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This SOHO flagship can do everything but make the tea
Prints up to tabloid size (11 by 17 inches), Holds 400 sheets of paper
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Dr. Fry's Spelling Book Levels 1-6Edward FryTeacher Created Resources / 2000 / Trade Paperback$17.99 Retail:
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Based off the 3000 Instant Word List, this book contains the spelling content needed for lesson through grades 1-6. To this, picture nouns, phonograms and phonics principles have been added. Lessons presented here are not "worksheets" though a teacher may duplicate some as "study sheets'. Rather, there are 35 lessons per year (except grade 1) that present "instant words" to be learned, sentences to read or write that put words in context, phonogram studies, phonics and suggestions for review. 240 reproducible pages, softcover.
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What should be a serious debate about Britain's place in the European Union has descended fairly quickly into nothing more than a food fight in a rather exclusive secondary school. On one side you have Prime Minister David Cameron and the Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne lobbing day-old bread rolls across the dining room at other Tory party grandees who respond in kind with volleys of butter pats. Stewards at some of London's finer gentlemen's clubs aren't quite sure which members are no longer on speaking terms.
Make no mistake. This is a Conservative Party issue. Most of the non-political population of Britain seemed perfectly happy muddling along in the bosom of the European Union with the ease of visa-free holidays overriding nebulous issues of 'sovereignty'. There were a few dissenting voices, but they were largely relegated to some colorful fringe elements. Most of the rest of us are left with mouths agape at the finest example of British fratricide since the civil war in the 17th century. The Labour Party can only marvel at this sudden turn of good fortune that has taken attention off its own internal problems.
Those Tory party members champing at the bit to leave make a great claim about regaining British sovereignty and ending the rule of faceless, unaccountable EU bureaucrats in Brussels. The problem is they haven't really defined exactly what they mean by sovereignty and how much that perceived sovereignty has been curtailed by Brussels. They forget the considerable success that British diplomats have achieved in winning substantial concessions for Britain. One of the main British victories allowed London to remain the leading financial center in Europe.
In their more fevered moments some members of the Leave campaign sound as if they would like to re-fight the Battle of Hastings. And this time the good, solid Saxons would send the poncey Frenchmen scuttling back across the English Channel to Normandy. One forgets that it was the Plantagenet heirs of those poncey Frenchmen that won eternal glory for the English at Crecy, Poitiers, and Agincourt.
The debate has divided the British cabinet with several members taking prominent roles in the Leave campaign. The ever-calculating mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has thrown his lot in with the Leave campaign by trying desperately to sound like his hero Winston Churchill during the Battle of Britain. Unfortunately for him his thundering denunciations of the EU make him sound much more like Basil Fawlty than Winston Churchill.
The main fault of the Leave campaign is that it only speaks in vague generalities about what Britain would look like outside the EU. Oh, there are brave words about how the economy would flourish, trade would soar, British-made justice would rule the land, and the British lion's roar would once more be feared. But there are precious few specifics about how all this would be accomplished. No answers to questions about British access to European markets. No answers to questions about Britain's relationship with the United States. No answers to questions about the likelihood of another referendum for Scottish independence. No answers to questions about the willingness of companies to re-locate or even remain in an EU-less Britain. No answers to questions about how seriously an EU-less Britain would be taken by the rest of the world. We are supposed to take it on faith that all would be good in this best of all possible worlds. Right.
One of the biggest victims of Britain's withdrawal from the EU could well be one of the most important parts of the country's economy – the financial sector. London is without doubt the financial capital of Europe, if not the entire world. This status could be crippled by Britain's departure from the EU by eliminating the ability of London-based financial firms to ply their trade in the EU. It's not just the financial firms at risk. Think of the lawyers, the accountants, insurance companies and others that underpin much of the financial world. How long would they stay in a City of London stripped of its ability to operate within the EU? That crunching sound you might hear could well be the price of London office space landing on the suddenly empty streets.
The best argument the Leave campaign might use has nothing to do with the imagined loss of British sovereignty to a bunch of Eurocrats. The best argument may well be that the European Union itself is crumbling under the weight of its own internal contradictions. Is it a loose federation of sovereign states? Or is it the beginning of the United States of Europe? Rather than deal conclusively with these hard questions the EU leaders preferred to bask in the glow of good feeling – almost as if they were a bunch of campers holding hands around a campfire singing Kumbaya. Meanwhile the real issues like common monetary policy or common foreign policy were left in limbo.
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Best of Christmas 2014
Christmas is the most important time of the year for brands and retailers, and that's reflected in the high profile given to festive TV ads. Many Christmas TV ads feature music, and the right choice of song helps make an ad successful. This year's efforts have received more than 1.1 million views here at TV Ad Music, but which which was the most popular? Here's our annual run-down of the top ten most-clicked Christmas TV Ad Music of 2014.
#10: John Lewis – Monty The Penguin Watch
Music: Tom Odell – Real Love iTunes / Amazon
For the second successive year, the much-hyped John Lewis Christmas TV ad just scrapes into our top ten. The 2014 ad introduces Monty the penguin, and is soundtracked by Tom Odell's specially commissioned cover version of John Lennon's Real Love, a song that was originally recorded shortly before Lennon's death in 1980, and then released on the Imagine: John Lennon soundtrack album.
#9: Sainsbury's – Christmas Is For Sharing Watch
Music: Carter Burwell – The Wicked Flee (from True Grit) iTunes / Amazon
In one of this year's most talked-about Christmas TV ads, Sainsbury's takes us back a hundred years to Christmas 1914, with a touching re-imagining of the events surrounding the Christmas Truce, with soldiers playing football and sharing chocolate. The second half of the ad then features a piano and orchestral piece called The Wicked Flee, from the movie soundtrack of the 2010 version of True Grit, composed by Carter Burwell.
#8: Boots – Special Because Christmas 2014 Watch
Music: Alexi Murdoch – Song For You iTunes / Amazon
Another unusual and touching Christmas TV ad from Boots, this shows a family putting their festivities on hold while waiting for mum to finish her night shift as a nurse. The track used in the ad is the Coldplay-esque Song For You by Alexi Murdoch, from the British singer/songwriter's Time Without Consequence album.
#7: Debenhams – Found It! Christmas 2014 Watch
Music: Paul McCartney and the Frog Chorus – We All Stand Together iTunes / Amazon
One of the first big Christmas TV ads to air in 2014, this Debenhams effort features We All Stand Together by Paul McCartney and the Frog Chorus, which was originally recorded for the soundtrack of the 1983 animated film Rupert and the Frog Song, and then re-released as a Christmas single in 1984.
#6: Marks & Spencer – Follow The Fairies Christmas 2014 Watch
Music: Julie London – Fly Me To The Moon iTunes / Amazon
M&S introduce two fashionable fairies, Magic & Sparkle, in their Christmas 2014 TV ads. The track is Julie London's version of Fly Me To The Moon, recorded in 1963, a year before Frank Sinatra's very popular version. M&S also released an updated ad with an updated version of the song, featuring Gregory Porter's vocals added to create a duet.
