing, but not as many people would have noticed. We also were way ahead of Amazon with on-demand Windows servers, real VLANs, dedicated servers, Hosted Private Cloud and bunches of other things but you probably wouldn't be reading this blog-post if it weren't for Amazon. We take great pride in having a feature-set that our customers and industry analysts alike consider to be the most comparable to Amazon's. We're headquartered in San Francisco and quite good at R&D ourselves and we also are pushing the industry forward. GoGrid got into the game trying to solve a different problem than Amazon, we were trying to automate managed hosting, but we've both ended up in nearly the same wonderful place…the cloud!
So thank you Amazon! You've done the World a great service!
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- The Lady Mocs improve to 20-3 overall and stay in first place in the SoCon race at 13-1 with a 63-40 win over Elon at McKenzie Arena tonight. Elon falls to 12-10 overall and 9-4 in SoCon action.
- Lady Mocs avenge their only SoCon loss of the season, a 70-60 overtime setback at Elon on Jan. 7.
- UTC's 10th straight win...last loss was 70-60 (OT) at Elon on Jan. 7.
- Tonight's attendance was 2,449...the third largest home crowd this season.
- Elon jumped out to a 14-5 lead over the first 10 minutes of the game...UTC closed the half on a 20-4 run to take a 25-18 lead into the break.
- The Lady Mocs are 17-1 when leading at the half.
- UTC opened the second half on a 13-4 run to put the game out of reach.
- Elon senior Ali Ford came into the game second in the SoCon in scoring at 17.0 ppg. She was held to a season-low five points tonight, including 0-7 from 3-pt. range.
- Elon was 0-12 from 3-pt. range in the game.
- Lady Mocs held Elon to a season-low 40 points...the 70 points by the Phoenix in the first meeting is the most UTC has allowed in conference play.
- Chattanooga is 10-0 at home this season, extending its home-winning streak to 23 games with tonight's win...Lady Mocs' longest winning streak in McKenzie Arena was 25 games from Dec. 4, 2004, through November 10, 2006.
- UTC was just 3-16 from 3-pt. range, tying for fewest made from behind the arc this season.
- Lady Mocs bench outscored Elon 31-8...Jackson and Dupree combined for 25 in 31 minutes.
- Chattanooga won the battle of the boards 46-36, despite the fact that the tally was even at 23 at the half. UTC is 14-0 this season when outrebounding its opponent.
- UTC turned 17 Elon turnovers into 18 points...UTC had forced at least 17 turnovers in three of the last four games.
- Lady Mocs are 18-3 all-time and 9-1 at home against Elon.
Kayla Christopher (Sr. - G)
- Season-high six assists.
Ashlen Dewart (Jr. - F)
- 12 points on 5-12 shooting, 2-4 from the FT line.
- Added eight boards.
Faith Dupree (Jr. - F)
- 11 points in seven minutes off the bench.
- Shot 4-6 from the field, 1-1 from 3-pt. range and 2-2 from the FT line.
- First three of the season.
Tatianna Jackson (Fr. - G)
- Career-high and team-high 14 points off the bench.
- Shot 6-8 from the field and 2-2 from 3-pt. range.
- Career-high three assists.
- Added two steals and three boards.
- 10+ points in last two games...four this season.
- 21-32 (65.6%) from the field last six games.
Wes Moore
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The regularly scheduled meeting of the Board of Trustees was called to order at 4:30 p.m. by President Peg Giesler. In attendance were Trustees Mary Taylor, Mary Ann Tucker, Susan Punzelt, Amy McGilvrey, Sharon Farris, and Librarian Teresa Pennington. Absent: Trustees Jerry Cockcroft and Greg McHenry.
Minutes of Previous Meeting:
Minutes were reviewed. Motion: Tucker, second Punzelt to approve minutes as read. Motion carried.
Finance Report:
Finance report was reviewed. Motion: McGilvrey, second Farris to approve report as read. Motion carried.
Book Committee:
Motion: Tucker, second Farris to approve 15 titles of nonfiction for purchase through the Lucy Bishop Fund. Motion carried.
House Committee:
*Pennington reported that the emergency elevator phone (required by state) was installed at a cost of $687 to run the wiring from the furnace room to the elevator, $400 to purchase the actual phone and install it in the elevator, and $66 for Verizon to connect the phone service.
*Art Reese will give an estimate for new fluorescent lights, light covers and installation in the original sections of the building.
*The downspout extension nearest the north door has been damaged again.
*Shanks Glass and Paint will install a new door closer for the single door between the old and new sections of the building downstairs.
Librarian's Report (Statistics):
Motion: Tucker, second Punzelt to approve the report as read. Motion carried.
Old Business:
The board saw the large screen TV and DVD/VHS player and cart, purchased with WalMart Foundation community grant money. The equipment will be used for library programs and is also available to organizations or groups using library meeting rooms.
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*Tucker and Farris were appointed to the Budget Committee.
The library is exploring the possibility of applying for a grant to replace five computers. This would be a matching grant, where the library would have to raise matching funds of $1950 by February 2010 and $2600 by February 2011.
*The library has hired new employee Debra Sims who will start Tuesday March 17, 2009. She will assume Children's Librarian responsibilities at the start of the library's new fiscal year, May 1, 2009, when Julie Eveland resigns her position as Children's Librarian and starts part time.
*Pennington would like to apply for a grant called "Digital Imaging." The grant awards from $5,000 to $25,000 to put "collections of significant interest" online. This is a federal grant administered through the state. Pennington will talk to the Edgar County Historical Society to see if they would like to partner with the library to digitize and add their photos to the library's 6-volume set of books The Story of Paris and Edgar County by Phil Shutt. The library owns the only copy of Shutt's books, and Pennington believes the photos and books together will be worthy of the grant.
