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2016 Pounds Shipped to Macon County:
We work with the following agencies to get nutritional food to those in need in Macon County:
We distribute Buddy Packs on Fridays to children who receive
free or reduced-price lunches at school. In some cases, this food is the only nutrition these children have at home during weekends and holidays. In Macon County, we distribute Buddy Packs through the following schools:
LaPLATA R-II ELEMENTARY
Providing 1 Buddy Pack every weekend for 1 school year = $180
In the News
Disable Veteran Grateful for Help in Macon County
After working as a medic for years, Don began and operated his own construction business before an injury changed his life.
Four years ago, he slipped on tile in his bathroom and hit his head, fracturing his skull. He spent months in rehabilitation, losing some of his memories, much of his mobility and his ability to work.
"Today, I can walk using a cane, but other days I can barely crawl," said Don, an Air Force Veteran. That is why he is thankful for Macon County Ministries Food Pantry. Every month, Don goes to an early distribution open only to severely disabled individuals who live below the poverty line. "I live on a very limited income," he said. "I would go hungry without this."
Don says he is able to get by because of nutrition from The Food Bank and his partially subsidized apartment.
Even for those who can work, employment is tough to find in Macon County, said Linda Ellis, who runs the pantry. "Jobs are limited here," she said. "Our clients, of course,are underprivileged, but everybody here today is living below the poverty line." The Macon County clients are also grateful and gracious, she added. "It's friends helping friends."
Macon County Ministries Food Pantry serves disabled clients on the Monday before the third Tuesday of the month, with regular distribution on the third Tuesday. Atypical distribution serves about 350 families, Ellis said.
Alvin,another client, said he and his wife rely on the produce, meat and other products they receive at the pantry every month. "I'm 82 years old and on disability," he said. "We don't get much money, so this is nice."
To those who make The Food Bank possible, Don expressed gratitude. "Thank you," he said. "One hundred percent, thank you."
Score Campaign Now Includes Macon County
The 2016 Missouri Tigers Score Against Hunger campaign will be held in Macon County for the first time ever.
The campaign is The Food Bank's largest fundraising effort. Each fall, it challenges University of Missouri football fans to get in on the action by pledging a dollar amount per point scored during the season or by directing an outright gift to the Tigers' campaign.
Missouri Tigers Score Against Hunger began in 1995 under then MU Football Head Coach Larry Smith and continued under the helm of Coach Gary Pinkel. This year, Head Coach Barry Odom has agreed to carry on the tradition and participate.
"With excitement around a new season under a new coach, we decided it was a good year to expand the campaign to all of our counties," said Lindsay Young Lopez, executive director. "We know there are Tigers fans throughout central and northeast Missouri, so we wanted to make sure they had an opportunity to participate, as well."
Donations from Score go directly into the acquisition and distribution of food to those in need. As of June 30, the half-way point in the fiscal year, The Food Bank had distributed more than 406,000 pounds of food in Macon County.
Missouri Tigers Score Against Hunger also encourages businesses and individuals to make leadership gifts, and those who do so are invited to a Victory Luncheon at the end of the season featuring Coach Odom.
Area Residents Stamp Out Hunger
La Plata area residents collectively donated 1,398 pounds of food and $342 earlier this year as part of the National Association of Letter Carriers' annual Stamp Out Hunger food drive.
Food collected stays within the community in which it is collected, while funds go to The Food Bank for Central & Northeast Missouri, which provides food at no charge to pantries and agencies in Macon County. For every $1 contributed, The Food Bank is able to purchase 15 pounds of food, or 12.5 meals.
Combined, La Plata and Atlanta residents donated the equivalent of more than 5,400 meals to those in need.
"We are so grateful to everyone who participated in Stamp Out Hunger," said Susan Dublin, regional coordinator for The Food Bank. "While this is a national food drive, it is also very much a community event, and I'm proud of the way the La Plata and Atlanta communities came together to help us feed neighbors in need."
Stamp Out Hunger began in 1992 and is the largest single-day food drive in the country.


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I sat there in the leather harness. It was tight, but not uncomfortably so...
It had some kind of fabric between me and the actual cow hide. Something that let air pass through it so I didn't sweat or get uncomfortable.
I looked over at the little clock on Masters beside table and sighed.
He'd been gone for about and hour...
I got up slowly and felt my bottom burning. I looked down and to my great relief I found no blood... Well... Aside from the now rusty coloured stains my neck bled out when he bit me.
I stretched stiffly and felt my muscles release the tension from laying in the same position for to long. A dull ache throbbed in my lower back. I looked over my shoulder and sighed, as expected, my body was covered in bruises...
Peering around I covered my privates, I could feel eyes on me but no one was in the room. Creepy.
I stopped walking when I realised I had no clothing on aside from the harness and saw my stretchy pants. I rushed over to them but was yanked back by the thick leash that tethered me to the wall. With a goan I reached out with my leg and just barely grabbed the fabric between my toes. I tugged it over to me and pulled them on. I went over to the single tiny window, covered in a black velvet curtain, and looked out...
Dead Tree.
"This is boring..." I whined and went over to the bed. I slumped forward and sat there for a good twenty minutes before I fell back on the bed and buried myself under blankets. I could smell my Master and it was driving me INSANE! I wanted him inside me again! I wanted to scream for him! I wanted to feel him crushing me under him! I wanted...
It felt wrong to think this way but at the same time? It felt good... Could it really be wrong? Could something that drove me so absolutely crazy, really be such a bad thing?
I sighed and reached around to feel my poor hole. It was tightly shut and sensitive to the touch.
That's weird... I would have figured it to be... I don't know... Broken somehow.
But no.
There it was, same as ever. I'll admit it was a little sore and tighter than before, probably because it was healing, but normal otherwise.
I brushed my finger over my entrance and shuddered as a trickle of pleasure leapt from the contact. Imagining my Master touching me. Prodding. Feeling. Teasing my aching body.
I pressed and suddenly my finger broke through accidentally.
A sharp gasp passed my lips and I moaned as I pulled out. The sensation was so raw!
Experimentally I dipped my finger back in and suddenly the heat from before was back. The combination of his lingering scent and my fingering was quickly making my hard. I felt my breathing grow ragged and uneven, my lungs burning as I touched myself for the first time.
I couldn't reach it.
I couldn't get to that point of sadistic bliss. I just... I couldn't bring myself to that mind blowing orgasm my Master forced into me.
I felt tears brim my eyes as I tried desperately to stroke my aching penis. My eyes finally started flooding and I took hold of myself in my unoccupied hand. Nothing I did made me even edge on what he had done to me...
I began sobbing, my body yearning for it but never able to achieve an adequate replacement to the pleasure of his touch.
With a small groan of frustration, I let go of myself and pulled my fingers out. Wiping away the slick liquid my Master had injected into my bum in defeat. My cock returning to its inactive floppy state quickly and I covered myself in his pillows. Wrapping myself around one I imagined it was him, holding it tightly I felt drowsy. My lids sliding down slowly over my eyes...
Suddenly I heard a thump then one of the train car doors open and I peaked out from under the blankets in excitement, hoping to see my Master.
When I saw Luc step into the room I groaned and recovered my head in dismay, still watching her through the folds of cloth that surrounded me. She timidly moved to the bed, dropping four giant bags next to it she looked around.
"Hilflos?" She called gently "You can come out now, he's gone" she murmured.
"What do you mean, 'I can come out', I'm not hiding" I said. She jumped and I sat up.
