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This year has been a banner year for stocks. The S&P 500's nearly 27% return puts 2013 in the top 15 best years the index has ever had. And while some sectors look a little overvalued, by and large, the market seems to be positioned to keep moving higher.
That is especially true if, as a variety of economists including the ones pulling the strings at the Federal Reserve believe, the economy is moving in the right direction. The central bank's recent decision to start easing back on its bond-buying program means it believes the economy is healthy enough to keep growing on its own, although the Fed was clear to point out that it has no timetable for ending the program altogether and will also be very cautious when it eventually starts to raise interest rates.
All that is a long way of saying that while 2014 probably won't be as good for stocks as 2013, it won't necessarily be a bad year. The key, as always, is put your money in the right place.
One stock that seems like it could easily post another banner year is drugstore and pharmacy benefits chain CVS (CVS). The stock is up 42.32% in 2013, and while it seems unlikely that it will do that again in 2014, it has a price-to-earnings ratio of about 19, which doesn't seem too bad. Nearest competitor Walgreen (WAG) has a PE of 21.
CVS also has one of the nation's largest pharmacy benefit businesses, and area that could easily grow faster that the company's traditional retail business in 2014. The reason for that is the Affordable Care Act. Regardless of how you feel about how the law works, the fact remains that it is going to put a lot of new people into the healthcare system, which is going to mean a lot more people visiting doctors and hospitals, and getting prescriptions filled. As one of the largest pharmacies in the country, a decent-sized portion of that business is going to go to CVS, especially since some insurers insist that covered prescriptions be filled through CVS Caremark, the company's pharmacy benefit manager business.
Analysts expect the company's earnings to grow by 12.9% in 2014, down from 15.5% this year, but still not too shabby.
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This week's trade is a little different, rather than just a couple of months, I'm looking at a trade that expires in January of 2015. That's a long time to have your money tied up, but a January 2015 70/75 bull-put spread on CVS nets a credit of $2.75, which is a 122.22% return. The breakeven point for this trade is $72.25, which means we need the stock to go up a little bit, but we get a full profit if the stock ads anything more than 6.9% in 2014, which doesn't seem to be asking too much given its recent strength and solid outlook.
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Jackson said Parker has been playing well in practice and described Parker as having "a lot of moxie," though Parker got in just 16 NBA games last season with Detroit and Phoenix.
Parker, 24, is foremost a strong defender, especially against less physical point guards. And although the Lakers' focus on offense has been to get Lamar Odom in the primary ball-handling and offense-organizing role, it's likely Parker will shoulder more of that burden when opponents trap Odom.
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Aaron McKie also will play significant guard minutes, especially late in games because of his experience. After the Lakers failed to sign Daniels, who got a five-year, $30 million deal from Washington, they added Parker on a two-year, $1.5 million deal (next season being a team option) and McKie on a two-year, $5.3 million deal.
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When I first read the summary for the first book I wondered why I had gotten it, but luckily it was a pleasant surprise. I'm usually not too fond of coming of age stories but this one was pretty good. The characters developments grow through the story. Even minor characters have depth to them. There's magic and action. I read some reviewers who said there was a lot of preaching and religious aspects but I didn't find it overwhelming or even really thought of this as a religious book, unlike some I've accidentally listened to. After all, the main character was raised in an Abby and the storyline is centered around them.
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It doesn't matter in terms of resale whether someone buys next to cemetary, airport, junk yard or chicken farm so long as the original price is sufficiently discounted for those defects.
The price diff has nothing to do with the cemetery per se. The "defect" is unwanted and unpredictable traffic. This traffic includes frequent legitimate visits at unpredictable hours as well as the occasional nighttime vandalism and theft -- those are the things nobody wants to live near.
Many of the homes within 2 blocks of Mount Olivet Cemetery in Maspeth are one-family bungalows on narrow lots that would not fetch a high price regardless of whether or not there was a cemetery there. 10 blocks away, there are 2 and 3 family homes which of course will be valued higher. The whole premise of this article is lame.
