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About the Book
This book was made possible by the contributions of family stories, photographs and the experiences of those who joined the Australian War Memorial's battlefield tour of 2008.
The tour was led by Nick Fletcher, a Senior Curator from the Australian War Memorial. We commenced with a visit to the site of the D Day landings. We then travelled to the historic sites of the Western Front where we walked the ground retracing the journey of the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) in the First World War from France through to Belgium, and then onto London.
The AIF fought on the Western Front from March 1916 till armistice on 11 November, 1918. The year 2008 commemorates 90 years since the end of the war.
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Large Format Landscape, 13×11 in, 33×28 cm
112 Pages
- Publish Date Apr 22, 2009
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Robyn van Dyk is the Senior Curator of Published and Digitised Records at the Australian War Memorial. She joined the Battlefield tour of the Western Front 2008 and kept a blog of the tour published on the Memorial's website: http://blog.awm.gov.au/awm/category/battlefield-tours/
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Do Poverty Reduction Strategies Help Achieve The Millennium Development Goals?
This paper examines the partnership in development policies between the World Bank/IMF and the United Nations. Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) are instruments used by the Washington institutions to achieve the Millenium Development Goals (MDG) initiated by the UN. We review and interpret the genesis and development of MDGs and PRSPs in this perspective, and examine their institutional connections. The analytical aim of the paper is to conduct the first investigation in the literature of the impact of PRSP features on progress in achieving the MDGs. We introduce a unique dataset of PRSP indicators and match these to MDG data on MDG indicators. We find robust effects of PRSP features on the youth literacy, women's employment and child mortality indicators. The quantitative evidence suggests that PRSPs appear to become more effective over time, and that more focused PRSPs, more participatory PRSP formulation, and better proposed policy actions may enhance their effectiveness in achieving MDGs. We discuss these findings in the context of other PRSP assessments in the literature and propose future research avenues
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The Drawing API allows developers to specify and generate graphics using Drupal render arrays.
The Drawing API is an abstract graphics handling API, the current design is inspired by the SVG format. It was originally written as a 2007 Google Summer of Code project. The aim of this module is to provide a parser for a FAPI-like data architecture for graphics making the display of drawings easy to understand on the back-end, without requiring the knowledge of the actual front-end toolkit that it will be rendered into. It makes it easy to generate different graphs, plots, charts, maps and so on.
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10TV spoke with a man who said he is a friend of Terry Smith Jr., the man police said raped at least two women he met online.
Tony Dunn said Terry Smith Jr., didn't hide the fact he turned to the Internet to find a date. He said he frequented sites like OK Cupid, Plenty of Fish and Craigslist, looking for love and sex.
"I knew he was sleeping with them; it all seemed consensual. There was nothing out of the ordinary," Dunn said.
Columbus police detectives said what Smith was doing was not consensual. Wednesday he appeared in court on two charges of rape and kidnapping.
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Our Cultural Trip to the Amazon
It was our first visit ever to this small village in the Amazon. Priya, my wife, and I, visited as a Cultural Exchange Program between India and Brazil. The day was bright and everything looked great. Upon landing at the Rio Airport, we booked a taxi to the small village where we were supposed to spend the rest of the week. After a two hour drive, we reached our destination and a crowd of tribal men and women greeted us. To our surprise, the people had little clothes to cover their bodies. Women were topless and so were the men. I couldn't help from staring at big voluptuous bosoms.
The sun was setting down and our tribal host showed us the thatched straw hut we were to sleep in. We were presented with straw skirts and were supposed to wear them the next morning. Priya and I were both tired because of travelling, so we slept without much talking unaware of what's going to proceed the next day. At about 7 AM, I heard people talking outside our hut and I saw a group of village girls waiting to take us to the common breakfast they arranged for us. We had to adapt to their culture and ways of life for the next 2 weeks, meaning to dress like them, eat what they eat and so on. After all, it was about their culture.
I took my shirt and pants off and wore the grass-woven skirt, and so did Priya. It was a new experience for both of us to be dressed that way, especially for Priya, and to be topless in public. After some initial shyness and reluctance, we went out of our hut. The girls waiting outside started to smile when they saw us in their traditional costume. One of them had a bowl of paint. She made some colored marks on Priya's body as per the tribal traditions. Priya couldn't hide her emotions and I saw her face blush. Just outside the tribal chief's hut, breakfast was arranged for us…wooden tables with fruits and honey. There were about 50-75 people sitting next to each other, and we were seated next to the chief and his wife. The breakfast started. We ate tropical fruits which we have never seen before. Then I noticed something strange. Some of the men were breastfeeding from the women next to them and suckled, while the women continued to eat fruits. Mia, our translator, and the tribal girl from the village realized my curiosity and whispered that it was normal for husbands and relatives to nurse from lactating mothers. Breast milk was consumed as food in the tribe.
We were told that it was considered to be highly prestigious if a guest was offered breast milk. The guest must never say "No" or else it's considered to be an insult towards the hospitability of the host. When the breakfast was over, we started doing the days task as everybody else was doing, like collecting fruit and bringing woods for fuel. I noticed that most women of the village had very developed breasts and long pointy nipples. It was due to extended nursing. It seemed that in the absence of any cattle, women were the only source of milk for the villagers.
The day was moving forward and we started to feel hungry, nevertheless we kept on working like other villagers. Priya made a scream catching my sudden attention. She was stung by a wasp on her breast and it started to swell. The people around us also came to help and took us to their only doctor, a traditional herbal doc. Our guide told us that the wasp that stung Priya was common there and the cure is an herbal paste. Sometimes, the point of sting had to be sucked by the herbal doctor to make sure that the sting venom is extracted out. The herbal doctor was on old man in his 70's and had lots of tattoos on his bare chest. Priya shivered with shock as he took her breast in his hand and applied the herbal paste. While he held her breast firmly applying the medicine, a tiny drop of milk came out from Priya's nipple. Priya had always maintained a supply of milk even after she stopped breastfeeding our son. Drops often came out whenever we had foreplay, but this was obviously an embarrassing moment for her, and she started to look at me with a mix of complain and shyness. I told her that she was going to be okay. I also noticed that the girls who accompanied us to the doctor started chanting " mimo, mimo, mimo," when they saw the drop of milk come out from Priya's nipple. Our guide told us that "mimo" meant milk in their language.
The next day, four mature tribal women came to us with a bowl containing blue dye. They made some tribal color designs on Priya's back and on her belly. We had no idea what this coloring was all about, until an hour later when our guide told Priya, that the design made on her was an indication to others that she was a lactating woman, and lactating women are treated with special favors and respect in their tribe. Then to our complete surprise, I was told that today, I would go alone for fruit picking and collecting woods, and that Priya would be assigned new tasks. I accompanied Priya, along with the guide and other women to a hut that looked more like a tribal kindergarten with 10-15 kids, ranging from 6 months to 5 years of age. This was the new environment where Priya would be working, separated from me.
I departed and started to work with the other men. It was a very bright sunny day and the moisture in the air was too much to endure, but the locals looked quite comfortable with it. Time passed very slowly that day and I missed being with Priya. That afternoon when I returned to the village from work, I started to search for Priya and found her in the same hut. "Oh my gosh" I said! Priya, what are you doing?" She just smiled holding two babies in her lap latched on to her nipples. "This is my new job Priya replied". I was stunned and confused on our way back to our hut. Priya told me that its customary for women having milk to nurse village children, and that she did not mind it, as she found it easier than working in the jungle and getting stung by wasps or bees. Finding Priya happy about it, I didn't complain.
