text:
The man overseeing women's affairs
Page Tools
Sandra Nori.
Photo: Tamara Dean
In July last year the State Government "elevated" the Department of Women by cutting its budget by two-thirds, slashing staff and programs and squashing what was left, now called an office, into the Premier's Department. A year later it has completed the project by putting a man in charge of the remnants.
Meet Peter Connelly, whose sole qualification for the job he has held for the past three months is that he is the acting executive director of the department's division of performance measurement and review. And the Government is in no mood to review the situation until next year.
How did this come about? Through a bureaucratic game of musical chairs in which the permanent head, Dr Elizabeth Coombs, has been shuffled off to the Department of Juvenile Justice to cover the resignation of its director-general, David Sherlock.
The Minister for Women, Sandra Nori, told a budget estimates committee hearing on Friday that she was not bothered by the anomaly, even though it was the only time in Australia that a man had been put in charge of a department for women.
But women's advocates such as Eva Cox from the Women's Electoral Lobby are appalled.
"There are two questions: Who is running it? And what are they doing?" Ms Cox said when told of Mr Connelly's position.
"They gutted the department but promised that by moving it into the Department of Premier it meant they would have access to better resources and to the Premier himself.
"Instead, as we feared, it has disappeared. We have heard nothing except that funding for community programs has been cut. They are not raising issues like child care and preschool problems. It looks like women have been left without a clear voice."
The Opposition spokeswoman on women, the upper house MP Catherine Cusack, said the Government had cut $4 million from the department in the last budget, including reducing staff from 55 to 14 and community grants from $1 million a year to just $150,000.
"If the best the Government can do is ask a man to make decisions about women's issues then it goes to the heart of their credibility," she said, noting that the two most senior women under Mr Connelly, Sharon Boyd and Sue Gorst, were only in an acting capacity.
"The Government has dumbed down the women's debate and is now dismantling and downgrading its role in advocating for women.
"The department is supposed to be an agent for change, not a public relations unit. If it isn't in the script, or if it's a challenging or thorny issue, it is simply axed."
Get the SMH delivered for as little as $3 a week - SAVE 21%


