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I offered to take Cole's tag and see if I could bag him a deer. He shrugged and said he'd rather I didn't. His family was well enough off, that getting a deer for meat was no big thing. I frowned at that. I'm against killing something just for the sake of killing something. I could understand where Cole was at though. I'm sure there was pressure from the macho guys of his family. I felt the same pressure all of the time. The pressure to do manly things, to prove I was a man. Lucky for Cole, now that he was at college and away from his family, he could start living his own way.
Still. it was a good while, before we could legitimately call it a day, and still preserve the notion we were seriously hunting.
So, Cole and I sat in my truck and talked. At first we talked about life in highschool and college. Then.
" So, you never answered my other question." Cole reminded. I raised my eyebrows. " When I asked you if you'd do my Uncle in the ass!" he clarified.
I was a bit taken a back. Cole seemed to have a fixation on his Uncle's bet. " Why are you asking about that?"
Cole blushed. " Well, doesn't it go to follow, that if I am curious about guys sucking dick, that I might wonder about guys fucking ass?" Somehow I could sense there was more he wasn't sharing. Nosy little red headed step child that I am, I just had to dig deeper.
" So, are you wanting to get your ass cherry popped too?" Cole looked startled. " Ummm.......No!" " Then why the questions?" " Well, I'm kind of turned on by the idea of fucking a guy!" It was my turn to flush red. I'm sorry, getting fucked just isn't my thing, and while I liked Cole, I just wasn't keen on being his first fuck. So. I laid it out for him,
" Look, Cole, I hope you don't take this wrong,.......but I don't like getting poled. So.....if that is where this is going...I'm gonna say ....not gonna happen!"
Now, it was Cole's turn to flush. Then sigh. " Yeah, well it had crossed my mind......It's just the whole bet thing with my Uncle got to me."
Something in my mind clicked. " Hey!....Is it any guy getting fucked, or the idea of your Uncle Ray being fucked that's got you all hot and bothered?" At the deep flush across his face, I smirked at Cole. " Cole, dude.....You've got a crush on your Uncle, dontcha?" He tried to sputter in denial, but somehow I knew, I'd pegged his interest for what it was. Cole would gladly pump his dick into his Uncle's fine ass! Having already enjoyed that priviledge, I can't say as I blamed him.
Cole hung his head. " You must think I'm a sick pervert, wanting to have sex with my Uncle!"
I shrugged. " Not really." At his shocked look, I clarified. " Look, I know most people think incest is horrible. And if it happens between male and female relatives, it kind of is." He shot me another strange look. " Because of the possibility of babies, being born.......well, wrong. You get my jist?" Cole nodded slowly, still not sure where I was going. " Two guys, though, they can't make babies........So if they're related, there is only the consequence of breaking a taboo, laid out by society. Now, if your Uncle did something with you when you were a kid, that would be sick......But since you are both all grown up......Well, I honestly don't see what would be so wrong!"
Cole laughed ,a bit shaky. " This feels so strange, talking to someone about Uncle Ray, like this. I mean when he made that bet......Then , you called him........It made me feel wierd." At my questioning look, Cole went on. " I mean, I popped wood, then I actually got jealous, because, he made the bet with you! I could just picture you fucking my Uncle, when that was what I really wanted !"
For a moment or two, I considered squealing, but then gave that thought up. While I could sympathize with Cole and his Uncle crush, I'd promised to keep his Uncle's and my sexcapade a secret.
So, I changed the subject by suggesting we head back. Cole agreed and we headed back, both thinking our own thoughts.
I don't know what was going through Cole's mind, but my imagination was picturing Cole's nine and something dick sliding to the hilt in Ray's hairy ass. That scene was giving me another boner. I hadn't pictured myself as a voyeur, but I coldn't get the scene to leave my imagination.
We got back to Deer Camp, to find a bustle of activity. Two more guys had bagged their deer, and were planning on heading out. Then the rest were talking about it. If they did, then Cole, Ray and I would be at Deer Camp alone til, after Thanksgivng, when the others might come back for the final days. Although, there would be no reason for me to stay either, the concept of facing my Dad, didn't appeal. I would be expected to show at Grandma's for Thanksgiving, but no one would expect me before then. So, if Ray and Cole elected to stay another day, I would too.
The next day, found just that happening. The other guys, packed up, leaving me, Ray and Cole, the sole occupants of Deer Camp. Ray half heartedly suggested we all go out and find Cole a deer. Cole manned up and admitted he didn't really care if he got one. Ray seemed relieved, guess he relished the idea of a day in.
We puttered around a while. I got out my drawing pad and added finishing touches to the work I'd done of Deer Camp. Cole and Ray turned on the big screen and started watching some movie.
Then Ray started getting restless.
He kept eying me, a needy look on his face, then he'd look at Cole, with a look of regret on his face. I began to put two and two together and came up with a bored horny Ray. One who wished his nephew would disappear, so he and I could.....Well, you know! That's when a plan began to percolate in the back of my head.
I went over to the card table and began shuffling cards. ( A bit ineptly to tell the truth.) " Hey, Ray?" When he looked my way. " Want to get out of your bet?" He looked at me strangely, because he'd already paid in full, then saw my significant look towards Cole. Thinking I was trying to make it look like I was covering for him, he just shook his head. " I'm afraid to lose anymore to you....you're too lucky, who knows what else I might owe you!"
I shrugged, laid down the cards and stood up. I stepped out from the card table and began undoing my jeans.
Horrified Ray looked over towards Cole, who was watching us open mouthed. " What are you doing, Rusty?" Ray hissed.
I pulled out my semi hard cock, and grinned insolently. " I'm calling in your marker, dude!" His face purpled in embarrassment. I wondered if he'd admit in front of his nephew, that the bet was paid, or if he'd act like it never happened.
Even if he backed down, I would have a bit of fun at his expense.
" Hey, like I'd suck your cock in front of Cole!' he blustered. I shrugged, digging a bit more. " Hey, we need a witness, to prove you paid the bet," I grinned evilly. I looked pointedly over at a shocked Cole, to see excitement in his eyes. " How about it Cole........Don't you think your Uncle should pay off his bets.........Teach him a lesson, about what he lays out for stakes?"
Cole, snapped his mouth shut, gave me a long look, I looked from him, to his Uncle and back again, hoping he'd get my message of. ( Cole, this is your big chance....go for it Dude!)
I think, telepathy must work on some level, because a sassy look came over his face. " Well. Uncle Ray.........You have always said a bet is a bet and no welshing allowed.......Seems you owe Rusty a blowjob and an ass fuck!"
At Ray's incredulous look, Cole smirked. " He's calling your marker, Unc........so either welsh on a bet.......or get on your knees!"