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Living next to a garbage dump is semi OK because you personally will tune out the odor. Trouble is visitors will not. (Keeps entertainment costs down…)
I don't think of a cementary as a defect, at least the neighbors are quiet. I have a nice piece of land for sale on Cazenovia lake in NY that has a small private cementary on it. It makes it more interesting, not defective.
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- This hotel has 160 rooms
- This hotel is arranged over 9 floors
- Check-in time starts at 3 PM
- Check-out time is noon
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- Breakfast daily (surcharge)
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- Conference space size (feet) - 10226
- Conference space size (meters) - 950
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Self parking costs EUR 16 per day
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Gary, we have had the pleasure of working with W.L. Gore & Associates for nine years, working in partnership with their PR team for footwear and apparel...Gore continues to provide innovation around the globe..the work environment seems to be key to that innovation...enjoyed reading this..
Thanks for sharing these great insights - deepens my understanding of W.L. Gore's practices beyond the chapters in your book. Your final question resonates with me: Why haven't more companies embraced these practices. I can see a couple of reasons:
1. Bill Gore started from scratch, and did not have a legacy business, with many positions of managers that stand to lose a lot from switchting over to a new system of validating their power (bottom up vs. the comfortable top-down). No scientific proof to back this up, but my bet is that in (relative) start-ups like Threadless and Zappos and Netfilx, more of the principles that W.L.Gore represents are incorporated than in decades old legacy businesses,
2. The W.L. Gore case, and similar other ones unfortunately fall on deaf ears because of the different frequency of the arguments and reasons provided on the one side and the frequency of the intended receivers of the message: the command-and-control leaders we would like to adopt these new leadership models.
I recently wrote a post on this latter topic myself, even quoting your inspiring writing and W.L. Gore in the post: http://bit.ly/8qh8DY. The post argues how we need to do a better job explaining the advantages in the language the command-and-control managers understand. I hope you will agree.
Fascinating article. The reasons I believe that this hasn't really taken hold is because people continue to hold their self worth in material or situational things such as the kind of car they drive or the title that they hold in their business. This, coupled with a desire for control (let's face it, most of us are control freaks) creates a deterrent to the deconstruction of these hierarchies. I think Berend is right in his comment in saying that you really have to start from the beginning to get something like this to work: "You can't make a tub of cold water hot by just adding hot water to it, it's better to drain it and start from the beginning."
What Gore has seemed to do is give their employees essentially a higher purpose to focus their passion on (i.e. they help build passion) through a mission of being a great team player (selflessly helping others) and making sure that every action and innovation is geared towards making the company as successful as possible. I believe that is the key that these processes have tapped into.
When people start vesting their self worth in selfless tendencies (the way that they can help others or their company) it is of no surprise that this structure works. What we need to do in order to get more companies moving to similar models is to encourage and convince people that their self worth should be tied to how good of a human being they are (in this case, how good of an employee they are), and this will drive the passion that will get them out of bed every morning to be and effective team player.
Lastly, I think that one of the most important ideas in this article, which I will call the glue that holds everything together, is accountability. If you say you're going to do something, you do it, and you will be measured by it via your peers. If everyone says you're doing a great job...fantastic keep doing it, but if everyone says you should be doing better...it's time to work harder. Having that sort of a mirror always in front of you is extremely tough (and intense!) but also extremely effective.
A question more than a comment. All of the associates are owners. How much of an impact do you think this has in terms of their commitment to the greater good of the organization?
It might be working....for now.
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|Bel Air, Los Angeles, California, USA
|Entrepreneur, business executive, hotelier, philanthropist
|Adele Alagem
Beny Alagem (born 1953 in Israel) is an Israeli American entrepreneur, business executive, hotelier and philanthropist. He is the founder and former Chief Executive of Packard Bell. He is the owner of the Beverly Hilton Hotel and the Beverly Hills Waldorf Astoria in Beverly Hills, California.
