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Year Two is the second and final year in Key Stage One – a year in which growing independence and mastery of basic skills allows children to begin to take control of their own learning and to make some choices about presentation, materials and equipment.
We aim to build on work begun in Year One to develop self-belief, confidence and independence in all aspects of school life. This is a very important year for your child, when key skills in English and Mathematics need to be consolidated, and good working habits embedded – vital requirements in order to cope well with the demands of Key Stage Two (Years Three to Six).
It is also a time when the children are encouraged to undertake greater responsibility – Year Two are the oldest children in Key Stage One, and therefore take on the main roles in our Christmas Production. Year Two are also encouraged to lead the younger children, showing a good example at playtime and during lunch in the hall.
There are many opportunities to take on roles of responsibility, such as ringing the bell, reading in Key Stage 1 assembly or taking messages around the school.
2014 saw the introduction of the Government's revised Primary Curriculum - an unprecedented amount of changes were made to every subject area, and our year group long term curriculum maps were completely redrawn . The new maps are on the school website under 'Curriculum' located in 'About our School'.
Expectations for learning in each year group have been significantly raised, especially in English and Mathematics; new rigorous national tests in Reading Comprehension, Grammar and Spelling and Mathematics (with a separate Arithmetic paper) began for both Year 2 and Year 6 last summer.
Our current Year Two are the first to have studied the new curriculum since starting in Year One, and should benefit from this uninterrupted study.
Our continued aim is to steadily build up each child's confidence in the four components of English: speaking, listening, reading and writing.
Our new 'Treasure House' resources fulfill all required 2014 objectives in an engaging and stimulating way, with structured units in writing composition, reading comprehension, spelling, vocabulary, punctuation and grammar.
This term we will look at story structure within both Fairy Tales and Traditional Tales, studying this through reading comprehension and writing composition; factual recounts and instructional texts, and study a range of simple poetry formats.
Learning texts orally and exploring these through drama, hot seating and role play will provide sound models for writing within each unit of work.
SPaG (Spelling, Grammar and Punctuation) has now taken on a heightened importance in KS1 and is tested in a separate paper at the end of Year 2.
Key activities this year will include vocabulary definitions and extension; exploring all key grammatical terms and uses eg a knowledge of nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs ; past and present tense use; sentence construction and basic punctuation skills (knowledge of how capital letters, full stops, ?, ! are used). The children are required to demonstrate knowledge on sentence types and their differing punctuation.
Weekly practice at home is essential if children are to master KS1 spelling lists and keywords (an extra list of 'tricky words' has now been published and will be given out to Year 2 parents). Half termly spelling assessments will combine knowledge of keywords and application of spelling rules.
Regular phonic lessons will continue to further extend skills in blending sounds for reading and especially segmenting sounds for effective spelling. Children will be grouped to enable all children to receive precise 'next step' teaching according to assessment results – this will be reviewed half termly. Children will revisit Phase 3 and start learning Phase 5 in September.
Group and individual English activities will give opportunities for the children to practise skills introduced during shared work. Recorded activities will be suitably differentiated to meet individual needs and work levels.
Each day in school, one group will work intensively with the class teacher in developing reading skills – this is known as Guided Reading, and will be noted in your child's Home School Book. Skills needed for KS1 tests in reading comprehension will be regularly taught and applied.
Individual reading will of course continue – please remember to sign and comment in your child's Home School Book each week. Our school policy is that books can only be changed once parents have verified home reading. We check Home School Books for comments each morning.
A weekly comment from your child should be encouraged (sticker usually given!!) Nightly reading is essential for maximum progress this year.
As your child becomes more fluent, introduce silent reading for one or two sessions a week – ask questions about the story, characters etc afterwards to check understanding, define words etc – all vital comprehension skills.
Children should also now extend and widen their reading out of school eg by reading library books, comics and their own books. A list of recommended titles and authors for each age group is currently being compiled.
I would be very grateful if parents could regularly note the 'wider reading' being done by their child - this evidence is now needed as part of end of KS1 reading assessment, and useful for county moderation.
I will continue to assess reading skills to see when children need to move up to new book bands, and will note any changes in the Home/School Book. Please remember that there is an increased variety of texts as children move through the levels. For Orange level and beyond, a bookmark is useful - please name!
Spellings will be sent home each Friday with a 'test' on the following Friday, giving a full week to learn as requested by parents. The most effective method for spellings is to learn a few each night using the 'look, cover, write, check' strategy.
Children are grouped using assessment data ( on keywords; an unseen word test and phonetic application) – this will be reviewed half termly.
The quantity of spellings sent home was recently realigned across the school in the light of recent assessment data and in order to meet the requirements of the national spelling tests for Years 2 and 6.
Children in Year 2 may like to apply their spelling skills in using weekly words in sentences; find definitions of words given using a dictionary etc.
Please also continue to work regularly on both reading and spelling words from the Key Stage One lists – these are found at the front of the Home School Book. Mastering these words is essential if children are to develop the foundations for good reading and spelling as they move up through the school. We will continue to assess progress in both the reading and spelling of keywords each half term during Year Two.
Legible and well-formed handwriting is a key Year Two target! Correct letter formation is essential if children are to join their writing accurately. We are currently working on consistent letter size, spacing and positioning writing correctly upon a line.
Stand behind your child when they are writing to see which letters they are forming incorrectly!! Incorrect pencil grip should be addressed with the use of a 'triangular' grip and daily modelling/practice.
When key printing skills have been mastered, children are then introduced to joined or cursive letter formation. Letter joins are taught in patterns so that initially writing will be part joined and part printed!
We follow the Nelson Handwriting scheme at St Francis – since introducing this we have seen a vast improvement in the quality and style of handwriting produced by children of all abilities.
*Please discourage your child from trying to join their writing before they are taught this in school – bad habits being reinforced can cause major problems later and are very difficult to then correct.
The children will continue to participate in daily Mathematics lessons. Our aim is to develop confidence and skills in both mental and written mathematics. The 2014 curriculum has seen the most changes being made to Mathematics , with many topics, such as fractions and < > inequality signs, being introduced earlier!
Our core Collins Mathematics scheme has been further updated with a wealth of resources to meet the revised curriculum and the needs/abilities of individual children. Structured units revise and consolidate skills each term.