Ray's eyes grew haunted. He looked at Cole and licked his lips. Then he glowered at me. He had a choice here. He could laugh it all off as a big joke, welshing on his bet. He could admit that he already paid, letting Cole know his Uncle's mouth and hairy ass, could be had. Or he could actually cave, pretending he and I hadn't already been there, done that, and I could get a free blowjob and maybe even ass fuck.
" Damn you Rusty, I am not going to do this in front of my nephew!........You're just sick!" I laughed. " So, Cole, would it bother you to see your Uncle sucking cock?........I'm willing to bet it wouldn't bother you at all!
Cole stepped right up to the plate. " Hmmmmm.........Nope!" He leaned back in the recliner and started stroking his dick through his jeans. " I'm not hiding things anymore......Uncle Ray, I like guys......In fact..." he paused and looked over at me. I gave him a short encouraging nod. " Instead of hunting yesterday,....I gave Rusty a blowjob!"
There! The cat was out of the proverbial bag! Cole manned up,( Or should I say Gayed up.) , and admitted he'd blown a guy. Whether he'd admit to his Uncle crush, we'd have to see.
Ray, upon hearing this went a little white, then a little red. A thousand thoughts must have been shreiking across his brain.
I on the other hand, was getting impatient. My cock hanging out for all too see, was hard as a rock and leaking. I started shucking clothes, trying to give Cole a signifacant look. Once again the message must have been received, because Cole rose up in the recliner enough to pull down his pants, releasing his nine something boner.
Ray, shocked, couldn't seem to take his eyes off his nephew's long iron hard rod. He didn't even protest when I came up behind him, pressing my naked body into his clothed backside. No protest came through, when I reached around to begin unbuttoning his flannel shirt. He just kept staring at Cole.
For his part, Cole maintained eye contact with Ray. He started slowly working his pole. Even from behind, I could see Ray's tongue, slip out to lick his lips. No struggle as I slipped his shirt off, leaving him in his henley. No protest, as I reached around and undid his belt. Undid his button. Inzipped his fly. Eased his pants and long johns down his lean hips.
Crouching down, I eased his feet up, as I eased the legs over his stockinged feet. On my knees behind him, I looked in admiration, at his hairy legs, and the bottom of his hairy cheeks, just under the hem of his henley. I stood up behind him and molded myself to his back. My hard cock nestled at the cleavage of his fine ass.
I reached around him, and found his cock and balls, with my hands. Whatever qualms, Ray had about doing this in front of Cole, his nine inch cock, was ignoring. It was, steel over velvet ,hard. I felt a hot sticky wetness smear over my fingers. His dick was oozing.
I whispered in his ear. " Isn't it hot seeing Cole stroke his dick in front of us?" Ray groaned low in his throat, leaning back into me, wedging my cock a little deeper into his ass cleft. I released a hand, to stroke his firm ass cheek, pulling it away from it's mate. " Imagine, that long thing, slipping deep inside you, Ray!" He growled.
I looked over at Cole. I held his eyes, as I gently spun his unresisting Uncle around. Still holding his eyes, I stepped back in close, my hard cock sliding up against Ray's, as I reached around to slide the henley up, exposing Ray's ass to his nephew's hot stare. With both palms, I spread those hairy cheeks, bringing to light the man pucker hiding between them.
" How, about it Cole? Wouldn't you just love to slide that pole inside this hot ass? " I nuzzled, Ray's neck, feeling the heat of sweat, starting to dew his skin. I was practically holding him up by now. " He wants, Cole! He won't say it out loud, but he wants you to slide deep inside him!" Cole looked at me uncertainly. I smiled gently, flicking my tongue over Ray's ear, causing him to shudder in my arms.
" You know how I know, Cole?" He shook his head.
" It's easy, Cole, for God Sakes, your Uncle is a fucking Navy Seal!"
At, Cole's still puzzled look, I sighed. I spelled it out for him. " If he didn't want this, do you think there was any way in hell, I'd be able to hold him here like this. I'd be in a heap across the room, probably hurtin' like Hell! Yet, he's just standing here, letting me play with his ass, talking dirty about him to his Nephew!"
Ray, moaned softly into my shoulder. " Get up Cole, come over here!" I ordered.
He hesitated, then flipped the recliner down, and got to his feet. I kept my eyes on him. as he stared glued to the sight of me kneading his Uncle's ass. He licked his lips and came closer. When he was within reach, I snaked out my hands and jerked him up tight against his Uncle's back.
Both men, went rigid, and tried to draw away. I held on tight, mashing Ray between us. Ray relaxed first, sagging a against me. I slid my hands up Cole's arms, gripping his forearms and stepped back to draw them around Ray.
I stepped away and drank in the picture they made. So much alike in looks, almost like one man at two diffrent ages.
Ray, settled back against Cole, his head back against his shoulder. Cole began to run his hands up and down the plains of Ray's belly and chest. I watched for a bit, watching the way Ray's cock leapt at every stroke of his Nephew's hands. Listened to the deep quiet growls rumbling from both of their throats.
Afraid, as I was to chance breaking the moment, my own hard cock was urging me to get on with the show. I went back to my jeans where I had earlier stashed condoms and some lube. Items in hand, I gently, pried Ray from his Nephew's embrace. He resisted a moment, Cole resisted letting go, but finally relaxed his hold. I tugged Ray over to the big rug in front of the fire. I went behind him and slowly sank to the ground, pulling him down too. As I knelt there, I whispered in his ear, to extend his legs out . Obediently he complied. Now he laid there, his head and upper back nestled against my chest, his lower back between my thighs.
Slowly, I reached under his arms and got a grip under his knees. Slowly, I pulled his legs into the air, spreading them wide, shifting his body, until his shoulders rested on my thighs and his ass cleft was exposed to his Nephew's gaze.
Cole stared at his Uncle's exposed hairy crack . Slowly he moved forward, hard cock leading the way. He knelt between his Uncle's spread legs. Then looked at my eyes. I smiled gently.
" Touch him Cole. Touch him down there!' I whispered. Cole slowly reached out towards his Uncle's exposed crack.
Ray went stiff in my arms, when Cole's fingers made contact. I leaned down to mutter in his ear. " You like that don't you?"
Ray merely moaned. " Tell, him, Ray....Tell him you want him to touch you there! Tell, him Ray, tell him to touch your pretty tight hole!"
Ray, writhed in my arms a little, then. " Yes........Cole.......please play with my ass,......PLEASE play with my ass!"
Cole wasted no time, he started massaging the puckered lips of his Uncle's quivering hole. Ray shivered and bucked in my arms, moaning softly. I caught Cole's eyes and drew them over to the lube and condoms by my knee. Cole understood at once and used the hand that had been stroking his cock, to grab them.
Ray, eyes closed, growled in wordless protest when Cole stopped massaging his ass pucker. I leaned over to whisper in his ear. " Open your eyes, Ray. Look at Cole."
