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Most average Singaporeans who have done fairly well for GCE 'O' Level English Paper or GCE 'A' Level General Paper will probably wonder why you need to take an English Test to prove your competency in the English language. After all, you use it every day when you interact with people, be it in conversations, emails or on social media. Surely, this means you are competent?
- General Training (as the name suggests, this is the test used for general migration purposes and it is the easier paper)
- Academic (this is more difficult and is usually required for professionals or as an entry requirement into some Aussie Universities)
An approximately 50 minute listening exam. It is similar to Listening Comprehension except that you only get to listen to the tape once. Answers to be filled into an Optical Answer Sheet.
A one-hour paper, taken immediately after the Listening component. The idea is similar to the Comprehension papers we used to do at GCE 'O' level, only it is way easier because the final answers given are either True/False/No info, some sort of Multiple Choice or fill-in-the-blanks. Answers also to be filled into an Optical Answer Sheet.
A one-hour paper, taken immediately after the Reading component. It is basically 2 short essays for Academic, or 1 letter and 1 short essay for General.
This is taken on a separate weekday afternoon or morning, the week after the written components (which are taken on a Saturday morning). It is basically an interview of sorts with the examiner where you answer some generic questions and it is easier than the school-based oral exams!
Before you register for IELTS, you should take note of the requirements of your offered occupation as part of the required skills assessment. Taking mine as an example, my assessing authority requires me to take the Academic paper for Secondary School Teacher (Code 241411), so I wouldn't bother to take the General Paper. I believe most professional jobs in Engineering and Finance require the Academic paper, and the cut-off score is more than the minimum required for migration. So don't be too hasty in taking the easier paper or you may end up taking both (and it's not cheap)!
There are 2 IELTS test centres in Singapore- IDP or British Council. Registration for the test can be done online using the links provided. Depending on your urgency, you can have a look at the exam schedules available in both test centres before you make your choice. At the moment, IDP charges S$310 while British Council charges S$320 for the test (like I said, not cheap!) so if the $10 makes a difference then you should go for IDP. I chose British Council in the end because for the extra $10 I got a test date 3 weeks earlier (the cheaper IDP slots gets snapped up pretty quickly) and free access to some of the British Council practice papers for IELTS.
Refer to my earlier post on the points test. To claim the maximum of 20 points, you will need at least 8.0 for each component. To just 'pass' the English Language requirement for migration, you only need to get 6.0 for each component (but you cannot claim points in this case). The maximum score for each component is 9.0. Let me illustrate with a few examples here:
Test Score
What it means
Listening 7
Reading 7
Writing 9
Speaking 8
Proficient in English.
You can claim 10 points in the points test, since each of your scores are at least 7.
Listening 6
Reading 8
Writing 7
Speaking 7.5
Competent in English.
You cannot claim points but you have passed the English Language Ability criteria for migration purposes (May not be good enough for your skills assessment though… You need to check)
Listening 8
Reading 5.5
Writing 7.5
Speaking 7.5
Considered to have 'failed', since you have one component with less than 6 points. Need to re-take IELTS!
- For Listening, you only get to listen to the tape once - so if you daydream and miss out any part, too bad... Also note that the speakers in the listening component are native so if you are someone with some issues making out Ang Moh accent, practice is essential.
- For Reading, the questions involving the true/false/no info given can be quite tricky. Everything else should be a piece of cake if you are a regular user of the English language.
- For Writing, time is of essence as you need to complete 2 short essays in one hour. You also need to be generally well-read as the second essay is on a generic topic (Eg: In your opinion, is the development of nuclear power beneficial or detrimental to mankind? Explain in at least 250 words.)
- Speaking is the easiest part IMO - I didn't think there was anything much to prepare. Just have a look at some types of questions they can ask beforehand and you're set. For the actual test, remember to fight the urge to speak in Singlish!
~Exam Day~
After you get your results, it is time to have your skills assessed, and I will be talking about that in Chapter 4.


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EZ Netter
invented by Peter Roughley
( People's choice )
EZ Netter
Heres an invention which lets you spool out the fence mesh vertically, straight onto the fence posts.
About the Inventor
Peter Roughley is from Molong in NSW, a small town 20 mins from Orange and about 300km west of Sydney.
