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Suchitra Sen Continues to be Critical, but Stable
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Published: 10th January 2014 11:44 PM
Last Updated: 10th January 2014 11:46 PM
Ailing yesteryear actress Suchitra Sen's condition deteriorated today in the afternoon, but stabilised later in the evening, though she was still not out of danger, doctors said.
"Many of you must be worried about her condition. It is true that in the afternoon and evening her condition deteriorated due to drop in oxygen saturation level," Dr Subrata Maitra, the attending doctor at the Belle Vue Clinic told reporters with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee standing beside him.
"The oxygen saturation was increased from 87-88 per cent to 90 per cent. As of now her condition is critical, but stable... But she is not out of danger," Maitra, a critical care specialist, said.
"We are saying stable because her vital organs such as kidney and other parameter such as pulse, blood pressure are working fine," said Maitra.
Stating that the 82-year-old actress was weak, he said, Sen had spoken to the chief minister and her daughter Moon Moon and granddaughter Riya and also expressed a wish to sit in a chair, but which was not allowed given her health condition.
"I also saw her smile," the doctor said.
This was the fourth time the chief minister visited Sen since she was hospitalised on December 23 with a respiratory tract infection. Mamata stayed for over three hours at the hospital before stepping out with Maitra.
Sen, who has shunned the public eye for the last three decades, was the first Indian actress to win the best actress award internationally at the Moscow Film Festival.
She starred in memorable Bengali and Hindi films like 'Saat Paake Bandha', 'Agnipariksha', 'Saptopadi', 'Deep Jele Jai', 'Devdas' and 'Aandhi'.
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If your pumpkin carving duty is almost over and your jack-o-lantern is lit, then chances are you have scooped out those seeds and are now left with the question, what to do now? We have you covered! Of course, you can always bake them for a simple, healthy treat but there are several other ways to take advantage of these seasonal specialties. Here are some innovative remixes on the pumpkin seed sensation.
Roasted Pumpkin Seed Hummus: Paired with grain crackers or veggies, this is a delicious take on hummus. (via Half Baked Harvest)
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Pumpkin Seed Snack Mix: A seasonal take on trail mix, this is a great on-the-go healthy snack for you and the kids! (via Just a Pinch)
Birthday Cake Flavored Pumpkin Seeds: This remix is great if you want to celebrate with a sweet treat that won't bust your waistline like indulging in traditional cake. (via Cook The Story)
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|Annabel Brog
|Former editors
|Claire Irvin
Jennifer Cawthron (née Stringer)
Sarah Pyper
Marina Gask
Kathryn Brown
|Teen magazine
|Rita Lewis
|First issue
|October 1994
|Final issue
|March 2011
|Hearst Magazines UK
|United Kingdom
|Based in
Sugar was a British magazine for teenage girls published by Hachette Filipacchi. Its content focused on boys, fashion, celebrities, real-life stories about teenagers and other similar matters. The editor, when it closed, was Annabel Brog.[1] The brand lives on through the website sugarscape.com. Aimed at females 16-24, it is currently edited by Kate Lucey.
Sugar dealt with the concerns of teenage girls. The magazine featured an advice column that answers questions sent in by readers, typically dealing with relationships, body image and health issues.
Sugar ran a nationwide model competition every year, giving one lucky teen the opportunity to win a modelling contract.
On the cover of the main magazine was a female celebrity. Also with the magazine, came a free LAD mag, which contained posters and gossip about boys.
In 2007, Sugar established a website; "Sugarscape", which contained celebrity gossip and exclusive competitions and was seen as a brand extension to the magazine.
Sugar magazine was launched in October 1994,[2] published by Attic Futura.[3] The first edition, November 1994, was an immediate success, reaching a circulation of 205,000 exceeding its initial circulation target by 55,000. It soon overtook its main rival, Just Seventeen. Like competing titles at the time, Sugar used explicit sexual editorial to attract readership. This was controversial and contributed to the establishment of the Teenage Magazine Arbitration Panel in 1996. Sales peaked in 1997, after which demand for teen mags generally, Sugar included, began to go into decline due to the rising influence of digital media.[4] In 2002, Attic Futura was bought by Hachette.[5] Sugar finally lost its number one market lead position in 2006.[4]
In January 2011, Hachette announced its intention to close Sugar magazine in March 2011 as part of a proposed sale of the group's magazine titles to Hearst Corporation, due to the decline of subscribers over the previous five years from 250,099 to 113,320 according to ABC. The website, however, will be retained.[3]
The title has had several editors over the years. Founder editor was Kathryn Brown[2] who established the magazine based on the success of Girlfriend that she had helped launch in Australia with the co-founder of Attic Futura, Steve Bush.[6][7] Former Features Editor and assistant editor, Marina Gask, took over as editor in November 1996.[8][9] Sarah Pyper succeeded her following Gask's departure in 1998. Pyper left in August 1999 and was replaced by Jennifer Stringer who had formerly worked on BBC spin-off magazines from TV shows Live & Kicking and Top of the Pops.[10] Following marriage, Jennifer Cawthron, left in 2001 and went on to edit Sneak magazine.[11] Claire Irvin was appointed editor in 2003 having been acting editor since Cawthron's departure.[12] Whilst at Sugar Irvin was involved in bringing the teenage Peaches Geldof onto the journalist team within Hachette that led to Peaches' regular column in sister title Elle Girl.[13] With Irvin's departure in late 2003, Nick Chalmers was appointed acting editor[14] until appointment of former deputy editor of Bliss, Annabel Brog, in 2004.[1]
- ^ a b "Article: Media Relations: Contact Book Update.(publishing industry-appointments)". PR Week. 15 October 2004. Retrieved 20 January 2011.
- ^ a b Blanchard, Tasmin (9 October 1994). "The Neighbours factor: why teens prefer all things Australian: 'Sugar' magazine could be the biggest thing out of Oz since Jason and Kylie. Tamsin Blanchard reports". The Independent. London.
- ^ a b Levy, Katherine (19 January 2011). "Hachette to close teen magazine Sugar after 16 years – Media news – Media Week". Media Week. Retrieved 20 January 2011.
- ^ a b "Teen magazines at Magforum.com". Retrieved 20 January 2011.
- ^ "MEDIA BRIEFS: Attic Futura bought by Hachette Filipacchi Medias – PR and Public Relations news – PR Week". PR Week. 16 August 2002.
- ^ Hughes, Scott (18 May 1998). "CV: Kathryn Brown, Editor, `Red'". The Independent. London.
- ^ Andrews, Marc; Isaac, Claire; Nichols, David (2011). Pop Life: Inside Smash Hits Australia 1984 - 2007. Affirm Press. pp. 77–78. ISBN 9780987132673.
- ^ Hughes, Scott (29 September 1997). "Media: CV – Marina Gask; Editor, `Sugar'". The Independent. London.
- ^ Cooper, Glenda (24 August 1997). "Teen mags shy away from sex advice". The Independent. London.
- ^ Shelton, Ed (25 February 2000). "MEDIA: Live'n'Kicking's Stringer takes on Sugar editorship – PR and Public Relations news – PR Week". Media Week.
- ^ Smith, Aidan (26 April 2002). "Sneak Peek". The Scotsman. Edinburgh.
- ^ Addicott, Ruth (14 February 2003). "Irvin finds life sweet at Sugar – Press Gazette". Press Gazette. Retrieved 20 January 2011.
- ^ Irvin, Claire (23 August 2008). "'What's my favourite chat-up line? Hi, my name is Peaches'". The Daily Mail. London. Retrieved 29 August 2009.
- ^ Aldicott, Ruth (28 November 2003). "Irvin quits Sugar to help ElleGirl's monthly move". Press Gazette.
External links[edit]
- Official website SugarScape


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Hey Kids! Learn History with Comics!
Warren Ellis's Crecy and Trevor R. Getz's Abina and the Important Men as Classroom Resources
For the first few years of my history teaching career, I actively shied away from even thinking about using graphic novels in the classroom. The closest I came was assigning some chapters of Wertham's Seduction of the Innocent in my class on America in the 1950s or showing some panels of Captain American punching Hitler as an example of wartime pop culture. I certainly never thought about using historical works as secondary sources. Two books, in very different ways, have begun to change my mind. Warren Ellis's Crecy and Trevor Getz's Abina and the Important Men are not the first historical graphic novels. They may not even be the best historical graphic novels. They are, however, inspiring, albeit in different ways
To begin, I'll briefly describe the works. Crecy is the story of the eponymous battle between the French and the English during the Hundred Years War. Abina is the graphic novelization of a court transcript involving an enslaved West African woman suing for her freedom in the Gold Coast region of 1876. That they are both graphic novels dealing with the past is, perhaps, their only similarity. I first learned of Ellis's 2007 Crecy on his BAD SIGNAL email list and, as an Ellis fanboy, was was instantly enthralled by what might appear. I learned of the 2011 Abina and the Important Men from the Oxford University Press textbook catalog. Crecy was aimed at comic fans while Abina's publishers targeted educators. It's easy (too easy, as I found while writing this) to get caught up in the many, many superficial differences between the two–color vs black and white; comics publisher vs. academic publisher–and lose sight of what I have come to see as differences which are more significant and, in a way, illustrate two of the potential approaches for teaching a history survey class. These two books treat history in a subtly different way.