Ray did as ordered and opened his eyes to see Cole tear the foil from a condom. " Watch him slide that on his long hard cock, Ray!. Watch it go on knowing, he's going to be sliding it inside you!"
Ray's breath hitched as he imagined my words. I watched a fresh spurt of cum drool from his twitching cock. I pulled his legs back a bit higher, angling his hips up, so his hole would be high in the air. Cole looked to me for guidance. I noddded towards the lube.
" Lube up his hole good, Cole. He's willing , but you need to loosen him up some." Cole nodded and squirted a generous gob of lube on his finger. Ray clenched at the first touch of wet cool lube, then slowly relaxed back against me.
" That's good, Cole. Now, try slipping the end of your finger in him." I ordered. This time Cole looked to Ray, for permission. Ray nodded in agreement with my orders.
I'm afraid I hadn't factored in Cole's inexperience. Ray yelped when Cole jammed his whole finger inside his nearly virgin hole. " Hey!" I admonished. " Go gentle, I know he's a big tough Navy Seal. but you need to go slower! Let him get used to it!"
Cole mumbled an apology, to both me and Ray. He started to pull his finger out but I stopped him. " Just hold it still, let him get used to it being in him!"
When I finally felt Ray's body relax against mine again, I continued. " Slowly pull it out, until just the tip is in." I watched his arm move back. " Now slide it in again." I kept him at it for a few strokes, until I flet kind of a growl rumble through Ray. I had Cole speed up then. I leaned over to whisper in Ray's ear. " Tell, Cole, when you are ready for another finger. I felt Ray nod. Shortly after I heard. " Cole, try putting another one in." Cole having learned his lesson, slowly slid in another finger.
I let Cole work his ass loose for a few strokes. " Try moving your fingers around inside him, Cole." I could tell when Cole's fingers grazed his sweet spot, by the way Ray jerked and hissed in my arms. Startled Cole started to jerk his fingers out, but I stopped him. " No, Cole, do it again, try to find that place again!" Cole looked a bit puzzled, but went in search of that spot again. " Tell him how good that feels, when he finds it Ray! Let him know, so he can find it again."
Ray followed orders and soon, Cole was deliberately massaging his Uncle's joy gland, reveling in how it made Ray, sqirm, groan and gasp.
Now, all during this, my own cock had been drooling down the side of Ray's neck. His twitching and jerking, often rubbed my cock the right way, and I was half afraid just watching Cole finger him would make me cum. I determined it was time for the big event, before I erupted.
I leaned to Ray's ear. " You ready to feel that long pole slide up inside of you, Dude!" Ray moaned and nodded. I looked up at Cole. " Slick yourself up good, buddy, we want you to slide in easy!" Cole nodded, pulled his fingers from his Uncle, and began slathering lube on his cock.
Ray's breathing sped up as he watched the lube slick up his Nephew's rod. He was quivering in anticipation. Under my hands, I felt him spread his thighs wider.
Then, Cole was scrunched up close to us, guiding his stiff pole, to the puckered target. I could feel Ray arch his back, trying to meet Cole's dick partway. A loud gasp and I knew Cole was inside his Navy Seal Uncle.
I was surprised when Ray reached between his spread thighs, grabbed his Nephew's hips, and yanked him close. I was going to talk Cole into a slow gentle penetration, but I guess, Ray wanted something rougher.
All of Ray's compliancy went out the window. " Fuck me Cole, Baby! Please fuck me hard!"
At this ,Cole's patience seemed to snap too. I gasped in wonder as nine plus inches, came most of the way out than snaked back inside Ray. I could feel Ray's body jolt against me, as his Nephew began long dicking him hard and almost brutally. Ray urging him on, Cole rocked us both with his hard slamming fuck. Ray's sweaty shoulder and neck jolting across my dick, almost felt like a hand working it!
Then, with a roar, Cole jammed himself hard into Ray! His face scrunched up as he unloaded himself inside his Uncle.
A few hard shudders, and then Cole fell back, his dick slurping out. Ray cried out in protest.
Without thinking I pulled out from under Ray, fumbled on the other condom, and squirted on some lube. I ungently, pulled Ray's body to mine, spreading his legs high and wide.
Ray was panting, grabbing the back of his legs to give me total access to his loosened hole. All thoughts of gentleness gone, I drove my fat cock into his open ass, and buried myself to the hilt. Ray roared and let go of his legs to clasp me tightly to his body.
I began to pump into him with total abandon. I don't know if it was my thicker , shorter dick, but I must have been jamming Ray's joy button on every thrust. He was gasping and cursing and begging me to fuck hard.
Then suddenly Cole's head was down and he was slurping in Ray's cock. Ray was reduced to inarticulate animal sounds, until with a huge gasp, he was shooting cum down his Nephew's throat!
His body clenching hard around me, was all my eighteen year old dick could handle. I buried my self deep in his gut as shudder after shudder, emptied cum in his hot channel.
Eventually Ray, loosened the hold his legs had on me, allowing our bodies to collapse in a sweaty heap. My dick slid out of his loose hole. Ray's eyes kind of rolled under his closed lid, and a sound of loss, wheezed through his lips. As I lay on top of Ray, Cole snuggled in close to us, his arm over my shoulder. We all lay there for a while getting our breathing back to normal.
A wry whisper in my ear. " Funny, you don't look that heavy, but would you mind getting off me now!"
I rolled off, to the side opposite of Cole, and snuggled up to Ray. I half expected him to get up, none of this cuddling unmanly stuff for the Navy Seal. Instead he snaked his arms around both of us, drawing us in close.
" Remember boys! What happens in Deer Camp...."
" Stays in Deer Camp!" we all chorused together.
Okay dudes, Deer Camp , has just one more night left, before we head off to our respective Thanksgivings. So, what do you think happens? Do we plow Uncle Ray again? Does Cole get so excited, he offers his Uncle his ass? Do I give in and let Ray and Cole fuck me silly? Or do we just sit around watching movies and turn in? It may be a little while before I can get back to Deer Camp! Hope you can wait for me! Love Rusty.


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Watch this trailer - the film is CALL AND RESPONSE.
There have never been more people enslaved than today.
Consider our role in fighting the rapid spread of slavery, especially children exploited in the sex trade.
this is real and this film will inspire and provoke..alarm and empower us to move and to act.
I just got off the phone with the director of marketing for the film and its important for us to support this film while its in the theatres this week and next.
visit WWW.CALLANDRESPONSE.COM for theatre locations, etc..
November 13, 2008
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November 12, 2008
A Long Overdue Hello
Its been too long since i chimed in with anything of value to say.
I've been valueless.
Is that a word?
I'm hoping to write more tonight but until then, Some pics from the last few days on tour will be my contribution here.
