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May 20, 2013
This week marks one year since the White House released its Digital Government Strategy, and more than half of federal IT executives believe the strategy has helped their agencies make progress on implementing mobile IT strategies over the past year, according to a new survey.
The report, released Monday by Mobile Work Exchange and Good Technology, found that 52 percent of 175 federal IT executives surveyed believe their agency's mobile IT strategy has matured over the last year, with 43 percent giving their agency and "A" or "B" grade for progress on the digital government strategy.
IT executives also are seeing several benefits to implementing mobile IT, including the ability to communicate with colleagues in different locations (48 percent), employee productivity (47 percent), customer service (33 percent) and availability to constituents (28 percent), the study found.
Still, mobile IT implementation still faces some barriers, particularly security (73 percent) and budgets (60 percent), IT executives noted. Agencies are addressing their security concerns with training, however, with 65 percent saying all employees in their agency take security training related to mobile devices, and 68 percent saying their agency provides written security information on mobile devices to employees.
With budgets also a top concern, many IT executives said their agencies are implementing several methods to reduce mobile costs. Fifty-nine percent said they are developing agency-wide inventories of mobile devices and wireless contracts, and 50 percent report that their agency is working on a plan to reduce costs related to issuing mobile devices to employees.
Those savings may come in part through implementation of Bring-Your-Own-Device, or BYOD, programs, as 40 percent of IT executives say their agency has implemented or will implement BYOD by 2015, the study found.
Meanwhile, three-quarters of agencies are using, developing or considering mobile application options, with internal employee applications slightly more popular than those for constituents. For employees, the most popular apps were for training, inventory tracking, timecard application, security alerts, intranet and document sharing, among others.
"Government is focused on working smarter," said Cindy Auten, general manager of Mobile Work Exchange. "And as we see – taking significant steps forward as they work past the mobile growing pains. Success is a moving target. We will see continued creativity and progress in the year to come."
How would rate your agency's progress on the Digital Government Strategy? What benefits has expanded mobile use provided you as an employee?
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Note: The Hobo Spider is no longer considered as dangerous as the Black Widow or Brown Recluse
If you believe you have been bitten by a spider, look for a few of these symptoms:
Black widow spider bites may cause a sharp, shooting pain throughout an appendage, or they can also be painless and go unnoticed. Look for the above mention symptoms, as well as severe muscle cramps or spasms, nausea, vomiting, seizure, and an increase in blood pressure. The tissue around the bite will begin to die and appear rotten.
A Brown Recluse bite is often painless. You will notice a reddening of the skin which will eventually turn white. The bite will develop a red bull's eye and then blister. At this point the bite can begin to become painful. Skin tissue will begin to turn purple, brown, black, or blue. The discolored area will begin oozing a discharge as well. These bites can be deadly in rare cases.
Identify the spider. If possible, identify the spider that bit you. Medical care may be required for Black Widow and Brown Recluse spider bites. You may need to bring the spider with you to the hospital if you need medical attention. Stay calm. It's normal to panic when you have been bitten by a spider. Remaining calm helps to decrease your blood pressure and heart rate which may already be on the rise due to the possibility of spider venom. Keeping your blood pressure and heart rate down limits the spread of the spider's venom throughout the rest of your body. Seek medical care. If the spider that bit you has been identified as a Black Widow or Brown Recluse, head to the nearest hospital immediately. Treatment for black widow spider bites may require anti-venom medication. Medical professionals often use medications to treat brown recluse bites as well. Some spider bites may require a tetanus shot. Clean the bite. Clean the infected area where the spider bit you with soap and warm water. You may also want to use an antiseptic like Bactine, hydrogen peroxide or iodine to clean the wound. Elevate the area. If a spider has bitten you, a good way to prevent swelling and slow the spread of venom is to keep the bitten limb elevated. For a brown recluse or black widow spider bite, tie a towel above the bite to prevent the venom from reaching your heart and other vital organs. Apply an ice pack. After being bit by a spider, you will likely experience some pain and inflammation around the affected area. Applying an ice pack or cold compress will minimize these side effects. Take a pain reliever.Alleviate non-dangerous spider bite symptoms with a pain reliever like Tylenol, aspirin, ibuprofen, or other acetaminophens. Antihistamines may also be beneficial.
Spider bites can be frightening, painful, and even deadly on rare occasion. You do not want them in your basements, garages, tool sheds, or inside your home. If you want to get rid of your spiders then you need to get more then just general pest control, get spider control! While getting rid of the rest of the bugs (what spiders eat) will help in eliminating spiders, this is not the only solution and certainly not the best spider control solution. Let Bulwark Exterminating eliminate these spiders for good with our guaranteed spider control service. Whether you are seeing Black Widow spiders, Brown Recluses spiders, Wolf spiders, or simple House spiders, Bulwark Exterminating will take care of them all! For Immediate Service Call 1-800-445-9313

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This book provides information regarding the enormity of substance abuse problems in the population, how to assess the problems, and how to treat individuals and families who seek assistance. It educates beginning clinicians and counselors about substance abuse by guiding them through the process of working with substance-abuse clients. Written in an understandable, and easy-to-grasp manner, it covers the basics of substance use and abuse—Terminology, physiology, psychokinetics, and psychodynamics. Case histories are used in selected chapters to help readers integrate the various approaches by offering a sample of the types of issues presented when working with this population. An emphasis on special populations includes minority populations, women, elderly, special needs groups, and children/youth. For substance abuse counselors seeking information on the stages of counseling—from assessment and diagnosis through relapse prevention.
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EDMONTON - This time of year is all about playing dress-up, but those who do it for a living piled out of a Hummer-limo and a hearse at the Metro/Garneau Theatre wearing faux fangs for Mosaic Productions' Truckstop Bloodsuckers movie première on Monday, Oct. 22.
The vampy, campy, made-in-Edmonton flick starring Aimée Beaudoin, Jillean Tucker, Jesse Lipscombe and Ryan Parker is a farcical horror-comedy about two vampire waitresses at Little Hope Diner who have a run-in with some wannabe gangsters, a vomiting cop, a crazy old nude, and lots of ketchup.
Guests were asked to get in the spirit and dress up in vampire attire for the film's debut. Following an introduction from Mayor Stephen Mandel, moviegoers also got the behind-the-scenes scoop during a Q & A with the cast, writers and directors after the show.
Truckstop Bloodsuckers will air Wednesday at 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. on BITE TV.
On Sunday morning, participants in the Alberta Diabetes Foundation's third annual Halloween Howl Fun Run/Walk filed through the University of Alberta Butterdome, the surrounding U of A campus grounds and the Edmonton river valley. Despite the snow and cold temperatures, Edmontonians ran, jogged and walked three, five or 10 kilometres in Halloween costumes to raise awareness about diabetes and raise money for diabetes research.
The family-friendly event also included activities, hot drinks and food after the race, and awarded prizes for the best costumes and most money raised. Founded in 1988, the Alberta Diabetes Foundation is a not-for-profit, charitable organization committed to finding a cure for the disease.
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TRAINING: Again, this was a short notice fight...I have been using Crossfit for strength and conditioning in the mornings, then usually traveling to Albuquerque for wrestling at Jacksons, and BJJ at Gracie Barra. Then it's mitts with my coach, sparring and technique in the evenings at the Santa Fe BJJ Academy. I've even started wrestling with a high school team a couple times a week.
When and why did you start training for fighting? For MMA fighting I began training in 2007. Before that I started Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in 2003. I initially trained as an alternate for other fighters, but when most of the team dropped out for various reasons, my coach asked me to step in.
What ranks and titles have you held? I have held the King of the Cage Welterweight Title for over a year.
Do you have any heroes? From a purely fighting standpoint I idolize Nick Diaz. He has made incredible advances as an athlete and martial artist since he began fighting. I hope to be able to evolve and grow that much, even if I never get to his level. My other hero would have to be Marcelo Garcia.
What does it mean for you to fight in STRIKEFORCE? Fighting for Strikeforce is obviously an amazing opportunity. It feels great to be thrown into a new pool of talented fighters.
Did you go to college and if so what degree did you earn? I went to St. John's College in Santa Fe NM and Annapolis MD. I earned a Liberal Arts Degree in Western Literature and History of Philosophy.
What was your job before you started fighting? I've taught BJJ for a while, but before that I mostly worked at restaurants as a busboy or waiter.
Specific accomplishments in amateur competition? I had no amateur MMA fights. But I've placed 1st in quite a few Grapplers Quests, and earned 2nd place in 2 divisions at Pan Ams as a purple belt.
Ranks in any martial arts styles: Brown Belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
What do you consider to be the key fight in your career, and why? My win against Rich Clementi was really important for my career. It was my first fight to be televised, it was against a UFC veteran, and it was coming off a loss. It helped me to get noticed and to get more fights.
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State v. Boyd, 2010 WL 3565414 (Ohio App. 1 Dist. September 15, 2010)
Defendant was convicted under Ohio state criminal law for selling pirated DVD movies on a street corner. This apparently was the first ever prosecution under a law — a "record pirating statute" — enacted in 1976 (which was two years before the Copyright Act took effect). Defendant sought review of his conviction with the state appellate court. On appeal, the court reversed the conviction.
The court held that the state record pirating statute (R.C. 1333.52) was preempted by Section 301 of the Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. 301).
It was not clear which subsection of the record pirating statute defendant had been accused of violating. The statute provides:
No person shall purposely do either of the following: (1) Transcribe, without the consent of the owner, any sounds recorded on a phonograph record, disc, wire, tape, film, or other article on which sounds are recorded, with intent to sell or use for profit through public performance any product derived from the transcription. . . .
No person shall purposely manufacture, sell, or distribute for profit any phonograph record, tape, or album of phonographic records or tapes unless the record and the outside cover, box, or jacket of the record, tape, or album clearly and conspicuously discloses the name and street address of the manufacturer of the record, tape, or album, and the name of the performer or group whose performance is recorded. . . .
The Copyright Act expressly preempts certain state-law actions. Section 301 states that all legal or equitable rights that are equivalent to any of the exclusive rights conferred by the Copyright Act and that come within the subject matter of copyright . . . are governed exclusively by the Copyright Act.
In this case, there was no dispute that the movies were within the subject matter of federal copyright law. The more detailed analysis came in examining the question of whether the work was governed exclusively by the Copyright Act. That inquiry looks to see whether there is a qualitatively different "extra element" in the state law claim beyond what is required to show copyright infringement.
The court looked to two similar Ohio cases in which defendants had engaged in similar conduct. In State v. Perry, the Ohio supreme court found that the statute supporting the prosecution for "unauthorized use of property" by uploading and downloading computer software to an internet bulletin board service was preempted. In State v. Moning, the court held that a computer crime statute that prohibited the unauthorized access to data in a database was not preempted. The unauthorized access provided the extra element in that case.


