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Black Neighbor Baby Sitter Part 5
Fiction, Black, Consensual Sex, Interracial, Male / Females, Oral Sex
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Gender: male Age: N/A Location: N/A
Posted Mon 23rd of April 2012
Black Neighbor Baby Sitter
Part 5
It was about forty minuets later when he looked down the hall and saw her coming from her bedroom. What he saw was a whole lot more then he had expected. She was wearing a shear baby doll night gown that hid nothing at all. Add to this was the fact that her breast were sticking through two holes that had been made for just this purpose. The bottom edge of the gown came just to her pussy and in fact he could see a little of his hearts desire below the hem. For the first time he saw here in all her glory. Long firm legs, flat tummy above wide hips, breast that were about thirty eight's their dark areolas' about a half dollar in size toped off with nipples that stood out for at least a quarter inch. His pecker was about to pop out right through his shorts, he was so excited. He stood with some difficulty, caused by his hard on, and walked towards her.
"No, wait there where you are. I want you to see this in the light so you will get the full effect."
"If you say, but I think I'm getting the full effect already."
But when she stepped into the living room he saw what she was talking about.. The light coming in through the back porch sliding glass door made all the deferent's in the world, the material seaming to disappear, reveling a women with golden smooth flawless skin. She looked as though she was wearing nothing but a few red straps around her breast, over her shoulders, around the bottom of the gown and along her sides where they went around to her back. She turn to allow him to see her back and he saw that there was very little back to the gown. She was bare down to the top of her ass and there was just enough material remaining to cover only two thirds of her there. The bottom of her checks were standing out for all to see, of course he was the only one seeing her glories tight butt.
"So, what do you think?"
He walked over to where she was standing and without saying a word, put his hands around to her bringing her body closer to him and then bent over and sucked one of her nipples into his mouth.
"Oh God! that's what I was hoping for. I guess it is safe to say that you like it."
In response he went to the other nipple. This time however he moved to the side and slid a hand under the thin material and started rubbing it across her flat tummy and then down to cup her mound in the palm of his hand and felt the shaved, smoothness of it.
"Oh yes this is what I have been waiting for, and so much more. I have wanted you for a long time, and now I have you. Oh!" She let out when he pressed a finger onto her love button. It was standing out beyond her pussy lips now, wanting some of that attention he was giving other parts of her body.
After a few strokes there he stopped and picked her up in his arms and started towards he bedroom. Once there he laid her on the bed so that her legs were hanging over it's side. She started to raise up to remove her gown but he stopped her.
"No, I want you just as you are. Lay back so I can have my way with your body and lets see what happens."
Bending over her as she was would allow him to suck her breast again but first he had to remove what he was wearing. He wanted her to feel his pecker as it slid across her tummy while he sucked those sweet nipples into his mouth.
Once naked she saw for the first time how big he was.
"Oh my God! She was right, you are a big one."
"So the two of you have been talking about me?"
"Are you kidding, that's all she talks about, you and how she wants you to be her first."
"And you are okay with that?"
"Oh, yes I am okay with that."
"Then I shall do my best to give her the best first fuck possible."
"I knew you would, now lets take of me . I need you really, really bad. It has been a long time sense I've had a man and I need it."
He didn't answer but went to work on her nipples while a hand went to her pussy. The moans started at once as he touched her pussy lips and again pressed against her love button. She was very wet from all his actions so far and he had no problem inserting a finger into her canal. He was surprised to find that she was quit tight for a women of her age. Must be from the lack of use, he said to himself. It will be like fucking a virgin again. Not to be though as she loosened up after a few strokes and he was able to insert a second finger.
"Oh God! Yes, that feels so good!"
Again he said nothing but continued what he was doing. With the two fingers working in and out of her he saw that she did not loosen up any more. It was a very snug fit, one he was sure he was going to enjoy with his cock. But he wanted her to have her first orgasm without his pecker in her. He wanted her to have several orgasm's before he was through with her this afternoon.
He stopped sucking her tits and started working his way down her body, kissing and nibbling her here and there as he went. When he got to her belly button he stopped and tongued it for a while. Her breath caught as he did so and he knew he was on the right track to giving her all the pleasure she wanted.
He then worked his way down to her mound and took in the aroma of her sex which was strong and sweet to his nostrils. He kissed around her clitoris not wanting to bring her off to soon. And kissed his way down along the lips of her pussy, sucking in the dampness of it as he did so. The action of his finger working there way in and out of her was bring forth lots of her sweet juice to drink in. He lifted her legs up and pressed them back against her chest and worked his way down so that he was kneeling down on the floor, his face placed so that he was looking directly into her pussy. He manage to keep his fingers in place and went back to finger fucking her while at the same time bending forward to lick around her pussy, sucking in a lip which brought more moans from her. She was really getting into the action now as her hips were starting to press up off the bed, adding to the action of his fingers.
"Deeper honey!" She said. Deeper please!! Ohhhh God I need it deeper pleeeeease!!"
He knew that she was ready for her first orgasm so went up to her clitoris and sucked it into his mouth and started working it between his lips as though it were a small penis .
"Oh God!!", She screamed, and her hips bounced off the bed jamming her pelvis into his face. "Yes! Like that! I love that sooooooo much! Yes! Yes! Oh God I'm Cuming! I cummmmmmming!"
She came close to bouncing off the bed as her orgasm reached it's peak. He let up on her love button as he knew that it would be to sensitive to the touch at this time and he wanted to be able to work it some more when his pecker was deep inside her.
He stopped and looked up towards her face to see her eyes closed and an expression of total delight spread across it. Getting up he bent over her body and picked her up and repositioned her so that she was now with her head on a pillow. She then opened her eyes and looked at him.
"God that felt good, but I still want you in me with that beautiful cock of your's."
"Coming right up", he replied, and crawled over her now sweaty body, so that he was set to enter her with his hard nine inch's. He had a feeling that he would not last long as he was so hot for her and there was a steady stream of pre cum dripping from the tip of his pecker. This was going to be soooo nice.