Priya was getting molded more and more into their tribal culture. In just 4 days, Priya's breasts transformed and looked heavier and milk laden. Getting continuously suckled by kids was impacting her breast and nipple form. In quite a few days, she started looking the same as other tribal ladies with bare breasts and pointed nipples. Mia, the tribal guide girl, was very frank with both of us. She told Priya that the tribal ladies were very happy with Priya for feeding the village babies, and also spoke highly of Priya's milk. Some of the older kids in age ranges of 4-5 years, told their families that they liked Priya's milk more than that of other lactating mothers, providing this service to the village. In my opinion, it was because we were of a different ethnic background and obviously that made her milk taste different from others. So perhaps the children of the village find her milk to taste differently. The fame of Priya's milk spread rapidly and often women and girls came to Priya with small earthen pots, requesting her to squirt some for them. All that started to make Priya a little proud about herself and she started to boast about her milk to me.
It was Friday, the last day of our first week there, and as per tribal traditions, Friday was the day of a big feast. At noon, everybody would gather with their fruits and other foods to the central eating place. The tribal people seemed to like us, and we saw many happy and smiling faces. Once again to honor us, we were to sit with the most respected of the tribe. Everything was going normal, and then all of a sudden Priya pulled my arm to get my attention. I saw the most unbelievable scene. The guy sitting next to Priya started to suckle from her breast. Priya held me tight, shivering and shocked but didn't make any sound.
It was a common norm of the tribe and we had to be like them and act like them. After a minute of suckling, he let it go and started to speak to others in their tribal language. It seemed they were discussing something and most were staring at Priya intermittently. Then they started getting busy with eating food. Our guide told us, that the man told other's that Priya's milk was as sweet as honey, and is different from milk of their own women. His praise of Priya's milk created an awkward situation for us. Almost every second person was interested to suckle from her. Priya just closed her eyes and let them suckle. She was blushing, as this was something very unexpected and new to us. I got jealous, but I controlled my feelings. The following night, I talked to Priya about it. She kissed me and told me that I should not worry much about it, as this was only a temporary thing, and was not sexual for the tribal culture.
For the next couple of days, the same routine followed. Priya was getting suckled by men and women, but now Priya was getting used to it and more confident…no more closed eyes and face blushes. It seemed that her milk casted a spell on the villagers. She was very much respected and everybody bought gifts in form of garlands and fruits for her. In just 12 days, her breasts grew in size, became very pendulous with very developed nipples. She looked very comfortable in her new role as milkmaid. Often she would leak milk, even when she was not breastfeeding. She became a supply house of milk.
During the last day of our stay, the villagers gave a big party in our honor. Priya was bathed with jungle scents and flower extracts, and was treated like a princess. Her nipples were painted red with a special herbal extract. All sorts of food were served, followed by a traditional tribal dance. Priya and I joined the dance. It was a very special environment, jolly and cozy. Then all of a sudden, a baby started to cry and caused a let-down effect in Priya… her milk started to leak as she danced. People started to notice it and came in groups to suckle from her, appreciating her after suckling. The mode of the party had a strange effect on all of us...everybody was lost in merriments and joys. Priya was out of control, squeezing her milk with her own hands in the mouths of all the people, and looking towards me with pride and honor in her eyes. She was totally transformed and had become one like them.
The time passed quickly and we had to depart from our host. In the evening, an old van came to the village to pick us up. We said good bye to our friends and left for the city. It was all like an unbelievable dream. We flew back to our country the next day with pleasant memories of it
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this story is took a theme with my fictional idea -Hello friends I am sharing my personal experience with you I am sheela 28 years old my husband is working in Singapore .I am a home maker I had a kid with 6 months .yes I am a nursing mother .we both lived alone in a beach side house since it is old house .my husband arranged for the renovation work of house .so through my husband a engineer contacted me and set a team for the renovation due to renovation I and my kid stayed in outbuilding near to servant accommodation but it is vacant. The team was with 4 men and to women with a head of supervisor .in that team bhasu a man around 45 with lean structure with dark complexion worked along with them all are good and the work went promptly
After a week bhasu asked me accommodation stay with his wife and newly born child since he has new born to need of morale support from him all the mansion are from local and bhasu is from interior village that with no frequent transport .I accepted to bhasu next day he came with his wife devi and newly born child they stayed in servant accommodation. his wife was round thirty five like him lean and dark complexion .I welcomed them they are only family going to stay in that home I enquired about them with devi she is widow and got married as a second wife of bhasu and told that already he his having a family in home town and I let her to settle.
Next day I asked for comfort ability about house to bhasu he told convenient for them .I started my chores at home all the works went smooth on that night nearly 12.30 I heard the voice of bhasu .I woke from bed and went out and peeped thought the window I saw bhasu standing there .I opened and asked what happened he told that his baby was crying for long due to huger mothers milk also dried .so he asked milk for the baby I went to refrigerator and checked there is no milk in stock .I suddenly intended to breast feed the baby .I went to his home I asked baby from devi requested bhasu to stand outside I removed my night gown since where only panty inside I took the baby to my lap and latched my nipples to mouth of the baby it started to suckle after a minute I felt milk flowing slowly the went to sleep I put her in cradle .while feeding I discussed with devi about her she told that milk dried problem I wore my gown and went back to bed next morning I heard the sound of knocking door while I was in sleep I woke up and opened the bhasu was standing there I asked bhasu what happened he replied that you have did a in comparable that saved the baby with your milk he replied. I told it is basic mother humanism to no mothers will leave any baby in hunger I told and I asked him that to feed his baby regularly .he replied if you have no objection he told from that day I start nurse to the poor kid where else I continued to my baby also
Two days later at afternoon I went to bhasu home to feed the baby .I worn nursing gown I got baby from devi and unzipped the gown and took my breast out and to free flow I completely took out and devi sat near and commended that my breast grown to larger size I know that because of more feeding it changed to 36dd to 36 f .we started to chat about bhasu and I asked when he will come she told it is time to come she replied while feeding bhasu entered inside it shocked due to exposure of my breast devi told that just we discussed about you she told but stood there reluctantly but I welcome him as humanly due heavy work he seem to fatigue he sat and asked for water .I relaxed my self that's no wrong . He started to have lunch while I noted him that frequently his eyes glimpse on my breast while baby got sleep I covered in rapidly .then I went for nap
At evening I and Devi started to chat in my home .she told that bhasu is keep on taking about you nature and told that my husband was unlucky. while bhasu came and sit with us .while we are in chat his eyes ogling my breast I hide by my hands by covered slowly bhasu asked me to requested to come to their village by time of festival in next week along with that devi also requested to come . I accepted to go
After a week bhasu and devi told that they are going to festival .they asked me about my arrivals I asked can we three go by my car at today afternoon .I handover the all details to supervisor and informed that we I,bhasu and devi are going to village festival and back in two days.i took drive car I worn sari and bhasu sat front to show path devi and babies were I back while they told nearly one and half hour travel after a travel of two hour we reached the destination it is the village on sea shore all are huts where ever fish smell .we went there by evening I saw lots ladies worn only sari without blouse . mens were a simple dhoti I noticed that there are all parallel and right angles with streets and huts overall I liked the village . we reached hut by 6o clock .the hut was a wall with adjacent kitchen .uncertainly I felt how I am being there for two days. Bhasu spread the at on floor and asked me to sit an he informed that kindly to adjust and he told that he will do his good best .due to travel I wanted to take bath and to change the dress. before that I wanted to feed babies . bhasu went out and he told he will come late to home .after he left I undressed and fed the babies .devi took out her blouse and wear only sari .she told most women in the village it is usual and she told they accept as if like them I also want to dress like her and to go round the village .i took bath and got a sari from devi and wore like her .i felt so easy like no clothes in my body and body is exposing. Devi told that you are really attractive .suddenly I tried to change my cloths suddenly devi you will become normal in morning she told. I accepted, Devi took her neighbors house all of them invited me to the temple function at 9.00 pm. It is already 8.00 .so we went back to the hut and had the dinner I fed the baby and make them sleep bhasu entered the hut and told as to start to the temple and he turned his attention towards me and told that I am very beautiful .
