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Battle of Liscarroll
|Battle of Liscarroll
|Part of the Irish Confederate Wars
|Irish Confederate Catholics militia
|English troops and Protestant militia
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|Garret Barry
|Murrough O'Brien, Baron of Inchiquin
|7,000 foot, 400 horse.[1]
|2,000 foot, 500 horse.[1]
|Casualties and losses
The Battle of Liscarroll was fought in County Cork in July 1642, at the start of the Eleven years war. An Irish Confederate army around 6000 strong and commanded by Garret Barry – a professional soldier - was defeated by an English force commanded by a Protestant Irishman, Murrough O'Brien, Baron of Inchiquin.
Opposing forces[edit]
The Confederate army was composed of militias created by local lords after the Irish Rebellion of 1641. The English force was made up of a contingent of soldiers sent from England and the English settlers in Munster such as the Boyle family –two of whom Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery and Richard Boyle, 2nd Earl of Cork fought at the battle.
Barry seized Liscarroll Castle on the Awbeg river – trying to cut off the English held city of Cork. Inchiquinn marched his troops out of the city to re-take the castle and the battle was joined close by.
The Confederate's cavalry were led by a man named Oliver Stephenson, who was descended from Elizabethan English settlers, but who sided with the Irish rebellion because he was a Catholic.
The battle[edit]
Stephenson's horsemen charged Inchiquin's force, putting them into disorder and even capturing Inchiquin himself . However, in the melee, Stephenson was shot dead by Inchiquin's brother (through the eye-piece of his helmet) and the Irish cavalry lost heart and fell back. The Irish infantry lacked the training and discipline to stand up to a cavalry charge and took flight when attacked, leading to a rout of the Irish forces. The vast difference in muskets was also a major factor in the defeat of the Irish, some 1500 against 500. Most Irishmen were pike armed.
Casualties and consequences[edit]
Around 600 Irish Confederates were killed, including a high proportion of their officers like Stephenson. The local Catholic gentry were decimated by the battle, for instance the Fitzgerald family of the House of Desmond lost 18 of their members killed. They were buried in a collective grave just outside Liscarroll. In addition, Inchiquinn executed 50 more Confederate officers whom he had taken prisoner - hanging them the next morning. The battle meant that Cork would be a British and Protestant stronghold for the rest of the war.
See also[edit]
- ^ a b Bagwell, Volume XLI page 321
- Richard Bagwell (1895). "O'Brien, Murrough (1614-1674)". In Lee, Sidney. Dictionary of National Biography. 41. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 321.
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Winnipeg Jets captain Andrew Ladd and head coach Claude Noel exchanged a few intense words during the team's short practice Thursday at Wells Fargo Center.
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Yvonne Harris in her new book, "The Vigilante's Bride" published by Bethany House Publishers gives us a Western thriller that, if Alfred Hitchcock were alive today, he would want to direct it. This is a Western and I really like Westerns, filled with cowboys, Indians, gunfights, cattle drives and greedy, land swindlers. This is a thriller, the good guys are in deadly danger practically from page one and the danger escalates as the story progresses. This is a romance. This is a story filled with great characters that you do not mind spending your time with and wonderful writing. This is a really great read! Montana. 1884 and Luke Sullivan is going home. For very valid reasons he decides to rob the stagecoach and finds Emily McCarthy, a young woman mail-order bride to his arch enemy. Not wanting to subject her to that he abducts her taking her to the orphanage where he lives and works. Now the man wants his paid for bride but that is not going to happen because Luke and Emily fall in love. These two and the rest of the good guys must deal with cattle rustlers, Crow Indians, orphan children, an assassin and stolen land. Here is a shocker, sometimes I make poor choices and, originally, I was not going to read this book. However, I was given a second chance and I am so grateful for it. I would spoil it if I really got a chance to tell you just how exciting this book is! Not only is this book everything I have already said but the themes are so grand. Ms. Harris explores whether God can make something good out of our disasters and bad choices. When the bad guys are powerful and it seems the law cannot touch them can God deal with them? Are we too small for God to care for and minister to our wounds and traumas? These themes and more are dealt with as Ms. Harris gives us a truly great ride of a book. I told my wife I have not enjoyed a book like this so much in a long time. I am now a big fan of Yvonne Harris and am impatiently waiting for the next book. It is well worth your time to read this book; you will be glad you did To listen to 24 Christian music please visit our internet radio station www.kingdomairwaves.org Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from Bethany House Publishers. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission's 16 CFR, Part 255 <http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_03/16cfr255_03.html> : "Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising."
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This was a fairly predictable, yet enjoyable book. It kept my interest till the end and I was able to read it quickly. I enjoyed the romance between the two main characters and there were some fairly tense and dangerous situations that they experienced. Luke and Emily's relationship was fun to watch develop. They were both rather strong personality types and had some clashing going on throughout a portion of the story. I will say that the ending felt a little abrupt to me, however, it was a satisfactory ending. If you are a fan of western romances with some danger thrown in, this might be a book you would enjoy.
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Griffon is dekstop application development platform for the JVM. Inspired by Grails, it leverages the Groovy language and concepts like convention over configuration. The Swing toolkit is the default UI toolkit of choice however others may be used, principaly SWT and JavaFX. Developers may use a combination of the Groovy and Java as well as other JVM languages such as Scala, Clojure, Mirah, and Jython. It encourages the use of the MVC pattern and follows in the spirit of the Swing Application Framework (JSR 296) by defining a simple yet powerful application life cycle and event publishing mechanism.
