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Assessing the performance of symmetric and assymetric implied volatility functions.
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This study examines several alternative symmetric and asymmetric model specifications of regression-based deterministic volatility models to identify the one that best characterizes the implied volatility functions of S&P 500 Index options in the period 1996–2009. We find that estimating the models with nonlinear least squares, instead of ordinary least squares, always results in lower pricing errors in both in- and out-of-sample comparisons. In-sample, asymmetric models of the moneyness ratio estimated separately on calls and puts provide the overall best performance. However, separating calls from puts violates the put-call-parity and leads to severe model mis-specification problems. Out-of-sample, symmetric models that use the logarithmic transformation of the strike price are the overall best ones. The lowest out-of-sample pricing errors are observed when implied volatility models are estimated consistently to the put-call-parity using the joint data set of out-of-the-money options. The out-of-sample pricing performance of the overall best model is shown to be resilient to extreme market conditions and compares quite favorably with continuous-time option pricing models that admit stochastic volatility and random jump risk factors.

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It's that time again at the Jersey Shore, when one town's restaurants come together to discount their menus for one whole week. This time, the place to go is Wildwood.
From Sunday, Aug. 26, through Aug. 31, patrons will be able to enjoy $30 four-course dinners at 25 restaurants.
From steakhouses to fine Italian dining, local diners will have plenty of options when it comes to where they want to indulge.
One option patrons can enjoy will be the four-course menu at Blue Water Grille. For appetizers, guests can choose between shrimp cocktail, scallops wrapped in bacon or Blue Water cheese fries, which come with three cheeses and freshly sliced bacon atop crispy fries.
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Highland City's pressurized irrigation (PI) system is a valuable resource for residents. The City's primary water source for the PI system is the American Fork River & water from Deer Creek Reservoir.
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Section 3-612 of the Development Code requires a permit when installing a fence, screen wall, or hedge wall on your property.
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The Highland Historical Society features articles each month to highlight individuals in Highland who have made an impact to the community. This month's full article, can be found on the Highland Historical Society page (see link below).
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On Tue, 28 Nov 2000, you wrote: > James A Sutherland wrote: > > > > > That's not a vote, it's a veto. > > > > Which is even worse: you don't even appear to have considered > > the issue, yet you are leaping to a conclusion prematurely. > > Not so. Regardless of what you may think, I *did* consider the > issue, and jumped to no premature conclusions. The issue I > was considering apparently wasn't the one under discussion, > however. Whatever your reasoning, a veto was premature. You vetoed an idea you thought might be under discussion, before asking what was being proposed. > > There is more to it than that: using a variable for part of header.*'s > > content implies that it must be .shtml (or use the x-bit kludge...) > > It implies that it needs to be server-parsed, not that it be named > .shtml. And all of the docco .html files are already server-parsed; > tthat's how the header and footer get included now. I know the documentation files are server-parsed; right now, header.html consists of six lines of HTML, not an SSI directive among them. The suggestion was to replace this with dynamic content incorporating the entire HTML <HEAD> section, down as far as the <h1> or thereabouts. Another justification for creating a new header.* file is that the proposed header was to include a DOCTYPE definition, probably for HTML 4 Transitional. Blindly including this in every HTML file would be a bad idea, since it involves a significant change to every file including it. Chris was suggesting instead creating a new header, migrating the pages individually to use the new header instead, then deleting the old one. > > Rewriting the header and footer from a static HTML file to a > > dynamic SHTML file would seem like justification for adding the > > header.shtml file as a new file, and deleting the old one once > > no pages reference it. > > I still don't see the point, since the {header,footer}.html files > are being parsed *right now*. They aren't static. They are very definitely static. They may well be being parsed, but this is just a nop. The current header.html is COMPLETELY different from the proposed replacement in content. > > Provided you have wget installed, and the docs are available online > > or on a server on your machine, it's a single command. If that's too > > much for everyone else, I would be quite happy to do the packaging > > myself... > > Um, I'm talking about packaging the entire Apache distribution, > not just the docs. So was I. > > I have. AFAICS, this is just a matter of replacing expand.pl with > > a suitable wget invocation, preceded with a cvs update in the > > appropriate directory. Same number of steps, no expand.pl needed > > any more. > > But wget needed instead. Since you seem to want to drag out > aphorisms, how about "if it ain't broke, don't waste time fixing > it." OK, we'll all go back to running CERN httpd. Functionally speaking, none of the docs are "broke" - so why "fix" them? Just write-protect the tree and leave the docs as they are... > > Advantage: it works. > > No points; what we have right now works too. The point is, it doesn't work as well as the replacement. Improving the docs is, after all, the whole point of that CVS repository... > > Putting SSI commands in header.html won't work terribly well ATM. > > What makes you say that? It works just fine right now. So I don't > see any need to change any file names. Except the current contents of header.html aren't the header we want, or structured in the way needed. Changing the contents of header.html would break every page in docs ATM; putting the new header in a new file allows for a gradual changeover. James.
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Lockheed Martin CorporationDividend Yield: 4.20% Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE: LMT) shares currently have a dividend yield of 4.20%. Lockheed Martin Corporation, a security and aerospace company, engages in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration, and sustainment of advanced technology systems and products for defense, civil, and commercial applications in the United States and internationally. The company has a P/E ratio of 12.50. The average volume for Lockheed Martin Corporation has been 1,914,700 shares per day over the past 30 days. Lockheed Martin Corporation has a market cap of $34.7 billion and is part of the aerospace/defense industry. Shares are up 17.9% year to date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. TheStreet Ratings rates Lockheed Martin Corporation as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its solid stock price performance, growth in earnings per share, notable return on equity, good cash flow from operations and increase in net income. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had generally high debt management risk by most measures that we evaluated. Highlights from the ratings report include:
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xp pro laptop wireless was working fine until I installed the VZaccess manager software so the user could use his USB verizon broadband card.
now the wireless is constantly disconnecting, and saying there are no wireless networks available.
repair always fixes it.
nothing in event viewer at all.
short of just trying to uninstall then reinstall VZW, anything else I could look at?
user isn't really patient, so would hate to have to take laptop back from him, do the uninstall then reinstall and it not fix the issue.