text:
The Rope Walk at the Albany, Piccadilly, London
Edmund Molloy, a journalist for The Daily Courier has volunteered to join an expedition to South America to look for prehistoric creatures. He has been seduced by Edith, the wife of the expedition's leader Professor Challenor. They have been engaged in a passionate tryst at the Great Northern Hotel. That evening Molloy has to meet with fellow expedition member Lord Hoxton, at his residence in Piccadilly.
I arrived at the Albany, or just 'Albany' as the many distinguished residents tended to call it, at eight thirty. The uniformed doorman took me through the main house and out of the rear of the building along the famous Rope Walk, a covered path which is located between the double frontages of the terraced houses that made up the rest of the Albany. He led me upstairs to where Lord Hoxton's set, as the apartments there are known, was located on the first floor and knocked on the door himself, so as to ensure that I was not some interloper.
"Molloy! Do come in old chap! Let me get you a glass of Madeira!" said Hoxton, after thanking the doorman, who touched the brim of his top hat before retiring. Hoxton was casually dressed in a dark red smoking jacket, what looked like black silk pyjama trousers and Turkish looking slippers. I gazed around his drawing room with interest. It was in complete contrast to the chaos of Professor Challenor's study. Everything was neatly arranged, even though the room contained a great number of objects. There were the inevitable mounted heads of wild animals, reflecting Hoxton's reputation as a game hunter. Big cats from Africa, gazelles and antelope of many kinds. He explained that his large trophies were down in his house in Hampshire. There were several mounted fish in cases and framed collections of fishing flies, butterflies and beetles on the bottle green striped wallpaper. In one corner a stuffed cobra reared above a bristling mongoose. The lights had green shades too, giving a dim light with most of the illumination coming from a large, crackling fire. One wall was part taken up by a mahogany bookshelf stuffed with gold embossed leather volumes and the occasional small statuette of African provenance. Along the top of a marble chimney-piece was a collection of brass shell cases of different calibres, a bronze sculpture of a wading bird and a brass clock. Above the chimney-piece was a gorgeously luminous nude which was obviously by Renoir. There were several other paintings or drawings of nude women on the walls. Not as extreme as those in the Babylon Exploration Society but rather bolder than would be acceptable in mixed company. One looked like a Boucher or a Fragonard drawing of a voluptuous young girl reclining amidst soft pillows, her plump thighs guiding the eye towards an anatomically accurately rendered pubis. Another, of a girl in a tub, was certainly by Degas. Hoxton was, I knew, fabulously wealthy, so the presence of such art did not surprise me. "Here," he said, handing me a very large glass of Madeira, "sit down and tell me about yourself!"
"Thank you," I said sitting down on his large russet coloured leather sofa. I seemed to be spending an inordinate amount of time discussing my life of late, although the version I gave Hoxton emphasised my sporting activity rather more than my artistic.
"I think you'll do well, Molloy," he said, after I had given him a brief account of my life so far, "provided you can take advice. Going up the Amazon is not like taking a skiff up the Thames. Many of the creatures in the region are very nasty if not actually deadly: jaguars, anacondas, electric eels, piranha... Deep in the interior the local tribes are often hostile and equipped with poison tipped arrows or blowpipes. Then there is the fever, the risk of physical injury and such like. And everywhere the cursed, biting insects. The jungle floor is alive with 'em. Still, you look like a robust chap. Done any boxing?"
"Yes, at school," I said.
"Can you swim?"
"I am a strong swimmer; able to swim more than a mile with little effort."
"Excellent. So, what with your rather top level rugger, capped for Ireland I believe this past season, I see you can take the knocks. Do you pick up colds?"
"What? Oh no! I am lucky to possess robust health, Lord Hoxton!" I replied, conscious that he was conducting an interview far more searching than I had had at the Courier.
"Hoxton, is enough. Lord James if you want to be friendly!" he said. "Your editor told me, at the museum last night, that you are a fine artist. Are those some of your drawings in that portfolio?" He indicated the folder which I had left by the door.
"Yes! I mean no!"
"Can I see them?"
"They are personal," I replied. "Private. Of a lady!" I felt like I was teetering on the edge of a precipice.
"Ah! Those sort of drawings! Well done! As you see," he waved at the Renoir, "I am something of a collector meself. I really would like to see one!"
"I have one where the lady's face is not revealed. I can show you that!" I stood up.
"Why? Am I likely to know the lady?" he sipped his Madeira and looked wolfish.
"There is a possibility, however slight, that you may meet her!" I said, carefully flicking through the drawings. I wished I had not left the first, almost innocent, one of Edith from the rear with her in the hotel but I had given it to her and she had packed it in her case. I gingerly extracted the one of Edith sat facing the back of a chair. I hesitated, as not just her sex but her anus were clearly depicted. Her face, however, was not. I handed it to him.
"Good Lord, Molloy! This is well done indeed! Do I take it that you are intimate with this woman?"
"We have...an arrangement!" I said.
"Splendid! You are a proper man and up to the task in hand no doubt! Can't bear to travel with mealy-mouthed puritans who are squeamish about sex. Always like to add to me tally on these sorts of trips. Don't want some God-fearing fellow telling me what is and isn't right. Seems to me if the gel is screaming in delight and flowing like the Nile as you roger her then you can't be doing anything wrong! Ipso facto! What?"
"Have you, er, experienced the women of the Anazon jungle before?" I asked. I was expecting to talk to Hoxton about hunting rather than women.
"Yes, but the gels of Amazonia are not particularly attractive by native standards. Stocky legs, barrel like bodies, not very pleasing faces. Not a patch on your Beja of the Sudan, your Polynesians, your Zulu women, my how they can go at it, and what not. Let alone the lovelies you find in the Levant and sub-continent. Some of the loveliest women in the world in India and many of them are properly trained in the arts of love. Not really natives though, I s'pose. Some of them are close to being civilised people. Still, when they are face down with their arses in the air they all feel the same, what? Just make sure you don't roger a girl from one of the cannibal tribes. In Brazil I prefer the half chat girls. They can be spectacular but they will be in short supply once we leave Manaós. Had a couple of absolute beauties when I was there last. Sisters! Splendid! Up river a chap has to get it where he can find it. Most of the native girls near the main river will trade it for a few trinkets. Like the old days in the South Seas before all the missionaries wrecked it! Nothing like the first time you introduce a native bint to a good length of white meat. Finest feeling on Earth! Other than watching a fox torn to pieces on your first hunt!" he took a large swig of his Madeira.
"You obviously have considerably more experience than I do, Lord Hoxton," I said, the thought occurring that the famous hunter was equally interested in despoiling as many women as shooting creatures.
"Yes, well. Got to get your score up. What's yours, old boy?"
"Score?" I replied.
"Yes. How many bints have you had?"
"Well to be honest, I have only had...er, four." I decided to include Agnes and Madame Nathalie or my 'score' would be rather sorry.
"Not too bad, old chap. Many have achieved far less. We'll get you something to play with in Brazil I'm sure! Get you into double figures, what? Perhaps we should both have a tilt at young Miss Blanc? Damn fine looking filly, that, eh? Bit skinny for my taste, though. Like big arses, meself!"
"I think she is a very beautiful young woman!" I ventured, meaning it.
"I say! Here's a bit of fun! Let's have a small wager on her. what?"
"A wager? In what way?" I asked.
"Nothing complicated. Are you on for it?" he looked at me. He seemed to want me to agree before agreeing the stakes. I was worried he might propose something outrageous like five pounds. He was looking at me carefully and I suspected that this might be another Hoxton test. Given that his skills might well be responsible for keeping me alive in the adventure ahead I decided to agree to his proposal.
"I will take your wager, even though I do not know the object or the stakes!" I smiled and tried to look confident and like a man of the world.
"Good man! First class!" He looked delighted and poured us both some more Madeira."Well the object of the wager is obvious! First one to roger Mademoiselle Blanc wins!"
"Yes! Roger! Fuck, if you prefer!"
"It may be a difficult objective!" I said, remembering how she had cut Professor Challenor down to size at his lecture.
"That's what makes it a challenge, what? I rate my odds about fifty fifty. Yours a bit better!"
Really?" I said, surprised.
"Youth on your side! Closer to her age and what have you! Now to win there has to be pretty good evidence that the deed has taken place and, better still, a confession from the lady in question. As to stakes. If I win I want a drawing of your lady friend in any pose I choose!"
"Oh! Alright!" I said, so surprised that he wasn't suggesting a large financial wager that I didn't think about how I might persuade Edith to pose in order to pay off a bet because Lord Hoxton had won a wager as to who could have Marguerite Blanc first. She might be amused, I hope. "And if I win?"
"Well, I've been watching you admiring me Boucher drawing, so you can have that!"
"What?" It must be worth a small fortune, I mused.
"I have just acquired another of a girl with her plump arse in the air, which is more to me taste than that one. Rumours are that they are both of Boucher's wife. He got her to pose provocatively and sold the drawings off to private collectors. What a top chap!" He stood up and we shook hands on the wager and he toasted me as well.
"Good luck Molloy! And may the best man plunge his way up Mademoiselle Blanc's hot, dripping cunny!"
"Indeed!" I said, wondering what she would say if she knew what we were discussing.
"As I said, I think you have a fair chance at her!"
"I am already finding that a certain type of young woman is attracted to me because of my minor fame in being part of this expedition!" I added.
"Ah, there you go! Make the most of them! I intend to spend the two weeks before our departure fucking every piece I can! Fortunately me forthcoming birthday party gives me ample opportunity to score dozens of cunnies and arseholes too. Who knows, we may have all been eaten by dinosaurs in six months time!"
"I will hope that you will protect me from that, Lord Hoxton!" I said, surprised at his strong language although he had been in the army, I knew, in Afghanistan over thirty years previously.
"Do me best, old chap! But you'll need a good gun yourself. I'll sort you one out shortly." he smiled. "Anyway, back to your lady with the enticing arse. Every woman I meet from now on I will wonder if she is your splendidly built popsy!" He laughed and stood up. "I would like to commission you to do some similar drawings of some of me lady friends. Would you be up for that, eh? I'll pay you ten guineas a drawing! Lots of artists can turn out a nude but not many can so lovingly reproduce the details of the pudenda and anus! I do enjoy a nice tight arsehole, what?"
"I would be happy to do so!" I said. Ten guineas a drawing!
"Excellent! Now, need to fit you out with a gun. Wait here while I get one. I have just the thing in mind! Have some more Madeira! I'll be a few minutes as I think it is somewhat buried under some trunks! Here look at this list," he handed me a piece of paper with neat writing upon it. "I've listed pretty much everything you will need and where to get it. Army & Navy is your best place!"
He left the room. I looked at the list and it did seem helpfully comprehensive. I folded it and put it in my jacket pocket. I stood up and poured myself another glass of Madeira. I stood in front of the fire and looked at the Renoir, closely. I wondered about attempting a painting of Edith.
"James, what are you up to? Come back to bed!" I jumped, nearly spilling my Madeira as I turned around, looking in the direction from which the deep, sultry voice had come. I saw a handsome black haired woman. in her late thirties or early forties. emerging from a doorway. She was dressed in a man's white shirt, black stockings with red garters and, it appeared, nothing else. The shirt was undone apart from the middle button revealing the enticing slopes of a magnificent bosom. I recognised her instantly as Hoxton's companion from the museum lecture, Lady Caroline, a prominent socialite widow about town who hosted a salon, in the old Parisian fashion. She is a subscriber to this edition so I have ensured that my account regarding her has her approval and I am grateful for her recollections of subsequent events. "Oh! Hello, young man! And who might you be? Wait! Of course! The dinosaur chasing journalist! I am sure that I recognise you from elsewhere, however! Ah, I have it! You are the well know rugby player Mr…forgive me…"
"Molloy. Edmund Molloy!" I said holding out my hand. She squeezed it gently and I was aware of a strong musky scent from her body. Had she just been...?
"Of course! I think we have even spoken before, I believe. At Twickenham, wasn't it?"
"Your powers of recall are remarkable, Lady Caroline," I said. She smiled at my remembering her name. I did now recall our meeting, when she had attempted to get into our dressing room, somewhat the worse for Champagne.
"I never forget a nice pair of legs Mr Molloy!" she replied, dropping on to the arm of one of Hoxton's red leather armchairs. She crossed her own legs and displayed her elegant limbs, including an enticing slice of naked upper thigh.
"It is an appreciation I share, your ladyship," I said, smiling.
"Mr Molloy! Are you flirting with me?" she smiled back.
"Of course not!" I stammered. I looked at her again and she was still smiling and bouncing her elegant bestockinged foot at me. She raised an elegant eyebrow.
"Well, perhaps a little," I admitted.
"Splendid! Ah James!" she said as Hoxton returned to the room carrying a gun case. "Your delightful guest is flirting with me in your absence!"
"Is he now?" said Hoxton, placing the case on the coffee table and opening the catches. "I do like a brave man! Now, speaking of brave, do you have any experience of shooting, Molloy?" He lifted the lid on the box and took out a rifle.
"Some rabbit hunting back in Ireland," I said. "But I was never a very good shot!"
"Well, if Professor Challenor is correct our targets will be rather larger than rabbits, what?" He handed me the rifle. "Winchester 94 lever action six shot thirty-thirty. Easy to use, light and reliable. Good hunting rifle and ideal for someone like yourself with limited experience. You can have this one as a gift, as I own several." I turned it over in my hands, nervously. It was rather more potent than the Lincoln Jeffries air rifle I had used on rabbits at home.
"You boys and your guns!" declared Lady Caroline. "I am feeling quite ignored! You can discuss dinosaur hunting another time! Now how about we get Mr Molloy to take his clothes off and join us in bed? Let's see what his own armament is like!"
"Oh mama what a splendid idea!" came another feminine voice. I turned towards the door, to what I assumed was Hoxton's bedroom, and was shocked to see a girl wearing just a thigh length chemise and black stockings. Her naked upper thighs were revealed so she was obviously not wearing drawers either. She would have looked quite at home, dressed in such a manner, in the private rooms of the Babylon Exploration Society.
"Honestly Emily, look at you disporting yourself in front of a man you haven't even been introduced to properly!" said Lady Caroline.
"Well, mama, you should introduce me! But I know who he is from last night!" said the girl crossing the floor and displaying no sense of embarrassment whatsoever. She had the same coal black hair as her mother.
"Mr Edmund Molloy, may I present my eldest daughter, Emily. She has been receiving instruction from Lord Hoxton today," said Lady Caroline. I wondered what the nature of that instruction might be but I think I knew only too well. I pride myself on the fact that I managed to deal with this extraordinary situation with some sang froid.
"Enchanted, Miss Emily!" I said taking her offered hand.
"Goodness me, Mr Molloy, you really are rather fine!" said Emily, smiling at me.
"I would agree with that assessment entirely!" said another voice. I saw that another lovely girl had stepped into the room; this one wearing just a chemise with no stockings. She stepped up to Emily and put her arm around her waist. "I am Sarah, Emily's sister!" I took her hand too.
"Doubly enchanted!" I said.
"My younger sister, I should add," said Emily. The two were almost identical, although Emily had about two inches in height on her younger sibling. Sarah was slimmer and her bosom looked smaller than Emily's, which appeared to have the same impressive proportions as her mother. I was not certain of their ages but under twenty I would have guessed.
"I was just suggesting that Mr Molloy, who is a well-known rugby player and extremely fit, should join us in bed, Emily. I am sure James will agree. After all he cannot really service three of us properly on his own!"
"I thought I had been making a good show of it!" smiled Hoxton, sitting down in the chair Lady Caroline was perched upon the arm of.
"Indeed, as ever! But the girls need a little more ploughing I think!
"I'd like to be ploughed by Mr Molloy! Right this minute!" said Sarah.
"Unfortunately, lovely as you all are!" I said. "I have my own lady friend waiting for me at an hotel!"
"Telephone the hotel! Invite her over here! Six is a much more symmetrical figure than five! You can take Sarah, James can take Emily and I can see if your lady has any Sapphic interest! What fun that would be! Then we can all change partners! It will be like one of your birthday parties, James! I am so looking forward to that! You should invite Mr Molloy!"
"Indeed," said Hoxton, smiling and stroking Lady Caroline's hip under her shirt.
"Oh please stay!" said Sarah, squeezing one of her cotton-clad breasts invitingly.
"I would like nothing more in all the world!" I said, truthfully. "But I cannot disappoint my lady. We have very little opportunity to be together and she is shy and would be intimidated by such beauties!" I stood up, trying to hide my erection behind the back of a chair. "Well said, Molloy. Look after your lady! I am sure I can handle these wildcats tonight!" said Hoxton. "Oh, ladies, Molloy is a fine artist and I have just engaged him to make some drawings of you. Show 'em the one you showed me!"
"Really?" I asked, hesitating.
"Yes! It is in exactly the style that I would like of these three!"
"Oh! Very well!" I opened my portfolio and pulled out the picture of Mrs Challenor with her bottom on display once more.
"That is excellent, Mr Molloy! This is your lady?" asked Lady Caroline, showing the picture to her daughters. I nodded.
"She has a very inviting fundament!" said Emily. "I should enjoy sliding my finger into it!"
"I suspect that she would enjoy that too!" I said, thinking about her penetrating her own rectum the day before.
"Do get her to come over!" urged Sarah. "We can lick her bottom hole together!" She put her arm around her sister.
"I cannot, alas! I really must leave!" I started to edge towards the door.
"Take the Winchester!" said Hoxton, handing me the case, which fortunately had a canvas shoulder strap. "Come again tomorrow afternoon for some drawing! About three!"
"Yes, do come!" said Sarah.
"We intend to!" laughed Emily.
"I will do so!" I said, not really knowing what I was letting myself in for.
"Your lady is welcome too, of course. Is it the pretty blonde I met at the museum?" asked Hoxton. "Agnes."
"No. She is a friend only," I said.
"Excellent!" said Hoxton. When I eventually found my way onto the pavement in bustling Piccadilly once more, I stopped and took a deep breath. My mammy was right. London must be the centre of all sin of the world, as she had always maintained and I was thoroughly enjoying the fact!
I took the Number 14 from Piccadilly to King's Cross and when I arrived at the Great Northern Hotel it was rather later than I had intended. I knocked on the door and heard Edith bid me enter. I closed the door behind me, dropping the heavy gun case on the floor next to my portfolio.
"Perfect timing, Edmund, I was just about to take a bath. Do come and join me!" she was dressed in a long towelling bath robe. She had me strip naked and put on another bathrobe, handed me a towel and we stepped out into the corridor. She locked the door and we headed down it to where the bathrooms were. We looked up and down the corridor once more and, giggling like naughty schoolchildren, darted inside the bathroom and bolted the door. I turned on the taps. Edith removed her robe to reveal her naked form and I removed my robe too, wondering at the intimate familiarity with each other which we had gained so very quickly.
"I am sorry to be so late. How was your evening?" I asked.
"Well, I went out and had tea with my friend Mabel, our alibi, which then turned into dinner. I may have had a little too much wine!" she giggled. "I telephoned George who really had very little time for me. He was off to Liverpool to meet the Booth shipping line and discuss arrangements for transporting the expedition. He will be away for two days. We could extend our illicit stay here, although given your increasing fame perhaps that may have some risk. Taking breakfast together tomorrow would probably not be wise, for example! How about you? Have you been approached by any more panting young ladies!" I laughed and described my visit to Lord Hoxton and the attention of his three lady friends. "And you were not tempted by the prospect of a mother and daughters! I would have thought that a fine prize for any lusty man about town!" she said as we climbed into the bathtub together.
"Well, I don't really regard myself as a lusty man about town, as you put it. Any success with the fairer sex is a rather unexpected product of the last few days, really. And, anyway, who would bother with them when I have you waiting for me!"
"How very sweet! I very much see you as my lusty man about town, however!" she said rubbing her toes between my manhood and ballocks. Her attention meant that I did not remain flaccid for long. "You do respond so engagingly quickly, Edmund. Look at your lovely cock all stiff and throbbing! On which subject I have come to something of an epiphany this afternoon while discussing you with my friend, Mabel!" She started to rub my length between the soles of both feet which, I thought, must take some delicate muscular control.