devi told that she is take care of babies and told me to go with bhasu .we both started to temple he told that it is function in the temple where people asked about to their query to priest he will answer and give the prosperous to village we both walked through the sea shore .it is a full moon day the tides are in the pin drop silence I heard the tides roaring sound the wind blown swiftness in the wind it deflect my cloths I felt my nipples felt the airy feel .bhasu eyes often gives a glimpse on my breast .he asked that are you happy in your life he asked I that told not wholly .he asked my marriage life and I replied we leaded normal life and my husband is money ambitious he always dominant me .no freely or I cant free spoken even he is not showed interest on the kid also. I asked him about his leading two families. he told that it is normal in our society even women also can live with other also. Due to the sufferance of devi I married her. at initially she rejected marriage for 8 years with permission of my fist wife I married her .my first wife also leading her life individually along with her two boys .I asked him why do you called me to the village ? He said want to talk with me.
I know that I replied .he asked me about my sexual life .at initially this question thrust me. But slowly I replied it is ok. he told that he loves me. I told I know that but we can't live together .he suddenly asked that why not to have sex? I told that I can't response for this now I replied that I will tell reply in some day? Whatever the answer may you should accept I replied he agreed .and we walked towards his while his face turned to fluctuate but we reached the hut we all had dinner and went to sleep. In late night I open my eyes that time I saw bhasu not in sleep and staring me I asked him you didn't sleep I am not getting sleep he replied that you refused my love at least let me enjoying you. again I unable to sleep .i cant blame even my body need pleasure and I am loving him. Due not to pervert I controlled my feeling.
Next morning I devi and kids where started to my home we reached and started to doing chores while devi told that bhasu is in nervous. Yes I told that I should speak with you she told that, tell me I told he wanted sexual affair with me. devi told madam I expect this and told that he was keep on talk about you and she told that he is good in all activities and he is loyal to me it is normal to have sex with other women in their and even she had sex with other men also and that night I thought about bhasu .that night bhasu induced my sexual desires and my mind started to accept bhasu and why I should waste my jejuneness of life that I felt .next morning I decided to go bhasu home to check his arrival and to feed his baby .when I came out I saw bhasu outside in a minute my heartbeat raised some unusal pleasure the words twisted and asked when do you come ?he replied at late night and asked that can I feed the baby he told ok .i went in and took the kid and open my blouse and started to feed .meanwhile devi told that she going to shop to get some commodities and she went .that time came inside and sat in the rope cot and asked that if there is any change in the attitude? I told give me two days. And he ogled breast and release your breast for free flow of milk as his instruction I unbuttoned took my breast out and continued .bhasu smiled and told now only you understand me .and he went out joyfully.
Next morning my bathrooms stagnate with water due to choke in pipe. Because of this I decided to take bath in servant's bathroom but it is an open terrace. I thought no one is here I should finish the bath before the mansions arrival. So I took my dress and went to bathroom I checked bhasu was not there .I went in and locked and started to strip my gown and bra while removing my panty I felt someone is peeping through the hole suddenly I wrapped my self with towel and to see who is that I unlocked and came out look in to anyone presents It was bhasu rushed from back and told I only smiled and came closer and tap in my back and you are very beautiful in naked he exclaimed and went I back to bathroom and started to bath .
I don't know how to start with devi regarding this matter .i called devi to my home and asked as a help to complete my chores. While I told about the behavior of bhasu on me. devi told me if you don't like him throw him from the job .i told that I like him but I don't want to violation to you. She replied if you don't feel wrong to have sexual contact with bhasu I don't bother and I never interfere I want sexual pleasure with hard man like bhasu. on that day rained heavily so workers stopped their work earlier and they left home .due to rain servant accommodation was in leakage of water so I called devi, bhasu in my accommodation we had dinner and we watched movie and devi went to kitchen to finish chores .i went to bath and came out with small towel covered from half my breast and to my thigh my mind blown to seduce bhasu so walked slowly from bathroom to my room where bhasu was sitting adjacent to my room in the hall .his sharp eyes waved my body I gave a twisting smile to prick his feels when I enter the room I didn't close the door . I know bhasu will peep I took my towel off and wore shorts and give a look on the out
I saw that bhasu peeping me I smiled to him and put-on the bra. further more I don't want wear anything I went to kitchen and check devi .i found she was sleeping .i sat at sofa while bhasu at floor so I started to watch television bhasu moved towards me and took my feet he kissed my ankle heat aroused on me vagina stated to itching uncontrollable pleasure started I felt sweaty smell but I liked it he kissed my belly and licked with his tongue in belly button .i felt breast is growing heavy .he put the hands on the breast and kissed in my lips and overall the face .he make me bow and unbuttoned the bra .i felt relaxed while he hold my breast and bit my nipple gently flapped his tongue on the nipple and next to other side of breast milk started to flow he licked the milk flowing around breast and told my was milk like sweet and sour while his got hardy erect and we moved to our room .i handled his erect penis by giving blowjob his cock is average size around 6inch. While in peak erection he thrust his penis inside the vagina and started pumping .while pinching the area behind the nipple between the fingers of his hand while milk jetted from it. I was groaning in pleasure. he penetrated that whole all the way until I felt his balls slam against my butt checks I tightened my grip on it and he squeezed it until a sigh of pain escaped my lips. My pussy was so warm that it felt hot on. He moved in and out with pressure .after some minutes I felt his liquid is thrusting inner. And he lean on me .we both crawled on bed .I joyfully kissed him. He worn dhoti and I slept nude with him
Next morning devi woke bhasu but I closed my eyes and listened the conversation devi asked him leave from this before others arrival after 5 mins I got up from bed .i checked both of them gone to their home. my heart filled with pleasure never attend orgasm like this before .devi came to me, smiled and asked how was the night .i un able to explain in words but I thanked her for sharing his husband. And I told that bhasu is rough he made some scratches on my body still I felt sore on nipple due to hard bite and time passed at night bhasu came to home he asked what happened he asked ? I told my problem he asked to come to his home.i entered his home and sat in the cot. I asked devi to bhasu he replied that she went to her mother's home her return will be after two days I asked about the kids to feed he replied that his cousin will do that and he told you to feed me. The response made me timid little bit. He came and sit very close to me and told me put of my cloths and he asked me wear devi sari without blouse and bra though my mind blown in thoughts the body shivered suddenly he started to un zip my gown .i didn't shown any objection he took out my top I tried to close breast he hold my hands and he removed bottom and panty too .i body felt hot in that open house .he took devi sari and give it to wear like the peoples wearing in their community I told that I don't know to wear like them he smiled rounded the sari on my waist and while kissed in nipples and started to suck my breast vigorously and emptied the breast. I made food and we had our dinner
Suddenly he asked that shall we move to his home town .i accepted and stated in car he directed me to go to sea shore. Again he asked to dress like the villagers I changed and went before him .he hugged me tightly and kissed in a vigorous manner .it stimulated my desires. But something kept me behind .so I pushed him he also came to normal and asked what happened .nothing I replied .i asked him to talk for some time .we sat near a boat side he started to speak about his past life while he asked about my any sex affairs other than your husband and me .i replied only you both and I told I like you .he smiled and lied on my laps with close to bellies. It is late mid night no one in the shore except we both .that time I started relish sea breeze in moonlight .bhasu told that you are my twenty-fifth person having sexual contact and he told I like to have open air sex .this information didn't hurt me more because of sex desires on him. He gradually unwrapped my sari at first I hold it tightly he pulled it out roughly. I was made topless only worn panty .i cupped my breast with my hands .he removes his shirt and his dhoti he worn only breechcloth .he asked me that shall we go round a walk in nude. Instantly I felt shy covered my body he told that you're my angle and he is in extreme happiness I convinced myself and started to walk because of sea breeze and exposure my body excited with unknown pleasure and felt my breast also heavy because of milk secretion we walked a some distance after that I didn't felt shy after meant time .he described that my breast are like papayas hanging in the tree and said ready to ripe yes I said. he lifted me with jubilant and he pulled my underclothes he put me in the sand and groped my tits hardly squeezed milk flown like waterfall and he latched his mouth to my nipple and suckled for a minute he went don to my pussy and opened my vagina and he put his tongue deeply licked in a rhythmic move my feel shoot up due to his experience with various women after that he inserted his finger upto some inch and start stimulating g-spot .it is first time attending this in my life .i also want to do oral sex for him I took His cock to my mouth and started giving blow-job his cock raise up to some inches and I took out and cock was against my buttocks and I made myself available by spreading my legs. He was at the entrance to my vagina and before I could do anything was inside me right up to the hilt. I screamed out, not in pain but with shear pleasure.