#5: Argos – Get Set For Advent Christmas 2014 Watch
Music: Run-DMC – Christmas In Hollis iTunes / Amazon
The Argos Christmas TV ad was one of very few this year to actually use a Christmas song, namely Run-DMC's Christmas In Hollis, a festive hip-hop track that was released as a single and on the A&M records compilation A Very Special Christmas in 1987, and featured in the classic Christmas-set movie Die Hard in 1988.
#4: KFC – The Boy Who Learnt To Share Watch
Music: George Ogilvie – Give iTunes / Amazon
KFC waited until the beginning of December(!) to launch this very popular Christmas 2014 TV ad, "The Boy Who Learnt To Share", the touching tale of how six-year-old Charlie learnt the joy of sharing. The song was specially recorded for the ad. It's called Give, was written by Michael Blainey and Pete Blyth, and is performed by an upcoming 20-year-old singer/songwriter George Ogilvie.
#3: Littlewoods – Aladdin Christmas 2014
Music: Sam and the Womp – Bom Bom iTunes / Amazon
Littlewoods' Aladdin pantomime-themed Christmas 2014 TV ad stars Myleene Klass as a genie who appears from a magic lamp, and Christopher Biggins as a bazaar stall holder. The very popular featured track is a not-very-Christmassy Balkan-infused dance anthem from summer 2012, Bom Bom by Sam and the Womp.
#2: Very.co.uk – Step Into Christmas In Style
Music: Beuys Toys – Thimbles
A miniaturised Fearne Cotton and friends step into Christmas 2014 in this festive Very.co.uk TV ad, which features an extremely popular piece of Christmas-flavoured electronic music. The specially-composed track is Thimbles by Beuys Toys.
#1: House of Fraser – Christmas 2014
Music: Seinabo Sey – Younger (Kygo Remix) iTunes / Amazon
On its own, this House of Fraser effort, featuring a group of gift-giving models, wouldn't have been our favourite Christmas ad of the year. But it does feature the most popular TV Ad Music of Christmas 2014 in the shape of the much-requested Kygo remix of Younger by Seinabo Sey. Kygo is a Norwegian DJ, and Seinabo Sey is a Swedish pop singer, and both have been propelled to stardom by the success of this track. It may not feature sleigh bells or Noddy Holder, but Younger is the top TV Ad Music track of Christmas 2014.


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3 Signs your Law Practice is Going to Fail
Hating your practice is not enough to tank it. True, some lawyers lose decades of their lives to practices they hate, but they just keep turning the crank… "time to make the donuts."
At the same time, lawyers who love their law practice go out of business every day, and it's a tragedy we are committed to transforming.
Like everything else that requires real change, the first step is awareness. Here are 3 tell tale signs that portend not only the collapse of a lawyer's practice, but often their family and their lives.
Sign #1 — Contained Chaos
When your practice is a 3-ring circus with poorly defined rings, and the ring leader is busy chasing the tiger who is chasing the pony who is on fire because of something the clowns did when no-one was watching… you've got a problem.
Get the picture?
Less amusingly, when you run your law practice without systems and processes for how clients are created, cases are completed and invoices are paid, you are setting yourself up for that kind of chaos.
When you lack a well-defined organizational chart with clear positions and accountabilities (even if it's just you and a part time assistant wearing all the hats), you can't clearly see who is doing what and who to hire next.
Then, when you do hire, you are simply amplifying an already unstable operation, and like any container under pressure, the weakest point will eventually blow out (and usually at the worst possible time).
What's the fix?
Start by making two lists.
- What are all the things that need to happen on a daily, weekly and monthly basis in order for your firm to run like a well-oiled machine? Don't worry about making it perfect. 80/20 will get you far enough in this process and you can always add to your list as new processes come to light.
- Who is responsible for each of those processes? When do they need to be done and what are the standards for completion? Who do they report to and when do those people meet in order to clarify questions and assure quality standards are being met or exceeded?
If you simply keep a legal pad with a sheet for these two lists and add to them as you go, you will eventually start to see where things are breaking down and either define things more clearly or hire more effectively.
Naturally, there's a lot more to it than this, but it's a solid start and starting is often the hardest part of any process.
So start this week. Block off 30 minutes to just brain dump your lists. If you have an assistant, you can ask them to type these up, and keep the list updated with your input along with their own from the perspective of the seat they are sitting in.
Sign #2 — Lawyers 'R' Us
This is what we often refer to as a typical "door lawyer" who takes anything that walks in the door. If nobody walks in the door, it's not long before the door is closed. Permanently.
The antidote?
Pick a niche. Develop a clear value proposition. Stay the course. Become known as the go-to lawyer in your community for the type of work you specialize in.
Here are two articles where I give in-depth steps on how to do create a niche for yourself that will ensure you thrive in any economic cycle. (Article 1, Article 2 and Article 3).
Sign #3 — Shiny Object Syndrome
This is a classic symptom of entrepreneurial instability at the core. If you don't stand for something you'll fall for anything, the saying goes…
And lawyers (skeptical as they come) are often painfully susceptible to chasing the next Bright Shiny Object that crosses their path.
These b.s. objects, as we'll call them (see what I did there?), can be anything from the latest blog-marketing course to a consultant convinced they can get you to the top of google with SEO or google ads. But wait, what about the free webinar coming up? How about that conference with all those great speakers? And this thing! And that thing!
Meanwhile, how many clients are you engaging? How many cases are you handling? What is it that has you so eager to jump on the next bandwagon?
There's no magic bullet, my friend. No bright shiny object is going to save you from the hard work of defining a niche, developing systems for attracting, engaging and serving your clients.
You can't put seeds in the ground today and harvest tomorrow. It just ain't possible.
Building a successful law business takes years. It requires dedication, and focus. You must educate yourself, yes, but if you jump from one thing to the next, none of your seeds will ever take root and you'll never see the harvest you know is possible.
The solution?
Find a mentor. Someone who has created the kind of law business you want to build. Take them to lunch if you can, or invest in their coaching if it's available. Follow their system to the letter. Don't reinvent the wheel. Once you've built your practice the way they teach, then you can innovate or test new things, but not before.
The Paradox of Success
In the end, the paradox of building a successful law business boils down to the excitement in every day wins from doing the same things over and over and over and over and over.
Why? Because if you do the right things, the right way, every day… over time, you are certain to succeed.
Are you ready to shift your law practice into one that enables you to work with clients you love and realize the dreams you set out to create when you became a lawyer? Start here:


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Timberland Pro Tuckerman Pro Hiking Shoe is a lightweight, comfortable and metal free safety shoe. This footwear uses a composite toe cap for protection against any possible hazards, as well as a textile anti puncture midsole, complete with a shock absorbing EVA midsole. The premium nubuck leather upper is designed to be tough and hard wearing, and the addition of a nitrile outsole helps ensure you keep steady footed, with excellent slip resistance, and contact heat resistance up to 300°C. The addition of a padded tongue helps keep your feet comfortable, whilst an internal mesh lining optimises airflow around the shoe, increasing breathability, and ensuring your feet stay dry. The Timberland Pro Tuckerman Pro Hiking Shoe is perfect for anybody working in logistics, building and maintenance.