"I don't know what you did... But whatever it was? I love you for it~!" She squealed and threw herself at me.
"Woah-!" I yelped when she landed on my half nude body, still sore from Masters hands.
"Oh! I'm so sorry Hilflos! I should be more gentle after what he put you through..." She said sadly.
"What do you mean?" I asked quietly.
"Hilflos its ok to talk about it," she said sweetly, patting my hand "I know he took advantage of you but we can get through this"
"I'm ok, He was rough with me but really, I'm fine" I told her with a small smile. She frowned and then held me down, I squirmed and protested as she pulled off my stretchies- afraid she may rape me as well but when she completely avoided my shaft and bum I calmed down a bit.
"Oh my poor baby..." She murmured, lightly touching the bruises that coated my body from Masters harsh sex. I winced and covered myself in embarrassment.
"I feel fine, sore, but fine" I told her. She looked at me with a sceptical expression and I pulled away from her, remembering what she was. Suddenly I gave myself a mental slap. This woman was being a caring person and I shouldn't care what her breeding was!
Weasel or not!
"Thank you for your concern Luc, I'm sorry to have worried you" I said shyly. She sat back and watched me suspiciously.
"What?" I asked finally.
"You were all nervous and feeble before, you wouldn't even look me in the eyes at first! Plus you had a stutter... What's up with you?" She asked. I stopped and thought for a minute.
I didn't feel frightened.
I didn't feel cornered by her questioning.
I didn't feel the need to run as fast as I possibly could from the world and crawl under a rock to hide.
And I felt almost... Carefree?
"I don't know... I just don't feel... Afraid?" I said it almost like a question but that was more from my confusion than me asking her how I felt.
"That's weird... Pardon the pun but when I first met you I couldn't help but think 'Innocent Bunny' and that had nothing to do with the ears..." She chuckled, batting one of my long ears with a small hand.
"Oh thanks..." I rolled my eyes.
"Now! I was told I had to get you dressed before the Master comes to collect you for dinner" I smiled slightly at the mention of him coming for me.
"Alright" I said and got up stiffly, still covering myself. Luc went into one of the bags she brought and I heard her rifling through stuff. I turned away as I started fiddling with the harness buckles. After a little while I finally let out a loud huff of annoyance.
"How do I get this thing off!?" I asked in exasperation.
"Let me do it..." Luc said and unbound me easily.
"But... But I couldn't do that..." I whined.
"Yes well I don't think he wanted you to be able to take it off" She smiled at me and I pouted.
"Your mean!" I snapped half-heartedly.
"I know! Now put this on!" She giggled, throwing me a shirt.
It was long and hung just above my knees... Wait a minute-
"This is a dress!" I cried, ripping the thing off.
"No! Well ok yes but its so cute on you!"
"I'm a boy!"
"So? Cross dressing is adorable!" She giggled.
"And your weird"
"Yes but that's besides the point! Get dressed! Unless you want me to dress you up in stilettos and a tiny lace bra-thong combo for the Master" she said with a gleam in her eye.
"What's a stil... Stile... What's a bra? and what's a Thong?" I asked.
She grinned at me.
"You don't know what Stilettos are?" She asked.
"No" I shook my head.
She did a little twirl and reached into one of the three big bags, pulling out small pieces of almost see though black lace.
Then out came the tallest pair of shoes I'd ever seen!
"I can't wear that!" I snapped.
"Try it on! PLEASE!? He's going to make you wear it anyway!"
"I don't know, he's weird like that!"
"Hey! Arnt these lady under-clothes?" I asked.
"Yes you can"
"But that's... That's not right!"
"Ok just put it on at least once! I'll let you take it off as soon as you want! Just try it on! The Master spent good money on that!" She snapped, shoving the black lace into my hands.
"Don't waste his hard earned cash just because you don't want to feel embarrassed! It will only make him mad! And its not like I care! I've seen you nude, so what's this," she shook the 'thong' in my face "going to do? Cover up a few inches?"
I guess she's right...
I can always take it off anyway...
A few minutes later I was standing five inches taller, in two thin pieces of thin measly fabric. The shoes made my bum stick out and I had to lean my shoulders back just to stay upright. This position was making my back ache even worse!
"You can take it off now! Let's try these!" Luc laughed, pulling out another pair of tall shoes, a beaded red corset type shirt thingy and a strange looking pair of pants with feet, they were almost lacy but... Not lacy?
"What's that?"
"Fishnet stockings!" She laughed.
"No thank you, I want boy clothes!" I cried in annoyance.
"We'll get to that!" She said with a pout.
"Well how about-" she started.
Then I heard a thump.
A click.
And the door to the train car opened to reveal an oblivious looking Tang. He was shaking his head, getting rid of what appeared to be rain.
I stood there in terror as he looked up.
He froze.
He was staring at me, looking over my entire body. Seeming to note every inch of me. I blushed and nearly fell backwards when I attempted to hid my nearly bare body.
Tang looked up from my legs and met my eyes with this weird look like I was a piece of meat or something. I frantically began explaining why I was practically nude but kept skipping over my words. The train took a corner sharply and I tipped over, falling on a bruise I let out a sharp cry and Tang seemed to snap out of his fog. He rushed over and started helping me up. Whilst Luc just stood there with a huge grin plastered across her face.
"Luc! Hello? You in there?" I asked. She nodded quickly and I sighed.
Females- I don't care of what breeding -are so weird!
Tang placed a hand on my thigh tenderly and looked up at me.
"He did this?" He asked, touching a mark on my leg from when Master had held me to force himself in deeper. I looked down, remembering the way he thrust harder when I begged. I bit my lip to keep back a groan as my excitement quickly grew under the meak lace and I covered myself quickly, bringing my knees up to my chin. Tang frowned and tilted my head up to look at him.
"Yes but its ok, look, I'm fine" I said nervously, he was holding my thigh rather tight. His face became a mask of hatred.
"Its NOT ok! He should have been gentler!" He snapped, tugging me to him. I pulled back but he kept a firm grasp on me.
"Tang, let go..." I whimpered. He let go of my thigh but his hand slid up to rest on my waist.
"He... He hurt you bad didn't he?" I turned my head away, and he leant closer.
"He didn't hurt me that bad, look, I'm fine..." I murmured.
"Hilflos, he raped you... We both know it-"
"But I-I asked f-for it!"
"Hilflos please, I know what he's like ok, so don't try to protect that bastard!" He growled.
"'That Bastard', hmm?" A voice called from the doorway. My body reacted immediately, heart beating erratically, stomach doing back flips, my hole tingling in anticipation.
Tang and I looked over to see Master looking completely deadpan. No expression. I tried frantically to keep my body from lunging at him, pulling him deep inside. He looked dangerous, anger practically radiating from him. I dug my nails into the palms of my hands out of frustration, I wanted him to look at me! I wanted him to come over and take me again! Why won't he acknowledge me? Did I do something wrong? Maybe its these clothes! Maybe he doesn't like them on me? Maybe he doesn't want me anymore... What if he really doesn't want me anymore? Did he only want me for sex? Was I not good enough?
"Sir" Tang grunted through gritted teeth, bringing me back from my terrifying questions.
"What I do with my property is my own business, not yours, get to work... I don't pay you to laze around lusting after my possessions" Master growled angrily.
I know he bought me but... I'm not a thing...
Tang stood upright, fixed his tie and looked over at me once more with that same hungry gaze that made my cheeks burn.
