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Kiruba Shankar has issued one entry clause for people attending the conference on blogging, podcasting, videocasting and social media, to be held in Chennai in September this year. Each participant will either have to present a paper or create and upload a podcast of the conference. This will make the conference interactive and generate a first-hand experience about new media like podcasting, says Shankar. Some 400 people are expected to attend the conference, which is being touted as the first-of-its-kind in India.
Called the Blog Unconference ' because its unlike any other conference ' it will be a mixture of workshops, practical demos, interactive quizzes, discussions and games. The conference will be a platform to promote podcasting as a new medium of expression, says Shankar.
As content becomes king, podcasting is set become the new way to communicate. People want to communicate on the go. They want content to be available anytime, anywhere, says Bangalore-based non-resident Indian Kamla Bhatt, who runs a features-based podcast show called the Kamlabhattshow.
Apple has hailed podcasting as the new generation radio. Podcasting ' a word derived as a mix of iPod and broadcasting ' is essentially user-generated content that can be downloaded on a computer or an iPod. Wikipedia describes podcasting as a method of publishing files on the Internet, allowing users to subscribe to a feed and receive new files automatically. It became popular in late 2004 and is used largely for audio files.
In its early days, podcasting was used only to download popular music. Now users are using the technology to hear text-based information while on the move. The New York School of Photography has made podcasts of photography lectures, which anyone can download from the Internet. Stanford University provides podcast versions of lectures to its students ' they can listen to them in their free time. A teacher in China uses podcasts to teach Mandarin. Podcasting has opened limitless possibilities of providing content to Internet-users, says Bhatt.
Even so, podcasting usage remains low in India. Although blogging is big in India, the number of people who have taken up podcasting is astonishingly low, says Amit Agarwal, an Agra-based professional blogger. Furnishing figures, Agarwal says that among the third world nations, India and Brazil have the highest numbers of bloggers. But podcasting has not caught Indian bloggers fancy. There are only a handful of India-based podcasting sites, he adds. Agarwal is working on introducing podcasts on his blogs by next month.
The blogger feels techno-phobia keeps Internet buffs from podcasting. In India, Internet users assume that podcasting needs heavy duty technology, says Agarwal. Thats actually not true. To podcast, all you need is a microphone and software called audacity which allows you to record, he says.
Podcast listeners, on the other hand, can subscribe to feeds using podcatching software which periodically checks for and downloads content. It can then sync the content to a portable music player. Any digital audio player or computer with audio-playing software can play podcasts. The same technique can deliver video files. Some podcatching software plays both video as well as audio files.
The numbers may be minimal, but podcasting is slowly becoming a new medium to communicate in India. Sify.com was the first portal to launch podcasting formally in India in August 2005. The firm sees a future in this media. There are roughly 3,000 podcasters in India. These are largely bloggers who use podcasts as an extension of their blogs, says Surya Mantha, senior vice president, interactive services, Sify. But Mantha feels podcasting is finding a new user base. We have seen an increasing number of amateurs trying their hand at creating new podcast programmes, he says.
The list of Indian podcast programmes is brief. In March this year, Kamla Bhatt soft-launched the Kamlabhattshow. I upload three shows a week. Its about life, people and ideas, says Bhatt. In the first week of its launch, Bhatts show recorded 1,000 downloads. But most of the traffic came from the US, she says. As downloads are free and there are no advertisements coming in yet, Bhatt is a long way from breaking even.
Former cricket Sunil Gavaskar has started a cricket podcast show on Yahoo! India. The podcast is produced whenever there is a cricket match with India playing at one side. A site called podmasti.com deals exclusively with Bollywood-based podcasts.
Bhatt forsees podcasting as the next step to blogging. If you post a message, you have to write reams of content. In podcasting you just talk, she says.
Moreover, as iPods gain popularity in India, so will podcasting, predicts Bhatt. A Bangalore-based department store, Fab Mall, sells about 10 iPods every day. Thats good for starters, says Bhatt.
While the Indian market is minuscule, Apple ' whose iPods brought podcasting to the forefront ' is optimistic about podcasting. Its iTunes 4.9 includes a podcast directory listing over 3,000 free audio programs and has the ability to automatically send new episodes of podcasts to a computer.
Research firm Gartner has said Apples move will help consumers better manage podcasts and will make on-demand technology more attractive to Internet content providers.


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My Citroen C4 Grand Picasso 1.8 petrol keeps cutting out and losing power, it has been into Warners and the French car company. So far I have replaced the solenoid timing valve, fuse box and throttle body but it is still doing the same and it`s now getting very expensive replacing these parts. Is there anyone out there who can help?
Submitted: 2015-01-07 | ID: 109138
My C4 was bought in April 2008. It broke down in June 2008 and 3 times every year since. Under warranty it went back to the dealer's garage but they cannot fix, so it costs a lot to fix. Citroen will not recall it as they say this car is the only one the world with the problem. My C4 does not like the heat, when the temperature reading in the car says 28 degrees or over, the motherboard trips out. First, the power steering fails, followed by front lights flashing, then the wipers start working. When you stop the car the auto parking break locks and the car will not drive. So when you take the keys out of the ignition the engine remains running. Citroen Europe's first advice was to get out of the car quickly as the doors and windows may lock. The cheapest way I discovered to resolve this problem is to open all doors, boot door and bonnet. After about 1 hour the motherboard cools down and resets itself and there is no problem, car restarts and park over night. Hoping for rain or snow in the middle of summer. We now call our summer breakdown season. Think twice about Citroen unless you have a spare bank account!
Submitted: 2014-03-28 | ID: 93542
I bought the car in Feb this year with 51000 on the clock. A nice car to drive; comfortable, economical, fourty or so to the gallon locally probably better on a long run. The ride is a little harsh due I think to the rated tyre pressure of over 34 psi. The EGS can be a little notchy, but OK if you ease off the pedal a bit when you know it's about to change up. It also has more little extras than you would imagine. One thing that annoys me, however, is that you can only listen to the radio for a few minutes when stationary before the car goes into economy mode and switches it off . All was going well until this week when I lost a lot of power, also a warning light "Depolution system faulty". The car is now at the garage having the "turbo impellor" replaced. A nine hour job I'm told. Fortunately I got a twelve month warranty when I bought the car, I just hope I don't have any of the other many faults that people have written about. Don't know how other owners feel, but I always release the auto handbrake by hand as I really hate the feel when the car is trying to move with the handbrake still on.