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The Life of Galileo Galilei and Sir Isaac Newton: The Life of Galileo Galilei and Sir Isaac Newton By… Mike Claudia Michelle Zach Galileo's Childhood…: Galileo's Childhood… Galileo was the first child in his family. Galileo moved about 5 times before the age of 10. In 1575, Galileo was 11, he was sent school to study languages, math, religion, music and arts. Galileo's Childhood cont…: Galileo's Childhood cont… Galileo was born in Pisa, Italy, in 1564. His father moved him to Florence to study with the monks. When he was 17 he was sent to a medical school in Pisa. Galileo's Family…: Galileo's Family… Galileo's father, Vincenzo Galilei, decided that his first child would go to medical school. Galileo's father was a musician, and he wasn't around very much. Vincenzo died at the age of 78. Galileo's Family Cont…: Galileo's Family Cont… Galileo's mother, Guilia, decided to build their home in the countryside of Pisa, before anyone was born. Galileo lived with Muzio Tedaldi after his father died. Galileo was very supportive to his 2 younger sisters when their father died. Galileo's Influences…: Galileo's Influences… While Galileo was attending a church service he noticed that a lamp was swinging back and forth, but there was no draft. He wanted to find out how this could've been happening, so he decided to look into it further. Then as he was exploring possible solutions, he decided to try an experiment. He had discovered the laws of the pendulum, and he suddenly realized something very important. Galileo's Influences Cont…: Galileo's Influences Cont… Galileo had just discovered that the world was not, in fact, flat. It was round, and the pendulum kept moving because of the rotations it was making. He wanted to renounce this information to the world. So he wrote a book on it. He wanted to prove his elders and predecessors wrong, and he had finally done that. He was so happy. But he had no idea that soon, his blissful world would come crashing down around him. Galileo's Influences Cont. Again…: Galileo's Influences Cont. Again… Galileo had become cocky. The king and queen became angry with him,and he was a disgrace to anyone related to him. And/or anyone that came near him or talked to him. He was sent to jail, and his life was truly turned upside-down. Soon Galileo's trial had come up. He could not even defend himself, for the king and queen were the judges of the court, and they were displeased with him. They banished him from the city, and he was sent to live alone in the country. He still believed his theories, but he was quieter about them. He didn't want to be kicked out of this peaceful santuary. Galileo's discoveries were…: Galileo's discoveries were… Galileo discovered the law of the pendulum (the period doesn't depend on the arc of the swing). The Earth revolves around the sun. Venus also revolves around the sun. 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Newton discovered gravity. Newton discovered calculus in 1665. Newton also discovered light. He discovered the three laws of motion. He also discovered the reflecting telescope. Newton and gravity: Newton and gravity One day an apple fell on Isaac's head. He wondered why it fell down in a straight line. So he decided to study gravity. After he discovered gravity he discovered that gravity goes much further than earths atmosphere. He discovered that the earth's gravity pulls on the moon to keep it in orbit. He also discovered that the sun's gravity pulls on the earth to keep the earth in orbit around the sun. Isaac Newton and Calculus: Isaac Newton and Calculus At 22 years old Isaac knew more math than anyone in the world. Newton was a recluse, and kept coming up with new ideas. Calculus dealt with objects in motion. It also dealt with bends like if the road curved. He didn't tell anyone about his new math because he was afraid of being criticized. Isaac and light: Isaac and light Newton wanted to study light and colors after calculus and gravity. Robert hook believed that light was made of waves and that waves for each color had different strengths and rhythms. Newton thought he was wrong. So he tried to prove it . He closed his shutters and allowed a small beam of light into his room. He placed a prism between the shutter and a wall 22 feet away. When the sun went through the prism a spectrum of all the colors of the rainbow appeared on the wall. Isaac and light continued: Isaac and light continued He noticed that they formed an ablong shape on the wall. He thought that the prism bent the colors at different directions. Scientists thought that the prism darkened the light into other colors. But Isaac proved them wrong by passing light through 2 prisms that the colors did not get darker. By passing the light trough 3 overlapping spectrums on the wall he showed that they combined to make white. Once again he didn't tell anyone. Newton's three laws of motion: Newton's three laws of motion Newton got tired of calculus and decided to study force and impact. This was called mechanics. He used his mathematics and theories of gravity to come up with his three laws of motion. Every object at rest stays at rest unless acted upon by an outside force. If in motion, it travels in a straight line unless acted upon by an outside force. The outside force is related to the direction and the increase in speed of the object. To every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. Bibliography: Bibliography Biographies of Mathematicians,http://www.andrews.edu/~calkins/math/biograph/bioggali.htm Anderson,Margaret. Isaac Newton. Enzlo Publisher Inc. 1992. MacLahlan, James. Galileo Galilei. Oxford Portraits in Science. 1992 Lippicott, Kristen. Astronomy. Dorling Kindersley Publishing Inc. 1992. http://www.-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.ulc/~history/mathematics/newton.html. 1987. 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One of fantasy fiction's biggest writers, Brandon Sanderson, has been telling fans though Twitter that he has been in talks with game developers concerning an adaptation of his popular Mistborn novels as well as a hint of a Wheel of Time game too.
For a few weeks now he has been Tweeting about a few discussions concerning his Mistborn novels being turned into games, but yesterday he Tweeted directly about the progress:
"In other news I've been reviewing a Mistborn video game proposal, and am impressed. We're going to accept, assuming contracts work… I can't announce what type of game, what company, or even what platforms yet. Maybe soon, (WoT fans, your games are in development already)."
The information is scarce to say the least, but it does look promising. Brandon Sanderson hit the spotlight recently since he took over the job of completing the epic fantasy series, The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan, as Jordan sadly passed away before completing the series. Sanderson mentions The Wheel of Time in his Tweet, which suggests another fantasy hit that'll receive a game adaptation; although due to the sheer size of each book and the series as a whole, it will be interesting to see how this will be done or whether it could replace the online gaming giants, World of Warcraft.
The Mistborn trilogy, Sanderson's own work, has been shortlisted for an abundance of awards, so it isn't surprising that some sort of adaptation is in the works; especially with the success of George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones television adaptation doing so well for HBO.
The Mistborn books (The Final Empire, The Well of Ascension & The Hero of Ages) follows the story of street urchin Vin Venture, who can perform special abilities when she consumes small amounts of different metals from copper to tin. Much of the books involve sneaking around and flying through the air, so it could have similarities to Assassin's Creed amongst other things. For those who have read the books, this is quite an exciting development, as Sanderson's magic system within the books is unique and clever.
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Same Room Fun
Most couple's first casual sex experience or swinging experience is usually some type of soft swing, example same room erotic fun, kissing, touching. Usually this happens at parties with friends in the heat of the moments. Than some of them like those experiences and t.hey go further.
Soft Swing
Oral sex count as soft swing. Kissing, touching erotic games but not intercourse with the other couple, or people is count as soft swing.