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Eat, Pray, Love
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Eat, Pray, Love is a memoir about a writer named Elizabeth Gilbert and her journey to find the women she never was but always wanted to be. On a trip to Bali for her magazine she talks to a spiritual man named Ketut and he tells her about what will happen in her life and that she will return to Bali "Someday soon you will come back to Bali. You must. You will stay here in Bali for three, maybe four months. You will be my friend" . As everything he predicted begins to unfold, she finds herself divorced, in a depressive state and decides to spend a year abroad, traveling to Italy, India and ending the year in Bali with Ketut "You will come back here to Bali and live here and teach me English. And I will teach you everything I know." On this adventure she finds out how enjoy the little things, like incredible food, be more spiritual and peaceful, and how to find balance and love.
Through out her trip, Elizabeth makes many friends that help her change and find the part of her she's been searching for, the happy part.
Her downward spiral starts after her divorce when she moves in with her new boyfriend, David, an actor who she falls for while he's playing a part in a short play she short, this is when she slowly starts going from a happy girl who "dove out of her marriage and into David's arms" to the kind of girl who spends most nights in a suicidal state and sleeping in a heap of towels on the floor next to the bed crying. It was after finally ending her relationship with David and learning to live on her own that she decided the thing she wanted to do was learn Italian.
This song fits the book because its bubbly and adventurous, its a very happy sounding song and it fits with the idea of exploration in someones head.
She begins in Italy where she becomes good friends with an Italian man named Giovanni who teaches her Italian, not only do they tutor each other but they eat, while in Italy she eats some of the most amazing foods she has ever tasted, she learns to love herself, her body, her mind and how she treats life. While still feeling very alone in her head she makes some very close friends in Italy who help and support her. It is here where she finds out that her life is for her to live and enjoy. She explores the art of pleasure, she learns, and she eats.
Next she spends four months in India, she stays in an Ashram to pray to her spiritual Guru and find peace within her life and herself. Not only is staying here extremely frustrating for her but its difficult to learn how to concentrate on peace and make the stressful transition from lustful Italy to labor-ful India. Here she meets and becomes close with a man named Richard. Richard is extremely important to her spiritual journey in that he gives her something to continue to work for. Richard prays for God to open his heart, he shows her the meaning of praying and helps her to grow into a strong and unworried woman "His giant ambling confidence hushes down all my inherent nervousness and reminds me that everything really is going to be OK,". Here she learns to forgive herself, she finds peace, she explores the art of devotion, and she prays.
She ends the year returning to Bali just as Ketut told her she would, he does as he promised and teaches her about acceptance, life and balance. While in Bali she is knocked off her bike and off a small hill by a bus, in pain with an infected knee she goes to a healer, she is introduced to Armenia, an upbeat women who invites her to a party, it is here that she meets Felipe. The two fall in love and she is able to trust him with her heart and continue to be happy, loving him and being loved by him and not worrying about the pain it could cause her, just enjoying the happiness and devotion. With him she finds one of the most important places in the world to her, an island called Gili Meno where her and Felipe go to at the end of book. In Bali she learns the most about herself, she is able to find a healthy balance in her life after learning how to forgive and enjoy herself. It is here that she learns to balance her life, enjoy the pleasures of existing, live in harmony and where she loves.
Throughout this book Elizabeth (Liz) changes drastically. Not only does she overcome her depression and find happiness and peace within herself, but she also changes the person she is, she prays and meditates and eats healthily but without limits. She finds more pleasure in herself than she ever thought was there. She seeks a transformation in her life and she achieves it with a new found spiritual love and constant goal of tranquility "I wanted to explore the art of Italy, the art of devotion in India and, in Indonesia [Bali] the art of balancing the two". She develops from a weak person to a strong one and finds a true serenity.
This video fits the book because it displays traveling and the joy it can bring a person. It reminds us that our lives are chalked up to our experiences and that there is a lot in the world to find out about. (I am absolutely in love with this video by the way, I've watched it at least 5 times.)
These pictures shows a temple in Bali, an Ashram in India and many other incredible places around the world that are tied to a feeling of peace, power, and some, learning.


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Add life to lifeless walls in your abode, by fixing this fancy looking metal dragonfly décor. Made of the finest quality metal, this dragonfly décor will remain in pristine condition for years. In a lustrous metallic shade, this metal dragonfly décor features two pairs of wings which has a leaf pattern in silver and metal shade. It has an elongated body which has a ribbed pattern towards the end. Its black large multifaceted defines its versatility. Fix it to any wall in the living room, hallway or bedroom to make walls seek attention. This dragonfly is décor will make you feel amidst the meadows. Guests and relatives paying you a visit will marvel at the sight of this décor and will compliment you for your choice. You can also present it to art lovers who would love adding such decors to their dwelling. A must have wall décor, do not miss getting it home.


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Spiceworks does not appear to creating alerts.
I had a server go offline yesterday, and did not recieve an email from spiceworks. When I check the status of the server in spiceworks it was flaggeed as offline. When I looked at the alerts, there was no alert created.
I have a rule for any device in group server to create an alert if offline > 2 mins, this is active, and flagged to send email.
Running Version 4.0.37242 of spiceworks
I can see an alert for a server going offline from 4 days ago (before I upgraded to this version - previous version 4.something, was current at the time).
I have also tested another group monitoring a service, and manually stopped the service and 45 minutes later still no alert created.
Network Scan is set to every 12 hrs but health check is every 5 minutes.
Scan speed is slow and incremental scanning is enabled.
Where can I start troubleshooting ?
Jul 29, 2009 at 7:40 UTC
Make the change to the alert, and then rescan that server - does the alert generate?