Submitted: 2011-11-18 | ID: 37856
I've had problems with the front seat jamming. Citroen have said it needs new runners at a cost of £500+. What a complete nightmare!
Submitted: 2011-11-07 | ID: 37857
I've had no problems whatsoever with the car over last 3 years. I really do like it!!!
Submitted: 2011-10-17 | ID: 37858
Had the old Xsara Picasso so, in 2008 decided to change to this one. I do loads of miles and it's really comfortable, 47mpg average and over 50 on the motorway. Also bags of low down torque. Downside is the quality, loads of little faults: Fuse box shorting intermittently, cutting the engine. Finish coming off the drivers door handle, sun visors constantly sliding back, really poor reception on the stereo, key stopped working i.e. not unlocking the doors, rear brakes binding and being stripped twice to fix this. I could go on but my biggest complaint is the rubbish paintwork. Tiny scratches appear from nowhere no matter how careful I am, not something that was a problem on the old car. I've done 33000 miles and am ending my lease early I'm so fed up with it. Would I buy one again? Obviously no. Would I recommend one to you? Yes, it's a good car that I've fallen out of love with, but just check that all those little buttons etc., work before you buy one.
Submitted: 2011-06-22 | ID: 37854
I bought a used C4 Picasso, very cheap because it had done 90k hard miles. It has the 6 speed auto/manual box with paddle shifts, which is a delightful box of tricks. The car is an absolute joy to drive, we have even taken to "going out for a drive", once again even with diesel now at well over £6 per gallon. I cannot fault it, it's far better than I could have dared hope or expect. The suspension needed a minor fix (anti roll bar links), now it drives like new again. The little diesel lump willingly pulls its heart out yet still returns 50-60 mpg. It tows our caravan with hardly any effort at all. Anyone considering buying a used or a new C4 Picasso should stop thinking and buy it!
Submitted: 2011-06-13 | ID: 37850
I bought this car in wicked red, looks great, egs semi auto box, bit different, but easy to get used to, good fuel economy(diesel) Jan 2008 24000 miles. Ex mobility car. Good to drive, smooth ride loads of space, seats fold easy. When closing the bonnet don't push down on it, it dents easily.... look for wear on rt. side drivers seat. Consider having parking sensors fitted, (the "privlige " model has sensors.) Massive windscreen; make sure you have windscreen cover, it's over £600 for new one. No probs yet... I really like the car.
Submitted: 2011-05-11 | ID: 37853
Chose this as our Motability vehicle. Very roomy, very nice to drive and comfortable. HOWEVER after only 18000 miles we have had 3 problems. The cooling fan bolts sheared leaving the fan spinning against the engine, sounding like a tractor! The engine management system developed a fault leading to the engine dying on on the motorway.Had I been on the outside lane we could have been killed and caused a very serious accident.The RAC after attending ,could not guarantee it would not happen again,so I refused to drive it. After having maintenance, it happened again. Citroen in France finally admitted that they had had this problem before, and my local dealer has now resolved the problem. Some weeks ago the gear change became very notchy and loose, eventually we were unable to change gear! Once again back to the dealer, problem sorted! However, as I write this the problem has returned and so back to the dealer yet again. We are contacting Motability to ask if we can return the car for something more reliable. We will not lease Citroen again!!!
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Further to my earlier comments. The C4 has had the gear selector cables replaced. The dealer's only comment was that this was due to "excessive use". Sorry, 18000 miles is excessive? We are awaiting our new Ford Focus - Michael Bates from Northamptonshire
Submitted: 2010-11-16 | ID: 37846
Bought a motability car a week ago, 16 months old, 16k on the clock. All this week we thought "great car" in terms of interior comfort and 7 seat flexibility and used it to carry multiple kids as well as help a friend move a load of bags. Then twice yesterday evening on way home the warning lights (STOP / engine failure / oil pressure etc etc) all suddenly flashed and power stopped. Had to restart car and then could continue. It happened once in the middle of a junction which was a close run thing and then 20 minutes later outside our house, if this had been fast lane of a motorway it wouldn't have been pretty. Has anyone come across this before? Before we bought it the garage gave it a full service and it has 18 months left on warranty.
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Have either your injection or fuel pump checked - Harris Ramuth from Mauritius
I have a 09 plate Citroen and I am having the exact same problems - Kishan Modha from England
Having the exact same problems with my 08 plate, it's a motability car been in the garage to be fixed 6 times this year alone. It's either engine oil pressure too low, gear box faulty, handbrake faulty, depolution system faulty. It judders then just cuts out, it has done it on fast lane of motorway, let me just say we were lucky we could get across to the hard shoulder! It's going back in again this week for the same faults, even though the computer has been changed and re-programmed. We will never get a Citreon again, motability also going to get a complaint as we have the car on the scheme 'til next may and cant keep taking it in to the garage until then - Lucy Lewis from Hampshire
Our Car is 2 years old and from day one has been in and out of garage. The parking brake comes on whilst driving, headlights have blown 3 times, doors unlock by themselves, windows open but then won't close. We have been sick of taking car into the garage only for them to say they couldn't find a fault. In May spent 2 weeks in garage having refused to take it back, again they still couldn't find a fault. In August middle lane of the motorway and the car just died, every light imaginable came on and my husband just about had enough room to slowly roll onto hard shoulder. They have replaced a chip for the electronic side of things, but we are still having problems. I have lost all confidence in it's reliability and safety that I have asked Motability if we can get out of our contract. Citroen customer services is a complete joke they are prepared to let myself and motability sort it out, but they refuse to help. When I explained to Mr Hill at Citroen about what had been happening with the car he said to me "What do you want Citroen to do " and today when I explained that the car is not smooth to drive it judders and dies at roundabouts he said it was our driving that was causing the problem ! Complete joke and we will NEVER have a Citroen 4 Picasso ever again - Julie Bartlett from Shropshire
Submitted: 2010-03-02 | ID: 37830
I was so lucky to be able to put the extra money needed for this Motabilty Car. I think it's mainly fantastic. The easy use of the Automatic Controls on the wheel is great for someone with arthritis. The warning reversing tone and screen on the dash shows you how far you are away from something and down the rear sides also. With the added great idea of the side mirrors pointing down as you start reversing you can see both sides for safety etc. The height of the car allows easy access for me to swing my legs in/out (needed for my health problems). The Speed Limiter is great though depending if you are on level or not it can go a couple of miles over, so I always set mine 1 below.It's a godsend on our roads now. Great Cruise Control. It is great to handle and I feel safe driving it even in the dreadful weather we are having now. BUT I have never had a car windscreeen wipers stop working in the cold as they have now, even at the beginning of the cold spell we have now. A trip to the garage will be worrying without being able to use them unless I can get them to come to me. I have put near enough neat windscreen washer in the container so it's not that I have been at fault. I can't hear the motor though when I switch the wipers on as I think I have panicked & pressed the washers too much so I know it's a fuse x 2 (the back washer is separate to the front ones!!!) Not only that the Manual warns you not to get the fuse box wet, Cit's under the bonnnet for the front wipers!!! In this weather I don't think I will be changing them. Oh,I too had a faulty boot lock which was quickly rectified.The other thing that I must say is not good is that when I start off from a junction/or onto a roundabout though I put my foot down sometimes it doesn't pick enough speed up from 1st-3rd gears. It's been back to the garage twice for that but they can't find a fault. Scary though. Oh, it eats diesel not sure if I will get diesel again. I would definately get another of these I love it.
