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Sound Soapy Discipline
His parents really didn't care what he thought about it... His father had been transferred to the new plant and he was scheduled to start today. The abrupt transfer from Virginia to Indiana had been shocking enough. Jason would start his senior year in August, he had just turned eighteen. He dreaded the thought of having to make all new friends in this far away place. While his parents shopped for a new home, Jason was going to have stay behind for a few weeks.
They had arranged for him to stay with his uncle, but Jason wasn't happy about it. He had only met the man on two occasions at family reunions. On the up side, his uncle had just re-married. His new wife had been at the reunion last year and she was hot - bright blue eyes, silky smooth blonde hair, lightly tanned, and what a body! She was considerably younger than his uncle, though, only twenty-two if he recalled.
"Well, Jason, we'll see you in a few weeks," his father said as he gave him a hug good-bye. "Be good for your Uncle Pete."
As his father headed for the airport, his uncle invited him to sit down and watch some television. He even made him a thick steak for lunch - wow, he could cook! His father couldn't cook an egg if his life depended on it. He was very different from his dad, about ten years older, maybe fifty-five. His hair had begun to gray a bit, but he was in pretty good shape yet. He looked like he might even work out still.
Having watched a bit of television with him, his uncle announced that he wasn't feeling too well and was going to lay down for awhile - and that Aunt Jamie would be home in a couple of hours. With that, Jason got himself a soda and continued to watch television alone.
As he flipped through the channels looking for a new program to watch, he noticed that they had the Playboy channel. His uncle was surely asleep by now, he thought, it had been almost half an hour. But taking no chances, Jason tiptoed to his uncle's bedroom door and listened to make sure he was fast asleep.
Quietly walking back to the living room, he flipped to Playboy and sat back down to watch. As the beautiful girls frolicked topless on the beach one-by-one, Jason soon lost track of time. His hand slipped down the front of his pants and he began slowly stroking his smooth cock. As he watched intently, he began to buck his hips a bit as he continued to play with himself.
Suddenly, the door opened and his Aunt Jamie walked in with a bag of groceries. Jason couldn't move. His Aunt's eyes were wide, her mouth open slightly. As Jason regained his senses, he slipped his hand out of his pants as quickly as he could. "What are you doing?" she asked, as she to regained her composure.
"Nothing. Nothing. Just watching TV," Jason insisted.
"And what exactly is that your watching?" she asked, as she glanced at the television.
Jason quickly grabbed the remote and changed the channel, but it was of course too late.
"Jason, where's your uncle?" she demanded.
"Um, in the bedroom, taking a nap."
With that response, she quickly walked out of the room. Jason hoped she went to put the groceries away, but a few minutes later, he found out that he would have no such luck.
As his uncle came in, he didn't look happy. "Jason, what exactly were you doing in here while I was asleep?"
"Nothing, sir, nothing."
"According to your Aunt, that is far from the truth, young man. What's more, I understand you were watching Playboy or something, as well."
Jason sat silent, half in disbelief, half in fear.
"Well, Jason, your Aunt and I don't believe that masturbating is proper behavior from a man your age. Would you masturbate in front of your parents?"
"No, sir, but..."
"Do you feel that lying is acceptable, then?"
"No, but, sir, I..."
"Sir, I..."
"Jason... your going to have to be disciplined. Now, sit right here with Jamie and I will be back in a few minutes," his uncle directed as he went back off toward the bedroom.
As he sat there, he became very nervous, wondering what his uncle was going to do. Ground him? Surely, he was too old to be spanked. And Jamie was standing over by the television, he surely wouldn't do something like that in front of her, he was too old...
Suddenly, his uncle returned to the doorway holding a thick hardwood paddle in his hands, it was fairly large and had holes drilled in it. As Jason began to grow even more scared, his uncle started, "Jason, in this house, we believe that naughty boys need their naughty bottoms paddled. "
"Please, sir..." Jason began.
"Young man, stand up."
As Jason silently complied, he held his eyes downward so as not to have to look at Jamie standing there watching them.
"Lower your trousers to your ankles, Jason."
"Please, sir..." Jason began to protest, "...please, not in front of her..."
"Young man, do as I say right now, or you will get ten extra swats."
Reluctantly, Jason unfastened his pants and bent over to pull them down.
"Underpants to your knees, Jason."
"Please sir..." Jason began again...
"You've earned yourself ten more, now. Pull them down, now, or perhaps you'd like twenty more?" his uncle asked him.
As Jason placed his fingers into his underwear's waistband, his cheeks turned pink with embarrassment, having to do this in front of Jamie. As he reluctantly pulled his briefs down, his cock flopped out of the front, still a bit hard from his earlier adventure.
His uncle walked up to him, placed the paddle under his cock and lifted it up, rubbing it slightly with the smooth, cold board. "Are you enjoying this, young man?" he asked.
"No, sir," Jason quickly replied, now totally embarrassed in front of his Aunt Jamie.
As he removed the paddle from his cock, he ordered him to bend over, grab hold of his ankles and spread his legs. "Wider," he commanded, "Stick that butt out as far you can."
As Jason complied, his uncle started rubbing, then patting his soft, smooth plump buttocks with the implement. "Now young man, you are going to receive ten swats for each of your lies, and ten extra for not following my instructions. That's thirty. You are to count each swat aloud and not lose count. If you lose count, we will start over. You are to remain in position with your butt sticking out for the entire paddling. If you move your hands, if you don't keep your butt out, if you lose your position in any way, the swat won't count and I will re-administer it. Do you understand me, Jason?"
"Yes, sir."
"All right, then, Jason. Believe it or not, but I'm sorry I have to do this to you, but its for your own good. Perhaps next time you think of lying, you will think of how this paddle feels across your rear end... all right, Jason, brace yourself..."
Uncle Pete stepped back a bit, patting his soft, tender sit spots with the paddle. He drew his arm back for full swing, then brought the board down hard across Jason's creamy peach cheeks.
Again, his uncle patted for aim, and brought the board down hard.
By the tenth swat, Jason was sobbing quietly. He continued to take each swat without moving, but his bottom was burning red, a few small blisters appeared on his previously unblemished flesh, but no bruising... until the thirteenth swat. With that blow, his knees gave out some, and a bruise began to appear on his left cheek.
"Back in position, Jason, we'll have to redo that one."
"Please, sir..." Jason cried, tears beginning to well up in his eyes.
"Back over," his uncle insisted, pushing his shoulders back down.
With the twentieth swat, Jason fell to the ground crying, holding his bottom with his hands. His heretofore smooth cheeks were now covered with raised blisters, two large bruises were visible on his sit spots, and his skin was red as an apple.
"Back up, young man, you only have ten left - after you repeat the last one."
Jason got back up and reassumed position.
"Twenty One..."
Finally, the last swat fell. Tears ran from his cheeks, and his bottom was covered with large, raised blisters. His bottom was so red, the large purple bruises on each of his cheeks were barely visible.
"All right, Jason, now I need you to get up and go to the guest bedroom and remove all of your clothes."
"What? Why sir? I just took my spanking..." Jason stammered.
"That was for lying, Jason, you are now going to be punished for masturbating on my couch and watching those dirty movies here."
"Please, sir, I promise..." Jason begged.
"Go..." his uncle ordered, and Jason went off down the hall to the bedroom. He shut the door and removed all of his clothes, setting them on the dresser. The door opened and his aunt and uncle walked in. They now had full view of his body, including his now shriveled penis.
"I see that paddling has had at least some effect on you, Jason," Pete commented, as he and Jamie looked down at his genitals. Jason quickly moved his hands to cover them.
"Up on the bed, Jason, let's get on with it," his uncle began, "Turn around, on your knees, butt up, face down." His uncle helped put him into knee chest position on the bed, then added, "Now get those legs spread - all the way." As Jason complied, Pete added, "That's a good boy, perfect, I want that bottom fully exposed."
Jason was completely humiliated at this point, he could feel the cool air from the window blowing over his most intimate opening. They must be able to see everything now, he thought. The thought of having such an attractive woman eyeing his nakedness was beginning to bring his cock back to life, when he noticed his uncle beginning to unfasten his thick leather belt from his waist.
"Jason, for watching that movie, your going to get twenty with the belt. Same rules, stay in position and keep that butt out. Understand?"
"Yes," Jason hesitated, as he prepared himself.
"One," he counted, as the thick, rough belt cut into his cheeks.
"Ow! Four!" he yelled, as the fourth landed right between his cheeks on his fully exposed anus.