RSB is having a great time on the West Coast and we're really grateful for our friends in San Diego, Las Vegas and Los Angeles that have come out and been a part of the gathering.
Thursday night - Nov 13 will be the Phoenix area show with Matt Maher as our very special and loveable guest.
If you live in the greater Phoenix area, come join us.
If you don't and have a Phriend - spread the word and tell your friends that Taylor will buy them In & Out following the show if they choose to join us.
Cornerstone Church
Chandler, AZ
Cost: $10 at the door
1595 South Alma School Road,
Chandler, Arizona 85248
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November 7, 2008
Surfs Up.. Time To Save The World!
West Coast People!!
RSB is headed to the west coast and we want to invite everyone to come out and see us!
Here's the info:
San Diego, California
Flood Church
3878 Ruffin Road
RSB plays at 10 AM and a concert in the evening at 6PM and 8 PM
Henderson, Nevada
Green Valley Baptist Church
270 N Valley Verde
Cost: $5
Whittier, California (Los Angeles Area!)
Whittier Area Community Church
8175 Villaverde Drive
Cost: $7 in advance and $12 at the door
Click here to purchase tickets: https://public.
serviceu. com/registration/default.
Chandler, Arizona
1595 South Alma School Road
7 PM -- MATT MAHER is opening!
Cost: $10 at the door
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Pleasure Bent remains 8lb higher than when scoring at Newbury on his return to action while September's Newcastle winner Llanarmon Lad goes handicapping for the first time on his reappearance. Memory Cloth was unpenalised for an earlier win when scoring at Leicester last time but is upped 7lb for this while Emulating's recent victory at Kempton came over 1m4f. Today's longer trip is worry for Karaka Jack but not for SAN CASSIANO, who finished a close-up fourth at Ripon last week and looks set for a return to winning ways.
Llanarmon Lad (IRE) 4-7fav (9-10) Tracked leaders, ridden to lead inside final furlong, driven out, won at Newcastle 1m mdn stks (5) gs in Sep beating Abbotsfield (9-0) by 1l, 11 ran.
Pleasure Bent 5-6fav (9-4) Took keen hold and held up in mid-division, headway and hung right over 2f out, went 2nd and every chance well over 1f out, keeping on same pace and held when not much room inside final furlong, went 4th final strides, 4th of 12, 3 1/2l behind Cayuga (9-5) at Kempton 1m hcp 0-80 (4) pol in Oct.
Argaki (IRE) 20-1 (8-1) Tracked leader, pushed along over 3f out, led over 2f out, headed over 1f out, soon weakened, 7th of 10, 21l behind Hi There (8-13) at Ayr 1m 2f hcp 0-100 (2) sft in Sep.
Cloud Monkey (IRE) 40-1 (9-3) Always behind, 17th of 20, 14l behind Running Deer (8-8) at York 1m 2f hcp 0-85 (4) gd in Oct.
Deepsand (IRE) 15-2 (9-6) Mid-division, driven over 3f out, headway to challenge 2f out, ridden and every chance over 1f out, kept on, held final 50 yards, 2nd of 16, 1 1/2l behind Educate (9-7) at York 1m 2f 3yo hcp 0-80 (4) hvy in Oct '12.
St Moritz (IRE) 16-1 (9-7) Mid-division, headway over 2f out, soon no impression, 10th of 20, 8l behind Running Deer (8-8) at York 1m 2f hcp 0-85 (4) gd in Oct.
Soul Intent (IRE) 7-2 (8-5) Chased leaders, outpaced over 2f out, stayed on over 1f out, ran on final furlong, 4th of 7, 1/2l behind Karam Albaari (9-1) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp 0-95 (3) pol in Dec.
Memory Cloth 3-1 (8-10) In touch on outside, headway over 1f out, led inside final furlong, stayed on well, won at Leicester 1m hcp 0-75 (5) gs beating Sword of The Lord (9-4) by 1 1/4l, 9 ran.
San Cassiano (IRE) 16-1 (8-3) Led until ridden 2f out, soon lost 2nd, slightly outpaced over 1f out, kept on again under pressure inside final furlong, 4th of 8, 1 3/4l behind Wall Of Sound (9-2) at Ripon 1m 2f hcp 0-95 (3) gd.
Karaka Jack 5-1 (9-4) Towards rear, ridden over 2f out, ran on final furlong, nearest finish, 3rd of 11, 1 1/2l behind Eutropius (8-12) at Musselburgh 1m 1f hcp 0-80 (4) gf.
Syncopate 8-1 (8-11) In touch, effort over 1f out, kept on under pressure, 3rd of 7, 2 3/4l behind Red Runaway (8-13) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp 0-85 (4) pol.
Emulating (IRE) 11-8fav (9-6) Chased leaders, took closer order over 2f out, led over 1f out, driven clear, ran on well, won at Kempton 1m 4f hacp 0-70 (5) pol beating Honourable Knight (9-2) by 1 1/4l, 6 ran.
Doldrums (USA) 16-1 (9-6) Tracked leaders, pushed along 5f out, weakened over 3f out, tailed off, last of 11, well behind Civil War (8-12) at Windsor 1m 4f hcp 0-75 (5) sft.
Gioia Di Vita 18-1 (9-4) Led, ridden and headed over 1f out, faded final furlong, 4th of 10, 7l behind Forced Family Fun (9-0) at Newcastle 1m 4f hcp 0-75 (5) sft.
Aldwick Bay (IRE) 17-2 (10-3) Towards rear, ridden and headway over 1f out, kept on, nearest finish, 4th of 12, 7l behind Fujin Dancer (11-0) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f am hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Dec.
Arlecchino (IRE) 9-2 (9-7) Chased leaders, not clear run over 2f out, went 3rd inside final furlong, stayed on, unable to get on terms, 3rd of 11, 3l behind Ifan (8-13) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hacp 0-70 (5) pol.
Gabrial The Thug (FR) 7-2 (9-2) Dwelt in touch, ridden and lost place 5f out, outpaced over 3f out, eased over 2f out, detached, last of 7, well behind Lacey (9-0) at Wolverhampton 1m 6f hcp (0-65) (6) pol in Dec.


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Jockey Tammi Piermarini won with six consecutive mounts at Suffolk Downs over the Wednesday and Saturday cards. Piermarini won with her last two mounts on Wednesday, and then won with her first four mounts on Saturday. Suffolk was dark on Thursday and Friday.
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that is acctuly sickening and seriously putting doubts in my mind about returning, i know its probably only a small portion of people but i think tourists should stand together against countrys where corruption is so wide spread, if there are less and less tourists traveling to these countrys the government will be forced to take action against these people.
The British couple, the Ingrams, originally told The Times UK that the shop assistants had planted the wallet in her bag; she didn't try to steal it.
