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File Extension SHS
Information about SHS files and how to open them
File created by Microsoft Word and Excel when a user drags and drops selected document text onto the desktop; contains a copy of the highlighted contents in its native document format; used to copy portions of a document for insertion into another document. SHS files are special OLE object files and cannot be opened directly. They can only be dragged into another opened document. When SHS files are created, an associated icon is placed on the desktop. If this icon is deleted, the scrap file is also deleted. The support for scrap files was discontinued with Windows Vista. Earlier versions of Windows included the Windows Shell Scrap Object Handler, which is stored in the file shscrap.dll. This file handled the drag and drop operations to and from Word and Excel documents to create SHS files. However, SHS files cannot be opened in Windows Vista or Windows 7, since these Windows versions do not include the handler. NOTE: SHS files typically have a hidden ".shs" file extension. Be careful when opening them since they are executable and have been known to contain viruses.
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Microsoft Word
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Happy Halloween
Animax got spooky again this year... Check out the photo album.
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Next week Animax will be at Dust or Magic, the exclusive conference of interactive toy designers, developers, manufacturers and critics held each Fall in Lambertsville, NJ, under the auspices of Children's Technology Review. For more information about Dust or Magic visit their website and wiki. if you're going to be there, it's a small enough venue that we'll probably bump into you.
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On the heels of launching a new studio in Toronto with former Nelvana exec Patricia Burns installed as head of production, Animax Entertainment is casting its net wide for animation concepts via a Canadian script-writing contest. If you're Canadian, enter the contest here. (From Kidscreen Magazine)

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10 of the Coolest Covered Comics Online
With yesterday's announcement of Mike Mignola re-drawing the cover to "Detective Comics" #138, I've been thinking a lot about Covered, a blog devoted to artists doing "cover versions" of their favorite comics covers. It's a simple idea that's lent itself to some truly awesome works, and if you haven't been checking it out, you really ought to be.
But in the meantime, I spent a good part of today going through the archives to pick out ten of the best "Covered" comics!
Those are just a few of my favorites, but there are plenty others to check out, like these retro-minimalist takes on the New Mutants and Green Lantern, and more being added all the time. Poke through the gallery yourself, and see how awesome they are.


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The celebrities were ranked in each of the seven categories.
We measured each slice across the four categories available for each eatery: calories, saturated fat, sodium, and carbohydrates.
These airports were ranked in seven categories, with weighting as noted below.
Obama leads Romney in all categories except the most important one.
Generally, there are two categories: trackers that go in your pocket, and trackers you wear on your wrist.
Also, in its affirmative and categorical forms it has already been made to yield two other categories.
This, however, does not prove that the author read the "categories."
Nor is it logical to declare the categories to be indescribable.
Then here's a listing of categories for us to develop subprograms around.
So is it, prior to experience, with the categories into which our experience comes to be inserted.
1580s, from Middle French catégorie, from Late Latin categoria, from Greek kategoria "accusation, prediction, category," verbal noun from kategorein "to speak against; to accuse, assert, predicate," from kata "down to" (or perhaps "against;" see cata-) + agoreuein "to harangue, to declaim (in the assembly)," from agora "public assembly" (see agora). Original sense of "accuse" weakened to "assert, name" by the time Aristotle applied kategoria to his 10 classes of things that can be named.
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On Fri, 1 Jun 2001, Jeff Garzik wrote: > The loss and regain of link status should be proactively signalled to > userspace using netlink or something similar. [ For the general discussion ] I fully agree, but I just wanted to give an example of legit use from user space of _current_ values from hardware. > Currently we have > netif_carrier_{on,off,ok} but it is only passively checked. > netif_carrier_{on,off} should probably schedule_task() to fire off a > netlink message... [ Link status details ] Just that not all NICs have hardware support (and/or not all drivers use these facilities) for link status change notification using interrupts. Right now, most drivers _poll_ for media status and based on the poll rate, netif_carrier routines are (or should be) called. We can't make the poll rate very small for the general case, as MII access is time consuming (same discussion was some months ago when the bonding driver was updated). However, for users who know that they need this info to be more accurate (at the expense of CPU time), polling through ioctl's is the only solution. [ Back to general discussion ] So far, to the problem of too often access to hardware, 2 solutions were proposed: 1. cache the values. You can then let the user shoot him-/her-self in the foot by making too many ioctl calls. But this prevent any legit use of current hardware state. 2. rate limiting. You don't let the user access the hardware too often (to be defined), so he/she can't shoot his-/her-self in the foot. Legit use of current hardware state is possible. IMHO, solution 2 is much better. Can you find situations when it's not ? -- Bogdan Costescu IWR - Interdisziplinaeres Zentrum fuer Wissenschaftliches Rechnen Universitaet Heidelberg, INF 368, D-69120 Heidelberg, GERMANY Telephone: +49 6221 54 8869, Telefax: +49 6221 54 8868 E-mail: Bogdan.Costescu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Well, I am almost 2 months late blogging this! However I felt it was important to capture the memories our family had on this most important day. On July 13, 2010 Addison Hope Guo Ying Mervyn, truly became a Mervyn! That is the day that she became legally part of our family forever. Howard and I look back at that day and feel wonder and amazement. That God would truly choose us to raise this most this brilliant, silly, cheeky,beautiful & caring little girl. She has been such a huge blessing to our family. People often say how lucky/blessed she is to have us. And I can never seem to convey how it is US that are the blessed ones!
Riley and Addison's relationship has grown and developed into a beautiful friendship. They are truly sisters! Which includes some throw down rip roaring fights. And beautiful loving quiet play times where they could never imagine disagreeing with one another.(:
The above picture, is about an hour after we met our sweet girl, for the first time.....she was terrified. And being completely honest for the first 6 months we would see a variation of that same face. At first it was several times a day, then once a day, then once every few days. Well you get the picture. I can honestly say I haven't seen this look of terror on her face in many months! She is truly coming into her own, with our family. She willingly shows us love and respect. Also she is more than willing to challenge us (in a healthy way.)
Our life feels normal.....not the same normal as before, but a better normal! A new normal that includes the most amazing little girl. We could not imagine our lives without our sweet little Addy girl.
Oh and if you noticed that our sweet Addy now is sporting some new bangs.....well she and her darling older sister (note the sarcasm!) decided to play hair dresser. She has bangs starting halfway back on her head! lol! We are trying to grow them out, but it could be take a very long time, with how slow her hair grows:)


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This article from Lewis Loflin gives us more in sight in the Wahhabi movement, Saudi Arabia, funding of Islamism around the world and involvement in the Global Jihad.
by Lewis Loflin
It's no coincidence most of the 911 hijackers were Saudis or the attack was funded by Saudi oil money. This has left the U.S. in a position to either deal with our "allies" such as Saudi Arabia and Egypt and their exporting of terrorism to the West, or risk oil supplies. Most of this terrorism can be traced directly back to Saudi Wahhabism (the state religion of Saudi Arabia) or it's offshoot the Muslim Brotherhood of Egypt.
70% of all Muslim schools (Madrasah) and mosques in the west are funded by Saudi Arabia and staffed with Wahhabi clerics. These are the training schools of the Taliban in Pakistan and elsewhere. The Muslim Brotherhood too is widespread among Muslim organizations of all kinds including the leading organizations such as MAS, ISNA, and CAIR. Wahhabism by any rational definition is evil. What can we do if our government won't act because "other foreign policy interests outweighed fighting terrorism."
Mosques funded by the Saudi King Fahd (kingfahdbinabdulaziz.com):
Dar al-Salam Institute
Fresno Mosque in California
The Islamic Center in Colombia, Missouri
The Islamic Center in East Lansing, Michigan
The Islamic Center in Los Angeles, California
The Islamic Center in New Brunswick, New Jersey
The Islamic Center in New York
The Islamic Center in Tida, Maryland
The Islamic Center in Toledo, Ohio
The Islamic Center in Virginia
The Islamic Center in Washington
The Islamic Cultural Center in Chicago
King Fahd Mosque in Los Angeles
The Mosque of the Albanian Community in Chicago
South-West Big Mosque of Chicago
Umar bin Al-Khattab Mosque in Los Angeles.
Islamic Research Institutes supported by King Fahd outside the Arab/Islamic world:
American University of Colorado
American University in Washington
Arab World Institute, Paris, France
Duke University, North Carolina
Howard University, Washington
Institute of the History of Arab and Islamic Science, Frankfurt, Germany
Johns Hopkins University, Maryland
Middle East Institute, Washington
Shaw University, North Carolina
Syracuse University, New York.
There is a direct Saudi connection to terrorist Nidal Hasan according to Stephen Schwarts (New York Post 11-7-2009) himself a Muslim convert battling Wahhabism. To quote:
What interpretation of Islam influenced Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan? As often before, the trail leads to the official sect of Saudi Arabia — known as Wahhabism to most of us of who denounce it…
(Hasan) regularly attended Friday prayer at the Muslim Community Center in Silver Spring, Md. The Silver Spring clerics have issued formal statements condemning the carnage at Ft. Hood. But Imam Faizul Khan, long the main prayer leader at the mosque and a friend of Hasan, said he never believed Hasan capable of such an act. Yet what docrines did Hasan absorb at the mosque? While he was a communicant, it hosted at least four talks by Enver Masud, the founder of The Wisdom Fund, the main Muslim "truther" group in America.