We have also purchased and received training on the use of 'Numicon' equipment, which has been shown to be very effective in helping children to 'visualise' and quickly grasp key mathematical concepts and operations.
An important school focus continues to be that of problem solving and investigational work – we will continue to relate mathematical concepts to 'real life' problems, helping the children to apply their knowledge and skills more effectively.
An interactive classroom display will give daily opportunities to work towards attaining set targets in this area.
*Doodle Maths homework will be set each Tuesday - all children are expected to complete a set unit; class teachers check usage and scores as part of the marking and monitoring of homework and ongoing assessment of each child's progress.
If your child has completed their set unit, '6 a day' and extra games provides a useful and fun way to apply skills against the clock!
Please also spend time at home in working on mental recall of + and = bonds, as these are vital skills for efficient calculating.
The children are now required to learn at least the x10,5 and 2 multiplication tables this year, and will then move on to division facts for these numbers.
Multiplication table homework will be sent home from October half term – see Home School Book for details each week. The children will need to show that they are sound on saying and writing a table: firstly in order, then quick x facts in random order, and lastly relating their x knowledge to word problems ( eg 3 aliens with 10 eyes each is 3x10 =30!) before moving on to the next x pattern.
Children who master the above multiplication patterns in Year Two will work to learn division facts for 10,5 and 2 before moving on to x3 and x4.
Children are now required to know x tables to 12x12 by the end of Year 4.
Other topics in Mathematics will include:
An informal 'mental maths' quiz will be a part of our Year 2 weekly timetable – mental maths questions form part of every lesson and assessment.
Homework in Year Two is sent home each Wednesday to be returned to school on the following Monday in the folder provided. This usually consists of two subject consolidation activities to complete.
Please ensure that your child completes set work carefully (pencil should be used) and remember to complete challenge questions added at the bottom of activities. They could also make up their own examples on the back!
One of our key Year Two focus areas is to develop care and pride in the presentation of all work done, and I would like children to colour illustrations within their homework and add a border pattern if shown.
*House points will be given for careful and accurate homework; extra points can be earned for adding extra examples, own sentences etc…!!
Children now work within Year Group bands, and will be assessed on expected knowledge and skills from the Year 2 learning programme. Assessments take place during May (no holidays should be booked within this month please), and I will speak to parents during Autumn and Spring consultation meetings about individual target areas in Reading, Grammar, Punctuation, Spelling, Writing and Mathematics.
Teacher assessment within these areas is ongoing and forms the basis of Year Two assessment, with formal 'tests' and 'tasks' also playing a part in the process. KS1 assessment provides a 'marker' of how your child is progressing and highlights 'next step' learning for Year 3.
I am available after school on most afternoons if parents wish to make an appointment or have a quick word – please do not hesitate to come in from time to time to see any work your child is especially proud of etc.
Parental help in the classroom is always greatly appreciated – please let me know if you can spare an hour or so now and again to support the children or, if preferred, help with classroom resources or administration!
Extra adult help makes a huge difference to the range and quality of learning activities that can be made available to the children.
The consistent home support which you have given your children since they started school has obviously been very effective – they are working hard, and listening carefully to ways in which to further improve their work.
They have coped well with the many new demands and routines introduced in Year Two, and are steadily developing their focus and listening – a key objective for this first term! I look forward, in partnership with you and your children, to a very busy, exciting and stimulating year ahead!
Thank you.
Miss C. Webster
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"The media, if they were doing their job, would be blasting the Democrats," ForAmerica Chairman Brent Bozell told Mark Levin Sunday.
"A, for being dishonest and B, for being absolute hypocrites…"
"Sen. Clinton, Sen. Schumer, Sen. Obama — all supported building a wall," he said.
He's right. But don't take our word for it. Take theirs.
Here's Chuck Schumer in 2009 (emphasis added):
"…illegal immigration is wrong, plain and simple…Above all else, the American people want their government to be serious about protecting the public, enforcing the rule of law…"
Since ForAmerica posted this video a little over a month ago, it has been viewed over four and a half million times.
4,600,000 times…
Americans know you're a political hack, Sen. Schumer, when you now say you oppose funding border security.
Here's Nancy Pelosi in 2008 (emphasis added)
"While we need to address the issue of immigration and the, and the challenge we have of undocumented people in our country, we certainly don't want any more coming in."
Pelosi was obviously speaking in favor of stopping illegal aliens from entering the country.
Since ForAmerica posted this video just a few weeks ago, it has been viewed over a quarter of a million times.
Americans know you're dishonest and hypocritical, Speaker Pelosi, when you rail against President Trump's call for stronger border security.
Here's Barack Obama in 2006 (emphasis added):
"The bill before us will certainly do some good. It will authorize some badly needed funding for better fences and better security along our borders, and that should help stem some of the tide of illegal immigration in this country."
This is a former Democrat president suggesting not only that we need to fund a wall, but that it will definitely help stop illegal immigration.
Since ForAmerica posted this video just last week, it is headed to one million views.
Americans know you're unprincipled and disingenious , Mr. Obama, when you turned around and criticized President Trump's campaign promise to build a border wall.
What about the woman who wanted to be president before Trump beat her?
ForAmerica released a video Monday that Hillary Clinton, too, supported a border fence not long ago:
In less than one day, more than 300,000 viewers have tuned in to watch and share her blatant political flip-flopping.
Most Democrats seemed to be on board with increasing border security until President Trump wanted the same.
Now everyone knows it.
Millions of people have watched and shared these videos across social media. ForAmerica has put them in front of millions of viewers, who can see with their own eyes how deceitful and hypocritical Democrats are being in opposing the wall.
"The American people have watched our government spend $8 trillion in the last two years, but they can't find five billion? This is a joke," Brent Bozell said Sunday.
He's right. This isn't about funding. It's not about Trump being difficult, nor is it some kind of "manhood thing," as Pelosi claims.
This is all about political games. The Democrats are lying right now.
And we've got the video to prove it.

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Ryan Gosling delivers the best performance of his career as astronaut Neil Armstrong in "First Man."