His hands again made their way to my full tits and nipples and he started to 'milk me', his cock remained deep inside me. As the milk squirted from my tits, over his hands and onto my naked body I couldn't hold back any longer. I shuddered to an almighty orgasm. As I did so he started to move his cock in and out of my slippery cunt. "Don't cum inside me," I was able to say, though my body wanted to be fucked hard and long. His thrusting penis was now pounding into me. He was giving me his full length over and over.
Suddenly he ordered, "On your back quickly".
I turned round as best I could and he was sitting astride my waist, his hand pumping his cock. It looked enormous, the head red and shinning with my juices. His face screwed up and he exploded his cum over my tits, the spunk was mixing with the white of my milk. His ejaculations spurted over my nipples and some reached my face. Finally he was done and he squeezed the last few drops from his cock.
I lay there breathless and with disbelief at what I had allowed to happen.
He stood up leaving me on the floor, naked and dripping with sperm and milk.
"You'd better go," I said quietly, and he did.
I struggled to my feet and made my way to the bathroom. I poured hot water into the sink and began to wash my tits, the foam of the soap taking away the remains of my sexual encounter. The trouble was that the massaging and sensation of the water was making me sexy again. As I wiped away the soap I could see my nipples were swollen and needed attention. I pulled them hard looking at the length to which they stretched. I'd never seen them so large and wanting.
God, I was like a sex machine, My hand was soon down to my pussy and pushing inside as far as I could. I wanted it all inside me. I needed to be fucked again. My hand was moving faster until I felt my cunt spasm hard as I came, my juices shooting out of me and onto my thighs
We continued our sex up to my home renovation time with in that I came to know I am carrying his child I want to carry child any how my husband will come after a year .part -2 will cont
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Reds come back from five-run deficit to take nightcap of doubleheader
CINCINNATI -- Billy Hamilton has been clutch with runners in scoring position all season, but it wasn't until 11:18 p.m. ET on Tuesday night that he got to enjoy his first walk-off hit, one that gave the Reds perhaps their biggest victory of the season to date.
Hamilton lined a broken-bat single down the left-field line to complete Cincinnati's largest comeback in 2014, erasing a 5-0 deficit in the nightcap of a day-night doubleheader with the Cubs to beat Chicago, 6-5, sweeping the twin bill and moving to 3 1/2 games behind the Brewers in the National League Central.
"I get nervous when situations come up like that, and I knew just to relax, and it worked out for me," Hamilton said. "I broke my bat, but it died a warrior."
Pinch-hitter Brayan Pena led off the ninth by dropping a bloop single into left. Mike Leake pinch-ran for him, representing the winning run. Leake moved to third on a single by Devin Mesoraco, setting the stage for Hamilton's heroics.
"The guys before me put me in a great situation that made it a little easier for me to get out there with nobody out," said Hamilton, who is batting .353 with runners in scoring position. "It was a big hit by Meso, and it made it easier for me."
That made things easier, but what the Reds accomplished was no easy task. The largest deficit they had erased to win a game this season before Tuesday's contest was two runs.
"I don't even know what to say," Reds manager Bryan Price said. "What a game. I don't know if I've ever been involved as a manager in a more exciting game and just to see the reaction of the players and how fired up they are, it was just a big game and a lot of big moments."
The big moments early in the game were enjoyed by the Cubs as they roughed up 23-year-old left-hander David Holmberg, who Cincinnati called up from Triple-A Louisville to start the nightcap after the Reds won the afternoon game, 4-2.
Chicago used the long ball to jump on Holmberg early. With one on and one out in the second, Chris Coghlan hit his second homer of the day to put Chicago up, 2-0. In the third, Anthony Rizzo led off with a solo homer, which was followed by a Starlin Castro single. One out later, Mike Olt belted a two-run shot to left that extended the Cubs' advantage to 5-0.
"I didn't execute," Holmberg said. "I left pitches up in the zone and they took advantage, and they hit the ball out of the yard. … When a pitcher gets ahead, a pitcher has such an advantage, and not getting ahead, the hitter has all the advantage. Early on it wasn't looking good, but an amazing comeback by the guys and a great job by the bullpen."
After tossing 2 2/3 scoreless innings in the first game of the twin bill, Reds relievers combined for 6 1/3 more shutout frames in the nightcap. Carlos Contreras, J.J. Hoover and Logan Ondrusek gave Cincinnati a fighting chance by putting up zeros.
"C.C. came in after Holmberg came out, and he locked it down for two-plus [innings]," said Hoover, who struck out the side in both frames he pitched for a career-high six punch-outs. "We started to score and I just wanted to keep it there."
The Reds loaded the bases with nobody out in both the fifth and seventh innings, with a run on Jay Bruce's RBI groundout in the sixth sandwiched between.
In the fifth, pinch-hitter Chris Heisey struck out and Hamilton flied out to shallow center. Skip Schumaker bluffed the tag, but scored when Junior Lake made a poor throw back into the infield.
In the seventh, Mesoraco grounded into a 6-4-3 double play that enabled Schumaker to score again. Hamilton followed with an RBI triple to cut the deficit to 5-4.
That set the stage for a pivotal eighth inning, when Brandon Phillips led off with a single up the middle and scored on Bruce's double into the left-field corner to tie the score.
The sweep of the doubleheader was Cincinnati's first since August 31, 2009 when they took two from the Pirates at home. The Reds have now won four straight and 13 of their last 18 games, cutting their deficit in the NL Central in half over the span of three days. Cincinnati is a season-high six games over .500 and has won four consecutive games without Joey Votto, who was placed back on the DL Tuesday.
"The only thing you can see as a positive out of [Votto's injury] is that it's creating opportunities for other guys to play," Price said. "And they are taking advantage of it … it's whatever it takes to win right now."