Hard core swinging can be same room fun too. Most of the people thinks that "swinging" means partner "swapping", but there are many different types of swinging and or no string attached sexual activity.
Same Room fun is a common example, happens what ever is happens, it will happen in same room, with your partner. You may have opportunity to watch your partner in sexual activity with someone else, if you want, you can help to make your partner even happier.
Often is not just in same room, it maybe in same bad too. Hard core swinging usually mean that sexual intercourse and or partner exchange included.
However to have no commitment NSA fun, at first you have to find a willing partner. Someone who are looking for casual sex. The easiest way to go is, create and post your profile. You can do this free. With free membership, you can not contact anyone, however if your profile is catchy, other members will contact you.
How to create a catchy profile? Continue reading…
We Have Found a Couple! What is next?
Meet them at a neutral setting (i.e. restaurant or lounge). This makes it much easier to leave if things don't go well. Be on time and make sure that you have given each other specific contact information (i.e. what kind of car, dress, etc). Prepare preset signals to communicate between the you and your partner, such as "Yes", "No", "Maybe", and "Let's get the hell out of here!" Generally when you are just starting out you should never arrange for another meeting that night, this gives you and your partner time to discuss your feelings before making a commitment to the other couple.
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Now We've Met And Want More. What is Now?
Don't be shy, ask! Make it clear what do you want. Open conversation the best. Talk about your rules. Same room, different rooms, swap, or just soft-swing, etc. Once everyone is agree, just go for it. Just remember, "NO" means NO, at any time.
I'm single, is swinging just for couples?
Swinging is a lifestyle that couples enjoy to help them live out their fantasies with other adults. Singles can be involved in the lifestyle, and are involved, since many couples are looking for either an extra male or female to help them live out a threesome fantasy. What singles must remember when they are lucky enough to be involved is that it is a privilege and they must treat it as privilege. Many of the problems single men have in trying to get into this lifestyle are brought on by themselves.
Most of them treat the ladies as sluts or nymphomaniacs. Swinging is sharing, what the single guy share? Why can not find girlfriend? Oh, your girlfriend not into swinging? Then you shouldn't either, or find other girlfriend. Remember, sharing is two sided. But if you single and really want to get into the lifestyle, keep trying. Be friendly, clean, very polite, see thinks positive and who know maybe one day you may get what you want.
How Should I Dress For a Sex Party or a Swingers Party?
Dress depends on the party. Ask your host, or if it in the club other club members. Usual dress will be casual, but neat. If it will be pyjama party you should wear pyjama too. If you don't and everyone else does it, you will fill uncomfortable. But you can wear any dress, just relax.
Usually ladies show up very sexy they are trying to make the best impression what they can. Man are dressing casual, but in most of the clubs jeans and running shoes are not allowed.
Sex party, casual dressing ok. If you are serious, sooner or later you will undress in you undies… so sexy underwear would help for ladies… Continue reading…
What About Sexual Diseases, (STD)?
There are many scary diseases, so if you want to practice safe sex make it clear before any serious action happen. Never let anyone to dictate you: No protection no NSA sex. It should be your and your partner choice.
The risk of disease should not be the reason not participate in NSA sex or in swinging, because it is easily prevented. I strongly recommend condoms for any type of sexual encounter. You can make your sex life as safe as you want it to be!
We are a Married Couple. Can Our Marriage Be Damaged If We Get Into NSA Sex with Buddies?
Set up rules and keep them. If they to tight lose them, but always communicate with your partner. Don't do anything what don't want to do, or what make your partner uncomfortable or jealous.
If you practice casual sex or swinging this way, your marriages will improve and your relationship will be stronger and better all the time. Continue reading…
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Quality or Quantity? We're Talking About Sex.
This question usually come from males. Ask any lady, not necessary most to be swinger lady, but you can ask any swingers couple too. They'll will give you the same answer. You should not test here yourself how many times you are able to do it. One quality experience is more better then one night long mediocre experiences. But the fore play never long enough. You can make this as long as long you wish, it just will make better quality. Continue reading…
What I should Know About the Swingers lifestyle…
Hard to say. What is very important for me, maybe not that important for you. Be be open, clean and positive all the time. If something bothering you, important to let your partner know. It is means the communications important. But I believe the most important, one-way or other, have fun, and be sure your partner have some fun too, because if don't (special if your partner is your wife) maybe that was your last swinging experience with her. Continue reading…
Attempting to hire an escort or sex worker to go to a sex party or to a swinging event with you, if you don't have a regular female partner, just so you can get in the door is a terribly poor idea, this is considered inappropriate at every club I have ever heard of, is generally sufficient to get you black-listed, and is a ruse that is highly likely to be noticed by others.
A related concept is taking along someone who isn't really your primary partner and isn't really interested in swinging; such folks are called "tickets" (i.e. you just used them as a "ticket" to get in the door), and this practice isn't looked upon favourably either. Continue reading…
If you want nothing more than to see your female partner have sex with another woman, you will probably be better off forgetting about it until she brings it up, wandering around by yourself attempting to find a woman who wants to have sex with her, or otherwise trying to push this personal choice into happening, is considered quite crass.
Finally, please remember to converse with both members of a couple you and your partner are interested in, not just the partner you are interested in having sex with, ultimately it's your ability to form friendships with COUPLES which will determine the quality of your experience in the swinging community. Continue reading…


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Not too long ago the BBC 'closed the iPlayer loophole', to stop people watching catch-up services if they didn't have a TV license. Now the Corporation has announced that, starting sometime next year, users will need an account to access the service.
The BBC states that this is ensure the service becomes more personalised, and tailored to users' individual needs. Account systems are already in place for users take advantage of features like favourites and cross-device pause-and-resume, but a new, more robust, system will launching this week. Logging in won't actually become a mandatory part of using iPlayer until next year.
BBC News claims that the new account system will require users to enter their postcode, but the BBC has denied that the new system will be used to enforce the license free. Personally I find it hard to believe that this isn't going to be used to close off access to people with out licenses, especially since there's nothing stopping people from lying and continue watching content without paying.
Helen Boaden, the BBC's Director of Radio, said:
"Some of you might be thinking that this is driven by the changes to the so-called 'iPlayer loophole' which means you now need a TV licence to download or watch BBC programmes on demand on iPlayer. It's not – it's about giving you a better BBC. As we said earlier this month, we'll carry on using our existing enforcement processes and techniques which we believe to be adequate and appropriate. In fact, early TV Licensing data shows that – as we expected - significant numbers of new people have bought a licence since the new rules came into force."
Boaden did confirm, however, that the Government has asked the corporation to look into whether or not some sort of iPlayer verification system is required - something outlined in the new BBC Charter set to come into place next year. While the BBC has until 2020 to report its findings and make a decision on the matter, it doesn't mean they can't start preparing by implementing similar features now. [BBC via Engadget]


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Trying to get your mind around $787 billion can be stimulating -- at least if there's a chance some of it makes its way to your needs. And that's what every local leader is hoping.