Academy Award-winning "La La Land" director Damian Chazelle sends his star, Ryan Gosling, to the moon in his follow-up "First Man," in which Gosling plays astronaut Neil Armstrong. This amazing film is both a historically interesting epic and a deeply personal character study of the people behind it. When you consider grand achievements like flying to the moon, you ask yourself, "Can you even imagine what it would be like to do that?" This film does a painstakingly great job of helping you do just that.
The other great space-race film, "The Right Stuff," was a fantastic and memorable tale of the nitty-gritty details and personalities in the run up to the first walk on the moon, but this film is profoundly intimate and really illuminates the psychology of those first men. Hubris, machismo, responsibility, bravery, math, friendship, one-upmanship — all are motivating factors, and Gosling gives a galvanizing performance of a man with a rather singular experience in response to awful grief.
Visceral and realistic flight sequences put you right in the incredibly loud and extremely terrifying cockpit of those flimsy contraptions, while the timeline of escalating losses puts you right in the mindset of Armstrong and others, too. Over a span of 10 years, we really see how events, from the death of his very young daughter to the loss of a rather high number of his closest colleagues, affect him. Each accident is devastating, each loss tremendous and deeply felt.
Written by Josh Singer, the Academy Award-winning screenwriter of "Spotlight," I want to use the word "thorough" to describe this script, but I don't want you to think that it's boring. It just covers a lot of emotional territory, and it does so very effectively. The context built for all of these huge decisions and actions shown is extremely satisfying. It's also a bit on the long side, but every scene seems so important, and the sequences in the various experimental air and space craft feel violently real. I don't think the story would have been as effective if it were cut down.
Claire Foy is extremely powerful as Armstrong's wife, Janet; it's a very multidimensional role and not just a silently longsuffering spouse bit. Her female energy is a welcome tonic to the testosterone driving a mission that seems many times to be a terrible idea. She accuses the men of not having anything under control, and when you consider the dreadful astronaut body count, she makes an excellent point.
Supporting actors, including Lukas Haas, Patrick Fugit ("Almost Famous"), Kyle Chandler and Corey Stoll as a prickly Buzz Aldrin, do more than just fill out the story. They build their own stories distinctly, in little time, and when those that are lost are lost, you really feel it, especially through the eyes of Gosling, who might give his best performance ever in this film. He doesn't rely on his charm, but delivers a truly deep, adult role, steeped in loss but never over the top.
If the extremely diverse films of Damian Chazelle have anything in common, it is their examination of the struggle between a personal life and a career. The sacrifices required are substantial, and the motivations behind them are the real subject of the film. Harrowing, fascinating and very moving, "First Man" takes a larger-than-life story and brings the people down to earth, while never diminishing the enormity and grandeur of the achievements.
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ICT Minister visits mobile companies
Amman, June 20 (Petra)
-- Minister of Information & Communications Technology, Muthana Gharaibeh, on Wednesday, discussed services provided by mobile companies to citizens.
During a series of meetings with the CEOs of Zain, Orange Jordan and Umniah, Gharaibeh stressed the need to provide telecommunications and internet services at the highest level of quality and competitiveness.
Minister Gharaibeh's meetings aim at reviewing services provided by these companies and to listen to their views regarding the Jordanian telecommunications sector and their needs.
The CEOs briefed Gharaibeh on their companies' conditions, aspirations, contribution to the growth of the ICT sector and participation in supporting government programs in spreading technology in various regions of the Kingdom.
Gharaibeh voiced his pride in the level of services provided by these companies and their role in the development of the Jordanian telecommunications sector, which constitute one of the promising sectors and is constantly growing.
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Using Herbs That Clear Heat To Calm The Spirit
For many years I've used cool and cold herbs and formulas to treat patients with anxiety, agitation and insomnia. A recent discussion online about the terms we use to describe anxiety and vexation led me to revisit this piece I wrote in 2013. It's long been an academic and clinical preoccupation of mine. I was…Read More
A Rose is a Rose: How we use roses in Chinese Medicine
A Rose Is A Rose Cara O. Frank, L.OM. Valentine's day has come and gone. But it got me thinking about the roses we use in Chinese herbal medicine. There are 3 roses that are generally taught in Chinese herbal programs: Two are flowers and one is a rose hip. Méi Gui Huā 玫瑰花 Flos Rosae…Read More
Short PDF on using Chinese herbs to treat fractures
Yesterday I had the privilege of being a featured speaker and the first annual Sports Acupuncture Alliance. The topics I covered included the treatment of neck and shoulder pain, sciatica and piriformis syndrome. I had worked on my handout for months and the topic evolved. One section that I omitted was the treatment of fractures.…Read More
Forsythia: the Harbinger of Spring!
It's April in Philadelphia and we are in that glorious moment where everything is popping up yellow. Daffodils are everywhere and forsythia is reaching skyward. In Chinese medicine, Lián Qiào, Forsythiae Fructus连翘 is used as a heat clearing medicinal. The name translates as lián "wagon" and qiào " a kind of ancient cart. This refers…Read More
Photo Album: Warm Herbs that Release the Exterior
Enjoy these photos and use them to study your visual herb identification. Ma Huang, Cong Bai and Sheng Jiang are not included in this collection. Gui Zhi enters the Heart, Lung, and Urinary Bladder channels. Gui Zhi is Acrid, Sweet, and Warm. …Read More


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Hahaha - sounds like entrepreneurship has its perks!
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Oddly enough, I understand his point. If the business succeeds, he doesn't want her getting all of the credit.
Ah, the struggle against elitism.
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How many times have you heard about the two degree limit?? The Paris Accord was all about the two degree limit.
When researching another post I wondered what temperature was represented by this two degree limit and was surprised to find that the answer is not easily obtained.
The two-degree limit is "above pre-industrial" because back then before the evil capitalists started making things much cheaper to buy for the masses and making transportation much more affordable and generally improving the lives of everybody, the climate was perfect. Absolutely peachy, something nobody in their right mind would ever want to adjust by letting loose the evil demon of climate change.
But the climate change genie, a.k.a. global warming is out of the bottle and cannot be lured back in unless considerable sums of money are paid to the climate gods and considerable hardship is visited upon the developed nations of the world.
Only then can we have the nirvana of a pre-industrial world and its attendant perfect climate.
Back to the question, then. What is this perfect pre-industrial temperature?
