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If I had to choose a few words to sum up the trip it wouldn't be one phrase, but several, shouted loudly in my aunt Adelina's dry, shrill voice:
"Stop! Stop! Will you stop once and for all! What's wrong with this imbecile, darling? Stooooop!"
I am "darling," her nephew, whom she invited to join her on a voyage through Madagascar, whether I wanted to or not. The one she's calling an imbecile is Tsiery, our Madagascan driver. Over the course of fifteen days the three of us covered nearly 1,300 miles on that African island in a Toyota Hilux 4x4. It was, in many respects, an unforgettable experience.
We left the capital, Antanananarivo, a mosaic of white and ocher houses spread across green hills, to explore the plateaus, savannahs, and deserts as far as Tulear, an inhospitable spot on the west coast. We saw adobe huts, stunted cornfields, tea plantations, cebus, red brick churches, orange rivers, women carrying their babies in sarongs, dense jungles, lemurs, and even baobabs, the trees from Saint-Exupery's Little Prince.
Tsiery was foisted upon us by the car rental agency, which informed us that it was illegal for a vahza, a foreigner, to drive. My aunt objected, but we had no option but to take the driver. Tsiery was a man of indeterminate age and average stature, with limp black hair, shiny jaundiced-looking skin, and Oriental features. He was more Indonesian than African. Since we didn't have time to learn Malagasy—a language in which "amin'ny valo ora alina sy roapolo initra" means "8:20 AM"—I communicated with him in French. He smiled only when we made him nervous, which is to say, frequently. I never knew what he was thinking, not even for a moment, in any situation. Neither did my aunt, for all her constant assumptions about him.
My aunt, his opponent, is an eighty-year-old widow who has traveled the world alone. She's from Burgos, a very somber Castillian city. She's a woman of means, but she's the most miserly person I've ever met. If Tsiery smiled only out of nervousness, my aunt smiles only when someone is under verbal attack, preferably by her. She's not attractive, becomes skinnier by the year, and ever since her hip operation she's lame. That's why she invited me to join her on her travels: so she could lean on my arm and so I could carry her up and down steep inclines and stairways. Truth is, I can't think of one likable thing about my aunt. The only positive thing I can say is that she's an educated woman, harsh but brave, and tough as nails.
The first scuffle between the two adversaries took place about sixty miles outside Tana, when we'd been on the road for barely two hours. It was nine in the morning and my aunt wanted to have breakfast. She ordered the driver to stop when she saw a bar at the side of the road, but Tsiery, though it sounds strange to say so, simply pretended not to hear her. My aunt, taken aback, fell silent. She was used to her orders being carried out immediately. Perhaps she thought that Tsiery didn't understand the Spanglish she was speaking. When she spotted another bar, a few minutes later, she once again demanded he stop, this time more shrilly and curtly. He didn't blink. It was then that I heard those words for the first time:
"What on earth does this imbecile think he's doing? Stop! Stop, idiot! Stoooop!"
No response. Tsiery, who wore a pair of light brown leather gloves which lent him the air of an old-fashioned chauffeur, paid no attention to the old woman. My aunt continued to yell at him for the next ten minutes, until he stopped our ATV abruptly at another bar. He had chosen a joint run by an obese, smiling Negress where we were served a revolting breakfast that cost a fortune. My aunt did not invite Tsiery to join us. Despite the fact that we were responsible for his meals, he didn't say a word in protest. The cards had been dealt. The war had begun.
There were so many battles that it's impossible to remember them all. Every time my aunt shouted, "Photo!" because she wanted to get out of the Toyota with her 1940s camera, Tsiery sped up. My aunt began to treat him with utter contempt, not even looking at him, and she never once said misaotra, thank you, not even when he went above and beyond the call of his duty to drive us, rattling along. It goes without saying that she never paid for his meals, his lodging, not even a coffee or a mango at a roadside fruit stand. The days went by and little by little my aunt began to weaken; Tsiery, on the other hand, remained exactly the same, silent and inscrutable.