"Have you ever taken dance classes, Edith?" I asked, watching her leg muscles flex as her dainty feet massaged my manhood.
"When I was a girl I did some dance. Can you tell?"
"Once, just once, we had a pretty girl to draw in life classes and she had been a dancer at the music hall. She started in ballet, I believe. Like you, she had toned legs, a particular poise and a grace of movement which are not common!" I ventured.
"Hah! That would be down to Madame LeClerc my French teacher at school. She also was the dance teacher and maintained that English women were like clumsy hippopotami compared with French women in matters of deportment. When she arrived at my school she made all us girls walk up and down the school hall, correcting our stance. She carried a riding whip and would use it to demonstrate our errors. "Chin up, shoulders back, chest out, posterior in!" she would cry. Many was the time I received a firm whack across my bottom because it supposedly protruded too far! I tried to explain that that was just the way I was built!"
"You do have a particularly fine posterior," I said.
"Thank you! I do think it is the one part of me that George appreciates. He invariably takes me from behind, like a mare! Something I respond to, I should add. He is rather like a horse in his approach. He just jams his cock up me and starts thrusting away. Goodness I do enjoy saying 'cock'! That is partly Mabel's fault. Such a dirty mouth! She served as a nurse with the British Red Cross Society in the South African War. She has taught me many colourful terms over the years. If anyone had heard our conversation this evening they would have taken us for a pair Spitalfields doxies!"
"I'd like to meet her!" I said.
"I am sure you would although at present I would not let her anywhere near you as she would be dropping her drawers for you within a few hours, I suspect!" laughed Edith. "She is a widow of around my age and saucy as Hell!" We chatted and washed each other. "Good God, Edmund I really do think I need your cock!" she said as she stroked it.
"I think you have it!" I said as she gripped me firmly and began to frig me.
"No. I want it inside me! Take me now! Rut with me! I make only one condition," she said standing up in the bath, water cascading off her trim body, "that you avoid the dog position. That I reserve for George. It keeps these physical relationships separate from my married life!"
"Of course, but I thought that we were not going to engage in actual…you know!" I said. "That was the agreement, was it not?" I had noticed that she had said 'these relationships'.
"Those were my terms which I am free to modify! Look, we were so very close to actual copulation earlier and the purpose of this arrangement is for you to serve my pleasure. The issue is not one of the level of physical intimacy, it was and is, that of emotional intimacy. I had concerns that you might become some lovesick puppy dog and start demanding precedence over my husband who, I repeat, I love very much. But given your now palpable appeal to others of the opposite sex I am fairly certain that you will take this opportunity for what it is and not create any difficulties for me or my husband. That has been my epiphany today. And you may thank my friend Mabel for it! We discussed you at length. In fact, we discussed your length at length! So now, to use Mabel's delightfully frank term, I want to screw you!"
And screw we did, in something of a frantic coupling. She had me lie down on my back on the bathroom tiles (that provided an initial shock, I can tell you!) and mounted me forthwith. There was no initial kissing or caressing. No stroking or fondling. She held my cock up vertically, sat down upon it and started to bounce up and down on me. I could not resist squeezing her breasts however and she smiled at me throughout the procedure.
"Edith!" I cried, overcome by her passion as I watched, fascinated, my slick manhood disappear and remerge from her hot core.
"Ride a cock horse!" she said, increasing the speed of her movements. She was going at it so violently that I popped out of her but she immediately stuffed me back inside and resumed. After only a short time I was starting to get close and realised it might be difficult to pull out before the vital moment, given that she was on top.
"Edith, I need to withdraw!" I said.
"No!" she gasped. Britten had informed me that there were women who pretended to be barren so they could become pregnant and extract money or even marriage from the man. Given Edith's personal situation I thought this unlikely but still... I took my hands off her breasts, intending to gently push her off me.
"Christ, Christ, Christ!" said Edith, her unfettered bosoms now bouncing around outrageously. That sight was just so arousing that I realised it was too late and I was spurting, for the first time, deep inside a woman.
"I can feel it!" she cried. She kept bouncing away but her movements became slower and eventually she stopped moving, her chest heaving, her body pink and covered in perspiration. She looked at me, smiling.
"I'm sorry, Edith," I said. "I spent rather quickly. It was just so overwhelming. Next time I will ensure that you also reach your climax!"
"You silly boy! I came twice!" She laughed as I lay there on the cold tiles, my deflating cock still lodged inside her soft wetness.
Notes on this chapter can be found here.
Notes on this chapter can be found here.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Archived Webinars
What is an Archived Webinar?
Archived webinars that have already taken place are available on-demand and can be watched at any time. These webinars will not be offered again live, but you receive unlimited access to the recording with your ALSC membership or webinar archive purchase.
Archived webinars are free for ALSC members, and available for non-members at only $25 per individual, and $195 for groups. If you're not an ALSC member, save on future online education purchases by becoming a member today. Contact Kristen Figliulo in the ALSC office with questions.
Archived Webinars Available for On-Demand Viewing
Be A Winner: Inspired Youth Grant Writing
Working on a shoestring to bring creative programming, an author or new books and media to your library? Apply for a grant! It sounds so easy! But how do you make your application "stand out" from the others? This program presents step-by-step grant writing techniques, how to match your need to a grant, and a wealth of available grant opportunities. A downloadable handbook will provide guidance for you and your library to "be a winner"!
Instructors: Nancy Baumann, Lisa McClure
Parents are faced with ever-expanding media options to share with their children, and many children's librarians are beginning to incorporate apps and eBooks for young children into their collections and programming to satisfy the growing need for reader's advisory in the app space ("Appvisory"). This webinar will explore why and how incorporating digital media into our collections and programming is now an essential part of children's librarianship, and tips and tricks for translating traditional storytelling techniques into the digital realm.
Instructor: Cen Campbell
Between Storytime and the Prom: Tween Programming Fills the Gap
Would you like to establish or enhance tween programming at your library? In this webinar, we'll discuss key elements of successful tween events and how to promote your programs and manage registration, group size, and materials. We'll look at tried and true tween events in detail, including planning checklists, handouts, and specific activity outlines. You'll finish this webinar ready to put some of our ideas into practice for tweens in your community as well as develop new tween programming ideas on your own! .
Instructor: Amanda Moss Struckmeyer, Head of Youth Services, Middleton (Wis.) Public Library
Instructor: Amy Koester
C is for Common Core and Collection Development
"C" is for Common Core State Standards and Collection development with practical application in public libraries, big or small: We will break down the Common Core Standards in Reading and Writing to understand what the expectations are for our elementary students and how we as librarians can support and enrich their learning. I'll share titles, new and classics, that align with Common Core and give examples of practical, fun activities to do with kids after reading the books. We will "decode" the language of the standards and put them into terms that librarians, educators, and parents can easily understand.
Instructor: Kristen Remenar
Celebrating with Poetry Snapshots
How do we mark milestones throughout the year? With photographs, when possible—but what about those moments that a camera can't capture? A poem is a verbal snapshot, words that freeze and share an experience. Poems can provide social connection, while building language skill, memory and empathy. In this webinar, we'll model the use of poetry for celebrating more 150 holidays and occasions throughout the year (from Poem in Your Pocket Day to National Pet Week to Juneteenth to International Talk-Like-a-Pirate Day to World Bread Day), along with instructional strategies, cross-curricular connections, diversity dynamics, and collection development and programming tips. Led by Sylvia Vardell and Janet Wong, we'll weave together educator and poet perspectives and start a poetry celebration that can last all year long.
Instructors: Sylvia Vardell, Janet Wong
Closing the Word Gap: How a Museum/Library/Research Partnership Created Community Impact through Parent Education
How can collaborations between researchers, museums, and libraries create impact in the community? How can libraries serve as effective sites for parent education? Staff from Chicago Children's Museum and the Thirty Million Words Initiative will illustrate how they partnered with the Chicago Public Library to translate research-based messaging into a public exhibit (The 3T's: Tune In, Talk More, Take Turns) aimed at empowering parents and closing the word gap. Participants will gather insights on how to build effective partnerships, how to effectively reach parents, and how to strike a balance between providing information and hands-on interaction.
Instructors: Natalie Bortoli, Elizabeth Hanson-McChesney, Jennifer Farrington, Beth Suskind
Collection Development: Children's and Young Adult Books about Native Americans
Are you worried that your collection of books by/about Native peoples is in need of a 21st century update so that it accurately reflects Native peoples of the past and present? Are you concerned that your collection has too many biased depictions of them? In this webinar, Dr. Debbie Reese will offer tips and ideas to think about as you select and weed your collections.
Instructor: Debbie Reese
Early Childhood Programs and Services Series Part 1: Ages and Stages in Early Literacy Programming
What kind of programs can you offer for infants in your library? Should programming for two year olds look different than programming for five year olds? Discover these answers and more in this action packed webinar. We'll be discussing different developmental stages from ages birth to five, how to program for different ages, and what it looks like in a real life library.
Instructors: Betsy Diamant-Cohen, Brooke Newberry, Pamela Hamlin
Early Childhood Programs and Services Series Part 2: Early Literacy Library Spaces
Does your library have a dedicated early literacy space? Don't think that you can't fit one in! Children's areas in libraries have blossomed in recent years, to incorporate innovative spaces and furnishings for play, exploration, and learning, in libraries from big to small. Learn how the library's physical space and environment can impact early literacy skill building, and enjoy a showcase of successful library early literacy spaces.
Instructors: Janet Ingraham Dwyer, Brooke Newberry, Sarah Stippich
Instructors: Kara Fennell Walker, Kristen Rocha, Brooke Sheets
Instructors: Stephanie Prato, Stephanie Saba
Every Child Ready to Read ® @ your library® (ECRR) continues a commitment to research and introduces a powerful concept of constrained and unconstrained skill sets to our conversations with parents and caregivers. The 2nd edition utilizes natural language and a flexible format to encourage a more interactive way for library staff to work with caregivers and to create new ways for parents to interact with their children. Community and staff partnerships are a staple of ECRR, and in our 90 minute webinar we will discuss research, new ways to relate to our customers, partners and community members using the new tools provided by ECRR.
Instructor: Elaine Meyers
Exploring Similarity, Embracing Difference: How to Evaluate and Identify Literature Portraying Individuals with Disabilities
Gaining empathy for characters with disabilities in different cultural settings can help readers become better global citizens by increasing their understanding of disability-related challenges worldwide. Yet, discussions on diversifying collections tend to focus on race/ethnicity, and do not always include this aspect of diversity. A novelist, librarian and educator will team up to present suggestions on ways to create a welcoming library environment for readers with disabilities; evaluating the authenticity of books with characters with disabilities; building up collections that include books featuring characters with disabilities; going beyond tropes. So the presenters will discuss:
Instructors: Carrie Banks, Padma Venkatraman
Exploring Similarity, Embracing Difference: Programming and Activities
A novelist, librarian and educator will team up to present suggestions on engaging and encouraging readers to increase their literacy and sensitivity through writing activities and close reading. Carrie Banks will demonstrate how she uses literature, research, models, class discussion and demonstrations to help readers understand an aspect of the disability experience. Based on her work at the Pratt Institute, she will sketch a character development project that involves developing avatars with disabilities based on readings of children's and YA fiction about disabilities. Sara Kersten will share how the graphic format of El Deafo gave voice to the different ways of being that people with hearing loss have to navigate in a society that privileges ability, and demonstrate how, through the use of anthropomorphized rabbits and various ways of depicting hearing through speech bubbles, her hearing students had an opportunity to become witness to and live an experience outside their own. Finally, Padma Venkatraman, award-winning author of A Time to Dance (a critically acclaimed ALA notable book set in South Asia, featuring a female protagonist who is disabled), will address her experiences as a writer and will provide questioning frameworks, critical thinking strategies, research activities, writing tips, book pairing ideas and other resources to increase comprehension of international attitudes and perspectives on disability. The session will end by listing further resources and offering links to discussion guides, lesson plans and handouts with suggested activities.
Instructors: Sara Kersten, Padma Venkatraman
How Libraries can use Literature to Support Family Engagement in Children's Social and Emotional Learning
Research shows that libraries are trusted spaces within communities and are therefore uniquely positioned to engage families in meaningful experiences that support children's learning both inside and outside of school (Lopez, Caspe, McWilliams, 2016). One way that libraries can do this is by using literature to inspire dialogue with children and families about the importance of developing and practicing Life Skills.
Instructors: Jennifer DuBois, Maria Pizano
How to Write Successful ALSC Webinar and Course Proposals
Have you ever thought about teaching a course or presenting a webinar for ALSC but didn't know where to begin? Then this is the presentation for you! Taught by current members of the ALSC Education Committee, participants will learn the differences between webinars and course proposals, how to submit successful proposals, and topics of high interest to those working with children in libraries and schools. As a result of your participation, you will be able to turn your ideas into strong proposals and get started with teaching for ALSC!
ALSC Education Committee Members: Danielle Hartsfield, Rachel Reinwald, and Barbara Spears
Maker Programming for Kids: No Makerspace Required
Cindy Wall and Lynn Pawloski, two traditionally educated, but not traditionally centered children's librarians introduce maker-based programming to librarians of all experience levels and tech-savviness. Maker, today's DIY, encourages collaboration among participants regardless of library programming budget or designated Makerspace availability. The Maker Movement encompasses self-production of technology, crafts and more. In addition to a multitude of programming ideas, attendees will share a step-by-step, hands-on experience. Cindy and Lynn are co-authors of the upcoming The Maker Cookbook: Recipes for Youth Library Programs published by Libraries Unlimited.
Instructors: Cindy Wall and Lynn Pawloski
"Making" Readers: How the Maker Movement Can Impact Literacy
We have all heard how making and makerspaces can encourage STEM learning, but what can they do for literacy? This webinar will address ways that literacy and making can go hand in hand to enhance your programs offered at the library. By focusing on transliteracy skills, and including maker activities with literacy activities, librarians can better influence the traditional literacy skills they have always targeted.
Instructor: Megan Egbert
Managing Children's Services Webinar Series Part 1: Scheduling and Time Management in the Youth Services Department
Youth Service departments in libraries are busy. Programs, outreach, training, and much more. How do you manage the daily schedule of your department? This webinar will offer tips, tricks, and best practices from veteran Youth Services Managers who have had to deal with the dilemma that can be scheduling.
Instructors: Megan Egbert, Rachel Fryd and Amanda Yother
Managing Children's Services Webinar Series Part 2: Managing Financials in a Youth Services Department
A section of a four part webinar series designed to develop leadership and managerial skills among ALSC members, this webinar will focus on the ins and outs of budgeting, keeping track of departmental spending, the bigger picture of the library's budget, and how to ask for more money for youth services.
Instructors: Lisa Kropp and Krissy Wick
Instructors: Kendra Jones and Claudia Wayland
Managing Children's Services Webinar Series Part 4: Supervising the Youth Services Department
What does supervising mean anyway? Learn how to set goals, mentor staff, document information, and manage the performance of others in this introductory webinar to the ins and outs of supervising staff.
Instructors: Kelsey Johnson-Kaiser, Lisa Kropp, and Madeline Walton-Hadlock
Media Mentorship in Libraries Serving Youth: A Primer
The ALSC Board recently adopted the white paper "Media Mentorship in Libraries Serving Youth." What does media mentorship mean, and how does it fit in with the types of services libraries have historically offered children and families? This webinar will explore the current landscape of children, new media, and libraries before examining what it means to continue to support families in a digital age.
Instructor: Amy Koester
Sensory Storytime: Preschool Programming That Makes Sense for Kids with Autism
Sensory Storytime incorporates theory and practices from Sensory Integration Occupational Therapy into a regular library preschool story hour that is fun for all kids and appropriate for young children with Autism Spectrum Disorders. In this webinar, you'll be introduced to some of the theory behind Sensory Storytime, some options and issues related to this type of programming, and the specifics of how one public library structures its Sensory Storytime program. The webinar will equip you with the information and resources you need to be able to design or modify your own programs so you can better serve the young children with autism in your community.
Instructor: Barbara Klipper
Instructor: Steven Engelfried, Youth Services Librarian, Wilsonville (Ore.) Public Library
The Power of Play for Early Childhood Learning in Your Library
What do you do to play? Would you like to play all day? Play is a child's work! Research clearly shows play is key to early childhood development and lifelong success. Play is critical to a child's healthy development in all areas of school readiness, especially social emotional development and early literacy. How is play relevant to library services? Join us as we answer that question and identify ways to incorporate play in library programs and spaces to promote children's early childhood development and motivate caregivers to enjoy play with their children.
Instructors: Connie Wilson and Peg Pond
Using the Every Child Ready to Read @ your library® Toolkit with Spanish-Speaking Communities
Join us for an introduction to the 2nd edition of the Every Child Ready to Read @ your library Toolkit for Spanish-speaking Communities.
Instructors: Saroj Ghoting, Freda Mosquera
What's After Storytime: Programming for Children and Tweens with Autism
Many libraries are now offering preschool storytimes adapted to meet the needs of young children with autism, but fewer libraries have programs for elementary and middle school age children with this disability. With the autism incidence presently at 1 in 50 children (CDC, 2013) these children are in all communities. This session will provide participants with helpful background information on autism and specific techniques to use when working with school-age children with this disability. A variety of program types will be discussed and the ways they can be designed to serve children with autism will be introduced.
Instructor: Barbara Klipper
Whitewashing, Sexism, and More: Using Book Covers to Start a Conversation with Kids
Over the past four years, Allie Jane Bruce has co-created a sixth-grade curriculum that uses book covers as an entry point to examine explicit and implicit biases in children's and young adult literature. Students engage in conversations about whitewashing, race, gender, sexual orientation, and other social identifiers as they relate to books and beyond. In this webinar, she will summarize the curriculum and provide resources for those who wish to lead similar programs.
Instructor: Allie Jane Bruce
Chip Donohue, co-author of the NAEYC/Fred Rogers Center Joint Position Statement on Technology Tools and Interactive Media in Early Childhood Programs, will share key messages and guidelines from the Statement and discuss implications for educators, parents, children's librarians and other adults who care for and about young children. He will address both common concerns about children and technology and the potential benefits when adults select, use, integrate and evaluate technology in effective, appropriate and intentional ways that support development and learning. Obstacles and opportunities for children's librarians and libraries in providing developmentally appropriate experiences for young children will be explored.
Instructor: Chip Donohue, PhD