Submitted: 2010-01-14 | ID: 37840
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This is a great car, reliable, smooth, Economical, Safe and very Comfortable. Better than any Sharan, Alhambra, 807, Espace or Fiat Ulysse.
Submitted: 2009-11-14 | ID: 37839
Like Mike I am finding the triple vision of oncoming headlights more than annoying now. It's dangerous and how the staff at the dealership where I bought it can't see what I see I don't know. Citroen customer relations deny any reports of this so until anyone else who has this problem but hasn't reported it actually does so those of us who are increasingly niggled by it will get even more so!!! Other than the problem I have with the screen, I love the car. It is a comfortable car, spacious, economical and does drive smoothly once you get used to the gearbox. Please report this problem if you have it: looking at oncoming traffic at night (when driving in the dark) the further away oncoming vehicles are the worse the problem is. The oncoming headlights are like looking at headlights with a set of illuminated eyebrows above them and from a further distance you can even see another above that one. I would be interested to know how Mike got on with trading standards.
Submitted: 2009-04-07 | ID: 37867
My car is only 6 months old and has a burning smell - more or less since I got it. The brakes failed 2 days ago and also the clutch. Dealer now says I must have been driving with my feet on the clutch. I don't do this - ever - I have been driving over 20 years. What can the problem be? Please help.
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Otk Spanking For My Wife, She Deserved It.You have been being a real *****. Sometimes because you are in charge at work you think it means you can bring your attitude home. I have been pretty patient but am getting really tired of it and am wondering the next time you go off on me what I am going to do to give you an attitude adjustment and bring you back to earth. You are due home soon, and I hope it is just a normal, fun evening, but ba
On my way home I stopped and got a nice dozen roses and a bottle of bubbly...hoping I can cheer you up. I clean up and make us a nice dinner and hope to seen a smiling face when you get home to me.
I hear you car pull into the drive and you get out and "slam" the door. I meet you at the hoping to help you bring in your briefcase and help with your coat. You push by me without even saying Hi, drop your bag and throw your coat over the chair. I ask you how your day was and your sort of growl at me...and by now I am starting to get a little pissed off. You head over to the couch and sit down. I walk over and cordially ask if your day got better by the end of the day and you respond with "What the **** do you think, those people at work are such ********. Why do you care anyway?" I tell you that tomorrow would be better and that I have a nice dinner prepared. You tell me that you are not hungry. Well you had just about pushed me to the edge...one more thing, just one more thing. You then see the flowers and bubbly on the credenza and smirk "What did you do wrong to get me flowers?"
That was it!!!
I walk over and look you right in the eye...and I say "get up". You look at me and say "what did you say" I said "get up, right now". Slowly, in digust, you rise and face me. I look at you and tell you "you have gone too far. I dont care what happens at work, when you get home you are to become a human again. And you will learn that you cannot treat me that way."
I sit on the couch and then grab your arm, pulling you over my lap. You look at me in wonder. I look back and say "you will learn your lesson, lay there and take your medicine. I love you tremendously and you need this in order to remember who you are with and how to act...do you understand." You look me in the eye and say "don't you dare touch me". With that I bring my right hand down hard on your right cheek. You try to push away, but I am ready for that and hold you down. I then bring my hand down on your left cheek, just as hard. I can see the shock in your eyes. I then proceed to alternate spanking your two cheeks sometime hard, sometimes a little easier, varying the timing so that you cannot fully anticipate when the next one will come from me.
I can see the anger in your eyes and I hear you scream out that I will pay for this. I bring down a very hard slap against your *** hearing you yelp alittle.
I dont think you are fully getting the message. So I reach down and pull up your skirt so that I am looking down at your white, school girl panties. Around the edges you are a nice shade of pink. I ask you "have you even began to learn that you cannot treat me, your mate, like you have been?" You again look at me with a little disdain...so I beging spanking again. This time it hurts a little more with only your panties being in the way. With your skirt up around your waste, I also include spanking the tops of your legs, the side of your ***, and of course both of your cheeks. You begin to fight a little and I tell you sternly to lay still and take your punishment. When you dont listen, I take my hand and give you 10 very fast, hard slaps to your left cheek. You cry out but still try to fight me...so I take my hand and give your 15 very fast, hard slaps to your right cheek. This time you seem to start getting the message.
In order to make sure, I grab ahold of your panties and slide them down to around your knees...getting to finally see my handiwork. You have a nice crimson shade on each of your cheeks. So I then ask you if you were done being a PITA (pain in the ***) and you whimper slowly..."yesssss, I guess I am." I tell you that isnt good enough, that I want you to apologize and to tell me that you have learned your lesson. You tell me "**** no". So I then take what I am doing more seriously. Your *** is going to know that I am your equal or maybe even your boss from now on.
I take my hand and just start spanking you, everywhere, some hard and quick, some hard and slow, but always hard. I spank first one cheek and then the other, I spank the area of your crack, I spank the tops of your legs, the side of you ***, making sure that all of your *** is getting the message. You begin to whimper and I see the first tear from you. I ask you if you have had enough and you dont respond. I then take my hand and give you 25 whacks hard and fast on one cheek and then 25 whacks hard and fast on the other. This time I hear you moan out. I reach down between your thighs and find that your ***** is dripping wet. I push two fingers into you and almost immediately you *** and ***.
I look at you and you look up smiling..."I apologize, I am sorry I have taken my work out on you and have been a *****". I just smile back and say "thank you...and remember I can always do this again if you get out of line." You look back at me and say "Please".