The decisive battle took place on one of our final nights, on a road between Tulear and Ifaty, a beach where I would witness the most spectacular sunset of my life. A ferocious tropical storm poured down. The road became a river and you couldn't see more than three feet in front of you. We moved along, or better said, we floated along at a snail's pace and I felt obliged to get out of the car every once in a while to locate the road, standing up to my waist in water, mosquitoes and spiders floating around me. And then we blew a tire. It was getting late and my aunt was both starving and febrile, so I told Tsiery that it would be best if we changed the flat immediately. But he refused to change it in the downpour. My aunt's fever rose the moment she heard this. She screamed at him but she wasn't just screaming at Tsiery, she was furious with the whole Orient, with its different ways of doing battle and understanding the world. Tsiery, in response, tilted his seat back on top of the old woman and fell asleep instantly. My aunt shed tears of rage, and since I couldn't change the tire alone I counted the seconds for hours until the storm died down. Then the driver and I put the spare on and we were able to make it to our hotel. My aunt was shaking uncontrollably and had a fever of 104. I thought she was going to die.
By the following morning my aunt Adelina had miraculously recovered. She didn't ever complain about him again, nor did she raise her voice to him. Simply put, he ceased to exist for her. A few days later we returned to Tana and it was time to bid each other good-bye. My aunt, in a completely unforeseen circumstance, gave him what was a generous tip by her standards—five dollars. While she handed him the bills she said, in English:
"You moron, son of a bitch . . ."
And he, who certainly didn't speak English either but clearly knew a little, smiled while he bowed, accepting the bills, and replied in English:
"Bitch, yes, bitch, thank you, thank you, bitch, yes, bitch . . ."
We all know what a bitch is. Aboard the plane, en route to Madrid, my aunt Adelina was unusually quiet. She spoke only to complain to the stewardess about the small dinner portion. And once before landing, when she said to me:
"Do you know what, darling? I've never had such a wonderful time. That Tsiery . . ."
She didn't finish the sentence. Perhaps she was going to insult him one last time, but I think at that moment hers was a silence of admiration. Aunt Adelina had never encountered such a formidable enemy. No one had beaten her and humiliated her in that way. I think, in a way, my aunt fell in love with him. With Tsiery, the imbecile Madagascan driver. I'm still waiting for her to invite me on another trip, but I doubt it will be as interesting as that journey through Madagascar.
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The new Journal de Nîmes just hit the doormat. The French Issue with A Little History of the Shirt, Diptyque, the scent of a destination, The Faces of Neal Cassady by Piet Heijden Hume, the Paris City Report by Luis Mendo, the second part of Shimokita's Charisma and of course the Nike Air Royalty. Have a closer look here or pick your's at the shop.
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Congratulations to i's columnist Neil Warnock on his new job at Leeds United, a team close to my heart.
He will need all the support he can get, going to work for Leeds' unpopular, unpredictable chairman, Ken Bates. Elland Road is not a place for faint hearts. It's not just the intimidating atmosphere either. As a home fan, I can safely say it is a scene of many a fashion crime. But, it's scarcely any better at Fulham's Craven Cottage, my local stadium.
The same could be said about most grounds. So, why am I yammering on about football and fashion? Is it to give me a tenuous London Fashion Week link? No, I kid you not, stadiums used to be places of high fashion: remember the casuals' trend from the 1980s? Football grounds and shopping malls are where you see ordinary people dressed in everyday wear.
In both, 'leisurewear' is well nigh ubiquitous. You would have to include football shirts in that mix. Jeans, hoodies, trainers and some sort of tracksuit also dominate. So, does Vivienne Westwood have a point in her rant that Britons have never been worse dressed? I am not so sure that the average shopper or match-goer would listen to her on this matter any more than they would on where to get a BOGOF, or Leeds' transfer dealings.
She is the high priestess of the avante-garde and - by definition and price - not for everyone. But, that's not to say she doesn't have a point. Is style as linked to price as she appears to suggest? I am not sure I have the answer, other than to espouse my view that men have to spend more money on clothes to look good than women. What do you, i's stylish readers, think?
