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President Obama's Guantanamo obsession | Jan. 11
Face the real causes of extremism
In his article, Charles Krauthammer states accurately that Osama bin Laden's 1998 fatwa was based on our having troops on the Arabian peninsula and the Iraq embargo which was causing severe hardship to the Iraqi people.
He did not mention bin Laden's third reason stated in the fatwa: the American lack of evenhandedness in dealing with the Israeli-Palestinian question. How did such a reputable and fastidious journalist miss that?
He goes on to say that "today, there are virtually no U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia" and "the sanctions regime against Iraq was abolished years ago." Thus, in arguing in his partial equilibrium model that radical Islamic terrorism has gone up, not down, he seemingly implies that our foreign policy in the Mideast has nothing to do with it. He argues the same line with regard to the closing of Guantanamo.
Would anyone be willing to bet his or her first-born child on the notion that we are hated by these people more for "who we are" rather than "what we do"? I seriously doubt Krauthammer would take that bet.
If we continue to do make-believe (read as propaganda) and not deal with the real causes for the extremism, we are going to get a boatload more of it. The aggregate costs manifested in many forms will be huge. It is then, after much pain, that the American people will shock the political establishment into doing what is right for our country.
John Demas, Odessa
Closing Guantanamo
Our fear can turn into their victory
A counterterrorism expert recently stated that attempts, by suicide bombers, such as the "shoe-bomber" and the "underwear-bomber," hastily trained and sent off to do their dastardly deeds, do not need to be successful in their attempt to kill Americans in order for al-Qaida to accomplish its mission of destroying Americans' abilities to function as we were once able to do.
All one need do is look at recent polls that show a majority of likely voters think Guantanamo should be kept open. Why? Simple. Almost half of our fellow countrymen/women are living on the edge of hysteria, seeing a terrorist behind every rock, thanks mainly to the distorted ravings of right and far-right commentators/pundits. Seems it doesn't take much for Osama bin Laden to scare the bejesus out of us any more. He's winning because we're scared and confused and not paying attention to all the good and beneficial things our government is doing to keep us safe.
If your source of news and commentary is the likes of Rush Limbaugh, Fox, et al., I can certainly understand your not wanting to live a normal life anymore. I feel badly for you, but I certainly understand your immense paranoia.
Closing Guantanamo may not cause al-Qaida to shut down its recruiting efforts, but it will no longer be a major tool in their drive to kill the infidels. And it just might rein in our drive to becoming the mother of all "Third World" countries.
David M. Childress Sr., Palm Harbor
Nigerian is arraigned in failed jet bombing Jan. 9, story
A misguided policy
The guy's lawyer pleads him "not guilty" — I don't know whether we should laugh or cry! The man tries to blow a plane out of the sky, the president of the United States goes on television — twice — to tell us that we have to remake our entire intelligence system, and redesign airport security around the world, because of the near catastrophe this man caused. And we cloak him, needlessly, with the presumption of innocence, and extend to him the full panoply of judicial protections that are afforded to American citizens.
No principle of American law requires this bizarre result; only American citizens and — because of some questionable Supreme Court precedents — foreigners resident in the United States are entitled to these constitutional protections.
This guy should have been interrogated by intelligence and military authorities for weeks and then detained as an enemy combatant or tried in a military tribunal. An invaluable intelligence opportunity has been squandered as he now follows his lawyer's direction to keep silent.
How did we get to this unconscionable position? The one policy the Obama administration has consistently followed in the war against our enemies is: Anything the Bush administration did, they won't do. By following that policy they believe they will convince our enemies of our high moral stature and the virtue of our principles, and thus persuade them of the error of their ways.
Of course, it is because of those very principles that our enemies hate us, and seek to destroy our society. And at this moment our enemies are laughing at the self-paralysis the Obama administration's policy of "non-Bush" is imposing on our ability to defend ourselves. And so I guess I know the answer to my question: As they laugh, we have to cry.
Barry Augenbraun, St. Petersburg
Where's Obama's outrage? | Jan. 10, letter
Where's the good sense?
The letter writer is upset because President Barack Obama is not as gung-ho as President George W. Bush was, resulting in a lack of unity in the United States.
First, let's not forget that the 9/11 attacks happened on Bush's watch because he and his administration ignored the dangers posed by al-Qaida, while this recent error on Obama's watch got no one killed. Bush needed to strike a blow on our enemy, al-Qaida, but chose to strike out at Iraq, diverting resources from Afghanistan, and allowing Osama bin Laden to escape. Some gung-ho!
I hope no one else confuses Bush's anger and determination with presidential good sense and purpose. Just count the young Americans dead to see how Bush failed us. I worked hard to elect President Obama, but will not again. Obama's war against all of Afghanistan seeking out the Taliban and a handful of al-Qaida will not bring us safety, any more than Bush's war crimes have. Each Friday morning I carry a sign at the corner of Ridge Road and U.S. 19: "Obama and Bush: Blood brothers."
I'm ready for some common sense, fortitude and facing up to our senseless violence as well as theirs by a president smart enough to know better. Semper fi.
Daniel Callaghan, New Port Richey
Sen. Harry Reid's remarks
Let's move on
Sen. Harry Reid is from the same era as I am, when racial remarks were acceptable in matter-of-fact conversation. I was never in favor of segregation, having arrived in the United States early in my years, but I can understand how these comments can be spoken unwittingly by someone making the adjustment from one society to another. Everyone should understand that fact. So let's accept Sen. Reid's apology and move on to things that are overdue for our immediate attention.
Every time I turn the television on there is an in- depth discussion regarding the comments. Even the president has been brought into the discussions. He is a busy man but seems to be working with lawmakers who want to find a way to stay away from problems at hand and dwell on something they can do nothing about.
Let's be real. Enough already!
Hartley Steeves, Tampa
Sen. Harry Reid
A false issue
I imagine another description on another day: "He's a red-faced Arkansan with no Oxford accent (unless he wants one)."
This whole false "issue" insults black people. What? People cannot describe one another now? Sen. Reid should have said, "He's a Chicago politician from Hawaii who is more educated than the rest of us?" That would be politically correct, I assume.
Bruce H. Alexander, St. Petersburg
Harry Reid and Trent Lott
No comparison
Sen. Harry Reid was commenting on Obama's marketability to the masses in an election. Trent Lott was expressing an opinion by saying that all would have been better had a segregationist won in 1948. How can the two be compared?
Ginger Watters, Tampa


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Did Mom give you any presents? Was there an email address in your stocking? Some demographic information under your tree? Her Facebook friendship tied up with a bow? These are precious gifts, indeed, and not to be taken for granted. Carefully consider the knowledge gained and the communication channel opened. Show Mom how much you value these gifts by putting them to good use in 2011.
Differentiate and sharpen your marketing based on what you've learned. Make Mom feel that sharing information with you is beneficial to her. You'll build a richer connection, fostering loyalty and increased business. Here are some ideas to get you thinking:
Put new communication touch points to effective use. If Mom has opened a door, walk through it gracefully and don't make her regret the decision. Delight her with your ability to speak to her in new ways, solve her problems or meet her needs, and she will return the favor by passing along your message and helping grow your business exponentially. Here are some ideas to consider:
As your moment of reflection ends and you head full speed into 2011, plan wisely for the year ahead. Consider what gifts you'd love from Mom throughout the year and which marketing strategies will make her most likely to give them to you.

