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I can still remember the first time I tried an avocado.
I was 19 years old, sitting in a small dimly lit Italian restaurant in London. My friend and I decided to order an appetizer that was simply half an avocado filled with a thick, high quality balsamic vinegar.
We ate it with spoons and loved it so much that we made sure to visit the restaurant again during our trip. To this day that's one of my favorite ways to eat avocados.
It's the most filling, satisfying snack. But I used to save it for special occasions because it was drilled into my head that avocados were incredibly fattening and "fat is bad." Ever since switching to an 80/20 Paleo diet, I've been enjoying this treat several times per week. It's pretty great.
Avocados are not bad for you, and they will not make you fat. In fact, a study was released in January 2013 by the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey indicating that consuming avocados may be associated with better diet quality and nutrient intake level, lower intake of added sugars, lower body weight, BMI and waist circumferences, higher "good cholesterol" levels and lower metabolic syndrome risk.
There are so many different ways to include avocados in your meals. For example, avocado makes a fantastic breakfast smoothie, a filling salsa to serve with fish or poultry, and even desserts such as chocolate mousse.
Want some specific examples? Check out my roundup below with 20 different paleo recipes that highlight avocados.
1. Pumpkin Spiced Avocado Smoothie -- I love adding avocados to smoothies. It may sound a bit weird but don't knock it until you try it. Pumpkin spice and coconut milk are the predominant flavors in this smoothie and avocado creates a thick, creamy texture similar to a milkshake.
2. Baked Avocado and Egg with Miso Butter -- Cooking an egg inside an avocado creates a tasty breakfast full of protein and healthy fats. Miso butter adds a ton of flavor.
3. Sweet Potato, Apple and Avocado Salad -- This is one of my favorite lunch options at the moment. Sweet potato, apple, red onion, and lime juice complement the avocado perfectly.
4. Chilled Tomatillo Avocado Soup -- Avocado acts as a thickener in this recipe to create a rich soup that you'd never know is missing the cream.
5. Avocado Egg Salad Lettuce Wraps with Bacon -- In a different take on egg salad, avocado binds eggs and celery together for a simple lunch or snack.
6. Grilled Avocado and Peach Salsa -- Have you ever tried grilling an avocado? It creates a smoky flavor perfect for salsa. This recipe is wonderful on top of fish and poultry.
7. Grilled Spicy Cilantro Shrimp and Spinach Salad -- Perfect for lunch or dinner, this salad is both flavorful and filling.
8. Mini Bacon Guacamole Cups -- These guacamole-filled bacon "cups" are pretty much the ultimate appetizer.
9. Rock Shrimp Cobb Salad -- This salad is a tasty lunch or dinner option.
10. Scallop Ceviche with Orange and Avocado -- If you love scallops as much as I do, this ceviche is for you. Avocado is the perfect complement to the shellfish and orange brings a refreshing citrus note.
11. Zucchini Pasta with Avocado Cream Sauce -- In addition to creating a rich, creamy smoothie, avocados are the perfect base for a healthy cream sauce.
12. Baby Kale Salad with Strawberry and Avocado -- This is a perfect summer lunch or appetizer.
13. Tuna and Avocado Stuffed Tomatoes -- This satisfying lunch is brimming with nutrients such as omega-3s, something many of us lack in our everyday diets.
14. Southwest Meatballs with Creamy Cilantro Dipping Sauce -- A dinner so flavorful you will never miss the pasta.
15. Paleo Taco Salad with Creamy Avocado Dressing -- I always love a good taco salad.
16. Blackened Salmon with Mango-Avocado Salsa -- Avocado and fruit salsa is always a perfect companion to fish.
17. Grilled Pineapple Burgers with Spicy Avocado Cream -- Who needs a bun? This burger is incredibly satisfying.
18. Paleo Steak and Avocado Roll-up -- I love steak and avocado together, which is why this wrap is especially intriguing. It requires a specialty ingredient that can easily be swapped with lettuce for a convenient meal.
19. Chocolate Avocado Pudding -- You haven't fully experience the wonders of avocado until you try it in pudding or mousse.
20. Perfect Chocolate Ice Cream -- This ice cream is better than store bought and so much healthier.
Jennifer Farley is the creator, recipe developer and photographer of Savory Simple, a blog dedicated to gourmet, simple, beautiful food and quality ingredients. Jennifer graduated from the Culinary Arts program at L'Academie de Cuisine in Gaithersburg, MD and has worked professionally as a chef and cooking instructor. She recently published her first cookbook, The Art of Slush. Her work has been featured by Williams-Sonoma, Bon Appetit, Food52, The Kitchn, Huffington Post and Marcus Sammuelsson. She currently resides in Washington, D.C.


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HP CEO to reveal fate of WebOS in two weeks
600 engineers wait to hear their fate
HP is to confirm the fate of its WebOS operation in the next fortnight, CEO Meg Whitman told French daily Le Figaro.
The firm has fired 525 staff in the WebOS hardware unit months ago and transferred the platform team to the Office of Strategy and Technology as it came to a decision on the business.
Whitman was today reported as saying: "We should announce our decision in the next two weeks. This is not an easy decision, because we have a team of 600 people which is in limbo. We need to have another operating system."
The US firm had been seeking a buyer for the unit according to sources close to the consultation process as the firm tries to recover some of the £1.2bn shelled out on Palm and potential suitors could include Amazon, IBM, Intel, Oracle and RIM.
Whitman also conceded in the interview that HP may slip into second spot in the global PC market next year with Apple set to rise to the top based on iPad shipments, a prediction made by Canalys more than a week ago.
"I think it's possible if you integrate the shelves," she said. "Apple could surpass HP in 2012. We will try to become the champion in 2013. It takes time for the products on which I have influence to come to market."
After realising it could not compete with the iPad following months of disappointing sales, HP canned its TouchPad fondleslab in the summer though it has resurrected the slate form factor. ®

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Beepods: Urban Beekeeping Kits
With bee population plummeting and new laws being introduced around the country that permit beekeeping, there's been a growing interest in personal beekeeping. The bees aren't just for the 'burbs and rural areas; they can also be raised in cities and dense urban areas. This neat inexpensive beekeeping kit, Beepod, is a great and easy way to get started!
Rather than designing hives for maximum production, which can be difficult to use and too large for the casual user, Beepods have been designed to be easy to use. Instead of stacking the hive vertically, they've modified an ancient top bar hive design which spreads out horizontally making the hive far more accessible for care and safe viewing. According to the company, up to 40lbs of honey can be produced from a single Beepod in a season (unlike a stacked box hive that yields upwards of 200lbs).
In addition to being easy to use, Beepod kits are easy to assemble! They come with all the hardware needed, which isn't much — just a phillips screwdriver and a 5mm allen wrench. According to the company Beepods can be assembled in under an hour! The Beepods retail for $450, find out more here.
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- How To: Save Your Local Bees
- How To: Build a Bee House
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Guidance to Permit Applicants
Permit review gives the National Park Service (NPS) Air Resources Division (ARD) and Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) Air Quality Branch (AQB) an opportunity to influence new air pollution emission sources and major changes in old emission sources located near mandatory class I parks and refuges. For areas of the National Park system, the National Park Service Organic Act of 1916 requires conserving resources "unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations". For NPS and FWS areas, the Clean Air Act of 1970, as amended in 1977, charges the federal land manager with affirmative responsibility to protect the air quality related values of class I areas from adverse impacts.
Whenever a company wants to build a new facility or make a major change to an existing facility that will substantially change the amount of emissions in the air, they have to get a permit from the state permitting authority. The company submits a Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) of Air Quality permit application to the state authority. When the state receives a permit application it sends the application to the NPS ARD and FWS AQB for review.