He and his wife live on a 45 acre Paint Horse Stud which his wife mainly runs, while Peter manages a transport business.
The stud is only recently established, so the recent outbreak of horse flu was a bit of a setback due to a combination of missed breeding opportunities and the inability to send horses out to be trained or broken. However, things are starting to settle down again now.
Peters 3 children are 18, 8 and 6 yrs old, and Peter thinks his 8 year old son is destined to be a mad keen inventor as hes always tinkering with things.
Although Peter has always been happy to knock together devices on the farm when he needed them, this is the first invention he ever made which he felt could have a wider market.
For more information about EZ Netter, contact the following:
Online Discussion
Read what others have said or have your say.
Peter has a minor back injury so he cant bend over easily. In an effort to reduce the amount of bending and lifting, he came up with this spindle idea and threw the first model together from bits and pieces in the shed. In what could be a New Inventors record, Peter says it only took him 1 hour to make the first prototype! There were however several refinements on that first design before he came up with the invention which won him 2nd prize in the under $1000 category at the National Field Day competition in Orange last year.
EZ Netter is a fencing attachment for a ute or tractor. It allows you to roll out fence wire vertically, without having to roll it out on the ground first. A spindle threads through the centre of the bale of wire then tilts it into a vertical position. Then you nail the end of the mesh to the strainer post and youre ready to simply roll out the mesh, straight onto the fence as you drive along. Its a bit like a sewing machine bobbin, or a big cling film dispenser.
Because there is hardly any lifting, theres much less risk of injury, and on top of that, your fence goes up quicker.
The EZ Netter spindle can handle the 3 main types of wire mesh; ringlock, hinge joint and netting, in rolls from 30cm to 120cm high, it also has 2 wire spinning attachments; one for plain wire, and one for barbed.
Ever had to put up a long length of mesh fence? It can be a big hassle.
This is because, usually, you have to roll out a heavy bale of mesh onto the ground, then go back along the fence and lift it into place, stapling it into position every metre or so. It requires a lot of bending and lifting, and grass and other debris can become snagged in the fence while its on the ground.
But not if you have an EZ Netter, because this invention allows you to attach the fence mesh or net directly to the fence posts and wire as you spool it out. No need to roll it out onto the ground first.
Quote of the Week
"I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones." - musical innovator John Cage

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Buyers Look To Source Outside Of China
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Consumers Are Recycling More Packaging
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Unilever Saves $1 Billion With SAP Implementation
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Language Of Logistics Contest
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Greenpeace Campaign Targets Mattel's Supply Chain
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Logistics Applications In The Cloud
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Robots Automate Hospital Supply Chain Logistics
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Quality Issues At Pharmaceutical Manufacturers
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Counterfeit Parts In The Supply Chain
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Food Contamination From Recycled Packaging
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Top Grocery Stores Insist On PET Packaging
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Enterprise Software Sales Forecast To Rise
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Penske Presents CSCMP Annual Logistics Report
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Indian Diesel Price Increase Could Trigger Strikes
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China Relaxes Foreign Vendor Restrictions
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SAP Target Philippine SME Market
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Issues Along The Pharmaceutical Supply Chain
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New CRM Product For Small Businesses
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Leading Green Supply Chain Companies
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New Senate Bill To Train Workers For High-Tech Manufacturing Jobs
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Mexican Trucks Free To Drive In US
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Is Supply Chain Software Too Complicated?
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US Manufacturing Still Under A Cloud
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FedEx To Be Hit With $689,800 Fine
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Procurement Issues In Australian Local Government
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Indian Manufacturing Growth Trailing Developing Nations
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Hazardous Materials Reporting
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Honda Close To Zero To Landfill
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Sales And Operations Planning Summit
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How To Indentify An Inefficient Fleet
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Pfizer Eliminates Manufacturing Jobs
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Food Safety Standards
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Retailer Offers Reduced Packaging
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Latest Workplace Injury Statistics
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Air Cargo Suffers Across US
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Supply Chain Management Graduates In Demand
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BAX Global Leaves Ohio
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RFID Use Grows At American Apparel
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Hearing Voices In Your Warehouse
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FedEx Raises Rates
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Another ERP Vendor In Court
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Ford Invests In India
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USPS Ends LTL Experiment
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Calculating The Cost Of Holding Inventory


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Welcome to the 10th annual Outburst Queer Arts Festival and ten days of the best in new queer art and performance from around the world!
