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Caleb Woke Up Ch. 07byMcBacon©
Continuing harem fantasy of a naive eighteen year old boy who finds a magic necklace and his interactions with women who start throwing themselves at him, even his mom and sis.
Sci-fi, mind control themes.
*** Good Morning – Day 2 ***
Caleb woke up to sunlight gently streaming through the windows, and sunlit dust particles floating through the air. It was magical.
He noticed that it was a few minutes before seven. He stretched out in his bed and yawned, reveling in the afterglow of last night's scrumptious sex dream. He had never dreamt anything that wild or vivid before. His previous dreams had only allowed boob touching over the clothes. Dreaming about sexual encounters with a buxom pixie, the pastor's wife, that youth director/goddess, and his mom was light years beyond anything he could have ever imagined. The unconscious mind is a wonderful thing. I should feel guilty about this, but maybe the guilt can wait until later. I'm too tired for guilt. Let's just enjoy the moment, he thought groggily.
He reached down to his crotch expecting to feel the dried crusty discharge on his pajama bottoms from what must have been a huge wet dream, but was surprised to feel that there was no crustiness and no pajamas, just a bare naked morning woody.
What the hey?
He noticed a towel on his pillow, the one from his dream, and suddenly sat up in bed as his mind started racing, Am I still dreaming? Oh God, did I have sex with Mom? No, it can't be possible. He reached up to feel the necklace, and, sure enough, it was there. Holy crap, Dad's going to kill me!
He looked around the room, and all traces of last night seemed to be gone. His mom, as well as her garments, were absent, and his dad wasn't actively stringing him up by his toes. Did I just forget my pajamas last night? But I remember putting them on, right?
Before he could settle things in his head, the bedroom door flew open, and his sister Anna came bounding in wearing her honey blonde hair in pig tails and sporting her thick framed black nerd glasses she usually reserved for studying. Caleb gawked at her in astonishment, as he propped himself up on his elbows. Her long dancer legs and ample cleavage were on display due to her thigh length, white men's V-neck T shirt. This was quite an aberration from her usual flannel night gowns and ankle length robe.
"Good morning, squirt. Did you sleep well last night?" she grinned.
"Uh, hi Anna. I guess."
"Did you have a good time with Gretchen? I didn't hear you come in?" Anna asked, as she closed the door behind her. She bent down to look under the bed and sneaked a peek in the closet.
"Looking for something?"
"Just wondering if you snuck in a girl?" she said as she looked over at him and grinned.
Caleb nervously commented, "No, no girls here." I think! "Did you need something?"
"Mom thought you might need some help getting out of bed."
Caleb started squirming and wondered, How much would Mom tell her? Geez, was there anything to tell? Maybe I'm just having crazy delusions.
Anna continued teasing, "Why would Mom think you might be tired this morning? Were you up late last night? Did you get lucky with Gretchen or something?"
At least she didn't reference Mom. That would be too weird to talk about. Must protect Gretchen though. "Uh, well, I did drive her home, and we talked for a little while," Caleb offered.
"Talked huh. Is that all you did? Did see teach you how to kiss yet?"
He was a terrible liar so he decided to come clean with a partial truth, especially since Gretchen had already confessed as much to Anna. "Um, maybe a little. But you can't tell anyone! She could get in trouble."
"Well, I wouldn't want to get her in trouble, but maybe I need a little something to ensure my silence, you know what I mean?"
"Wait, what? You want money?"
"I was thinking something more personal. How about if we continue from where we left off in the church parking lot yesterday. It's not nice to leave a girl hanging."
"I can't do that."
"Why not?"
"Well, you're my sister."
"But doesn't it make it a little more exciting just because I'm your sister?"
While she was talking, she reached down and grabbed the bottom of her T-shirt with both hands, and slowly lifted her T-shirt, exposing her white cotton panties. Caleb's eyes locked onto the teddy bear on the front. Then she raised it further, revealing her flat stomach. Her belly button seemed to wink at him as she did a little shimmy.
"Like what you see?" she asked.
Caleb could only raise his eyebrows, not sure how to respond, but there were plenty of subtle and blatant hints that for her to glean that she was getting to him. As his body started humming and his heart started pounding, he turned beet red, started breathing hard, and his make shift pup tent beneath the sheet wiggled. Yes, she could tell that her victim was in terrible discomfort.
Anna loved the role of the cock teasing seductress. It was becoming addictive. Her panties were soaked, but then she had been in a continuous state of arousal since last night's dinner. It was driving her batty. She had tossed and turned as wild fantasies played out in her head. She had woken up to soaked underwear and sheets. Her body was craving release, so her goal this morning went well beyond teasing.
"Doesn't it feel deliciously naughty, watching your innocent sister strip off her clothes?" she asked as the shirt continued its slow rise up over her cantaloupes which revealed a pink satiny bra.
This is like a replay from the church parking lot, only more so, Caleb thought.
She pulled the white T-shirt over her head and held out her arms. "Well, what do you think?"
Caleb looked at her sister with amazement and guilt filled desire. She was now standing there with her white cotton teddy bear underwear, her large mounds slung up in a pink bra, hair in pig tails, and wearing her black nerd glasses. His mouth went dry, his tongue felt thick, his throat tightened up.
He responded with, "Bazizwrfmzly."
She smiled at her tongue-tied little brother, and climbed up onto the bed straddling his waist as he fell back, helpless to resist. She pressed her crotch down and rubbed it against his morning wood only separated by his sheet and her panties. Caleb groaned from the pelvic pressure on his prick.
"Caleb, do you want some help with your problem?"
"Ungh. What problem?" He was having trouble thinking as she slowly rubbed herself on his crotch.
"This problem down here," as she looked down at his erection poking up against her from beneath the sheet.
"Anna Banana, what are you doing to me?" he groaned as she continued to dry hump him.
Anna was thinking, I feel so wicked, but it feels so good to tease him this way. He's just so adorable and innocent. Who could resist him? And I really need him. This feels nice, but I think it's time for phase two.
She scooted down his legs, and started tugging the sheet down his body.
He tugged back. He didn't want her to see him naked.
"Feeling a little shy? Do you need a little persuading?" she questioned. "Tell me, have you have ever wanted to see my boobs in all their glory? Like, no bra, swinging in the wind." She paused for effect. "This could be your big chance."