Since not everyone in the room (maybe nobody in the room) is a historian, I want to take a minute or two and talk about teaching history and how that can be done. Broadly, we can describe two types of resources that are essential to teaching history survey classes. These resources, of course, are not mutually exclusive and can co-exist quite comfortably. The first is the primary source—artifacts, documents, or other items direct from the past. Often, college survey classrooms are the first place students have experiences with primary sources. More often, students in their high school history careers are much more familiar with secondary sources—syntheses of primary sources into a (usually) clear narrative. Things such as textbooks, documentaries, and monographs are examples of secondary stories. Primary sources are snippets and need context. Secondary sources, on the other hand, are brought to life by the raw material provided by primary sources.
Crecy is narrated by an English everyman-type archer who describes the weapons, tactics, and geopolitics of the Hundred Years War in a way that provides a broad overview. It is very much a secondary source; an attempt to synthesize historical sources. It is not a historical source in itself. Abina is based, largely, on a primary source—in this case, a court transcript. The process of translating the court record into a graphic novel, however, required the writer and artist to interpret the source, and provide context to the court proceedings in a manner which places the work in a middle ground between primary and secondary source.
A second key difference between Crecy and Abina is their sense of scale. Crecy, while narrated by one soldier, is the story of two armies—and two nations—at war. The scope of Crecy is necessarily massive, for Ellis is telling a story that illustrates changes in warfare at the end of the Middle Ages. The battle, which forms the climax of Crecy, highlights the importance of England's masses of commoner longbowmen who defeated France's armored, mounted, aristocratic cavalry. Ellis's treatment of the battle highlights the class differences present and, in doing so is ill-suited for engaging distinct individual characters. His generic Englishman provides an ideal window into the development of war and society in the fourteenth century.
Abina and the Important Men also deals with a massive landscape and topic—British imperialism in Africa and, by extension, the nature of 19th century colonialism in general. Unlike Ellis's generic narrator, Trevor Getz uses the personal experiences of an historical figure. In a "Letter to the Reader", Getz and artist Liz Clarke introduce the central figure, Abina Mansa as "representative of the largest group of our human ancestors: those who left little but physical evidence behind to help us remember them" [1] Abina's voice comes down to the authors, and from them to us and our students through court proceedings. Through Abina's story, we catch a glimpse of the larger world of the 19th century Gold Coast and how the machinery of colonialism affected the colonized differently depending on such factors as class and gender.
Beyond the two books' methodology and approach to the histories they tell, Abina and Crecy educators have to examine the utterly prosaic question of how well t


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HOLLIDAYSBURG - Separated by just one game in the win-loss column and entering the District 6 Class A playoffs as the four and five seeds, Juniata Valley and Blacklick Valley looked about as even as two teams can get, and the game played out that way through two quarters.
Tied 24-24 at the half, the Hornets stung Blacklick Valley with a 12-0 run to start the third quarter and went on to a 62-51 win to keep their season alive for at least two more games.
"It's great for a young team like ours to get a playoff win," Juniata Valley coach Ron Anders said. "We've got at least two more games to play. It'll be tough for us, but there's no pressure. We'll just go out and play."
Juniata Valley plays top-seeded Bishop Carroll Monday at a site and time to be determined. The winner of the that game advances to the championship game. The loser plays in the consolation game. The top three teams from District 6 advance to state playoffs.
Blacklick Valley's season ends at 15-8.
The decisive run started when Caleb Taylor converted a layup off an assist from Brett Grissinger. Taylor then stole the ensuing inbounds pass and made another layup for a four-point lead in a matter of a seconds.
After a Gordon Gable bucket put the Hornets up 30-24, Blacklick Valley called timeout, but it did little to slow Juniata Valley's growing momentum.
"The third quarter was a disaster," Blacklick Valley coach Gary Wurm. "We called timeouts to set things up, but the execution just wasn't there. We had a hard time getting into our offensive sets."
Taylor and Grissinger teamed up again for another two points, Jason Shawver scored on a putback and Kordell Collins sank a pair of free throws for a 36-24 lead.
Juniata Valley outscored the Vikings 21-5 in the quarter and when Gable put in on a layup early in the fourth quarter, the Hornets were up 18.
"The kids really got focused at halftime. They didn't want this to be their last game," Anders said. "They did a good job breaking down their zone. Once they went to man, I knew we had the advantage. We could just spread them out and drive to the basket."
Four Hornets finished in double digits led by Collins' 14. Shawver and Taylor scored 12 each, and Grissinger added 11.
Shawver also had a dozen rebounds for a double-double. The 6-foot-3 sophomore led Juniata Valley in the first half with 10 points and eight rebounds.
Shawver scored eight straight points early in the second quarter to put the Hornets ahead 17-11, but Blacklick came back to take a three-point lead late in the half.
JV's Ryan Norris drained a 3-pointer from the corner just before the buzzer to tie the game 24-24.
Vikings leading scorer Dalton Cesarz finished with a game-high 25 points, 11 of which came in fourth quarter with his team trailing by double digits.
Cesarz scored 13 points in the first half, but JV held the senior guard to just one point in the third quarter.
"We made him work hard for his shots. No one's going to completely shut him down," Anders said.
Blacklick whittled the Hornets lead to 10 points by midway through the fourth quarter and nearly drew to within seven. After Cesarz's 3-point attempt rattled in and out, Juniata Valley scored the next six points to seal the win.
"We got a little stagnant late in the third quarter and early in the fourth, but the kids responded and pushed it back up to 16," Anders said.
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BLACKLICK VALLEY (51): Cesarz 10 2-3 25, Worthington 1 0-0 2, Sheesley 5 2-2 12, Paul 4 0-0 10, Stutzman 0 0-0 0, Lesso 1 0-0 2, Gaydos 0 0-0 0. Totals - 21 4-5 51.
Juniata Valley9 15 21 17 - 62
Blacklick Valley...............................9 15 5 22 - 51
3-point goals: Juniata Valley 3 (Collins 2, Norris); Blacklick Valley 5 (Cesarz 3, Paul 2).
Records: Juniata Valley (15-8); Blacklick Valley (15-8).


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I would like to organize a panel for the 2011 Annual Convention in Washington, DC. The theme of the Convention is "Authority." For more details about the convention, please visit the ASEEES web site: http://www.aseees.org/forms.html. The tentative title of a proposed panel is "Challenging Parental Authority in Imperial Russia."
My paper explores the paradoxical phenomenon of the Decembrist wives' defiance of parental and imperial authority by following their convicted husbands to Siberian exile and their sustained effort to preserve and reinforce their authority as mothers in the lives of the children they had left behind.
If you are interested in joining this panel as a panelist, discussant, or chair, please, contact me off-list at firstname.lastname@example.com
The deadline for panel proposals is January 15, 2011.
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Associated Press writer Jared Kotler recently reported what Paul Harvey would call a "strange."
In Bogota, Columbia, the courts were trying to decide who should get custody of 6-month-old twins, Juan and Kella, born into the isolated U'wa tribe.
To the U'wa tribe, twins are harbingers of evil, so they normally abandon twins in the jungle or throw them into rivers. But the parents of these twins defied tribal traditions and left their babies in a public health clinic.
Tribal leaders demanded that the twins be returned to them. Social workers fought this in court, fearing that the children would never be treated decently in a tribe that branded them and their disobedient parents as evil.
As I read Kotler's AP story, two diverse reactions welled up in me.
I had not finished reading this bizarre tale when for some reason I recalled the furor raised a few decades ago by sociologists who trashed all Christian mission efforts as misguided tinkering with indigenous cultures. James Michener's treatment of the missionaries in "Hawaii" is a good example of the diatribe against all efforts to "Christianize" native cultures.
Now the international community appears to be scandalized because these "noble savages" of the Andes want to follow their own moral precepts. How strange, I thought. We can't have it both ways.
Then a second truth hit me. As I read, I winced to realize that those twins were safer in the hands of the primitive U'wa tribe than they would have been in Los Angeles or Chicago or in any civilized American town.
At least in the Columbian jungle their parents cared enough to buck monumental social pressure to give their babies life. Had the twins been conceived in any American jurisdiction, they would have had only a 50/50 chance to draw a single breath. If American parents had perceived, as the U'was did, that these babies would somehow make life less than pleasant for them, the twins could have ended up not in a jungle or a river, but in some abortionist's discarded-fetus bag.
Strange, isn't it, that we Americans read this news account and feel so ethically superior? We recoil and call the baby-killing U'wa tribe savage and immoral. I wonder what they think about us.
Gene Shelburne is minister of the Anna Street Church of Christ, 2310 Anna Street, Amarillo, Texas. His column appears weekly.
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The faculty at Westminster College School of Nursing function under a philosophy that provides learning opportunities for individuals preparing to engage in the art and science of nursing. We have programs at multiple levels of practice including the BS professional level and the MSN advanced level for family nurse practitioner and nurse educator. We are committed to excellence in teaching through the creation of an active learning environment that promotes inclusiveness and respect for diversity. We feel a deep sense of responsibility to build a foundation of knowledge and develop skills that will prepare students to function as competent nurses in a variety of environmental settings.
We are seeking to help students prepare to become critical thinkers through critical examination of alternatives. We integrate liberal education, theory, research and practice through collaborative learning methods. We encourage teamwork. We enhance self-confidence through positive reinforcement of well-performed clinical skills. We foster leadership development and strive to develop learners with an increased sense of social responsibility and a global consciousness. We continually assess and evaluate student performance and achievement of programmatic and college-wide goals and objectives.
