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PURCHASE, N.Y. – With five weeks to go before the presidential election, nearly 100 Manhattanville College students gathered Wednesday night to watch President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney in the first of three debates.
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Students were mixed when it came to who won the debate, which focused on domestic policy.
"He was more specific," senior Oletta Semple said of Obama. "Romney gave very vague answers, especially when he was asked what he would do once elected. I felt he was a bit misinformed. He dodged questions and would sway from the issue that was being raised."
Semple enjoyed watching the debate with her classmates rather than just in her dorm room.
"It was interesting watching it with a group of people and hearing what the professors had to say before and after," she said. "It was kind of like an expert opinion."
Undecided Vermont voter Ben Smith felt the debate was pretty equal and could not pick a winner.
"That surprised me because lately Romney's had a lot of trouble with campaign blunders, especially his 47 percent comment," Smith said. "Today, I felt like he was able to hold his own in the debate."
Smith, who said he got a lot out of the debate, added that Obama and Romney agreed on some issues.
"The tax plans both sounded very similar," said the junior. "They both had a desire to not heavily tax the middle class."
The debate-watching event was planned by four Manhattanville professors over breakfast last week.
"The kids who want to watch it are going to watch it in their dorm room by themselves," said Anthony Rudel, visiting lecturer in the communication studies department. "These are major issues. Why don't we do something where we can bring what our knowledge is to bear and let them watch it as a group?"
The Rev. Wil Tyrrell of the Duchesne Center, a faculty member in world religions, helped put together the event because of the major issues that will affect college students in their immediate future.
"It's an educational opportunity to make the students more aware of the political system," he said. "They become more informed with the political process and with some of the issues at stake."
Tyrrell said students who watch the debates live up to the college mission statement, which is to "educate ethically and socially responsible leaders for a global community."
The next debate is between Vice President Joe Biden and Rep. Paul Ryan on Oct. 11 at 9 p.m. It will cover both foreign and domestic topics. Obama and Romney's second debate takes place Oct. 16 at 9 p.m. and will feature foreign and domestic questions from citizens.
Who do you think won the first debate – were you undecided and now have your mind made up, or are you more strongly behind your candidate after tonight? Answer our poll or comment below.

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hi, im new to the forum and im not sure if i have posted this in the right area! but here it goes....
i recently sat on my macbook and snapped my screen off :-/ (dont ask me how i managed that one!!)
the laptop is in perfect running condition and still displays information on the screen its just very dark and the screen has to be propped up as it has no support. i recently required another macbook in white which has internal componenet damage in the form of the logic board, hard drive etc. however the screen does work!
now my question, is it possible to swap all the internal components of the laptop over to the white shell? and if so how hard is the process?!!
thanks alot :)
Is this a non-uni body white shell? If so and you have another non-uni body computer, than yes you could theoretically swap the parts over. If I remember correctly you will just need a philips head screw driver and maybe a flat head to take it apart. You would have to be really careful with avoiding static etc. but I think it would be possible. I would first watch some videos of people taking theirs apart though so you have an idea of what to expect.
i believe it is the unibody? it is black however the model is A1181 and it is the 13.3".
ok i will do that then. is their anywhere that sells a macbook "shell" as such? thanks
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It was a well-kept secret at Mt. Hood Community College – until the Nov. 13 Board meeting, that is. Under the guise of hearing a report about a program in which Nicci Harwood serves as adviser, the Board instead turned the tables and announced that she had won the Teacher Tribute Initiative award from Stanford University for exceptional teaching.
Members of Stanford's incoming class were invited to acknowledge one former teacher or mentor "who played a significant role in their intellectual, academic, social and personal development." Tuan Anh Tran Caraballo, a 2013 MHCC graduate and pre-med student who received a "full ride" scholarship to Stanford, nominated Harwood, his adviser in the TRIO program.
In a letter to Harwood, Richard Shaw, Stanford dean of undergraduate admission and financial aid, wrote, "President John Hennessy and I are proud to join Tuan in recognizing the commitment and care with which you approach your teaching and mentoring. Throughout the next few years, Tuan will undoubtedly call on the important foundation and support that you have helped craft. We look forward to joining you as we proudly watch Tuan's continued successes at Stanford and beyond."
Upon hearing that she had won the prestigious teaching award from Stanford, and that her coworkers had secretly videotaped a message from Caraballo that played at the board meeting, Harwood said she was "shocked and thrilled." Also, "Helping Tuan and other students to achieve their dreams is just part of my job."
Harwood recalls their first meeting. "Tuan told me he was going to transfer to a top caliber university. He had all the confidence in the world, and I believed him. He's very focused. When he says he's going to accomplish something, you just know it's true."
Caraballo wrote the following for Harwood's nomination: "There is an eastern philosophical belief that says that human evolution has been able to progress swiftly due to the incarnation of great spiritual entities. I can definitely say that Nicci Harwood is a spirit of light; a great soul, because she has made me evolve and grow not only academically, but also personally. She has listened to me, and she has given me confidence, guidance and love in the moments I have most needed it. Without her presence, I would not have achieved what I have. Thank you, Nicci."
And, Caraballo has achieved much in his 23 years.
After high school in Havana, Cuba, he set his sights on the U.S. He flew first to Vietnam (his father is Vietnamese, his mother Cuban) and then to Mexico. Once in the U.S., he had just enough cash to make it to Gresham, where he knew he could enroll at MHCC and take classes to help him learn English.
He entered MHCC's TRIO Student Support Services, a federal program that helps eligible students pursue a bachelor's degree. He excelled at English and was soon able to enroll in college-level classes.
Just prior to Caraballo's graduation from MHCC, Harwood and many others weren't a bit surprised when he announced that he had been awarded a full scholarship to Stanford. He beat out more than 1,500 other transfer students for only 34 scholarships.
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He also credits many others for helping him along his journey, including MHCC instructors, advisers and administrators -- especially Nicci Harwood.
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Memphis Strong Families Initiative, a collaboration between Community Alliance for the Homeless, Metropolitan Inter-Faith Association (MIFA), North Memphis Community Development Corporation, Tennessee Community Services Agency, the Plough Foundation and six other local nonprofits, announced the dedication of 69 units of supportive housing to the Memphis Strong Families Initiative (MSFI).
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DEL MAR, Calif. - The expected absence of the champion Acclamation from the $1 million Pacific Classic on Aug. 26 gives trainer Bob Baffert an even stronger chance to win the meeting's most lucrative race.
Baffert has three probable starters - Game On Dude, the winner of the Hollywood Gold Cup last month; Richard's Kid, who won the 2009 and 2010 Pacific Classic; and Jaycito, a Grade 1 winner in 2010 and the winner of an optional claimer here on July 22.
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Acclamation, the champion older male of 2011 and the winner of the 2011 Pacific Classic, was diagnosed with inflammation below an ankle earlier this week, and is unlikely to start in the race, owner Bud Johnston said on Wednesday.
Wednesday, Jaycito and Richard's Kid worked six furlongs in company.
Jaycito had the early lead in the workout and finished about a neck in front of Richard's Kid. Jaycito was timed in 1:12.80, while Richard's Kid was clocked in 1:12.20.
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Roasted brussels sprouts. Or barley risotto. Or, well lots of things.
I have a set, but never use them because of the dough width issue. I never thought to only use one.
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Local, fresh, and lots of vegetables.
A banana the morning after is like magic, although the shot of espresso in a fresh coconut is sounding mighty good right now...
@hazmat777 - Ha! I have the opposite problem. I usually work a small bar with a reach in cooler and no bar back, so I've actually got to get down on the floor and turn my back to the bar to restock beer during the shift.