This topic was created during version 4.0.
The latest version is 7.5.00101.
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Jul 29, 2009 at 7:12 UTC
I've heard of other cases like this. Try change the alert to apply to "any device" and monitor the "server" group. That should work. Mine is setup like that, and works 100% of the time...
See screenshot.
Jul 29, 2009 at 7:19 UTC
That is what I have set up
I have a rule for any device in group server to create an alert if offline > 2 mins, this is active, and flagged to send email.
Jul 29, 2009 at 7:22 UTC
Also checked the scan errors and there are no scan errors for the servers in question.
Jul 29, 2009 at 7:22 UTC
How long was the server in question offline for? Subtle difference and no idea what difference it makes, if any, but the alert I have setup does not stipulate "offline for 2 minutes" (as is detailed in your screenshot). Maybe emulate what I have in place and see if that makes a difference?
The alert I have at the moment detects all servers going offline within 30 seconds/a minute.
Jul 29, 2009 at 7:37 UTC
yes, I'll test that set up but it doesn't appear to be creating alerts for any monitoring.
The server is still offline. Was just a test server fortunately, and the motherboard has gone.
Jul 29, 2009 at 7:40 UTC
Make the change to the alert, and then rescan that server - does the alert generate?
Jul 29, 2009 at 7:54 UTC
I tried changing the alert to offline instead of offline > 2 and recanning but nothing. So I restarted the spiceworks service and that seem to clear it up and the offline notifications have now come through.
Still do not have an alert for the stopped service though.
Jul 31, 2009 at 7:32 UTC
It will only create an alert for a service if I manually go to scan that machine. It does not pick it up througha health check.
Is this expected / a bug / or am I doing something wrong ?
I realise it's not real time monitoring, but I can cope if the service is stopped for 15 minutes.
I have a rule to monitor the APC UPS agent, to alert me if it stops running. However if i manually stop this service, I get no alert (I waited an hour). I then ran a scan against the server and got an alert generated.
What's the difference between manual scan and network health check ?
network scan settings as first post.
Jul 31, 2009 at 9:51 UTC
OK - I found a document :
Which states
"How your monitors are evaluated: Monitors are checked after your network is scanned. If a monitor's threshold is met, you will be notified.
- The majority of monitors are evaluated after a scheduled network scan is completed. You can learn how to change the frequency of these scans or run a manual scan.
- The exception is the online/offline condition for devices. These are scanned about every fifteen minutes. That way you can keep on top of offline machines. "
So I guess it's working as expected.
Aug 3, 2009 at 4:16 UTC
Hi Ian, Thanks for the update... glad it's working for you now! TTG
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Every once in a while all of the stars align and a perfect human specimen is created; the perfect mix of hot muscle stud, intelligence, smooth-talk, and of course a big dick. I am one of those perfect individuals and my piercing green eyes and smolderingly good looks only make me more irresistible. I loved giving others the opportunity to please my big dick. Every girl wanted me, but many knew they couldn't handle me. I had nearly scored with a smoking hot girl, nearly 10 years older than me, when I was only seventeen but we were interrupted. It was that night that changed me; I missed the bus to 'cougar' town and instead ended up on a one way trip to hairy-ass-ville.
After fucking my ass hole boss, Randy, I found myself unable to jerk off without thinking about his mouth on my dick. I could hardly get wood when I was making out with a girl and my normal porn sites just were not doing anything for me. I had crossed a line. In a way, I had lost my mojo. For nearly a week after fucking my boss, I moped about, wanting to cum so bad but unable to find that spark of passion. Every girl I met was boring to me and I didn't know what to do to bring back that feeling.
I'd finally decided that I knew what I needed. I realized that Randy's ass had felt much tighter than any pussy I had ever experienced and his blow job was far better than any girl my age, but that was irrelevant. It was anal sex. It was new and exciting. That was what I needed to pull myself out of my sexless pit of despair. I decided to 'accidentally' bump into Maggie Quinn in the halls at school. She was one of the sexiest and kinkiest girls at our school. She had given me my first blow job and was the first to take my big dick. Maybe, I could convince her to partake in some other unique experiences.
In the halls, I was chatting with my best friend, Scott Ransom, about his most recent relationship problems. His girlfriend, Katie, who I found to be a religious nut job, was so virtuous she might one day become a nun. Scott was tired of discussing their mutual feelings and watching sappy romantic comedies while I was off having fun with any and every girl I wanted.
"Just break up with her," I said for the thousandth time as I scanned the growing crowd for Maggie.
"Do you know how guilty she makes me feel though? Every time I approach the subject she does something incredibly sweet and innocent, I just can't break her heart like that," Scott pondered.
"Of course she makes you feel guilty," I chided, "she's religious. It's sort of what they do."
"Her religion has nothing to do with it," Scott defended.
"Oh, so she closes her legs to you because she doesn't enjoy people touching her special place, not because her religion forbids premarital sex. Or maybe, she's just not attracted to you."
"That can't be," Scott frowned, "I'm good looking. Aren't I good looking?"
"I was being sarcastic," I smiled at him, "but no, you're butt ugly."
"Ha, ha."
Then I saw her coming out of a classroom with her long curly sandy brown hair. It was almost like watching a runway model. I felt a stir in my pants as I remembered that this gorgeous, naughty girl was my first. She would definitely be the cure to my problems.
"Sorry, Scott," I said as I pulled my backpack on tighter, "I've gotta run."
"Yea, whatever," Scott lightly punched my arm, "thanks for nothing, as usual."