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Collection is open for research.
Joe E. Pierce was a faculty member in the Anthropology Department at Portland State College at the time these recordings were made. Pierce earned his Ph.D. at Indiana University in 1957 and specialized in linguistics and world languages. He died in 1994.
Bruce J. Rigsby was a graduate student at the University of Oregon and completed his Ph.D. in 1965.
Amelia Brown was described by James Collins in Understanding Tolowa Histories: Western Hegemonies and Native American Responses as "herbalist, midwife, cook, and raconteur".
The Oregon Native American Language Sound Recordings consist of cassette audiotape recordings of interviews conducted by Joe E. Pierce with members of the Coquille and Siletz tribes. The recordings were made as part of a project funded by the National Science Foundation for a systematic study of Native American languages in Oregon. Bruce J. Rigsby also participated in the study.
The recordings document the Tolowa and Tutuni languages, especially word phrases, songs, and stories. The grammatical structure of the languages is also addressed. The bulk of the recordings are interviews with Mrs. Amelia Brown; other individuals that are included in the recordings are Mr. and Mrs. Lopez, Mrs. Ida Bensell, Hoxy Simmons, Miller Collins, and Mrs. Carrie Streets.
The cassette audiotapes were prepared in the late 1980s by Tom Grigsby of the OSU Anthropology Department from original reel-to-reel recordings. Tape logs were prepared at that time and are included with the collection.
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PRESENTER 1: Two former UEFA Champions League winners were on hand to offer some of their experience to local youngsters in Munich as part of the 2012 UEFA Champions Festival at the city's historic Olympiapark. (12 secs)
PRESENTER 2: Giovane Elber and Willy Sagnol, who both played in FC Bayern's triumph over Valencia in 2001, led a special 90-minute skills clinic for youngsters from local club FC Tirschenreuth, giving them advice and inspiration to help them follow their own dreams. (17 secs)
SAGNOL 1 (German): I don't know if they can learn a lot, but we will definitely have fun; and fun for me was always the most important thing in my football career. Because without fun, football is not as nice any more. (12 seconds)
PRESENTER 3: The skills clinic taken by Elber and Sagnol was the first of a series of sessions over the week with other stars of the past, Jay-Jay Okocha, Cafu, Steve McManaman, Christian Karembeu, Celestine Babayaro and Patrik Andersson also passing on guidance in their role of UEFA grassroots ambassadors (20 secs)
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For The Lions
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- Record Label: Koch
- Release Date: May 5, 2009
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The band sounds the most engaged on the early hardcore numbers like "Suicidal Maniac" (Suicidal Tendencies), "Thirsty and Miserable" (Black Flag), and "It's the Limit" (Cro-Mags), while nods to the metal gods such as "Ghosts of War" (Slayer) and "Escape" (Metallica) are blistering and volatile enough to warrant inclusion, but feel a little rote.
Alternative PressEvery band represented on For The Lions are hardcore legends, and Hatebreed do their songs justice--they just don''t deliver anything in the way of innovation. [Jun 2009, p.104]
Overstuffed and a little undercooked, Lions suffers from the fact that Hatebreed's influences aren't terribly diverse, and many of the short, hard, and fast numbers tend to blend together in a way that won't appeal to anyone without a working knowledge of the American hardcore canon.
While it may not stand up to the rest of Hatebreed's canon, it does a great job of promoting some smaller acts that the average fan may not be aware of, and is a must-have for those antsy for new material.
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Jan 25, 2013This album is awesome even though none of the tracks were made by hatebreed. The hardcore masters did an over the top job at covering songsThis album is awesome even though none of the tracks were made by hatebreed. The hardcore masters did an over the top job at covering songs from killer hardcore and metal bands such as Metallica, Slayer, Suicidal Tendencies, and Misfits. though not my favorite hatebreed album, it is still cool to hear them play these classic songs from awesome bands.… Full Review »


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Oleguer will not be final signing - Van Basten
Ajax coach Marco van Basten will remain on the lookout for new signings in the summer transfer window after securing the signature of Oleguer Presas from Barcelona.
The 28-year-old defender has signed a three-year contract at the Amsterdam ArenA in a deal worth 3million euros plus an extra 2.25million should they qualify for the Champions League during the next three seasons.
Oleguer becomes the club's fourth summer signing after Miralem Sulejmani, Dario Cvitanich and Ismael Aissati, but Van Basten is not done yet.
'We have another month before the transfer window closes,' said the former Holland coach, who took over the Ajax reins on July 1.
'We will stay active in the coming weeks, just like we did in the past period.'
Oleguer is looking forward to his new challenge in Holland after spending his entire career to date in his homeland.
'The sporting plans of the club and the new coach appealed to me enormously,' the Catalonian added on www.ajax.nl.
'And Amsterdam is a terrific city. (Former Barca team-mate) Gabri told me good stories too. Ajax certainly was the best option to join.
'I will do my utmost to help the team. We must live from game to game. Hopefully we can then look back at the end of the season on a successful season.'
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Several Birmingham police officers testify in Curtis Thornton's arson trial Wednesday
Former Birmingham Police Department officer Curtis Thornton saw several of his former colleagues take the witness stand Wednesday as his arson trial entered day three.The state called several Birmingham police officers to the stand, all of whom testified they saw Thornton at 1708 29th Street in Ensley May 21, 2012 when the arrived at the location on a report of a burglary call. Former officer Sharon Manaci said she asked Thornton if the basement was "clear" and he said yes.Approximately 10 minutes later, police were called back to that house, this time on a report of a fire, which investigators say originated in the basement.One former Birmingham Fire Department employee, Mike Pate, says no utilities were hooked up to the house and that the fire was because of "human involvement."While Manaci and Thornton stood outside the house fire, she testified that he was talking about things like "candles," "clothes" and how he gave her "enough time" to get out.
The state also called to the stand Sye Muanwar, a former Marathon gas station employee in the area of the fires, and he gave testimony regarding an encounter with Thornton in December 2011. Muanwar said Thornton, wearing his police uniform, entered his store, poured alcohol on the counter then set it on fire. The witness went on to say that he told Thornton to quit, warning him that he could lose his job if he didn't. He testified that Thornton replied, "I don't care."
Prosecutors produced photographic evidence of a singed cash register following the testimony.
Gina Scaldeferri, a member of Hoover Police Department's Crimes Against Children and Internet Forensics team, testified that she searched two laptops and a hard drive obtained from Thornton's home for keywords like "arson" and "fire" and said she found a couple news clips about arson in Ensley, as well as a couple of pictures and a video clip about fire from ABC 33/40.Testimony is schedule to resume Wednesday afternoon after a lunch break.
Reporter Bryant Somerville will provide the latest updates on Thornton's arson trial on the news at 5 and 6 p.m. You can watch the newscasts live online here.