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After Over Five Years of Fawning, Politico Pair Writes That 'D.C. Turns on Obama'
Imagine that. Politico has a very negative story on our second-term president.
After over five years during which the online publication has engaged in virtual non-stop fawning over the wonders of Barack Obama — going all the way back to shortly after its founding in January 2007, when Ben Smith found someone who described him as "frighteningly coherent" — Mike Allen and Jim VandeHei tonight employed adjectives and described personality traits of their beloved "44″ and those surrounding hime which just about anyone with eyes, meaning everyone except all too many members of the establishment press and those who have been deceived by them, has recognized for a long, long time (bolds are mine):
The town is turning on President Obama – and this is very bad news for this White House.
Republicans have waited five years for the moment to put the screws to Obama – and they have one-third of all congressional committees on the case now. Establishment Democrats, never big fans of this president to begin with, are starting to speak out. And reporters are tripping over themselves to condemn lies, bullying and shadiness in the Obama administration.
Buy-in from all three D.C. stakeholders is an essential ingredient for a good old fashioned Washington pile-on — so get ready for bad stories and public scolding to pile-up.
… Obama's aloof mien and holier-than-thou rhetoric have left him with little reservoir of good will, even among Democrats. And the press, after years of being accused of being soft on Obama while being berated by West Wing aides on matters big and small, now has every incentive to be as ruthless as can be.
This White House's instinctive petulance, arrogance and defensiveness have all worked together to isolate Obama at a time when he most needs a support system. "It feel like they don't know what they're here to do," a former senior Obama administration official said. "When there's no narrative, stuff like this consumes you."
… Democrats are privately befuddled by the White House's flat-footed handling of this P.R. and legal mess, blaming a combination of bad timing, hubris and communications ineptitude. The most charitable defense offered up on background is that Obama staffers are scandal virgins, unaccustomed to dealing with a rabid press.
… One Democrat who likes Obama and has been around town for many years said elected officials in his own party are no different than Republicans: they think the president is distant and unapproachable.
… "And it goes beyond even the story," National Journal's Ron Fournier, who covered the Clinton and Bush scandals and was once the AP Washington bureau chief, said on the (Morning Joe) show. "One common thing with Benghazi and the IRS scandal, is we're being misled every day. We were lied to on Benghazi, on the talking points behind Benghazi, for months. We were lied to by the IRS for months and now they're sending a clear message to our sources:
Don't embarrass the administration or we're coming after you."
Fournier almost acts as if this is news.
Wake up, Ron. It's not news to anyone in the Tea Party movement, new media, the Republican Party, Republican Party donors, Republican political candidates, conservatives, libertartarians, whistleblowers, inspectors general, law-abiding Justice Department attorneys, voter-integrity advocates, etc., etc.
But I guess it's news to Allen and VandeHei.
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Gabrielle was a 19-year old sophomore at the local state university. She was a brunette, five feet six inches tall, and weighed 119-pounds. She had size 35C breasts, long slim legs and a face that boys and men had dreams about. She was also a groupie. She made a habit of attending as many rock concerts as she could afford and doing whatever necessary to get into the group's dressing rooms backstage after the show and spending the night with at least one of the lucky guys. Tonight she was going to a concert featuring a group known as Death Warmed Over, not the kind of guys you'd bring home to mother, unless of course your mother was Morticia Addams.
As she dressed for the evening, Gabrielle went over in her mind the usual plan of events. She always bought one of the 'cheap seats' tickets, because she usually managed to trade sexual favors for a spot down front. Most of the security guards and roadies who frequented the large arena in town had enjoyed a quick but very satisfying blowjob from her. This way, she nearly always got to the front row. She wore a loose fitting blouse that hung over the waistband of her short denim skirt. Tonight, seeing as how the crowd would be more sleazy than usual, she went overboard - she wore stockings and the highest pair of high heels she had. They were killer shoes with four-inch heels, the kind known as 'fuck-me' heels. The skirt she had chosen was a tight, short affair. It stopped at just about the tops of her stockings, so the garter-straps and clips showed. This new style was especially erotic and on Gabrielle's long legs the nylons were even more appealing. She slid the tight dress up over her garter belt and pulled the blouse down over her bare breasts, no panties and no bra. She was sure to get the attention she wanted tonight. Applying more than the usual amount of makeup, eye shadow and lipstick, she certainly looked the part of a woman in search of sex. And sex she was sure to get.
Standing in line outside the arena as the crowd of kids jostled around, the excitement in the air was evident. Gabrielle could sense the stares and leers of the males in the crowd and enjoyed the attention. She always went to these concerts alone. She calmly waited as the line she was in slowly made its way past the ticket taker and went through the usual search inside the arena. The city was pretty thorough about getting most of the booze and firecrackers off the kids as they came in. The big black security guard at the door eyed her up and down as he said in a voice loud enough for everyone 10-feet around to hear, "I can see this little girl ain't got nothing' hidden on her!"
Gabrielle just smiled at him and licked her lips with her tongue, teasing the man. Nonetheless, he made sure his hands brushed across her breasts and down her hips. The touch of his hands made Gabrielle's nipples stiffen. She wandered the halls while the opening act played. She didn't want to get there too early and have a latecomer push her back when she moved down to the front-row seats. She wandered down to the ladies room and had a few cigarettes, shooting the breeze with some other girls and in general just enjoying the atmosphere. Most of the girls expressed amazement at her outfit, but several said they had seen the style and were just waiting for someone else to wear it first.
Finally the opening act finished to the obvious delight of most of the crowd. The house lights came up and the local radio station came on over the huge speakers and started blaring old Led Zeppelin and Aerosmith tunes. A haze of tobacco and hash smoke permeated the air. After killing some more time standing around the entrance to the lower level area, Gabrielle could sense when there was about 15-minutes until "DWA" as they were called, would take the stage. She fluffed her hair, straightened her skirt and inspected the picture. Everything was fine. This would be a piece of cake.
Gabrielle casually strolled down the short flight of stairs and out onto the floor of the arena. Folding chairs had been set up on the thick plywood that had been laid over the floor of the basketball court and ice hockey area. Several security guards stood around the front of the stage, that rose about 8-feet above the floor level. An iron railing had been set up to keep the crowd back about 10-feet from the stage. This area was reserved for roadies, tour photographers and others with official business. No paying customers where allowed here. Most of the front row seats were occupied. In all the clatter and noise of the time, Gabrielle never noticed the security guard come up behind her and lightly touch her arm.
"Excuse me, I'll have to see your ticket for this area." Gabrielle turned quickly. He was new. A tall, fresh looking guy about 25 or so, with thick brown hair and a nice smile. Obviously he hadn't been doing this very long. Gabrielle just let him wander up and down her body with his eyes. He grinned at her.
"I don't have one," she said nonchalantly.
"Well, I'm afraid you'll have to leave then; this area is for ticket holders only. There's no standing room."
Gabrielle looked him right in the eye. "Can I suck your cock for it?"
"Wh..what!" the guy stammered, blushing furiously.
"I said, "Can I suck your cock for it? Let's go somewhere private, I'll blow you real good, and then you let me stay up front here." Gabrielle almost shouted at him.
The guy looked at her a second, debating the obvious choices in his mind. Finally he looked around at the crowd and then down at Gabrielle.
"OK, babe, I think we can work something out. Come with me." So saying, he took her arm and they walked around back behind the stage and off to the side. And then down a small passageway that led out to one of the corridors normally closed to public traffic. He led her to a small closet just down the hallway, flipped the light on and pushed her in ahead of him.
"No funny stuff, man. All you get is a blowjob," Gabrielle said.
"No problem. You look like the type who loves to suck cock and will do a good job."
"Yeah, well I might. How's yours?" she shot back.
"You tell me," he said as he unzipped his pants and fished his rapidly hardening cock out. Average in length and girth, Gabrielle was pleased, but not overly impressed. "Now how about that head?" he said, putting his hand over her head and pressing down.
Not wanting to get a run in her stockings, Gabrielle grabbed a bunch of towels and cloths to put under her knees, before she let him push her down to her knees. Once down, she leaned forward and kissed the head of his cock, then pulled back. "Hang on a sec, I don't want to get cum all over this blouse," she said as she easily shucked her loose fitting blouse loose over her head. Clad now in just the stockings and skirt, she reached around the man's ass. "Ok, big boy, get ready for a blowjob you'll never forget," she bragged as she pulled his cock into her mouth.
Whatever else you might say about Gabrielle, you'd have to admit that she knew her craft. She took the man's entire cock into her mouth when she felt it bump the back of her throat, she started working it over with her tongue, teasing and pulling on it. She wasn't here to make it last or have a good time, she wanted to get this guy to blow his load as quick as possible so she could get back to the concert. Even though it wasn't part of the deal, she let him reach down and pinch her nipples, turning them into tiny peaks of ruby red flesh.
"Oh yeah baby, suck that cock. Make it feel good. That's right," he moaned, one hand on her breast and the other behind her head, pulling her mouth further down his shaft. Gabrielle then reached up with one hand to fondle his balls through his pants. twisting and turning them, churning up the load of cum she hoped would soon be arriving on the inside of her mouth.
"Shit, honey, that's good, you're gonna get me cumming in no time," he panted. "Yes, yes, yes, take it all, take it all." Still holding her hair, he looked contentedly down at the girl on her knees before, as he rough thrust in and out of her warm mouth. The older security guards had told him this would happen occasionally, and that is was one of the unpaid fringe benefits of the job. They were right.
Gabrielle pulled roughly off his cock just as she felt the tremors of his orgasm begin. Grabbing his cock tightly just behind the head she looked up at him and panted, "You can cum in my mouth, but don't take it out and whip it all over the place, OK? Cum in my mouth, I'll swallow it."
The guy could only nod his head. Re-enveloping his cock in her wet mouth, Gabrielle released her grip on the shaft. Grabbing the back of her head, he thrust his hips forwards, burying his cock balls deep into Gabrielle's mouth. And then with a load moan, he let go a load of salty cum that oozed across her tongue and down her throat. As Gabrielle took over, sucking the load of cum out of the guy's balls, several strong jets of cum struck the back of Gabrielle's throat that she dutifully swallowed as the amount grew. Again and again the guy's cock pulsed, as she swallowed his creamy cum. Tightening her lips around the base of his cock shaft, she slowly pulled up and off him, drawing the last few beads of cum from his cock.
Popping her tightly drawn lips off the shiny head of his cock, Gabrielle looked up at him from her kneeling position. The guy was swaying back and forth on his feet, still enjoying the marvelous feel of the massive orgasm that he'd just had. Popping his eyes opened, he looked down at her and sighed, "That was pretty damn good. You must have had a lot of practice."
Gabrielle cleared her throat of the last dribbles of his sperm and said, "Yeah, I've been sucking cock since I was fourteen. Most guys say I'm pretty good at it." Wiping her lips with the back of her hand, she smiled up at him as he helped her up. Reaching for her blouse, she slipped her blouse back over her naked chest.
"OK, I fulfilled my part of the bargain, let's go," she said quickly, grabbing…
To be continued…
Gabrielle Part-2-of-3 .
"Ok, I fulfilled my part of the bargain, let's go," she said quickly, grabbing his hand and walking swiftly out of the small room and back up the deserted hallway towards the stage area. He let her walk in front of him, eying the sway of her tight ass in the short skirt.
Once out into the crowd again, Gabrielle walked up to the middle of the seating area just off the front of the stage. Then at his touch, she turned toward the guard. "Here, take this," he said quickly, handing her a small slip of paper from his jacket pocket, "In case anybody else hassles you." Glancing at her hand, Gabrielle saw that it was a small ticket stub with 'Front Stage Pass' stamped on it, with the date and time added in longhand. "It's a pass we use in case someone legitimately looses their ticket or we need to issue another one to a VIP or something. It's good all evening." .
Thanking him, Gabrielle watched as he turned and walked away. She could still taste him in her mouth, and her breasts were aroused and tingly with desire. She always loved giving head and swallowing cum, it made her feel slutty and sexy. With a mischievous smile, she ran her tongue across her lips and then made sure that her makeup and hair were still presentable.
Suddenly the house lights dimmed, and the kids started cheering and raising the usual ruckus as smoke and lights filled the air. As Death Warmed Over hit the stage with their current hit, 'Teenaged Honey,' Gabrielle found herself scanning the guys in the band looking for an obvious target. Like most rock and heavy metal bands, the guys were skeletal thin and had very long hair. The bass guitarist had tattoos all over his chest and a wildly frizzy hair-do. He seemed more interested in watching his shoes than anyone in the crowd, so Gabrielle looked past him at the singer. He seemed a likely target, with his wildly flowing blond hair and obligatory skintight leather pants. Gabrielle noticed with satisfaction the large tube of flesh shoved down the inside of his right pants leg. He seemed to seek out and sing to the females in the front rows, so when he looked Gabrielle's way during one song, she tried to make real eye contact with him and send some signals.
But much to her sorrow, the singer just looked at her for a few seconds, and then moved on to the next person in the crowd. Gabrielle wasn't even sure that he noticed her at all. "Shithead" she thought to herself over the din, "time for plan B." Plan B was calculated to get one of the guy's attention, for sure. She waited until the guitarist was screaming through one of his patented gymnastic solos, his guitar held down between his legs, hands flying up and down the neck and over the body of the instrument. Falling to his knees near the front of the stage, near Gabrielle, he looked straight at her while coaxing the agonized notes from his guitar, bending the strings and gyrating to the music. Gabrielle locked on his eyes and quickly grabbed the bottom of her blouse and pulled it up to her neck, exposing her firm shapely breasts for all around to see. The others near her in the front rows were too occupied with watching the group on stage, to notice her, but the guitarist certainly saw her charms.
Gabrielle could tell that he not only noticed but that he liked what he saw, because his face broke into a huge grin. Dropping her blouse back in place, she smiled back up at him. He nodded in recognition and, as if suddenly remembering where he was, ended his solo and went on with the song the rest of the group was performing. Later during the show he managed to work his way over to where Gabrielle was several times, hoping for another shot of her breasts. Gabrielle knew that if she showed them again, she took a chance of either causing a riot among the front row patrons or getting booted out by the management. Each time, though, she made some little movement that let the guy know she wanted him. Things like swaying her hips to his music or rubbed her breasts through her blouse. During one especially close moment, she took her index finger and pointed to her open mouth with it, the universal sign among groupies and rock stars that she wanted to suck his cock. Gabrielle could tell that he noticed he got it because his cock immediately swelled the front of his Spandex pants out in a noticeable bulge.
The show went on without incident, and the group did the usual encore along with the crowd-pleasing pyrotechnic finale of smoke bombs, Roman candles and laser lights. As the show came to a close, Gabrielle quickly hurried out and down past the back of the stage into the subterranean corridors she knew so well. By the time she made her way around to the lower-level dressing rooms, several people were already wandering around in the area, mostly either members of the road crews of the two bands, arena employees, or other hangers-on. Gabrielle noticed several other girls who she knew were here after the same thing she was, rock musician cock.
Having been there many times before, Gabrielle quickly circling around the corridor to the door to the main dressing room. This time, as usual, the door was blocked by a huge, burly roadie, a black man easily six foot eight in height and 270-pounds. He looked at her and sniffed, "Ok, girlie, just keep on going, nothing here for you tonight."
"I wouldn't be so sure, my man," she snapped back with the confidence gained from dozens of these confrontations. "What's it take to get inside?" nodding her head towards the dressing room door.
"Well, above all a backstage pass, which I see you ain't got, or you bein' a member of the band, which you ain't, or you bein' someone invited in there by someone, which you ain't, cause there ain't anyone in there."
Gabrielle looked up at him seductively. She was sure he had been in this situation hundreds of times around the country, always guarding the group from the swarm of fans anxious to get near to them. But she was equally sure that she could get to him, after all she'd always been successful in the past.
"Aw, c'mon, let me go in. Promise I won't make a scene."