There are many times I've turned around to find someone standing there patiently, just waiting for me to be done and not saying a word. I wish they would at least say something, because restocking can usually wait!
@ LAloiner - But they're watching you anyway! It's not like everyone will stare at an empty plate just because it's there, and stare at you instead if it's not :)
Good restaurants will have their own policy on it, and I've seen it both ways in my travels as a server. Personally, I hate having empty dishes in front of me, so I want my plate cleared when I'm done, and I've always tended to do that when there's no guidance from management.
The silverware thing is pretty standard though. When you're done, the utensils go together across the plate with the handles towards 4/5 o'clock. That makes it easy. But, I'm always going to ask before reaching my hand in front of your face, no matter where your silverware is. And, if you haven't touched your food in 15 minutes and you are giving off "no more" vibes, regardless of where your silverware is I'm going to see if you are done.
This is one of those things that will never make everyone happy, so no matter what a server or restaurant does half of their tables will be mad.
Last Christmas, my boyfriend and I had dinner at Gordon Ramsay's restaurant in the London. It was something like 9 courses (we got to pick 3 of them), and they started serving us food before we had even gotten menus! There were 3 dessert rounds, and then you got caramels in a little box to take home!
I went in expecting to have the best meal I'd ever eaten, and even with those high expectations I was surprised at how good it was. My boyfriend told me later it cost him about $700 for the two of us, which included the wine pairing for me but not him. By far the most expensive meal I've ever eaten.
While I'm an inveterate food sharer, I also understand that not everyone is and would not eat off of someone else's plate uninvited, especially if it weren't a close friend. (I'm more of the cut off a piece and stick on someone else's plate kind anyway)
In this case, I'm with MargieNash. A very loud "hey didn't you say you were sick? How about you take the rest of this" should embarrass the offender into submission.
I have no idea if it's authentic or not, but pil-pil is my absolute favorite.
I usually tell people to just bring their pretty faces, and that does the trick. Otherwise, I just tell them to bring what they would like to drink.
I can't imagine what I would do if someone showed up and needed the kitchen. Not so much for the mess (I am NOT a clean as you go cook), but because oven and stovetop space is at a premium right before a dinner party. That said, for thanksgiving we did show up to my cousin's house and fried up some sweet potato latke, but we brought our own electric skillet, oil, and everything else we might need. Maybe that makes a difference?
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I put it on a spoon, and then eat it.
I would just sear these suckers in a hot cast iron pan. Some oil, butter, and aromatics would be all that's needed.
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I eat steel cut oats almost every day.
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You should make what you like, and if she doesn't like it she can make her own food!
My boyfriend and I deal with our own food pickiness, although not quite that bad. He won't eat any vegetables besides cauliflower and broccoli, and I won't eat any seafood. At home, if I want brussels sprouts, I just make them and if he doesn't eat them, he doesn't. If he has a hankering for mussels, he makes them or just gets them when we're out to eat.
It can be upsetting if you put a whole lot of work into a dish that and then eat it all alone, but you never know. After almost 2 years of dating, I finally tried some mahi mahi off my boyfriend's plate, and I liked it! If you don't push it, she may be more likely to try new things in her own time.
Any sort of pre-fab, super-processed ingredient. Cream-of-whatever soup, packet of ranch salad dressing or onion soup mix, that sort of stuff. There will always be a similar recipe out there that starts with fresh natural ingredients.
Get back to the diet that works for me - which sadly includes less beer and eating out.
Just make sure you leave enough room around them for air to circulate, and don't skimp on the cooking time. A few years ago I tried making 10 Cornish game hens in my mother's small oven, so they were all squished together in the roasting pan. I thought since they are so tiny, they would cook with no problems.
Even though I temped them when they came out, about half of my family got undercooked birds! They were very unevenly cooked. We had to pull all the plates off the table, throw the birds back in the oven, wash all the dishes and then re-serve. Thankfully we had enough sides for a second go round, but it could have been a disaster.
Even after all that, they were still tasty, even if they were a little on the dry side for my taste. My ego was saved when my cousin's fiancee told us how her uncle once gave them all food poisoning with chicken that had been sitting in his car trunk all day. We poured some more wine, toasted the fact that at least I hadn't done that, and had a great dinner.
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Summit PanoramaPolinik is just high enough to enable a free view on all sides, only a very small part of the western horizon is obscured by the higher Hohe Warte / Monte Coglians group. But the view on this group is also the most beautiful part of Polinik's panorama. Otherwise especially attractive is the view towards the SE, where a whole sea of sharp peaks, belonging to Carnic Alps and Julian Alps is raging. Towards the North you have the beautifula parade of glacier-covered peaks of Hohe Tauern - from Hochalmspitze on the East to Hochgall on the West. Before Hohe Tauern there's the whole range of lower Gailtal Alps and on the West Lienz Dolomites. And far on the SW the towers of 'Dolomiti d'Oltre Piave' are rising - the Monfalcon Group and other ranges of Carnic Fore-Alps.
Mauthner KlammThrough the gorge, falling down from Ploecken Pass / Passo di Monte Croce towards the North, a protected marked path goes, which is worth visiting for itself. Mauthner Klamm is claimed one of the most beautiful gorges of Kaernten. For visitors the bottom part is opened, the tour consists of two parts: the lower part is easy, for family hikes, the next part (called Klabautersteig) is a medium hard ferrata, where some expertise is needed. Altitude to do: 200 meters. The trailhead is in Mauthen, the parking place near Schwimmbad. Then the route goes by the water bed, there are many hanging bridges and tunnels in rocks. The whole tour last some 4 hours (30 min + 2 hours upwards, 1 hour 30 minutes downwards by Roemerweg - the ancient Roman path). It is possible also to exit the gorge on Ploecken Pass road - the best option is perhaps to prepare a bike up there and do a round tour.
Summits South-East of Polinik
Beyond Spielbodentoerl there is first Elferspitz, 2251m. It's a sharp, grassy peak, no path up there, I don't think many people ascend it.
Next towards the East is Laucheck, 2153m. It can be ascended by the path, coming from Obere Tschintemunt Alm on the saddle NW of the summit. By its grassy ridge the path continues also to the next summit:
Koderhoehe, 2228m. It is a broad, massive ridge mountain above the end of Angerbach valley. It can be crossed by an un-marked path from the NW (Laucheck) to SE (Koderkopf).
Koderkopf, 2176m, is a minor summit north of Cima Avostanis / Blaustein. Over it the marked Karnischer Hoehenweg goes, so it gets some visits.
The last summit in the connecting ridge is already on the main Carnic Alps ridge - Cima Avostanis / Blaustein. It can be best ascended by its grassy south slopes.
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Getting ThereCarnic Alps - Main Ridge (Eastern part)
For general overview, see the Carnic Alps group page and the Carnic Alps Main Ridge (East) subgroup page.
The ascent from the North, from Mauthen in the valley of Gail/Zilja, is quite long, so almost everybody uses the trailhead on the road over Ploecken Pass / Passo di Monte Croce. This pass is an old connection between the southern valleys, bringing you down to the Po river plane and Adriatic coast, and the Gail/Zilja valley and over the big passes of Alps further towards the North. It was used much before the times of Ancient Romans. Today a good asphalt road crosses the pass. The trailhead is just north of the pass, on the parking place near Ploecken Haus, 1215m. Roads from there into Angerbachtal are closed for public traffic.