She reached behind, and unsnapped her bra. She stopped to watch the anticipation in his eyes. "What if Mom were to walk in right now, what do you think she would say?" She saw his stiff bump waggle.
She slid the bra off her shoulders and arms, and flicked it onto his face, obstructing his view from her now exposed milk jugs. She giggled at his predicament.
While caressing her round, full breasts she asked, "So what do you think, Caleb? How do these compare to Gretchen's?"
He let go of the sheet to pull the bra off of his face. A choir of angels sang triumphantly in three part harmony in his head, AAAHHHH. It was like a great revelation. They were blindingly beautiful. He was stupefied.
His sister, as planned, took the opportunity to reach down and yank the sheet off of him.
"Hey, no fair!" he exclaimed, as he quickly covered his raging hard on with the bra in his hands.
"I think it's fair. You know, 'tit for tat'," she giggled.
Caleb never understood that saying, and then it dawned on him and he smiled. "Oh, is this what a 'tat' is?" he asked while he motioned with his eyes towards his bra covered erection. "I always wondered about that saying."
She thought, He's a dork, but at least he is a cute dork. "Wow, nice one bro," she smiled. "You know, you really do have a nice 'tat'. Remember when I saw it yesterday? Under the table at church?"
What she said didn't register. He was too busy soaking in the vision of this bare chested, bodacious, buxom blonde in her teddy bear panties. His face went slack. He started to drool.
Anna laid down on the bed next to him, with her breasts leaning up against his arm and spilling onto his chest. She ran her fingers along up and down his smooth torso. He felt extremely exposed, but his hands and the bra were still covering his crotch. He watched her nervously.
Anna changed her tone and started talking gently, almost whispering. "You know Caleb, Mom just sent Dad out to get some milk so we have a little time to help you out with your affliction."
"My affliction? What do you mean?"
"I woke up early this morning, and Mom was already up. We talked and she told me how you were burdened with these nasty erections, and we might need to help you out once in a while. Holy cow, I couldn't believe it when she told me, but I was happy about it. I don't really care why we're doing it. I just can't believe I got permission to do this. "
She reached up and gently grabbed his chin, looked him in the eyes, and gave him a disarmingly soft kiss on the lips that caused some of the tension to ease out of him.
His breath quickened at the idea of taking the next step with Anna. He thought, Is it the right thing to do? Of course not. His conscience was battling the logic of his other head, which simply countered with, Look at her. She is so hot , and it will feel so good!
"And so Mom thought that maybe we should take the edge off before going into church."
She gave him another soft kiss, and let her hand trail back down his chest to his stomach.
"So did you understand that? Mom gave us permission. A good boy does what his mom wants, right?"
She gave him another kiss, and her hand trailed down from his stomach to his crotch. This time he kissed back a bit, and gave no resistance as she pulled his hands out of the way of her goal. She put her hand on her bra that was still covering him up.
"And we really wouldn't want this thing going off during Pastor Anderson's sermon, now would we? Can you imagine a whole congregation of pious women all achieving orgasm simultaneously because of you?" she whispered while wrapping the bra around his prick, and gently rolling it around. "Although I bet the offering plates would be overflowing if you did. Can you imagine?"
She started kissing him slow and passionate as she slid her soft bra around and up and down on his dick. He moaned. The satin felt really good. She went up on one arm so her head was above his so she could get better leverage on the pumping and the kissing, and it caused her breasts to trail over his chest as they rolled in waves from the movement of her arm.
And that scene continued peacefully like that for a minute or two while she stroked him with his bra, whispered loving and sexy things into his ear, and frequently kissed him. "You're such a wonderful little brother. I am so lucky to have you. And you're so handsome and nice and funny. And your wonderful cock. It's so beautiful. It's going to drive the girls wild. You're going to make some girl really happy. I'm a little jealous. I wish I could be your girlfriend. I want you in me. I want your cock, your wonderful cock."
He imagined himself penetrating into her, filling her up with his semen. "Ooh Anna, I think I'm going to ..." And his face turned red, he held his breath, and he spurted a geyser that shot a foot in the air landing on her hand and bra.
The orgasmic wave washed over Anna as she was pumping, and she collapsed on top of Caleb as she started convulsing and mashing her tits into his chest, with her head next to his, face buried in the pillow, and a pig tail lying across his face.
"Oh gawd, that's so good," she said softly, as she started to recover and rose up on one arm to look at him while catching her breath. "You're amazing. I wonder if Mom could feel that too. Wow, that was hot, wasn't it?"
He was still panting while staring at the ceiling. He didn't respond, but he thought, My sister wants to be my girlfriend? She wants to have sex with me? The fact that he might have given his mother another orgasm just made him smile. He loved that woman. It's weird how he had so much resistance to his sister, but just melted and folded for his mom. Maybe it's the approach. She comes on a little strong. It's a little intimidating.
Then she grinned and said softly, "Mom also told me I should eat some of your sperm so I could get some protein."
That jarred him from his thoughts. "What? She did not say that," Caleb responded, calling her bluff.
"Well, maybe not in so many words, but she did say I should get some protein. She might have meant yogurt," she winked.
His sister proceeded to lick up what she could off her hands and her bra.
"It tastes so good, just as good as yesterday. You should bottle this stuff," she commented.
"Yesterday?" Caleb asked. "I don't remember that!"
Her face reddened. "When you blacked out. You looked so afflicted, and I couldn't help myself."
"You've already done this?"
"That was my first time. You'll need to teach me more about what makes you feel good next time."
Next time?
Then she started going after the wads on and around his privates. He wasn't fully erect, but as she continued her nutritious preening, she was rewarded with his hardened member.
Then she stopped and got this serious look on her face. She looked down along his torso at his face and stated, "Caleb, I want you to take my cherry." Then she continued to lick. She was just finishing up.
"What? You mean ... I can't do that. You're my sister."
"Yeah, I think we already established that." She got a serious look as she sat up on his bed, and straddled him again with just her soggy panties between them. "Caleb, look at me. I need this. I'm begging you. I know this is wrong, but I really need this. I'll do anything you want, any time you want. Just be my first, OK?"
"Can I at least think about it?" he asked.