As details spill out on the plan now signed by President Obama, the Herald's reporters are digging into what will make its way to Manatee County. In today's report, Donna Wright looks at how the law could make child care, housing and nutritional services for the elderly more accessible for Manatee families. Reporters Duane Marsteller and Sylvia Lim are analyzing the impact on transportation and education. And our Washington and Tallahassee reporters are keeping watchdog on how our elected officials direct Florida's allotted money.
This needs all of our questions, thoughts and analysis. We're posting many of the stories and databases here at Bradenton.com/stimulus. Send us your questions -- we'll help you ask our officials for the answers.
Here are numbers projected for Florida (Source: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office):
206,000 -- Jobs created or saved
6.89 million families -- Eligible for new tax credits
$2.7 billion -- To help the state budget
$1.8 billion -- For transportation projects
169,784 -- Unemployment recipients receiving extended benefits
$100.1 million -- Potential increased funding for enforcing child support payments
$65.7 million -- New funding to help homeless families
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How will stimulus package help Manatee?
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The one thing you failed to mention is that we are getting back only a fraction of what it will cost us. Not a good return on investment. If we wanted money for all those projects, we would be much further ahead if we bonded the money and spent it ourself.
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MC and I took the BLT to see We Bought A Zoo awhile back. In one of the first scenes, Matt Damon's character is talking to his son.
Matt Damon To Son: You got an F! An F!!!
Bitty: Why is his dad mad that he got an F?
Me: It's not a good thing. It's the worst grade you can get.
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The business practises of Valve are coming under scrutiny from industry analyst Michael Pachter. The Wedbush Morgan analyst believes that Valve's continued absence from the PS3 is a "mistake".
Rocksteady's Batman: Arkham Asylum beat off strong competition from Uncharted 2: Amongst Thieves to win the best game category at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts awards. Rocksteady's portrayal of the Caped Crusader also took the award for best gameplay. Isn't this award just further proof that Arkham Asylum is not only the best Batman game, but also the best ever superhero game?
Make no mistake, zombies are fun to kill. We've had years of pleasure dismembering these lumbering sacks of meat. They allow us to become murderous fiends without our consciences ever getting in the way, but should we feelguilty about all those heads we've blown off with a rusty sawn -off shotgun? Of course not; zombies don't have feelings – we're doing them a favour by freeing them from the undignified situations they are in.
Nevertheless, maybe they deserve a break because they are being so over-used they're starting to lose their impact.
Recent words from Chet Faliszek, the writer behind the Left4Dead games suggest that Valve still lack the enthusiasm to develop for the PS3.
So far, Valve's only contribution to the PlayStation library is a dodgy port of their supremely good Orange Box. According to Faliszek, they do expect to develop for the PS3 in the future but only once they're in a position to "support it in the right way."
In an interview with IGN, High Voltage – creators of Wii exclusive 'The Conduit' – have announced that their next game, 'The Grinder', will be making the jump to the PS3 as well. Can this game succeed where The Conduit failed?
Straight from the annals of "We could have told you that ages ago" zombie frag-fest Dead Rising has been confirmed as a multiplatform title with the PS3 now being shown some undead love. Eww … that didn't come out right.


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FARMINGTON, Conn.—When Scott Buckhout became president of UTC Fire & Security in March, his job as president of Global Fire Products became vacant.
In May, the company, which is based here, announced that Mark Barry has now stepped into that position.
BRADENTON, Fla.— Before taking over her new role as president of Global Security Products for UTC Fire & Security, Kelly Romano spent a year as SVP of global sales and marketing. During that time, she spent a lot of time with integrators, VARs and dealers, who she said are interested in the seamless integration of access, video and intrusion and locking systems. While UTC Fire & Security already provides that kind of integration with many of its products, the company will be bringing more integrated solutions to market, she said. This demand, and the fact that technology changes so rapidly, means "we need to accelerate the new-product introduction time to market."
FARMINGTON, Conn.—UTC Fire & Security recently aligned its United States fire and security services businesses under the Chubb brand. The company's fire and security services businesses abroad have already consolidated under the Chubb name, and the branding in this country will provide "a new, more seamless interface to customers," UTC Fire & Security said.
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Before Mary Rocco became "Marilyn MonRoll," she spent quiet evenings watching Breaking Bad reruns with her boyfriend or chatting with her up-cycling group at local coffee houses. But when Mary saw a hand-written flier for a local roller derby league, the mousy, almost full-time administrative assistant thought it was time to lace up her wheels. "I hadn't worn them since I dressed up as Rollergirl for Halloween. I wasn't even sure if I could zip them past my ankles anymore." Not only could she zip them, but in little time, she found herself zipping around a waxed roller rink with girls who looked like this:
Mary is one of a thousand of unfeminine women across America who are having bottom surgeries and joining roller-derby leagues. When asked about her inspiration, Mary said, "That Juno girl gave up her baby and then joined a roller derby team. I found it inspiring."
Mary's teammate PeTUNA Clark, a gym teacher by day and a defensive jammer by rink, said that she's been wanting to join roller derby for years, and now can thanks to her new ObamaCare health insurance plan. "Roller Derby is too dangerous of a sport to do without health insurance. Unfortunately, Phy ED teachers are going down all across the country. Not only are our benefits and hours being stripped away, so are our gender identities." Clark cites ObamaCare as the reason she is able to join a league of women who are so successful at making both men and women equally uncomfortable.
And Clark isn't alone. Her teammates HairThere Delilah, Barron Erin, and Dolly Pardoner have been waiting until they're insured to join roller derby. U of Texas-Austin Gender Studies grad student and roller derby participant TestosteRhonda, states that roller derby enrollment has been up "a whole lot" since the rollout of ObamaCare this past October. She estimates an increase of "like 200%" since the sport was established in the "1970s or so."
Rollerderby is a sport that was inspired by the 1979 cult- hit film The Warriors in which the music band the Village People turn in their police outfits for roller-skates and switchblades and comment on racial tension and HIV in New York City. Early pioneers in the sport include Billie Jean King, Cheryl Miller, and Greg Louganis. It was rumored that Donald Trump unsuccessfully organized The High Rollers, a group of wealthy CEOs interested in roller derby. The team disbanded after LEZZIE (The League of Embittered GirlZ Zipping around In Eye-makeup ) ruled that players with a history of more than one heart attack or two metal knee replacements were too much of a liability to the league. The High Rollers disbanded, only to form the GOP.
But as roller derby teams pop up all over the heftier states, not everyone is enthused with the sport's increasing popularity. Long-time member of the Young Tea Party Patriots, Rick Roll, says that the sport not only threatens traditional gender roles, but also the status quo, "Young women are finding pleasure outside of the domestic and work sphere. This is dangerous to maintaining gender and economic inequality. I blame Obama Care." Earlier this fall, TMZ reported that Roll's ex-girlfriend left him, shunned her upper class roots, adorned the rink name "Percy Slayer," and joined The Maple Sizzurps, a straight-edge roller derby team based out of Vermont. TMZ aired footage of the couple arguing over how much time Slayer was spending at practice instead of with Rick Roll. TMZ insiders recorded a brunch date between Roll and boyhood friend, Mark Zuckerberg, which during Roll whined to Zuckerberg: "Before ObamaCare, the only thing that I had to offer to women was a health insurance policy. Now what do I have to offer to them?!"