"Nope. Just move along," was his surly reply.
Thrusting her chest out just a little more and licked her lips, Gabrielle asked, "Is there anything I can do to get in there, you know, fuck you or something?" This question usually got one of two responses, either the roadie laughed in her face, or he took her up on it. When they laughed in her face, which was seldom, to be sure, Gabrielle was usually still able to figure some other way into the dressing room. But this guy just looked at her for long seconds. His eyes bored into hers. Finally Gabrielle blinked and looked down.
The roadie's chuckle rumbled up deep from within his chest, "Ok, girlie, tell you what. You're better looking' than most of the pussy that comes sniffing' round down here. If you can suck me off, and get me off before the guys get down here, you can stay. I'm sure that they'll know what to do with you too." Gabrielle thought to herself that she already had one load of sperm in her belly, another one wouldn't make that much difference.
While he spoke, he turned and unlocked the door and motioned Gabrielle inside. With a smile, she ducked under his arms and into the dressing room. Like the usual backstage areas she had seen, this one was strewn with clothes, food, papers, a couple of acoustic guitars and other miscellaneous junk. The aroma of grass hung in the air. Walking a few feet into the room, Gabrielle turned to the roadie.
"What's your name, stud?"
"Roger," he answered. Then wasting no time, the black roadie unzipped his pants as he walked up to Gabrielle and pushed her to her knees in the middle of the room. She nearly knelt in an old pizza carton with two greasy slabs of pizza in it, but brushed it away before her knees hit the floor.
"You want pads?" he laughed.
"What?" Gabrielle answered, mystified.
"Knee pads, standard equipment for the band. I seen them get half a dozen or so girls here each night and the chicks get sore knees from all the crosskicking."
Gabrielle answered with a snort, "No, I don't need 'em. I've been doing this long enough so that I get by OK." So saying, she reached into the man's pants and fished around for his cock.
Now, Gabrielle had seen quite a few cocks in her short life; white ones, black ones, short ones, fat ones, long ones, thin ones and thick ones. But as she wormed this tube of flesh out from behind its' confining wall of cloth, her eyes widened.
"Now this is a COCK!" she thought to herself. In proportion to the rest of his body, it really wasn't all that large, but to Gabrielle's small white hand, the black log seemed huge. It was too big around for her fingers to fully encircle it, and not even full erect seemed nine or ten inches long.
"Jeessus man, how fucking big does this thing get?" she laughed up at him. "I'm not so sure I can even get this whopper in my mouth."
"Suck it, or get the fuck out, bitch, we ain't got all night." She felt his strong hands at the back of her head, pulling her face towards his cock. While his cock hardened under her pumping hands, Gabrielle shifted on her knees and moved her jaw around, loosening up her facial muscles. The big plum-shaped head gleamed in the light as a tiny drop of wetness appeared at the tip. Gabrielle leaned forward and licked the spot off, enjoying the thrill and appreciating the throb of desire that she felt move through his cock. Kissing the head of his cock, she opened her lips and swabbed it with her tongue, spreading her saliva over the already wet tip of the cock. Her hands circled the shaft poking out of the man's pants and started jerking the cock, the smooth dark skin sliding over the blood-filled shaft with ease.
Roger had his hands firmly around her head, fingers entwined in her hair holding her head in place. Moving his hips forward, he shoved more of his hard cock into Gabrielle mouth, and she accepted the movement, spreading saliva over the rigid tube of flesh. Her tongue swirled over and around the shaft as about 5-inches of the shaft invaded her mouth. She swallowed roughly and tasted a few drops of salty pre-cum.
"Oh yeah, baby, keep doin' that, it feels real good," Roger grunted gruffly. He increased the length of his strokes, feeding his hot cock into her mouth with ease. He wasn't aware of Gabrielle's past experience, so he was kind of surprised that she could take so much. Literally hundreds of feet of cock had traveled the slippery route between her lips and over her tongue and into the top of her throat, inches after inches adding up to feet and multiplying many hundreds of times. So Gabrielle was no amateur at the crosskicking business. In fact, she prided herself on the ease and delight with which she could swallow almost any cock presented to her.
As she sucked on his big shaft, Gabrielle continued to stroke and jerk his cock with her hands. She knelt on the floor and applied both hands to the shaft outside of her face, pulling up to her lips and pushing back down until her hands touched Roger's wiry pubic hair. She occasionally let one hand drop down and caress and fondle his balls, which hung loosely in their confining sack of skin. The amount of saliva she generated soon began to overflow her lips, and drooled down over her bottom lip and chin.
Gabrielle had to pull off his cock for a second to get a deep breath, but while she did, she kept the tip of his cock against her lips, stroking and pumping all the while. She looked up at Roger with smoldering eyes, noticing that he was also fascinated by the sight of her down there, worshipping his cock.
"You like to suck cock, eh, girlie?" he asked, watching the slim white woman holding his coal-black cock against her face as she jerked him off.
"Yeah, I guess so. My boyfriend seems to like it, though," she answered noncommittally, taking the time to swallow some of the accumulated juices that had gathered in her mouth.
"Well, you just keep it up, 'cause I've got some nice hot gooey cum for you to swallow."
"If that's what you want. 's all the same to me," she responded. "Or if you'd like you can cum on my face…
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"if that's what you want, 's all the same to me," she responded, "Or if you'd like you can cum on my face, that's cool too."
Roger couldn't believe his ears. Here was this cute little college girl, on her knees before him, sucking his cock and telling him it was fine with her if he cummed on her pretty face. He'd always wanted to try that, but had never met a woman who seemed agreeable. But now his chance had come.
"Oh yeah, baby, that's what I'll do, I'll blow my wad all over your face if you want. Just keep that stroking, I'm getting close now...." he breathed roughly. Gabrielle did so, stroking his cock more and more rapidly, licking the head and kissing it with her pursed lips, sucking the drops of rapidly increasing pre-cum off and swallowing them. Then she felt Roger begin to shudder.
"Yeah, baby, that's it, cum for me, cum for Gabrielle, blow it on me now, I want it" she whispered, knowing the words would excite Roger even more. Her hands sped rapidly up and down on his coal black cock, the tip just inches from her mouth. Suddenly Roger jerked and a long stream of white slimy cum spewed from the head of his cock, diving right between her open lips and into her mouth. Caught slightly by surprise, Gabrielle coughed lightly, spitting some of his cum back out to ooze down her chin. As she kept jerking his cock another glob flew out, landing across her nose and cheek. She aimed his cock higher and the third glob splashed across her forehead and into her hair. The force of his load began to lessen, and the next spurt dripped weakly out onto her cheeks. Gabrielle rubbed the spitting cockhead over her face, feeling his cum leak out and ooze over her skin. As the eruption slowed, she popped the head of Roger's cock back into her mouth and sucked with all her might, drawing even more hot salty cum up through his male tube and into her swallowing mouth.
Finally Roger stepped away from where Gabrielle knelt, his now flaccid cock hung down, drained. As Gabrielle looked up at him, the streamers of cum lining her face beginning to ooze downward over her lips and chin. She swallowed, gulping the three or four jets of cum that had found their way into her mouth. Drawing in a huge breath of air, she shivered and whispered, "God, that was something else, all that cum on my face" .
Just then the door burst open with a rush of air and noise as the five band members burst into their dressing room area. The sight stopped them in their tracks. Roger, one of their road crew members, was standing there, his shrinking cock hanging out of his pants, dripping saliva and cum. A cute girl in a mini-skirt and blouse knelt on the floor just feet away, her face lined with cum. Gabrielle gasped in astonishment and flushed red, embarrassed at being seen like this by the entire group. Roger was silent.
"Jesus Christ, what the fuck is going on here?" yelled the singer.
"Holy shit!"
A cacophony of voices suddenly filled the air with the jeers and taunts of the group aimed directly at Roger and the girl. Getting shakily to her feet, Gabrielle wiped the cum off of her face as best she could. She stammered, "Ah.. hey g-g-guys, good show you just put on..." She hesitated, but no one spoke. "Now it's my turn, OK? My name's Gabrielle, and I'm here to fuck and suck every one of you."
(It might be wise now to introduce the group members, for those of you unfamiliar with them. The guitarist who seemed so intent on Gabrielle's breasts was Ed. He had long black hair and wore tight black jeans and a short fringed-vest. The singer was Larry, and his long wavy blond hair flowed down over his shoulders. He was tall and beefy and, to most women, the most attractive member of the group. The bass player had kind of stringy long brown hair and was named Ted. The drummer wore his hair in a ponytail and had a brown beard and mustache to match. His name was Bob. He had a maniacal look on his face.)
The guys wasted no time. Quickly they locked the dressing room door. Then shoving away all the collected trash, sheet music, amplifier parts and other miscellaneous junk that had collected there, they spread pillows and cushions on the floor. Ed immediately stepped up to Gabrielle and said, "I want to see those breasts again, they were fantastic!"
Gabrielle's cheeks colored, but nodded to him she crossed her arms and lifted the hem of her blouse up over her head. The other guys in the band whistled appreciatively when her breasts came into view. Large, very round breasts sported full nipples that were stone hard already, poking out stiffly almost a half-inch.
"Yes, in-DEED, very nice," said Bob, stepping up next to them and bending down to suck one of her erect nipples into his mouth. Moaning softly, Gabrielle cradled his head against her chest and closed her eyes. Ted stepped over and ran his hands over her hips and down into her skirt. Then he knelt and slid one hand up her thigh and underneath the skirt.
"Jeessus, the bitch ain't wearing' any panties!" he exclaimed, when his wandering fingers touched her damp pubic area. He moistened the tip of one finger in his mouth and slid it back under Gabrielle's skirt, sliding it up into her damp slit. Throwing her head back, Gabrielle moaned again and again.
"Yes, yes, finger my clit, do it now," she whispered. Ted was only too happy to oblige, as he inserted his forefinger into the warm, moist area at the top of her slit where he found her exciting little nubbin.
Meanwhile, Bob and Ed continued to suckling on her breasts as Gabrielle clutched both their heads against her chest like an earth mother. As they sucked, the two men slowly lowered her to the floor, resting her head on a large sofa cushion. Pulling her legs out straight, Ted unfastened the buttons of her skirt. Raising her hips, Gabrielle allowed him to pull her skirt down her long, slim, stocking-enclosed legs and over her feet. .
Again the guys whistled and hooted as her lower body came into view.
"DAMN, that's one fine cunt we got here," grunted Ed as he began loosening his pants. The other three men followed his lead, and soon all four were naked, and kneeling down around the woman who was offering herself to them. Then for the next few minutes, Gabrielle was in heaven as four sets of strong hands stroked, pulled, tweaked, rubbed and caressed her sweating body.
"C'mon guys, I need a fuck bad, let's get it on" she said, pulling Ed's face to hers and kissing him deeply. He maneuvered around and grabbed her stockinged legs, and hoisted them up over his shoulders. Her hips rose up off the floor as she pointed her pussy at him. Ed held his cock and rubbed the head of it over her slit, wetting it with the juices she was producing. Finally he could wait no longer, so with a tremendous grunt, slid the entire length of his cock right up her pussy. It hit bottom and Gabrielle squealed, "OH GOD YES, DO IT, FUCK ME," as she began moving her hips up to meet his thrusts.
Not to be left out, Larry and Bob moved up, and knelt on either side of her head. Gabrielle looked up and saw the two glistening cockhead dangling over her face. She reached up and stroked each of the shafts, opening her mouth to rub her tongue around each of the flared heads. The taste of their pre-cum set her taste buds on fire and pushed her further on down the road to the sexual heights.
"FUCK YES, call me names, I'm a SLUT, I'm a COCKSUCKING WHORE!" Gabrielle yelled, surrendering herself to the feelings of delight coursing through her body.
The men groaned and began taunting her.
"Yeah, you bitch, suck that cock, I'm gonna pump a load down your throat."
"Wow, look at this bitch suck, she loves that shit, look at 'er go!"
"C'mon baby, suck me off, you want that cum, don't you?"
"Yes, I'm a cock-sucking, cum-loving slut!" she wailed enthusiastically, slurping on the cocks. Ed continued fucking into her slit with vigor, sliding the length of his cock in and out with sure strokes.
"Yea baby, suck those cocks, make 'em cum down your fucking throat, eat some cum for dinner!" he joined in.
The four of them continued on for several minutes, Gabrielle sucking and stroking the shafts in her face alternately, slurping down the leaking juices when she could.
Suddenly Ted, who had been watching and stroking his cock silently, chimed in, "Hey, I bet this bitch'd love to get ass-fucked at the same time. Let's go!" The others agreed, over the minor protests of Gabrielle, who normally didn't like her rectum invaded by anything larger than a tongue or finger. But she was too far-gone to put up any real protest.
Ed straightened up, popping his glistening cock out of her snatch.
Ted lay on his back, holding up his rock solid shaft. So the guys picked up Gabrielle under her arms and bodily moved her over the grinning bass player.
"NO, no, I'm dry, get it wet, get it wet!" she mouthed almost incoherently, but the guys were in no position to stop and get her ass channel lubed up. They positioned her over Ted, who grabbed her ass cheeks and spread them apart. He could see the tiny dimple of her asshole. They slowly moved the protesting woman over the target until his cock was resting just below her asshole.
"READY, SET GO!" they yelled almost in unison, and virtually dropped the girl's body. Gabrielle shrieked in pain as the shaft invaded her dry hole.
"OH GODDDDDDDDDD," she screamed as the guys began screwing her every which way but loose. Ted leaned her back over him and Ed moved down to slide his hard cock up into her pussy. As soon as the second cock entered her, Gabrielle's body started trembling through a massive orgasm from the feeling of fullness.
In the meantime, Larry moved up and straddled her chest, with his cock pointing straight at her mouth. "You know what I want, girlie, suck this cock!" he grunted as he pulled Gabrielle's head towards his stomach. She involuntarily opened her mouth as she felt his shaft slide between her lips and bulge into her mouth. She was fucking and sucking three guys at once. She'd never dreamed that she'd ever do this, and here she was, getting cock thrown at her from every angle.
The juices from her pussy was finally running down and lubricating that dry channel enough so that the pain went away, to be replaced by a slight discomfort and a very nice feeling. The cock in her pussy savaged her womb, sliding back and forth. Ed reached down and began sliding his fingers over her clit, setting the rockets in Gabrielle's head off once again. She quaked through a couple of more orgasms as the guys continued to pound their cocks into her. They were slightly rough, but Gabrielle enjoyed it nonetheless.
Bob moved up and grabbed one of her arms, placing her hand around his cock, "Jerk on it, honey, just jerk on it for me," he commanded. As commanded, Gabrielle began sliding her fist up and down his shaft. Pausing occasionally pausing, she angle her head over so that she could spit out Larry's cock and suck on Bob's for a couple of minutes. The quartet went on for several minutes, the guys grunting with the exertion and Gabrielle squealing through the meat in her mouth in ecstasy.
Finally Ed spoke up. "Ok, bitch, it's time for your bath now. Hope you can swim, cause we're gonna drown you in cum. Let's go guys, let's give it to her. "
So saying, he pulled out his cock. Larry pushed her up off his cock, the POP of his cock echoing around the room as her bruised asshole was finally freed of its fleshy invader. Bob and Larry stepped away. After the four men lowered her to the floor. Gabrielle pulled a cushion up behind her head and looked at them expectantly. All four were standing over her, stroking their cocks with frenzied speed. She could see they were close to coming.
"Wh-.What're you gonna do?" she asked somewhat timidly, worn out from the dozens of climaxes she'd enjoyed.
Without saying a word, the four men gathered around her head. The four pricks were all within a foot or so of her face.
"Whaddaya think, bitch?" rasped Bob, "we're gonna shoot all over your FACE, slut, and you're gonna enjoy it too!"
"OHGOD YES! YES!" was all she could reply.
Suddenly the men started cumming. Larry groaned and arched his back and pointed his cock directly at Gabrielle. A stream of cum spewed out and splashed across her cheek and nose. The next jet hit her square in the left eye, blinding her momentarily. Gabrielle squealed and opened her mouth. Larry shot again, and this time the white line of cum flew out and disappeared into her dark oral cavern. Then when Bob started cumming, he aimed his spasming cock, spraying Gabrielle's face with his hot load. After Larry dribbled the last of his cum onto the top of her head, he rubbed his cock in her hair. Meanwhile, Bob was still shooting, his ropes of cum land in strings across the pretty girl's face. Her right cheek and jawbone had several strings of cum dripping and oozing down toward her chin. One line neatly bisected her nose as it splashed between her eyes. Then Ed started. It was as if the guys timed it so just as one finished, another started. As more cum flew towards the target face, Gabrielle opened her mouth again to capture the milky fluid. Several strong jets streaked across her tongue and coated her teeth. Finally Ted grunted and groaned, as his cock erupted, bathing her face with his sprays of jizz. Ropes of semen flew out, cris-crossing her waiting cheeks and lips, painting her forehead and nose. Her eyelids now had several drops of cum on them, and the eye shadow began to run and turn a milky blue. Gabrielle laughed and giggled and groaned as the guys pumped out their cum on her.