And Khan is a leading board member of the Islamic Society of North America — the main Wahhabi-lobby group in the United States, established by Saudi Arabia to impose extremism on American Muslims. ISNA has a long and disgraceful record of promoting radical Islam…
Saudi bank's role in mosque is questioned
The Islamic Society of Boston's effort to build the region's largest mosque has received at least $1 million in financing from a Saudi Arabia-based bank dominated by governments that critics of the mosque project say support Islamic extremism.
The Islamic society acknowledged yesterday receiving a $1 million loan from the Islamic Development Bank in late 2005 — principal owners of which are Saudi Arabia, Libya, Iran, and Egypt — after opponents of the mosque project provided the Globe with documents showing that the bank paid about $500,000 in mosque construction bills late in 2005…
Saudi, Libyan, and Iranian government funding for Islamic fundamentalist organizations have been criticized by the US State Department and human rights organizations for contributing to the rise of terrorists who use Islam to justify their actions…The bank has not been targeted separately for such criticism…
Charles A. Radin and Stephen Kurkjian, Boston Globe Staff; January 10, 2007 (extract).
The Saudi Connection: How billions in oil money spawned a global terror network
The CIA's Illicit Transactions Group…(and) the NSC formed a task force to look at al Qaeda's finances. For months, members scoured every piece of data the U.S. intelligence community had on al Qaeda's cash…The evidence was indisputable: Saudi Arabia. America's longtime ally and the world's largest oil producer had somehow become, as a senior Treasury Department official put it, "the epicenter" of terrorist financing…
Over the past 25 years, the desert kingdom has been the single greatest force in spreading Islamic fundamentalism, while its huge, unregulated charities funneled hundreds of millions of dollars to jihad groups and al Qaeda cells around the world.
Those findings are the result of a five-month investigation by U.S. News…The charities were part of an extraordinary $70 billion Saudi campaign to spread their fundamentalist Wahhabi sect worldwide. The money helped lay the foundation for hundreds of radical mosques, schools, and Islamic centers that have acted as support networks for the jihad movement, officials say. U.S. intelligence officials knew about Saudi Arabia's role in funding terrorism by 1996, yet for years Washington did almost nothing to stop it.
Examining the Saudi role in terrorism, a senior intelligence analyst says, was "virtually taboo." Even after the embassy bombings in Africa, moves by counterterrorism officials to act against the Saudis were repeatedly rebuffed by senior staff at the State Department and elsewhere who felt that other foreign policy interests outweighed fighting terrorism.
David E. Kaplan; US News and World Report 12/7/03 (extract).
The Muslim Brotherhood was founded in 1928 by Hasan al-Banna, a 22-year-old elementary school teacher, as an Islamic revivalist movement following the collapse of the Ottoman Empire and the subsequent ban of the caliphate system of government that had united the Muslims for hundreds of years. Al-Banna based his ideas that Islam was not only a religious observance, but a comprehensive way of life, on the tenets of Wahhabism…
Wahhabism was sect formed in Saudi Arabia in the early 19th Century and was loathed by the Ottoman Turks. Because of oil the West has allowed this sect and its offshoots to spread like a cancer across the Islamic world.
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Sailors' Cemetery Site
Fort Baker, Sausalito, Marin County, California
WARNING! ¡PELIGRO!This cemetery is in a dangerous, difficult to access, location. Use extreme caution.
The site of this old cemetery is now in Fort Baker, just south of the City of Sausalito. It is immediately north of the Sausalito-Marin City Sanitary District treatment plant. The site is on federal park land.
The cemetery is on a manmade bench (cut) at the brow of a high cliff above bay waters, the bench faces east. The north end of cemetery fell into the bay about 2004. It would NOT be wise to get too close to the edge of the cliff. In time, the entire cemetery will slough off and fall into the bay. The cemetery is currently overgrown with brush. Deer live there, and probably deer ticks too. The ticks can carry lyme disease.
During the time of the Gold Rush and a short time after, when the sailors on the tall ships died, some of them were buried in the tiny Sailor's Cemetery. One old tombstone, now moved, records the death of a U.S.N. Seaman who drowned in 1850. It is suggested that perhaps a dozen seamen were buried there. (more
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Sausalito-Marin City Sanitary District Treatment Plant. Just North of the Treatment Plant. Debris From the Cemetery Above has Sloughed off the Bluff and Slid to the Rocky Beach. The Bricks on the Right were once Part a Grave Enclosure. Marin Cemeteries Home Page
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"It ain't rocket surgery to laser a retina."
"You don't have to be Albert Hawking to know this stuff."
"Nobody is as dumb as their siblings think they are."
"Cat got your CN11?"
"You don't gotta reinvent the mousewheel Jack."
He was about 70 and from some nowhere town in Alabama. Funniest guy I've ever met.


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Dear Dr. Don,
My husband is 64 and planning to retire at 66. I started collecting Social Security at 62, which was five months ago. We do not need the money for living expenses yet, and none of it has been spent.I heard that if I give the money back and wait until I'm 66, I'll be able to collect a higher amount, even if I have not worked since age 60. Is this true, and if so, how does this work?
-- Janice Juxtaposition
Dear Dr. Don,
My husband is 64 and planning to retire at 66. I started collecting Social Security at 62, which was five months ago. We do not need the money for living expenses yet, and none of it has been spent.
I heard that if I give the money back and wait until I'm 66, I'll be able to collect a higher amount, even if I have not worked since age 60. Is this true, and if so, how does this work?
-- Janice Juxtaposition
Dear Janice,
It is true that you can change your mind about collecting Social Security retirement benefits by withdrawing your application to receive benefits within the first year of collecting benefits. You repay the benefits received, and file for benefits at a later date.
Waiting until your full retirement age to collect benefits eliminates the reduction in benefits you experienced by applying for benefits at age 62. You can even decide to wait past full retirement age and earn deferred retirement credits up to age 70.
To withdraw your application, fill out Social Security Form SSA-251, including the reason you want to withdraw your application on the form, and send it to the Social Security Administration. The Social Security Administration will notify you when there is a decision about your withdrawal request. You have 60 days to cancel an approved withdrawal request. After that time period, you lose any possible entitlement for the period covered by your original application for benefits.
Not working for six years prior to collecting benefits will impact the average earnings used to calculate your retirement benefit. You can use the Social Security Administration's Retirement Estimator or its Benefit Calculators to see how this will affect your monthly benefit amount, or talk to someone at the Social Security office in your area.
Still, waiting until at least full retirement age to collect your benefits makes financial sense, especially since you don't need the money for living expenses. The reduction in benefits from starting at age 62 stays with you throughout retirement unless or until you collect a survivor's benefit based on your spouse's retirement benefit.
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Rolando de la Cruz
Rolando de la Cruz is a multi-awarded Filipino scientist and inventor who developed an ingenuous formula that could easily remove deeply grown moles or warts from the skin without leaving marks or hurting the patient. His formula was extracted from cashew nut (Annacardium occidentale), which is common in the Philippines and locally known as "kasoy".
In March 1997, dela Cruz established RCC Amazing Touch International Inc., which runs clinics engaged "in a non-surgical removal of warts, moles and other skin growths, giving the skin renewed energy and vitality without painful and costly surgery."
In September 2000, The formula won for de la Cruz a gold medal in International Invention, Innovation, Industrial Design and Technology Exhibition in Kuala Lumpur. <ref name="ref1">"UP doctors win international research tilt in surgery Manila Bulletin-December 18, 2007</ref>De la Cruz's latest product called DeBCC, purportedly an effective cure for skin cancer garnered another two international gold medal awards, the first from the Archimedes Inventors' Show in Moscow, Russia in March 2005, <ref name="ref2">" Filipino inventor wins gold for skin cancer cure DOST article by Framelia V. Anonas Science and Technology Media Service</ref>and the second one from the IENA International Inventors' Forum in Nuremburg, Germany in November 3, 2005. The same invention also got the highest score from a panel of international judges, and was awarded the top World Invention Winner – Diamond Award and the Overall Inventors' Award for 2006 in the British Invention Show last October 21, 2006 in London.
Dela Cruz is also recipient of the Department of Science and Technology's Tuklas Award for Most Outstanding Invention in 1998 for his DeMole and DeWart products that are now available in malls.
DeBCC is an anti-cancer skin cream made from cashew nuts and other local herbs from the Phillipines. Dela Cruz bested 54 other inventors and 1,500 other entries. His new invention treats basal cell carcinoma, a common type of skin cancer generally caused by frequent exposure to sunlight and usually affects the face, ears, scalp, neck, shoulders, and back.
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Mon. November 5, 2012 | Joey Knight | Email
Tampa Prep 6-foot-8 senior Adonis Rwabigwi, the top rebounder for the Terrapins' Class 3A state championship team last season, has committed to Furman University.
Terrapins coach Joe Fenlon said Rwabigwi had narrowed his choices to the Palladins or Boston University, though he had "plenty" of other suitors.
"He's interested in engineering and architecture, so he never looked at a school that didn't offer one and/or both of those," Fenlon said. "Furman and Boston University seemed to fit what he was looking at most."
A Rwanda native who arrived in this country two years ago, Rwabigwi averaged 10.6 points, eight rebounds and 2.6 blocks last season for the Terps, who finished 31-1. He becomes the second Terrapins senior to commit to a Division I program, joining PG Josh Heath (USF).