I get you up and take you over to the mirror so that you can see my handiwork. You just beem.
I tell you to head up to bed, get undressed and that I will meet you there. I stop by the fridge, get a bowl full of ice. I then go to the cabinet and get out a wooden spoon. And finally walk to the garage and get the leather device I keep there. And then I head upstairs. Upon arriving, I see you laying face down with your crimson *** looking at me with nice hand prints very evident.
I come over and get on the bed beside your...taking the ice to cool your behind. I can feel you tense up and you grind your ***** into the bed...
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Prancercise – A New Way To Exercise [VIDEO]
We all like to stay in shape, but some of us don't like to jog or don't belong to a gym. I usually try to walk a few days a week. Now there's a new way to exercise…prancercise.
Here's what it's all about, according to "The Huffington Post":
"Joanna Rohrback invented Prancercise – "A springy, rhythmic way of moving forward, similar to a horse's gait" – back in 1989, but it never caught on. Perhaps it's because she was so ahead of her time that she created an exercise video you couldn't follow unless you had some sort of portable video playback device.
Fortunately, the world has finally caught up with Rohrback and we can all "stop talkin' and do some walkin'."
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Extreme Sophia review
Summary: Extreme Sophia is a dark haired girl with a preference for anal and rough sex. Her site provides 85+ scenes with both photos and videos of her playing with lesbianism, threesomes, toys and much more in all her holes. Video quality is disappointing though with blurry looking movies. Offers a great bunch of related sister sites.
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Butts, Sologirls, Amateur, Hardcore, Videos, Movies, Pornstar, Mega-Sites
Intro promises
- Live cam chat every Wednesday
- Bonus access to 10 other sites
First impression
Well, I'm sure your eyes will pop out when you see the extreme hardcore closeups and "nasty" things that Extreme Sophia does on her tour. Her tour samples definitely leave nothing to the imagination. While it's short on promises of what exactly you'll see inside (i.e., how often it's updated, etc)., a picture paints a thousand words. There are hundreds of thousands of words "painted" on this tour.
$32.86/30 days, non-recurring
$68.86/90 days, non-recurring
$98.86/180 days, non-recurring
Credit cards, bill by phone ($34.95), and online checks through CCBill
Our opinion
As soon as you enter, you're greeted with a very creative design inside. Navigation is fairly simple, with the bonus sites along the top (there's only 7 of them, and not the 10 on the tour), as well as Home, Recent Updates, Bonus Content, and Shopping Mall as additional menu choices. Below this, the content (including the bonus sites) is laid out in thumbnails that look like magazine covers. A note about the 10 bonus sites: several more are listed below, alongside the thumbnail "magazine covers."
Since I came here to see Sophia, I click on "recent updates." It shows a whole bunch of updates from other sites, so oops, I guess this is the network updates. I then click on "Extreme Sophia" at the top and am whisked away to her site. The first thing I notice is that there's no set pattern to when the site is updated. It ranges from a few days to a couple weeks. Since 2008 started, it's been every two weeks.
There are almost 90 episodes, each of which are laid out in a good sized thumbnail, description, pictures and videos. You can stream or download the three video clips per episode in DSL or Broadband, or as its entirety in HD. When I streamed in Internet Explorer, it opened right away. When I was in Firefox, it took about a minute to open, so you can imagine how long it took to save it. Each clip is fairly long. The ones I watched were around the 10 minute mark, so the episodes average around 25-30 minutes long. Unfortunately, the screen is small in DSL or Broadband (360x272, 1.56 mbps), which takes away from the enjoyment of watching the movie, especially when there are extreme closeups. And let me tell ya, Extreme Sophia has some extreme and hardcore close ups. The videos in DSL and Broadband, while small, are good quality thanks to the high bitrate. The videos in HD gives you a much bigger screen (720x540, 1.56 mbps), but the quality isn't as good due to the exact same bitrate. In fact, it's rather blurry, which is disappointing.
Pictures are very good quality and open to 1000x750 pixels. The picture galleries are pretty hefty, probably averaging around 200 photos in each gallery. Unfortunately, there's no zip download or slide show option.
At the bottom of the first page of updates, there are thumbnail teasers to what's coming up next. As of this review, the last update was on Feb. 13th; the next update will be Feb. 29th, which is more than two weeks apart.
Extreme Sophia is indeed extreme. She gets into all kinds of nasty and kinky sex with women, men, threesomes, you name it. If you like anal sex, you'll love the hardcore close ups of Sophia having anal sex. Sophia loves anal sex, so you'll see a lot of it in here. Apparently she loves anal sex so much that she'll put just about anything in her puckered little star - like a funnel and a sponge handle. Other kinky episodes include playing with spit; speculum play; cum slurping; "blowbang" with four men; interracial sex; inserting a Barbie Doll, plastic eating utensils, and a hairbrush handle into her pussy (though not at the same time); double penetration - whether mouth and pussy, or pussy and ass with a double headed dildo.
As to Sophia being on cam for her members, I didn't see any mention of that in her paysite and how members could watch or find more information.
Extreme Sophia is an okay paysite. What's good about it is that it's easy to navigate and there's a decent sized archive built up. Her tour previews accurately depict all the nasty stuff she does. Sophia is definitely extreme and seems to enjoy outdoing herself. For those who love when a porn star doesn't hold back, she's the one to watch.
Despite all this, the paysite has some down sides. I'd give it a lot higher marks if the videos were better quality (bigger screen size and clearer) and the updates were more often (ranging from a few days to over two weeks between updates). I also didn't see a way that members could view her web cam performances every Wednesday, as promised on the tour.
Extreme Sophia however has a great number of related sister sites with a similar focus on anal and rough sex.
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Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, the Republican governor who survived a recall election in 2012, said Republicans "need to lay out an optimistic message to regain the United States Senate" and win back the White House after that.
Walker touted Republican governors across the country for their work on improving the economy, lowering the unemployment rate and fixing schools. His new book, "Unintimidated: A Governor's Story and a Nation's Challenge," focuses on the difference between the GOP inside and outside the Beltway.
"We talk about things that are relevant and optimistic. We talk about fixing schools, balancing budgets, getting the economy going again. We don't talk about sequesters and fiscal cliffs and debt ceilings. Those are things a handful of people in politics pay attention to. What Americans want are people with the courage to stand up and fight for them. Not fight against each other, fight for the hardworking taxpayers," he said.
