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My 15 year old autistic son has been brainwashed by a born again (also 15,) and is trying to "save " my son. He has totally convinced my son that his church is the only way, and I don;'t know what to do about this. The more I argue about this, the more he resists. I have made it clear how I feel about this boy and his views to my son, and I have talked to this boy, and gave him quite the earfull. there is no way I can stop him from communicating with this boy at school. They have classes together. I have talked with his councelor and special ed teachers. They can't do anything. I have told my son that this religion is going to limit him, narrow his mind, but he says it's just the opposite. He's at an age where everything I say is wrong. Actually he has always been at that age. Because he is autistic he gets obsessive about things. This will consume his life. I understand why it appeals to him. Everything needs to be very black and white for him. I really don't want to pull him out of this school. Should I just hope it's a phase, and pretend I don't care?
Oh wow. First of all, it is just plain wrong for this other kid to be doing this to your son. It's even WORSE that he's doing when he knows your son is autistic. Gosh, that really makes me mad. I'm not sure what to tell you. Perhaps try talking to this kid's parents? Go to the pastor of that church if you have to. Talk to everyone involved in the situation and let them know exactly how you feel and that your son is a special case because he has special needs. If they don't listen, and your son ultimately wants to continue doing it, you might just have to let it go. As much as it hurts to sit back and let him make his own mistakes, sometimes that's what we have to do, you know?
WOW! I can't even imagine what you are going through. That would drive me crazy, especially with his special needs. Can you have his classes switched so he no longer can interact with this other student?
I truthfully don't know anything about autism. What about going to the church with him and then talking about what he is hearing afterward? That way you are able to shape what he gets out of the sermon.
Sorry. I know I'm not that much help. =)
I am sorry for what you are going through.. wow.. i dont really have any advice.. but the ladies have given you some great ideas.
I don't know. I feel my autism is at the root of why I have never been able to believe in the idea of any sort of god, and my particular need for B&W excludes the "god did it" step because it is too gray and makes no sense. I agree with the other advice you have gotten. And of course with these type people (and almost any other christian you complain to) they are going to insist they do not see it as bullying, or out of line, because it's to "save" him. Or crap about "how can it hurt him to learn about god?" If he communicates well in reading/writing areas, try having him read sites or books about other mythologies. Maybe seeing the similarities will help. Tell him it is simply not at all logical to pick one religion based on one
rude insistent person's say-so,when there are so many other gods, aspects of gods and religions at large out there in people's imaginations.
Oh joy, yet another case of someone becoming born again and losing all sense of ethics, morals and principle (the overweening bully, I mean.)
Good luck!
Perhaps his "black and white" thinking will eventually lead to a rejection of religion altogether.
Can you put your foot down and forbid him from attending church?
I agree with roachiesmom that my autism probably was a big factor in leading me to atheism...that said, I know there are autistic people who are religious. One thing I HAVE noticed though, from reading posts about religion on forums for autistic people, is that no matter what religion they are a part of, they are still free-thinking and logical most of the time about it. They do not easily follow dogma. Autistic people do not have the need to follow what others do because of social pressure so they are more likely to think for themselves. When I was a kid, I went through a (short) phase where I thought it would help my un-popular-ness if I started liking what other people liked (music and stuff). That didn't last long...I soon realized I was happier being an individual.
Even if your son does end up believing in a higher power, I find it hard to believe he would turn into a fundie :) I think about things like this CONSTANTLY (almost at ADD/OCD levels) and because of this, there is no way I can just follow a religion that doesn't let you question and doesn't have answers. I would not be worried about him being completely brainwashed...he will always have his logic skills to save him...it just might not be until he is older that he starts thinking about these things more seriously.
Being he is autistic, he is probably very impressionable, right? Well, I don't know much about autism but I feel for you and what you are going through... He dosn't know any better and feels accepted by this boy. Is he autistic also? If he isn't, that makes it even more wrong. If he will not listen to you, I can't think of anything to tell you to do. The other ladies have given some good advice and I would keep them in mind. I've never been one to tell anyone how to believe, even my own kids when they are old enough to understand... But given his autism, I would be just as concerned as you. Good luck and I hope you can do something to get him to see that this might not be the right thing for him.
Oh wow. I take a week off....
I'm so sorry. I've heard of "teen epiphany" and have tried to prevent it. We shall see if I've succeeded when my boys get into high school.
I don't know much about autism so I don't know how this affects him differently. I do know that we can't keep anyone, even our own children, from something they want to do. We all know it just makes them want it all the more. We can't appear to be keeping some sort of "truth" from them. We don't want them to think there's some kind of magic behind those stained-glass doors.
But that's what's great about being a nontheist. We don't have to keep any "truth" from our children because the more they know, the better their understanding. We can only gain the more knowledge our children get.
I like the suggestion that you attend services with him so you have a frame of reference for any behavior/questions/etc.
"The world is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion," Founding Father Thomas Paine.
I sent my kids to bible school because I want them to know the 'stories' because they're such a part of everyday society. And I want them to use their own brains and not insist they follow whatever I do, like christians do.
They're 7 and 10, and they love to give me a hard time about everything. Not in a bad way, we just joke around about everything. They know I'm an avid PETA supporter. So they say they want to be hunters. They know I'm an athiest, so they say they believe in god. Our last debate ended at the beginning - Adam and Eve. I asked if there were only the two and they had two sons - then WHO did the sons have babies with?? They were speechless, and they haven't brought up religion since??
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I sent my kids to bible school because I want them to know the 'stories' because they're such a part of everyday society. And I want them to use their own brains and not insist they follow whatever I do, like christians do.
They're 7 and 10, and they love to give me a hard time about everything. Not in a bad way, we just joke around about everything. They know I'm an avid PETA supporter. So they say they want to be hunters. They know I'm an athiest, so they say they believe in god. Our last debate ended at the beginning - Adam and Eve. I asked if there were only the two and they had two sons - then WHO did the sons have babies with?? They were speechless, and they haven't brought up religion since??
Hee-hee, this one is funny because according to the Bible, God created Adam and Eve so they think they were the only ones alive. Yet when Cain gets exiled, he goes to Canaan and takes a wife there. Obviously, there were other people. Yet when you ask them about how the earth was populated, the believers are always stumped.
Of course, that doesn't even get into what happens after the Flood when only Noah's family was left to repopulate the planet and I think Ham was exiled so his progeny would definitely be inter-related.
Ok, now my brain hurts.
How paramount the future is to the present when one is surrounded
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'Freddy Kreuger hitman' convicted of murdering Turkish gang boss then trying to kill accomplice
PUBLISHED: 16:46 10 July 2014 | UPDATED: 13:41 14 July 2014
A hitman named after Freddy Kreuger, the deranged character in the Nightmare on Elm Street horror films, has today been convicted of shooting dead a Turkish gang boss then trying to bump off the getaway driver from the hit.
The two shootings formed part of a "bloody and lethal" feud between the criminal gangs, which started in 2009 and include arson attacks, shootings and five murders.
Jamie Marsh-Smith, 22, shot 34-year-old Tottenham Boys member Zafer Eren in the back on his Southgate doorstep on April 18, 2013, during a deadly feud between Turkish gangs the Tottenham Turks, also known as the Tottenham Boys, and the Hackney Turks, or Bombacilar.
He then tried to take out his 21-year-old accomplice Samuel Zerei, the getaway driver, fearing he would "blabber" about it, by shooting him in Tottenham's Markfield Park.
The contract killer, who had already shot Mr Eren's cousin, 34-year-old Inan Eren, months earlier, showed no emotion in the Old Bailey dock as he was convicted of murder and two charges of attempted murder.
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Hawker Beechcraft late last week completed the sale of the majority of its wholly owned fuel and line operations to Signature Flight Support parent company BBA Aviation. The transaction included operations in Atlanta; Houston and San Antonio, Texas; Indianapolis; Tampa, Fla.; Wichita; and Van Nuys, Calif. So far, six sites have been transferred to BBA Aviation, with the final sale and transfer of the Van Nuys facility pending the necessary regulatory approvals. Hawker Beechcraft will retain its factory-owned maintenance and customer support facilities at these locations. Its operations in Little Rock, Ark.; Chester, UK; and Toluca, Mexico, were not part of the sale. The Wichita-based aircraft manufacturer said the deal, announced on February 22, will allow Hawker Beechcraft Services to concentrate on its core business–aircraft maintenance, repair, avionics and modifications–and invest in the further expansion of its existing service centers. In fact, the company is beginning major expansion at its aircraft maintenance and services facility in Little Rock, while new facilities are planned for Indianapolis and Mesa, Ariz. With the addition of the Mesa facility, Hawker Beechcraft Services will have 11 service centers.
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Congressman Westmoreland has signed on as an original cosponsor of H.R. 1797, the Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act. The legislation would ban late-term abortions, or abortions after 20 weeks. Currently, nine states ban abortions after 20 weeks. Three additional states, including Georgia, have passed laws to ban late-term abortions but those laws are currently not in effect because of legal challenges.
"Modern science has increased our understanding of unborn children and their development, and studies now show that unborn children can feel pain in the womb at 20 weeks," stated Westmoreland. "What does it say about our society that we would allow a doctor to murder an innocent child so that they suffer in the last few moments of their lives? It's absolutely disgusting and amoral and I strongly urge the Republican leaders in the House to bring this bill up for a vote immediately."
Congressman Westmoreland has long been opposed to abortion, except in the case of rape, incest, or to save the life of the mother. With the graphic and disturbing revelations coming out of the murder trial of abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell, opponents of late-term abortions have been revitalized to continue their fight.
"Following the disgusting revelations in the Kermit Gosnell murder trial, the truth about late-term abortions has shocked many Americans to their core," stated Westmoreland. "Most disturbing, if Gosnell had murdered these children while they were still in the womb, it would have been considered a legal abortion in many states. That's because only nine states currently ban late-term abortions. Congress must weigh in on this important issue and outlaw these horrible practices."
The legislation has bipartisan support and more than 100 cosponsors. It has been referred to the House Committees on Judiciary and Oversight and Government Reform. So far, no hearings or markups have been scheduled. Similar legislation has been introduced in the Senate (S. 886) by Senator Mike Lee (R-UT), however it is not likely the Democrat-controlled Senate will allow the bill to come to the floor for a vote.
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Rosanne Cash, 'Seven Year Ache' (Exclusive Live Performance)
It's day four of our week-long presentation of exclusive live performances from Rosanne Cash, recorded in the living room of the New York apartment she shares with husband and producer John Leventhal, who accompanies her on guitar. Each of the songs performed for the special series, called 'Live From Zone C,' was chosen by Rosanne's Twitter followers.
Today's clip reaches all the way back to the singer's 1981 breakthrough hit, 'Seven Year Ache,' the tough-minded pop-country crossover smash which ultimately became the first of Rosanne's 11 No. 1 hits, and the first of three chart-toppers from the album of the same name.
Although a well-publicized account of the song's origins points to a fight Rosanne got into with her then-husband, singer-songwriter-producer, Rodney Crowell, during which he left his wife outside a restaurant on Ventura Blvd. in Los Angeles, Rosanne told Goldmine writer Bill DeYoung the song's true inspiration was the 1978 debut album by Rickie Lee Jones.
"I was so moved by it, and so inspired," Rosanne recalled. "I thought, 'There's never been a country song about street life, about life on the streets.' So I started writing it, a very long poem, four pages, and then I turned it into a song."
In addition to its country chart success, 'Seven Year Ache' reached No. 22 on the pop chart and No. 6 on the AC chart. In 2001, Trisha Yearwood recorded the song for her album 'Inside Out,' with Rosanne contributing vocals to the track.
The tunes featured in the 'Live From Zone C' series can all be found — in their original versions — on 'The Essential Rosanne Cash,' the career-spanning retrospective released last year. Zone C, by the way, is the name of the designated hurricane flooding evacuation area of Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood, where Rosanne and her husband live.
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Family Of Mount Vernon Stabbing Victim Speaks Out
The family of an elderly woman murdered in her apartment is speaking out about their loss, and to the man police say is responsible for her death.
Marilyn Eversole's family says lung cancer had left her almost immobile and spent her entire day in her favorite green chair.
"She lived in that chair", said her son-in-law Jack Cunningham.
Her chair, the family says, is where she lost her life. Police identified the intruder as Tyrone Caldwell, who detectives say walked in and stabbed her.
Her family believes he's the same man who stole her TV late last year.
"We feel confident that the guy who took the TV last fall is the same guy who was there the day before yesterday," said Cunningham.
The family says Eversole wasn't scared of anyone, which explains why - against her family's pleas - she always kept her front door open.
"Everybody warned her about closing her door, but she was a tough gal," said Cunningham. The family says she kept her door open because she smoked.
On the morning of the murder, police say a home health aide came and saw Caldwell in the apartment.
Detectives say as the aide called 911, saying she was struck in the head. The aide fell in the bathroom, locked the door and sounded the emergency alarm.
A neighbor heard it, ran to the apartment, and called for help.
"She had her medical aide with her and he beat her up and it looks like there is blood under her," said the caller.
That caller ran out and spotted the suspect in the driveway.
"The license plate number is Y196019. It's a temporary tag on like a purple-ish colored minivan," said the caller.
After that call, police say they spotted Caldwell somewhere in the woods near the apartment, just three-tenths of a mile from the murder scene.
As for the ex-con suspected of taking her life, Eversole's family says they have little to say to him.
"There's nothing to say to people like that. He's been an on-going problem. Some people can be rehabbed others can't, and this one can't," said Cunningham.