At the very first Outburst Queer Arts Festival in 2007, we hosted a small exhibition of paintings and photos, most by local LGBTQ+ people from Belfast. It was called From Little Acorns and the idea behind the title was that although the exhibition was small in scale and rough around the edges in presentation, it was the start of something: aspiration for better support and visibility for queer arts in Belfast.
We had little idea then that Outburst would still be here a decade later, even less that it would be developing award-winning work and hosting exciting new queer art from the other side of the globe.
It's always been our aim at Outburst to bring the best new queer work to Belfast. More than this, we've wanted to build a creative space where LGBTQ+ people of all backgrounds can find a home for stories and creative ideas.
Home is an interesting word for queer people and our experiences of it are diverse and often challenging. From those of us who have left home to find somewhere where we can be ourselves, to those who create a new vision of family, Home holds many possibilities. We are still fighting for queer Home – for example, legislative equality around marriage and children, our own bodies and gender identities.
And so much more, beyond legislative change.
Our 10th anniversary programme aims to reflect on what Home has been, is and can be for queer people all over the world. From the streets of São Paulo and Kingston Town to New York, Dublin and Belfast, our events bring to life both the unique stories and common experiences we have as LGBTQ+ in relation to place and belonging. We have our biggest ever programme of participatory events in Outburst 10 and we hope that you'll come along and find something that sparks your passion and imagination.
To all our international guests we extend a very warm welcome. To our local audiences – thank you for an amazing ten years. Enjoy!
Festival Director
Ruth McCarthy
OUTBURST Board of Directors
Cian Smyth (Chair)
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Sam and Greg remained stretched out across the bed as Greg attempted to rather regroup himself, and slowly accept the true fact that he had just been completely blown by another man, in another man's bed, and now he was laying there hugging that man, feeling that man's bare skin up against his own bare skin, and was truly relishing in the joy of knowing that the same kind care and treatment was being returned back to him, from his --- he could not believe it, --- his male, ----sex-mate.
"Oh Sam! Sam, I never knew letting a cum load fly, could feel that damn good. Sam, I think I shot harder and stronger that time than I ever have in my entire life. Oh Man! What a great feeling that was!"
"Greg, I hope it was great for you because I know that no man ever forgets the very first time that he gets his rocks off in some other guy's mouth. I knew that I had just one chance to make your first blow job a winner right then, and I was trying to give you everything I could give you so that you would always remember this blow job with the greatest of memories and maybe always classify it as one of your very best!"
"Oh shit Sam, I kind of think it will always be way up there as one of the best! Damn man! How in the hell did you learn to suck some guy off like that? I'm sure you sure did not suck on some guy like that the very first time you did somebody, did you?"
"Oh hell no Greg. Shit no! A guy kind of lives and learns with each time. He just tries to make himself that much better each time he does it, and hey---like they say---practice makes perfect. And I love to practice!"
"God Sam, all I can say right now is that you sure have had your amount of practice then, because you sure as hell know how to suck a guy off! Sam, if I get into sucking on guys, do you think I will ever be able to do it like that, or have I kind of gone past my time when I could really learn how to do it that good?"
"Hey Greg my man! It's never too late! I'm sure some of the world's best cock suckers never got started until they were a little older, and shit man, you sure as hell are not an older guy yet. Just because you didn't start sucking cock when you were 10 or 12 sure as hell does not mean you will never learn how now."
Then as Sam finished that statement, he did notice that Greg was looking at Sam's hard rod with what looked like a rather strong amount of interest as if he was thinking about something.
Sam softly asked, "Greg, want to try it? It's there man, it's all up to you."
"Oh crap man!" Greg almost exploded. "Oh shit man! Sam,---- I know damn well in my heart that, yes I want to, I've wanted to for a hell of a long time now, but shit man, sucking on some other guy's cock?! Sam, I have always been taught that is just something that only the "funny kind of people" do. Sam, it has been beat into my head that doing something like that is really perverted and sick. God man! It felt so damn good when you were on me, and I've wanted to know for so damn long what it would be like to do something like that, but shit man, all that crap they teach you as a kid is really hard to get rid of. Shit man, oh Sam, yea---yea I want to, but what if I just can't do it? If I try and then freak out and can't suck on it, you won't be mad will you? I don't want to make you mad, but shit Sam, putting some guy's dick in my mouth is really, really kind of freaky!"
