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"I don't wanna wait, I just wanna know
I just wanna hear you tell me so
Give it to me straight, tell it to me slow."
- Someday, Rob Thomas
The leather gloves were stiff and a little too big. Sam flexed his fingers, squeezing the tough material into a loose fist.
"Sorry. Those are kind of old." Adam said as he tugged on his own worn gloves. "I'll get you a new pair when I go to town. Some that actually fit you." He grinned and Sam just stared at his mouth. In his dream, Adam had kissed him. It hadn't felt like a dream, and Sam hungered to taste that kiss again.
"I have a thick jacket you can use in the mornings." Adam grabbed a hammer and a small bag of horseshoe nails off the wooden shelf in the tack room. "It gets pretty cold and you'll want more than just a sweatshirt."
Sam didn't respond. Adam spoke as if Sam had already agreed to stay on. But he'd only said he would stay one more night and think about it. Still, Adam made no mention of Sam possibly leaving tomorrow.
"Come on." Adam headed for the large opening at the far end of the barn. "It's pretty far out there, but we should have plenty of daylight to get the fence done."
Sam followed him out of the barn to the pickup, then climbed into the passenger seat.
"It's kind of a bumpy ride." Adam warned as he cranked the truck to life. "By the time we get back, you'll be glad for a soft bed to crash in."
Sam nodded silently.
"You ever work fence before?" Adam backed the truck around and drove past the barn to a large wooden gate that opened into a huge pasture and stopped the truck.
"No." Sam said quietly, then popped open his door. "I'll get the gate."
He closed the door behind him and walked to the gate, unlatched it and swung it open wide. Adam pulled the truck through then stopped inside the field as Sam closed the gate and returned to the truck.
"Fencing isn't rocket science." Adam said as the truck rolled slowly down through the pasture. "Just takes common sense." He glanced at Sam and grinned. "And you seem like a common sense kind of guy."
Sam smiled and looked out the passenger window. Don't bet on it, he thought. The truck bounced and jumped over the uneven ground. Sam gripped the door to steady himself. Adam looked at him and grinned again.
"Told ya it was bumpy."
"Yeah." Sam gripped the door tighter. "You called it."
Adam laughed. Sam closed his eyes briefly and fought the tingling sensations that Adam's laugh ignited. God, how was he going to spend the rest of this day and the coming night alone with this man? The very second he displayed any 'give' at all, Adam would reel him in a little more...until he was close enough for Adam to embrace him. And once he'd given up that much...Sam knew it would be over for him. There would be no more fighting or resistance.
He glanced at Adam discreetly. Regardless of how desperately he wanted to give in to Adam, he had to fight it. He couldn't let himself give up even the tiniest bit of ground. He would get through this day, and the night, and then he had to leave. In a moment of weakness he had allowed Adam to convince him to stay. He wouldn't let that happen again.
"God, this is embarrassing." Sam groaned and twisted the claws of the hammer free of the embedded wire. He stared at the wooden fence post in frustration.
Adam watched the young man, struggling not to laugh and doing a poor job of it. He couldn't help it, Sam was just too adorable and cute, his frustration twisting his beautiful face.
"Don't sweat it." Adam laughed lightly. "Sometimes the nails are nearly petrified into the wood and it's hard as hell getting them out. Hand me the hammer." Sam gave him the hammer. Adam worked the claws under the wire around the embedded horseshoe nail. "Come here, grab it like this." He had Sam grab the handle like a pry bar. "Now reef down as hard as you can."
Sam looked doubtful but did as Adam instructed, using all his weight. The wire groaned and stretched a bit but the nail refused to budge. "Shit." Sam panted, releasing the pressure. "This is pathetic. Can't even pull a damn nail from a post."
Adam laughed and shook his head. "Trust me, it isn't you." He assured. "These nails can be some stubborn suckers when they want to be. We're gonna both have to yank on it at the same time."
Adam stepped up behind Sam. "Grab the handle." Sam complied and Adam reached around each side of the kid and grabbed the hammer in between Sam's hands. A sudden tension stiffened Sam's body as his back pressed against Adam's chest. Adam's face touched Sam's hair. It smelled like shampoo. A funny, tantalizing sensation spiraled down through Adam's body and shot back up, exploding through his head. His breath quickened and he closed his eyes briefly, trying to force his pulse to calm. It didn't work.
Clearing his throat anxiously, Adam said, "Okay. On three, put your weight into it." His heart was beating a hole in his chest and he wondered if Sam could feel the force of it against his back. "One...two...three."
They both yanked down on the handle of the hammer, reefing back full force. The nail screeched as it loosened from the post then suddenly ripped free. The sudden release of tension sent Adam and Sam stumbling back, losing their footing and hitting the ground. Sam landed on Adam with a grunt then toppled onto the grass, his air knocked out of him slightly.
"Damn." Adam released a short, gasping laugh.
Sam lay on his back, sucking in air. Adam rolled over, pushing up on an elbow, and stared down at Sam.
"You okay?"
Sam nodded. "Yeah." He gasped softly. "Just knocked the wind out of me a bit."
Adam grinned, tugged off his glove and plucked a dead leaf from Sam's hair. He gazed down at Sam's face, transfixed by its perfection and loveliness.
Oh God, Sam, I want to kiss you and never stop.
The want and need burning in Adam's eyes was like bolts of lightning stabbing into Sam's heart, mind and body. Adam's fingers lingered in his hair.
Sam tried to look away, but Adam's empowering eyes held his, unyielding. A heat was spreading through him, getting hotter, burning him alive from the inside out. If Adam kissed him now...Sam was sure his heart might literally explode.
For a brief moment, Sam thought that's exactly what he was going to do as the strong emotions churned in Adam's dark eyes.
Don't let him kiss you. Get up. Now!
Sam tried to move but his body felt locked in place. Adam's fingers raked lightly down his cheek. Sam trembled, helpless against the feelings and emotions Adam brought to life inside him.