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DPM 2010 backup Hyper-V CSV using hardware VSS HP P4500
We are in the process of creating a new Hyper-V Failover Cluster with several VM's on top of that. I have the following configuration:
- HP P4500 G2 14.4TB 2 node Lefthand storage, latest patches on SAN/iQ v9.5, 3 Thin Volumes of 1 TB used for Virtual Machine storage;
- Jumbo frames is enabled on the iSCSI network;
- DPM 2010 server, connected to LAN and iSCSI network with dedicated NIC's, latest HP DSM (MPIO) and Application Aware Snapshot Manager installed;
- Hyper-V Failover Cluster consisting of 5 Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 servers, latest HP DSM (MPIO) and Application Aware Snapshot Manager installed;
- 28 Virtual Machines (DC, Exchange 2010 servers, Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop servers, File/print, SQL and Provision services).
The following networks are configured on the Hyper-V servers, all separate NIC's:
- Management
- iSCSI
- Heartbeat (private VLAN between Hyper-V servers)
- CSV/Live Migration (private VLAN between Hyper-V servers)
- Virtual Machines
Also metrics are set and confirmed, the CSV/Live Migration NIC's are used when enabling redirected mode for the CSV's.
HP has confirmed that hardware VSS is supported for DPM 2010 since SAN/IQ 9.0. The CSV volumes are also presented to the DPM server, I have connected to the volumes using the iSCSI IP address as the source (volumes are offline). I've created a Protection Group including all the VM's. When a recovery point is made or consistency check is run, DPM puts the CSV's (depending which VM is backed up) in redirected mode, creates a snapshot for the volume and presents it to the DPM server as a volume (not connected). I also found out that it makes a snap for every VM, so sometimes like 4 of 5 snap's per volume. After that some CSV's kept in redirected mode or even went down (offline) and VM's residing on that crashed eventually.
To work around this problem I enabled serialized backup: http://robertanddpm.blogspot.com/2010/07/enabling-serialized-backup-of-hyper-v.html I know this is used when you don't have the option for hardware VSS, but this seems to take the 'load' of the Hyper-V Cluster.
The effect is now that when a certain VM is backed up, the volume where the VM is situated goes in redirected mode, a snap is made (not always directly, but mosltly after a minute or 2), backup process starts and the CSV goes back to online. Only 3 VM's (1 per CSV) are backed up simultaniously. After the backup has completed for one VM, the snap is deleted and the process (redirected mode, snap, etc) starts all over for the next VM. This seems to work ok and this is also satisfying in therms of performance and backup window. But for every VM that's being backed up, this error appears in the Failover Cluster Manager:
Cluster Shared Volume 'Volume1' ('CSV01') is no longer directly accessible from this cluster node. I/O access will be redirected to the storage device over the network through the node that owns the volume. This may result in degraded performance. If redirected access is turned on for this volume, please turn it off. If redirected access is turned off, please troubleshoot this node's connectivity to the storage device and I/O will resume to a healthy state once connectivity to the storage device is reestablished.
Also, it seems like that the CSV is not available while the CSV is in redirected mode. The Failover Manager of the P4500 storage (a Hyper-V virtual appliance, also residing on CSV storage but not made highly available) reports not being online for about a minute and then comes back.
When n manually put the CSV in redirected mode, no error's are shown and all works fine.
I have a couple of questions:
1. Is it normal behaviour for the DPM to first put the CSV in redirected mode and after that create the snapshot and return the CSV to online again?
2. If so, is there somehow a way for DPM to wait for the snap to be created and then start to backup?
3. Can I force to use 1 particular NIC to be used for the backup? I want to use the iSCSI NIC (Jumbo frames are enabled for that NIC, it has an IP address in the range of the storage). Right now all traphic goes through the Management NIC of the DPM server (the iSCSI network is still accessible from the LAN for testing purposed at the moment).
Thanks in advance.
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Small update: I disabled the Trunk between the LAN and the iSCSI network so the DPM server is forced to use the iSCSI NIC to access the P4500 storage. But still I see all traphic routed through the Management NIC??
What I can see is that the Hyper-V host server which is hosting the VM that is being backed up has high traphic on the iSCSI network while performing the consistency check and 'routes' changes via the Management network to the DPM server? Am I right and is this by design? That kind of ruins the use of mounting volume snaps to the DPM server.
I have been struggeling with the same thing. The most important is that when you use a hardware provider the CSV should NEVER go in redirected mode. If it is, the installed hardare provider is not running correctly. Please make sure the hardware provider is also installed on the DPM server. If it's not it will use Microsoft VSS to make the backups and the CSV wil be in redirected state for as long as the back-up runs. If the CSV goes into redirected mode the traffic that should go over the ISCSI adapter will be redirected over a network that is dedicated for cluster traffic.
Hope this helps,
Hi Marthijn, thank you for your reply!
What I understand of your reply is that the CSV should never go in redirected mode before creating a snapshot? VSS Provider (Application Aware Snapshot Manager that is) is installed on all Hyper-V nodes as well as the DPM server, else I would not be able to create snapshots.
When running a full backup of all VM's in the Protection Group I now also see various other errors in Failover Cluster Manager:
Cluster resource 'CSV01' in clustered service or application 'e0405784-d36f-4803-9fff-49387aed559e' failed.
Cluster physical disk resource 'CSV01' cannot be brought online because the associated disk could not be found. The expected signature of the disk was '34E4BAAD'. If the disk was replaced or restored, in the Failover Cluster Manager snap-in, you can use the Repair function (in the properties sheet for the disk) to repair the new or restored disk. If the disk will not be replaced, delete the associated disk resource.
The Cluster service failed to bring clustered service or application 'e0405784-d36f-4803-9fff-49387aed559e' completely online or offline. One or more resources may be in a failed state. This may impact the availability of the clustered service or application.
Cluster Shared Volume 'Volume3' ('CSV02') is no longer available on this node because of 'STATUS_VOLUME_DISMOUNTED(c000026e)'. All I/O will temporarily be queued until a path to the volume is reestablished.
Cluster resource 'CSV01' (resource type '', DLL 'clusres.dll') either crashed or deadlocked. The Resource Hosting Subsystem (RHS) process will now attempt to terminate, and the resource will be marked to run in a separate monitor.
The VM's kept running, maybe because the downtime of the CSV was not long enough. But this is not right.
- Edited by Marco Schilder Tuesday, January 03, 2012 7:53 AM
Ok, first things firsts: When you use DPM 2010 with an agent installed on the Hyper-V hosts you don't need any additional software to mack snapshots on your VM's. On the Hyper-V hosts the Hyper-V VSS writer is used for this.
When a CSV is used more Hyper-V hosts can acces this volume at the same time, and therefore eacht host can host a VM which is running on that CSV. The CSV does have an owner. Check your cluster admin console. If DPM creates a snapshot form a VM that is on another hosts then the CSV owner, ownership is move to that specific host and other host cannot directly communicate to the CSV anymore. INstead a cluster netwerk is used to re-route the traffic. The CSV wil show up as redirect acces in the admin console.
If you have any problem on the cluster network that is used for the redirection this behavior can be expected.
When a VSS hardware provider is used these things will not hapen.
I am not sure if i am on the right track here in trying to answer your question. Please let me know if i'm not.
Ok, after a lot of research and some trial and error, it seems like the XenApp servers are keeping a lock on the CSV's. Even though the XenApp servers are not included in the protection group! This is probably because of that they are provisioned of another virtual machine (the Citrix Provisioning Server), the parent VHD for the XenApp servers is located on that server. I will do another test tonight with all XenApp servers shut down, but the first tests seem promissing.
Of course I can schedule a stop / start at night for the XenApp servers, but isn't there another way to get around this problem? Is this a know issue, that when a virtual machine doesn't "own" all it's VHD disks, it keeps a lock on the CSV?
- Edited by Marco Schilder Monday, January 09, 2012 12:56 PM
The first thing I'd like to address is the statement that "The CSV should never go in to redirected mode when using a hardware VSS provider." When the backup agent takes a backup using a software snapshot, the CSV volume remains pinned to a single node not only for the entire duration of the snapshot but also for the duration of the actual backup. Hardware snapshots on the other hand, are ideal for the CSV environment. They allow the CSV to resume direct I/O mode as soon as the hardware snapshot has been taken. This duration is typically very short, about 2 minutes. As a result more VMs can be backed up in parallel with hardware snapshots than software snapshots.
This information was taken from a blog titled "Snapshot Provider Considerations while backing up a CSV Cluster" at http://blogs.technet.com/b/asim_mitra/archive/2009/12/11/snapshot-provider-considerations-while-backing-up-a-csv-cluster.aspx.
As for your lastest findings with XenApp servers I assume no testing has been done to determine the expected behavior when using this solution. We don't put a lock on the CSV but more accurately the CSV is made local to the node where the VHD resides when a VM is being backed up and all I/O for VM's on other nodes is routed over the network (redirected mode access) through the CSV filter on the node that stores the VHD being backed up. The hardware VSS provider allows for redirected mode access to be used for much shorter period than when using the software VSS provider.
Another good source of further clarification is available in Understanding Protection for CSV at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff634189.aspx


