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Cupid curse part 5 Fruits of love(the rewrite)
Fiction, Body modification, Cheating, Male Domination, Mind Control
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Gender: male Age: N/A Location: N/A
Posted Thu 4th of April 2013
In roman mythology, cupid whismically shoots arrows with a mysterious power to freely control the hearts of men and women at will...When he shoots a gold tip arrow any person will fall in love. When he fires a lead tipped arrow anyone will awaken from love. In modern times, WHAT IF CUPID HAD SOMETHING MORE MISCHEVOS IN MIND....
There i sat in the dark. Far above me, like a sign of something, floated the perfect half moon of light given shape by the hole in the ceiling. And yet none of the light from up there managed to find its way to me. As time passed, my cursed eyes grew more accustomed to the darkness. Before long, I could make out the shape of my tied up hands if I bought it close to my face. Other things around me began slowy to take on their own dim shapes, like timid little animals letting down their guard in the most gradual stages imaginable. As much as my eyes became use to it, though, the darkness never ceased to be darkness. Anything I tried to focus on would lose its shape and burrow its way soundlessy into the surrounding obscurity.Here in this darkness, with its strange sence of significance, my body began to take on a power it had never had before. The fragmentary images it called up inside me were vivid in every detail, to the point where I felt I could grasp them in my hands. I closed my eyes and thought about the reason Aeron bought me here.
At 11:30 one monday, after a lecture on Euripides in History of drama, I took a ten minute walk to a little restaurant and had a burger and some fries for lunch. The place was a quiet back street and it had somewhat higher prices then mcdonald's or burger king, but you could relax there, and they knew how to make a good burger. They were a married couple who rarely spoke to each other, and they had one waitress. As I sat there eating by the window, a group of four students came in, two men and two women, all rather neatly dressed. They took the table near the door, spent some time looking over the menu and dicussing their options, until one of them reported their choices to the waitress.Before long I noticed that one of the girls kept glancing in my direction. She had extremely short hair and wore dark sunglasses and a white cotton minidress. I had no idea who was, I couldn't see a mark on her back, so I went on with my lunch, but soon she slipped out of her seat and came over to where I was sitting. With one hand on the edge of the table she said,
"You're Jaden, aren't you?"I rasied my head and looked at her more closely. Still I could not recall ever having seen her. She was the kind of girl you would notice, so if I had met her before I should have have been able to recognize her immediatly, and there weren't many people in my university who knew my name.
"Mind if I sit down?"she asked. "Or are you expecting somebody?"
Still uncertain, I shook my head.
"No, nobody's coming."With a wooden clunk, she dragged a chair out and sat down across from me, staring straight at me through her sunglasses, then glancing down at my plate.
"Looks good,"she said.
"It is good. Mushroom cheese burger and fries."
"Damn,"she said."Oh well, I'll get it next time. I already ordered something else."
"What'd you order?"
" chicken strips and, macaroni and cheese."
"Their macaroni and cheese is not bad, either," I said. "By the way, do I know you? I can't seem to remember."
"Euripides,"she said "Electra. No god hearkens to my helpless cry. You know the class just ended."
I stared at her hard. She took off her sunglasses. At last I remembered her, a senior I had seen in history of drama. A striking change in hairstyle kept me from recognizing her."Oh," I said, touching a spot a few inches below my shoulder,"your hair was down to here last week."
"You're right," she said. "I had a perm last week, and it was just awful. I was ready to kill myself. I looked like medusa without the snakes. So I figured as long as I was ready to die, I might as well cut it all off. At least it's cool in this abnormal heat."She ran her hands through her Rihanna cut and smiled.
"It looks good on you. Nicely shaped head. Pretty ears, too, uncovered like that."
"So i'm not crazy after all! They all tell me I look like some punk rocker. What's this thing that guys have for girls with long hair? Fascist, the whole bunch of them! Why do guys all think girls with long hair are the classiest, the sweetest, the most feminine?"
"I myself know at least thirteen unclassy girls with long hair."
" I think you look better now then you did before,"I said. And I meant it. As far as I could recall, with long hair she had been just another cute face I could have slept with. From the girl who sat before me now, though, surged a fresh and physical life force. She was like a small animal that has popped into the world with the coming of spring. Her eyes moved like an independent organism with joy, laughter, anger, amazement, and despair. I hadn't seen a face so vivd and epressive in ages, and I enjoyed watching it live and moved.
"Do you mean it?"she asked.
I nodded, still nibbling on my fries.She put her dark glasses on and looked at me from behind them."You're not lying, are you?"
"Trust me you could tell if I was lying to you."
"Cute, I'll believe you this time."
"So tell me, why do you were suck dark glasses?" I asked
"I felt defenseless when my hair got short all of a sudden. Like everyone could read my mind."
"Makes sense,"I said, eating the last of my burger. She watch me with intense interest.
"You don't have to go back to them?" I asked, motioning towards her conpanions.
"Nah. I'll go back when they serve the food. Am I interrupting your meal?"
"There's nothing left to interrupt," I said, ordering coffee when she showed no sign of leaving. The wife took my dishes and bought back my receipt.
"Now you tell me,"she said. "Why didn't you answer today when the professor called the roll? You are Jaden, aren't you? Jaden Fields?"
"That's me."
"So why didn't you answer?"
"I just didn't feel like it today."
She took her sun glasses off again, set them on the table, and looked at me as is she were staring into a cage of some animal at the zoo.
"`I just didn't feel like it today.' You talk like Raelynn Givens from justified. Cool. Tough."
"Don't be silly. I'm just an ordinary guy. Like everyone else."The wife bought my coffee and set it on the table. I took a sip without adding sugar or cream.
"Look at that. You drink it black."
"It has nothing to do with Raelynn Givens,"I explained patiently,"I just don't like sweets. I think you got me all wrong."
"My name's Scarlett by the way,"she said."It means red, but red looks terrible on me. Weird, huh? It's like i'm cursed, don't you think? My sister's name is Rosa."
"Does she look good in red?"
"She looks great in red! She was born to wear red. It's totally unfair."The food arrived at Scarlette's table, and a guy in a green polo shirt called out for her, "Hey, Scarlett, come and get it!" She waved at him as if to say "I know."
"Say tell me,"She said, "do you take lecture notes?"
"Sure sometimes."
"I hate to ask, but could I borrow your notes? I've missed twice, and don't know anybody in the class."
"No problem," I said, and pulled the note book from my bag. After checking to make sure I hadn't written anything in it I didn't want seen, I handed it to Scarlett. "Thanks,"she said. "Are you coming to school the day after tomorrow?"
"Meet me here at noon. I'll give you back your notebook and buy you lunch. I mean it's not like you get an upset stomach or anything if you eat with a girl."
"No way,"I said. "But you don't have to buy me lunch just because i'm lending you my notebook."
"Don't worry,"She said. "I like to buy people lunch. But anyhow, shouldn't you write it down somewhere? You won't for get?"
"I won't for get."From the other table, somebody called out,
"Hurry up Scarlett, your food's getting cold!"She ignored the call and asked me,
"Do you always do this?"
"What do you mean?"
" Accepting invitations from random girls."
"Not really,"I said.She seemed to be mulling something over for a few seconds. Then she stood up with a smile and went back to her table. She waved to me as I walked past a few munutes later, but the three others barely glanced in my direction.
At noon on Wednesday there was no sign of Scarlett in the restaurant. I thought I might wait for her over a coffee, but the place started to fill up as soon as the drink came, so I ordered lunch and ate alone. I finished at 12:35, but still no Scarlett.
After paying my bill, I went outside and crossed the street to a little newsstand, where I waited for Scarlette to come. I gave up at one' clock and went to go find something to cure my boredom. Before I knew it I was on campus, and, found a girl to my liking. She had long silky brunette hair and bright blue eyes that shimmered in the sunlight. Tall and slim. She wore a black top, blue skinny jeans, and a pair of brown and white boots. She was a woman that caught your eye and made you think, "only if she was mine."Every man type of dream girl. I instantly noticed a guy looking in her direction. To me he wasn't that bad looking, maybe 24 or 26, 5'10, good built, like a sports athlete. Thinking the same thing I was, he approached her, but failed. With one look of her beautiful smile he grew cold feet. Asking her,"Do you know how get to river street?"and ran off. Of course if I was the old me I would have thought, "It's now or never Jaden," and would have gathered up all the courage I could to talk to her, and would have failed the same way. But I was no longer that boy."Hi I'm Jaden, and you are?"I asked."Stacy."
"Stacy, that's kind of a plain name for such a cute girl."
"Oh really, I never realize that."She said with a good deal of embarrassment, "but I already have a boyfriend."
Taken off gaurd, I took out my cellphone and said, "Its two o'clock right now. Im sure you're boyfriend won't mind if I borrow you for a hour or two."
She laughed and said, "Jaden you're cute and all but my boyfriend and I have been together for 3 years now, and he doesn't even like me having male friends on facebook."
ill no Scarlett.