Adam licked his lips anxiously. "Well..." He murmured unsteadily, a tremor to his voice. "We're not getting any work done this way." He cleared his throat nervously then pushed himself up, standing to his feet. He reached his hand out to Sam.
After a moment of hesitation, Sam clasp his hand and let him help him up off the ground.
They went back to work, tearing off the old, damaged wire and nailing up new strands. Their conversation was minimal and Sam wouldn't let himself look at Adam directly. He could feel the powerful emotions in Adam's eyes when the man looked at him, and Sam didn't trust his own resolve. If he looked in Adam's eyes and saw those feelings again, it would weaken him more. And he was struggling enough as it was.
When they finally made it back to the barn, it was late afternoon and the sun was sagging low in the sky. Around the perimeter, heavy rain clouds lingered.
"Storm's coming." Adam murmured as they walked from the barn towards the house.
Sam looked at the sky. There was a crisp chill to the air.
"Possibly some snow." Adam added quietly.
Sam glanced down the drive as they approached the porch steps. He should have been long gone by now. Agreeing to stay another night had been a bad decision. Careless. Even irresponsible. Nothing could come of this. So why was he lingering? Stalling his retreat?
Sam flinched and realized he was standing, unmoving, at the foot of the steps, staring down the drive. He glanced at Adam who stood on the porch staring down at him.
Adam glanced quickly towards the drive, an uneasy look in his eyes, then turned them back on Sam. "You coming?"
One last glance at the gravel drive and Sam turned towards Adam. "Yeah." He whispered and climbed the steps.
Sam perched on a stool at the far end of the counter as Adam lightly breaded two steaks and placed them in a cast iron frying pan sizzling with hot oil. The kid looked as if, at any moment, he might well cut and run. Adam could feel a part of him desperate to flee Adam's presence. And Adam was desperate to keep him there.
"I'm no gourmet chef." Adam admitted with a grin. "But you can survive on my cooking." He chuckled and shrugged. "Not sure what a consolation that is."
A smile played around the corners of Sam's mouth, but there remained a level of wariness in the kid, as if he were afraid to relax and make a show of enjoying being here with Adam.
"I'm sure it'll be good." Sam said quietly.
Adam smiled and nodded. "Ah, thanks for the vote of confidence." He turned the burner on medium-low and covered the pan with a cast iron lid.
A sudden, hard gust of wind hit the side of the house and Sam jumped reflexively, then let go a nervous laugh. "Scared me."
The lights flickered. Adam glanced around. "Guess I was right. It's gonna storm."
Rain pelted the windows as the strong wind whipped the drops hard against the glass panes. The lights flickered again.
"Will the electricity go out?" Sam wondered low.
"Possibly." Adam opened a drawer and took out a flashlight. He held it up. "Just in case." He took out a few candles and set them on the counter as well.
Sam smiled. "You're prepared."
Adam chuckled and shrugged. "You live in the country long enough, you learn to be prepared." He glanced at the cook stove. "Unfortunately, I have yet to switch to a gas stove. So if the electricity goes - so does our dinner."
The lights flickered heavily, going out completely for a few seconds then coming back on, only to flicker again.
"I think we can kiss our steak dinner goodbye." Adam murmured as he glanced towards the ceiling at the shuttering lights. He glanced at Sam. The kid was looking around anxiously. Adam smiled and frowned. "Don't tell me you're scared of the dark?"
Sam met his eyes quickly then looked away, laughing uneasily. "No...it's just...storms kind of freak me out."
"Really?" Adam grinned. "I love them." He stepped forward and handed Sam the flashlight then leaned closer and winked. "Don't worry, my friend, I'll protect you from nature's fury."
Sam gazed into his eyes, and Adam became suddenly aware how close his beautiful face was to his own. If he moved in just a few more inches, his lips would touch Sam's and he thought the kid might just let him steal that kiss. But as he took a moment to contemplate the act of thievery, Sam's face suddenly vanished into blackness as the lights went out and stayed out.
The sudden darkness felt thick as tar. Sam sat deathly still, afraid to even shift. Just seconds ago, Adam's face had been mere inches from his own. Had the lights not gone out...he sensed he would be tasting Adam's kiss right now. And though the notion swarmed him with all kinds of wonderful sensations, he was ultimately grateful for the power outage. He couldn't be kissing Adam. That was the doorway into that place Sam longed to go, but could never allow himself entrance.
Adam's kiss was the turning point, the one thing that would crush Sam's resistance. As long as he avoided the kiss...he might stand a chance. But twice now, in this one day, Adam had been on the bare verge of delivering that kiss. And Sam had done nothing, in either instance, to discourage him. Why did he just wait for it - when he should be dodging it at all costs?
"The flashlight, Sam." Adam said from close by in the darkness.
Sam snapped on the flashlight. A bright beam flooded the kitchen. Adam still stood next to him. He grabbed the candles off the counter.
"Lets move to the living room." Adam said. "Shine the way."
Sam slid off the stool and led the way to the living room. Adam set the candles up along the mantle over the fireplace, grabbed a box of matches and lit the candles. He squatted down by the hearth and began fixing a fire in the fireplace. Sam stood back and held the flashlight beam down on the floor, watching Adam. When the fire was burning bright, Sam turned off the flashlight and set it on the myrtle wood coffee table in front of the sofa.
Adam stood, dusted off his hands, then turned towards Sam and smiled. "Much better. At least we won't freeze."
Sam stood motionless gazing at the fire. "You're...very handy in a crisis."
Adam laughed and shook his head. "Well, thank you, kind sir." He chuckled. "But this is hardly a crisis." He moved around the coffee table. "It's just a little wind and rain."
A fierce gust of wind hit the side of the house, rattling the windows. The raindrops were like rocks being sailed at the glass.
Sam nodded slowly and raised his eyebrows. "Just a little wind and rain?" He murmured. "Sure."
Adam laughed and nudged Sam's arm. "I told you, I'd protect you. No fear."
Ducking his head, Sam smiled. "I'm not scared."
"Maybe you should be." Adam spoke low, ominous, moving closer to Sam. "Haven't you heard about the things that go bump in the night?" He spider-walked his fingers up Sam's back.