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Jan 11, 2012 at 1:25 UTC
Petes PC Repairs is an IT service provider.
had this with bt and huwai usb dongles check for updated firmware the stuff on the dongles was way out of date even though the dongles were new
Jan 11, 2012 at 1:25 UTC
Might want to try to disable WiFi management in VZAccess. I've had issues with VZAccess trying to manage the wireless networks also. There is a setting in the options to turn off WiFi management so VZAccess will just manage the broadband card. Might do the trick.
Jan 11, 2012 at 1:33 UTC
Might want to try to disable WiFi management in VZAccess. I've had issues with VZAccess trying to manage the wireless networks also. There is a setting in the options to turn off WiFi management so VZAccess will just manage the broadband card. Might do the trick.
Jan 11, 2012 at 1:34 UTC
We've had issues similar to RobBoz, it is definitely something to check out.
Jan 11, 2012 at 1:52 UTC
will give that a try. user is to let me know if he continues to have issues, and he aint shy about complaining :)
Jan 11, 2012 at 3:07 UTC
We had this issue alot a few years ago, like RobBoz said, disable VWZ wireless in the application. Verizon tried to re-invent the wheel when working with windows wireless protocols and when these two both exist they seem to bump heads. I have also seen this with HP wireless Assistant and Dells Wireless Assistant
Jan 31, 2012 at 12:56 UTC
I have experienced this issue before. If it wasn't a problem before and had the VZaccess manager installed. Alot of times, it comes down to the driver. In my case, the HP laptop, needed the computers wireless network driver updated. Onced installed it was a more stable connection.
Dec 26, 2012 at 2:53 UTC
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Resurrecting this thread cause I'm having the same issue with many of our company Panasonic Toughbooks with Windows XP. When VZAccess is installed and set to not control the wifi adapter, wifi will work at first. Then at random, the wifi adapter disables itself and the connection drops. When VZAccess is not installed, wifi stays on indefinitely. We can't have VZW take control of the wifi because we use a 3rd party software, NetMotion, to maintain a seemless connection between WLAN, WWAN, and Radio, and it is required that Windows be in control of the wifi adapter. I've attempted all the suggestions above to no avail. I've even went into the Wireless Zero Config service and told Windows to restart the service automatically if and when the wifi adapter turns off. This worked at first, but eventually stopped working. We have reason to believe the VZW software is at fault. I have contacted them and all they've told me is to make sure I have the latest version of the software installed, which I do and have reinstalled it several times. Any help would be appreciated.
Dec 26, 2012 at 3:04 UTC
Petes PC Repairs is an IT service provider.
time to look for an alternative that doesn't take over
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I was wondering if anyone found a resolution for this issue, we currently use Verizon USB760 and MiFi 4620LE with Dell laptops (several different models) we use VZAccess manager with the USB cards but not the mifi's. we have the same issue with netmotion . it seems like the card drops which of course we lose connectivity. The card actually looks like it's still connected but it actually isn't. We have tried just about everything and nothing has seemed to work.
Any help would be appreciated..
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So this girl that I'm talking 2, umm...we've already had sex and everything. just putting that out there, but what bothers me is she still hangs out with her ex and he doesn't know about me...I'm the jealous type but I've been holding my tongue. She said she's not ready to date yet, and I told her I'd wait for her. But this whole situation has me confused and I really don't know what to do about it?
So this girl I like still hangs out with her ex, should I worry?
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You are 'over-analyzing' the obvious!
She does NOT want to be in a relationship
She still hangs out with her Ex because she is still sleeping with him
She still wants to play the field. You may have more competition than you think.
My advice. You're under the age of 18.
DON'T wait for her
ENJOY the "Friendship with sex benefits"
ALWAYS wear a condom!
Mrs Right will turn up someday. But the present time isn't it, and Ms.Heartbreaker isn't the one!11|00|0
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My boyfriend is the cuddling type and loves to touch and cuddle.
Recently I started to notice he is constantly touching his mother. Stroking her back, hugging from behind (holding over her breasts), holding her, sitting so close to her like he is holding her in his arms, stroking her hair, massaging her. And she also is stroking him, for example his thigh or hair and etc.
This stroking and hugging is from maybe 10 seconds up to few minutes, but if they are sitting right next to each other it may be a lot longer.
Once I noticed they were kissing good buy (in our country people kiss good buy on the cheek) and they kissed on the lips. I asked him about it and he said it was an accident and they normally never kiss on the lips. I believe him.
I asked him about this cuddling also and he claims his mother is lonely (she has not been married for a long long time, his father was absent in his childhood) and he feels sorry for her and wants her to feel somebody hug her and show her some love.
I my opinion it is not his place to comfort her with this approach, she should get this closeness with some other men then from her son.
So I have 2 questions:
1. Why does he do this and feel the need to do this (and also why does the mother participate in this)?
2. What is your opinion on the matter, would you stop seeing your boyfriend because of this?
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Well..hard to say. But it's really rare to kiss on lips accidently, specially when someone noticed u. What about other times when they say goodbye. You are right there must be limits. Holding over her breasts and and unusual stroking shouldn't be there in a their relationship. You can ask him to encourage his mom to get into a relationship. See what he says. May be they both were lonely and have been living like that ever since his dad left. Try to talk to him about not touching her more than she needs. And not to touch over certain places. It doesn't feel right. Well if you find out they something is going on between them(fingers crossed) then leave him.00|00|0


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Aang watched the man in the Blue Spirit mask start to stretch out his arms, looking like he was testing his movement. Had he been injured? Hopefully not. It would suck if someone else got hurt because of him. Again.
That mask was seriously freaky, though pretty effective for making enemies afraid. He had seen firsthand how the dark grey body suit blended into shadows, making the white and blue mask gleam in stark contrast. It almost looked like it was floating.