Early life[edit]
Beny Alagem was born in Israel.[1][2] He was a tank driver.[3]
He founded Packard Bell, a personal computer manufacturer, in 1986.[1][4] He served as its Chief Executive and President until 1998, when he resigned after he disagreed with NEC and Groupe Bull, the two other main shareholders.[4] In January 1999, he acquired the rights to the AST Research name from Samsung.[5][6]
He serves as the Chairman of the Alagem Capital Group, an asset management firm headquartered in Beverly Hills, California.[7][8][9] In December 2003, Alagem purchased the Beverly Hilton Hotel from entertainer Merv Griffin for US$130 million through Oasis West Realty LLC, where he serves as Chief Executive Officer.[1][7][10] He proceeded it to renovate it for an extra US$90 million.[1] He is overseeing the development of the Beverly Hills Waldorf Astoria with Guggenheim Partners, which is scheduled to be dedicated in 2017.[1][7][8] Designed by the architectural firm Gensler,[11] it is adjacent to the Beverly Hilton Hotel.[7] The Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills will be the first new luxury hotel for the brand on the West Coast.[12]
He was appointed an Honorary Ambassador of the City of Tel Aviv in 1995.[13] He serves as an honorary member of the Board of Directors of the Israeli-American Council (IAC).[13] Indeed, he has been described by The Jewish Daily Forward as one of the "major donors" to the IAC.[14] For example, he underwrote the entire cost of the Council Leadership Gala on March 11, 2012.[15] He also serves on the Advisory Board of the American Friends of The Citizens' Empowerment Center in Israel, a non-profit organization headquartered in Beverly Hills which promotes peace in Israel through research and education.[16]
In 2004, he held a fundraiser for the March of the Living, a non-profit organization which annual funds trips for 18,000 students to see the horror of the Auschwitz concentration camp, followed by trip to Israel on Independence Day.[17] The event, which took place at the Beverly Hilton Hotel and was attended by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Israeli ministers Ehud Olmert and Avraham Hirschenson, raised US$1 million.[17]
He co-chaired a fundraiser for the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on December 17, 2009.[18] It raised US$5.2 million for the Israel Defense Forces.[19]
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He is married to Adele Alagem.[20] They owned a three-bedroom apartment at 15 Central Park West on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, which he sold for a US$4 million profit to investor Stuart Peterson.[2][20] They reside in Bel Air, Los Angeles, California.[21] In 2011, they attended a fundraiser for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney.[22]
- ^ a b c d e Roger Vincent, Checking in to grandeur: Designers show off plans for the Beverly Hills Waldorf Astoria, set to open in 2017, The Los Angeles Times, April 10, 2014
- ^ a b "A-Rod joins Sting, Denzel Washington, other rich and famous at 15 Central Park West" Owen Moritz, New York Daily News, 28 February 2010. Archived 1 March 2010 at WebCite
- ^ Christina Binkley, The 'Trophy' Hotel: Fabulous Fixer-Upper, The Wall Street Journal, February 18, 2004
- ^ a b Chief of Packard Bell NEC Steps Down, The New York Times, July 1, 1998
- ^ Samsung Sells AST Brand of Computers, The New York Times, July 12, 1999
- ^ Packard Bell's Alagem Buys AST Research; Acquisition: A new company will be created from the Irvine-based Samsung unit to develop PCs, monitors, and Internet servers. Los Angeles Times, January 11, 1999; Business, PART- C, pp. 2; Financial Desk.