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CSU-Pueblo StrongWomen™ Training Program
The Colorado State University Cooperative Extension Office in El Paso County is hosting a StrongWomen™ Training Program on Thu, Sep 14 from 8:15 am to 4:15 pm. The event will be held at First Presbyterian Church, 219 East Bijou Street. The cost of the training is $98 and registration is due by Sep 1, 2006.
Participants who complete the training program will be given a certificate and provided with the tools to assist them in beginning StrongWomen™ classes in the community. It is suggested that those who attend be in good health and are committed to using the knowledge and skills that they gain to make more of these programs available to women.
The StrongWomen™ program was developed by Miriam Nelson, PhD, an associate professor at the Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University. The program is based upon years of research on how strength training and proper nutrition improve the health of women of all ages. "Strength is a critical factor in living healthier, more active lives. Our research shows that a program of strength training not only improves bone density but reduces falls, improves arthritis symptoms, and increases flexibility and strength," says Dr. Nelson. The program is appropriate for both sedentary and active women.
The $98 fee includes the StrongWomen™ Program ToolKit, breakfast, lunch and snacks, information and discussion on how to arrange classes, exercise instruction and the opportunity to practice the exercises with trained professionals encouraging correct movements. All weights will be provided for the training session. Please wear appropriate clothing and bring a towel or exercise mat.
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Trenton, NJ – Today, Acting Governor Kim Guadagno signed the following Executive Order:
Executive Order No. 98 − Ordering all State buildings to fly flags at half-staff on Friday, July 13, 2012 in recognition of the life and in mourning of the passing of Millville Police Department Patrolman Christopher Reeves, who graduated from the Vineland Police Academy in 2004. Patrolman Reeves tragically lost his life in the line of duty.
A copy of the Executive [pdf 16kB]
For a complete listing of Governor Christie's Executive Orders, please visit http://nj.gov/infobank/circular/eoindex.htm.
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A Scary Thought: Life Without Revis
FLORHAM PARK, N.J.—Since sustaining what the Jets have called a mild concussion last week, cornerback Darrelle Revis has attended all his position meetings, interacted with his teammates and coaches, and generally carried himself as if he plans to play Sunday against the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Whether he will suit up is another matter entirely.
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RFE: Conference Listings
This service is a joint project of RFE and EconBiz.
CASMEF ??? Arcelli Center for Monetary and Financial Studies at LUISS ??? Libera Universit?? degli Studi Sociali ???Guido Carli??
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- December 12-13, 2013
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- 22th CASMEF International Conference on Money, Banking and Finance 2013 - Arcelli Center for Monetary and Financial Studies
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- Rome, LUISS Guido Carli University, Italy
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- Contributions on the following fields are welcome:- Financial Reforms, Regulation and Supervision- Financial Stability- Theory and Empirics of Financial Crises- International Finance- Securities markets- Monetary Policy and Central Banking- Public Debt Management- Financial Education- Microfinance and Economic Development- Corporate Finance- Banking- Finance and Ethics- Asset Pricing- Monetary Theory- Financial and Credit Derivatives[gem?_?? den Informationen des Anbieters - according to site editor's information]
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KiwiSaver contributions to increase from 1 April
Hon Bill English
Minister of Finance
Hon Peter
Minister of Revenue
27 March 2013
KiwiSaver contributions to increase from 1 April
Two important changes to increase KiwiSaver contributions take effect from 1 April, which will help to encourage a higher level of private savings among New Zealanders, Finance Minister Bill English and Revenue Minister Peter Dunne say.
From next Monday, the minimum employee contribution rate will rise from 2 per cent to 3 per cent. At the same time, compulsory employer contributions will also rise from 2 per cent to 3 per cent.
"They were among a number of changes announced in Budget 2011 to encourage higher levels of private savings, to make the KiwiSaver scheme more financially sustainable and to build a larger pool of local capital," Mr English says.
"At the same time, they will reduce the need for the Government to borrow money to invest in KiwiSaver."
Those Budget 2011 measures also included:
• Maintaining the $1,000 kick-start payment when new members join KiwiSaver.
• From 1 April 2012, removing the tax-free status of employer contributions, which from that date were taxed at the employee's marginal tax rate.
• For the year to 30 June 2013 and beyond, the KiwiSaver member tax credit rate was halved from $1 to 50c for every dollar contributed by members, up to $521 a year.
"New Zealanders are already starting to save more and these KiwiSaver changes are expected to help raise national savings further," Mr English says. "They will also reduce the amount the Government is borrowing, largely from overseas investors, to fund private savings."
KiwiSaver membership and total funds invested continue to grow strongly.
Almost 2.1 million New Zealanders have accumulated $15.4 billion in KiwiSaver funds. They are forecast to grow further to around $25 billion by 2015, and to almost $60 billion by 2021.
Mr Dunne says the changes will ensure that KiwiSaver remains an attractive savings option that is financially sustainable into the future.
"KiwiSaver continues to be a popular savings options for a growing number of New Zealanders," he says. "It is part of the Government's wider programme to encourage genuine savings and reduce the need for extra government borrowing and debt.
"We believe that most people will find 3 per cent contributions affordable, and the employer contributions will continue to offer an attractive rate of return for the money employees put in themselves.
"We felt it was important to give workers and employers two years to plan for the increased contribution rates."


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March Madness - Bucknell vs Butler Recap - Butler Wins 68-56
Butler grabbed a 68-56 win over Bucknell on Thursday, behind a 16-point effort from Rotnei Clarke at Rupp Arena.
Butler was a favorite by 3.5 points and came through with an ATS victory for bettors.
Butler got 14 points from Roosevelt Jones and another 14 points from Andrew Smith. Roosevelt Jones contributed 4 assists, while Andrew Smith cleaned the glass with 16 rebounds.
Bucknell got 20 points from Joe Willman in a losing cause and another 9 points from Bryson Johnson. Steven Kaspar contributed 6 assists for them, while Mike Muscala had 10 rebounds.
Butler led at halftime, 21-14.
Butler won the battle of the boards, outrebounding their counterparts 41-37.


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A week and a half ago i woke up with double vision in my right eye when i look down. I've seen an eye specialist and ive had an MRI, eyes are healthy and so is brain. The eye specialist agrees that there's a muscle in my eye that's not working but she can't put her finger on why or how to fix it. She asked if i'd had botox, which i had in my forehead 6 weeks before, she thinks it could be that botox has migrated down to a muscle in my eye, is this possible so far after the initial injections???
Double Vision Caused by Botox Migration?
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It is not botox. The timing is wrong.
If you had Botox 6 weeks ago but developed double vision 1.5 weeks ago, then these two events are unrelated. I would recommend a referral to a neuro-ophthalmologist if your general ophthalmologist can't determine the basis for the new onset double vision. A very famous neuro-ophthalmologist once said that neuro-ophthalmology is the study of reportedly normal imaging studies.
Botox and side effects
From what you've described, 6 weeks after a Botox injection you wouldn't be suffering from double vision. If you aren't getting a diagnosis or answers from your current physician, get a second opinion and a thorough assessment to rule out further potential concerns.
Botox and double vision
Botox can cause double vision, but only if it is injected relatively near an extraocular muscle (migrating from the forehead would be very unusual). The effects would be seen within 7-10 days of injection, just as they would with your facial muscles. There are lots of other reasons to get double vision, which a neuro-ophthalmologist could sort out for you.
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Double Vision Caused by Botox Migration?
If the double vision happened right after the Botox injections, they may be related however 6 weeks later, it's probably not related. You should have a further workup to rule out other causes.
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Double vision by Botox? No.
Double vision at this point in time isn't from the Botox. When we say that Botox "migrates" that's a very tiny amount, and it moves a miniscule amount. It won't move from your forehead into your eye muscles. Especially not after 6 weeks - it happens in a matter of days. So, something else is happening..
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Facility Rental
Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College has several types of facilities available for public rental. Whether you are planning a conference, seminar, wedding, family reunion, dance, summer camp, or meeting, Conferences and Non-Credit Programs can help you with your facility needs. Wireless internet access is available throughout campus. All events are catered through Sodexo Catering.
Perfect for formal occasions and large business functions, the Ballroom in Le Fer has high ceilings and grand style in keeping with Le Fer Hall's Italian Renaissance architecture. The hardwood floor, valenced windows, and chandelier lighting add grace and period charm to any event. The room is equipped with 60" round tables and chairs for the capacity seating of 250 guests. Catering is arranged through Sodexo Catering.
Presidents' Room
Located on the first floor of the Rooney Library, this bookcase lined, wood paneled room has parquet floors, and a marble fireplace. Able to accommodate up to 80 people for a lecture, it can also serve about 50 people at round tables for dinner or a meeting.
Formal Parlor
Located in Le Fer Hall, this small, elegant room accommodates up to 40 people. Its furnishings reflect the Italian Renaissance architecture of Le Fer Hall, it is carpeted, has floor-length draperies, chandelier lighting, and an inglenook fireplace. The formal parlor is a perfect space for a quiet, creative meeting or a small reception.
Guerin Rotunda/Interior Garden
The Guerin Hall rotunda and interior garden are ideal for small weddings, receptions, and reunions. Small gatherings of 50 to 100 guests are perfect for this space. Spaces can be rented together or separately.