*The library will not get its annual Per Capita Grant--this year $10,981.35—until June or later. Discussion about temporarily borrowing funds from another account to pay continuing expenses until grant check is received.
*Giesler reported the library is asking for donations of new or gently used DVDs to add to its collection.
*McGilvrey will research starting a Paris chapter of "The Big Read," and organizing a concurrent book discussion.
Librarian's Announcements:
Lincoln Trail Libraries System will upgrade Horizon on April 16 from 8:00 a.m. until approximately 12:00 p.m. During that time, our library will be unable to check in items, issue or renew library cards, make requests, process interlibrary loan items, accept payment of fines (or even know if there are outstanding fines). It will, however, be able to use the backup system to check out books. LINC will also be down during the upgrade.
*Pennington distributed an FYI sheet featuring articles from ALA and LTLS about a one-year stay of enforcement on testing for lead in children's books.
Next Meeting will be April 13, 2009.
Meeting adjourned at 5:35 p.m.
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The Alchemist brewing company, creators of Heady Topper beer, sent the social media world into a frenzy with the announcement that there would be no more retail sales, factory tours and tastings at the company's factory on Crossroad Road in Waterbury.
The November 5 online announcement crashed their website's server and drew over 100 comments on their website and another 300-plus on their Facebook page.
Brewery co-owner and co-founder Jennifer Kimmich said that the decision was made based on traffic flow, parking and safety concerns. She said that while the brewery had state and local permits and was located in the light industrial zoning district, the sheer volume of people coming to visit the plant was overwhelming.
"The parking lot has often been overflowing and cars have been backed up down to Route 100. The town has tried to help us but we continue to get busier and busier. We've been trying to deal with this for the last 10 months and it's not going to work," she said.
She said that she and her husband (and business partner) John Kimmich are actively seeking a new retail location in Waterbury Village and will continue to brew the beer at their Crossroad location. They employ 25 people and produce 120 barrels of Heady Topper, along with other artisan beers, each week.
They recently announced a growler plan – and sold out of growlers in one day -- for people to come to the factory to fill their growler. That program is also suspended until they can come up with a solution.
The Kimmichs used to own and operate the Alchemist Pub on Main Street in Waterbury Village. That business and building were severely damaged during Tropical Storm Irene, leading the Kimmichs to reconstruct the building, but lease it to another restaurateur while they concentrated on their factory and their beer production.


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NEW YORK — Bank of America, the largest U.S. bank by assets, "significantly hindered" a federal investigation into the firm's faulty foreclosure practices on potentially billions of dollars worth of taxpayer-backed loans, a federal auditor told an Arizona court.
The bank withheld key documents and data, prevented investigators from interviewing bank employees or asking certain questions, and was slow to provide information, according to a June 1 declaration by William W. Nixon, a fraud examiner and assistant regional inspector general for audit for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development inspector general's office.
Due to Bank of America's "reluctance," Nixon resorted to asking the Justice Department to issue so-called civil investigative demands last December to compel testimony, a "less effective" means of carrying out its investigation, Nixon said. His office can't compel testimony on its own.
Bank of America, the largest handler of home loans in the U.S., threw up roadblocks to the investigation, Nixon said, like preventing his team from performing a "walkthrough" of the bank's documents unit.
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Vengeance of the Moon Knight #7
If you want to read a Batman comic and have an irrational hatred for DC, well, Marvel has good news for you. . .
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World War Hulks #1
As anthology comics go, "World War Hulks" is all right so long as you aren't expecting too much.
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Black Panther/Captain America: Flags of Our Fathers #1
Adolf Hitler, Baron von Strucker, Nick Fury and the Howling Commandos –--and that's just within the first ten pages!
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Spider-Man: Fever #1
Doctor Strange unleashes some demons who come after Spider-Man. But, more importantly, it's all written and drawn by Brendan McCarthy.
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Philip K. Dick's Electric Ant #1
The first issue of the adaptation of Philip K. Dick's short story tells the most boring and cliché part of the story: a man learns he's an android.
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Deadpool Corps #1
Apparently, Marvel thinks fans of Deadpool will buy just about anything.
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Ultimate X #2
If "Ultimate X" would just ditch the narration boxes, this would be a much better comic.
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Jonathan Hickman and Dustin Weaver's "S.H.I.E.L.D." is the best debut issue I've seen in a very long time.
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Marvel Zombies 5 #1
Can they keep the over-ripe Marvel Zombies franchise fresh? Yes, they can.
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New Avengers: Luke Cage #1
Eric Canete's art is the star of this show, as Luke Cage investigates some trouble in Philly.
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New Mutants #11
Hela calls in the favour that Moonstar owes her.
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X-Force #25
X-Force finally take down Selene and her army of the undead.
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Teen Titans #81
It's time to stop getting tricked by the lure of "Teen Titans."
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Billy Batson and the Magic of Shazam! #14
This series looks different -- and a lot better -- now that Mike Norton has come on board.
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Realm of Kings: Inhumans #5
There are problems within and without Medusa's government as a new danger from the Fault is revealed in the conclusion to this mini-series.
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Gotham City Sirens #10
With a guest art team in this month, "Gotham City Sirens" is able to narrow down what wasn't working up until now.