text:
U.S. Senate candidate Mazie Hirono today issued the following statement after the passage of legislation extending tax cuts for middle class Americans.
"I applaud the Senate today for taking this important step in assuring our middle class families that their taxes will not go up next year. This legislation ensures that 98% of taxpaying Americans will now keep an average of $1,600 to put food on the table, keep a roof over their heads, or to pay for life saving prescriptions."
"We should be working to strengthen middle class Americans by supporting our economy's recovery through a balanced approach of creating jobs, reducing the deficit, strengthening programs that protect our kupuna and our keiki, and by making sure the wealthiest among us pay their fair share.
"House Republicans can send a strong message that they too support America's middle class by bringing this important legislation to a vote and passing this measure."
Source: http://www.mazieforhawaii.com/what/press-releases/mazie-hirono-applauds-senate-vote-to-extend-tax-cuts-for-hawaiis-middle-class-families


text:
Kara DioGuardi makes the most of her trips to New York. On Thursday, the former American Idol judge lent her judging skills to the Folgers Jingle Contest. today she co-hosted Live! With Regis and Kelly, where she announced that she'll join the cast of the Broadway musical Chicago this fall.
Kara's also one of the permanent judges on Bravo's new reality competition, Platinum Hit, which airs Monday nights. Kara says there's one big difference between the writing sessions on the show and the ones she does in the real world.
"In a real-life writing session, you don't have a camera outside waiting for people to critique how the session went," she says. "I would have loved that, if somebody had taken Pink aside and asked, 'So what was the dumbest line Kara said in Sober?'
Kara took a few New York minutes today to answer questions for Idol Chatter.
You look so much more comfortable on Platinum Hit than you ever did on American Idol. What's the difference?
There are so many differences. I'd never really been on television like that. And the Bravo format allows me to be more me, which is more of a New Yorker. I kind of say it like it is; I don't really sugarcoat anything.
In the music industry, it's so competitive. You're not doing any favors for the contestants if you don't tell them what they're not doing right and how to improve it. Idol is such a family-friendly show that, at times when you did go negative on contestants, it was unnerving to the audience. There was a certain positivity that they craved, and it went against my grain not to point out what they weren't doing well.
Also, on Idol, I was fitting into a chemistry that already existed. This show is from the ground up.
At least two of the contestants on Platinum Hit have backgrounds on American Idol. Jes Hudak was a Hollywood contestant in Season 5, and Jackie Tohn was a semifinalist in Season 8, when you were a judge. Did that have anything to do with them getting the new gig?
No, they were completely picked before I was even on the show. That happened months before.
Do you think Platinum Hit will produce a hit?
I think there are a few that could definitely be songwriters and do that as a living. And they get so much better as we go on. It's unbelievable, week to week, how much better they get. Part of it's because we're so hard on them. I think it's strange for the audience to watch at times, because we're really difficult on them.
This is one of the hardest business to be in. When I think back on my own career, I was so bad as a songwriter. Thank God for the people who told me, "Honey, you're kidding, right? You're never going to go anywhere with that line."
You announced today on Regis & Kelly that you'll be making your Broadway debut in the role of Roxie Hart in Chicago. How'd you get that gig?
They called me, and I auditioned. The dancing is a problem for me, because I'm not a trained dancer. So I just worked my butt off. It probably took me a week to get the dancing down for the audition. Now I've got my hips moving ways they never moved.
It's a great new challenge. Idol opened all these doors for me, and what it did more than anything was face my stage fright. Now I can do these things.
You just judged the Folgers Jingle Contest for the second year. What separated winner Courtney R.'s entry from the rest?
It was her voice. If coffee could be a voice, it would be her voice. It was warm, it was honeyed. She almost had a Diana Krall aspect to her. And I love the singer-songwriter format, because you can talk about your real experience, and she spoke about that.
After the contest, we listened to everyone's original songs. I had a half-hour mentoring session with her, where she played me other songs and we went through them. I gave her suggestions about lyrics and melodies. That's the greatest thing about this, that you get to spend quality time with the contestants when they win.
Nashville-based Brian Mansfield began writing about music for USA TODAY in 1997 and took over Idol Chatter just before the start of Season 8. He co-authored Make Me a Star: Industry Insiders Reveal How to Make It in Music, and while he has never auditioned for American Idol, he did sing Boot Scootin' Boogie at Disney World's American Idol Experience the day the attraction opened (he lost). More about Brian | E-mail Brian