Each of the meeting rooms located in Rooney Library has the technology resources for professional presentations using your own laptop or our computers. When setting up your event, please let us know if you will need the technology resources. Advanced set-up is recommended.
Meeting Room I
Also known as the Faculty Lounge, this large meeting space is perfect for presentations and meetings. Conference tables may be arranged in a variety of ways to meet your needs. This room is equipped with smart technology allowing for interactive presentations, large projection screen, theatre-style sound system, and wireless Internet. Located on the third floor of Rooney Library, this room will seat 80 people at tables, 120 seated theatre style.
Alumni Board Room
Located on the second floor of the Rooney Library, this room is perfect for small meetings, webinars, or training sessions. The versatile table(s) arrangement will accommodate 16 to 24 people. Table(s) can be arranged in a large oval setting as pictured, a circular table, or a rectangular table. The room is equipped with a computer, projector, large screen and speaker phone.
Meeting Room II
Located on the third floor of Rooney Library, this room will seat 50 people at tables The ability to divide the space into two areas makes it perfect for small break-out group meetings.
Classrooms are perfect for small meetings and workshops. The typical classroom contains tables and chairs that are easily moved and configured to meet your seating requirements. Old fashioned blackboards combined with modern technology allows for maximum visual aids. Occupancy will be based on the specific classroom.
Cecilian Auditorium
Located in the Conservatory of Music, Cecilian Auditorium seats up to 720 people on the main floor and balcony. Cecilian is a beautiful theatre with proscenium stage, stage curtains, and spot and stage lighting.
Hayes Auditorium
Designed as a large lecture hall, Hayes Auditorium seats 220 people at individual chairs/desks. The seating is raked making sightlines clear for the audience.
Woods Conference Center
Small conference center consisting of one main room with adjoining kitchen/dining area and two classrooms. Between the classrooms and the main room is a small lounge and restroom.
Art Gallery
Art Gallery featuring movable pedestals, spot lights, and carpeted walls for easy hanging of art work. Gallery has outside entrance to a patio area as well as an indoor entrance. Depending on how space is used, occupancy would be 30 to 50 people.
Guest House
Guest rooms are suite-type rooms containing queen and twin sized beds. Rent a room, a suite, a floor, or the entire Guest House for your stay on campus.
Resident Hall Rooms
In summer months large groups can come together in our beautiful Le Fer Hall. A residence hall during the academic year, Le Fer can accommodate summer groups overnight of up to 150 people in air conditioned comfort. Perfect accommodations for conferences, seminars, retreats, and family reunions.


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F265 Trabajos del Peru Cabled Hat by Plymouth Yarn Design Studio
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Materials: 1—100g Hank Trabajos del Peru
Size: Ladies medium
Gauge: 16 sts = 4" over st st.
Needles: 16" circular- size 7 & 9.
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At this time of year for Tulane Students, the weather is one to take advantage of and soak in. Much to our likings, we haven't had any cold days in a while and instead the quads have been full of tanning students and shorts galore. Everyone has been wearing shorts, sundresses, tank tops and even bathing suits. One Fashionista really caught my eye as I was walking to class on a beautiful day, she was wearing a maxi dress that embraced the new warm, spring weather. This style represented summer-like clothes, coming out of the closet for a relaxed look on a day of class.
This Fashionista was wearing a plain blue colored maxi dress with simple flats to show off her carefree look. What I loved most about her outfit was the simple bracelets she wore so that it didn't overstate her dress. To find a look similar to hers, one could wear a maxi skirt with a plain colored tank.
I think that when the weather is as beautiful as it is now, people can express their style through their outfit choices. This Fashionista's pulled back hair, with dark sunglasses had her ready for a day in the sun and laying outside after class. Her outfit could easily be turned into the perfect date-night outfit or for dinner with friends, by just adding a denim jacket and some statement pieces.
So, Fashionistas, if you're looking for a new outfit to match the new change in weather, reach deep into your closet for a maxi dress or a maxi skirt, put on some flip flops and go lay outside!
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City Chic Purse by Robyn Chachula
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City Chic Purse
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All of your friends will be begging to know where you found this amazingly chic purse. Imagine their surprise when you tell them you crocheted it yourself!
Skill Level: Intermediate
Finished Measurements: 12 x 16" (30 x 41cm)
Materials: Premier Yarns® Starry Night 3702 Copper Coin—6 balls and Premier Yarns® City Life CL-01 Grenadine Glitz—2 balls
Hooks: US size K-10½ (6.5mm) and US size H-8 (5mm) crochet hooks or size needed to obtain gauge
Extras: Tapestry needle, ½ yard lining fabric, sewing needle and matching thread, 18" (46cm) purse handles, magnetic purse clasp
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Reload Vendor Booth
Center for Youth Ministry Studies
Saturday, April 10, 2010 from 8:00 AM to 3:45 PM (CDT)
Event Details
Reload: An Urban Youth Worker
Training Experience
Chicago-area churches, para-churches and North Park University work with Urban Youth Worker Institute to bring the training to Chicago, hosted by North Park University's Center for Youth Ministry Studies and youth workers from Chicagoland.
When: April 10, 2010 from 8:15 am to 3:30 pm
Where: North Park University, 3225 W Foster Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Gymnasium is located on the corner of Foster and Kedzie.
Parking: Free parking in the North Park lots on Kedzie Ave.
No parking pass needed on weekends.
Cost for Booth: $100
This is a non-refundable fee to cover the costs of labor, equipment and registration.
What you will receive: One 6' table and two chairs located inside the gymnasium, and registration to event. You will need to bring your own table coverings.
7:45 am: Booth setup can begin. (Need to be set up by 8:15.)
8:15am: Registration / Breakfast & Networking
9:00 am: Opening Session / Welcome & Worship
10:30-11:30 am: Elective Workshops 1
11:40 am - 12:20 pm: Lunch
12:30 - 1:30 pm: Elective Workshops 2
1:40 - 2:40 pm: Elective Workshops 3
2:50 - 3:30pm: General Session / Worship & Speaker Challenge
3:45pm: Teardown
Reload's attendance has grown from 300 attendees in its first year (2005) to over 500 attendees in 2008. Reload has been expanded from a one-day to two-day training experience for 2010, with 400 to 500 attendees expected at Chicago's Reload on April 10, 2010.
Attendees come from Chicagoland, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, Indiana and Missouri
Attendees are Full-time urban youth pastors, Bi-vocational youth workers, Volunteers, Faith-based and secular nonprofits, Lay leaders, Social workers, Teachers, Community development advocates and Parents
26% - 18-24 years of age, 45% - 25 – 34 years of age, 18% - 35 – 45 years of age, 10% - 46+ years of age
40% - Up to 2 years, 30% - 2-5 years, 30% - 10+ years.
Reload's vision is to reach God's multi-ethnic Kingdom. Participants are African-American, Filipino, Puerto Rican, Caucasian, Bi-Racial, Samoan, Korean, Chinese, Mexican
Attendees come from both large and small church and para-church ministries, as well as secular and faith-based nonprofit organizations
Participants represent various denominations, including: ELCA, COGIC, Baptist, Missionary Baptist, Assemblies of God, Evangelical Free Church, Evangelical Covenant Church, Salvation Army, Non-denominational, Apostolic, United Methodist, PCUSA, Catholic
Contact Alison Burkhardt by email or by phone at (773) 244-5207 with questions.
When & Where
North Park University
3225 W Foster Ave
Hamming Hall
Saturday, April 10, 2010 from 8:00 AM to 3:45 PM (CDT)
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DALLAS—Greg Abbott, a former judge and three-term attorney general of the great state of Texas, is expected to be the state's next governor. His official biography puts him on the side of God, the American way and children of all ages:
"Attorney General Abbott believes there is no higher power than God….
"A husband and father, Greg Abbott understands the importance of preserving Constitutional, traditional values—like faith, family and freedom for future generations. That's why, as the state's chief law enforcement official, Abbott has made protecting children, families and values the focus of his administration."
Abbott's most famous supporter is a singer named Ted Nugent, whom I must admit I had never heard of before he began campaigning with the attorney general. Nugent, known as the "Motor City Madman," was most famous for his 1981 song "Jailbait." Here are some of the lyrics:
"Jailbait you look so good to me
"Jailbait won't you set me free
"Jailbait you look fine fine fine
"I know I've got to have you in a matter of time.
"Well I don't care if you're just 13
"You look too good to be true
"I just know that you're probably clean
"There's one lil' thing I got to do to you.
Now he is probably better known for calling the president of the United States a "subhuman mongrel." Those were the words Nugent—who my students tell me is a great guitarist—said last month just before Abbott invited the singer to join him on the campaign trail here. The full quote about President Obama was: "a Chicago communist-raised, communist-educated, communist-nurtured subhuman mongrel."
Nugent has also called women politicians—Republican Abbott's general election opponent is expected to be a state senator named Wendy Davis—"varmints," "fat pigs" and "dirty whores."
So far, I have used words that occasionally appear in family newspapers. The rest of Nugent's rhetoric can be used only with a lot of asterisks. Of the president, Nugent has said: "Obama, he's a piece of sh**, and I told him to su** on my machine gun." Then he said, "Keep a f***ing gun in your hand, boys."
