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Mon, Feb 27, 2006 | By Hugh Hewitt
The Housing Bubble?
The headlines will read that new home sales fell in January, as they have four of the past six months. The bubble starting to burst?
Not so fast:
The average price of a home increased to $291,600, up from a revised $281,700 in December. The median price rose to $238,100 from a revised $229,000.
There were an estimated 528,000 homes for sale at the end of January, which was a record. That represented a 5.2 months' supply at the current sales rate, the highest pace since 5.2 in November 1996. In December, an estimated 515,000 were for sale, a 4.8 months' inventory. An estimated 93,000 homes were actually sold last month, up from 89,000 in December, based on figures not seasonally adjusted.


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National HIV Testing Week 2015: Join Us!
HIV Testing saves lives. That means HIV awareness saves lives – so how do we raise awareness? This National HIV Testing Week, it's easy: take and tweet a selfie with a message.
Help us Save Lives by taking a "Selfie" and posting it on Twitter or Facebook. It's easy!
This year, Saving Lives is making postal HIV Testing available across the country via HIVTestUK.com. We want to spread the word that an HIV test is a good thing, and nothing to be ashamed about. You can help.
1. Make your own message: All you need is a pen! People have written messages on paper, posters, mugs … even their own fingers. Whatever, take a "Selfie" and get the message out there! 2. Don't forget to use the hashtags: #HIVTestWeek , #HIV, #GetTested , @SavingLivesUK
Get People Involved Using Our Quick Download Ambassador Posters
Visit our Dropbox folder to download high-resolution posters for printing!
In Detail: How You Can Help
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Knowing your stuff is so important. That's why we produce educational material that makes sense and is fun to read.
You can download our What is HIV booklet here. It's full of Premiership footballers and other exclusive imagery! You can download our information sheets for volunteers, too.
2. Raise Money[+ show][- hide]
Method 1: Use Our Virgin Money Giving Page
You can visit our Virgin Money Giving Page by clicking here – just follow the prompts to donate to our latest campaign.
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If you can spare a few pounds to help fund our campaign, please text SAVE14 to 70070. Add your preferred donation – £1, £2, £3, £4, £5 or £10. (You text might look like "SAVE14 £2", for instance.)
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Cheques should be made payable to Saving Lives and address to Saving Lives, MIDRU Building, Heartlands Hospital, Bordesley Green East, Birmingham, B9 5SS.
Saving Lives is a national HIV awareness charity with the aim of improving the general public's knowledge of HIV and HIV testing. We are registered with the Charity Commission as number 1144855, and you can read our entry in the Register of Charities here. Our aims are simple: by raising awareness and encouraging advocacy and education, we want to improve the take-up of HIV testing and in so doing save lives. If you believe in our message and want to support us, we are grateful for every donation, small or large. A few pounds will help us print leaflets for a clinic; £25 will pay for the graphic design of that leaflet; £100 will pay for the posters and banners we take on our roadshows.
3. Decide whether you need to Take the Test using our "Riskometer"[+ show][- hide]
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Director of Operations
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Reducing the late diagnosis of HIV is a key priority for the Health and Wellbeing agendas all over the country. Sexually Transmitted and Blood-borne viruses like HIV and Hepatitis are silent killers. They can be symptom-free for years, and without taking a test people can live for many years without knowing they are infected – and by the time they do know it may be too late for today's life-saving treatments to have their full effect. Furthermore they may have passed the viruses to their nearest and dearest. Did you know in the UK today:
- One in five of those living with HIV do not know they have the virus.
- One in every three hundred and fifty people in the UK have hepatitis-B.
- When it comes to hepatitis-C, half of those who have it are unaware of their status.
This year, to promote National and International HIV Testing Week we are funding a nationwide postal testing awareness campaign, encouraging people to "GET TESTED" and "GET TREATED" as "EARLY TESTING" for HIV, HEPATITIS B and C really can "SAVE LIVES." All of these viruses can be treated. Those living with them can live full, fruitful lives. But only if they know, and only if they get tested and treated early. Please help us make National HIV Testing week a success.
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso said on Friday that financial regulators were conducting an on-site inspection of Coincheck, after hackers last week stole more than $500 million from the cryptocurrency exchange.
Aso, speaking to reporters after a regular cabinet meeting, said the decision was made based on the need to protect users.
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The Fair Labor Standards Act is celebrating its 80th birthday. It still produces lengthy court rulings determining what it all means. In this case, the U.S. Court of Appeals says that ESL instructors for a private educational entity are not entitled to overtime.
The case is Fernandez v. Zoni Language Centers, decided on May 26. In this potential class action, the plaintiffs claim they are not receiving the legally-mandated minimum wage or overtime pay. Under the FLSA, bona fide professionals are exempt from the statute's protections. Plaintiffs claim defendants -- who operate private educational facilities -- are not entitled to the exemption from the FLSA's minimum wage and overtime requirements applicable to teachers working as bona fide professionals, because defendants are not "educational establishment[s]," as required for that exemption to apply. The Court of Appeals (Raggi, Calabresi and Lynch) disagrees, and the claims are dismissed.
Department of Labor regulations define "educational establishment" as "an elementary or secondary school system, an institution of higher education or other educational institution." Since the Zoni Centers are not associated with any public schools, for the defendants to win this case, they must show they fall within the exemption for "other educational institution."
Under a plain language analysis, Zoni Language Centers qualifies under this exemption because its "primary purpose is to provide English-language instruction to students using prescribed books in a traditional classroom environment,' such that "plaintiffs were engaged in the transmittal of knowledge to students in much the same way as primary and secondary school teachers, except that plaintiffs' students were adults, not children, and the knowledge conveyed to them focused on a single subject, the English language." These educational centers also have national certifications and state licensure.