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Tag Archive for 'Environmental Defense Fund'
FedEx, UPS Delivery Fleets Get Greener
Package delivery companies like FedEx and UPS have come a long way in a relatively short time regarding sustainability,optimizing their choices of modes and otherwise streamlining energy use.
Assessing McDonald's Performance on Sustainability
Long a poster child of environmental ills and health concerns, McDonald's has worked steadily over the last two decades to clean up its act. But while it may be moving in the right direction on some issues, it is still widely criticized for the waste it generates and its contribution to health woes such as obesity.
Curbing Pollution from Power Plants
In March 2012 the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed the first nationwide emission standards to limit carbon dioxide emissions from new coal- and gas-burning power plants. And while the operative word here is "new," they would effectively cut carbon emissions in half over the lifetime of a new power plant.
How Green Was President Obama's State of the Union?
While much of what the President said was comforting to environmentalists, his statements about expanding natural gas production—albeit "without putting the health and safety of our citizens at risk"—and opening up more than 75 percent of our potential offshore oil and gas resources did not sit well.
Caution: Mercury Levels in Tuna and Other Fish
You should be concerned about contaminants in certain fish, including some kinds of tuna. The non-profit Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) recommends minimizing consumption of albacore (white) tuna, a large fish that accumulates moderate amounts of mercury in its fatty tissue.
Assessing Walmart's Environmental Impact
Walmart has been working to clean up its image in recent years, and many environmentalists are pleased with the company's commitment to reduce its massive carbon footprint. Many, however, view the company's initiatives with skepticism, especially considering its overall impact on communities.
Game Change: Environmentalists Advise WalMart on Sustainability
When the Environmental Defense Fund first fought for a ban on the pesticide DDT more than 40 years ago, the non-profit organization went to court and sued. Times have changed. These days, EDF staff members work directly with companies like WalMart to address sustainability issues.


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On July 12 the Insurance Information Institute and Munich Re presented an overview of U. S. and global natural catastrophe activity for the first six months of 2011. An exceptional accumulation of very severe natural catastrophes has already made 2011 the highest loss year for global catastrophes on record. The approximately $265 billion in economic losses up to the end of June easily exceeds the total figure for 2005, previously the costliest year to date with $220 billion for the year as a whole. Most of the 2011 losses were caused by the earthquake in Japan on March 11. The insured losses, around $ 60 billion, were also nearly five times greater than the average since 2001. In the United States a very active thunderstorm season resulted in insured losses exceeding $16 billion. This is far above the 2001 to 2010 January to June average thunderstorm loss of $6.4 billion (in 2010 dollars). It was also the deadliest thunderstorm season in over 50 years. The webinar's featured speakers were Terese Rosenthal, spokesperson, for Munich Re U.S.; Carl Hedde, head of Risk Accumulation, Munich Reinsurance America; Peter Hoppe, head of Geo Risks Research/Corporate Climate Center, Munich Re; and Robert Hartwig, president of the Insurance Information Institute.
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Ronnie Coleman hosts training camp in Texas
by Allan Donnelly
March 22, 2008
Ronnie Coleman recently was back at MetroFlex, the gym at which he famously trained for his record-tying eight Mr. Olympia wins. No, Coleman wasn't there training for his reported comeback in 2009, which he recently confirmed to Flexonline.com. Coleman was there running his sixth consecutive Ronnie Coleman's Workout Weekend.
The Workout Weekend was held in Arlington, Texas, on March 7-9. The first two days were spent at MetroFlex, while the third and final day took place at Coleman's 1,000 square foot home gym. In all, 25 people attended from all over the world, including Britain and Canada.
"The weekend was a great time with the fans," Coleman said. "The people really made it fun. I spot them and help them during their workouts, so it's good for everyone. I enjoyed our workouts together. We topped it off by going to the [Dallas] Mavericks game."
Coleman's next Workout Weekend will be held in 2009, in either February or March. Keep checking Flexonline.com and bigroncoleman.com for updates on how to train under the watchful eye of the eight-time Mr. Olympia.
Check out the FLEX Blog for more pictures from Ronnie Coleman's Workout Weekend
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I belong to a piano Yahoo group and recently started a thread on "favorite keys." I was wondering if other pianists had keys they preferred playing in, listening to, etc. Or if there were keys that they hated playing in. Or if they had any preference at all.
My favorite keys are C minor and E-flat major. Both keys have three flats, so there is something that I must like about three flats. They probably mold more easily to the hands, I would guess. And I despise playing anything in E major, for some reason. Maybe it's just harder for my tiny hands to play. I also love flats and do not love sharps. Weird.
As far as listening, I like things that have a C-natural and a G-natural in them. And for composing, I tend to gravitate to the old stand-bys, C minor and E-flat major.
Still, it's interesting to read the things that have been said in the past regarding "affective key characteristics"--or the mood set by particular keys.
Someone on the list posted Affective key characteristics from Christian Schubart's Ideen zu einer Aesthetik der Tonkunst (1806), translated by Rita Steblin in A History of KeyCharacteristics in the 18th and Early 19th Centuries. (UMI Research Press, 1983) . Pretty interesting stuff. Here's what it said:
C major
Completely Pure. Its character is: innocence, simplicity, naïvety, children's talk.
C minor
Declaration of love and at the same time the lament of unhappy love. All languishing, longing, sighing of the love-sick soul lies in this key.
Db major
A leering key, degenerating into grief and rapture. It cannot laugh, but it can smile; it cannot howl, but it can at least grimace its crying.--Consequently only unusual characters and feelings can be brought out in this key.
D major
The key of triumph, of Hallejuahs, of war-cries, of victory-rejoicing. Thus, the inviting symphonies, the marches, holiday songs and heaven-rejoicing choruses are set in this key.
D minor
Melancholy womanliness, the spleen and humours brood.
D# minor
Feelings of the anxiety of the soul's deepest distress, of brooding despair, of blackest depresssion, of the most gloomy condition of the soul. Every fear, every hesitation of the shuddering heart, breathes out of horrible D# minor. If ghosts could speak, their speech would approximate this key.
Eb major
The key of love, of devotion, of intimate conversation with God.
E major
Noisy shouts of joy, laughing pleasure and not yet complete, full delight lies in E Major.
F major
Complaisance & calm.
F minor
Deep depression, funereal lament, groans of misery and longing for the grave.
F# major
Triumph over difficulty, free sigh of relief utered when hurdles are surmounted; echo of a soul which has fiercely struggled and finally conquered lies in all uses of this key.
F# minor
A gloomy key: it tugs at passion as a dog biting a dress. Resentment and discontent are its language.
G major
Everything rustic, idyllic and lyrical, every calm and satisfied passion, every tender gratitude for true friendship and faithful love,--in a word every gentle and peaceful emotion of the heart is correctly expressed by this key.
G minor
Discontent, uneasiness, worry about a failed scheme; bad-tempered gnashing of teeth; in a word: resentment and dislike.
Ab major
Key of the grave. Death, grave, putrefaction, judgment, eternity lie in its radius.
Ab minor
Grumbler, heart squeezed until it suffocates; wailing lament, difficult struggle; in a word, the color of this key is everything struggling with difficulty.
A major
This key includes declarations of innocent love, satisfaction with one's state of affairs; hope of seeing one's beloved again when parting; youthful cheerfulness and trust in God.
A minor
Pious womanliness and tenderness of character.
Bb major
Cheerful love, clear conscience, hope aspiration for a better world.
Bb minor
A quaint creature, often dressed in the garment of night. It is somewhat surly and very seldom takes on a pleasant countenance. Mocking God and the world; discontented with itself and with everything; preparation for suicide sounds in this key.
B major
Strongly coloured, announcing wild passions, composed from the most glaring coulors. Anger, rage, jealousy, fury, despair and every burden of the heart lies in its sphere.
B minor
This is as it were the key of patience, of calm awaiting ones's fate and of submission to divine dispensation.
The site includes other interpretations of the "mood" set by a particular key. I don't know which (if any) were written prior to equal-tempered keyboards. But it's interesting reading (if you're interested in this kind of thing).
For example, Scriabin thought of "C" as "red" and "B" as "pale blue," and Charpentier's Regles de Composition (ca. 1682) sees F major as a key of "furious and quick-tempered subjects." Helmholtz's Tonempfindungen, on the other hand, sees F major as a key of "Peace, joy, light, passing regret, religious sentiment."
My favorite keys are the keys of "all languishing, longing, sighing of the love-sick soul" and "love, of devotion, of intimate conversation with God." The key I like least is that of "noisy shouts of joy." Why am I not surprised?