After pahy, but I couln't care less, so I did what any man would have done. I used my gift.Once I activated my powers she was like a different person. She responded to the slightest touch of my hand, writhing and moaning, as I placed my right hand on her shoulder. Dying to sleep with with each other we ended up going to a nearby hotel.
I got undressed first and sat on the bed. She started to do the same. Her skin was very fair and smooth, and she had beautiful legs. I comlpimented her on her legs, but her"Thanks"was little more then a grunt. Once we were in bed, she started to moan louder, shaking in pleasure as I took her body. When I went inside her, she dug her nails into my back as her orgasm approached. I took that as a declaration to pump harder and faster, until she came. As she screamed my name, Scarlette appeared in my head and I instantly lost the will to have sex. Then something or someone else took over my body.
My body experienced this violent, irrepressible hunger. Why such a thing happen I have no idea. My flesh felt like it was rolling in madness and pleasure. Before I knew it I attacked her, pushing her up against the wall, kissing her.
She dropped to her knees and took my hard 9" long thick cock in her mouth. I enjoyed her sucking my hard cock and licking the salty pre cum that oozed out of the head. I loved the way she looked up at me with her hungry eyes and squeezed my full balls.
I stared down at her as she took my cock deep in her mouth, licking the tip, and stroking the shaft. I stood her up, admiring her exposed tattoo on her stomach and then sat her on the bed. Greedily, I took turns sucking on her hard nipples and kissed my way down her stomach using my hands to push her thighs apart. Kissing her silky thighs, my hot breath was causing her clit to swell and she ached for my tongue to dive deep into her tight pussy. My tongue swirled around her clit then hungrily dove deep into her wet pussy making her to arch her back and moan with intense pleasure.
" OOOOOOHHHHH...OOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHH..MMMMMMMMMMM." Lapping up her juices, I slid my fingers into her using my thumb to play with her swollen clit. I stood up pushing her back onto the bed, then grabbing her legs and spreading them wide. My 9" long rock hard thick cock pointing straight at her dripping pussy. She asked hme to put on a condom but I said I didn't have any but I would cum on her stomach.The tip of my cock rested on her tight love hole as I stared at her. I held her hips and slowly pushed my rigid thick cock into her.
"No... Wait. Please stop." She said as she gently held my wrist.
" Relax." I whispered.
"Please. Please, I can't. Please. Please. I can't ." She pleaded.
I was in shock, she was the first girl to resist my devil like charm.
"Please don't do this I have a boyfriend." She begged
She wasn't use to fucking a god, "who needs a boyfriend when you have me."
It took awhile to work it in with all the struggling. Sending new and exciting feelings throughout her body, " AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!" she screamed. But, this time, I did not stop there. Stacy moaned " Ohhh. Ohhh. Uuhhh. Uuhhh. Uuhhh. Ohhh," and shivered.
I was enjoying using my fat cock to stretch her pussy telling her how much I loved her tight cunt. The walls of her pussy were so small and tight that I literally could not push further. The lips of her pussy were wet, but her pussy was small and tight, the more pressure I applied it caused pain, she screamed " OMG! OMG! AAAAAHHH!"
I whispered in her ear, " How does it feel to fuck a god? ."
Slowly her hips began moving in time with me as I slowly moved deeper inside of her. " Ooooohhhh." Stacy moaned as she nuzzled into my shoulder.
" Oooohhhh." These were the moans of escatsy. They were moans of one body responding to another. Moans of acceptance. " Ohhh. Ohhh. Uuhhh. Uuhhh. Uuhhh. Ohhh." Stacy continued responding to my split personality.
"Ohhh. Ohhh. Uuhhh. Uuhhh. Uuhhh. Ooohhhhhhh." Stacy was moving in time with my hips and thrusts now, her pace increasing as I did, her pelvic area grinding against mine.
She clamped her mouth onto mine, darting her tongue in and out of my mouth as I did the same. Our tongues intertwined as the pace of our thrusting increased. " OHHH! OHHH! UUHHH! UUHHH!" She moaned as she pulled me tighter against her. She felt the feeling of arousal growing inside her, felt her body responding more and more to my attentions. " OHHH! OHHH!! UUHHH! OHHH! UH-UH-UH-UUUHHHHHOOOOOOOOO!!!!"
Stacy groaned as her body was wracked by waves of orgasms. Her entire body shaking, pushing me over the edge as well. My balls slapping against her ass WAP..WAP..WAP..WAP. My cock was ramming deep within her pussy battering her curvex unmercifully making her yelp. " AAAAAAAAAHHHHHH..AAAAAAAAHHHHHHH." Her body was shaking uncontrollably and her pussy muscles were clenching down on my cock like a vise. " Oh God!!" I moaned as I began shooting my load into her. She was still in the throes of her orgasms as she felt the heat of my sperm filling her insides.
Both of us passed out .
She was gone when I woke at twelve-thrity. I found no note of any kind. I wanted to know why I lost control like the way i did.
So I called Eden."Hello."
"Hey, its me Jaden."
"I already knew that, but what's up?"
I had slept with over 25 women the same way, so I asked Eden, "After you've done this for 15 years, doesn't it begin to seem pointless?"
"That proves you're still a decent human being,"he said."Congratulations. There is absolutely nothing to be be gained from sleeping with one strange women after another, but maybe immortality."
"Immortality?"I asked.
"It's nothing you should be worrying about right now, but as I was saying before, after a while it makes you feel disgusted with yourself. It's the same for me."
"So why in the hell do you keep it up?"
"Hard to say. Maybe because of we would die without sex. Hey, do you this saying about gambling? It goes like this. When you're surrounded by endless possibilities, one of the hardest things you can do is pass them up. See what I mean?"
"Sort of."
"Look. Women come out and they wonder around, looking for something. We can give them that something. It's the easiest thing in the world, like drinking water from a cup. Before you know it, I've got them down. It's what they want on the inside. That's what I mean by possibilitiy. It's all around you. How can you ignore it? You have a certain ability and the opportunity to use it. Can you just keep your mouth shut and let it pass?"
"I don't know, I've never really thought about it that way," I said with a smile. "I didn't really care until I met this girl the other day."
"Count your blessing, but I'll warn you now stay away from her."
"What do you mean?"I asked.
"Only a Titan can make us fall in love and make are powers go unstable. Sorry I have to go someone is on the other line." With a simple click he was gone.
I went to the following week's drama lecture, but still saw no sign of Scarlett. After a quick survey of the room convinced me she was not there, I took my usual seat in the back row and listened to my favorite band while I waited for the professor to come.I ended up listening to four of they're best songs. By then the professor had arrived, wiping the sweat from his brow as he took roll. He was a small, mournful looking man who walked with a metal cane. While not exactly fun, the lectures in his courses were always well always well prepared and worthwhile. After remarking that the weather was as hot as ever, the professer began to talk about the use os the deus ex machina in Euripides and explained how the concept of "god"was different in Euripides than it was in Aeschylus or Sophocles. He had been talking for some fifteen minutes when the classroom door opened and in walked Scarlett. She was wearing a bright blue spaghetti top, white colored cotton shorts, and her usual sunglasses. After flashing a "sorry I'm late"kind of smile towads the professor, she sat down next to me. Then she toke a notebook, my notebook, from her shoulder bag and handed it to me. Inside, I found a note: "Sorry about Wednesday. Are you mad?" The lecture was about half way over and the professor was drawing a sketch of a greek stage on the blackboard when Scarlett said,"Let's get out of here."I nodded and stood up, and the two of us made for the door. The professor said something to me at that point, but I couldn't catch it. Scarlett waved to him and said,
"See ya later."
"Gee, I feel like some kind of delinquent."Scarlett said to me when we were outside.
"Do you think we might get in trouble?"
"Let's have lunch first, just in case."
"Good. There's a place I want to take you. It's kinda far, though. Can you spare the time?"
"Sure, I'm O.K. all I have to do is meet my brother later on."
Scarlett took me by bus and showed me to a old diner in a shelterd spot just behind the station. The minute we sat down they served us soup and the lunch of the day. This was worth a bus ride to eat at.
"Great food," I said.
"And cheap, too. I've been coming here since high school. My old school's right down the street. They were so strict, we had to sneak out to eat here. They'd suspend you if they caught you eating out"
Without her sunglasses, Scarlett's eyes looked somewhat sleepier than the had the last time. When she was not playing with the narrow sliver braclet on her left wrist, she would be scracthing at the corners of her eyes with the tip of her little finger."Tired?"I asked.
"Kinda. I'm not getting enough sleep. But I'm fine, don't worry about me,"she said. "Sorry about the other day. Something came up and I just couldn't get out of it. All of a sudden, in the morning. I thought about calling you st the resturant but I couldn't remember it's name, and I didn't know your cellphone number. Did you wait long?"
"No big deal. I found something to do. And I've got a lot of time on my hands."
"A lot?"
"Way more than I need. I wish could give you something to help you sleep."
Scarlett rested her cheek on her hand and smiled at me. "What a nice guy you are."