Sam jumped away from him, laughing nervously. "Quit that."
"Why?" Adam grinned. "Thought you weren't scared."
"I'm not...it just..."
"Just what?" Adam pressed.
Sam rolled his eyes and laughed low. "It tickles, all right."
Raising his eyebrows, Adam's grin widened. "Really? Hmm...that's something to know." He took a step towards Sam.
Sam held out his hand in protest. "Don't." He smiled anxiously and backed away. "My brother used to tickle me and I hated it."
"Of course." Adam grinned. "That's why he did it."
Sam held up both hands and shook his head. "Just...don't, okay?" He couldn't let Adam touch him, and certainly not that up close and personal.
Nodding slowly, Adam backed off. "Okay. As you wish." He grinned as his eyes moved slowly over Sam.
Pleasant chills prickled Sam's skin. He hated how good it felt to have Adam look at him that way. It was easier when he felt unwanted and undesired. There were no temptations, no dangers of going too far, no fear of inciting feelings and emotions he couldn't capitalize on. But he didn't have those luxuries with Adam. Everything was present and bubbling at the surface, about to boil over.
Adam grabbed the flashlight off the coffee table. Sam flinch as if he were reaching for him. "Jumpy." Adam grinned and snapped on the flashlight, shining the light on his own face ominously. "Be right back."
Adam left the living room and returned to the kitchen. Sam stared after him then walked to the fireplace. He watched the flames, becoming entranced. The storm beat at the house. Sam glanced around the dark room, anxiety pinching his gut. He didn't know why storms put him ill at ease. Maybe it was the lack of control, the sense of chaos, being at the mercy of a force so much greater than himself. He liked being in control. Needed to be in control.
He could hear Adam in the kitchen and see the occasional flick of the flashlight beam. When Adam returned, he brought with him a bottle of wine and two scotch glasses.
He held up the glasses and shrugged, smiling. "I don't actually have wine glasses. But these will do."
Adam sat down on the sofa and set the glasses on the coffee table. He worked the cork out of the wine bottle then filled each glass half full. Sam watched him, making no move to join him on the sofa. Adam glanced up and smiled, holding out one of the glasses.
"Come on." He said. "Have a drink with me." When Sam hesitated, Adam lowered the glass some. "Don't tell me you don't drink wine. It's good for you." Adam grinned. "Even the bible says so."
Sam looked at him doubtfully. "Quoting the bible to get me to drink? That's original."
Adam laughed and shrugged. "I'm an all original man." His smile softened, as did his voice. "Come on, Sam. I'm not talking about getting shnockered. I'm just talking about a glass of wine."
"Shnockered?" Sam smiled. "Is that even a word?"
Adam shrugged. "It is now." He chuckled.
Sam gazed at Adam, and couldn't stop the smile from pulling at his lips. Everything about Adam was infectious...his personality, his sense of humor, his smile. Sam tried to resist it, not let Adam see how easily and completely he got to him. But the smile incessantly found it's way to Sam's lips whenever he was in Adam's presence for very long.
He was losing this battle and he knew it. And that should have been enough to send him running. Yet here he stood, in Adam's living room, about to drink wine with the man. He was on a slippery slope and sliding down fast. Playing with fire and trying not to get burned. Rather than stopping it all right here and now, Sam kept reaching for just a little more, telling himself there was still time to pull back, that he hadn't passed the point of no return and would stop before he got there.
Like an addict playing the game of I can quit whenever I want. But he couldn't. He wasn't in control.
And as the addiction destroys the addict and those who love him...Sam's carelessness would ultimately destroy not only himself, but Adam as well.
If he let it continue. If he allowed Adam to invest his heart.
"Well?" Adam held up the glass to him once more, inviting Sam to join him.
Sam rubbed his hand over his mouth, feeling trapped and yet sensing no desire to escape.
The fire light danced softly on Sam's face as the young man hesitated to take the wine. Adam was struggling to keep the mood light, make Sam feel at ease, when he desperately wanted to toss aside all pretenses and just tell Sam point blank how he felt, what he wanted and needed. But the kid seemed to always be on the edge of running away. So he had to play by the rules, take it one step at a time. Open his heart to Sam a little at a time and pray he walked in of his own free will.
Sam approached the sofa tentatively and perched on the edge of the cushion with space between him and Adam. He took the glass Adam offered him and stared at it with uncertainty.
Adam smiled. "It isn't poison, Sam. See?" Adam took a drink from his own glass.
"I didn't think..." Sam started then stopped when Adam laughed softly.
"I was kidding." Adam held Sam's stare. Flames flickered and danced in the kid's eyes. Oh Sam, you make it so hard to play by the rules. The urge to kiss Sam was staggering. Adam looked away and sipped at his wine.
Sam hesitated a moment longer then raised his glass to his lips and took a small drink.
Twisting his glass in his fingers, Adam gazed into the fire, not really trusting himself to look at Sam just now. "You mentioned a brother." Adam said quietly. "Where does he live?"
"Idaho." Sam took another sip of his wine.
Adam looked down into his glass and swirled the wine. "And your parents?"
A heavy silence gripped Sam. Adam turned his head and looked at the kid.
Sam shrugged as he stared at his glass. "California...I think. I don't really know anymore."
"You don't keep in touch?"
Sam licked his lips. "No." He whispered and raised the glass to his lips again, took a bigger drink then licked his lips again. "They never really...understood me. The way I was. And they didn't seem to want to try to understand."
Adam turned his attention back to the fire. "I'm sorry." He said quietly. "That's rough."
"Yeah." Sam murmured and suddenly downed the rest of his wine. He twisted the empty glass in his hands then reached over, took the bottle of wine and filled it three quarters full.
Adam turned and looked at him as he set the wine bottle back on the coffee table, then raised an eyebrow. "You may get shnockered yet."
Sam shrugged and took another big drink from the glass then twisted the glass back forth in his hands as he watched the crimson liquid swish gently against the edges.