The application is reviewed to determine if resources will be impacted by the proposed emission increases from the new or modified facility. This is done by looking at what resources (plants, animals, water, soils, etc...) exist in the park or refuge and which ones are susceptible to certain levels of pollutants. Potential impacts on visibility is also reviewed. Modeling software is used to predict how much of the emissions from the new facility will actually reach the parks or refuges. Cumulative emissions from other sites as well as from the proposed facility are determined in order to assess the final "loading" on the park or refuge. If this "loading" reaches a level at which resources in the park are "impacted" or visibility impaired then an "adverse impact determination" may be made and the NPS ARD or FWS AQB will recommend to the state permitting authority that the permit application be denied.
Compromises are always explored and the NPS ARD and FWS AQB try to recommend ways to reduce or control emissions so resources will not be significantly impacted. The NPS/FWS have reviewed over 400 permit applications since 1980, and only two applications have been determined to cause an adverse impact on NPS/FWS resources. There are many problems which make evaluating these permits extremely difficult. First of all it is difficult to determine where pollution is coming from. Emissions can be "transported" a long way, as much as 200 miles. Also determining at what point resources are affected by pollution is difficult. Not to mention that frequently parks and refuges may not have a complete resource inventory. It is expensive and time consuming to adequately "inventory" a park or refuge to even know what is locate within the boundaries.
The Federal Land Managers, including the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Park Service have developed guidance documents for industry and states dealing with the permitting process. The following list provides in-depth information on modeling, air quality related values, and the process of submitting an air quality permit application to the federal land managers.
FLM Guidance
- Information on Park Air Quality Related Values (AQRVs)
- FLAG webpage
- FLAG Phase I Report (December 2000) (pdf, 2.6mb)
EPA Guidance
- IWAQM Modeling Protocols (pdf, 3.19mb)
- 1990 NSR Workshop Manual (pdf, 823kb)
- OAQPS Control Cost Manual


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Cocktail Sets from Mad Men... For Your Home?
The TV show Mad Men features many beautiful cocktail sets -- perfect for the start of Entertaining month at Apartment Therapy. The show's cool bars have inspired us to find a cocktail set for our home. Do you have a full cocktail set at home? Is it on display like those in Mad Men?
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The church: Mariners' Church of Detroit (also known as the Maritime Sailors' Cathedral), Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Denomination: Independent Anglican (formerly Episcopal Church in the USA).
The building: A rectangular stone gothic revival building, seating about 300 (estimate), with two subterranean levels for Sunday School and other parish activities. It is decorated in a definite nautical theme, including a model of a ship near the altar, flags hanging in the nave, and the words to the sailors' hymn Eternal Father, Strong to Save in the window above the altar and reredos.
The church: Founded originally as a ministry to maritime transients, the church now draws its congregants from the greater Detroit metropolitan area. Many (but not all) have some nautical connection. The church is perhaps best known for its mention in the Gordon Lightfoot song The Edmund Fitzgerald, commemorating the tragic loss of that ship and its crew in a storm on the Great Lakes. The church's calendar includes that event as well as others of a nautical nature (blessing of ships, etc.). Its other defining moment seems to have been the winning of the lawsuit to keep their building when they split from the Episcopal diocese 15 years ago – the pamphlet rack still carries literature concerning that event.
The neighborhood: The church's immediate neighbors include the Detroit-Windsor International Tunnel entrance, which snakes around the building. The tunnel is the word's only underwater international border crossing for motorcars. Other landmarks in the area include General Motors world headquarters, Hart Plaza (the civic park) and the Convention Center.
The cast: The Rt Rev. Richard W. Ingalls, bishop and rector; the Rev. Richard W. Ingalls, Jr., assitant rector; the Rev. Deacon Jesse Roby; Kenneth Sweetman, organist and choirmaster; Emily Benner, cantor.
|What was the name of the service?
Requiem Eucharist.
How full was the building?
About 60 people – one-fifth full.
Did anyone welcome you personally?
The ushers said good morning, handed me a bulletin, and asked if I had parked in the civic park garage (apparently there is only validated parking on Sunday – but I had walked there from my office).
Was your pew comfortable?
Yes, wood pew with cushions and a kneeler that folded down from the pew ahead.
How would you describe the pre-service atmosphere?
Quiet, prayerful, with a soft prelude being played.
What were the exact opening words of the service?
"Let us pray: Almighty God, unto whom all hearts are open, etc." – this after the Burial Sentences were sung.
What books did the congregation use during the service?
1928 Book of Common Prayer; 1940 Hymnal.
What musical instruments were played?
Did anything distract you?
Big: The constant bass thump, thump, thump of the Detroit Electronic Music Festival, which was being held in the neighboring park. Small: Local adaptations of the liturgy, such as having the congregation recite together a section of the eucharistic canon, and the placement of the benedictus qui venit after the eucharistic canon rather than the end of the sanctus. Nothing to invalidate the service, but it made me curious as to the history of this local custom.
Was the worship stiff-upper-lip, happy clappy, or what?
Solid, traditional Anglican with very good hymn singing.
Exactly how long was the sermon?
24 minutes.
On a scale of 1-10, how good was the preacher?
7 It was actualy four separate eulogies about the deceased, including one by the husband and one by the son. Although multiple eulogies can be a real disaster, all four speakers were pretty good and quoted lots of biblical references.
In a nutshell, what was the sermon about?
One eulogist spoke about the biblical principle of hope in the resurrection; another about how the deceased had expressed joy in the Lord, usually with a song in her heart. The third speaker held the deceased up as an example of patient suffering; and the last spoke about her abiding faith in the Lord and faithfulness to her friends.
Which part of the service was like being in heaven?
The cantor's rendition of Pie Jesu from Faure's Requiem.
And which part was like being in... er... the other place?
Hearing the thumping of the techo-music festival penetrating the walls of the building!
What happened when you hung around after the service looking lost?
No chance – I was recognized by others in the church, the assistant rector, and the family of the deceased.
How would you describe the after-service coffee?
No coffee. Some went off to the cemetery and I went back to work.
How would you feel about making this church your regular (where 10 = ecstatic, 0 = terminal)?
7 If I could get over the idea of a parish being Anglican yet independent.
Did the service make you feel glad to be a Christian?
What one thing will you remember about all this in seven days' time?
The contradiction between the glorious church music and the thumping bass line of the techno-festival outside.


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Pictures: Adam Jones' vacation in the Dominican Republic
Despite his hectic travel schedule for baseball, in the off-season, Orioles center fielder Adam Jones couldn't be happier exploring destinations around the globe. A new favorite is the Dominican Republic, where he enjoys staying at the Fishing Lodge Cap Cana resort.
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CIA and Congress Clash Over Classified Report on Interrogation Program
Behind the Feud Between CIA Director John Brennan and the Senate Intelligence Committee
LANGLEY, Va.—John Brennan is starting to tuck into breakfast, including black coffee and bacon, when he decides he hasn't finished chewing on a rather tender subject for the director of the Central Intelligence Agency: politics.
"I am neither Democrat nor Republican nor ideological," he told a Wall Street Journal reporter recently over a 7:15 a.m. meeting at CIA headquarters. "I'm an equal opportunity offender."...


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College Basketball Scoring Problem
An excellent article on Grantland today:
I don't know if others think this about basketball as well, but I know I love Michigan's offense under Coach Beilein than many other coaches in the area.
I would love to see the West Liberty Team and would love to see offenses like Bo Ryan's disappear. However there is an advantage to slowing things down, and with the officials allowing the increase physicality on the perimeter there is a distinct advantage in mauling the better players.