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At 010215C JAN 07, 321 EN ISO TF 1-77 discovered an IED IVO (38S LB 3919 9863), in SW Ramadi, while conducting route clearance operations. B/321 EN was clearing S on RTE Geller in the center of the road at 8kph with 25m dispersion when the lead vehicle (Husky) mechanically detected an IED in the center of the road. The IED consisted of (1) 130mm and (1) 120mm projectile with copper wire running to the W. There were no batteries or base stations found and the patrol did not identify a triggerman. B/321 EN searched for secondary devices with NSTR. EOD recovered the IED for later disposal and the patrol continued mission. Vehicle type and ECM laydown was as follows: (V1) Husky, none; (V2) Buffalo, Warlock Red/Green; (V3) RG-31, Warlock Red/Green; (V4) Husky, none; (V5) Cougar, Warlock Red/Green; (V6) RG-31, Warlock Red/Green. No casualties or damage reported.
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… so in order to give you a new post, and maybe a smile or a chuckle, our friend Miami sent this in last week.
It's a gift from his wife.
It's not bush-league, amateur-hour, clownish, or dog's breakfast in any way.
Only Miami could have one of these, and now he does.
Unfortunately, his nightly predictions of a 7-0 Rangers loss will now have to wait until Feb. 27.
In an unrelated note, our friend Gift of Gab announced that his fund-raising effort was successful, so Liam Traynor and his family will be headed to Nashville to see the Predators and Liam's favorite player, Michael Del Zotto. Good work, Gab. You should be awfully proud.
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Hoyer Statement on the Supreme Court Decision to Hear Legal Challenges to the Affordable Care Act
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WASHINGTON, DC - House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today on the Supreme Court's decision to consider legal challenges to the Affordable Care Act:
"I welcome the Supreme Court's decision to consider legal challenges to the Affordable Care Act and have every confidence that the Court will uphold the constitutionality of this law. The Affordable Care Act continues to provide benefits to millions of Americans; from children with pre-existing conditions to seniors who are now saving money on prescription drug costs. I am confident Americans of all ages will continue to benefit from the health care law, as it will be upheld."
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Breathe Right, the breathing aid manufactured by CNS, Inc., has easily gained the most publicity of any new sports product during the past six months and merits serious consideration as the sleeper marketing hit of the year. First seen nationally on the proboscis of 49er Jerry Rice during a Monday Night Football broadcast, sales and interest in the product have increased dramatically. CNS, which has manufactured medical equipment since 1982, is based in Chanhassen, MN, and recorded sales of $9.9M in '94. A recent FORBES article projected '95 sales could hit $12M. THE SPORTS BUSINESS DAILY spoke to Nick Naumann, CNS's Marketing Communications Coordinator, about their success using sports as a way to sell Breathe Rights. HOW IT ALL BEGAN: Breathe Right was invented by a St. Paul man named Bruce Johnson, who was searching for something to open his nasal passages while he slept. After coming up with the Breathe Right strip, he brought it to CNS. Naumann said the emphasis on marketing through sports was planned, "but not to the extent that it has happened." While awaiting FDA approval, CNS distributed Breathe Right to local doctors and runners. Upon hearing positive reports from runners, CNS CEO Dan Cohen saw potential with other athletes, particularly in sports that utilize mouthguards. Naumann said their initial strategy was simply to send a case of strips to all 28 NFL trainers with a letter from Cohen. With no prompting, Herschel Walker, while suffering from a cold, used the strips which were given him by his trainer. Naumann explains, "Herschel tried them at night and loved the product and figured, 'Well, if it worked so well at night, let's see what happens during practice.' And then he started wearing them during games. Jerry Rice saw him wearing one and asked his trainer for some. So Herschel was the first and then it just started from there." OTHER SPORTS: Naumann reports that the strips have been a hit with hockey players as well: "It is hard to tell because they don't show up as well, but [Wayne] Gretzky wears one all the time, six of the Red Wings wear them, most of the Capitals wear them. It actually has caught on bigger in hockey than it has in football." ENDORSEMENTS: Rice is the only athlete CNS has signed thus far, but talks are underway with different athletes in different sports, beyond hockey and football. But Naumann stresses that their approach has been passive: "We had Herschel Walker ask if he could endorse it. Art Monk's agent called. We have never gone directly to an athlete and asked them to endorse the product. It is all people who like the product and use it that are asking if