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BOSTON - The Dartmouth men's indoor track & field team kicked off the 2012-13 season Saturday at the Jay Carisella Invite hosted by Northeastern at BU's Track & Tennis Center.
Senior Connor Reilly was a highlight for the Big Green as he set a new meet record in the 60 meters, winning the event with a 6.91 in the finals. Sophomore Brett Buskey took third in 7.01, while freshman John Abraham was fourth in 7.03.
Dom Filiano dominated the field in the shot put, taking first with a toss of 49-4.50/15.05m. The second-place finisher was more than a foot back of the Dartmouth junior.
The 1000 meters saw the Big Green claim third and fourth, respectively, as freshman Kevin Stanko (2:34.16) and sophomore Joe Carey (2:34.18) crossed one after another.
In the high jump, sophomores Jeremy Birck and Sam Yoder each posted heights of 6-6.0/1.98m, tying for third in the event. Birck was given the slight advantage as he achieved the height in fewer attempts.
The Big Green men will continue their December schedule with another meet next Saturday (Dec. 8) at Harvard.


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A two minute clip of the high seas thriller "Triangle" is now online for your viewing pleasure. The film is by "Severance" director Chris Smith and stars the most frightening set of clouds you've ever seen.
Love Rob Zombie but think his movies lack the excitement of a forensic investigation? You're in luck! He's directed an episode of "CSI: Miami" that will air on March 1st titled "LA". And yes of course Billy Gibbons from ZZ Top makes an appearance.
I have to give the creators of "Triangle" credit, they've got something I haven't seen before. Ok not the whole trapped in a storm on a boat thing, not the "Butterfly Effect" thing and not the creepy empty ship thing. But freakin Bermuda Triangle?
This week we take on "Severance" on a skeleton crew, and Joe recalls awkward memories of a young Mark. Not to be missed.