But tea party men aren't the only ones threatened by women's increasing desire to act like men. Stay-at-home mom, Freda Felcher, shares Roll's sentiment, "Call me conventional, but wouldn't these women rather be at home with their families, scrolling Pinterest and making cake pops?" Last week, Felcher organized a group of "domestic engineers" to protest outside of popular Joliet derby rink "Rink Wormz." Officials were called to the scene when derby girl PM Essence spiked Felcher's pumpkin latte to the ground. Bystanders reported that Felcher shouted at Essence, "I paid four dollars for that!"
Many roller derby girls feel that the game's controversy is part of the sport's allure. AnitaWaxJob said that she grew up playing "boring soccer," in which the most exciting event of the season would be "the team lesbian wearing a thong under her uniform shorts." Players cite several league policies that contribute to the sport's controversy, including rules that ban players who don't listen to the Misfits and who haven't had at least one abnormal pap smear. During pre-season deliberations, the league's lowest ranking team from Mendocino County (coincidentally also named "The High Rollers") petitioned league commissioners to lessen the number of required team practices.
When asked how her boyfriend handles her grueling practice schedule, TwoInTheStink from Madison's 3 time regional champion team The Slambers says "I don't have a boyfriend."
Perhaps a more significant controversial aspect of the sport is the small legion of derby girls interested in racially diversifying the league. Ravin' Samoan and Scar TissueLanda of Trenton, New Jersey's derby team "Sistas with the Parts of Mistas" consider their participation in roller derby as advocating racial equality in the sport. TissueLanda says the sport was once dominated by "skinny white bitches with hipster glasses." The two have been actively recruiting players at apparel stores Maurice's and Dots across the country.
Like it or not, Roller Derby participation has skyrocketed. And the jury is still out as to whether a wealthy black man is the reason why women across America are dressing up like gutter skanks and jammin' one another.


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This is purely a rant on why I hate the receptionists in doctors offices.
Today I had an appointment with a sleep neurologist. My PCP referred me to him, and since I've had so much trouble with sleep and fatigue, I thought seeing him would be worth my time. His office is in the city so it's a 30-45 minute drive depending on the traffic, and we had an 8:30 appointment, so I had to be up way earlier than I normally am.
Fora normal person this wouldn't be that big of a deal. My body however, hates being up early. Whenever I get up before my body is ready I feel nauseous and get a headache. It's also inevitable that in the afternoon I'll crash, hard. Since this appointment was important though, I was willing to risk it.
After driving 45 minutes down there, we arrive to find out they cancelled our appointment. Apparently they had been calling the wrong phone number to confirm the appointment. Everyone makes mistakes, so this wouldn't be a huge deal, but they had already called my mom multiple times on the correct number, so they did at one point have the right number. We also confirmed the appointment on their online patient portal.
The receptionist also tells us that we're out of network and they don't take our insurance. They should have never agreed to see me if they're out of network. She tells us we could see him, if we paid $250 out of pocket. No ones time, in my opinion, is worth that much for one doctors visit. Since they had taken it upon themselves to cancel the appointment though, we wouldn't even get to see him today.
Now that's all bad, but they apologized right? Wrong. Both receptionists said it wasn't there fault and it must have been someone else. We left because there is no use in arguing with incompetent people. An apology would have made this situation much better, but even when my mom called to try and talk to someone else, they didn't apologize nor did they care. They even said that they had never heard of online conformation. To which my mom replied, "well then it sounds like you have another problem don't you?" which made me crack up. They also repeated back her phone number wrong to her three times, which means after going to the office and talking to the receptionists there, they didn't even change the number in the computer system.
Unfortunately this isn't the first time this has happened. It's at least the third time we've gone to a doctors office only to find out they canceled our appointment/didn't take our insurance/never made the appointment in the first place. I understand that it's a boring job, and that people make mistakes, but this was a long series of mistakes (probably made my multiple people) and they way the handled it was incredibly unprofessional. "I don't care we screwed up, sucks for you" was the general attitude.
The office manager did called call my mom, and was apologetic. He's trying to get us in on Monday and is giving us a discount. More than wasting my time, waking up early, wasting my moms time, and making her take half a day off work to take me, not having answers is the worst part. I'm happy this situation seems like it's going to have a positive ending, but they don't all turn out so well in the end.
Ugh. What are your experiences with difficult doctors office?
Have you ever showed up to a doctors office only to find out you don't have an appointment?


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St. Jude Hospital employees have been brown bagging it to work almost every day since March 8.
But instead of lunch, those brown bags contained food donations for local senior citizens; the bags were distributed on Tuesday in honor of the Feast of St. Joseph.
Workers at St. Jude hospitals in Fullerton and Yorba Linda donated about 400 bags of food, enough to provide at least 300 people with a full meal, to the Yorba Linda Senior Citizens' Center and the Fullerton Senior Multi-Purpose Center. Sixty bags were donated also to the Friends in Service to Humanity (FISH) of Fullerton, a nonprofit interdenominational foundation.
"It looked like a wall-to-wall grocery store in here," said Norm Anderson, vice president of community affairs. "We were very grateful for the donations and very pleased with the results. Many people brought in two or three bags . . . . Some people brought in grocery-size bags with enough canned goods to fill three or four smaller sacks."


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The G train returns, with eight cars and a longer waitBy · Published in 2012
A few days after more subway service settled into some pattern of normalcy, the G train has finally returned, Transit announced this morning. The IND Crosstown, often referred to as the Ghost Train and considered by many of its loyal riders to be the forgotten stepchild of the system, will run from Church Ave. to Court Square, and due to damage from the flooding, the train sets will consist of eight cars. There is, however, a twist. As Transit said via Twitter, trains will run "with extended waits due to ongoing signal repairs."
In a subsequent press release, Transit offered up a bit more info: Due to severe damage in the Greenpoint tube under Newtown Creek, G trains will run at no more than 10 mph through just that tube, and trains will operate every 12 minutes instead of every eight. Transit is warning on delays and "possible crowding."
"We are working day and night to restore service as quickly as possible to give customers more travel options after the storm each day," MTA Chairman and CEO Joseph J. Lhota said in the statement. "We will continue to add service incrementally, only when it is absolutely safe to do so and doesn't overcharge the system. Given the strain on the system, we still encourage our customers to allow extra time for their commutes."
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Checked mta.info an hour ago, still said "Suspended". Now I'm stuck on a slow-moving bus!
just checked again and says limited service. could we get a confirmation on the 8 cars? this is the only place i saw that info (well and the tweet)
An official NYCT Twitter account tweet is a pretty decent source.
8-car G Trains aren't exactly Ripley's Believe It or Not material. They do it when the F is rerouted sometimes.
They used to run a 10 car R32 trainset for the G back in the 90's and early 2000's
Still "pink taped off" at Court Square w/ agent saying to take the bus (9:27am). Not sure when it will actually be restored.