It took a five-run comeback on Tuesday, one that Price won't forget.
"This is about being a part of something that just unifies all of us," he said. "And Reds fans and the players and the staff and everybody involved with the organization, it just feels really good right now, the moment."
Manny Randhawa is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Sydney's newest theatre, Eternity Playhouse in Darlinghurst, has opened its doors.
The City has transformed the 132-year-old heritage-listed Baptist Tabernacle into a modern 200-seat theatre and creative arts centre.
Tiered seating focuses on the stage with good sightlines and acoustics. The space underneath houses the box office and a bar. There is a new backstage area for dressing rooms and offices for the resident Darlinghurst Theatre Company.
New stairs and a lift to improve accessibility have been included. The building's heritage character has been preserved, while making the building more sustainable with energy-efficient lighting, rooftop solar panels, and rainwater collection and reuse.
The $7.9 million transformation makes the Eternity Playhouse the first major theatre to open in metropolitan Sydney since Carriageworks opened in Eveleigh in 2007. This contributes to our Oxford Street cultural initiatives supporting artists, designers and performers.
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December 6, 2004 Authors Jared Carter and Debra Magpie Earling To Read on Dec. 9
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Authors Jared Carter and Debra Magpie Earling will read from their work at 6:45 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 9 in the sixth floor Mumford Room of the Library's Madison Building, 101 Independence Ave. S.E., Washington, D.C. Poet Laureate Ted Kooser will speak briefly and introduce the writers. Tickets are not required; this event is free and open to the public.
Jared Carter's first collection of poems, "Work, for the Night Is Coming," won the Walt Whitman Award for 1980. His second, "After the Rain," received the Poet's Prize for 1995. "Les Barricades Mysterieuses," a sequence of villanelles, a French verse form, appeared in 1999.
Debra Magpie Earling's debut novel "Perma Red" was published in 2002. It follows the struggle of 16-year-old Louise White Elk to escape her life on the Flathead Indian Reservation in 1940s Montana. Earling is on the creative writing faculty at the University of Montana at Missoula.
Ted Kooser is the current Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress. He is the author of 10 collections of poetry, most recently "Delights & Shadows" (2004). Kooser is a visiting professor in the English department of the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. He resides in Garland, Neb.
For more information about the Library's Poetry and Literature Center and this event, call (202) 707-5394 or log on to www.loc.gov/poetry/.


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Madison, Wisconsin - A small transparent fish is showing University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists how the human immune system sometimes fails to fight serious infections.
The see-through zebrafish sheds light on a serious genetic disorder in infants and on the problem that often compromises the immune systems of adult cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy.
In recent experiments with the fish, the researchers saw that defective infection-fighting white blood cells called neutrophils stayed in the circulation instead of traveling to an infection site in the fish's ear, where they should have fought the inflammation.
Zebrafish have been very useful for Dr. Anna Huttenlocher, a pediatric rheumatologist and immunologist at American Family Children's Hospital. She uses them to create models of some of the immune disorders she sees in her young patients.
"The zebrafish is a powerful tool that has helped us understand things about the immune system we didn't know before," says Huttenlocher, also a professor of medical microbiology and immunology at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.
In the current study, published in Development Cell, she and post doctoral fellow Dr. Qing Deng report creating a zebrafish model for leukocyte adhesion deficiency (LAD), a genetic disorder that results in recurring and at times life-threatening bacterial infections. The problem usually occurs most acutely in newborns but can also arise later in life in a less severe form.
The zebrafish model the UW School of Medicine and Public Health scientists created was based on a specific mutation in the RAC2 gene that Huttenlocher and her collaborators discovered earlier in one pediatric patient with a form of LAD. The gene affects how neutrophils work.
"We knew that with LAD, neutrophils either didn't get recruited normally to infection sites or they didn't function normally once they were there," Huttenlocher says.
The researchers depleted normal RAC2 or inserted the mutated RAC2 gene into the zebrafish, then observed how the fish responded to a bacterial infection introduced to the ear. No neutrophils moved to the infection under those conditions, but without alterations to the RAC2 gene they did.
The researchers were surprised to learn what role defective RAC2 played in the process.
"We didn't know if it caused neutrophils to be trapped in the blood or stay in the bone marrow tissue," Huttenlocher says.
Knowing now that RAC2 prevents neutrophils from leaving bone marrow raises the possibility of new drug treatments for neutropenia, which occurs when chemotherapy suppresses the immune systems of cancer patients and makes them susceptible to infections.
Strategies to mobilize neutrophils away from bone marrow could help those patients' immune systems become stronger. Libraries of existing compounds could be screened to see if any of them modify neutrophil responses.
"But it may not be as simple as it sounds," Huttenlocher says, "because finding a way to release neutrophils does not necessarily mean they will go to the right place."
The most common treatment for an infant with LAD today is a bone marrow transplant, she adds.
Many researchers use zebrafish to study developmental biology and cancer, but Huttenlocher and her team are among the first to use the fish to create models that mimic human immune conditions.
"Zebrafish let you do live imaging of cell activity," she says, making the fish extremely useful for studying immune cell movement to infection and wound sites.
Zebrafish are also better than mice for screening drugs, she adds, since thousands of fish are easily obtainable at a much lower cost.
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JACKSON, Miss. -- From Mississippi to the U.S. Capitol, mainstream Republicans expressed relief Wednesday at Sen. Thad Cochran's comeback primary victory over tea party challenger Chris McDaniel, highlighting anew the fissures between traditional GOP powers and challengers determined to pull the party further rightward.
McDaniel, meanwhile, complained that a number of Democrats --most of whom are black in Mississippi-- apparently cast ballots in the GOP runoff and boosted Cochran's numbers. McDaniel refused to concede the race and said he would probe "irregularities" in Tuesday's voting.
Cochran turned a 1,400-vote deficit to McDaniel in the primary's first round into an almost 6,800-vote runoff victory in no small part by appealing to voters who hadn't already voted in the Democratic Primary on June 3 -- a legal strategy given that Mississippi voters don't register by party.
Cochran's campaign also reached out to black community leaders, taking advantage of their unhappiness over McDaniel's anti-government rhetoric and scathing criticism of President Barack Obama, who got support from just 1 of 10 white Mississippi voters in 2012.
"We must be absolutely certain that our Republican primary was won by Republican voters," McDaniel said. "In the coming days, our team will look into the irregularities to determine whether a challenge is warranted."
His insistence that Democrats voting in his party's primary was a bad thing made some mainstream Republicans cringe-- and express relief that Cochran, a six-term senator and former Appropriations Committee chairman, is now the heavy favorite to win re-election over Democrat Travis Childers this fall.
"I'm for more people voting, not less people voting," Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul told reporters in the Capitol in Washington.
Cochran's victory, they said, allows the GOP to continue its push to win a Senate majority in November without worrying whether McDaniel, a 41-year-old state senator, will join Texas Sen. Ted Cruz in a conservative faction that often frustrates operations of the Senate.
Sen. Bob Corker of Tennessee noted that Cochran's victory came the same day that Oklahoma Rep. James Lankford won the GOP Senate nomination over a tea party candidate in the race to succeed retiring Sen. Tom Coburn.
Statewide turnout increased by almost 70,000 votes over the June 3 primary. Turnout in majority black counties grew by 43 percent, while in counties where blacks are less than a majority, it grew 17 percent.
McDaniel and his campaign spokesman did not return messages Wednesday about whether he would appeal the results.