Not quite a year ago,?Ed Hawkins, Pablo Ortega, and Emma Suckling published a paper?Estimating Changes in Global Temperature since the Preindustrial Period.??This seemed a good place to start. Quote.
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) process agreed in Paris to limit global surface temperature rise to ?well below 2?C above pre-industrial levels.? But what period is pre-industrial? Somewhat remarkably, this is not defined within the UNFCCC?s many agreements and protocols. Nor is it defined in the IPCC?s Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) in the evaluation of when particular temperature levels might be reached because no robust definition of the period exists. […] End of quote.
Whoa, whoa, whoa! Back up the truck!
We are beating ourselves up to ensure that we do not exceed a temperature limit of two degrees above pre-industrial but no one knows exactly when "pre-industrial" was and therefore no knows exactly what the temperature was at that particular time and therefore no one knows exactly how long we have got until we reach the two degrees tipping point?
This also means that no one knows who should be changing their ways to stave off disaster and no one knows why?anyone should be changing their ways. Quote.
Ideally, a preindustrial period should represent the mean climate state just before human activities started to demonstrably change the climate through combustion of fossil fuels. […] End of quote.
As far as I know, this assumption has still not been demonstrably proven. Quote.
In the absence of a formal definition for preindustrial, the IPCC AR5 made a pragmatic choice to reference global temperature to the mean of 1850?1900 […] End of quote.
As with many things in climate 'science', someone made a SWAG (scientific wild-arsed guess) at a date. Quote.
However, some anthropogenic warming is estimated to have already occurred by 1850 (Hegerl et al. 2007; Schurer et al. 2013; Abram et al. 2016) as greenhouse gas concentrations had started increasing around a century earlier. On the other hand, the 1880s and 1890s were cooler than the preceding decades because of the radiative impact of aerosols from several volcanic eruptions, which may have compensated for the earlier anthropogenic influence. It is therefore plausible that a ?true? preindustrial temperature could be warmer or cooler than 1850?1900, depending on the balance of these two factors. […] End of quote.
In other words, we have not got the faintest idea! But, this is a scholarly paper, so we will press on …
The conclusions of the paper include Quote.
We have assumed in the motivation for this discussion and choice of reference periods that the UNFCCC agreements on temperature limits refer to anthropogenic increases only, but this is not explicitly stated. We have not attempted to attribute the observed increase in global temperatures; nonanthropogenic factors (including internal variability) may have either offset or contributed to the warming. We have attempted to minimize issues of varying natural forcing and internal variability, but this effect cannot be removed entirely. End of quote.
Nope, we still don't have a clue.
So, if you are at all concerned about the two degrees issue, I suggest you ask here for guidance, they are more likely to understand their subject than the IPCC.
WH is a pale, stale, male who does not believe all the doom and gloom climate nonsense so enjoys being a 'car fascist' (TM – J.A.G.) and generating CO2 that the plants need to grow by driving his MGs.
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As noted in another post, no protections for marine mammals. But plenty of drivel about improving law enforcement for wildlife protection.
Just more drivel out of a toothless organization.
Thursday, March 25, 2010
More Drivel Out of CITES
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I finally got my 2nd IRB proposal finished & turned into my committee this afternoon… working on moving forward toward those new initials!
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July 11, 2020
Submitted by: American Refining Group, Inc.
Categories: Corporate Social Responsibility, Economic Development
Posted: Jan 16, 2019 – 03:41 PM EST
BRADFORD, Pa., Jan. 16 /CSRwire/ - A fixture in the Tunungwant Valley for decades, the American Refining Group Inc. (ARG) boiler stack was demolished last summer.
A $5.5 million investment replaced the refinery's only remaining coal boiler in 2016. The company commissioned its new, environmentally friendly and compliant boiler that fall. All three of ARG's massive boilers are now fired by cleaner, more-efficient natural gas, leaving no further need for the iconic stack.
Significant planning across all of ARG was required to prepare for the major demolition project, particularly ensuring that all appropriate safety and environmental-protection measures were in place from the start.
Visible for years from so many vantage points on all sides of the valley, it felt to some community members like the end of an era.
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I first read Robin Jarvis' The Whitby Witches when I was a child. I can't have been any older than ten, because by the time I finished the series I had yet to leave primary school. And actually, I didn't read them – my mum read them to me. It was probably her eyes that first alighted upon that fateful tome, bound with a leering hound front cover that arrested both our attentions in that little library up the road. We devoured it swiftly and ordered the sequels shortly after. After reading and loving those too, I requested the boxset from my Grandma for Christmas (she lived near Whitby) so I could own those fantastic stories for myself.
I re-read the trilogy a couple of times as a child (you can see how well-loved those books were in the picture above), but hadn't done so since before my late teens. So by the time I took them from the shelf a couple of months ago it must have been over ten years since I'd indulged, because I'm twenty-four now. I thought I'd give them a read for a bit of a nostalgia hit, but even before I'd reached the halfway point of Book One I knew that I was reading something truly special. It wasn't my childhood love of The Whitby Witches that was informing my enjoyment of it – it was simply that it is a fantastic, gripping and scary book. I finished the trilogy's finale, The Whitby Child, this very morning – and I can't wait to laud its brilliance.
As a child, I made no attempt to decode themes in books, or evaluate characterisation, or analyse the language used therein. Enjoyment was paramount, as it should be for all books. But as an adult, I like to enjoy my reading from a critical perspective too, hoping it will inform and improve my own reading and writing skills. But this was difficult for the Whitby series, because I found myself dragged into it like a child in a riptide, able only to hang on to the flotsam of the characters as the plot surged away without a thought for linguistic critique. However, I think I can discern the secret to the excellence of these books.
Robin Jarvis does not patronise his audience. Ostensibly, The Whitby stories are children's books – indeed, my mum and I found The Whitby Witches in that section of our local library. But that doesn't stop Jarvis from telling the story he wants to, in all its gothic glory. Throughout the books there are all kinds of ghouls and ghosts and gory murders, magic and mystery and mutilations. The two main protagonists are children, but few other characters are below the age of forty. Magic is not a thing of pointy-hatted witches or student wizards but something grown from the world of séances and religion, still mysterious even in our real, scientifically advanced world. There is no desire here to pander to the conventions of children's fiction, and I think this is why my mum enjoyed reading me the books as much as I enjoyed listening to them. They were suitable for me because there was no outright swearing or sex, but they were suitable for her too, because she could see that the world of Whitby is an adult's one, with real dangers faced by its denizens.