they can help us out." CONSUMER MARKETING: Naumann reports that sales "are up tremendously": "When we started the year in January with what we felt was enough product warehouse to last us through the end of July. We were out of that by mid-January. People pick it up in pharmacies, mass-merchandisers, and a lot of sporting goods stores are ordering it on an individual basis. We are working out distribution through sporting goods wholesalers." But while sports brings much-needed "recognition," the appeal to the average consumer is different than to the athlete. Naumann: "Jerry Rice uses it because he feels it helps him play better, but the core reason is it helps him breathe through his nose, so our advertising and promotion has been to get the person watching the game to realize it works for everyone." ON FUTURE PLANS: "We plan on using the sports angle and how it helps athletes. There is talk to come out with more of a sports product, with colors -- a limited supply of maybe black and red, or just black. It all depends on production, and right now we can barely keep up with the U.S. demand." Naumann said there has been talk of employing team logos, but again noted distribution factors. Breathe Right is an official NFL Locker Room licensed product. OVERALL: Asked if they realized how much sports could do for them, Naumann said: "We knew sports would help get recognition, but not to the extent that is has. Sports really opened up a lot of news spots that were done on the product and that helps tremendously" (THE DAILY).


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Some factors influencing the photoreactivation of listeria monocytogenes
Lani, M.N. and Anderson, J.G. and MacGregor, S.J. and Woolsey, G. (2006) Some factors influencing the photoreactivation of listeria monocytogenes. In: Society for General Microbiology 158th Meeting, 2006-04-03 - 2006-04-06.
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Photorepair, or photoreactivation, processes have been examined for several micro-organisms following exposure to continuous UV light, but there is no information available in the literature concerning the photorepair of L. monocytogenes following UV damage. This examination of photoreactivation involved inactivation of samples of L. monocytogenes using pulsed UV light from a xenon flashlamp, followed by photorepair using continuous non-UV light from a bank of fluorescent lamps in a light cabinet. The following studies were carried out, with the results documented and discussed.
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Keywords: | Photorepair, photoreactivation processes, photorepair of L. monocytogenes, pulsed UV light, Technology (General), Science (General), Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering, Biology |
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eteran Russian writer-director Nikita Mikhalkov's film about the impact of modern civilization on an idyllic part of Mongolia won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival and was nominated for an Oscar as Best Foreign Film. A farmer (Bayyartu) and his wife, who live in a rural part of Inner Mongolia, have three children. Chinese population control policies prevent them from having any more. The farmer sets out for the nearest town to obtain birth control. He comes upon a Russian truck driver (Vladimir Gostyukhin) who has ended up in a lake. The farmer takes the man back to his farm, and after initially being appalled at the lack of civilization, the Russian becomes enchanted with the peaceful life of the backwards countryside and decides to stay. But his presence presages big changes for the peasants.
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Trolling is the wrong word. I'm apathetic, and if he did respond with an attack, I'd let it go.
His logic was faulty, especially his delivery in his posts. I moved on it. I'd expect any of you to do the same on a debate forum.
Besides, we are on a debate forum, correct?
since you don't care,
You need to keep your nose out of things you don't understand anything about. The M-16 has essentially been replaced by the M4. The only ones who really use M-16s are special forces guys who prefer them. Also, i'm not some Army or Marine field grunt. I'm a United States Navy Nuclear Propulsion Engineer/Scientist.
Now tell me, who the hell are you?
oh, and just so i don't forget to mention, In the Navy we certify in the M-14.
Kaleohano derailing threads everywhere he goSit back some time and simply ask yourself, [Link]->"Do you even lift, bro?"<-[Link]
Well. Now. Look at this. You can be remotely civil.
Everything aside I am a classically educated young man.
My educational background isn't entirely math or sciences, but rather founded upon political sciences, philosophy, history, religious studies (Islam, Judaism, Christianity, as well as Daoism and Theravada Buddhism).
Regardless I don't believe you are an engineer. If you were you would not be posting like that. By the looks of your profile you may have a B.S, but I question that. I assume you are most likely part of the military, but nothing more beyond that.
...Hi guys.