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Hm another really cool Track!
Reminds me of thelonious monks classic song Round Midnight and the interpretations oscar pererson created. The piece sounds authentic, anyhow i have to criticise a little bit:
- There is one thing about the song i really miss: You should intecrate some solo-moments, things like fast-piano movements / runns! This would bring the piece up to a round figure.
- Another point is the volume-setting. I think it would be better to bring more dynamic into the trak by using variable volume.
- everything is a little bit beamy - just long and lasting notes. Bringing some high and pearling elements would be cool!
- You should work the drumset over - get some ryde cymbal in - perhaps a use nylon brushes instead of drum sticks some times to intensify the washy feelin
In any case this piece has very good appendages. Just keep goin on - i like your pieces!
Due to this track i will create a jazz pianotrio piece soon. May be you will enjoy it too (but this may take some time).
Thanks for this piece. Hope you like constructive criticism :>
Thanks for the feedback! The somewhat boring reply is, however, that this was a draft to see if the developer liked the general style, and then he fell out of contact so I never finished this.. pretty much all of those things were on my to-do-list ;) I might yet finish it someday when I feel jazzy!
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Short, but nice jazz loop. Would like to see what you can do with a full length song. Keep at it.
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Amazing style
Well I didn't expect to hear anything of this kind on NG, but there it is and it's done by somebody who doesn't seem to be much in that kind of stuff. I bet that if you practise on this exact kind of jazz music, you'll get high pretty soon


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New York (Jun. 19)
The Swedish Government has assured the American Jewish Committee that it will make every attempt to halt the flow of anti-Semitic propaganda emanating from that country, the Committee announced today on the basis of a cable received from David Bernstein, its representative, who is now in Stockholm.
Bernstein protested to government officials against the activities of Einar Aberg, Swedish anti-Semite, who is mailing anti-Semitic literature from Sweden to all parts of the world. The pledge to act on the Committee's representations was made by Acting Justice Minister Nils Quensel and Secretary of State Ingvar Lindoll.


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God bless America, but there is some good shit coming out on the international scene. New Zealand in particular recently yielded the national treasure Lorde—who you can read more about here—but another artist that caught my ear from that country is The Basement Tapes. Following in the all-too-typical mysterious approach that so many artists are adopting, the Facebook page for the project says "little is known" about the producer, but that they are from Auckland.
No, this music sounds nothing like Dylan & The Band's infamous concotions—it's all electronic pop with handclaps and echoey, layered female vocals. Then, on tracks like "Illusive Moon" strings waft into the mix, striking the balance between new sounds and old standards with an incredible deftness. There's something refreshing about the vocal style of the singer too, a plaintive, palpable emotion that conveys a connectedness to the words that can often be lost in the cold, stippled beats of electronica.
Stuttering, sample vocals are looped with music box refrains and ever-present back beats. Highlights from the EP are the previously mentioned "Illusive Moon" and tension-riddled "Release Me." Stream the full EP below, buy it here, and keep your eyes peeled for more from this new artist.