Aang remembered his days with the other Monks, playing airball and games of chance. He remembered the laughing pats on the head from elder monks and the cold dread curling in his gut when he found out a hundred years had passed.
He remembered the skull and necklace of his teacher, half-buried under snow, bleached from the years exposed to the sun. His chest tightened. Aang watched the older man like an eagle-hawk, searching for that graceful movement that all air monks had, subtly moving with the wind.
The man had a light step, and from the fighting he had been able to see while leaping around and fighting for his own life, the man seemed to favor dodging and moving in quick, tight circles. Not exactly the defensive stance he had learned in the temples, but he had never seen airbending used alongside blades. Maybe it was more effective this way?
His chest tightened again. Another airbender.
Oh spirits, he hoped he had seen right, and it hadn't been a trick of the moonlight and his own exhaustion. If he really wasn't alone any more...
His brows knitted, hand coming up to scrub at his eyes before being placed on his lap, pale grey eyes focusing on the masked man once more.
Airbender or not, this guy saved his life. He was probably being terribly rude, just staring at him. He couldn't help it, though. Seriously! If that guy really was an Airbender... (And Aang really believed he was - Those Fire Nation guys were blasted backwards!) Then he wouldn't have to be alone any more. He took a deep breath, hoping his voice wasn't as shaky as he felt.
"Thank you... For saving me, I mean."
The mask's dark eyes were focused on him, the fearsome fanged grin aimed directly at him. Yeah, definitely good at intimidation. Aang looked away and fidgeted, pressing his fingers together in an attempt to gather up his confidence again. Why did it have to fail now of all times?
The sharp nod from the mask soothed some of his worries. (He had acknowledgment. Acceptance. Spirits, he had approval from an elder.)
He had to impress this guy somehow, to make him confirm for sure, that he was an Airbender. Were his hands trembling? He pressed his forefingers together harder, trying to hide the tremors in his movements.
Aang watched the guy sit down out of the corner of his eye, folding his legs up into a relaxed meditation stance. A sudden flash of inspiration hit and Aang jumped off the root, letting air cushion his steps automatically.
Respect, right? He wanted the guy to teach him. No, he wanted the guy to stay with him. They were the last of their kind, right? His throat tightened again. They needed to stick together.
Yeah. His thoughts were turning in dizzying circles. Was he even thinking clearly? This was important. They had to stick together. So he had to convince the Blue Spirit guy to stay with him, to teach him. To be his mentor, and he'd be Blue's student, and he could learn how to songbend because Gyatso never got around to teaching him, and maybe Blue would tell him about any other airbenders-
Aang broke off his thought, knowing that path only led to heartbreak.
This man... This masked man was an Airbender. They were the last of their kind. Aang needed him. As an Airbender and as a teacher, not as someone obliged to the Avatar. It didn't matter that he was the Avatar, or even that he was a Master Airbender. He still didn't know all of the Air Nomad's history or old stories... and now with the rest of the monks wiped out, those stories seemed so much more important. They were on the verge of being forgotten forever.
How to start?
With the basics, he guessed.
His brain stuttered to a stop, the formal words slipping from his grasp like loose grains of sand. It was supposed to be ceremonial, elegant in verse and promising the loyalty and trust of the student, while returning guardianship and guidance from the teacher. He had preformed it years ago, when he became Monk Gyatso's disciple. His foggy memories of childhood scattering away, leaving only small flashes behind.
He already approached, he already started, He had to go through with it! What were the words! He scratched the back of his head, trying to rein in his self-consciousness. He opened his mouth.
"Um... My name's Aang."
The mask's dark eyes were pinned to him again, mask following him slightly.
His heart skipped a beat and Aang plopped down on the ground, trying to reign in the whirlwind of self-admonition and anxiety coursing through him. How inelegant could he get! That was a terrible introduction! He needed to be calm. Calm! What were the steps?
Introduction, greeting... statement of purpose... Ceremonial exchange of prayer-beads? Oh man, he forgot about that. Too late now. It was the first two steps that mattered most, anyway. He presented himself as an apprentice willing to learn, and if the elder wanted to accept him, he'd repeat the gesture, showing that they were equals, partners in learning.
Yes. That was it. And if the guy didn't repeat the gesture, either he though Aang was a total idiot, not worthy of learning, or he wasn't an airbender.
Aang pressed his fists together, the knuckles interlocking in a way that, although it would not stop a determined bender with a sharp breath, would still stop most of the more deadly attacks. He bowed his head, offering himself to the elder with respect. Although...
He glanced up through his eyelashes, watching the man's posture straighten slightly, the mask still pinning him down with its dark gaze.
Why was he even wearing it? To hide from the soldiers was a good bet, but why hadn't he taken it off, even when stretching and tending his wounds? What if he didn't accept him?
What if he just walked away, and went on living as an Airbender all alone, and they would both be alone forever...
But what if he accepted?
The wait seemed to sing through his muscles, anxiety curling thicker in his stomach with every moment the mask just stared at him without moving. Did the guy even know this ceremony? It was pretty common at the temples, for boys who showed promise, or needed more guided discipline.
Suddenly, the man was moving, hands placed together and knuckles interlocking in the proper gesture of acceptance.
Aang's mind stuttered to a halt for a split second before roaring back to life, Joy crashing through his body. He let out a shout, leaping up and twisting with the winds, enjoying the feeling of flight and overwhelming happiness. He wasn't alone! He was accepted, He had a teacher, an elder to guide him!
He had a partner, a fellow airbender.
He wasn't alone.
His heart threatening to burst from his chest, he lunged forward, pulling the wind through his fingers like delicate spiderwebs reaching forward and twisting just so. Aang landed with a thump against the man's midsection, faintly surprised he hadn't bowled the man over. He started talking, spitting out the thanks that was required by ceremony, mixed with his personal thoughts and worries. This was an Airbender and an Elder. He could fix everything.
Well, maybe not fix everything, but he could definitely help, and Aang wouldn't have to do this alone, with the death of the Air Nomads on his shoulders. They weren't all dead.