Adam stared at him long. There was a shimmer in the kid's eyes and Adam thought maybe he'd made a mistake bringing up Sam's parents. "Sam." Adam murmured. "You do know there's nothing wrong with you...right? Your parents' inability to cope doesn't mean you're the one with the problem." He reached over and stroked the back of his fingers down Sam's cheek. "You hearing me?"
Sam nodded slowly but wouldn't look at him as he took another drink of the wine, nearly emptying his glass again. The shimmer in his eyes thickened. He wiped at his eyes with the back of his hand then grabbed the bottle of wine again and refilled his glass.
"Okay." Adam took the bottle from Sam and set it out of his reach. "I think you've had your quota for the night."
Sam drank from his glass, his eyes wet as he stared at the fire.
"I'm sorry, Sam." Adam said softly. "I didn't mean to bring up a sore subject...I didn't know it was like that between you and your parents." He cocked his head and gazed at the younger man. "Forgive me?"
Swallowing thickly, Sam pressed his lips together and cleared his throat. "There's nothing to forgive." He whispered then looked at Adam. "I'm not upset with you."
Adam sighed. "I don't know how your parents make you feel, Sam." He murmured. "But if they make you feel anything less than perfect...then they're wrong."
Lowering his eyes, Sam stared down into his glass. A tear slid down his cheek and dropped into his wine. He sniffed and wiped at his face. "Were you always...gay?" He whispered thickly.
Adam frowned, uncertain. "What?"
Sam licked his lips. "I mean...was there ever a time when you didn't know?" He lifted the glass and took a small sip. "Did you ever like girls?"
Shaking his head slowly, Adam's brow pinched with a puzzled frown. "No." He said quietly. "I pretty much knew right from the start that I liked boys. Even back in kindergarten, when the other little boys were trying to steal kisses from the little girls...I was trying to steal kisses from the other little boys." Adam smiled softly. "As you can probably guess, I wasn't invited to too many birthday parties...or asked to play in any little boy games."
Sam gazed blankly at his glass. He didn't smile at Adam's words.
"Was there a time when you liked girls?" Adam asked quietly.
"No." Sam whispered. "But still...I didn't know I was gay until I was sixteen."
Adam frowned, puzzled. "If you never liked girls...how could you not know before you were sixteen? If a boy doesn't know before, he begins to figure it out about time he hits puberty and his attractions kick in full force."
Sam shrugged. "I don't know." He spoke low, soft. "I mean...I knew I liked boys, but...I didn't know it meant I was gay. It just didn't...compute, I guess." He swallowed tightly and squeezed the glass in his hands. "The way I felt...it really confused me. And when I tried to talk to my parents about it...they refused to hear. Braden was the only one who listened. He helped me understand what..." Sam licked his lips slowly as a tear swelled and slipped free, trickling down his cheek. "He helped me understand what was happening...why I felt the way I did."
Adam reached over and squeezed Sam's wrist gently. "It sounds like you have a great brother."
Nodding slowly, Sam's gaze rested on Adam's hand. "I do." He whispered. "The best." He continued to stare at Adam's hand as it lingered on his wrist. "He never looked at me like...there was something wrong with me. Never treated me like I was different. He just...loved me for who I was."
Adam squeezed his wrist again, with affection, caressing his skin lightly with his thumb. "Everyone deserves to be loved for who they are, Sam."
"That's what Braden always told me." Sam murmured. He gazed distantly at the fire. "He made me feel...normal. Made me believe I would meet a boy someday who would...love me the way I was." Sam's lips tightened somewhat as he dropped his eyes to his glass once more. "And I believed him." He shook his head slowly as more tears filled his eyes. "But he was wrong."
The anguish inside Sam resonated outward and infected Adam. A tightness clenched his chest as his own eyes began to sting. What had happened to this kid? He fought the intense desire to pull Sam into his arms and hold him close, hold him tight, assure him he was safe with Adam. But he resisted the urge and simply held Sam's wrist gently, caressing with his thumb. Sam didn't seem to mind.
"What do you mean he was wrong, Sam?" Adam asked slowly, quietly. "What happened when you turned sixteen?"
Sam closed his eyes briefly, squeezing them shut gently. Another tear slid down his face and Adam's heart ached for the young man. Sam opened his eyes slowly and tears swam in their clear depths. Sam's voice thickened and tightened as he whispered, "I met Jase."
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Jesuits in Disarray
Passionate Uncertainty: Inside the American Jesuits
In 1951, I entered a novitiate of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits). Our large group of novices set a new record—over sixty of us in just one province (of eight at the time) in America. Buildings were hastily being built to house this influx during the height of post–World War II religiosity. Jesuits were considered the most intellectual order of priests, famous for their long (thirteen-year) lead-up to ordination, followed by an extra year of study after that. I left well before I reached the halfway mark in this course. Those who did get halfway through were given a detour of three years to teach in one of the many (forty-five, nationwide) Jesuit high schools, and their work at this stage was a principal source of "vocations" from those schools. Young idealists still on their way to the priesthood offered stirring models for their students, who wanted to join them in their high calling.
That was half a century ago, and the flow of men into the Society at that point has been reversed and canceled since then by a flood of men out—well over five thousand of them in America alone. The new buildings (and some of the old ones) are now sold off or turned to other uses. As Peter McDonough and Eugene Bianchi write in their important new survey of the order, "Membership in the Society of Jesus in the United States peaked in 1965, at 8,393 men. By 2000 it had been cut by more than half, falling to 3,635." The Jesuits are not unique in this. The steep decline in their numbers is equaled or surpassed by those in other Catholic ministries. The number of aspirant priests in all Catholic seminaries (mainly diocesan) between 1966 and 1993 dropped by 85 percent. Women can now have meaningful careers that were closed to the young idealists who used to enter convents. Many nuns discovered this while participating in, or watching other women participate in, the civil rights demonstrations of the Sixties.