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$500 PLAY Raid Call Dota 2 Cup
The tournament will run from the 5th to the 6th of March. 64 teams will be randomly drawn into a Best of One single elimination bracket up until the semi-finals, from which matches from that point on will be Best of Three. Besides the $500 prize, a SLAPPA Fnatic M.A.S.K. Backpack will also be awarded to the MVP of the tournament.
This tournament is open for everyone, to sign up head to Fnatic's PLAY website and create a team. Other players join the team by pressing the register button, but instead of creating a new team, join the existing one on the list. One member of each team must also be on mIRC, #fnatic.PLAY. Do note that a maximum of one stand-in is allowed.
The more exciting games of the tournament, as well as semi and final will be casted by TobiWanKenobi from joinDOTA.
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The Oakland Raiders had a couple of key injuries in Sunday's debacle against the Houston Texans. Today, Coach Cable addressed the local media and outlined the injury report.
Nick Miller WR: Miller was hurt prior to week one. It was originally believed to be shin splints, but was later revealed to be a broken bone near his ankle. He is still "in the boot, but progress is still being made"
Chaz Schilens WR: Schilens was hurt before week two of the preseason when he broke a bone in his foot during the joint practices with the 49ers. Schilens is back to working out, but his return is considered day-to-day.
Robert Gallery G: Gallery was injured during the week two win over Kansas City. He broke a bone in his leg. Coach Cable would not rule out his return on Sunday against the Giants, but admitted it was a long shot.
New injuries:
Cornell Green T: Green suffered a strain in his calf, and is expected to be out 2-4 weeks.
Darren McFadden RB: McFadden tore a meniscus in his knee. (Cable didn't say which one.) He is expected to be out 2-4 weeks.
The loss of McFadden makes the inability to sign Louis Rankin to the practice squad more of an issue. This leaves the Raiders with two healthy backs to carry the load. If either Bush or Fargas were to be injured, that would leave the Raiders in dire straits.
Cornell Green has been a marginal starter at best, so his loss means less. This should mean that Paul McQuistan will be at least active on game-day as a reserve. Erik Pears and Khalif Barnes are the two players who may take his spot.
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Rodded Boretrak®
Rodded Boretrak gives unique capabilities to measure borehole deviation uphole and downhole in situations where other systems won't work, including underground mines and areas of ferrous materials.
What makes Rodded Boretrak unique?
Rodded Boretrak measures borehole deviation in situations where other systems won't work. It's a unique, accurate, reliable and versatile probe system that offers significant advantages over cabled systems for many applications.
Other laser probes used to measure borehole deviation, including our Cabled Boretrak, rely on compasses to help measure borehole angles.
While these systems work well in some applications, Rodded Boretrak can be used in many more situations to achieve far more accurate measurement. Rodded Boretrak uses specially designed rods to guide and locate the probe in place of a compass. The probe can be deployed uphole as well as downhole, and can be used in areas of ferrous material, areas with cabling or metal works, or other areas where magnetic inteference is experienced.
Rodded Boretrak improves the safety and efficiency of underground mines
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SETBACK FOR LORIMER.; Testimony Alleging $10,000 Bribe Offer by Darrow Stricken from Record.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14. -- Senator Lorimer's defense received a temporary setback to-day. Elbridge Hanecy, his counsel, had announced that he expected to prove that the corruption charges against the Senator were inspired by owners and officials of the International Harvester Company because they believed Senator Lorimer had been connected with the legal fight in Chicago to increase the company's taxes.
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Fire Destroys Fresno Home
FRESNO, Calif. (KMPH) —
Firefighters are trying to figure out what started a fire that destroyed a home in southeast Fresno Monday morning.
Fire crews were called to the home on Belmont and Hughes around 3:00 a.m.
When crews arrived, they found the house was already surrounded by flames, so firefighters had to attack the fire from the outside, because there were concerns about the tile roof collapsing.
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The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) released results from a series of computer models Thursday depicting the likely path of the Gulf oil spill plume over the next few months.
The alarming results show vividly how the impacts of the oil plume may spread quickly well beyond the Gulf of Mexico, around Florida and up the East Coast into the Atlantic.
Here is one of the more alarming parts of the report detailing why the oil plume may spread much more quickly in the coming months.
Oil has been pouring into the Gulf of Mexico since April 20 from a blown-out undersea well, the result of an explosion and fire on an oil rig. The spill is located in a relatively stagnant area of the Gulf, and the oil so far has remained relatively confined near the Louisiana and Alabama coastlines, although there have been reports of small amounts in the Loop Current.
The model simulations show that a liquid released in the surface ocean at the spill site is likely to slowly spread as it is mixed by the ocean currents until it is entrained in the Loop Current. At that point, speeds pick up to about 40 miles per day, and when the liquid enters the Atlantic's Gulf Stream it can travel at speeds up to about 100 miles per day, or 3,000 miles per month.
I don't know about you, but I'm beginning to find what we are witnessing in the Gulf surreal and incomprehensible. It seems as if the incredible scope of this disaster is only now becoming apparent. It's unthinkable to comprehend what WILL happen when (not if) a hurricane impacts the spill zone this season.
Check out this great site combining many NOAA projections of the spill zone.
Stay tuned, and hope for the best…somehow.


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Mouse cursor will freeze for a second before it starts moving again.
When it happened:
Whenever I try to move my mouse cursor using my touchpad right after i type something.
When I switch between different programs using mouse cursor
When it does not happen:
When i switch programs with the shortcut (alt+tab)
Usb mouse works as normal
What I've done and still to no avail:
Updated drivers including sypnatics driver
Tweaked with all the mouse settings
What i observed:
Mouse sensitivity is set to default, and hasn't changed since the problem.
Do not set mouse sensitivity to default.
There is a setting to detect your wrist on the palm rest while typing. It has a sensitivity meter so that you cannot move your mouse while typing.
You need to set it to 0.
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Teaching your kids to be safe on social sites is incredibly important.
With this month being Internet Safety month, we will be posting on various ways to keeping the internet a safe resource for yourself and your kids.
One critical point before you children are allowed to surf the web is to make sure they have a full understanding of how to be safe online, particular social site. Social sites for children continue to gain popularity. Watching what you children do on these sites should be your priority. Check out these resources from Internet Safety 101.
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10 Tips to Teaching Your Kids to Be Safe on Social Sites
- Be as anonymous as possible
- Use privacy settings
- Think before they post
- Avoid in-person meetings
- Be honest about their age
- Remember social networking sites are public spaces
- Avoid posting anything that could embarrass them later or expose them to danger
- Remember that people arent always who they say they are
- Check comments regularly
- Avoid inappropriate content and behavior, and, if encountered, report it to the social networking site
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London, July 18 (IANS) Rolling Stones musician Mick Jagger's daughter, model Georgia May, has posed topless for Hudson Jeans.
Georgia will be seen in just a pair of denims holding a flag for the latest promo of Hudson Jeans, reports thesun.co.uk.
She stars alongside model Jon Kortajarena in the advertisement.


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SANTA CRUZ -- CJ Elizabeth was a little lost when it came to uploading photos from her smart phone to her Dell laptop.
After several frustrating attempts at home, Elizabeth turned to the expertise of 15-year-old high school student Colton Cagle for help.
"Picasa wouldn't accept my phone photos," Elizabeth, 66, said. "I just want to manage my photos. What's nice is they don't act like I'm stupid."
The computer lesson Cagle gave Elizabeth took place Saturday at Louden Nelson Community Center as part of YouthSERVE's Senior Tech Day, which helps local seniors increase their skills with technology, social media and digital devices.
The next workshop is March 9.
The teens volunteer to share their online knowledge.
Sometimes the questions from seniors are as simple as how to copy and paste or how to turn on new iPads.
Often seniors show up with electronic devices that have been given to them as gifts and they don't know where to begin with working them.
"We're just here to help seniors learn about technology and what's going on right now," said UC Santa Cruz student Jessica Villela, 21. "There's a lot of advanced new technology out there that youth are sort of born into."
Cagle, a student at Pacific Collegiate School, said he enjoys teaching people how to master technology. He said he's even built his own computer.
"A lot of time it's a struggle for the seniors to trust us because a friend told them to do it another way," Cagle said. "I've been told I'm good at teaching, and I find it fun."
Santa Cruz resident Jerry Devine doesn't have access to the Internet at home.
He showed up to Senior Tech Day to use a computer to file his daughter's income tax through the Internal Revenue Service's website, which is foreign to him because he prefers the old way of filling out paper tax forms.
It's a project Devine has spent several days trying to accomplish.
"These guys are good. They definitely know more than I do," he said. "They're into the detail."
At age 67, Devine doesn't see the appeal of being constantly connected to the digital world with iPhones and iPads like most teens do.
"We don't want the Internet," Devine said. "It's too invasive. It's addictive, and it's too much of a temptation."
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text: Just take a look at these photos and you will see how beautiful Francesca is. Not only is she gorgeous, but she has such a sweet demeanor. Her proud mother, Ana, received a k. Photographie itty bitty session gift certificate at her baby shower, and I was thrilled to meet baby f. The session went great, in the beginning Francesca was wide eyed and alert which let me get some photos with her pretty blue eyes. She then fell asleep for the rest of the session and I was able to get those cute, cuddly shots.