He hadn't failed so completely.
He wasn't alone.
Aang continued talking, despite feeling his throat tighten and his words harder to pronounce. Tears welled up, blurring his vision and spilling down his cheeks in warm rivers. He choked on his last word, feeling embarrassed that he was losing composure so easily in front of this stranger. (But he was an airbender.)
Aang pressed his forehead into the man's chest, trying to hide his tears and take comfort at the same time, willing back the sobs that threatened to overtake him.
He felt a gloved hand on the back of his head, comforting.
He remembered Monk Gyatso patting the top of his head, a game of Pai Sho, bright sunlight warming his cheeks with the sound of his peers playing in the background.
They were gone.
They were all gone, but he still had one left.
Only one.
Still, he had someone.
He felt slightly betrayed, though he knew his friends didn't know any better. They didn't know there was still another airbender wandering the land.
"Everyone said I was the only one left."
Aang's voice was raw from his smothered sobs, his shoulders shaking as he choked down another one. The glove on his head pressed down slightly, offering sympathy. He wasn't pushed away, or admonished for showing weakness.
He reached forward, grasping the dark shirt of his elder and butting his head harder into the chest.
Breathing out, Aang tried to rein himself back into some sort of composure. He took a deep breath, leaning back and releasing the man's shirt, though he was loath to shake off the warm hand. It was comforting.
He took a deep breath again, reaching his arm up to wipe away the tears with his forearm (Oh man, his shirt was totally dirty. He probably looked like a wreck.)
The man in the mask still hadn't said anything... in fact, he hadn't heard any sounds this entire time. Was he even able to talk? He saw the mask with greater clarity than before, sunlight streaming down, casting dappled shadows against the white and blue painted wood.
His friends! Frozen Wood Frogs! They were probably dying of those horrible coughs and he was sitting around crying his eyes out! A jolt of energy shot through him once more, and he jumped slightly with his realization, looking around wildly before focusing back on the masked man (His elder, his airbender.)
"Hey, um... so I'm sorry to be demanding this early, but I really need to find some frozen frogs for my friends. They're sick, and this old lady said they needed to suck on them."
He waited anxiously for approval, not entirely sure what he would do if he was denied.
These were his friends. They trusted him, put their lives in his hands.
But this was an airbender, the last of his people! The only thing standing between him and the total genocide of his race. The destruction of his history!
If he refused...
Aang wasn't sure what he'd do.
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I hereby deem this the "Pow Sucks No More LP".
Thanks Bishop. Most of my assertion of sucking is that I'm still unfamiliar with what abilities and items to use end-game. I suppose some of the deeper mechanics like the formulas of abilities, hidden innates of enemy units and other things that are not always clear to me. I'm going to use the patcher more but usually I just want to get back to playing.
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Baja California is very hot right now. Just ask Anthony Bourdain, The New Yorker, or Dwell. Now chef Jonathan Waxman, cookbook author, chef/owner of Barbuto in NYC and culinary consultant for Rosa Mexicano, is debuting his "Foods of Baja" menu at the restaurant's West Hollywood and L.A. Live locations. It offers a "seasonal celebration inspired by the signature flavors of the Baja peninsula."
The menu includes things like roasted pork shoulder tacos with ginger, lime, chile and cabbage salad; calamari stuffed with chorizo in cazuela; fideo with rabbit, arbol chili-roasted tomato salsa, portabello mushroom, chicken thighs and scallions; and a plum and blackberry compote with crema Catalana for dessert. You also can try a minimalist Miel de Toronja cocktail made with tequila, mezcal, honey, fresh grapefruit and lime.
The menu runs from June 6 to July 1, and is part of the Flavors of Mexico cooking series that Waxman has been designing over the past few months. Sure, the actual drive to Baja takes only a few hours, but the crowds at Rosa Mexicano won't ever compare with the throngs of people waiting to cross the border.
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Jim was one of those kids that everyone said was "beautiful". In school, in church, on the playground, all the other mothers would tell Jim's Mom how he was going to be a "lady killer" someday. Even at an early age Jim knew that probably wasn't going to happen. In school he was always checking out other guys in the locker room even though he heard that's what "faggots" did, but deep inside he knew that it was right for him. He found that he really was attracted to other guys that were like him in physique but were nicer than a lot of the jocks he knew. Those guys acted like they were 'god's gift' while Jim liked the ones that were self-effacing and charming.
During his senior year in high school his Mom made him go to a 'talent search' event at the local Holiday Inn. It was hyped as a chance for 'young talent' to be discovered for TV, movies and modeling. His Mom was sure he could be a star and forced him to go. Surprisingly to him he got a lot of attention from some of the so called 'model scouts'. His Mother was beside herself and told him he had to go to all the follow up interviews.
On the first interview this really nice lady told him he had the body and the face to be a huge success in the modeling industry and that she would be glad to take him on for a mere $5,000. She said that would cover the cost of a shoot to get pictures he could take on modeling calls. She also said if she ended up booking him a job he would only have to pay her 50%. Even he knew that was a bad deal.
The next guy told him that he would be glad to pay for a photo shoot to use for modeling calls and would only want 35% of any job he was hired for. His Mother said that was still not a good deal.
The third guy he met with said all he wanted was 10% but expected that Jim would give him a blow job each time he came to meet with him at his office. He told his Mom only about the 10% and she, being his legal guardian, signed almost immediately. The first time Jim went to his office, with his mother sitting outside, the manager did exactly what he said he expected. First he told Jim he needed to see what he had to offer and made Jim strip down to his underwear. Jim's body was almost perfect for being a model. Nice muscle definition but not overly bulked up. He was smooth all over. He had perfect teeth, thanks to his parents insisting he get braces and veneers. His hair was thick and his eyes were almost crystal blue. As Jim took of his clothes it was apparent that the manager, a man in his 50s with a paunch and a receding hairline, was rubbing his cock under the desk. He made Jim come over and service his cock while his Mom was waiting right outside. After that his manager always booked him but it was mostly for catalog work, nothing too exciting, however, his Mom was thrilled and he didn't want to hurt her.