So the general decline of religious orders is a familiar story. But the book on the Jesuits has a special poignancy, since the order entered the crisis period with extraordinarily high prestige and recruitment. If even the priestly elite has suffered setbacks, the portents for other orders, and for the celibate priesthood in general, are grim. The Jesuits' loss of numbers has led to a drastic rearrangement of the Society's demographics, a change described by the authors as "the gaying and the graying of the Jesuits." There …
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Hi all, hope you can help!
I have a 51 plate Zetec-s 2.5 v6,Owned for 6 months now, in general it drives like a dream, but.....!! When i change gear above 3.5-4000rpm i get a vibration through the clutch pedal, i suspect the dmf is faulty or failing, car has done 64k.Problem started about 1 month ago.
Apart from the vibration the clutch doesnt slip or make any noise, can anyone confirm my suspicions or suggest any other problem that may cause this?
As far as i know this is still the original clutch
Has this model got a DMF or a solid flywheel? I dont know
Clutch Problems
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Remembering Cy
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Cyril G. "Cy" Bologoff
(1932 - 2015)
It is with great sadness that we share with you the news that former Mayor Cyril G. "Cy" Bologoff passed away last night. Cy served on the City Council for 4 full terms (16 years) from 1995-2011. He was Mayor four times, 1998-1999; 2002-2003; 2005-2006 & 2010-2011.
Prior to his service on the City Council, Cy had worked in the Brisbane Fire Department for 30 years, retiring as the City's Interim Director of Public Safety and Brisbane's Fire Chief.
Cy and his wife Bonnie first moved to Brisbane in 1959 and purchased their home here soon after. They were proud of their community and its schools, with their two children attending Brisbane Elementary, Lipman, and graduating from Jefferson High School. Cy spent 30 years in the City's Fire Department, having served as a volunteer firefighter, a career firefighter, and ultimately, Fire Chief.
While on the City Council, Cy worked diligently with the Senior Advisory Committee whose dedication resulted in the construction of a new, affordable Senior Housing Project and the Senior Sunrise Room, providing Seniors in the community with a dedicated space of their own. Cy always made himself accessible to citizens, while serving on the City Council and upon retiring from the Council in 2011. He could be seen weekly attending the Wednesday afternoon Senior Luncheons at the Community Center, and was oftentimes by his wife Bonnie's side helping her as she served up hot cocoa and cookies to kids during Concerts in the Park or at the Festival of Lights.
Cy will always be remembered for his dedicated leadership, extended service on the Council and to the citizens of Brisbane, and his warm smile and chuckle.
A memorial service is planned for Monday, October 5th at 1:00pm at Garden Chapel in South San Francisco (885 El Camino Real, South San Francisco).
City Receives Gold-Level Beacon Award
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Brisbane was awarded the very first Gold-Level Beacon Award by the Institute of Local Government (ILG) at the League of California Cities conference in San Jose today! Mayor Terry O'Connell accepted the award on behalf of the City from Chris McKenzie, Executive Director for the League of California Cities. The Beacon Award recognizes an agency's holistic approach to addressing climate change and Brisbane is the first local government in the state of California to receive a Gold-Level Beacon Award. Click here for the press release from ILG and here to view a video featuring each of the award winners, also by ILG.
For more information about the Beacon Award, please click here.
The City of Brisbane was also the proud recipient of five Spotlight Awards from ILG, which were presented last night at the Beacon Spotlight Award Reception.
The City of Brisbane received a Gold-Level Beacon Award and five Beacon Spotlight Awards for the following achievements:
- Agency GHG Reductions: Gold Level - 19% reductions
- Community GHG Reductions: Gold Level - 10% reductions
- Agency Energy Savings: Gold Level- 17% savings
- Natural Gas Savings: Platinum Level – 24% savings
- Sustainability Best Practices: Gold Level
Thank you to the City Council, Community, Open Space and Ecology Committee, C/CAG and Staff for their work in these great achievements for the City of Stars!
Signboard Postings
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Posted 10/4/2015
Posted 10/4/2015
Did you know...
You can dispose of old batteries and bulbs at City Hall?
And old medication at the Police Dept.?
(Please bring all long tube fixtures to Brisbane Hardware)
Posted 9/30/2015
In Loving Memory of
Cyril. G. "Cy" Bologoff
Jan. 12, 1932 – Sept. 29, 2015
Former Mayor and Fire Chief
Memorial: Mon. Oct. 5, 1pm Garden Chapel, SSF
Brisbane Lions' Club
White Cane Day
Friday Oct 2nd
6am to 9am corner of Visitacion and San Bruno Ave.
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Now Hiring Part-Time Positions
Code Enforcement Officer – Crossing Guard
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Posted 9/20/2015
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Bicentennial Walkway Improvements
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The installation for the new bollards began today on the lower portion of Bicentennial Walkway. As you can see from the photos above, new concrete bases needed to be formed and poured to ensure a strong foundation for the new fixtures, which are themselves made of steel-reinforced, cast concrete. Barring any unforeseen complications, the installation should be completed by day's end!
Stay Safe during a Power Outage
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In 2003, over 50 million people lost power in what was the biggest power outage in U.S. history. Power outages can happen anywhere, to anyone, so it's important to know what do. Here are some tips to help you get started:
- Build an emergency kit and make a family communications plan
- During an outage, use flashlights as opposed to candles to avoid the risk of fire
- After a power outage, get rid of unsafe food. When in doubt, throw it out!
Check out Ready.gov's website to learn more about what you should do before, during, and after a power outage.
North County Fire Authority also advises the community to take this opportunity to check your family emeregency preparedness/survival kits. It should have 3 days' (72 hours) worth of food and water. They will be offering safety tips on a recurring basis, that we'll be calling #SafetySaturday, as that is how they're being tagged on social media. Follow the City of Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. North County Fire's Twitter handle is @NoCoFire or www.twitter.com/nocofire.
Candidates Forum Video
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Last night the League of Women Voters moderated a Candidates Forum featuring the six candidates that have qualified to be on the upcoming November 3, 2015 ballot to fill two Council seats on the Brisbane City Council. Those who attended from the public were given the opporunity to write down their questions on a notecard, many of which were asked of each of the candidates throughout the night. The Candidates Forum was sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce and hosted by the City of Brisbane.