text:
Keynote speaker
Michael Matthay, MD
University of California at San Francisco
On behalf of all of the trainees, staff, and faculty of the Dorothy M. Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute (DHLRI) at the Ohio State University, I welcome you to our 9th Annual Research Day. The DHLRI Education Committee, led by Drs. Noah Weisleder (Department of Physiology & Cell Biology) and Thomas Hund (Biomedical Engineering), have put together a great day of poster presentations and talks from our team that includes faculty, fellows, and students from all disciplines of the Institute.
I am extremely pleased to welcome Dr. Michael A. Matthay M.D. as our named Charles and Barbara Webb Keynote Speaker this year. Dr. Matthay is a Professor of Medicine and Anesthesia, Director of Critical Care Medicine Training, Associate Director of the Intensive Care Unit, and Senior Associate at the Cardiovascular Research Institute at the University of California at San Francisco.
L-R: Dir. DHLRI-Peter Mohler, PhD, Keynote Speaker-Michael Matthay, MD, Dir. of PACCS-John Christman, MD
Clinical Fellow Poster Award Recipient
To view Research Day Booklet click here
Keynote speaker
Marc Moss, MD
University of Colorado
Keynote speaker
George Leikauf, MD
University of Pittsburgh
Keynote speaker
Stephen Shapiro, MD
University of Pittsburgh
Keynote speaker
Theodore Standiford, MD
University of Michigan
Keynote speaker
Frances McCormack, MD
University of Cincinnati


text:
Fernando Tatis made a nice contribution to the cause before his season-ending shoulder injury in September, and his fellow players noticed. Tatis was just named as the NL's top comeback player in a vote by his peers that was done in September. This is one of the 2008 Players Choice Awards, and it was announced by the Major League Players Trust and Yahoo! Sports.
Cliff Lee from the Indians won the AL award. Tatis, who was out of baseball in 2004 and '05, hit .297 with 11 homers and 47 RBI in 92 games. He hit 21 homers for Triple-A New Orleans in 2007.


text:
Susan & David
March 8
Charleston, South Carolina
Q & A with the Bride:
What was the one thing about your venue that made you know it was the one?
The beauty of the Daniel Island Club is exceptional. Dave and I wanted to have an outdoor ceremony that featured the charm of the lowcountry. The club is also staffed with excellent people to help with all the details.
Which three details from your wedding were your favorites?
We wanted a romantic feel to the ceremony and reception. Hundreds of candles were placed throughout the club to create the effect. Dave's groom cake in the shape of a Nissan GTR was an artistic sight. It was modeled after his own GTR. The fireworks were spectacular. It was like the fourth of July in March.
If you could offer one piece of advice for other couples planning their wedding, what would it be?
Invest in a good photographer. Pictures have a way of taking you back in time. You want to have as much detail about the day as possible.
Give us the one moment in your wedding day you can't stop thinking about.
The fireworks were definitely a hit with our guests. Only a few people knew about our surprise. It was a fabulous way to end a perfect night.


text:
Experience a 5 star small luxury hotel & spa on a 21km unspoilt stretch of beach
Luxury accommodation in Chintsa East, Wild Coast, Eastern Cape • 7 luxury executive suites each with a private garden and plunge pool • Located on a 17 acre private beach estate within an indigenous dune forest with direct beach access • Exclusive gourmet dining with world class wines • Spa and Wellness Centre including treatments, yoga and meditation • Central infinity pool and lounge/bar area • Activities include surfing, hiking, horse riding, tennis, golf, fishing and bird watching. • 40 minutes from East London Airport
Experience 5 stars on the Wild Coast
The perfect venue for:
Luxury travellers, family reunions, honeymoons, intimate weddings, travellers with passion for good food and wine, exclusive getaways, private wellness retreats, executive meetings, exclusive dinner parties and functions. And more...


text:
The Rebel Alliance grows stronger, but it's only a matter of time before the evil Apple Empire strikes them down. We need....A New Hope.
Buying patents is ridiculous. I wish patents were only transferable if you actually bought the company that developed it. Secondly, all this legal mumbo jumbo will cause issues for Apple in the long run - assuming it's brainwashed base (I call them democrats) wake up and realize this company is an anti-competitive bully.
I will admit, they make a solid product - I wouldn't say they innovative anymore - but they did a great job in the past setting up patents (with our broken system) for future purposes. This type of legal garbage is horrible for the consumer and does NOTHING to create innovation on the smart phone market. Those of you who say Samsung is ripping off iOS need to realize borrowing (or stealing in Steve Job's words) is HOW you innovate. You take an existing (and obviously popular) idea and improve upon it. THAT IS WHAT INNOVATION IS. Innovation and inventive are two entirely different things.
Google has failed miserably on the Tablet front with failed support or demand for developers to create Tablet oriented apps. I own an iPad 3 - love it. I just bought a Nexus 7 - can't wait for it. Having said that, I'm shocked at the ban on the Tab 10.1 due to design infringment. You'd have to be completely blind to think they are the same. They are different shapes, different aspect ratio, there is no home button on the Tab 10.1. It's clear, some of these judges are not tech savy at all.


text:
Art's French Bread (NOT bread machine)
READY IN: 2hrs 55mins
Recipe by echo echo
A recipe I got from a boss of mine years ago. Use low-fat yogurt if you want a more sour taste. Cooking time includes both time for dough to rise twice and time for baking.
Top Review by YungB
The bread came out very soft on the inside and thick chewy crust on the outside. However, I think 2 Tablespoons of salt is too much and my bread tasted too salty. I would reduce it to 1 Tablespoon the next time. This recipe makes a lot of bread.
See Discussion:10 Reviews
Ingredients Nutrition
- 1 1⁄2 cups yogurt
- 1 1⁄2 cups hot water
- 2 tablespoons yeast
- 2 tablespoons salt
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 6 -7 cups king arthur gluten flour or 6 -7 cups similar gluten flour
- unsalted butter
- white cornmeal
- 1 egg white
- salt
Directions See How It's Made
- Pour the yogurt into a fairly large pan and add the hot water.
- Put 1 Tbs yeast on one side of the bowl and 1 Tbs on the other.
- Do the same with salt and sugar.
- DO NOT STIR this mixture.
- Let set until a scummy surface is formed.
- Then add 2 cups flour and stir.
- Add 2 more cups flour and continue mixing.
- Slowly add 2 more cups flour or slightly more until the dough becomes real pasty.
- Flour a bread board and knead the dough.
- Continue to knead until the dough becomes somewhat stiff.
- Place the dough in the bowl and let rise 1 hour, then punch it down and knead it again.
- Let it rise again, then cut into 3-4 loaves and form into loaf shape.
- Spread a light film of butter on foil or a baking sheet and sprinkle corn meal over the film of butter.
- Place the loaves on the foil 1½-2" apart.
- Mix egg white with a little water and a pinch of salt and paint the loaves with this mixture.
- Score the loaves.
- Bake on middle rack of oven at 375° 30-40 minute If the loaf sounds hollow when tapped with your finger, it's done.
- 3-4 loaves.