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Shares of International Business Machines (IBM) are up $1.72, or 0.9%, at $194.99 after the company announced it approved an additional $5 billion of funds to be spent on share buybacks, on top of the $6.7 billion that remained for share repurchases at the end of September. The company said it will ask for more buyback funds at its April 2013 board meeting.
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COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Tech volleyball roster grew by two when head coach John Blair announced the signing of Natalie Penrod and Elizabeth Robertson last week. The pair joins Allison May, who committed during the early signing period, in Tech's most recent signing class.
With the loss of outside hitter Amanda Lindgren and right-side hitter Teresa Craig to graduation, Blair addressed those voids as Penrod was a four-year starter at outside hitter in high school, and Robertson played both middle blocker and right-side hitter during her high school career.
Penrod, a 5-foot-11 native of Alexandria, Ky., will come to the Golden Eagles from Campbell County High School where she played for coach Leah Ballinger. Her team's captain and MVP, Penrod finished in the top-5 in kills in the state of Kentucky and led her team to four consecutive district championships.
A Kentucky Coaches Association second-team all-state selection as a senior, Penrod earned Region 10 Player of the Year recognition as she posted 314 kills, 267 digs, 26 aces and 41 block assists during her final prep season.
"Natalie is a player who has an all-around game," Blair said. "She has the skill set to execute every element of the game and is only going to get better."
Penrod collected numerous accolades during her high school career, including being named to the All-District Tournament Team three times and being named a Northern Kentucky Coaches Association All Opponent D1 Player in her final two seasons.
In addition, Penrod was a four-time Scholar Athlete Award winner and vice president of her school's PEP Club while maintaining a 3.93 GPA.
She also had a five-year playing career with the Northern Kentucky Volleyball Club where she served as team captain her final two seasons. Penrod, the daughter of Jeff and Connie Penrod, helped her team to two USAV Junior Nationals bids and a 15th place finish in 2007.
Penrod intends to major in business at Tennessee Tech.
"She's a high-energy player, and she plays with a level of excitement that's contagious," Blair said. "She really fits our system well and will add depth for us on the outside."
Robertson, a 6-foot-2 native of Strongsville, Ohio, was a two-sport athlete at Strongsville High School, playing both volleyball and basketball. On the volleyball court, she was coached by Erick Sopata.
A player who continued to improve each year, Robertson was named first-team all-district and first team all-conference during her senior season after tallying 159 kills, 49 blocks and 30 aces. She also earned all-district honorable mention and all-conference honorable mention during her junior campaign after being named the team's best offensive player.
"Elizabeth brings a very athletic frame is one of those players who is going to get better with every practice," Blair said. "I think that she has a great deal of potential."
Robertson led Strongsville to four consecutive sectional championships along with titles at the Mayfield Invitational and Independence Invitational.
Complementing her on-court accomplishments were her accomplishments in the classroom as she was a four-time recipient of her conference's academic award.
Robertson also played for one of the better-known volleyball club teams in the state of Ohio, the Cleveland Volleyball Company.
"She comes from a very good club program and has strong mechanics," Blair said. "She wants to win and succeed, and she is the type of player who is not trapped in a position. She has the ability to play both in the middle and on the right side."
Robertson, the daughter of David and Teresa Robertson, intends to major in exercise science at Tech.