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The Watertown-Mayer/Mayer Lutheran wrestling team did something it's never done before last Friday night, beating perennial state powerhouse Scott West, 33-25. The Royals won the Minnesota River Conference with the win, moving to 5-0 in the conference while Scott West fell to 4-1.
Scott West, ranked No. 4 in the state going into the match, had beaten the Royals by an average of more than 50 points in four meetings over the last two years. But this was the Royals' year, as they moved to 10-1 on the season overall with the huge road win.
"It was big," WMML coach Joe Traen said. "It was a good win. There were a lot of people there, they had the spotlight going and the fans were wild."
To read more about the Royals' victory, see the sports section of the Web site or pick up a copy of the Carver County News.


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Zoom in on your screenIvan | Tue, 2004-09-07 16:43
If you didn't know about this trick than take a seat.
Press Apple-Alt-8 (Command-Option-8) to switch on zoom. Now press Apple-Alt-"+" (Command-Option-Plus sign). Hold it to zoom in more. The minus sign will zoom back. Now try to move around your mouse. Experience how a 30" Apple Cinema Display feels like. :) For more options open System Preferences/Universal Access/Seeing.
BTW. if you're sick of my color scheme and you'd rather read this or other dark background web pages in negative just press Apple-Alt-Ctrl-8 (Command-Option-CTRL-8).
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Awesome tip. Find more like these
With Panther 10.3.5 using your shortcuts doesn't work...
I have to use command option + to zoom in
or command+option - to zoom out
the see the screen in negative its cool!!
In addition, if you have a scroll wheel on your mouse and don't mind running an older version of Microsoft Intellimouse, you can configure things so that a scroll wheel click+roll one direction will zoom you in, and the other direction will zoom you out. Works great! The only problem is you have to find a download for Intellimouse 3.x, because in the latest version (5.x) MS apparently removed this capability.
Damn, you should have told me this trick with the inverted screen yesterday...
Yesterday I tried to clean my keyboard and I tilted it upside down to get rid of
the tobacco between my keys and suddenly my screen went black+white !
I must have pressed said keys accidentally and it took me quite a while to
"repair" it... ( after some restarts I just tilted the keyboard once more and all of a
sudden it went back to normal) ;-)
I was really shocked for a while ...puh...
That zoom feature is pretty neat. I have a friend with poor eyesight who's itching to get a Mac even more now.
Very nice. I saw someone do that at a meeting, and didn't get around to drill him how! Now I know.
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AN official from Beckenham Swimming Club has been honoured for his services to the sport in Kent.
Peter Sutherland was presented with the Edward G. Maples Memorial Trophy by Kent Amateur Swimming Association president Kay Grimshaw having been singled out for promoting masters swimming.
Mr Sutherland has run Beckenham's successful masters section single-handedly for several years and his effectiveness in the role, together with the continued success and popularity of masters swimming, led to the club nominating him.
A spokesman from Beckenham SC explained: "Peter has not only been a past president of the club, but is also a life member and himself an active masters competitor.
"He is the driving force behind masters swimming at Beckenham and is a major influence on masters swimming in the wider area.
"His success and desire to encourage younger masters has been a success not only in itself, but has enabled him to retain many older swimmers in the pool.
"This broad age profile reflects the depth of interest in masters swimming at Beckenham and is a testament to Peter's lifetime dedication to the sport."
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1 hurt in small plane crash at Boone Co. airport
HARRISON, Ark. (AP) - The Boone County Sheriff's Office says one person was injured after a small plane crashed at the Boone County Regional Airport.
The sheriff's office says the crash happened Wednesday. According to initial findings, the 1964 Piper Twin Comanche crashed shortly after takeoff into a field on airport property.
The sheriff's office says 66-year-old pilot George Atiyeh of Lyons, Oregon, was injured in the crash. He was airlifted to a hospital in Springfield, Missouri, where he is listed in serious condition.
Atiyeh was the only person on board the plane at the time of the crash. Authorities say the National Transportation and Safety Board will investigate the cause of the crash.Copyright 2014 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


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Rabbi Louis Bernstein, president of the Rabbinical Council of America, has called on the people of Israel to "put an end to their internal differences and to present a united front that is so desperately needed in these dangerous hours." In his presidential address to be delivered at the opening of the RCA's 38th annual national convention here tomorrow. Rabbi Bernstein noted that Israel "has been weakened by war and by the economic pressures mounted by the Arab world. Even our own government is applying pressures against Israel despite its professions of friendship." he said. The RCA is the largest Orthodox rabbinic organization in the country.
Rabbi Bernstein assailed those he called "extremists" on both ends "of the incipient kultur kampf" over religious issues that he saw posing "a very serious threat to the future of Israel." He asserted that while "We are not suggesting that there not be debate and discussion of these issues…we are suggesting very strongly that these issues can be resolved in a spirit of mutual understanding." He called on both religious and secular groups for coexistence and cooperation "in a spirit of mutual love for the land and its needs."
On the American scene, Rabbi Bernstein expressed concern over the "so-called growth of Black anti-Semitism" observing that "There is no such thing as Black anti-Semitism. There is anti-Semitism without color." According to the RCA president, "Black anti-Semitism is a direct product of white anti-Semitism, which is by far the greater danger to the well-being of our democratic society. Black anti-Semitism." he contended, "is most often encouraged, subsidized and instigated by the classical anti-Semites who have never given up their struggle to destroy democracy by sowing dissension within the ranks of the democratic community."


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There's fresh hope for millions of migraine sufferers with world-first research at Griffith University delivering dramatic results.
The trial of the vitamin-based remedy is entering its final stage, and scientists believe it could soon lead to a new treatment.
It's the ticking time bomb that 10 per cent of Australians live with every day.
Every few weeks Ms Ladley suffered debilitating migraines that would last for days.
"You'd go blind, get a headache, you'd vomit and you'd just have to wait for the whole thing to pass.
"You don't feel confident getting a job, you knew at any minute you might get a migraine you can't precisely tell when they were going to happen," she said.
Until she took part in a world-first trial at Griffith University
"It took about 3 weeks and I thought 'this is working, this is bizarre'," she said.
The answer could be as simple as vitamins.
"It's just a Vitamin B6, B12 and folate supplement. yep," Dr Bridget Maher from Genomics Research Centre at Griffith University said.
A blood test can identify a genetic variant in about 20 per cent of migraine sufferers - this inhibits an enzyme, responsible for blood flow around the brain.
The vitamin treatment helps reverse that process. Research participants report a 50 per cent reduction in severe symptoms.
Researchers are now looking for hundreds more participants for a nationwide trial. If this phase goes as well as the others - a new migraine treatment could be available in a couple of years.
"We're looking for female participants between the ages of 18 and 65 who experience migraine with aura," Dr Maher said.
"I feel good, I'm very happy to think I don't have to be at the mercy of these things - you've got some control over your life."