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A recent study at the University of British Columbia indicates that cows that experienced difficult calvings (dystocia) spent less time at the feed bunk and drank less water the day before calving than herdmates with normal deliveries.
Cows with dystocia were also more restless. These cows transitioned from standing to lying positions more frequently during the 24-hour period prior to calving than cows without dystocia. The researchers say that dry matter intake and standing bouts in the 24 hours before calving were the most accurate variables to differentiate between the cows with and without dystocia.
Therefore, they suggest, these behaviors may be helpful to identify cows at risk — and offer future areas of study.
The research was published in the October Journal of Dairy Science.


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Doc Love: She Cheated
She cheated, but should you forgive her?
This week's letter comes from a guy who's wondering if he should forgive his girlfriend for cheating on him.
reader's questionHey Doc,
I'm new to your columns, but I've found that they are full of wonderful information and advice. Congratulations on the great work.
I'll cut directly to the chase. I have been with my girlfriend, Sydney, for about four years now. She's very attractive, so I must have done something right to have her for so long. But recently, Sydney confessed to me that she made out with a couple of other men while she was with me. She told me she could hold it in no longer, and I needed to know about this if our relationship was going to last and be about honesty.
i wasn't happyNeedless to say, I was a little less than thrilled. I didn't talk to Sydney for a few days, but after a conversation with her mother, in which she told me that her daughter believes she made the biggest mistake of her life by telling me this garbage, I sat down and took a long, hard look at all of my options.
I came to the conclusion that my one real option is dumping Sydney and going after other women. That was my brain talking. My gut said otherwise. My gut has never let me down, and my gut tells me that Sydney is the girl I want.
i forgave herDoc, I forgave Sydney and we are working on trying to build a stronger relationship out of this. But here's the problem: The amount of time we talk has diminished. I also feel that Sydney's Interest Level has dropped inexplicably.
I understand the concept of Challenge, but how do you remain a Challenge without making the woman feel as if you do not have an interest in her? I feel that with Sydney backing off, I have to make sure that she knows that I still love her, and the only way to do that is to pursue her.
I'd really appreciate any help you could give me.
West - who feels like he's losing ground
doc love's answerHi West,
First of all, thanks for the compliment. It's my job to coach men to see Reality, and that's what I'm going to do for you.
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Unfortunately, many people put others in a no-win situation. They know that ignoring doesn't accomplish anything, yet realize that the truth will not be received in a healthy way. They are caught between a rock and a hard place. If you want someone to be open and honest, then you need to make sure that whatever they say doesn't result in a denial, rationalization, or over-reaction. If the person doesn't feel safe to expose the truth, then you'll never get the truth. Sometimes, we need to be extra patient, helping them to overcome all the negativity they experienced before we came into the picture. Just be consistent and reassure them that we are and will always be consistent, unlike the people from their past.
good question..... i would rather someone tell me the truth than to ignore me. even when the truth hurts, at least i know for sure why i am being ignore.

on the other hand i myself have ignored a certain one due to... i don't want to hurt their feelings! :~/ sooooo.... go figure.

don't do as i do but do as i say thingy.
Exactly...it's rude...when someone, for whom you really have place for in your heart,starts ignoring you...it feels as if something very important and beautiful is lost in your life.
Ignoring someone. The truth is a wonderful thing. Why would we want to live in happy lies if they are lies? I would choose happy truth over that. I would also choose sad truth because it just wouldn't feel right if I knew I was living a lie.

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I just read your update and I used to have a friend just like that. I think he protects himself with lies and puts all the blame on the other person. Overall he manipulates and blames and then turns around and says he still likes me. I'm done being his friend but I'm not sure you want to stop your friendship. If I were you I'd send an email with as few words as possible but also include as much of how you feel as possible. Tell him he made you cry, if that is true. If I were the person ignoring I would have a hard time ignoring something emotional and caring. If you just send an email full of angry yelling, I don't think that would work.
Technically ignoring them, but wtf?
Yes, that is rude, but he may just be considering his answer, or simply not know what to say. I know im defending the guy, but i honestly just dont know him. have you confronted him about his ignoring you yet?
Yes, i do agree, i'd rather hear the truth no matter how hurtful and ugly it might be than be ignored.

My advise to you is that you should ignore him as well, pretend you don't give a damn about him answereing or not.

good luck
That is rude!
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Thomas DeMarco got a huge dose of Ricky Foley (left) and the front four of the Riders, who were full value for their 31-17 win (Gerry Kahrmann/PNG)
First the good news.
This year in the CFL, there are no super teams. Calgary is the best squad in the league but it's not like they're unbeatable. Toronto's also pretty good but they got drilled by Hamilton on Friday night. The Tiger-Cats? They've had their moments. So has Saskatchewan. And Montreal.
The only thing you can say for certain about the CFL this season is Edmonton is awful and Winnipeg is even worse. The rest of the league is a grey, amorphous mass with one team virtually indistinguishable from the next and if you were wondering where the B.C.Lions fit in, we refer to Friday night's contest under the big top.
The Lions – who've fluctuated between OK and not OK this season – still had a chance to separate themselves from the CFL's pack against the Saskatchewan Roughriders. Following consecutive road wins in Regina (good) and Winnipeg (inconsequential) the Leos had improved to 9-4 and had a chance to put a figure-four leglock on second place in the West with Calgary and the top spot a realistic goal.
A good team would have seized that opportunity. A good team would have made a statement. A good team, as it turned out, wouldn't have been outclassed 31-17 before their biggest home crowd (37,3122) of the season.
It remains to be seen what the Lions will be in 2013 but after 14 games, they're mostly like everyone else in the league: good one game, bad the next. And, after winning three straight, they were mostly bad against the 'Riders.
"Hey man, they deserved it," said linebacker Korey Banks, part of a defence that had its hands full with the 'Riders. "They were better today. That's how it goes in the West. Anybody can win at any given moment."
Apparently so.
"The veterans understand you want to get rolling at the right time and this is the time," said defensive back Ryan Phillips. "We want to set ourselves up for a home playoff game and be hitting on all cylinders. But playing like that tonight wasn't the way to get ready."
While the Leos could point to a couple of plays which turned the affair – a pass interference call in their end zone, a bizarre face-mask penalty on a field-goal attempt that set up the second 'Riders major – this was, in reality, a code-red beatdown. The Roughriders owned both lines of scrimmage. Kory Sheets had 80 rushing yards. The Lions' Andrew Harris had 10 yards on six carries and, no, that's not a typo. Darian Durant threw for 234 yards and didn't turn the ball over once. Thomas DeMarco threw his first two picks of the season, including one in the end zone in the second quarter which might have been the game's defining moment.
"My arm got his," said the Lions' quarterback. "It would have been a touchdown."
Maybe. But this was about so much more than one or two plays that didn't go the Lions' way. When it mattered, the offence couldn't sustain a drive and the defence couldn't stop Durant. When it mattered the offensive line couldn't keep DeMarco clean and the Lions' pass rush couldn't make things uncomfortable for Durant.
About the only Roughrider who didn't seem happy with the team's performance was Geroy Simon, who, uncharacteristically, blew off interview requests in his homecoming. Other than that, "You have to give them credit," said Phillips. "They did the things they had to do to win."
So where do the Lions go from here? Well, as much they had a chance to secure their place in the West and send a message to the Stampeders, that opportunity is still there. More or less. They have two dates left with the Stamps. They have a return engagement with the Roughriders in Regina. A good team would win two of those three and that would change a lot of things for the Lions..
We'll find out soon enough if they are a good team.