"Bunny? What are you wearing...?" Master came over with a smile once Tang left. He turned to Luc who looked away with a frown.
"Maid, Leave us" he ordered.
"But Sir, dinner is within the hour... Shouldn't you be working on a book of some sort or other? We haven't chosen an outfit for Hilflos to wear to dine in as of yet, Would you be so kind and let me complete my task?" Luc asked- well it came out as more of a beg but... Still...
"No. Now leave us" Master turned from Luc to me and tugged at the thong.
"I like this..." He said, leaning down to nip at my neck.
I winced and my head tilted away, looking over to Luc frantically and she mouthed the words 'I'm Sorry' to me. I felt my eyes tear up-
Wasn't this what I wanted only minutes earlier?
Isn't this what I'd been imagining as I lay there in the bed touching myself?
"Master, d-dinner is s-soon" I said as he pulled away the bra. Teasing one of my nipples with a thumb.
"Sh-shouldn't we get r-ready for it?" I stuttered. He laughed darkly and then tugged the meek thong aside with a 'rrrip' I glanced up into his eyes and then to his mouth. He leant closer and I wrapped my arms around his neck to kiss his addictive lips. He slipped into my mouth and started rubbing my already hard shaft.
Suddenly I found myself hanging halfway off the bed, legs spread wide, bent forward with my pert bottom tilted up... I prepared myself for the pain of his lance when I was caught off guard by instead of his dick, his... His TONGUE!?
"MASTER!? That's not-"
"Your clean, I wouldn't touch you otherwise..." He said, returning to his outlandish play. I let loose a startled gasp as he tongued my hole until I was left shaking from the torture.
"Please Master... No more... I... I can't..." I moaned as his tongue wriggled in deeper. He removed his face from my bum and placed his throbbing length at my hole. I whined pitifully as he stood there unmoving behind me.
"Beg" he whispered in my ear. I turned to look up at him.
"I can't stay like this... Please do it! I need you! I-!" I choked on my words and moaned as he slid into me. He grunted when he reached his root, pelvis meeting my bottom with a solid thrust. I curled into myself and he gripped my shoulders. I felt my arms and legs letting go as he grew more forceful. More frantic with each pound of his body on mine.
The lack of lubrication making his jerks burn viciously inside. The friction of his lance buried so deep made me groan, nails clawing at the bed spread.
"Master..." I whispered as he bent to tweak my nipples.
His tongue swept over my neck until he came across the bite.
His arms holding me tighter than I ever thought possible while he fucked me.
"Don't..." I groaned as he nibbled the wound.
"MINE..." He growled, his tone primal.
"Wha-" His teeth bit down gently on my sweet spot and suddenly they were sliding through my skin like a hot knife through butter, back into the bite he'd inflicted upon me an hour earlier.
"OH GOD!" I screamed as an agonising flush of warmth shot through me. His mouth drank down the blood greedily, my head felt fuzzy...
His cock let loose a long steady flush into me and I heard him groan in pleasure. I felt the heat of his seed flooding my insides, his body roughly grinding into me still as he impregnated my tender body.
He didn't just give a few quick spurts of his warm, thick milk either. His dick let loose until I felt it spilling down my legs, little puddles forming below us.
When I felt like he couldn't possibly let loose any more my own cock fired off its shots, body spasming, my hole gripping his length tightly making it spurt even more.
"H-how much c-can o-one man p-produce!" I asked, my voice hoarse. He laughed and slowly his dick decreased in size and he pulled out, sighing in contented bliss. We both fell onto the bed heavily.
I wanted to keep as much of his cum in me as I could but it just kept flowing out...
"Your the first person I've been able to climax with, did you know that?" He said breathlessly. I blinked.
"Climaxed? What does that mean?" I asked.
"I've never been able to let loose inside anyone before"
"You m-mean you've never d-done th-that before... As in ever?" I asked in bewilderment.
"Not inside someone, and I've been trying for the past 260 some odd years" he laughed.
"That's a long t-time..." I snuggled into his chest and felt myself growing hard again. Bottom still trying to hold his seed in.
"Your keeping it all up there... Let some go..." He muttered, his fingers danced down my hips to my bum where he slid a feeler in and started fingering my tense hole.
"DON'T-!" I wailed crazily, grabbing his hand as my body jerked back.
"Why not? Does it hurt when I touch you like that?" He asked in confusion.
"Bind me, thrash me, make me scream... Just please don't tease me!" I groaned, gripping the blankets.
"Oh so it feels good then?" He asked. I bit my lip and nodded, moaning quietly. His finger was joined by another, then another. I reached down and grabbed his wrist, legs raising unintentionally.
He turned to me and nuzzled my neck.
"Your hormones are going to drive me insane..." He growled, fingering me until I was panting heavily, begging for him to fuck me. Pleading for him to drown me in his cum...
I guess that did it because suddenly, he was inside me.
His semen drenched fingers pumping my cock, jerking me with a vengeance.
"Have you ever used this before?" He asked, indicating my penis.
"No..." I said unconsciously, savouring the pain and pleasure that racked my body. He slid out after yet another long jet and sighed.
"I want to do that again..." I moaned, grabbing him firmly. He coughed and pulled my hand away.
"Good god, if I had the strength my pet I'd fuck you all night long..." He laughed.
"Aren't Vampires Immortal's? And aren't they able to stay awake forever?" I asked.
"I'll LIVE forever yes, but I still have to sleep otherwise I won't be able to walk in daylight... Stupid Vamp laws written by stupid Vamp kings..." He growled.
Standing up shakily he whistled three quick bursts and a few seconds later Luc came in. I covered my body in embarrassment as my still raging hard on patted my tummy and cum dripped from my tense hole.
"Maid, my Consort is in need of a bath, tend to him" he ordered, I peeked out and saw him doing up his pants, still breathing heavily.
"C-Consort!?" Luc gasped, her eyes flicking to me.
"Yes, my Consort, now ready him" he snapped his fingers and started towards the door.
"Master, do you mean what I think you mean when you say Consort?" She asked quickly, grinning up at him broadly.
"Yes" he said, his tone smug. He looked over at me and winked.
"Don't worry bunny... We have all night..." He murmured huskily, his voice making my cock jolt excitedly.
He looked down at my failing attempts to cover my assent and laughed.
"See you soon pet" he chuckled.
My face heated, jaw dropping at his egotistical swagger as he walked out.
Slowly Luc turned to me. Her eyes were twinkling, she smiled hugely and ran at me.
"I LOVE YOU!" She squealed, I struggled to breath in her bone crushing hug.
"Thank you, Thank you, Thank YOU!" She cried happily.
"Er... Luc what are you doing?" I asked, staring down at her.
She frowned and a look of understanding washed over her face.
"You don't know, do you? Of course you don't! You've been on this train for less than a day! How could you possibly know! They say ignorance is bliss but this is to good to withhold!" She giggled.
"The Master is third born Prince Rabia of the northern-western Covens and, like his brothers, he was yet to find his Consort! The one thing that would give any of the princes leave to take the throne! None of them would have guessed Gaunt would be the first to find his Consort, seeing as he was the last to be born... Then you came along!" She scrunched up her nose in another huge grin.
"Coven? What do you mean?"
"Prince Rabia -our Master- is a Vampire prince" she explained.
"Well you've already met the painful end of a Vampires claiming so-"
"When he bit you he laid Claim to your body, its a painful process for anyone so don't be afraid to say as much" she said brushing a finger over the bite he took. Electricity shot through my body and I moaned lowly.