Walker says his own focus on the economy has been "obsessive" and is the reason he was elected in 2010 and reaffirmed in 2012 – not necessarily because of his social values, including a "proudly pro-life" stance.
Reflecting on the divided Congress
in Washington, he rejected the conventional wisdom that divided government is
good for the people.
think most of us across this country have seen divided government just leads to
more fighting and bickering and gridlock," Walker said. "In Wisconsin and many
others, the battleground states in the Midwest, in 2010, we focused on our
economic and fiscal crises, laid out a clear plan, and then voters in my state
and many others in my surrounding states gave Republicans not only the
governor's office but the majorities in the state assembly and the state senate
or similar measures in the legislature."
While divided government doesn't have to be a bad thing, he said, people just "want to hear a clear plan of how they'll move forward."
Walker's victory in the 2012 recall election has thrust him into the spotlight as a potential presidential candidate in 2016 – talk he is certainly not waving off.
"Well, I mean, it's flattering. And they're not talking about it because of some great speech I've given. They talk about it because we've taken real action and real reforms," Walker said, noting there is similar speculation around other Republican governors.
All Walker would say, though, is that he plans to announce that he's running for reelection as governor in 2014.
"We'll see what happens after that. Ultimately, my decision will be made not just by myself and my family. But I've got to look at my state. My state's gone through a lot the last couple years. And there's a part of me that would just like to stay focused on helping the state move forward. So we'll see what the future holds. But for now, I'm focused on being governor," he said.


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Cooler weather disappoints, 'cools off' business sales
Mon, 31 Mar 2014 00:03:03 GMT —
April 1st is just two days away, and Spring is here according to the calendar.
However, Sunday's weather along the Grand Strand did not feel much like it.
Strong wind gusts, cooler temperatures and cloudy skies were all contributing factors, according to WPDE NewsChannel 15 Meteorologist Gerard Jebaily.
There were 35 mile-per-hour wind gusts in most areas, said Jebaily.
Also, areas along the ocean had much cooler air temperatures, because of the cold water temperatures.
The ocean temperature was around 57 degrees Fahrenheit on Sunday.
Early morning cloud coverage contributed to the lower temperatures, as well.
Many people along the beach and boardwalk in Myrtle Beach on Sunday said they were surprised by this weather.
"It's even cold in flip flops though. My feet are freezing. It shouldn't be like this," said Taylor Campson.
Many people like Campson were bundled up in sweatshirts and jackets.
The cooler weather not only affected the way people were dressing. It also has affected business' sales.
"This time last year it was actually warm. It was actually good out sales were up. Now they're down about 20 percent from last years," said Zach Hunt, who works at the Rock and Roll Factory on Ocean Boulevard.
Hunt said he isn't worried about the decline in sales, because it will not last long once the summer weather strikes.


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How will we feed 3 billion new people within the next 40 years?
An article in the recent edition of the International Food and Agribusiness Management Association Review provides a new platform for considering this question. Authors Aidan Connolly, vice president of corporate accounts at Alltech, and Kate Phillips-Connolly, Centre for Global Business Systems, Trinity College, Dublin, have organized seven key obstacles under the acronym GLIMPSE™. They provide a thorough examination of each obstacle and the associated opportunities.
After several decades of rapid growth and prosperity, China will emerge as the world's largest economy by 2020. With the challenge of feeding a population exceeding 1.2 billion, China is calling for greater quantities, higher quality and more variety of food products. According to agriculture business leaders, several economic factors are shaping China as a branded food industry.
The Danish Parliament has ratified a new protocol for the use of antimicrobials in animal production. In announcing the changes which also introduced new standards for welfare, the Minister for Food Agriculture and Fisheries Metti Gjerskov stated "the new rules provide an incentive to make sure that medicine is given only to individual animals in need of treatment and not to the entire herd as a matter of course" She added "this is a significant step in the further reduction of the use of antimicrobials in farming and is a very important part in the fight against antimicrobial resista
"We view the issue of sustainability as being critical to the Irish beef industry," said Padraig Brennan, describing the beginning of the environmental sustainability program that is being rolled out to all members of Bord Bia's Beef Quality Assurance Scheme. "In the last 18 months we've visited about 22,000 out of a total of about 32,000 farms that are members of our scheme." Bord Bia is working with each of their member farmers to develop a carbon footprint measurement process and identify methods that they can use to reduce that footprint.
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The famous Disney musical, The Lion King, is set to tour the UK for two and a half years.… Read more
One Direction are set for an 14-date arena tour of the UK in 2013.… Read more
For two weeks this spring the Ideal Home Show returns to the Earls Court Exhibition Centre.… Read more
Blur, New Order and The Specials to close the London 2012 Olympics at the BT London Live event.… Read more
Five date tour announced by legendary American singer-songwriter Barry Manilow.… Read more
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Training Day is back! Adam Winster, winner of the FIWC11 UK Live Qualifier Event, kicks off our second half of FIWC video tutorials.
Adam is one of the world's elite EA SPORTS™ FIFA11 gamers. He claimed his second UK title this year, having previously triumphed in 2009, and is eager to leave his mark on the FIWC11 Grand Final.
Over the next few weeks we will feature video tutorials from a number of top-quality gamers, including a former FIWC champion, to give you insight into the variety of styles and skills in EA SPORTS™ FIFA 11.
A spectacular move
In today's video tutorial Adam demonstrates the rabona, a trick so spectacular that it has even found its way into the world of professional dancing as part of the tango. (To watch Adam's training video simply click on the video link to the right of this article). The rabona involves kicking the ball with one leg wrapped behind the other. Due to the considerable technical difficulty involved in this special move, it is rarely seen in the professional game.
To bamboozle your opponent using the rabona, Adam recommends using the trick in wide positions. By shielding the ball with your standing leg, opponents are helpless to stop you crossing into the box.
Is the rabona simply horseplay or is it a trick which can make a difference? Use the 'Add your comment' function at the bottom of the page to share your views.


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Stila Vivienne Color Balm Lipstick is one of the first shades of Stila Color Balm Lipstick I tried. It was actually a Sephora perk as they gave a small deluxe sample to Sephora VIBers a few months ago. Funny as I had purchased a few Stila Color Balm Lipsticks prior to that but lord knows I misplaced them and haven't a clue where they ended up so I recently repurchased a majority of the shades during Stila's Mother's Day Sale.
Best purchase I've done in a while too because as you know by now I adore this formula!