"Not nice. Just got time to kill," I said. "Don't you think you ought to go home and get some sleep?"
"I'm just kinda tired. But alright let's get out of here."After that we exchange our cellphone numbers and went are separate ways. Every now and then, while I was searching through my memories, I would look at my wrist watch. The luminous hands showed it to be just before three o'clock. Three p.m. I glanced upward. The half moon slab of light was still floating there. The surface of earth was flooded with blinding sun light. I pictured to myself a stream sparkling in the sunlight and green leaves tremling in the breeze. Then I heard a knock on the door. It was Aeron."You should be glad I'm such a good brother,"he said."I bought you something to eat, even though you broke one of my biggest rules."
"What did I do to deserve this?"He looked at me, "You and that women. But don't worry I'll fix you no mater, but that's another story. I know you must be hungry, so how about you eat a meal I prepared for you."
"I don't want any of your food."
"Who said anything about food?"With a snap of a fingers Big Boy bought in a women and threw her next to me.
"Enjoy baby brother, she is all yours for today."he said as he left.She was a cute girl with a average figure not too slim, not too fat. She had a unreal smile on her face with inviting eyes and rosy lips. long blonde hair, and, soft velvety skin with a glowing complexion.Soon I felt a strong craving for her body. I tried to pull the chains on my arms apart, but the chains remained firmly shut."It's not easy to open, Mr.Jaden,"said the girl. "Some time must go by before it will open. Today is out of the question. You might as well give up."I realized she shed her clothes as easy as opening a pea pod and stood before me naked, without warning or explaination. "We have so little time, Jaden, let's finish this a quickly as possible. I'm sorry for the rush, but I have my reasons."Then she came up to me, opened my fly, and, as if it were the most natural thing in the world, took out my penis. Lowering her eyes, with their false lashes, she enclosed my penis with her mouth. Her mouth was far larger then I had imagined. Inside, I immediately came erect. When she moved her tongue, her silk hair trembled as in a gentle breeze, caressing my thighs. All I could see was her hair and her false buried in my crotch. " with blinding sun ligdon't have to listen to Aeron."The girl took her mouth from my penis and said, "Don't worry. We have this place to ourself, at least."She ran the tip of her tongueover my penis. I didn't want to cum, but there was no way of stopping it. I felt as if it were being sucked out of me.Her lips and tongue held on to me like a slippery life form. I came. And some how found my way back to the room where it all began....
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Over the last month, the yield on 10 year US Treasury has risen from 2.02% to 2.53%, or roughly 25%. The rise in rates has not been triggered by any particular incident,but a general sense that the US Federal Reserve will need to start cutting back on its easy money policy during the next 6 to 18 months. When rates rise, bond prices fall. However, not all bond prices were equally impacted by a rise in Treasury Yields. Some types of bonds were hurt much worse that Treasury bonds.
How bad did Treasury bonds do?
The shorter the maturity, the less hurt one gets when interest rates rise.
Long-term treasury bond funds got destroyed. For example TLT, the ETF which holds treasury bonds with maturities between 20 and 30 years, lost 7.4% of its value during the month.
Intermediate treasury bond funds did badly, For example IEI, the ETF which holds treasury bonds with maturities between 3 and 7 years, lost 2.32% of its value during the month.
Losses for shorter-term treasury bonds were very small. For example SHY, which holds treasury bonds with maturities between 1 and 3 years, only lost 0.28%
Municipal Bonds Did Even Worse Than Treasuries
Municipal bonds and bond funds got destroyed! They are calling it the Muni Meltdown. While the yield on the 10 year treasury rose 0.51%, the yield on 10 year Municipal bonds rose 0.97% to 2.86% according to . The leading municipal bond ETF, MUB, was down 6.9% over the last month.
Why would Munis do worse than Treasuries? Treasuries are generally held by institutional investors, while municipal bonds are mostly in the hands of individuals. The common thinking is that individual investors tend to buy when the market is rising and sell when the market is falling. When bonds started doing badly, individual investors may have had a strong reaction.
Corporate Bonds Did Worse Than Treasuries
The leading corporate bond ETF, LQD, was down 6.11%. Corporate bonds are less liquid than treasuries. When the market gets jittery, the preference is to be in assets which you can quickly sell. When things start to go badly, investors tend to sell assets that they think might be hard to find buyers for in a downward moving market.
TIPS Did Worse Than Treasuries
The yield on 10 year TIPS rose 0.83%, about .3% more than treasuries. The TIPS ETF (TIP) was down 6.52% over the month. While the market believes that a change in the FED's monetary policy is in the near future, there is not a feeling that inflation is on the horizon. A rising rate environment makes inflation even less likely.
The rise in interest rates is even greater than the rise in the 10 Year Treasury indicates. Corporate Bonds, Municipal Bonds and TIPS did much worse than Treasuries in terms of price drops during the last month.
For more on the opportunities that the recent rise in yields has presented for investors, visit the investment ideas section of Learn Bonds.


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I Steel Them From You!
If you're a P.C. warrior, then stay far away from the Galaxy Concert Theater this Cinco de Mayo, where OC's O.G. punk veteranosManic Hispanic will ese a good hour of the most stereotypical tunes since the days of minstrelsy. In their defense, the septet's act is tongue-in-cheek and retre-hilarious. But even funnier in an Amos 'n Andykinda way are the following 10 songs, all examples of Mexican-bashing at its most melodically moronic.
The Kingston Trio, "Coplas"
There's really no rationale to this arriba-arriba recording, first performed by folkie pioneers the Kingston Trio in 1959. A Mexican peon asks an American in English and Spanish if he should pick green peppers, warns travelers to "not muddy the waters" since the town drinks from it, and ends with a sleepless groom bemoaning that he spent "the whole night chasing a cat that had come in over the balcony." Yeah, we think they're referring to a different kind of pussy, también.
Loco lyric: "Ah, so! You are surprised I speak your language/You see, I was educated in your country/At UCRA." Various artists, "Little LaTin Lupe Lu"
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A groovy garage growl covered by groups ranging from Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels to the Kingsmen to even Bruce Springsteen. Locally, the Righteous Brothers went platinum with their 1963 version of it. While "Little Latin Lupe Lu" isn't inherently offensive--a guy boasts that his Mexican girlfriend is the best dancer around--the Righteous Brothers' rendition becomes suspect when you consider that the late Bobby Hatfield reputedly never visited his alma mater, Anaheim High School, in his later years because, by then, too many Mexicans--like myself--attended the school.
Loco lyric: "She's the best for miles around/She's my pretty little baby/Whoa--little Latin Lupe Lu." Pat Boone, "Speedy González"
With this 1963 novelty recording, Boone proved that blacks weren't the only minorities from which he could profit. Here, the King of Honky R&B assumes the identity of an American tourist who "walked alone past some old adobe haciendas" during "a moonlight night in old Mexico." Boone made no reference to the Warner Bros. cartoon star of the same name, but he did reference the mouse's refried take on life in spinning a yarn about a philandering, lazy, drunken Mexican man and his long-suffering wife.
Loco lyric: "Hey, Rosita, come quick/Down at the cantina, they're giving green stamps with tequila." Jay & the Americans, "Come a Little Bit Closer"
Name the Mexican stereotype, this 1964 release lauds it--in the first stanza. Roy Orbison pretender Jay Black praises the American playground that is Tijuana ("In a little café just the other side of the border") and its hoochie-coochie mamas ("She was just sitting there, giving me looks that make my mouth water") while warning virile white bucks of macho men named José. When José challenges Jay to a duel, Jay runs away like George W. Bush from a two-part question. When the spicy señorita coos to Jose that she wants him to come a little bit closer, she confirms what we've always known about Mexican women: they're non-discriminatory whores . . . but nice.
Loco lyric: You mean you want more? Call KRTH-FM 101.1--they spin the track about every pinchehour. Frito-Lays, "The Frito Bandito Song"
Before there was the Taco Bell Chihuahua, there was the Frito Bandito, a crudely drawn Mexican that was little more than a sombrero, mustache, gold tooth and bandolier. While the image itself enraged many Chicanos during the character's late-1960s introduction, what was probably more infuriating to them was the Bandito's trademark song--sung by Mel Blanc in heavily accented English to the tune of the mariachi standard "Cielito Lindo." The Frito-Lay Corp. vowed to use the character forever, but the Bandito mysteriously disappeared after 1971. Perhaps it was because television stations like KNBC-TV Channel 4 refused to run the ads out of disgust?
Loco lyrics: "Ay-yi-yi-yi/I am the Frito Bandito/I love Fritos corn chips/I love them, I do/I love Fritos corn chips/I steelthem from you!" John Wayne, "Mis Raíces Están Aquí"
You remember John Wayne: American icon, expensive airport, hideous bronze statue. Now remember John Wayne, recording star. In 1973, Wayne released America, Why I Love Her, 10 spoken-word paeans to Old Glory and its inhabitants that finds a wheezing Wayne railing against multiculturalism, Vietnam War opponents and feminists. Worst of the selections is "Mis Raíces Están Aquí ("My Roots are Here"), on which Wayne recounts visiting a destitute "viejo caballero" in the Southwest. "For hundreds of years, people with the blood of the Aztecs in their veins have lived and died on that harsh yet beautiful land," Wayne wrote in the accompanying book, "and names like El Paso, Las Cruces, Alamogordo, Santa Fe, Del Rio and Nogales are perpetual monuments to their being there." Wayne strangely doesn't mention how Mexican-mowing flicks like The Alamo, The Searchersand The Undefeated were his personal monuments to their being there.