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Bishop Geevarghese Mor Coorilos has spoken at the Edinburgh 2010 conference about a lack of courage and commitment on the part of many churches to address issues of global justice.
Pope Benedict XVI has sent a formal greeting to delegates, visitors and staff attending the Edinburgh 2010 event exploring world Christianity and its mission in the modern world.
The most effective means for 21st-century mission will be found in attitudes of "hope and humility", a US professor has told the Edinburgh 2010 world Christianity gathering.
Within the lifetime of participants in the Edinburgh 2010 conference, says Professor Dana Robert, "Christianity has undergone one of the biggest changes in its two thousand year history."
Finding the path to "a new beginning for common [Christian] mission in the 21st century" is the challenge put before participants at an international conference taking place in Edinburgh.
Christian songs from around the globe mingled with the native bagpipes at welcoming ceremonies for Edinburgh 2010, a five-day conference marking the 100th anniversary of the World Missionary Conference of 1910.
300 people from 30 traditions in 60 countries gather in the Scottish capital on 2 June for a five-day conference looking at the past and future of Christian mission.
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I am regular reader of ISS and love to share my first extramarital experience with the other readers. First I want to tell few words about myself. I am a dark, average looking and medium built 26 years young man from decent family from Hyderabad. My name is Sumith and got married at 24.I am very shy in nature and even avoid talking with other ladies but dreaming about them.
This incidence happened 1 week back while I was working in Hyderabad. and I sent my wife for her delivery.I loved my wife a lot and missed many sexual games with her. One weekend I planned to visit my parents who are in warangal around 150 Kms from there. I went to my Parent's house around 10 in the morning and found it was locked. I was totally disappointed and I went to the next house where one of my mother's friend Latha Aunty is living. Because my mother used to give her the keys of our house if she goes out.
After giving a long bell, the door opened and Latha Aunty was standing in the doorway. She was in her yellow saree. Actually this is the first time I am looking her very close. What a lovely lady she is. She was around 32years then. But the mother of two kids maintained her body in such a way you cant estimate her age more than 26 years.She invited me inside and asked me about my wife and all other matters. But I could not answer properly as I was so horny and having a beautiful lady in front of me. But I managed to tell something. Then I asked about my parents. She told me they are going out to nearby town for a function with her family. They will come back in the evening. Moreover she told me I can stay in her house till they come. Since I am not having any other option I agreed.
She told me " Don't be ashamed. You can ask anything you want. Feel like your home". I thought of asking her lovely boobs . But as shy in nature and having a view that only myself is bad guy thinking bad things, I kept silent. After ten minutes she came from the kitchen with a cup of Tea and sat in front of me and talked with me casually. She asked me :"You can change into casual dress which will be convenient". I told her "As I am go back in the night I have not brought anything". She brought Uncle's lungi and gave it to me. While talking I asked her "Why she has not gone for the function with other". She told me she had some pain in her legs so she wanted some rest. Now after having some talks I got some courage and suggested her to have some massage which will give her some relief. She gave a strange look at me and asked me "who will do the massage and all". With some fear in my heart I replied " If you don't mind I will do it". Without speaking anything she went inside the bedroom. As this is the first such incidence I thought I made a mistake. She was a nice lady and I am a rogue who think always bad things. After two minutes Latha Aunty called me from the bedroom. I went inside and found she was in the bed with the saree and petticoat upto the ankle. What lovely leg. I was mad to see her bar leg. But I controlled my self and went nearer to her.
She motioned me to sit near her. I touched her leg and massaged. While massaging I have to lift her leg and placed it on my leg so that I could massage the calf. That gives some clear vision on her inner thigh. I massaged the calf ang slightly move my hand on her thigh. She moaned slightly which give me some courage I moved further and till it touch the vagina. It took me 5 minutes. On touching she moaned and press her both legs . I could not control myself and my dick had already at its full length. I stopped massaging and looked her. Her eyed are half closed. I asked her how she felt. She told me fine but she wants more.I laid by her side and gave a hug and gave a kiss and explore her tongue and drank her sweet honey. She moaned and exploring the dick in my lungi which is wet with precoming. I slowly remove her saree and blouse and saw the milky white mound and the hard nipple inside the bra. I took them in mouth and bite it gently. She wriggle her body and started to move her legs and clutched them with mine.I remove the bra and saw the lovely 'c' cup breasts.I squeezed and sucked. She crying " Oh lovely boy.. love me … fuck me.." I could not myself and remove all her dress and mine within no time. I went between her legs and started eating her pussy. She hold me head and telling in low voice "do it. I am longing for that.. oh .oh dear . my lover. oh "
She came and drank all the juice. Then I move my head to the lovely tits which are erect and hard. I took one in hand and other in the mouth while she hold my head tightly and closed her eyes. She took my dick and placed it over her juicy cunt and moaned " I cant wait . Do it now". I made a gentle thrush and it went inside the hot wet and waiting cunt. She cried " Do Oh Do it for ever … fuck me .. fuck me hard.. oh… hoho" as I started pumping her. I tried to hold it for long time but I came after 3 minutes of pumping. Both got exhausted and laid side by side naked. She seems to be satisfied and we chat sometime while playing with each other organs. She told me uncle had never eaten her pussy and she loved my pussy eating. Moreover my dick which is 7″ is much bigger than uncle's dick. Mean I got another erection as she played with it. So I wanted to her another lesson. I asked to come over me and kept her pussy over my dick and asked her to give a slight push. At first she hesitated and told me her cunt want a dick that is all. But I insisted it will give her more pleasure. I persuaded her to do that. She cried while my dick entering and she moved her buttocks up and down automatically with moaning.But the two lovely mangoes are in front me and took both of them in one mouth. She shuddered and come. She laid on me for few minutes and she went for bath. I also went inside the bathroom and both had good shower and one more session under shower.
I got full satisfaction which my wife could not give due to pregnancy and the aunty got what she did not know. Both got satisfied. After that we did not have time to get together. She left to another Town after uncle got transfer. I had a thought of going there. But she refused and said we should not take more risks which may affect our family life. I accepted that and thank her for giving food for my sexual starvation.
Now any aunties between 24 to 35 who are in need of sex may mail to me so that they can get secret, matured and satisfied love without affecting their family life.My eamil id is [email protected] It is convenient if you are in Hyderabad.
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Hands of Life
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Poem by: lehi girl72509
As the mother cries and smiles
The child born at last through pain
Yet worth each pain is found her son
A child's hand does grasp it's mother
As the mother cries and smiles
Her baby born at last through pain
Yet worth each pain is found her son
A mother's hand does lift her child
Just a step, but soon one more
The child walks, and father smiles
Proud of his dear baby boy
A friendly hand is offered soon
As the child grows up tall
He must find his place in life
With the friends he meets and makes
A simple hand that offers love
Gently give to needing ones
He can save them from their pain
Feed them, clothe them, heal the wrongs
A loving hand does hold a ring
A simple love that hopes for "yes"
When it comes, relief is shown
A kiss to seal them to each other
A giving hand is offered now
To the wife who bears a child
Soon a miracle of life
Continuing the path of growth
A serving hand is always there
Leading, guiding, all through life
Once discovered, never leave
Righteous living brings them joy
A wrinkled hand does clasp another
Age is seen through change of skin
But with love the young holds old
A simple joy is sprung from here
A wrinkled hand that clasps another
The other's hand is smooth and white
In the lifetime of the former
Service, love and joy were shared
A dying hand is full of joy
For he knows the Lord is near
Waiting to embrace at last
Beloved child, son of God
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love this poem. it really speaks to my heart and says everything that i feel without feeling like a therapy session.
thank you for your comment it was very helpful and made me feel that what i am doing is the right thing.
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a great journey of life from the beginning to the very end, however i am looking for some rhyming, good poem and keep up ur work, but i am not a good poet, so maybe u can check out works of liljaswolf, she will b happy with that, i think...
moreover u 2 have got nearly same no. of poems, so it might b good to help each other, thanks
Haha this was a very interesting poem
and i loved the flow and the structure.
That's how life should be and people
go around ruining.
Loved. It .
Okeys, so I'm not much of a poetry person buuuut this was beautiful :) I loved how it moved through the life from the birth of a baby to a dying hand of joy. I'm really in awe of anyone who can write poetry, but that was very enjoyable to read, a perfect life poem :D
Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!! Okay you just made my day :D again! I remember telling someone else they made my day...but you just made it WONDERFUL :) I actually started with one of the stanzas about a wrinkled hand...then it just kept going...until I had all these stanzas about a lifetime. So...it went in this order, and came out feeling magnificent :) Poems like this feel more like they wrote themselves than me writing them. Thank you so so so much!! :D
i don't usually read poetry, but your way with words is quite magical :) the order of the stanzas definitely has it's affect. and i think i like it not rhyming :)
I liked the way you ended it. It gives the reader the knowledge that life continues and is renewed even after where gone. Nice poem.
Thanks! I love this poem. It seems so...endless. You know? I was really happy with the results when I was done. It totally seemed like one of those poems that just wrote itself, rather than me writing it. I just provided the outlet for the words to fill the paper.
Wow, this is absolutely brilliant. Your poetic skills amaze me. It takes a true poet to grasp the reader's attention and emotions the way you managed to grasp mine.
Bravo. :)
a very well done poem indeed. I like!
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Both wicked and wicked awesome. We always seem to have at least one outlandish vehicle show up to our cruise nights here at Hemmings, and our first cruise night of the season last week didn't disappoint. Jason Malm of Johnsonville, New York, showed up with this beast of a Deuce-n-a-half, a 19 ... Read more
To whom it may concern at the neighborhood watch: It has recently been brought to our attention that a neighborhood ruffian bought this 1990 AM General M35A2 on Hemmings.com and has proceeded to disrupt the peace and quiet to which we are accustomed. This nuisance offends our precious sensibilities ... Read more
In recognition of our March Military Campaign, let's take a break from considering the collector-worthiness of all those namby-pamby civilian passenger vehicles from 1986 and look at a vehicle that has surely earned its stripes, the AM General HMMWV, a.k.a. the Humvee. Designed in 1979 to rep ... Read more
One of the requests for the March Military Campaign that I fielded this year came from Myron Vernis, who asked if we'd yet written about the Mighty Mite. I searched our archives to find out that not only had we not written about it, but also that I was frequently confusing the Mighty Mite with ... Read more
While the ad for this 1986 Hummer on Hemmings.com has it listed as an H1, the obvious military configuration (the seller, in his brief description, states it's a former USMC Hummer) leads me to think it should rather be described as an AM General M998 HMMWV. Indeed, the Hummer H1 wasn't ... Read more