"That's a good boy, Jason, stay in position, take it like a man."
Jason managed to stay in position until number eighteen. He winced slightly and the belt landed squarely across his balls. And, of course, he jumped high.
"Jason, if you wouldn't move, that wouldn't happen. Now get back in position and count - from eighteen..."
"Twenty!" he cried, as the last one again landed right on his puckered up little hole.
"All right, Jason, stay in position. Jamie will be right back," his uncle instructed. Jason noticed now that Jamie had slipped out of the room at some point.
A few moments later she returned carrying something in her hands that looked like a water pitcher. She sat it down on the dresser and Jason could now see that a bar of white soap was floating on the top. Jamie had a wooden spoon in her other hand and put it into the pitcher, stirring the bar in the steaming water. As she slowly stirred, the water turned milky white and Jason could smell the scent of fresh Ivory soap filling the room. Then, Jason heard his uncle's voice again, "Now, Jason, we have a special punishment for masturbation here. Not only will it sting your behind, but it will also help teach you a little self control. Your going to get a hot, soapy enema, and you are going to hold it in for ten minutes. If you fail to hold it as required, you will get another and another and another until you learn a little control over yourself. Do you understand me?"
"Yes, sir," Jason submitted, "But that's a lot of water, sir."
"Actually Jason, that's four quarts. You only have to take two. But if you don't behave properly, we already have the next two ready," his uncle informed as he held open the top of the red enema bag for Jamie to pour in half of the very soapy solution. Once full, he continued to hold the bag, as Jamie released some air from the line, and a small amount of bubbled water flowed back into the pitcher.
"All right, Jason, its time..." Jamie spoke, as she snapped on a pair of latex gloves. Walking back over to the pitcher of water, she reached in and pulled out the half dissolved bar of soap. She dug her index finger into the softened bar, and then with her middle finger and thumb, smeared the soft soap around the finger. As she walked behind him, Jason buried his face into the bed, and prayed for it just to be over.
"Now, Jason, just relax. I'm going to lubricate you so that the nozzle goes in smoothly. Just relax..." she gently instructed as she slowly rubbed her soapy finger in a circular motion between his cheeks. Then, slowly and firmly she inserted her finger into him and twisted it around slowly. As she removed it, Jason could feel the soap beginning to sting his most intimate parts.
Then, as Jamie took both hands and spread his butt cheeks wide apart, he saw the nozzle his uncle was holding. It looked like a pacifier, a plug of some sort, about two inches in diameter at the widest point. As Jason saw it, he thought of protesting, but instead decided to just bury his head back into the bed.
"Just relax, young man," he heard his uncle instruct, as he felt the invader slowly slide inside of him, stretching his virgin hole uncomfortably past the widest part. As his flesh closed around the monster, Jamie said softly again, "Just relax," as she unclamped the tube.
As the hot, soapy fluid rushed into him, Jason's bottom began to burn from the soap. His shriveled cock began to leak cum, and then began to grow again. He felt Jamie patting his bottom, as she reminded him, "Just relax." Suddenly, Jason began to feel very full. He looked back and saw the bag only half empty. "Oh, god, please..." he whispered.
By the end of the bag, his rectum was burning terribly. Jason had to go to the bathroom bad. He felt the plug being removed from his rear end, and heard his uncle, "Ten Minutes. Jamie set the timer."
As he stayed in position, Jason felt his insides begin to twist and turn. It felt like someone had their hand in his insides twisting them. Beginning to perspire profusely, he began to feel somewhat sick at his stomach as he tried to hold it in. Suddenly, he felt as if he was going to be sick and coughed. Though he tried to hold his hole tight, some water squirted out and, of course, Jamie saw it.
"He didn't hold it," she reported.
"That was only six minutes, Jason," his uncle informed, "Jamie go ahead and get the bedpan, we're going to have to administer another."
Jason was crying again. Not only was he going to have to get yet another enema, but they were going to make him expel in front of them in a bedpan.
Jamie brought the large plastic dish in and set it under Jason's bottom. As she did so, Pete lifted Jason's chest up and positioned him over the pan. "Go ahead, Jason, hurry up."
As wave after wave of cramps gripped his insides, Jason powerfully squirted the soapy solution back out of him into the pan. Jamie was standing behind him and could see, and smell, the whole thing. Jason was mortified.
Finally, as the last sludgy remains escaped him, he felt a damp cloth wipe him clean. "Back in position, Jason," his uncle ordered.
Jamie had already poured the bag full again and was ready. His uncle put the gloves on and picked up the soap bar. He rubbed the bar up and down his butt crack, then slid a couple fingers in and groped around a bit. "All right, Jamie, he's ready," he announced, as he spread his cheeks wide.
Jamie shoved the cold, stainless steel plug up in him again. "Slow down there, honey," Pete told her, "That can really hurt if you don't give his muscles a few seconds to stretch."
"Sorry," Jason heard her apologize, as she let the soapy solution flow again.
As his bottom filled yet again with the stinging solution, Jason began to sob. It burnt twice as bad this time. As the bag drained into him, he could feel his uncle's hands squeezing his buttocks, keeping them spread the whole time so he could see if even a drop dripped out.
Finally, as the last of the solution gurgled into him, his uncle announced that he would be allowed to keep the plug in to help him hold it this time. "Ten Minutes," he re-announced, setting the timer. "Go stand in the corner this time, Jason. Hands on your head."
Jamie followed him to the corner, holding the bag in back of him, with the monster still planted in his backside. As he stood there, he felt very sick. He twisted and turned, holding it in was difficult. On at least one occasion he barely managed to keep from getting sick, as he coughed hard from the soapy sting inside of him.
Finally, Jason heard the buzzer go off, and Pete brought the bed pan back over to him. "Squat down," Jamie instructed, and then removed the nozzle slowly from his burning bottom. As she did, Jason uncontrollably expelled into the pan, coughing, and trying to keep from getting sick the entire time. At this point, he no longer even cared about the embarrassment, he felt so sick.
Once finished, he finally began to feel better. "Bend over the bed, Jason," he heard his uncle's commands once again. Jason complied, and as he did, he felt his uncle grab one of his cheeks and spread him again. "Jason, now I am going to insert this soap stick into your rectum. You are going to stand in the corner and hold it for fifteen minutes. This will help to make sure all of the enema fluid has drained properly. It will also continue to teach you self control." He felt the cold stick enter him, then went to the corner as instructed.
As he stood there, he felt the stick melting inside of him, stinging his already sore hole, terribly. After ten minutes, he thought he couldn't hold it anymore, but as it escaped, he realized it was only air - bubbly air, though, which caused the outside of his orifice to sting now, as well.
Finally, he heard Jamie come back with the bed pan, and he was allowed to relieve himself. After the short, but powerful evacuation, he asked her, "Am I through?"
She shook her head, as Pete walked back in, "Follow me, Jason, your almost through."
Jason followed him into the living room, and through the hall to what appeared to be an office. "Over here," his uncle instructed, and Jason walked over to the desk by which he was standing. "Bend over the desk," he ordered. As Jason did, he felt his uncle lift his hips up a bit and spread his legs wide. Then, he reached up and put Jason's hands onto the other side of the desk and told him to "keep hold." Finally, Jason felt him reach up under him and pull his genitals out behind him, so that they were hanging freely. "Stay in position," he instructed, as he left the room.
While he waited, Jason prayed to himself that it wasn't another paddling.
Then, he heard his Aunt and Uncle walk back in and turned to look to see what they were going to do. "Face forward, young man, " his uncle insisted, and Jason turned back reluctantly.
"Hold this," he heard his uncle say, and heard a slopping type of sound. Then, his uncle walked around in front of him.
He was holding a thick dildo. It had groves and veins in it, and was shaped like the real thing except that this thing was huge. A good two inches in diameter, and about a foot long. Jason noticed that it was lubricated with some white, sticky, wet lotion or something.
"You see this, Jason?"
"Yes, Sir."
"This is going up that naughty bottom of yours, boy. You see this?" he asked indicating the lubricant.
"Yes, Sir."
"That's the rest of that Ivory soap bar," he informed as Jamie walked into view holding a cup of steaming water with the softened soap bar floating inside.
"Now Jason, what I'm about to do is going teach you a good lesson. This is going to sting very badly, but you are to hold still. I'm going to ream your bottom out with this dildo. I'm going to insert it and withdraw it twenty times. You are to count them aloud."
"No, please Sir..."