Routes Overview
1. From the South. From Ploecken Haus, 1215m, you go eastwards, pass Gruensee, and there turn over the meadow towards the North. Through the woods more steeply up, then by the mountain road and across it in the eastern direction up on Untere Spielboden Alm. Further towards the East through light woods, then soon out on grassy slopes and over a broad shoulder towards the North up on Obere Spielboden Alm (water). From the alpine meadow further to the North in a shallow basin with a small lake, and more steeply up on Spielbodentoerl (notch). There comes also the northern approach. From the notch by the SE ridge (rocky, you need a safe step) to the top. It's 1120m of altitude, a middle hard walk-up tour, 3 hours. Power: 1 - only walk up. Psyche: 2 - easy. Orientation: 1 - no difficulties. This is in winter and early spring also a nice ski tour.
2. From the North. You start in Mauthen, 707m. By the mountain road you go towards the South on Polinik Alm and further on Schrockgebirgs Alm. From there you continue more steeply towards the South, allways below the eastern face of Polinik. Finally you ascend Spielbodentoerl from the left (eastern side). Further by the SE ridge on top. 1630m, 5 hours. In good conditions this can be in winter and early spring also used as a downhill route (but then you must get a transfer to Ploecken Haus). The valley below the East face of Polinik can also be reached from the East, from Wurmlacher Alm.
3. Ski tour from Elferspitz. You go from Obere Spielboden Alm towards Spielbodentoerl up to some 1900m of altitude. There you turn right and ascend through a more and more steep valley on Elferspitz. A middle hard ski tour.
Harder climbs
The first ascents worth to mention were made in the E face, NW face and by the N ridge as early as between 1889 and 1900.
You can see a detailed map (1:50000) on-line on: http://www.austrianmap.at/.
Red TapeThere are no limitations.
CampingThe ascent can be easilly done in one day (5-6 hours), so sleeping on the mountain is not needed. Private huts are only along the road over Ploecken Pass / Passo di Monte Croce.
When To Climb?
For weather conditions, see the main Carnic Alps page!


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J.D. Power to Third-Party Automotive Websites: Video Content is King
By: Jeff Youngs, 3/27/2014
"As the Web continues to become more visual, in part as a result of increasing bandwidth and easily accessible Wi-Fi, consumers are expecting to access rich content through the use of videos," said Arianne Walker, senior director, automotive media & marketing at J.D. Power. "That said, it's important for third-party websites to maintain the valuable content they provide through still shots and text that allow consumers to access detailed information, and then continue to engage them with video as they get deeper into the shopping process."
While the majority of vehicle shoppers surveyed say video is "important," more telling is that nearly half of all survey respondents (48%) indicate that video is "very important" in helping them to make a purchase decision. The study also finds that video is more important to vehicle shoppers the closer they are to making a decision about what to buy and that the most useful videos demonstrate specific features and how the vehicles perform during real-life use.
According to Walker, "It's still important to provide images and text to help shoppers understand a vehicle; however, some vehicle features are more exciting to consumers and easier to illustrate with video, such as infotainment systems, vehicle handling and emerging technology."
The 2014 Third-Party Automotive Website Evaluation Study surveyed 3,300 new- and used-vehicle shoppers and rated websites based on the following criteria, listed in order of importance: information/content, navigation, appearance, and speed. Websites included in the study also needed to meet third-party criteria, had to provide the ability to shop for new and used vehicles, and had to be among the most frequently visited sites based on behavioral data.
Based on the study results, Edmunds.com ranks highest among the most useful third-party automotive websites, closely followed by Cars.com. U.S. News Best Cars ranked in third-place with a score significantly below the two leading websites, closely followed by Kelley Blue Book and MSN Autos. Rounding out the list of websites that ranked above the study average were Autobytel.com and NADAguides.com.
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A recent hacking scandal has many wondering just how safe their internet connections are. Celebrity nude photos were leaked on the internet; a scandal which is reportedly being looked into by the FBI. The "master list" of celebrities whose nude pictures were hacked has been circulating on the web. Take a look at some of the names that were on the list, though not all of the supposed photos have been released.


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Arizona Diamondbacks
Former Diamondback Trevor Bauer focused on improving, not trade
Trevor Bauer is making his triumphant return to Chase Field this week.
Well, sort of.
The right-handed pitcher, now a member of the Cleveland Indians, will not take the mound for either of the two interleague games against his former team, with his next start scheduled for Friday in Seattle against the Mariners.
Still, this is his first trip back to Arizona since the team sent him to Cleveland as part of a three-team deal that brought Didi Gregorius to the desert, which gave the 23-year-old a chance to reflect on the last couple years of his career.
"I look at it like I look at anything else; it's an experience in life," Bauer said in the visiting locker room Tuesday. "Whether it be time with a team in baseball or time that I've spent with an individual off the field or time that I spent at UCLA or whatever, it's an experience."
The right-hander said the goal is to learn from his experiences and then try to improve himself as well as an athlete, a friend and a son.
"I learned a lot from my time here and I've learned a lot in the two years since I've been gone, and I'm trying to get better every day."
How much Bauer has improved, at least as a baseball player, is a matter of debate. He started four games for the Diamondbacks in 2012, posting a 1-2 record with a 6.06 ERA.
He says much of the disappointing performance can be attributed to trying to pitch through a groin injury that negatively impacted his performance.
"I couldn't use my lower half so my velocity was way down and my control was way off because I wasn't setting myself up in a position that I was used to," he said. "When I can't use my lower half, my upper half is affected.
"Playing hurt, whether you're hitting or pitching or playing the field or whatever, is obviously going to affect your performance. I probably should have gone on the DL at some point that year, but that was my first full year of pro ball, I didn't know any better."
He started just four games for the Indians last season, going 1-2 with a 5.29 ERA.
In eight starts this season, the former number-three overall pick is 2-3 with a 4.40 ERA.
While the numbers have not exactly been what people expected, there was -- and still is -- no denying the pitcher's talent. Harnessing it has been the issue, as is with many young players, but the D-backs decided they wanted to move on when they did.
Bauer says he doesn't focus on the idea that Arizona wasn't willing to stick with him, saying that his focus has and will always be just to keep working and trying to get better.
He believes he has improved, but when asked if he thinks the D-backs gave up on him before they could see the best he had to offer, Bauer said it's not really in his control.
"I try to focus on getting better, like I said," he said. "They decided to go in a different direction.
"I hope it worked out the way they wanted it to work out, and ultimately I've got to get better as a pitcher, so that's what I try to focus on."
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If I could fly, where in the world would I possibly go?
Up and away my wings would carry me,
My destination not known!
If I could fly, I'd capture all of the Sun's rays.
Up and away!
What a sight to see with such a grand milestone!
If I could fly,
I would always look below.
Down and deep!
My eyes focused only on you.
My journey's still unknown.
If I could fly, I'd stay on top with memories buried to keep.
Down and deep!
What an experience just to fly through!
Such a waste without you!
If I could fly, I would soar with my best perfection.
Soaring with pride!
My life achieved.
My destination excluding restrictions!
If I could fly, I'd forever remember this glide.
Soaring with pride!
What a thought to preconceive.
Such bright reflections!
If I could fly where in the world would I possibly go?
Up and away I would go only with you.
My destination remaining incognito!
If I could fly, I'd want to stay up and away!
What an incredible zone just to pass through!
Such a magnificent plateau!
If I could fly, I'd fly only for you!
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The Chicago Wolves have announced their 2010-11 Clear Day Roster, which consists of 20 skaters and two goaltenders.