"Well, I kinda need it now. I don't want to wait." She needed to persuade him. She had a desperate look in her eye like an addict who needed a fix. She pulled her wet panties to the side, and started sliding her slick slit across his gilded rod.
"Oh Anna. What are you doing?."
"Just relax bro. Let me do all the work. Doesn't that feel good? Imagine what it would feel like inside." She sped up a bit. She was getting a little frantic.
Oh man, she's not making this easy.
"Caleb, I need this. Please, don't reject me." She stopped sliding to reach down and bring his hands to her bare chest, and then resumed her sliding. "Play with my tits. It's OK. I want you."
His eyes were closed and he was groaning as his head rolled from side to side because what she was doing and asking both felt so good and so wrong. "Oh Anna. This is so bad." But his hands started groping her chest.
"I prefer to think of it as naughty," she explained, like she seriously thought that would make a difference.
He was slipping. "Oh Gosh Anna, I don't know. It's not that I don't want to, I really do." He opened his eyes to behold the glory of his naked sister. "You're so gorgeous."
"Just say 'yes' Caleb. Don't you want to fuck your big sister? Don't you want me?"
He started getting a little frustrated. His senses were overloading. All reason went out the window as his lusty penis took over.
"Anna Banana!" and he reached down to her hips and held them. "Stop!"
She registered shock as she halted. Is he going to turn me down? She was terrified.
"Now, put it in."
All at once she was jubilant and relieved and guilty and nervous. She bent over and squished her chest to his, and give him another passionate kiss out of gratitude. She started crying, and her tears started dripping onto his cheeks which caught Caleb off guard.
"Anna, what's wrong? Are you sure you want this?"
"I know it's confusing Caleb, but this is really important for me. I'm sorry I'm practically raping you, but I can't help myself. I'm so hungry for this. Don't hate me OK?" she sobbed.
"I could never hate you. You're my 'Anna Banana'. You'll always be, no matter what."
Her guilt assuaged mildly, she gave him another passionate kiss, and she reached down and started guiding his dick into her pussy.
"Oh God Caleb!" Her eyes went wide as an electrical bolt shot from her clit and out to all extremities. After a second she regained her senses, and started to grind and slowly coax it in.
"You all right?" He asked.
"Caleb, yes. It feels wonderful, but it's so big. Will it fit? I've been using um, ya know, tampons, for like years, but this is so much bigger," she groaned.
It slid in an inch with some effort. She was well lubricated, but it was just tight.
Caleb looked on in awe. This is really happening.
"It's starting to go in. Oh God, ooommng," she mumbled until progress stopped. Then she stated, "Fuck! I can do this."
She pulled up a fraction, and then tried pushing down harder. She made a little more progress, and she slid down stopping half way to accommodate his size and steady herself. She gazed down at Caleb through her black nerd glasses with a look of steely determination.
"Fuck, I can do this. Fuck, I can do this," she repeated several times. She was convincing herself. She was tenacious.
Caleb chuckled and said, "Yes, you can do this. You're like the little engine that could."
She ignored the joke. She was focused. She raised herself up a couple of inches, and slammed herself down right to the hilt of his sword. "Ungh," she moaned. Her breasts were shaking and wobbling from her thrust.
Her eyes were still teary as she smiled and exclaimed, "Fuck! I knew I could do it." She had never been happier.
Tears of joy streamed down her face as she slowly claimed her prize by slowly riding and grinding on her brother. Her glasses started to slip down her nose. He reached up and took the glasses off and placed them on the night stand, and gently wiped her tears as she rode him.
"Oh thank you so much Caleb. Oh man. Oh God. Marry me. I want your children. Oh God. Is it good for you? "
"Ungh. You feel amazing, and Ungh. You're so happy." It's really weird, but somehow I'm glad I could do this for her, but it feels like more of a favor.
She paused to give him another passionate kiss. She leaned over him with her outstretched arms and grinded on him, and slid herself back up and down as her pace increased. Those years of dancing were paying off. She was moving in all the right ways.
"Oooh Good Gravy!" he exclaimed. He was really enjoying this.
Caleb reached over and felt her ass for the first time. In for a pinch, in for a pound I always say. Since he was already penis deep, he decided he wanted to know every inch of this woman. He reached under the panties through the leg holes, and back to around her crack. So smooth and fleshy. His hands continued to roam around her lower back and up then around to her chest. He remembered how some of the other women had liked that. He started with caresses, and progressed to pinching and groping. She moaned. She seemed to like that. He came back down to rub his hands across her thighs. He reached down between them and felt the front of her panties, and pulled them further to the side and felt her hair patch. She was longer and curlier than Gretchen, but it was a fine soft hair. On a whim he scissored the bottom of his cock with two fingers on each side just as she was on an up stroke. His hand was turned up, and he reached up to cup her as she continued to bounce on him. The top edge of his palm caught just where her clitoris resided.


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VERONA, NJ - Cedar Grove native and Food Network 'Chopped' judge Amanda Freitag, Verona Chef Ariane Duarte and Verona resident Chef Floyd Cardoz have partnered with Newman Cares, Inc., a charitable organization in Verona whose mission is to bring communities and neighbors together and raise fundsand awareness for The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.
Along with internationally renowned chef Carmen Quagliata, Cardoz, Freitag and Duarte will pool their culinary talents for the "Dine 4 a Difference" charity dinner at Arinae Kitchen & Bar on Nov. 9 at 6:30 p.m.
An advocate for suicide prevention amongst young adults, Cardoz is the winner of Bravo's Top Chef Masters Season 3 and owner of casual-modern Indian restaurant, Paowalla. The Verona resident first developed the idea for the charity dinner, and enlisted the help of fellow friends and chefs. Celebrated chefs Duarte, whose restaurant, Ariane Kitchen & Bar, will serve as host of the dinner,Freitag of Chopped fame and Quagliata, Executive Chef of Union Square Café and Daily Provisions, have partnered with Newman Cares, Inc. to create the Dine 4 a Difference concept as part of Verona's commitment to suicide prevention and promotion of mental health.
"Watching an amazing community of chefs and vendors come together for this cause has been incredible," said Cardoz. "We are so grateful to have so many partners participating and look forward to hosting this dinner for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. This is a cause that is very close to my heart, and being able to work alongside great chefs and friends like Ariane, Amanda and Carmen has been spectacular."