"Oh god... Don't touch it..." I pleaded weakly, covering it with my hand.
"I figured you would know... Or that he would explain the pain so you would be ready for it" She murmured.
"I'm sorry, no I didn't and it wasn't painful... It felt... Really good..." I whispered the last part with a small smile.
"GOOD? Good in what way!? Pleasurable pain like an erection," I blushed, god this woman is so impulsive! "Good pain as in when you take out a sliver or you grow a few inches taller, What kind of pain?"
"No pain... Just... Very good..." I drew my own fingers over it carefully- expecting the electricity -and jumped when nothing happened.
"If your wondering why you arnt feeling anything it only works like that when someone other than yourself touches it" I blinked.
"That way only a lover can make you feel good- usually your Consort aka the Master"
I ran my fingertips over it, it was smooth skin... I looked at my fingers and frowned.
"What is it?" Luc asked curiously.
"The blood... Its dry?"
"Of course, and it seems that the mark healed over very well" he said with a praising smile.
"Healed!? Its already healed!? But he reopened it just a moment ago!" I exclaimed.
"Right well, I'll let Master explain later! Oh this is fantastic! I'm sorry I just can't believe he finally found you! Damn... Since he's a third born he still can't take the throne..." She sighed, suddenly jumping from the bed to spin around happily.
"OH WELL! At least he has you~!" He sang.
"I'm still confused, what's a Consort?"
"Eh...? You don't know what a Consort is?" She rolled her eyes "oh perfect..."
"No, I don't have any idea"
"A Consort is a Vampires equivalent to a WereWolf Mate or a Nymphs tree"
"Your his Mate for life"
"Mate? Like... Like an animal mates?" I asked, cocking my head in confusion.
"No, as in you and him are going to be together forever, what with him being an immortal and all and you being a semi-mortal its a fifty-fifty chance you'll both live about the same life span-"
"I'm going to what!?"
"-and that means he'll never touch anyone else, ever again! Isn't it fantastic!?" She cried.
"Don't you see!? Now that he's found you he'll leave me and Tang and everyone else alone! He won't want us! We won't have to have sex with him! Were safe now!" She hugged herself.
"That's great for you but what about me? Won't my being his 'Consort' make ME his new target!?"
"You'll like the attention... Trust me... Your his Consort after all! Lust is a big thing for Vampires and their Consort's, it gets under your skin if you don't make love constantly! And the sensations never dull so don't be afraid of him losing interest-he never will!" She said and started towards a little door.
"That's what I'm scared of!" I called after her.
"Don't be! You'll want him to want you... You already do!" She said pointing down "It shows, your getting exited just talking about him" she giggled as I covered myself. She went into a cabinet, going through what looked to be a bunch of little bottles.
"Ok let's see... Piña colada... No... Strawberry... No... Mint... No... ARG! Where is it! I swear it was here-Chocolate! Found you!" She held up a little tiny bottle only about an inch tall and wide.
"Come on, bath time" she smiled and walked into the little door next to the cabinet she'd pulled the bottle from.
I hopped up and walked carefully over to the bath, scared of any cum slipping free and Luc seeing it.
"Use the bathroom first, I know your holding..." She rolled her fingers in a suggestive manner "'IT' in so get rid of 'IT' and then we can bathe you!" She said shoving me into the room as a bubble bath filled a tub big enough for nine or ten people.
A toilet sat next to it so once she left for a minute I relieved myself of the tiny burden I carried.
"You done?" Luc asked, her head poking through the door as I flushed the toilet, almost missing the feeling of it.
I pulled off the ripped thong and she helped me out of the shoes. The tub was full and water spilled out through overflow holes on its sides, steamy hot water running into a grate in the floor.
"Where does it go?" I asked.
"The water is all cleansed and reused for other things on the train, the Master hates to waste three things money, water and condoms" Luc said with a grin. I stepped into the bath and instantly felt like I was swimming in silk. I scrubbed myself, with some help from her when she thought I was taking to long or to short on cleaning something. I grabbed a load of bubbles and put them on my head.
"I've got an afro!" I laughed as she scrubbed the suds through my hair in a ravenous manor. She unplugged the tub and stood me up.
"Rinse time" she pulled a hand shower from the wall and sprayed me down with a steady jet of warm water.
"All clean, dry time" she hit a button and walked out, holding up her hand to stop me when I tried to follow. I looked around in confusion and suddenly the entire room turned into a whirlwind. I was blasted with warm air from every direction.
I stood there in terror for a minute and suddenly the wind stopped.
I shuddered and stepped out of the tub, dry.
"All good?"
"What WAS that...?" I asked, staring at the button she had pressed.
"Its kinda like a tiny tornado"
"That's so weird..."
"I guess, now! Time to make you taste good" Luc took off the cap of the tiny bottle and the room filled with the scent of chocolate. She put a drop on my neck, a drop behind each of my ears and then, to my surprise one on the small of my back and handed me the bottle.
"What do I do with it?" I asked.
"Put it down there..." She pointed at my privates and I shook my head vigorously.
"No way! Why would I do that!?"
"The Master will enjoy that I figure" she smiled.
"Um... Why?"
"Its flavoured" she giggled. I blinked and swallowed hard.
"Then why would I put it down there... Wouldn't that seem weird?" She grabbed the bottle, put a few drops on her hand and grabbed my dick and rubbed vigorously.
"HEY!" I cried, pulling away.
"There! All done!" She smiled, walking over to the sink she washed her hands and went into the bedroom.
"That was nasty!"
"Your telling me! I just had to touch man junk!" She shuddered.
"I don't mind lady just but men are WAY to creepy man... Not that I have an issue with guys in general, just what's between their legs" she shrugged.
"How did they fit a bathroom into a train anyway? One like that shouldn't fit at all!"
"Very good designers" she chuckled.
"Uh'huh..." I nodded.
She went over to the big bags of clothing that had been shoved over from when Master sexed me. She picked out a pair of jeans and a long sleeved dark purple shirt with spirals of silver on the shoulders.
"Neat..." I commented.
She grabbed a pair of flat sole shoes and a black bucket hat.
"The hat is to make your ears less so much of a sight" she explained, tugging the thing over my ears so they bent around and hid away in my hair.
"Yep, so your all good now, time to take you to the dinning car" she said, kicking the clothes under the bed.
"Ok, um... Will... Will he-"
"Yes lover boy, the Master will be there" she said, rolling her eyes.
"Now, let's get going!" She smiled and stepped through the door. I held down the hat and jumped after her.
I looked up and smiled the rain had long since stopped and now over to my right was a brilliant rainbow.
Maybe this life won't be so bad?
I'll always be wanted and taken care of, I'll have my Master, be able to make friends...
I think I might actually have a life here...
My only issue is what's wrong with Tang?
Why did he act that way...
I'm just some half-breed with half-wits and no right sense... I'm just a teenager...
Oh well...


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In 2001 - 2003, the P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology developed the first variant of oceanographic data storage which includes both the Ocean DB itself and instrumental means to work with it. To describe the results of field research a data format in XML language was developed and proposed. The proposed standard for describing the results of marine expeditions was called OceanML.
OceanML describes the structure of the XML document of an expedition's report, possible descriptors and attributes, as well as data types. The description is given in the XML Schema language. The XML Schema language was recommended by the World Wide Web (W3C) consortium.