Only those listed on the Clear Day Roster are eligible to compete in the remaining regular-season games and Calder Cup playoffs, unless emergency conditions arise as a result of recall, injury or suspension. The Wolves may also add signed junior players or players on amateur tryout contracts, but only after their respective junior or college seasons are complete.
The Wolves' 22-man Clear Day Roster consists of two goaltenders, seven defensemen and 13 forwards.
FORWARDSMichael Davies
Spencer Machacek
Andre Deveaux
Ben Maxwell
Angelo Esposito
Tim Miller
Ryan Garbutt
Fredrik Pettersson
Darren Haydar
Jared Ross
Riley Holzapfel
Tim Stapleton
Jason Krog
DEFENSEMENBrett Festerling
Jaime Sifers
Arturs Kulda
Noah Welch
Mark Matheson
Andrey Zubarev
Paul Postma
GOALTENDERSPeter Mannino
Edward Pasquale
The Wolves also have the following three players on the roster as emergency replacements: forwards Kip Brennan and Adam Huxley and defenseman Josh Godfrey.


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American Southwest Conference rankings
1. Mary Hardin-Baylor (8-0, 5-0) — The No. 2 Crusaders are in cruise control at this point. With the ASC championship all but wrapped up, they'll just try to stay sharp heading into the Division III playoffs.
2. Hardin-Simmons (5-3, 4-1) — Coming off a record-setting 86-42 home win over Sul Ross State, the Cowboys can wrap up their 20th consecutive winning season with one more win.3. Louisiana College (6-2, 4-1) — The Tigers narrowly escaped with a win against last week against TLU, scoring on the final play of regulation to force overtime in a 44-37 win. If they repeat that performance in two weeks against HSU, they'll likely lose the game.4. East Texas Baptist (3-5, 2-3) — The Tigers have won two straight, but that streak ends this week against UMHB.5. Sul Ross State (3-5, 2-3) — The Lobos offense is outstanding, especially when fully healthy. But that joke of a defense has put a ceiling on what could have been a breakout year.6. Texas Lutheran (3-5, 1-4) — The Bulldogs have lost four in a row — their last three by an average of five points per game. With HSU up next, that losing streak will likely last one more week.7. Mississippi College (2-6, 1-4) — The Choctaws are probably just ready for this season to end. And after two more beatings at the hands of LC and UMHB it finally will.
8. Howard Payne (1-7, 1-4) — The Yellow Jackets got their annual whipping from UMHB out of the way last week. Unfortunately, SRSU may top the 68 points the Cru scored when they host HPU this week in Alpine.
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Posted on30. Mar, 2012 by Stuart Hipwell.
Everyone loves a good cartoon. They pop up everywhere from magazines to ad campaigns, even tweeted around the world. But have you ever considered the work that goes into creating one? Check out this video of Anton Emdin (2011 Australian Cartoonist of the Year) scribbling at the Stanley Awards and you'll see the talent and [...]


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Hashim Djojohadikusumo '76 Receives Blaisdell Distinguished Alumni Award for Commitment to Education and Giving
Successful businessman Hashim Djojohadikusumo '76 hasn't been content to just earn wealth--he also shares it by sponsoring more than 3,000 students with scholarship funding and providing job-search assistance to students upon graduation. For this commitment to higher education and his other charitable endeavors, Djojohadikusumo was selected for the Blaisdell Distinguished Alumni Award.
Djojohadikusumo, who was a politics (then called government) major, is an indigenous Indonesian with a background he deemed "unusual," in his personal statement for his Pomona College application. His father, Indonesia's former finance minister Sumitro Djojohadikusumo hailed from an aristocratic Central-East Javanese family, while his mother came from a Christian area of the country, heavily influenced by the Dutch. His family was in exile for a decade after 1957, after his father led an armed insurrection against Communists in the government.
He returned to Indonesia after Pomona and a one-year traineeship at a Paris investment bank. Former Pomona Professor of Government Frank Tugwell, Djojohadikusumo's academic advisor, had dinner with him in 1991 on a visit to Jakarta, and was taken aback when his former student remembered his textbooks by title and author and easily picked up where classroom discussions had left off. In an interview with Indonesia Business Week, Tugwell said, "It was amazing. I don't think I've ever had a student who has had that kind of alert application of the knowledge."
His passion for knowledge extends to providing opportunities for students to acquire the same. In 1994, he gave $1 million to a school in Bandung, Java. He is also the chairman of the Hashim Djojohadikusumo Family Foundation, which promotes social activities in education, children's health and well-being.
His passions extend to preservation and conservation, including monuments, buildings, statues, rainforests and wildlife sanctuaries. His foundation also supports cultural heritage preservation in areas of Javanese and Indonesian linguistic, anthropology and paleoanthropology.
In 1992, he reintroduced polo in Indonesia by building Jakarta Polo and Equestrian Club in Bukit Sentul Selatan. That same year, Indonesia became a member of the Federation of International Polo with Djojohadikusumo as the chairman of the Indonesia Polo Association.
Formerly an investment banker and currently chairman and president of Nations Petroleum, a 1993 article World Executive's Digest called him "Indonesia's most go-getting young tycoon." While he lost much business and wealth in the 1997-98 financial crisis, he has been regaining it since, with a highlight being the purchase of a oil field in Kazakhstan in 1997 with a group of Canadian investors and selling it in 2007 for $1.9 billion. He also owns two agribusinesses.


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The delegate total today: 620 for McCain, 270 for Mitt Romney and 176 for Mike Huckabee. (The McCain total will increase once California is fully counted.) By some calculations McCain won the overall popular vote last night by 650,000 votes over Romney (40% to 32%). McCain did win among self-identified Republicans (but just barely, 38-37%) as well as moderates and "somewhat conservative" voters. He came in a poor third among "very conservative" voters.
McCain sounded serious today about binding up the party's wounds. Some of the most fervent Romney supporters are chiming in with responsible advice and reminding conservatives of the stakes in 2008–including six potential Supreme Court Justices. Larry Kudlow seems encouraged that McCain will meet the concerns of fiscal conservatives. But some are not happy and will not be mollified. I think the former will outweigh the latter, but as we saw last night it is the voters, not the pundits, that get counted on election day.
Meanwhile, Romney mulls his options while GOP veteran and McCain advisor Charlie Black gives the businessman, who loves data, some data to consider which suggests that the nomination is mathematically improbable, if not impossible, for Romney.


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Developmental and Social–Emotional Screening of Young Children (0–6 years of age) in Minnesota
Screening Training Resources
The Minnesota Departments of Health, Education, and Human Services will periodically offer general trainings on developmental and social–emotional screening of children, along with trainings on specific, recommended developmental and social–emotional screening instruments. If you are interested in training resources, please visit this page frequently as we will add new trainings as they are scheduled. These trainings are for screeners providing services for Minnesota children.
In-Person Trainings
- Full-day, in-person ASQ-3 and ASQ:SE trainings are available periodically through MDH's Maternal Child Health section. For current training listings, refer to the MDH MCH Education and Training website.
- Child and Teen Checkups (C&TC) providers can submit an online survey to request a C&TC training on developmental and social-emotional trainings and resources.


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Fox has sunk down the pecking order at St Mary's following the emergence of England Under-21 left-back Luke Shaw.
Now Bolton have made a move to land Fox, who has featured just once for the Saints this term.
Fox will join Bolton until January, when they could opt to make the move permanent.
Fox is set to be the latest loan recruit for Bolton, who snapped up Liam Feeney from Millwall, Neil Dann from Leicester and Cardiff's Kevin McNaughton last week.