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Incorruptible #4
Why did Max Damage turn good? Actually, did he actually become a hero or is he still a villain? This issue is pretty good and doesn't provide easy answers.
|Fri, April 2nd, 2010
Wonder Woman #42
You have to admire DC's savvy marketing this week by putting Green Lanterns and a bright green background on the cover of "Wonder Woman" #42.
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Detective Comics #863
Despite being plagued with artist switcheroos, "Detective Comics" still makes you eager for more Batwoman.
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Justice League of America #43
Have you ever gotten the impression that even the creative team of a title isn't sure what's happening behind the scenes?
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X-Men Forever #20
A blind Sabretooth is a boring Sabretooth in "X-Men Forever," but that could just be Claremont's writing.
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Blackest Night #8
The white light shines on and all is right with the world.
|Wed, March 31st, 2010
The Terminator: 2029 #1
The Terminator franchise returns to comics with a story set before it all began. This story focuses on Kyle Reese, the resistance fighter who comes back in time to find Sarah Connor.
|Wed, March 31st, 2010
X-Men: Second Coming #1
The next big X-Men event is here and, while the issue has good character work, the plot is lacking and doesn't feel like the beginning of an event.
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The Punisher #15
"Frankencastle" continues to be surprisingly charming; this is a lot better than old stories, like when Captain America became a werewolf.
|Wed, March 31st, 2010
Dragon Age #1
We race through a saga of life and death in the very first issue, but with a story moving this fast, there's little room for us to care.
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Dark Wolverine #84
"Dark Wolverine" continues to be embroiled in "Siege," but this issue doesn't do much more than that.
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Usagi Yojimbo #127
It's a ronin team-up, as Sakai gives us a swordfight jamboree.
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Blackest Night #8
: "Blackest Night" draws to a close with "Brightest Day" looming on the horizon, but is it worthwhile? I say most definitely. And thank you.
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She-Hulk Sensational #1
A 30th anniversary "She-Hulk" special is a nice idea, but two of the three entries ignore that word "special."
|Tue, March 30th, 2010
Prelude to Deadpool Corps #5
Kyle Baker comes in as all the pieces of the ultimate cosmic battle come together -- in a game of capture the flag.
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Cloak and Dagger #1
Will Cloak and Dagger go their separate ways? Stuart Moore and Mark Brooks give us the answer.
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Wolverine Origins #46
Wolverine is about to take on Romulus (completely different meaning for those of us living the metro-Detroit area) and needs to lay some old ghosts to rest.
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The Amazing Spider-Man #627
Roger Stern joins Team Webhead for a very special Juggernaut-centric Spider-Man story that starts with Peter Parker getting a Spider-sense induced migraine.
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Wall-E #4
"Wall-E" is serving up a series of prequels, which is a nice idea in theory but ends up not being that gripping.
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Shuddertown #1
Bodies keep turning up with DNA evidence pointing to dead criminals as the murderers. Is Detective Isaac Hernandez losing his mind? What's going on?
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Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time: The Eye of the World #1
This adaptation of "The Wheel of Time" isn't bad, but I feel like it's preaching to the choir just a bit.
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Supergod #3
Meet the man without sanity that can perceive time and choose which path to walk in this series that examines the concept of superhumanity from a different perspective.
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Peter Parker #1
Peter goes up against a new foe while juggling his home and work life.
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Black Terror #9
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HAMBURG, NY –Shannon Memminger (#12 in photo) and Chelsea Reischuck (#5 in photo) took over the top spot in several volleyball statistical categories since their junior year began this fall. During the September 29th weekend tournament at Brockport State, Memminger became the All-Time Service Ace leader and Reischuck perched atop the All-Time Kills list. Earlier, Memminger became the All-Time Assist leader in the Hawks first game of the season.
Reischuck (South Wales, NY/East Aurora) had a big hitting week during the last week of September when she earned 36 kills in four matches. She passed by the previous leader, Kristy Gonciarz '09, against Potsdam with her eight kills. She currently has 451 career kills with a full month of her junior season still remaining. Reischuck's best hitting percentage game was against Alfred (Sept. 29) when she earned 10 kills off 18 attempts (.444). She was credited with 14 kills against D'Youville (Sept. 26) in a four-set match; 11 kills against SUNYIT (five sets) and 10 kills in a three-set match against Alfred (Sept. 29).
Memminger's 12 service aces earned during the last four matches in September also pushed her to the top, advancing to the number one position over Laura Stranc '08. Memminger was tied with Stranc after the Hawks three-set win over Alfred, in a match she was credited with four aces. The Sweet Home high school native earned two more non-returnable balls against Brockport and currently sits at 141. On four separate occasions this season, Memminger earned six aces in matches.
In the 2012 opening match against Morrisville, the Hawks' primary setter became the All-Time Assist leader. She was credited with 22 assists in the team's three set victory. Her 'highs' for the year were 45 assists in the four-set victory against D'Youville; in a three-set win, she finished with 31 (La Roche) and in a five-set win against SUNYIT, she passes for 38 assists. Her assist number currently is 1,414.
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As announced several months ago, four action figures from Spawn Series 12 -- the Creech, the Heap, Spawn IV and Re-Animated Spawn - have been repainted and are being re-released.
The sculpts are exactly the same as the original release, only the paint schemes are different. The packaging will also be the same, but with the addition of a sticker on the front blister denoting the new figures as exclusive repaints. Check out the accompanying photos that show the figures in their packaging. To see the figures out of the packaging, click here.
These Series 12 repaints are a Diamond Comics Distributors exclusive, which means they'll only be available at the comic and hobby shops serviced by the Diamond distribution network. Look for the figures in stores by the end of November. For a comic shop near you, call 1-800-COMIC-BOOK.