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PR Newswire
MIAMI, Oct. 3, 2016
MIAMI, Oct. 3, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Guillaume Corpart--Managing Director of Global Health Intelligence, the leading healthcare data analytics provider in Latin America--will be speaking at Dispositivos Médicos América Latina 2016. This annual event brings together the industry leaders of the medical devices market in LatAm and takes place Oct 3-4 in Mexico City, Mexico.
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Corpart's presentation combines an overview of the Latin American healthcare market while offering key insights into the region's growth potential for medical devices. His analysis will also break down crucial market trends and offer attendees insights for increasing their market share via strategic sales modeling.
"We're excited to attend the Dispositivos Médicos event because of the opportunities to share insights with LatAm healthcare industry leaders. It's also helpful for us to learn about the challenges that face healthcare professionals in Latin America so we can further expand our market intelligence offerings to give them the data they need to make well-informed decisions," says Corpart.
Despite this being only the second year for Dispositivos Médicos América Latina, the event will feature the major healthcare and biomedical firms active in the region, including Medtronic, Siemens, GE Healthcare, Olympus América, J&J Medical Devices, Baxter and more.
About Global Health Intelligence
Global Health Intelligence has the world's largest hospital demographics database focused on Latin America, with data on 8 out of every 10 hospitals in the region across 11 countries. The firm updates more than 2 million hospital data points each year, helping clients with custom research, data on the medical devices market, competitive profiling for the LatAm healthcare industry, marketing sizing, segmentation and pricing/cost analyses.
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Michigan –-(Ammoland.com)- The bill from Rep. Tom McMillin (R-Rochester Hills) strengthening Michigan's preemption law, that we recently told you about, has been officially introduced and is now HB 5500.
HB 5500 forces local units of government to pay for damages as well as fees associated with violating Michigan's preemption law. It also specifies punishments for individual officials who knowingly and willingly violate the law.
Preemption is about protecting citizens as they exercise their rights. Knowing and willful violations of these protections should not be simply excused, and we should not be further punishing taxpayers when they are not the ones who refuse to follow the law.
Despite the bill only being available for a short period of time, HB 5500 managed to gain 16 cosponsors, making it the most cosponsored gun legislation of the current legislative session.
Michigan Open Carry would like to thank all of them:
- Lisa Posthumus Lyons
- Mike Shirkey
- Bob Genetski
- Hugh Crawford
- Thomas Hooker
- Bill Rogers
- Joel Johnson
- Rob VerHeulen
- Ken Yonker
- Scott Dianda
- Andrea LaFontaine
- Greg MacMaster
- Mike Callton
- Ken Goike
- Klint Kesto
- Ed McBroom
Tom LambertStay tuned. HB 5500 has been sent to the House Judiciary Committee. MOC will now work with Rep. McMillin to get the bill heard.
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Michigan Open Carry, Inc.
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Michigan Open Carry, Inc is a Not-For-Profit organization that depends on our dues paying members to continue our operation. We are an all-volunteer organization. As such, no one is paid a salary and very few of the personal expenses of our officers are reimbursed. Won't you consider joining us or renewing as a dues paying member today? If you need technical help with the process, please email [email protected]


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This year, London will host the Summer Olympic Games. England last hosted the games in 1948, when mobile phones weren't even invented. This year, the city and venues must prepare to handle the modern day technological issue of wireless communications. There will be a dramatic influx in mobile data and voice traffic by the spectators who have purchased almost 8 million tickets for the 302 events that will take place in London.
This year, London will host the Summer Olympic Games. England last hosted the games in 1948, when mobile phones weren't even invented. This year, the city and venues must prepare to handle the modern day technological issue of wireless communications. There will be a dramatic influx in mobile data and voice traffic by the spectators who have purchased almost 8 million tickets for the 302 events that will take place in London. For this reason, it will be critical for the city to have equipment in place to handle increased demand for wireless bandwidth, so cellphone signals won't get jammed and data can be transferred.
Small cell technology injects additional coverage
Small cell technology will be a critical component to further optimize wireless coverage at the Games. Small cells enable operators to deploy coverage in high-capacity areas that are typically difficult to cover with a standard Macro cell site. This technology helps close coverage gaps and dead spots often found throughout a location. Since London already has a cellular infrastructure in place, small cells offer a way to build out existing network infrastructure, providing targeted 4G coverage where it's needed most. At the same time, operators can continue to support existing 2G / 3G customers, while rolling out new services to improve wireless access to newcomers.
Indoor / outdoor wireless coverage
To combat the wireless challenges that coincide with such a large-scale event, London must also prepare both outdoor and indoor Olympic center locations with appropriate equipment. And, with global mobile data traffic doubling just since last year (and in each of the three years prior)*, the equipment must offer not only the right coverage, but the right capacity levels. There are multiple ways to implement additional coverage and capacity, including a distributed antenna system (DAS) – a network of separated antenna nodes, connected to a common source. A DAS can be quickly and easily deployed, offers simplified maintenance and provides enhanced reliability and performance. The transmitted power is split among several antenna elements, reducing the total power used, helping to keep energy costs low without compromising coverage. Below is an example of a large-scale outdoor venue executing a distributed antenna system.
In this example, wireless coverage and capacity are enhanced because each of the components (including amplifiers and antennas) placed throughout the venue have direct connections (either by fiber or through an antenna pointed at a macro cell site) to wireless signals. In the case of fiber-connected equipment, the wireless operator has direct control over the number and type of signals being passed on to the end user. Antennas pointed at a macro cell site (also called donor antennas) allow an operator to re-use signals that are outside of the venue to take care of the coverage holes inside. The choice between the two is typically made on cost (adding a base station to a venue can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars, but the macro sites have typically already been paid for), and capacity.
The essential components of the DAS are spread out, providing wider coverage range and overall expanded service. Since the number of small cells used to cover a stadium could easily grow past 32 to support the high data rates required, most stadiums large enough to hold Olympic events will likely have operators building their own base stations in the basement.
Riding the wireless waves in 'The Tube'
Visitors will not only descend on the Olympic center, but will also flood London's underground transportation system, also known as 'The Tube'. Despite being underground, people expect reliable wireless access when traveling. A DAS also works well in this type of deployment scenario. The city can install a series of indoor antennas and repeaters with as many as four small cells, covering each of the 270 stations and surrounding tunnel areas, using hubs discretely located throughout the rail system's communication closets, while leveraging a fiber optic conversion module located within a centralized communication room, often called a base station hotel.
Operators can utilize fiber-optic and coaxial backbone, as these support multi-carrier and multi-band operation, enabling the city to deploy a system that requires fewer initial infrastructure requirements and maintenance routines. This system would enable shorter installation times and streamline technology upgrades in the future.
Below is a diagram that further outlines a wireless coverage system leveraging both indoor and outdoor antennas, which would enable enhanced coverage on The Tube. In addition to providing underground wireless coverage to Olympic visitors, a distributed underground system can deliver substantial profit opportunities and quick returns on investment for operators and other investors. Remember, though, that it takes time to install equipment in 1080 different locations, and have it ready for an influx of millions of people each day.
As people from all over the world begin flocking to London for the Summer Games, a series of DAS and small cell technology solutions will provide the widest range of coverage for indoor venues, outdoor arenas and rail systems. This set-up would be cost-effective and easy to implement for the carriers, vendors and various locations.
*Source: Cisco Visual Networking Index (VNI) Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast 2011-2016


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Empires Turned Back To Sand-A life size Mayan warrior sand sculpture on the beach at Playa del Carmen, Mexico.
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use your scroll bars to view the right most areas of the cemetery.
In Bryant Station find the cemetery on the west side of what was once the old church, now converted into a residence. On the old Columbia - Lewisburg Highway. Specific to I-65. Take Exit 37 and go east toward Lewisburg on Highway 50. Turn north on Luke Moser Road and when it terminates into the old Lewisburg road turn right and you are in Bryant Station. Go a few hundred yards and the cemetery is on your right. The old home place (privacy please) is on the right of the cemetery back off the road and the old Church (converted into a private house) is just past the cemetery.
The double solid lines above is Interstate 65. The cemetery is marked above with a red cross. It is highly probable that the church was moved off the cemetery property. The residence that appears to be the church is now on the east side of the cemetery.
Information by Wayne Austin 11/26/2007. Map from MS Terra site modified for this site.
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Steady increase seen in use of English language programJun 18, 2013 By Bob Moen, The Associated Press
Most of the increase is attributed to better screening practices in identifying students needing the program.
CHEYENNE -- The number of K-12 students in Wyoming participating in a program to help them speak and read the English language has increased 10.5 percent over the last four years, according to statistics compiled by the state Department of Education.
The state spent $2.6 million in the 2012-13 school year for instructors in the English Language Learner program.
The number of students in the program has increased from 3,190 in the 2009-10 school year to 3,526 this past year.
Teton County School District 1 had the most students in the program with 480, followed by Rock Springs with 393, Casper with 382, Cheyenne with 308 and Gillette with 295. Eight small districts had no students in the program.
Beth VanDeWege, who oversees the English Language Learner program at the state Education Department, attributes most of the increase to better screening practices in identifying students needing the program.
"So that screener caught more of the kids that needed services that were slipping through," VanDeWege said.
The majority of students in the program are Hispanic, she said.
There were nearly 11,700 Hispanic students in Wyoming's public school system in the fall of 2012. They represented about 13 percent of the 90,990 total students.
VanDeWege said all states are required by federal law to provide the program to students who don't speak English proficiently.
Under the program, a school provides an extra teacher to help the regular classroom teacher with the English Language Learner students or creates a separate class for the students in the program.
VanDeWege said that the program is particularly helpful because there are many words unique to education that are not found in normal conversational English.
For example, science class requires words like evaporation and osmosis.
"Academic language is way harder to come by than the conversational language," she said.