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Desperate White Wives Chapter 1
Written by Karen Kaye / Dec 8, 2005
Dawn could barely comb her long blonde hair as she stood naked in front of the full length mirror. Her hands had been shaking ever since she woke up early that morning to say goodbye to her husband Richard.
Her husband would be traveling out of town on business over the next three weeks which would give her plenty of time to replace the money she had lost from their bank account. She had gone to Las Vegas with her friend Lucy last month and lost more than five thousand dollars at the tables.
Richard would kill her if he knew that she used the money they had been saving for a new house. Her good friend Lucy hadn?t done much better and lost more than three thousand dollars. She knew that Lucy?s husband would be more understanding than Richard but neither wife was willing to take that chance. Lucy got this crazy idea about making a little ?fast money, she knew somebody down at one of the night clubs in Miami that offered them a job.
Dawn turned herself around in front of the mirror and checked out the back of her thighs. She than faced the mirror and rubbed the palm of her hand in her neatly trimmed blonde muff. She decided to wear a matching black bra and panties. She topped those off with a pair of black shorts along with a black top with a plunging neckline. Dawn wanted to appear sexy but not trashy. She slipped on a black pair of heels and began applying her makeup.
Lucy hadn?t told her very much about the work but said they would be entertaining very high end client?les. Dawn didn?t mind accompanying people while they were in town but worried about being seen in public by her friends or family.
Lucy told her to dress sexy and attractive and just to act natural and not to be so nervous. Easily said than done.
Dawn was still very attractive at thirty-two and worked as a model when she got out of high school for a few years. She was 5'7" with a slim waist, nice hips that flared out and a 36C bust size. She was a natural blonde just like Lucy who was about the same size as her only three years younger. Lucy was similar in size and appearance. She was a natural blonde and kept her hair down to her waist just the way she wore it in school.
Dawn got married to Richard right out of high school, he worked selling software to large firms and traveled a lot. Lucy?s husband also traveled most of the time so the two wives spent much of their time together.
They wives would drive together for their interview with their new boss and although they weren?t officially hired, Lucy assured Dawn that this guy needed women just like them to work. The guy they were going to meet was named Shawn and he preferred to work with married women.
Dawn was trembling and could hardly find her house keys as she fumbled in her purse until she finally discover them at the bottom. Lucy lived next door which was convenient for Dawn as she closed and locked the door and walked over to Lucy?s. They were supposed to be picked up by a limo any moment and as she walked near the front door of Lucy?s house, a large black limo pulled into the driveway behind her. Lucy had just finished locking her front door and turned and smiled at Dawn as they walked together toward the limo. Dawn was surprised to see that Lucy had chosen similar clothing to wear except her top was green.
The driver was a young blonde woman about Lucy?s age and appeared to be married as well because Dawn noticed a large diamond ring on her left hand. The drive to downtown Miami was relatively quite. Dawn was too nervous to ask a bunch of questions, and they thought the limo driver was listening to their conversation so they remained quit during the ride there.
It took about an hour to reach their destination as the limo pulled into a parking garage of a tall high rise building. They were escorted to the elevator which took them to the eleventh floor of the building which happened to be the pent house suite.
When they reached the pent house, another woman greeted them telling them that Shawn would see them in a few minutes. They filled out a bunch of forms which looked like application?s for employment except went into much more intimate details about their personal lives. Lucy was called to see Shawn first leaving Dawn sitting nervously in the reception area. It wasn?t until more than an hour before Dawn was called to see Shawn. Dawn saw Lucy briefly walking down a hallway and going into another room with the limo driver. Dawn wanted to speak to her before she saw Shawn wondering what he was going to say but she didn?t get the chance.
Dawn walked into a large room that resembled a bedroom rather than an office. She saw a blonde haired man sitting on the other side of the bed smiling at her as she walked into the room.
The man stood extending his hand to Dawn saying, ?It?s a pleasure to meet you.?
Dawn nervously took his hand and Shawn motioned for her to sit on the edge of the bed. The bed was high so Dawn had to sit with her heels dangling over the side. Shawn scooted his chair forward until he was only inches away from Dawns legs. He was holding a clipboard and began looking over the documents she filled out while she waited to see him. Shawn kept looking at Dawn?s legs and extended his hand out and rubbed the palm of his hand along her skin causing Dawn to become nervous.
Shawn wrote something down on his pad of paper and looked at Dawn and said, ?How long have you been married??
Dawn nervously replied, ?We got married about three years after I graduated high school so it will be going on nine years now.?
Shawn wrote in his pad again and without looking up at her asked, ?You never had any flings or affairs or been intimate with any other man in all those years??
Dawn acted very surprised at his questions and quickly replied, ?No . . . I . . . Never cheated on my husband.?
Shawn kept writing in his pad than asked, ?You?re a natural blonde and have you ever had a breast augmentation??
Dawn swallowed hard hesitantly replying, ?Yes. I?m a natural blonde and my breasts are natural.?
Shawn looked at her breast area as soon as she completed her sentence than said, ?Can you pull your top off for me and let me have a look for myself??
Dawn looked at Shawn in disbelief saying, ?Shawn. I?m a married woman and I don?t think I should be showing you my body like this.?
Shawn slapped his pen down on the pad looking at her as he said, ?Dawn, you applied to work for me as a special escort. Your going to be accompanying very special clients for me that only expect the best and I need to be able to tell my clients everything I know about you before I send you out with them. Now please take off your top and let me have a look at them.?
Dawn nervously asked, ?Did Lucy have to remove her top for you during the interview??
Shawn shook his head saying, ?If it will make you feel any better. Yes, Lucy allowed me to see her breasts.?
Dawn felt slightly better knowing that he had asked Lucy to do the same thing and hesitantly began lifting her top over her head. Her long blonde hair got tangled in the material as it totally slipped off her shoulders. Dawn almost went into shock when Shawn reached out and gave them a gentle squeeze through her thin black bra but realized that he must be checking to see if they were natural as she had told him.
Shawn went back writing in his pad again than without looking up said, ?Dawn. Lay back on the bed for me and pull off your shorts for me.?
Dawn didn?t respond fast enough as Shawn looked up at her saying, ?Yes, your friend Lucy took her shorts off for me as well so please remove them for me.?
Dawn knew he was getting frustrated with her as she laid back on the bed. She lifted her legs and unbuckled the shorts slipping them off over her heels tossing them with the top. She laid their looking at him write in the pad as if he were inspecting a car or something.
Shawn asked his next questions, ?Can you tell me if you shave between your legs or do you just trim the hair around your mound??
Dawn closed her eyes and answered his question, ?I only trim my hair.?
?You?re not on the pill??
?Never had any children or breast feed??
?Do you consider yourself knowledgeable when it comes to having sex and do you enjoy sex??
Dawn hesitantly and slowly replied to those questions saying, ?Yes, I consider myself a good sexual partner with my husband and I enjoy having sex with him.?
?Do you swallow??
?I beg your pardon.?
?Do you swallow his cum??
Dawn sat on the bed stiff as a mannequin because she was unsure on how to answer Shawn?s question. Shawn looked up from his clip board and asked Dawn again, ?Do you swallow??
Dawn?s voice could barely be heard as she faintly responded, ?No.?
Shawn stopped to look at her for a moment, tapping his pen on the pad. Shawn looked very embarrassed as he kept starring at her.
Shawn leaned forward as he slapped the pen down on the pad of paper saying, ?Dawn, our clients expect only the best when they come to me. I?m going to be sending you over to the next room where the nurse will take a few tests.?