- ^ a b c d Alexandria Abramian, Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts Unveils Plans for Beverly Hills, The Hollywood Reporter, 4/14/2014
- ^ a b Laura Coleman, Alagem, Hilton Start Building Beverly Hills Waldorf Astoria, The Beverly Hills Courier
- ^ Bloomberg: Alagem Capital Group
- ^ Alexandria Abramian, Guggenheim Partners to Bankroll Beverly Hilton's Transformation (Exclusive), The Hollywood Reporter, 10/18/2013
- ^ Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills, Emporis
- ^ Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts Unveils Plans for Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills, waldorfastoria, April 11, 2014
- ^ a b Israeli American Council: Honorary Board of Directors
- ^ Nathan Guttman, Israeli Immigrants Play Growing Role in American Jewish Community, The Jewish Daily Forward, January 17, 2014
- ^ Ex-pat Israelis celebrate success at Leadership Council Gala, The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles, March 14, 2012
- ^ American Friends of The Citizens' Empowerment Center in Israel: Advisory Board
- ^ a b Kelly Hartog, Circuit: Governor of Hope, The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles, February 24, 2005
- ^ FIDF: Western Region Gala Raises $5.2 Million to Benefit Soldiers
- ^ Orit Arfa, Stars Shine on Friends of IDF Gala Fundraiser, The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles, January 6, 2010
- ^ a b Juliet Chung, Sara Lin, Packard Bell Founder Agrees to Sell New York Condo, The Wall Street Journal, October 2, 2009
- ^ Mark David, End of Week Pick Up Sticks: Brad Grey, Variety, September 21, 2013
- ^ Tina Daunt, Hollywood Stays Away as Mitt Romney Raises More Than $1 Million in Beverly Hills, The Hollywood Reporter, 12/7/2011


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WFFT's Brooke Welch was at the first day of class for these new recruits and has more on the training they will receive these next 3 months.
In June, there could be 22 new officers to help fight crime in Fort Wayne but first they have to complete months of intense training at the Public Safety Academy.
"Academically, it is very demanding. Physically, it is very demanding.
Captain Shane Lee says these recruits already have a lot of time invested in the process.
"Selecting this group of recruits for almost 9 months now. They've gone through a very arduous process, out of over 400 applicants. We've seated 22 in the class."
"If you see a classmate go down, you pick em up. You keep them strong, ya hear me?"
That's new Police Chief Garry Hamilton talking to the recruits about the importance of teamwork. Director of Public Safety Rusty York explains why.
"You need that out on the street. We don't expect people to be doing this all for their own glory. They are supposed to be helping others as they go through."
With record breaking homicide numbers in 2013, York tells us how 22 new officers can help reduce that number this year.
"The more officers that we have, the more we can focus on our preventative measures. Instead of responding to calls for service, responding to crime."
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Just Fluttershy being tired of Rarity's shit. She's so cute, even when annoyed!
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She's so cute, when she's unamused
Thanks for using it! You did a great job editing them!
She's almost ready to use her ultimate weapon! Rarity should watch out!
She had so many fun scenes in this episode, didn't she? = D
It would be far too destructive to use her special eyes on Rarity. And yeah, she was pretty awesome!
I am very amused by very unamused Fluttershy.
"X is so Y than even Fluttershy don´t give a fuck"
She's just about done with Rarity right now.
haha, I saw this during the episode. The best expression!
There were a lot of awesome expressions in the episode, especially on RD and AJ. Luckily, Fluttbutt got some too!


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Tom's 32nd Annual Oscar Contest
February 22, 2015
First Place Prize: Rebecca Willingham (116 points, earlier ballot)
Contest Summary
Tom's 32nd Annual Oscar Contest was decided by the tie-breaker clause in the contest rules: the earlier ballot wins.
Rebecca Willingham and David English both finished with 116 points, but Rebecca submitted her ballot about six hours sooner, so she won the First Place Prize and David won Second Place. This is Rebecca's first victory in Tom's Oscar Contest. Rebecca, a recent college graduate, is a Chicago-based theatre director. She is thrilled to finally see Julianne Moore win the Oscar she should have received for Far from Heaven, and she agrees that Birdman was the best movie of 2014. Many long-time contestants know her uncle, Compute! magazine founder Robert Lock. Read Rebecca's acceptance speech.
David English is a writer, film buff, and former editor at Compute!. He won the contest in 2011 and finished second in 2010 and 2002. Visit his websites, Filmzoid and Classic Film Preview. Read David's acceptance speech.