He also does not like people on welfare, calling them "those well-fed mother***er food stamp co***uckers." As for Trayvon Martin's death in Florida, he blamed that on the "mindless tendency to violence we see in black communities across America." He also said he would be jailed or killed if the "vile America-hating Obama" was re-elected in 2012. For the record, Nugent is alive and well, although he has been questioned by the Secret Service because of his threats to kill the president.
In introducing Abbott last week at a rally, Nugent said: "This is special. There is no other Texas anymore. ... This is the last bastion of rugged individualism, of true independence."
Attorney General Abbott, for his part, has said: "What I do know is Ted Nugent stands for the Constitution. He stands against the federal government overreaching and doing what they're doing to harm Texans."
Nugent, of course has apologized—sort of—saying: "I did cross the line. I do apologize—not necessarily to the president ... the liar that he is."
So it goes. Always nice to be in the Lone Star state to check on whether folks here are still talking about seceding from the United States. And where Abbott is running better than 10 percent against Davis in polls. He also has $30 million in campaign cash on hand.


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Darcy-Forscheimer Transport Eqn
I'm analyzing hot air flow (reentry conditions) through porous media. I've been trying to locate references (online or library sources) on the Darcy-Forscheimer Transport Equation but can't seem to find anything. (Part of the problem is that I'm not sure about the spelling.) I've seen "Forscheimer" spelled as "Forschheimer" (and also as "Forlzeimer" on this web site). I'd appreciate any help in locating some references or getting the correct spelling. Thanks.
Re: Darcy-Forscheimer Transport Eqn
The correct spelling is Forchheimer. If you try in online libraries with this spelling I think you would found a lot of refernces. Which code do you use? As far as I know both Fluent and CFD2000 have his equation in their manuals where they describe flow through porous media. Fluent's manual gives more information. An intersted book for your problem might be the: Convection in Porous Media. Donald A. Nield and Adrian Bejan. Springer - Verlag New York Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN: 0-387-97651-5. If you have a specific question I would be glad to help. Regards Tom
Re: Darcy-Forscheimer Transport Eqn
How does the Forchheimer equation relates to the Brinkman equation used by most commercial CFD codes?
From my experience, the latter is a complete junk except for very slow flows. Even though it corrects for inertial effect in the force term by adding a cV|V| resistance term, it completely omits the flow inertia and hence looses most of flow direction information.
Re: Darcy-Forscheimer Transport Eqn
Tom, thanks for your quick response. I used your spelling at Google and got a pretty good number of hits. I'm being forced to provide a 5-minute answer to a relatively complicated question so I'm not using any CFD codes right now. We do have ANSYS Flotran but I don't have enough time to do anything with it. I mainly wanted an understanding of what the Forchheimer modification to the Darcy equation entailed. It looks like (with your help on the spelling) I might be able to get there from here. Thanks again!
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2012 St. Joseph Center Christmas Party!
Party Planning Committee
Thursday, December 13, 2012 at 12:00 PM (EST)
St. Joseph Center Christmas Party
Thursday, December 13, 2012 • 12:00pm
Seminar Room, St. Joseph Center
The day will begin with mass at 9:00am in Christ the King Eucharistic Chapel
12:00pm - Luncheon - Seminar Room
No Cost - Potluck Party
RSVP above and please include what you will be bringing.
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Deck the Walls
We will once again be having the Decorate-A-Space Competition!
Deck your walls, desks, doors, or favorite space!
Your space must be decorated by Thursday, December 13th. Judging will take place at the Christmas party.
Have you been jingled?
Join the fun with "You've Been Jingled", it's easy to play!
Click here to download the jingle sign and poem or find extra copies in the copy center next to the Christmas tree.
Start the game by secretly leaving a small gift along with an jingle sign and poem on an office neighbor's desk or outside their door.
In turn, each recipient is asked to post the sign to alert would-be Elves that they've been jingled, and to pass the game along to another co-worker.
As the days pass, jingle signs pop up all over.
Who's been jingled? It's all part of the fun to see holiday cheer spread from door to door!
This game is just for fun, not mandatory, and you are free to jingle more than one person if you'd like :)
Donations for Mark Nehrbas
We will be collecting donations to purchase gift cards for Mark and Carol Nehrbas to help with gas, groceries, etc. Donations will be accepted up to Friday December 14. Please give any donations to your department secretary. We will also be coming around the building with "the Christmas Cart" with treats and hot cocoa on the morning of Friday, December 14 if you would like to give your donation then.
Christmas Craft Raffle
Christmas Craft by Nancy Ross. Raffle tickets are 25 cents a piece or 5 for $1.00.
Please see Nancy in the Alumni Office to purchase. As in years passed, proceeds of this raffle will be donated to the Pennies-from-Heaven Organization in honor of Camille Therese Gianna Delaney.
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Ed Kravitz
Ed is the George Packer Berry Professor of Neurobiology at Harvard Medical School. He is a graduate of the City College of New York (BS in Biology and Chemistry) and The University of Michigan (Ph.D. in Biological Chemistry). His post-doctoral studies were at NIH with Drs. Earl Stadtman and P. Roy Vagelos. Thereafter he went to Harvard Medical School in 1961, rising rapidly to the rank of professor in 1969. Ed's research interests, have centered on neurotransmitters and neuromodulators, and now focus on the role of such substances in aggression. In 2002 the laboratory shifted to the study of fighting behavior using the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, as a model organism from the previous lobster model.
In earlier studies, Kravitz and his colleagues (Kuffler, Potter, Otsuka, Iversen and Hall) were the first to demonstrate that GABA was a neurotransmitter, and with Tony Stretton was the first to demonstrate that an intracellular fluorescent dye could be successfully used to determine neuronal geometry.
In addition to being a member of many professional societies including the Society for Neuroscience and the International Society for Neuroethology (where he became President in August 2004), Dr Kravitz is a member of the United States National Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Medicine where he served on the Governing Council, is a Fellow of the AAAS, and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Among his awards and honors, Dr. Kravitz is most proud of his "Lifetime Achievement in Mentoring" award from Harvard Medical School in December of 1998, and the "Education" Award from the Association of Neuroscience Departments and Programs that was awarded in November 2001 and shared with his long-time colleagues Drs. Edwin Furshpan and David Potter.
Ed has long-standing interests in education. He teaches a graduate course on The Neurobiology of Disease and participates in ethics discussion groups for graduate students at Harvard Medical School. He has served as the director of the Neurobiology Course at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, MA, was the co-founder and first chairman of the Neurobiology of Disease Teaching Workshops at the Society for Neuroscience, and the founder and first director of the highly successful graduate Program in Neuroscience at Harvard University. He is committed to the education of minorities in the sciences and medicine, and has worked with Native American, Black and Hispanic students and student groups at Harvard, at the Marine Biological Laboratory, and at his alma mater, City College of New York. Dr Kravitz has lectured to high school students at the Society for Neuroscience annual meeting, and works with Project Success (for minority high school students) at Harvard Medical School. Until recently he served as a Chair of: an NIH-funded Center of Biological Research Excellence (COBRE) External Advisory Committee (EAC) at the University of Puerto Rico; the EAC for a Specialized Neuroscience Research Program (SNRP) grant from NIH at The University of Texas at San Antonio; and the EAC for the Keck Foundation Center in Behavioral Biology Program at North Carolina State University.
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Yick Bun Chan
I am a post-doctoral research fellow at the Kravitz laboratory. I am a graduate of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (BSc in Biology). I completed my MPhil degree in 1999 at the same university under the supervision of Dr Min-Chiu Fung studying differential gene expression during myeloid leukemia cell differentiation. With the financial support of the Croucher Foundation of Hong Kong, I pursued my graduate studies at the University of Oxford working towards a DPhil degree under the supervision of Professor Kay Davies and Dr Marcel van den Heuvel. There I studied the Drosophila model of Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), a recessive neurodegenerative disease in humans. My studies at both institutions helped me acquire a solid foundation in a wide variety of molecular biological techniques. The studies also offered me the opportunity to familiarize myself with other techniques including transgenic studies, mutant screens, and yeast two-hybrid assays, all of which were of great assistance in my studies of cell biology and genetic diseases.
In 2003, I moved to Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts to pursue post-doctoral training under the supervision of Dr Edward Kravitz. My research focus here has been on the neuronal circuitry that underlies gender selective behaviors in Drosophila melanogaster. Using genetic methods in studies of aggression with fruit flies, I am exploring the possibility of interchanging behavioral patterns between males and females and ultimately identifying the underlying neuronal circuitry that controls this gender specific behavior. I also have developed behavioral screens using P-element insertion lines to search for genetic mutants showing altered courtship or aggressive behavior phenotypes.
Olga Alekseyenko
I am interested in understanding the roles of serotonin (5HT) and dopamine (DA) neurotransmission in modulating complex social behaviors. Throughout my academic training, I have contributed to the research field of neuronal basis of social behaviors across species, using different model systems such as mice, ferrets and fruit flies. During my time at HMS in Kravitz lab I combined my background in behavioral genetics with the cellular neurobiology techniques to investigate the role of individual DA and 5HT neurons in modulating aggressive behavior in Drosophila. I have created a transgenic line that allowed selective manipulation of 5HT neurons to study their role in social behavior. Most recently, using intersectional genetics and imaging techniques in collaboration with HMS Research Associate in Neurobiology Yick-Bun Chan, we have identified single pairs of DA neurons that modulate aggression but not other behaviors in Drosophila. At the present time I am working on the project that aims to identify individual serotonergic neurons and their post-synaptic targets that are involved in control of aggression. The goal of my research is to establish fundamental principles for how neurotransmitter neurons work and communicate with each other in the fruit fly system.