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If your doctor tells you that you have a blood pressure of 130, he means that you're all right on that score. (Normal adult blood pressure: 110 to 150.) He also means that the pressure in your arteries will drive up a column of mercury 130 millimetres high, or a column of water about five feet ten inches high. Hypertension, or high blood pressure, causes headaches, dizziness, insomnia, leads eventually to hardened arteries and overburdened hearts. Hypertension kills more people a yearsome 375,000 in the U. S. than cancer. Specialists call patients with high blood pressure "hypertensives." Dr. Irvine H. Page...
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Lost Opportunities: Immigrants, both legal and illegal, have accounted for all the job gains in the U.S. since 2000. With labor force participation rates at record lows, why do some tout the benefits of importing workers?
According to a White House report released Wednesday, the immigration legislation tinkered together by the Gang of Eight (or Gang of Ocho, as critics sneer) would increase real GDP by roughly $700 billion in 2023 and reduce the federal deficit by almost $850 billion over the next 20 years.
This would happen, we're told, by bringing illegal workers out of the shadow economy into the real economy where they'd pay taxes and contribute to society.
The long-term costs are ignored, though. The Heritage Foundation reckons the short-term tax boost would lead to a long-term drain of up to $6.3 trillion in benefits that legal taxpayers would have to fund for legalized immigrants over their lifetimes.
Indeed, while the Gang of Eight's bill bars amnestied immigrants from receiving most federal benefits for 10 years, the time-frame supporters tout as providing the boon, the costs will stack up after that.
The Congressional Budget Office analysis of the supposed benefits does not take into account the Medicare and Social Security liabilities that amnestied illegal aliens will begin accruing immediately.
While that debate rages, the Center for Immigration Studies has released a report questioning the need to import workers or amnesty those already here in an economy where the labor force participation rate is at a record low, millions have dropped out of the workforce and too many are underemployed because they can't find full-time employment, a situation ObamaCare already is making worse.
According to the CIS analysis, 22.4 million immigrants of working age held jobs at the beginning of this year, up 5.3 million over the total in 2000. Native-born workers with jobs dropped 1.3 million over that period, from 114.8 million to 113.5 million.
"Given the employment situation in the country, the dramatic increases in legal immigration contemplated by the Gang of Eight immigration bill seem out of touch with the realities of the U.S. labor market," say study authors Steven Camarota and Karen Zeigler.
We agree with that observation.
The total number of working-age (16-65) natives not working — unemployed or out of the labor force entirely — was nearly 59 million in the first quarter of this year, a figure that has changed little in the past three years and is nearly 18 million larger than in 2000.
According to the CIS report, between the first quarter of 2000 and the first quarter of 2013, the native-born population accounted for two-thirds of overall growth in the working-age population, but none of the net growth in employment among the working-age has gone to natives.
The overall size of the working-age native-born population increased by 16.4 million from 2000 to 2013, and those Americans have been hammered by that 1.3 million job drop.
Before we're accused of being nativist, let us state that legal immigrants, particularly those with skills this beleaguered economy needs, have always been welcome. But clearly this economy is suffering from a shortage of jobs, not workers, and when you consider that 40% of illegal aliens are people who came here legally and simply overstayed their visa, the Gang of Eight rationale for de facto amnesty is off target.
We ask Tea Party people what books they read and the content of their prayers, but we can't track those who overstay their visas? Maybe the NSA could help.
We could have solved much of the immigration problem simply by enforcing existing law requiring employers to verify whom they hire and for the government to make sure immigrants leave when they're legally required to.
Now that's a job most Americans are willing to do.


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Brattleboro, VT, United States, 2006/12/07 - As consumers demand more transparency and ethics for their dollars. Kusikuy helps fashion designers meet the demand. We custom manufacture clothing in the best eco ethical way. Gorgeous hand knit garments made of luxury alpaca and organic cotton.
Vermont based, KUSIKUY Clothing Co. offers cutting edge fashions with a conscience. More and more customers are seeking out Fair trade, organic clothing we can bring this to you.
Our 100% Fair Trade, sweatshop free, organic, natural clothing is made with respect and dignity. The KUSIKUY lines include a comfortable mix of traditional design and modern Fashion. Plus KUSIKUY offers stunning ready to wear styles that are anything but third world!
We specialize in hand made, knitted clothing (sweaters, skirts, dresses, jackets, accessories) for men, women and children using luxury llama and alpaca fibers and the finest organic Pima cotton for all-weather apparel.
Manufacturing is done in Bolivia and Peru. We personally know the knitters and can arrange tours for you to meet them yourself, send photos of your products being hand made, and offer compelling stories that make for great sales and promo material.
Order from our ethical apparel lines, customize a design to match your style, use your own private label, or have us manufacture your own designs.
Custom minimums start at just fifty pieces per style, design fees are minimal, and we knit 500+ sweaters a month.
Register online for wholesale status and get easy 24 hour online ordering plus free shipping on orders over $500!
Contact KUSIKUY Clothing Co. now with requests for your Fall 2007 designs. More than sixty samples from the new 2007 lines will be available in January.
Some companies pride themselves on the dollars they earn, KUSIKUY uses a quality of living model instead. KUSIKUY Clothing Company staff live a simple, natural existence. Work schedules are non existent. Tasks are discovered and completed within the rhythms of every day living, raising families, tending farms, enjoying life. There is no factory. The office is usually the ground outside where knitters informally congregate. Salaries are relatively flat with the highest paid being owner, Tamara Stenn, who earns just 15% more than the lowest paid USA employee.
I dont see my job as being any more important than that of our customer service staff, in-country coordinators, or the knitters and herders themselves. explains Stenn. In fact if anything, they are more important than me, so why should I earn more than them?
Stenn finds herself motivated by Brazilian businessman, Ricardo Semlers Democratic Industrialization model where workers are encouraged to move around a loosely defined organization where everyone is able to participate in all levels of decision making. Ironically Semler is CEO of some of Brazils largest, must successful companies employing more than 3,000 employees.
About 500 women knit for KUSIKUY
KUSIKUY knitters (kusikuy.com) are some of the highest paid knitters in the country, explains Claudia Valdez, KUSIKUY in-country coordinator. We treat the knitters well. We give them training, financing, and anything else they need to succeed. In return they produce the finest knits I have ever seen.
This is important in a country that has consistently ranked he poorest in the Americas for the last 10 years.