The last-place Booby Prize was decided in the same way. Amy Helen Johnson, David Hensley, and Leslie Mizell all finished with a perfect score of zero, but Amy won the Booby Prize by submitting her ballot about eight hours before David and about 16 hours before Leslie. This is the fifth time Amy has won or shared the Booby Prize, and she won Second Place in 2001. Amy is a freelance writer in Seattle who has appeared on TV's Jeopardy. Read her acceptance speech.
Finishing close behind the top winners were Tim Midkiff (114 points), Computer Average (a computer-generated contestant, which scored 113 points), and Robert Lock (112 points). Another computer-generated contestant, Computer Booby (which strives for the lowest score), finished with 3 points.
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artnouveau's second contest is over and the winners have been found. We had even more fantastic entries this time and the competition for the first three places were close, but democracy has spoken and the first, second and third place winners are the artists who made the following lovely pieces:
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Superior Court Judge Kevin P. McMahon told Griswold foster mother Jami M. Littlefield that she went "way beyond the line" as he sentenced her to 100 days in prison for paddling a 4-year-old foster child with a wooden spoon.
Littlefield, 51, of 13 Rixtown Road, will be on probation for two years following her release and will be allowed to care only for children who are related. She had pleaded guilty to third-degree assault. As she stood before the judge in her sweat suit, prepared to enter the prison system, Littlefield quietly apologized for the incident. She said she had been ill with bronchial pneumonia and that she did not intend to hurt the child.
"The picture of the 4-year-old's buttocks was ugly, that's for sure," the judge said. "It was too severe of discipline, that's for sure."
According to an arrest warrant affidavit prepared by state trooper Paul Piper of Troop E in Montville, the child's biological mother, Elisabeth Land, noticed bruises on her daughter's buttocks during a supervised visit on Jan. 11. The mother said the girl was wearing baggy pants, and when the child bent over to pick up a toy, the mother saw what appeared to be a handprint on her lower back and a bruise on her buttocks.
Littlefield initially denied hitting the child but eventually agreed to provide state police with a statement, according to the affidavit. She said she was home sick from her job at Foxwoods Resort Casino, and the girl was "acting out throughout the evening" and had struck Littlefield's granddaughter, who is also 4. Littlefield said she pulled down the girl's pants and "paddled her butt" with a wooden spoon that she had been using to stir soup after the girl told Littlefield she was going to kill her, called her a racial slur and spat at her several times.
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30/10/15 (solo) Westfaelischer Kunstverein, Munster, Germany
09/10/15 (group) The British Art Show, Leeds Art Gallery, UK
17/07/15 (solo) Particle of Inch, The Hepworth, Wakefield, UK
01/07/15 (group) Objects, Food, Rooms (curated by Andria Hickey), Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York, USA
15/05/15 (group) Works on paper, Greene Naftali, New York, USA
02/05/15 (solo) Spring for a Ground, SculptureCenter, New York, USA
25/04/15 (group) I am here but you've gone, Fiorucci Art Trust, London, UK
09/04/15 (group) Hybridize or Disappear, National Museum of Contemporary Art Lisbon, Portugal
08/02/15 (group) Fit for Purpose, Kunsthaus Glarus, Switzerland
09/01/15 (group) The Noing Uv It (cur. by Steve Claydon and Martin Clark), Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen, Norway
21/11/14 (group) Theater Objects (cur. by gta exhibitions), LUMA Foundation, Zurich, Switzerland
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In less than 3 weeks, tens of thousands of you will be hitting the road heading to Daytona Beach Florida and the opening salvo of spring and summer riding season.
Your bike is washed, oil changed and ready. Your hotel and campground reservations are confirmed. You're just about ready to pack your bags and throw in the sunscreen. Is there anything you've forgotten?
Have you ICE'd your phone?
It's a simple concept that started in the UK in 2005. Put a list of your primary contacts in your phone where police and medical personnel can easily find them in the event of an emergency.