"Then, I'm going to relube it with more soap, and you are going to count to twenty again."
"Please, Sir, I've learned my lesson..."
"I'm going to repeat this procedure until you've received a hundred."
"I promise I won't..."
"Now, scrubbing your rectum out will make sure you have been thoroughly cleaned out back there. It will also teach you some self control. Jason, you are not allowed to cum, during this punishment. If I see any cum, even a drop, leak out your penis - you will get twenty extra for each occurrence. And if you orgasm, you will wear this for three full days without removing it," his uncle indicated pointing to a large butt plug. It was even bigger than the enema nozzle. "Do you understand me, young man?" he asked.
"Yes, Sir," Jason submitted.
His uncle walked back around in back of him again, he felt hands spreading his cheeks, and another hand pushing on the small of his back, forcing his bottom out all the way.
"Just relax," he heard his uncle instruct, "Be a big boy and take it like a man."
Suddenly, Jason felt a severe cramp as the dildo was pushed deep inside of him. As the pain from the insertion began to fade, it was replace by a steadily increasing burning sensation from the soap being rubbed into his rectum.
He managed to take the first twenty pretty easily. The second set of twenty was a bit more difficult.
As his uncle relubed the dildo for the third set, he felt one of their hands soaping up his cock and balls. As the third set commenced, he felt his genitals being continuously soaped up gently - his cock was growing hard.
And by the end of the fourth set, his bottom was stinging so badly he was crying, but his cock had begun to leak cum, so he earned himself even more.
By the seventh set, Jason had tears flowing down his cheeks and was begging for them to stop. His butt hole burned fiercely as the dildo was rammed all the way in and out of him, over and over. And then, slowly, Jason began to buck his hips up into the stinging dildo, taking it deeper and deeper, and then suddenly his cock spurted forth its sacred nectar.
As Jason breathed deeply, his uncle removed the dildo from his well-punished bottom, and replaced it with the plug which Jason had been promised. "Three days," he reminded him, as Jason walked back to his room to finally put his clothes back on.
Sleeping with the plug, walking with it, the plug in general... it was uncomfortable. But when he awoke the next morning, Jason discovered an early morning erection. He stood up from bed, and went to the mirror. Pulling his underpants down, he admired his hard cock and then turned and looked at the plug firmly planted in his bottom. As he did, he began to stroke himself.
Suddenly, his uncle walked in the bedroom door, "Jason, you up?"
The End


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The emails urge the recipient to open an attachment related to the latest Israeli operation known as pillar of Defense.
Or Lot's wife looking back and turning into a pillar of salt.
pillar, who spent 28 years at the CIA, is now a professor at Georgetown University.
And, to pay for some trivial new help for the poor, far too many cuts are made to that pillar of the Great Society, Medicare.
Engaging directly with the tribal population must be the second pillar in any partnership.
Well for me it was not the Abyss which yawns at the end of pillar Hall.
The pillar split up its whole length at that look from Hrymer's eyes.
Isis then begged the pillar, took it down, took out the chest, and cried so loud that the younger son of the king died of fright.
He flung it, not at the pillar this time, but at Hrymer's head.
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The 2012 Emmy nominations will be revealed Thursday morning at 8:30am EST/5:30am PST. You can catch the reveal on ABC's Good Morning America, NBC's The Today Show, CBS's This Morning and streamed live at Emmys.com. "Scandal" star Kerry Washington and Nick Offerman of "Parks & Recreation" will announce the nominees for 64th Annual Emmy Awards at 8:40am ET. We will have the full list of nominations posted right here once they are made available. We here at YakkityYaks know and love our television, so many of our FORUM members will have a lot to say about the nominations from a true fan's perspective, so be sure to join our conversation!
As for who is in the Emmy mix? Should "Mad Men" get nominated (and win) Best Drama, it will be the first series to even win the award 5 years in a row, breaking it's current tie with NBC series "Hill Street Blues," "L.A. Law," and "The West Wing." Also in the drama category, look for "Homeland" and Claire Danes to get some support, based on their wins at the Golden Globes. As for the slew of other dramas – "Dexter," "Boardwalk Empire," "The Good Wife," "Breaking Bad," "The Walking Dead" and more – someone is sure to get snubbed and fans are sure to be disappointed.
Well, don't be surprised if some comedies like "30 Rock" and "Glee" don't get a nod based on weaker seasons and a stronger playing field from their counterparts. Of course, with names like "Modern Family," "Big Bang Theory," and critically praised "Parks and Recreation," it'll be interesting to see who will give "Modern Family" a run for it's money to take the Best Comedy title again. Will Melissa McCarthy and Jim Parsons repeat their wins in the Best Actress and Actor category (Parsons is in the running for his 3rd)? And which Modern Family co-stars will enter the Supporting race?
Of course, in the reality TV landscape, will Jeff Probst run away with another Reality Host win? Or could Cat Deeley, Phil Keoghan, Ryan Seacrest, Tom Bergeron give him a run for his money? Will we see a new face enter the playing field? And the other question on many minds is will "The Amazing Race" be dethroned from dominating the Reality Competition category?
Of course, the big question on the minds of many is how will network TV fare versus the ever strengthening cable TV landscape? Watch this page tomorrow for the full list of nominees when they are announced!
And the nominees are …
Outstanding Drama Series
Boardwalk Empire
Breaking Bad
Downton Abbey
Game of Thrones
Mad Men
Lead Actress, Drama
Kathy Bates, Harry's Law
Glenn Close, Damages
Claire Danes, Homeland
Michelle Dockery, Downton Abbey
Juliana Marguiles, The Good Wife
Elizabeth Moss, Mad Men
Lead Actor, Drama
Hugh Bonneville, Downton Abbey
Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
Michael C Hall, Dexter
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Damien Lewis, Homeland
Supporting Actress, Drama
Archie Panjabi, The Good Wife
Anna Gunn, Breaking Bad
Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey
Joanne Froggatt, Downton Abbey
Christina Hendricks, Mad Men
Christine Baranski, The Good Wife
Supporting Actor, Drama
Aaron Paul, Breaking Bad
Giancarlo Esposito, Breaking Bad
Brendon Coyle, Downton Abbey
Jim Carter, Downton Abbey
Jared Harris, Mad Men
Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones
Outstanding Miniseries or Movie
American Horror Story
Game Change
Hatfields & McCoys
Hemmingway and Gellhorn
Lead Actress, Miniseries or Movie
Connie Britton, American Horror Story
Ashley Judd, Missing
Nicole Kidman, Hemmingway and Gellhorn
Julianne Moore, Game Change
Emma Thompson, The Song of Lunch (Masterpiece)
Lead Actor, Miniseries or Movie
Kevin Costner, hatfields and McCoys
Benedict Cumberbatch, Sherlock
Idris Elba, Luther
Woody Harrelson, Game Change
Clive Owen, Hemmingway and Gellhorn
Bill Paxton, Hatfields and McCoys
Outstanding Host, Reality or Reality Competition
Tom Bergeron, Dancing With the Stars
Cat Deeley, So You Think You Can Dance
Phil Keoghan, The Amazing Race
Ryan Seacrest, American Idol
Betty White, Betty White's Off Your Rockers
Reality Competition Program
The Amazing Race
Dancing with the Stars
Project Runway
So You Think You Can Dance
The Voice
Reality Program
Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution
Antiques Roadshow
Who Do You Think You Are
Undercover Boss
Shark Tank
Outstanding Variety Series
The Colbert Report
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Real Time with Bill Maher
Jimmy Kimmel! Live
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Saturday Night Live
Oustanding Comedy Series
Big Bang Theory
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Modern Family
30 Rock
Lead Actress, Comedy
Zooey Deschanel, New Girl
Lena Dunham, Girls
Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie
Tina Fey, 30 Rock
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Melissa McCarthy, Mike & Molly
Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation
Lead Actor, Comedy
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
Don Cheadle, House of Lies
Louis C.K., Louie
Jon Cryer, Two and a Half Men
Larry David, Curb Your Enthusiasm
Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory
Supporting Actress, Comedy
Mayim Bialik, The Big Bang Theory
Merritt Wever, Nurse Jackie
Julie Bowen, Modern Family
Kirsten Wiig, Saturday Night Live
Sofia Vergara, Modern Family
Kathryn Joosten, Desperate Housewives
Supporting Actor, Comedy
Ed O'Neill, Modern Family
Ty Burrell, Modern Family
Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Modern Family
Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family
Bill Hader, Saturday Night Live
Max Greenfield, New Girl
Guest Actress, Comedy
Kathy Bates, Two and a Half Men
Maya Rudolph, Saturday Night Live
Elizabeth Banks, 30 Rock
Dot Marie Jones, Glee
Melissa McCarthy, Saturday Night Live
Margaret Cho, 30 Rock
Guest Actor, Comedy
Michael J. Fox, Curb Your Enthusiasm
Bobby Cannavale, Nurse Jackie
Jimmy Fallon, Saturday Night Live
Will Arnett, 30 Rock
Greg Kinear, Modern Family
Jon Hamm, 30 Rock
Guest Actress, Drama
Joan Cusack, Shameless
Uma Thurman, Smash
Julia Ormond, Mad Men
Loretta Devine, Grey's Anatomy
Jean Smart, Harry's Law
Martha Plimpton, The Good Wife
Guest Actor, Drama
Mark Margolis, Breaking Bad
Jeremy Davies, Justified
Jason Ritter, Parenthood
Ben Feldman, Mad Men
Dylan Baker, The Good Wife
Michael J. Fox, The Good Wife


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There is general consensus in the scientific literature that human-induced climate change has taken place and will continue to do so over the next century. The Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) of the Intergovernmental Plan on Climate Change (IPCC) concludes with "very high confidence" that anthropogenic activities such as fossil fuel burning and deforestation have affected the global climate. The AR4 also indicates that global average temperatures are expected to increase by another 1.1°C to 5.4°C by 2100, depending on the increase in atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases (GHGs) that takes place during this time. The projected effects of this increase in temperature are further reductions in global snow and ice cover and increases in sea level and total global precipitation over land. However, there is projected to be considerable variation in the level of warming by region as well as by time of day and time of year. In addition, models used for the IPCC projections forecast substantial changes in the temporal and spatial distribution of precipitation.