The Court of Appeals finds the purpose of DOL regulations compel this conclusion, as the bona fide professional exemption was intended to exempt workers who "typically earned salaries well above the minimum wage, and ... were presumed to enjoy other compensatory privileges .. setting them apart from the nonexempt workers entitled to overtime pay." Plaintiffs earned more money per hour than the minimum wage worker, and the Court says it "must limit the application of FLSA exemptions 'to those establishments plainly and unmistakably within their terms and spirit.'"
Tuesday, June 6, 2017
Private school instructors not entitled to overtime
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I might have a small obsession with cosmetic products and purple. So when I saw an ad on Facebook saying that Julep would send me a box of three purple nail polishes and one black eyeliner for my birthday for free I had to check it out. I looked at the website, and it looked legit. It said I would only have to pay $2.99 for shipping and that if I didn't want a second box to come in March then all I had to do was call Julep and tell them by the 20th and they would cancel the order. I thought I'll just take advantage of this one free box, and then I'll cancel.
Then, my beautiful wild orchid purple box of nail polish and makeup came in the mailbox, and now I think I'm hooked...
First, I tried out the Hazel nail polish which is one of Julep's Boho Glam nail colors. I wasn't really expecting a lot because hey it was free. But it really did go on very smoothly and easily with a rich color. I only needed two coats for an opaque finish, and it worked well with my Sally Hansen Insta-Dri topcoat. The end product was an opaque deep purple with a sort of metallic-y fine shimmer that Julep describes as a wild violet and bronze duochrome. I think it works beautifully on cool skin tones. This one has become my new favorite nail polish! It adds some personality to my usual grey and pink ensembles, and I've gotten complimented on it every day it's been on my nails.
The second color I tried was Margit, one of the It Girl nail colors. I loved the ease of application of this nail polish too. It went on opaquely and evenly with two coats. Margit is a pale lavender polish that Julep describes as mushroom with rose shimmer. It's definitely a very in color right now. Sadly, it brought out a little too much red in my skin tone, but I think it would be gorgeous on warm, darker skin tones. I think I'll probably still wear it though because the color is too pretty to waste!
And last but not least is Bernadette, named for Bernadette Peters. The black onyx nail polish was made specially for us gals with February birthdays! First off, I love Bernadette Peters so I had high expectations for this nail polish. It had the same smooth application as the other nail polishes and only needed two coats for opaque color. The end result is very unique and cool. It's a purple-y black with small flecks of silver shimmer. It basically looks like the night-sky.
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I also got a black eye-liner in the maven box, but I really am not a fan of how eyeliner makes me look, so I'll save that review for when Elizabeth can try it out.
Overall, I was super impressed with my first Maven box! And after reading a little bit about the company values, and seeing my options for this month I think I'll keep buying them periodically and keep y'all updated. Also, you'll notice that we now have a badge for Julep that says "I'm classic with a twist." If you think you want to try Julep for free then give it a click or click here, and Julep will give you a code for a free box. If you decide to subscribe after you've gotten your free box, then I'll get credit I can put towards a box for referring you. You can do the same on your blogs to earn free boxes! Hope you enjoy and let us know what you think about your boxes!


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Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the door frames of your houses and on your gates.
Deuteronomy 6:4-9 NIV
What is Family Ministry?
Family Ministry is a philosophy.
For nearly two generations, children and youth have grown up in the Church and have unfortunately decided to leave upon graduating from High School. This is due in part to the way that many churches have approached children and youth ministry over the years. Unfortunately, for many students, we've given them an inaccurate representation of the church.
Family Ministry is designed to be more personal and honest.
Here at Epworth, we know that parents have more in influence over their children than any youth pastor ever could. Furthermore, we know that parenting isn't always easy, so we want to surround parents with like-minded individuals to help spark a love for Jesus Christ in the hearts of our children and youth.
Family ministry is the church and the family partnering together to help lead children and students to follow Jesus.
We have a plan to equip parents and other adults to recognize the unique needs of children, youth in every stage of life, and to help them model a life of faith for them in the midst of that. We hope you will join us.


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My son loves LEGOs and specifically LEGO City. He has built a Police Station, Airport and more. I am excited to announce that LEGOLAND Discovery Center Boston at Assembly Square, Somerville will be opening a brand new LEGO® City Builder area in time to celebrate Massachusetts School Vacation Week, February 18-26. Plus as one of my lucky readers I am giving you a chance to win 4 tickets to LEGOLAND Discovery Center Boston! Read on to learn more!
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Should You Stay With Your Energy Broker?
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By Jonnelle Marte
Consumers tired of low-yielding checking or savings accounts might want to consider those sleepy savings bonds typically associated with birthday or high school graduation gifts. But to get the best deals on them, they'll need to act fast.
Series I savings bonds are currently yielding 4.6%, well above the 0.39% average rate for a one-year certificate of deposit and the 0.15% for savings accounts and money market deposit accounts, according to Bankrate.com. But that rate, which is based on inflation, will be reset on Nov. 1 and some analysts expect it to come down to about 3.3%. Investors who buy the bonds before Nov. 1 can still lock in the 4.6% rate for at least six months. (Series I savings bond rates also have a fixed-rate component that lasts throughout the 30-year life of the bond. The fixed rate is currently 0% and is expected to stay there.)