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It started with the romantic setting of Ripon Cathedral. A Wedding Fair in this historic and truly beautiful, impressive building.
Now, what could be more romantic than a Wedding Fair on Valentine's weekend? Or so I thought. In reality, whilst there is no hardship at all in spending the weekend chatting with gushing brides-to-be, there is a slightly less glamorous side to the whole affair. Picture the scene – on my left side is a company selling wedding videos. As one might expect, they show samples of their work on a big screen. Let's just say that I am now word-perfect with Enrique Eglesias' "Hero", and not far off with a couple of other songs too.
To add insult to injury, a 'swing' (the music genre not the car key variety) vocalist decided to set up camp on the steps to the library, to my right. Every so often both were competing for my attention simultaneously. My ear holes were jangling. And THEN the catwalk show started! Rampant strains of "My Guy" blasted from the Nave of the cathedral, eclipsing all other efforts.
About this cat walk show I can say but one thing, and I will choose my words carefully here. They had selected the most boobilicious models I have ever clapped eyes on. One particularly well-blessed girl had been squeezed into a strapless wedding gown at least 2 sizes too small. Suffice to say that I witnessed a good deal of nudging in the audience, as the real brides-to-be attempted to distract their fiances from the eye-popping spectacle. Such fleshliness and carnality in the most virginal of settings. It cheered me right up!
The Fair was a great success and it was a joy watching the excitement and anticipation on the faces of the families looking around.
And then to Valentine's. This weekend offers me an unrivalled opportunity to indulge in romanticism, even though I back away from the commercial racketeering of Valentine's under normal circumstances, as it also plays host to the date of my hubby's birthday. We enjoyed a candlelit dinner and listened to live jazz, with a bottle of fizz for company. Lovely.
The highlight of the whole weekend? The Fair? No. The dinner? No. The birthday, or the Valentine dinner my husband cooked for us on the 14th? None of the above. The best part of all was the moment when our 4 year old, returning from nursery, presented me with a beautiful hand made Valentine's card which he had carefully put together. Inside he had written, all by himself, "I love you". Aaawwwwww. That's a lurv that cannot be replicated.
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The sleek Gansevoort welcomes Meatpacking District clubbers up to the rooftop bar -- but courts families, too.
Back in 2004, the opening of the 14-floor Gansevoort signaled an important moment in the Meatpacking District's transformation from a prostitute-cruising locale to a style-conscious enclave full of bottle-service clubs, Sex and the City-filmed-here bistros, and the Alexander McQueen boutique.
The key to Gansevoort's success: backing up the hype with substantive amenities. Beneath the hotel's flashy light-changing exterior, guests find sizable, luxurious rooms with free Wi-Fi and HBO, 24-hour room service, and the much-talked-about rooftop pool, which is as thrilling for families as for fashion-conscious 25-year-olds. By night, the disco-lit lobby is filled with the clicking heels of young, short-skirted women accompanying their black-blazered boyfriends to the rooftop pool. An occasional celebrity might still wander by, hide out in the duplex penthouse, or get carded at the restaurant. But the next morning, it's the 10-and-under set splashing around in the rooftop pool while lifeguards round up the floaties.
That's not to say Gansevoort's lost any of its carefully cultivated sex appeal -- the hotel's own acid-jazzy CD compilations, extravagant 400-thread-count sheets, and sexy bathroom lighting attest to that. A 2012 design makeover for the guestrooms replaced the neutral tones with pops of color, and old images of the Meatpacking district with modern photography by Deborah Anderson, the art director of the hotel.
One of the few hotels in the nightlife- and shopping-packed Meatpacking District.
The Gansevoort Meatpacking NYC is located in Manhattan's cobblestone-paved Meatpacking District, a subsection made up of the far northern and western blocks of the West Village and bordered by Chelsea to the north. Once home to hundreds of slaughterhouses and meatpacking plants and, more recently, a disproportionate amount of the city's illicit sexual activity, the area has in the past decade been transformed into a trend-conscious enclave full of bottle-service clubs, Sex and the City-filmed-here bistros, and designer boutiques like Alexander McQueen, La Perla, and Christian Louboutin.
The location is ideal for exploring the neighborhood clubs -- say, checking out the DJs at Cielo or celebrity-spying at Tenjune.
Because of the heavy nightlife traffic, the area is a safe place to roam -- but expect weekend nights in particular to be packed with boisterous and sometimes inebriated partyers, many of them daytripping from New Jersey and Long Island. During the day the neighborhood is much mellower, perfect for window-shopping and people-watching from the new High Line park or one of the many bistros and cafes with sidewalk seating.
Sizable rooms with extremely luxurious bedding, Cutler toiletries, and free Wi-Fi and HBO.
With renovations in 2012, ultra hip, modern photography has been added to guestrooms, and the color scheme has shifted from neutral to pops of color, more reminiscent of its sister hotel on Park Avenue.
All rooms and suites feature the following amenities:
A rooftop pool and bar with 360-degree views, plus a new spa and 24-hour fitness and business centers.
No question, the Gansevoort's guests-only, 45-foot-long rooftop pool remains its most distinctive asset. It's just around 4 feet deep, but it's heated, open 365 days a year, and has an underwater sound system. And the novelty of swimming among the rooftops of Manhattan never seems to wear thin. The 2012 renovations haven't changed much, just made seating sleeker. One of the hotel's main draws is its bonus features:
Pets welcome for a one-time fee.