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The Missouri Clean Water Commission has approved new water quality rules that bolster protection for rivers and lakes and bring the state closer to compliance with the federal Clean Water Act.
The Missouri Clean Water Commission has approved new water quality rules that bolster protection for rivers and lakes and bring the state closer to compliance with the federal Clean Water Act.
The revised standards, voted on Wednesday, set specific limits for pollutants discharged into an additional 90,000 miles of rivers and streams and 2,100 lakes and are expected to require expensive upgrades for many water treatment facilities.
Missouri went decades without assigning uses or limits for about 150,000 miles of rivers, streams and wetlands, and the commission's vote comes 13 years after Missouri was warned by the Environmental Protection Agency that state water quality standards needed updating, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Thursday.
Federal intervention had seemed increasingly likely, and the revised water quality rules require formal approval from the EPA. The new rules are expected to take effect next year.
"It's been a long journey," said Karen Flournoy, who is the water division director for the EPA's regional office. "We think this action represents a huge improvement in the protection of Missouri's waters."
The Clean Water Act calls for the nation's waters to be safe for fishing and swimming unless there is a scientific study showing why it cannot happen. Limits are set on pollutants that can be discharged that are used in permitting factories, wastewater facilities and farms.
The Missouri Coalition for the Environment twice filed lawsuits against the EPA seeking to force the federal agency to implement water standards. In the most recent case, a judge sided with the EPA and concluded it had discretion to decide whether to institute rules for Missouri. The order also made clear that Missouri was in violation of the Clean Water Act.
Industry representatives, municipal utilities and environmental advocates had urged the Missouri Clean Water Commission to approve water-quality revisions while each recommending some changes to the proposal. The Missouri Farm Bureau did not support or oppose the rules but said the financial costs should be recognized.
A Missouri Department of Natural Resources report estimated public and private wastewater facilities could face $2 billion worth of capital projects and $200 million annually in additional operating costs.


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AJ McCarron threw a pair of touchdown passes to Amari Cooper and No. 1 Alabama handled Ole Miss, 33-14, on Saturday at Bryant-Denny Stadium.
McCarron completed 22-of-30 passes for 180 yards without an interception and Cooper finished with 84 yards on eight catches for the Crimson Tide (5-0, 2-0 SEC).
"Coop did an excellent job for us running the right routes and being on time," said McCarron. "We had good chemistry the whole night, so we definitely were good in that area."
Christion Jones returned a kickoff 99 yards for a touchdown in the win, while Eddie Lacy had 19 carries for 82 yards and Jeremy Shelley went 4-for-4 on field goal attempts.
Bo Wallace threw for 123 yards with two interceptions on 15-of-26 passing for the Rebels (3-2, 0-1), who were coming off a 39-0 shutout of Tulane.
Jeff Scott and Randall Mackey both had a rushing touchdown in Saturday's setback.
Alabama faced its first deficit of the season on Saturday when Scott plunged across the goal line from one yard away at the start of the second quarter.
The junior's short scoring burst capped a 75-yard drive and gave the Rebels a 7-6 lead, which lasted a matter of seconds, as Jones caught the ensuing kickoff on one hop and raced up the sideline for a touchdown.
McCarron and Cooper then connected on a pair of scoring strikes to give the defending national champions a 27-7 advantage at the half.
Both touchdowns were set up by an interception, as Dee Milliner's pick at the Ole Miss 35 led to Cooper's over-the-shoulder, 16-yard grab in the front corner of the end zone. The freshman receiver's grab near the pylon was initially called incomplete, but the play was ruled a touchdown following a review.
Later in the quarter, Mackey's only pass of the game was intercepted by Deion Belue at the Alabama 32.
The Crimson Tide capitalized with a 68-yard drive which resulted in a touchdown when Cooper made a leaping grab over a defender in the back of the end zone 1:37 before halftime.
"Those turnovers were really the difference in the game," said Alabama coach Nick Saban. "The game was 7-6, and then we got the turnovers, and we got a little lead. Turnovers are always that way."
The Rebels outscored Alabama 7-6 in the second half courtesy of a 16-play, 70- yard scoring trek early in the third quarter, which was capped by Mackey's 12- yard run.
Ole Miss, though, crossed midfield just once after that touchdown, and Shelley tacked on a pair of fourth-quarter field goals -- of 26 and 24 yards -- to seal the win.
The senior kicker had a pair of 38-yard field goals in the first quarter to give the Crimson Tide a 6-0 lead.
Game Notes
Alabama has a bye next week before hitting the road for back-to-back games at Missouri and at Tennessee ... Ole Miss has lost nine straight SEC openers ... The Rebels are 0-9 all-time against the nation's No. 1 team ... Alabama leads the all-time series, 49-9-2, and hasn't lost to Ole Miss since 2003.


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When someone's hitting the site as blatantly as they are now, I think it's about time guest access posting (not viewing so everyone can still see how good the forum is) was banned. Sure you could argue that spammers are going to make fake accounts anyway, but the kind of thing that's happening at the moment looks like a bot has stumbled across the forum... the bogus posts don't even read like they are aware of the audience. Can we have one of those "type the characters you see here into the box for verification" features?
When the entire list of "Last forum posts" is swamped out by spam, it justifies a change.


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We have to get rid of our sealpoint siamese. Our new landlord said no pets allowed. We are devistated to have to do this.
She is 3 years old. Not spayed or declawed. Very affectionate and gets along great with all people.
If you know of someone who can take care of her please call us ASAP as we are being charged $20.00 a day to keep her.
Sorry I forgot. She is free.