Another reason to buy soon: starting Jan. 1, you won't be able to buy as many savings bonds as easily as you can now. Currently you can buy a maximum $10,000 in Series I savings bonds by purchasing as much as $5,000 in bonds electronically at Treasurydirect.gov and up to another $5,000 in paper bonds at a bank or credit union. But starting next year the Treasury will stop selling paper bonds at banks, and will offer them only as a payment option for your income tax refund. That change will limit most investors to buying a maximum $5,000 each year – unless, of course, you manage to wrangle a $5,000 tax refund.


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NBA Commissioner David Stern held his final All-Star Game press conference Saturday night in Houston and the Seattle-Sacramento battle over the Kings dominated the discussion.
Among other things, Stern shared his thoughts on Sacramento's chances of keeping its team, how expansion is unlikely and why the Sonics left Seattle. Below is a transcript of the questions and answers related to the Kings.
Before the questions from the media began, Stern said the following:
I think it's fair to say that we have an application in house as you know from Seattle to both transfer ownership to what I'll call the Hansen-Balmer group and an application to move the team to Seattle to play in Key Arena while the process goes on to get permission to build a new building in Seattle and various lawsuits and environmental impact and other things are dealt with…I met with Mayor MGinn of Seattle, we have two committees focusing on it – …
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The program provides children of all ages with an opportunity to read to a cop and to have a cop read to them. Kids will also have a chance to meet a member of the Highway Patrol's K9 unit and his dog. The event runs from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 28. No registration is required.
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A man who had the same haircut as Moe of the Three Stooges was super angry that his computer time was up. He yelled at me saying that he pays his taxes, we do nothing about all the kids running around, and why can't I press some buttons to override the time limit. What a jerk... as if screaming at me will really convince me to go against policy!
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Castle Season 4 Episode 13: An Embarrassment Of Bitches - Kate Goes To The Dogs Part 2 (F-zoo,bmail,bond,voy)
by Sith Lord ([email protected])
13 year old Reggie was so excited his whole body was shaking. He couldn't stop it, and he didn't want to. All his countless hours of watching the window of Kate Beckett (a.k.a. Nikki Heat in the Castle novels) had paid off more than he could ever have hoped for! Reggie had been reading the "Nikki Heat" books ever since the first one, and when he heard on the fan forums that the inspiration for Nikki Heat herself was moving in across the way, he set up shop at his window and almost never left. Reggie was a good looking boy. He had red hair and dark green eyes. He had a normal build to him and was about 5 feet 2 inches tall at his last physical. He still had some of his baby pudge to his waist but wasn't fat by any means. He was only about 100 pounds give or take a pound or two. The most impressive thing about Reggie was the fact that he had an above average cock size for a boy of his age. His penis when he measured it last was about 7.5 inches long and about 5 inches around. He felt really out of place when he showered with the other boys his age since they were all a lot smaller than him even when he wasn't hard. He had spent countless hours at this window with his high powered camera pointed at the window of Kate Beckett, hoping to catch her naked, topless, or even in a bra, but she was far too modest to go around in her bra and panties. At least that's what he thought for the past year. Now he had clear video of the pride of the NYPD on her hands and knees getting pounded by a dog and clearly having what he thought was an orgasm on the video before collapsing out of sight. Now he just had to find a way to use this to his advantage and maybe...just maybe...he could get his turn with the beautiful detective. He turned his computer on and started his plan.
Kate Beckett woke up with her face pressed against the carpet and her perky, beautifully formed ass up in the air. The cool breeze through her apartment making her keenly aware of her naked state as her brown nipples hardened with the breeze. Her pussy felt so tender after it's abuse earlier. Her thoughts running back through the events of the past few hours. She had her pussy ate out by a dog and then was fucked harder than any lover had fucked her before and even made her squirt...twice! This dog had given her the three biggest orgasms of her life and now it was just sitting in a corner staring at her like nothing had happened.
"What the fuck am I going to do now?" Kate asked herself out loud as she propped herself up, and sat on the floor with her back against her couch. As she brought her knees up she felt what could only be described as a sloshing feeling in her pussy.
"Holy fuck am I still full of your cum?!" she exclaimed in surprise. She reached down to her pussy and still feeling it sensitive from her three earlier orgasms tried to pushed her fingers inside. She was too dry though, so she brought her fingers to her mouth and moistened them with her saliva. She brought her fingers back down to her pussy and pushed two fingers in as deep as they would go. Her pussy was still hyper sensitive and she felt twinges of pleasure as her fingers probed deeper into her pussy attempting to dislodge what felt like a gallon of cum left deep inside her. As her fingers stirred up her pussy she could feel herself start to get wet and aroused as the lubrication made it easier to slide her fingers deeper. Then finally after a few moments later the cum came pouring out of her pussy. "God damn that was deep in there!" she said while looking at Royal the large golden retriever that had made this mess in her.
Royal meanwhile, had been watching his new bitch intently. Waiting for another chance to take her again. He wanted to satisfy his bestial urges that were again starting to take over his being. He smelled her arousal in the air as she used her fingers on herself. Then she did something that made Royal very unhappy. She unsealed her pussy and dumped his cum on the floor. How was his new bitch supposed to get pregnant with his puppies when she dumps all his cum on the floor. Now he had to fuck her again and cum inside her. Royal got back to his feet and got back to work on getting his new bitch pregnant.
Kate Beckett was still in awe of the sheer amount of cum pouring out of her pussy. She had bareback sex before with two guys when she was younger, but they never produced close to this amount of cum. Because of her carpeting she didn't hear Royal until he was almost on top of her. Her face was being licked by this dog that had forced itself on her. Kate's mind couldn't handle it and she pushed Royal away from her in a hard shove.