"I already told you, break up with her," I said over my shoulder as I made my way through the crowd of other students. Everyone was off to lunch in the opposite direction in which I was trying to travel. This cute blond sophomore placed her hand on my abs as she passed by. I glanced at her briefly and remember her mouth around my dick the year before, but I couldn't quite place her name. She gave me a knowing smile before moving along. Clearly, I had made an impression. I turned from the blond and there she was, Maggie Quinn.
"Hey, *****, don't normally see you around lately," Maggie giggled as she twirled a strand of her curly brown hair.
"I know, I stay busy," I started, "what do you say we catch up later tonight?"
"Not tonight," Maggie stated, "I've got a project to finish. How about tomorrow?"
"I'll pick you up after I'm out of work, let's say around seven?"
She laid her hand on my chest and gave me a nice seductive kiss on my lips, "It's a date," she whispered and I could taste the bubblegum flavor of her lip gloss. I smiled to myself as I watched her hot little ass walk away. Then I stood in the hall realizing that tomorrow was a long time to wait. I was horny now.
The day came and went faster than I expected. Especially, when my history teacher assigned a pop quiz and I was forced to study all of the material I had not read yet. It's much easier to remember things when you learn them at the last minute. The problem is you forget everything after the quiz. All day long, as I sat in class I was fighting a growing boner. If my pants would constrict my dick in just the right way it would start to get hard. I'd not cum for a long time and I was in serious need of release. Getting lucky with Maggie was almost a sure thing, but I wasn't so sure she would give in to anal sex if that was what it would take to make me cum. I guess we would find out.
At work I ran into Sarah. She was quick to ignore me and move in the opposite direction. She had such wonderful boobs. Goodbye cougar town. I collected my stack of papers from the incoming documents tray and started sorting them. When I was done I filed all of the expense reports and forwarded all the pertinent documents to their corresponding sales associate. If you are bored in my explanation of my job, then it is an accurate summary. I was just about to leave for the day when Randy appeared in front of my desk.
"I'm staying late today," Randy stated, "we have a new client coming tomorrow. An old friend of mine. Actually more like a... what's that term people use? Oh, yes, a frenemy. Point is, you have an opportunity to advance your position here if you help me close this deal tomorrow. Interested?"
"I'm busy tonight," I responded coldly as I continued to pack up my belongings.
"That's ok, I'll get you caught up on everything you need to know tomorrow. I'm meeting the client, Ben Worthshaw, at Antonio's Italian Restaurant tomorrow night. Most people your age don't get job opportunities like this."
"I'll think about it," I said as I brushed passed him and left.
I was eager to get far from Randy and his propositions. The last time he proposed something I ended up with my dick inside of his hairy ass, and now I was going to go fix that wrong with my reliable Maggie Quinn. She was my final hope to make my cock finally pump out a white hot load again.
As eager as I was to get Maggie alone so that I could bang her brains out, I also have a reputation to maintain, so I bought her dinner first. We ate and then we shared a booth and started kissing. Then we started making out, her hand slid under the table and started stroking me through my pants. My cock was getting hard fast. Bingo! We have a winner! I was finally going to cum that night.
"Let's get out of here," I breathed to her. I noticed for the first time an older couple watching us with utter disdain from across the way. I was so horny and ready for action I didn't even think about the other patrons at the restaurant. Oh, well, they're probably just jealous.
Outside the restaurant, in my good old Pontiac Grand Am, Maggie eagerly started pulling the button open on my pants. My cock was so rock hard and ready to blow. I leaned down and we kissed again before she continued tearing her way into my pants. Finally, my big 10 inch cock sprang out of my jeans and she started gobbling it down. She didn't take very much of it before she gagged and had to pull it out some. She sucked the head nice and hard, but refused to take it much deeper. I found my hand pushing down on her head as I closed my eyes. In my mind I saw Randy. No!
Maggie came off my dick, "Stop pushing me down like that. I'll try to take more just give me time."
Maggie went back to work. I tried really hard to keep my hands to myself. She wasn't doing it quite right. "Maybe use your tongue more," I suggested.
She tried, but it just wasn't the same. I started to think about Randy again. Fuck! What did that gay freak do to me? I was just a teenager and thoughts about the same sex were normal. This would pass, and I would laugh about it later. Then again, he was so much better than anyone I'd ever had.
"What's wrong?" Maggie asked as she realized my dick was starting to go limp in her mouth and hand.
"I don't know," I said, "this may sound crazy, but have you ever considered anal sex?"
Maggie started cracking up laughing. At the sound of her laughter my dick really started to become flaccid. This was clearly not the response I was hoping for. "Where did that come from?"
"Just something, I'd like to try," I stated, "is that so wrong?"
"No," she smiled, "I just... well. We fuck and then you never call or talk to me. It's fine, because I like to fuck you, but that's a rather intimate and weird request for someone you barely know. I'm afraid it would hurt, especially at your size. That's a place no man has gone before."
"We can take it easy," I assure her, "I hear it feels amazing."
"Know a lot of people who have anal sex, do you?" she giggled.
This was getting awkward fast. My dick wasn't even hard any more. "Forget it."
"Oh, come on, baby," she put out her bottom lip and started rubbing my hot body, "We can still do other things. I'm just not sure about that yet."
"No," I frowned, "I'm not in the mood any more. I'll just take you home."
Maggie looked pissed, but finally sat up in her seat. I put my dick back in my pants and zipped it shut. Just when things started getting good, Randy had to fuck it up again. I drove Maggie home in an awkward silence and she slammed the car door as she left. Well, it seemed I had burned that bridge. For a while I sat there and then I started driving. I didn't really think about where I was going; I just let myself drive.