Ok, stuck around, got a (bad) photo of agent carrying removed pink tape. She said first train to leave Court Square will be 9:45!
The 8 car trains have nothing to do with "growing ridership levels" and everything to do with the 12 minute headway.
Good job MTA employees
You rock.
Quick question. That short Tunnel connecting Brooklyn and Queens below Newtown Creek on the IND Crosstown Line; is it called the Newtown Tunnel? I'm seeing references on the MTA website to a "Greenpoint Tube". While I take the G everyday, and know the names of the other tunnels by heart; I've never come across an official name for the Crosstown Line Tunnel.
Any thoughts? Is it "Newtown Tunnel" or "Greenpoint Tube"?
Greenpoint Tubes. Also sometimes referenced as Jackson Ave Tubes.
I was incorrectly calling it "Newtown Creek Tunnel" but it looks like the MTA prefers "Greenpoint Tube" (singular). Since they run the show, I'll defer to them.
Running, as they do, under Manhattan Avenue for the last 1.25 miles before diving under Newtown Creek, why aren't they called the Manhattan Avenue Tubes?
Dunno. Why are most of the tubes from Brooklyn to Manhattan named after the Brooklyn streets they run under? While one of them, along with most of the Queens-Manhattan tunnels, are named after the Manhattan street it runs under? And then the #7 tunnel is the "Steinway Tube"?!?
Why are the tunnels under the Hudson the "Upper Tubes", "Lower Tubes", and "North River Tubes"? Why is it the "Outerbridge Crossing" instead of the "Outerbridge Bridge"?
History, I assume.
The F line runs through the Rutgers Street and 63rd Street Tunnels. The E and M run through the 53rd Street Tunnel. The N, R and Q run through the 60th Street Tunnel. All are named after Manhattan Streets.
I asked about the lower tunnels, and the Manhattan side does not have clear street approaches, whereas as Brooklyn does for all but Rutgers (F).
Steinway is named after the piano folk who payed for them initially to run trolleys.
Outerbridge was a persons name and Outerbridge Bridge is kind of redundant sounding.
The 'F' has just been extended from Avenue X to Stillwell. That's one more line that's resumed its full pre-Sandy route…albeit with continuing intermittent delays.
…and now the 'Q' has reached Stillwell. The return of the 'B' to Brighton Beach is probably not far off, although it has not been officially announced.
they stated that the G has 125k riders compared to the Lex' million plus in justifying the order in which services are being restored, but hang on a sec..how does this logic apply to the L?
Restoring L doesn't really help any other line (and they can get a chunk of the L line people transferred at Broadway Junction)
Lex line serves downtown Manhattan and Brooklyn and helps more when other lines are down (even though of course it's already crowded, but that's another story).
(Also the L tunnel seems to have extensive damage)
The L appears to be the worst-damaged.
Just a side note…terrible damage to South Ferry, some images of stairs and platform now
So are they using 8 cars of R160As or 8 cars of R68/As? You know, a train of 8 cars of R68/As can hold more people than a train of 8 cars of R160As.
I am so tired of the MTA mistreating G train riders. We were left to fend for ourselves without them providing a shuttle bus service to substitute for the loss of the G train. They would never act in this manner in regard to the manhattan lines,
Nobody in Manhattan had shuttle buses when all the trains were terminating at 34th – anybody who needed to go further south within Manhattan had to walk or use regular local buses.
In fact, the only shuttle buses that the MTA has provided since Sandy were the three routes between Brooklyn and Manhattan, when Brooklyn was completely cut off from Manhattan. If you think the B62 was crowded when the G was out, you have no idea what the shuttle buses were like.
G Train riders are treated more unfairly than any other line in the system. They are short, they take a long time, almost never on time, etc.Even the Rockaway Shuttle runs 8 cars and it only goes like 6 stops, while the G Train runs 4 cars, and has 21 stops. Just be cause the G Line doesn't go to Manhattan, doesn't mean it can be forgotten about. When this line was gone and I had to leave school, I had to take the F Train to the B38, and they were crowded, especially the bus. So if anyone thinks the Manhattan lines have it bad, then go check the G Line out, because us G Line riders have it a lot worst than you guys (and girls).


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This flashy sparse rockabilly version of "Mystery Train" was recorded by Johnny Waleen in 1964 on the local Coulee label. It has been reissued many times since 1978 and the original record is now 300 USD or more worth.
Johnny Waleen, whose real name is Johnny Wallin, was born in 1940 in Cumberland, Wisconsin. His first record was released in 1959 on the Minneapolis, Minnesota, based Soma label, featuring "The Road to Heartaches" and "Mandy." In 1964, Waleen cut his version of "Mystery Train" coupled with "Now Is the Hour" for Coulee Records out of LaCrosse, Wisconsin. Waleen is still alive and performing.


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"I appreciate that House Leader Durkin has reappointed me to serve on the Audit Commission," said Jesiel. "As the Governor noted last week, in the past two years we have been able to move the needle forward to reduce bureaucratic red tape and streamline how some of our state agencies operate. However, the state is still in a dire financial situation and this reality makes the work of the Audit Commission a critical component to reducing wasteful use of public dollars to ensure we can relieve the burden already placed on taxpayers without sacrificing important care for our most vulnerable."
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Just curious
I was 24 {or 25! :blush - can't remember or do math! LOL!}
I was 29.
I was 21.
I was 35 though I've been w/ DH since 16!
32, but had been seeing each other for 7 years.
I was 29. (We were engaged for a year.)
27, engaged for 2 years
30, but together for 7 years!
26, it will be our 10 year anniversary this year. We first dated as junior in high school, however. We even went to prom together!
I was 24 when we got married...5 years after we met!
32 -- dated since I was 29. Been married almost one year.
I was 24 -- we only dated six months!
I was 20.


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i do have a limited memory and often need their spark to get it all straight back in my head. i consider my sister and brother to be the best gifts my parents every gave me. technically, since i'm the baby, i was gifted to them, but whatever. i appreciate their perspective and their listening ear and their support when i need it. which brings me to my little darlings...
no not those two. they are cute though. and they love to sleep all snuggled up together.
these two.
i caught them snuggled up on the couch together. we have two full sized couches and two chairs in our living room, but they chose to smash next to each other because that is just what they do.
and then later, i found them like this.
sharing a bowl of popcorn. kicking back. watching the tube. they could have easily gotten two bowls, but sometimes this is just how they like to be, together.
i hope when they are all grown and aidan is busy running his zoo and nadia is designing it, they manage to hang onto their relationship tight. after all, they are the ones who will keep each others memories straight.


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If the past two Sunday's readings from the Old Testament were about sin as an individual failing, this Sunday's reading is about sin as a communal activity. We've got all of those Israelites who left Egypt, who escaped from Pharaoh and his miserable brick-making operation, who saw God's power and protection as the Sea was parted for them to pass and was drawn back together to drown their Egyptian captors…they should be happy, right? Moses has led them out of Egypt. God has protected them. There is a land promised for them. They only have to get there.