Royal was trying to be gentle with his new bitch and was licking her around to face to show his care for her, but she had pushed him away and that had hurt him. Now he didn't really care about her feelings anymore and needed to show her who was the bitch in this relationship.
Kate heard a low growl and turned to see Royal with a slight snarl in his face as she drained his cum from her pussy. She was still naked and had no real way to defend herself if Royal decided to attack, so she withdrew her fingers from her dog cum filled cunt and put her hands up. Her own juices and Royal's cum started to drip down her fingers and her hands. Still snarling Royal moved closer to her. Her heart was pounding in her chest, her breasts moving up and down with her breath as she took panicked breaths as the growling dog got closer to her. The dog's snout was now right next to her face and he was baring his fangs while emitting a low growl. He clearly did not like it when she pushed him away. Did he really think of her as his mate? She had to do something to get away from this dog so that it didn't try to rape her again. She looked around for an escape but could find nothing within reach that would help her. She was trapped. Then a thought occurred to her. "Maybe if I just acted submissive and used my hands on him he will get off quickly and I can get away from him?"
Royal was being as dominant as he could be without hurting his new bitch. He was growling to make his dominance known and was snarling at this bitch that dared to drain his seed. Then he felt something warm wrap itself around his cock and he snapped out of his snarling state.
Kate saw his massive red cock outside its sheath and knew what she had to do to defuse the situation. She wrapped her pussy juice and cum covered hand around Royal's massive tool and slowly began to masturbate him. She was hoping that if she satisfied his urge right now that he would lose interest in her for a few moments and allow her to get to the safety of her room and hopefully avoid another round of dog rape. As her fingers closed around the massive red dog cock she felt the wet and hard tool that had so thoroughly fucked her pussy only a few hours ago. It was huge in her hands and was definitely the biggest cock she had ever felt. The pussy juice and left over cum that was still on her hand made for excellent lube and Royal began to hump at her hand.
Royal didn't understand in his doggy mind what this bitch was doing to him but he sure felt good. He started to hump away at this newfound sensation that had enveloped his cock.
Kate struggled to hold onto the humping dog cock in her hand as Royal started to move faster in her hand. "Damn this dog can move his hips" she thought as she struggled to hold on as Royal pumped away. She was doing her best to get a grip on the now slimy dog cock but it slipping from her grasp and with her back pressed against her couch and Royal's hard humping it was getting taxing on her muscles. She pushed off the ground with her legs so she could get up a little and at the very least she would be sitting on her couch and a bit more comfortable while she performed this vile act with a dog, but she lost her grip on the cock.
Royal felt the awesome feeling on his cock go away and turned to see his bitch attempting to get away again. Royal wasn't going to let that happen.
Kate had made a mistake in letting go of the dog cock and attempting to get more comfortable. She was now somehow in almost a missionary pose with the dog now in between her legs and with his front paws now on either side of her. She felt something warm and wet landing on her stomach, and looked down to see clear streams of pre-cum launching from the throbbing red dog cock and landing on her stomach with some making it up almost to her perky breasts. She also felt splashes of the pre-cum landing on her pussy lips as the dog cock moved towards her now exposed cunt. "Oh God No!" was all she managed to say before the massive cock slid home into her pussy and her brown eyes opened wide with the sensation.
Royal wasn't going to let a mating chance slip by, even if he wasn't in the best possible position for breeding. Even if this new bitch wasn't cooperating fully, his sense of smell picks up the subtle pheromone shifts of arousal in this new mate. That told him all he needed to know as he started to again fuck his new mate.
Kate Beckett was in shock as the massive dog cock stroked in and out of her pussy. Her beautiful brown eyes opened wide as the 9 inch spear of dog cock drove home to the very depths of her pussy. The veiny red dog cock moved in and out of her pussy at a steady rate. Its massive girth stretched her pussy walls to the limits. She could feel the constant spurting of the doggie pre-cum into her pussy lubricating the way for the large invading tool. It was not as fast and furious a pounding as before, which was most likely due to Royal not being accustomed to fucking in this position, but it was still quite fast and quite hard. Which was just the way Beckett liked it. What had initially began as just an overwhelmingly full feeling in her pussy turned to pleasure as the raping dog cock rubbed her in all the right places. Kate caught herself letting out small moans as pleasure slowly started to overwhelm her senses. She parted her legs wider in an effort to lessen her discomfort, and take some pressure off of her legs. This had the added effect of allowing Royal deeper access to her pussy which he gladly took.
Royal loved the feeling of this bitch. The way her sex organs felt around his was fantastic. This bitch was prime mating material and he would mate with her whenever he could.
Kate felt the pounding doggie dick in her pussy and felt the hot dog breath in her face as she looked down she saw that Royal had wrapped his front paws around her waist and had his head almost by her neck. She felt the soft fur rub against her breasts and stimulate her nipples to hardness. At the same time this new angle allowed Royal to directly stimulate her G-spot and clit at the same time which was quickly driving all logic from her mind. "Oh God! Yes!" she caught herself saying over and over again as the pleasure washed over her body. Kate Beckett was losing herself to the cock in her pussy and she was slowly giving in to the pleasure it was bringing her. Kate felt a massive orgasm building and needed to feel the release that it brought. The normally stoic detective Kate Beckett was giving in the animal lust this dog had stirred in her loins. She no longer cared that it was a dog cock inside of her. She needed to cum. The dog shifted his position as he sensed her acceptance as her struggles to push him away stopped, and brought his snout towards her face and began to lick her face as she moaned underneath him.