I get the feeling that Robin Jarvis is well-read in the fields of horror and the occult. The Whitby trilogy displays such a deep knowledge of the subject that is only glimpsed indirectly in its pages. A key antagonist of the series is a Crowley-esque magician, charismatic and cruel. He is no two-dimensional villainous construct, but a fleshed-out creature who consistently though subtly draws from traditions of the magic orders like the Golden Dawn and from occult convention. The Lords of the Deep, deities of the ocean, are not the expected Olympian titans of fantasy, following instead the Lovecraftian blueprint – not merely tentacled but terrifying in their vastness and their indifference. Even the setting of Whitby, with its moonlit abbey, roaring waves and timeless history, is straight out of the leather-bound pages of gothic romance. I'd like to think that reading these books all those years ago laid (or at least cemented) the foundations of my keen interest in all things supernatural, nocturnal and horrifying.
A few words have to be spent applauding Jarvis' language too. Just as his stories inhabit the twilight between children's and adult fiction, so his language matches perfectly. There are examples of advanced vocabulary – the words "dragooned" and "athame" spring to mind – but they are ably supported by the kind of delectable prose employed by authors who love the sound and effects of words: those who treat those building blocks of books with a particular reverence and pleasure, rather than just using them to assemble a story. Such mastery of language is what helps Jarvis to control his content. Because the books aren't drenched in crude, lurid descriptions of blood and violence, moments where such things are described hit all the harder, without dwelling too perversely in the details and upping the age-suitability.
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Perhaps you've heard that Illinois has more units of local government than any other state—by a margin of thousands.
I'll bet you're not aware that it's actually quite hard to figure out how many units of government that is. The 2012 U.S. Census of Governments says we have 6,963, whereas the Illinois Comptroller, who collects financial reports from units of local government and posts information about them on this excellent website, will tell you we have 8,466. One can find a variety of numbers in between those two from all sorts of other sources, but you get the basic idea: There are lots of these things and they're hard to keep track of.This is the story of one of those units of local government: Evanston Township.
To many people, townships are among the most mysterious of the units of local government. According to the Illinois Comptroller, we have 1,431 of them, and in some parts of the state they serve extremely important functions. Under the Illinois Constitution of 1848, each county has had the option to adopt the township form of government. Of Illinois' 102 counties, 85 have done so—and each of those is divided into townships.
Townships are responsible for providing general assistance for the indigent, certain property tax assessment functions and the maintenance of roads that don't fall under the purview of the federal, state, county or municipal government. The 17 counties where townships don't exist provide these services themselves without the participation of an intermediate layer of government.
Evanston Township is one of 20 townships in the state that are "coterminous"—that is, they occupy the same geographic footprint as a city (in this case, the City of Evanston). These 20 townships have no responsibility to maintain roads, since all of their roads are contained in a municipality and are thus under municipal control. Moreover, it would be administratively quite easy to dissolve these townships; after all, there's a city right there covering exactly the same area and ready to take over the township's responsibilities!
With these facts in mind, Evanston's City Council put an advisory referendum on the ballot in the March 2012 primary, asking residents whether they wanted municipal leaders to pursue the possibility of dissolving the Township. The voters responded overwhelmingly, approving the referendum by a margin of more than two to one.
Now, here's the interesting thing: An entire county can, by the simultaneous passage of many township-wide referenda, dissolve all its townships. However, there's no method for one township at a time to dissolve and hand its assets, powers and responsibilities over to the county.
This seemed strange to me. If the residents of a single township wanted it dissolved, why did their neighbors in the next township over hold any sway over that decision? So on March 14, 2013, I filed SB 1585, allowing any township to dissolve by a referendum of its voters. A township that dissolved would have its powers and responsibilities assumed by the county.
It seemed sensible that the voters of a district should have the right to self-determination about the future of their township, yet we immediately ran into some opposition. The Township Officials of Illinois is a well-organized association that represents township governments and their elected leaders. They strongly opposed the bill, and given their statewide network of active members, it didn't take me long to figure out that the bill wasn't going to pass.
No problem! I filed Amendment 1 to SB 1585, which narrowed the bill so it only applied to five of the 20 coterminous townships. (Specifically, it only applied to the coterminous townships where a city-elected official serves as an officer of the township.) Not only did it change the bill so it applied to five townships instead of 1,431, but it also carefully selected the townships where the transition would be simplest—the city would assume the powers and responsibilities of the township. Since the two governments already shared at least one elected official, the handover would be as smooth as possible. Surely, everyone could agree on this bill, right?
No dice. It still went too far and it was still pretty clear that I wouldn't be able to pass it. Knowing how important it was to my constituents that I at least address Evanston's concern, I filed Amendment 2, narrowing the bill one more time. This amendment added two criteria: that the township be located in a county with at least 3 million residents, and that the township have at least 7 square miles of land. All of this is an oddly convoluted way of saying that the bill now only applied to Evanston.
Finally, I had a bill I could pass. I represent most of Evanston in the Senate, and Ill. Sen. Heather Steans (D-Chicago), who represents the rest of the town, was a chief co-sponsor of the bill. The voters of the city had shown in a referendum they wanted this to pass, and none of my Senate colleagues disagreed. It passed unanimously. The House sponsor was Ill. Rep. Robyn Gabel (D-Evanston), who represents most of the town; Ill. Rep. Laura Fine (D-Glenview) and Ill. Rep. Kelly Cassidy (D-Chicago), who represent the rest, were chief co-sponsors. The bill had a rockier time in the House, but it eventually passed by a vote of 70-44, and was signed into law on Aug. 2, 2013.
Empowered with this new law, the Evanston City Council has decided to put a dissolution referendum on the March 18 primary ballot. If the referendum passes, Evanston Township will dissolve, and its powers and responsibilities will be transferred to the City of Evanston.
Having gone to so much trouble to enable this referendum, you may wonder how I intend to vote on it. I'm going to vote yes—in other words, I'm going to vote to dissolve the township. Let me explain why.