ICE is an acronym for In Case of Emergency. it could save your life, or at the very least it may help ease a loved ones mind in the event you're in an accident and unconscious and unable to tell emergency personnel your vital information.
Here's a worse case scenario. You're riding to met some friends at a rally across the state. Along the way you blow a tire and end up on the side of the road. You're alive but dazed and unable to respond to passers by who call for emergency help. The paramedics arrive and you've lapsed into unconsciousness. The good Samaratians at the scene find your cell phone and give it to the EMT's. They search for an ICE designation but don't find one, so they don't know your blood type, or that you're taking Plavix (blood thinner) because you had a mild pin stroke in your early 40's.
Without this information the Emergency room doctor makes a mistake in your treatment which further endangers your survival. Sadly this happens in Emergency rooms all over this country every year.
If you travel extensively, this ICE designation is vital to your safety and well-being. Be sure your primary care physician is properly noted and, if you have a medical condition, you can input that information with the ICE numbers.
HOW TO DO IT: Check your phone's settings. Many newer smartphones such as IPhone, Blackberry's and Droid's have a pre-installed ICE contact. If so, simply choose the contacts from your cell phone contacts that you want to contact in case you are unable to communicate. Also, fill out any note section provided with information about medicine allergies, pertinent medical history and blood type. The easiest way to get your blood typed is to donate blood. They'll be happy for the donation and besides the good feeling, you'll know your blood type.
If your phone isn't pre-loaded with a dedicated ICE contact, simply add one and input the numbers of your family and friends. Be sure to inform them they are an ICE contact for you, since it could be quite a shock to have a policeman call with unsettling news. Be sure to note allergies and blood type in the space provided for notes.
It takes less time to ICE your phone than it did to read this story. Do it now and hopefully you'll never need it.
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I want to begin by saying I do not believe anything I am about to tell you sets me apart as special or different from most of the women I know. In many ways, I am just a typical woman who was acculturated into lifelong body image issues and repressed sexuality. Although my journey began when I was very young, there are a few lasting themes that have persisted into adulthood. I was already boy crazy by the time I was in preschool; in fact, thirty-five years later I can still remember the name of my very first crush (it was Doug.) However, it was mostly unrequited, at least by the boys for whom I pined. Once, in the third grade, I sent a friend to ask a classmate to be my boyfriend. She reported back to me that he declined because I was too fat. He may have actually called me a "pink pig." I immediately internalized the message that boy communicated to me through my friend: that I was fat and thinness was to be revered, coveted and desired, especially if I wanted my attention reciprocated from boys. By nine years old, I was obsessed with my body size and shape. Sadly, when I look at photos of myself from that time I was actually quite thin. The fact that generations of women in my family were also obsessed with their own bodies and weight and did not try to minimize the premium they placed on appearance further served to compound my mistaken belief that I was fat. It is so cliché I am almost embarrassed to say it aloud: I never felt comfortable in my own skin. I always felt too tall, too big, too sturdy, too broad, too thick, too fat, too loud, too much.
In addition, I was highly sexual from a very young age. I am not sure if that was the result of childhood experiences, or if I was simply born that way. At this point, the reasons are irrelevant and I cannot remember a time that I was not fascinated by all things related to sex. However, in our 1970s WASP family my parents forbade my sister and me to even use the word "sexy" because they considered it too suggestive. Like many women my age, my childhood sex education consisted of a basic explanation of male-female penetration and a short lecture on abstaining from premarital sex, because that is what good Christian girls do (is is not?) I later learned to argue that it is not premarital sex if I do not plan to marry. Much to my mother's chagrin, I was constantly posing seductively for the camera. Once a grade school teacher asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up and I responded, "A supermodel!" She replied (I imagine she had to stifle a giggle) "Okay…and what if that doesn't work out?" I was fresh out of ideas because although my family also placed a high premium on intelligence, education and achievement, I do not remember anyone encouraging me to explore my passions or possible career paths. To the further detriment of my social life, my school placed me in its newly created Talented and Gifted program. In keeping with that theme, my parents enrolled me in dance classes and piano lessons. I became an accomplished enough pianist to participate in student music festivals at Bass concert hall and I won awards in National Piano-Playing Auditions. When I was twelve years old, Duke University selected me to participate in a study in which they administered the SAT test to seventh graders. In return for our participation in that study, they offered us the opportunity to attend a nerdy summer camp, on a real university campus and I went, not once but twice. It probably goes without saying; I was not the least bit interested in studying Archaeology or Architecture. I was away from the ever-watchful eyes of my parents, surrounded by boys and we were staying in college dorms. By the end of camp, I had blisters on my feet from dancing to Dead or Alive and a bruised heart from even more unrequited crushes.