Loco lyric: "'I have nothing for you, señores,' he said. 'My hacienda's empty now/There was a time . . .' He shook his head and gave a gentle bow." Cheech and Chong, "Mexican-American"
Before Cheech Marín became a darling of the LULAC crowd, the San Francisco native was a high-out-of-his-gourd comedian reviled by Chicano yak-tivists for cholo depictions of Chicano life in film and sound alongside the equally stoned Tommy Chong. The duo's blazing achievement remains "Mexican-American," an improvised Cheech tune that Chong rejoins in 1978's Up in Smokewith the equally self-explanatory "Beaners"—a two-note guitar strangle consisting of the screamed proclamation "Beeeeeaners!"
Loco lyric: "Mexican-Americans don't like to get up early in the morning, but they have to, so they do it real slow/Mexican-Americans love education, so they go to night school and take Spanish and get a B." Genesis, "Illegal Alien"
Chirpier than the Tucker Wildlife Sanctuary, the video for "Illegal Alien"--with members of the prog-rock monsters wearing sombreros and moustaches that makes pasty Phil Collins look like Mexican Revolutionary martyr Emiliano Zapata--was the impetus for white bands to dress like Mexicans for MTV fun à la Weezer. The 1983 song's repetitive chorus—"It's a-no fun being an illegal alien"--is the most obviously stupid music observation since Toby Keith's "I'm a Big Redneck Piece of Shit."
Loco lyric: "Got out of bed, wasn't feeling too good/With my wallet and my passport, a new pair of shoes/The sun is shining, so I head for the park/With a bottle of tequila and a new pack of cigarettes." The Doug Anthony All Stars, "Mexican Hitler"
Further proof that Australians should stick to wiping out aborigines. In this case, the misinterpreting musicians were the Doug Anthony All Stars (DAAS), an Australian comedy troupe notorious during the early '90s for crafting neo-Nazi parodies. While employing hatred as a pedagogical device is exemplary, mixing metaphors isn't, and the Nazi mass exodus to South America after World War II that "Mexican Hitler" ostensibly attacks soon devolves into the Fourth Reich "eating nachos in the sun" and meeting "a knee-slapping señorita who worked for a peso on Salon Kitty/Big girls love dick-tators, but the ones that do aren't pretty." Wallabies, take advice from X: when fighting skinheads, don't become one.
Loco lyric: "When you're low, where can you go?/Where to?/Mexico!" Cherry Poppin' Daddies, "Zoot Suit Riot"
Take the worst race riot in Mexican-American history and gut it of meaning. Out comes "Zoot Suit Riot," blurted by the neo-swing Cherry Poppin' Daddies during the mid-'90s big-band revival. It starts off promisingly enough, with excerpts of police sirens backing lead singer Steve Perry and an ominous, accurate description of the 1942 mini-war between pachucos and Navy nitwits: "Who's that whisperin' in the trees?/It's two sailors, and they're on leave/Pipes and chains and swingin' hands." The Daddies soon leave the social commentary for faux-Gene Krupa cool--that their fan base didn't give a damn speaks more about the failure of the American education system than any high school exit exam.
Loco lyric: "You got me in a sway/And I want to swing you done/Now you sailors know/Where your women come for love." Manic Hispanic perform with Go Betty Go at the Galaxy Concert Theater, 3503 S. Harbor Blvd., Santa Ana, (714) 957-0600; www.galaxytheatre.com. Wed., 8 p.m. $17. All ages.
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just have to brag about my job! I love my job as a beach trail guide! Sometimes the people suck but i love my horses i work with! Here are a few pictures I took at work yesterday :) I'll add more later, I'm on iPad right now. Enjoy! :) EDIT: sorry they're so tiny! I'm not sure why photobucket has been making all my pictures so small... http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k5...r/b5f5d45d.jpg http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k5...r/b5bd859c.jpg http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k5...r/a2f4c3c9.jpg http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k5...r/17526b69.jpg Sorry this one is sideways, I can't figure out how to turn it on my iPad... But at the top of the pic is a female osprey in the nest she's been making http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k5...r/ca5e88f2.jpg Here is one huge oak tree thats on our path.. http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k5...r/7b484b90.jpg And just because pino is so cute making her faces on the beach... http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k5...r/5847caca.jpg http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k5...r/47c66da6.jpg We got back to the barn just in time before the storm rolled in.. But we did get caught in it as we left work! http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k5...r/c004e4f3.jpg |
I would love to be on the beach right now. I am envious of your job. Enjoy it while you can. |
Makes me miss my days as a trail guide :D Hard working, but really one of the best jobs in the world IMO. Nice pictures! That little paint is adorable. :-) |
I am definitely enjoying it while I can! :) I love my job, but yes it is hard work, especially in the summer when we are swamped with guests wanting rides! Pino isn't exactly little haha, she's over 16hh, but she's our youngest and the laziest horse we have... I love both her and her sister Chardonnay :) |
1 Attachment(s) Jealous, so jealous! I loved being a trail guide when I was a teenager. I would give up my current barn job in a heartbeat to do that again! |
10 Attachment(s) Here are a few more pictures that will be a bit bigger! :) I put a bigger picture of Pino where you can see her face a little better... On the bridge, I'm the one on the leopard appy, he's my favorite! And he has his one little brown spot on his butt ;) The last 2 are of the new Friesian, Munt, who came from Holland about a month ago. His mane is down to his knees and I agreed to braid it before being told how long it was lol. MTG is your friend! :) |
Wowza! If I move to Florida (very well might be...long story), Imma come visit you! I could swing by and visit my brother and sister-in-law in Cumming, GA, on the way home. ;-) |
My friend wants me to move to St Augustine, FL, with him. I'm starting to kind of want to...and I even found a barn that I fell in love with (at least from the website). Soooooooo tempting! |
Haha, St Augustine is pretty. Only a little over an hour from here! And there are plentyyyy of beaches in FL to go to! |
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Lot 45: Elizabeth, Queen Mother
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Overland Park Lawrence High dug a first-quarter hole and couldn't climb out in a 54-44 boys basketball loss to Ponca City, Okla., on Saturday in the Blue Valley Shootout.
The Lions fell behind, 16-8, in the opening period.
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The Hobbit is probably my favorite novel of all time, edging out the Lord of the Rings trilogy only because of my preference of Bilbo Baggins over his nephew Frodo (though this is not to say I do not like Frodo, and I love his brief cameo at the beginning of the movie). Needless to say, I was stoked to see this movie. I was not thrilled about the idea of The Hobbit being stretched into three movies, as I thought two was more than enough, even with the extra material added to the film. After seeing the movie, though, I do not mind that the decision to do so was made.I was entertained the entire movie, and not at all bothered by the slow pace of the plot progression. Martin Freeman did a phenomenal job capturing the character of Bilbo, matching my incredibly high standard for Bilbo's performance. The chapter "Riddles in the Dark" is my favorite chapter in all of Tolkien's works, and the scene in the movie did not disappoint, as it is the best part of the film, hands down. My only real gripe with the movie is the excessive use of CGI for many of the characters.The costumes found in both the LotR trilogy and this movie are done superbly well, and is what made the orcs in LotR both intriguing and believable. However, the goblins in The Hobbit movie are clearly computer generated. There is obviously not much of a choice when it comes to the rock giants (which looked great) or the trolls (which looked alright), but these goblins (besides perhaps the Great Goblin) would have looked better if portrayed with real actors in their elaborate costumes. The most annoying CGI character is the pale orc, though. Not only is he not nearly as believable or even "creepy" as those in LotR, but he looks like something out of a Zelda game. He looks terrible.But do not let these complaints phase you; I love The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. Though it is not nearly as "good" as the LotR trilogy, I "like" it almost as much. Overall, it is a rather entertaining piece of entertainment, and something about being back in Middle Earth (especially Hobbiton) feels just wonderful.7.5/10


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Coming on July 26, Aladdin is releasing a "Stable of Canterwood Crest Books" (isn't that name supercute?!) of Take the Reins, Chasing Blue, Behind the Bit and Triple Fault as a set of e-books at a great price. Here's a link to pre-order it via Kindle. I'm sure the link will be available soon for the Nook if it isn't already.
I can't wait for this to come out! I never dreamed I'd have a set of books. Ever.