He took a deep breath as he glanced at his pad again, ?I?m going to be sending you out tomorrow tonight with one of our special clients. He is a regular customer of mine and I?ll let him know that you?re new. You?ll be paid one thousand dollars a night.?
Dawn wanted to ask him a few questions about being an escort but he quickly got up from his chair saying, ?You can put your clothes back on and go out the door and down the hallway to the first door on the left.?
Dawn tried to get his attention but Shawn disappeared out the door before she had a chance to ask him anything.
She quickly got dressed and walked to the room that Shawn had mentioned where a woman was waiting for her. She had Dawn strip naked and took a couple blood samples and checked out her pubic area as well as her teeth. The woman asked Dawn a few questions concerning her health and mentioned that their doctor would be prescribing a prescription of birth control pills for her that afternoon. She told Dawn she wanted her to start taking them immediately.
Dawn asked, ?Where is Lucy??
The woman responded, ?She is getting fitted on the first floor for her wardrobe where we will be sending you in a few minutes.?
The woman finished her questions and her exam. She told Dawn that she could get dressed and gave her directions to go down to the first floor to join Lucy so she too could be fitted for new clothing.
When Dawn got down to the first floor, there was a boutique tucked away in the corner of the building that sold just about everything for women, accessory?s, shoes, dresses and intimate attire. She saw Lucy in one of the fitting rooms working with a sales person but she was quickly taken to another room where a sales person helped her. They selected several pairs of high heels, dresses and a selection of intimate wear as well. The dresses either were tight, very short or designed to show as much cleavage as possible. The articles were loaded into the limo and the two wives were taken back home.
They were told that an instructor would visit them that evening and would give them the training they would need to begin working the next evening.
The wives were afraid of the limo driver listening into their conversation again so they didn?t discuss anything until they got back home. They unloaded their clothing and decided to meet at Dawn?s house to discuss what had gone on during their interview.
Dawn couldn?t wait until Lucy got there and when she did Dawn began nervously shouting, ?Lucy. What are we going to do? I think this guy expects us to do more with these men than just go out on a date.?
Lucy was pacing the floor not saying a word until she finally opened her purse and took out a huge wad of cash. Lucy gave Dawn half the stack of money which was marked five thousand dollars.
Lucy finally replied to Dawn saying, ?I told Shawn about the predicament we got ourselves into and he agreed to give us an advance on our pay, provided we start work for him tomorrow night.?
Dawn fumbled the cash with mixed thoughts knowing very well that she now owed this guy a lot of money. Dawn couldn?t help thinking about those questions again that Shawn had asked her during the interview as she said. ?Lucy, are we supposed to work as a whore for this guy? What if Richard ever finds out about this? I can?t do this. We're going to have to give the money back and find another way.?
Lucy tried to reassure Dawn saying, ?All we have to do is go on a few dates with a couple guys we don?t even know. Chances are these guys are only going to want us to attend a party or something with them. Why don?t we just give it a try and see how it goes and if something turns up that we don?t agree on that we can quit??
Dawn walked nervously in circles than blurted out, ?What about the dam birth control pills they want us to start taking? You know they are going to expect us to screw these guys. What kind of party?s do you think these guys are going to want to take us to??
Lucy?s face showed as much reluctance as Dawn?s but she tried to reason with her friend and said, ?Dawn, just take the pills as a precaution. As soon as we get the money paid back than we?ll call Shawn and let him know that we have to quit. It?s only five nights and all we have to do is play along.?
Dawn was very curious to what Lucy meant and asked, ?Tell me what you have in mind for us to do on these dates??
Lucy replied, ?We?ll just have to play along and go out with the men and try to keep our distance. I think you?re experienced enough to keep a guy from taking advantage of you, aren?t you??
Dawn stood thinking about Lucy?s idea saying, ?It might not be that bad if we can tolerate this for five nights. You have to promise me that you?ll call Shawn as soon as we get this money paid back to him. I don?t want to do this any longer than we have to.?
Lucy assured Dawn that they would quit as soon as the money was paid back to Shawn. That evening they were expecting someone to come out and give them a little training. Maybe they would tell them how to handle someone that was demanding sex from the guys and give them advice on how to handle that sort of situation.
The wives were waiting for their trainer to arrive that evening. Richard had called and Dawn assured him that everything was fine. Lucy had spoken to her husband as well and he had told her he would be gone three more days than expected which would give Lucy all the time she would need to pay back the money.
Someone was knocking on the door and when Dawn went to the door to answer it she was surprised to see a tall slim black woman standing in the doorway. The woman that Shawn had sent over for training them seemed to have grown up in a ruff neighborhood because of the way she spoke. She introduced herself as Sue.
She walked around the room starring at the two white wives than tossed her purse down on the sofa and said, ?OK. I want both of you white bitches to strip down naked so I can have a look at you and see what I have to work with here.?
Lucy was going to reply about how rude she was being to them until Sue firmly said. ?Strip.?
Lucy and Dawn just starred at each other as they began taking their clothes off except for their panties. Cookie snapped at them again saying, ?Dam. I mean every fucking thing.?
They slipped off the panties and stood there with angry expressions on their faces as Cookie sarcastically said, ?The hair has to go! I want both of you to shave off those little blonde muffs before you show up to work tomorrow.?
They couldn?t get a word in as Sue added, ?I want them white pussies shaved and I want them to be as smooth as silk. You married white bitches are all alike, trim the little muffin so hubby will think I?m adorable.?
She laughed as if she were making fun of them and continued saying, ?Your two are gonna be working girls now! You aren?t gonna be playing house and baking cookies and washing clothes. Your going to learn how to please a man and I don?t mean any old man.?
Dawn and Lucy began getting nervous and upset. They were beginning to become afraid of this woman.
Sue walked in front of them starring at their tits than gave them a signal to turn around. She watched them as they circled in front of her. She made another remark only this time giving them a compliment, ?You both are fine looking white woman, nice tits, and all the other features our customers are looking for in a white woman.?
Sue laughed as she said, ?Get those pussies shaved and I think we?ll be all right.?
Lucy hesitantly asked. ?What sort of men will we be going out with on our dates??
Sue gave out a loud laugh as if she were making fun of Lucy again saying, ?Honey. Don?t you worry about a thing? These men are very discriminating customers and we don?t want to hear any complaints from our customers about one of our girls.?
Sue?s voice got more demanding, ?Have you taken your birth control pills tonight yet??
Both women were shaking their heads that they hadn?t taken them when Sue snapped back saying, ?Go and take the dam pills now, what do you think we gave them for you anyway??
Dawn and Lucy were intimidated into going out into the kitchen and taking the pills as Sue ordered. When they returned to the living room, they found Sue sitting on the sofa completely naked waiting for them.
The wives stood starring at her for a few seconds but Sue was very demanding of them saying, ?Come here and sit down next to me and let me see what we have to work with.?
The wives reluctantly sat down on each side of Sue. They waited while she looked back and forth between the two wives than said, ?I think we?ll start with you.?
Sue was focusing in on Dawn as she got down on her knees and gently spread her legs apart and began licking Dawn?s thighs.
Sue stopped long enough to look over at Lucy and said, ?Get down on the floor behind me and start licking my ass and pussy while I take care of Dawn.?
Lucy and Dawn?s eyes met as Lucy got down on the floor and starred at Sue?s black ass sticking out. She had never done anything with another woman and she was reluctant to start now until Sue yelled out at her saying. ?Come on. Let me see what you can do to get me excited.?