I don't like cigarettes.
...Not much else to say after thread has been derailed hardcore from a debate about cigs to people's differing educational backgrounds. Oh and hey look, Yoda. o:
OT. The next food would be nuts, and any other food that had huge allergic reactions.
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I know some really smart and really stupid people that smoke. It's a fight only few can win. Once addicted, takes alot to turn back.
It's not illegal, so they can sell as they please, cuz slowly killing people isn't the same as killing people. Yeah, thats the logic there.
The OP's post seriously made me laugh. No, I don't smoke, and if people want to smoke, please don't smoke next to me. I'll never smoke any cigarette in my entire life. However if people want to smoke, then it's up to them, really. I know that some people will literally become a cranky walking zombie if they don't smoke. True story.
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The person that you are now is not the person that I used to know. You're becoming a stranger that I've never met before. Not liking the change though.
Why should I have to pay more for my cigarettes? I already pay ridiculous taxes on them, and I already have to smoke in odd and secluded areas when in public. It's really pathetic how far some non-smokers take it. The second hand smoke you encountered from my cigarette for those brief seconds that you walked past me are not going to ruin your life. Get over it.
I'd have to agree with Ann about second hand smoke. Unless you're a kid with a parent that smokes or your significant other smokes you're not going to have any issues with it. Don't see the problem with separating smokers and non-smokers in places like restaurants either. Worked in the past. That said, prohibition simply doesn't work. Just look at Mexico. Think the cartels would be as big of an issue if drugs where legal? Probably not. Also looked at what happened here when they tried to outlaw beer here. So simply banning something isn't going to work. Not to mention it's the government simply butting in where it doesn't need to.
The thing is I doubt many non-smokers deliberately walk past someone who is smoking. I know I always take a few strides away from them before I pass by. If someone passes by you and then complains about your smoke then that's their problem. You were minding your own business. It's when someone who is smoking decides to cut in front of one or more non-smokers and ends up blowing that nauseating smell in their face, that they start complaining about it, and for good reason. I wouldn't spew alcohol over you or your clothes, so don't do the same to me with your smoke. It's called common courtesy.
Cigarettes are bad m'kay?
I don't care if you smoke, just don't pump that garbage in my face.
Wanna get lungcancer? I'm not stopping ya.
The OP: Should he be banned?
I'm not one for smoking, but the more laws you have the less freedom you have. Who is the government to say what you can and can't eat or drink, when you can or can't sleep, etc? It's none of their business, and they'd be over using their power. Also, remember what happened with alcohol? Even though it was banned, you still had bootleggers and all that jazz. That's why the law was lifted, and alcohol is still legal. Tobacco would be the same way. People would still find ways to get it, and there would be an uproar over it becoming illegal.
Smoking is bad.
It causes lung cancer.
The difference between alcohol and cigarettes is that any idiot can put together a still from easily accessible materials and make bulk quantities of alcohol (or simpler yet, make beer or wine), whereas growing enough tobacco to sustain a smoking habit is much, much harder.
I say tax the living daylights out of tobacco. You can still smoke, but you're paying the huge cost to society your smoking habit is causing on your own.
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"Frustrations will not last forever. Nobody can keep on going without some measure of reward."
Oh but it works for the most devious reasons: It gives the legal (heavily taxed) tobacco industry a monetary incentive to hunt down and report untaxed bootleg cigarettes, as they're cutting into their business. So you wouldn't even have to police it as much as an outright ban.
Hey look, Japan made a movie about me!
...I don't deliberately walk past non-smokers. I think it's hilarious how rude some people are about smoking. I used to smoke around campus at uni and people would go out of their way to come up to me and tell me what a disgusting, filthy, dangerous habit I had. Personally, I could care less that you think I smell like an ash tray or that you think I'm gross. I probably think you're gross too, especially if you're the type of nosy brat who feels the need to tell others how to live their lives.
Smokers have taken enough flak over their habits. :/
Um, the huge cost to society? oh please do elaborate.Originally Posted by Eris
Also, the taxes on tobacco products are already insane compared to other goods. Why not over tax people who drive cars? or people who add garbage to the landfill? I mean hell, we want to tax everyone who makes the world a little less healthy, right? So let's tax junk foods and water bottles, and power lines, and red meats.