One of the jobs that the manager sent him on was for a commercial for a new line of jeans. He got fitted for a pair of jeans for the shoot that fit his body like a glove. His ass looked amazing and apparently the photographer thought so as well. During a shoot on the beach, the photographer asked Jim to come to his trailer to discuss the next couple of shots. Instead, when Jim got into the trailer the photographer started pawing Jim's ass and telling him it was the best ass he'd ever seen. He asked Jim to take the jeans off. Jim refused but the photographer threatened to black ball him in the industry if he didn't do what he said. Jim didn't want to hurt his Mom by not getting any more jigs so he took his pants off. The photographer had Jim lie down on the sofa in the trailer and he started to massage Jim's ass saying it was without a doubt the most beautiful ass he had ever seen. He told Jim he was going to fuck him. Not asking for a response from Jim, the photographer didn't even take off his pants. He just climbed on top of Jim, pushed his legs apart and thrust his cock into Jim's virgin ass. When the photographer realized that Jim was a virgin he got even more excited and gave Jim, what he would realize later, the hardest fuck of his life. When he was done the photographer said "now that's the way you should get fucked, always remember that." Jim always would remember that.
Luckily Jim kept getting better and better gigs. One year he was even asked to come to New York to be part of Fashion Week. He shared a hotel room with 5 other models since the only way you really made any money starting off as a runway model was to keep expenses to a minimum. He didn't know that male models were just like other groups of men, fraternities, social clubs, rugby teams, etc. They all had their hazing rituals. This particular group of guys fell on the more macho end of the male modeling profession. They were the ones that had their pictures taken in race cars of power boats, wearing big ass watches, and climbing out of pools dripping water off their perfect bodies. Their hazing ritual was making the 'newbie' of the group service each of them every night before they went to sleep. Not knowing any better that was exactly what Jim did. During this time Jim found out that there are a lot of different sizes and shapes of cocks but they all would react the same when a mouth or an ass was wrapped around their cocks. After a week sucking the cocks of those five guys and even being fucked by a few he decided that in the not too distant future he was never going to be the fuckee anymore.
Jim was now 22 and had been very successful as a model. A lot of editorial, runway and even some television work had made him very well-known and in demand. One day his manager called him and told him that one of the national clothing stores wanted him for their ad campaign. It was the chain that had all the incredible good looking men in their catalogs and on posters throughout their stores. He went in to speak with them and was offered a job almost immediately, on the condition, as was true for all their new models, that they attend a work sessions with key executives in one of the apartments that they kept in the city. Jim showed up and realized he was the only model present. One of the executives told him to take off all his clothes and pass out drinks to all in attendance. As he moved around the room passing out cocktails his ass was slapped, groped and praised. Finally someone said dinner was served and the group headed into the dining room. There was no food. Jim was told to get on the table and give anyone what they wanted. One guy took off the pants of his business suit and climbed up on the table. Kneeling in front of Jim he told him, no demanded, that he suck his cock. Jim did what he was asked but without much energy. Over and over someone new would put his cock in front of Jim's mouth expecting to be serviced. Soon he felt someone spread his legs apart and while he was sucking one guy's cock he felt another being pushed into his ass. That was how the rest of the evening went, a cock in his mouth and cock in his ass over and over all night and into the morning. Finally one guy, the head of their store management division helped him down off the table that was covered with the cum of men who had stroked off watching what was happening and helped him get dressed and took him down to catch a cab.
Jim's shoots for the store were incredible successful. He probably became one of their best campaigns. Girls swooned over him, straight boys wanted to be him and gay guys beat off to his poster and his pictures in the catalog.
Jim was so tired of being used by men that he got into a lot of partying. Soon he was missing photo shoots and slowly but surely his work dried up. His manager dropped him and after much searching he did find one that would take him on. This manager, however, had a different idea about the work he should be doing. Soon he was in shoots for underwear for a company that was more interested in getting people to buy their catalogs instead of their products. Due to Jim's partying, this work soon dried up as well. As a last ditch effort his manager sent him on some calls for some work in the adult entertainment industry. Even with his hard partying Jim still looked very hot. However, not being a muscle boy he was always cast in the role of a bottom. His most popular movies were the ones where he would have to service a bunch of tops before getting fucked by the biggest cock in the room. Even though he didn't like it he always gave the best performance. His face would show pure pleasure, or pain depending on the movie, so that others watching would really feel what that cock felt like up their ass.
Jim knew that his career was over. He was tired of being the play thing of managers, executives, photographers and other porn stars. He had to find something new.
He reached out to the guy who had been nice to him at the executive 'retreat' and asked if there was any jobs available in the store division. While he expected he would have to get fucked yet one more time the guy came through and offered him a manager's job at one of the stores in a better mall by the city. Jim ended up being very successful with the highest gross sales of any store in the country. He was even able to develop friendships with some of his fellow former models who were also tired of being used by the company in ways they would rather forget.
Jim, and his friends, vowed that from now on they were going to be the ones that fucked and got their cocks sucked and Jim took every chance he could from glory holes in the mall bathroom to fucking men in his store after closing. That's how he met Chad.
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PHILADELPHIA--The James C. Gentle Head Coach of Men's Soccer, Rudy Fuller, has announced six student-athletes that will join the Penn men's soccer team for the 2009 season.
"I am very pleased with this class," said Fuller. "We graduated a large, talented group this past spring, and we are confident that these six young men will step in will allow us to build on our program's recent success."
The class has four local players while two more hail from further afield in sunny Florida and California.
"My assistant, Rob Irvine, worked tirelessly in identifying these young men and did an outstanding job,"said Fuller. "I believe all six will fit in very nicely with our returning group.They are all very accomplished student-athletes and I think they will be a tremendous addition to the Penn community."
The Class of 2013 has every part of the field covered with three midfield/forwards, a midfielder, a defense/midfielder, and a goalkeeper.