Sam calmly laid there and softly touched and rubbed Greg's chest and his upper leg. Every once in awhile, Sam would "allow" his hand to gently touch Greg's hard-on, just as a little jester to subconsciously keep Greg all hot and bothered inside, without him actually knowing that Sam was just silently keeping him all warm, anxious and excited to do the unthinkable thing!
Slowly Sam took Greg's left hand in his hand, and slowly placed it on his own hard-on so that Greg was making actual contact with Sam's stiff rod. Sam decided that one small step at a time was the cautious way that Greg needed right now. He knew in fact, Greg had said many times already that yes, he does want to suck a cock, but all of his childhood teachings were causing him some real mental problems. Sam decided to let Greg accept this act of passion, one small step at a time, and Sam was confident that if he let Greg do it his way, that Greg would finally do the "naughty".
Sam laid there and watched Greg keep looking at Sam's rod and watched Greg's tongue unconsciously slip out and wet his lip as Greg keep looking at Sam's cock, and tried to convince himself that putting his mouth down on it was doing the right thing.
Sam slowly maneuvered himself in the bed so that Greg's hand on his dick was very comfortable for Greg to reach, and also so that his dick was in a very acceptable position for when Greg did finally decided to put his face down on it.
Taking deep breaths and continuing to keep his eyes on Sam's cock, Greg kept telling himself that putting his mouth on Sam's cock was not going to the worst thing that has ever happened in his life, and that he knew he had been wanting to do this to some guy for years. He didn't say anything to Sam. Sam didn't say anything to Greg. Both men were completely silent for different reasons. Greg was totally silent due to the fact that his mind was completely overtaken with his mental war of telling him that it is totally wrong to put some guy's cock in his mouth, and it was even wrong to maybe give some other guy a kiss, and the other side of that war, that kept saying, "Yes do it! You want to do it, you've wanted to suck on some guy's cock for years now. You've looked a pictures of nude guys and have wanted to taste their dicks, but they were just pictures! This is a real man! This is a real dick and it is waiting on you to put your mouth on it! Now is your chance! You have a man here that is going to let you suck on him! You are in bed with him! His dick is right there, it is hard! It is standing right up in front of your face, you finally have a chance to do it, and to do it with a guy that is waiting for you to do it! Suck it man, suck on it!"
Suddenly, to Sam's surprise, Greg bent down and without saying anything, he put the tip of Sam's cock in his mouth. Just as soon as he did that, he pulled back off of it and said, "Oh God Sam, Oh shit, I think I did it! Oh Sam, I kind of did it!"
"Yes, Greg, yes you did. Not so bad was it? Your mouth didn't seal shut or your tongue fall out, did it? Are you glad you did that?"
"Oh yea Sam! Yea I am. Sam I'm going to do it again and try to put more of your dick in my mouth. Is that OK? Can I try? Oh Sam, I am so fucking nervous doing this! Sam, I never thought I'd ever get to do something like this with some guy. I knew other guys do it, but Sam, I really never expected me to get a chance to do it. Oh Sam, can I try and get more of you in my mouth? Oh Sam, I want to, can I?"
"Of course you can Greg. Hell yes man! That is why we are here!
I'll just lay here and you do it again and try to put as much in your mouth, as you can. Do whatever you want to man! I'm just laying here letting you do whatever you want. I know you've wanted to do something like this with some guy for a long time now, so just take you time and do whatever you want. I'm not going to tell you to stop. There's no rush Greg. Take your time! Just do whatever you want!"
Greg looked up at Sam and just said, "Thanks man." He then pointed Sam's stick up directly toward his face and again he opened his mouth and kind of slowly slid his mouth down and onto Sam's rod.
Sam did not say anything. He simply, gently and slowly, rubbed Greg's shoulder so that Greg knew everything he was doing was OK!