I looked at the familiar office building ahead of me. Randy's red Chevy Monte Carlo SS was still in the parking lot. I replayed his words in my mind, "I'm staying late tonight." He had come all the way over to tell me those words. It was like some sort of invitation. He really was the best I'd ever had. Pleasure was pleasure and right at that moment I was so fucking horny. My cock started to stiffen as I sat in my car thinking about his lips around it again. I got out of the car and went inside.
Randy looked up from his desk which was covered in paperwork. He was wearing a v-neck t-shirt that showed off a large amount of his chest hair. His body was muscular and fit. I'd not really noticed that before. He smiled at me and I felt my cock stiffen in my pants.
"Excited to see me?" Randy asked through his broad grin.
"What did you do to me?" I asked hysterically, "I can't get off for anyone. I just want to cum so bad."
He stood from his desk and walked around to stand in front of me. He placed a reassuring hand on each shoulder and then kissed my lips. I kissed him back. When we parted he said, "Let me help you."
I watched him drop to his knees, his hands sliding down over my body, as he started unfastening my pants I stripped my shirt off over my head. He was quick to free my 10 inch boner and it sprang out between us. His smile grew larger and then he licked the head of my cock teasingly.
"It's so fucking big," he said to me before taking the head of my cock into his mouth. His tongue did that swirl around my raging mushroom head and I started to leak precum into his mouth. He sucked on it harder, clearly enjoying the taste of my cock's delicious juices. I grabbed the back of his head and pushed my cock in as far as he could take it. Again, I rammed my dick in and felt it squeeze in the back of his eager throat. I pulled my cock out so he could strip off his own shirt. His hot hairy chest was turning me on.
"Fuck my face some more, babe," he encouraged me as he whipped out his own dick and started stroking it. He didn't have to tell me twice. I grabbed his head and started ramming my big dick into his throat. He gagged and struggled, but he sucked it so well with every thrust. His saliva started slicking up my big cock as it rammed into the back of his throat. His hot, wet mouth felt better than anything I'd ever experienced before.
"Oh, fuck," I threw my head back, "take that fucking dick."
For a week I had gone without blowing a load, and now I finally had what I needed to send me over the edge. "I'm about to cum."
I pulled my dick out, thinking I would just come on his hairy chest or his scruffy face, but as my dick start shooting its first thick stream of cum he gobbled my dick down again and kept sucking. My body spasmed as I felt his hot mouth around my sensitive cock and I continued to erupt a week's worth of cum into his throat. He slurped it down, sucking on my cock the whole time, eager to get every drop. I cried out in pure delight as I finally felt that wonderful release that I'd needed so badly. When my cum finally stopped flowing like a leaky faucet, Randy pulled back and let me see the wad of cum still in his mouth. Impulsively, my lips were drawn to his and our tongues locked. I could taste my own cum and realized it was not that bad. Salty and slick on my tongue. It lubricated our tongues as they rolled over each other.
When our kiss finally ended, he pushed me back and set me down in the office chair. His own six inch dick hovered between us and he was stroking it vigorously as he looked me up and down. He grabbed my pectoral muscles and felt my nipples with his other hand. He stroked his dick harder and faster. I realized that I wanted him to cum. He had made me feel so good, it was only fair that he get to cum as well. I reached my hand out and started stroking his dick for him. He moved his hand and started thrusting the hard shaft of his cock into my hand as I stroked him. I startled even myself when I looked up at him and said, "I want you to cum."
"Yea," Randy smiled, "I wanna cum all over you."
"Give me that hot load," I started jerking his cock harder and faster as he thrust it towards me. Suddenly, I saw it gushing out and landing all over my exposed abdomen. The hot warm liquid running down towards my navel was pure bliss. I continued stroking his dick until his orgasm was finally complete. He used his fingers to wipe up some of the cum from my stomach and then licked his fingers clean. He scooped up another finger full of his hot sticky cream and started raising it towards his mouth, but then he paused.
I looked up at him, parted my lips, and took his entire finger into my mouth. Slowly, I sucked on his finger savoring the taste of his cum in my mouth. It was a new experience and I felt so alive. My heart was pounding as his finger finally left my mouth, wet, but no longer from the cum.
"You are so fucking sexy," he smiled down at me, "you better remember that feeling, because this is the last time this will ever fucking happen."
I laughed, "Someone is full of bull shit."


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NEW YORK -- Convenience store retailers who want to attract the most shoppers should focus on the fundamentals, according to results of monthly, nationally representative surveys of 1,200 U.S. adults by M/A/R/C Research.
Cleanliness is the No. 1 reason consumers choose one convenience store over another, according to M/A/R/C, which found 32 percent of shoppers citing a clean, well-lit store environment as one factor that would most cause them to seek out or wish to visit a specific store.
The strength of a store's offer and brand value are important, too, with one-quarter of respondents stating they most consider "a store chain I can trust." Nearly as many sought outstanding customer service.
The value of offering a value was evident in the survey results; one in five adults said special promotions would make them consider a visit to a specific c-store.
Still, a full 16 percent of those surveyed said they don't seek out c-stores at all.
Unfortunately, the top reason shoppers said they sometimes avoid c-stores is a trait inherent in its makeup: limited selection of products, the research firm revealed. Nearly half the respondents cited this as one of their top three reasons or not shopping c-stores. Following product selection were concerns about safety (30 percent of shoppers); poor-quality staff (29 percent); and an unwelcoming store environment (28 percent)—three perceptions the c-store industry has worked hard to overcome—and has made great strides in those efforts—for decades.