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We the People: Populist Protest Kills SOPA (Again)
Jason Mick
January 20, 2012 3:10 PM
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(Source: Tristar Pictures)
Lobbyist bribery goes to waste for once, as Rep. Smith is forced to "postpone" SOPA indefinitely
PIPA is "dead"/postponed too... details at the end of the piece.
Over the weekend U.S. President Barack Obama's (D) cabinet hinted that
he might veto
the pending House's
"Stop Online Piracy Act"
) and Senate's "PROTECT IP Act" (PIPA) (
) out of concern that the bills Orwellian takedown provisions could
damage the legitimate internet economy
I. The Rat Returns
With the support of politically enemy-turned-friend House Oversight Chairman,
Rep. Darrell Issa
Rep. Eric Cantor
(R-Virg.) was compelled to promise to shelve any potential vote in the Republican-controlled House in terms of passing SOPA.
It was finally over
-- the months of populist protest online, media criticism, and criticism from the online industry's top innovators like Google Inc. (GOOG) had paid off. They had won.
Or so they thought. On Monday support SOPA rose up from the dead, after
Rep. Lamar Smith
(R- Tex.) -- the bill's author in the House of Representatives -- said he would bring the bill to the floor for minor revisions and a February vote. That led to the largest online protest that America has ever seen with
tens of millions of Americans taking to the internet
to post protest message, email their representatives, call their representatives, and sign petitions.
The bold populist outcry seemed to work. First
some Congresspeople jumped ship
. Then
more did
But even yesterday Rep. Smith -- whose office had done its
fair share of copyright infringing
-- was quoted as dismissing his constituents protest as a "publicity stunt" and vowing to ignore the people and bring the bill to vote.
II. Cornered, SOPA Meets Its End (For Now)
But on Friday afternoon a weay Rep. Smith took to the internet, tail tucked and admitted defeat, agreeing for the first time to shelve the bill. The key word is he used is "postponed". So it's fair to say SOPA is dead, but if you've ever played
Resident Evil
or watched South Park SOPA is a bit like Wesker or Kenny -- it may be dead -- but it will likely return next episode.
Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Tex.) has finally listened after purposefully ignoring the criticism about SOPA for so long. [Image Source: Know Your Meme]
In his statement Rep. Smith
The problem of online piracy is too big to ignore. American intellectual property industries provide 19 million high-paying jobs and account for more than 60 percent of U.S. exports. The theft of America's intellectual property costs the U.S. economy more than $100 billion annually and results in the loss of thousands of American jobs. Congress cannot stand by and do nothing while American innovators and job creators are under attack.
The online theft of American intellectual property is no different than the theft of products from a store. It is illegal and the law should be enforced both in the store and online.
The Committee will continue work with copyright owners, Internet companies, financial institutions to develop proposals that combat online piracy and protect America's intellectual property. We welcome input from all organizations and individuals who have an honest difference of opinion about how best to address this widespread problem. The Committee remains committed to finding a solution to the problem of online piracy that protects American intellectual property and innovation.
The numbers are debatable, but Rep. Smith is right on one key issue -- online piracy is an issue that needs to be addressed in some form. Whether it should be big media finding easier ways to distribute content legally online, such as challenging Apple, Inc.'s (
exclusivity contracts
and bullying, which limit the number of legal distribution outlets, or the government finding a way to balance the rights of intellectual property holders with the people's right to reasonable justice, there's certainly cause to look for level-handed solutions in the public and private sector.
But at the same time Rep. Smith's statement is problematic as it couples two very different issues -- domestic piracy (sharing copyrighted works illegally via torrents, P2P, streaming, etc.) and
foreign piracy
Foreign piracy is already a vast sea to navigate on, as it includes everything from stealing proprietary chipmaking technique from American fabs or
engine part design from American fighter
jets to your everyday bazaar merchant selling phony DVD copies of popular American films. These kinds of abuses needs to be addressed, but in recent years Congress and the White House have essentially meekly bowed to China -- arguably the biggest single infringer of American goods --
afraid to speak up against it
So when Rep. Lamar Smith talks about fighting foreign piracy, that's great but SOPA and Congress's past actions have done scant little to challenge infringer nations like China. What they have done a whole lot to impose Orwellian takedown on the internet and punitive punishment on the American people.
III. Federal Bribery Must be Stopped
All of the piracy debate also overshadows a far greater base issue -- the allowance of blatant bribery in American federal politics.
Anti-streaming lobbyists paid an estimated
10 percent of
active U.S. Senators' combined election costs
($86M USD) and an unspecified amount (like in the high tens to low hundreds of millions of dollars) to the U.S. Congress, according to extensive research. It's nice to see this kind of blatant bribery attempt fail for once.
But the real issue here is that if the bribery was smaller and the "bought" legislation didn't involve dramatic erosions of rights and free enterprise that SOPA did, the American people probably would have ignored it -- in fact that's what they been doing for a good couple decades now, as lobbying has grown into a flourishing mega-industry in the capital.
It's hard to get anything done in Washington these days without a bribe.
[Image Source: Google Images]
The end result is that while the American taxpayer and small business labor slavishly to pay their tax debt, the corporations with well-heeled lobbyists enjoy "tax holidays" and government grants. These are kickbacks for bribes, plain as day, but politicians pretty them up with softer speak.
recent peer-reviewed research study
by the University of Kansas' business school showed that for every $1 spent bribing politicians in Washington D.C., corporate donors get an estimated $222 USD in tax exemptions and other financial kickbacks. This bribery must be recognized and must be put to an end. It is anti-innovation. It is anti-freedom. It is anti-American.
It is a huge problem that Americans must address, as they look back on their victory over SOPA and big media special interests.
PIPA, written by Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) (very similar to the House's Republican-written SOPA) is also dead or delayed ("postponed"). In a press release Sen. Reid echoes the words of his Republican colleague, Rep. Smith,
In light of recent events, I have decided to postpone Tuesday's vote on the PROTECT I.P. Act.
There is no reason that the legitimate issues raised by many about this bill cannot be resolved. Counterfeiting and piracy cost the American economy billions of dollars and thousands of jobs each year, with the movie industry alone supporting over 2.2 million jobs. We must take action to stop these illegal practices. We live in a country where people rightfully expect to be fairly compensated for a day's work, whether that person is a miner in the high desert of Nevada, an independent band in New York City, or a union worker on the back lots of a California movie studio.
I admire the work that Chairman Leahy has put into this bill. I encourage him to continue engaging with all stakeholders to forge a balance between protecting Americans' intellectual property, and maintaining openness and innovation on the internet. We made good progress through the discussions we've held in recent days, and I am optimistic that we can reach a compromise in the coming weeks.