We have adopted Patricia Benner's model of "Novice to Expert" as the conceptual framework for our nursing programs at Westminster College. Within this framework, we define the themes of nursing, person, health and environment. This model, with its domains of practice and proficiency progression is woven throughout the fiber of the nursing courses.
The primary goal of the undergraduate nursing program is to prepare professional nurse generalists whose liberal arts and professional education enables them to meet the health care needs of society and to continue life-long personal and professional development. To this end, the program offers a major in nursing leading to a Bachelor of Science degree. The program is designed to accommodate beginning undergraduate students, transfer students, students seeking a second degree, and licensed practical nurses. Graduates of the program are eligible to take the national licensing examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN).
The nursing curriculum is designed with the premise that to be excellent practitioners, students must be able to think critically, communicate effectively, understand their own values, and be sensitive to the values of others. In addition, they must have a thorough understanding of the theoretical, empirical, and practical knowledge related to the profession of nursing.
The undergraduate nursing program is structured so that graduates of the program will be able to:
The undergraduate nursing program may be completed in four years. Attending at least one summer term is highly recommended to lighten the student's academic load. Requirements include courses in the humanities, life sciences, behavioral and physical sciences, and nursing. Many of the courses are structured on a sequential basis. Students must be careful to take these sequential courses in the correct order. Following the basic plan of study and obtaining approval of all course registrations from a nursing faculty advisor will prevent a student from having to wait a full year to complete a sequence. Additional information about college policies is provided in the Degree Requirements and Academic Policies and Procedures sections.
Students who qualify for admission to Westminster College can declare a pre-nursing major. Students apply to progress into nursing courses after completing the prerequisite support classes with a grade of C or higher, including the liberal education classes, ENGL 110, and SOC 105 or SOC 253 or ANTH 252. Students who have a minimum cumulative grade point and prerequisite grade point of 2.70 on a 4.0 scale in both the prerequisite and general education courses will be considered for admission to the undergraduate nursing program. Please refer to the chart below for a complete list of required prerequisite coursework.
All nursing students are encouraged to take the Math Placement Test upon entering Westminster College in order to determine if additional coursework in mathematics is necessary prior to enrolling in MATH 150.
In addition to applying for admission to Westminster College, students apply to progress into the Nursing Program. Acceptance is determined by the Nursing Program's Admission and Progression Committee, which bases its decisions on the following criteria:
Upon approval to progress, students are asked to present a current health certificate indicating health status and current immunizations as required by the School of Nursing and Health Sciences. A negative TB test or its equivalent is required. All students are required to present evidence of current CPR certification and current immunizations before they can begin clinical coursework. CPR certification and immunizations must be kept current throughout the program. Students will be responsible for providing documentation for their file on a yearly basis. Malpractice insurance will be purchased by Westminster College and billed to each student. Nursing students are required to have their own health insurance. Students will be required to notify the School of Nursing and Health Sciences of any changes in federal or state background check status.
Students need to be able to provide their own transportation to clinical sites. Students are expected to wear the official nursing student uniform to clinical experiences and to abide by the dress standard as outlined in the Undergraduate Nursing Student Handbook.
For successful continued progression through the program, nursing students are required to maintain high academic and personal standards. Elaboration of progression policies are published in the Undergraduate Nursing Student Handbook.
Clinical rotations are scheduled during day, evening, or weekend shifts.
Students need to be aware they:
The student must:
A student may receive a clinical/classroom warning of probationary status at any time during a clinical or classroom experience if the faculty determines that the student's performance is unsatisfactory. The written warning will outline what the student must do to meet the course requirements. Students who have been placed on course probation will be formally evaluated at the end of that course. Any probationary status will be documented in the student record.
A student will be dismissed from the nursing program for any of the following reasons:
Students dismissed from the nursing program related to clinical/classroom deficiencies must petition the Admission and Progression Committee for readmission if they wish to reenter the program. Matters of personal concern to the student will be considered at this time. The Admission and Progression Committee will make a recommendation to the Dean of the School of Nursing and Health Sciences regarding readmission to the nursing program.
Students have the right to appeal decisions of academic evaluation or dismissal from the program through the Academic Grievance Process of the School of Nursing and Health Sciences. The procedure for appeal is outlined in the Undergraduate Nursing Student Handbook.
English 110 and the Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Social Science II and the Diversity liberal education requirements are fulfilled by nursing prerequisites and may not be taken for credit/no credit. See "Academic Policies and Procedures" for further explanation of the college's credit/no credit policy concerning the following LE requirements.
* Prerequisites
** MATH 105 or higher is a prerequisite for MATH 150. MATH 150 must be taken prior to junior year nursing courses.
May Term
Elective courses are offered during May Term.
Summer Term
Nursing students who follow this basic plan of study are strongly encouraged to take liberal education courses during the summer to lighten their semester course loads. Clinical requirements in the junior and senior years make it difficult to coordinate LE courses.
Program requirements must be met by all nursing students. Transfer students may meet some of their requirements by equivalent transfer credit.
Microbiology and human physiology must have been taken within the past five years. Students who completed these courses longer than five years ago may repeat the courses or submit a current transcript documenting successful completion of a pathophysiology course within the last three years.
Nursing prerequisite courses need to be fulfilled by students with prior degrees. Individual evaluations of comparable academic coursework, taken in an accredited college or university, will be made by the nursing program.


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[QUOTE=seaweed;1134392]i have read somewhere that what your grandmother ate effects you. i know all our eggs form in utero so it kinda makes some sense from that pov. i should prob lecture my kids on this matter LOL they will truly think i am crazy then. thankfully mine all grew up way out the back boonies and their junk food would have been sugar or white flour not McDs and KFC. i dont even think either of them drank altho one did smoke.[/QUOTE]
There's a documentary on this topic: [url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/tvradio/programmes/horizon/ghostgenes.shtml]BBC - Science & Nature - Horizon[/url]
Here's a link to the first part of it: [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toRIkRa1fYU]Part 1 of 5 - The Ghost in your Genes - BBC Horizon - YouTube[/url]
My granddad was in Auschwitz, so god only knows what I inherited..!


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• Eastbound I-690 reduced to one lane from Onondaga Creek to McBride Street.
9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Monday, Sept. 26 to Wednesday, Sept. 28. For bridge deck repair.
• Southbound I-81 exit to I-690 east closed.
9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 27 and Wednesday, Sept. 28. For bridge deck repair.
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• Night work: Thompson Road and Erie Boulevard East reduced to one lane near intersection on Syracuse/DeWitt border.
6 p.m. to 7 a.m., until Oct. 7. Intersection will remain open at all times from 7 a.m. Friday to 6 p.m. Sunday. For intersection reconstruction. The affected areas are as follows: Southbound Thompson Road, from I-690 west ramp to Erie Boulevard; northbound Thompson Road, from Erie Boulevard to I-690 east ramp; and a quarter mile of Erie Boulevard in each direction from the interchange.
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NEW RIEGEL - Kara Scherger, Taylor Kirian and Lauren Ladd each approached a double-double Tuesday as New Riegel thundered past Woodmore 55-27.
Scherger's 15 points and nine steals topped the Blue Jackets (2-0), Kirian had 12 rebounds and eight points and Ladd added 13 points and nine boards.
Hailey Theis chipped in four steals and three assists and Morgan Noftz dished three assists.
The Wildcats (0-3) only scored eight points in the second half.
Stockaders wipe away early hole
GIBSONBURG - Old Fort erased a 12-6 deficit with a big second quarter and kept rolling from there Tuesday in a 58-34 win over Gibsonburg.
The 2-0 Stockaders, who won just one game last year, raced past Gibsonburg 18-8 in the second quarter and 15-8 in the third to gain control.
Alli Adelsperger netted eight of her team-high 17 points in the second quarter for Old Fort, and handed out four assists
Mackie Ward and Jordan Magers both added eight points, Michaela Davidson hauled in 10 rebounds and Peyton Miller turned in four assists.
Graboski-led Rams overpower FHS
UPPER SANDUSKY - Taylor Graboski turned in a solid double-double and Upper Sandusky pulled away after a battle in the first quarter Tuesday to beat Fostoria 63-46.
The Rams (1-0) led just 16-14 at the first stop, but entered halftime up 34-26 before ending the third quarter with a 51-29 lead.
Graboski's 20 points and 12 rebounds fueled Upper Sandusky. Kalene Johnson chipped in 16 points and six steals and Emma Smith had 14 points and five assists.
The Redmen (0-1) got 16 points each from Jada Hampton and Erica Moore. Moore also tallied five rebounds, four assists and three steals. Olivia Valenti snared six boards.


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Scottish Premiership round-up
Celtic's 6-1 victory over Dundee United came at a cost, with both James Forrest and Adam Matthews doubtful for the Champions League play-off against Maribor on Wednesday.
Forrest, the winger, suffered a hamstring problem late in the game at Parkhead while Matthews injured his calf in the warm-up and had to be replaced by Efe Ambrose.
Ronny Deila, the Celtic manager, said of Forrest: "I hope it is not serious but it didn't seem good when he walked off the pitch." Asked if Forrest might miss the clash in Slovenia, Deila said: "I will see but I think so."


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Customer Reviews for Blue Lotus Day Spa (22)
July 31, 2012
I LOVE this place! Friendly staff. Great decor. Relaxing touch. You can definitely tell the difference when being treated by a professional...