Sue had Dawn?s legs further spread and was licking her way around her pussy. She pulled the blonde wife further down on the sofa so she could have better access to her pussy slit. Lucy was rubbing Sue?s ass now determined to take her time. She wasn?t into eating another woman?s pussy and hoped that maybe she could get out of it somehow. Sue was working her tongue into Dawn?s pussy slit as she turned her hips making it more accessible for Lucy to get down between her legs. Lucy figured that she?d better do what was asked of her before this woman got violent or something and gently kissed Sue?s ass cheeks.
Dawn?s legs were laying on Sue?s shoulders now as Sue furiously worked on her pussy. Dawn?s eyes were closed and her head was leaning back into the cushion of the sofa. She looked as if she was ready to cum. Lucy began licking Sue?s pussy and tried not to think about what she was doing. This was the first time she actually smelled another woman?s gentiles and tried to focus on other thoughts as she finally dipped her tongue between Sue?s pussy folds.
Dawn was responding to Sue?s tongue. She held the palms of her hands on Sue?s shoulders as she began pushing her pelvis up to meet Sue?s tongue in her pussy. Sue reached around and gently stroked Lucy?s hair and pulled her face deeper into her crotch. Sue seemed to be very pleased that Dawn was responding to her tongue and was about to have an orgasm. Sue was squeezing Dawn?s tits as she worked her tongue on her clitoris. Dawn?s body was shaking and her breathing began to labor as she finally came.
Dawn?s body shook for several seconds than relaxed as Sue slowly stopped working her tongue on her. Sue laid down on the floor saying, ?Come on down here and help your white sister lick my pussy.?
Dawn was still exhausted from her orgasm but slipped down on the floor next to Lucy and joined her between Sue?s legs as the two wives started to lick her pussy together. Sue was pulling them into her crotch as the wives seemed to be more in a competition now to see who could lick Sue?s pussy better. Maybe it was the money or just the way that Sue seemed to take control of the wives. They were acting like experienced lesbians. Sue spread her legs as wide as she could as she gave the wives encouragement. Sue was ready to orgasm and began shaking her legs out almost kicking the two wives. Her breathing was rapid and she screamed out so loud that Dawn was now worried about the neighbors hearing what was going on.
Once Sue relaxed and regained her strength again, she pulled Lucy on top of her face and began licking her pussy. She motioned for Dawn to get down between her legs and lick her as she worked on Lucy?s pussy. Lucy has an orgasm within minutes of climbing on Sue?s face. She was soon followed by Sue again and it hit her hard as she almost threw Lucy to the floor. Sue sat up and looked at the two wives and said, ?See. I think the two of you are going to make it.?
Sue got up off the floor, dressed, and told the wives, ?I want you to wear one of the hottest dresses you bought today. Don?t forget to shave those pussies and I?ll see you tomorrow night.?
It was almost six the next evening and Lucy had just arrived at Dawn?s house wearing a tight red dress that was barely long enough to cover her ass. She hoped none of the neighbors were watching as she cut across the lawn to get to Dawn?s house. Dawn was wearing an equally tight short dress in green and her cleavage as well as Lucy?s was cut very low. Both wives were wearing five inch spike heels which made them appear taller. Lucy playfully lifted her dress and flipped the elastic on her thin red panties showing Dawn her newly shaven pussy.
Thankfully it was beginning to get dark outside as the limo pulled into the driveway. They were driven to the high rise building where they had their interview with Shawn yesterday only this time they took the elevator up to the fourth floor where they saw Sue waiting for them.
Sue checked the wives over and said, ?Nice. I think you two are going to be a hit tonight.?
Sue took them into a waiting room where they all sat down as Sue said, ?Remember what I told you last night. Act like you have a little class and be very accommodating to your dates.?
Sue continued, ?You will be going on separate dates so remember what I said and use your charm and your beauty. I don?t want any complaints coming back from our customers.?
Sue pointed her finger at the wives saying, ?Our customers are always pleased with our white wives so please don?t disappoint me tonight.?
Dawn asked, ?What should we do with our wedding rings? Should we take them off while we are on our date??
Sue replied, ?Heaven?s no. Our customers are paying to date married white wives. We can?t have you removing your wedding rings from your little fingers.?
Sue had just finished her sentence when a tall black man walked into the room. Sue smiled at and greeted the black man.. She brought him over to Lucy and introduced him as Clifford. Lucy looked terrified as she shook hands with Clifford and glanced at Dawn on her way out the door.
Dawn?s heart was beating faster as she sat wondering what her date was going to look like. She finally saw a huge black man walk into the room and was greeted by Sue with a little kiss on her cheek. Dawn stood greeting the huge black man whom Sue introduced as Chuck. Chuck took Dawn?s hand and kissed her on the cheek. He acknowledged his approval to Sue taking Dawn?s hand walking her out of the room.
Dawn stood next to the huge black man in the elevator and could see Chuck starring at her tits that lay partially exposed. They walked together down to the parking garage where he opened the door for her.
They drove to a club in South Beach where they spent the next two hours having drinks and dancing. Dawn was beginning to feel better after her fifth drink. Chuck held her much closer each time they danced and by the sixth drink, Chuck was sitting next to Dawn rubbing the palm of his hand on her thigh. Chuck boldly kissed Dawn on the lips. It was the first time she had ever kissed a black man and the first time she kissed any man since she got married.
Chuck put his arm around Dawn and he whispered into her ear saying, ?I think I?ll take you back to my place where we can get better acquainted??
Dawn was feeling very high from the drinks as she got up taking Chuck?s hand and walked out of the club.
Chuck got her in the car and gave her another passionate kiss before putting the car in gear and driving back to his place.
Dawn?s heart was beating faster again as she starred out the window thinking about how she was going to get out of this mess.
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Step 1: Tools and materials
- 3 or 4mm drill bit;
- drill;
- a jigsaw
- sanding paper;
- 4mm plywood;
- super glue and wood glue;
- lighter with LED torch;
- switch;
- blinking two color LED;
- soldering iron and solder;
- clamps;
- spray paint.
Step 2: Drawings
Step 3: Sanding and painting
It's great to remember tools like a hand jigsaw. It's the best tool ever for cutting little parts from thin plywood.
Step 4: Sanding and painting
While body is pressed and drying, take your bottom part, insert battery holder and glue it. Don't forget to screw the switch. After this, solder LED to battery holder and switch. It's very simple.
When it's done with electronics glue the top and the bottom to the body. Leave it for a few minutes because super glue dries quickly.
Good project. Excellent use for left-over plywood.
If you look at a commercially available die you will see that the side with 1 pip is opposite the side with 6 pips. The side with 2 pips is opposite the side with 5 pips. And the side with 3 pips is opposite the side with 4 pips. I.e. 1+6, 2+5, 3+4 all equal 7.


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WEST HARTFORD, Conn. - Freshman Lindsay Adams (Theresa, N.Y.) had the tying and go-ahead three-point baskets late in the game to propel the sixth-seeded University of New Hampshire women's basketball team to a thrilling 58-53 victory over No. 3 Binghamton in the quarterfinals of the America East Championships at Chase Family Arena on Thursday afternoon.
With the win, UNH will make its first appearance in the tournament semifinals since the 1996-97 season. The Wildcats will face No. 7 Stony Brook, which defeated second-seeded Boston University 63-46 earlier in the day, in the second game tomorrow night (approximately 8:30 p.m.).
Trailing 50-47 with just over two minutes remaining, Adams connected from beyond the arc to tie the score 50-50. After a pair of missed free throws from Binghamton's Sarah Cartmill (26 points), Adams hit another three to give UNH a 53-50 lead with 1:34 to play.