Thank you so much to Team Canterwood for supporting me, Editor K and the series. It's because of YOU that this is happening. Since it's a virtual release, I'm sure I'll come up with something fun to celebrate with you all . . . :)
Thursday, June 30, 2011
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Wednesday, June 29, 2011
New Aladdin (Simon & Schuster) policy change *important for Team Canterwood*
Hi, Team Canterwood,
I hope you're all having a good summer so far! I thought I owed you all an explanation about some changes to come. This will give you a heads up about what to expect from me and all things Canterwood.
Some of you may be familiar with the vlogs I've done from the Canterwood covers photo shoot…the vlogs where I chat with the models, interview the stylists and give TC all-access behind the scenes. I've been receiving a few e-mails and comments asking when you would get to "meet" Lauren Towers and the new cast of characters. You guys are so sweet and I love that you're all interested in LT!
Unfortunately, I will not, and nor will Kate, be allowed to attend the latest shoot next month. My imprint, Aladdin, has issued an across the board policy that extends to all authors. None of us, even if we have previously attended cover shoots, are able to be present for future shoots. I was just told that this new rule went into effect recently, so I will not be able to introduce you to Lauren and her friends/frenemies. Of course, this was saddening news for a number of reasons, but mostly because I'm prohibited from bringing you content I was so looking forward to sharing.
But! Here's what I will be doing:
Releasing new covers to you as I'm given them so we all can get excited together
Posting new head shots from the upcoming covers photo shoot when they are ready
Creating trailers for the upcoming books
Keeping up with Lauren on her new blog: http://laurentowers.blogspot.com
Checking out LT's Offical Tweets (FYI: No other characters have official Twitter accounts that are monitored by me) @Lauren_Towers
Vlogging on my own
Continuing to blog to keep TC in the know about the latest happenings
As I mentioned, I'm sorry about this new rule because you are the ones who lose in the end. But I am looking forward to writing the books you love and offering you as much as I'm able.
Sunday, June 26, 2011
Lauren started a blog!
I'm so excited that Lauren Towers started her own blog! She'll be blogging throughout the summer as fall draws near and her journey at Canterwood begins. Check it out here!
Saturday, June 25, 2011
What're you doing this weekend?
I'm BURSTING with AWESOME news to share with you guys!!! It's probably going to be a little while before I can reveal it but, man, it's sooo hard not to tell! *lowers voice to a whisper . . . I wish I could and have my editor not know . . .* :)
This weekend, I'm set to writing like a crazy person at Kate's late great uncle's apartment. Initiation is gonna be GOOD. It's so, so addictive for me and I want to write all the time. I think I'll have to make some cuts or it'll be looong.
Tonight, we have dinner with a dear from of Allen's (Kate's great uncle).
Right now, we're on in the living room watching The Voice and I'm writing.
What's everyone up to? Spill!
Friday, June 24, 2011
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Please vote YES for New York Marrige Equality
I rarely, if ever, use this blog, (I try to keep politics to Jess Ashley) unless there is an issue that I feel overwhelmingly passionate about. Whatever your views on New York Marriage Equality this is a place for us to express our opinions WITHOUT being attacked. Everyone is entitled to his or her own opinion. I certainly have mine but I listen, which I think is respectful, and try to understand where the other person is coming from.
A current issue that affect me, Kate and many, many of our New York friends is Marriage Equality in New York. If you're not familiar with this--senators will soon be voting to make gay marriage legal. This would give loving couples the same rights and benefits as everyone else. I know someone, an author friend, who has been with his partner for several years but has not been able to marry him.
**NOTE** You do not have to live in New York to help!
My take on this issue is an overwhelming note to senators to "Please vote yes for New York Marriage Equality!" Everyone deserves the right to marry and have benefits and it's 2011--shouldn't discrimination be gone? This bill does not hurt anyone. Even if you don't agree with gay marriage do some deep thinking and consider if saying "yes" hurts you or affects you in anyway. As human beings, we don't have the right to judge one another. That's up to G-d, so why not vote "yes" and let Him decide in the end, if you don't believe in the bill.
A huge THANK YOU to my friend Amber Benson for RTweeting my NY4M Tweet. Amber played "Tara" on Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
As you've see in the video about from the Human Rights Campaign this bill has gained support from many celebrities. My idol, Lady Gaga, has been encouraging her Little Monsters to get involved. She's Tweeted about the issue on Twitter asking for help to allow this bill to pass. WE, as a young generation, can make a difference. Here's a recent Tweet from her:
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I feel the denial of gay marriage sends a prejudice message. Our youth deserve a fair+hopeful future with government that values us equally.
18 Junvia Twitter for BlackBerry®
I have been calling my senator, Tweeting and checking in with the Human Rights Campaign. If you'd like to educate yourself about this issue, definitely check out their Website.
If this bill is passed, it will mean everything to so many people. Plus, it will pump $184 million a year into NY's economy.
If you want to get involved, here's what YOU can do:
Tweet: "Vote yes!" to Senator Ball at ball4NY
Visit the Human Rights Campaign site to find other ways to help
Tweet this already written message or write your own:
Please call your senator, or Tweet "Yes" to @ball4NY as #NY4M vote grows near! @HRC
If you get involved, and post what you did and show me in the comments, when I leave Kate's great-uncle's (which may be in a couple of weeks), I will draw someone's name at random for a 20 minute Skype chat with me! Or, if you don't have Skype, we can chat over the phone.
Thank you for all of your support, Team Canterwood. Much love!
Monday, June 20, 2011
Win a signed book and help animals! :)
Side note: This is my 1,000th blog post! Don't know if that's good or bad . . .
Anyway, I wanted to very quickly let you all know that I posted a signed copy of UNFRIENDLY COMPETITION on eBay. I got the idea from Maureen Johnson because proceeds of the sale will go to my fave charity--the ASPCA. So, from time to time, I'll be using that eBay account to put up a signed book or possibly something else Canterwood related. Bidding on the item equals a win for animals.
I volunteered at my local Humane Society for years and there's an especially soft spot in me for cats. :)
So, if you're interested, check out the link and start a bidding war! :)
Sunday, June 19, 2011
I'm blogging from the most beautiful view that I've ever seen in Manhattan. Slept in Manhattan for the first time on Friday night. Am in a building where there are doormen, elevator men and security that won't allow you up unless you show your key or they call the person's apartment. There's central air. And gorgeous plants. There's a terrace that's begging to have a writer sit and compose a novel.
But the apartment and all its beauty has the most important piece of it missing--Allen R. Kate's great-uncle passed away last week. We got the call early Friday morning. Kate, battling her own illness, flew into superwoman mode and did the first thing her great-uncle would have wanted: began thinking about how to care for her grieving grandmother--Allen's sister.
Kate and Gram (I also call her Gram because she's adopted me in the family) have a special bond that cannot be described. They know when something's wrong with the other even though they live six hours apart. Gram helped Kate through some of the most difficult periods of her life and has been there to share some of the biggest joys.
Kate is still in the same amount of pain, has no diagnosis--just an educated guess and is on trial medication. But it isn't working. We're retuning to the Mayo Clinic in September for more tests. I know I haven't updated you all on her condition, but I was waiting to see how her body would react to the new medication. It was devastating to come home from Mayo and still not know what is wrong. We're looking forward to going back and having even more tests run. Again, I thank you all for the support. We still talk about it and it hasn't been forgotten.
I'm talking about Kate's illness in relation to her great-uncle's passing because it shows what kind of person that Kate is. She has been by her Gram's side, holding her at night, preparing to be with her at the appointments to wrap up her great-uncle's affairs all while not saying a word about her pain and trying to keep it from being visible on her face.
Her great-uncle was a war vet with a Purple Heart. He was a private, strong, intimidating, smart man who attended Harvard and traveled the world. He was a huge presence in Kate's life--a man she wanted to impress with grades, work, writing, etc. Kate lived at his apartment during the first few weeks of her time at Simon & Schuster until Ross found their first apartment in Brooklyn. Yesterday, Kate found her edit test and resume that ultimately led to her becoming an editor and now a full time freelance editor, author and co-owner of Violet & Ruby.
Allen will never see Kate's first book on the shelves, but he passed knowing his great-niece had achieved her dream.
I am in awe of Kate's strength during this time when she is also grieving and dealing with her own medical problems. She got her strength from her grandmother.
We will probably be staying on the Upper East Side for a week or two. There's much to be done, but we're all working together.
So, if you haven't said "I love you" to someone today or haven't called a friend that you've been meaning to call, do it now. Don't wait. Life can change in an instant.
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Pretty Little Liars premier and Switched at Birth
Before I forget, I wanted to let you know that there are signed copies of the Canterwood books at the Park Slope, Brooklyn, Barnes & Noble. A nice guy named Rob helped me sticker all of the books. Even more exciting, there were copies on the "Local Favorites" shelf. Yay!
This is a quick post because I'm breaking from writing, BUT has anyone been watching Pretty Little Liars or Switched at Birth? SaB is my new addiction! I looove the show! There's so much drama and I think it's such smart writing to show how the hospital mix up affected both families and their daughters. I'm happy that's it's now a "Oh! We found our real kids, let's switch and we'll all be happy!" type of show. Plus, it's fun to see Luke Danes (from Gilmore Girls) daughter as one of the main girls, Bay.