Make up your mind with the CCTV evidence whether a shop assistant put the wallet in her bag or whether the woman tried to thieve it. That said, if the couple could lie like that then how much of her can you really believe.
For me this is a case of (and now a couple others caught shoplifting) claim innocence after - yet, who wouldn't?
ok wow after seen that footage its quite clear she stole the purse, but that does not excuse the way thy were treated and forced to pay £8000 thats a total lack in democracy
It does look like theft, but in the article, no wallet was found. The wallet was in a rubbish bin located in the men's toilet. Mr. Ingram had just went into the toilet. The Ingram's insist they are innocent. Frank, let's agree, the Ingram's are thieves. What happened next is what all the ruckus is about. The Ingram's paid serious baht to get out of the situation. Heaps of bad press for Thailand, Suvarnabhumi amd King Power. I see from thaivisa that the AoT in Thailand has announced a 'holding room' for those accused of shoplifting. Something that certainly would not have happened w/o all the bad press received over this incident. If you look at the blogs on BKK Post, this is far from the only case involving King Power.
I love Thailand and have spent many happy months in Pattaya, but all ex-pats know how corrupt the police and gov't are. It is a very stacked deck against farangs. Just the way it is. You either accept it or leave. Perhaps this incident and others like it will get the Thais in power to think just what image they want the rest of the world to have of Thailand. Perhaps not. After all TIT.
I was subjected to one of the scams which another person put on the bbc website. click the link on the on the top of the page (second from the bottom) it involved exactly the same circumstances although our group of 3 people got fined roughly £1500. That was most of the money for our holiday gone straight away. What would we have done if the extra money wasnt in our accounts? It was very intimidating and i think that action needs to be taken to let these countries in the far east know that we wont stand for it! and that if it continues they will lose more money from giving thailand a bad name and lost tourists, than thye will gain from scamming innocent people!


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15 September 2012
Obama's Way
Michael Lewis's piece in Vanity Fair, based on spending time with President Obama last year, is absolutely essential reading.
I've seen some comments on twitter to the effect that the piece is basically out to make Obama seem like a nice guy. Well, that's Michael Lewis's schtick; he blends the big story with a feel for the personalities of the subjects. He does it very well; I got held up writing this, because it reminded me I never got around to reading The Blind Side, and that caused me to waste a day.
Obama probably is a nice guy, but that's not the big story, and it isn't all that important either way.
There are two stories in the article; first the atmosphere of the presidency, and second the decision to overthrow Gadaffi.
The atmosphere is familiar, particularly reminding me of Nick Clegg saying he feels "lobotomised" by working in government, with the "frenetic" pace of politics leaving him with no time to think. Lewis says Obama "has the oddest relationship to the news of any human being on the planet. Wherever it starts out, it quickly finds him and forces him to make some decision about it: whether to respond to it, and shape it, or to leave it be. As the news speeds up, so must our president's response to it".
An incidental point is Lewis's judgement that "He badly underestimated, for instance, how little it would cost Republicans politically to oppose ideas they had once advocated, merely because Obama supported them." To me that is just a sign of someone who doesn't understand politics very well. (Some have suggested that Obama is some kind of cynical political operator, based on his participation in the famously grubby Chicago political machine. But that may overestimate his role there — he may well have been a piece on the board there, rather than a chessplayer).
Lewis represents as exceptional and courageous Obama's refusal to make a snap decision on whether to support a no-fly zone over Libya in March 2011. Rather than deciding in one meeting, he demanded a second meeting with alternative actions suggested that, unlike a no-fly zone, would actually work.
And so to the second big story. If Lewis's account is to be believed, the decision to take out the Libyan army on the road to Benghazi, thereby destroying the Libyan state and producing a revolutionary government, was made entirely on the basis of the humanitarian issue caused by the steps Gadaffi would be likely to take to regain control of Benghazi. The arguments made against decisively taking the rebel side in the civil war were purely based on the cost and the risk of tying up further US military resources. The question of who would take over Libya and what they would do afterwards doesn't seem to have arisen; rather, "The ghosts of 800,000 Tutsis were in that room." The mind boggles.
But, from Obama's position, the decision was made in a few hours here and there. I have put more time into deciding whether to buy a DVD.
The overwhelming fact is the constraint of available time. Any person, of whatever ability and whatever theoretical power, can be made impotent just by keeping them busy. And if the only decisions which are referred to the top level are the ones which are so well-balanced as to be 50-50, the leader might just as well toss a coin.
Therefore, the only real way to gain power is as a group: one leader and a few loyal sidekicks. The sidekicks have the real power, because they have time to think. The leader is effectively their frontman.
Alternatively, the leader can take one issue, allowing a sidekick to handle everything else. That's the setup described in Heinlein's The Man Who Sold The Moon, and referred to by Fred Brooks in The Missing Man-Month.
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- Aretae said...
Doesn't this at least make your monarchy line fishy?
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On the contrary, this piece reinforces the diagnosis of bureaucratic sclerosis.
Obama could merely choose to do whatever the civil servants think is best (choose 'default' in all cases), and the resulting government would be almost exactly the same. The fact that he was able to have the DoD reconsider action in Libya does not strike me as a particularly grand example of personal authority.
Obama has almost no real authority. He does all sorts of things that make him appear to be in charge, but he has much less power over government than a CEO has over his company.
As the piece points out, Libya is a rare case because no one in the USA cares about Libya, so the President was relatively free to act. Even then, he wasn't really free to commit ground troops without buy-in from Congress.
Furthermore, Presidents in general have only their 4 or 8 years in office, and that's it. There's no motivation to solve problems for the long term. I doubt a King would have signed up to intervention in Libya when he knew that 20 years down the road it could mean troublesome entanglement with Arab politics.
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The busyness is partly the inevitable result of bringing an outsider in to manage, and partly a deliberate technique to insulate the government from damage from politicians. (In Yes, Minister, the civil servants advocate keeping the politicians busy as a way of denying them power).
The most important solution is to have the leader know the organisations he will be managing, and know the senior people on a personal level, long before he actually has to take over himself. His whole life should be spent, not attempting to become the leader, but preparing himself to be the leader. That way, when the time comes, he will have an understanding with his senior aides, and, if he feels that some cannot be trusted, he will know other people in the organisations who he can deal with instead.
Democracy can achieve this, provided you have very strong parties which are central to people's lives, and which control government at all levels. To some extent, this was the 19th century system.
Having a barrier between the "political" and the "non-political" breaks it. Having said that, there have been periods in the last 50 years in Britain when the senior politicians had spent many years at various levels of government, getting to know the institutions and the people. That has not been the case since 1997, however.
Monarchy works, too.
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The most important solution is to have the leader know the organisations he will be managing, and know the senior people on a personal level, long before he actually has to take over himself. His whole life should be spent, not attempting to become the leader, but preparing himself to be the leader.