The ticketed event will begin with a cocktail hour at 6:30 p.m. followed by a four-course sit-down dinner featuring dishes prepared by each chef. Wine will be served with dinner, and a cash bar will be available. Guests will also have the opportunity to win various prizes throughout the evening, including dinner for eight at Ariane Kitchen & Bar, dinner for four at Paowalla, a complimentary dinner and show at Papermill Playhouse, autographed cookbooks from Thomas Keller and more. The menu includes:
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Thursday, June 12, 2008
MLB Power Poll
Round 2 of this year's interleague play battles are coming up this weekend. Last round it was just one series, but this time there will be 3 series in a row. The first batch is a little weak with the best probably being a matchup of the Braves and Angels, but the second round looks very intriguing with the Red Sox/Phillies, Cubs/Rays, and Mets/Angels all matching up. While interleague play can be overkill sometimes, it's fun at the beginning and should freshen up the schedule during the lazy days of mid-summer. Let's check out the latest rankings.
1.) Chicago Cubs (43-24)- The Cubs looked to be unstoppable, until an untimely injury halted the team in their tracks yesterday. Alfonso Soriano was hit by a pitch in last night's game and could miss 6 weeks with a broken bone in his hand. The bad news for the Cubs is that the Phons will be tough to replace. He has 15 Homers this year to lead the team and is one of the more intimidating hitters in the game at the lead off spot and he provides great protection for the rest of the lineup. However, the North Siders went 9-5 during Soriano's 2 week absence earlier this year and are so well rounded that they should be able to manage without him. They're currently on a 4 game win streak after a sweep of the slumping Braves.
2.) Boston Red Sox (42-27)- No Papi? No problem! Manny Ramirez and friends have been picking up the slack while David Ortiz chills on the DL. They've lost just twice in their last 9 games and have scored 34 runs in their last 5. JD Drew has a hit in every game this month and has homered in 3 of the last 4 games. Did I mention that he leads the team in BA among everyday players at .324. Meanwhile, props go out to rookie Justin Masterson. He's 3-0 with an ERA just over 2.5 and has filled in nicely for the injured Dice-K. The Red Sox also rank in the top 2 in every hitting category in the AL and are average or better in every pitching category.
3.) Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (41-26)- The Angels have only lost twice this month. That helps explain why they have a 5 game lead in the AL West. Go figure, that's not even the biggest division lead right now (more on that later). With the line-up still trying to get it together, the team has used their pitching as a crutch. Luckily for the Angels, it's the strongest crutch in baseball. Ervin Santana and Joe Saunders rank in the top 5 in the AL in Wins. Swervin' Ervin also ranks 4th in the league in era at just a hair over 3. Let's not forget about the best closer in baseball, Francisco Rodriguez. K Rod has 6 more saves than the next highest finisher with 27 on the season.
4.) Philadelphia Phillies (40-28)- This is the only team to change spots in this week's rankings. The Phillies are playing as well as anyone in baseball right now, but don't have as gaudy of a record as the top 3...yet. They've lost just 4 times in the past 3 weeks, but two of those came in their most recent series with division rival Florida. The Phils still lead the Marlins by 3 in the NL East, however. Although this is a team chock full of talent, they have two distinct leaders on both sides of the ball. Chase Utley continues to own NL pitching and leads the team in every major hitting category. Meanwhile, Cole Hamels leads the NL in IP and CG and is top 3 in K's and WHIP. Not too shabby for a 24 year old.
5.) Tampa Bay Rays (38-28)- Tampa drops a spot, but they're still very much alive in the playoff picture. In fact they lead the AL wild card slot by 2.5 games over Oakland and by 5 over a trio of other scrubs. Still, the hot streak that they were once on seems like so long ago now that they're just 4-6 in their last 10 games. Unfortunately for the Rays, they've run into a very tough portion of their schedule. Their last 5 series were against the Rangers twice (better than you might think at 34-34 on the season), as well as the White Sox, Red Sox, and Angels who all inhabit this week's poll. It doesn't get any easier for the Rays as they have to face the Marlins, Cubs, and Astros during the upcoming week of interleague play. It doesn't lighten up until the end of the month when they get a breather against Pittsburgh. If they can just stay afloat and cruise with a .500 record, they should be able to keep pace in the wild card race.
6.) St. Louis Cardinals (40-28)- The Cardinals have continued to win, but it won't be easy to keep up the pace as they suffered a huge blow with the loss of their leader Albert Pujols. Phat Albert will miss at least 3 weeks with a strained calf and which should put a damper on the Red Birds run support. Luckily, Ryan Ludwick continues to rake and has been the surprise of the NL this season. He's already set a career high for HR and leads the team with 16 (he's also the team leader in runs and rbi's as well). He's got bombs in 3 of his last 4. The Cards still didn't drop at all despite a loss today, because they had won 4 straight going into this morning. They get a break from the interleague play battles to match up with Philly in what should be the series of the weekend.
7.) Chicago White Sox (37-29)- Remember how I said that the Angels 5 game lead wasn't the biggest division advantage in baseball? That's because the Chi Sox are up by 5.5 over Minnesota in the AL Central. They have that huge gap despite getting swept by the Tigers this week. Luckily for Chicago, they've get to prep for their gigantic matchup with the Cubs by playing creampuffs Pittsburgh and Colorado. Before the latest series with Detroit they had been cooking with 61 runs scored during a 7 game win streak. Jermaine Dye looks to be getting his swing back with 11 hits during that streak. Javier Vazquez also currently leads the league in K's to pace a roster that tops the AL in ERA.
8.) Milwaukee Brewers (35-31)- They've had a mediocre week, but are still 7-3 in their last 10 games. Their offense has been especially impressive the last two games where they've scored 19 runs. Ryan Braun is usually the guy getting the praise, but Corey Hart definitely deserves some accolades as well. He's got 3 HR in his last 2 games and 12 hits in the last 7. He's clearly one of the better stat stuffers in baseball right now with the ability to hit for power and average as well as creating noise on the basepaths. The true leader of this club though has to be Ben Sheets. He's beaten the injury bug so far en route to a sparkling 7-1 record. He also currently ranks third in the NL in ERA at 2.62. If the Brewres are going to have any shot at a playoff spot, they absolutely need Sheets to stay healthy.