July 27, 2012
So relaxing...
Perfect use of my SpaFinder gift certificate. Will be going back the next time I received one...
January 14, 2012
SpaFinder Regular
Everyone knows what to get me as a gift. I will always use my SpaFinder gift card for Blue Lotus Day Spa. I have been going to them for years and am finally getting around to writing a review.
November 17, 2011
I went in for a facial and i can see a difference in my skin already.
October 17, 2011
I recently had a Blue Lotus Escape Package and it was AMAZING! This place books out weeks in advance and it's clearly understandable. It is the cleanest and friendliest spa I have ever been to. Do yourself a favor and schedule an appointment now! I had to wait about 8 days for my appointment, but it was well worth the strain on my patience. I have never felt more relaxed or centered. Namaste.
August 22, 2011
The treatment I received at Blue Lotus Spa was relaxing and I felt good afterwards. It was not bad but also not spectacular. I was left in the room alone for 5-10 minutes at a time while the spa tech would (I assume) be preparing the next treatment. I could hear the beeping and humming of a microwave. One time when she left, I could hear her or someone clipping nails. I assumed it was her own nails since the entire spa was empty. During a series of relaxing treatments, being distracted by these noises really takes away from the atmosphere and experience.
August 6, 2011
Blue Lotus Day Spa Rocks!
My boyfriend got me a gift card for this place for my birthday. It was such a great experience. I want another one now.
August 6, 2011
I've never felt more relaxed in my life after my visit to Blue Lotus Day Spa. Hope this feeling lasts till my next visit...sigh.
May 28, 2011
I had a wonderful lactic acid facial yesterday. The esthetician explained each step of the process. She did hand and foot massage while the masks were soaking in. Everything was perfect. I can see the difference in my skin already! I will be back next month!
May 27, 2011
Had a wonderful lactic acid facial today!! I found my new spa!
February 16, 2011
Keeping my marriage running smoothly for years now...
Every time I see my wife getting frustrated and on edge I know its time for a Blue Lotus Retreat (and a golf outing for myself). That usually does the trick, and then its back to being a happily married couple. The day to day stresses are the things that kill a marriage if they go unresolved, in my opinion. A day at Blue Lotus is what fixes my wife right up. I dont know what they do to her there, but Im glad they do it...
February 15, 2011
I fell asleep!! haha
this place is so relaxing. i love everything about it. it is so cute and zen-like. my massage was so relaxing that i actually fell asleep. i was a little embarrassed, but the girl didnt seem to mind. plus i felt amazing! blue lotus rocks!
February 10, 2011
Perfect gift ideas...
I just have to say how great Blue Lotus is. I purchased a gift certificate for my girlfriend through Spa Finder, and called Blue Lotus to set up an appointment. The girl on the phone was so nice and helped me out with everything to the last detail. They also gave me some great gift basket ideas which I then stopped in to pick up just to have something tangible to give my girlfriend on Valentines Day as the spa appointment isn't until March. Thank you so much Spa Finder and Blue Lotus! Great and easy way to give the perfect gift.
February 9, 2011
Every Valentine's Day...
This place gets my business EVERY year for Valentine's Day. It has become a ritual. A great, wonderful, and perfect ritual...
February 1, 2011
My wife loves this place
I got a gift certificate for my wife to Blue Lotus one time, and now she is a regular. She loves this place and I get to see the "happier" side of her every time she has an appointment.
December 25, 2010
Top Notch Spa Secret of South Tampa
Best place to get away and live in bliss and peace. Very calming and relaxing environment ,also smells lovely in there :). The host is excellent and knows her skills , very talented and knowlegable. This spa is a must visit!
December 16, 2010
Most professional spa I have ever been to..
What a great little place in South Tampa. So cute and the staff is so professional. I just had the greatest service in my life there and will be going back at least once a month. I have never felt so relaxed and my skin has never been smoother. I just really loved everything about this place.
December 3, 2010
I Love Everything About Blue Lotus Day Spa
I have never dealt with a nicer business in my entire life. They have the most friendliest staff and the owner is the sweetest. I love everything about this place every time I go back, and I feel like a new person when I leave.
December 2, 2010
I am in love with this spa! High end services. Best spa in South Tampa for the price.
December 2, 2010
A hidden gem in South Tampa
I found out about this spa through word of mouth from a friend of mine. She was raving about their facials and how much younger and healthier her skin felt. I was shocked that I had never heard of this spa before. They have amazing services and the friendliest staff I have ever encountered in a spa setting. I will be going back for the Mini Escape Package asap.
August 10, 2010
A wonderful Spa experience...
I urge you to make an appointment and experience its high end feel with every service they offer at an affordable price. This spa is environmentally friendly and uses all natural products, which are also available for sale. From their manicures and pedicures to their facials and massages, everything is done with the customers comfort and personalized skin and body type in mind. You will NOT be disappointed!
July 20, 2010
This is the best spa in Tampa for the price. All the services are affordable and will make you feel as if you just took a mini vacation without leaving town. Worth EVERY penny! Lyn and her staff know exactly what they are doing, and the fact that this spa is completely organic and earth friendly makes me feel like my money is being spent in a positive way.
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Tonight well chat about what you learned and what you liked. Ask me any question you have. Im going to be giving away eBooks.
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It's about to get pretty icy in Winter Park.
Now, it's not a massive cold spell expected to leave icicles dangling from local windows. But for those who love skating, it's a city tradition about to get back into business.
Starting on Friday, Nov. 20, the city will once against host its annual holiday ice skating rink known as Winter in the Park. The rink is in Central Park West Meadow at 150 N. New York Ave., on the corner of New York Avenue and Morse Boulevard, and it runs through Sunday, Jan. 10.
It's being presented by the city's Community Redevelopment Agency, which is encouraging all Central Florida residents to turn out on Saturday, Nov. 21, and Sunday, Nov. 22,...


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Strong's race to read Bigelow's bin Laden script
The Hurt Locker director has teamed up with screenwriter Mark Boal to come up with a movie about the search for the terrorist which led to him being killed by a team of Navy Seals at his Pakistani bolthole last year (11).
Warrior star Joel Edgerton has been confirmed as the lead, but the project is shrouded in mystery – and the script is so confidential, co-star Strong only had a few days before the email was erased.
He tells Britain's Daily Telegraph, "The script is incredibly secret. When it is sent to you, it only lasts on your computer for a few days. If you don't read it, it disappears. It's all incredibly hush-hush."


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By NOAH FEIT
GRANITEVILLE — After a lackluster showing in its final scrimmage, the North Augusta High School football team needed to show head coach Brian Thomas something in its quarter of the Aiken County Jamboree – the Yellow Jackets' final tuneup before the start of the regular season. The first-year coach got the improved effort he was looking for, as his enthusiastic team rode the momentum of a good start to a 20-0 victory over Silver Bluff on Friday.
"I liked the excitement. We came out with energy and beat a good Silver Bluff team," Thomas said of a well-rounded effort from the Yellow Jackets in 18 minutes of action at Midland Valley High School's L.L. Willis Stadium. "We played assignment football."
It didn't take North Augusta long to play to its strengths, the passing of Trib Reece. The senior quarterback threw the ball on three of the first four plays of the quarter – converting a pair of first downs and narrowly avoiding an interception when his intended receiver let the on-target pass ricochet off of his pads.
Reece shook off the near turnover, and on third-and-13 looked deep instead of just trying for another conversion to move the chains. The bold move paid off, as Reece hit Chaz Mealer in stride as he was streaking down the left sideline for a 52-yard touchdown.
"He's real smooth, a mature quarterback," Silver Bluff head coach Al Lown said of Reece, who finished the jamboree by completing 5 of 8 passes for 127 yards and three touchdowns. "You can tell he feels comfortable."
Any quarterback would've been in their comfort zone if they were in the situation Reece found himself in on North Augusta's second possession. Following an eight-play drive by the Bulldogs, the Yellow Jacket defense overcame a pair of costly penalties and stiffened at midfield. It forced Silver Bluff into a punting situation, and when the long snap sailed over the head of punter DeAngilo Drayton, a scramble was on for the loose ball. Drayton ultimately fell on it, but it was at his own 5-yard line – a loss of 42 yards on the play and a turnover on downs.
Reece quickly capitalized on the tremendous field position. On the next play, he threw a pass to the flat, where running back Cam Matthews caught it and walked into the end zone for a 5-yard touchdown. North Augusta had a 13-point lead in less than five minutes of action, showing that even though the team has a new head coach, there's a great deal of continuity in the quick-strike offense with offensive coordinator Craig Gilstrap still calling the plays for Reece.
Silver Bluff followed with another long possession that didn't go too far. In nine plays, the Bulldogs gained 22 yards – all on the ground – before being forced to punt again. This time, the snap was on target and Drayton was able to get the kick off cleanly, but that was the best drive of the jamboree for the Bulldogs.
"Offensively, we didn't come off the ball on the offensive line," said Lown, who praised the efforts of two of his ball carriers – Myles Corbitt and Anthony Reed – but wasn't satisfied with the overall performance. "North Augusta has a good defense, but we didn't attack. … We've got to do a better job blocking. We still look too slow."
That's exactly what Reece did in his final series of the night. After the Yellow Jackets shutdown Silver Bluff on fourth-and-inches, Reece got the ball on the Bulldogs' side of midfield. He threw a long jump ball that Mealer came down with for a 46-yard touchdown. That was the final score of the quarter, as North Augusta's defense preserved the shutout with another stop.