text:
Journey up a long driveway into a private 5 acre hideaway with a 1920 Colonial Estate Home nestled on a wooded hilltop in Huntingdon Valley. The main stone and cedar sided home has an attached garage as well as a one car detached garage and a large barn / loft of 3,000 square feet. Overall, that would be 6 bays for the car enthusiast to house your collection. If cars are not of interest, the barn is more than capable of housing horses or can be used as a workshop for the hobbyist. Hardwood floors flow throughout the residence. The exterior of the home has been freshly painted. The slate roof has been replaced in recent years. There is more than enough storage space with the walk up attic, unfinished basement and barn loft. Spend the evening in your enclosed porch, outdoor porch or on the outdoor brick patio and watch the deer frolic throughout the meadows of property. This property is truly unique to the Huntingdon Valley area!
Listing Area: U Moreland Twp
The data relating to real estate for sale on this website appears in part through the TREND Internet Data Exchange program, a voluntary cooperative exchange of property listing data between licensed real estate brokerage firms in which Callaway Henderson Sotheby's International Realty participates, and is provided by TREND through a licensing agreement and identified with the TREND IDX Logo. Some properties which appear for sale on this website may no longer be available because they are under contract, have sold or are no longer being offered for sale. Some real estate firms do not participate in IDX and their listings do not appear on this website.Some properties listed with participating firms do not appear on this website at the request of the seller.
2017 TREND, All Rights Reserved. Information Deemed Reliable But Not Guaranteed.


text:
Grinders Coffee Co's Viennese Mocha
We're in love. Just when we thought we'd tried every caffeinated beverage imaginable and gotten sick of coffee, we stumbled uponGrinders Coffee Co
in Sunnyslope, and their amazingViennese Mocha
Grinders proprietor Dennis Miller is a coffee connoisseur, and the Viennese Mocha is a java experience. There are seven different beans in the blend, and a smorgasbord of flavors in every sip. Sitting outside Grinders on a sunny Saturday morning, nursing our Viennese Mocha, we felt like we were spoiling ourselves.
When we finally took the first drink, we have to admit we were shocked by how good it tasted. It's hard to find coffee that stands out from the Starbucks army, but Grinders Viennese Mocha is definitely special. The various coffee beans meshed into a smooth, robust java that wasn't the least bit bitter, and the additional flavors came in waves -- first a heady, chocolate espresso taste, offset by the light sweetness of the whipped cream. Then came hints of cinnamon, and finally, a short blast of almond and an amaretto-cherry aftertaste.
This coffee tastes just as Grinders guru Dennis Miller intended -- like a fine European coffee, rather than the popular Seattle standard. Patrons can buy and grind fine beans from all over world here -- there are several large containers of beans opposite the register (judging by the container's emptiness, the peaberry is very popular here).
In terms of energy, the Viennese Mocha provides a solid caffeine kick -- it's made with espresso, after all. There's also a bit of a sugar rush from the chocolate and whipped cream. It would be a good get-up-and-go coffee if it wasn't so artisan. Thankfully, Grinders opens at 7 a.m. most days and can whip them up fairly quickly. Too bad there's only this one location in Sunnyslope. We wouldn't mind having a Grinders on every corner at all.
Get the Food & Drink Newsletter
Our weekly guide to Phoenix dining includes food news and reviews, as well as dining events and interviews with chefs and restaurant owners.
Recommended for You
Powered by SailThru
Popular Stories
Sponsor Content


text:
I Made Christina Aguilera Better
what's usually under the pink stars is much better. blargh.
I know you were trying to protect everyone, I had to look anyway though. Never again will I bypass stars placed for the sake of humanity.
I kinda still hoped there would be a boob under that star.
You need another star to cover up the horse mane cascading down her back. Because now I'm picturing Sarah Jessica Parker's horse face, and that's almost worse than Christina.
I hit it…with a riding crop.


text:
Petros Papaioannou, Civil Engineer, Polytechnic University of Thessaloniki
This site, created in 2012, is addressed to thousands of specialist professionals and interested investors worldwide and has been developed by the technical magazine ΚΤΙRΙΟ, which has been published in Greece since 1986.
The aim of this initiative is to highlight the outstanding evolution of the construction industry in Greece and its further potentials for development, as Greek architects, engineers, construction firms and building supply companies are ready to work in partnership with you on any project and in any country where that is feasible.
Of course, this site only includes some of the best professionals and companies operating in Greece and some of the many quality buildings that today adorn Greece's built environment. This database will be updated constantly with new projects and new professionals.
It also includes new architectural projects with photographs and drawings of technical construction details, as guidelines to produce high quality structures and to avoid poor workmanship in buildings.
Through GREEK REAL ESTATE greek companies express their interest in serious partnership, selling property or construction investments in Greece.
Using the SAFE PARTNER you can also express your interest in investments, purchases or partnerships in Greece. KTIRIO hopes to become a useful and trustful consultant for you, and to stimulate your interest in all relative services it provides.
Furthermore, a specialized department can offer high quality techno economic consultation, relying on the 30 years of KTIRIO expertise in professional partnerships in the construction industry. This service particularly refers to future investors in Greece, that are about to make serious decisions in real estate affairs and need a consultant of trust.
We are committed to providing superior level and personalized economic, technical and legal services, oriented to fields like:


text:
Spofforth Emergency Plan
Spofforth Parish Council is putting together a village emergency plan for Harrogate Borough Council.
If there is a village wide emergency, like a lengthy power cut or very severe flooding, some villagers may benefit from receiving priority assistance from the emergency planning team. This will ensure that you are offered help first in the event of an emergency.
All names on the priority assistance list will be kept confidential and used only in an emergency situation by theSpofforth emergency committee and the emergency services.
If you feel that you or a relative or neighbour would benefit from being on the Spofforth priority assistance list then please contact;
Contact: Jo Townend, Spofforth Emergency Plan Co-ordinator
Tel:01937-591621 OR 07946-678267


text:
As well as writing down questions it is helpful to keep a diary of the people that see your dad and what they say and the treatments/diagnosis they offer. It is very easy to lose track of things. It is harder for them to fob you off if you can repeat what they say back to them and ask for an explanation. If you are seeing different teams (hepatic/surgical/gastro...) for different reasons you can get pushed from pillar to post with no clear overall picture of what is going on.
So write it all down.


text:
It is difficult to digest even ordinary food taken in the unwholesome air of the shed at such an unearthly hour.
Caligula was staring at the girl as he would on some unearthly shape.
An unearthly gabble of strange water-fowl broke out suddenly, was kept up for a few seconds only, and then ceased.
Never, she thought, had she seen anything so beautiful, so unearthly in its loveliness.
Sisters calling out to their brothers in unearthly voices—'Save me, oh save me, brother!'
The unearthly stillness of a great prairie was all around me.
One wonders if it is clearly understood how the "unearthly" element in Poe differs from the "unearthly" element in Shelley.
After that, they hope to be on the unearthly terms of Laura and her Petrarch.
He joins in the dance; fast and furious it becomes, to the sound of a wild, unearthly music.
This girl of unearthly beauty and fascination paralyzed him.


text:
He was not merely an astronomer and a geographer, but a poet and grammarian as well.
The town is mentioned by the Arab geographer, Masudi, in the 10th century.
He was skilled as a mathematician and geographer, and also excelled as a musician.
The geographer could count some scores of rivers so named—point them out on any map.
In the next century the Arabian geographer, Yakut, describes it as deserted.
Why, Peterkin, you must have studied hard in early life to be so good a geographer.
The geographer had no reason to regret his walk, or complain of its length.
Thalcave was silent, and gazed at the geographer with an air of profound surprise.
The geographer perceived this in a discussion on the subject with the major.
"I don't want to hurt your feelings, my friend," said the geographer smiling.


text:
What is our responsibility? It's a question we all face, day-to-day We ask it most often this way — what am I obligated to do? Legally. Ethically. Morally. Spiritually Breaking it down this way gives us more escape hatches. I might feel spiritually that I ought to take some action, but if the law doesn't [Read More…]
Paterno's lost soul
November 7, 2011 by 11 Comments
What do you think?
August 12, 2011 by 15 Comments
The one thing I never want to be is 100 percent right. Nuh-huh. Not me. I just want to be 100 percent redeemed. The other thing I never want to do is to demean or belittle or be dismissive of others. I fall into that ugliness all too often but deep inside me is a [Read More…]


text:
Plug-in hybrid joins ANCAP galaxy with 5-stars
21 March 2014
Plug-in hybrid joins ANCAP galaxy with 5-stars
There are four additions to the ANCAP galaxy today with 5-star safety ratings awarded to Citroen, Peugeot, Toyota and Mitsubishi.
The 2014 Citroen C4 Grand Picasso people mover and Toyota Highlander large SUV along with the 2013 Peugeot 2008 compact SUV have each performed strongly enough to ensure a place in the safest car category.
In addition, the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV (plug-in hybrid electric vehicle) has been awarded the same ANCAP 5-star safety rating as its petrol and diesel-only powered siblings.
AA Motoring Services General Manager Stella Stocks says while all of the four new 5-star vehicles have electronic stability control (ESC), antilock brakes (ABS) and electronic brake distribution (EBD) as standard, none have autonomous emergency braking (AEB).
"While AEB isn't yet required on board a vehicle to achieve a 5-star safety rating, it is a fantastic crash avoidance aid which detects critical situations early, warning the driver and then braking to lower the speed of the vehicle."
Ms Stocks says AEB means that severity of a crash can sometimes be minimised if not totally avoided.
NZ Transport Agency Group Manager Access and Use Celia Patrick said the Agency encouraged people to buy the safest vehicles they could afford, and the addition of more top safety-rated vehicles to the New Zealand fleet was great news for Kiwi drivers and their families.
"Five star vehicles earn that rating because they give drivers and their passengers the best chance of walking away from a crash, or of avoiding the crash altogether with the aid of active safety features.
"We're making good progress in reducing deaths and serious injuries on New Zealand roads, but we need to keep improving the safety of all parts of our transport system to save more lives and prevent more serious injuries. That means creating safer roads and roadsides, encouraging safer road use and safer travel speeds, and getting more people into safer vehicles."
ANCAP is supported by all Australian and New Zealand motoring clubs, the Australian Government, the New Zealand Government, Australian state and territory governments, the Victorian Transport Accident Commission, NRMA Insurance and the FIA Foundation.
The full list of ANCAP's vehicle safety ratings, other vehicle safety information and the specifications of the rated vehicles are available online at aa.co.nz or rightcar.govt.nz.