The Gansevoort Meatpacking NYC will let guests bring pets of any size or type for a per-stay fee. Pets are not allowed at the rooftop pool or lounge or in the restaurant or bar. The hotel website mentions "complimentary pet amenities" like a collar tag and Barking Zoo treats and toys -- but they don't seem so free if you're paying a fee.
Very family-friendly, with good-size rooms, a separate room-service kids menu, and everything from diapers to strollers available for free.
Though it doesn't market itself as such, the Gansevoort Meatpacking NYC is one of the most family-friendly hotels in New York -- everything from diapers and bottle warmers to larger items like infant bathtubs and strollers (as well as more common cribs) are available free of charge. Rollaways are not offered, but adjoining rooms are. And families do book here. With kids, a rooftop pool sells itself.
Pay-per-view offerings include programs from Disney Channel and PBS Kids on Demand, and the 40-odd free channels include Nickelodeon and Toon Disney Channel. PlayStations, Wiis, and PSPs can also be borrowed free of charge, as well as house bicycles and helmets.
The children's menu features kid-friendly standards like chicken fingers, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, grilled cheese, and cookies and milk, all at reasonable prices.
At about 250 square feet, even the smallest rooms can accommodate a crib. And several other room classes come with sofa beds.
A trendy oyster and sushi bar, plus 24-hour room service
This 187-room Meatpacking District hotel is more than its lauded rooftop pool -- guests also score luxe 400-thread-count bedding and cool Cutler toiletries, plus free Wiis, HBO, and Wi-Fi. The nightly parade of clubhoppers outside the door can grow tiresome -- but if that's your scene, the proximity to so many excellent restaurants and bars is hard to beat.
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Sergio Aguero's late effort sealed a 2-1 victory for Manchester City at Old Trafford on Monday, but United still have a commanding 12-point lead at the top of the table.
Jones believes United should not be too downcast about the defeat and is confident they will get back on track and regain the league crown.
"We have to keep our heads up because we are still in a fantastic position," he said.
"The lads deserve an enormous amount of credit and hopefully we can go on and win the league.
"We have to get back on the training pitch and do what we do best - recover. I am sure we will."
Jones, who forced Vincent Kompany into an own-goal, was asked to play as centre-back for only the fourth time this season due to a string of injuries in the United squad.
The former Blackburn player produced an assured display in the heart of defence and regards this role as his natural position.
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Eli Manning knows how phones and football go together
What is T2 promoting something. Why is he talking so much this week.
I'm actually pretty optimistic about this one, I love TT and I think he can recover. I has harsh how he landed and torn his ACL. He is coming back and saving our secondary!! Ok maybe not all but part
Suprised he didn say it was gods plan that the defense sucked last year.
T2 is a total class act....I really, really hope he comes backs and stays healthy. The dude deserves some luck for a change.
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Continuation from CUP day…
No the story wasn't finished for our CUP day, remember our next task was to head over to the police department to hand them a fat check and according to Orange planning department, fill out some paper work (AMP).
All was good, excited that we started the paperwork, talking about what the future holds for VBC, checking out the local street scene as we drive only a couple miles to where I thought the police station was. Located right off Chapman, I turned into the parking lot to the sight of an indoor shooting range and a HUGE sheriff's badge over hanging an opposing building. That said, however I thought I'd scope out the place before taking the family out of the car because we were noticing that printed on the main doors of the police building that it said "Training Facility". I really thought nothing of it until I walked inside and it smelled like a gym locker. Needless to say, we were nowhere near the right location. Just as I was figuring this out, my family walked inside. I quickly grabbed a phone number of the local police station from an assistant working there and walking back to our car I asked my wife, give me the keys. She looked at me "you have them". No sure don't, there they are in the ignition!
So there we are, keys locked in the car, kids are now starting to get a little upset from being taken out of the car so many times, we haven't made one step closer to getting this AMP thing filled out and it will be 5pm in a couple of minutes. Luckily we had our phones ready and AAA was close by to assist us to slim jim our car open in front of the police station – this shot says it all.
We eventually got back in our car, thank you Mr. AAA dude, and found out that the police department which we wanted to go to was right down the street; yeah we drove past it coming to this place – go figure!
The visit to the police station has a humorous twist to it as well since the lady assisting us had no clue of what we needed. She was trying her best as we gave her the City's instructions on our CUP paperwork. Around and around we tried to get the "paperwork" we needed, finally we figured out all she needed was a copy of our receipt from the city and money. Feeling like we just got taken advantage of, there goes another $1,600; we left with understanding that we'd be contacted from an investigator soon.
So now here we are, waiting for the police department to conduct an investigation on us and local surroundings which should take them a minimum of 3 – 4 months, waiting for our CUP to be approved, what's next? Time to start getting the brewery ready for action – can someone say floor drains! More to come…


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My mind is dazzled by the almost unbelievable fact that people's lips say they believe the Bible then make a word such as "rapture" or a phrase such as "7 year(s) great tribulation," both of which are conclusively non-existent in the Holy Writings of the Oracles of God, to be kind of lynch-pins for something as important as the nature of the transition from "the last days" of this eon into "the new day" of the next.
The 70 weeks of years are decreed for Daniel's people national Israel .... not the church
There is a breach in the visions of the prophets between the end of the 69th week and the beginning of the 70th week .... there is nothing of earthly events recorded in visionary prophecy over the last 2,000 years up to this very day
Leviticus has the most numbers of any book of the Bible, containing the dimensions of the tabernacle. The book with the second most numbers in it is Revelation. Surely if God intended us to count on a closing 7 years period called the great tribulation it would seem of all books in which He would speak of it would be the Revelation. But no! It's not there! However many, perhaps even if all of the 3 1/2 year periods pertain to the same period only repeatedly mentioned, ALL, I repeat ALL these numbers were actually mentioning not 7 but 3 1/2 year periods. That is a fact. (It was 7 or 8 times mentioned if you assume the "time, times and half a time" is included.)