Jay Bilas himself noted that Trey Burke will do well in the NBA where the kind of physicality practiced by Aaron Craft for OSU and the other guards in the Big 10 will not be allowed.
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This has been a debate for as long as i've known.
How to pronounce SQL? ess-cue-el or sequel?
Each one has it's own supporters. But only one is correct.
And the winner is (drum-roll here):
S-Q-L (ess-cue-el)
And how can i be so sure about that?
It's ANSI declared.
Read more about SQL Pronounciation history here.
Most people don't care. That's why it's trivia. :))
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There's no such thing as a global variable in SQL Server.
So i had to do it differently.
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The most popular method of auditing data is with an
AFTER DELETE, INSERT, UPDATE trigger.
But what happens if you have a Rollback statement in your trigger if some condition is met?
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This is something i assumed was common knowledge, but apparently it isn't.
If you want to have a method in your derived class with the same name as the one in the base class and the base class one isn't marked
as virtual you can use the NEW keyword.
This is also the default behaviour and the compiler treats the child class method as new, however you get a warning for this.
Some code to illustrate this:
public class BaseClass
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public void IAmANonVirtualMethod()
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Multiple Active Result Sets is a new SQL Server 2005 feature that, putting it simply, allows the user to run more than one SQL batch on an open connection at the same time.
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STOCKTON - The San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to create a new governing board to oversee San Joaquin General Hospital, a move county officials said would help keep the public hospital financially sound in the rapidly shifting and ever-competitive world of health care.
STOCKTON - The San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to create a new governing board to oversee San Joaquin General Hospital, a move county officials said would help keep the public hospital financially sound in the rapidly shifting and ever-competitive world of health care.
"We have to build a better mousetrap," Supervisor Larry Ruhstaller said. "We just have to be smarter, quicker, and we have to be able to react to the changes that are going to be coming at us."
The board voted unanimously to direct staff to draw up an ordinance that would create a permanent board of trustees to oversee the hospital. It would replace the current interim board of trustees, which had approved the plan to replace itself last month with a permanent board with more responsibility.
The permanent board would be the latest - though possibly not the last - change in governance at the public hospital that county officials have made in recent years to try to steady the hospital after consecutive years posting losses sometimes exceeding $20 million annually.
Changes included breaking off the hospital into its own county department and creating the interim board in 2010.
One of the temporary board's mandates is to design its permanent replacement. A subcommittee looked at examples of other changes and explored everything from keeping things the same to creating a new hospital authority to merging with an existing organization, according to a report from the committee.
One of the challenges the committee wrestled with was how to become more nimble without giving up the financial support available to public hospitals like San Joaquin General, said David Culberson, the hospital's chief executive officer.
It would be an 11-member board, including a member of the Board of Supervisors, the hospital's CEO, its chief medical officer and eight "community members." Qualifications for these members would be spelled out in as-yet-unwritten bylaws, which could include requiring a board with expertise in business management, law, finance, medical or other health professions. Board members would serve a maximum of four three-year terms.
The staff report points to a desire to more quickly recruit and hire to fill positions as one way the new board could speed up the decision-making process.
Other proposed responsibilities for the new board would be:
� Evaluate scope of services and consider recommendations to add, expand, reduce or terminate services
� Participate in recruiting, hiring and firing of the hospital's chief executive officer, which could include interviewing candidates and forwarding recommendations to the Board of Supervisors
� Review and guide in development of short- and long-term capital plans and budgets that would be submitted to supervisors
� Review and oversee hospital's plans to meet obligations to provide care for the county's poor
� Provide monthly and other reports to the Board of Supervisors and the County Administrator's Office
Before Tuesday's vote, the board discussion touched on the history of changes at the hospital and concerns about the unknown future as it adapts to nationwide health care reform.
Supervisor Bob Elliott asked if adding another layer would bring more efficiencies. "Are we really making ourselves more nimble, or are we adding more bureaucracy?"
In essence, the new board will be an advisory board made up of highly qualified individuals familiar with hospital operations, delivering the kind of information the Board of Supervisors needs to make sometimes difficult decisions, Supervisor Steve Bestolarides said.
But San Joaquin General's role as the county's hospital limits the available improvements to efficiency, he said.
"We can't replicate the private-sector model," he said. "We have a very uncompetitive model that we're trying to streamline."
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RIVERSIDE, Calif.- In the second race of their respective seasons, the UC Santa Barbara men's and women's cross country teams both came in 1st place at the Riverside Invitational Saturday morning. The women ran a 6k on the UCR Agricultural Operations Course while the men followed with an 8k.
Dani Moreno and Christine Cooperstein, who finished 1st and 2nd in the race respectively with times of 20:23.5 and 20:47.6, paced the women's side to a team score of 31, beating out Nike Team Run LA's 51 and UC Riverside's 81. Sophomore Maxine Goyette finished 6th with a time of 21:02.7 and Jessica Chadwick came in 9th with a time of 21:20.1, giving the Gauchos four top-10 finishers in the 6k race.
For the men, 3 top-10 finishers gave UCSB a team score of 54, beating out Southern Utah's second place score of 79. Anthony Ortolan finished 4th with a 8k time of 24:24.8, Bryce Rausa came in 5th recording a 24:35.8, and Andrew Farkas finished with a time of 24:37.9, good for 6th place.
Central Arizona's Harry Mulenga was the first runner to cross the finish line in Riverside, running a 23:45.1. The win gives the Santa Barbara men their second straight victory in the Riverside Invitational.
The Gauchos will look to keep rolling on September 28th when they make the trip to Palo Alto to participate in the Stanford Invitational.


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HONOLULU (AP) - The Big Island's electric utility is asking the Public Utilities Commission for permission to generate more geothermal energy for sale to customers.
Hawaii Electric Light Co. wants to add up to 50 megawatts of geothermal power to help lower electricity costs for customers. The price of the energy won't be tied to the cost of oil.
Hawaii Electric Light President Jay Ignacio on Friday said the move is a significant next step toward adding more renewable energy and lowering costs for customers.
He says the company must addresses environmental and cultural concerns from the community as part of the process
The request is the final version of a draft proposal submitted to the commission in November. The utility says the final version addresses comments interested parties submitted about the draft.
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I'd love if someone could help me with the first adapted Cicero text presented in this book, at Unit Six. Here's my best translation (it's terrible), but I haven't gotten the meaning yet.
i desire, senators, i am pious, i desire i am not seen in so many dangers in this town, but now i condemn myself for laziness and worthlessness.
a camp is in italy against the roman people, located in the mountains of etruria, the number of enemies always grow;
however you all see the commander of the camp and leader of the enemies within the city walls and even in number of (the) senators, and you all ought to understand that those men think (are thinking) about danger and great bad things to our city.
If possible, I'd like to see the translation you've done to this text.
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"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power." President Abraham Lincoln.
We have great determination and opportunity to make headway regarding our plans with the Moon continuing her reign through power-driven Scorpio. The Moon here arouses our passions and makes us want to forcefully go after whatever it is we want. The trick here is to do so in a way that doesn't invite hostile opposition which occurs when others see us as trying to gain an unfair advantage over them.
We still have the Jupiter-Mars "sesquiquadrate influence," an odd merging of energy that can make us more obsessed with our beliefs and also more inclined to feel that we need to stand up for them regardless of the consequences.
With romantic Venus now in Taurus and still quinqunx (stressful) to Saturn, we have a need for more stability and reassurance from others within the framework of our love relationships.