In the years that followed, I completely lost my way. I gave up playing the piano and I stopped caring about educational success or any other worthwhile pursuits. Nearly all of my energy was devoted to getting loaded and chasing older boys. Even as I took nine years to graduate from college and then make my way in the corporate world, I was deeply unhappy and felt empty inside. Sometimes the walk of shame entailed retracing my steps back to my car parked on some downtown side street and then trying to appear professional when showing up hours late to my high-powered job.
Thirty-nine days before my thirtieth birthday, I made one of the most difficult decisions I have made in my life: to give up drinking. It had become clear to me that my life was out of control and it felt as though something catastrophic loomed around every corner, just out of sight. As anyone who has quit drinking knows, the transition from a life fueled by alcohol into a sober one can be quite painful. Suddenly I felt vulnerable, raw, exposed. I no longer had the mask of inebriation behind which I could hide. It was painfully obvious that I had no idea who I was, what I wanted or even what I liked and enjoyed. For several years, I tried to box up my kink and put it on a shelf, tucked away neatly with many other behaviors I attributed to my drinking. However, at some point the kink began to bubble over and I realized that it was not a prosthetic piece of me that I could simply detach and ignore. As part of my ongoing commitment to discovering and becoming who I truly am, I began to embrace the kink and became determined to fly my freak flag with wild abandon. I reached out, started networking with the local BDSM scene, and connected with an entire community, of which I had previously been only vaguely aware.
I became fascinated and enamored with beautiful and erotic images of Shibari I found online. In October 2009, I heard that a well-known rope bondage photographer from L.A. was going to be in town that month for a local rope event. I had been perving on his photos for months so I contacted him about possibly doing a photo shoot together. One of my mottos is, "the answer is always no, unless you ask." I was astounded when he agreed to work with me. I was very nervous and had no idea what to expect but he would be staying with a woman I knew so we agreed to have the shoot in her home. I had done one erotic photo shoot several years earlier but the results were less than impressive. Having taken many photography classes over the years, I know what I like and I am extremely particular. I had no interest in creating tawdry pornography, I wanted to create art and it was very important to me that we keep it tasteful. I realize it may sound like a contradiction in terms, but one might argue that my entire life has been a contradiction in terms. After getting sober, I aspired to be the kind of woman who behaves like a "lady" in all settings, whether a professional luncheon or a kinky party. Moreover, I was thirty-six years old and had never allowed anyone to bind me, not even privately or just for fun in the bedroom. I had always identified as Dominant and had not yet entertained the idea of submitting or being a bottom of any kind.
The shoot was amazing and I loved every minute of it.
Afterward, he asked me to explain to him why it was so meaningful to me. I feel emotionally attached to the photos we created for so many reasons that there is no way I can sum up the how and the why concisely in one sentence, or even a paragraph. Those photos are a symbolic representation of a pivotal point in my growth as a woman. During our shoot together, I had the recurring thoughts, "I am modeling…I am a model!" One of the few things I remember that as a shy, insecure and socially awkward child I thought wanted to be when I grew up. It was the first time I allowed someone to bind me and the first time I permitted myself to acknowledge that I might have a submissive side after all. The relinquishing of control was both liberating and exhilarating. It seemed almost paradoxical, the way it quelled my anxiety and quieted my mind, neither of which comes easily to me. Being bound in rope seemed to have a swaddling effect.