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Robert (Bob) Sterling Settles, 66, of Antlers, Oklahoma, died unexpectedly Tuesday, December 17, 2013, at his home. Bob was born November 26, 1947, to J.B. and Jewel Dean King Settles in Big Springs, Texas. He married Elizabeth Ann Allen on November 5, 2003. He was preceded in death by his parents, J.B. and Deana Settles Meier, brother, Rowdy Settles and son, Rafe Sterling Settles. He is survived by his spouse, Liz Settles. Surviving children are Jacy Beth Perkins and husband, Dustin, Amber Celeste Duncan and husband, Charlie, sons, Zachary and Zeth Allen.
Betty Jo Wilson passed from this life Saturday, December 14, 2013 in Dallas, Texas at the age of 78. Betty was born March 29, 1935 in Antlers, Oklahoma to Herbert and Evelene (Kellett) Hill. She married Donald Wilson on December 19, 1967 in Santa Monica, California. Betty was a homemaker. She enjoyed crafting and attending craft shows. She loved flowers and gardening. Betty was preceded in death by her first husband Charles Ray Wallace; her second husband Donald Wilson; her father Herbert Hill and her son Michael Wallace.
Nicholas Charles Ward passed from this life Sunday, December 15, 2013 in Lubbock, Texas at the age of 68. He was born September 24, 1945 in Montgomery, Alabama to Charles and Mildred (Melton) Ward. Nick was retired from the Department of Transportation. He loved being outdoors, hunting, fishing, and traveling. He enjoyed life to the fullest and loved spending time with family and friends. Nick is preceded in death by his father Charles Ward; mother Mildred Ward; sister Judy Shelton; grandparents Laurence and Maggie Melton; and special mother- in- law Goldie McClendon.


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Matthew Moreno finished his inaugural season with Cal State Northridge with a .263 batting average in 21 games (10 starts), coming into the starting lineup late in the campaign. He recorded one double and four RBI and also tallied a stolen base and three sacrifice hits for the Matadors. Moreno made his debut for the program as a defensive replacement vs. Seattle University (2/19 Gm. 2), came in to replace the catcher against Valparaiso (2/26), and went 0-for-1 against Lamar at the YMBL Cardinal Classic (3/4). He came on as a defensive substitute at catcher against LMU (3/26), pinch-hit and played catcher at Bakersfield (4/9), and was brought in as a defensive sub at catcher and had one at-bat against Cal Poly (4/16). Moreno earned his first hit at CSUN in a 1-for-3 day with a run scored against Pacific (4/21) and made his first start of the year the next day at third base. He went 2-for-4 in the opener vs. UC Riverside (5/13) and brought in the winning run in the bottom of the 10th with a safety squeeze in the finale (5/15). He went 1-for-2 at Long Beach State as the starting third baseman (5/21) and had three hits in the series opener against Cal State Fullerton (5/27) and added two RBI in the regular season finale (5/29).
Matthew Moreno played both second and third base for the Brahmas from 2009-10. He was named team captain in 2010 on Coach Bushart's team that went 25-13 and earned his associate's degree from Pierce College in 2010.
Moreno played both infield and outfield on a Chancellor squad that went 109-16 while he was on campus. He earned First Team All-City honors in 2008 after captaining the team to their second straight City Championship under Coach Meusborn. Moreno was also named team MVP and earned First Team West Valley League accolades after his freshman campaign in 2005.
Born on August 30, 1990 in Northridge ... Parents are Mary Ellen and Gilbert Moreno ... Has a brother Patrick, 18 ... His sister Megan, 21, also goes to CSUN ... Lists among his favorites the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Tampa Bay Rays third baseman Evan Longoria, actors Denzel Washington and Sandra Bullock, TV show "Jersey Shore," "The Hangover," Facebook and solo artist Eminem ... Came to CSUN for the opportunity to play baseball ... Lists his greatest sports moment as winning two City Championships in high school ... Lists the best part about being a student-athlete as making friends and staying in shape, while the worst part is the time commitment ... Must eat a turkey sandwich for luck before every game ... Lists his grandpa as his greatest hero ... Would have dinner with Eva Mendes and Jessica Biel if he had the opportunity ... The greatest advice given to him was from his high school coach, Coach Meusborn, "Be on time, do the right things, do things the right way."


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Use of Re-refined Oil in Fleet Motor Vehicles
To: Assistant Directors for Administration
From: Debra E. Sonderman, Director /signed/
Office of Acquisition and Property Management
Subject: USE OF RE-REFINED OIL IN FLEET MOTOR VEHICLES
Date: April 13, 2000
The rising price of oil poses a real threat to the American economy and serves as a reminder of our Nation's dependence on foreign petroleum. We can reduce Interior's use of petroleum in our operations in many ways. We can practice energy conservation, drive alternative fueled vehicles and use re-refined motor oil in our vehicle fleet. Executive Order 13101, "Greening the Government Through Waste Prevention, Recycling and Federal Acquisition," and Section 6002 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act mandate that Federal agencies use re-refined motor oil, as appropriate.