The XML language has been chosen for oceanographic data presentation owing to the following properties: it can be used for the description of diversified complex data; it is understandable to man and computer; it includes both data and their description; it is supported by the leading software producers; XML documents can easily be transformed into any format of presenting HML page, WML page, PDF files with the aid of XSLT language; meets the established international standards.
The main objective of the project is the creation of information means for systematizing and storing the results of ocean observations accumulated at the P.P.Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, the Russian Academy of Sciences, for many years. One of the main tasks to be achieved includes the development of computer client-server applications meant for: a prompt replenishment of DB with the results of sea research from aboard research vessels and incidental surveys; a structurized record of research data; reliable storage; highly efficient processing of large data mass; a collective access to the information via Internet; correction of expensive expeditionary research on the real time scale and raising the efficiency due to DB operative accessibility.
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2013 Indian Grand Prix: It's him again as dominant Sebastian Vettel secures pole
Nico Rosberg beats Lewis Hamilton to qualify alongside Vettel on front-row; Webber throws strategic curveball on medium compound
By Pete Gill
Last Updated: 27/10/13 9:52am
Driving into the record books with relentless supremacy, it is a racing certainty that Vettel will clinch his fourth successive title in Sunday's race at a circuit where he proved unbeatable on F1's two previous visits.
The only question is how, although it's already abundantly clear that Vettel is determined to secure the status of quadruple champion in perfect fashion: fastest in Practice One, fastest in Practice Two, fastest in Practice Three, Vettel's remaining ambition will be to follow up pole position with a lights-to-flag victory with the race's fastest lap thrown in for good measure.
Yet with Red Bull opting to split their strategies, it's no longer likely that Vettel will depart India on Sunday night as the only F1 driver to lead a race at the Buddh International Circuit. With Mark Webber electing - in part, surely, because he accepted he couldn't beat Vettel in a straight single-lap sprint - to throw in a strategic curveball by qualifying on the medium compound, the Aussie is bound to lead the race during the early stages of Sunday's grand prix once Vettel and the two Mercedes cars of Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton have pitted to shed the faster but more brittle soft tyres.
"I thought it was worth trying something different. We didn't think we'd end up on the second row, we thought we'd be a little further back than that. In the end, it turned out to be a pretty good session for us and we're in a good position to capitalise because we know the option tyre isn't a great piece of work," Webber told Sky Sports F1 afterwards.
"It will look quite exciting at the start of the race, but obviously I've got to get that tyre out of the way at some stage of the race."
It's not F1 as it should be, but the vast discrepancy in performance between the two tyres taken to the Buddh International Circuit this weekend by Pirelli, and the consequential strategic juggling act, will at least give Vettel something to think about even if he withstands Mercedes' attack into the first corner.
Quite what the thinking was at Lotus during Q1 is anyone's guess as the team's decision to only deploy Romain Grosjean, Red Bull's scourge last week in Japan, on the medium compound spectacularly backfired. "We ***ed up" was Grosjean's suitably blunt assessment of the team's blunder after failing to progress along with the Marussias, Caterhams and his potential 2014 team-mate, Pastor Maldonado.
It's understood that Nico Hulkenberg is now in a head-to-head fight with the sponsorship-laden Maldonado to replace the Ferrari-bound Kimi Raikkonen at Lotus and the increasingly-impressive German once again endorsed his claim to land a top-tier seat as he propelled his Sauber to seventh.
Hulkenberg will thus line-up between future Ferrari team-mates Fernando Alonso and Raikkonen, with the Spaniard was once again out-paced by the departing Felipe Massa - the fourth such ignominy Alonso has endured since the summer break, although on this occasion he had the clear excuse of running the medium tyres while Massa used the softs.
When the music stops, meanwhile, and the composition of the 2014 grid is finally confirmed, it may be the case that Hulkenberg opts to return to Force India, possibly at the expense of Paul di Resta, while Massa takes Maldonado's seat at Williams.
With Vettel's on-track dominance a near-permanent feature since the summer break, such contrasting off-track uncertainty has assumed the dimensions of a welcome relief.
On Sunday, though, there is unlikely to be any welcome relief for his rivals from Vettel when Sebastian will surely go fourth.


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An estimated 200 women will gather on Thursday, March 9, 2017, for a content rich day of nationally renowned speakers and First Coast executive leadership who will contribute their insights and experience during engaging discussions and interactive panels. The Jacksonville Women's Leadership Forum's (JWLF) will hold its 6th annual assembly at the U.S. Assure Club at Everbank Field. The theme for this year's forum is "Game On! The Power of Women – It's Our Time to Lead!"
Mayo Clinic will host a networking event the evening prior to the forum, Wednesday, March 8th in the Kinne Auditorium on the Jacksonville Campus. In attendance, will be JWLF forum attendees along with medical experts who specialize in women's services. It's a casual and fun gathering where JWLF guests can mingle, network and "Ask the Experts" at Mayo Clinic about important health care initiatives, preventative care and Mayo Clinic's Executive Concierge service that caters to busy professionals.
Susan Packard, a founding visionary network executive behind CNBC, HGTV, Food Network and other popular cable channels will jump start the forum the following day. Packard will share her approach to leadership right out of her new book, "New Rules of the Game: 10 Strategies for Women in the Workplace". She will be followed by a diversely represented panel, titled "Leveling the Playing Field: Cultivating Gamesmanship to Achieve Leadership Diversity", featuring John Hirabayashi, President and Chief Executive Officer, Community First Credit Union of Florida; Megha Parekh, Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer, Jacksonville Jaguars; Darnell Smith, Market President, North Florida Region, Florida Blue; and Katy Thompson, Chief Accounting Officer, Fidelity National Information Services.
Go Red For Women, is the select charitable beneficiary of the 2017 JWLF. "This year we chose Go Red For Women as our charitable partner to emphasis the importance of making sure we as women are prioritizing our health as much as we are our careers and families," said JWLF Board Chair and Holland & Knight partner Christina Schwing. Go Red For Women will showcase a convenient and easy to use blood pressure cuff during the luncheon break and feature an award winning video produced by actress Elizabeth Banks.
The afternoon will resume with a panel discussion, "Fit to Lead: Conditioning the Mind, Body, and Soul". Insigniam Consultant, Ashley Tappan, will serve as moderator to tackle the tough topic of finding the often-elusive career and life balance with select women who face that challenge through their professions, personal choices and often public achievements. The notable lineup includes innovative developer, Lisa Davis, Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Analytics Partners, Olympic gold medalist in women's swimming, Nancy Hogshead-Makar, Chief Executive Officer, for Champion Women, Carolyn Landolfo, M.D., Associate Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic; and 2016 PLAYERS Champions Tournament Chairwoman Michele McManamon, Vice President, Sandler Training. The day will wrap up with a scientific approach on creating and developing leaders. TEDx speaker and award-winning Psychologist Dr. Alloway, with engage attendees in a hands on exercise during the presentation of her latest research on how to "Train Your Brain for a Competitive Advantage".
Major sponsors confirmed to date include: Acosta, The Adecco Group, Black Knight Financial Services, CSX, Holland & Knight, The Jacksonville Jaguars, JEA, KPMG, Landstar, Mayo Clinic, Mercedes-Benz of Orange Park along with Mercedes-Benz of Jacksonville,PRI Productions, Regency Centers, TD Bank, and TEA.
A limited number of individual tickets are available. For information go to www.jwlf.org.