Stenn, like many of the knitters is a single mom. Much care is given to balancing work with children and there is never a KUSIKUY meeting without children present. Stenns own children ages 2 and 5 are just as comfortable in Bolivia as they are in the USA and look forward to playing with the knitters children in frequent visits to Bolivia. The average Bolivian family has five to nine children so moms and children are always consulted on the development of KUSIKUYs growing childrens line of cuddly soft, easy care, durable knits.
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What color are your eyes? We know that the color of your eyes depends on what genes you inherited from each of your parents. We know that blue eyes are a recessive genetic combination, and much less common in humans than brown eyes, the dominant phenotype. However, you might be unaware that a study has revealed that everyone who has blue eyes shares a common ancestor.
Blue eyes are a recessive trait. You may have studied Punnett Squares in your high school biology class. Punnett squares are a simple diagram that can be used to predict the probability that an offspring of two particular parents will inherit a specific gene combination. If both parents have blue eyes, there is a 100% probability that their children will all have blue eyes. This is because each of these parents only has the genes for blue eyes. It takes two of these recessive genes for blue eyes in order for the child to have blue eyes. It only takes one of the dominant genes for brown eyes for their offspring to have brown eyes (even if that offspring is carrying a recessive gene for blue eyes that is not expressed).
If both parents have brown eyes, things get a bit trickier. If both parents each have two genes for brown eyes, then there is a 100% possibility that their children will all have brown eyes. However, if each of the parents is carrying one dominant gene for brown eyes, and one recessive gene for blue eyes, it means that there is only a 25% probability that they will produce a child with blue eyes.
A study from a team at the University of Copenhagen reveals that there was a genetic mutation that occurred somewhere between 6,000 to 10,000 years ago. Before this mutation, all humans had brown eyes. This mutation is what caused the eye color in humans to change from brown to blue. This means that all people who have blue eyes have an ancestor in common: the ancestor who first developed this specific mutation.
The genetic mutation affected the OCA2 gene in the chromosomes of humans. The OCA2 gene holds the genetic instructions for something referred to as the P-protein. It is this P-protein that produces melanin. Melanin is what gives pigment, or color, to our skin, hair, and eyes. The mutation basically caused the P-protein in the gene next to the OCA2 gene to be turned off, but not all the way. In short, it causes the pigment in the eyes to be diluted. This is what causes the blue color in eyes.
This switch does not affect the amount if pigment in a blue-eyed person's skin or hair, however. A person who has hazel or green eyes may also have the "switch" for the melanin in their eyes turned off, or lessened. This can happen in several places along that particular gene. The interesting thing about the study is that it found that all people who have blue eyes have this "switch" turned off in the exact same place on their chromosomes. This is not the case for people who have hazel or green eyes. So, if you happen to have blue eyes, take a look around you. All those other people with blue eyes are your long lost relatives.
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In just a few days, all of China will be celebrating my birthday (or maybe the fireworks are for China's National Day, who knows?).
As many, many people have pointed out to me this week, I will soon be a quarter of a century old. This is also apparently time for my "quarter life crisis". I know it will be hard for many of you to believe that I am turning 25, considering my last two blog posts were about Harry Potter. Haha.
My past few birthdays haven't really made much of an impact (who cares about being 23 or 24?), but I think that 25 is fairly significant since each day will bring me closer to 30 than to 20.
I've look up the thoughts of others about turning 25 (while I was looking up a quote for my title), and for the most part it seems people panic at 25 that they haven't accomplished all they had thought they would by the time they turned 25.
My worries are at the other end of the spectrum. I have accomplished everything I've ever wanted to accomplish. I was made fun of a lot in high school/college because I always had a plan going forward for the next 5 years (even if the plans occasionally changed, the end goal was always the same). My plans have always focused around school and getting my Masters and becoming a librarian. Now that I've done all that, I have nothing else to plan! I was so focused on that one goal, I never made any other goals!
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Michigan was able to win their 10th straight game to move to 16-4 on the year, while the Purdue Boilermakers dropped their third straight to fall to 13-8. The final score was 75-66, but the end result didn't reflect Michigan's second half dominance.
The Wolverines and their student section came into the game with the energy that comes from winning three straight big games. In case the crowd wasn't loud enough, Michigan unveiled a yelling Nik Stauskas on the video board, replacing Tim Hardaway Jr's signature pump-up yell.
The first five minutes went well for Michigan; as Derrick Walton Jr, Nik Stauskas, Glenn Robinson III, and Caris LeVert all hit on their three point attempts.
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From there, things started to unravel for the Wolverines. A cold spell coincided with a bout of turnovers. Michigan also allowed Purdue to grab a lot of offensive rebounds, failing to box out the Boilermakers.
Purdue went up for a brief, uneasy moment after a 11-0 run. John Beilein called a timeout, and the Wolverines recouped to go on a 13-4 run. The half would end with Michigan leading 37-29. Walton hit his second buzzer beater of the season, going coast to coast for a layup.
The problems at half were apparent. Michigan had eight turnovers, only three less than its season average per game. Purdue also had nine offensive rebounds that led to 10 points.
Michigan would come out firing in the second half, gradually increasing their biggest lead from 10 to 12. Purdue would eventually threaten and bring the game under 10, but the outcome wasn't ever really in doubt. Michigan ended with 60.9% shooting for the game, and shot over 50% from behind the arc. Purdue didn't have answer for the Wolverines curling off screens to hit elbow jumpers. Beilein was very happy with the team's effort here, and especially Walton's progression in this area. "These shots are important, these are shots #3 used to hit all the time for us last year."
The momentum began to accumulate in the second half as Michigan began to pull away. The biggest moment for the Wolverines came after a Jon Horford fall-away in the post. The bucket capped a big run for Michigan, bringing the lead to 15 and forcing Purdue coach Matt Painter to call a timeout.
Nik Stauskas was once again the offensive catalyst for the Wolverines. He made half his shots en route to 15 points, while adding three blocks on the defensive side of the ball.
The player who had an all-around monster stat line was Caris LeVert. The sophomore grabbed a team-high 11 rebounds while adding 14 points, including a couple of impressive jump stops and ball fakes. Like Stauskas, he also contributed on the defensive end, with two block and three steals. "We see the home upsets in the Big Ten, Ohio State and Wisconsin losing at home, and we don't want that to be us," said LeVert.
The third major component of Michigan's success was Derrick Walton Jr. Building off his clutch performance against Michigan State; the freshman point guard scored 14 points. Jordan Morgan was the recipient on a couple of his assists, stuffing home two dunks. Morgan continues to quietly contribute, adding 11 points and six rebounds. The two have continued to develop chemistry as Morgan's minutes have increased. "I think it's our guards having more trust in us," said Jordan Morgan. Walton had a bit of a different take. "We're both Detroit guys, so there was immediate chemistry. I just tell him to sprint the floor and I'll hit him."