Greg took a big deep breath through his nose, as he slowly slid his mouth down onto Sam's man meat. Slowly he let his tongue slide around the shaft as he started to do some actual sucking on Sam's dick, and slowly kept pushing his face up closer and closer to Sam's body as he managed to take more and more of Sam's cock into his mouth.
Sam could tell that Greg was almost beyond words for nervousness in finally getting to do this, but he could also quickly tell that Greg's terrible fear of doing this was rapidly passing as Greg took more and more of his dick down into his throat and more freely started expressing his joy, of having Sam's dick pushed into the back of his throat. Sam could tell that Greg was now starting to really get into this dick sucking stuff, as Sam could feel Greg doing some pretty strong sucking on his dick. Greg was definitely loosing his fear of having some other guy's dick stuck in his mouth! And stuck in his mouth completely!
Greg continued to use Sam's stick to his new and profound pleasure.
Greg forced as much dick down his throat as he possibly could, and Sam could feel him forcing his mouth down onto his dick as far as he possibly could go! Greg then pulled off of it, looked up at Sam and said, "Shit man! Damn Sam that thing feels so damn good stuck down in my throat as far as I can get it. It kind of chokes me some when I get it way down in there, but you know, I think that is part of the excitement of sucking on it. Sam, I am actually sucking on some other guy's cock! Oh Sam, I hate to tell you how many years I have dreamt about getting to do this with some guy! Sam, I am so damn mad at myself now, mad that I never did this with a guy a long time ago. You've got a damn nice dick, but now that I know I can suck dick, and I guess it's kind of obvious that I like sucking dick, now I'm getting real anxious to just see how much of Jack's dick I can get in my mouth. You've sucked him before, right? Is his fun? Sam, thanks damn it for letting me do this. I am so damn glad you guys let me come over here. Oh Sam, I can't believe that this is the very first time I've even played with some guy, and now I'm getting anxious to see how much of that great big black stick I can swallow! Sam, am I weird or something for admitting that I want to play with Jack and that rod of his, so soon after just getting started?"
"Hell no man! You sure are not weird! You are smart! You know what you want and you are smart enough to admit it! Greg, there are countless number of guys out there that want a chance to play with something like Jack is hanging, but they are not smart enough to admit it to themselves. So,--consequently they never get to. You've seen it, you want it, and just because it's going to happen on the very same day of your fist gay sex, sure does not mean that you should pass up a great opportunity. Let's face it man! That is why Jim and I have both you and Jack over here today! We are both anxious to watch you and Jack get it on together for the first time. Hey,-when you two do get together, it is OK if Jim and I are in the room,--right? I mean,--- I hope! We both want to be in there and maybe help walk you though that first time. I want to watch him fuck you!"
Greg looked up at Sam and just said, "Oh fuck shit man! Oh God Sam, his big dick up in my ass? Oh God Sam! Oh shit I don't know! It is so damn big!"
"Hey Greg, I know! But believe me, it's been up in my ass and if it didn't feel so damn good up in there, there is no way I would be encouraging you to get it! Greg, you've wanted something like that for a hell of a long time now! Don't let this opportunity slip by. Seriously man, you didn't think you could suck on some other guy's dick either, and now you are admitting that you like it, so getting a semi-truck driven up in your ass just might turn out the same!"
Then, just as suddenly as he came up off of Sam's dick, he immediately went back down on it and started sucking even stronger than he had been doing earlier. Sam was actually having some trouble believing that this was Greg's first time on a guy's dick. He knew that his comments about getting Jack's semi-truck driven up into his ass was getting Greg all excited and getting back down onto Sam's dick was his way of enjoying that excitement. Sam knew that as Greg was working on his dick, he was also imagining what it might be like, to be stretched out on the bed, having Jack positioned right up above him, right above his hungry ass, and so slowly, nice and slowly, starting his entry up into Greg's virgin ass. He felt that he could almost hear Greg thinking about getting it in the ass with that enormous rod!
"Shit man!" Sam said as encouragement but yet in some surprise to Greg. "Shit man! I guess when a guy doesn't start sucking dick until he's been thinking about it for a few years, then he gets a real automatic knowledge of how to suck it. Doesn't he? Greg, you keep that up for much longer and I am going to be shooting my whole load at you, so unless you think you are up for taking a mouth full of man cum juice in your gut, you had better be ready to pull off of that dick when I let out a scream that I'm getting real ready! And Greg, --- the way you are using my dick right now, the way you are going at it, it is going to be pretty damn soon, man,------ugh Greg, get ready man! Greg I'm getting real close to cumin man! Greg, I'm telling you man--------I'm getting real close!