(No, I am not saying that cigarettes and junk foods are the same, but they are both very bad for your health.)
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great website. though I used to Eclipse and it provide good tools for reading codes, it may be useful when I haven't development environment outside the office. a problem, there is no searching function like eclipse's ctrl+shift+t which searching classes that supporting query like '*Reader' another one is ctrl+shift+g to see who used this method or object. http://lxr.linux.no/#linux+v3.2.9/ is a similar website. it can find a function is used by who. On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 6:19 AM, Vineet Sinha <email@example.com> wrote: > Hey guys, > We have been getting great feedback from people on this list and wanted to > let you guys know of major updates that we have made to the Lucene > Architecture/Documentation site that we have been building. We would love > more feedback when you guys get the chance. > > You can find the site here: http://www.codemaps.org/c/Lucene > > You will be able to browse the source of the latest release as well as find > architectural diagrams there. Our intention is to help you explore the > Lucene codebase to figure out parts that you might care about. You will > notice that you should be able do that easily online. > > When you get the change, we would love to hear what you guys think of the > site? If there any features that we can add to help you guys understand > the Lucene code faster? Or if we should we just extend the site for more > projects? > > Regards, > Vineet > -- > Founder, Architexa - www.architexa.com > Understand & Document Code In Seconds > | |
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It was a cold, fall night and Elliot Goldstein had nothing else to do. His wife, Nancy, was out of town visiting her sister and his daughter, Natalie, was out at a friend's house. Knowing he'll be all alone in the house for the weekend, he had nothing else to do but bust out the porn. Luckily, he managed to buy a new porno called "My Stepdaughter the Whore". It was a 4 hour movie with nothing but bad girls getting boned in the ass by their big cocked stepfathers.
Elliot went into his room to find the porn stash that he kept hidden in his gun cabinet. His family was too afraid to look in the cabinet since they were a peace and love type of people. The gun cabinet was a gift from Nancy's hillbilly brother.
When Elliot retrieved the movie, he went to the family room and put it in the DVD player. When all the FBI content was gone, on the screen appeared a girl wearing a schoolgirls uniform. The girl had C sized breast and brown hair. She was rubbing her breast and stroking her pussy. What appeared to be her stepfather walked in and caught her. At this point, Elliot was aroused and had taken off his pants and underwear. He had a bottle of KY and poured some in his hand. He began stroking lightly as the schoolgirl was getting her wet, gleaming pussy licked by her stepfather.
"Oh god, why can't Nancy be here right now! I'm so horny! I need pussy now!" Elliot thought as he began going harder and faster on his 6 inch dick. He didn't want to be alone at pleasuring himself. Then, suddenly, he remembered what one of his coworkers told him about. It was about an escort service downtown. Without thinking, he quickly got up and got his car keys. It was time to get some pussy!
When Elliot got downtown, he quickly saw some hookers on one street corner. They all were wearing mini skirts and stilettos. All of them had D sized breast except for one girl. This girl had an amazing body with C sized boobs. The facial features resembled his daughter. In fact, it was his daughter! He made a quick U turn and sped over to the corner.
"WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING OVER HEAR!" Elliot screamed at his daughter. He took her arm and walked her over to the car.
"GET IN THE CAR AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT AT HOME!" Natalie at this point was embarrassed. All the other prostitutes were staring at the two. One was to doped up to even notice. When driving away, she started to cry.
"Were you following me?" Natalie asked when they first got into the house. The TV had the same schoolgirl and stepfather on it, this time the stepfather cumming on his stepdaughter. She was licking it all off her face and sucking him off.
"No. I was looking for something to fuck." Elliot was confessing. It was better for him to tell the truth.
"How could you do this to mom! She's been your wife for over 15 years and this is how you repay her! I'm telling!"
"You do that and I'll tell her how you went and sold your body for sex!" Elliot shot back. He was still pissed that he caught his daughter showing off her sexy body for some fucking time. Her soft, tan body was at least 100 pounds at the most. Natalie's body was fairly skinny, with her big breast sticking out. Just thinking about made Elliot get aroused. He thought about her big ass and how it would feel against his skin. Finally, he couldn't take it anymore. He went over and kissed Natalie.