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Peyton playing role of prankster at Pro Bowl
Published: February 6th, 2009 | Tags: Indianapolis Colts, Kansas City Chiefs, Peyton Manning, Pro Bowl, Tony Gonzalez
KAPOLEI, Hawaii — QB Peyton Manning is known as one of the biggest pranksters on the Indianapolis Colts.
Each summer, he has long been suspected of being responsible for golf carts belonging to Colts administrative staff and coaches ending up on rafts and floating in the middle of a retention pond at the team's training camp.
Manning is keeping his mischievous reputation alive and well at the Pro Bowl in Hawaii.
Toward the end of Friday's practice, he turned to Chiefs TE Tony Gonzalez and said, "Man, it sure is hot today." Gonzalez agreed and accepted Manning's offer of a water bottle. Little did Gonzalez know that Manning had loosened the cap, and when Gonzalez tipped it back for a swig, he received an unexpected shower of water and ice. That prompted an eruption of laughter from other players on the team.
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BESSEMER, Alabama - A $2.8 million expansion by Bessemer-based Dayjon Inc. will enable the company to hire about 50 new employees and begin manufacturing conveyor belt systems in addition to servicing them, the company's founder said today.
Dayjon, founded nine years ago, recently moved from a 5,000-square-foot facility in Bessemer to a 35,000-square-foot building at 1050 Powder Plant Rd.
The company's business is, primarily, maintenance of conveyor systems used in coal mining. But the additional space and larger work force are the first steps in a plan to expand into the manufacture of conveyor systems for a variety of industries, said founder John Taylor.
"We fully plan to go national, and hopefully additionally, worldwide," he said.
At a dedication of the facility this morning Gov. Robert Bentley said the company stands as an example of how the state's economy can rebound on the strength of small businesses. The addition of large manufacturers such as Airbus, which recently announced plans to build a $600 million plant in Mobile, are important, he said.
"But companies like this are the companies that really produce most of the jobs in this state," Bentley said. "That's why I'm proud to be here."
Bessemer Mayor Kenneth Gulley and Alabama Secretary of Commerce Greg Canfield said Dayjon's expansion and relocation within the city of Bessemer also is an indication that Bessemer is making economic progress despite the lingering recession.
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The only chimpanzee research facility in Europe is to shut down. On 27 April, the Dutch government announced it would follow the advice of an expert panel, by ending research on the chimpanzees at the Biomedical Primate Research Center (BPRC) in Rijswijk, the Netherlands. Some of the chimpanzees will go to zoos, but those who carry viruses such as hepatitis C or HIV will need special containment facilities. There is no timetable yet for stopping the few ongoing experiments.
Animal welfare groups have criticized the BPRC for its cramped cages and outdated facilities. The center was the target of a recently formed coalition, backed by primatologist Jane Goodall and filmmaker David Attenborough, to end all experiments on chimpanzees in Europe.
Last week, a committee of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences headed by cancer researcher Anton Berns of the Netherlands Cancer Institute in Amsterdam concluded that the chimp colony was unnecessary and recommended that the animals there be retired to zoos or sanctuaries. "The [BPRC] facilities are not really up to the current standards," Berns says. More than 100 chimpanzees live at the facility, but only seven were used for experiments in 1999. The panel said that research for which chimpanzees are needed, such as hepatitis C vaccine studies, could be carried out in the United States. In addition, much of the chimpanzee research was sponsored by industry, and the chimps "were not very accessible to academic researchers," Berns says. But the panel said other research at the BPRC--which also houses 1000 rhesus monkeys--should continue.
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Lance Christopher Husfeldt, 20, Forest Lake, died Saturday, Oct. 6, 2012 following a courageous battle with cancer.
Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 11 at Roberts Family Funeral Home, 555 Centennial Dr. SW, Forest Lake. A funeral service will be held at 11:30 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 12 at Faith Lutheran Church, 886 North Shore Dr., Forest Lake with visitation beginning at 10:30 a.m.
Interment will follow in Scandinavian Cemetery, Forest Lake.
He is survived by his parents, Laurie and Brent Husfeldt; daughter, Sydney Reinitz-Husfeldt and her mother, Kate; girlfriend, Mariah Kolbeck; grandparents, Bill and Carol Reuter and Lou Ann Husfeldt; aunts and uncles, Linda and Brian Husfeldt, Debbie and Jon Klein, Mark and Connie Reuter, Donna and Jeff Winberg, and Brenda and Kevin Hanus; cousins, Amy, Matt (Jess), Ann, Dana, Abby, Meghan, Holly, Kristen, Kyle, Andrew, Colin, and Connor.
He is preceded in death by his grandfather, Vernon Husfeldt.
Memorials preferred to Wishes and More, 961 Hillwind Road, Minneapolis, MN 55432, www.wishesandmore.org, or The Liddy Shriver Sarcoma Initiative, 17 Bethia Dr., Ossining, NY 10562, www.sarcomahelp.org.