9.) Arizona Diamondbacks (36-31)- The D-backs continue to hang on at the end of this poll by the hair of their chinny chin chins. They haven't exactly inspired lately either. Before coming from behind to beat the Mets 5-4 (they trailed 4-0 mid-way) they had lost 6 of 9. This team really misses the 2007 Eric Byrnes. The 25-25 man that single-handedly won them multiple games and was the emotional leader of this young club. Without Boo-yrnes, they have really struggled to score runs. Don't blame Mark Reynolds for that though. After starting the year on a tear and cooling off, he's back like cooked crack averaging a Homerun a game over the last 4. He's also got 7 ribbies over that span. Still, he can't carry this team alone and will need a little help from his friends (I'm looking in your direction Justin Upton) if this team is going to break out of their funk. It's amazing that they somehow still lead the AL Worst by 4.5 games.
10.) Oakland A's (35-30)- The Athletics have held their own against a brutal schedule. They've won 6 of their last 10 games against the Rangers, Tigers, Angels, and Yankees (all top half of the league offensively). Luckily the sked lightens up considerably over the course of the month. They've got 6 games against miserable San Francisco (the Walrus) and also take on the slumping D-backs and pitching-challenged Marlins. The fact that this team is still in the playoff hunt is a wonder, but you've gotta give them their due for winning close games and stringing together clutch hits.
Also Receiving Votes: Florida Marlins (only other team above .500 in baseball), New York Yankees, Toronto Blue Jays
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When we think of Austin, Texas, a few specific thoughts come to mind. First, good food. Second, great live music. And third? Drop-dead gorgeous wedding venues. In fact, whether you're looking for a ranch ceremony or an elegant indoor ballroom reception, an Austin wedding venue with enough charm to make your day everything you've dreamed it would be is only a hop, skip, and few months of planning away. And these next few venues are just perfect enough to make even the most stubborn of non-dancing guests want to bust into the "Electric Slide."
Barr Mansion
A quick fifteen minute drive from downtown, this Austin wedding location is one-of-a-kind and home to several unique settings for both ceremonies and receptions. Indoor or outdoor, intimate or full-scale celebration, the options at Barr Mansion are versatile and entirely lovely. Outdoor ceremonies look pretty against the venue's rose garden, while the Artisan Ballroom's wood beams and 40-foot glass façade are ideal for a wedding of any theme. Bonus: the resident Victorian mansion is an elegant backdrop for day-of photography.
Le San Michele
Le San Michelle. Expansive grounds, elegant gardens, and a European-inspired stone house are just the tip of this venue's iceberg. A limestone terrace makes for a dance floor divine – or a seating area with unmatched ambiance – while the 12 acres that make up the private estate are covered in gardens and lush landscaping. Set up bocce ball or croquet on the lawn, cozy up to the stone fireplace, or simply bask in the combined glow of café lighting and newly-wedded bliss. It's all part of your day, after all.
Red Corral Ranch
Tucked away in the heart of Texas Hill Country (but still only an hour from downtown Austin), Red Corral Ranch is a traditional Southern girl's dream – with an extra dose of rustic romance and a side of destination wedding potential. Both indoor and outdoor sites are available on the 1100-acre ranch, each accented by established oak trees and rolling hills. For a real helping of Southwestern flair, take your reception to the Big Red Barn where open barn doors and an adjacent fire circle create a star-gazing friendly setting for a dance party to remember.
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Chapter 1 - Play, Love, and Work: An Essential Trio
In this first chapter, David Elkind explores the idea that love, play, and work are three drives within each person that, as they interact, power each person. Here's how he defines each of these components--
- "Play is our need to adapt the world to ourselves and create new learning experiences."
- "Loving is our disposition to express our desires, feelings, and emotions."
- Work is our disposition to adapt to the demands of the physical and social worlds."
As I understand it, play is our creative nature, love is our emotional nature, and work is our physical/survival nature. (This is my distilling of the reading.)
David stresses the interplay and interaction of these three components. Play is as crucial a dynamic in development and living as work and love are.
In this chapter, he shows the three components present throughout the life cycle. In early childhood, play is the dominant force. In elementary years, work becomes dominant; learning skills and applying them to the real world are key in early schooling. In adolescence (and the onset of puberty), love dominates. At the end of adolescence, the three establish an equilibrium. In adulthood, the three are more distinct but continue to interact in various combination.
This was a really new thought for me. I followed his explanations and can see how this love-play-work triad is one way to see development.
But I really keyed into some of the things he said about play, especially the dominance and importance of play in these early years. These are two key quotes from the book:
"Play, then, is the dominant and directing mode of learning during this age period, and children learn best through self-created learning experiences."
"Certainly young children can learn the names of numbers and letters and even sight-read a few words. But this is work and should make up only a small part of an overall hands-on, self-directed early childhood curriculum."
It seems in these days, our education leaders want to push young kids more and more into this work mode. Extrapolating from David Elkind's argument, if we push these early learners into "work," we are moving them from the better way for them to learn (play) and undermining their pleasure and enjoyment of learning (love).
I'm still processing this concept of the interaction of play, love, and work. It makes a lot of sense in many ways. I've seen play dominate what young kids are doing. I can see them making applications and developing concepts and connecting what they're doing to real world things (work). I've seen the enjoyment kids have from what they are doing and how they interact with others (love). This is a really interesting idea to me.
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Parlaying the wild success of the first P90X program, Beachbody came out with their second version of the fitness program dubbed P90X2. As with the first P90X, P90X2 comes with the P90X Nutrition Plan. This is what is to be followed for the entire time participants are doing P90X2. The P90X Nutrition Plan consists of three phases each lasting 30 days and coinciding with the three different training blocks of the P90X2 program.
The first phase of the P90X Nutrition Plan is the Fat Shredder phase. It is a high protein, low carbohydrate phase that is supposed to help participants shred excess fat quickly.
The second phase is called the Energy Booster Stage and rebalances the mix of proteins and carbohydrates to almost 50/50. This is supposedly needed as the workouts start to intensify and your body will therefore be demanding more energy.*
The third phase is the Endurance Maximizer and is meant to help get participants through the rest of the program. It is said to be molded after what professional athletes consume and has a bit more on the carbohydrate side as opposed to the Energy Booster stage.