About JWLF: The Jacksonville Women's Leadership Forum (JWLF) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) founded in 2012. The purpose of JWLF is to enhance leadership skills, broaden professional networks, provide career development and educational advancement. JWLF is led by a board of directors and a steering committee dedicated to providing strategic collaborative programming to help support and advance the next generation of female leaders within our organizations and business communities.


text: Politics 31 August 2011 Morning Call: pick of the papers The ten must-read pieces from this morning's papers. Sign up for our weekly email * Print HTML 1. Struggling with a great contraction (Financial Times) The risk is not of a double dip recession because this one has never ended, writes Martin Wolf. 2. Why wait for politicians to oust foreign tyrants? Every one of us can do our bit (Guardian) Governments bomb despots, or do nothing, writes Jonathan Freedland. It is time to explore the alternatives. 3. Take cover: a financial hurricane is blowing in (Times) (£) The end of summer is a dangerous economic time, writes Anatole Kaletsky. The next four weeks will show if the global economy is sinking. 4. Any delay to reform would represent fiscal recklessness (Independent) One of the greatest threats to the economic recovery is a reckless banking sector, says Ben Chu. 5. Tell the truth: Scotland has been indulged for too long (Daily Telegraph) The nation that always seems to be asking for more should start giving something back, says John McTernan. 6. Choker of the Exchequer George Osborne is the Government's weakest link (Daily Mirror) Rioting came and went, but Osborne's disastrous economic policies remain with us, writes Kevin Maguire. 7. Who wants responsibility for healthcare delivery? Not Andrew Lansley (Guardian) The health secretary can't claim the NHS is safe in his hands now direct responsibility for it has been taken out of them, says Alan Maynard 8. Britain has too few homes for sale (Daily Telegraph) Our shortage of housing is good for rich foreigners and buy-to-let landlords, but bad for young adults - and even their parents, writes Ed Howker. 9. The new Libya needs Britain to give, not take (Daily Telegraph) The best reward for our role in deposing Muammar Gaddafi would be stability in the North African state, says Malcolm Rifkind. 10. Apple minus its genius will be less lovable (Financial Times) Steve Jobs could ignore vulgar consensus, take risks and kill projects because it was indisputably his company, writes Jason Pontin. › And the bad news keeps on coming . . . Subscribe from just £1 per issue More Related articles Our union backed Brexit, but that doesn't mean scrapping freedom of movement We're racing towards another private debt crisis - so why did no one see it coming? The UK must reflect on its own role in stoking tension over North Korea Subscription offer 12 issues for £12 + FREE book LEARN MORE Close This week's magazine


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Pt Cake Decorators - Do You Have An Additional Business?
Business By jessieb578 Updated 25 Sep 2008 , 7:00pm by sugarcheryl
So, I work full time and do cakes on the side part time. I would love to do cakes full time, but I'm nervous to move in that direction that it wouldn't fully support me. Does anyone have an additional part time gig that they do in addition to cakes??
I just started an online travel business, I'm hoping between the two that they can co-support me. My two favorite things in the world are traveling and cake decorating so I figured I'd give them both a shot and see how they work out together. Any suggestions??
I have my standard 9-5 and do cakes on the side. Then only other thing I do is sell stuff on eBay. Do your research about taking the leap of faith doing cakes full time to support you. Hope all works well for you.
I work part time in a catering company's bakery and I also do cakes from home on the side. This has been working out pretty well. There's a full time cake decorator there so I just help her out, and I also do the specialty fondant and carved cakes. If I have a cake to do at home then I do it at night...which is what I do anyway b/c of my 3 kids.
I'm really the only cake place in town aside from Price Chopper and WalMart, so I couldn't really get a p.t. job doing anything involving cakes. I started the travel thing which is working out great, but it's getting a bit much becasue I work full time, do cakes part time and now the travel thing.
I guess for me, I work hard and play hard too....looking forward to a cruise in February!! I just wondered who else may do something like that.
I was looking into Kate Aspen to maybe have an online business selling wedding favors, etc. Maybe that is a possibility too.
I work full time and do cakes on the side too...wonder how much is in doing cakes full time. I'm really busy but it's hard to just quit my day job and depend on my cakes. Wonder if anyone who does this full time could give some advice or statistics on how well they do as far as salary? Hope the travel thing and cake bus work out for you good luck!
I'm interested in seeing replies for this. I'm a SAHM and mainly do cakes for fun - occasionally I have someone ask for a cake that I get paid for. I recently had another baby and am looking for something I can do from home. Lord knows there's nothing outside of the home I can do that I'll actually make money at after childcare...so people who work from home - not on cakes- what do you do?
I sell cake decorating supplies online and also do chocolates & candies to supplement. It's funny though because the supplies/candies side gets more business than the baking side. I would love to have a half cakes/half supplies shop in my town, but the initial $$ would be too much. Right now I'm out of my home bake shop and all of my supplies are here too, so no additional overhead! (actually able to write it off of my house expenses )
I work for Sam's Club bakery full time. I have my own cake biz part time plus real estate.


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do one's heart good
Definition of do one's heart good
: to make one feel very happy It does his heart good to know that his daughters have become friends.
Word by Word Definitions
: to bring to pass : carry out
: put
: perform, execute
: fuss, ado
: deed, duty
: a festive get-together : affair, party
: the first tone of the major scale in solfège
: ditto
: double occupancy
: a hollow muscular organ of vertebrate animals that by its rhythmic contraction acts as a force pump maintaining the circulation of the blood
: a structure in an invertebrate animal functionally analogous to the vertebrate heart
: breast, bosom
: love
: hearten
: to fix in the heart
: of a favorable character or tendency
: bountiful, fertile
: handsome, attractive
: something that is good
: something conforming to the moral order of the universe
: praiseworthy character : goodness
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By Hanna Azemati, KF9 Kenya
Nairobi is dangerous, polluted and sinister. Nairobi is generous, beautiful and lively.
I woke up on my third morning in Nairobi to the twittering of a myriad of birds intermingled with roosters crowing, the occasional neighbors greeting one another in Swahili and finally the church bells announcing that I could go back to sleep as it was only 6 am.
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- This research examines male endurance athletes' experience of aging and/or reaching the limits of athletic development. More specifically, the current study aimed to explore how meanings attached to these experiences are connected with athletes' career decision-making and possible athletic retirement. Within athletic career research, aging is conceptualized as a normative factor of athletic retirement and it is related to the discontinuation of competitive sport involvement. The dominant cultural narrative of aging in most Western societies is one of decline and loss of control over the physical body. The experience can thus become a special challenge for athletes who assign great importance to their physical abilities. The participants of this study were 10 Finnish runners and/or orienteers aged between 25 and 62 with the mean age of 37,4. From the participants, two believed they were still developing, three were uncertain, and five asserted that their peak years were behind them. The sample therefore allowed exploring both anticipation as well as retrospection of encountering the limits of athletic development. The life story interviews were first analyzed with a thematic analysis in order to identify the central themes and secondly with a narrative analysis of structure and form. The analysis revealed four major storylines related to aging: 'it's meaningless to compete any more', 'now I'll only do it for myself', 'now it is about belonging and having fun', and 'running is part of my being'. Some athletes found ways to resist the dominant narrative of decline. They found positive aspects in their later years, such as lack of competitive anxiety, finding perspective and increased enjoyment in running. Through awareness of alternative narratives, sport psychology consultants may be able to help their clients explore new meanings in the potentially challenging experiences of aging and athletic retirement.