She reached up for him as he lay over her and pulled him towards her body as he pressed the head of his cock into the opening of her love cannel. Reaching under her body he placed one arm under her back and held her shoulder with his hand. The other arm went down towards her butt and with his hand spread across her butt he was able to force her hips up, giving him a better shot towards her love tunnel. She was so damp that he slid into her with no difficulty at all, but then felt that she was tighter then he had expected she would be. It felt oh so good as he slowly pressed into her until he was deep into her, then he just lay there allowing her to get used to his size before starting to piston in and out of her like a slowly starting locomotive leaving a train station. Ever so slowly he picked up speed as she wrapped her arms around his shoulders, holding him tight, spreading her legs wide and back towards her chest to allow more of him into her. She wanted all that he could possibly give her and she wanted it hard.
"Deeper honey and harder. I want you to use me, I need it hard tonight. It has been so long and I need all you can give me."
He picked up speed, thrusting in and out of her so fast that one would think he was a steam engine, chugging up a long hill, heading for the top, looking forward to the release that he knew was waiting for him when he got there. By now her hips were back on the bed and he was able to reach around and finger her love button which had a strong and immediate effect.
"Oh! God!, yes!! That's the way I want it!", she screamed into his ear as her second orgasm was already building up within her body, begging to be released.
"Yesssss honey! Like that! Ohhhhhhhhhh! Yes! I'm cummmmmmmmmmmming honey!!"
Her hips again raised up off the bed, but this time her action forced all he had deep into her soaking wet pussy. Her hands were now digging finger nails into his back, but he didn't even feel them as he was having an orgasm of his own. He was now grunting and breathing hard from his pounding into her. Then it came, load after load of his thick white cum shot into her, soaking the walls of her pussy, while she spilled copious amounts of her love juice out around his pecker, it dripping down to her ass hole and adding to the thrill she was now feeling from his love making. The thoughts from both was, 'how could this feel so good?' Slowly they came back to earth, their breathing slowing down, their heart rate coming back to normal. As his last drop of cum dribbled into her body he removed his arms from under her body and lay on his elbows for a while looking into her eyes, taking in her smile as she look into his, saying nothing, just looking with the look of complete content and satisfaction. Then he lay down on her, and, wrapping his arms back around her, rolled them both over so that she was now on top, his cock still deep in her and only slightly soft from all the spent energy. Despite all that had just transpired he was sure that they would have another round before he left for home, only to have it all take place again on another day, or night. This was a women that he could get used to real easy, if only for a while. He hoped it would be longer then that.
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2015-07-21 03:34:02
Great story. Can't wait for the rest.
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2014-04-29 01:27:12
Please finish it. Great story!!
2013-11-03 11:58:39
I like this story quite well. I hope you get some time to finish as I fully follow the to completion.
anonymous reader
2013-09-11 09:57:53
Its amazaing story tight ass always has good effect on me
anonymous reader
2012-12-12 02:39:57
So I've had a few gaps in between reading your stories, and you really should tell us who "she" is in each story. i shouldn't have to backtrack to a previous story to figure that out.
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By Pia Romero
Contracts Administrator, Los Alamos National Laboratory
During the last 10 years, the Global War on Terrorism in Iraq and Afghanistan has brought forth the need for initiatives to bridge the capability gaps in the Department of Defense (DoD) acquisition cycle. In order to provide the best possible wartime support to tactical and operational commanders, DoD implemented the Rapid Acquisition Program. The program supports operational needs that cannot be met by existing programs of record, or within the DOD 5000 acquisition model. This initiative provides critical end items to commanders on a real-time basis.
As demonstrated through the rapid fielding of the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle, DoD provided this item to soldiers by implementing the tailored acquisition approach to rapidly acquire and field the MRAP.
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DoD awarded nine indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contracts to commercial sources in 2006 for the production of these vehicles. The initial objective was to procure a small fleet of MRAPs for the Marine Corps' use in Iraq. However, additional requests from the Army for this vehicle increased the demand. In light of this, DoD went from an inventory of zero MRAPs to 15,000 vehicles in less than three years.
Under the normal acquisition cycle used by DoD, the process of selection would have taken seven years. This rigorous process — known as the Defense Acquisition Management Framework — includes several milestones. These milestones address several components in order to render the product fully ready for a soldier's use. Unlike the normal acquisition cycle used by DoD, the "rapid acquisition" cycle shortened the selection process to a period of two to five years.
Another example of the successful use of the Rapid Acquisition Program is demonstrated by the fielding of the Army's Grey Eagle Unmanned Aircraft System. Based on the urgent requirement to provide this surveillance aircraft to soldiers in both the Iraq and Afghanistan areas of operation, the Army elected to use the Rapid Acquisition Program. The Army has deployed two Quick Reaction Capabilities of the aircraft to Iraq and Afghanistan while simultaneously pursuing a traditional Gray Eagle program-of-record.
The program allowed the fielding of this aircraft to soldiers within 18 months. Fielding this aircraft in this short timeframe has provided soldiers the ability to track the enemy without detection.
Reducing time to field equipment
As seen in both acquisition examples, by reducing or not including subsets in the key milestones contained in the standard acquisition life cycle, the Rapid Acquisition Program shortens the period of equipment fielding by a significant number of years, thus providing soldiers the critical items in a rapid timeframe.
The Rapid Acquisition Program also allows the contracting community to take an active and conscientious role in the process. The program's reliance on commercially available products allow a larger pool of the contracting community the ability to compete in the process as many companies have such products readily available. This, in turn, allows DoD to take advantage of full and open competition requirements.
In addition, the program's need for active participation throughout its life cycle demands the participation of the contracting community. The program's concurrent approach demands that contractors be heavily involved throughout this cycle as this assures DoD that appropriate goals and demands of the program are being met. The program also demands that contractors continually demonstrate the progress of their work and demonstrate solutions to issues presented by DoD.
Furthermore, the program's stringent and quick turnaround requirements demand that subcontractors respond in an urgent manner. In order to ensure DoD's needs are met in such a timely fashion, many vendors collectively invest their capital or establish teaming arrangements with each other. These teaming arrangements allow the contracting community to establish mentor-protégé relationships that subsequently result in contract awards to small businesses. This, in turn, fulfills DoD's small business contract award goals and promotes the use of small businesses.
Fewer steps saves money
Although I could not find conclusive cost savings data for the use of the Rapid Acquisition Program, applying the elements correctly and implementing a formal tracking mechanism on the program can save money.