Each phase consists of five daily meals and extreme levels of fitness that take anywhere from an hour to an hour and a half to complete. Supplements are also recommended and sold separately by Beachbody.
Do Dieters Lose Weight On The P90X Nutrition Diet?
Dieters will lose weight while using the P90X Nutrition Plan, but only if they also do the required six days of intense working out as well. The P90X Nutrition Plan was designed to compliment an extreme workout and without the workouts it will do little good. If anything, this program is more of a workout program rather than a weight loss program. People are getting into great shape and building muscle while participating. A lot of the exercises require pull ups, and push ups so beware if you are not in the kind of shape to jump right into something like that.
Is The P90X Nutrition Diet Easy To Follow?
The P90X Nutrition Plan itself is easy to understand, but following it can be a challenge. There are no blow off days allowed and the number of calories that you might be used to will be dramatically cut. Cravings can be expected and will have to be fought off regularly.
In addition, the exercise routines that are required with P90X2 are very extreme. Each session is either weights, cardio, or a combination of the two and a good deal of time is required to be sacrificed in order to successfully complete the program. Many find the exercising either too hard or just too time-consuming, but the P90X Nutrition Plan won't work without the exercising. This program is tough to follow for even the fitness fanatics.
The P90X Nutrition Plan comes with lots of hard work and upfront costs. The P90X2 program itself costs about $330 plus shipping and there is also the cost of food to be considered. In addition, Beachbody suggests that you buy their vitamins, supplements, and meal bars which can greatly add to the overall cost. If you do not have equipment like a pull up bar, or some weights you also will need to invest in those.
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Bobby Owsinski, is a name most of you would have heard of, maybe from his fantastic range of books, his podcast, or maybe from his 101 mixing tips.
Over the next few weeks we are going to post some of Bobby's incredibly useful tips, that can help take your mixing to the next level. At the end of this weekly feature Bobby is going to give an exclusive tip just for us.
In my early days of mixing I bought Bobby's "The Mixing Engineers Handbook". This book got me out of a lot of trouble. I still reference it today, especially for its useful Delay Calculations page at the back of the book. So let's look at the first of Bobby's sample tips
Sample Mixing Trick 1 - The Super Stereo Delay Vocal Trick
Sometimes you want to give a vocal some presence and space, but reverb is too much, and a delay just doesn't seem to fit. In trick #92 of Bobby Owsinski's 101 Mixing Tricks coaching program, you'll discover how a very simple stereo delay can liven up a lead vocal in a way that can't be achieved any other way.
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Australia's NSW Government Freezes Coal Seam Gas Exploration Licenses
Australia's New South Wales Government announced Wednesday a 6-month freeze on processing of new applications for coal seam gas (CSG) exploration licenses in the state.
The move will allow the ruling Liberal-Nationals to undertake an audit of existing licenses and pending applications before a new assessment process is introduced.
Under the restructure, the government also announced costs for applying for licenses would rise substantially from $919.50 (AUD $1000) to $46,000 (AUD $50,000).
Anthony Roberts, NSW Minister for Resources and Energy, said the government would target operators which had not met the conditions of their coal-seam gas exploration licenses and proponents that had submitted deficient applications.
"We are targeting individuals or companies that have lodged an application or have been granted a PEL, yet do not have the financial security or industry expertise to meet this Government's best practice standards for the CSG industry," Roberts said.
He said five Petroleum Exploration Licence Applications (PELAs), covering 16,641 square miles (43,100 square kilometers), lodged by Grainger Energy in November 2013 had been refused.
Grainger Energy, a one director company formed just six days prior to lodging the applications, had no history of conducting petroleum exploration activities and had submitted a "manifestly deficient application", Roberts added.
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Well this year I put out Slam Bang #2 vol III and I just put out Morgana X the paperback novel written by Christopher Moshier. I also put out Dean LeCrone vs. The Mutants of Comic-Con (DVD).
My father-in-law passed away in August, this was rough on my wife for sure but we knew it was coming since he was diagnosed with cancer in April. And it was advanced. We are planning a trip to Michigan between Christmas and New Year for her to see more of her relatives and for me to see MI for the first time. (I'll take tons of photos.)
I'm assembling a large 176 page anthology The Comic Eye, for a comic company, Blind Bat Press. They don't know Adobe In-Design so I'm helping them out. The book looks great with lots of fantastic contributors. It is already mentioned in Diamond's Previews I think. I'm also starting to put together Slam Bang #3 vol III, the Mostly True Stories issue. Hope to have it out early 2008.
I'm back writing again. I haven't written much since the Morgana X comics in the 90's but now I'm writing a comic called ---Dead Ranger ©2007 Comic Quest Creators Alliance
I had a blast at Mid-Ohio-Con, Nov 23-25th. I was to split a table in the Artist Alley with Clint Basinger of www.cosmicmoustachecomics.com but the guy next to us never showed up so I got a full table to myself! I sold lots of Slam Bang and a few of the Mutants movie! I was sitting on Sunday drawing an alligator with goggles and outfit like a WW1 pilot flying some old contraption and people kept saying, "Wow, that's pretty cool." And
---Clint Basinger
before I had it inked in someone bought it from me! Clint is always drawing and getting attention so I tried it and it worked. Usually I'm too lazy to do it but will do it from now on. On Friday the day the vendors get to look around Clint and I bought a comic from Steve Rude and he signed it. Wanted an autograph from Micheal Golden, as I've always been a big fan of his. But he was charging way too much for it. You had to buy something $20 to $30 to get the autograph. I was stunned. No matter how famous I get. (Or don't get.) I'll never do that. You can't piss off your fans. That is #1.
I got photos of lots of stars from the Bronze Age Marvel days as you'll see from the photo links I have here. I got to meet Max Ink, who gave me his BLINK digest, who says he will contribute to my Slam Bang book. His work looks great! I saw Matt Feazell who bought my Mutants DVD. I went over and spent the money at
---The elusive Matt Feazell
his booth getting his Official Death of Antisocialman BODY BAG. A collection of 12 mini comics for $7 and I got two color sketches for $1 each. Plus a few other minis. I'll be reviewing all this at my Small Press Newsroom soon. I got to talk to long time small press creator and publisher Bruce Chrislip. He was telling me how Steve Willis was having a bad year. Got a divorce etc....Saw Chad Lambert, a great comic book writer for many different projects and companies. My booth was back to back with Bob Corby's Back Porch Comics booth and he and I got to talk. His daughter was going to run the booth (Attracting more comic buyers than Bob.) but she was sick so Bob had to do it. He had a new anthology out that looked good. I didn't get a copy since he was almost sold out. I'll see more of him in 3 months at the SPACE Con which he organizes every year. Love that show.