State law says an appeal would be made to the state Republican Party. A separate state law appears not to allow McDaniel the option of waging a write-in candidacy in November.
In Washington, Republicans dismissed McDaniel's criticism of Cochran's strategy and found themselves hoping openly for more black votes in the future, though the party has insisted in Mississippi and elsewhere on voter ID laws that some African-Americans criticize as modern poll taxes.
The lone Democrat in Mississippi's congressional delegation, meanwhile, said McDaniel should blame himself if he's upset about black voters affecting a GOP primary.
"When you talk about government not having an obligation to its citizens and you use code words like 'they have lived off the government too long,'" said Rep. Bennie Thompson, "to the average black Mississippian, those code words bring up too much of the past.
And I just think that McDaniel did as much for the Cochran turnout in the black community as the Cochran people did," said Thompson, who is black.
Barrow reported from Atlanta. Associated Press writers David Espo, Donna Cassata, Andrew Taylor and Charles Babington and polling director Jennifer Agiesta contributed from Washington.


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Vice-President Joe Biden will be in Minneapolis this morning to raise money for Senator Amy Klobuchar.
Biden will hold the fundraiser at The Hilton in downtown Minneapolis. Donors are being asked to give from $125 per person to $25,000 with the contributions shared by Klobuchar and the DFL Party. Biden has no public events scheduled during his visit.
Klobuchar, who is in her first-term, is considered a safe bet for reelection in November but Republicans say she can be beaten because she voted in favor of the bank bailouts, the federal stimulus and the federal health care law. Three Republicans are vying for their party's endorsement to challenge Klobuchar. They are state Representative Kurt Bills, Army veteran Pete Hegseth and former state Representative Dan Severson.
This isn't the first time Biden has held a private fundraiser in the state. He held a Minneapolis fundraiser for President Obama's reelection last May.


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Accra, April 26, GNA - The National Communications Authority (NCA) and Vodafone Ghana, would from May 1, 2010, introduce new number codes for all the ten regions of Ghana in line with global telecommunication standards. A statement signed by Mr. Isaac Cudjoe, Head of Corporate Communications, Vodafone Ghana, said the switch over to the new numbering structure would bring uniformity as both fixed and mobile phone numbers would have ten digits.
It said currently, the number of digits for fixed lines across the country differed from region to region, adding that another downside of the current landline numbering structure was that each region had a multiplicity of codes, which made the system very confusing. The statement said "Under the current numbering system, for instance, the Greater Accra Region has three different codes, Ashanti has six codes, Western Region has seven while the Eastern Region has as much as ten different codes.
"But all of this is going to change with the new numbering system to commence in May".
The statement noted that one positive aspect of the new land line numbering structure was that each of the ten regions in Ghana would now have a single code for all districts and towns within the regions. "This makes life easier for callers," it said.
The new codes for the various regions will be as follows:
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Western: 031 Ashanti: 032 Central: 033 Eastern; 034
Brong Ahafo: 035
Volta: 036 Northern: 037 Upper East: 038 Upper West: 039
The statement said since the new structure required that landline numbers add up to ten digits, current numbers would be prefixed with the regional code of the destination call, plus a prefix, plus the current recipient number.
It noted that for example, to call a number in Accra, say (021) 234666 from another region, one would have to now dial 030 + 2 + 234666 making the new number (030)-2234666.
"To call a number in Ada, which is part of the Greater Accra Region, say (0968) 56890, the caller will now have to dial (030) + 35 + 46890 making the new number (030) -3546890 - the same numbering structure applies to the other regions," the statement said.
It said although the new landline numbers would be operational from May 1, 2010, the system would allow calls to and from the old numbers until after August 2010 when calls with old numbers would no longer be successful. "The NCA and Vodafone expect that by that date the public would be well informed about the new numbering structure," the statement said. It said details of the new numbering system would be available in the dailies and through an automated system that would provide callers with information on the new number for any existing number they call.


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It's a rewriting, baby! GermanPug ► SPRICH, FREUND! 10:10, June 5, 2012 (UTC)
|Alright, I know that seems really low, but don't despair. Essentially, I think you've got an article with a lot of potential that could be a great one if you worked on it some more. Your concept, while solid, is somewhat typical for an Africa article (see below). I think you should try to go in depth about the country's history a little more. Recently, there have been some pushes to democratize in Swaziland, and the King has been dragging his feet about it. Perhaps you should mention that? Also, Swaziland is not surrounded by South Africa; it shares a border with Mozambique.
Finally, get rid of that god awful "statistics" section. As a general rule, lists are almost never funny unless they're integral to the article.
|Well, as I said above, the concept is decent, but you need to do some more work to make it unique. Everyone knows most African countries (with the exception of a few like South Africa and Tunisia) are basket cases and dictatorships. You need to do something to make Swaziland stand out. It's one of the last absolute monarchies in the world; perhaps you could focus on that and contrast it with the other Presidents/kings in other countries. For example: "Unlike in neighboring Mozambique, Swaziland's king rules with an iron fist and doesn't try to hide it. Not like that 'President' ruling the country next door to it."
It's just a suggestion, but I think you could go somewhere with it. Also, as I said above, try to go more in-depth about the attempts to introduce democracy to Swaziland and the King's reluctance.
|Prose and formatting:
|This is, in my opinion, your article's Achilles Heel. There are a lot of run-on sentences and periods where they don't belong. I suggest doing a thorough copy-edit of this to get rid of any egregious spelling and grammar errors. One of the first things people judge an article on is grammatical structure.
|A mixed bag here. The flag is really funny, but it could be more smoothly integrated into the picture. The banana picture is kind of random. The picture of the king is a little childish, but I suppose it works well for what its supposed to do. One thing, though: axe the Indian Nazi picture. That has shown up all over the net, and it's a really stereotypical "shock value" image.
|My overall grade of the article.
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|Basically, you've got a good starting point for a solid article, but you need to do some tinkering with it to refine the grammar and flow. Find something that makes it stand out from other Africa articles-what makes Swaziland different? Why is it important? Good luck!
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Travel in Chile
- 1 Driving Laws in Chile
- 2 Driving Exam and Drivers licenses in Chile
- 3 Renting a car
- 4 Buying and owning car
- 5 Importing a car
- 6 Public road transport
- 7 Vehicle fuel prices
- 8 Highway Roads in Chile
- 9 Railways
- 10 Air travel
- 11 Related articles
- 12 External links
Driving Laws in Chile[edit]
Also see Safety, Security, Police in Chile for more information on the Police or Carabineros of Chile.
An international drivers license is generally not required, but a good idea to have in Chile. Simply a valid licenses from your home country is sufficient, but it is best to have an international drivers licenses on hand should it ever be asked for by an officer.
Driving Exam and Drivers licenses in Chile[edit]
The driving exam is administered by the local municipalities.
Starting August 2012, administration of the driving theory test changed. Instead of test questions being selected from a published list, they will be selected from a much larger unpublished list. See the "Cars" article for more information: http://www.allchile.net/chilewiki/index.php?title=Cars#Driving_theory_test
Old data which might be valid for awhile:
A number of the municipalities have a web site with where you can practice taking the written test in Spanish.
Here is a link to the one that Viña del Mar has. Viña del Mar
Please see the driving theory test section of the 'Cars' article for the Spanish test questions and English translations of them.
Related Links: AAA international license and application
Renting a car[edit]
Some international car rental companies are present in Chile, as well as local competitors:
Expect the usual car rental experience, prices per day are $30 and up. Some companies want you to have an international driving license, others (most?) will accept your foreign license.