"Becoming the new feminine ideal requires just the right combination of insecurity, exercise, bulimia and surgery." G. B. Trudeau
Famous Aries Persons born on this day: Samuel Alito, Debbie Reynolds, Susan Boyle, Ali MacGraw
In The News: President Obama announced a new plan Wednesday to expand offshore oil drilling. In astrology, oil falls under the domain of the planet Neptune and also the zodiacal sign Pisces (which is ruled by Neptune). On Wednesday, at the time of the announcement, Mercury (governing news) was in pioneering Aries and in exact alignment (sextile) to Neptune. (Hence, the "oil news" and a corresponding new (Aries) development in conjunction with it – the oil drilling.)
Additionally, expansive Jupiter (presently in Pisces) was in a stressful relationship (sesquiquadrate) to aggressive Mars in Leo on Wednesday. President Obama's new proposed oil-drilling policy is not without its share of detractors, particularly from some environmentalists, who fear the new drilling could have adverse environmental consequences.
Mars also rules war, and with its "stress aspect" to Jupiter in Pisces (with Pisces ruling the sea) one could symbolically regard the Mar-Jupiter symbolism as an "assault on the sea" in order to steal from it, its rich bounty (Jupiter).
Often when we get assertive Mars and moralistic Jupiter together (in a more challenging aspect) we see "defensive posturing" of our beliefs and philosophies affecting the issues. Mars represents what we are passionate about while Jupiter rules our deepest convictions and also the desire to grow beyond our current boundaries. With Mars-Jupiter, we often feel "fired up to do battle" because of what we believe in. We become this way often because we interpret real threats to our views and perhaps even fear for our survival, or at least the matter of our continued dominance.
President Obama's personal horoscope is ironically being impacted by this very same Mars-Jupiter influence now, as his birthchart Mercury is 2 degrees of Leo, exactly where transiting Mars is right now. Since he has had this aspect activated the last several days, he has been very busy promoting his own personal agenda and convictions as President, initiating meetings with two world leaders, signing the health care "fix-it" resolution into law, and now unveiling his plan on oil drilling. This influence still lingers around for him a few more days.
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The ITS Applications team implements, supports, and enhances many critical enterprise services for the company. These services include support and training for the technical architecture for application development, support for the company web presence, Drupal and WordPress hosting environments, identity management, group and role management, authentication services, service provisioning, UT Direct, secure and group email, ID Card and related services, blogs, and wikis. The Applications team also provides contract services for departments that need to supplement their application development and support capabilities and oversees the Software Developer Training Program.
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Entertainment giant AEG Live scored a major win in the Michael Jackson case after a Los Angeles jury unanimously decided that the concert promoter was not liable in the singer's death.
The jury -- which found that AEG hired Dr. Conrad Murray and that he was a competent doctor -- did not award any money to the singer's mother Katherine Jackson or his three children. They had been seeking damages of more than $1 billion.
It took only three days for the jury to reach the verdict after a five-month trial that included dozens of witnesses.
Immediately after the verdict, jurors agreed to talk to attorneys behind closed doors. They have yet to address reporters.
But in a written statement, AEG's lead attorney, Marvin Putnam said: "The jury's decision completely vindicates AEG Live, confirming what we have known from the start -- that although Michael Jackson's death was a terrible tragedy, it was not a tragedy of AEG Live's making."
Randy Phillips, an AEG executive named in the lawsuit, said in a statement: "We lost one of the world's greatest musical geniuses, but I am relieved and deeply grateful that the jury recognized that neither I, nor anyone else at AEG Live, played any part in Michael's tragic death."
Katherine Jackson left the courthouse without talking to reporters.
Several fans had gathered to hear the verdict.
"I don't like it," said Leslie Cole, 41. "I really don't like it."
Barbara De L'orme, 42, of Studio City, wore a T-shirt with a picture of Katherine Jackson. She said she felt devastated by the verdict.
"My heart is broken," she said. "This was the greatest artist that we ever had and they treated him like this. The evidence was right there."
Jackson's mother and three children brought the lawsuit, saying AEG Live hired and supervised Murray, who gave Jackson the fatal dose of the anesthetic propofol.
The family's attorney painted a picture of a cold, calculating entertainment enterprise that failed to notice that Murray was financially desperate and then pushed the physician to get Jackson ready to tour even though the singer was in frail health and was crippled by fear.
"They're going to kill me, they're going to kill me,'" Jackson's eldest son, Prince, testified, recalling the singer's words in one his final conversations with his father.
The Jackson family's legal team asked jurors to award $85 million to each of the pop star's children and another $35 million to his mother. In addition, lawyers suggested AEG be asked to pay as much as $1.5 billion in economic losses.
AEG tried turning the tables during the trial, all but putting Michael Jackson on trial. AEG said Jackson was the one who brought aboard Murray and that the singer was a fully-formed drug user who had demanded anesthetics as a sleep aid during earlier tours. AEG said it was Jackson who planted the seeds of his demise.
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St Agnes Parish Museum
An award-winning volunteer-run Museum and Interpretative Centre, comprising information, artefacts and curios relating to the Parish of St. Agnes.
St. Agnes is a beautiful coastal village with a rich history in tin and copper mining as well as fishing, although today its main trade is tourism. A visit to the museum can be complemented with one of many walks taking in the historic mine engine house remains or lunch in one of the many restaurants, cafes or pubs.
The Museum was established in 1984 and moved to its current location in the old Chapel of Rest in 1990.
The Chapel, was built in the late 19th century to cope with the increasing mining population of St. Agnes. Although the graveyard is still in use, the Chapel was unused for some years before the Museum took on the lease from the Parish Council.
The building now houses a wonderful collection that tells the stories of many of those laid to rest in the grounds, as well as countless others from the parish.
In June 2011 the hard work and dedication of the volunteers in preserving the local heritage of St. Agnes was recognised by Her Majesty awarding the Queens Award for Voluntary Service.
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10.30am to 5pm every day from Good Friday until 31st October
From the A30 take the B3277 toward St Agnes. After you pass the village welcome sign, the Museum is on the left, opposite Penwinnick Parc, a few yards before the mini roundabout.
There is no dedicated parking at the museum; parking is in the village car park on Trelawny Road, just 5 minutes walk away.
You can travel by bus. From Truro take the 85 (First), 583 (Western Greyhound) or 403 (Summercourt).
Additional info
Museum arranged on two floors with virtual access by computer to the upper floor collection for those unable to use stairs.
Friendly volunteer staff with a wealth of local knowledge.
Children's Activities free of charge including a treasure hunt type activity with a small prize and "brass" rubbing.
Small shop selling local interest books, children's books, small toys and mementos. We aim to source most of our stock locally and this includes several attractive items made of tin from Blue Hills, St. Agnes. An ideal place to pop in and find something special from St. Agnes for both holiday-makers and locals alike.
A small St. Agnes Parish family History/Genealogy research section - see Resources.
Primary School Visits by appointment. Workshops on Mining and World War II, as well as opportunity to include any of the museum exhibit topics.
Education Outreach visits by appointment (Primary Schools only). Main topics are Mining and World War II; other subjects could be covered by arrangement.
Guided Tours for groups by appointment.
Out of Hours visits by appointment.
St. Agnes Museum Collections are all centred upon the social history of the Parish of St Agnes which includes the areas of St. Agnes, Blackwater, Mithian, Mount Hawke, Porthtowan and Trevellas.
The Museum is relatively small but it packs in an enormous amount of information and displays just the right balance of artefacts from the various collection themes to keep any visitor interested.
There is something for everyone - whether a local person wanting to understand the parish their forebears inhabited and worked, a descendant of a past local wishing to get a feel for where they come from, or a holiday maker keen to learn more about their destination or to simply entertain the children - there is bound to be something of interest among the displays.