The newcomers will join a Quaker team that graduated 12 integral team members, but returns two starters along with 12 other student-athletes.
"Collectively, this group has a lot of passion for Penn Soccer," commented Fuller. "I know each of them is eager to step on to Rhodes Field and play in front of our fans for the first time. We are all looking forward to getting started this fall!"
A brief breakdown of each player along with comments from Coach Fuller is provided below in alphabetical order:
Travis Cantrell
Downingtown, Pa. (Downingtown West)
High School: Six years of ODP participation ... Traveled for team competition in Europe (2006) ... Played for FC Delco ... Three-time Region I champion ... Two-time national bronze medalist ... 2006 national finalist ... At Downingtown: AAA State and District I champion as a senior ... Named All-Ches Mont, Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily Local first team all-area ... Three-time Ches Mont champion ... Two-time second-team All-Ches Mont ... Named second-team all-area as a junior ... State finalist as a junior ... Four-year varsity starter ... National Honor Society and German Club member ... Seniors for Seniors participant.
Personal: Son of Virginia Niebuhr VMD C'78 V'84 and Sam Cantrell ... Has one brother, Niko ... Third generation Penn student: mother Virginia played field hockey, lacrosse and squash for Penn, grandfather, Dr. Herman Niebuhr, Jr. GR'55 attended Penn ... Will enroll in the College of Arts and Sciences.
Why Penn? "At Penn I anticipate a great learning experience in the classroom coupled with a great playing experience on the field."
Fuller on Cantrell
"Travis doesn't have to travel far to join us at Penn. He played for the local FC Delco Academy and was an integral part of their attack. He is an attacking player who can play wide in the midfield or up top as a forward. He has very good feet and deceptive pace. He reads the game well and combines nicely with the players around him. We have followed his progress for quite some time and were always impressed with his ability to create off the pass or the dribble. He will have an opportunity to make an immediate impact on the field for us. I think he has a bright future and I look forward to his continued development in our program."
Michael Kozak
Hershey, Pa. (Hershey)
High School: Played on PA Classics club team, captain 2006-08 ... Two-time Keystone League first team all-star and Patriot News Big 11 ... Helped Hershey to District 3AA championship as a junior, runner-up as a sophomore ... Had 34 goals and 64 assists in career ... Named 2006 YPT Camp most outstanding player ... National Honor Society member ... TOPSoccer volunteer ... Harrisburg Boys and Girls Club volunteer.
Personal: Son of Page and Mark Kozak ... Has one sister, Annie, and one brother, David ... Will enroll in the College of Arts and Sciences.
Why Penn? "Penn will challenge me in all facets of life and ultimately prepare me for my future after college."
Fuller on Kozak
"We identified Mike very early in the process and think he flew under the radar for most programs. He comes to us from the PA Classics Academy in Lancaster. He is a very technical attacking player who is good at finding dangerous spots on the field. He is an excellent passer of the ball and enjoys setting others up for scoring chances. At the same time, he also has the ability to score goals from the midfield or forward positions on his own. He is a multi-dimensional player and we are still unsure of what position on the field best fits his abilities, but we look forward to getting him into full-time training and seeing how he can help our team. Above all else, we are pleased to add another quality soccer player to our program."
Cameron Mathis
Litchfield, Conn. (Hotchkiss/Taft)
High School: Connecticut ODP team member ... Played for both West Hartford Premier and Connecticut Wolves ... Connecticut Wolves MVP (Premier Division 1) ... At Hotchkiss: 2008 New England champion ... 2008 All-Founders League ... 2008 season stats: 8 g, 11 a ... Coca-Cola New England MVP ... Also participated on junior varsity ice hockey team ... At Taft: Varsity soccer grades 10-12, captain as a senior ... Invited to 2007 Senior Bowl ... All-state large school selection, 2006-07 ... 2007 NEPSSA Large School First Team All-Star ... 2007 WNEPSSA Large School All-Star First Team ... 2007 Livingston Carroll Soccer Award recipient ... President's Award for Academic Excellence ... Magna Cum Laude ... Dean's List Award ... Effort's List Award ... French Award for Academic Excellence ... Baton Winner (Citizenship Award).
Personal: Son of Florence deDampierre Mathis and Sean Mathis WG '70 ... Has dual citizenship in U.S. and France ... Has two sisters, Jessie and Valentina, and three brothers, George, Aymar and Nick ... Brother Nick played football at Ole Miss ... Cousin Steve Read played soccer at Johns Hopkins ... Cousin Christian Read played hockey at Princeton and professionally in Germany ... Will enroll in the College of Arts and Sciences.
Why Penn? "I chose Penn to play for a competitive and distinguished soccer program and to receive an outstanding education."
Fuller on Mathis
"Cam is a dynamic attacking player with a big upside. We first saw Cam at our Elite 300 camp last summer and were immediately impressed with his personality and creativity on the field. He is very passionate about the game and unafraid to take chances in the attacking half. He is comfortable with the ball at his feet and likes to create opportunities for himself and others off the dribble. As his decision-making ability improves in the attack, and he matures as a player defensively, I think he could become a standout player for our program in the years ahead. We are eager to see how quickly he is able to assimilate himself into our program. If all goes well, we anticipate that he will be able to contribute to our team's success this fall."
Garon Smith
Colts Neck, N.J. (Lawrenceville School)
High School: Member of New Jersey ODP state team, 2004-08 ... Super-Y ODP National Pool, 2004-08 ... Captained PDA Cruyff ... 2008 Disney Showcase cwhhampion ... 2007 Region I league champion and New Jersey state cup champion ... Allowed just five goals during 2008 season ... At Lawrenceville: NJISSA finalist senior season ... 2007 All-Mid-Atlantic Prep League first team.
Personal: Son of Susan and Bill Smith ... Has one sister, Alex ... Will enroll in the College of Arts and Sciences.