text:
The Horse and His Boy Paperback
by CS Lewis;
In Stock - Usually dispatched within 4 days
Price and PurchaseOffer price: £6.93 Go to Basket
If you're buying for a church, school or business, why not Buy Now Pay Later?Find Out More
The Horse and His Boy
Full Product Description
The Horse and His Boy by CS Lewis was published by Collins Children's Books in October 2009 and is our 7770th best seller. The ISBN for The Horse and His Boy is 9780007323081.
Reviews of The Horse and His Boy
Customer reviews and testimonials Write a review
The Horse and His BoyMary Bartholomew, via The Good Book Stall
'This is the story of an adventure that happened in Narnia and Calormen and the lands between, in the Golden Age when Peter was High King in Narnia and his brother and his two sisters were King and Queens under him.' So starts this third book of the Chronicles of Narnia originally published in 1954 and still giving great pleasure so many years later.
Shasta thinks he is the son of an uncouth Calormen fisherman, and when he hears the fisherman arranging to sell him to an unexpected visitor, he finds that the visitor's horse is a kidnapped Talking Horse from Narnia and the two of them run away together and meet up with another runaway, a young girl running away from a threatened forced marriage.
There are many twists and turns to this story, and it will be no surprise that Narnia and its Royals play a very significant part.
Product Q&A
Got a question? No problem! Just click here to ask us about The Horse and His Boy.
Related Departments
This product is also listed in the following departments:
- Christian Authors department under CS Lewis
- The Chronicles Of Narnia department under Fantasy Stories Age 8-10
Related Collections
If you like this you may also like...
Prince Caspian
You Save £0.06
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
You Save £0.06
The Last Battle
You Save £0.06
The Magician's Nephew
You Save £0.06
The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe
You Save £0.06
Details for The Horse and His Boy
|Page last updated
|14th December 2010
|Author / Artist
|CS Lewis
|Book Format
|Collins Children's Books (October 2009)
|New edition
|Number of Pages
|17 mm
|197 mm
|130 mm
|Product Code


text:
I've been primal for about 4 months now and I have yet to find a tastier and more convinient breaksfast than bacon and eggs, it's quick and easy to make, tastes awesome and it's convenient because I always have bacon (in the fridge and an emergency stash in the freezer) and eggs as well.
I'd say I eat bacon and eggs for breakfast 75% of the time, the other 25% I either not have breakfast at all or try something else.
So, am I the only one who haves B&E for breakfast everyday?


text:
Free US Ground Shipping for all orders $65 and up
Shop our selection of men's apparel, including outerwear, fleece sweatshirts and sweatpants, tee shirts, and henleys.
Quick View
New Playoff Win Shorts
New York Mets$125.00
Quick View
New Scoring Position 3/4 Sleeve
New York Mets$55.00
Quick View
New Home Stretch Henley
New York Mets$50.00
Quick View
Extra Out Pullover Hoody
New York Mets$70.00
Men's Shirts, Hoodies, Sweatshirts, Jackets, and Apparel
Buy men's shirts, men's jackets, and men's sweatshirts from Mitchell & Ness, purveyors of authentic and vintage-inspired jerseys, headwear, and apparel. Since 1904, Mitchell & Ness has been serving the sports world with its high quality, authentic sportswear. Get your men's shirts, men's jackets, and men's sweatshirts today.
Sign up for exclusives. Get 10% OFF your next order.


text:
Alex Ovechkin was stopped for a random interview about the snow
A massive snowstorm is about to hit Washington, D.C., and Capitals forward Alex Ovechkin is preparing by stocking up on gasoline. How do we know? Because a local television station stopped him for random interview.
random gas station interview featuring Alex Ovechkin #Capitals #blizzard2016 @dcsportsbog pic.twitter.com/LOUmt6dmYE
— Incredible Molk (@IncredibleMolk) January 22, 2016
Sometimes, the random person getting gas turns out to be @ovi8... Even @washcaps need to be snow ready! pic.twitter.com/NrLcRuwsSc— Ellison Barber (@ellisonbarber) January 22, 2016
Shoutout to Ovechkin for making us all feel bad for worrying about the snow with that line at the end.
- Kenny Ducey


text:
|The Greater Centralia Chamber of Commerce
|Centralia Chamber of Commerce photos and original text are Copyright © 2002-2013 Centralia, Illinois Chamber of Commerce. All Rights Reserved. Creative Design and Website logos are Trademarks TM of Creative Design. All other original material, photographs, logos, HTML code and server side programs are Copyright © 2007 Creative Design. All Rights Reserved.
Rev. 10/11/2013 dlb


text:
A man stumbled on some rat droppings.
Hey, who put those there? That's dangerous, he said.
His wife said, those are pieces of a rat.
Wait, he's coming apart, he's all over the floor, said the
He can't help it; you don't think he wants to drop pieces of
himself all over the floor, do you? said the wife.
But I could have flipped and fallen through the floor, said
the husband.
Well, he's been thinking of turning into a marsupial, so try
to have a little patience. I'm sure if you were thinking of
turning into a marsupial he'd be patient with you. But, on the
other hand, don't embarrass him if he decides to remain
placental, he's on a very tight schedule, said the wife.
A marsupial, a wonderful choice, cried the husband . . .
Poet: Russell Edson
Poem: The Rat's Tight Schedule
Poem of the Day:
Sep 27 2011
Are you looking for more information on this poem? Perhaps you are trying to analyze it? The poem, The Rat's Tight Schedule, has received 2 comments. Click here to read them, and perhaps post a comment of your own.
More Poems
(54 poems)
Russell Edson books


text:
With over 24,000 students at the University of Oregon, multiple students have been selected by their peers, professors and University of Oregon staff for the opportunity to win the prize of being a 25 Duck. The award is bestowed upon individuals who show impressive leadership, innovation and passion, and after a month-long nomination period, a panel of students and professionals from the Alumni Center and the Emerald Media Group selected 25 students to represent this year's winners.
The 25 diverse students come from all around the world, from Myanmar to Minnesota. With varying major focuses and extracurricular involvement, these outstanding Ducks are effecting amazing change throughout the campus. They are some of the most driven and enthusiastic individuals within their programs and workplaces, and serve as an inspiration to all those around them.
The University of Oregon fosters a community of passionate, hardworking students – and the Emerald is honored to have the opportunity to recognize these individuals. This year's honorees feature students with backgrounds ranging from encouraging mental health awareness on campus to sexual assault prevention to advocacy for indigenous peoples.
The University is truly benefiting every day from the actions of these talented Ducks, and the passion of the following students is sure to benefit their future communities as well. Inside are the stories of 25 thoughtful, altruistic and ambitious students whom we are thrilled to welcome to the 25 Ducks family.


text:
Furniture World Discount Warehouse in Jackson, TN carries the following products. Select a manufacturer below to view the lines and collections carried by this store:
Helping families get a good night sleep since 1938!Restonic has been committed to supporting your nights for healthier mornings ... See Restonic models »
Have you shopped for a mattress at Furniture World Discount Warehouse? Write a Review!
Part of Furniture World Superstores, Furniture World Discount Warehouse is a in the Jackson, TN area.Furniture World Superstores carries mattress models from Restonic.
Have an update or correction to our information about Furniture World Discount Warehouse? If so, please take a moment to suggest an edit.
If this is your business, claim your profile to update this information directly. (What's this?)
Do you work for Furniture World Discount Warehouse in Jackson, TN?
Get started on GoodBed by claiming your business profile. Companies in the GoodBed community believe in providing consumers with straightforward information, quality products, and good service. If you share these beliefs, join us by claiming your free profile today.
If you represent Furniture World Discount Warehouse in Jackson, TN (eg, as a store manager), claim this store location's profile. If you represent all of this company's store locations, claim the Furniture World Discount Warehouse retailer profile.
Once you've claimed your profile, you'll be able to start using GoodBed to attract more customers to your store(s). Learn more »


text:
Here is a new magazine coupon that came out today. It also matches a 10% off People StyleWatch Target Cartwheel that is out right now. I know that we splurge sometimes so we can save a little even on our splurges!
$1/1 People, All You, InStyle, People StyleWatch, Real Simple, Southern Living or Cooking Light Magazine printable coupon (preclipped)
Thanks Hip2SaveExtreme Couponing Tip: You can usually get two prints of most internet coupons. To find them in the easiest possible way, use our preclipped links that take you right to the coupon. Then come back and click the same link to get your 2nd print. This will save you the time spent searching for the coupon.
Never miss another hot coupon, deal or freebie again! "Like" Couponaholic .NET on Facebook, Follow us on Pinterest, Follow us on Twitter, Follow us on Instagram or Subscribe to our Daily Email Newsletter!