While Lown was disappointed in his team's failures, he saw positives and room for improvement for a relatively inexperienced squad.
"A positive was we played the run decent," Lown said of limiting North Augusta to 21 yards on nine carries. "Our defensive line and linebackers held them down, but our defensive backs weren't good. … North Augusta's a good team, and you can't give them anything. We gave them two bombs and a bad snap. That's on us. But that's good, because we can fix that."
Silver Bluff will look to make strides by next Friday, when it opens the regular season by playing host to Abbeville. North Augusta will also be in action in Week Zero, welcoming Lakeside (Ga.) to the Jackets Nest. Thomas said its hard to believe the regular season is about to start.
"I can barely realize how fast it comes," Thomas said. "We've go to continue to grow."
Noah Feit is the sports editor for the Aiken Standard and has been a professional journalist for more than 15 years after graduating from Syracuse University.
NA–Trib Reece 52 pass Chaz Mealer (kick no good) 16:19.
NA–Reece 5 pass Cam Matthews (kick good) 13:26.
NA–Reece 46 pass Mealer (kick good) 5:38.
NA–Brandon Houston 4-14, Cam Matthews 4-(-1), Josh Iaukea 1-8. TOTALS: 9-21
SB–Myles Corbitt 7-24, DeAngilo Drayton 6-(-41), Anthony Reed 5-8, Darnell Davis 1-1, Malik Washington 1-1, Brandon Hill 1-(-1). TOTALS: 21-(-8).
NA–Trib Reece 5-8-127 3TDs.
SB–Hill 0-2-0.
NA–Chaz Mealer 3-106 2TDs, Matthews 1-5 1TD, Blake Busby 1-20.
North Augusta's Brandon Houston powers ahead for positive yards against Silver Bluff's defense at the Aiken County High School Football Jamboree on Friday night. Mike Adams photo.×
Silver Bluff's DeAngilo Drayton (2) finds tough yards against a tough North Augusta defense at the Aiken County High School Football Jamboree on Friday night. Mike Adams photo.×


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June 12, 2014 | Variety
"Parks and Recreation" co-executive producer Matt Murray has closed a two-year overall deal at Universal Television, Variety has learned. Under the deal, Murray will supervise and develop new projects for the studio. The comedy writer, whose credits include "Community," "The Cleveland Show" and "Saturday Night Live" will move over to "Parks and Rec" alums Dan… Read more
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IVF for gender-specific baby?
People usually opt for IVF when they are not able to conceive naturally. But I was shocked to hear that some couples also undergo the treatment to have a gender specific baby.
I came across a couple who became parents to a lovely baby girl about two years back through natural ways and now they want to have a boy and for that they have decided to go for an IVF treatment and get the boy placed in the mother's womb.
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Halloween Haunted Houses and Attractions in Wichita Falls [2015]
Halloween is right around the corner and if you're trying to find the best place in town to get scared, look no further.
Wicked Andy's Insane Acres
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Not for the faint of heart, Wicked Andy's Insane Acres is, without a doubt, the best place in the Wichita Falls area to get your scare on. Located right outside of town in Charlie, Texas, the Insane Acres story goes like this:
"Come and see if you are brave enough for The Insane Acres featuring Dr. Price Karter aka (Dr. Morpheus) who was an renowned scientist that was incarcerated for his gruesome experiments on humans creating human and animal hybrids. Released in 2013 and now with his cannibalistic family he is rumored to reside in Charlie, Texas. Numerous reports of missing persons all over the countryside have been reported as well as strange noises and severed limbs recovered throughout the area. Could this be the work of Dr. Price and the Karter family?"
Dates: Oct 2 – Oct 31. Fri & Sat + Thursday Oct. 29
Times: 8:00 PM to Midnight
Price: $15 for Insane Acres walk through | $5 for Twisted Insane Hayride | $18 combo
Location: Charlie, Texas – click for map
Website: Wicked Andy's Productions
2014 Sunrise Optimist Club Zombie Hunt & Haunted House
It's the 15th year of fear for the Sunrise Optimists Club, and like last year, they have two Halloween events, a haunted house and a Zombie Hunt. Hop aboard the hay wagon and blast your way through the Zombie Hunt – will you survive or join them? Then encounter unspeakable horrors as your worst fears come true in the Haunted House – enter at your own risk!
Dates: Oct 16 – Oct 31 Fridays & Saturdays only
Times: 7pm – Midnight (closing time is approximate and subject to early closure)
Price: Haunted House – $6 | Zombie Hunt: $6 (5-7 years old), $10 (8+ years old). All proceeds benefit area youth.
Location: 5401 Southwest Parkway (Sunrise Optimist Softball Complex) – Click for map
Website: ZombieHuntWF.com
Boys and Girls Club Chamber of Horrors
Help the BGCWF and have fun at the same time! The Wichita Falls Boys & Girls Clubs Alumni Assocation is hosting it's 36th Annual Chamber of Horrors. The Chamber of Horrors is a haunted house maintained by our Alumni to help raise money for the organization. (not recommended for children under 6)
Dates: Oct. 16, 17, 23, 24, 30, 31
Times: 7:30 pm
Price: $6 at the door | $4 in advance | $3 BGC members with cards
Location: The basement of Central Boys and Girls Club on 6th and Broad – Click for map
Website: bgcwf.org
Burkburnett High School Project Graduation Haunted House
Over 5,000 square feet and 20+ rooms of scares, this haunted house will not disappoint.
Dates: Oct. 16,17,18, 23, 24, 25, 30, 31 and Nov. 1
Times: 8pm – Midnight Fridays and Saturdays, 7pm – 10pm Sundays.
Price: $10.00 p/person. Proceeds to benefit Burkburnet High School Project Graduation
Location: #11 Gilbert Road, Burkburnett, Texas
Haunted House of Carnage – The Return
Randlett Volunteer Fire Department is back with the Haunted House of Carnage!
Dates: Every Friday and Saturday in October
Times: 7pm – Midnight
Price: $10 – includes hamburger meal.
Location: Fire station in Randlett, OK. (Take I-44 to the Randlett Exit and follow the signs).
Wichita Falls Zombie Crawl and D1E-K
Let's be honest, we all watch 'Walking Dead' and think we can survive a Zombie apocalypse. Well here's your chance to prove it to your friends. The crawl – gather in zombie costumes and "crawl" through downtown – is free, but if you're feeling frisky you can run in the D1E-K (a 2-mile fun run) as well. All runners will be on the mission to find the cure. Runners' waves will leave every half hour. You will be briefed, transported to the drop off location, and will run the course with our SEAL Team Sick. The run is shorter this year and will provide more of an apocalyptic experience with a realistic scenario that plays out over the run.
This year, the Crawl will be a Crawl-NIVAL – a haunted carnival theme with a fire eater, stilt walker, hula hooper, and of course, lots of fair food. There will also be a rib eating contest, costume contest, specialty vendors, dance mob by Dance Etc., and midway games. Everyone is encouraged to dress in their creepiest clown, mangled magician or sick sideshow act costumes.
Date: October 31
Times: Start – 4:30pm | Crawl – 6:30pm | D1E-K – 7:15pm
Price: Zombie Crawl – FREE | 5K – $25
Location: 713 Ohio (Farmers Market) Click for map
Website: Wichita Falls Zombie Crawl & D1E-K
River Bend Nature Center Not-So-Scary Halloween
RBNC is having their 11th annual Not-So-Scary Halloween Nature Night on Friday, October 16 from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM. There will be a costume contest starting at 7:30 pm, face painting, music, tasty food, cool games, fun crafts, a cake walk, pumpkin decorating, candy, a Flashlight Fun Trail through United Children's Garden, and Wild Bird Rescue's "Stevie" the Great Horned Owl and "Spartacus" the Red Tailed Hawk will make a special appearance! DJ Marcus "Maniac" McGee will be DJing throughout the night. The Ruby N. Priddy Butterfly and Nature Conservatory will also be open for you to enjoy.
Date: Friday, October 16
Times: 6pm – 9pm | Costume contest starts at 7:30pm
Price: $5 p/person | $2 for children in costume with paid parent. (RBNC members are free).
Location: 2200 3rd st. (near main entrance to Lucy Park) Click for map
Website: River Bend Nature Center
Downtown Darkside Tour
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Historical Tours of Wichita Falls, led by Julie Coley, will take you on a historical journey to learn about the dark side of our city. According to their website, you'll hear stories about the Antler's hotel fire that killed 3 people, the Texan Hotel fire that killed 4, numerous murders that happened downtown including the famous city National Bank robbery. Tales of suicide, murder, gruesome accidents and even get to hear an EVP taken from one of the buildings. Ghost stories will leave you wondering.
Dates: There will be a tour every weekend – weather and reservations permitting.
Times: Starting times vary depending on time of year.
Price: $10 per person. Must have a group of 8 or more. email or call to make a reservation.
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com Phone: 940-631-5380
Website: wftours.com
Kell House Museum Haunted Tour
The Kell House has a rich history, but on October 31st things get spooky. At just $5 per person, you'll get a tour of the house and hear ghost stories. The tour does involve some history about the house itself, but the focus on this night is about haunted stories and eerie tales. It's an event that's great for all ages! Stop by any time between 6pm and 10pm Halloween night… if you dare. Kell House online.