Climate Action Plan Adopted
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At last night's City Council meeting, the Council voted unanimously to adopt the City's Climate Action Plan, which the Open Space and Ecology Committee and Council Liaisons Liu and Miller worked vigorously on over the past year (work at the OSEC subcommittee level dates back 10 years!).
"I'm just astounded by the work that the committees and the staff have produced and so proud to be a part of it and that we're going to try and make some headway and to make a difference. It all starts small, and hopefully has an influence in the big picture," said Mayor O'Connell.
AB32 calls for the State to be at 1990 levels of greenhouse gas emissions by 2020. The City's Climate Action Plan goes beyond that goal with the measures amounting to being 17.3% below 2005 greenhouse gas emissions by 2020. Stay tuned for more information for how the Climate Action Plan provides a framework for all of Brisbane to meet its climate action goals.
San Bruno Mtn. now a PCA
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Last night, the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) unanimously approved the adoption of 68 new Priority Conservation Areas (PCAs), including the PCA for San Bruno Mountain and Surrounding Areas.
PCAs are a critical tool for safeguarding our region's greenbelt lands that provide clean air and water, locally produced food, wildlife habitat, carbon sequestration, and outdoor recreation. To assist with this effort, grants are offered from various organizations, sometimes solely for PCAs to apply for.
Putting the application together was a regional effort, coordinated by San Bruno Mountain Watch in partnership with San Mateo County Parks, Brisbane, and South San Francisco. Our PCA was adopted with the designation "Natural Landscapes" primarily and "Regional Recreation" secondarily. To learn more about PCAs, please visit: http://abag.ca.gov/priority/conservation/.
Parkside at Brisbane Village Update
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The City-initiated planning process for the Parkside at Brisbane Village Precise Plan is underway. At their September 17th City Council meeting, the Council authorized the selection of MIG Consultants to prepare the plan. View the consultant's proposal here.
MIG Consultants specializes in community engagement, urban planning and design, multimodal transportation planning, and communications. For the Precise Plan, MIG will be teaming with their frequent partners, Strategic Economics and Hexagon Transportation Consultants, to provide insight into economic opportunities and constraints, and analysis of any proposed street and property access improvements, respectively.
The City and MIG will partner with San Mateo County Health System to facilitate a community dialogue about how the Precise Plan can incorporate healthy community principles, focusing on the critical link between the built environment and public health, and how decisions regarding land use, transportation, economic development, and natural resources protection affect community health.
Be on the lookout this month for opportunities to participate in the creation of the Parkside at Brisbane Village Precise Plan, which will include stakeholder meetings, community-wide public workshops, online forums, and pop-up workshops at City events, such as Day in the Park on Saturday, October 3rd!


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Various recent national studies show more and more Americans are feeling "stressed" these days by a myriad of stimuli, ranging from global uncertainties to making dinner. Worries about the economy, money and job loss are keeping 27% of U.S. adults awake at night, according to a national poll by the National Sleep Foundation earlier this year. Even in the best of times, we can feel stressed by the normal demands of everyday life. The key to reducing stress is not by trying to eliminate it, but by managing our reactions and the ways we relate to stressful circumstances. Beginning Tuesday, March 9, Crouse Hospital will present an eight-week course that teaches participants how to cope more effectively with everyday stressors and the world of uncertainty in which we live. Pauline Cecere [pronounced SIS-er-ee], LCSW, will lead "Mindful Living and Stress Reduction," 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday evenings through April 27 in the Marley Education Center, 765 Irving Ave. The course fee of $300 includes 16 hours of instruction; a full-day retreat on Saturday, April 17; textbook; CDs; supplemental readings; and free parking in the Marley Center Garage. Inquiries about the course and registration can be made by calling 315-655-3066 or emailing firstname.lastname@example.com. The registration deadline is March 2.
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Jazz's Rigby discusses marketability of ex-BYU's Fredette
Jazz president Randy Rigby discusses the marketing potential of former Brigham Young guard Jimmer Fredette.
The potential of adding an NBA player with a regional connection: There's no question that if the talent pick matches up with the local appeal of an athlete, you have an immediate marketing lift to help you. Particularly, we've always wanted to see a little more support from Utah County. With the phenomenon of Jimmer what's interesting is, I've had so many people from the University of Utah and BYU people, Jimmer has just really gained the respect and intrigue across almost all universities in the state, and he's become kind of a favorite athlete for a lot of people in the state of Utah. And so that interest, no question, would have some direct correlation and benefit for us from a revenue and sales and support from the fanbase.
Talent ultimately outweighs the potential for a revenue bump: No question. Every time. We make every decision about the ability for this player to improve and make our team better. Because we have to look at everything on a long-term basis and what it can mean for us in the long term, and winning will help us with the long term. That's exactly how we have to look at it. And, particularly, when you look at our dollar our revenue structure you say, 'Hey. This could give us an immediate $5 million lift.' That sounds really good for our ticket sales. But when you put that $5 million in the total mix of our total revenue and by the way, [$5 million] isn't the number; I'm just throwing a number out when you look at what that means in the total dollars we generate each year, let alone then compounding that by three to five years, it makes it a much smaller percentage. So that's why we have to put that in perspective.
Hard to pass up instant marketability: I'll tell you how we look at it. I don't think we as an organization get off too much on trying to take one player ⦠I think you want to be very careful not to overpromote a young athlete. In particular, you're bringing them into the NBA, and you've got the best of the best here. And a young rookie has some real challenges breaking into this league. To put that kind of pressure and to build your marketing and your philosophy and your organization around an athlete like that can become very problematic real fast if all of a sudden with an injury or a failure to immediately come out and perform those images can be short lived, and now you've compounded your problem. That's why we have always as an organization built on the philosophy here's the philosophy of the characteristics that we expect from all of our players: hardworking, teamwork, that you put it all out on the floor each and every night and that you give us your best.
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"More and better jobs" has been one of Gov. Rick Snyder's mantras since taking office two years ago.