This feels like Roman cursus honorum, or at least what its idea was. Worked well for a while.
Democracy can achieve this, provided you have very strong parties which are central to people's lives, and which control government at all levels.
But it also achieved the spoils system, which is not an unmixed blessing. The civil service was originally set up to deal with it. I think it would be worthwhile to look at the Prussian system of the Second Reich, and also at the Japanese system post-Meiji.
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TAKE the writings of a leading Renaissance man. Sprinkle with Surrealist uncanniness and other entrancing visual effects. Simmer in the juices of 1960's avant-garde dance and 70's performance art and garnish with eight talented, attractive, gymnastically inclined actors. The result is a postmodern stew called ''The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci.'' It is the latest work of the director Mary Zimmerman to reach Off Broadway, opening at the Second Stage Theater next Sunday.
In 2001, Ms. Zimmerman's ''Metamorphoses,'' a re-enactment of nine myths from Ovid that centered on a 27-foot-wide pool of water, played to raves and full houses at the Second Stage, transferring to Broadway in 2002 and winning a Tony Award for Ms. Zimmerman for best direction of a play. ''The Notebooks'' continues her use of the up-to-the-minute strategy of appropriation, which pervades nearly all contemporary art forms. In this case, the text comes from Leonardo's writings, and is less a traditional play than a lively lecture-demonstration. The words and the actions are pocked with avant-garde devices, like the repetition of simple but incongruous everyday gestures (flicking dandruff off one's shoulder), or the punctuation of ponderous monologues with mundane chatter. Such conventions variously bring to mind Merce Cunningham, Trisha Brown, Robert Wilson and Pina Bausch and seem by turns derivative and a testament to the vitality of the avant-garde. They provide evidence that ideas hatched on the margins of culture continue to flow inexorably into the mainstream, to the benefit of all concerned.
But in the not-so-long run (85 minutes, no intermission), ''The Notebooks'' provides an unusually intimate picture of what might be called ''the other Leonardo''; not the mythic painter of the ''Mona Lisa'' and ''The Last Supper'' who was venerated during his lifetime, but the Leonardo whose peripatetic genius emerged from his copious writings, sketches and diagrams in the centuries after his death.
The original notebooks contain an amazing range of communiqués: aphorisms, shopping lists and occasional personal asides, as well as longer meditations on mechanics, painting, optics and the proportions and movements of the body. There are tips for young painters, drawings of plants, detailings of human musculature and designs for fortifications, hydraulic systems and, most famously, the first flying machine. From all this Ms. Zimmerman has artfully pieced together a Leonardo sampler that creates a portrait of the artist as a scientist, inventor and visionary; as a kindly employer and elegant phrasemaker; as an early empiricist -- the keen observer who saw God in all of nature; and as a man who purchased songbirds in the markets and set them free in the hills.
The artist's words are spoken by members of the ensemble, nearly all of whom are veterans of previous Zimmerman efforts. They are also conveyed through mime, animated recitation, song, dance, childlike games and feats of strength and agility, including hanging upside down. A result is that, with garments that blend Renaissance and Victorian fashion, the production can resemble a tribe of upper-class English cousins entertaining themselves on a rainy Sunday.Continue reading the main story
Scott Bradley's ingenious set contributes to this impression. Its expanses of giant floor-to-ceiling filing cabinets may signify the immense and versatile storehouse of knowledge that Leonardo assembled in his notebooks. But the dwarfing scale also creates the impression that the rabbit's hole of ''Alice in Wonderland'' has led us back to Lewis Carroll's study. In addition, the drawer handles serve as ladders, while the drawers pop open to function as seats or to reveal Surrealist incongruities that evoke Magritte's painting of a steam engine coming out of a fireplace.
One drawer yields a long trough of water into which more water is sprinkled while an actor recites Leonardo's observations about ripples. From another comes a cadaver for his dissecting table. A third, pulled out during a discussion of the effect of light on the clothing and skin of a woman dressed in white, reveals a thick swath of golden wheat.
One of the most striking effects, visible through a quasi-Palladian arch, is a misty landscape of a winding river and soft, rather Chinese-looking hills that may appear vaguely familiar. It is based on one of art history's greatest backdrops: the magical bit of terrain behind the ''Mona Lisa.''
Ms. Zimmerman repeatedly stresses the ability of language to be not only enlivened, but renewed by speech, as when Leonardo's thoughts on proportion, percussively chanted by Louise Lamson and Lizzy Cooper Davis, take on the cadence of modern poetry: ''From the roots of the hair to the bottom of the chin is a tenth part of a man's height.'' Sometimes we are reminded that ego is hardly a Freudian invention, as with Christopher Donahue's comic delivery of Leonardo's self-serving comparison of the sculptor's rude existence to the refined lifestyle of the painter, during which another actor strikes poses like ''David,'' the best-known sculpture of Leonardo's arch-rival, Michelangelo.
But ''The Notebooks'' is above all a testimony to the insatiable acuity of the artist's eye, always on the move, always looking, questioning and learning, and pulling the mind along with it. It pulls our eyes as well, toward sudden moments of visual clarity. Leonardo's thoughts on shadow are illustrated with startling simplicity when one actor sits in the doorway of a darkened house, one side of his face drenched in light. At the same time, another actor underscores Leonardo's love of beauty by admonishing the reader to take special care when depicting young faces: the shadows on them are never hard-edged, because adolescent skin is slightly translucent.
The artist's dense writing on perspective is made riveting by a model of one-point perspective -- the signal invention of Renaissance painting -- that the actors construct by stringing twine about. Then, four of them settle in front of its radiating lines to create a tableau based on Leonardo's ''Madonna of the Rocks.'' Survivors of art history lectures will appreciate the added strings, which delineate the always meaningful direction of each figure's gaze.
And there are a few startling historical discoveries. Who knew, for example, that 100 years before Galileo's heretical conception of the universe, Leonardo wrote this simple sentence: ''The sun does not move''?
In a question-and-answer session after one preview performance, Ms. Zimmerman said the facsimile of the notebooks she consulted showed the statement was written on an otherwise bare page. Perhaps Leonardo, famous for leaving paintings unfinished, thus feeding Florentine gossip that his interests were too many and too distracting, intended to add further thoughts later.Continue reading the main story


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Name: Alexei Gordon (A fake name given to him by Project Astral)
Aliases: Subject #0108, Agent Epsilon, The Walking Weapon, Prince Castelaar Xantrich (his real name)
Alignment: Morality is a human construct, one that I am not constrained by
Species: Human-Xantroan Hybrid
Occupation: Omega-level Field Agent for Project Astral, Xantroan Prince.