Why Penn? "I chose Penn because it had the perfect combination of challenging academics and demanding soccer program"
Fuller on Smith
"Garon joins our program from the PDA Academy in New Jersey. He is an athletic, technically sound goalkeeper who has experienced a great deal of success at the club and ODP level. Goalkeeping was a priority for us in the 2009 class and we felt Garon was one of the best we saw during the course of the year. He is a good shot stopper and commands his box well. He is mature, driven, and very focused. We believe he will be a great addition to our squad. We expect that Garon and rising junior Ben Berg will both push each other during this fall season and our team will reap the rewards from that experience."
Alex Tuch
Tampa, Fla. (Tampa Preparatory)
High School: Played for Clearwater Chargers club team ... Member of Florida ODP state team ... U.S. National Team pool, 2008-09 ... Attended U.S. U-18 National Team camp ... Hillsborough County and West Coast Florida Senior All-Star teams ... U.S. Academy League Southeast Region starter ... Scored 42 goals and 58 assists in four years at Tampa Prep ... Two-time Class 2A state champion (2007, 2008) ... Class 2A regional finalist, 2009 ... Class 2A state final four participant, 2006 ... Student Council and National Honor Society member ... Received UF Award of Academic Excellence ... FHSAA Student-Athlete Award nominee.
Personal: Son of Ruth Gettes and Howard Tuch ... Has one brother, Josh ... Will enroll in the College of Arts and Sciences.
Why Penn? "I chose Penn because I know it is the best environment to continue my athletic and academic aspirations. With a great coaching staff and team as well as a prestigious school, located in the heart of a thriving city, I know Penn will help me most in the future."
Fuller on Tuch
"Alex is a dynamic midfield player who keeps getting better and better. He comes to us from the Clearwater Academy in Florida and was coached by a Penn Soccer alum, Peter Manino. Like Cam Mathis, we identified Alex at our Elite 300 camp last summer. Even with him carrying an injury at the time, we could tell Alex had something a little different than the other players. He is very alert in the run of play and reads the game extremely well. His quickness and agility are outstanding and he is always looking to goal. He was invited in with the U-18 National Team this past winter for the first time and I think he has only gotten better since then. We are very excited to welcome him into the Penn Soccer family and look forward to helping him continue to develop in the years ahead."
Bryan Yasukochi
Newport Beach, Calif. (Corona del Mar)
High School: US Soccer Development Academy participant ... Played for Pateadores Soccer Club ... Vied for US Academy West Division title, losing to eventual national finalist LAFC in final showcase ... Won 2007 Pateadores Cup and Bayern Cup ... 2008 Surf Cup finalist ... As a sophomore at Corona del Mar HS: starting center midfielder ... Helped lead team to CIF Southern Section quarterfinals ... Finished in Cal South National Cup quarterfinals ... Captained Necaxa Sting, leading team to league cup quarterfinals ... Also played basketball and lettered in track ... Captained freshman basketball team, won league championship ... Valedictorian ... Received Scholar-Athlete Scholarship ... National Merit Commended Student ... Mathematics Department Outstanding Student .. CSF Gold Bearer ... Academic Lamp with Highest Honors ... National Honor Society member ... National AP Scholar ... Newport Beach Youth City Council member ... Newport Beach Chamber of Commerce Top 15 Scholar ... Human Relations Council ... American Youth Soccer Organization (AYSO) Region 57 board member.
Personal: Son of Colleen and David Yasukochi ... Father played basketball at Claremont McKenna College (1978-81) ... Has one sister, Cayla, and one brother, Jayson ... Will enroll in Wharton.
Why Penn? "I chose Penn because I've always wanted to go to Wharton and play at the highest possible level of college soccer."
Fuller on Yasukochi
"Bryan is another player that we think other programs may have missed along the way. He has been a stalwart in the back and a quiet leader for a very good Pateadores Academy team in California, and I think he is going to become the same for our team at Penn. He is a quick, agile, intelligent defender who is comfortable playing wide or centrally. He is so steady defensively and equally adept at coming forward out of the back. We have had some great success with Pateadores kids in the past and fully expect that Bryan will continue that tradition over the next four years. It wouldn't surprise me at all to see Bryan in the starting line-up at some point this fall."


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Leading legal business DWF has appointed partner Amanda Banister to its expanding pensions team in London. Amanda joins from Stephenson Harwood and will enhance DWF's City and national team's pensions advisory, transactional and litigation capability.
Amanda has over 15 years of pensions law experience across the full range of pensions issues. She has significant expertise in the interaction between pensions and corporate insolvency as well as pensions-related restructurings, pre-packs and regulated apportionment arrangements, having acted on many of the high-profile insolvency/restructuring cases involving pensions in the last 10 years. She has also advised the Board of the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) on a number of high-profile matters, including sex equalisation needed as a result of Guaranteed Minimum Pensions, the PPF Levy and the Hampshire v PPF case (recently referred to the Court of Justice of the European Union).
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Amanda comments on her appointment: "DWF's pensions practice is well-established, it has a strong presence in the North West and Scotland and we're looking to grow it in London, further enabling the firm to service national and local clients from anywhere in the UK with the same level of experience and capability. I look forward to working with the team and strengthening DWF's pensions litigation capability in a market that's growing, as well as bringing new relationships into the fold."
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Love Händel is an 80's glam rock /hard rock band (although evidence from other episodes indicate that they were more likely an early 90's band.) According to a "Behind the Music"-style documentary, they broke up due to infighting and an ever-dwindling fan base. Bobbi Fabulous became a hair stylist, Swampy got a job at a public library, and Danny is still playing and has a store named Danny's Music Shop. Years after the breakup, they reunite for "one night only", thanks to Phineas and Ferb ("Dude, We're Getting the Band Back Together"). Despite this, they have been seen as a band at various other points, including in a parade and in a giant jukebox ("Hip Hip Parade", "Make Play"). They have also been seen in a tour bus, implying that they may have reunited and gone back on tour (Phineas and Ferb The Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension).
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Story of The ruinsEdit
When deadly Plants are released into the city,An fight for survival occurs.However,One deadly bite from the plants and it turns you into an infected undead.However,They are more things to worry about too as the millitary are sent in,To clear out all the plants and the living.Will the good survive.