The only major difference between Sen. Reid's and Sen. Smith's commentary seems to be little tidbits of party-appropriate rhetoric, designed to pander to their base's sensibilities.
Sen. Reid's uses a "union" analogy, in an effort to sway Democrat voters, while Sen. Smith's focus on "foreign" threats and his vow to "work with... financial institutions" buzz words he clearly hopes will please his voters.
Lamar Smith
Harry Reid
NPR [$1 lobbyist = $222 tax breaks]
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There are as many different ways to brew as there are brewers. So many, in fact, that you may be wondering how to start.
For the benefit of any brewing newcomers, this post shares the way I brew at the moment. If I were to start over, this is what I'd do.
Before going any further I'm going to come clean.
One of the most popular pages on this site is the guide to brew in a bag (BIAB).
While that's great news, I suspect it's mainly read by people who already know what BIAB is.
With this article I want to show you beginners, or even experienced kit brewers, that with BIAB all grain brewing is within reach from the start.
I've deliberately not mentioned brew in a bag in the title to tempt you in.
That's right. If you're a beginner, don't bother with a beer kit! Try brew in a bag instead.
What You'll Find Out
If you stick with this to the end you'll discover everything you need to know to make your own beer.
More importantly you're going to see that from the start you can concoct your own beers from raw ingredients, with very little equipment that's not already in your kitchen.
But first, what's beer made of?
Brewing Ingredients
Nearly all beer contains four main ingredients:
By far the largest component of any beer, the water you use affects flavour, but for most purposes tap water is fine.
If it's good enough to drink that is.
The main event in beer making is called mashing. It's where malted barley is soaked in water to produce a sugary liquid called wort.
Wort is boiled with hops, a bitter flower.
As well as having a preservative effect, they add bitterness and flavour which compliment the sweeter malt.
You ferment the resulting liquid with yeast, which convert the malt sugars into alcohol and gas.
These are the four main ingredients. There may be more, depending on the beer.
Brewing Equipment
The first thing to do is assemble the brewing equipment.
To avoid an unwieldy and out of control article, I'm not going to go into any more detail on equipment.
If you need it, there's more information here:
Home Brew Supplies : Complete Equipment List For Beginners
How To Make Your Own Beer
First choose a recipe for your first brew, nothing too complicated.
This English IPA will do, and is what I'll refer to on the rest of this page.
Before Brew Day
Planning is important, and there are a couple of things to do the day before you brew.
1. Prepare Ice
Fill at least four plastic bottles with tap water and freeze them. You'll see what they're for later.
2. Prepare Water
Fill your brew pot with 21 litres/5.5 gallons water. This gives approximately 15 litres/4 gallons of beer, as per the recipe.
Now's also a good time to make sure you've got everything else ready.
Brew Day
Now comes the main event. Brew Day.
1. Heat Water
Cover the hob, everything except the heating ring, with foil. Sticky liquid runs down the brew pot and wrecks your oven if you're not careful.
First thing on brew day turn on the heat.
Make sure you put the colander in beforehand to form a false bottom – it's difficult to do when the water's hot. This stops the malt from burning, when you add it.
2. Boil Water
In the small saucepan, boil a little water for twenty minutes and leave to cool to room temperature.
You need it later to rehydrate the yeast.
3. Prepare malt
While you're waiting, get prepared. First, weigh out the malt.
4. Line Brew Pot
When the water in the brew pot reaches mash temperature (in this case 67°C/152°F) plus 1°, put the bag into the brew pot.
5. Add Malt
Gently pour in the malt.
Give it a light stir, just enough to wet the grain and break up any dough balls.
6. Cover and Mash
Leave for the required mash time, 70 minutes in the IPA recipe.
Check the temperature every now and again and add more heat if necessary.
7. Remove Bag
Take the hot and heavy grain bag out and let it drain as much as you can stand.
Turn the heat back on and bring the wort to the boil.
8. Drain
Meanwhile, put the wet bag into the fermenting bucket to drain. It helps to put a bowl in the bottom to raise the bag out of the liquid.
After the wort's cooled a little, lightly squeeze the bag to get more liquid out.
9. Add Hops
Once you've got a vigorous boil start adding the hops as indicated in the recipe.
Times are usually given counting down to the end of the boil.
Typically you add hops at the beginning for bittering, throwing in more at the end for flavour.
10. Prepare Fermenter
By now you should have poured the extra wort from the fermenter into the brew pot.
Clean out any residue and rinse thoroughly.
11. Sanitise
Now comes possibly the most important part of the day.
Fill the fermenter with cold water and 1 oz of Star San.
Throw in the airlock, your yeast jar and hydrometer. Put the lid on and leave for a couple of minutes – that's all it takes.
12. Save Sanitiser
Empty the sanitiser from the fermenter.
Set some aside for bottling day by filling two or three plastic bottles, and the sprayer.
13. Fill Bath
Shortly before the end of the boil, fill your bath with cold water and add the ice bottles.
14. Cool Brew Pot
Put the brew pot, with the lid on, into the ice water.
Let it cool quickly to room temperature, moving the water round from time to time to speed things up.
15. Prepare the Yeast Jar
While that's happening, pour a little of your sanitised water into the jar. Leave twenty seconds and throw away.
16. Add Water
Add around 200ml/6 oz of the water you boiled earlier in the day.
17. Add Yeast
Sprinkle the dried yeast on top of the water and leave for ten minutes.
18. Swill
Swirl the jar to mix the yeast with the water and leave a few more minutes.
19. Aerate the Wort
By now the wort's cool. Pour it back and forth between the fermenter and the brew pot.
The idea's to get a lot of oxygen in to help the yeast with the fermentation.
20. Pitch The Yeast
Throw the yeast into the fermenter.
21. Put The Lid On
Put the lid on and seal. Move it around to mix thoroughly.
22. Store and Ferment
Fill the airlock with Star San and push it into the top of the fermenter.
Store the beer somewhere safe, at a constant temperature, to ferment. Around 20°C/70°F.
Leave for two weeks before bottling.
23. Clean
Clean everything now. It's a lot easier than when it's dried stuck tomorrow.
Bottling Day
Before bottling, you add a little more sugar to the beer. The yeast ferment this inside the bottles, creating gas.
If you don't do this, the beer will be flat.
1. Weigh Sugar
Weigh out sugar. Use this calculator to determine how much you need.
It's around 65g/2.3 oz for the IPA.
2. Boil Sugar
Boil the sugar for twenty minutes in 450ml water. Do this 3 or 4 hours beforehand so it's cool when you need it.
3. Rinse Bottles
Assemble your bottles and rinse, using the bottle brush to scrub inside if necessary.
Prepare two or three more than you think you need.
4. Sanitise Bottles
Pour the sanitiser you reserved on brew day into two or three bottles. Leave 20 seconds. Then start pouring into the other bottles, topping up as necessary.
Keep going until all the bottles are done.
5. Line Up Bottles
Put foil or cling film on the sanitised bottles and line them up on the floor.
6. Add Sugar
Take the lid off the fermenter. Put it on a high surface and very gently pour in the cooled sugar solution.
Stir extremely carefully with your sanitised stirrer. Any oxygen mixed in now will damage the beer's flavour.
7. Leave To Settle
Loosely replace the lid and wait twenty minutes, time for the sugar to mix evenly with the beer.
8. Prepare Siphoning Area
Now you're going to siphon the beer into your bottles.
Put a pot of sanitiser on the work surface and an empty pot on the floor.
9. Clean Siphon
Run cold water through the siphon for a few minutes to rinse.
10. Sanitise Siphon
Quickly put the racking cane into the pot of sanitiser. Don't let the water out.
Press the bottling wand into the lower container to start the flow. Sanitiser will replace the water inside the tube.
When it's full of sanitiser stop the flow and wait for at least twenty seconds.
11. Start Siphon
Quickly move the racking cane from the sanitiser to the beer. Insert it almost to the bottom, about 2cm clear.
Push the wand into the pot to restart the flow and this time wait for the tube to fill with beer.
12. Fill Bottles
Now start filling, until there's no more beer.
13. Sanitise Caps
Put the bottle tops in your pot and cover with sanitiser. Then pour into the colander to drain.
14. Cap Bottles
Put a cap on a bottle. Hit with the capper and hammer until it grips snugly.
Repeat on all bottles.
15. Store/Condition
The beer needs to be stored in the bottles for two weeks, ideally a month (sorry). This improves flavour and clarity, and gives the yeast time to carbonate the beer.