Kate felt the dog tongue licking around her open mouth while she moaned. Royal was licking all around her pink full lips, and she gave in and stuck her tongue out to meet the invading dog tongue. As Kate french kissed with the dog she felt her orgasm wash over her and her pussy clenched down on the invading dog cock that was continually thrusting in and out of her pussy. "Oh Royal! FUCK ME! FUCK ME" she shouted around the dog tongue invading her mouth. He pussy gripped and let go of the dog cock inside of her as her orgasm hit her. Her pussy juice washed over the dog cock as she came like a river. Royals balls slapping against her ass as he kept driving in and out of her gushing wet cunt. She felt his knot outside her pussy pressing against her pussy lips trying to gain entry. She pushed back to meet his unending rapid thrusts lifting her hips up and granting him deeper entry to her pussy. She felt him pressing deeper and felt the pop of the knot as he locked his dick to her pussy. With her hips undulating up and down as she wanted him deeper but her was already pressed against the end of her vagina with the tip of his massive dick pressed up against her cervix. Then came the hot torrent of dog cum. She could feel the pulses of his cock and feel the hot blasts of his cum as Royal flooded Kate Beckett's pussy with his virile doggie cum. Each blast of the hot dog cum increasing her arousal to the point that she came a second time as her vaginal walls were basted with hot sticky cum. Kate Beckett the pride and joy of the New York Police force had been conquered by Royal, and both she and him knew it now.
They stayed tied for a good twenty minutes as Royal's cock deflated to the point he could finally withdraw for her tight pussy. The big red dog cock flopped out of her pussy with an almost audible plop sound. Kate Beckett was breathing heavily resting on her couch in a thoroughly fucked state, and with a sex fogged mind as she felt Royal licking gently at her abused pussy. The river of cum leaking from her hole slowly stopped as his doggy saliva cleaned her pussy, and at the same time sealed his cum inside. Kate looked down and saw that Royal's cock still hadn't retracted into his sheath yet.
"Well I guess it's only fair that I return the cleaning favor too right?" she said as she crawled underneath the golden retriever and grasped the big red dog cock in her hands. It felt hot in her hands, and slick with both her cum and Royal's dripping from it. She brought it towards her lips sticking out her tongue to tentatively taste the slimy cum mixture. The taste wasn't as bad as she was expecting. Her own pussy juice sweetened the taste quite a bit but it was by no means bad. It was different from human cum but still not bad tasting. She took the veiny red monster dog cock into her mouth and swirled her tongue around it. She couldn't even come close to getting half of it into her mouth. Kate Beckett was no stranger to giving head. In fact in the back of her mind she was quite proud of her oral skills. All of her past lovers have given her great remarks on it in the past. But for her to be able to deep throat this monster would take much more skill than she had. She couldn't get it deep enough so she popped it from her mouth and licked all around it, lapping at it like it was her favorite sucker. In her peripheral vision from underneath the dog she caught the time.
"Holy crap! she shouted. It was already midnight and she had to be at work by 8a.m. She dragged herself from the carpeted floor and stood on shaky legs, walking to her bathroom. Looking back she saw Royal in the corner of the room licking his rapidly shrinking member. "Well at least he seems tired out." she thought to herself as she dragged herself into her shower to finish the job she started before Royal ravaged her the first time. Her pussy still had that "full" feeling since Royal's doggie cum was still trapped inside her, but she dared not drain it out. Better to not anger the dog that raped her twice and made her his bitch.
Kate Beckett finished her shower and promptly collapsed onto her comfy bed making sure to lock her bedroom door to keep Royal from disturbing her while she regained her strength for tomorrow. Little did she know she would be getting a new sexual partner tomorrow. In the form of a spying 13 year old boy.
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Reggie woke up the following day and knew he had to start his plan as soon as possible. After countless hours watching Kate Beckett (aka Nikki Heat) through his window he felt safe in assuming that the dog fucking was not a normal occurrence. That being said he had to take advantage of this situation while she was likely still in some state of shock. It would make his blackmailing of her that much easier if she wasn't in her proper state of mind. He started his plan by faking sick to get out of school for the day. If things go according to his plan he may need to extend his sickness for a few days. His parents are fairly well off socialites so they wouldn't even notice, or probably even be home for the next few days, but an alibi was always a good idea. He began printing out the images he had taken of Kate Beckett last night from his computer. After a lot of printing he made several duplicate copies and stashed them in certain locations around his parents house. He also set up an email time delay that would automatically send to certain people in Kate Beckett's life and a few porn sites, should he fail to input a code every 24 hours until he disarmed it. Now he just had to work up the courage to enact the first part of his plan.
Kate Beckett woke up and started her day without incident and was able to make it out of her apartment in the morning without being raped by Royal again. Her mind was whirling all day and they hadn't had a break in the case after a full day of work so she had decided to head home. Castle had taken Royal for the day as part of the "shared-custody" arrangement so she would hopefully be able to get some sleep tonight, and come to grips with what had happened to her last night. Also she needed some time to come to grips with her feelings about what happened last night. As she stepped into her apartment she noticed a brown envelope slid under her door. She put her things down and grabbed the envelope off the floor. It felt a bit heavy like a lot of paper was inside. She was hoping it wasn't a subpoena or court summons, or something like that. Instead she found high definition pictures of her in the middle of having sex with Royal. The shock of the pictures caused her to drop them all over her apartment floor. They scattered all over the floor. There was about 30 of them in total. All of them taken through her large apartment window, and all of them showing her in a state of pure bliss and orgasm during her rape. She remembered the massive orgasms she had during the first time Royal took her, and the carpet stains of her cum to prove it. Kate had never thought that for a second she had been in the view of anyone! She spotted a single sheet of computer paper on the floor that had typing on it.