Greg-----Greg----unless you want a mouthful, you better get off of my dick!"
Greg made no attempt to pull off of Sam. He grabbed Sam even that much tighter and pulled Sam into his face as strongly as he could. He was acting like a cock sucker that had been doing this for a long time! Sam was shocked at Greg's strength at pulling him up as tightly to his face as he was doing! Suddenly Sam knew that Greg was very well aware that he was just about to get a mouth full of man cum, and Sam knew that Greg was wanting it, and he was wanting it now, and he was wanting it forcefully!
Greg! I'mmmmm -----cuminnnnnnnn man!! Oh shit Greg! Greg, I shot all my load in you! You OK? I sure as the hell never expected you to take my load man! Shit Greg, most guys just don't do that on their first dick. God man! That shocked the hell out of me that you grabbed me and pulled my into your mouth like that! Greg, you completely locked us together. Shit man, there was no way of pulling out of your mouth! Shit man, you clamped onto me totally! God Greg! Man, I don't know if I've ever been with another guy that took all my cum the very first time he sucked on a dick! Shit man! What a shock! You OK?"
"Yea I'm OK." Greg managed to get out as he continued to swallow Sam's cum that was still in his mouth! "Yea, Oh shit Sam, I did not expect to do that. Hell I was so damn afraid to even put your dick in my mouth when we started, and now I've got so damn much of your cum down in my gut that if guys could have kids, I'd be carrying around one of yours. Oh shit man! It feels like you dumped a gallon of juice in me. Oh Sam, no way in hell did I ever think that I would get so damn excited that I wouldn't be able to pull off of you when I knew you were getting ready! Oh man!
Hey---what a fucking trip man, what a fucking trip! Sam--you have just turned me into what I guess I would call a true cock sucker! Sam, while I was sucking on you, I just couldn't forget what you told me about me getting my ass fucked by that damn big rod in there! I just kept getting hotter and hotter just thinking about that happening! Sam, I've got to get fucked by Jack! Is it OK if I let him be the first guy up in my butt?
Sam, I just have to know that his dick was the first dick I've ever taken up in me! Sam, I'm really getting all funny over this stuff. I've dreamt about getting to do something like this for years now, and I'm finally getting to do it, and I almost feel like I can't stop! Oh Sam, I want to suck on you and get fucked by Jack all at the same time! Oh Sam I want you in my mouth and him in my ass all at the same time! Oh Sam I want to know whenever I see Jack around the apartment complex that I've had his dick up in my ass. Oh Sam, just imagine me and Susan talking to Jack sometime, and while she's standing there with me, me knowing that I got fucked by that guy. Oh shit man! Can you imagine us standing there and I can't tell her that Jack, that great big muscular guy has fucked my ass with his great big black rod! Oh man,--just the idea of standing there and being right in front of that great big crotch and not being able to tell Susan that he's got one fucking big enormous cock hidden in those pants, and he's fucked my ass with it, the same way I fuck her! Oh man, just knowing he'll be standing there, fully knowing what it feels like to fuck my little ass with that big cock, pushing that damn thing up in me as far as it will go, and not be able to say anything about it. Oh Sam,---I've never been this fucking horny before! Oh God Sam, tell Jack I really do want to get it up in the ass with his dick! Oh shit man, I hope like hell I don't regret this! It's going to hurt like hell, isn't it? I know it's got to hurt to put something that damn big up in your ass! Doesn't it? It's got to, doesn't it? Oh shit Sam, I'm so fucking hot and horny! I know it's got to hurt, but Sam, I really do want to know I got fucked by him! I've dreamt of something like this happening to me for way too long! Oh Sam, how many nights have I gone to sleep dreaming about something like this actually happening. Oh Sam, I never thought I'd ever get to do it! I want to know Jack has fucked me! Every time I see him I want to know he's used me and he's used my ass! I want to know he was the first guy to fuck my ass! I want to know he's had all of it up inside of me! I know it's going to hurt when he does it, but I guess I'll suffer that just to know he's fucked me.