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Microsoft's purchase of Nokia's Devices & Services arm to close next month
When the sale of Nokia's Devices & Services, the company's phone-making arm, to Microsoft was announced in September last year, the process was expected to complete by the end of Q1 2014. As the initial deadline is rapidly approaching, the Finnish manufacturer reveals the software giant will have to wait a little more to get control of the business.
"Nokia today announced that it now expects the transaction whereby the company will sell substantially all of its Devices & Services business and license its patents to Microsoft to close in April 2014", says Nokia. "This compares with Nokia's previous expectation on the transaction closing in the first quarter of 2014, which Nokia communicated when the company first announced the transaction on September 3, 2013. Nokia and Microsoft remain committed to the transaction".
The reason for the delay -- hopefully, for both companies, the first and only one they face -- is regulatory approvals in markets where Nokia operates: "[...] the transaction is pending approvals from certain antitrust authorities in Asia which are still conducting their reviews".
Since Nokia has been under scrutiny in India by the local government regarding taxation for the products made by its local plant, the company "reiterates that ongoing tax proceedings in India have no bearing on the timing of the closing or the material deal terms of the anticipated transaction between Nokia and Microsoft".
We are nearing the final stages of our global regulatory approval process -- to date we have received approvals from regulatory authorities in 15 markets on five continents", says Microsoft general counsel and executive vice president of Legal & Corporate Affairs Brad Smith. "Currently, we are awaiting approval confirmation in the final markets. This work has been progressing, and we expect to close next month, in April 2014".
The sooner the deal completes the sooner can both companies get on with their new plans. Microsoft wants to accelerate Windows Phone development and create a more enticing ecosystem, as the platform is in dire need of a market share boost, while Nokia is refocusing its efforts towards more profitable markets.
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My Sister's Fingers
I was six years old when my 12-year-old sister first fingered me. I loved it then; I love it now; always will.
When we were growing up, my sister was the primary person to wash and supervise the baths of the children. Mom was allergic to most soaps, so she preferred not to have to bathe the children. There were three of us kids: me; my brother John, five years older; and my sister, Jane, six years older. Mom and Dad divorced right after I was born. Then Mom had a relatively long-term relationship with a woman who lived with us. I liked Mom's girlfriend a lot; but they broke up. When I was six, as this story begins, Mom was again single. Our family loved bath time. Two or more of us in the bathroom at one time was not unusual. We were comfortable seeing each other naked. A family tradition was to spend time together nude in the hot tub.
I especially loved it when "bath time" was a private affair between just my sister and me. I loved being naked around Jane—primarily because I knew she liked it: I could see it in her eyes.
One night the rest of the family went to see a movie at the mall. Mom said before she left that my sister and I were "to look after each other." Little did she know what would happen; but, I don't think she would have been surprised.
Jane had come home from soccer practice, showered and put on her normal attire—bra-less, of course: one of her pullover sweatshirts that she had modified by cutting off the bottom so it exposed more of her taunt belly and by cutting out a super-wide oval hole for her head so it exposed more of her broad shoulders; what called her "sexy, tight boy shorts;" and flip flops.
After the family left, she suggested she help me take a bath. We went to the upstairs bathroom near Jane's bedroom. I quickly got out of my clothes and hopped into the tub of warm water that Jane had drawn for me. I loved taking baths with my sister because I liked the way she looked at me. She would look up and down my naked body with delight in her eyes. It excited me to know that I could excite my sister this way. Standing near the tub, Jane handed me toys and suggested where I might use more soap—under my arms, behind my ears, between my toes. But she didn't need to remind me to wash one particular part of my body.
"I love to wash my pussy," I said, using the word my mother always used.
Jane chuckled. "I don't know any woman or girl who doesn't like to wash down there," she said. Winking at me, Jane knelt beside the tub, reached into the water, with her open palm toward me. The first three fingers of her hand curled forward as she approached my pussy. She said, "These are the lips to your vagina," touching them gently with her fingers.
We watched together as she fondled me. She said, "I call my vagina a pussy, too. Some people—guys mainly—call it a cunt; but I find that word harsh, crude--not right. Pussy sounds soft and loving—which is exactly what this is," she said, lightly touching my pussy.
As her fingers stroked my pussy, she said "You have outer lips and inner lips; I do, too." She touched them as she spoke. Then, as we both watched, she inserted the tip of her middle finger into my pussy. "Above your pee hole, you have a remarkably sensitive and sweet clitoris. I call it a clit—because it's short and sweet and sounds cute, like it is. I like clits," she said proudly.
With the soft part of her forefinger, she pushed gently against my clit. "Whatever you call it, be careful when washing down there: don't get too much soap inside your pussy—just a little soap and lots and lots of water. Soap can sting, especially where the pee hole is. Use soap down there but rinse it off quickly. Here let me show you. Stand up."
I stood up in the bath water. Jane soaped up her hands. She leaned over me, placed one hand in the small of my back to steady me, and used her other hand to wash my pussy. Her palm toward me, Jane cupped her hand over my pussy. With her palm she gently pushed down on the mound above my lips. With her fingers, she slowly washed my outer and inner lips.
To steady myself, I placed an arm on her shoulder and touched my head against hers—both of us looking down at my pussy. I closed my eyes and leaned into my sister. I loved the warm feelings she was creating inside me. Jane's soapy hand on my backside slipped down and cupped my butt. With a gentle nudge from that hand, she thrust my hips forward as she continued with her other hand to slowly push her palm and fingers into my pussy.
I looked at Jane and relaxed my weight into her hands: I wanted to feel more of her hands on my body. I could tell Jane knew this because she smiled at me and winked as she knowingly pressed her hands harder into my flesh.
On my backside, her fingers gripped one cheek of my butt and pulled me harder toward her. On my frontside, her palm pushed down harder and then softer on my mound, in a rhythmic undulating way that made me sway with the motion. Her middle finger pushed deeper inside me and curled upward. I rose up on the tips of my toes as her middle finger curled up inside me and pressed against the inner walls below my mound. I could feel the tip of her curled finger of one hand pressing up, the palm of her other hand pressing down. A warm almost hot sensation washed over me.
"Now sit down in the water and rinse the soap off your pussy—and take your time," she said. She waited for me to do that then said with a wry smile: "Tell me how it feels."
I told her: "It makes me feel good...and warm, especially inside my pussy. But I want you to do it to me. I like your hands on me—and the way you look at me."
Jane leaned over the edge of the tub and noisily kissed me on the exposed part of my belly above the water with a great big, loud smmmmmmack. "I love you, Marsha," she said. "I love your pussy and your little ass. I love all of you." With that, she reached into the water and, with one hand below me, lifted up my ass just a bit so I felt like I was floating in the bath water. "Your little ass is so cute. I even like your little asshole," she said, tickling it with one of her fingers. I arched my back as her finger explored the rim of my asshole. "That's your little rosebud," she said, smiling.
Still on her knees beside the tub, Jane pulled her hand out of the water, took my chin, pulled my head towards her and kissed me fully on the lips.
It was not a quick kiss. It was a long, wet kiss. I had never felt a kiss so wonderful: I didn't want it to stop.