One-fourth of the respondents said unattractive store appearance, loitering and long lines were major turnoffs. One in five were repelled by out-of-stocks.
Messy or unavailable restrooms, a poorly lit parking lot and confusing store layout were reasons at least one in 10 of the respondents said they avoided convenience stores.
There are some general shopping trends, however, uncovered by M/A/R/C Research that should be encouraging to c-store operators. When consumers were asked in February, May and June about their feelings on shopping, there was an 8 percent jump between February and June in the number of convenience-seeking respondents who said they would "pay more if my life is made easier." The percentage of respondents answering this way was up from 19 percent of respondents to 27 percent.
In June, when asked, "Which of the of the following best describe how you feel about shopping today?" 41 percent said they "want to get in and out as quickly as possible."
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By Barry Svrluga, Jason Reid and Les Carpenter
Washington Post Staff Writers
Wednesday, January 6, 2010; D01
On the morning of Feb. 7, 2008, Jim Zorn began one of his first meetings as the offensive coordinator of the Washington Redskins, a planning session focusing on how the team would run the ball. The season was seven months away, the club didn't have a head coach, and Zorn wore jeans and a Redskins T-shirt. The meeting was moving, and Zorn -- never before a coordinator, charged with running his own offense -- was excited.
But just before noon, someone entered the room. Daniel Snyder, the Redskins' owner, wanted to meet with Zorn at Snyder's Potomac home, wanted to introduce him to some of the club's minority owners. Zorn, mid-meeting, had no choice.
"I'm thinking, 'Okay, I know what he wants,' " Zorn said that summer. "There's no head coach yet, so somebody has got to act as a guy to bring sort of reality to what's going on this offseason. . . . The head coach hadn't been hired yet, so let's talk about football."
Three days later, Snyder and executive vice president of football operations Vinny Cerrato introduced Zorn -- with no head coaching experience at any level -- as the Redskins' 27th head coach. Six hundred ninety-five days later, Snyder and Bruce Allen, Cerrato's replacement, fired Zorn from that same position.
By that point on Monday, the surprise of Zorn's hire was replaced by the inevitability of his departure, and Snyder's airplane was flying to Denver and back again, scooping up Zorn's presumed replacement, former Broncos coach Mike Shanahan, and returning him to Dulles International Airport. There, he climbed into a car and headed to Snyder's Potomac home, the same place Zorn once showed up in jeans and a T-shirt.
Though Zorn's tenure -- a 12-20 record, two last-place finishes in the NFC East -- will be easily marginalized when Redskins history is discussed, his rise and fall remains a pertinent chapter going forward because it helps to reveal how the Redskins organization, one of the most valuable franchises in sports, works.
Snyder's office, where he spends most of his days as a hands-on owner of the franchise for which he rooted as a child, is at the southern tip of the Redskins Park facility in Ashburn. The head coach's office, replete with flat-screen televisions for watching computer-spliced video, is at the opposite end. The walk between the two is short, and it passes a case that houses the Redskins' three Super Bowl trophies. But the gulf between the two men that used those offices for the past two years grew to an irreparable distance as the losses in the 2009 season mounted, according to assistant coaches who requested anonymity.
In the months after he was hired, Zorn said, "I think Dan Snyder takes a lot of pride in being fair."
Sunday evening, in the hours before he was fired, Zorn was asked about the fairness of the conditions under which he worked. "You got to understand," he said. "In my world, nothing has to be fair. It's not up to me."
Snyder said in a statement: "I am mindful that this is a tough day for Jim and his family, and I do want to wish him success in his next endeavor."Early optimism
When Snyder met with the media to introduce Zorn, his optimism matched the level it reached when he hired Marty Schottenheimer in 2001, Steve Spurrier in 2002 and Joe Gibbs in 2004. He said Redskins officials -- including those who had met with Zorn during that first luncheon, minority owner Dwight Schar and Snyder's sister, Michelle -- had discussed, above all else, the character of the candidates.
"We also talked about leadership, great leadership, but it starts with character," Snyder said. "It starts with a person's character, their integrity, their smarts, their drive, their energy, their passion. We ended up with the right guy. We ended with a person that has all of those plus much, much more."
But to get to that point, there had to be secrecy, on a few levels. On the day Zorn was hired as the Redskins' offensive coordinator, Snyder's private plane landed at a small airport in Wisconsin. There, it picked up Greg Blache, the defensive line coach under Gibbs and Gregg Williams, who had served as Gibbs's assistant head coach-defense. Williams had interviewed to be the Redskins' head coach multiple times. Blache, to that point, had been a loyal assistant. But in a meeting at Snyder's house, it became clear to Blache: Williams would not be the head coach, nor would he remain to run the defense. Blache was being offered the defensive coordinator's job, even as Williams still hoped to be the head coach.
The next day, Jan. 26, 2008, Snyder released Williams from his contract. Blache became the defensive coordinator. "The decision was made whether I took the position or not," Blache said that summer.
Zorn wasn't privy to these machinations. He was trying to familiarize himself with the Redskins' personnel, with the offensive coaches who were left behind. In the days after Blache's elevation, the Redskins interviewed Indianapolis assistant Ron Meeks, former Detroit and San Francisco coach Steve Mariucci, and New York Giants defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo for the head coaching position. On Feb. 7, Spagnuolo -- the presumed favorite for the job, the man who had orchestrated the Giants' dominant defensive performance in the Super Bowl victory over the New England Patriots -- pulled out of consideration, electing to remain an assistant in New York.