Boomtown House of Terror
Every year between September and November, when the full moon appears, the zombies and monsters emerge and gather on the river banks. Boomtown House of Horrors has brought them all together and they are waiting for you! Peeing your pants is optional, but very likely. This haunted house attraction is not recommended for children under the age of 5.
Dates: Oct. 10-12, Oct.15-19, Oct. 21- Nov. 2
Times: 8pm – midnight Fridays and Saturdays, 8pm – 10pm weekdays and Sundays.
Price: $10 admission for all ages. A portion of the proceeds will go towards benefiting volunteer fire departments.
Location: 200 N. Scott Ave., Wichita Falls, Texas
Website: boomtownhouseofterror.com
Nightmare on Main Street
Located in the heart of downtown Vernon, Texas, Nightmare on Main Street haunted house is an experience that will arouse feelings of intense fear, horror and distress. Roam through the 5,000 sq ft historic building with 32 rooms that could only exist in your darkest dreams.
Dates: October 2 – October 31 Every Fri & Sat in October – and Thursday, Oct 29
Times: 7:30 PM – 10:30 PM
Price: $10 per person. Tickets go on sale October 2 at 7:00 PM. 10:00 PM is the cut off for ticket sales.
Location: 1620 Main St. Vernon, Texas
Website: nightmareonmainst.com
A Lucy Park Halloween
A Lucy Park Halloween is an event for all ages! There will be a free costume parade and contest, pumpkin decorating, carnival games, bounce houses, train rides, and more! Click here for more detailed information about each activity!
Date: October 24
Time: 5pm-8pm
Price: Carnival game wristbands: $10 1st child, $5 2nd child, $20 per family.
Location: Lucy Park in Wichita Falls. Click for map.
Haunted Halloween at Jellystone Park
It's Halloween at Jellystone Park at Coyote Ranch Resort! There will be themed activities and haunted hay rides through the trail of terror and on Saturdays there will be a full day of frightful activities! Click here to see the full list of scheduled activities.
Dates: Every Friday and Saturday Oct. 9-31
Time: The haunted hay ride starts at 7:00 pm. Saturday activities begin at 11:00 am.
Price: $15 for a full day, $10 after 5:00 pm.
Location: Jellystone Park at Coyote Ranch Resort. Click for map.
Website: wichitafallsjellystone.com
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ecember 11, 2000
Parents stay free near Seattle
The Snohomish County Washington Tourism Bureau and twelve area hotels have initiated an online discount program valid from Dec. 8, 2000 to May 31, 2001. Reservations are just a click away at www.ParentsStayFree.com. It's not unusual for children up to the age of 18 to stay free in their parent's room, but Snohomish County hotels go one better.
Parents (of any age) are invited to stay free in the same room with paying children. Adults or kids can book online and save up to 40 percent on accommodations north of Seattle in Edmonds, Everett, Lynnwood, Marysville, Arlington, Mukilteo and Snohomish.
Amtrak is offering a discount on its Cascades route between Eugene, Oregon and Vancouver, B.C. If passengers buy one Amtrak ticket, a companion rides free.
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Wednesday, June 4, 2014
As incumbent County Councilman David Chinnis term comes to an end, he and opponent Scott Inabinet are fighting for the Republican partys nomination for the seat.
County Council District 2 roughly includes the areas between Gahagan Road and Miles Jamison Road. The seat is subject to a four-year term.
Incumbent Councilman Chinnis is a product manager for a firm that sells graphics software and hardware. He was first elected to represent District 2 in 2010.
During his time on the council, Councilman Chinnis has been very involved with the Dorchester Road construction project, particularly as the head of the Planning, Development and Building Committee.
Development and growth has been an issue of focus for him during the campaign.
We have higher property taxes than everyone else in the tri-county area. Why would someone live here? he said, defending his support of the failed referendum to adopt a local option sales tax for property tax relief.
Making the county an economically sound environment has been a top priority while on Council, he said.
We have to make this county attractive and the businesses like what they see. We need to maintain that integrity and do the things that we can do because we want to have an area for employees to live, work and play.
Inabinet, the opposing candidate, said he would involve the citizens more if elected.
[My defining issue is] transparency and communication. You need to know what were doing for you, but also what were doing to you.
Inabinet works as the Ashley River Fire Dept. chief. His campaign has been centered on his public service, a perspective he said he hopes to bring to the council.
I think I bring something unique, a different viewpoint, to the table. Im in the streets every single day and Id like to expand my role.
He said winning the election will simply expand his already present role as a public servant.
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Concern surrounds the future of a beloved summer camp for kids with special needs after the retreat's main building collapsed beneath heavy snow and ice.
"Just the sheer weight and volume unfortunately collapsed the building," said David Ruyak, public works director for Reading, which owns the structure at Camp Lily in Lower Alsace Township.
Ruyak said the building wasn't heated, which likely contributed to its collapse.
"The newer section is still standing, but it's open to the elements, so I don't know what the continued damage will be," said Michele Rittle, camps and recreational director for Easter Seals, the non-profit which runs the camp for six weeks each summer.
Rittle said the section that did collapse was essentially the camp's backbone, containing space for activities and even a sensory room designed for campers with autism.
"We provide the children, the campers and young adults, the ability to come and be themselves," said Rittle, who was devastated by the collapse.
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Bliz-aard Ball Sale is one of David Hammons's most famous and influential performance art pieces. In 1983, he sold snowballs of varying sizes and prices in Manhattan alongside other street vendors during a winter snowstorm. The satirical performance commented on the U.S. capitalism system, the classist nature of the high-art world, and on the superficial value of "whiteness" in U.S. racial politics. Three years later, Hammons said this about the art world: "The art audience is the worst audience in the world. It's overly educated; it's conservative, it's out to criticize and not to understand, and it never has any fun. Why should I spend my time playing to that audience?"
In 2010, Kelley Oreglia riffed on Hammons' Bliz-aard Ball Sale by dressing up similarly to him and setting up an outdoor vendor stand at a farmers' market in Davis, Calif., where she sold balls of clipped grass cut from her lawn.
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1972 Otis Art Institute of Parsons School of Design, Los Angeles, CA (four years of coursework)
1968 Chouinard Art Institute, Los Angeles, CA (two years of coursework)
1965 Los Angeles Trade-Technical College, Los Angeles, CA (one year of coursework)
Selected Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions
2011 David Hammons, L&M Arts, New York, NY
2007 Hammons, with Chie Hammons, L&M Arts, New York, NY [cat.]
2006 David Hammons & L.A. Objects, Tilton Gallery, New York, NY
Selected Works, Zwirner & Wirth, New York, NY [cat.]
2003 David Hammons, Hauser & Wirth, Zurich, Switzerland
2002 David Hammons, Ace Gallery, New York, NY
David Hammons: Antipodes I, White Cube, London, UK
Selected Group Exhibitions
2008 Book/Shelf, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Person Of The Crowd: The Contemporary Art Of Flânerie, Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase College,
State University of New York, Purchase, NY
That Was Then…This Is Now, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY
Working History: African-American Art and Objects, The Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery, Reed
College, Portland, OR
2007 Art in America, Now, Museum of Contemporary Art Shanghai, Shanghai, China
Multiplex: Directions in Art, 1970 to Now, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
New York: States of Mind, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany; traveled to Queens Museum of
Art, Queens, NY [cat ]
Out of Time - A Contemporary View, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Sounding the Subject: Selections from the Pamela and Richard Kramlich Collection and the New Art Trust,
MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, MA [cat.]
The Complexity of the Simple, L&M Arts, New York, NY
2006 Black alphabet - conTEXTS of contemporary african-american art, Zacheta National Gallery of Art,
Warsaw, Poland [cat.]
Selected Collections
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Chicago, IL
Tate Modern, London, UK
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
30 Americans is organized by the Rubell Family Collection, Miami. The presenting sponsor at the Corcoran Gallery of Art is Altria Group.
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Yep, this one is just what it sounds like. ESPN's Paul Kuharsky wonders if Dwight Freeney's ankle issues will persist all year. There is also some of the same speculation that's followed Freeney around since the offseason:
However it comes out, it's hard to envision the Colts and Freeney coming to terms on a contract beyond this one.
Wherever Freeney ends up next year, it could really hurt his chances and options if he struggles with injuries all season. Hopefully, he can get back near 100% and build his case for a future, whether it's with the Colts, or he ends up somewhere else.


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HEDGESVILLE - Devyn Hosby didn't hear the call to report for the 200-meter dash.
Someone else did, though, and alerted the Washington senior star.
So off to the starting line Hosby quickly headed in a quest to win her third individual race during Saturday's running of The Journal/Hedgesville Eagles Invitational Track and Field Meet.
When she got into the blocks, another call went off that alarmed her- a call of nature.
Having to go, Hosby went, winning the 200 decisively on her way to claiming her second straight Nancy Z. Regalbuto Trophy as the high-point winner of the meet. Hosby, a triple gold-medalist at last year's state track meet, also won the 100 and 400 and anchored Washington's victorious 4x400 relay.
"I think it made me run more cautiously," Hosby said. "I tried to run as fast as I could without any accidents.
"When I started to run, I felt better."
At the finish line, she fidgeted noticeably enough that fans were commenting on her distress as her information was being recorded.
Then she set an unofficial record on her dash to the facilities.
Hosby said she didn't think about winning the high-point award.
"Obviously, I wanted to win," she said. "My calves have been hurting me, so I wanted to run well. I knew I had to make up for Rhonda (Rogombe) not being here."