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Jaguar's 2017 F-Pace is exceptionally pretty. After all, Jags are supposed to be exceptionally pretty. But this is the first Jaguar that's also a crossover SUV. The F-Pace has a true feline presence, with fenders that seem to muscle up over the tires and a face that is easy to imagine as a pouncing cat. The windshield is raked, the cabin glass swoops back to the tail, and the hood is dominated the power bulge that features on all Jags. It's a look that's instantly recognizable as a Jaguar.
Despite the rakish looks and sleek roofline, the F-Pace is sized for the mainstream of the crossover SUV market — it's not large, but not dinky, either. The interior design is nearly as fashionable as the exterior with exceptionally comfortable seats.
Jag offers five trim levels: base F-Pace, Premium, Prestige, R-Sport and S. The equipment levels and wheel diameters both grow in each subsequent trim level. Base power comes in the form of a 340-horsepower, 3.0-liter supercharged V6. With the F-Pace S, Jag fortifies that engine to the tune of 380 hp. Also optional is a turbocharged 2.0-liter diesel-powered four-cylinder, which gets a frugal 29 mpg in EPA-estimated combined driving.
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NWA WR Call To Arms was a professional wrestling event presented by NWA Wrestling Revolution. It was held on May 2, 2014 at the Cine El Rey Theater in McAllen, Texas.
- Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.
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- Dozer vs Danny Ramons ends in No Contest after outside interference by HDA
- Erik Shadows defeated Jared Noir
- United States of Awesome (Jim Justice & Danny Chance) (c) defeated The Love Guns (Chris Steele & Dominick Dallas Starr) to retain the NWA WR Tag Team Championship
- Adam Cage defeated Jackal and El Naval and Tony Strong in a four-way match to become No. 1 Contender to the NWA WR Grand Warrior Championship
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UnityEngine.EventSystems.ExecuteEvents.Execute[IPointerClickHandler] (UnityEngine.GameObject target, UnityEngine.EventSystems.BaseEventData eventData, UnityEngine.EventSystems.EventFunction`1 functor)
I got that to happen to all my ships when jumping between sectors, except I could do it infinite times.
ArgumentOutOfRangeException: Argument is out of range.Parameter name: index
System.Collections.Generic.List`1[SSCoreZone+Zone].get_Item (Int32 index)SSTurretTargeter.getTargetSO (.SpaceObject so)SSTurretTargeter.assessTarget ()SSTurretTargeter.Update ()
Well that's a fun bug! Cheers for hunting it down.
Got this one while exiting from a session.
[CPU] 8 x Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4820K CPU @ 3.70GHz
[OS] Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (6.1.7601) 64bit
[GPU] NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470
ArgumentOutOfRangeException: Argument is out of range.
Parameter name: index
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• Crash occured on initial launch, then I installed VC_redist, relaunched and it worked fine. Not sure if VC_redist is silently installed before launching the game? Uploaded log for reference: output_log.txt (191.9 KB)• Follow cam doesn't work when used on a group (should allow the user to follow the entire group as a whole methinks)• Most critically from my side: Camera rotation doesn't work for me for some really odd reason. Tried all the different UI keys suggested in the help tooltip, it's almost like it's completely ignoring the Y axis, as it does respond to X-movement• Unity icon needs to be replaced in the system taskbar (win7x64)• When alt-tabbing, sounds should be muted
I can't trace this, can someone do me a step by step to help me reproduce it?
Check your sensitivity settings, my X axis was initially set to 0 and I wasn't able to rotate around the Y axis.
I haven't run into that one either.
It happened to me when I selected my fleet from the drop down menu and ordered them all to jump to the next sector. Then the two medium cruisers jumped while the rest did a loop around the sector, and then stopped. When I selected them ne at a time to get them to go, they duplicate.
Can you break that down literally step by step to help me reproduce it? Like this
Sorry, but it really helps.
the selection box its not working only selects one ship I have to move them all 1 by 1
Does this happen every game for you?
There are a few issues with the selection box, will roll some fixes out shortly. Thanks!
Yes every game only works when I first load the game also some ships seem to get lost while traveling to another area , they never arrive at destination.
Edit: they selection box stops working after I travel to another Area.
also this:
[CPU] 8 x Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4770K CPU @ 3.50GHz[MEM] 8130[OS] Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (6.1.7601) 64bit[GPU] AMD Radeon R9 200 Series[GPU-MEM] 3051
SSGameActor.despawnExplosionPoints ()SSGameActor.OnDestroy ()
I was able to replicate newfronts bug. I select my fleet from the menu. Using the map I send the fleet to another sector(1 to 19). The whole fleet jumps, but about 5 seconds later the fleet shows up back in sector 1. I then looked in sector 19 and saw the same fleet but doubled. However selecting the visual copy points to the same ship in drop down menu. Also my fleet in sector 1 was still there. The map even showed me own two fleets.
I also got this bug when quitting.[CPU] 6 x AMD FX(tm)-6300 Six-Core Processor [MEM] 8174[OS] Windows 10 (10.0.0) 64bit[GPU] AMD Radeon R7 200 Series[GPU-MEM] 2025
edit: I replicated the bug again but this time I engaged in a battle which was fun. After the battle I noticed that my ships in the starting sector were in the same positions across the starting and battle maps as the ships that were fighting in the battle sector and had the same damage. The orientations were also the same.
Interestingly enough selecting the corvette always brought me to the battle sector. When I docked the corvette in the carrier, selecting the carrier from the menu also brought me to the battle sector even if I was in the start sector. I was unable to jump sectors when selecting the other ships from the drop down menu.
In the battle the super beam laser ship kept going into a position that meant it was shooting the building instead of the pirate behind the building. Manually repositioning just brought it back to a bad position.
Unfortunately I managed to lose the clipboard paste of a critical bug, but I did notice that during a warp my ships got duplicated. I had sent my fleet from the starting sector to sector 20, and when they came out the other end everything but my battlecruiser and battleship were duplicated.
I did look at my battlecruiser during warp, and the battleship wasn't in this warp at all. But everything else got duplicated, which was odd. Sorry I don't hav e more specifics!
Edit: Thought of a bit more. Drag select broke for me, so I had used double click on either the battlecruiser or the task group select thingy to command the warp. I did it from the sector map view. I had first drag selected the group, but that broke quickly. While fast forwarding I opened the battleships config screen, which caused it to lose that command (warp to sector 20). I then fast forwarded again, sending the BS somewhere else while the rest of my ships went to 20.
The battlecruiser warped first, and the other ships I didn't see as I zoomed out to the sector map. When I checked the travel lane, only the battlecruiser was showing. when it arrived though, the rest of my ships arrived.... just with extra pals, lol
(Apologize I cant remember the exact way I managed it).
*Selected "All" ships*Plotted a course*Opened up Hull Config Screen*Opened up Inventory*Clicked Hull Config box*Attempted to drag a weapon into a support slot of Hull Config. *Closed Hull Config*Closed Inventory
There's a red X over the Jurgen, I think perhaps this is a missing character in the game font file for the "ü" character?
Aside from what Spectre-X mentioned about the music playback, the actual music is sooo sick btw!! From dubstep to the really awesome ambient stuff, it really makes one feel like they're in space!
I think the arrows should be reversed in their states to indicate what happens when the user clicks on them, rather than indicating their current state. E.g:
A quirky behavour with the selection box is that sometimes it does'nt hide after the user has triggered mouse button-up:
I could'nt check Angel's inventory but is she meant to have a propulsion effects like the other ships?