"I know what you did Nikki Heat. I saw you and I have more than enough proof to ruin your life, and there is nothing that you can do to stop me. I am watching you right now through your window. If you make any attempt to shut the blinds I will distribute these images to everyone you know and to every major porn site on the internet. There is only one way that you will keep everyone you know from finding out that you apparently love fucking dogs, and that is to do exactly as I say. First you will strip down to your underwear in front of the window. This will signal your compliance to go along with my demands. Then you will take your lipstick and write your phone number on the window. After that you will follow all directions issued over the phone or else these images become public. You have 2 minutes to make your decision and to comply. Any attempt to alert your police friends and the images go public."
Kate Beckett's mind was sent into a tailspin. She had no way out. If she let the images go public her professional and personal life were ruined forever. She would never solve her mother's murder and see justice done. One minute left. She was trapped. She couldn't call anyone since she was in full view of the window, and she only had 30 seconds left. "Damnit!" she screamed as she turned towards the window and started to take off her clothes.
Reggie couldn't believe it! His plan was actually working! He took out the burner phone and linked it to his PC. The phone connected itself to six different proxies gateways over the internet and made the phone impossible to trace back to him or his house. Then he turned back to his window and set his camera to take pictures of Kate Beckett every few seconds as she stripped for him
Kate stripped out of her detective work clothes as slow as she could in an effort to give her time to think about what she could do to fix this. She came up with nothing by the time she had her shirt off and was working on taking off her pants. It truly was hopeless for her. She had no leverage in this situation and whoever had the photos had all they needed to wreck her life. She just had to hope that whatever they wanted wasn't more than she was willing to give. She was down to her underwear now and wrote the number for her phone on the window and waited. Staring out the window in a black bra and black panties.
Reggie was so excited he couldn't keep his heart rate down. It was almost time to begin. He watched the beautiful Kate Beckett strip for him in front of her window. God she was so beautiful. She has a figure that most women would kill for and beautiful perky breasts. She had a body that was tight and toned from years of daily exercise. Reggie was infatuated with her. He loaded up his voice changing app and made the call that would change his young life forever.
Kate stood in the window nearly naked except for her black bra and panties, which left very little to the imagination. Her cell phone in her shaking hands started to ring. She brought the phone up to her ear and said "Hello?"
"Hello Detective Beckett. Or do you prefer Nikki Heat?" said a disguised voice over the phone
"Kate will do fine." She said through gritted teeth. God Damn these novels that Castle were writing are going to be the end of her she thought to herself as she immediately recognized a voice changer being used. The number was "blocked" of course so she likely wouldn't be able to trace this call after she got off the phone. She waited for the reply
"OK. Kate it is. Well Kate tonight we are going to have a bit of fun. Please believe me when I say that I really don't want to wreck your life and make you unable to show your face in public again, but I will if you force my hand." said the voice
"What do you want from me?" Kate asked the voice over the phone.
"I'm sending over someone to your apartment. We have an arrangement with them as well, though slightly more serious than your current one. You will follow their instructions to the letter or else their fate will be much worse than your own. Your instructions for right now are to finish stripping naked and stand in front of your window until they arrive. You will answer the door naked and stay that way following all their instructions. If you fail to comply or attempt to call anyone we are going to release the photos. Remember Kate Beckett, we are watching you!" *CLICK*
"DAMNIT!" Kate Beckett shouted at no one as she threw her phone away from her. This bastard had her. At least she knew there was another out there in almost the same situation. Though that person sounded like they were in a much more dire situation than her own. She needed more clues to be able to solve this problem and maybe this new person could shed some light on why this was going on. She popped open the front of her bra and let it drop to the floor as her perky 34B breasts were out and on display. Her brown pencil-tip sized nipples were hard enough to cut glass, and stood out at full attention from her quarter sized areolas. She stripped out of her black panties and felt a small twinge of arousal as they slipped down her thighs and exposed her pussy to the cool air of her apartment. She was standing right in front of her massive apartment window fully naked and had her phone number written on her window too. Her shaved pussy started to get slightly damp at the thought of someone else seeing her and ogling her naked body. It was so taboo for her to be doing this and being forced into doing this and for some reason she was getting aroused by it. "Damn, am I turning into a slut?" she wondered silently to herself as she waited for the knock at her door.
Reggie had so much adrenaline pumping through his 13 year-old body after making that phone call, that he was shaking all over and couldn't stop. He watched to make sure that Beckett was stripped and standing naked in her apartment before he set up the final piece of his plan and bolted out of his parents apartment.
Beckett was waiting for the better part of 10 minutes before there was a knock at her door. She shot a final death look out the window at whatever evil person was watching her and almost strutted across her apartment trying to show that she still had some form of self dignity. She opened the door and stood in shock as what appeared to be a 14 or 15 year old boy was standing in front of her and drinking in her nakedness.
Reggie was nearly in a state of shock. He was standing in front of Nikki Heat who was naked and so beautiful that he could barely breath. She said something that he didn't quite catch as he was too busy staring at the goddess before him. He finally caught it the second time she said it.
"Do you want to come in so that I don't have to hold the door open while I'm naked?" Kate said to the kid who was looking like a deer caught in the headlights of a semi. She kind of had to chuckle a little bit despite her situation as the kid just stood there.