Her efforts helped Washington share second place with Hampshire for a second straight year.
Hosby was the only multiple winner among the girls.
The boys had four double winners, including Josh Taggert-Perez of team champion Hedgesville and Mercersburg's Tawfiq Abdul-Karim, Peter Katsarakes and Gabriel Allgayer.
Taggert-Perez won the 110 high hurdles and long jump individual, adding a second place in the 300 hurdles and a victorious anchor leg in the shuttle hurdles relay. Adbul-Karim doubled in the 100 and 200, Katsarakes dashed to victory in the 400 and 300 hurdles and Allgayer claimed firsts in the 1,600 and 3,200.
Katsarakes' time of 38.95 seconds broke the previous meet record. Taggert-Perez finished in 39.99.
"They had some talent," Hedgesville coach Mark Norris said of Mercersburg, which sent some runners to last week's prestigious Penn Relays.
Norris, though, will take Taggert-Perez any day.
"Josh has been one word - consistent," Norris said. "He's been so consistent. He ran his best times and had his best jump, so I can't ask for more than that.
"He's a hard-worker, deserves what he gets."
One thing Taggert-Perez wasn't on hand for, though, was the presentation of the Scot Stuckey Award as the high-point honoree.
He dashed away to another apparent appointment and wasn't available to talk about his honor.
Other individual winners for the boys included Hedgesville's Daniel Beavers in the 800, Hampshire's Casey Feezle in the high jump, Hampshire's Walter Long in the shot put, Musselman's Alex Reiser in the discus and Spring Mills' Lane Riner in the pole vault.
Individual girls winners included Washington's Destiny Harrison in the 800, Hedgesville's Jessie Hogbin in the 1,600, Hampshire's Ashleigh Martin in the 3,200, Mercersburg's Tatiana Purnell in the 100 hurdles, Hampshire's Brooke Harwood in the 300 hurdles, Hedgesville's Tishauna Harrow in the high jump, Hedgesville's Cassidy Scott in the long jump, Hedgesville's Charity Gillespie in the shot put, Musselman's Dominique Hailey in the discus and Washington's Sara Pifer in the pole vault.
As for Hosby, she knows she's a critical cog in Washington's pursuit of a state Class AAA championship. The Patriots have been ranked No. 1 by RunWV.com.
"I wish my times were a little lower," Hosby said. "It's been cold, so it's been harder to get better times. I'm running better at this point of the season than I was last year."
On Saturday, it was another run to a high-point trophy. And a race for some relief.


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Pocket Protectionbyjthserra©
Pocket Protection
It wasn't going to be pretty, Katie knew that going in, but she had lost and she, the Queen Diva wasn't about to back out on a bet. She knew she didn't need to worry, surely Derrit was a virgin, so she wouldn't need to worry about anything really nasty. She was on the pill, so the thought of replicating him was only a distant nightmare. The main concern on her mind was making sure Derrit understood what was about to happen.
Katie tried to propagate her image as a man eater, but in actuality she really was sensitive to people's feelings. She'd strut before her friends with a lot of bravado, act like she just used the men she dated, but deep inside she cared, and it hurt her when she hurt someone. That was why she planned to tell Derrit everything, to make sure he understood that the only thing that would exist between him and her would be a single, brief sexual encounter.
She met him at lunch, at a park just outside her office, he had caught a bus to get there from who knows where. She had known him in high school, he was the classic nerd, heavy dark rimmed glasses, pants hiked up too high, white socks, clunky shoes and the pinnacle of nerdom, a pocket protector. Other than the abuse her friends showered his way, he remained pretty invisible to her. After graduating, she hadn't thought of him until one day he showed up, delivering lunch to her office.
She said hi and struck up a brief conversation, learning he was a graduate student working on his masters in, what else… computer science. Yes, he was textbook nerd, well on his way to being a career nerd.
Katie did notice that he did seem a lot more comfortable while talking to her than she expected. He actually was very charming and in the short time they had to talk, he seemed quite interesting.
Now, walking across the street to meet him, Katie was intrigued about this odd man. Spotting him sitting on a bench she waved.
"Derrit, hi," she shouted.
Looking up, he waved, "Hi Katie," and as she got closer he continued, "It's nice to see you again."
"I'm glad you could make it."
"Oh, it's no problem, I'm off today, so I just caught the bus here."
"You drive don't you?" she asked.
"Of course, I just grabbed the bus because it is convenient, parking can be tough here at lunchtime. I slip into the delivery zones when I work, but in a private vehicle you just have to be lucky to park anywhere close."
"Look Derrit, I wanted to talk about tonight, I didn't want to give you the wrong impression."
"Wrong impression?" he asked.
"Look, I'm gonna be honest with you. I didn't ask you out to try to start a relationship or anything, it's just that... well my friends… we, they sort of..."
Derrit smiled, "Ah, let me guess, it's a bet thing."
Katie felt herself blush, "Ugh, well, yes, in a way."
"Okay, hmm… do you need to just go out, or is there more?"
" More," she replied making a bit of a face.
"Katie, it's okay. It used to bother me back in high school, things like this, but now, it gives me a change to meet you under different circumstances."
"It's happened before?"
He smiled, "Yes, a few times."
"For more than just a date?"
Laughing a bit he responded, "Twice. I am embarrassed to admit I let them carry through with it."
"So you're not..."
"A virgin?"
She nodded.
"No. I'm sorry, does that queer your bet?"
"Well, no, I just assumed..."
"You know what they say when you assume."
"Yeah, yeah I know.. an ass of..."
"Okay, don't worry, it's not that bad. Look, you're off the hook if you want, I'll tell them you did me and it was wonderful."
"Hmm, Derrit, what if I don't want off the hook? I mean we'll only do this one time, and we are not going to have a relationship or anything."
He smiled, pulled off his glasses, held them up to the sky and then pulled a rag out of his pocket and cleaned them. He looked at her with stunning blue eye, eyes she never noticed beneath those godawful glasses. "You don't want off the hook?"
"I don't think so," she said, uncertainly shaking her head.
He tilted his head to the right, "Don't think so?"
"Well, I think I'm pretty sure."
"Oh my, not exactly enthusiastic," he said.
"Well, I mean, I'm not just ready to just blurt it out..."
Smiling, "Katie, Katie, I'm just teasing you here. I would love to... ah, help you win, or is it pay your bet?"
"I'd be winning if you..."
"Say no more, at least it's looking up some."
"When do you want to get together?"
He shrugged, "Whatever is convenient for you. I've got the rest of the day off, or tomorrow evening, this weekend…"
"Let me call back to the office, this afternoon might work," she answered. Something about him was really attracting her.
Katie turned and walked away a bit, dialing her cell phone. After confirming there was nothing important going on at work, she arranged for the rest of the day off. She walked back over to Derrit and said, "I'm free. Will it be your place or mine?"
"My apartment is only a couple of blocks away if you don't mind riding the bus."
"I've always wanted to try the bus."
After a short wait, the bus pulled up and they loaded on, Derrit paying for them both. It was fairly full so Katie took the only open seat and Derrit stood beside her. It was too noisy to really talk, so they rode in silence.
Katie's mind was rushing, wondering if she was too accommodating, hoping Derrit didn't turn out to be some sort of weirdo, but also hoping he was perhaps a little weird. Suddenly out of the blue she realized he didn't have a pocket protector in his pocket today.
After the short ride, they stepped off the bus and he led her to a nice building about half a block away. "It's not fancy, but very convenient with the bus stop this close," he said as they walked.
"I wanted to ask you… ah, how come no pocket protector?"
Derrit laughed loudly, "The deli makes us wear one. They supply the shirts and they don't want those big ink spots their cheap pens often leave."
"But, you used..."
"Yes, I remember," he said unlocking the door into his apartment. They walked into a spotlessly clean living room, sparsely, but tastefully furnished. Derrit caught Katie's eye and whispered, "This is the only pocket protector I have now." He waved a small, foil condom package.
Looking around, she curiously peeked into another room.
"That's my office, where I do most of my school work. Here, come on in," he said, gently taking her hand and leading her.
They entered into a room cluttered with books and software boxes spread about on a large desk with two wide tables. He had three computers spread over the work surfaces, two of them were on.
"This is more of what I expected," she admitted.
"I have so many things going at once, I just gave up on keeping this place straightened up."
They wandered back into the living room and sat on the couch. Derrit removed his glasses and leaned in to kiss her, as if hypnotized, she tilted her head and kissed him back. They kissed for a long time, finally breaking apart with an audible gasp from both of them.
"Wow," he said.
"Yes, wow," she replied, stunned at the feelings that surged through her now. She suddenly felt herself transformed from being mildly intrigued about him to simply lusting for him.
He leaned to kiss her again, reaching for her breast and Katie arched her back, moving her breasts to him. Rather than the inexperienced fumbling she expected from him, she was amazed at how he touched her. Gently where she wanted it, more firmly when she needed it and roughly when she ached for it.
Her blouse and bra were removed in a graceful swirl of her hands and his and she soon pressed her erect nipples against his smooth, naked chest. She felt flushed and knew her panties were getting very soggy.
Breaking from a kiss she gasped, "Derrit, I want you bad."
He paused, his hands having just slipped under the elastic of her panties. "How bad?"
She looked at him, wrinkling her brow, "Very bad!"
"Would you want to do something adventurous?"
"Oh yes, just as long as it's just you and me."