While she kissed me, she reached around with her other hand and pulled my head forward, pushing my lips deeper into her lips, which opened and enveloped mine. Her two hands on either side of my head made me feel secure, loved, where I wanted to be.
I felt her tongue moving over my lips, pushing into my mouth. She had never kissed me like that before. I felt warm, enveloped, safe—dizzy--and terribly excited. I thrust my hips up toward her: my pussy ached to feel her hand again.
As she pulled back, Jane kissed me lightly one more time, this time on my nose. Looking into her eyes, I said "I love you." She smiled back. Her eyes said "I love you, too."
"Stand up now and let me wash your backside," she said. As I did, she asked me to turn towards her, put my hands on the edge of the tub and lean over as much as possible.
She knelt down beside the tub, looked me in the eyes and said: "Your pussy is so cute, Marsha. You have the best looking pussy in the family. But don't tell your mother: she thinks she has the best one."
Jane laughed, "But hers is bigger and older. Nothing wrong with that; in fact, Mom's pussy is beautiful in its own way and sweet. But your sweet little pussy is young, hairless and picture perfect; and so is your ass. I love them both," she said.
Jane's mention of our mother made me think: "Would Mom say what we are doing is okay?" I asked.
With a steady gaze, Jane looked me and thought for a moment before answering.
She leaned closer to me. Her brown eyes grew darker and enlarged with obvious affection as she said, "Yes. If what we do is love each other...if what we do is listen to each other and do what the other wants...if what we do makes us happy and feel better about ourselves...then, yes, Mom would approve."
Jane's face was just inches from mine--almost within kissing distance. I could feel the attraction; I wanted us to kiss again—and I think she knew that. But she didn't kiss me.
Keeping her eyes on mine, she reached around with one hand and cupped my butt, squeezed it and caressed it lovingly. With her other hand, she began to finger my pussy again.
Then a very special moment I shall always remember: one of her fingernails lightly tickled my clit while another tickled my asshole. A shock wave shot through me like electricity: I shook my head and shoulders.
Jane laughed at my reaction, took her hands away, lightly patted my butt and stood up. She reached down into the water, found the soap and lathered up her hands. She reached over to touch my back with her soapy hands and pushed me down so that my chest was closer to the edge of the tub, my back almost parallel to the floor.
Then with her hands she moved my hips so my ass was perked up and out as much as possible. As she washed my back, I noticed that Jane's loose top allowed me to view her budding, firm breasts. Her nipples were hard, perky, begging to be sucked. I arched my back, stretching my flat chest even flatter--my nipples hard and raised--and pushed my ass further into her hands.
"I especially like your little asshole, Marsha," she said, leaning over me and, with both hands, spreading my butt cheeks. Her fingers began to explore my ass crack. Then one of her fingers touched my asshole and pushed in. I loved it—and pushed back into Jane's finger, hoping for more. I knew I wanted more of her fingers not less.
Jane interrupted my thoughts by saying "Daily I clean myself this way, sticking my finger in my asshole--and sometimes I put my finger deep into my hole—not too deep but deep enough to feel the inner walls. I like it because it feels good. Here, let me show you." She leaned further over me and I felt her finger tease and then begin to penetrate my asshole. It felt warm and good. As her finger slipped deeper inside me, I felt somehow bigger, taller. I rose up a little bit on my toes and then lowered myself down again on her finger to make it feel even better.
Jane started to pull her finger out—I felt my asshole getting tighter, almost closing--then she pushed her finger back in, deeper.
Again and again, she pulled her finger almost out and then pushed it back in, each time going deeper and staying longer until I felt the full length of Jane's finger inside me. Her finger moved in circles within me, the tip of her finger pushed against the inner walls of my asshole. It didn't hurt; just the opposite: it felt great.
Jane slowly pulled her finger from my asshole, stood up for a moment and then knelt down again in front of me, both of her hands on the edge of the tub. She looked me in the eyes. I was so happy; I had a big grin on my face. "Want me to do it again?" she asked.
"Oh, yes," I said, "Please."
"You're a good kid, Marsha," Jane said. "I love you. I love how you let me touch you. My girlfriend and I like to touch ourselves like this, too. I like it a lot."
She continued to look at me as she soaped her hands and reached around to my backside to cup my ass. She was watching me intently. As one of her fingers entered my asshole again, I opened up my stance and spread my cheeks as wide as I could. Jane pushed her finger deep inside me.
With her other hand, she massaged my pussy on the outside and then entered it deeply with her middle finger; and then, to my surprise, the tip of her index finger pushed in and out and then, with a fingernail, teased my clit.
Time stood still as she fucked me with both hands. Her exploration of my pussy and asshole created a sensation so intense I almost started to cry—not from pain but from the unexpected pleasures and connectedness I now felt with my sister.
Jane could tell how excited I was. With fingers from both hands gently moving in circles deep inside me, she pulled me closer and kissed me again fully on the lips. This time her tongue entered my mouth. I could not believe it: both ends of me were being penetrated and loved by my sister in ways I had never experienced. With one hand still fingering my asshole, Jane pulled her fingers from my pussy and brought her index finger, wet from my pussy, up to where we both could see it; and then slowly she pushed her finger into her own mouth. Looking me in the eyes, she began pushing her finger in and out of her mouth: soon it was dripping wet with saliva.
She kissed the end of her glistening finger and started to slowly place it on my lips. As her finger approached my lips, I thought she wanted me to kiss it, so I pursed my lips in expectation. But she pushed her wet finger into my mouth. I knew instantly what she wanted: I sucked on it eagerly. While I sucked on her finger, Jane leaned in and kissed me on my cheek, my hair and the nape of my neck.
Jane stopped kissing me and looked deep into my eyes as she slowly pulled her fingers from my mouth and ass. Despite my sister's gentle way of pulling out, when her fingers left me, my body gave an uncontrollable shutter: my shoulders shook briefly and my knees felt weak.
I stood up straight in the bath. My nipples were hard, eager to be touched. Jane's nipples were hard, too, poking out beneath her sweatshirt like little rocks.
Jane said, "Now sit down in the water and rinse off. And then let me dry you off. If you would like, I can show you something else my girlfriend and I do—a very special way I can kiss and suck your pussy, and kiss and tongue your little rosebud."
Eager to find out what she wanted to do to me next, I quickly rinsed off and stepped out of the tub. As Jane toweled me off, she knelt down and gave me several full body hugs and kissed me lightly on my lips, my nose and my fingertips. Playfully lifting up one foot and then the next, she also kissed my toes. Still holding one of my feet up high, she leaned down and kissed my pussy—and lightly licked it with her tongue. Continuing to towel me off, Jane asked me to turn around and touch the floor with my fingers—and noisily kissed both cheeks of my ass. I loved all the attention.
Then with a flurry, she wrapped me in a fresh, dry towel, picked me up and carried me into her bedroom. She plopped me down on the bed, turned on the TV and said she would be back shortly—that she needed to use the bathroom in private for a while.
As I waited for my sister on her bed, I wondered how Jane knew that Mom's pussy tasted sweet. I wondered what Jane and her girlfriend did when they took baths together and what happened afterwards in her bed. Unseen I had come into Jane's bedroom once and seen the two of them naked on this very bed--my sister's girlfriend on her back, her legs on my sister's shoulders, with Jane kissing her down low between her legs. I left the room before they knew I was there.
As I lay in her bed, feeling the afterglow from tonight's amazing bath, I wondered if I would ever get to lay on my back in this bed, put my legs up on my sister's shoulders...when Jane walked back into the room.