The normal acquisition cycle used by DoD includes phases separated by milestones. Such milestones establish the framework to review the acquisition program, monitor and administer progress of the end item, and identify and correct any deficiencies identified along the acquisition cycle. This evolutionary process can be costly as it is a very judicious process. All told, there are six phases in the acquisition cycle containing up to 225 elements that must be addressed throughout the process.
Unlike the normal acquisition cycle, the Rapid Acquisition Program does not include the number of deliberate milestones, streamlines and combines many of the phases within the milestones, and continuously involves a collaborative effort between the user, tester, and the developer.
Furthermore, the program makes better use of the funding provided to it. These streamlined applications allow efficiencies to be recognized, which in turn saves money. In addition, the program forces the DoD community to be realistic about its acquisitions and may force the community to plan better for its future acquisitions. This is especially important in this era of declining budgets and fiscal constraints.
The Rapid Acquisition Program has provided excellent benefits for DoD. The program rapidly provides items to the soldier, allows the contracting community the ability to participate and compete in the process, and can save money when applied properly.
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Ashton Kutcher has confirmed via his Twitter that he will host SNL on February 7 with musical guest Them Crooked Vultures. I know next to nothing about Them Crooked Vultures, but I did enjoy Ashton Kutcher's last hosting gig. Who else loves the Death By Chocolate shorts?
Are you excited for this show?
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MacGruber Red Band Trailer
Check it out, ninjas! It's the MacGruber trailer! I'm pretty impressed with it, if only for the seemingly high production values - I did worry that it might look a little cheap-action-movie. What do you guys think? Psyched or very not psyched?
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Have a wonderful day. Merry Pinkmas!
Happy Pink Saturday please go to How Sweet the Sound to see other pink blog posts.This is the pink card I sent out this year. It is my tree topper on our large swan tree. Swan topper made by Over the Top Studios. Link to the right.
One of my gifts this year was meeting so many nice people in blog land.Have a PINK day!


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Sunday, March 3, 2013
Industrial Precinct at Cockatoo Island
The sky was dark when I got to Cockatoo Island. Rather than start sketching outside and getting rained on before I finished, I headed straight for the Industrial Precinct. I had been longing to go back there to sketch for a long time, so I was happy.
Soon afterwards all other sound was drowned out by the noise of the rain on the roof. The other sketchers soon came pouring in.
I wish I could say I knew what these machines were for, but I don't. I do thank Cockatoo Island for rearranging things so it is possible to get right up to each machine, rather than back behind a fence, as previously.
There is so much to sketch there inside the buildings. I can't wait to go back.
We had lunch on the island and caught the ferry back to the city. We got drowned waiting to board the ferry, as we hadn't realised how many intrepid passengers would be coming off the ferry to visit the island in such rain.
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This is seriously getting ridiculous and like Biggs, I want to drink some beer and play some 360. MacRumors is corroborating on the previous Macenstein post, but like the good Doctor states, "it is possible it is from the same source." Sucks to be Nicholas Deleon since he just bought a MB less than two weeks ago.
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'Grand Theft Auto V' creators have asked a Manhattan judge to dismiss the lawsuit and requested that the 'Mean Girls' actress pays the legal fee.
The creators of "Grand Theft Auto V", who are sued by Lindsay Lohan for allegedly creating a character on the game based on her likeness without her permission, claim that the actress launched the suit to gain popularity. The allegation is revealed in a court document which was made public on Tuesday, August 26.
Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. and subsidiary Rockstar Games say that the lawsuit was "filed for publicity purposes." Therefore, they want a Manhattan judge to dismiss the lawsuit and that Lohan pays their legal fee. "The complaint is a bad-faith filing and abuse of the court system and should be dismissed," they say, as quoted by Page Six.
Previously, the suit which was filed in July alleged that the game's creators used Lohan's image and likeness for a character named Lacey Jonas. It also shows Chateau Marmont, a hotel which Lohan frequented.
A part of the game shows Jonas hiding from paparazzi before asking for a ride home. "Please, I'm hardly wearing any makeup," Jonas said. "I'm really famous! I didn't do anything - this is my average commute," Jonas added when a player didn't recognize her.
"The portrayal of a Hollywood figure being chased by paparazzi, of course, is hardly unique to Ms. Lohan. She also alleges that Grand Theft Auto V features a hotel similar to the Hotel Chateau Marmont of West Hollywood, where she once resided," the game creators argue. "This allegation underscores the thinness of Ms. Lohan's claims: GTAV is a parody of Los Angeles, so it is unsurprising that it features similar buildings." They say the only similarity between Lohan and Jones is that they're blonde and young.


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I looked in my mirrors frequently as I drove through the dark night, the lights of the airport guiding me off the freeway. No one would possibly know to follow me as I made my way outside the city to the airport, but I still felt anxious. Dr. Pannar had taken me in, and I considered Natham a friend even if I was a bit leery of his mate. Yet I didn't tell either of them where I was going either.
My brother deserved the benefit of the doubt I hadn't been given. A lifetime of being my other half meant that even though we'd been apart for a few years other than short visits here and there, I trusted him. I trusted him to know what was right and wrong and to never fall on the wrong side of that line. The law might or might not agree with that, but I wouldn't just hand him over without talking to him first.
"Little brother! Where are you at?"
I had my cell phone tucked to my ear with my shoulder as I paid for my parking. It had started to ring just as I finished and began walking into the busy airport. I grimaced at Isiah's greeting. "Cute. I'm just getting in from the parking garage, where are you?"
"We're just getting past the security area. Meet us down in baggage claim?"
I veered right of the escalators instead of heading upstairs. "Okay. See you in a few minutes."
I located their baggage carousel and stood around waiting. My mind instantly sank into the memory of the meeting in Velaku's office. The dingy warehouse, the Carthera next to my brother, and the dead man at their feet. What had Isiah gotten caught up in? What was he doing?
The arm wrapping around my shoulder startled me. "Hey little brother! Miss me?"
"Damn it Isiah, why do you always have to do that?" I growled.
He laughed and pulled me into his arms for a hug. I squeezed him back, pulling in his scent. A growl came from behind me, making me pull out of Isiah's arms and turn slowly.
I knew that sound.
I blinked and froze in shock.
"You're a tiger."