To meet these requirements, Interior's bureaus must buy and use re-refined oil in our 32,000 leased and owned fleet motor vehicles to the maximum extent practicable. The Strategic Plan for Greening the Department of the Interior Through Waste Prevention, Recycling, and Federal Acquisition established a goal for Interior of one hundred percent compliance in the use of re-refined oil. Interior has embraced and promoted green technologies over the past two decades. Fleets throughout Interior and other Federal agencies successfully use re-refined oil, keeping used oil out of the waste stream.
Currently, there are several sources for re-refined oil. One source is the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), which is a preferred source of supply for the Federal government. DLA offers re-refined oil at competitive market prices. DLA's suppliers offer a closed loop system in which they pick-up the used re-refined oil from facilities as part of their service at no cost. The suppliers re-refine the recovered oil and make it available for use again. Such an environmentally friendly closed loop system should be part of any re-refined oil program practiced at our facilities. To help increase its use, I have requested DLA to automatically substitute re-refined oil for all of Interior's orders of virgin oil. Your bureau's facilities nationwide that are demonstrating leadership in the use of re-refined oil should be commended. Please ensure that your bureau managers actively pursue ways of making this very worthy endeavor a success. Information on DLA's re-refined oil program can be found at http://www.dscr.dla.mil/userweb/dscrld/re-refined/RR.htm. Frequently asked questions about re-refined oil are attached, and will be posted on the PAM home page.
We will work closely with the Office of Environmental Policy and Compliance and the bureaus to develop the necessary guidelines to increase our use of re-refined oil. Thank you for your support of this important effort.
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I would like to express my thanks to the residents of Duxbury who attended the 2012 annual Town Meeting. Many remarked on how it was one of the largest, if not the largest, gatherings they have seen in years. There was an effort to modify the Duxbury Town Meeting process in a small way; a similar and more extensive effort was proposed in Waterbury. Towns throughout Vermont have modified the process in an attempt to accommodate what has been a centuries-old tradition, to modernize it.
It is my belief that all of the technological changes available to us today offer opportunities to conduct our business and social relationships in a quicker and more "efficient" fashion. Sadly, the end result, in my opinion, is the loss of social interaction, of personal face-to-face contact. We are "instantly" communicating in our business environment and more so in our private through a variety of devices and "social" networks to the detriment, I believe, of the one-on-one and group interaction we experienced for years.
Recently my wife and I vacationed for a week in Sarasota, Florida, and the first morning, a Sunday, we went to breakfast and as we waited to be seated I was taken by the number of seasoned citizens in the group (if you aren't aware, there are a lot of them down there). All without exception were dressed impeccably and were carrying on conversation. While waiting to be and after we were seated, I observed that there was not one smart phone, cell phone, mobile communicating device, electronic gaming device being used at any of the tables in the restaurant. It was a sizeable restaurant with an age-varied clientele. I have to contrast that with what I see and experience daily, as do many of us.
Technology has indeed facilitated so much and the pace of our lives has increased so quickly. We have, I believe, allowed technology to control us rather than the reverse. I sincerely hope that Town Meeting is never changed to accommodate the frenetic pace of residents' lives, rather that we at a minimum, take one day to interact with our fellow citizens and conduct the town's business, enjoy one another's company and the variety that is potluck.
I would like to sincerely thank those who supported my re-election to the select board. Many expressed their feelings that it is a thankless job and at times it has proven frustrating. To the contrary, I am encouraged, bolstered and grateful to those who took the time to thank me personally and in writing; your expressions of support make all the difference in the world. I wish the best to JoAnn and Ames; it has been a sincere pleasure to have served with them. I welcome Maureen Harvey and Mo Lavanway as they join with Craig Isvak, Mike Marshall and I on our new board.
I would especially like to thank several individuals, who will remain unnamed, for their wise counsel; I sincerely hope to be able to call on them in the future. Likewise, the opinions and sentiments expressed at Town Meeting will also be factored into our decision-making process. Lastly, I am grateful for my wife's support and tolerance of meetings often too frequently lasting too long.
I look forward to serving you as we conduct the business of the town which is moving Duxbury forward. Please feel free to provide us with any positive critique, suggestions, or ideas as we prepare to celebrate our 250th anniversary. May I remind everyone, we meet the second Monday of the month at 6 p.m. in the meeting room attached to the town garage. You are indeed welcome; no need to bring potluck.
Charland lives in Duxbury.


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I am having a tough time visualizing exactly what the translucent thing would look like -- though rene's photoshop definitely helped! I've wanted a decent flip-smartphone ever since using the treo 270. My favorite part about this: it would mean I could just flip open the iPhone instead of using that slide to unlock the screen.
Plus there's nothing better than flipping a phone open to answer and closing it to hang up. :D
Patents Pondered: Say Hello to... iFlip? - Wait-a-Thon
Dual-sided, transparent, flip-capable iPhone Nano?
El Jobso and Co. might just be exploring the possibility according to a recent patent filing unearthed, as usual, by the folks at Apple Insider.
Some of the juicy details include:
"capacitive array element [that] may be a dual-sided panel that is capable of sensing touch from either side and sending signals indicative of the touches to a host device (e.g., a desktop computer, a laptop computer, a digital music player or a mobile telephone unit)."
Of course, many Apple patent filing simply disappear into the dim, dank vaults of 1 Infinite Loop while others show up in ways or products we never could have guessed -- but that certainly doesn't mean we shouldn't try!
I'll admit, the idea doesn't hold much appeal to me, or to those still waiting for their big-apps iTablet Safari Pad, but I've learned never to underestimate Johnny Ive and Cupertino's finest. If anyone could make this little miracle as functional as it is "lick-able", it's them.