"Well, I wasn't going to do this, but somehow, I think you might enjoy it."
"What?" she asked, now horny and curious.
"Have you ever heard of Nawa Shibaki?"
She shook her head and answered, "No."
"Well, it's Japanese, something I learned from one of my trips."
"You've been to Japan?"
"Yes, but we'll talk about that later. Nawa Shibaki is something very beautiful, very artistic. It involves some delicate ropes," he paused making sure she wasn't freaked out too much.
"Go on," she said, a bit nervous, but definitely interested.
"It is basically Japanese bondage,but the idea here is not restraint, it is more about the sensation of rope on your body. The resistance to some of your movement is about submission, not restraint."
"Okay," she said, feeling an odd sensation in her stomach, something he hadn't felt in years. Was it butterflies?
"I would like to try it on you, nothing extreme now, just a few things to see what you think. Many people find this very sexy," he whispered. "Are you okay with it?"
"I think so," she answered.
"You think so. Haven't we been through this before?"
She smiled, "Okay, yes I want to try it. To be honest, at this point you can do anything you want as long as you finish by fucking me."
With a mock stern look in his eyes, he replied, "Oh I'm gonna fuck you, but first I'm gonna make you beg for it."
"Oh my," was all she could say before she swept her up in his arms and carried her to his bedroom. Once again the room was immaculate, but it was the bed that immediately caught her eye.
"A canopy bed?"
"Ah, there is a purpose for the canopy bed," he replied, gently placing her on the soft mattress. "You see, part of the excitement in Nawa Shibaki is aesthetic, the beauty of the rope as it is tied around your body. The canopy conceals this," he said, folding back the top fabric and exposing a large mirror.
Sensing something extraordinary was about to happen, she whispered, "You are a complete surprise to me Derrit."
"Hopefully a good surprise?"
"Oh yes, very good," she said moving over to the middle of the bed.
He sat down next to her and whispered, "Now, this is very important. I will continue to talk to you, but you are not to talk unless I prompt you for a response, or if you ask me to speak. If you agree, just nod your head."
Katie nodded.
"Now, the one exception to this is for you to speak one word. I want you to select a word, something that has nothing to do with what we will be doing. This will be your safe word. If anything I do becomes something more than you can handle, say this work and I will immediately stop and remove the binding. Nod if you understand."
She nodded.
"This is the only word that will stop me before I finish. You must understand that if you say 'No' or 'Please stop' I will merely consider that part of the game. If you truly want me to stop, you will speak this word. That said, I also want you to consider hard before you say that word. This experience can be heightened when you endure more than you thought you could, if you go beyond the limits you set for yourself.
"Since you are only beginning, I will be gentle and we will not push your boundaries too much, but I will push a little, just to let you feel. Now I want you to select a word."
"Rose," she whispered.
"Rose, I like that," he said, leaning forward and kissing her. His tongue entered her mouth, exploring her hard and forcefully. He then kissed down her neck and moved to her breasts and then her nipples. Katie felt her breathing quicken as she gave in to the sensation. She felt his hands at her pants as he quickly removed them and dropped them to the floor. He then removed her panties and dropped them on her pants.
He walked to a large hutch and opened the doors. Katie saw a wide assortment of braided and unbraided rope. Derrit grabbed several different lengths and returned. "Sit up and give me your hands please," he whispered.
Katie sat up and reached her hands out to him. Derrit took them and moved them above her head. She felt the rope wrap gently around both wrists and then there was a slight tug.
"Is that too tight?"
She shook her head.
"I need you to answer my questions verbally," he whispered into her ear before kissing it.
"Is it too tight?"
He then reached to her legs, spreading them apart and wrapping the rope around each ankle. He then took the rest of the rope and fastened it to something on each side of the bed. "Is that okay?"
"Yes," she answered.
Taking the rope at her hands, he looped the rope through a hook on the canopy and he tied it off. "Is this okay?"
"Those were fairly common things I did, now the art begins." He reached and gently caressed her breast running the palm of his hand over her nipples. He then moved a braided piece of rope over her breasts, even with the braid, the texture was very soft.
"This is the Shinji, or pearl," he said, curling the rope beneath a breast and tossing it over her shoulder. He moved it around her back, over her other shoulder and brought it back down, crossing the other rope between her breasts. He looped it under her breast and cinched it.
Hearing her gasp, "Yes, that should hurt a little, but not a lot. Is it okay?"
"Yes," she answered, feeling a bead of sweat trickle down her forehead.
He continued looping the rope around and over her breasts as she experienced sensations that ranged from slight pain, to feeling very constricted, to some more pain and finally to something very pleasant. He occasionally leaned and kissed a nipple as he tied.
After about twenty minutes, he stepped back and whispered, "Yes," speaking louder he continued, "Look up at the mirror."
Looking up, Katie caught her breath at the sight of the ropes splayed over her breasts. Tiny knots created slight indentations in her flesh and the rope had them standing up like no bra could ever do. Beyond the incredible sensations she felt, the sight above her simply turned her on. She felt a warm, wet aching between her legs and moved her hips towards Derrit, hoping he would take her right then and there.
But Derrit stood up and grabbed some more rope wrapping the first around her waist. "Now, this is called the sukaranbo, or cherry, a particularly tasty one," he said, leaning down and running his tongue over her clit.
The touch of his tongue on her sent an electric pulse through her and she flinched. The flinch moved her under all the ropes at her breast flooding her with an incredible assortment of sensations, taking her breath for a moment.
She fought to catch her breath as he moved the rope around her legs crossing over her pubis. He continued as she felt the rope cinching along her ass, then at her thighs, then so gently at her clit. Katie felt almost dizzy as nearly her whole body tingled at the sensation.
She felt a final tug and saw Derrit stand up. "Take a peek." he said, looking up at the mirror.
Once again Katie was stunned at what she saw. Completely helpless, she couldn't help but stare at how the rope looked on her body. She saw a light sheen on her skin that looked so good. She could never remember ever looking so beautiful.
The feeling of helplessness intensified as she watched Derrit slowly remove his pants. His cock looked absolutely incredible to her and she ached to feel it enter her. But, instead of climbing on her and taking her, Derrit released the rope holding her hands in the air, letting her fall back on the bed. He checked the knots holding her hands together and then began to kiss her.
Starting at her mouth he moved to her breasts, running his tongue along the ropes, occasionally tugging the knots with his teeth. Katie not only felt his tongue on her, but his every movement seemed broadcast along the ropes feeling like his tongue was touching her in a thousand different places.
He continued kissing her, letting his cock slide over her constrained flesh as he moved. She wanted to feel him inside her so badly that her hips moved up and down. Soon his tongue reached her thighs and needing something to touch her pussy, to enter her, to fiercely penetrate her she raised her ass, trying to move her soaking lips to his mouth.
He dipped his tongue into her, but quickly removed it. She moaned, needing him, his tongue, his fingers, his cock, something, anything to take her. His tongue touched her clit and she grunted loudly, and raising her head, she growled at him. She began flailing her hips up and down, fighting the urge to beg.
He continued his slow tease, dipping a finger just slightly into her and then removing it, touching her thigh with his cock, sucking her clit into his mouth for just a moment. Katie's ears were ringing and her cunt throbbed in need. She heard wet slurping sounds as she moved her hips and bit her lip, drawing blood.
Finally she screamed, "Please, please, oh god please fuck me. Please do it now." Tears poured down her cheeks and sweat rolled from her breasts down the intricate rope work, as Derrit pounced on her, driving his cock deep in her burning, soaking cunt.
Thrusting in and out of her he moaned, "You can talk now!"
She moaned loudly and screamed again, "Oh yes, yes, fuck me, yes. Oh it's so good, your cock is so good. Give it to me dammit, give it to me." Her orgasm slapped her, fiercely rumbling though every inch of her body before centering on her pussy. The wet slap of him as he drove himself into her drew the sensation out of her, and she kept coming and coming, pulsing around his beautiful cock again and again.
In a strange distance, she felt him arch his back and head a soft moan. His weight came upon her, shooting the pain and pleasure quaking through her breasts again. He lay there only a few moments and then jumped up and immediately began removing the ropes.
It took several minutes for him to completely free her, letting her calm down a bit. Looking at the mirror she was stunned at the intricate red lines that weaved over her skin.
"The redness will wear off in a few hours," he said, running his fingers along a raised red trail at her right breast. All she could think of was how incredibly beautiful she felt.
"It's a pity," she heard him say.
"A pity?"
"Yes a pity we can do this only once."
"Only once?" she complained.
"Well that's what you said back in the park. You clearly said, we would do this only once and we wouldn't have a relationship or anything," he said frowning.
"I said that?"
"You said that."
"I must have been out of my head, look just forget everything I said back then. I want to do this again, hell Derrit, I need to do this again."
"Hmmm, I don't know."
"Oh please Derrit, please let us do this again," she pleaded.
"You know, I just love it when you beg," he said with a broad smile. "And to think, we forgot my pocket protection."
"Promise me you'll never let me see you wearing a pocket protector again."
"What about this pocket protector?" he said, holding the unopened package.
"If you stay with me and only me, we won't be needing that." She reached down and grasped his cock, still wet from her and said, "Yes, we won't need that."
"You know Katie, I think this may be the beginning of a wonderful relationship."
She smiled, "Yes, a wonderful relationship."
"Hmmm, I think I like that," he said, kissing her, and wrapping his arms around her, binding them together.
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