Outside of Santiago some local companies may be either cheaper or more expensive, depending on whether it's low or high season, and how much of a local market they have.
Buying and owning car[edit]
See the 'cars' article for details regarding purchasing and operating a car.
Importing a car[edit]
Importing a used car in Chile is generally prohibited according to the US Dept. of Commerce:
"No, the importation of used passenger and cargo transport vehicles is prohibited. Limited exceptions do occur in the two free zones in Chile, Iquique in the far north and Punta Arenas in the far south. Used cars can be sold in these zones, but said vehicles cannot subsequently be sold outside the zones."
While Chile does not allow for the importation of used vehicles, Chile does allow the import of special purpose vehicles like ambulances, towing vehicles and others. For a list of more vehicles allowed in Chile see: Compilation of Foreign Motor Vehicle Import Requirements - US Department of Commerce ITA - April 2006
You may import a new car but check prices in Chile first to assess whether it's worth the hassle of handling the whole transaction - including sea freight and insurance - yourself. Also, consider whether you'll find spare parts and qualified service for the brand/model you're considering importing. Also note that the mileage on your new car is expected to be only what is required to deliver it from the factory to a port/ship and off the ship into Chile. Max a few hundred miles. Basically if you buy a new car from a dealer, make sure it has very low mileage and then arrange for it to be put into a container (or delivered to a port) for shipment. Even though a dealer can sell a new demo vehicle that has a good number of miles on it with a warranty, it will be of no use to you if you want to ship it to Chile.
A prohibitive luxury tax has been phased out between 2004 and 2007 thanks to the FTA between Chile and the US, though knowledge of this among customs agents may vary! The taxes that remain are a tariff (6% ad valorem for countries that have no FTA with Chile) and 19% IVA which you'll pay whether you import a car yourself or buy it from a local dealer. To import under FTA terms you'll need a certificate of origin. (It's unclear to us whether the 6% tariff still applies to car imports from FTA partners such as the US or South Korea, given FTAs take years to fully apply across all product categories.)
Taxes are paid on the CIF value (i.e. including cost, insurance and freight). The formula for calculating the VAT is: (CIF + import duty) x 19%, i.e. you'll pay this tax on top of taxes...
See also forum discussion.
Public road transport[edit]
There are several types of public road transport in Chile. They include a
- bus
- micro, which is a minivan
- taxi and
- colectivo, which is taxi on a set route.
- "alimentadores" are local, feeder buses
- "troncales" are longer-route buses
Several bus companies compete in Chile and offer a more pleasant experience than your average Greyhound. Their speed is monitored by GPS so buses tend to stay on schedule. Prices are quite reasonable, for instance expect to pay less that $8 for a one-way trip from Santiago to Vina del Mar or Valparaiso. You can compare and book fares from shared bus stations such as Pajaritos in Santiago. Some of these companies have schedules and other information on their sites:
- Turbus
- Condor
- Pullman
- Bus Sur
- http://www.igillaima.cl/ also has buses to/from Argentina
For long distances the most comfortable way to travel is to buy a ticket for "Salon Cama" rather than "Semi Cama" and to (if possible) travel on the lower level of a double decker bus. Not all buses have two levels, most don't, but if you are fortunate and get a double decker buy a ticket for the lower level. Many times the air-conditioning does not work on buses and it can get a bit hot on the upper level. The windows do not open. Chilean buses are generally clean and well maintained and the A.C. would eventually get repaired. But bus companies will not pull a bus out of service during the tourist high season "only to repair the A.C.". This is in order to keep them on the road and maximize profits. It will cost more for a Salon Cama ticket but it's worth it if you're traveling long distance in Chile.
Most of the time you can just show up at the bus station and buy a ticket. Usually you will be able to get on the bus leaving at the time you want to leave. On rare occasions all the seats will be booked and you'll have to get on the next bus. The only exception to this is during Chilean holidays when it seems millions of people are traveling. The station will be packed solid with people coming and going. During holidays it's best to show up very early or even better to get tickets the day before. Buses are how most people travel in Chile. There is no stigma to traveling by bus as perhaps exists the USA. The Chilean buses are modern and comfortable, they have TV screens to show DVD movies and they give you free snacks on longer trips. Also, during the stops vendors will come on the bus to sell food and drinks .
If you're traveling into or out of the north of Chile you will have to exit the bus at the Carabinero checkpoint a few hours south of Arica. They will go through your bags and suitcases and possibly the drug dogs will sniff them. This generally does not take much time and can be a welcome chance to stretch your legs. But again, during the holidays there may be eight or ten buses lined up waiting to go through the check point so it could be a forty five minute wait. It takes about twenty nine hours to go from Santiago to Arica. And about seven hours to go from Santiago to Mendoza, Argentina if you need to do a visa run.
Interprovincial buses[edit]
As of 2011, passengers on "interprovincial" buses are obligated to wear seat belts which were put into service in 2008 or later. Fines for passengers not wearing seatbelts on interprovincial buses can be as high as 57,000 CLP (about US$120 at present rates).
Within cities you'll see small buses called Micros. The ride is quite an experience. It's not easy to figure out their itinerary, you'll have to look at a list of their major stops on their front and sides, or ask locals.
Taxis are relatively affordable, by western standards. You'll save money by grabbing one in the street, as opposed to asking them to pick you up. You'll usually have the taxi all to yourself without any other passengers or stops before your destination.
Some taxis called colectivos run on relatively fixed itineraries. Colectivos go on their routes and constantly pick up and drop off passengers and you'll share the ride with three or four other people. This can be a good way to practice your Spanish.
Collectivos are cheaper than a regular taxi. The cost for a colectivo ride costs 350 pesos from 7am to 11pm and 500 pesos from 11pm to 7am (for Temuco). The colectivos have numbers on top of the cars identifying their routes. Most if not all of the colectivos in Temuco go through the center of town.
Cars with drivers[edit]
Some companies offer an interesting alternative to short term rentals and taxies. They provide you a regular car and driver for intra-city or inter-city transportation, for single trips or by the day. See TransPeople for an example in the Vina del Mar area.
Vehicle fuel prices[edit]
Gas in Chile is more often found in 93, 95 and 97 octane variations, as well as diesel. At around $1.3-$1.4 per liter ($5 a gallon), pricing is closer to Europe than the US, and it's certainly very expensive in local purchasing power terms. However that doesn't seem to stop Chileans from driving, as you'll see thousands of cars on the road and in Santiago traffic jams (taco's) are a regular occurance.
Highway Roads in Chile[edit]
Speed is limited to 120 kph (75 mph) and is often controlled by cops with mobile radars.
See COPSA association and a map of highways by region.
It probably doesn't need to be said. But, don't ever try to bribe your way out of a ticket with a Chilean cop.
Overall, passenger trains are less used than road transportation, though a few lines may offer faster travel than buses. See the the national stateway's site EFE.
TerraSur provides rail service from Santiago, south to Concepción [1]
Trens Metropolitanos between
- Santiago and Chillán
- Santiago and San Fernando
- Santiago and Linares
- Talca and Constitución
Air travel[edit]
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Passions is Cancelled After Eight Years
Woe is the state of the soap opera industry today. With Passions joining the TV graveyard in the sky later this summer, the soap landscape dwindles from nine daytime dramas to eight. The future doesn't look good for what's left behind.