After jumping, just from a user experience side, I think it would be best to change focus to the currently selected ship after it jumps to the new sector. Or, at least leave that for the user to decide within game options. As it just saves the user time for them in zooming in on his ship as that's 9 times out of 10 going to be his next step anyway after a jump.
Not sure whether it's grouping but there seems to be a gap between my battleship and corvettes on the UI: After jumping, I'm not exactly sure whether it's down to travel time, but when double-clicking on my ships, they did'nt seem to come into focus - only after 30 seconds or so did the portrait icons work for focusing on ships. If it is down to travel time, suggest implementing a warp icon above the ships in transit, to indicate they they're currently not selectable and in transit.
I selected my battlegroup and told them to go to zone 17 within the zone map, just after jumping from zone 1 and while one of them seemed to want to go, the rest headed off in the other direction. Also the selection box didn't seem to want to hide itself (3rd frame):
After leaving them, they then seemed to go right off the map
Sometimes, when selecting a unit, a grey radius appears around it, I think it's somehow getting it's movement triggered somehow?
Theeeen I had a crash when exiting
[CPU] 8 x Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770 CPU @ 3.40GHz
[OS] Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (6.1.7601) 64bit
[GPU] NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770
ArgumentOutOfRangeException: Argument is out of range.
Parameter name: index
System.Collections.Generic.List`1[SSCoreZone+Zone].get_Item (Int32 index)
SSTurretTargeter.getTargetSO (.SpaceObject so)
SSTurretTargeter.assessTarget ()
SSTurretTargeter.Update ()
Are you dragging from the top-left to the bottom-right? Or from the top-right to the bottom-left?
Yeah man, you were totally correct - the game by default has 0% rotate speed
Eh , I tried draggin from all directions it doesn't work. Only select one ship at a time.Also would be nice to create groups for eg. group 2 ,press 2 two times and center the camera on that group.
I'm just working on the selection box now, most of the bugs here have been fixed and some new stuff has been added.
UPDATE 4 should be out in a couple of hours.
UPDATE 4 is out! I'll leave this open in the meantime as I need to response to some of the comments but any bugs old or new post in the new thread.


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Tarragona: From ancient monuments to gems of modern architecture, Tarragona offers an opportunity for travelers who want to experience all the perks of Barcelona but in a more tranquil package.
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Apart from the remotest villages, almost every town in Catalonia offers enough attractions to keep you and your family entertained. Even the popular tourist resorts, such as Lloret de Mar are peaceful enough for a family vacation, and then, of course, there's Barcelona, a bustling metropolis that is certain to captivate visitors of all ages.
Things to Do in Catalonia with KidsWhenever you plan to visit, you'll find an abundance of things to do in Catalonia with kids. In the summer, the beaches alone offer an endless amount of fun for families, with soft sand, calm water, and plenty of facilities. A visit to PortAventura World provides water rides, shows, and aquatic playgrounds of all kinds. If you're traveling to Catalonia in winter, try Rialp, where you'll find some of the best and most family-friendly ski resorts in all of Spain.
Probably the greatest hub of tourism in Catalonia is its capital Barcelona, where the whole family can admire the magical works of Gaudi and enjoy an array of activities. For soccer fans, both young and old, a tour of Camp Nou will be an unforgettable experience (but be prepared to pay a hefty price if you attend a match or want to purchase memorabilia).
Tips for a Family Vacation in CataloniaCatalonia is generally a very safe and convenient destination for traveling families. Many towns, cities, and attractions feature many amenities and are easily navigable with a stroller. Just keep an eye on the kids while walking through the historic quarters, because they might get lost in the crowds and winding alleys. Beaches are some of the main tourist attractions in Catalonia, but not all of them have lifeguards. With the hot summer weather, make sure your family is well protected from the sun.
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Cuisine of CataloniaFrom mountain pastures and hill slopes covered in vineyards to Mediterranean fishing ports, the cuisine of Catalonia reflects the region's geographical diversity. While some local dishes resemble the recipes you can find elsewhere in Spain, most of the region's specialties carry a unique flavor; the Catalans are very proud of their culinary "independence." In fact, some aspects of Catalan cuisine, such as the tradition of cheesemaking and widespread use of sauces make it similar to French cooking. Another thing that you'll notice on your gastronomic tour of Catalonia is how much attention the local chefs put into even the simplest recipes, like the pa amb tomàquet--toasted bread covered with tomatoes and olive oil. Meat lovers shouldn't miss the chance to try some botifarra--famous local pork sausage--while seafood lovers opt for specialties like esqueixada--a traditional cod dish. Tapas, the favorite Spanish snack, are widely available in Catalonia too, but if you're looking for a quick bite, consider trying the Catalan version of pizza, known as coca. Catalan wines, including the sparkling Cava, are ranked among the finest in Spain, and visiting local wineries such as Cava Recaredo is a great addition to any wine-lover's Catalonia itinerary. Widely regarded as the culinary capital of Spain, Barcelona is the place where you'll find some of the finest restaurants in Catalonia, but other parts of the region definitely won't disappoint.
Shopping in CataloniaKeen shoppers traveling to Catalonia will discover that the local selection of shops is more than ample for most visitors. Naturally, Barcelona, the region's largest city, is also the shopping capital of Catalonia. Here you'll find anything from large shopping malls to the small independent stores, and goods that include the world's largest brands to the products of local craftspeople and designers. In addition to being popular with the locals, some of these stores have become true attractions of Catalonia. This is especially the case with local markets such as La Boqueria, where you can experience a whole world of local tastes, shapes, and colors in one place. A true treat for both kids and adults, Barcelonines makes traditional Catalan rag dolls. Bargain hunters in Catalonia will find numerous antique shops to browse through, and art enthusiasts can discover a selection of galleries, including Galeria Tarraco.
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History of CataloniaHistory of Catalonia dates back thousands of years, and many different cultures have shaped what is now recognizable as distinctive Catalan culture. Following the numerous prehistoric settlements in the region, Iberian tribes established their control over the area. By the 6th century BCE Greeks had already established several colonies in the region, the remains of which you can still see at Ruins of Empuries. Several centuries later, Carthaginians, who were already widely present on the Iberian Peninsula, vastly increased their colonizing efforts as they fought with the Romans.
Following the defeat of Carthage in the Punic Wars, the area of Catalonia fell under Roman control and Roman culture quickly spread through the region. The capital of the newly established Roman province, Tarragona became one of the most important cities of Roman Spain. Today, visiting the city's ancient monuments like Anfiteatro de Tarragona is one of the things to do in Catalonia any history buff would enjoy.
With the collapse of the Roman Empire, Catalonia was first conquered by the Visigoths, and then in 718 by the Umayyad Caliphate. The clashes between the Muslim conquerors and the Franks gave birth to the County of Barcelona, a Christian territory under Frankish rule. In the 13th century the region slipped from French control and joined the Kingdom of Aragon, then it became its essential part. During the high Middle Ages, Gothic architecture spread throughout the region that at that time became known as Catalonia. Sights like Barcelona Cathedral are great monuments to this period.
The union between Castile and Aragon, the founding of the Kingdom of Spain, and its political shift toward the New World colonies caused an economic decline of Catalonia that lasted until the 19th century. Even though the modern age saw the region bounce back as one of Spain's cultural and economic leaders, wherever you go on your trip to Catalonia, you'll notice that history here is never forgotten.