Budha Chowdhury
I am a Post-doctoral research fellow at the Kravitz lab. I got my doctoral degree from Bowling Green State University, OH, under the tutelage of Robert Huber and Moira van Staaden where I studied animal behavior. In the spring of 2012 I joined the Kravitz Lab at Harvard Medical School. My interests lie in quantitative characterization of complex behavioral phenotypes and studying biochemical, molecular and neuronal mechanisms underlying such phenotypes. Taking advantage of the selected hyper – aggressive strain of Drosophila in the Kravitz lab, the "Bully" flies, I am trying to understand how genes and environment work together to hardwire behavioral circuits for the adult fruit fly to navigate its environment. I am also interested in the temporal dynamics of two player interactions in the context of aggression.
Severine Trannoy
I am a post-doctoral research fellow in Kravitz lab. I Graduated from the French University of Paris (Paris VI University) and did my PhD under the supervision of Dr Thomas Preat where I focused my research on the molecular mechanisms and neuronal circuits involved in olfactory memory in Drosophila. In 2013, I moved to Harvard Medical School for a post-doctoral training under the supervision of Dr Edward Kravitz. My main research focuses on the formation and modulation of the loser and winner effects in Drosophila, (previous losers or winners showing higher probability to lose or win a second contest, respectively). These effects, that involve learning and memory processes, have been widely studied in many species, but few studies reported such effects in Drosophila. My interest is to precisely describe the temporal dynamic of these effects, the neuronal circuits and the molecular mechanisms involved in their formation. I am also interested in how serotonin neurotransmitter modulates aggression. I am trying to isolate specific serotonin neuronal circuits and focusing on their behavioral function.
Caroline Palavicino-Maggio
I am a post-doctoral research fellow at the Kravitz laboratory. I completed my doctoral degree with honors from the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and New Jersey Medical School at Rutgers University in 2013. As a predoctoral student, I developed the novel hypothesis that antipsychotics can induce weight gain by direct action on the intestine rather than through indirect central nervous system mechanisms. Via my original thesis proposal, I was awarded the NIH predoctoral award, the Mental Health Dissertation Research Grant (R36) to support this work. The project was highly praised for its potential to change the clinical use of antipsychotics in a way that will lead to minimization of weight gain and its associated co-morbidities, thereby improving the lives of those suffering from mental illnesses. I am also a recipient of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Scholarship for Minorities and Rutgers University Foundation Honor Society Fellowship for Research Scholars.
In 2016, I moved to Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts to pursue post-doctoral training under the supervision of Dr Edward Kravitz. My research interests focus on the role of amine neurons and how changes in gene expression in the circuits involved with these neurons produce the changes in social behaviors like aggression. My current project in the Kravitz laboratory is to examine the genes that are responsible for the the hyper-aggressive "bullies" phenotype using the Drosophila melanogaster model system, by identifying the localization and function of the protein products of this gene, as originally described in the Kravitz laboratory. By utilizing the fruit fly model, we are able to examine behaviors like aggression to the cellular and circuit level allowing a deeper understanding of how these systems work. In the long run, such knowledge will have relevance in efforts to understand how amine neurons function in humans.


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Coach Licklater
(****, M/fffff, Intense, intense schoolgirl paddling)
Paddle swats from the big male coach -- ouch! (Approximately 5,129 words. Originally published 2003-12.)
Because Coach Licklater was the only male teacher at Sunquest Academy for Girls he'd been assigned as school disciplinarian. This meant that every day at three fifteen he'd paddle all the girls who'd gotten in trouble that day.
The way this worked was a teacher would give you a note which you had to take to Coach Licklater and get him to sign after he'd delivered your licks. Sunquest is a strict school, so punishments were frequent, but not that severe. Typically a girl was given three or four swats, which wasn't bad.
There were two problems with this system, however. One was that on occasion you'd find yourself with notes from several teachers on the same day, meaning you were in for a real bottom-warming. The other problem was Coach Licklater himself.
He was big beefy man, sort of an out-of-shape Arnold Schwartzenegger after twenty years of drinking beer and watching football. But he was still strong and could really swing a paddle.
The big problem with Coach Licklater was that he enjoyed his job a little too much. Having a teenage girl in extra-short gym shorts bending over his punishment bench was a dream come true. But it often got even better. One of the rules of the school was that you weren't allowed to get out of position during a paddling. If you did, the paddling was started over and you lost the right to wear your shorts. That's right: the redo was on bare skin!
Coach Licklater knew this, of course, and he paddled harder because of it. Every blow was designed to dislodge you, to bring forth the maximum amount of pain, to cause you to rise up from your position, all so he could order you to take down your shorts and present him your bare ass.
Most girls gave up practically before it started, rising on the first swat and resigning themselves to a bare bottom paddling. After all, what was the point of taking six or seven hard swats over your shorts, only to fail and have the punishment start over with no protection?
A few girls fought him, struggling to take their paddling bravely, but almost inevitably the coach would win and the paddling would be started over, this time with the tearful girl bending over naked from the waist down.
That was the dilemma with Coach Licklater: did you challenge him by keeping your shorts on? That would probably make him angry, and your paddling would be much worse, and you ran the risk that a single slip not only cost you the humiliation of exposing your bare ass, but suffering extra strokes.
If you had only been sentenced to a few strokes, the decision wasn't too difficult. But when your paddling was in the gray 6-to-10 swat range, it was much more difficult to tell. Could you hold out for eight swats?
That was the dilemma that faced Sheri Lillyass one day. Normally a bright and conscientious student, she got a little carried away celebrating her 18th birthday. With only two months of school left, she felt she deserved a bit of a break, and though she had tons of homework to do over the weekend, she decided to procrastinate a little.
Friday evening she stayed up late watching a horror movie with her best friend Alison, and Saturday, after sleeping in until noon, she was rushed making the final preparations for her birthday party. The party was at Alison's house (her parents were less strict than Sheri's and had promised to be away until ten o'clock). The party was awesome, and though Sheri was conservative and shy, she was "encouraged" to try some of the beer a few of the boys from the public high school had brought. She didn't like it, but the guys did, so she drank more than she would have on her own.
Sunday she awoke with a headache and skipped church. She was planning to do homework in the afternoon, but Alison told her Jake from the party wanted to meet at the carnival. Since it was the final weekend for the carnival, she agreed, and soon was having a blast hanging out with Jake and his buddy Don, who were both hunky seniors and football players. She forgot all about her homework.
She arrived home at almost midnight, discovered her parents were up waiting, extremely worried, and after a lecture and a grounding, she went to bed. She awoke late the next morning, head aching and dizzy, and the first thing she remembered was the stack of homework she'd neglected.
Sheri couldn't believe she'd been so irresponsible. It was so unlike her. But then she decided that since it was her first time, probably the teachers wouldn't make a big deal about it. Getting a paddling didn't even occur to the pretty teen: she was mostly worried about her grade point average. Hopefully the teachers would let her turn in the work late, or maybe she could do some extra credit work to keep her 4.0.
In four years of high school Sheri had never been late. Well, there was that one time with the snow storm last year, but by the time she arrived, she learned that school had been canceled. Thus Sheri wasn't even aware of school policy. The main doors were locked at 8 o'clock, so she had to enter through the staff entrance, which was through the administrative offices. Of course she was noticed, and Principal Harris' secretary handed her a slip of paper.
The pink paper was a punishment slip! Sheri couldn't believe it. The note indicated she was to report to the gym promptly at 3:15 dressed in her gym clothes. She was due three swats for tardiness.
Her head still swimming with astonishment, Sheri made her way to English class. Unfortunately, she hadn't quite finished reading _The Great Gatsby_ (she'd only had a few chapters left and planned to do it that weekend), so she was a little clueless during discussion time. Mrs. Davis was not amused, but didn't say anything.
Advanced Algebra was where things went downhill, however. When Sheri sheepishly admitted to not having her homework assignment, Ms. Howard cruelly marked down a zero in the record book, ignoring Sheri's pleas for leniency. When Sheri insisted that wasn't fair, it being her birthday and all, and begged for more time or extra credit, the teacher told her to go sit down and shut up. But Sheri wasn't so easily put off. Math wasn't her best subject and she was straddling the A-/B+ fence and she was terrified this missed assignment would drop her to the B side. She persisted.
"I'm not giving you extra credit or letting you turn in the assignment late and that's final."
"But Ms. Howard, you don't under--"
"Sit down now!" snapped the teacher. "Or I'll make it hard for you to sit down."
The threat passed right over Sheri's head, her not being used to such discipline. She continued the beg. Ms. Howard didn't waste any more time but grabbed a pink punishment slip, filled it out, and handed to the startled teen.
"There, happy birthday," she growled. "Now I've got a class to teach. Unless you want to make things even worse, I suggest you go to your seat and close your mouth."
Sheri wanted to cry. She felt like she'd been slapped in the face. She sat in her chair, stunned. The consequences of the punishment slip didn't really register: she'd never been paddled and the concept was a vague, abstract thing for her.