It wasn't the prettiest victory for the Wolverines, but the young team didn't allow a post MSU letdown. The win is Wolverines tenth in a row, and the eighth straight in the Big Ten. However, it was a win. "There is no winning ugly as long as I'm here," said John Beilein.
The Wolverines play Indiana Sunday in Bloomington. Assembly Hall is always a dangerous place to play, but Indiana is having an off year. They lost to Nebraska Thursday night, and have slipped to the lower tier of the Big Ten. Michigan will seek redemption after losing to Indiana twice last year.
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Miguel's 'Kaleidoscope Dream' Album Earns Top Three Debut
Singer Miguel's sophomore album, Kaleidoscope Dream, didn't hit the proverbial slump. Instead, the effort rose to the occasion, scoring a top three chart position on the Billboard 200.
The LP's first-week numbers serve as the RCA Records signee's best yet. He climbed to No. 3 with 71,000 units sold. The 25-year-old L.A. native also claims the No. 1 spot on the R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. His first album, 2010's All I Want Is You, debuted at No. 109 on the Billboard 200, selling 11,000 copies.
Sultry tracks like "Adorn" and "Do You" contributed to the overall selling success of Kaleidoscope Dream, documented by Nielsen SoundScan.
Another artist who released an album during the same week as Miguel was DJ Drama. The Gangsta Grillz creator dropped his fourth album, Quality Street Music, on Oct. 2. He nabbed the No. 15 position on the Billboard 200, selling 24,000 units of the LP. Drama's effort, which has a power player guest list that includes Drake, Fabolous, Common, 2 Chainz and Rick Ross, also earned the No. 2 slot on the Independent Albums, Rap Albums and R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts.
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Lincoln businessman and community volunteer Mark Whitehead announced Tuesday that he will be a candidate for the at-large seat for the Lincoln City Council.
Whitehead was suggested as a replacement for Councilman Adam Hornung who resigned last fall, but Whitehead said at the time he wanted to serve a full four-year term on the council if elected.
"I believe the City Council could use another voice of a small businessman who wants to create good jobs in Lincoln, reduce government regulation on homeowners and small businesses, represent out strong neighborhoods throughout the city and who will keep close watch on the taxpayers' dollars on the live within our budget without raising taxes," Whitehead said. "I think my experience as a small businessman, my work in environmental and conservation matters and serving on state boards and commissions also gives me the experience to bring a broad-based view of issues to our City Council," Whitehead said.
Whitehead said some of his priorities as a city council member will be to listen to the people of Lincoln, make city government more transparent and help city government be more responsive to the people's needs.
"Citizens have to be able to trust their elected officials and government agencies," Whitehead said. "Part of ensuring that trust is making our city government as open and accessible as possible. Elected officials need to be able to trust citizens and accept their opinions when making decisions on how our city should be run."
Whitehead also said Lincoln can do more to help Lincoln businesses grow and create jobs, as well as attracting new businesses to the community. He said by looking for new ways to make government more efficient, streamline regulatory processes and keeping the tax burden low will put Lincoln in a great position to take advantage of recovering economy.
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Most of my dreams fall into the category of routine sorting and filing – my subconscious grabs onto something from the waking day and reprocesses it. On rare occasions my dreams are prophetic. I can't tell you how I know they're prophetic, but when I have them there's no doubt what they mean and what I have to do with them.
And then there are dreams like last night where I have no trouble figuring out where they come from but I struggle to understand what they mean.
I was in an old part of Chattanooga (where I grew up and lived till I was 33) and I was looking for my book bag. I found it, but the books I wanted weren't in it. So I started looking for another book bag. A fellow CUUPS member (who's a college senior) came by and asked if I had finished the reading for the class we were taking. I found another book bag and it didn't have the right books either. I started panicking, turning over everything looking for the blue book bag I carried as an undergraduate. Cathy told me to stop disturbing the piles of laundry she had sorted on the floor. I found the blue bag and it had the books I needed, but I was afraid it was too late and I'd never get through them before the final exam.
Like many people I still occasionally dream about a test I haven't studied for. It was probably ten years after I graduated before I stopped having registration nightmares – I never could get all the classes I needed. I've had academic anxiety dreams all my life – I was never afraid of school, but it was always important to me and I was concerned about doing well.There is work I need to do and things I need to learn and they're not moving as quickly as I'd like. I know I obsess over things. I know I have a full time job, a blog, a house, a church and a CUUPS group. And a wife, who I do like to spend time with and who in the waking world never complains if I disturb her piles of laundry. I know I've never been somebody who can go-go-go non-stop.
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What is this dream trying to tell me? I'm certain it's not just another sorting and filing dream – it was too vivid, too clear, and too emotional. Like all those academic anxiety dreams, is it telling me that I'm obsessing too much? That I'm looking in the wrong places? That I need to learn what I need to learn now because a real test is coming?
It could be any of those. Or it could be something I'm not considering yet. I'm going to give it some thought, do some Tarot readings, and do some meditation. And then do some more meditation.
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Saying Goodbye To The Washington Times Beat GuysPosted by on December 31, 2009 – 5:02 pm
In a fit of what I can only describe as monumental stupidity, the Washington Times has elected to eliminate the Sports section from their newspaper, choosing instead to focus more on politics and who knows what else. Which means that as of today, veteran beat reporters David Elfin and Ryan O'Halloran will be — for all intents and purposes — off the Redskins beat, and DC is a one-broadsheet sports town. (A fate that Dan Steinberg has already lamented.)
The two were given a farewell party from the Redskins PR staff and their media peers today, with Redskins owner Daniel Snyder, general manager Bruce Allen, and chief operating officer Dave Donovan dropping in to say their goodbyes as well. There was cake, and sandwiches, and the presentation of customized jerseys to each of them, numbered to commemorate their years on the beat.
They're two different kinds of guys — Elfin, who grew up a Redskins fan until he shelved his fandom to begin covering the team in 1989 (and who was instrumental in getting Art Monk finally elected to the Hall of Fame); the younger O'Halloran a Minnesota fan but also objective in the classic sports reporter mold — but on the occasion of their departure I thought it would be worth checking in to get some of their memories of their time — as ESPN980's Frank Hanrahan puts it — on the Redskins beat. Read more »
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