16. Clean
Again, clean everything thoroughly now. It saves time later.
Drink The Beer
After all that waiting, crack open a beer and enjoy.
That's all there is to it. Good luck with your first batch!
Any questions, leave them below.


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From: "Ken Nordtvedt" <>
Subject: [DNA] M222/S21/S28
Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 13:27:24 -0600
I finished adapting my excel software spreadsheet to directly take two separate populations, so it now automatically now gives time back to the MRCA of both clades as well as the MRCAs for the separate clades. I tested it with S28 against M222 as well as M222 against S21 I had to eliminate 481 and 413a from the sums because it appears a multi-step single mutation occured there in M222
G(M222) = 1740 years
G(M222/S28) = 3780 years
G(M222/S21) = 3570 years
This is consistent (within confidence intervals which are still not calculated) with the scenario I was led to yesterday when I did S21/S28
G(S21/S28) = 3780 years and the implication that S116 occurs very soon after MRCA(S21/S28)
I will now send out the tested new spreadsheet version to those who asked for it. I hope you have as much or more experience with programmed excel spreadsheets as I do. If you inadvertently hit a delete button or overwrite in the wrong place, you destroy the program.
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Relationship management in the Australian construction industry : a grounded study
Cheung, Yan Ki Fiona (2006) Relationship management in the Australian construction industry : a grounded study. In McDermott, Peter & Khalfan, Malik M.A. (Eds.) Symposium on CIB W92 : sustainability and value through construction procurement, 29 November - 2 December, Digital World Centre, Salford, UK.
The significance of a link between organisational culture and organisational performance has long been recognised in both mainstream management literature as well as in the construction management literature. Within the construction research domain, the impact of culture and organisation on project performance is becoming an increasingly important topic for the establishment of sound partnering or alliancing, or to what has been referred to increasingly in recent years as relational contracting, in the overall approach to project management. However, studies of the efficacy of alliancing or partnering have so far produced mixed results.
The present study concerns two public sector organisations in Australia, where the interrelationships between organisational culture and structure, commitment and national culture were investigated. The methodology was triangulated; with a detailed questionnaire survey undertaken with both organisations, and with subsequent interviews and case studies carried out for validation. Multivariate statistical techniques were utilised to investigate complex relationships between variables.
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Smart Buildings for Sustainable Energy Consumption
VALERIE ST JOHN: Hello I'm Valerie St John. Our focus today on BizWiseTV smart buildings for sustainable energy consumption. It's where climate concerns and the nation's economic crisis intersect, this need to seize control of our nation's energy consumption. But where to begin? BizWiseTV joins you today from Washington DC where we check in with the experts. We start with a visit to the Urban Land Institute for a big picture look at what must be done. The Obama Administration's message to the public sector is loud and clear. Taking steps to cut down on the emission of greenhouse gases is no longer an option, it's a requirement.
RICHARD ROSAN: I think the administration has taken a giant step forward and really acknowledging that the idea of the greenhouse gases have got to be reduced and they are really trying to see how that can be done at all fronts. And we know that one of the big things is that we have to do something about existing buildings.
VALERIE ST JOHN: Rick Rosan of the Urban Land Institute, ULI, says existing building emit nearly half of all greenhouse gas carbons, far more even than the much maligned automotive where much of the focus has been.
RICHARD ROSAN: Retrofitting existing buildings is one way to save enormous amounts of energy.
VALERIE ST JOHN: This is especially the case in some of the nation's oldest government structures, beautiful architecturally and from an energy usage perspective incredibly inefficient. So Congress has set aside $10 billion to assist federal facilities managers in footing the bill for upgrades, improvements to air and heating systems, motion sensors for lighting, whatever high tech tools will do the trick.


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Golf is a great way to wind down after a long, hard day at the office. Thanks to ePromos' selection of custom logo golf accessories, business partners at any level are sure to tout your brand as they take on all 18 holes. We can customize any product, from your very own golf tee set, to ball markers, to a packet of divot repair tools. With the expertise of our design team and the wealth of corporate gifts available through our online store, the possibilities are endless.
This promotional divot fixer is an impressive and functional custom tool that fits comfortably in the pocket.
Custom divot tool that is more than a golf companion.
Combination logo imprinted divot tool and ball marker featuring world famous Cutter & Buck design.
The Divot Tool Custom Bottle Opener is an ideal hand-out for your upcoming golf tournament or event. The convenient multi-tool is definitely something that will be used on-and-off the golf course.
Classic style promotional metal hat clip with removable magnetic custom golf ball marker.
This 7 in 1 all purpose stainless steel logo golf gift includes ball marker, brush, divot repair tool, groove cleaner, spike wrench, knife, and pen.
Logo printed golf scope assists them in accurately measuring distance to the hole.


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Columbia Omni-Freeze Zero
Harnessing the power of sweat as a renewable resource for Spring 2013
Sweat shouldn't be a problem, according to Columbia Sportswear. While the activewear market currently offers a limited array of moisture-wicking fabrics, what hasn't been tapped into is the idea of perspiration as a renewable resource. In that vein, Columbia aims to transcend what they see as dated polyester blends for an entirely new technology that takes advantage of sweat to aid in temperature control. Launched this week, the technology behind Omni-Freeze Zero is a project four years in the making. The material boasts a special polymer that doesn't get rid of sweat, but absorbs it into visible—and graphically pleasant—little blue rings for an actual cooling effect.
When exposed to moisture the polymer rings swell like goose bumps for an instant and enduring cool-down. Available for spring 2013, Omni-Freeze Zero will be incorporated into tops, jackets and other activewear layers as well as neck and arm sleeves. The idea, says Woody Blackford, the head of Columbia's "Performance Innovation Team", is to change how people move in the heat. "In general, people remove clothing layers to stay cool," he points out, "but sponsored athletes using Omni-Freeze Zero have noted that in hot, humid conditions, this is the first technology that feels cooler and more comfortable than wearing nothing at all."
I recently put a range of Omni-Freeze Zero gear to the test in Sedona, Arizona. On a fully sun-exposed hike and hour-long yoga session on a red rock plateau in 101-degree weather, though the atmosphere skews dry to begin with, I was well aware of my sweat-free state. Not only did I stay dry, but the fabric felt silky and comfortable against my skin. Fearing the hi-tech "cooling" sensation would feel strange against my skin or that I'd be soaked in a cold sweat proved unfounded—I simply felt naturally comfortable and still nicely warm from my workout.
Also part of the current offerings, and available in updated styles for Spring 2013, are Columbia's unrivaled high-back ladies' bottoms—shorts with a substantial rise in the back that offer ample coverage and seem slimming at the same time—and the Drainmaker and Powerdrain will be updated to version two with 30% more drain ports and greater traction for trekking through wet conditions. Our fellow campers who hiked through a creek reported back amazing drainage capabilities (AKA dry feet).
Columbia's Omni-Freeze Zero technology will be available in Spring 2013 online and in stores wherever the brand is sold.


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Blogging, blogging, and not a moment to spare!
I am responsible for 15+ blogs a week. Some are personal, but the majority of them are professional. While I enjoy being busy and having a job I can from home, I can still become overwhelmed pretty easily without structure. I imagine I am not alone. That said, here are a few tips and tools I use every week. I would love any suggestions you might have, too!
I always blog in advance. Whether I'm going out of town on vacation or my kids get sick, it's important to get a least a few days ahead (although I am usually a week ahead). While this may seem like too much structure, I find this allows me freedom to take days off as I need or want to. (I am on the 6th book of the Harry Potter series, so days off for reading are a must right now.)
- To keep track of my post needs, ideas, and deadlines, I usually use a free printable calendar. It doesn't need to be pretty, just functional. I abbreviate all the urls of the blogs I write for and then write that abbreviation on the day that a post should be written in ink. If I have a topic in mind, I pencil it in so I won't forget. Once I've written the post, sometimes weeks in advance, I highlight that post on the calendar to show me I've done it.
- In contrast, if you prefer a digital version of my calendar idea, try an editorial calendar as a plug-in. It will serve the same purpose and is less paperwork. Plus, it's a pretty cool gadget.
- Writer's block is pretty common, especially if you write for multiple blogs and/or on similar subject matter. I find it works best to write when the ideas are flowing. Sometimes, I have a brilliant moment and 3 or 4 posts flow quite naturally. Other times, I stare at a blank screen in frustration. Rather than waste time, I either switch topics or do something else for a few minutes. That way I might come up with a better idea. Again, writing ahead alleviates a lot of stress in this area.