But her day was not over. In her AP Chemistry class Sheri was lost, having neglected to read the next chapter in the textbook. That frustrated and annoyed her, for she hated not understanding things. Irritated, she skipped lunch and spent it in the library, trying to finish her Geography reading. She managed about two thirds of it, but felt she only remembered half of that, she was so distracted by her headache, the odd pit gnawing in her stomach that she couldn't figure out, and the sweet memories of the previous night when Jake had kissed her on the Ferris wheel.
Sheri was angry when she arrived in Geography. She was mostly mad at herself, for being so stupid, but she was also furious that her teachers, who she'd thought of as her friends, were being so unreasonable and cruel to her. Thus when Ms. Anderson announced a pop quiz, Sheri was not in a good mood. Her mood soured further during the quiz as the girl struggled with the questions, and she livid when her paper was handed back to her with a 70 circled at the top. Ms. Anderson graded on a curve, so that turned out to be a solid B (Sheri wasn't the only girl who hadn't read the material), but Sheri was still upset and went to the teacher when the bell rang and begged for a make-up quiz.
"What? I'm not giving you a make-up quiz. The whole point of a pop quiz is that it's unexpected."
"Please, Ms. Anderson. How about if I write a research paper?"
The woman shook her head.
"Ten pages."
"I'm not changing the grade. Look, Sheri, and I know you're an A student, but there's nothing wrong with a B. I don't even know what you're worried about. Didn't you already get accepted by Dartmouth? They won't even see your final term marks."
"But Ms. Anderson--"
At that moment the bell rang and Sheri looked around to realize the next class had already filed in.
"Oh my God, that's the final bell!" Sheri hovered in indecision. She still wanted to push her case with Ms. Anderson, but now she was late for Spanish.
"Go!" said the teacher, pointing to the door. "I won't change your grade and if I hear any more argument I'll dock you ten points on the quiz!"
The horror of a C shocked Sheri and she staggered out the classroom, bewildered. She'd always gotten along so well with Ms. Anderson. What was going on?
As Sheri wandered the halls, she was suddenly startled to realize someone was talking to her. She looked up and it was Principal Harris.
"Sheri, Earth to Sheri. I was asking for your hall pass," said the Principal with a friendly smile. Sheri was one of her best and favorite students.
"Oh!" Sheri flushed pink. "I... uh, well, I... I don't have one."
The Principal frowned. "What are you doing wandering the halls without a pass?"
"I, uh, I'm on my way to Spanish. I was talking with Ms. Anderson and didn't hear the warning bell."
The woman smiled sadly. "I'm afraid we have a zero tolerance policy at Sunquest, Sheri." She began to write on the pink pad in her hand. "But since it's your first time, I'm only putting you down for two swats, okay?" She tore off the page and held it out to the girl.
Sheri took the paper in a daze, suddenly remembering the two others in her pocket. "What do these mean?" she whispered, her voice suddenly faint with worry.
The Principal wrinkled her brow. "You're to report to Coach Licklater after school, of course. For discipline." Suddenly the light dawned. "Oh, you've never been paddled before, have you!"
Sheri shook her head dismally, that pit in her belly growing.
"Well, don't worry. You're a big girl. It won't be too bad. Just a couple licks. It'll sting a bit, but you'll survive. Probably a good experience for you, actually. It's not good to escape Sunquest without ever being spanked."
The reality of her dire situation was finally beginning to sink in to poor Sheri. The knowledge that her bottom was going to be smacked in a couple hours was distinctly unpleasant!
As she hurried off to Spanish, she checked the other papers. Each slip was for three swats. That was a total of eight! Sheri didn't know how bad that was, but it didn't sound good. If two or three swats was considered punishment, eight must be severe.
Spanish was miserable, as Sheri couldn't concentrate at all. She kept imagining Coach Licklater holding up a big wooden paddle, a leer on his face. The concept of that paddle hitting Sheri's ass was just too intense for the girl: she put it out of her mind. It couldn't be real. There had to be some other possibility. Twice Mrs. Diaz had to reprimand Sheri for not paying attention, and the third time the teacher dryly actually asked Sheri, in a grim tone of voice, if she'd like a punishment slip?
"No!" cried the teen, terrified. Her loud denial to what was supposed to be a rhetorical question sent the class tittering, and Sheri blushed. "No ma'am, I'm sorry. I'll pay attention from now on."
"En Espanol!" said the teacher sternly.
"Apesadumbrado," mumbled Sheri, bowing her head and wishing she was invisible.
Her final class of the day was the mandatory Health class, which was so boring and routine Sheri usually used it as a study hall. Today, however, she couldn't concentrate on her Algebra homework: she was watching the clock as it inched toward three p.m. and the final bell. The three ominous pink slips in her pocket seemed to have grown, and they weighed her down as though they were made of lead.
Finally, the bell rang, and Sheri gratefully escaped the classroom, but her feet were leaden. She put away her books in her locker and headed for the gym. She didn't want to go, but the notes were specific that she be there _promptly_ at 3:15, dressed in her P.E. clothes.
It was ten after when she arrived. She found her gym locker and slowly changed clothes. The shorts, she suddenly realized, didn't give her a lot of protection. She was so worried about her own fate she didn't even realize she wasn't alone until Maggie said something to her.
"Huh? What did you say?"
"I said, "Nice day for a butt-warming,'" laughed the pretty blonde girl. Maggie was only a junior, but Sheri knew her from yearbook last year.
"You can joke about this?" breathed Sheri.
"Aw, it's not a big deal. A few swats are bad. Unless you've got a bunch. Is this your first time?" Her voice held awe and respect.
Sheri blushed and nodded, wondering why she was embarrassed at having never been paddled.
"Cheer up. It's not a big deal. What'd you get, three? Four?"
Wordlessly, Sheri revealed the three slips.
"Oh my God! That's eight. Ouch. No wonder you're nervous. That means that's really nine, with eight on the bare. Oooh, you'll be sleeping on your belly tonight."
Sheri was bewildered. "What do you mean, nine?"
"You don't know how this works, do you? You see, you're not allowed to move out of position once the paddling starts. If you do, your shorts come down. The spanking's on the bare bottom."
"No way!" gasped Sheri, her mouth dangling open. "You can't be serious."
"Them's the rules."
"But Coach Licklater's a guy!"
"Yeah. Glad you noticed."
"But he can't see me naked!"
"Well, unless you can take eight swats over your shorts without moving, he can and will."
Immediately Sheri resolved to take her paddling with Olympic fortitude. There was no way she was baring her ass to the only male teacher in the school!
As the walked out of the locker room, Maggie explained. "If you move, the paddling starts over from the beginning. Most girls take their first swat over their shorts, then get up, and take the paddling on the bare. If you don't, you'll take a swats on your shorts that don't count."
"I won't get up," said Sheri grimly.
Maggie laughed. "Oh yes you will. You have no idea how much even one swat hurts." She held up her slip. "I'm only in for four, but my ass is sore from a four swats last Friday, so I'm just going to take it on the bare. I might be able to handle four today, but I just don't know. I don't trust myself. And why take the risk? Coach has already seen my bare ass anyway."
Sheri's mind spun and she couldn't believe this was happening. But she knew there was no way she was taking down her shorts. Just the thought was hideously horrible.
Coach Licklater was on the gym floor moving a wooden pedestal of sorts into the middle of the room. Several other girls in gym outfits were standing waiting and Maggie and Sheri joined them.
"Looks like quite a crowd today. Mondays are always heavy," laughed the Coach pleasantly. The grim faces of the girls didn't smile back.
"All right. Everyone have their pink slips? Good. Everyone know all the rules? Oh, I don't remember seeing you here before. Sheri Lillyass, isn't it?"
Sheri turned beet red as everyone stared at her. She nodded and stared at the floor.
"Since it's your first time, I'll explain the rules. One by one, you each come up here. You present your slip -- or slips, if you've been particularly naughty -- and bend over this horse here for your swats. Now at least the first swat must be taken over your shorts. If you get up during your shorts paddling, the entire paddling begins again, but this time without your shorts. Without your underwear as well. It's bare bottom!"
The coach grinned as he said this, a huge toothy grin, but none of the girls smiled. Most fidgeted and looked uncomfortable. Sheri's face was ashen.
"If you can stay down for the entire shorts punishment, that will be all you receive. But if you get out of position, I'll start the punishment over from the beginning, and your second round will be bare bottom."
The big man clapped his hands together. "All right. Let's get this party started. Who's first? We'll go alphabetically if there are no volunteers."
Sheri shrank to the back, terrified. There was no way she'd go first. Fortunately, one of the unfortunates there was Amy Algar, a freshman in for her ninth paddling of the year. She was only due three swats, though, and didn't seem worried. She held up her hand.
The coach took her punishment slip, grumbled when he saw it was only for three swats, and told her to get in position.
The petite girl clambered over the "horse" as the man had called the pedestal. It did resemble a saw horse, Sheri thought, at least a little. It was about a yard wide with upside down vee-shaped pieces on each side. It was about three feet high, with a padded flat area across the middle for the girl to lean across. There were wooden beams across both ends, at the floor, and Amy gripped the one at the far end and placed her feet at the outsides of the near beam. The result was that her legs were splayed three feet apart, her head bent down, with her gym-short ass stuck up in the air.