So how's he doing on that front?
Well, that depends on how you slice and dice the numbers, as Snyder, a certified public accountant by training, certainly knows.
The number Snyder chose to emphasize in his State of the State speech Wednesday was 177,700 -- the number of private-sector jobs added in Michigan since the low point of the great recession in August 2009.
OK, fair enough, welcome job growth has occurred on his watch, although some of that 177,700 gain came in the year before he was elected.
What he did not include in his speech was the official Michigan unemployment rate -- and its puzzling swings over the past two years.
In January 2011 when Snyder took office, Michigan's jobless rate was 10.9%, well above the U.S. average of 9.1% and the rates of our six neighboring Great Lakes states, which ranged from 6.8% in Minnesota to 9.4% in Illinois.
Fifteen months later, by April 2012, Michigan's jobless rate had shrunk to 8.3%, close to the national average of 8.1% -- and our drop of 2.6 percentage points in that time was far better than any of our neighbors. In fact, we had a lower jobless rate than Illinois for about eight months.
That was the good news.
Here's the not so good.
Since April, Michigan's job growth has stalled and the unemployment rate edged upward to 8.9% in December, while the U.S. jobless rate has dropped to 7.8% -- and all of our neighboring states' numbers are better.
Is he worried about that?
"We've come a long way," Snyder insisted during an interview with the Free Press editorial board Thursday. "We're not as good as the other states, but we've improved a huge amount from the low point ... Economic development is not an overnight thing, either."
I also talked Thursday with Michael Finney, president of the Michigan Economic Development Corp., and he echoed Snyder's assessment. "There's not a silver bullet, but we're building momentum," Finney said.
The state has a good pipeline of job-creating expansion projects awaiting approval of incentives by the Michigan Strategic Fund in the next two months, he added.
At the Detroit auto show in Cobo Center this week, auto supplier Denso indicated that it's planning job-creating new investments soon.
Halfway through his first term, Snyder's at a key inflection point. After the past eight months of lethargic growth and heated lame-duck battles last month on right-to-work and other issues, Snyder needs to regain positive traction on jobs.
He can't afford two years of sideways results on the economy and jobs if he intends to seek re-election in 2014, which he strongly hinted Thursday that he will.
"This position's important to me. It's an honor. I've got a finite amount of time to really set a foundation so other people can come in and not have to deal with 44 years of cleanup," he said, referring to the state's long economic downslide.
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Official site for Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
T1 – Qantas, Jetstar domestic
T2 – International
T3 – Virgin Australia, Rex domestic
T4 – Tiger Airways
Traveller's information desk: The information desk is located on the ground floor of International Arrivals and is open 24 hours.
Getting money: ANZ has three foreign exchange outlets and also offers regular branch banking. Travelex Worldwide Money has three currency exchange outlets, two in T2 and one in T3.
ATMs are also available and are located next to the check-in counters and boarding gates. The ATMs accept most Australian and international cards.
Eating and drinking: From a glass of bubbly to a sandwich you'll find plenty of food and drink options at the airport. Choose from restaurants, bars, fast food outlets, coffee shops and juice bars throughout the terminals.
Shopping: There are over 50 specialty stores at Melbourne Airport including fashion, souvenirs and books. International travellers can take advantage of a wide range of duty (tax) free shopping. T2 (international) before customs trading hours are 5.30am–11.30pm, after customs trading hours are 5.30–12.30am and T3 (domestic) trading hours are 5.30am–9pm.
Airport hotels: There are three hotels within five minutes walk of the airport terminals. Choose from the luxurious PARKROYAL Melbourne Airport, the stylish and comfortable Holiday Inn and the budget Motel Formule 1.
Checking in
International: The check in time for International departures is approximately 2.5 hours before the flight's scheduled departure.
Domestic: The check in time for domestic departures is 1 hour before the flight's scheduled departure. For more information please see your airline.
Getting around
Melbourne Airport is approximately 20 kilometres or 25 minutes northwest of the city and can be easily accessed by car, taxi or bus.
Hiring a car: There are a number of car rental companies operating at the Airport on the ground-floor, immediately in front of the terminal. Bookings can be taken at the Airport.
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Why is the experience of Minnesota residents trying to sign up for health care coverage under the Affordable Care Act so much better than that of Wisconsin residents?
We recently learned that 100 times more Gopher-staters were able to enroll in coverage in the first two weeks than were Badger-staters. Only 50 here versus some 5,500 in Minnesota, according to the news report.
Could it be that Minnesota officials set up their own state insurance website so Minnesotans did not have to go through the federal website, while Wisconsin, like some two-dozen other states, went with the federal exchange?
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Someday soon, simply walking with your iPod in your pocket could keep it charged, and the lub-dub of your heart could power a portable blood-pressure sensor. These innovations might be based on flat, paper clip-sized "nanogenerators," unveiled online this week in Nature Nanotechnology, that pump out the same voltage as an AA battery when they are squeezed, bent, or shaken. Previous motion-powered prototypes made of nanosized parts have fallen short of such voltage, raising hopes that the new devices will open the door to the arena of self-powered nanoelectronics.
Scientists have already developed devices that harness mechanical energy to power electronics. In 2008, for example, researchers developed a leg brace that could power a cell phone. But the smaller a generator gets, the less power it can supply—and the unlikelier it is to charge a battery. Thus far, researchers have been unable to demonstrate a nanotechnology-based generator capable of powering any device, nanoscale or otherwise.
Materials scientist Zhong Lin Wang and colleagues at Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta say they have now overcome this obstacle. Wang's laboratory created two types of plastic-encased nanogenerators—each extremely thin, pliable, and about as long and thin as a paper clip. The devices' key components are so-called nanowires made of crystallized zinc oxide, a piezoelectric material that converts mechanical stress into energy. Each wire is a few hundred nanometers thick (thinner than most bacteria are long).
One device's nanowires look like a bed of nails, filled with a plastic material for durability, and is sandwiched between layers of electricity-conducting materials. When the researchers lightly squeezed this nanogenerator, it produced about 0.24 volts. That was more than enough to power two different nanosensors Wang's team developed: one to measure the acidity of a fluid, the other to detect ultraviolet light.