So that's when Zorn ended up at Snyder's house, having lunch with Schar and Michelle Snyder. At one point, the three Redskins officials excused themselves from the room, leaving Zorn alone. When they returned, Snyder asked Zorn one question: Did he want to interview to be the head coach?
"I was shocked," Zorn said. "I was glad I was sitting down."
Zorn would dress in a suit, return to Snyder's home and interview formally with Snyder and Cerrato, deep into the night.
"There were several different potential coaching scenarios during that time," Snyder said Tuesday through a team spokesman. "I don't recall the specific sequence of events. . . . I can tell you that there were many meetings and discussions with the candidates and with their references."
Cerrato, Zorn said later, had a "big book of questions." They would read a question to Zorn, Zorn would answer, and they would discuss. Zorn was told to go to work the next day, a Friday, and perform his duties as if he were merely the offensive coordinator. After that day was finished, and the other assistants had wrapped things up, Zorn returned to Snyder's home, and the interview continued.
"It was very surrealistic," Zorn said. "Having knowledge that other people don't have, it was a weird sensation because you want to express openly what's going on."
By Saturday, the job was Zorn's. On Sunday, he was introduced. Five-and-a-half months later, he opened his first training camp, where he stood with Snyder and Cerrato on the sideline, overseeing the team he would coach. Zorn's staff featured four coaches Zorn had a hand in hiring -- offensive coordinator Sherman Smith, running backs coach Stump Mitchell, offensive assistant Chris Meidt and defensive line coach John Palermo -- and 10 he did not.An 'interested' owner
On Fridays at the beginning of the 2009 season, Zorn would meet with Snyder and Cerrato in Snyder's office at Redskins Park for lunch, a weekly ritual in which the topics might include the upcoming opponent, how that opponent might be attacked, and what the opening plays might be. The lunches served, Cerrato said on the radio show he hosted on Snyder's ESPN 980, as a ritual for the team owner, regardless of who was the coach.
"Dan's very interested," Zorn said early in the season. "He cares. He wants to know about the team, about what might work, about what the coaches are thinking."
That interest, though, transformed over the course of the 2009 season, assistant coaches said. The poor performances began to pile up, first in a loss at lowly Detroit, then a narrow win over horrid Tampa Bay. After that game, Cerrato wanted to hire a consultant who knew the West Coast offense to help Zorn. The club first reached out to Gil Haskell, a former Seattle assistant with whom Zorn once worked. Haskell, though, had personal issues that prevented him from taking the job, according to two people with knowledge of the Redskins' inquiry. So Cerrato turned to Sherman Lewis, a retired assistant with whom Zorn did not have a relationship; Cerrato and Lewis had briefly overlapped when they worked with the San Francisco 49ers.
Twelve days after Lewis was hired, a home loss to previously winless Kansas City might have provided the season's low point. That day, Zorn benched quarterback Jason Campbell against what was, at that point, statistically the NFL's worst defense. The Redskins failed to score a touchdown, lost 14-6, and fell to 2-4.
Afterward, Zorn, according to an account of one of his closest friends, was confronted with a choice that, in many ways, defined his tenure in Washington: Give up your play-calling duties, or give up your job.
"For me, the low point was when the Redskins were considering firing Jim after about six games of the season," said Steve Largent, Zorn's best friend and former teammate in Seattle. "I still say that's the most obscene, ridiculous thing that they could have ever done."
Largent, a Hall of Fame wide receiver and former U.S. congressman, was one of Zorn's primary confidantes over the course of the 2009 season, joining Zorn's wife, Joy, as one of the few people with whom the coach would share his feelings. In an interview the day of his firing, Zorn declined to go into the machinations of his downfall, including the meeting in which Largent said Redskins lawyers presented him with details of his contract, and told him that refusing to give up his play-calling duties would be akin to insubordination. Cerrato later denied Largent's claims, and Zorn also issued a statement through the team denying he had been presented with an ultimatum.
After he arrived at his Great Falls home the night of the Kansas City game, Zorn talked to Cerrato by phone. He would agree to cede the job for which he was originally hired -- calling the plays, running the offense. The next day, Cerrato would hand those duties to Lewis, a veteran assistant who had been with the team for 14 days.
"Can't see how that would work," one assistant said that morning, before Zorn announced the transition to his staff. "He's only been here two weeks. He doesn't know the offense."
Though Zorn never complained about the decision publicly -- "There's no point in me whining about it all," Zorn said late in the season -- he made clear the decision was not his, and that he did not believe it would improve the offense.
"He feels like he was handicapped with that decision," said Tim Trezise, a close friend of Zorn's since 1991. "But he wasn't going to wallow in that. He respects authority."
Several coaches, though, said the move changed the dynamic within Redskins Park. Offensive assistants said they felt shunned by Snyder and Cerrato. At practice, Cerrato would often stand with Lewis. Zorn became, to a degree, an outsider on the team he was supposed to lead.
"To do your job, the coaches have to have the confidence of their bosses," one coach, who requested anonymity, said this week. "Over the course of the year, it was apparent that wasn't the case -- especially for the offensive coaches."
Statistically, the Redskins improved. In six games prior to the change, they averaged 294 yards and 13.2 points; in 10 games after, they averaged 323 yards and 18.7 points. On Nov. 29, the Redskins looked as good as they had all season offensively in a game at Philadelphia. Zorn, though, had put a wrinkle into Cerrato's plans for Lewis to call the plays. Because the head coach had to be in charge of timeouts and decisions on whether to kick or run a play from scrimmage, Zorn took over the play-calling duties in the final two minutes of each half.