While Passions might not have been everyone's cup of tea (or pitcher of MarTimmies), it certainly wasn't your grandmother's soap either. It was cutting edge, innovative, and yes, downright strange at times. It also had heart, and a knowing self awareness that they were in on the joke.Yes, Passions had its faults, as all long running shows do, including a tendency to drag out storylines interminably. The show was also known for its proclivity to repeat dialogue so often the audience could recite it from memory with the actors. Yet none of this should take away from the fact that Passions was a true original, in a genre not used to straying from its comfort zone. While the overall ratings never reflected its innovativeness and appeal to a new kind of viewer, the all important demographics did. In the prized 18-49 year old female viewer, Passions ranked fourth. It also frequently landed in the #1 spot with women 18-34.
As one of the few soaps to show continued growth as well as a willingness to take chances, Passions spot in the daytime family seemed secure. In an effort to attract a broader audience, Passions was one of the only soaps to utilize the power of the Internet. Several campaigns were interactive, including The Lady in Red and Hidden Passions, the show's tie-in book which spent time on the New York Times Best Seller List.
Passions also boasts some of the best talent in daytime or primetime in veterans Juliet Mills as witch Tabitha Lennox, and Ben Masters as powerful patriarch Julian Crane. Other talent on the show all eight years include Lindsay Hartley as heroine Theresa Lopez-Fitzgerald, McKenzie Westmore as beguiling Sheridan Crane, Galen Gering as hero Luis Lopez-Fitzgerald, Brook Kerr as ingénue Whitney Russell, James Hyde as Police Chief Sam Bennett, Kim Johnston Ulrich as scheming Ivy Winthrop, Tracey Ross as Dr. Eve Russell, Rodney Van Johnson as Coach TC Russell, and Eva Tamargo as loyal Pilar Lopez-Fitzgerald. For a show to still have so much of its original cast intact says a lot about it.
Passions is currently doing a good job wrapping up long running stories, as well as developing new ones. Gwen finally grew some balls and left Ethan so he could reunite with his true love Theresa; Ivy was exposed as tricking Grace into staying away from her family; Fox is on the brink of being outed for the lengths he went to keep Kay; Chad's secret lover was revealed to be a man; and best of all, the new pairing of Luis and Fancy is promising plenty of intrigue following his arrest for raping her, complete with evidence obtained from a rape kit exam. Sheridan is also starting to seem more and more unbalanced, which is understandable considering everything she's been through over the last eight years. This illustrious list includes being buried alive once, presumed dead at least twice, amnesia, thinking she murdered her mother, the death of her son Marty, a miscarriage, her rocky romances with brothers Antonio and Luis, and last but not least, her hasty marriage to Chris.
The show deserves a chance to stay on the air whether it moves to cable or the Internet, to continue its brand of outrageous storytelling. In this day and age of all news all the time, the world certainly doesn't need a fourth hour of the Today show, and NBC can't afford to lose its most imaginative show in decades.
I fear with the cancellation of Passions, daytime television will lose a large chunk of today's younger soap fans, and if soaps are unable to keep this new generation of viewers, the genre may go the way of the dinosaur.
Guiding Light's 70th Anniversary
It's ironic that as we mourn the demise of Passions, we're celebrating the 70th anniversary of Guiding Light. But much as the lesson showcased in the actual anniversary episode itself, such is the cycle of life.
The writers chose an inventive way to chronicle the evolution of the show by having the actors take on roles from GL's past, including the talented Beth Ehlers (Harley) playing the show's legendary creator, Irna Phillips. By charting GL's evolution from the heyday of radio to the heady early days of television, through today, it gave viewers a chance to grasp the show's part in history, as well as a chance to see the birth of the soap opera.
This history lesson was juxtaposed against the ending of the tragic love story of Jonathan and Tammy in the present day. As the voiceover told us, birth and death are a part of life, and will always be repeated.
Every actor featured in the anniversary episode was spot-on in their interpretation, particularly Ehlers bringing Phillips vision and passion to life.
In the days following the groundbreaking episode, as the attention turned back to Tammy's death, some Emmy-worthy performances were given. Tom Pelphrey, never one to back down in any scene, was absolutely riveting as Jonathan mourned the person who had given him a soul and taught him to be a better person. As he lifted Tammy's lifeless body off the bed and sobs wracked his body, anyone who has ever lost a loved one couldn't help but be swept up in his grief, and reminded of their own. His guttural cries of anguish were enough to stir something in even the most apathetic of viewer. Pelphrey's pain was agonizing to watch, and impossible to turn away from.
After nailing grief, Pelphrey took rage to a new level in his scenes with Kim Zimmer, when Jonathan set fire to Alan's dining room table. While Reva tried to convince her son that he did indeed have something to live for in the form of his daughter, Pelphrey was by turn furious and feral, as well as contemplative and caustic. Zimmer was a tour de force as usual, first offering to help Jonathan throw things on the fire, and later helping him to find his light by having the strength to survive.
Even though these episodes are sure to win Emmys for the actors and writers involved, they serve an overall greater purpose. The message about everyone finding their own inner light, and the show's commitment to help those affected by Hurricane Katrina, makes you see the power daytime can have for good, and why it's so important it not be taken away. If only all shows could have a chance to make it to 70 years.
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Atlanta Assembly was an Automobile factory owned by Ford Motor Company in Hapeville, Georgia. Harbour Consulting rated it as the most efficient auto plant in North America in 2006. As part of The Way Forward plan, the plant was closed on October 27, 2006. [1].
The Atlanta Assembly plant was opened on December 1, 1947. [2].
- 1983-1985 Ford LTD
- 1983-1985 Mercury Marquis
- 1986-2007 Ford Taurus
- 1986-2005 Mercury Sable
The plant was purchased for over $40 million by Jacoby Development, Inc., in June 2008. [3] Demolition of the plant began in August 2008 and is expected to take one year. The site is expected to be used for a 6,500,000-square-foot (600,000 m2) "multi use" community of retail, office, and hotel developments as well as additional parking for the adjacent Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.
See also
- ↑ "Efficient auto factories aren't spared the ax". Detroit News. http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060602/AUTO01/606020394/1148. Retrieved on June 2.
- ↑ "UAW Local 882 History". http://www.uaw882.org/history.html. Retrieved on April 19.
- ↑ "Ford sells Hapeville plant site to Jacoby Development". http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/2008/06/09/daily75.html.
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The inside of the wrist, just beneath the palm, is a popular spot for tattoo placement. Despite its high visibility, such tattoos can be relatively discreet if small. Either the left wrist, right wrist, or both can be used for tattoo designs.
A word or short phrase in flowing script is a popular wrist tattoo design. Any word or phrase that has meaning for the wearer can be used here, from "holy," "faith" and "believe" to "relax," "breathe" and "let go." Complementary words like "love" and "hate" or two parts of a long phrase can be tattooed on both wrists, Sometimes people also get names or initials (their own or others) tattooed on their wrists.
Foreign Alphabets
The inside of the wrist is also a favored place for words inscribed in Sanskrit, Chinese or Japanese characters. I Ching ideograms are also a possibility in this same vein, as are runes.
Roman numbers are another common wrist tattoo, often commemorating a certain date such as an anniversary or birthday. Plain numerals are also a possibility, perhaps a lucky number (a design incorporating "lucky 13" is a classic old school tattoo) or something with special meaning to the wearer.
The nautical star is considered a good luck emblem, and one common place to have them tattooed is on the inside of the wrist. Other star designs are also often seen in the same spot.
With this tattoo design, you can literally "wear your heart on your sleeve." For some reason, this tattoo is often placed slightly off-center and is usually just a small outline in red or black ink.
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