The Pretty Little Liars premiere, I'm superbummed to say, felt like any other episode to me. It wasn't a cling to the edge of your seat show. It needed to be to kick off the summer return. That said, I'm SURE future episodes will return to the PLL the fans love and I'm without a doubt going to keep watching.
What's on your DVR, TiVo or something you've been watching this summer?
Back to writing!
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Up at 6:15 to write
Gotta get a lot of pages down today. But I'm working on INITIATION and it's fun! Just a note, the blog *may* be a little quiet over the next month because Deadline Calls.
Got a VIP dinner tonight that I'm looking forward to. That means, you know, I have to actually get out of writer PJs. :)
Saturday, June 4, 2011
Signed Canterwood books at Rochester, MN Barnes & Noble
Recently, I spent 3 weeks in the lovely Rochester, Minnesota. I went for sad reasons though, as my best friend was visiting the Mayo Clinic. (Post about that to come. But we are home and cannot thank you enough for your support.)
There was a Barnes & Noble about 5 minutes from our hotel, so I went the day before we left and signed stock on the shelves. There *were* 34 books, but a very sweet girl named Camdyn took a copy of CHOSEN and several of you have emailed to say you've already put copies on hold.
I signed them in pretty pink! :) Everyone there was so nice and it was the COOLEST B&N I've ever visited. Next time, I'll sign stock at the Apache Mall's B&N.
If you're close to Rochester and want any signed books here's the store's information:
Barnes & Noble
Chateau Theater
15 First Street SW
Rochester, MN 55902
And here are some pics I took! :)
Thank you to the staff at B&N for being so kind. I will definitely be back! Hopefully, under better circumstances. :)
If you get a signed copy, let me know.


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If you can print a gun, you can print many other kinds of machinery. The day may not be very far off when you can start with half a ton of aluminum and stainless steel powder, and print yourself a Ferrari with a V-12 engine.
Totally practical, you could do most of it now, (large parts are difficult) The trouble is it would cost a lot more than just going to a dealer and buying one.
I've been using various plastic part additive manufacturing methods (mainly SLS / SLA) for a few years now. It works great when you want one of something or ten of something: A gun sized object may cost you a couple of hundred dollars a part, so Its much cheaper than spending $10-20,000 on the tooling, but when you have that tooling the cost falls to pennies.
People (including some of my customers!) tend to look at a mass produced item and think that a comparable specialised piece of equipment should cost about the same. Its not so. Even a Ferrari is 'mass produced' from the manufacturing method point of view.


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Recovery of commerical real estate in Colorado Springs remains elusive
COLORADO SPRINGS —Colorado Springs' housing market rebounded in 2012, but the same can't be said for commercial real estate.
Vacancy rates remained historically high late last year for Springs-area commercial buildings, while rents fell, according to a fourth-quarter report by Paul Turner of Turner Commercial Research in Colorado Springs. The report suggests the commercial market has far to go before it recovers from the area's economic downturn.
The combined vacancy rate for local offices, shopping centers and industrial buildings was 11.9 percent in the fourth quarter, up slightly from 11.6 percent a yearearlier, Turner's report shows.
$230 million Schwab campus part of emerging trend
Charles Schwab plans to build a 950,000-square-foot, $230 million campus in the 3,500-acre RidgeGate community in Lone Tree, officials announced on Wednesday.
Coventry Development Corp.— the developer of RidgeGate, which has long heralded its community as providing urban-like features such as being walkable in a suburban setting — considers Schwab's announcement the latest in an emerging trend of large corporations embedding themselves within mixed-use master-planned communities.
Candelas construction under way with housing options
New homes — and much more in the coming years — are starting to pop up in west Arvada.
The homes are part of the Candelas residential and commercial development.
Candelas is at Indiana Street and Candelas Parkway, just north of Coal Creek Canyon Road. The proposed Jefferson Parkway would run generally southeast of the residential area. The residential portion of Candelas is being developed by Terra Causa Capital and GF Properties Group.
Colorado's 'best performing cities' ranked
Denver ranks 30th out of 200 large metro areas on a new list of the nation's "best-performing cities" from the Milken Institute, released Thursday.
The Denver-Aurora-Broomfield metro area improved in the new 2012 ranking by the nonprofit economic think tank from 44th in 2011, 63rd in 2010 and 55th in 2009.
Affordable housing open house coming up
Fort Collins is moving forward with plans to encourage more affordable housing.
The city has scheduled an open house next week to review and invite comment on a draft affordable housing strategy plan.
The draft addresses ways to preserve existing affordable housing, with an emphasis on mobile home parks.
It also addresses potential changes to the city's and property owners' responsibilities to residents when redevelopment projects cause the displacement of people from mobile home parks.


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David E. Sanger / New York Times:
A Handpicked Team for a Sweeping Shift in Foreign Policy — WASHINGTON — As President-elect Barack Obama introduces his national security team on Monday, it includes two veteran cold warriors and a political rival whose records are all more hawkish than that of the new president who will face them in the White House Situation Room.
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FIRST THOUGHTS: MADAME SECRETARY — From Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, Domenico Montanaro, and Carrie Dann — *** Obama's security team: Months after "Meet me in Ohio," South Carolina, "D-Punjab," Sniper-gate, those daily Wolfson conference calls, etc., we'll finally see today what most once thought …
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Carol E. Lee / The Politico:
Evolution of the Obama-Clinton connection — CHICAGO - When Sen. Hillary Clinton joins President-elect Barack Obama in Chicago today for the rollout of his foreign policy team, with her as secretary of State, it will mark the latest evolution in a fast-changing relationship that began just four years ago …
Michelle Malkin:
CNN reports. You run for cover. — Did you hear about the plight of a South Wales couple who pointed out that CNN's careless reporting of the Mumbai hotel siege endangered their lives? — Fox reports. You decide. — CNN reports. You pray for your life:
Jim Tharpe / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Palin to speak at Gwinnett Arena, Ludacris to help Martin — Georgia's seemingly endless U.S. Senate runoff finally winds down Monday, its last day marked by high-profile rallies, withering attack ads and stealthy efforts to get campaign-weary voters back to the polls.
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Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Senate Could Give New President Early Legislative Victories — As Senate Democrats prepare for next year's agenda, they are likely to have a working filibuster-proof majority on a variety of legislative issues that could provide early victories for President-elect Barack Obama.
Greg Giroux / Yahoo! News:
Reach Exceeds Grasp — Again — for Most Rematch Candidates
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Cabinet Rank — Some people I know were less-than-thrilled to hear that Susan Rice would be heading to New York as our UN Ambassador since they would have rather seen her take a post in DC where she could help ensure that the Gates/Jones/Clinton "team of rivals" doesn't manage to lock …
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Six degrees of Imran Khan — ANALYSIS/OPINION: — On the evening of Nov. 26, the biggest names in Bollywood walked the red carpet at the Bombay premiere of "The President Is Coming," a comedy about six 20-somethings vying to win the right to shake hands with President Bush.
Andrew Higgins / Wall Street Journal:
How to Combat a Banking Crisis: First, Round Up the Pessimists — Latvian Agents Detain a Gloomy Economist; 'It Is a Form of Deterrence' — RIGA, Latvia — Hammered by economic woe, this former Soviet republic recently took a novel step to contain the crisis.
Matt Apuzzo / Associated Press:
AP IMPACT: US diluted loan rules before crash — WASHINGTON - The Bush administration backed off proposed crackdowns on no-money-down, interest-only mortgages years before the economy collapsed, buckling to pressure from some of the same banks that have now failed.
David Streitfeld / New York Times:
Doris Dungey, Prescient Finance Blogger, Dies at 47 — The blogger Tanta, an influential voice on the mortgage collapse, died Sunday morning in Columbus, Ohio. — Tanta, who wrote for Calculated Risk, a finance and economics blog, was a pseudonym for Doris Dungey, 47 …
Wall Street Journal:
America's Other Auto Industry — There is such a thing as a profitable car maker in this country. — The men from Detroit will jet into Washington tomorrow — presumably going commercial this time — to make another pitch for a taxpayer rescue. Meanwhile, in the other American auto industry …
Jack Schofield / Guardian:
Memeorandum runs rings around Google News — If you want to know what's happening in the world, then Memorandum will tell you - at least in a couple of areas. It's an automated news clipping service, known in the trade as a "news aggregator". It provides headlines and short texts updated every few minutes …
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Deficits and the Future — Right now there's intense debate about how aggressive the United States government should be in its attempts to turn the economy around. Many economists, myself included, are calling for a very large fiscal expansion to keep the economy from going into free fall.
William Kristol / New York Times:
Jihad's True Face — Much of the reporting from Mumbai the last few days has been informative, gripping and often moving. Some of the commentary, on the other hand, has been not just uninformative but counterinformative — if that's a term, and if it's not, I say it should be.
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Pentagon to Detail Troops to Bolster Domestic Security — The U.S. military expects to have 20,000 uniformed troops inside the United States by 2011 trained to help state and local officials respond to a nuclear terrorist attack or other domestic catastrophe, according to Pentagon officials.