At the time, I was in the third year of an unintentionally extended bout of celibacy so it was the first time in many years that I was completely sober and mostly naked in the presence of a man whom I had just met. He was clearly enjoying it too. In fact, after he bound my ankles over my head leaving my naughty bits entirely exposed he admitted that he was aroused. I probably would have agreed to fuck him at that point had he been just a bit less professional. I was acutely aware of my beauty, femininity, sensuality, sexuality and vulnerability all at once and more importantly, I allowed it, sank into it, absorbed it and was truly present for it. I even let myself feel precious and cared for. On my 37th birthday, he sent me the first set of edited photos and they blew my mind. I could not believe the woman in the photos was ME. Years of feeling inadequate, unworthy, undesirable and fat fell away in mere minutes. Unwittingly, he gave me a gift more valuable than anything material. Although… he may have known exactly what he was doing; after all, he has had a lot more experience with this than I have. Each of those photos reminds me of that gift every time I see them.
With some trepidation, I posted a few of the photos online. To my surprise and delight, they met a warm reception. In fact, a couple in Boston purchased a print from the photographer to hang in their bedroom; they tell me it is still there. Apparently, the BDSM community heartily embraces ample, curvy women and the rope enthusiasts celebrate tremendous flexibility. I never would have imagined that, among other things, the ability to touch my elbows behind my back unassisted would turn out to be so advantageous.
Just for fun, I decided to set up an account on a modeling website and almost immediately several photographers contacted me to shoot with them.
Again, I was stunned. To this day, I am astonished that amazing photographers have blessed me with opportunities to collaborate with them. More than once, I have thought to myself, "who am I and whose life is this anyway?" I have come to understand that fetish modeling is my body image therapy.
However, I am more than just a fetish model; I certainly hope I am greater than the sum of my parts. I finished graduate school after finally closing the door on a potentially lucrative career in an industry I had grown to despise. The past few years have been about even more awakening, surrender and acceptance. I made a conscious decision to discard some outdated beliefs and extricate myself from some unhealthy behavior patterns. The results have been profound for me and I am happier than I have ever been. I finally figured out what I want to be when I grow up and I am on the path to making it a reality (newsflash: it is not being a supermodel!)
I am perpetually curious about human behavior. Now I have the pleasure and honor of being the kind of sex-positive and kink-friendly nerd who helps guide others on their personal journeys. I learned that being a rope bottom (personally, I prefer "rope bunny" or "rope slut") is not necessarily synonymous with being masochistic, or even submissive. True to my maverick form, I rejected the idea of being a BDSM "lifestyler;" I have never been much of a joiner. However, I have come to accept my own brand of kink and continue working toward owning it. Personally, I identify as kink-curious because for me it is an ever-evolving and lifelong journey. I have finally begun to love and cherish all of me, including my mind, body, shape, size, flaws and scars as important parts of the entire story that is uniquely mine. For all of that, I am truly grateful.
– In case you missed it, I read this piece at BedPost Confessions on June 21, 2012.


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So much snow.
Anyone home?
Nice composition!
Nice !
i get a nice Nostalgic vibe to this!!!!!...Good shot!!!!
Nice one! I like how there's a car in the driveway too.
So peaceful!
Wow, that is awesome, there is a car parked in there!
Great capture, perfect composition!
wonderful image and terrific title
Great shot
there's car in the garage! looks like somebody is home!
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beautiful composition!!
lol... yup... But I don't think it will be going anywhere soon.
this one is soooooooo beautiful and peaceful
I love the color taken by the wood of the walls
I love the color taken by the wood of the walls
Silent and peaceful. Remembering it's days of life
Beautiful photo. This really sparked my imagination. I can picture years ago, kids running up to the house with sleds in tow. Maybe a dog or two and some hot soup in the kitchen.
it creates similar images for me.
Wow, that would be a great place to stumble upon. I see a car but it doesn't look like it's going anywhere.
Gorgeous shot.
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