Reggie composed himself and stepped into the apartment. "I was given instructions to meet you here and tell you that we are both being watched, and that you needed to follow the instructions that they gave me or else they will not only distribute the photos they have of you but they will kill my family and then kill us." he said. At the end he subtly and imperceptibly flipped a switch in his hand and a laser dot appeared on his chest. Kate instantly froze as the "sniper dot appeared on the young boys chest. Her still recent experience with a sniper bullet to the chest was still fresh in her mind and her heart raced as she looked at the red dot.
Reggie meanwhile was getting all the reactions he was hoping for. Kate Beckett's recent sniper incident had been all over the news, and the pause and wide eyes he saw were the exact reactions he was hoping for. While her focus was locked onto the "Sniper Dot", which was really just a high power laser pointer he got last year at Christmas, he quickly shut it off with a flick of the button again.
Kate Beckett quickly regained her composure after seeing the sniper dot appear on the young boys chest. She even momentarily forgot that she was stark naked in front of a minor. "Who the hell are these people, and what do they want?! Do you know anything that can help us get out of this situation?!" Kate hurriedly shouted while grabbing the boy by the shoulders.
"Damn!" Reggie thought as Kate got close to him and grabbed him. "She smells awesome, and looks incredibly sexy as hell up close." He couldn't help but look down at her perky brown nipples that stood out from her full breasts. Soon he would be doing a lot to her and making her his sex slave.
"I'm sorry I don't know anything about who they are, but they have my parents and said they would kill them if we don't do what they say. They gave me very specific instructions and said they could see us right now and that If we don't do what they said in the next 5 minutes they are going to kill them! Please you have to help them!" Reggie said almost in a panic. Which is almost exactly what he was feeling so it came out remarkably truthful sounding.
"Well what were they wanting you to do? Kate asked almost fearing the answer.
"I'm supposed to escort you to your bedroom and handcuff you to your bed." Those were all the instructions I got, and after I do that they will let my parents go! Please, we have to hurry!" Reggie said still in his panicked tone.
Kate Beckett's mind was again in a spiral that she seemed unable to control. Thoughts of how to get out of this were still swirling in her head. Sadly she didn't see any other alternative. She couldn't let this boy or his parents die. She had to play along for now until she could get away and call Castle or the Precinct. Kate took the boys hand and lead him to her bedroom.
Reggie was in stunned silence as Kate Beckett lead him by the hand to her bedroom. Everything that he planned out was happening right in front of him. It was like he was in a dream. Kate took him into her bedroom and handed him two pairs of handcuffs that she kept on her work belt. As she bent over he got a quick view of her shaved pussy lips and he nearly fainted. The blood in his brain was rapidly being directed down south and he needed to hurry this up before his quickly hardening cock became obvious.
Kate Beckett had never allowed anyone to handcuff her to anything in her room. As a cop she had seen too many crime scenes where people were killed while handcuffed for it to ever be sexy for her, or get her aroused. She lead the boy to the bed and laid down. The boy took the handcuffs from her and brought her left wrist to the head board. He slipped her hand into the cuff and then latched it to the metal headboard. Kate did need to find out some more information before her only lead left. She turned to the young boy that was about to attach her right hand to the headboard. "What is your name? When my friends get here after I don't report in tomorrow maybe we can find a connection and track down the bastards that did this to us?" she asked.
"I don't think you'll need my name for what happens next." Reggie said as he slammed the cuff into place and stepped back to admire his handiwork. On a bed naked before him and unable to do anything was Kate Beckett. The sexiest cop in New York and almost a walking goddess.
Kate's face scrunched in confusion over what Reggie said as he almost painfully tightened the cuff around her wrist and slammed it to connect to her metal headboard of her queen-size bed. She turned to look at the boy and saw him leering at her naked body. As she looked him up and down she noticed a bulge forming in his pants that looked quite large, and a large evil grin spreading over his face.
"IT WAS YOU!" she yelled as her shock set in. She couldn't believe what she was hearing. This young boy had fooled her and had photos of her fucking a dog. She was stunned into silence.
"Yup! All me!" Reggie said proudly as he walked over to her bedroom window and opened it wide. He had set up a camera on the roof of his building that was pointed at a nice angle to catch all the bedroom action that was going to happen tonight. He suddenly whisked around and before Kate knew what was happening he had her left leg wrapped with a strap and wrapped around her base board. He tied it off and grabbed for her other foot. Kate wasn't going to let him have it that easily and fought him, kicking at his hands and body. Reggie stepped back and took something out of his backpack. It was a large Android tablet that had a full screen shot of her getting pounded by the dog Royal. It must have been in the middle of a massive orgasm because her face was in a state of total pleasure. She stopped kicking her foot and went still.
"All I have to do is push this button Ms. Beckett and this gets sent to about 20 different porn sites. You can either comply or I can hit send and the picture goes viral online." Reggie said with a huge grin on his face. Kate gritted her teeth and after a few seconds nodded her head to signal her compliance. Reggie took her foot in her hand and bound it to the foot board of her bed. She was now spread wide open while naked in the grasp of a sadistic young male. She had no illusions about what he intended to do to her, but there was no way he could make her enjoy it. At least that's what she thought at first.
Reggie went into his bag and took out a blindfold and a ball-gag. Kate saw them and her whole body went stiff. She was right he meant to rape her. If she failed to comply though he would destroy her life forever with those pictures. She had to endure it. After all how long could kid like him last with a real woman anyway. Most likely he was probably a virgin and looking to get his first lay by any means he could. This would probably be over in 10-15 minutes tops she thought.
Reggie put the blindfold over her eyes and put the ball gag in her mouth. Kate was remarkably compliant. She obviously didn't know what she was in for. Which brought a small chuckle out of him. "You were probably thinking that this was going to be over quick." Reggie whispered into her ear. "I am going to take my time and break you Nikki Heat. Before I am done, you will beg me to stick my cock inside you, and then I will, and you WILL fuck me like the bitch you are."