How come the good die and the bad live.Edit
What is worse the plants or us.Edit
In a lab in the skirts of Herrison city,A doctor and scientest test out an plant they have just discovered.Jane,The doctor,Learns that it is an very rare plant and one sting can kill you.The scientest,Harley,Then backs away as an sting from the plant stung him.Then millions of plants burst through his skin and the plant's attack the staff.Jane then sees the undead doctors and scientet chaseing her.Jane is stung when she just finds saftey.Jane then turns but an plant escapes through an brocken window.
A husband named Mark and wife named Jessica are celebrating their first wedding aniversiry.They meet up with old freinds Ryan and Louise.Louise and Jessica go for a swim while Mark and Ryan talk about the new subway opening next month.Meanwhile,An plant can be seen sneaking up behind an old woman's back.It stings her and she quickly turns,Making the plants evreywhere.Ryan is stung and he attacks Mark.Mark grabs an knife and cuts an plant of his.Louise and Jessica head back to the hotel with the survivors.They block off any exit.
Jessica learns Mark and Ryan died.An man named Harry says that they need to get out of the hotel to an nearby supermarket.An woman named Angela says that is an crazy way as they will all die.Jessica crys and Louise confronts her.
Harry,Laurie,Garry,Jim,Gordan and Melinda go out to the supermarket.A man named Andy says that the grop shuold be named THE SUICIDE GROUP.Then the pants attack them and Harry and Garry are stung.Laurie trips and is violently dragged away.Jim is killed and Gordan and Melinda rush to the supermarket.An big pant grabs onto Melinda and Gordan makes it to the supermarket.However,The survivors in there do not let him in and he is violently stung to death.
Andy and Louise then grab an map of the hotel to see if there are any escape to the sewers.Jessica meets Diane and Barry.Barry says that they were attacked from plants and they lost Diane's sister in the struggle.Then Diane starts crying and Jessica hugs her,Saying she knows how it feals.
Andy then says to the others that they have found an way.News reporter Zoey and Angela say no as the plants are most likely to be there.Evreyone argues til Barry shouts evreyone to be quiet as he has turned on the news.It says that the millitary are coming and are going to kill evreyone,Even the Living.
They all except Angela and Zoey head to the sewers.Angela hears an noise and is horrified tovsee an plant killing Zoey.Angela falls down in shock and trys to crawl away from the plant.An plant then stings her.
Andy is grabed from an plant from the surface which makes decapitation.The others are attacked from the plants and only Barry,Jessica,Louise,Diane and a man named Kenny are the only survivors.Meanwhile,An couple at an house see the millitary killing a man.The man,Stan,Urges Linda to escape to the loft.When she does,She witness Stan's death.An plant kills Linda.
The other group manage to head to an office in a building.They learn that this was meant to be an act of terrisiom but really islam offered America over 100000,100000 dollars to make this as if they did it.So America turned its back on its self.Diane has an camara and takes photo of the writeing.Then plants burst in and Kenny and Louse are killed.
The living head to an car.When they get in,The plants lift it up and throw it away into an staute.Diane is killed and Barry and Jessica head to an bridge.They hide down when they learn explosion's is happening evreywhere.The millitary have won as the city is in ruins.Meanwhile,Jessica wakes up trapped in the ruins.She desparatey trys to get out and finds Barry dead.Jessica then sees an nearby camara and she turns it on.She then responds to it i had an good day.Then,The millitary hear this and dig out the ruins,Finding Jessica stuck.They say pity and shoot her,Leaving her behind in the ruins.


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ConocoPhillips claims "discussions currently are under way with potential buyers."
HOUSTON -- In a highly anticipated move, Conoco Phillips Inc., the Houston-based oil refiner that owns all of the Circle K convenience stores and gas stations, said Wednesday that it expects to complete the sale of thousands of its U.S. stores during the third quarter.
In a filing sent Wednesday to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and reported by Reuters, ConocoPhillips also reported the hiring of an unnamed investment banking firm and the active marketing of these stations in several packages.
"Discussions currently are under way with potential buyers, and we expect to complete the sales of these assets by the end of 2003," the company said in its quarterly earnings report.
ConocoPhillips was created in 2003 the merger of Conoco Inc. and Phillips Petroleum Co., and the year-earlier figures are for Phillips as a standalone company. The company sells fuel at more than 17,000 outlets in the United States under the 76, Circle K, Conoco, breakplace and Phillips 66 brands and has a refining capacity of 2.6 million barrels per day.
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OTTAWA -- Opposition parties banded together to save the long-gun registry and now they're trying to rescue the mandatory long-form census.
The Liberals submitted details to the House of Commons on Thursday of a private member's bill that would specifically insert the mandatory long-form census into the Statistics Act.
The bill could see first reading in the Commons by Oct. 1, and the opposition hope they can hurry it through second reading and on to committee hearings.
The Bloc Québécois and the NDP said Thursday they would support a bill to resurrect the mandatory long form.
Currently, the act only refers to the requirement to hold a census of the population -- the short census -- every five years. The Liberal bill would also remove the threat of jail time for those who refuse to fill out the long form, but keep the maximum $500 fine.
"It's almost a sacred trust that we have with civil society that we will get them the information they need with which to plan, and whether that's the Bank of Canada, or the public health officials, or the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, people are counting on this information and it must be comparable data with previous censuses," said Liberal Carolyn Bennett, the bill's sponsor.
The Conservative government eliminated the mandatory long-form census in June, citing concerns among some Canadians that the process was intrusive and the threat of jail time unreasonable. They replaced it with a voluntary national survey that would be distributed to more households.
The move set off a wide backlash from a variety of opponents, including religious groups, major charities, the Federation of Francophone and Acadian Communities, statisticians and academics. Several provinces and large municipalities also balked, saying the loss of data would skew policymaking.
Former chief statistician Munir Sheikh resigned in the wake of the decision, unable to support the government's contention the survey would adequately substitute for the long-form census.
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