- I also like to use a sound machine to block distracting noises. Even this free online generator works magic when you need a little noise coverage.
- As for actually generating ideas, I find that personal experiences and conversations with real people are great fodder for realistic, human posts. I carry a little notebook so I can jot down any ideas I have while not at the computer (and then transfer them to my calendar!).
Hopefully, one or two of those ideas will help you as you blog. Remember, I'd love to hear your tips and add them to this list!


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Jaxon Montgomery is a woman hunted. Trained by the Special Forces, honed by a traumatic childhood, she is a policewoman with an undisputed reputation. She meets her match when she is set up to be murdered by an enemy. Hunted on all sides, she can only turn to the mysterious stranger who seems more dangerous than any other she has ever known.
He ran with the wolves…
Materialized from the mists…
Hijacked the very heavens to his whims…
He was the Dark Guardian of his people. So how, after centuries of bleak, soulless existence, had he suddenly come to crave petite, curvy, colorful lady cop Jaxon Montgomery, who foolishly made it her life's work to protect others from harm?
About the Author
Christine Feehan is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of many romance novels and novellas. She lives in California.
'Feehan has a knack for bringing vampiric Carpathians to vivid, virile life in her Dark Carpathian novels..." (Publishers Weekly) 'satisfying action adventure romance ... Love and danger are a winning combination in Feehan's latest' (Booklist) 'The exciting and multifaceted world that impressive author Christine Feehan has created continues to improve with age' (Romantic Times)
Series: 'Dark' Carpathian
Audience: General
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 384
Published: September 2007
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
Country of Publication: GB
Dimensions (cm): 17.8 x 11.3 x 2.4
Weight (kg): 0.23
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In the tradition of gadflies who arrive in Aspen with impressive credentials from another venue, Maurice Emmer continues to demagogue his political beliefs in long-winded postings. He articulates impatience with everyone who doesn't see it his way. In his recent Edict of Worms-like pronouncement to the mayoral and City Council candidates ("What should be on the agenda," Aspen Daily News, Jan. 1) he decreed a laundry list of conspiratorial suspicions.
Though political challenge is legitimate, Emmer's regressive positions in his latest manifesto contain dog-whistle phrases such as "prioritize social welfare spending," "whether affordable housing should be rationalized," and "unnecessary spending should be ended and taxes reduced." He suggests that City Council and the mayor ought to be volunteers who serve without pay, that zoning and city ordinances should be modified to attract business investment. This is eerie Tea Party talk.
Reactionary defamers such as he, with time on their hands, build careers in town by criticizing from the sidelines. They attack local government as too far reaching, harp on manufactured contradictions, find fault in everybody's manners, feign self-righteous indignation, and tub-thump about ineptitude. Some flirt with running for political office, only to find that their synthetic outrage rings hollow in this basically progressive town. Frustrated, they eventually fade away.
The Red Ant antagonists were a past example. They orchestrated a catty campaign website and the failed mayoral candidacy of Marilyn Marks, a one-time trucking executive who dieseled into town and found fault under every newspaper box. Before her, we survived an Ayn-Randist candidate for mayor who ran on a civility-to-developers platform, and even a grande dame who championed a bitter council recall, because a muckraker rifled a wastebasket and found a scandalous note.
Orange County politics has no place here. Aspen isn't Mayberry R.F.D. We know a city slicker when we see one.
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Cheryl Loggins of Gainesville and the late Donald Parks of Dahlonega announce the engagement of their daughter Heidi Ann Parks to Tyler Allen Pritchett, son of Allen and Susan Pritchett of Gainesville.
The bride-elect is employed as a senior patient access manager at Northeast Georgia Health System in Gainesville.
The groom-elect is employed as a craftsman at Cabinetry by Collier in Gainesville.
The couple plan to wed March 23, 2013, at Chicopee Baptist Church in Gainesville.


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This elegant stone and stucco elevation features a secluded master suite with large walk-in shower and master closet. The gourmet kitchen island opens into the family and dining rooms makes for great entertaining opportunities. Enjoy the shaded outdoors anytime on the Texas-sized covered patio, or gather upstairs in the large bonus room for family game night. Come visit this amazing home today!
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The three-bedroom home at 9822 Mulhouse Drive features builder options that encourage families to have fun together, including a spacious upstairs bonus room that could become a well-appointed children's playroom or a game room the entire family can enjoy. A large backyard allows children to play tag or football while parents watch from the Texas-sized covered patio. Bedtime stories become more enjoyable while cuddled in front of the fireplace in the large family room, which comes pre-wired for surround sound to increase movie night fun.
Spilled milk is easy to clean — whether on the granite-topped kitchen island or the sturdy tile floor in the breakfast nook. Oversized 42-inch birch cabinets keep clutter to a minimum, and a three-car garage provides extra storage space. At the end of the day, owners can retreat to the enticing master suite where a jetted soaking tub soothes aching muscles. The lush bath also includes a walk-in shower, dual vanities and a walk-in closet. A stucco-and-stone elevation is an added bonus for a home priced from the $320,000s.
The builder offers nine easily customizable designs in the close-knit community priced from the $260,000s range from 1,600 to more than 3,000 square feet. Only Wilshire Homes offers U.S. Green Building Council's LEED certified homes in Schertz, guaranteeing that homes are energy efficient and environmentally friendly.
Rhine Valley is located off of FM 1518 and Lower Seguin Road with convenient access to Interstate 35. Residents enjoy beautiful parks, a swimming pool, sports courts and a community pavilion. Young residents attend schools in the Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City Independent School District.
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Ten of John Boehner's 11 brothers and sisters were on hand for his swearing-in as House speaker.
With the 12:05 p.m. swearing-in just minutes away, there was no time to retrieve the coat, but the president-elect was insistent.
Kevin Fallon on the quirk of history that demands two swearing-in ceremonies for this particular president.
Young master Taft took the book with him to the swearing-in of his father, William Howard Taft, apparently to stave off boredom.
The swearing-in ceremony was delayed only briefly before continuing.
I have also to represent the State in a military capacity, at the swearing-in of recruits and the presentation of colours.
What interested the audience most was the swearing-in of the deputies.
I was present at the swearing-in and shortly thereafter the President's plane took off for the Washington area.
And to-morrow I have to superintend the swearing-in of the Grenadier recruits.
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The body of Mitcham schoolgirl Tia Sharp was identified by dental records after she was left for a week in her grandmother's insulated loft, it was revealed yesterday.
The 12-year-olds body was found by police at the property in The Lindens, New Addington, last Friday after an eight-day search effort.
The body was only formally identified yesterday, six days after she was found, believed to have been delayed due to the insulated conditions of the loft where she was discovered.
A post-mortem completed yesterday failed to establish her cause of death and a police spokesman said that they were now awaiting the results of further tests.
An inquest into her death has been adjourned at Croydon Coroner's Court until after criminal proceedings have been completed.
Dr Roy Palmer, who opened the inquest yesterday, said the body could be released to the family following the post mortem, unless Stuart Hazell, the man accused of her murder, orders a second investigation. That would delay the funeral.
Mr Hazell, the partner of Tia's grandmother Christine Sharp, has been charged with Tia's murder.
The 37-year-old will appear and enter a plea at the Old Bailey on November 19.


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Wilt Chamberlain is getting his due today, on the 50th anniversary of his 100-point game.
And while in theory there is no such thing as an unbreakable record in sports, isn't it likely that this one will stand for however long the NBA exists?
STORY: Remembering Wilt's 100-point game
Kobe Bryant has come the closest to catching Chamberlain, with an 81-point game in 2006, but at the age of 33 it's hard to envision him mounting another assault on the record.
The closest Michael Jordan ever got was a 69-point game, in 1990, and that total was padded by an overtime period. Jordan's next-best total of 64, in 1993, also included overtime points.
David Thompson had a 73-pointer in 1978, and David Robinson checked in with 71 in 1994 when his teammates were feeding him the ball so he could win a scoring title.
But from 2000 on there have only been eight NBA games where someone scored 60 or more. That could all change with the arrival of one sharp-shooter who does his best work from behind the three-point line, but do you see that person out there on the horizon anywhere?
Reid Cherner has been with USA TODAY since 1982 and written Game On! since March 2008.