I got some photos of the original Santa and Rudolf from the 1963 cartoon! My wife is crazy about that cartoon and collects Bumbles. You know, that adorable, goofy abominable snowman.
Other names at the con: Brian Hurtt, Craig Boldman, Hamtramck Idea Men, Herb Trimpe, Keith Pollard, Mark Evanier, Nic Halvert (Pickle Press Comics), Rich Buckler, Sergio Arogones,
Steven Black, Steve Rude, Terry Huddleston (a very funny new comic book printer, Imaginary Concepts Printing Solutions), Tony Isabella, actor who played The Silver Surfer, The Defuser, Jesse Rubenfeld, and more! Whew!
Comics I got at the show to review: The Faustians #1(Pennydreadfull Press), Into The Dust #1, #2 (Jesse Rubenfeld), Safewords, The Serial Squad, Woodboy, The Invisible World (Bad Place Productions), The Gardian Line ALPHA, Joe and Max #1, The Seekers #1, #2, CODE, Genesis #1, #2 (The Guardian Line), Runner's Paradox with music CD (Steve Peters-Awakening Comics), Blink-Barefoot in America-Breakfast in the Park (Max Ink), Official Death of Antisocialman BODY BAG, The Amazing Cynicalman #18m, #19 (Matt Feazell-Not Available Comics), The Wrecking Crew #1 (Triumvirate Publishing).---Bob Corby signing the annual T-Shirt of the con.
I'll be making a point to attend and probably setting up a table at the Mid-Ohio-Con in the future as I had a great time and saw a lot of great comic creators there. Now, if I can only figure out why they didn't have a "free table".
---Your average fan of Slam Bang
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---Original Santa and Rudolf from the cartoon of 1963. Here is the story: After the cartoon was made the puppets were thrown in a pile by the door of the studio. A worker there asked, "What is going to happen to the puppets?" They told him they were to be thrown away. So he grabbed up 9 of them. Unfortunately he still didn't know quite what he had. He gave them to his kids to play with and they eventually destroyed all but Santa and Rudolf, which were in bad shape. The puppets were not made to last or be played with. Years later the guy sold the 2 puppets and they were purchased and refurbished by a company that knew what they were worth!
---Chad Lambert
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PHP is currently the 3rd most popular coding language according to the TIOBE Index and accounts for over 10% of the of cumulative search hits for any given programming language across Google, Google Blogs, MSN, Yahoo!, Wikipedia and YouTube. In the age of rapid application development, a web application framework can greatly assist in the construction of a PHP application. This is exactly where EllisLab's CodeIgniter comes into play. Not a huge proponent of frameworks, the creator of PHP, Rasmus Lerdorf , liked CodeIgniter "because it is faster, lighter, and the least like a framework." Accordingly, CodeIgniter provides a PHP developers with a set of tools to utilize in construction of their web application.
So What Does CodeIgniter Do?
In short, "give you the tools and groundwork to write PHP programs." CodeIgniter reduces the amount of overhead and foundational programming required to construct a Web application by providing developers with a logically constructed set of libraries for common tasks in addition to a simple interface. Furthermore, CodeIgniter leverages its small footprint and thorough documentation to facilitate rapid deployment of a PHP Web application.
How Does CodeIgniter Work?
CodeIgniter holds loosely to the Model-View-Controller approach to application architecture, striking a middle-ground between strict convention and no framework at all, while maintaining the separation of presentation and logic. An installation of CodeIgniter contains an application framework that would utilize this systematic flow of data:
What makes CodeIgniter different?
- Controller functions will denote paths and routes >
- Data related concepts are placed in models
- Models are not required – An understandably contentious point for MVC purists
- Views control everything visible to the end user
Architectural Goals*:
- Dynamic Instantiation. In CodeIgniter, components are loaded and routines executed only when requested, rather than globally. No assumptions are made by the system regarding what may be needed beyond the minimal core resources, so the system is very light-weight by default. The events, as triggered by the HTTP request, and the controllers and views you design will determine what is invoked.
- Loose Coupling. Coupling is the degree to which components of a system rely on each other. The less components depend on each other the more reusable and flexible the system becomes. Our goal was a very loosely coupled system.
- Component Singularity. Singularity is the degree to which components have a narrowly focused purpose. In CodeIgniter, each class and its functions are highly autonomous in order to allow maximum usefulness.
*Denoted in the User Guide
How Can CodeIgniter Help Me?
In providing a robust set of Web application tools, CodeIgniter allows you to focus on developing the intricacies of your application and saves you the headache of starting from scratch. For both the budding and advanced PHP developer, a framework rapidly speeds up the development process. On the other hand, knowledge of the CodeIgniter architecture will also alllow you to customize open source applications built using CodeIgniter.
From a development standpoint CodeIgniter will help you if your looking for any or all of these:
- Apache/BSD-style open source license :: Free to use as you wish.
- Light-Weight & Fast :: Core system needs only a few libraries and others are loaded dynamically based on your applications requests.
- M-V-C Architecture :: Separate application presentation and logic.
- Clean URLS :: Search friendly segmented approach
- Robust :: Packed full of libraries that enable common tasks (Database, email delivery, form data validation, session maintenance, image manipulation) and more.
- Extensible :: Plugins and helper libraries available in addition to class extensions or system hooks.
- No Template Engine Required :: A simple template parser is included but not necessary.
- Documentation :: Source Code is extremely well documented and an extensive "User Guide" is available both online and included with the source code.
- Community :: A large, friendly group of CodeIgniters help, teach, and collaborate in the CodeIgniter Community Forums.
Example applications & sites built with CodeIgniter:
- Content Management System :: ExpressionEngine
- Invoice Management :: BambooInvoice*
- Room Bookings :: Classroombookings*
- Help System & Documentation :: Knowledge Base Script*
- Social Network :: Wittygraphy
- Blog :: Open Blog*
- Q&A Site :: MindZinger
- Stock Portfolio Analysis :: Stockalicious
*source code available
How Do I use CodeIgniter?