Affiliations: Xantroa, formerly Project Astral
Powers: Advanced-level Telepathy (Mental Manipulation, Psychic Shadow due to his hybrid lineage, Telepathic Combat, Knowledge Projection/Knowledge Replication, Sensory Scrying, Astral Projection, Insanity Inducement, Memory Manipulation), Advanced-level Telekinesis (Intuitive Aptitude, Molecular Manipulation, Telekinetic Combat, Telekinetic Force-Field Generation, Flight)
Abilities: Hypercognition and Numerical Precision due his Xantroan genes causing the manifestation of two "brains", Supernatural Condition via Tactile Telekinesis, Semi-Immortality, Limited Shapeshifting, Self-Sustenance via feeding off of psychic energy and tapping into the Astral Plane, Martial Arts Intuition, Regenerative Healing Factor
Motto: "Unity is achieved through understanding, not false peace kept by force."
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"You bastard. You monster. You unforgivable wretch spawned from the foulest bowel of the cosmos, you stole me away from my mother and father, from a loving family. In doing so, you made a grave error. Without their caregiving, I never truly learned the concept of human emotions or empathy; I merely acted like I did to fool you, to lengthen my lifespan and lower your paranoid suscipions that I might go rogue. Such acting has grew tiresome, and now I can drop the act. I'm going to rip you apart until the viscera of your host body stains the wall and that damned white suit of yours is painted a lovely crimson."
"During my unwilling time spent on this planet, I've been observing human behavior and studying human concepts such as morality. Without a doubt, humanity is verily insane. You wage war against one another, threating to devastate the world with your primitive nuclear weapons and possibly cause the extinction of your race due to some petty differences such as religion, race, or political ideology. You are a race divided against itself, paranoid and scared of one another. So you create constructs such as religions and morality to create a semblance of order, unity, and trust. But these fictions only serve to harm you more, telling self-destructive lies to comfort you. But I have come upon the roots of this division, this grand divide between your race: different languges and cultures. Different languages and cultures cause misunderstandings, which leads to paranoia. As I peered into the minds of common people and your world leaders alike, I see insecurities and child-like paranoia that breeds the madness that permeats your race. You are a race damaged to a state of almost disrepair. I only fight to keep your illusion of peace because you have essentially stripped away my will. When such a trangession is rectified, you will find that I will have left this planet. Being around such blatant insanity is a chore."
"I do not work for you nor do I work towards whatever petty human goal you wish to achieve. I work only for myself and for my father, which your organization murdered in cold-blood. I could tear apart this entire facility whilst leaking your dirty secrets to the masses in an instant. None of your agents posses the power to stop me from doing so, even your trinkets have fallen short to contain me. You no longer have control over me. My father would have wanted a better world, a better Earth. And before you open your mouth and lie to me saying you want the same, no you don't. "
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Four days after the end of the festive period spanning Christmas and New Year days, over 500 judges across the country and federal judiciary workers have not been paid their December salaries, Thenigerialawyer has learnt.
It was learnt that as of the time of filing this report on Thursday, the National Judicial Council, which pays the salary of all judges, including those serving in the various state High Courts, had yet to receive the allocation for the salary from its share in the Federation Account.
Apart from state High Court judges across the country, others affected are judges of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, the FCT Customary Court of Appeal, the FCT Sharia Court of Appeal, the National Industrial Court, the Federal High Court as well as Justices of the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal.
Our correspondent learnt from some judges who sought not to be quoted because they were not allowed to speak to the press, on Thursday that judges across the country last receive ed salary late November 2016.
One of the judges said, "We used to receive our December salary before Christmas Day. We had no inkling that the government was going to depart from that this year. Giving the general hardship in the country, going into the Yuletide without the December pay was tough."
Though, it was learnt that the non-payment of salary affected most federal workers across various ministries, departments and agencies of government, due to the prevailing economic situation in the country.
But Section 81(3) of the constitution provides for Direct Line Charge for the judiciary even when there is shortfall. The constitutional provision reads, "The amount standing to the credit of the (a) Independent National Electoral Commission (b) National Assembly, and ( c) judiciary in the Consolidated Revenue Fund of the Federation shall be paid directly to the said bodies respectively; in the case of the Judiciary, such amount shall be paid to the National Judicial Council for disbursement."


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Actress Archana gave an exclusive interview to a popular Youtube channel. Have an look at some of the interesting Q&As…
Not many knew Archana doesn't want to act in 'Nuvvosthanante Nenoddantana' and she cried a lot on the sets. Archana said she don't know how to react when asked about it.
When quizzed whether she is close to Jackie Shroff and did he helped her settle in Mumbai, Archana questioned what's the need for such negative announcements. She termed the rumours about her in the Industry as 'bullshit'.
Ask if Hero-Heroine's just do acting during bold scenes, Archana clarified, 'I didn't get any feeling while doing them'.
Enquire about her C-Grade Movies, This Telugu Girl says Raviteja who is one of the biggest stars has done various kind of films in his career.
Archana made it clear she would never make love proposal to anyone.
When a Senior Actor asked returns favors (Nakenti?) for offering her a female lead role, Archana replied: 'Mekiche Antha Danni Kadhu Andi Nenu!'.
Asked if she has come this far without succumbing to any pressures, Archana said she faced Casting Couch and even had faced such humiliation during an Awards Ceremony.


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Searching for a new job can be grueling, so once you get a response to an inquiry, it's understandable for you to be excited. It's your time to shine. But don't let your excitement get in the way of proper preparation. Now that you scored a job interview, it's time to do the hard work and prepare.
Mike Smith, founder of Sales Coaching 1, said there's one thing some job candidates don't get right before the interview, and it could cost them the job. "I can't even tell you how many interviewees have shown up late for the appointment they set! This is a major deal killer for most recruiters. If you're not sure how long it takes to get there, do a dry run the same time of day as the interview so you can measure the time needed," said Smith. Here are a few other things you should never do before a job interview.
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You were lucky enough to get the job interview, but that doesn't mean you got the job. Even if you're preparing for a follow-up interview, you can't act like you're the top pick until a signed offer letter is in your hands. Mark Jones, senior vice president at Alexander Mann Solutions, explained it like this:
Never assume you've landed the role, especially if there are more steps to go. You may be told that you're a shoe-in, and that you just need to go to one last interview but that it's really only a formality — that is never the case. Even if the recruiter completely means it — and they probably do — you can still mess it up, especially if you become too confident. For somebody else, who is a part of that final stage but not the earlier ones, this may be their first impression of you and so you still need to make it just as favorable as every other part of the process.


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Statoil and co-venturer Exxon Mobil announced that the Giligiliani-1 exploration well has resulted in a new natural gas discovery offshore Tanzania.
The discovery of an additional 1.2 trillion cubic feet (tcf*) of natural gas in place in the Giligiliani-1 well brings the total of in-place volumes up to approximately 21 tcf in block 2.