The Carthera in front of me was different from what I expected from Velaku and Natham's story. Natham was a lynx, but he'd been adopted. I'd just assumed that the brother had been the natural son of the bastard that adopted Natham.
I couldn't be more wrong.
Isiah moved around me and stood beside the tiger. My brother and I weren't especially small men, but the Carthera dwarfed us. He was thick but not fat; and the parts of his body I could see were corded with muscle. He should look weird with the almost orange cast to his skin but the black stripes I could see peeking from his shirt like a tattoo and striping his arms kept him from looking like an at home tanning disaster.
Even more intimidating was the leashed potential I could sense in him. Without my really noticing it, my tongue flicked out and then back in my mouth. The tiger wasn't nearly as relaxed as he looked. There was a bitter taste in my mouth, and it increased the anxiety I had been feeling since I got Isiah's call.
"Ellis, I want you to meet Ahsran. He's my mate."
"It's nice to meet you finally." Ahsran held out his hand for me to shake.
I was lost for words. I stood there staring, my gaze going from Isiah to Ahsran. Ahsran's hand slowly lowered back to his side. I looked at my brother, but I couldn't see any sign of any change in him until he frowned and opened his mouth again.
"You have fangs." I bit my lip nervously and took a step back, locking my gaze on Ahsran and watching him. They weren't retractable fangs like Davis had but four short thick sharp ones that bracketed his front teeth. They altered the shape of his face a little, making it wider than a human's. My brother mated a Carthera too? It wasn't unheard of, but very unusual for Carthera to have human mates. Both of us mating? What did that mean?
Isiah cleared his throat, pulling my eyes from Ahsran. He was frowning. "I thought you'd be more accepting, little brother," he said sadly, "after all, you work with Carthera." He'd grabbed Ahsran's hand, their fingers laced together firmly.
That so wasn't the problem, but how was I going to explain that to him? I looked at the people standing around us and shook my head. This was not the place.
"I'm sorry," I said in a quiet voice, "it's not that. We need to talk but not here."
Isiah frowned, but his head jerked in a nod.
"I'll go get my car while you guys get your luggage. I'll meet you outside the doors down to the left, okay?"
Ahsran was already turning and watching the bags that were beginning to make their first round as they were unloaded from the plane.
"Fine," Isiah said. His tone was short and clipped. I knew he was unhappy with me.
"I promise I'll explain, okay? Just. . .trust me."
It was ironic really I was asking my brother for trust and had to wonder if I would get it when I was risking so much for him. He didn't know that, though, and I'd made a horrible first impression on his mate.
I popped the trunk, and then waited while they got in the car. Ahsran got in the backseat, and Isiah slid in with him. I'd expected him to take the front seat like always, and the change jarred me. I bit my lip, but said nothing as I pulled away from the curb. We'd entered the city before anything was said.
"Where are we going? This isn't the way to your apartment."
"I moved into an apartment over by Matthew's place," I said.
Isiah leaned forward and glanced at the street sign as we passed under another light. "This isn't the way to Matthew's apartment either." His arms crossed. "Damn it, Ellis, what in the hell is going on? Where are you taking us?"
I sighed, resisting the urge to rub the bridge of my nose while I drove. I was shaking so bad I needed both hands on the wheel to make sure I didn't swerve. "I don't really want to talk about this while I'm driving."
"If you don't tell me where we're going I'm going to make you pull over right now Ellis. I'm not joking." The flat, cold tone of his voice was one he'd never used with me before, one I didn't really think my brother could ever make actually. I heard it on the video, but never myself.
It was the voice of a killer.
I knew the voice didn't mean he was evil, but it still sent chills up my spine to hear it from Isiah. I'd heard it in many of the Carthera I knew: my mate, Natham, Velaku had all used it at one time or another. Maybe I didn't know Isiah as well as I thought I did. Maybe Velaku was right.
I looked in the rear view mirror to see Isiah's mate, Ahsran, staring at me with narrowed eyes.
"Velaku wants to talk to you," I admitted.
The snarl that came from Ahsran drowned out the cussing Isiah was doing. I couldn't help but jerk at the sound and my shoulders tightened and came up, trying to protect my neck from the angry tiger in the back seat. The car swerved, and I gasped.
Isiah jerked sideways in his seat and reached back to put a hand on his mate. I could practically feel it as the tiger glared at me, but I avoided looking at him in the mirrors. I glanced at Isiah, and he was glaring at me, his fangs exposed. I flinched.
"What the hell Ellis!" Isiah said angrily. There was a lot of hurt in his tone, as if I were the one betraying him. "How could you do this to me?"
I hit the brakes and swerved to the sidewalk. I turned toward Isiah so fast my seatbelt caught. I ripped it off and faced my brother with all the rage that had been building in me ever since Dav cut off our bond.
"Do this to you? To you? Do have any god damn idea what the FUCK I've been through the past few days? The things I saw and heard about you?" I was hissing at Isiah and he was staring at me, his eyes huge.
"My mate tried to kill me. My mate! Because of something you did." I emphasized you, thrusting one finger in Isiah's face.
"You have a mate too?" he asked quietly.
I hissed at him. "That is so far beyond the point right now, but no, I don't. He. . .broke it off. The whole trying to kill me thing sort of clued me in to that," I said sarcastically.
"Not possible."
I sneered at him. "I would have said watching you let someone be killed right in front of you was impossible, but I saw that with my own eyes too. Pretty sure that word doesn't mean much anymore."
A smart man wouldn't be having this conversation in a small car with a trained killer and a large, angry cat Carthera, but I'd had it. It was all too much. The stress and strain of the last week caught up to me, and I was beyond any sense of self-preservation.
"The last few days have been hell Isiah. I don't know what to do anymore."
"You can't take us to Velaku and Natham." Ahsran looked at Isiah and then back at me. "If you try I will harm you." His voice was a deep snarl.
"Ahsran," Isiah said in a sharp voice.
"No. You are my mate; I will not let your brother take us to them before everything is ready. It would ruin everything."
They fell to arguing, and I could just feel the headache waiting to hit. I made a sound of frustration in my throat. "Look, can we just put this on hold. I'm feeling a headache starting, and this whole damn issue is moot anyway. What I said was that Velaku and Natham want to see you, not that I was taking you to them.
"I'm taking you to a hotel that's not anywhere close to Velaku's eyrie or my apartment. It's not safe at either place."