With 28 seconds left in the first half, with Washington leading 14-13, the Redskins held the ball at their 38-yard line. Zorn called timeout. On third and eight, he elected to run another play rather than taking a knee and taking the lead to the locker room. Campbell threw an interception. Two plays later, the Eagles kicked a field goal. Washington trailed at the half and lost the game, 27-24.
When he boarded the bus afterward, Cerrato seethed at Zorn, yelling at him in front of assistants and team personnel, berating him for his decision-making at the end of the first half, assistant coaches who witnessed the exchange said. The Redskins were 3-8 -- "I can hardly say it," Zorn said later in the week -- and the fissures in the club's infrastructure were showing. In the season's final weeks, Zorn was no longer invited to Snyder's office on Fridays, and they no longer shared lunch.
"I think we had a good relationship throughout his time here," Snyder said. "Our regular meetings and lunches did end after Bruce Allen came here three weeks ago. Bruce thought that the right line of communications was between himself and the head coach."
Troubling signs
There were strong indications, weeks before Shanahan emerged from Snyder's private plane Monday, that Snyder and the Redskins were preparing to replace Zorn. In December, according to the Fritz Pollard Alliance -- which oversees the NFL's rule that ensures team's with head coaching and top executive openings interview minority candidates -- Redskins secondary coach Jerry Gray interviewed for Zorn's job. Gray is African American.
Those discussions occurred before the season took another twist: On Dec. 17, Cerrato abruptly resigned after a decade as one of Snyder's closest advisers. Cerrato, who has not spoken with the media since then, issued a statement through the club. In it, he said he "had the pleasure of working with some great coaches such as Joe Gibbs, Greg Blache and Sherman Lewis." At that point, Cerrato had worked with Lewis for a little more than 10 weeks. It was the final indication of the rift that had grown between management and the head coach. Publicly, though, Zorn wouldn't mention any friction.
"I feel bad in the situation that Vinny is gone," Zorn said that day. Cerrato had helped hire Zorn as the offensive coordinator, had helped elevate him to the head job. But as the relationship deteriorated, Zorn bit his lip. "He really hasn't outbursted about anything," Campbell said late in the year. A devout Christian, Zorn's closest friends believe his faith had the most direct impact on how he responded to situations, both internally and externally.
"I think Jim wrestles with all these things," Largent said. "I don't think it's natural the way he's responded. I think it's super-natural. I think Jim's faith is very much a part of the way he reacts, the way he responds, the way he leads. I think that's why, even in this tumultuous situation, Jim can have a sense of peace about himself, about his future."
The season, though, wore on Zorn, and over the final weeks, the team delivered its two worst performances, right in front of Allen, Cerrato's replacement and the new general manager. On Dec. 21, the New York Giants pasted the Redskins, 45-12, on "Monday Night Football." That night, after he addressed both his team and the media, Zorn walked down a cement hallway at FedEx Field. His teenage son Isaac, a freshman in high school, met him and threw his arm across his father's shoulders. For a moment, the son appeared to prop up the father. The following week, after a 17-0 loss to the Dallas Cowboys at home, Zorn marched upstairs to the box from which his wife, family and friends watched the games. The Redskins were 4-11, he was entering his last week as coach -- and he looked beaten.
"It was sad," said Trezise, who spent that weekend with the Zorns. "For an upbeat guy, he seemed to not have a lot of energy. He was tired. He looked worn out."
By that point, the Redskins' future clearly didn't include Zorn, and the players understood that, talked about it. "You never know what direction they're going here," cornerback Carlos Rogers said.
In those final weeks, as Cerrato was shoved aside, as Allen met with Zorn and the coaching staff to evaluate both the players and the coaches, the lame duck coach had conversations with those closest to him, with Largent and Sherman Smith, the offensive coordinator, and with Joy, his wife.
"I told him all the reasons why people were telling me not to come here all came true," Smith said prior to the Redskins' final game. "But I still don't' regret it because I thought it was a step of faith."
On the Friday before the team departed for San Diego for Zorn's last game, the coach conducted his final practice. He said afterward that he wanted to win "the fifth game," though it would be meaningless, because the Redskins finished last either way. But he also reflected on his approach, the approach that guided him through his tenure in Washington.
"Believe me: I err," Zorn said. "Believe me: I fail. Miserably. But here's what I don't do: I don't look at the season and count our win-loss [record] as: 'Gosh, that's just God's will. Isn't this great? Isn't this lovely?' I have pain in our record. I have pain in failing the fans and failing the Redskin organization in the win-loss record."
Staff writer Rick Maese contributed to this report.
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TORONTO (Reuters) - Canadian consumers are expected to head to big box stores with cash in hand, studies showed on Wednesday, as they scramble to put the finishing touches on their Christmas purchases.
But these same shoppers are also expected to continue their frugal ways and spend between C$570 and C$586 ($538 to $553) on gifts, about the same level as last year when the economic downturn sapped consumer confidence.
"The Canadian consumer has been impressively resilient in the last 12 months, but retailers will need to continue to offer solid value at competitive prices through the next several weeks in order to be successful during the 2009 holiday shopping season," said Pam Wood, a senior manager at The NPD Group, a consumer and retail information company.
NPD found people were being careful with their money and were still cautious about the economy, despite a modest improvement in the last two quarters, with 55 percent of those surveyed indicating they would pay for their purchases with cash instead of credit cards.
The majority are also expected to seek out bargains at big box stores, with more than 60 percent planning to head to names such as Wal-Mart Stores, while about 43 percent plan to hit the department stores such as Sears Canada and Zellers. Another 31 percent intend to shop at electronics retailers and about 30 percent at toy stores.
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