Evanston does a nice job of posting its town budgets online in readable formats—you can see all kinds of information about the Township here and the budget document can be downloaded here. The various years all tell different versions of the same story, but let's focus on the most recent complete information, the "FY2013 Estimated Actual" column.
The most important function the Township provides is its General Assistance program, which assists families in true need. It's important and valuable, and, frankly, I wish we did more of it. So let's unpack the General Assistance portion of the Township budget.
Three parts of the budget, totaling $520,078—$424,284 for client expenses, $65,516 for client medical and $30,278 for emergency assistance—go to direct service provision. Two parts, totaling $256,096—$91,071 for payroll and $165, 025 for administrative costs—fund the administration of the program. In other words, fully one third of the budget for the most meaningful program the Township runs goes to administrative overhead.
This doesn't mean that the Township's operations are inefficient. It's run by people of integrity, and I have every reason to believe they're doing as good a job as they can. But the administrative overhead associated with running a whole branch of government is just inherently significant—one needs office space and supplies, and various accounting and compliance functions, and before long hundreds of thousands of dollars have been spent without providing any residents with any services. It seems clear to me that the City could absorb the General Assistance function without incurring the same administrative costs; therefore, I support dissolving Evanston Township and handing its powers and responsibilities over to the City of Evanston.
I think this story has a lot of useful lessons as we think about what to do with Illinois' many units of local government. When people hear these statistics, I suspect they assume there's massive widespread corruption, nepotism and the like. While there may be some of that, I think it's the exception rather than the rule. By and large, we have good people doing their best to provide government services to their constituents, but too often they're laboring under structural conditions that simply make it impossible to deliver services as effectively and efficiently as possible.
If you're a progressive like me, you believe that the services governments provide are pretty important. Education, health care, human services, infrastructure—these things matter in peoples' lives, and they matter deeply to the vibrancy of our society. If you believe that, then you'll agree we can't afford to structure our government in a way that hampers our ability to provide these services.
That goal, of maximizing what government delivers because doing so will improve the quality of life across our community, is what animates my work on this subject. A massive struggle to hopefully do something about $256,096 of possibly unnecessary administrative costs in Evanston Township may not sound worth it, until you realize what could be accomplished with all the savings achieved by optimally structuring local governments across our state. Now, that would truly be an outcome worth fighting for. We just need to replicate the analysis that makes up this blog post 6,963 times.
Or is it 8,466?


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Cell Phone Etiquette for Teens: Success Tip
The following scenario on cell phone etiquette for teens is from the Teaching Guide for my book Smile & Succeed for Teens: Must-Know People Skills for Today's Wired World:
Jane Johnson was absent yesterday and needs to find out what she missed in her English class.
Inappropriate Email Message:
Subject Line: Hey!
Hey Smith!
Sorry I missed ur class yesterday, I was real sick from some food we ate last night. Not fun.
I don't want this to mess with my grade though. I'm taking some medicine and hope 2 b back real soon. Just wanted to let u know what was up. Hope I didn't miss anything!
Thanx, J
Professionally Written Email Message:
Subject Line: Jane Johnson, English 1. Missed class today
Dear Mrs. Smith,
I am sorry that I was unable to attend English class today (Monday, December 8). I understand from a classmate that a study guide for Friday's exam was distributed. Would it be possible for me to pick up the study guide after school tomorrow between 3 p.m and 4 p.m? Could we please go over anything that I missed at that time? I do not want to fall behind in the class due to my absence. I appreciate your time and look forward to speaking with you soon.
Thank you,
Jane Johnson
English 1
Cell phone etiquette for teens is critical for success in school, work, and life. Please feel free to share this scenario with mothers, teachers and teens to ensure every email or text a teen sends is professional.
From the Teaching Guide for Smile & Succeed for Teens. Learn more cell phone etiquette for teens in the book Smile & Succeed for Teens. Copyright 2015, Solid Press, LLC, Kirt Manecke.


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Review: 'The Gates' by Rachael Wade
I received a complimentary copy of the book from the Author in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.
The Gatesby Rachael Wade
Series: Resistance #2
Published by Rabbit Hole Press on March 1st 2012
Genres: Paranormal Romance
Pages: 245
Format: eArc
Amazon Kindle | Amazon Paperback
Getting There is Half the Battle.
Armed with more unsettling knowledge about Gavin Devereaux and her circle of friends, Camille Hart is faced with new adversities and lethal propositions when she returns to the Amaranth exile to carry out Gavin's risky crusade.
Realizing her journey through the bayou was only the beginning of her struggle to stay with Gavin, she finds that leaving her Louisiana home is the least of her worries. New evils await her on the other side, and as she and her friends press on with their mission, they are confronted with the reality that everything doesn't always go according to plan.
As secrets unfold and alliances are formed and broken, only the strongest will survive and the power of love will be tested when a war between witches, humans, and vampires erupts into an all-out power struggle and all is on the verge of being lost.
Review: 'Amaranth' by Rachael Wade
Amaranthby Rachael Wade
Series: The Resistance Trilogy #1
Published by Rabbit Hole Press on September 30, 2011
Genres: Paranormal Romance
Pages: 245
Format: eBook
Amazon Kindle
Knowledge Changes Everything…
Hoodoo-influenced Southern Louisiana seems like the perfect place for Camille to escape her abusive past and dysfunctional family. She doesn't expect to fall in love with the handsome Gavin Devereaux and plummet into the world of Amaranth, a place of exile for reformed vampires.
Wrestling to escape a deadly ex-boyfriend while giving Gavin a chance, Camille is confronted with decisions that threaten not only her life, but the lives of her inhuman friends she has come to love. Entangled in her friends' quest for freedom, she dives into their realm and faces the threats of Amaranth's ruler—the mother of all vampires—and her own inner demons.
Now Camille must decide whether she will derail her life and make the ultimate sacrifice for the monsters that interrupted her bumpy path back to sanity—what she still wants so desperately—or escape with Gavin before it's too late for both of them.
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How to peel an egg?
fudoc5 replied to Pseudonym's topic in RecipesHi Pseudo, I normally do this - try adding 2-3tspns of baking soda to the boiling water, boil them a little longer (~5-10min) more than you normally would. Fill a large bowl (I normally use the sink) with ice and water like an ice bath, and once ready dump the eggs immediately into the ice bath for 5-10min before peeling.