"How can we trust that you are really going to do that?" Ahsran looked skeptical, his arms crossed over his chest.
"It's not like you have much of a choice, now do you? Besides, if I was really going to turn my brother and his mate in, don't you think they would have met you at the airport with a cadre of Falcons to take you out?"
Ahsran sank back into his seat. "There is that fact."
Isiah sent him a look. "But why can't we go back to your place?" he asked me.
"I'm pretty sure Davis has it watched. It'd be a disaster if Benny or Jerret saw you. They were both at the meeting with Velaku on Sunday." My hands clenched the wheel.
"Who is Davis? Your mate?"
"I told you, he's not my mate. He was, but he broke our bond. Look, I don't want to talk about that. You're just going to have to trust that I am not turning you in."
"You wouldn't do that." Isiah sounded so sure of that.
I wasn't.
Because, for just a little while, I had considered doing just that. Even after I met them at the airport. I didn't though, so now I had to figure out what was really going on and what I was going to do. I took a deep breath before putting the car back in gear and pulling back on to the road.
"It's been a long day already. Let's just talk when we get to the hotel."
The rest of the ride was spent in silence, but I was no closer to figuring things out when I pulled into the hotel I'd reserved on the phone from my apartment. I wanted to be prepared no matter what I decided.
"Stay here while I check in."
I handed over my credit card, wincing at the idea of next month's bill. I waited for the clerk to print out the receipt, glancing out the window. Isiah and Ahsran were facing each other and I could see Ahsran gesturing wildly. At least he couldn't convince Isiah to drive off and leave me here, considering I'd grabbed the keys before I got out.
"Hey," the clerk said, pulling my attention back to him.
"Oh, sorry." I used the cheap pen on the counter to sign the check in form and then collected the keys the man slid over to me.
"Check out time is noon."
"Okay, thanks." The little bell on the door tinkled when I opened it, and I winced at the sound as it hurt my ears. I wasn't in full blown migraine mode, but I could feel it impending.
Isiah jerked around with his fists up when I opened his door. I took a quick step back.
"Sorry," he said, lowering his fists, but he didn't look sorry in the least.
I shook my head. "My fault. We're just over here in room eight."
I popped the trunk and grabbed the bag I'd packed after work, and then waited for Isiah and Ahsran to grab theirs. I led the way to the hotel room, uneasy with my brother at my back for the first time ever. The hotel room was fairly average, decorated in shades of brown and gray with two queen beds, a table and chairs set, and mini kitchen area.
I set my bag down and sat down on the bed. A long shift and the stress of Isiah's early visit on top of everything else meant I was exhausted. I kicked off my shoes and slid up to the headboard, piling both pillows behind my back.
This was going to be a long conversation.
Ahsran put his suitcase down by Isiah's in front of the closet. He looked between me and Isiah. "I'm going to take a shower."
I watched as he leaned over and capture Isiah's lips with a little growl. Their bodies swayed and they leaned into each, arms wrapping around and hands stroking. I shut my eyes, feeling a wave of pain that had nothing to do with the headache I felt threatening to erupt into a migraine. I'd had that, but just for a brief time. The reminder made the pain that filled my soul throb and spread throughout my body. It was like a weakness that filled my limbs and made my body feel heavier.
The click of the door shutting made me open my eyes. Isiah was sitting on the edge of the other bed, watching me.
"I've never heard of a Carthera that could break a bond with their mate," he said.
"Me either," my fists clenched in my lap, "but Davis did it. I haven't felt the slightest hint of our bond since it happened. I've still got the mating mark on my back though and I think I'm getting his ability to sense scents with my mouth. It's. . .weird."
"You have a mating mark on your back?"
I nodded. "A scale pattern just like Davis had. You know, we're not so identical anymore. I've got my mark and I saw you have fangs like Ahsran's."
"I guess we aren't. I have stripes on my body like he does too. It's been strange, being so close to someone else. It's almost like the bond we've always shared."
"Yeah, I think so too. I never thought we'd change like this. Humans mating Carthera, it's just weird. The emotions I felt from Davis, what I know his life before me, and the whole culture. It's been so overwhelming, and it's only been a week since we met."
I saw Isiah hesitate before he spoke, "You said you saw me let someone get killed. When did you see that?"
"On Sunday. Davis has been investigating the attacks on the clans for Velaku. Things like his mate bond to Natham, the plague that hit the Jaguar clan, the attacks and murders in the southern area of the territory Velaku's father claimed. Davis has a second in command, so to speak, called Benny. After the attack on the warehouse the smugglers were using to hold the contaminated statues, he's been relying on him to keep the investigation going while Davis works with Velaku and Natham."
"Big guy oozing muscles with a shaved head, dangerous eyes, and earring?" Isiah's description had been superficial but spot on.
"Yeah, that's him. Describes his little brother Jerret too, just not quite as big or oozing and he kept his hair cut short, but not completely bald.
"Anyway, they've been tracking the smugglers that got away. The video I saw was taken at a warehouse. You and a Carthera helped a delivery guy unload his truck and then you just stood there and let the man get slaughtered. Like it was nothing." My nails dug into the skin of my palms. The memory of that video and what Isiah did still bothered me a lot. I couldn't even look at Isiah when I said it.
"It's not what you think."
My head whipped around, and I glared at him. "Then tell me what it was! They said that wasn't the only video you were in, though I don't know what was on the other ones. They have pictures of you with Ahsran! Do you know what he did to Velaku? Do you?" My voice rose until I cut it off, not wanting to alarm any neighbors who might complain.
"Yes, I do," Isiah said calmly, "probably a lot better than you do."
The blank look on his face, the lack of emotion in his answer set me off. What had the military turned him into; a cold blooded killer that could shut off his emotions? What happened to the Isiah I knew? I seethed in anger.
"Then tell me!" I said explosively, jumping off the bed. My anger and frustration were so intense that I couldn't sit still anymore. I paced at the end of the beds in front of the TV. "They thought it was me on those tapes! My own mate tried to strangle me until Dr. Pannar realized that it was you."
I glared at him. "Turns out that scar you gave me when we were kids came in handy for more than just our parents and teachers being able to tell us apart. If not for that, and the fact that you're left handed they might have let Davis kill me."