What do you think? Does this give us any hard insight into a next-gen iPhone? How does the idea of a translucent touch screen grab you? Is a flip phone a great idea or just another point of failure in the waiting?
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I am having a tough time visualizing exactly what the translucent thing would look like -- though rene's photoshop definitely helped! I've wanted a decent flip-smartphone ever since using the treo 270. My favorite part about this: it would mean I could just flip open the iPhone instead of using that slide to unlock the screen.
Old-school *flip* "Dieter to Enterprise!" fondness, eh?
All my old flip phones busted at the joint, and I like the slab personally, but again I'd never bet against Ive.
I really doubt this will occur. The touch screens take a fair amount of internal space as well as the battery. If the iPhone were spit and miniturized in this manner, there would be even less room for the other electronics. I like the idea for adopting flip phone converts, but we'd lose some of the screen real estate, battery life, and all the apps and webapps made for iphones would have to be reformatted for the new design. I don't think that sounds very apple.
Since I think my first Cell Phone will be an iPhone, I am intrigued by this rumor, but I am not so sure about this translucent jazz. I would think there would be bleed through from front to back, making things difficult to read. I like the one piece design. Flip phones are a gimmick as far as I am concerned.
As I was pondering over in another thread, multiple hardware designs have a downside if it means the UI can't be fully optimised for any one bit of kit. That seems like a real strength of the iPhone at the moment but I guess two designs might not be too many. A flip though? I'll pass on that unless it's much better than it is in my imagination :)
Since I think my first Cell Phone will be an iPhone
Now there's an opening line to a first post! I hope you enjoy mobile technology, despite the occasionally curmudgeonly tone of some these forums I'm sure we'd all agree that it's really a great deal of fun and actually rather useful too.
Very interesting...can't wait for AT&T's exclusive contract to expire!
Flip seems cooler for a slightly larger form factor to me...who knows if this will ever see the light of day...
Can't say that I would be too interested in this particular form factor, but then again a real product could sway me if it was designed as well as the original.
Doesn't hurt to get a patent, but it wouldn't be for me, the more moving parts, the more that can break. Apple keeps it simple and that's good for me.
hmm this looks like it would suck not dissing on your photoshop skills or anything just the actual design. I haven't owned a flip phone for about 5 years now and there's no way I'm going back.
So anyword on who won last weeks contest I thought the winner would be posted in the first post the next week isn't this it or am I missing something?
ugh, i remember this argument with the first smartphones came out, flip versus candybar style, can't stand the flip personally, but if this happens i'd want a second screen with some sort of feep back maybe not a touch screen, but a keyboard with oled screens like that russian made one


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You've made it past sex ed. Now comes, ahem, the hard stuff. Men's health specialist Ardavan Akhavan, M.D., is here to help answer your sex questions.SEE MORE
Sex Question: How many times a day does a man get an erection?Anywhere from zero to dozens—and that's dozens with an s. It depends on a lot of factors, including his age, health, medications, mood and how stimulated he is. But in sleep, healthy men experience an average of three to six erections, some lasting more than 30 minutes.
Sex Question: Does circumcision make a difference in pleasure for men?The short answer is maybe, but no one knows for sure. Foreskin is full of nerve endings, so uncircumcised men may be more sensitive. Also, since the head of a circumcised penis is always exposed, it may be less sensitive than one that comes out only during an erection. Despite this, there's no evidence to suggest a significant difference in sexual satisfaction or performance—either way, most guys say sex feels good.
Sex Question: What can I do to keep him from ejaculating too soon?First of all, don't stress him out about it. You can help by focusing on foreplay that doesn't involve his penis. When you move on to sex, try delaying his orgasm with the squeeze method: Once your partner feels like he is going to climax, he stops and pinches his penis just under the head until the urge goes away, then he starts again, and the process is repeated until he wants to ejaculate. Another option is to have him ejaculate before you have sex (if he can get aroused again); men typically have more control the second time. If all else fails, he can talk to his doctor about medication that could help him last longer.
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Construction Complete on the UK's Stunning Seed Cathedral
The brilliant bristling structure you see above is not the world's largest pincushion – it's Thomas Heatherwick's recently completed UK Pavilion at the 2010 Shanghai Expo. Dubbed the "Seed Cathedral", the six-story high structure is studded with 60,000 translucent rods that act as fiber-optic filaments that channel sunlight into the pavilion's interior. The densely-packed forest of filaments also contains the impetus to create living forests in the future — each 7.5 meter long "branch" contains seeds from the Millenium Seed Bank that will be given to China one the expo has run its course.
Nicknamed the "Dandelion", Thomas Heatherwick's UK Pavilion bristles with a dynamic facade that gently flexes and shimmers with each passing breeze. The beautiful building envelope blurs the boundaries between architecture and animated sculpture, while the area surrounding the pavilion features a network of pedestrian walkways and a landscaped park area.
Nestled within the sprouting facade of seeds is an otherworldly interior that unfolds like a shimmering network of stars. During the day the interior is completely lit by daylight channeled through the structure's transparent rods. At night the interior is illuminated by minute lighting elements contained within each rod for an amazing effect.
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Ms. Caitlyn will be one next month on the 26th. I am in such shock that this year has flown by. So many tears, so much happiness, stress, love, etc. I am taking the entire day off on August 26th just to spend it with her, just me and her. How did you all get through it? I am also going to take some pictures of her with her little preemie clothes to show how proud I am of my little 2 pounder.
Shannon Mommy to Caitlyn Elizabeth 30 weeks, 3 days born (8/26/2003) early due to PE, IUGR, HELLP syndrome, premature rupture of membranes