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"One of aikido's top instructors, and the son of Morihiro Saito Shihan, will come to Florida, USA on March 12-13, to conduct a must-attend seminar packed with essential information to enhance your understanding of the art. Hitohiro Saito Sensei is a superb teacher, equally skilled at taijutsu and the Aiki Ken and Jo. Attend this seminar and energize your commitment to aikido! – Stanley Pranin"
Hitohiro Saito, founder of the Iwama Shin Shin Aiki Shurenkai in Iwama, Japan, and the heir to the Morihiro Saito legacy is coming to Florida! With over 40 years of aikido experience, Saito Sensei has taught thousands of foreigners serving their apprenticeships in this Mecca of Aikido, the Iwama dojo. Devoted to preserving the spiritual and technical tradition of O-Sensei's Aikido, Hitohiro Saito has established a reputation throughout the world for his exceptional technique and clarity of his teaching methods. He conducts worldwide annual seminars in the United States, Japan, France, Germany, South America, Portugal, Turkey and Russia, to name a few, and continues to deliver aikido to an audience so fortunate to receive his unsurpassed spiritual and technical expertise.
For more information and to sign up, click here.
This seminar is hosted by Stephanie Yap Sensei of Aikido of South Florida.


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WESTLIFE singer Mark Feehily has sensationally split from the partner he was due to marry next year.
The heartbroken star announced last night that he had parted from his fiance Kevin McDaid after seven years together.
However, the Sunday Mirror can reveal that the relationship has been on the rocks for some time and that Kevin dumped Mark TWO months ago.
The bombshell news comes just weeks after Mark had revealed that he and Kevin would marry next year now that Westlife were splitting up.
But instead singer Mark has been left to deal with another major shake-up in his life which will send shockwaves through the
pop world.
Last night, Mark announced on his Twitter page: "Sadly, Kevin & I are no longer together. We've had an amazing 7 year & are both so thankful for the love&support u have shown us from the start.
"We won't be answering any questions about this as its a very private matter. Thanks in advance for understanding that. Lots of love, Mx."
The news will shock fans of the singer, who appeared to be very much in love.
In an interview with our sister paper the Irish Daily Mirror in November, Mark spoke of his plans to marry his long-time boyfriend.
He said: "We plan to get married as soon as possible but it's about finding a gap to do it.
"It will definitely be next year. We want to do it as soon as we possibly can, but we want it to be right as well. It's finding the time and doing it right. We've no reason to rush it or say, 'let's just f**king pick any church or hotel or venue in the country'.
"We've been so committed to Westlife that while we've had big gaps when we're not working, you have to plan so far in advance for a wedding. So you really don't have time to plan. We've pretty much got the time to be getting on with the wedding now."
But sources have revealed to the Sunday Mirror that the relationship was already in trouble.
A source said: "The reality is that Mark and Kevin have been going their separate ways for a while.
"In fact Kevin decided to break it off with Mark up to two months ago, but it is only now that they are making it official.
"This must be a very tough time for Mark. With the band also set to go their own way he now faces into a year of uncertainty, it cannot be easy for him."
The couple announced that they were engaged in January 2010, with Feehily also confirming that news through his Twitter page.
Feehily met photographer McDaid, 27, at a charity concert in Dublin in 2005.
They went public with the relationship in 2007 when the Irish star came out in a newspaper interview in 2007.
Newcastle man McDaid was part of boyband V until 2005, before becoming a photographer.


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Tres Bien have a nice little interview with Common Project's Peter Poopat up on their site. Tracing the company's beginnings, Peter's publishing background and where the company are going to next, it's an informative piece. There's an especially interesting quote about Common Projects first ever product images:
"The first pictures of Common Projects were taken in my living room with my crappy camera. They were my shoes." But something about those photos resonated with people. Later, in Paris, a man approached Peter and told him he'd had that very image blown up to hang as art in his apartment."
You can read the entire piece here.


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Fable II
Can you get scarred playing as a Henchman?
The title pretty much says it all. If you're knocked out as a Henchman using one of your Heroes, when you return to playing as said Hero, will he/she be scarred?
Darksage_01 - 7 years ago
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I do not think so.
It appears to me, that the only thing transferred from a Henchman to the saved data is Experience and Gold.
Be warned, the transfered Experience and Gold is an Overwrite and not an Append or Add. I had a character with A few skills purchased and at least an upgrade to a skill learned. I somehow saved some data, and all of my experience was lost. Everything was zeroed out, and there was no skills learned, not even a Will Spell that would have been required at that point in the plot.
It was not hard to purchase a bunch of potions and catch up.
I still make sure I have several Resurrection Phials just in case they do matter.
Other data points that suggest no scaring takes place is the henchman's health bar and weapons. The Henchman's health bar, in my experience is the same size as the Hero's, rather than what was loaded. Also, the weapons the Henchmen has an equivalent level as what the Hero has access to, rather than what the saved file contains.
Also, after loading your saved character, and say, they are a Good Male saved file, you can change the appearance to be Evil Female, and still play as a Henchmen, just fine.
What is more likely to occur, as a fallen Henchman, is the current Hero's Resurrection Phials count decreases.
kuvuplan (Expert) - 7 years ago
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Area unemployment rate falls to 7.9 percent
New state labor data released this morning shows that Mesa County's unemployment rate fell to 7.9 percent.
That lags behind the state rate of 6.8 percent, and a bit behind the national unemployment rate of 7.6 percent.
Of the local labor force of 78,606, 72,148 people are employed, according to the numbers from the Colorado Department of Labor.
Last month, the local jobless rate hit its lowest point in more than four years, when it fell to 8.2 percent.
Read the full story in the Saturday edition of the Daily Sentinel.


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Kids' book teaches young girls to code
Books still play a major part in the development of children's understanding of the world, of which new digital technologies are most definitely now a part. We recently wrote about MakerBot's LEO the Maker Prince kids' book, which teaches readers about 3D printing, and now Hello Ruby is another title — this time designed to appeal to girls — that hopes to get them inspired by the web and programming.
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Hot Artichoke and Tuna Dip
3 oz. tuna, drained
12 oz. marinated artichoke hearts, drained
1-2 cloves garlic
1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
½ cup grated Parmesan cheese
¼ cup chopped canned green chilies
1 tablespoon minced green onion
2-3 tablespoonmayonnaise
Hot pepper to taste
Crackers or French bread to eat with
Blend all ingredients, expect crackers or bread, in a food processor.Process till blended, not pureed.Put in ovenproof dish and bake uncovered in 350 degree temp (Fahrenheit) for 30 minutes or till golden brown.Serve hot with crackers or bread. Makes 12 servings.
Crab Dip
8 oz Cream Cheese
1 ½ tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 tablespoon of mayonnaise
1 small finely minced onion
Dash of Tabasco sauce
Garlic powder to taste
Mix well and spread in round glass pie plate.
1 12oz. bottle of Heinz chili sauce
Dash of Tabasco sauce
1 tablespoon of horseradish sauce
Mix and spread on top of cream cheese layer
1 lb. of lump (or claw) crabmeat-sprinkle on top of chili sauce (add chives on top for color)
Hope you enjoy these!


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August 8, 2012, 01:39 PM
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My surmise about rebluing was based on the appearance of the frame, whcih would normally have been color case hardened. Blued frames were not unknown and could be ordered from the factory, but were not the norm. Also there are some other areas, like the point where the backstrap and trigger guard meet the frame that look like the parts were polished separately, common with gunsmiths doing a reblue job, but not from the factory, where the three parts were polished down together leaving an almost invisible joint.
If the frame has not been reblued, it seems odd that the barrel, ejector rod housing and cylinder show so much more wear than the frame. The barrel shows what appears to be holster wear, yet the frame, except at the recoil boss, looks like new. I have been trying to figure out how or in what way the gun could have acquired that type of wear pattern.
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