Isiah ran a hand through his hair. The last time I saw him it had been a lot shorter but now his light brown hair was almost exactly the same length as mine. His lean face and brown eyes were still almost identical to what I saw every day in the mirror. How could someone who looked just like me, who shared my DNA, be so different on the inside?
"That man isn't dead. He's my partner, and the Carthera that attacked him just pretended to kill him. They're both working with me to investigate the same men that Velaku is. This is a lot bigger than a small patch of territory in the U.S. no matter how prominent Keserem and his father made it when they finally managed to integrate the clans with the humans. Velaku is a target, but just as a first step."
I'd stopped pacing, and sat down heavily on the edge of the bed facing Isiah. Our knees were only inches apart.
"I don't understand." I was so tired of everything going on, all the secrets and drama.
"This is all top secret information I'm sharing here, Ellis. You can't tell anyone."
I sighed. More secrets. But I knew if I wanted to get to the bottom of everything and clear Isiah's name I had to agree. "Fine. I promise I won't say anything unless you tell me I can."
"There is a small group of Carthera that are working with the government to try and stop these terrorists. They are headed up by a supremacist Carthera group that has been on the US government's watch list for years. They have always seemed minor players, but there was a lot more going on behind the scenes than we ever knew.
"That is, until Ahsran defected after he saw the torture their father inflicted on Natham. He tried to get Natham free, but he couldn't do it. By then he was working with my superiors to gather as much intelligence as possible about the attempted takeover of Keserem's territory."
That was easy for someone to say. I had no idea if what Ahsran told my brother was true or not. From Natham's reaction to seeing his picture, I didn't think he'd believe him at all.
"Is that how you met?" I asked him.
Isiah smiled. "Yeah. It's been the bright spot in an otherwise totally fucked up assignment. I wasn't on the case, my security clearance wasn't near high enough, but we bumped into each other as he came in to report one day. He latched onto my arm and refused to let me out of his sight. Shocked the hell out of my boss when he claimed he was my mate.
"Scared the shit out of me, to tell you the truth. Plus the higher ups were really unhappy. Then my boss hit on the idea of sending me in as his mate. Before I knew it I had a whole new background and I was set down in the middle of a huge undercover operation involving more alphabet government agencies than I knew existed."
I pinched the bridge of my nose. "This is going to be impossible to explain if I can't tell anyone, Isiah. Velaku knows you were coming in at the end of the week."
The bathroom door opened. "Why the hell did you tell him that?" Ahsran bared his fangs. He had a towel wrapped around his waist, his wet hair was a dark brown color and I stared at the dark stripes that wrapped around his torso. He had an actual eight pack, muscles stacked on muscles in his chest and arms as he crossed them and glared down at me.


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The Gersten Affair
Eight years, 10,000 miles, and eleven time zones don't seem to be enough to insulate former county Commissioner Joe Gersten from his notorious Miami past. Despite attempts to fashion a new life in Australia, the ghosts of his local infamy haunt his every move. In fact just a few weeks ago, Gersten was forced to confront two of his Florida nemeses who had traveled to Sydney to testify in his latest legal imbroglio.
Gersten, an attorney, has been waging war against the New South Wales Law Society, which has sought to suspend his professional license. In 1996 the Law Society (the equivalent of the Florida Bar) granted him the right to practice law. Two years later, in March 1998, Gersten's Florida license was suspended by the state Supreme Court. That action, the result of a 1993 contempt-of-court controversy that landed him in jail, caused the Law Society to seek suspension of his Australian license. (Under rules governing lawyers in the state of New South Wales, suspension of one's license in any other jurisdiction triggers suspension in New South Wales as well.)
With the Law Society about to give him the boot, Gersten appealed to the New South Wales Supreme Court, which delayed the suspension and handed the matter to a panel of judges for a hearing. To support their claim that Gersten's suspension should stand, Law Society officials wanted the testimonies of Miami-Dade Assistant State Attorney Joel Rosenblatt and former staff counsel for the Florida Bar's Miami office, Bill Hendrix. Both men traveled to Sydney in late February.
Hendrix, now an assistant attorney general in Tallahassee, would not comment about the hearing because Australia's public-records laws restrict such information until a final judgment is reached. Both the Florida Bar and State Attorney's Office, however, confirm that the Law Society covered Hendrix and Rosenblatt's travel costs. They stayed Down Under about ten days.
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It's likely that Hendrix proved to be a valuable witness. He led the 1993 move to disbar Gersten after the ex-commissioner refused to comply with a judge's order to answer prosecutors' questions about the 1992 theft of his automobile. The heist was the opening chapter in a nine-year saga that has helped make Gersten one of Miami's most intriguing and infamous political characters.
Gersten's calamitous fall began April 29, 1992, when he reported to police that his ice-blue Mercedes-Benz had been stolen from his Hardee Road home in Coral Gables. The next morning police spotted small-time drug dealer Kenneth Elswick driving the car in Miami and arrested him. Elswick in turn led investigators to Claudia Lira, a prostitute who helped him rob Gersten at knifepoint while the commissioner allegedly was having sex and smoking crack with hooker Tracy Sheehan in a ramshackle drug den on NE 31st Street, just east of Biscayne Boulevard. Another eyewitness, Robert Maldonado, corroborated their story, saying the Mercedes had been taken from the crackhouse -- not Gersten's home. The scandal quickly erupted and dominated local news for weeks. Gersten fueled the headlines with allegations he was being set up by political foes.
The State Attorney's Office, at the time led by Janet Reno, tried to force Gersten to answer questions about the stolen Mercedes, but he refused, claiming that prosecutors had set a trap: If he stood by his version of events, he risked being charged with perjury; but if he admitted to the crackhouse incident, he could be charged with filing a false police report. On March 17, 1993, Circuit Court Judge Amy Dean ordered Gersten to respond. He still refused. Dean then found him in contempt of court and tossed him in jail, where he sat for 26 days. He was released after an appeals court agreed to review his challenge to the judge's order. That September, while visiting a friend in Hawaii, Gersten bought a ticket to the South Seas and never returned.
Gersten claims he was framed by Reno and the FBI because his own investigation into corruption at the Port of Miami was causing certain people in high places to become nervous. He also asserts that the crackhouse story was manufactured by his political enemies, including Dade County Mayor Steve Clark, whom Gersten hoped to unseat.