Collection details
Social History, Costume and Textiles, Fine Art, Maritime, Law and Order, Photography, Sport, Archaeology, Coins and Medals, Medicine, Personalities, Religion, Weapons and War, Archives, Trade and Commerce, Natural Sciences, Literature, Land Transport, Industry, Agriculture
Daily Life
The daily life of past inhabitants of this mining, farming and fishing village are well documented with a display of artefacts from local homes and businesses. The Cornish Range, a ceramic hot water bottle, a school reader, a baby's toys and egg-cup, a laundry posser and a victorian oil-lamp are amongst the broad ranging items on display.
Learn more about the ancient histrory of our Parish; the well at Chapel Porth, the mysterious Bolster Bank. Quern stones and items related to Medieval mining are also on display and we have a collection of stone tools on loan from the Royal Cornwall Museum.
Art & Literature
This small parish museum boasts a fine collection of Art and Literature.
Amongst others, the myths and legends about St. Agnes folk are told in written and painted form and the work and the paint-box of Royal Academician John Opie, who was born in the parish before finding his fame in London, are on display in our first floor gallery.
Family History/ Genealogy
St. Agnes Museum building is an old Chapel of Rest built on the edge of a village cemetery. As such it is ideally located to attract many visitors researching their St. Agnes ancestors. St. Agnes can proudly boast connections to mine engine houses built all over the world by men from this parish; visitors from as far away as Australia and America or as close as the neighbouring parishes come to search out their roots.
The museum records include details of the graves in this cemetery as well as all other cemeteries and monuments in the parish. We also hold many other records such as the 1798 Tinners List, Parish Marriages, School Logs, Protestation Returns, Electoral Registers, the Tithe Map and individual Family Histories/Trees.
These records are constantly being updated as visitors add their own histories to the collection.
Today St. Agnes coastline is most well known for its attraction as a holiday resort but in centuries past the harbour at Trevaunance had an entirely different role as a port for the shipping in and out of important resources, principally between St. Agnes and Wales or Ireland.
The first attempt to build a harbour at Trevaunance began by John Tonkin in 1632 but was destroyed before it was finished. His grandson Hugh Tonkin made another failed attempt in 1684 and then in 1699 with the help of Henry Winstanley (builder of the first lighthouse on Eddystone) he built a harbour wall that was to stand for seven years until destroyed in a terrible storm.
Thomas Tonkin, next in the family line, was encouraged by the success of the previous harbour and rebuilt it again in 1710. He had used so much of the family fortune that he fell into debt and failed to make necessary repairs to the wall. The ultimate price was paid when the wall once again was ravaged by the sea.
In 1793 an Act of Parliament provided for a new Pier and Harbour to be built and this successful project provided St. Agnes with a major industrial port until once again the sea took it in 1916.
Today all that remains of the harbour are piles of enormous stone blocks which can be seen at low tide.
St. Agnes Museum has a wonderful scale model of the last harbour, as well as many photographs of boats and people in the harbour, ships built in the harbour and a beautiful figurehead which once proudly adorned the schooner Lady Agnes which was built in the harbour.
Have you ever wondered what sort of weird and wonderful implements your forebears met when visiting the doctor? If so, St. Agnes Museum can show you some of them.
Five generations of the same family have been doctors in the village and a wonderful collection including blood-letting lancets, delivery forceps, electro-therapy machines, specimen slides and a microscope are on display in the "Whitworth Collection".
Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape is a UNESCO World Heritage Site(http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1215) . St. Agnes Museum represents the mining heritage of the Parish and the World Heritage Status of the area.
The parish has a rich mining history and the museum not only preserves mining artefacts and records, but actively promotes the preservation of local mining buildings.
Natural History
We have a beautiful hand made and realistic Natural History display created by a local artist showing many native species ranging from adders to jackdaws - including a bone from a whale washed ashore in St. Agnes - and causing quite a stink - during the Second World War.
We have amazing underwater photographs that reveal the success of campaigns to clean up our waters
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of course we have to mention our much loved and celebrated Leatherback Turtle - he is a favourite of adults and children alike and was voted Best Exhibit in a competition in which Cornish celebrities asked us to vote for their personal favourite.
The Great Western Railway Chacewater to Newquay branch-line passed through St. Agnes station and other small halts in the parish. Our section opened in July 1903 and sadly the whole branch-line closed in 1963. Many holiday makers came to St. Agnes on the train and many locals commuted or connected to mainline trains to travel "up-country".
St. Agnes Museum has a small display dedicated to this section of the line with wonderful images of those steamy days, including a Ken Young photograph of the last train leaving St Agnes Station in 1962.
The display also includes old tickets, the kettle used at the station, smelling salts and two of the Train Staffs used to manage the points on this single section of line.
War & Conflict
Our wartime display combines the heroism of St Agnes folk with a glimpse of what life was like back home in the Parish during those dark days of conflict. You can see items used in the trenches in the 1914-18 war, an ARP Warden's First Aid Kit, a piece of schrapnel that landed in the middle of the village - even a tin of condensed milk, a special treat in days of rationing. We also have an impressive collection of medals with photographs of the men and women who received them.
Family & Community History Records
St. Agnes Museum has a small section dedicated to researching parish family and community history.
The records include material unavailable elsewhere such as personally researched Family Trees, transcribed School Log Books and Headstone Transcriptions from the various cemeteries.
How to obtain
Information from the records held at the Museum can be obtained by visiting the Museum or by making an enquiry via our e-mail address or web site contact page.
The Museum is also always happy to accept family history records from anyone researching their St. Agnes ancestors. These make a valuable resource to share with other St. Agnes descendants all around the world.
St Agnes Parish Tithe Map & Apportionment 1841
St. Agnes Museum has a full sized replica drawing of the Parish Tithe Map created in 1841 which shows every separate parcel of land.
We also hold the Apportionment Book designed to be read alongside this map, which shows who owned the land, who occupied it, what size and type of land it was and how much rent was payable to the Vicar and the Appropriators.
How to obtain
The Tithe Map and the Apportionment Book can be seen at St Agnes Museum any time we are open.
Enquiries can also be made via e-mail or via our web site contact page.
Getting there
From the A30 take the B3277 toward St Agnes. After you pass the village welcome sign, the Museum is on the left, opposite Penwinnick Parc, a few yards before the mini roundabout.
There is no dedicated parking at the museum; parking is in the village car park on Trelawny Road, just 5 minutes walk away.
You can travel by bus. From Truro take the 85 (First), 583 (Western Greyhound) or 403 (Summercourt).
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St Agnes
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2008 Food Processing Salary and Job Satisfaction Survey
Our second annual Salary & Job Satisfaction Survey's recurring theme of More work dumped onto fewer people continues.
We've got charts, charts, and more charts
Scroll down to the bottom of the article to see a sampling of the data we collected.
See all of the results from the 2008 Salary and Satisfaction Survey
Read the 2007 Food Processing Salary and Satisfaction Survey
In a climate of collapsing home sales, doubled fuel and food prices, layoffs and slashed salaries, on-the-job stress is climbing. Visibly. Job insecurity rose 10 percent in this, our second annual Salary & Job Satisfaction Survey, with more than 45 percent of workers worried how long they'll have their current job.
Nevertheless, job satisfaction inched up nearly 2.5 percentage points, even as the average food processing salary inched downward ($95,226). Although those working more than 40 hours a week dipped slightly, so did those taking all the vacation time they're entitled to.