The Bearcats closed to within a point on a jumper by Leah Truncale, but senior guard Heidi Plencner (Hampton, N.H.) hit her third trey of the half with the shot clock winding down to give the Wildcats a 56-52 advantage with 17 seconds remaining. Plencner (15 points), who needs just five more points to reach the 1,000-point plateau for her career, hit two clutch free throws in the final moments to seal the win.
In a second half that saw nine lead changes and six ties, Binghamton opened up its biggest lead of the game, 45-39 with 7:37 to play, but back-to-back treys by Plencner knotted the game at 45-45 with 6:29 left.
UNH opened the contest with 14 straight points and threatened to blow it wide-open. But the Bearcats responded with a 13-0 run of their own, then relied on Cartmill late in the half to stay within striking distance. At one point, the America East Player of the Year scored 11 straight points for her team.
Adams finished with 11 points for the Wildcats, while sophomore Maren Matthias (Guilford,Conn.) had a double-double of 10 points and 15 rebounds.


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7 smart and sassy crime fiction writers dish on writing and life. It's The View. With bodies.
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
On starting out...meet Pam Novotny
I met Pam at Aspen Writers. She's a former freelance journalist for the papers like the Denver Post and Chicago Tribune and the author of numerous nonfiction books, including the classic, "Joy of Twins," which was based on her own experiences. Now she's writing her first mystery novel set on an archaeological site on Crete. Pam is still working on the novel, but it looks like it's going to be terrific.
Today I'm welcoming her to Jungle Red.
Pam, you've been a prolific, well published nonfiction writer. What were the challenges of switching to writing fiction?
PAM: The first thing is that it takes longer than you ever imagine, and you start out not knowing how much you don't know.
HALLIE: You can say that again! Anything else?
PAM: I didn't know how to write in scenes--which I think is the single most important thing for writing this kind of fiction. The other thing was plotting. Putting together a story that had the kind of surprises that we all want to find in a mystery was harder than I thought it would be. But learning to write in scenes helped me do that because I could see the story's bones better once I got scenes and their use, and that helped me plot.
HALLIE: When I was writing what would be my first published novel, I stuck a Post-It to my computer that said, "WRITE SCENES!" What experiences and interests were you drawing on for your story?
PAM: I've been in the south coast of Crete, so I drew on that. And of course as I write my main character, as I look at her life, I see reflections of mine and the people around me. I also drew on my knowledge of the ancient world and archaeology to find that story. Finally I have a reason to read about all those esoteric things.
HALLIE: Esoterica? Cool. Like what?
PAM: Like bioarchaeology - the study of human bones in an archaeological context -- studying the way we treat the dead.
Sometimes if you don't understand, the culture it seems horrific. In rural Greece they still bury their dead for 5 to 7 years and then dig them up again and take their bones and put them in an ossuary -- a container for bones--and keep them there. That way the grave can be used again. Some of it is about making space in a rocky country. Some of it is a way of revering the dead--they keep the bones, wash them.
In our culture we distance ourselves from the dead. We find it frightening and strange and don't want to be around human remains.
HALLIE: I'm hooked. Below are few snippets from the book -- followers of Jungle Red can say that they read Pam's work here first!
**Excerpt from Pam Novotny's work in progress:
As they brushed at an ulna thinner than her thumb, Attie noticed a pattern of dark lines on the bone, crazing of the type that happens to old china, but far more prophetic. It was the pattern that appeared when bones were burned with living flesh still on them. Attie felt a chill, thinking of it, and leaned in for a closer look, hoping she was mistaken.
"What do you see?" Magda was leaning in, too, peering at the tiny bones.
Attie blew out a long breath and sat back on her heels. "Not sure." She wasn't about to speculate out loud; no sense in spooking her students with stories of babies burned alive. Attie gave her head a shake. No sense in spooking herself either, with her nightmare imagination.
She began to talk, naming the tiny human bones as she touched them. They seemed to have been set into the pot atop some kind of burned material, but she couldn't tell what it was without lab analysis. After a moment, Attie realized that Erik had gone quiet – no wisecracks, no goofy antics. Attie looked over at him and his face was drawn, serious.
He pressed his lips tight before speaking in a low voice, thick with emotion. "Another baby, isn't it."
Attie had seen that he was squeamish, but she hadn't expected this show of feeling, especially from Erik who so far, had hidden everything behind laughter. In any case, it spoke well of him that he would be moved by the deaths of infants.
"Two babies, all alone? I thought this was going to be like, a family tomb or something.
"I don't know why they're here yet, Erik, but we'll find out," she assured him. "That's why we're here: to learn their stories."
15 comments:
- Roberta Isleib said...
Welcome Pam--that looks like it's going to be a terrific book! Hopefully Hallie will keep us posted when it's coming out:).
I'm curious about how your nonfiction writing has been helpful as you tackled fiction. I have a sense that journalists have a huge leg up over other aspiring novelists, both in terms of how to write and discipline. Have you found that to be true?
- July 21, 2010 at 7:06 AM
- Hank Phillippi Ryan said...
Hey PAm! SOUnds terrific..and get ready for an amazing journey.
I agree with Roberta--as a journalist, I think there's something about story-telling that we're already familiar with. And deadlines, you know? Nothing new about that for us!
It's just being able--of having to--make things up that's unusual!
- July 21, 2010 at 11:02 AM
- Jan Brogan said...
Welcome Pam,
Your novel sounds terrific. I love Crete. Found myself in Matala years ago with beach tar on my feet and will realized that's where Joni Mitchell wrote "Carry."
A really great setting for a novel even before you add the interesting burial culture and bones.
Like you and Hank I came to fiction through journalism, and found that while you have to unlearn some things, some things are second nature.
Best of luck with your novel.
- July 21, 2010 at 11:06 AM
- Hallie Ephron said...
LOTS of us come out of nonfiction - I came out of writing training and documentation and BOY did I have a lot to unlearn. Adverbs, for instance -- great in a technical document because it encapsulates so much in a single word. Terrible in fiction because it's the essence of telling instead of showing. And point of view - there isn't one in most technical documents and yet it's the most basic thing to what people speak of as the fiction writer's 'voice.'
- July 21, 2010 at 11:44 AM
- Pam said...
Thanks for the warm welcome! My non-fiction experience did help a lot. I knew how to gather the information and make it into a coherent story without fussing too much. (Yes -- deadlines!) Non-fiction taught me how to just get on with it. You don't have time to be too afraid of the blank screen/page. But yes, Hallie, adding point of view and making things up -- that was a tough switch! But very fun once you start.
- July 21, 2010 at 12:08 PM
- Pam said...
And Jan -- That Joni Mitchell song was my anthem for a long time! It's the source of my love for silver bracelets...
- July 21, 2010 at 12:10 PM
- Hallie Ephron said...
Speaking of Joni Mitchell...check back tomorrow for some very cool news about Sheila Weller who joined us a few months ago to talk about her book "Girls Like Us."
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I have been scrapping electronics lately and the most common drop off items are TVs and monitors, in this switch from tubes to LCD they are very abundant and at the same time very useless to a scrapper.
This is what I get that is profitable:
-Power cord
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This is what I have to dispose of which costs me nothing:
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Cracked LCD screens must be worth something somehow!?!?
If there was a way to profit off everything that would be awesome...I heard that plastic used on all tube TVs and monitors is mandatory high temp plastic which can be valuable if I can find a buyer!
The glass I smash up into small pieces I have trash cans full of broken glass I bring to the dump...somebody must buy and melt down glass somewhere??
If anyone has suggestions on profiting from glass and plastic please pitch me your ideas.