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Media and Retailers Both Built Black Friday — This weekend, news reports were full of finger-wagging over the death by trampling of a temporary worker, Jdimypai Damour, at a Wal-Mart store in Long Island on Friday. His death, the coverage suggested, was a symbol of a broken culture …


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TAMPA, Fla., Oct. 13, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HCI Group, Inc. (NYSE:HCI) plans to hold a conference call on Tuesday, November 3, 2015 at 4:45 p.m. Eastern time to discuss results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2015. Financial results will be issued in a press release after the close of the market on the same day.
HCI management will host the presentation, followed by a question and answer period.
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HCI Group, Inc. owns subsidiaries engaged in diverse, yet complementary business activities, including homeowners' insurance, reinsurance, real estate and information technology. The company's largest subsidiary, Homeowners Choice Property & Casualty Insurance Company, Inc., is a leading provider of property and casualty insurance in the state of Florida.
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Ernst Boris
Chain was born on June 19, 1906, in Berlin, his father, Dr.
Michael Chain, being a chemist and industrialist. He was educated
at the Luisengymnasium, Berlin, where he soon became interested
in chemistry, stimulated by visits to his father's laboratory and
factory. He next attended the Friedrich-Wilhelm
University, Berlin, where he graduated in chemistry in 1930.
He was from an early age interested in biochemistry and after
graduation he worked for three years at the Charité
Hospital, Berlin, on enzyme research. In 1933, after the access
to power of the Nazi regime in Germany, he emigrated to England.
Here, his first two years were spent working on phospholipids at
the School of Biochemistry, Cambridge, under the direction of
Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins,
for whose personality and scientific ability he came to have a
great admiration.
In 1935 he was invited to Oxford University where he worked in the Sir William Dunn
School of Pathology, becoming, in 1936, demonstrator and
lecturer in chemical pathology. In 1948 he was appointed
Scientific Director of the International Research Centre for
Chemical Microbiology at the Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome. He became
Professor of Biochemistry at Imperial College, University of London, in
1961, which position he still holds.
His research has covered a wide range of topics in addition to
those already detailed. From 1935 to 1939 he worked on snake
venoms, tumour metabolism, the mechanism of lysozyme action and
the invention and development of methods for biochemical
microanalysis. In 1939 he began, with H. W.
(now Sir Howard) Florey, a systematic study of antibacterial
substances produced by micro-organisms. This led to his best
known work, the reinvestigation of penicillin, which had been
described by Sir Alexander Fleming nine
years earlier, and to the discovery of its chemotherapeutic
action. Later he worked on the isolation and elucidation of the
chemical structure of penicillin and other natural antibiotics.
Since 1948 his research topics have included carbohydrate-amino
acid relationship in nervous tissue, a study of the mode of
action of insulin, fermentation technology, 6-aminopenicillanic
acid and penicillinase-stable penicillins, lysergic acid
production in submerged culture, and the isolation of new fungal
Professor Chain is author or co-author of many scientific papers
and contributor to important monographs on penicillin and
antibiotics. He was in 1946 awarded the Silver Berzelius Medal of
the Swedish Medical Society, the Pasteur Medal of the Institut
Pasteur and of the Societé de Chimie Biologique, and a prize
from the Harmsworth Memorial Fund. In 1954 he was awarded the
Paul Ehrlich Centenary Prize; in 1957 the Gold Medal for
Therapeutics of the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries of London;
and in 1962 the Marotta Medal of the Società Chimica
Italiana. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in
1949. He holds honorary degrees of the Universities of Liège, Bordeaux,
Turin, Paris,
La Plata,
Brasil, and
Montevideo, and is a member or fellow of many learned societies
in several countries: these include the Societé
Philomatique, Paris; the New York Academy of Medicine; the Accademia dei
Lincei and the Accademia dei XL, Rome; the Académie de
Médicine, Académie des Sciences, Paris; the Real
Academia de Ciencias, Madrid; the Weizmann Institute
of Science, Rehovoth, Israel; the National Institute of
Sciences, India; the Società Chimica Italiana; and the
Finnish Biochemical Society.
He is a Commander of the Légion d'Honneur and Grande
Ufficiale al Merito della Repubblica Italiana.
Professor Chain married Dr. Anne Beloff in 1948. They have two
sons, Benjamin and Daniel, and one daughter, Judith. Music is one
of his recreations.
From Nobel Lectures, Physiology or Medicine 1942-1962, Elsevier Publishing Company, Amsterdam, 1964
This autobiography/biography was written at the time of the award and first published in the book series Les Prix Nobel. It was later edited and republished in Nobel Lectures. To cite this document, always state the source as shown above.
Ernst B. Chain died on August 12, 1979.
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"DVD Journal deserves its reputation as the 'New Yorker' of DVD review sites." — Film columnist D.K. Holm, The Aisle View "A movie is not about what it is about. It is about how it is about it." "Afraid? Me? A man who's licked his weight in wild caterpillars?" Nora: "I read you were shot five times in the tabloids." "The cuckoo clock. So long, Holly." "Jack Cole's 'Plastic Man' belongs high on any adult's How to Avoid Prozac list, up there with the best of S.J. Perelman, Laurel and Hardy, Damon Runyon, Tex Avery and the Marx Brothers." Art Spiegelman, "I always dress appropriately and impeccably for all occasions. I would show you a snapshot of myself in a G-string, taken at Simm-La, with a flying wombat, dingo dog and a wily platypus." |
Movies (and other shiny objects)
I like, and like to write about, movies. So these pieces, aimed at their venues' various formats and target audiences, run the gamut from review and commentary to simply yours truly chatting (in, one hopes, an entertaining fashion) about releases that I think are worth spending time with. Or, in at least one case, about movies that just make me pig-biting mad.
When the editor of DVD Journal — "the most readable and enjoyable DVD site on the Web," as one reader put it, or "wonderful" according to Entertainment Weekly, or #34 on "Men's Journal 100 Best Websites For Guys" (mmm, okay) — invited me to join his crackshot team of columnists, naturally I said Oh hell yeah.
Criterion editionsBy request, here are the titles that represent stellar releases from the Criterion Collection.
TV on DVD
Film.comFor a while I was a producer and writer for Film.com, which takes a pop-oriented, Entertainment Weekly approach to "movie reviews, TV shows, television listings, DVD releases, independent movies, and celebrity news and gossip." It was a fun gig, mostly on the home video beat. |


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What Are Music Royalties?
U.S. copyright laws give all songwriters exclusive rights to their work. Music royalties are a percentage of gross or net profit or a fixed amount per sale or use to which a creator of a work is entitled. Royalties are determined by contract between the creator and distributor.
What Are the Different Types of Music Royalties?
There are 4 different types of music royalties paid to songwriters:
- Mechanical royalties - Mechanical royalties are royalties paid from record companies for records sold based on exclusive rights to reproduce and distribute copyrighted works
- Public performance royalties - Public performance royalties are royalties paid by music users for songs in operation of their businesses and broadcasts based on exclusive rights to perform publicly copyrighted works
- Synchronization fees - Synchronization fees are royalties paid by users who synchronize music with their visual images based on exclusive rights to reproduce and distribute copyrighted works and to prepare derivative works of copyrighted materials
- Print music income - Print music income is royalties paid by music printers for sheet music based on the exclusive right to reproduce and distribute copyrighted works
Who Gets What?
Songwriters and publishers get the bulk of royalties. For instance, every time a song plays on the radio, the songwriter and publisher are getting a fixed amount for the use from the record company.
A musical performer usually gets royalties from the sale of their recordings on CDs and tapes. This practice is based on copyright law and the fact that radio play generates more sales for the music performer.
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Ricky Rozay is named in a new lawsuit from Umbrella Lounge, for an altercation with took place at the club during Ross' birthday festivities in 2011.
Miami native Rick Ross is at the center of a new lawsuit, over a brawl which occurred on the rapper's birthday on January 28th of 2011.
Umbrella Lounge filed a lawsuit against Rick Ross earlier this month, claiming that while the MMG boss was celebrating his birthday with his entourage at the club, a fight broke out involving the crew.
The lawsuit claims that the fight spilled outside, resulting in the injury of two men who required serious medical attention. One of the men required 40 stitches, while another suffered lacerations and permanent scarring, reports AHH.
The victims of the altercation originally sued Umbrella Lounge, who in turn have sued Rick Ross.
Umbrella Lounge states that they provided sufficient security for the club, but despite their attempts to stop the fighting, Rozay and his crew continued to cause a disturbance outside the club.
The suit accuses Ross of "acting in reckless and negligent manner," as the security at Umbrella Lounge had asked Rozay to quell the fighting, and he disobeyed, which resulted in the grave injuries of club-goers.
Rick Ross' new mixtape, The Black Bar Mitzvah, is out now.