They should be happy, but they're not. They're complaining.
They've been camping out, and there is no water, or at least not enough. Not a surprise – they're walking through the desert. It's not a picnic at the beach, literally or figuratively. They probably have blisters on their feet from walking over the hot sand. They are most likely afraid that Moses doesn't have a clue where they're supposed to go. They have no sense that what they were promised will ever come to fruition. They fear that they will die out in this blasted moonscape of heat and grit and nothing to eat or drink.
In this passage, the words that describe what's happening are quarreling and testing the Lord. I think that would translate into something more like whining and complaining and picking fights with each other, because God isn't visible to them. Otherwise, they'd pick a fight with God.
If you want to put yourself in their place, imagine that you're driving to the Outer Banks and somewhere on the highway, after your kids have eaten and drunk everything you packed to help you all get through the trip, the car gets a flat tire. You get out, laboriously unpack all the stuff in the back that you packed so carefully only a couple of hours ago so that you can get to the spare, only to discover that it, too, is flat. You mutter a few choice words. By now, the kids are saying "when will we get there? I'm hungry/thirsty/need to go to the bathroom." And you murmur sarcastically under your breath "God, thanks a lot!" You conveniently forget that God is responsible for you having the kind of work that means you can afford a car and a vacation and such. And as the temperature rises while you're waiting for AAA to show up, the tempers of everyone in the car rise as well, until everybody's blaming everyone else for the situation. "I thought I told you to get the tire pressure checked." "Mommy, I've got to go potty NOW." "Why is it always my job to make sure the car is maintained?" "Who ate all the Pringles?" "This was supposed to be my vacation, and I'm spending it frying like a, like a…potato chip on the side of the road." "I'm bored." "He's touching me!" "It's not MY fault!"
Muttering and murmuring, just like the Israelites. You can imagine the Israelites had exactly the same kind of conversation, minus the car and the Pringles.
Now you and I both know that in the car ride with the flat tire scenario, eventually AAA will come and help. We can stay in a motel down the road if it's impossible to get to the beach that night. There are 7-11s and supermarkets and restaurants, and we will not starve or die of thirst. And still we mutter and murmur, because our needs are not being satisfied and because we have lost touch with the hope that they will eventually be satisfied.
We have lost touch with hope. I'd say that was the biggest failing of the Israelites on this epic journey from slavery in Egypt to the Promised Land. At regular intervals, they lost touch with hope. They forgot the promise, or didn't believe that God would deliver on the promise, or didn't think it was happening fast enough, and Moses was a convenient scapegoat, since Moses was the one having the conversations with God.
And so Moses went to have a conversation with God about these aggravating people who kept saying the Old Testament equivalent of "are we there yet?"
Some of us are old enough to remember a comedian named Henny Youngman, whose most famous routine always started with "take my wife." With those words, he set us up to believe that he was talking about his wife as an example of something or other, but he immediately extended the phrase, "no, please, take my wife, take her." And then he would make a joke out of whatever thing she did that was annoying Youngman at the time.
Whenever I hear the verse about Moses talking to God about the muttering and murmuring Israelites, I hear the voice of Henny Youngman: "Take these Israelites, Lord. No, please, take 'em." Only it isn't a joke. He is exhausted with the task of keep them going, keeping them walking and camping and worshipping and simply existing, and he has had enough. The people have lost hope that God will give them what was promised, including what they need to survive the journey. And when you lose hope, you lose faith.
So God provides Moses with a little miracle, to remind the people where all that they have comes from. God instructs Moses to go to a rock and hit it with his stick, and then water will come out, beautiful refreshing cool sweet water, all the water they need. Presumably, a nice swig of that water helped them remember that God was with them, and that Moses was God's servant in this expedition.
Would that a glass of water were all we needed to reconnect with hope! We all may have had times in our lives when we lost hope that God would be with us. That might have been because God did not give us what we wanted when we wanted it – we didn't get the promotion we wanted, our child married someone we didn't much like, our loved one still died despite all our prayers, someone we cared about continued to drink or abuse drugs. We might have muttered and murmured and said, like the Israelites, "Where is God when I need him?"
But God does not always give us what we demand of him, as if we expect God to be our personal servant. God sometimes does other things that make little sense to us in the moment. And like petulant children strapped into the car seat on that trip to the Outer Banks, we complain and say "why aren't we there yet? Why can't I get what I want?"
But somehow God doesn't get aggravated and say "take these people, please." Who would God ask to take us away? No, God is stuck with us in all our muttering and murmuring and God loves us still…and God is with us in ways that we can see and in ways that are invisible. And that should reconnect us to our hope in God's promise and to our faith.
Changing that tire on the side of the road? No one driving by too quickly hit you, right? God is with us. The water that comes out of the tap doesn't give you cholera or river blindness? God is with us. The nurse caring for our dying grandfather ever so gently caresses his hand when she checks on him at 2 am, shortly before he passes into God's arms? God is with us.
We may not want to call losing hope a sin, but if sin is most simply defined as turning from God, what is hopelessness but the sense that we no longer believe that God is with us? When God isn't the butler attending to our needs, we say we have no hope that God will deliver.
And if this is a painful failing for us as individuals, how much sadder is it when we lose hope as a community or as a nation?
When we all start muttering and murmuring, forgetting all that we have, because we want what we want it and we want it now?
When we expect to have the right to do whatever we want to do and the heck with other peoples' needs, like food for the hungry and clean water for the thirsty and care for those who are ill? Who cares about them? I want MY needs met!
Like the Israelites at Massah and Meribah, we too may be feeling hopeless. We may be thirsting for something…water, love, companionship, whatever…and we may even be a little angry at God or think God is not attending to our needs. But when we as a community of believers put our thirst ahead of the thirst of others, we never get the water we need. We are bound to follow Jesus Christ, the Christ whose death and resurrection we ponder in the season of Lent. He is the hope that is in us. He is the living water that banishes all thirst.
But unless we remember that it is not our personal living water, our individual living water, but rather the living water that is freely given to all, we will continue to choke on our own dryness of mouth and heart.
Got hope? Share it, trust it, have faith in it. Offer water for those who thirst to everyone, not just ourselves and our immediate clan of family and friends. Then, and only then, will our thirst be satisfied.Then we will not ask "are we there yet?" We know that we will be there, at last.


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I'll probably be looking around for telemarketing work once more in the coming weeks. Without going into much detail, my life situation is changing, and my happiness where I live is deteriorating.
As Maya Angelou once said: if you don't like something, change it.
Looking at the sales jobs in Craiglist this past week, I note that are fewer and fewer job opportunities in the boiler rooms. That's good for the people who don't like getting those phone calls, bad for the people who need work.
Oddly enough, all the boiler rooms I mentioned back in the fall are still looking for employees. Like the ADT Security people on Park Boulevard. And Gulf Coast Processing now off of Ulmerton Road.
One of the axioms of the business seems to be: those that constantly hire are those that constantly fire and are constant liars.
Now I have to get back in the water with these crocodiles again. Sucks.


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