Assuming you've already searched for "<Your application function> CodeIgniter" (why reinvent the wheel?) and your looking to develop your own PHP Web application on CodeIgniter:
- Download the latest version of CodeIgniter
- Follow the installation instructions from the User Guide
- Print Copies of the CodeIgniter Cheatsheets
- Get coding!
Still looking for help?
- Watch the official CodeIgniter Intro and Create Blog in 20 Minutes tutorial videos
- Check out the CodeIgniter User Guide
- Check out the CodeIgniter Wiki
- Ask for help in the CodeIgniter Forums
- Check out the Source Code from some of the applications listed above.
- Order a copy of CodeIgniter 1.7 by Jose Argudo
- Check out 40+ CodeIgniter Framework Tutorials
Note: EllisLab provides the community with special non-staff position called the CodeIgniter Community Chieftain (currently Jamie Rumbelow) who "helps maintain the forums, wiki, and the bug tracker, and acts as a public liaison to the EllisLab development team when necessary."
In A Nutshell
CodeIgniter provides a wealth of opportunity for PHP developers by enabling. Personally, I use BambooInvoice and have found it to be both simple to use and elegant in results. Furthermore, with the backing of EllisLab, I'm confident CodeIgniter can only gain more ground in the PHP frameworks community. With its small footprint, robust framework, extensive libraries, helpful community forums, and well documented user guide, CodeIgniter lays a firm foundation from which developers can focus on what they do best…developing.


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CNN interviews author of "Appletopia" and visiting marketing professor, Brett Robinson, about the new iPhone 5. Below is an excerpt from the interview. To watch the video visit: Apple has struggled to wow since Steve Jobs's death
The new iPhone 5S sure is shiny, the iPhone 5C comes in a rainbow of colors, and both are loaded up with some new features. But they are not exactly revelations.
When Steve Jobs took the stage in 2007, the first iPhone was another game changing hit for the company and the CEO that took the world by storm.
"Every three or four years he felt like he had to come out with something totally new. Like he did with the Mac. Then he said let's do the iPod, or the iPhone, or the iPad, things you never knew you were going to need," Walter Isaacson, Jobs's biographer, told CNN Money.
Since Jobs's death in 2011, the company seems to have lost some of that vision.
"When you get to the 5th iteration of a device it loses some of it's magic," said Brett Robinson, author of Appletopia, and a visiting professor of marketing at the University of Notre Dame. "Now that the accountants and designers are running things, they're trying to cobble together the next chapter, and I think they're still struggling to find what that narrative is."


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Team USA luger Emily Sweeney was knocked out of the Olympics after a terrifying crash in the final heat at the Pyeongchang Winter Games.
Sweeney, who was competing in the Olympics for the first time, lost control at curve 9 of the Alpensia Sliding Centre track, crashing against the sides before falling off her sled.
She was attended by medical personnel before finally standing up and walking, roughly ten minutes after her crash, the Associated Press reported.
Sweeney avoided sustaining any serious injury during her crash in the final heat of the competition, but she is still out of the games, according to AP.
Another MASSIVE crash, this time in luge. @hardwina and @Judson1360 commentary ???? @MattSkraby pic.twitter.com/ecLVDwdZZd— XTRA 1360 (@XTRA1360) February 13, 2018
#SweenySmile Prevails - #USALuge Emily Sweeney crashed in curve 12. @TeamUSA Doc says she is OK. Emily walked down to talk with @NBCSports Lewis Johnson. Emily is now back at Olympic Village clinic for further evaluation. Photo: Alex Ptachick, USA TODAYhttps://t.co/jZ3O2NQYc5 pic.twitter.com/oiPu1umbeP— USA Luge (@USA_Luge) February 13, 2018
Spectators and viewers at home took to social media, with some concerned that Sweeney appeared to have hit her head and neck.
Just a horrifying crash by Emily Sweeney. She got sideways out of 9, and started oscillating up and down 12, before her feet hit the roof, coming back down on her neck and head it looked like.— Ken Childs (@TheKenChilds) February 13, 2018
It's silent at the sliding center, she's out of the track and being looked at.
Just now Emily Sweeney of the USA ???????? #pyeongchangOlympics2018 has suffered an accident in the Luge. Our thoughts & and best wishes for her. pic.twitter.com/Ny9Q6dIQz0— Charles (@BCChas) February 13, 2018
Sweeney was able to get up and flash a smile to fans as she walked alongside the track, where she was greeted with cheers.
The on-site doctor said that Sweeney was "banged up" but had no broken bones following the crash, USA Today reported. As she was helped into an ambulance, Sweeney reportedly assured spectators, "I'm fine."
Doctors said she suffered bumps and bruises, according to the AP.


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Will HTC's co-founder and chairwoman Cher Wang be able to turnaround the struggling smartphone company?
It's too early to make that call, but in an interview with Fortune, the 55-year-old executive provided some insight into what she's been prioritizing for the past year since taking on more control. Some of her responsibilities now include marketing, building relationships with wireless carriers that carry HTC devices and lifting morale among employees.
The last job is a tough one. Since the company's drastic drop in revenue and losses, it has experienced an exodus of senior leaders and employees, including dozens of layoffs at its HTC Americas division based in the Seattle area.
When reports first started surfacing that Wang was stepping into a more active role last October, it was a little unclear how the company would operate since Peter Chou was retaining the title of CEO. In that way, it's different than other companies, where the founder regains control.
But employees tell Fortune that Wang's leadership has started to help. In particular, Chou said he can now focus on building new products and new product categories.
Last week, HTC had its first reason to celebrate in awhile. After reporting three straight quarterly operating losses, the company returned to a profit, boosted by strong sales of its flagship HTC One smartphone (and cushioned by a more conservative marketing budget).
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Finalists of the "Gaetano Zinetti" International Chamber Music Competition and recommended artists for the Making Music "Young Concert Artist Award", they have performed extensively and to great acclaim throughout the UK and Europe. They are much in demand with various orchestras, having performed and recorded Mozart's Flute and Harp Concerto in London, Birmingham and Glasgow. They completed a successful tour of Scotland in 2004, 2006 and 2007.
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