text:
All Guns
Gun Parts
|Seller's Description
1911 THRASHER .45ACP 3.12" Bull BARREL 7RD SATIN STAINLESS
Money orders, MC, Visa and Discover are accepted for
Iver Johnson Thrasher SS Officer's 1911 45ACP. Thrasher is satin stainless steel in finish. This model comes with Walnut big diamond grips. It has the following features:
Specifications and features:
Manufacturer Iver Johnson
- Frame and slide are 416 CNC machined stainless
- Capacity is 7 + 1
- 3 1/8" barrel, polished SS bull barrel
- 2 stage recoil spring system
- Military trigger
- Beavertail Grip Safety with memory
- Military style fixed front and rear sights
- Thin line, angled serrations in the rear only
- Round, combat style hammer
- Military style thumb safety
- Ejection port lowered and flared
- Beveled magwell
Is this handgun legal in your state? It is your responsibility to know your State and Local handgun laws.
No Refunds Will Be Given On Any Firearm That Is Not Transferable.
Shipping USPS Priority Mail $25.00
Credit Card payments due within 3 days of auction close, money orders within 6 days.
Used firearms are thoroughly inspected and tested. New firearms have a factory warranty. That being said, there are no returns on firearms. Warranty Issues Are Handled By The Manufacturer.
Any return for any reason requires a 30% restocking fee. This fee will be deducted from your refund. A New Returned Firearm Is Now A Used Firerarm and The Price Depreciates Greatly.
Have questions? Drop me an email
Payment Instructions
Please send an email to [email protected] and let me know if you are going to pay with a money order or credit card. To pay with a credit card call 919-866-2458. Once payment has been made I will ship out your item. If you are paying for a firearm I must recieve your local dealers FFL before the item can ship. Your dealer may email or fax his FFL. Fax (877) 688-7334
Local pickup is available by appointment. Call 866-2458 to make an appointment. You must have a pistol permit or current Concealed Carry Permit for handguns. A NCDL or State ID is rquired.
Money orders, MC, Visa and Discover are accepted for
NEW IVER JOHNSON 1911 THRASHER .45ACP 3.12 Bull BARREL 7RD SATIN STAINLESS STEEL No Credit Card Fees Visit Us Online At Allen Jones Guns Online Store NEW IVE
|Payment and Shipping Instructions:
Ships Using:


text:
Metroid Prime
Review by Gammaknight
"Samus Aran returns to captivate us all..."
Well here we are again.This time to review this utter masterpeice of a game called Metroid Prime.Once again we are thrust into the shoes of bounty hunter Samus Aran in her quest to destroy the Metroid threat.This time the adventure takes us to the planet Tallon IV.I dont even really know how to summarize this game,it is so amazing in every aspect.It is simply the most glorious and sucsessful transition into 3D I've seen since Mario64 and Ocarina of Time.The graphics,gameplay,story,and sound are all awe inspiring in both gameplay and presentation.Simply amazing.
Gameplay 10/10.The gameplay is nearly flawless.First person perspective does not ruin any aspect of the gameplay whatsoever.This is one of the only First person shooters I've played in which jumping feels like a natural thing,which makes the platforming aspect far more appealing rather than frustrating.But if you are looking for hordes of enemies to blast into oblivion,then this game isnt for you.Dubbed ''FPA'' for first person adventure,this game focuses much less on the shooting aspects and much more on exploration and cunning.Exploring the intricate and complex tunnels and pathways of Tallon IV is very immersive,and takes quite awhile to complete and fully explore,and will keep your attention towards playing to unlock new things and places for weeks to come.
Once again you are armed with Samus' multi-perpose arm-cannon for smoking baddies,grappling hook swinging,downloading area maps,etc...Like in all Metroid games,you may gain multiple types of projectiles including missles,bombs,beams,morph ball powerups,and the rest of Samus' bag of tricks.The neat thing that you can do now,is with the right combination powerup Samus is able to combine missle projectiles with beam weapons to create some ultra devastating weapons.
The second new addition to Metroid is the visor system.The way that this works is that by hitting right on the D-pad,you can scan many things for information,opening doors,computer logs,enemy stats,enemy weaknesses,chozo history,etc.There are many types of visor that are picked up along the way,including thermal,xray,and nightvision.
All in all,gameplay is SPECTACULAR.This is what you buy the game for.
Graphics 10/10:The graphics are absolutely spectacular to say in the least.The world of Tallon IV is aboslutely seamless from beginning to end,from the rainy,misty,jungle overworld to the sweltering charnal pit of Magmoor Caverns,to the icy perpetually snowing tundra of the Phaedraena Drifts,the attention to detail and the effects are terrific.Another thing that is amazing is the lack of even a few seconds of loading time througout the entire game,I don't know how Retro did it,but it even borders on scary how little if any loading time there is.Even running at 60 FPS,everything is smooth and seamless,even when you are being attacked by a hoarde of beautifully textured creatures.So amazing...
Story 10/10:There is a pretty large backstory to the Metroid saga that would be too long to put into this review so I'm just going to go into the basic plot for this game.
The story comes in between Metroid and Metroid 2,with Samus having tracked the sinister Space pirates to a spacelab above the planet Tallon IV.After detroying the spacelab she spots escaping from the exploding space station,none other than the creature Ridley whom supposedly was destroyed after Samus ''destroyed'' Mother Brain on Zebes.Samus follows Ridley down into the atmosphere of the planet,but loses him.Landing in a dense jungle area,Samus begins her quest to destroy the Space Pirates once and for all...
Sound/Music 10/10:The sound effects and music scores are very nostalgic while also adding some new themes to it's repitoire.You'll hear many of the classic but sweetly updated themes from the other Metroid games,but plenty of new music too.There is a lot of echoing and ambient sounds to add a creepy,mystifying atmosphere,not to mention a feeling of actually being alone on a huge planet.The battle cries of the creatures sound individual from one another,and can sometimes be a little chilling when you know that somethng is especially near.
Control 10/10:The control is usually the only gripe about this game,seeing as how it differs from standard fps controls.But this isn't your standard FPS.The thing is you have to hold down R to aim,and L to strafe.Some people can find this awkward,but for me and a lot of people,it was about a 30 minute learning curve and that's about it.Other than that,if you can get used to the control,you will definately appreciate the control being altered for this particular game,especially when you need the c stack to switch beams while being bombarded by some boss.
Funfactor 10/10:The enjoyment of this game comes completely out of accomplishment.I garuantee that you will be giddy after finding many of those sought after powerups,by backtracking to that one place that was inacsessable earlier.There is nothing like a game that can completely immerse and basically force you into playing it enough to completely master its gameplay.There almost no way to explain the way that Metroid is fun.It's just,a game that you play.You don't just play it.You play it.Now that I've thoroughly confused you,its time for the overall score.
Overall 10/10:I can honestly say under gamer's oath,that this is one of the best games I've ever had the pleasure of playing.It is astouding how much this game is meant for you to play.There is no bull.Just 100% grade A video game.That's Metroid for you.All said,this is one extrordinary game in all aspects.Get it,that's all there is to say.Have fun!
Reviewer's Rating: 5.0 - Flawless
Originally Posted: 11/22/02, Updated 02/06/03
Got Your Own Opinion?
Submit a review and let your voice be heard.


text:
Available at local Chamilia retailers.
Add to Wish List
Article no.:
Pine Boughs Treasure
$ 60.00
$ 35.00
$ 30.00
Embellished Owl
$ 45.00
Sign up now for Chamilia emails and receive
$ 10.00
off your next online purchase!*
Be the first to hear about new products, exclusive promotions, and other Chamilia news.
Just enter and submit your information below:
*Valid for the next 30 days on orders over
$ 75.00.
Valid for full price items only. Cannot be combined with any other offer or discount.


text:
Sign up to StockTwits to save a watchlist for easy access to your favorite stocks
Whether you trade Forex a little or a lot, everything we do at MXT is aimed at helping you succeed with the best range of tools and services.
StockTwits is 100% Free!
Create your own stock
portfolio watchlist
Full access to all ticker
Streams and data tools
Follow and learn from your
favorite market leaders
Post your own trading
ideas, predictions &


text: LAHORE - Introducing law reforms, Law and Justice Commission of Pakistan (LJCP) on Saturday approved an amendment in Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) to restrict police/law enforcers from causing injury or death to a person being arrested if there is no strong threat to life of the officer making the arrest.The commission also recommended an amendment in the CrPC to make it compulsory for police to inform a person of the grounds of his/her arrest. The commission recommended these amendments at its meeting on Saturday at the Supreme Court Lahore Registry, chaired by Chief Justice of Pakistan Tassaduq Hussain Jillani. The proposed amendments in Section 46 of CrPC, 1898, with the addition of new sub section (4), say the police officer or any other person making arrest shall not use any means which may cause death of, or grievous bodily injury to, the person being arrested unless there is probable cause to believe that the person to be arrested poses an imminent threat of causing death or grievous bodily injury to the police officer or the person making arrest. The proposed addition of new section, 54-A, in the CrPC says every person, upon arrest, by police officer, shall be informed of the grounds of his arrest. The commission also approved a law reform proposing addition of the new section 9-A to Muslim Family Laws Ordinance, 1961, and recommended that a parent who is unable to maintain himself shall be entitled to claim maintenance from his children. It further proposed amendments to sections 91 and 92 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, and recommended that suits in respect of public nuisance and public charities may be brought by two or more persons with the leave of the court in addition to being brought by respective advocate generals. The commission also recommended that interim compensation may be allowed in suits under Fatal Accident Act, 1855 for the benefit of legal heirs of the deceased and cases under the said law shall be decided within six months. Besides members of the commission, National Commission on the Status of Women Chairperson Ms Khawar Mumtaz and senior advocate Abid Hassan Minto also attended the meeting.This news was published in The Nation newspaper. Read complete newspaper of 15-Jun-2014 here.


text:
Hotel Arcadia Plaza
Posmitnogo srt. 1, 65009 Odessa, Ukraine |Show on the map
from R699
- Terms and facilities
- Location
- Opinions
Location The hotel is conveniently located in Arcadia, the most picturesque area of Odessa, close to the Black Sea. Guests can discover sandy beaches, beautiful nature, nightlife, discos and restaurants to suit every taste. The establishment is just a 15-minute car ride from the main city sights.
Choose your room
Share it
Tripadvisor Score Score based on 26 reviews
Average price per night for this hotel for the following weeks
|2017/07/28 - 2017/07/30
|2017/07/31 - 2017/08/06
|2017/08/07 - 2017/08/13
|2017/08/14 - 2017/08/20
Services and terms: Hotel Arcadia Plaza
Accommodation facilities
- Bar/Café
- Business Centre
- Nursery
- Children's Playground
- Internet Centre
- Garden/Terrace
- Laundry
- Medical Service
- People with reduced mobility access
- Non-smoker Rooms
- Parking
- Hairdresser
- Restaurant
- 24 hr Room Service
- Secretarial Service
- Shops
Standard Room Services
- Safe
- Minibar
- Satellite TV
- Pay TV
- Hairdryer
- Telephone
- Video
Leisure facilities
- Disco
- Gym
- Swimming Pool
- Sauna
- Tennis
Location: Hotel Arcadia Plaza
The hotel is located in Arcadia, a very picturesque area of Odessa, close to the sea. Restaurants, bars and beach are only a few minutes walk away. 18 kms to city centre 20 kms to the nearest airport (odessa international airport) 15 km to the nearest station (central train station) 2 minute walk to the nearest bus stop 2 km to the nearest fair site (.) Close to the beach
Nearby points of interest
Reviews: Hotel Arcadia Plaza
See more nearby hotels