He has covered everything from high schools to horse racing to the college and the pros. The only thing he likes more than his own voice is the sound of readers telling him when he's right and wrong.
Michael Hiestand has covered sports media and marketing for USA TODAY, tackling the sports biz ranging from what's behind mega-events such as the Olympics and Super Bowl to the sometimes-hidden numbers behind the sports world's bottom line.


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Australia's largest private developer, Grocon, is aiming to secure a $2 billion-plus development pipeline in coming months, after booking a small rise in its 2013 annual profit.
Now controlled solely by third-generation family heir
Securing consistent results has been a key aim of the company, after taking a $67 million hit to its bottom line two years ago as it wrote down the stricken Soul project in Queensland.
The 2013 result is the first full-year result since Mr Grollo took full control in April 2012, in a complex family succession. Stabilising returns – in a typically "lumpy" development industry – has taken on increased importance as the company looks to lock in a long-term funding deal with UBS Global Asset Management.
While Grocon is yet to reveal any details, the deal could effect a far-reaching transformation to its business model. The proposed tie-up would marry Grocon's proven development-mongering capacity with a pipeline of offshore institutional capital.
Grocon deputy chief executive
"Grocon is Australia's largest private property investment, development and construction company," Ms Viney said.
"Our success in developing commercial, residential, health, hospitality and infrastructure projects is grounded in our strong partnerships with leading corporate and government clients."
Signature project
The Castlereagh Street tower has become a signature project for Grocon, which developed and built it, as well as putting together a suite of investors to take it out.
It is a model Grocon is employing with increasing efficiency as it lands fresh projects. The company now regards itself as an integrated development company, and no longer simply a builder with a development capacity.
Grocon's 2013 result includes financial closure on $1.2 billion of funding deals for projects including the Box Hill Tax Office and Swanston Square in Melbourne, and the $540 million office tower at 480 Queen Street that DEXUS is acquiring.
Grocon is eyeing a $2 billion-plus project pipeline, including the $600 million Ribbon building at Darling Harbour, a $600 million joint venture at 555 Collins Street, and the $450 million Commonwealth Games village, where it has been short-listed.
The company is looking at more residential prospects on its CUB Brewery site in Melbourne, along with other large-scale residential opportunities in Melbourne and Sydney.
On those residential projects Grocon is now more likely to take a position as the developer only.
"There is more work in the pipeline than our construction business alone can deliver and we will continue to engage with third-party builders where appropriate," Ms Viney said.
At the brewery site, Grocon put together an equity club of offshore funds to invest in the central Swanston Square project. Another piece of the site was sold to Singaporean developer Chip Eng Seng.
The bulk of Grocon's profit flows from its development business, while it continues to take work as third-party builder on landmark projects, such as the Moneybox project at 5 Martin Place in Sydney. Ms Viney said the company thrives on the efficiency and project control combining roles as developer and builder, on projects such as 150 Collins Street in Melbourne, where GPT is the investor.
"The people who write the deal are with you along the way and hand you keys at the end. That's our strength," Ms Viney said.
Comparison of the last two years' results is complicated by the family succession arrangements as Daniel Grollo took complete control from his father Bruno and his siblings.
The 2013 financial statement, obtained by The Australian Financial Review, records a $72.3 million result for 2012. Taking account of succession anomalies, the normalised result for 2012 is $25.1 million.
Grocon maintained its 2013 profit despite a bitter two-week industrial dispute disrupting work on the $1.1 billion Emporium Melbourne project. The company is expected to pursue a $10 million civil claim over the impact of illegal union blockades.
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'Poopendous!' Pops Up in Locust Valley - Forest Books
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Ages: TOD,YE
182 Birch Hill Road - 516-759-1489
Locust Valley, NY 11560
Description: Meet acclaimed children's book author Artie Bennett as he reads and signs his superfun new book, Poopendous! as well as his picture-book classic, The Butt Book. In hilarious verses, with eye-popping illustrations, Poopendous! relates the many, often remarkable uses of poop throughout the world while paying homage to its prolific producers, from cats to bats to wombats. A truly funny, educational book that kids will enjoy over and over again.


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It's our home for a reason by mark on Sep 23, 2011
It's no surprise to us that Madison, WI can be consistently found on "best places to live" lists. For an active individual, it's basically a playground. Miles upon miles of great roads to bike on, wonderful mountain bike trails nearby, plowed bike paths in the winter, and the list goes on. It looks like the folks at Outside Magazine agree.


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Peggy Westmoreland Campbell, 86
LEBANON Memorial services were held Monday evening, July 25 at the Sellars Funeral Home on the Baddour Parkway for Mrs. Campbell, 86, of Lebanon. She passed away July 22, 2011.
Survivors include daughters: Melinda (Bill) Campbell, Melanie (Tommy) Crockett, Maryllew Campbell (Partlow) and Lisa (Buddy) Ingram; grandsons Michael (Paola) Partlow, James Daniel Partlow, Ian (Banica) Crockett, Andy (Keisha) Campbell and Nathan Campbell; step-grandsons Jacob Ingram and Tyler Ingram; granddaughters Maggie (David) Silvey, Mary Ellen Blackstone, Margie Patton, and Laura (Sam) Samal; and nephew Chris (Janelle) Gearing. She is preceded in death by husband Donald Llew Campbell. Arrangements by Sellars Funeral Home, Lebanon.


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Ashland County Dog Shelter's pet of the week is a white and black 3-4-year-old male pit bull mix nam
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Caring Dentist in Colorado Springs, CO – Dr. Platt
Compassionate General, Cosmetic, & Sedation Dentistry by Jeffery C. Platt, DDS
When you need a dentist who has the skill set to meet your dentistry needs, come to Lasting Impressions Dental Care. At our Colorado Springs office, our primary focus is on providing innovative and reliable dental care for each of our patients. In order to provide for each client's unique set of needs our dentist has made a conscious effort to continue his education, even after finishing dental school. Dr. Platt's scope of specialties ranges from sedation to cosmetic dentistry, from general and pediatric dentistry in Colorado Springs, CO. This means that he has developed the skills and education a dentist needs to provide for each patient. If you are looking for a dentist who can take care of all of your dental needs, come see our friendly dentist.
Dr. Platt recognizes that the needs of each patient are unique, which is why his practice is dedicated to providing such a wide variety of services. Some of these services include general, cosmetic dentistry, sedation*, pediatric dentistry, implants, and orthodontics.
Early diagnosis and treatment of dental issues is key, because a person's dental health plays a large role in their overall health. With this in mind, Dr. Platt strives to benefit his patients by providing a variety of services, rather than specializing in only one specific branch of dentistry. As a result, Dr. Platt saves his clients time, energy, and even money, by eliminating the need to visit multiple offices for dental care. Some of the services which are offered by Lasting Impressions Dental Care include crowns and bridges, dentures, implants, ozone treatment and more. Our dentist can even help to diagnose and treat diseases such as gum disease and oral cancer.
Cosmetic Dentistry:
Here at Lasting Impressions, we know that you want your smile to be healthy and beautiful, which is why we take pride in providing innovative cosmetic care to our Colorado Springs patients. Our office offers both orthodontic and cosmetic dentistry, which means that we can straighten, whiten, repair, and install braces. In other words, if you are looking for the best cosmetic dentist in Colorado Springs, Dr. Platt's Lasting Impressions Dental Care is the right choice.
Dr. Platt recognizes that some of his patients experience anxiety when visiting the dentist. In fact, far too many people avoid visiting a dentist, even at the cost of increased pain in the mouth or gums. In order to provide for those patients who experience dental anxiety, our staff has created a soothing environment in which patients may enjoy amenities such as massage chairs, calming music, and even cable TV. If needed, Dr. Platt also offers sedation and sleep dentistry to ensure the comfort of his patients.
*Certain restrictions may apply.
Lasting Impressions Dental Care is a place for each member of the family to receive the care that they need. Dr. Platt provides for each of his patients, regardless of age, by both diagnosing and treating any dental problems which might come along. When you bring your family to Lasting Impressions, you give your children the opportunity to receive care from a qualified pediatric dentist in Colorado Springs.
For a more extensive look at the services provided by Lasting Impressions, make sure to check out our Services tab.
For a more extensive look at the services provided by Lasting Impressions, make sure to check out our Services tab.
Our Professional Staff
Our great staff here at Lasting Impressions is here to help you with all your dental needs. We want to ensure your stay with us is the best we it can be. Please ask us any questions you have because we are more than happy to answer them.