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Cheers Pseudonym calves still there (looking a little softer), yeah been on contract working around the pacific islands for last few years, good to be back home tho. Have put on a decent bit of weight myself (not lean mass) too (too much turkey tails, palusamis, and breafruit), so looking to get back in shape for summer. She currently trains at the gym at Auckland Diocesan School as she works there and gets in free. oh yeah, am likeing this new website design too, much more simple navigation around threads
Recommend PT/nutritionist for a beginner
fudoc5 posted a topic in Ladies' roomHi, I havn't post on here in a while, drawing on those who have had good experiences/results with female personal trainers (with good nutritional insights). I am writing onbehalf of my partner who is a beginner and totally new to this, and any reccomendations/referrals around central auckland would be much appreciated. Thanks Cheers, fudoc
Eating Halal and Bodybuilding
fudoc5 replied to Optimass's topic in Diet & nutritionOpti, theres a bunch of halal meat stores around Mt Roskill area especially along Dominion Rd: Mohammeds: http://www.mohammeds.co.nz/about.htm Younus: http://www.localist.co.nz/l/ninwgd Imam: 1274 Dominion Road ..?.. from memory But yea, take a drive along Roskill part of Dominion road and theres quite a few Muslim stores/butcheries around.
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fudoc5 replied to arthuritus's topic in Diet & nutritionIn the larger quantities it is. Nutratech 1kg bag $33 per kilo. Evolv 1kg bag $33 per kilo 2 x nutratech 5lb bags, $124 special price. $27.31 per kilo. Evolv 5.5kg bag $140 per bag. $25.45 per kilo. Nutratech 10kg bag $280. $28 per kilo. Evolv 11kg bag. $24.90 per kilo. Hard to beat this for value. What I was looking for was the best price for a 1kg bag of unflavoured whey. I have enough flavoured stuff to last for a while, just looking for some natural stuff for smoothies etc. GA have a look at iherb.com, i've been getting 10lb unflavoured WPI (Now foods) from them. v.cheap shipping too compared to bb.com http://www.iherb.com/Now-Foods-Mega-Pac ... 54-kg/8217
Dorian Yates coming to NZ!
fudoc5 replied to maccaz's topic in General chitchatawesome, thanks for the headsup maccaz
Fitness plus manukau
fudoc5 replied to fudoc5's topic in Gyms & equipmentyeah i just had a look at their website, paying cash works out to be about $13/wk a yr.
Fitness plus manukau
fudoc5 posted a topic in Gyms & equipmentFor those who've trained there before, what are your thoughts and would you recommend it? good atmosphere? whats it like during peak hours 5-7pm ? Cheers
What I bought today....
fudoc5 replied to steak's topic in General chitchatNate, that looks damn handy,have you got them yet, do the containers look exactly like the ones in the pics you posted? b/c the photo on nzmuscle shows a different lid design for the individual containers: http://www.nzmuscle.co.nz/shop/Shop+by+ ... +Meal.html or http://www.bodybuilding.com/store/six-p ... s-500.html ? cheers,nick
haha,yea think i'm gonna sign up n giv it a try. apparently theres some pre-sale membership special on at the ponsonby club,so might sign up there n use the greenlane gym as its closer to work.dunno if they'll allow that tho :shrug:
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fudoc5 replied to Android's topic in Workout journalsoh, btw, what are your thoughts on anytime fitness in greenlane?equipment, free weights,cardio,SQUAT RACK? i am considering signing up as a backup gym. its mainly for late work days when i can't make it to my usual gym in puke on time.cheers
half human/half machine - downloading training data...
fudoc5 replied to Android's topic in Workout journalsWelcome back Android!! wow only just realised it after a search for 'anytime fitness auckland' led to your workout journal :pfft: looking forward to your progress towards a Mr NZ title,and all the best!! :clap: ,nick
sorry to bring up an old thread folks, I was wondering if anyone has trained at the Anytime fitness in Auckland (greenlane)? i'm currently in search of a backup gym near my new work place (mt wellington), and anytime greenlane seems decently close.any help/info appreciated, thanks in advance
Which oil??
fudoc5 replied to Katie1309's topic in Diet & nutritionextra virgin is good only if you dont heat the oil to very high temperatures (ie,deep frying),otherwise it will loose most of its nutritional goodness and antioxidants. a quick saute is fine tho. i usually steam my veges,then dress w/ some extra virgin.


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Our faith in government is at an all-time low. We say no to an immigration bill, and the Senate continues to give it CPR. We don't trust anyone, and without trust the system doesn't work. We don't trust our Congressman, because they never seem to follow through with campaign promises. The real money in their campaigns don't come from you and I. Heck, most of America doesn't even vote let alone donate. Those huge dollars come from big corporations and special interest groups who look at these candidates as investments instead of leaders.
We don't trust our government, because they are constantly getting caught in lies. The whole Scooter Libby thing got me thinking. I know a lot of conservatives are saying, "yes, the President is finally doing right". And though I do feel that it was a witch hunt, and they couldn't prove anything wrong, he did perjure himself. If you're innocent, there's no need to lie. Perjury is a crime, and it should be punishable. But then again, our leaders live about the law. Take a look at these two:
Scooter Libby– who albeit shouldn't serve 30 mos, but should serve something. Like I said, if a jury has found him guilty of perjury, then guilty he is, and he should serve a punishment fitting of the crime (isn't that what our justice system says?).
Former President Bill Clinton– This is why I like to call myself the common sense conservative, you're common sense needs to guide your ideals. For all of those out there who were up in arms about the President lying under oath, where is your outrage over Scooter Libby?
Once again, this becomes a Left vs Right issue, not a Right vs Wrong. The President of the United States is supposed to be a leader and a man of character. But no one cares about character if you're on their side. The right was up in arms with Clinton who perjured himself under oath. The left did everything they could to defend him. That same left was up in arms over Scooter Libby, and guess what, that same Right did everything to defend him.