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ALICE POV It all started on a normal day I hadn't seen any threats in the coming future."Jasper"I called knowing my true love could hear me."coming"he said to me as he reached the stair case relief flooded over me i knew it was his amazingly strange gift. He thought it a curse,but I knew he was special.I am Mary Alice Brandon Whitlock Cullen and I see the future but this day was strange."Alice what do you see"Jasper asked sorta frustrated. A flasback I've never had one like that i did not want him to worry I lied "I can't see Nessies and Jake are coming". Relief washed over his face as he went to find Emmet,I had a vision it scared me I saw the person from my flashback although i dont remember my past ive saw this person before. Jasper must have felt a change he and Emmet were back in the house in seconds by my side. Arte that was her name,and Maria i saw them both in my flashback and future. Damned mind reader,Edward was already telling them what i saw.I wanted Jasper not to know I dont like it when he worries.One of the only people i remeber from my past was Arte she was my bestfriend before i got sent to the asylum for my powers.."Alice who is this Arte?"Edward asked me the way no one else could hear through mind, confusion was all i could see in his eyes. "She was my cousin my best friend and then she was murdered but i guess it was a rouge" i told him trying to keep calm Jasper sensed my uncomfort and demanded us to let him in the conversation.As Edward told Jazz everything i had another flashback. "Hey Arte,guess what?"I asked her while jumping up and down with exitement "I finally get to borrow your blue dress"she asked "No dont be silly.we are going to Italy mother has arranged it." she stared at me like i was the only friend she had which was not true she had so many friendswhile i only had her and my sister Cynthia. The flasback ended right when the future began."I dont remember ever going to Italy " I mumbled to myself unaware of my familys' stares until i looked up just in time to see the windows shatter."Arte!"i said shocked to see her but not Maria.She was wearing my old blue dress she asked to borrow its silk lining once white was stained red and the fabric ripped."Pity your dress turned out like this and it was so lovely "Arte said to me in a harsh childish tone"Say Alice what do you remember of your past huh,do you remember how you got to that assylum come on talk to me Im your bestfriend"she said it like nothing had changed i stayed silent i dont remember any of it or at least that she was concerned about,Jazz could tell i was confused "Why should she tell you anything and how did you know she doesnot remember"edward said thank goodness for a mindreading brother for once."Oh you want to know realy?"she asked "ARO"he gasped kind of shocked "Thats who you work with"he added clearly ready to defend all of us if it came to that."I was talking to Alice you stupid mind reader"she said i lost it Jazz could not calm me if he tried.I dont lose my temper easy but once i saw what she had planned i attacked "HOW DARE YOU i thought you were dead what did i ever do to make you decide on this why do you want to punish me why would you not tell me why WHY!"i yelled it took Jazz and Em and even Bella to pull me away before i decapitated that little bitch."Let me go"i screamed until peace came over me and i could not resist peace right now "How dare she "i thought last thing i remember was Jasper used his gift to knock me out when i woke he was laying beside me playing with my short pixie like hair."Hey"he said sending me that grin i couldnt help but smile.Then my good mood was killed when Arte walked in,i was about to start a fight until Jasper almost literaly got on top of me to hold me down.He knew i would not hurt him but i would hurt her.when i calmed he got off me and Edward walked in "She was being controlled Alice she does not remember a thing past or present."How is that?"i asked im not going to trust her they could allm just forget that one."Alice,is that realy you?"she asked me shocked"Is that my dress?''I asked with so much sarcasm i heard Em's booming laughs from outside somewhre. Arte POV "Um yeah, i guess this was your dress before i ruined.im so sorry"i said to my former best friend as she looked away and ignored me like she used to do before id say something totaly ignorant."Go away please."she said to me as calm as she could then i realized that the ones she looked to was not me but the rest of the family exept for two of them."What do you want?" she asked me, no not asked me commanded me, it was strange ive only heard her talk that way after that big fight that led to my death.My suicide."Alice please dont talk to me like that, do you even remember anything?" i asked her in a mannerly tone and tried not to be harsh about it "Why do you ask?'' "Because i need your help" i said and she laughed she was clearly upset,she started to walk out of the room but she stopped ,the one who had calmed us both down and the mind reader rushed to her side.It was the mindreader who screamed at me this time,his words were harsh but i did not care i dont know what she saw but i wanted to ''get out"he said"NO!" she said whatever she seen she was worried this shocked them both " if she leaves she will die and then we will be atacked by whatever the hell that thing is" she explained "so i can stay?" I asked her with a big grin "I guess we have no choice " she said to me as harsh as she could then walked out of the room to ask the one named Carlisle something.
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CC Grinds out a Victory as the Yankees Roar Against the Tigers
CC Sabathia Recorded a Win Due to a Little Help From Arod
From the minute I saw the matchup I knew today's game would be a pitcher's duel. Luckily the Yankees came out on top as they beat the Tigers for the second straight game, by the score of 2-1.
Pitching Analysis: CC Sabathia did not have his best stuff today, but like A.J. last night, he hung in there with a chance for his team to win the game. Early on, his control was way off. He kept missing high and away with his fastball, and he struggled to get ahead in the count. Although he had little control, he did not give up any runs today. His first jam came in the first inning, where he had 2 men on. He got out of it, but threw 24 pitches to do so.
CC's biggest jam came in the top of the 6th. First, he got the always-dangerous Miguel Cabrera to pop up to Cano. Then Marcus Thames grounded one to Jeter's right. Jeter makes a great play to throw to first as he jumped, but Thames was safe with an infield single. I really thought he was out. Then Magglio Ordonez doubles, making it second and third with only one out. I was thinking that this was the inning where he would fold. But CC got Ryan Raburn to pop up to shallow left, and then Brandon Inge to pop to Cano. I could not believe he did it. CC pitched 7 scoreless innings and really put up a gutsy performance. Well done.
Alfredo Aceves pitched the 8th and gave up a solo homer to Thames. In the 9th Mariano picked up his 25th save of the year.
Defensive Analysis: The defense was very strong today. Early in the game, CC was laboring and I worried that the defense would lose focus, but they didn't. Jeter started some nice 6-4-3 double plays in the 3rd and 4th to get CC out of some jams. It is so comforting to have guys that you know are going to make all the plays!
Offense Analysis: There was not much offense today, but Arod came through when he had to. In he bottom of the 7th, he hit an opposite field homer off Verlander which ended a streak of 13 scorless innings for Verlander against the Yankees. Later on, Cano singled, Swisher doubled, and Melky, the clutch machine, knocked in Cano with an infield single. Melky's RBI turned out to be an important run after Thames hit his homer in the eigth. I should also give credit to Derek Jeter, who was the only one who hit Verlander before the 7th inning.
So, in this tight pitcher's duel, the Yankee heroes for today are CC Sabathia for his exellent performance, Alex Rodriguez for the first knock on the scoreboard with his homer, and Melky Cabrera whose little infield single RBI wound up being the difference in the game. The Yankees already one this series against the Tigers due to today's 2-1 win. Nice game today. It is really nice that the Red Sox lost, and the Yankees are only 2 games out of first place! I hope they continue playing this well.


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Submission + - Facebook: man claiming ownership has no case (skunkpost.com)
crimeandpunishment writes: Attorneys for Facebook and a New York man claiming majority ownership of the site faced off in a Buffalo courtroom Tuesday, and if Facebook gets its way there won't be too many more days in court. The site wants to get Paul Ceglia's claim thrown out of court. He claims a seven-year-old agreement with Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg entitles him to 84 percent of the company. Facebook acknowledges Ceglia and Zuckerberg worked together, but says the contract Ceglia submitted was full of "things that don't make sense".