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download the song on iTunes: http://bit.ly/11UlUDU
or pay-what-you-can on Bandcamp: http://nicepeterboobies.bandcamp.com
all proceeds will benefit the National Breast Cancer Foundation
learn more here: http://nationalbreastcancer.org
a very special thanks to the Maker Studios Animation department for making this video possible.
This song is dedicated to my AP American History teacher who died from breast cancer when I was in high school.
written by nice peter and derek shelby jones
performed and recorded by nice peter, dante cimadamore, and raf serrano
see you soon,
-nice peter
Art Director: TJ Fuller
Director: TJ Fuller
Written Treatment: Joe Rechtman, Phil Haney
Lead Character Designer: Sang Lee
Character designers: Nic Parris, Keith Holven, Shane Corn
Animators: TJ Fuller, Keith Holven, Nic Parris, Sang Lee
Production Coordinator: Christian Estrada
Video Editor: Joseph Servantez
Supervising Producer: Cella Duffy
Executive Producer: Glasgow Phillips
When I first came into this world
you were there
safe in my mouth, and beautiful
whenever I was hungry you were there
safe in my mouth and beautiful
and as a young man, I was taken
by the shape of you
and all I ever hoped to do was touch
as an older man, I can't believe it's possible
to love a pound of flesh so much
Boobies are fine,
boobies are always on my mind
they make me safe,
yeah, like a happy little baby sleeping
boobies are sweet, boobies have always been
so good to me
Oh... I love you boobies
she was everyone's favorite teacher
but we got used to her substitute
because she got sick in April,
we last saw Ms Wemett in June
I was too young to understand
I don't know, maybe I still am
maybe I'm not man enough
but how could something
that we've always known to love so much
take away the ones we love?
Boobies are fine,
boobies are always on my mind
they make me safe,
yeah, like a happy little baby sleeping
I know I'm limited, by the fact that I'm a man,
but I'll do what I can.
Oh, I love you boobies.


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Basic gameplay is exactly what you'd expect: you have a strong and weak attack that you can combo together with special strikes that will tear your opponents to ribbons in the close range. New to War in the North is ranged combat that comes in an FPS-style container. If you hold the left trigger, you raise your bow (or other weapon) and start firing into the masses. I was playing as the ranger, so my long range attacks were rather effective, but I could also dive directly in to the melee and strike enemies down. Aside from the special abilities, you also have the power to call down a giant eagle unto your enemies, something that I used to take down trolls in the demo. There was truly nothing spectacular about this game, and it's just about as far from avant-garde as you can get, but the game was just quite FUN.
There's loot and level ups and everything else that you'd expect from an action-RPG, but our time with the demo was short and displayed the basics of the gameplay. It's not the type of game where you're going to play it and remember individual elements of the gameplay or wax nostalgic about particular lines of dialogue. What this game appears to be is the essence of co-op with your friends. What it most reminded me of at the end of the day was Demon Stone, which was a game I was rather fond of. While the title won't be out until August, I'm excited for War in the North. It wasn't the most memorable title that I played at E3, but it was one that I was confident with playing and saying, "This is something I could see myself vegging out on the couch and playing with my friends online." I'm sure that I will, too.
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Calumny "Calla" Tas'vere |
Calla probably would not have actually taken the loot to be sold -- that's work for other people.
However, looks like we've got about 730 gp worth. If we divide that six ways, that's 120 gp for each of us and 130 for party funds.
We also still have the potion of endure elements, the rapier +1 (need to know if it's small or medium sized) and the amulet of natural armor.
Kelendra Shae |
I'm assuming Kel would get the best rolls for negotiating prices, but she could use an assist from her well known companions to help drive up the price for our goods. I thought the amulet was going to Lefrik, he needs any AC buff we can get him.
Kelendra Shae |
A fetching smile to up the price of sale, framed by a brawny barbarian, burly dwarf, bright eyed goblin, and devotee of calistra that killed no less than 33 thugs according to the rumors.
diplomacy: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (15) + 8 = 23
Anklebiter the Insane |
Good idea. I'm thinking of picking up Craft Magic Arms and Armor if I make it to 5th level. ;) Combined with that scroll of Burning Hands and my new Magic Weapon-spell, I can probably set you up for a nice +1 Flaming Rapier or similar -- provided we have the cash and the time.
Anklebiter the Insane |
If no one else has any questions for the Cypherlords, I guess that means the flashback is done now. ^^ Everybody pile on back into the T.A.R.D.I.S. for the voyage back to the present! Next step -- after this gang meeting, that is -- organizing poker night for the unaffiliated mages of Riddleport at the Golden Goblin. :p
Anklebiter the Insane |
My network crapped out yesterday evening, and there is no telling as of yet when it will be back up. Please NPC me until my return? I hope it may be today, but can not be certain...
Anklebiter the Insane |
I have one Magic Weapon-spell prepared for anyone who wants it... and can get to me in time, for a reason that makes sense in-game. ^^;
DM Bigrin |
Not directly related to this campaign, but I am experimenting with Photoshop to bring my mapmaking skills to the next level. Here is the first map I have made for a dungeon I am building for one of my other campaigns. What do you guys think?
If this works out, you guys will benefit from the new maps as well. Just thought I would solicit your opinions on it.
Lefrik Olegson |
Not directly related to this campaign, but I am experimenting with Photoshop to bring my mapmaking skills to the next level. Here is the first map I have made for a dungeon I am building for one of my other campaigns. What do you guys think?
If this works out, you guys will benefit from the new maps as well. Just thought I would solicit your opinions on it.
Wow. That is huge...which is handy to folks with poor eyesight like myself. I can see the grain of it contrasting nicely with the "smoother" parts.
motteditor RPG Superstar 2014 Top 16, RPG Superstar 2012 Top 16 |
Wow, looks very nice. My one thought from using Photoshop for PBP maps is make sure the grid isn't too small, as it makes it harder to see which character is which. That's a problem I've got with some of the maps I'm taking from modules (the character icons get reduced to 14 px-by-14 px, which can really pixellate them).
Bombadil |
Looks really good! As you create objects save them as individual files you can then copy and paste into new maps, creating a 'library' of objects for continued use. I use Campaign Cartographer 3 for home grown campaign maps and one of their big strengths is having a library of objects to drag and drop then scale to any map, makes things real easy. Not sure if layering is utilized in photoshop (I assume it would be), that's a great cartography technique for making digital maps easy to adjust and edit.
motteditor RPG Superstar 2014 Top 16, RPG Superstar 2012 Top 16 |
Lefrik Olegson |
Just curious, I'm assuming everyone knows the basic plot of this AP?
Actually, not so much. I've heard it takes off on some tangents that not everyone liked but it was said a good DM could work around it. I've also heard that some of the encounters are pretty harsh (Which after some of the fights we've had I believe it) and can TPK if you're not careful.
I assume that somehow things tie to the inkblot in the sky given how it is stressed and the names of the adventures but that's hardly detective work. EDIT: And then I read the gameplay post and that confirms it :)
And , with Saul, I suspect treachery is a consistent theme.
Anklebiter the Insane |
I know but little, certainly not all. I am eagerly awaiting further revelations - and also the opportunity to kick Saul in the fork, if he really meant to sell us out to wererats.
motteditor RPG Superstar 2014 Top 16, RPG Superstar 2012 Top 16 |
Kelendra Shae |
Yea, I'd prefer that, of the 5 regular PbP games that I'm in, 4 of those I selected because they were adventures that I didn't know and hadn't read. The surprise factor as the story unfolds is one of the highlights of the games. Don't let me derail the party at any point by going in a wonky direction, but I'll just remain clueless about the AP if that works for everyone :)
Anklebiter the Insane |
That Tarrasque... Always chatting up one honey or another between rampages, and he never bothers to pay child support. Such a deadbeat...!
Anklebiter the Insane |
I felt a bit sorry for the gigantic woman. How is she ever going to find love, if she ever wants to retire from saving the world?
Bruendor Cavescouter |
Alright, then let's talk about what we do next.
I'm not trained in Disguise, so my checks would be at +0. Taking 20 will take over two days for the lot of us, and I don't want to wait that long. The best option for magical disguises would be potions of Disguise Self, but that's 50 gold a pop, and only lasts 10 minutes. Best option? Whoever has the best Charisma takes 10, and Calla bolsters them with Guidance. If Bigrin will let us, we could try to assist the leader for better results.
Something else to keep in mind: if we're disguising Anklebiter as something other than a goblin (and we probably should), that's a -2 to the check.
After that, we make our way to the Goblin, and try to sneak in. What are our possibilities for entry? Front door, back door to the kitchen...is there a way into the basement?
Calumny "Calla" Tas'vere |
I still don't quite understand why we think we need disguises. Just because we survived doesn't mean Saul knows we know he set us up.
I think we just go in acting normal long enough to get us with Saul (possibly alone) and then take him down. He's going to be surprised to see us so even if his first reaction is to attack (and does he have other guards? I forget), we'll be more prepared than he is.
Or we wait for night, enter as we normally would (his other employees should have no reason to think anything's amiss) and capture him in bed.