Natalie backed away. She was appalled that her dad would do something so repulsive. Yet, he was so hot with his boyish facial features and perfect body. She couldn't help but think that his dick would feel good in her mouth, back in her throat. Hot, sticky cum all over her body. She then started making out with her own father.
Elliot took his daughter to the family room, where the porno was still going on. He undress Natalie, where quickly saw his daughter's bulging breast. They were bigger than his own wife's. He stood up and took off his pants where a perfectly erection stood. Natalie quickly got on her hands and knees and started to suck her own father.
Elliot shivered as his daughter was giving him perfect oral. She went at a medium tempo while caressing his balls. Up and down her mouth went on his shaft while her tongue licked the head of his dick. She then proceeded to his balls while stroking his cock. Elliot groaned in pleasure while Natalie sucked on his balls. The touch of her soft tongue made it all the more pleasurable.
Elliot then put Natalie in the recliner and took off her panties. Right in front of him was a pussy with puffy lips. It was shaved and he could tell that Natalie was not a virgin anymore. Quickly, he started to eat Natalie's pussy. The taste never satisfied him quite like that before.
"OH GOSH! YOU ARE SO AMAZING! I'M ABOUT TO COME!" Natalie screamed. She never had an orgasm, even with her boyfriend, Mark. Elliot flicked and spun his tongue in a special way.
Elliot positioned Natalie on all fours. He pulled apart her butt cheeks and could see her tiny asshole. How he just wanted to give it to her up the ass. Elliot found the KY that he had out earlier and applied some to his hard cock. He guided his dick to her asshole and in it went.
"Give it up the ass, daddy. I've been a naughty girl, so you have to punish me!" Natalie loved having anal sex. It just felt so good to feel a cock in her tiny asshole. Elliot started sliding his dick in and out, very slowly, but that wasn't good enough for Natalie.
"FUCK ME LIKE YOU HATE ME! I WANT IT HARD AND FAST! I WANT YOU TO FINGER MY PUSSY WHILE DOING MY ASS!" Natalie screamed. When it came to sex, she was a tough cookie. Elliot did as he was told and stuck his fingers up her pussy. Oh God how it was so wet! It was so wet that juice was dripping on the recliner.
"OH GOD! YOUR SO WET! PLUS, YOUR WAY BETTER THAN YOUR MOTHER! IF YOU WEREN'T MY DAUGHTER, I'D DO THIS IN FRONT OF HER!" Elliot screamed as he penetrated her ass. The tight hole was really satisfactory. It was so tight, that he couldn't even move his dick out without getting it stuck. But he didn't care. All he cared about was fucking the brains out of his daughter.
"I'M COMING!" Elliot said as he pulled out his dick from Natalie. Natalie started stroking his dick as he exploded all over her face and tits. Elliot never had an experience like that before in his life.
"Thank you daddy. I won't tell anybody if we can do it again this weekend?" Natalie asked. She knew that he would never say no to her.
"You bet. You're my special slut!" Elliot said as he sweated. He was glad that the experience happened and would never trade it for anything. He loved her and her ass!
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England performed far better in the opening game of the World Cup than their woeful preparation promised, but they were still no match for the tournament favourites.
Terrific for half an hour and competitive throughout, England overcame a build-up soured by defeat against Italy and indiscipline in the ranks to give a creditable account of themselves.
Thanks to the rather convoluted structure of the competition, they still have every chance of making the semi-finals and perhaps more importantly, a renewed faith that they can do so. Their World Cup is not over – indeed it might be just beginning.
After his infamous walk-out from the previous day's press conference, England coach Steve McNamara sprang some surprises by including all three Burgess brothers, as well as starting with Brett Ferres, who was not even in the squad until Gareth Hock's expulsion.
The much-vaunted opening ceremony began with a rendition by assorted tenors of "Highway to Hell" and there were plenty at the Millennium Stadium who feared that was what England would be embarking upon, unless they could produce something very special to match the occasion.