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NFL Week Three Picks, Pats, and Apologies
Last Week: 11-4
Season: 20-11
Record Picking Redskins Games: 2-0
Against the Spread: 5-2
Lock of the Week: 2-0
Last Week's Pats: Very good week-- especially against the spread. I went 3-0 in that department and won my lock of the week (Titans) quite easily. I also called the straight-up victory for the Broncos and was only one point off in the final score prediction of Bears-Panthers.
Last Week's Apologies: I want to apologize to myself for changing a gut instinct. I pegged the Raiders to beat Kansas City all week, and then changed my pick last minute on Sunday morning. Of course, the Raiders proceeded to handle the Chiefs with ease. Also missed on three really close games (Bills, 49ers, and Colts). Not much to apologize for this weekend-- especially if you followed my advice with your money!
This Week's Picks:
Kansas City at Atlanta: Two Words: Tyler Thigpen. Yep, that's the guy who will be under center this week for the Chiefs. Who knows, maybe he's the next Tom Brady. More likely, he's the next Tyler Thigpen.
Falcons 27, Chiefs 17
Arizona at Washington: Two offenses that really exploded last week. But fans of both teams may want to temper their enthusiasm after realizing that both teams lit up the scoreboard against weak defenses. This will be a much sterner test for both sides. Arizona has a highly underrated secondary, but their inability to run the ball could do them in if a team can generate a pass rush on Kurt Warner. I think the Cardinals are the slightly better team here, but homefield plus the Cardinal's abysmal history has me tossing a coin and going with the Redskins.
Redskins 26, Cardinals 23
Houston at Tennessee: Before the year, I was very high on Houston. I picked them to beat the Steelers on opening day-- they responded by getting trounced. The Titans, on the other hand, have looked very steady thus far, and their offense appears stabalized with Kerry Collins at the helm. Still, I am going to play my pre-season hunch here that the Texans will compete for a wild card this year. Upset of the week.
Texans 17, Titans 13
Oakland at Buffalo: The situation is Oakland is a total mess. So, I was pretty surprised to see them go into Kansas City last week and win handily. But the Bills look salty so far in 2008, and while I could see Oakland hanging around, no way do they pull this one off.
Bills 20, Raiders 10
Tampa Bay at Chicago: So far, Chicago looks much closer to the 2006 Bears than the 2007 Bears-- which is a good thing for Bears fans. Matt Forte gives the offense some punch. Chicago opened the season with two difficult road games, and came out a very respectable 1-1. I see them handling the Bucs at home this week.
Bears 19, Bucs 16
Carolina at Minnesota: Why the Vikings waited until week two to decide Tavaris Jackson was not the answer at QB is a mystery. This was an organizational decision that should have been made early in the off-season. Now, the Vikings are stuck with veteran journeyman, Gus Frerotte. Frerotte should be an upgrade from Jackson of course, but he certainly isn't a longterm solution. Still, I like Minnesota to get their first win of the season in what amounts to a desperation game for the Vikings.
Vikings 24, Panthers 17
Cincinnati at New York Giants: The question isn't whether or not the Giants will win this game. The question is will the Bengals completey embarrass themselves yet again? For some reason, I see Carson Palmer having a respectable day, but the Giants will score at will.
Giants 34, Bengals 20
Miami at New England: Everyone keeps asking who is the favorite in the AFC now that Tom Brady has been lost for the year. After this week, those people will need to look in the standings and realize New England is 3-0.
Patriots 29, Dolphins 14
New Orleans at Denver: The Saints defense is on the soft side when healthy. Banged up like they are now, and they may have a bottom 5 defense in the league. Jay Cutler and the Broncos offense looks 100% for real. Another shootout in Denver?
Broncos 31, Saints 27
Detroit at San Francisco: Memo to the Lions: Don't get behind 21-0 and you might have a shot this week. Then again, maybe not.
49ers 28, Lions 24
St. Louis at Seattle: Yawner of the week. Two bad teams right now. I understand why Seattle's offense has struggled somewhat, but I don't understand why their normally stout defense has gotten pushed around by two subpar offenses. Still, I'm not sure how anyone could pick the Rams to win anything right now.
Seahawks 27, Rams 13
Cleveland at Baltimore: If the Browns haven't pushed the panic button yet, they should at least have hands hovering over it. They are 0-2 with two home losses. Their offense has looked putrid since pre-season. They can't cover anyone. The next two week they play at Baltimore and at Cincinnati. Cleveland may need to win both to have any chance at catching the Steelers this year. I am picking the Browns this week because I could see Joe Flacco struggling much like Matt Ryan did in his second start, but this is far from a confident choice.
Browns 16, Ravens 13
Pittsburgh at Philadelphia: Possibly the game of the week. Should be very entertaining. There's something about the Steelers I really like this year-- and I had them pegged as a disappointment in my pre-season picks. But they have performed quite well so far this year and I love their overall team balance. Having said that, the Eagles look sharp and agressive. Donovan McNabb is playing at an extremely high level and I see him leading the Eagles to a dramatic win this week.
Eagles 24, Steelers 21
Jacksonville at Indianapolis: If the Jags lose this week, I think we can officially start kicking dirt on their Super Bowl hopes. Playing in Indy, against a team that finally righted themselves in the second half last week, is not a good spot for the Jags.
Colts 23, Jaguars 13
Dallas at Green Bay: If Steelers-Eagles doesn't do it for you, then this one should. Excellent match-up. Slowly, I think people are beginning to realize how good of a job Ted Thompson has done in building this Green Bay team. They are my pick to represent the NFC in the Super Bowl. But for this week, I see Romo and the Cowboys getting the upper-hand.
Cowboys 28, Packers 20
New York Jets at San Diego: Much like the Browns, the Chargers find themselves in a bit of a desperate situation this week. The focus all week has been on the early whistle that helped hand the Chargers a loss last week. But San Diego needs to put aside what they can't control and focus on a defense that has gotten shredded in the opening weeks of the season. If I'm a Chargers fans, this game scares me to death. But I have a feeling they find a way to avoid the 0-3 hole.
Chargers 27, Jets 21
4 To Score
1. Texans (+5) at Titans. Playing a pre-season hunch. Gonna give the Texans another week to prove me stupid.
2. Patriots (-13) vs. Dolphins. I think the New England defense may have gotten into a groove last week.
3. New York Jets (+9.5) at Chargers. Not sure I can pick the Chargers to blow anyone out right now.
4. Browns (+2.5) at Ravens. Going with a trend, picking against a rookie QB.


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Residents: Keep configuration at Smithfield Road
Residents: Keep configuration at Smithfield Road
NORTH PROVIDENCE - What many call the town's "busiest intersection," Mineral Spring Avenue at Smithfield Road, needs to stay as is, said residents and town officials last week.
Mary Ellen McQueeney-Lally, a local resident who needs to take a left on Mineral Spring Avenue eastbound to get to her home on Riverview Drive each day, said she believes officials from the Rhode Island Department of Transportation are reversing their earlier addition of a left-only lane far too quickly.
"I feel that they are putting safety behind convenience," said McQueeney-Lally.
The Breeze reported on Aug. 29, that the Rhode Island Traffic Commission had voted to restore the former configuration at the intersection to once again make vehicles turning left to cross two lanes of traffic without the benefit of a green turn signal.
According to McQueeney-Lally, the turn she once had to make "was extremely dangerous," especially if there was a truck or SUV in the lane closest to her, blocking her view of the other lane.
"You do not have a clear vision of traffic that's coming," she said, adding that it was often a matter of "edging out there and hoping for the best."
DOT officials are now in the planning stages for redoing the intersection to take away the left-turn lane they previously added, with work likely to begin by late fall.
Town Council members agreed with McQueeney-Lally and other residents they say are upset about the planned elimination of the left-only lane. They agreed to send a letter to the DOT asking that officials there reconsider the decision.
DOT spokeswoman Rose Amoros did not respond to a request for comment.
Mayor Charles Lombardi has also said he wishes the DOT would keep the new configuration on the state road, despite claims of numerous calls of complaint from town residents to the DOT about traffic backup due to cars being forced right at the intersection.
Lombardi said for the Aug. 29 story that the current lane configuration was previously causing backup "halfway to police and fire headquarters" on Mineral Spring Avenue, but said much of the problem had been addressed after DOT workers made adjustments to lengthen the green light for drivers on Mineral Spring Avenue.
Councilor Stephen Feola said he would like DOT officials to consider other options before eliminating the left-only lane, perhaps making further adjustments to the traffic signals at the intersection. Feola, who lives not far from McQueeney-Lally, recalls often being forced to sit through multiple cycles of red lights without being able to get through the intersection.
Councilor Alice Brady said she's heard from many residents who are concerned about the potential switch back to the old configuration, but only one who was upset about the delays brought about by the left-only lane when it was added earlier this year. The configuration of the intersection represents a "very important issue" for many of her constituents, said Brady.
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I am glad that the old configuration is coming back. Ever since the new configuration, the traffic backs up to Citizen's Bank frequently which makes it very difficult to get out of the street I live on. Good move by D.O.T.


text: Christy's Vote could signal end for Clifton Heights landmark By Tana Weingartner • Aug 6, 2013 Tana Weingartner / WVXU The path is now clear for demolition of a historic Clifton landmark. A Cincinnati council committee is siding with the owners of Lenhardt's restaurant against a bid to designate it a historic building. The neighborhood group CUF sought the designation after the Windholtz family shuttered the restaurant in December and announced plans to sell to a developer who intends to tear it down.


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The northwest Spanish town of La Coruña posted a lost-and-found notice this week that has captured the world's attention.
It read:
"FOUND: A lottery ticket bought more than a year ago, which entitles the owner to an unclaimed $6.3 million jackpot."
"LOST: The ticket's owner."
Manuel Reija Gonzalez found the unclaimed lottery ticket from 2012 in a lost property box at the lottery kiosk where he worked.
Its worth: 4.7-million euro.
Instead of claiming it for himself, the honest man turned it into authorities.
"I never for a moment thought about keeping it because I wanted to be able to sleep well at night with a clear conscience," Gonzalez told the BBC.
"Because here was somebody who had a problem forgetting his ticket and I put myself in his shoes, and it's the sort of thing I could have done. I thought the best thing to do was just to return the ticket," he added.
According to the newspaper La Voz, someone bought the ticket with the winning numbers 10, 17, 24, 37, 40 and 43 from a shopping centre in Galicia, Spain, but managed to misplace it.
Gonzalez assumed the ticket, which was not purchased at his kiosk, fell out of someone's wallet.
When he ran the numbers, he was shocked to learn of the huge jackpot.
"I couldn't believe it the first time I checked the ticket! So I ran it through the machine again just in case there was a computer error," he told reporters. "I was standing up, but I had to sit down. I almost broke the chair, I was so flustered!"
If the ticket's owner isn't identified in the next two years, the millions will go to Gonzalez.
"For the first time we're looking for a millionaire, not because we want money from them, but because we want to give it to them," the mayor of La Coruña, Carlos Negreira, said on Monday.
Negreira said he'll buy Gonzalez a beer in two years if the good Samaritan gets to keep the fortune.
"He found something that wasn't his, and did the right thing to try to find who it belongs to," Negreira said. "He's a good example for our citizens who believe in justice."
Six people have already tried to claim the prize, NPR reported, but none of them were able to prove ownership: specific knowledge of when and where the ticket was purchased.