The conspiracy theory remains the cornerstone of Gersten's defense, and he is pressing it in his appeal of the Law Society's attempt to yank his license. Observers who attended the hearings at the New South Wales Supreme Court describe the pudgy expatriate furiously scribbling notes on a legal pad and passing them to his barristers in his effort to show that state prosecutors were on a politically driven vendetta against him.
During a cross-examination Assistant State Attorney Rosenblatt, who was a member of the team that prosecuted Gersten in 1993, was peppered with questions. "There were a lot of arguments concerning if the FBI was in collusion with [state prosecutors] Dick Gregorie and Michael Band," Rosenblatt recalls. "I think they were trying to portray a pattern of people out to get Gersten and doing anything they could to do so."
Gersten's conspiracy theories also are being aired in Washington, D.C., where the House Committee on Government Reform is poring over reams of documents from the investigation arising from the car theft. The committee, chaired by Rep. Dan Burton (R-Indiana), an outspoken critic of Janet Reno, is the same body that has been investigating President Bill Clinton's pardon of fugitive billionaire Marc Rich. This past fall the Sydney Morning Herald quoted committee chief counsel James C. Wilson as saying, "There appear to be legitimate concerns of improper action in the Gersten case." Wilson would not discuss the case with New Times.
Gersten, too, refuses to speak to the Miami media, which he believes are cooperating with authorities in the conspiracy to destroy him. "I have no comment, not to the New Times or to the National Enquirer. Don't ever call here again," he snapped in a recent telephone interview. "There are laws here regarding people's privacy.... What goes on there does not matter. I have a new life. There's nothing personal. I want you to stay out of my life. I'm home."
Gersten has not been so shy with the Australian press, where he has been portrayed as a truth-seeker whose investigation into Miami corruption sparked a political crusade against him. This past October the Sydney Morning Herald published a sympathetic 2000-word story about Gersten and the House Committee's review of the case. It ran with this headline: "The Man Who Knew Too Much."
In recent years Gersten has been living in Neutral Bay, a suburb north of Sydney. He applied for political asylum in 1993, asserting he was being persecuted by Janet Reno and a slew of political rivals. He was denied refugee status after a panel of judges ruled against him in July 2000. He remains in Australia using an interim visa issued while he appeals the panel's decision.
As part of his Sydney law practice, Gersten has taken on various humanitarian causes pro bono, says personal friend and client Andrew McNaughtan. He notes that Gersten -- the man who once used a gun to threaten a Miami hotel parking valet -- now represents refugees trying to stay in Australia and also is speaking out against human-rights abuses in East Timor. The people of Miami, McNaughtan says, have got the former commissioner all wrong. "Joe has been shell-shocked," he explains. "I believe he was framed by prosecutors who used the media to convict him."
McNaughtan describes Gersten as a broken man who now depends on a handful of friends to get by. But prosecutor Joel Rosenblatt came away with a distinctly different impression. As he made small talk with Gersten outside a Sydney courtroom, Rosenblatt was impressed by the ex-commissioner's jovial demeanor and impressive girth. "He looked more rotund than I remember him to be," Rosenblatt recalls. "It doesn't look like he's been depriving himself of anything."
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Interview with Professor Curtis Carter on Milwaukee painter Karl Priebe
few words about what to expect are in order. As presently conceived, MKEart is
to be the more loquacious sibling of the weekly Art Happenings column in the
Shepherd Express. Whereas the Art Haps merely skims the surface with previews
of upcoming local art events, MKEart will dig in with interviews, profiles, and
other such reportage.
is also the hope that this blog becomes a forum for comments and discussions.
Grace the space with your voice. And let us defy so much of the Internet by
eschewing ad hominems and ignoring 'trolls' (easily recognizable by their
frequent reference to and immoderate opinions about Justin Bieber).
make it known what you wish this space to be. What would you like to see? From
whom would you like to hear? What local venues and artists are being unjustly
now, without further ado… an interview with Dr. Curtis L. Carter – professor of
philosophy at Marquette University, specializing in aesthetics and philosophy
of art – on painter Karl Priebe. The Charles Allis Art Museum is now exhibiting
"Wisconsin Masters: Karl Priebe" until January 19, 2014...
Curtis Carter:
Karl Priebe was a Milwaukee artist who was very popular with the community. He
was well connected with number of people in the African American community – novelists,
important visual artists, musicians, and so forth. And he exhibited work both
in New York and I think a little bit internationally. When I visited
Philadelphia I found a work of his – to my surprise – in the Barnes collection,
which is one of the premier collections of American and international art.
CC: I don't
think he had any interest in aligning or distancing himself. I think he was
comfortable with who he was and he had his own ideas about what he would do and
how he would present it. Although I never had any issues, I know from his other
friends that he could be a bit demanding in his expectations at times. When I
did the exhibition with him, we met, talked about the works, and agreed about
the works we would like to get. Most of the works were in the collections of
prominent Milwaukee families. Museums never took too heavily to his work. Maybe
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Ganga Ashtami is a unique ritual dedicated to the dead ancestors, parents and relatives performed in Jammu and Kashmir . Ganga Ashtami 2017 date is August 29. On the ashes of those who had died during the past year are immersed in the Gangabal lake, which also known as Harmukh or Harmukata Lake . The ritual is also known as Shardha Ashtami.
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Mammograms Might Spot Stroke Risk
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 20 -- In addition to detecting breast cancer in its early stages, new research suggests that mammograms may also help predict which women are at risk for strokes.
Calcifications found in the blood vessels of the breasts -- what doctors call benign arterial calcifications -- were more commonly found on the mammograms of women who had suffered a stroke, said Dr. Paul S. Dale, chief of surgical oncology at the University of Missouri's Ellis Fischel Cancer Center. He is the lead author of the research, which was expected to be presented Wednesday at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference in New Orleans.
Previous studies, including some by the University of Missouri team, have found a link between these calcifications, which are not cancerous, and the risk of diabetes, heart disease and stroke. But Dale said he believes this latest study has found an even stronger association.
In all, they looked at 793 mammograms of women aged 40 to 90. On the screening mammograms, 86 of the 793 women, or about 10 percent, had the calcifications. But 115 of the 204 women in the group who had had stroke had the calcifications.