The initial signs of them doing so were not encouraging, a couple of soft penalties moving the Aussies upfield and producing situations which Sam Tomkins had to defuse.
The NRL-bound full-back was also instrumental in the game's first try, his jinking run drawing a penalty for ball-stealing by James Tamou. England chose to run the ball via Kevin Sinfield and Rangi Chase, with Tomkins coming into the line to throw the pass that put Ryan Hall over in the corner. The freakish strength of George Burgess almost brought a second try, but his barge at the line was disallowed by the video referee.
No matter; on 19 minutes England were ten points ahead, Sinfield conjuring up a reverse kick which Leroy Cudjoe claimed and touched down despite pressure from two defenders.
It seemed too good to last – and it was. After 26 minutes, Cooper Cronk put up a kick, to which Greg Inglis not only beat Tomkins, but also had the presence of mind to slip the ball inside for Johnathan Thurston to score.
Then came the bitter blow of two tries in four minutes before the break, leaving England trailing despite being the better side for most of the first half. Greg Bird scored the first from Thurston's short pass and then Billy Slater got away for a long-range solo.
There was more grief after the interval for England. Josh Charnley was ruled to have put a foot in touch fielding Cameron Smith's kick.
You almost knew what would happen next; from the scrum possession the ball went through a series of Australian hands for Josh Morris to score in the corner.
That should really have been the game over, but that was not quite the case. Ferres won a penalty the hard way, locking horns with Paul Gallen, and this time there was no stopping George Burgess, taking James Roby's short pass and powering over from close range.
Elder brother Sam was lucky not to suffer a more severe punishment than a penalty for a horrible-looking high tackle on Sam Thaiday.
From another penalty soon after, Thurston took Australia's lead back up to eight.
It really was all over when Darius Boyd was credited with a try on the left flank, despite more than a hint of obstruction in the build-up.
Even then, there was a defiant late try from Charnley to make the scoreline look better. That is what this English performance was about; defying their woeful preparation and defying the air of pessimism it created.
What they could not defy was the gap in quality between the two teams – but there is no disgrace in that.
"We are frustrated," McNamara said afterwards. "We started the game superbly and played with some great energy with the ball, but we gifted a lot of possession to the opposition and gave a lot of penalties away.
"We got a lot of positives from it, but there is a real sense of frustration that we didn't quite go on and finish the job off."
Australia: Slater; Morris, Inglis, Tate, Boyd; Thurston, Cronk; Scott, Smith, Tamou, Thaiday, Bird, Gallen. Substitutes used: Fifita, Farah, Lewis, Parker.
England: Tomkins; Charnley, Watkins, Cudjoe, Hall; Chase, Sinfield; Hill, Roby, G.Burgess, Westwood, Ferres, S.Burgess. Substitutes used: T Burgess, Ablett, Widdop, Mossop.
Referee: Henry Perenara (New Zealand).
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Advertising needs to generate sales, not just buzz, to be worth the cost for a company.
With two of the hottest venues for advertising–Facebook and the Super Bowl–taking heat for charging too much and delivering too little, more and more executives are wondering how much advertising really helps to build brands.
General Motors expressed such doubts when it recently announced it would not buy advertising for Super Bowl 2013 and was ending a paid ad campaign on Facebook. Ford and Coca-Cola, however, responded that they found value in Facebook advertising, and CBS reported that it has already sold more than half of its ad inventory for the Super Bowl next February – at around $3.75 million for a 30-second spot.
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By contrast, Amazon creates tremendous brand salience, not with advertising but through its "price check" mobile application, which lets users scan the bar code of any product on a store shelf, compare prices with providers featured on Amazon and make a purchase on the Amazon mobile website. The application reminds people that they can always shop Amazon, even in a competitor's store. Brand-enhancing innovations such as the price check are among the many factors that have contributed to Amazon's 10% compound annual growth in revenue per active customer since 2003.
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For mature brands, advertising often amounts to an expensive arms race. A brand may have high awareness but if it's not reinforced by a positive experience with the product and the company, then resources will be better spent improving that experience.
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which courts? I'm near Glendale weekdays 5pm. 3.5
Glendale is close. It would be great to play a few games. I am available all week.
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