When will politics be pushed aside and character restored? Will there be another "Honest" Abe? Or just a bunch of —we'll protect our guys and attack yours. It is party first, ethics second. Everyone is a hypocrite- take a look at D's vs R's
- Obama (D)- "This is exactly the Politics we must change"
- Snow (R)- "A pardon is not out of the question"
- Pelosi (D)- "the President shows his word is not to be believed"
- Thompson (R)- "I am very happy for Scooter Libby" (this is the only honest opinion)
- H Clinton (D)- "in this administration, cronyism and ideology trump competence and justice"
- W Bush (R)- of course, he is the one that has to give the executve pardon.
Competence and Justice? Let's take a look at the former President Bill Clinton's pardon sheet from the US Dept of Justice. I can't even believe that it's that long!
The long and short of it, they're both wrong! Wrong for lying, wrong for attempting to deceive the people and the courts. Wrong for breaking the trust of the American people. What happened to the President of the United States that you sat your son on your lap and talked about his great deeds and character. Where has that man gone?


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In the last couple of years, criticism of the government has become a risky business in Turkey. Hundreds of journalists critical of the government, including some prominent ones, have been dismissed. Turkey even found itself for a period in the same camp as North Korea, China and Iran by banning Twitter and YouTube. Enormous tax evasion fines have been levied against the free enterprise that dare to remain critical. Offices of numerous businesses have been raided and their assets have been frozen through illegal seizure.
Join us for a luncheon talk with Kerim Balci to hear insights into the extent and changing nature of government infringement on individual, enterprise and media freedoms over the last few years.
Turkish writer, journalist and academician Kerim Balci is recently the Editor-in-Chief of Turkish Review, a bimonthly journal published by Zaman Media Group of Turkey. Balci is a frequent columnist in Today's Zaman and Zaman dailies, both the largest circulating newspapers in their boulevards, and correspondents to several local and international TV channels on issues related to the Middle East.
Apart from his professional job in journalism, Balci works with interfaith dialogue groups in Europe to promote multiculturalism in Europe. He served as the President of the London based Dialogue Society for two and a half years before his current assignment in Istanbul. He has edited a book named Whose War? in Turkish dealing with the Iraqi War and published an album called Ottoman Jerusalem in Photographs (IRCICA, Istanbul, 2009, Published in Turkish, English and Arabic.) and another album with modern photographs of the city called Kutsallığın Başkenti Kudüs [Jerusalem: Capital of Sanctity](TİMAŞ, Istanbul, 2011). Balcı published several articles in academic and popular books and encyclopedias, mainly about the Middle East, Turkish Politics, US Policy in the Middle East, and interfaith dialogue.
Kerim Balci studied Physics and Political Science and International Relations in the Bosporus University of Turkey. He has an MA from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the city where he served as the representative of Zaman Turkish Daily for eight years. Balci is currently a PhD candidate at the Durham University of the UK on linguistic philosophy.
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This is the last CSR Newsletter of the Spring semester.
Have a great summer and I will see you in August!
The 5e of Strategic CSR contains a new case-study on the media, in general, and Facebook and related issues, in particular. The article in the url below builds on an earlier Newsletter (Strategic CSR – Facebook) to add an interesting twist:
"Facebook may eventually have more dead users than living ones. If Facebook continues to grow at its current rate, the site could have 4.9 billion deceased members by 2100, according to [new research]. Even if growth had stopped entirely last year, the study finds, Facebook would be looking at about 1.4 billion dead members by 2100. By 2070, in that scenario, the dead would already outnumber the living."
This, of course, raises the interesting question of who owns the data of these people's profiles and pages, filled with their histories, captured in words and photos. The scale of Facebook's success raises the stakes in terms of what to do with these data:
"'Never before in history has such a vast archive of human behavior and culture been assembled in one place.' … 'Controlling this archive will, in a sense, be to control our history.'"
Facebook is aware of this problem and is responding, somewhat:
"As it stands, Facebook users who are alive can choose a 'legacy contact' who gets access to much of the account's data after the original user dies – at which point the account can be 'memorialized.' Others, however, cannot log into it, posing a potential problem if a person dies before designating a legacy contact."
In other words, the issue of real death and virtual life remains a legal and ethical challenge:
"Is it time to appoint social media executors? Should we collect our passwords and include them in our wills? Should our Instagram accounts become part of the historical record?"
Have a great summer.
David Chandler
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Facebook could have 4.9bn dead users by 2100, study finds
By Matthew Cantor
April 24, 2019
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This article applies to:
- Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Server for Linux
- You have Acronis Bootable Media created with Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Server for Linux;
- You boot your machine from the Acronis Bootable Media and attempt a file backup;
- Immediately after the backup starts, the machine reboots. No backup is performed.
This is a known issue. The issue is specific only to file backup of symbolic links.
This has been fixed and the fix is available in the latest build of the product. See Installation of the latest update of an Acronis product.
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If swear words bother you, you may want to exit now because Sexy Texts to Send Him Part 2 is the dirty version!
Sexy Texts to Send Your Husband is constantly in the Top 10 posts here on Mom on the Side. Clearly Y'all feel the same way I do about adding a little spice to my husband's day via text.
I have some new ideas to share and here is your warning…these are dirtier than the first round!
Sexy Texts to Send Him Part 2
(Dirty Version)
Sending a sexy text message to your husband allows you to seduce him with words. Whether you want to get him in the mood and send a little thank you the morning after one of these texts will do the trick.
Sexy Texts To Get Him in the Mood
Hello there man stallion, fill me with your massive love-wand tonight.
Tonight I will be your personal plaything. Are you ready for pleasure?
You are so fucking sexy it makes me wet just thinking about you.
I want to slide up and down your pole all night.
I'm going to lick your lollipop until I hit the spot.
So…when you gonna let me hit that?
I want to wrap my legs around you…pushing you deeper inside.
Sexy Texts for the Morning After
I can still imagine you inside me.
I can't wait to feel you again.
Morning sexy, I can't wait for our next adventure together.
Ready for Round 2?
My knees are still shaking.
Sexy Movie Quotes
There are some pretty steamy movie quotes that work great as a sexy text message. Bonus points if you use a quote from a movie you both love! Here are some examples:
"You must forgive my lips…they find pleasure in the most unusual places. – A Good Year
"Tell me…tell me you want me." – Fear
"You can put it anywhere…" – Cruel Intentions
Go on girl, get your sexy texting on and get you some!