"Of those who had a stroke, 56 percent of them had these calcifications on their mammogram, compared to about 10 percent of women in the general population," Paul said. "The important thing here is, we adjusted for age, because age increases your risk of stroke and also of having calcifications on your mammogram."
While the finding is not brand new, it is interesting, said Dr. Suzanne Steinbaum, director of Women and Heart Disease at the Heart and Vascular Institute at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City. "There have been other studies to show this," she said. "As a cardiologist, I would love this information."
It's one more piece of information, she said, that could potentially help inform doctors about a woman's risk for cardiovascular disease.
If she got a mammogram from a patient with that information, she said, "it would lead me to believe I need to screen this woman for cardiovascular disease."
Dale's team is continuing to study the link between the calcifications and cardiovascular diseases and diabetes. It's probably too soon, he said, to advise women to ask their doctor if they have calcifications on the mammogram. After more research is done, that might be a consumer-savvy step.
Stroke is the third leading cause of death for women over 40, Dale noted.
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what is kh? my test kit didnt come with any thing for that it just has thos five things |
KH-carbonate hardness It's a separate kit. |
ok what other kits should i get my water here is hard water out of the tap. |
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the town has hard water and the calcium build up on every thing. is it bad to have hard water? |
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The Silent Jewel Thief's plot revolves around a film festival where drugged up and drunk luvvies and directors, as well as producers, get so caught up in themselves and their projects that they have all their expensive possessions stolen from under their noses by an expert jewel thief, Guillaume, who falls deeply in love with one of the actresses he steals from. The film was funded purely by jewel robbery and even the director was robbed on the final night of showing.
"I've been robbed blind, but I made a great film. I can now go back home to Paris and be robbed by Francois Hollande even more. C'est merveilleux," the film's director Guy Gadbois told French news channels.


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This page describes how to back up your JIRA Server data and establish processes for maintaining continual backups. Backing up your JIRA Server data is the first step in upgrading your server to a new revision, or splitting your instance across multiple servers. See also Restoring data and Restoring a project from backup.
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Photo by Joe LedererJohn Gatins, the writer and director of Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story, likes to graze familiar pastures. Having written the scripts for two loosely fact-based sports melodramas (Hardball and Coach Carter), he makes it three in a row with this tale of a girl and her horse, and the result is a case study in how an unrepentant formula picture can be made to seem like it has nothing to be sorry about. Gatins treats his own clichés with such worshipful obeisance that Dreamer transcends them; it becomes like a vibrant, enveloping dream. The opening images deep, gray skies thick with billowing storm clouds over infinitely green Kentucky fields possess an almost supernatural quality, as if Gatins and his gifted cinematographer, Fred Murphy, were showing us the American farm belt not as it really is, but as it exists in our collective mythology. When the movies majestic horses round the track, they seem like prehistoric creatures brought back from extinction, and their throbbing neck muscles and galloping hooves in close-up have some of the ecstatic abstraction of Eadweard Muybridges 19th-century motion studies. Gatins is no less iconographic in regard to his characters proud, hard-working, red-state types like plucky protagonist Cale Crane (Dakota Fanning), the daughter of onetime horse breeder Ben Crane (Kurt Russell) whos been hit hard by the economics of contemporary farm culture. Now employed as a trainer, Ben has had to sell off his land piece by piece just to stay afloat. (Its a role that the chronically underrated Russell seems to feel in his bones; his performance is built upon the small, deferential behaviors of a broken-down man.) Cale convinces herself that a badly injured filly her father is nursing back to health can return to champion racing form the horse is a metaphor for her father and, by Jove, if she doesnt will just that to happen! This is as corny as it sounds, and yet not half as cloying and sentimental as you expect. At the end of the day, the horse may win the race, but the fate of the American heartland looms large and unresolved. DREAMER: INSPIRED BY A TRUE STORY | Written and directed by JOHN GATINS | Produced by HUNT LOWRY, BRIAN ROBBINS and MICHAEL TOLLIN | Released by DreamWorks | Citywide
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14th November 2012, 11:06 PM | #1 |
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hello all new diyer with a few questions
Hello all I'm Zac. I'm interested in building my own audio equipment. I'm wondering if anyone here can point me to the right area to learn more about portable battery powered systems? I want to build a good full sounding portable speaker system using 3inch or smaller speakers and a budget of less than $50. I have a few ideas but could use any input offered by those more experienced than I. Thanks everyone
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Can't be done for $50, and at the budget end of the market you simply can't buy the all the parts at anywhere near the price of buying something suitable, you need to rethink somewhat. Also all the disparate skills required to make a good job of designing a presumably rechargeable portable make it a far harder a task than it may initially seem. rgds, sreten. |
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Not rechargeable, I know its a horrible idea to try to charge li ions in series. I'm an ecig user, we'll versed in lithium ions, and have the batteries and charger already. I will need:
2 speakers, amp, on-off-on switch, battery box for 2x 18650batteries, 5v dc and 3.5mm jacks (female), and misc wiring and connectors. Housing will be easy to take care of. |
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If your talking e-cigs, your talking USB powered speakers. rgds, sreten. |
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I'm talking about two 18650 batteries in series, possibly with a 5v regulator, that are removed for charging. I'm thinking about 5v dc input so it can be run off the wall as well as off batteries |
15th November 2012, 01:06 AM | #6 |
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What exactly is your application??
Also Parts Express has inexpensive small speakers, usually in their closeout section. The amplification part is where you have some issues. _-_-
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My application is a pair of powered headphones that will also act as a portable stereo. For amplification I'm looking at the PAM8403 though I'm wondering if there is something better?
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speakers or headphones? I am lost.
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Hi Inanitydefined
Go and find a pair of powered speakers and gut 'em out. Sony has some models, powered by 4 X1.5V cells . Usually there's an (stereo) input jack and an output jack for the HP. The power switch inserts the amplifiers if the signal is too scarce ( the amplifiers are DIL 8 pins OP Amps , similar to the famous LM 380..TBA..Eerr ) And inserting the HPs in the jack disables the speakers . Those are obviously to be changed, preferring still low impedance ones ( 4Ω or less ...you can find in some radios the 3.2Ω models ) to obtain more power output, though at a major drain of current from the batteries is the norm With a 10-20 dB 'noise floor' like night listenings in room the thing might also sound good .... |
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