The other, more powerful device's nanowires resemble railroad ties, each touching opposing rails of chromium and gold. Wang's team arranged 700 of these tracks into a sheet. When the researchers lightly bent this nanogenerator, it cranked out more than 1.26 volts-about 60 times more than previous nanogenerator prototypes and close to a standard alkaline battery's 1.5 volts. Such voltage raises the possibilities for practical applications, such as keeping a cell phone battery charged without ever plugging it in. Wang is also excited about building networks of motion-powered sensors. "In your house, you could have hundreds of nearly invisible sensors around to detect fires, floods, toxic gas leaks, or even burglars," Wang says. "The sensors would wirelessly transmit data to a computer if there's a problem, and you'd never have to charge them, plug them in, or replace a battery."
The nanogenerators have several advantages over current devices. They don't use toxic heavy metals, like many piezoelectric materials do, which Wang says makes them environmentally friendly and safe for use inside of the body. They can also be made at temperatures below the boiling point of water—far cooler than that required for producing standard electronics. In addition, Wang notes that there is a "great potential to scale up the manufacturing of these devices" and make them commonplace.
"I think this work is promising," says Yimei Zhu, a materials scientist at Brookhaven National Laboratory in New York state, who wasn't involved in the study. "This is the first time I've heard of motion generating some kind of voltage and powering a nanodevice." Sang-Woo Kim, a materials scientist at Sungkyunkwan University in South Korea adds in an e-mail that the new work should have a "broad impact" on nanotechnology as the first proven "anywhere, anytime electronic system."
Before nanogenerators show up in our clothes or cell phones, however, Wang says he would like to make them smaller, and his team needs to improve their total power output and ability to store a charge. "Those are our next challenges," he says.


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I think the bare min. will be an AMD 4100 quad core.
The max CPU will be whatever the latest INTEL & AMD chips are out in November.
As for GPU's well I hope they support a 7750 AMD radeon.
2. It does require a Direct X 11 compatible card. So no DX9 or 10 cards will play it.
3. There is no MAX CPU requirements.
There have been some supposedly leaked pc specs for GTAV and they were stupidly high tbh, like Watchdogs high.
AMD FX8350 or Intel i5 4570AMD HD R9 280 or Nvidia GTX7708GB Ramand 35GB HDD space (50gb for installation)
Now obviously till Rockstar actually officially release the requirements, take these with a grain of salt, also I feel sorry for AMD users if these turn out to be the final requirements as we only have 2 cpu's above the recommended one left atm, while Intel has a fair amount of choice left.
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If you don't believe me, boot GTAIV up and player for 5 mins at AFx2 and bump it up one notch at a time, you will also see the 'jaggies' start to disappear too, which should NOT happen if it was only adjusting AF.
AA = Antialiasing.AF = Anisotropic Filtering.
[Edited by Darth_Furball, 6/15/2014 9:21:04 AM]
Seeing as the thread has been necro'ed.
Thats just a dumb set of Requirements.
Bear in mind the PS3 and PS4 have lesser hardware than that.
The one major restriction is that the game will require a DX11 GPU.
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Just don't be surprised to see a lot of games on next gen consoles and pc's to start requiring (not minimum specs) AMD FX8350's or Intel i5 4670's and a minimum of 8gb of ram.
It is already happening, and it is not going to slow down.
Already there are 5 games this year alone that require specs that high.
Watch_DogsThe CrewAssassin's Creed UnityGTA V (possibly)Elite Dangerous
and those are a few off the top of my head.
Even if, it's more likely to happen AFTER consoles catch up to similar specs such as that. For a game to suddenly demand that huge of a delta between what the current gen consoles are capable of is completely unreasonable and can arguably be contradictory due to the limitations of the consoles.
The console CPUs may have 8 cores but the CPU was designed to be low voltage to accommodate decent power usage in not just consoles but tablets, notebooks, mini-PC systems (the consoles would fall under this category) and servers. It doesn't need a whole lot of processing power to do what it needs. I'm not sure where you're getting "high requirements" for the other three games because the system requirements only need an Intel Core 2 Quad CPU with the max being 2.6 GHz (Watch Dogs) which is not a very impressive CPU compared to the iX series or FX8350. If you were thinking what it takes to max out the game then that's an entirely different concept than system requirements.


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Fm/5+ F#m Fm/5+ F#m Dmaj7 C#m7
O siusti medi tabi tur sapientiam,
Hm C#sus4 C#
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Fm/5+ F#m Fm/5+ F#m Dmaj7
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C#m7 Hm C#sus4 C# F#m
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Hm, E, A, Dmaj7 Ebdim7 C#sus4 C#
Kyrie, ignis divine, elei son.
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C#sus4 C# F#m
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Pretty good, but you left out a couple of important chords that I noticed when playing along to the original version. There's an F#7 between the C#m7 and the Bm (or Hm if you're German; bist du einen Deutsche?), and then a Cº7 between the Bm and the C#sus. Without them, it loses some of its power.
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- Group 2 – Insert 3 quarters into a laundry machine, and then eat 30 M&Ms.
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After completing their assigned visualizations, the participants were allowed to eat as much as they wanted from a bowl of real M&Ms. Those who had imagined eating 30 M&Ms ate an average of only 3 real M&Ms from the bowl, while participants from the other two groups ate an average of 5.
The researchers then conducted a follow-up experiment in which participants were asked to imagine either eating 3 or 30 M&Ms or transferring the same number of M&Ms from one bowl to another. The participants were then allowed to eat as many real M&Ms as they liked. Consistent with the first experiment, participants who had imagined eating 30 M&Ms subsequently ate fewer real M&Ms than those who had imagined eating only 3. Participants who imagined transferring 30 M&Ms from one bowl to another, however, subsequently ate more real M&Ms than those who had imagined moving only 3. While the M&M cravings of the first group were dampened, the cravings of the second group were intensified.
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