When we inaugurated our first Salary & Job Satisfaction survey last year, we were overwhelmed by the response you gave. We had about the same amazing response this year: Nearly 2,000 processors answered our nosy request to learn what you do, how much you earn doing it and how well you like what you're doing.
Responses to what you and your colleagues make annually show a nice, gradual climb up the scale we provided into low six figures before the sharp drop-off at $201,000. In fact, 25 percent of you make between $100,000 and $200,000 a year. Precisely five make more than $501,000 (there were only two in this lofty group last year).
On the other end, last year's below-$36,000 earners totaled just over 6.5 percent whereas this year the number went up to nearly 8.5 percent.
Actually, the "average" food processing salary is a misnomer. Salaries vary greatly by job category. As with our 2007 survey, the Corporate Management group is the best compensated. Their mean is $124,940 and their median was about $100,000. Those in management fell predominantly in the 50-64 age range (43 percent) and also self-identify predominantly as Caucasian (89 percent, vs. last year's 91 percent) and male (76 percent, vs. last year's 73 percent).
Those in the Marketing/Sales category are slightly younger, falling mostly in the 40-49 year age range (41 percent). Salarywise, their median is $93,000 and average is $103,672 – down significantly from last year' $138,983 (we must have had a highly compensated group last year). The percentage of females rose to 42 percent from 36 percent in 2007, and Caucasians went up to 93 percent (last year 87 percent). Fifteen percent have MBAs.
Mr. Average
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Food processing pay vs. everybody else
again was the most gender-even, with 57 percent male and 43 percent female, two-percent more balanced than last year. They're still the best educated, with 93 percent college-degreed (nearly 14 percent doctorates). The median of their salary range is $85,000 with a mean at $101,307.R&D
The Plant Operations/Engineering group is still overwhelmingly Caucasian and male, at 86 percent and 89 percent, respectively. This group reports a salary median also at $85,000, but a five-figure average salary: $88,677.
Purchasing agents' average compensation took a hefty drop, falling from $83,563 to $72,280, with the median the lowest of all our groups at $65,000. The level of college degrees in this group still sits at just more than half (52 percent, down from 55 percent in 2007), and 69 percent are men, down a percentage point from last year. But purchasers no longer are the most heavily imbalanced as far as race: Last year, 95 percent labeled themselves as Caucasian but this year that's fallen to 85 percent.
African-Americans made up about 3 percent of our respondents, a level that's pretty consistent across all the job titles; their average salary is $83,142. Latin/Hispanics make up more than 11 percent, with an average income of $89,066. Women, who made up nearly 32 percent of our respondents, earned $73,196 -- in spite of 76 percent holding college degrees, compared to 72 percent of men. One of them is in that $500,000+ club.
Overall, more than 73 percent of our respondents are college graduates, with 18.4 percent holding master's degrees and 5.1 percent doctorates.
The little extras
Our observation in last year's survey that a job has to offer more than a simple annual salary is showing signs of heading for shaky ground. Although most processors are offering benefits, we saw slight slippage this year in some of the extras.
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A letter outlining the city's concerns with proposed cell tower legislation should be on the desk of Rep. Rocky Miller by now.
A letter outlining the city's concerns with proposed cell tower legislation should be on the desk of Rep. Rocky Miller by now.
The Osage Beach Board of Aldermen last week gave its approval to the letter, which the city hopes will reiterate the its desire to regulate the placement of wireless towers within the city limits. Legislation initiated by Representative Miller during the last legislative session ended up with much different language than he anticipated, and city officials say the wording takes away their ability to regulate towers.
The Cole County District Court struck down the bill, saying the title was unconstitutional. An appeal of the court's ruling is expected, according to City Attorney Ed Rucker, although he does not expect a ruling before the legislative session begins next month. The legislation will probably be reintroduced in January.
The city took a pro-active approach to the bill's language, asking Representative Miller to visit with aldermen and city staff last month. As a result of the meeting, the city decided to draft a letter outlining its concerns and specific language that would benefit municipalities.
Alderman John Olivarri suggested the city's letter be sent to the Missouri Municipal League and the cities that initiated the lawsuit that resulted in the bill being struck down.
"We want to preserve the status quo to allow cities to regulate cell towers," City Attorney Rucker said last week.
He said it appears Representative Miller's bill was used as a vehicle for the special interests of wireless companies.
City officials in Laurie, Sunrise Beach and Camdenton are expected to discuss the issue as well, and the city of Lake Ozark recently approved a 60-day moratorium on cell tower applications.
No smoking
There's a trend among Osage Beach bars and restaurants to curb smoking within their establishments, and the city wants to encourage that through its liquor license application process.
Alderman Fred Catcott, who reviews liquor license applications on behalf of the city, said many restaurants are creating outdoor smoking areas while banning smoking within their businesses. Liquor is being served in those designated areas, which is a potential violation of the liquor licenses which specify where liquor can be served. He wants restaurants and bars to have the ability to amend their liquor licenses ― at no charge ― to allow liquor consumption in the expanded smoking areas.
City Attorney Rucker said he would review the existing ordinance and bring something back for the board's consideration at the next meeting to make it easier for businesses to apply for liquor licenses.
Alderman Olivarri suggested the city remind establishments they have that option when license applications are made.
Other business
•The board unanimously approved second reading of an ordinance that authorizes a contract between the city and Central Bank Lake of the Ozarks for banking services since CBLO submitted the lowest and best proposal.
•The board approved a budget amendment that allocates funds for additional water hookup parts for two new developments ($7,461) and for parts for inventory and repair of the city's water system ($22,611).
•The board authorized a contract with the Missouri Veterans Commission to use space in the lower level of city hall at a cost of $3,026.85 for 320 square feet of space.
•The board approved the appointments of Jerry Fox and Jeff Bethurem to the Planning Commission, replacing Stephen Dow who resigned, and Michelle Myler who resigned to fill the unexpired term of Lois Farmer.
•The board rescheduled the January meetings to Jan. 9 and 23.


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When you're swinging and everything is going real well one's mind begins to wander and wonder.
You wander to the times your lovely attractive wife was brutally fucked by more than one man as you watched and played with your own dong. These were very erotic and sensual times for the two of you. You reminisce about watching her get that special massage from your good friend and know exactly how it is going to end, and does.
She is a very attractive and sensual woman who loves sex as much as you, if not more. And she can come numerous times to your maybe twice. Thus the reason for several partners at a party. Hearing her scream and mumble when she orgasms is music to your ears. Even hearing some other woman cum can light your fire.
My daydreaming and wondering "what if" leads to thoughts of things happening that we have yet to explore. Some of the people that have sites and pictures on SLS have not yet caught my attention, until recently. I have a number DVD's of some pretty entertaining fuck movies. There have been times while watching one of these I got out the small vibrating dildo and rubbed it around my anus. Man, it's hard to explain but that feels real good. Of course I rub oil all over myself to enhance the feel.
On one of those occasions I stuck it up my ass. It was uncomfortable at first but the discomfort soon turned to pleasure as I knew I was massaging my prostrate. That was one helluva feeling to say the least. I had to slow down on my masterbating to prolong the sensation...I got out our regular vibrator, not a dildo, and put a cloth over my cock and turned it on low, applied it to my cock, and all hell broke loose. I had an orgasm to match or exceed any I had ever had previously. I felt my dick pulse and pulse shooting nice ropes, and my contractions about to squeeze the life out of the batteries in the dildo.
After this experience I genuinely wondered what it would be like to have a REAL MAN'S COCK in there. Now I'm sure that some of you have thought about this yourself.. The next time my wife and I were talking about our fantasies I told her of this solo incident. We both know that we have occasionally masterbated because of recalling a sexual incident, or just plain being horny and in the mood. At this time she told me that she has wondered what it would be like to be loved up by a woman. I asked her if she would like to have this arranged, and she said MAYBE. This is as good as a yes.