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Bromsgrove Sporting, 0 Highgate United 1
SPORTING were edged out on the opening day of the Midland Football League Division One at home by a highly-rated Highgate side.
A second minute strike by Martin Crawford separated the two teams.
Highgate United were unfortunate to be relegated from the Midland Alliance last season on their failure to comply with ground regulations after finishing in third place and the Birmingham-based side had retain most of their players.
Lei Brown put an angled cross into the box from the left which Crawford diverted past Sporting keeper Jake Bedford.
Sporting pressed forward in an attempt to get the equaliser while Highgate's well-organised defence saw of any threats.
They did attempt to increase their lead but were careful not to over-commit themselves and by now the Sporting back four were better organised.
Sporting's best chances of the half came from Chris 'Billy' Russell who flashed a shot across the face of the goal on 16 minutes while Tesfa Robinson, making his debut as a centre-back, had his thundering header well-saved by visiting keeper Paul Chewitt in the 35th minute.
After the interval, Sporting carried on much as they had spent the first half with winger Sean Williams looking to be the home side's best opportunity to get on to the score sheet.
However Chris Conway was also working hard playing behind the two main strikers.
He set up a good chance on the 60th minute with a great cross into the box but Robbie Agar put the resulting shot wide.
A couple of minutes later Ager had another opportunity but hit his shot straight at Highgate's keeper.
Former Rover, Danny Campbell replaced Billy Russell came close with his first touch, before Sean Williams fired an excellent 20-yard shot over the bar.
With just a few minutes left Sporting thought they may have had a modicum of justice for Highgate's somewhat physical play when Campbell appeared to be fouled in the box but the referee waved play on.
Bedford was called into action in the game's dying moments, when Bedford tipped over an effort from Brown.
Sporting: Bedford, Mander (Pace, 85), Chris Duggan, Ryan Mahon (Christmas, 68), Danny Parker, Robinson, Williams, Conway, McKenzie, Russell (Campbell, 63), Agar.
Subs not used: Andrews, Wellington.
Highgate: Chewitt, Lacey, Pulisciano, Hall, Turner, Thomas (Edwards, 68), Crawford, Fellows, Edgington, Adams (Mooney, 56), Brown.
Subs not used: Batchelor, Himson, Hurren.
Referee: M Steward (Redditch)
Attendance: 300
Sporting Man of the Match: Sean Williams


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by Staff Writers
Washington DC (SPX) Jun 26, 2014
NASA completed the most complex and flight-like test of the parachute system for the agency's Orion spacecraft on Wednesday.
A test version of Orion touched down safely in the Arizona desert after being pulled out of a C-17 aircraft, 35,000 feet above the U.S. Army's Yuma Proving Ground.
It was the first time some parachutes in the system had been tested at such a high altitude. Engineers also put additional stresses on the parachutes by allowing the test version of Orion to free fall for 10 seconds, which increased the vehicle's speed and aerodynamic pressure.
"We've put the parachutes through their paces in ground and airdrop testing in just about every conceivable way before we begin sending them into space on Exploration Flight Test (EFT)-1 before the year's done," said Orion Program Manager Mark Geyer. "The series of tests has proven the system and will help ensure crew and mission safety for our astronauts in the future."
After Orion's free fall, its forward bay cover parachutes deployed, pulling away the spacecraft's forward bay cover, which is critical to the rest of the system performing as needed.
The forward bay cover is a protective shell that stays on the spacecraft until it has reentered Earth's atmosphere. The parachutes that slow Orion to a safe landing speed are located under the cover, so the cover must be jettisoned before they can be unfurled.
Engineers also rigged one of the main parachutes to skip the second phase of a three-phase process of unfurling each parachute, called reefing. This tested whether one of the main parachutes could go directly from opening a little to being fully open without an intermediary step, proving the system can tolerate potential failures.
The test also marked the last time the entire parachute sequence will be tested before Orion launches into space in December on its first space flight test, EFT-1.
During the flight, an uncrewed Orion will travel 3,600 miles into space, farther than any spacecraft built to carry humans has been in more than 40 years. Orion will travel at the speed necessary to test many of the systems critical to NASA's ability to bring astronauts home safely from missions to deep space, including an asteroid and eventually Mars.
During its return to Earth, Orion will reach a speed of up to 20,000 mph and experience temperatures near 4,000 degrees Fahrenheit. Once Orion has made it through the atmosphere, the parachute system, with two drogue parachutes and three massive main parachutes that together cover almost an entire football field will be responsible for slowing it down to just 20 mph for a safe splashdown in the Pacific Ocean.
Orion's next parachute test is set for August and will test the combined failure of one drogue parachute and one main parachute, as well as new parachute design features.
It is one of three remaining tests needed to demonstrate the system's capability for human missions, but does not need to be completed before Orion's first flight later this year.
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"Do I believe that free enterprise works, and that private equity and the various features of our economy work, to actually improve our economy, to make America more productive, with higher incomes and a brighter future?" asked
The man eyeing the White House was defending his record at Bain Capital, whose $US60 billion in assets under management makes it one of the world's largest private equity players. Romney led it from its inception in 1984, amassing a fortune estimated at $US250 million.
His debate opponent,
The blitzkrieg against Romney's private equity past has been colourful – Republican also-ran, Texas Governor Rick Perry, called Bain's work "vulture capitalism" – and unrelenting. But it should not have come as a surprise to his campaign or the much maligned PE industry, struggling with its image since its debt-fuelled acquisition binge in the late 1980s.
Back in 1994, when Romney ran against
This time around, the Bain record remains a political hot potato. The Wall Street Journal examined 77 businesses in which Bain invested while Romney led the firm, finding 22 per cent had filed for bankruptcy, or closed their doors, eight years after Bain first invested.
But there were many profitable deals. As Michael Kranish and Scott Helman said in their biography, The Real Romney, Bain invested $US260 million in 10 major deals under Romney which made nearly $US3 billion. Bain says revenue across its companies rose by more than $US105 billion since its investment, and revenues grew in 80 per cent of the more than 350 investments the firm has made. But defending Bain's failure rate, Romney acknowledged that deals can go sour. "Our orientation was, by and large, to acquire businesses that were out of favour and in some cases in trouble . . . Our approach was to try to build a business. We were not always successful."


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Vilsack: No secret payments when he was governor
JOHNSTON, Iowa (AP) — No money was paid to anyone for secrecy during the years Tom Vilsack was governor, the Democrat who is now U.S. Secretary of Agriculture said Friday.
Vilsack spoke to reporters after being interviewed for "Iowa Press," an Iowa Public Television program.
"I'm very confident we weren't paying people to be silent about whatever concerns that they may have had about state government and their treatment in state government," he said.
Vilsack said he was not aware of secret agreements during his tenure, despite claims made Thursday by Iowa Department of Administrative Services Director Mike Carroll that they found five.
On Friday afternoon the attorney who was Vilsack's legal adviser when he was governor said he reviewed the five agreements Carroll discussed.
"The agreements involved employee issues that went through the formal grievance process, and the confidentiality provisions were included to protect the grievant," said Gary Dickey, a Des Moines lawyer. "None of the settlements were part of agency reorganization, nor was additional compensation in exchange for confidentiality."
He said only one agreement included a payment and that agreement "expressly stated that state and federal law concerning disclosure of its terms would be followed."
The issue has embroiled Gov. Terry Branstad's administration in controversy for weeks.
More than 320 state workers have entered settlement agreements since the Republican governor took office in 2011, and more than two dozen were asked to sign confidentiality agreements. The total paid exceeded $500,000. Lawmakers have raised questions about where the money came from and why the workers were fired. Some former workers have alleged their firing was motivated by politics and some say they were asked by the state to accept cash in exchange for keeping the agreements quiet.