Sheri suddenly gasped. Coach Licklater was holding up a huge wooden paddle. It was nearly two feet long and probably six or eight inches wide. It looked thick and heavy. A series of pencil-diameter holes had been drilled across the surface to spell out the word "OUCH." Someone obviously had a black sense of humor.
The coach lined up on Amy's left side. Holding the paddle with both hands, he stretched it out until it was right behind her ass. The blade dwarfed her small butt, easily covering the entire buttocks. Then the coach drew back the paddle to his shoulder and swung it down hard.
The noise was loud and echoed throughout the gym. Sheri and the others cringed. Sheri couldn't believe how hard the swat was: the coach was swinging as hard as he could!
Amy grunted, and her shorts wiggled frantically for a few seconds, then she settled down. WHAM! the paddle walloped her again. This time Amy's head went up, her hair danced a little, and her butt moved a lot. But she didn't get up. WHAM! The final swat was even harder, the noise deafening. Sheri watched with her mouth open, terrified. Amy gave a little cry of alarm, her ass twitching furiously. When the coach ordered her up, she stood shakily, still wiggling, and her eyes were red.
"Next," said the coach, obviously annoyed at the limited punishment he was able to give Amy.
Pascale Davidson was next, a nice-looking brunette. She was only a sophomore, but she looked like she could be in college. Her voluptuous body was as mature as an adult, with full breasts and bottom.
"Six!" exclaimed the coach when he saw her paper. "Smoking. Again."
The teen shrugged, and got over the horse. Her bigger butt looked huge as the cheeks strained against the skimpy shorts. Sheri could see portions of the girl's asscheeks hanging out at the base of the shorts. This paddling was going to hurt!
Pascale stood up immediately after the first terrible swat. She didn't hesitate but quickly yanked down her shorts and underwear, revealing a beautiful, shapely, and very pink bottom.
"Six more," grunted the coach, hefting the paddle.
When Pascale bent back over the horse, Sheri nearly fainted. She'd been worried about the coach seeing her bare bottom but now she realized that was the least of what he'd see. With her legs spread apart the way they were, Pascale revealed everything. Her fully mature slit dangled between her legs, the far side furry with a dark bush. Above the sex and between the curves of her asscheeks was the black dot of her asshole. She hid nothing, but in fact, presented everything obscenely, thrust up as though showing it off. Sheri felt sick to her stomach and her resolve to take her paddling over her shorts quadrupled.
The coach stepped forward and slid a wooden bar into position over Pascale's back. The bar pinned her in place, making it impossible for her to rise. For this portion of her punishment willpower was not in question: she just had to suffer.
The paddling of the pretty brunette was brutal. Every swat was fiendishly hard. The girl's buttocks quivered violently, smashed flat by the board and springing back to rotund life a fraction of a second later. The skin quickly went hot-pink, then red, then crimson, then magenta, then purple. After six swats the girl was a mess, weeping non-stop, her mascara running, her hair disheveled. Holding her blistered butt with one hand, she bent and retrieved her shorts and went and stood by Amy, who's eyes were moist with sympathy. Sheri couldn't figure out why the girl wasn't getting dressed. Didn't she realize she was standing butt naked in front of a guy?
"Next," said the coach.
"I guess that's me," sighed Maggie. With a smile of encouragement to Sheri, the blonde went forward. She had a really nice butt, Sheri thought as the girl bent into position. She found herself wondering how it would look bare and bright red like Pascale's.
Sheri didn't have long to wait. After one swat Maggie was up and pulling off her shorts. She wasn't messing around. And indeed her bare ass was magnificent, the cheeks full and curved. But Sheri was surprised to note that the girl's butt looked like it had already been paddled. The flesh was already blotchy with red. Then she remembered Maggie said she'd been spanked on Friday. That must be the remnants of her last punishment.
Back over the pedestal, Maggie was locked in position by the wooden bar and endured four blistering swats of that big board. She didn't take her punishment quietly the way Pascale had: she yelled with every smack. (As she revealed to Sheri later, yelling releases tension and makes the spanking easier to bear.)
All eyes suddenly fell on Sheri. She looked around, terrified. There was still another girl, Erica Short. Sheri's eyes pleaded with her to go next, to postpone her own fate for a few more minutes, but the younger girl looked away, worried about her own bottom.
"Sheri, your last name begins with 'L,' so I think that makes you next," said the coach thoughtfully.
Sheri couldn't move. Her mouth was dry and she felt like she was going to throw up. "This c-can't b-b-be," she stammered. "There--there's been a mistake."
"Give me your pink slip."
Sheri watched as her hand reached out with the three slips and handed them to the man.
"Three!" Suddenly a smile beamed across his face. "Three, three, and two. That's eight. Oh, you've been a very naughty girl!"
Sheri stumbled forward. The punishment horse swelled before her until it was the size of the entire world. She was across it, her ass high in the air. She couldn't believe this was happening. She was eighteen now, too old for childish discipline.
"Hold on tight," laughed the coach, and suddenly Sheri's ass exploded.
She didn't even hear the sound of the swat. She felt the pressure of impact and was suddenly overwhelmed with pain. The intense stinging dominated all her senses. For a few long seconds she thought she was going to die or faint or both. It was like her ass was the entire world. Then she remembered and saw she was gripping the hand brace with all her strength, willing herself not to rise. That was terribly tempting, however. She wanted nothing more than to reach back and massage her smarting ass. But she didn't dare.
After a pause, where the coach waited in vain for Sheri to rise, he swatted her again. Oh the agony! Sheri had never felt such pain. Her ass throbbed and she wiggled it frantically, trying to throw off the sting. But her main goal, of keeping in position, was still clear and she held on tight.
Two more blows followed, each more severe than the previous. She shrieked with each spank. Her ass danced uncontrollably. Sheri was beside herself with terror at the thought of more strikes. Her knuckles were white she gripped the beam so tightly, yet she somehow held on.
Coach Licklater was impressed. For a first timer, she was holding on remarkable well. But he wasn't going to let her off easy. He took a couple steps back, pulled the paddle back to his left ear, and whipped it around 360 degrees to smack with a wallop into those elegant cheeks.
The result was staggering. Sheri's legs flew backwards, sticking straight out for a few long seconds. Her head flung all about, her hair tumbling over her face. Her mouth opened in a high-pitched scream that alarmed the coach.
And suddenly Sheri was off the horse, rolling on the gym floor, gripping her buttocks and sobbing. Everyone watched her in silence for several long minutes until she calmed down. Coach Licklater had an amused expression on his face. "Shorts off," he said finally, pointing at the horse with the paddle.
"Noooo, please," moaned Sheri. "I can't, I can't."
"Hey, I can keep paddling you over your shorts, but none of the swats will count. You've got eight on the bare coming and that's what you're going to get. Get in position now!"
Four minutes minutes earlier Sheri would have told you she'd rather have died than bare her buttocks for the coach. But now, with her ass burning so brightly, it seemed like a minor detail. The garments came off, the bare buttocks, a mottled crimson, were revealed.
There were surprised looks in the audience. Sheri wasn't bad looking; in fact, she was quite pretty, in a female-lawyer studious kind of way. But few thought of her as sexy because she was always so serious about her schoolwork. Now, seeing her bare ass, the girls -- and the male coach -- were stunned at how sexy Sheri looked. Her lithe figure had curvy hips, long splendid legs, and a fantastic bottom. The cheeks were full and round, the cleft between them deep and pronounced. Several of the girls, Pascale included, frowned, a twinge of jealousy coursing through them. Sheri rarely even dated: how could she deserve such a sweet butt?
But Sheri wasn't thinking of anything close to this. She felt the eyes of everyone on her and was blushing scarlet, shamed down to her toes at the thought of being seen like this. A light tap from the paddle sent her scurrying to the horse, where she was locked in like the others. Now she was trapped. She couldn't even reach back to protect her bottom.
Her bottom! How huge it felt. She could feel air gently passing over the hot flesh, the current drifting down between her legs. Oh, Lord! Everyone could see! She snapped her legs together, refusing to spread them.
The coach calmly grabbed an ankle and pulled it to one side, fastening it to the horse with a Velcro strip that was there. He did the same on the other side, and now Sheri was helpless. She could wiggle her ass a little, that was all.
Coach Licklater began the paddling. It was the longest eight minutes of Sheri's life. Against her bare skin the sting was even fiercer. The incredible heat from the spanking was made more obvious by the cool air that blew across her blistered flesh. Oh, it was awful.
Finally, about a year later, it was over. The coach released the pin bar and Sheri was free to rise. She could hardly move. She staggered to her feet, her buttocks an agonizing mottle of crimson and purple. Her hands went back and squeezed the steaming, tender flesh. Sheri wept and massaged her sore butt while young Erica suffered five swats: one over her shorts, and four on the bare. Every time the paddle came down, Sheri winced, her ass shuddering.
Then it was all over. All the girls had been well-punished, and it was time to go home. Sheri found herself being guided by Maggie, who was sympathetic.
"Wow, he really roasted you," she muttered. "Hey, aren't you going to get your shorts?"
In a daze, Sheri realized she'd forgotten her gym shorts and her panties. They were in a discarded bundle on the floor. As she bent to pick them up, she vaguely realized the coach was watching her. She stood up, unconcerned he was getting a full view of her nude front. She no longer cared about such a minor detail. She limped away, and her magenta ass the last thing he saw.
The End