Now I'm really scouring the SLS ads and come across one with pictures of a couple that she is "Bi" and he is "Bi curious".. I get in touch with them and they sound interested. We meet at a Lounge to get acquainted. They are an exceptionally nice looking couple. We have a few drinks and we're all getting a little tipsy. He , Adam, comes right out and asks what do you think. My wife had been sitting next to his wife , Julie, and winks at me. A signal lets go for it.
I had noticed as we sat there at our table that Julies arm was under the table. She was carressing my wife and slowly getting her aroused. We both lived in the same City and Adam says they can entertain as their kids are grown and out of the nest.. When they told us where they lived I was impressed as this is a very upscale neighborhood.
We followed them home and they did indeed live well. Learned he was an architect and she was a beautician in a well known salon. We went into their den and were served some very delicious wine. Finally he came out and asked how we would like to get better acquainted. My wife who's a little tipsy at this time comes right out and tells them what I've been fantasizing. I didn't expect this and apologized for her. He says that's all right. I have a movie that you may appreciate.
The movie is about two couples that meet, dance, get acquainted, and sort of pair off. As the guy is loving up this one gal the other gal crawls in and is sort of helping him. While the two of them is busy with her the other guy gets in there and is rubbing and carressing everybody. Adam says we can sort of do that and see what happens. At this time I tell them that I'm not Bi but am willing to see how far this goes. They say fine, we more or less expected that.
So, we go into the Bedroom, there's nice music on the stereo, a few candles are lit, and incense is burning. I'm already a little excited. We take off our clothes and settle on the bed, a King Size. The two ladies are in the middle and I'm next to Julie and Adam is next to my wife. It isn't long before both women are in the mood, Julie is a very fine woman about 110 lbs. nice titties and an ass that will stop traffic. She and my wife are pretty much alike. I'm rubbing and carressing a very wet pussy and putting my fingers into it. Both women are just about at their peak of excitement. Adam has my wife right at the edge of orgasm and he knows it. He must have somehow signalled Julie as she turns her back to me and starts to carress my wife. I'm lying on my side watching and listening as my wife is really in a blissful state.
I've got a hardon that is second to none. Adam sees my wife enjoying the attention being given her by Julie, sees me at the back of Julie rubbing my cock in the crack of her ass and gets up and lies behind me. He has some oil or scented lubricant and applies it to my cheeks and anus.
Now I'm so hot and horny I accept this with no problem. Somehow Julie has acquired an expandable vibrating dildo and inserting it into my wife who now has her back to Julie. This is turning my wife on to no end and I'm carressing Julie's titties, ass, arms, and wherever my hand will reach. I feel my cock go into her pussy and I have to go slow to keep from cumming..
Now Adam is at my back and rubbing his cock between my cheeks. I feel him thrusting back and forth and it is slowly rubbing my anus. He reaches with his hand and holds it at my hole and slowly pushes. It is very uncomfortable at first, but the more he gets in, the better it feels. I am experiencing my first ass fuck of my life. I think he has hit my prostate and it makes me shake and quiver. I know I can't take too much of this with my cock in Julie and I'm getting reamed. It feels much better than that dildo I used at home. I have no idea how big his cock is or how far it is in me. It just feels good.
I hear my wife screaming and saying things like yes, yes, and oh that feels good. I lift my head up to look over Julie and they are facing each other kissing between the moans. My wife has raised herself so Julie can suck a nice titty, I'm squeezing a nice titty, and Adam is fucking me for all he's worth. Pretty soon Julie starts cumming and reaches behind her pulling on my hip. Fuck me, fuck me, fuck me she says. I can feel her pussy tighten on my cock. I can't hold back anymore and let them all know I'm cumming. With my asshole contracting from my orgasm Adam let's loose and cums and cums and cums in my ass. This is entirely different than that dildo. I actually feel his dick pulsate and the cum filling my ass.
I'm definitely not Bi, but that was one helluva sensation. I'm sure my wife and I satisfied our carnal urge to have something entirely different. They have a lovely stone bathroom with a shower big enough for six or eight people having multiple shower heads. As we were showering my wife smiles and points at Adam's pecker and says "look what you took". He has the kind of dick I liked to see my wife get when we're partying. She says the next time she wants to just sit and watch.
Who knows when that next time will be. I do know I'll have a camcorder there though.


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China CEO Council Insights: The Gateless Gate -- The Future for Foreign Investors in China
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Publication Date:
November 2013
The Gateless Gate is a thirteenth-century collection of puzzling cases compiled by a Chinese master of Chan Buddhism (known more widely by its Japanese name Zen). The 48 items were used as a training manual to evoke "great doubt" about the certainty of events. The Gateless Gate is also an apt description of China's "open-door policy," which is a hotly debated aspect of China's economic reform. MNCs are reporting that as China's reforms evolve, the economy is becoming more open to foreign participation while other avenues are becoming more closed.


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Thanks for the article, have to say I agree with pretty much all you have said. Particularly point 1, though this has made pricing harder. I find myself like a moth to the flame on interesting projects, but in reducing the price to get them I have sometimes deterred the client. It's a tricky one to balance.


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At Universal Studios, Bill tells Phillip what he has planned for Lizzie and asks him to keep Alan away. Phillip is glad that someone loves his daughter as much as Bill does. Ashlee overhears this and then runs to Remy and Christina to tell them that they need to go to the Sinbad Show. She then runs off to find Daisy and James. The couple walks off and gets sprayed by a fountain.
She Has The Hots For Olivia.
Bill proposes to Lizzie, Alan wanders around the park and Doris tells Frank about Natalia and Olivia.
James explains to Daisy why roller coasters scare him. They get on one anyway. She holds his hand so he won't throw up. When they get off, Ashlee runs over to them and tells them about Bill's proposal plan. She drags them along, though James doesn't seem interested.
Alan is complaining about getting splashed. Lizzie keeps laughing at him. Bill and Phillip return with beer and mock him. Father and son walk off while Bill suggests that they split up and look for food. He tries getting Lizzie back to the Sinbad Show again. When they get over there, Bill is surprised to see that half of the town seems to have shown up.
When the show starts, they're shocked to see Bill in costume as Sinbad. He runs around the set performing stunts while everyone laughs. Ashlee takes Beth aside and explains what's going on. Everyone tells Lizzie to stay and wait for Bill and then they run off. Bill comes out and she tells him how impressed she was. He takes her by the hand and they walk down by the water. She finds a picnic waiting with all of her favorite foods prepared. Lizzie's amazed and tells him that he has rescued her. "You saved me too," he says. They kiss and then make love. She never thought she would find everything she was looking for in one person. He wants to be everything for her. "I need to marry you," he says. He slips a ring onto her finger. She laughs and says she'll marry him. After they get dressed, he asks for the ring back and then gets down on his knee to ask her again. He asks her to let him spend the rest of his life making her happy. She says 'yes' again.
Alan gets changed. He feels ridiculous. Phillip tells him he looks like he fits in. Alan's still not happy. His son challenges him to play some games. Alan wins a Woody Woodpecker doll. Phillip had no idea he was good at this sort of thing. Beth approaches them and takes Phillip aside. They talk about Bill's proposal and agree to do whatever they have to to keep Alan away from Bill and Lizzie. As they walk away, they talk about when they ran off to New York together. She wanted to create something simple and perfect. He says they did - their children. She thinks they're perfect but their lives are far from simple. They eat ice cream and wonder if Lizzie and Bill are engaged yet. He's sure that they have a better shot than most at making it work.