Once it's done, then I'll always be able to know he did me at least once.
I want to be able to just watch him while he works and just know his great big black dick was the first dick I ever took up in my ass! Sam, let's go in there with them so Jack can fuck my ass. I want to suck on you while he is fucking me! OK? You'll help me get fucked by him, won't you? You'll hold me while he fucks me won't you? Oh Sam, I can't believe this! Oh man, I'm finally going to get my ass fucked! Oh yea Sam, I need this! Oh God, I've wanted this for years! I want to know I got fucked! And Sam, I know now I want to get fucked big time! Oh yea, I want that big dick up in me! I want every story I've ever read about some guy getting fucked in the ass to become me today! I want to be that guy that really gets fucked and fucked hard!"


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I love to go out and laugh until it hurts, dance until the lights come and sing merrily in the streets. Although as i get older, its a bit earlier and less often. I'm still cool though, surely.
I'm geeky, caring, funny and a bit loud sometimes.
I'm a lover not a fighter.
Care Assistant; working with people with physical and mental disabilities and nice old folk who need a hand.
Hiking and camping; finding glorious spots of natural beauty and taking it all in.
Cycling everywhere and getting excited when I realise the last time i went the same way I was way more out of breath!
Making people laugh, not always for the right reasons.
Getting annoyed with the world then asserting ballsy determination and on with the day.
Improvising dance moves on slippery dance floors.
Erecting tents a great speed in wintry climates. Playing doubles of the cushion in pool.
Keeping my niece and nephew busy whilst my sister and brother-in-law have a break!
TV Shows:anything by Aaron Sorkin and David Simon. The Walking Dead, Game Of Thrones. Just started watching Louis, which is incredibly funny.
Food: Nearly anything
Films: Sci-Fi geek, Really cheesy, over-the-top, comically bad action movies. Anti-War films, Tarantino, Black comedies and Whale Documentaries.
Drink: I'm loving Rum and Ginger Beer at the moment. That or some scrumpy cider or good red wine.
Fresh coffee
Hot showers
Leeds Utd (I'm not obsessed don't worry!)
Santa Claus
How we live our lives and how we overcome our social boundaries.
Where next camp will be.
Finding my keys, finding my wallet, finding my phone; this triad of necessities elude me greatly and leaves me in a state of confusion leading to why i don't just put them all on a chain around my neck and be done with it.
Snuggling up next to a warm fire and forgetting about the world. edit Snuggling up with someone next to a warm fire, the former would cause extreme pain.


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Stephanie has led service-learning trips with George Fox nursing students to Kenya and Nicaragua and led Juniors Abroud trips to locations such as Israel, Jordan, Greece, Turkey and Thailand. Additionaly, Stephanie plays the concert harp with the Chehalem Symphony and the university's Symphonic Band. She also works as a family nurse practitioner at the Willamette Heart and Family Wellness clinic in McMinnville, Oregon
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Pizza Box Solar Oven
By: Sam, Sara and Nolan
Our group decided to test our solar box oven with the idea of attaching a concave mirror to it's flap to see if it would change how much heat the box would obtain in the suns rays. Above is a picute of our box before any canges were made to it. Below is a picture of the results we got after leaving our box in the sun for ten minutes. The top temperature was about 74.2*C. When conducting this experiment we changed nothing but the adding the mirror. We placed the box in the same location for the same amount of time. Before conducting each experiment we made sure the temperature was down to about 30*C to make sure that the experiments were fair and unbiased.
The image above is what our Pizza box looked like once we attched the concave mirror to it. Again we set it up just like the first, this time with the concave mirror, and left it out to collect for ten minutes. The graph we got was very similar to the first, the top heat it collected was 75*C. If you look at the image below you will see that unlike the previous chart this one touches the top of the graph.
Though our change to the solar oven by adding a concave mirror did not effect the temperature by a large margarin, there was still a change in the amount of heat that was collected. In the end, though I don't think it worked the way we thought it would adding a concave mirror did in fact work to increase the heat of the box.
Alternate Experiments
Other experiments we could do are, covering the box in tin foil, covering the box in black, blocking all the holes, use a smaller or bigger box, etc.


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