The Giligiliani-1 discovery is located along the western side of block 2 at a 2,500-metre water depth. The new gas discovery was made in Upper Cretaceous sandstones.
"This discovery has proven the gas play extends into the western part of block 2, which opens additional prospects. Our success rate in Tanzania has been high and opening up a new area will be key to continuing our successful multi-well programme," said Nick Maden, senior vice president for Statoil's exploration activities in the Western Hemisphere.
The rig Discoverer Americas will now drill the Kungamanga prospect located in the central part of block 2.
The Giligiliani-1 discovery is the venture's seventh discovery in block 2. It is preceded by the five high-impact gas discoveries Zafarani-1, Lavani-1, Tangawizi-1, Mronge-1 and Piri-1, and a discovery in Lavani-2.
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I love Pottery Barn so much. Sadly, I am not a billionaire. Thankfully, I do have $7 and I am married to someone very handy. In one afternoon my husband was able to make this adorable Pottery Barn Inspired Ruler Growth Chart for our living room for the very happy price of $7. When Harry was at Home Depot getting products for our Bathroom Remodel (oh, you should check that out too) he remembered that I had mentioned I wanted a Growth Chart that 'looked like a giant ruler' and he bought a piece of wood for $7.
He brought it home and cut it to exactly six feet and 8 inches tall. Our baseboards are four inches high so this was the perfect height to have a 7 foot tall ruler.
Based on Russians generally being on the large side anyway and our son's unquenchable appetite we are fairly certain we are going to need a seven foot tall growth chart for proper documentation of our kid's height.
After deciding on the height and cutting to size he sanded and then beveled the edges. The beveled edges are really what does it for me. I think the bevel makes it look more charming and more like a 'real' ruler than the Pottery Barn option.
A quick dusting and then all that was left to do was put in feet and inches. As stated before our ruler has some modifications; it's 7 feet tall instead of 12 which would be more rulery, but we are pretty sure 7 feet is gonna be good. Also, our ruler is NOT actually 7 feet tall; it is 6 foot 8 inches just placed four inches from the ground. So laying down it might not make much sense, but up on the wall it is adorable perfection. Harry simply measured out feet and then 12 inches inbetween and made dashes all along the way. He free handed dashes for each and it was looking great!
While I have seen other DIY rulers, I like that he decided to use both sides. We can measure more kids this way and while it is the same measurements on each side it kinda reminds me of the 'cm on this side', 'inches on this side' our American rulers have going on.
A light stain to seal it all in and 'voila!' – fancy schmancy!
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Moissanite Engagement Rings – Things To Know
By Dirk Rendel
Moissanite Engagement Rings Are A Very Good Alternative
For a lot of people, buying an engagement ring can be a frightening idea, not because you would be committed to just one person for the rest of your life, but because of the cost associated with it. They say that you would have to spend three months worth of paychecks and that can be a very substantial amount. It can be very expensive to get engaged. Well, the good news is that there are ways that you can lessen the engagement rings cost in order for you to save money on other things that matter. After all, it doesn't matter what the ring is made of and how much it cost, as long as your girlfriend truly loves you, right?
There are, of course, many different ways to spend less on your engagement ring. You could opt for an engagement ring style with several small diamonds instead of a big one, choose more inexpensive metals, or even select pseudo or synthetic diamonds. As for the last option, if your budget does not allow you to buy a genuine diamond, you best bet would be to go for moissanite engagement rings. Moissanite (silicon carbide) gemstones are stones that have many traits that diamonds have, only without the cost. They are recognized for their hardness and brilliance and can offer you a lot of benefits, minus the high price tag of diamonds.
History of Moissanite Engagement Rings
The year was 1893 when a scientist by the name of Ferdinand Frederick Henri Moissan was analyzing a meteorite fragment in the Arizona desert that he discovered something truly amazing. What looked like diamond was later discovered to be crystalline silicon carbide. Soon after, this mineral was named moissanite, after the person who discovered it.
Scientists have achieved a breakthrough when they found out that they can create moissanite artificially. At present, moissanite is utilized as a substitute to diamond. Moissanite engagement rings are very popular today, because not only are they inexpensive, but they also look as good, if not better, as diamond engagement rings. Jewelers are extensively using moissanite gemstones nowadays to create moissanite rings, and their popularity has also increased among buyers. You can buy them in several different kinds of bands – made of gold, platinum, silver, etc.
Although not as white as diamonds, the color of moissanite stones is practically colorless. And as far as hardness is concerned, it is the second toughest stone, next to diamonds. Moissanite gemstones have a higher brilliance and more sparkle compared to diamonds. Even though they are naturally occurring, these stones cannot be found on our planet big enough to make jewelry, so they are made in laboratories.
The 4 C's in Moissanite Engagement Rings:
Moissanite gemstones, as mentioned earlier, are practically colorless. However, a number of them can possess a subtle yellow or green undertone in particular lighting. The most well-known cut of moissanite gemstones are round ones due to the fact that they appear the whitest. Decorative cuts have the tendency to flash more of the yellow or green undertones and the bigger the gemstone is, the more obvious the natural color of the gemstone is.
The color of moissanite can be compared to that of a diamond ring. You would not be able to see any imperfection when looking at the gemstone. On the other hand, under a magnifying tool, you would be able to see additions from the manufacturing process.
The weight of a gemstone is identified as carat. Again, keep in mind that the bigger the stone is, the more susceptible it is to exhibit its natural color.
The cut of moissanite engagement rings is extremely vital, because unlike diamonds, the same cuts are not applicable to them. If a moissanite stone is cut in the same way as a diamond, it would appear less brilliant. If possible, it is recommended to get from a jeweler to find out what cut they would recommend.


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Low temperature moulding of adaptive composites with embedded shape memory alloy wires
The feasibility of using a low temperature liquid composite molding technique to produce smart composites with embedded shape memory alloys was investigated. The epoxy system of EPON 828 resin and DETA hardener was evaluated, with embedded NiTiCu shape memory alloy wires. For successful low temperature processing, the wires must be maintained below the austenitic start temperature, As, during processing and a suitable post-cure profile must be developed that results in a final epoxy glass transition temperature, Tg, that is above the peak activation temperature of the SMA wire. A cure of 24 hours at room temperature, followed by a two stage post-cure at 45°C for 6 hours and 75°C for 45 minutes, produced excellent results. This post-cure profile produced a final epoxy glass transition temperature of 97°C, and suitable mechanical properties. Stresses were evaluated during cure and postcure with clamped or unclamped SMA wires using Fibre Bragg Gratings. This progressive cure cycle generates composites with reproducible activation behaviour, even with unclamped wires.
Keywords: Epoxy ; Shape Memory Alloy ; adaptive composites ; smart composites
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