Daisy, Ashlee, Christina, Remy and James debate what to do next. They end up splitting into groups and going in different directions. Daisy looks for something that won't scare James. He tells her that he flies down there all the time and was lying about being afraid so that she would hold his hand.
Remy and Christina go on the Jaws ride.
Alan is continuing to win prizes at the games. He gives a stuffed animal to a child. When he sits on the stairs, Ashlee comes by with her new friend. She asks him along with them to a show.
At home, Natalia rehearses what she wants to say to Olivia. Olivia calls her before she can and asks her for information about secret sandwiches. They miss each other and agree to meet up. When Olivia arrives, they make sandwiches. Neither of them knows how to act around the other anymore. Olivia wishes they could get away together to figure it out. Emma has an overnight field trip so they could leave town to spend some time together. Olivia doesn't want to push her. Nat says she can't figure out where she is with God until she figures out where she is with her. Olivia suggests that they go to a place in the mountains and hands her a brochure. Since it's near where Frank wanted to take her, it sort of ruins the mood. Nat worries about how she will tell Frank the truth. They decide to go anyway.
Doris runs into Frank at the bar. She says sorry about the wedding. He notices she has security guards and asks her why she doesn't try being more likable. "Obviously you were the last to know," she says. Frank isn't following this and says he isn't finished with Natalia. Olivia explained to him that she still isn't over Gus. Doris can't stay silent anymore. "You gotta wake up detective. Your ex-finacee, she has the hots for Olivia," she says. As she walks out, Frank runs after her and tells her to stop spreading lies about Natalia. He begins fighting with her guards and they beat him up.
Frank shows up at Natalia's door. She and Olivia are shocked to see that he's been beaten up. She takes him to Cedars to get checked out. Frank insists that he's fine. Natalia asks what happened. He tells her not to worry about it. When the women step out to get a doctor, Natalia wonders what to do. "I'm not even through breaking his heart yet," she worries. Olivia hugs her as Frank comes out the door and sees them.
Next on Guiding Light:
James confronts his father about Grady.
Shayne brings Dinah down to Universal Studios to talk to her brother.
Lizzie tells Bill she's changed her mind.
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Today Futuremark, one of the leaders in performance benchmarking software, announced that they had started development on 3DMark for Android. Some of you may remember that Rightware actually acquired 3DMarkMobile last year, but it appears Rightware only purchased the benchmark software and the 3DMark brand still belongs to Futuremark.
The original 3DMarkMobile that we used last year has now become Basemark and Righware has expanded their suite to include tests for the Android OS, GUI performance, and OpenGL ES 2.0 performance. Rightware continues to develop their mobile benchmarks and we hear they have some exciting announcements coming soon.
Back to Futuremark, their new mobile 3DMark will measure gaming performance on Android devices and they hope to develop the benchmark so that results will be comparable with 3DMark for Windows 8.
Jukka Mäkinen, CEO of Futuremark, describe his vision for the future of mobile benchmarks by saying, "We will bring 3DMark to the Android platform with a professional grade benchmark that can be trusted by manufacturers, suppliers and vendors to provide the definitive measure of gaming performance on Android while showcasing the very best in real-time graphics and effects."
Highlights of 3DMark for Android (working title) include:
- Measures gaming performance using rendering, CPU and physics tests
- Stunning real-time graphics pushing the OpenGL ES API to the limit
- Complementary online service to compare results between devices
- Results will be comparable with 3DMark for Windows 8
- Currently in development, expected to be released in 2012
Some have argued that synthetic benchmarks are largely useless, but I still think they play some role in determining how today's hardware will handle future games. The end user experience is always the most important thing, but benchmarks can sometimes help us determine the different strenghts and weaknesses of competing platforms.
Speaking of benchmarks, we are working to finally standardize the suite of tests that our team uses to review Android devices. Which Android benchmarks do you think are the most reliable and which ones would you like to see us use on a regular basis?


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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 2nd Dec 2011 18:41 UTC
Windows 8 will have both the new Metro-style applications and user interface and the traditional Windows 7 desktop for legacy applications, which kind of runs like an application. Since legacy applications have to be recompiled to run on ARM anyway, it's always been a bit unclear if the ARM version of Windows 8 would include the legacy desktop at all - even Microsoft itself confirmed it wasn't sure yet. Microsoft bloggers Mary-Jo Foley and Paul Thurrot have fresh rumours that Microsoft has now made the decision to remove the legacy desktop from the ARM version.
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When I was in college, �real food� consisted of processed cheeseburgers with fries. And the closest we came to food activism was a petition requesting frozen yogurt machines in the cafeteria.
Today, many college students would deign to consume such swill only if it was criteria for extra credit in a class on, say, Outdated Eating Patterns of the Proletariat. Today, it�s trendy for young people to actually care about the food they put in their bodies, along with where it comes from, how it�s grown and whether or not it�s �fair,� a word formerly consigned to the playground rather than the dinner plate.
So it should surprise no one that the college on the vanguard of the �real food� movement is none other than Clark University, that progressive, politically-correct institution of higher learning and better eating.
Clark recently became the first college in Massachusetts to commit to �real food� purchasing, and if you don�t understand the term, you are obviously a cretin who considers Cheez Doodles the third level on the food pyramid. According to extensive research I just now conducted on Google, �real food� is defined as locally grown, fair trade, of low environmental impact and humanely produced.
�We have a really good dining services program,� said Clark sophomore Amanda Brackett, 19. �But the students just want better. If we can demand locally grown and sustainable food, we can change the purchasing patterns of the entire food production system.�
That�s a heady goal, and a sure departure from the days when college students tried to change food purchasing patterns by using twisted coat hangers to disengage the Skittles bags from the vending machines in the Westfield State dorms. Or so I�ve heard. These days, students are demanding the fresh fish and healthy vegetables that their elders fled to college to avoid, a clear sign that our youth, on the whole, are a few fries short of a Happy Meal and determined to upend the natural order.
But they�re certainly earnest. Amanda is a member of the college�s Food Truth, the student food sustainability club, which recently convinced President David Angel to sign a pledge that the university will have 20 percent �real food� by 2020. The commitment is part of a national campaign coordinated by the Real Food Challenge, which began as a program of the Boston-based The Food Project Inc., and is now affiliated with Third Sector of New England, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Frito-Lay Corp.
Kidding about the last part; just wanted to make sure you were paying attention. In any case, the Food Truth group has been meeting with the manager of dining services at Clark to review invoices and analyze purchasing data. Amanda said that, while many of the students are �really excited� about the real food movement, not everyone is on board.
�There�s a portion of the population, like the psychology majors and stuff, they�re just interested in food that tastes better,� she said.
Keep in mind that the dining hall at Clark already resembles a luxury cruise line buffet and includes salad bars, a vegan station, a chef�s signature station, an international saut� station, a grill, a deli, homemade soups, a pasta station, a gluten-free station and a pizza chef who does nothing but make speciality brick oven pizzas with crusts he braids by hand.
�The options the students have are incredible,� said Heather Vaillette, manager of Clark Dining Services, operated by Sodexo. �We make all of our food from scratch. But college students want to think outside the box. They like to push the envelope.�
Especially at Clark, which boasts the motto, �Challenge convention, Change our World.�
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After waking up with terrible back pain yet again, thanks to a day spent working from the couch, I was more than inspired to research ergonomic task chairs. With a variety of price points, I discovered task chairs available for nearly any budget. It's often said it's fine to pinch when it comes to everything but your task chair if you plan to work from a desk more than a few minutes daily, not only for productivity, but also your longterm health...
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