To be continued in part 3...
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On Friday afternoon we drove down to Smithfield, Utah, to run in the Smithfield Health Days 5k and 10k races. This makes five years in a row for us to run this race. This 5K was the first race I ever tried...that was back in 2007! Wow, I can't believe I've been running for five years!!!!
On Friday afternoon we drove down to Smithfield, Utah, to run in the Smithfield Health Days 5k and 10k races. This makes five years in a row for us to run this race. This 5K was the first race I ever tried...that was back in 2007! Wow, I can't believe I've been running for five years!!!!
I highly recommend the Smithfield Health Days races to all runners. The races are well-organized, the course is beautiful, and it still has a small, hometown feeling to it. Lots of the runners know each other, and even if you are an out-of-towner like me, you are welcomed warmly. In fact, when I picked up our packets for the race the organizer recognized our names from participation in earlier years and asked if my brother-in-law was going to run. Wow!
If you participate you are sure to find someone else there who runs like you. There are jackrabbits that can give anyone a good bit of competition, and lots of casual runners who are there mainly for a fun outing and to be part of the event.
Here we are in our "before" photo for this year's race. If you look in the background you'll notice that we are parked next to a cemetary...heh heh. It's close to the park.
Smithfield really amped up the races this year. In addition to VERY nice running shirts like the ones they gave out last year (these are my favorite running shirts, by the way), they added chip timing.
Here's a link that will take you to a page that contains information about the event:
The morning of the race was absolutely perfect! It was clear and calm, with temperatures creeping up on 55oF by starting time. It did feel a little chilly in the shade for the first mile or so, but after that it was great! In previous years we've had to brave frost and temps in the 30soF on race day mornings. This time, though, we ran in shorts and short-sleeved t-shirts. Yes!
This was my first outdoor run of 2011. Until now I've put all of miles in on the treadmill. It felt good to be outside. Kat, on the other hand, has been running outside all winter long, as is her habit.
The race was scheduled to start at 7:30am, and the gun went off about 5 mins late. The 10K racers started first, and the 5K racers were released 5 minutes later. Some of the 5K sprinters caught up to us before we reached the 5K turnaround point...but not many.
This link will take you to a map of the 10K course:
Kat and I ran together for the first mile or so. My only goal for the day was to finish in under an hour. That meant I needed to maintain about a 9 min pace in order to beat that goal easily, and that's my training pace on the treadmill. When I checked with Kat about a mile into the race she told me that we were running at an 8 min/mile pace, so I cut her loose tp run her own race, as we usually do any way, and I slowed down a bit.
Here's how we did:
Kat (10K): 52:14 mins = 8:25 min pace
Al (10K): 55:44 mins = 8:58 min pace
Grant (5K): 22:51 mins = 7:21 min pace
Matt (5K): 23:01 mins = 7:24 min pace
Emily (5K): 35:12 mins = 11:19 min pace
Olga (5K): 47:30 mins = 15:16 min pace
You can use this link to find your time if you ran in this year's Health Days runs/races:
It was a fun day. I didn't burn up the course by any stretch of the imagination. I realize now that I should have taken GU with me on the run. I figured that since it was just a 6-mile race that I wouldn't need any. I guess was wrong about that. About the time I hit the 4.5 mile mark I sort of pooped out - my energy felt wasted. I pressed on anyway, and once I got up on the upper road toward the end of the race I got an additional boost of energy from somewhere and was able to finish strong.
Everyone enjoyed the morning. Grant was especially pleased, and Matt was surprised to reach the turn at the 1.55 mile mark for the 5K and see Grant right there with him. Grant, however posted a slightly better finishing time. Grant loved that!
One thing that worked really well for me was my Smithfield 10K music mix. Here it is:
1) Always Know Where You Are - BBMak (Treasure Planet Soundtrack)
2) All Again For You - We The Kings (pace)
3) Southern Cross - Crosby, Stills, and Nash (pace)
4) Stir It Up - Diana King (pace) (Cool Runnings Soundtrack)
5) Sweet Jamaica - Tony Rebel (pace) (Cool Runnings Soundtrack)
6) Caught in the Crowd - Kate Miller-Heinke
7) Cool Me Down - Neville Marcano (pace) (Cool Runnings Soundtrack)
Turn and head back downhill
8) Dolly My Baby - Super Cat (pace) (Cool Runnings Soundtrack)
9) These Are Days - 10,000 Maniacs
10) I'd Rather Be With You - Josh Radin (pace)
11) Days Are Numbers - Alan Parsons Project (pace)
The short but steep hill on the 10K where it splits off of the return route
12) Take On Me - A-Ha (pace)
13) Take It From Me - The Weepies (pace)
14) Hello Sunshine - Barlowgirl (pace)
15) Check Yes Juliet - We The Kings (pace)
Just in case you are interested, this mix lasts for just under 57 mins.
We went, we saw, we ran, and in at least one sense we conquered the canyon.
See you there next year!


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I am now on Annual Leave - we have a Company Shut Down - this year from 16th December (I won't comment any further on that decision....), so I have promised myself a certain number of hours of domestic duties (erk) per day and then I can sew. I have a lot on my To Do List - including Nature's Journey.
Being my first day I didn't want to overdo the domestic stuff - so I allocated 40 minutes and then finished trimming my blocks. Now I can start arranging them.
So, Hows it going girls?? - we have had one recent finish from Oddbjørg - a total of 5 now and we have 20 finished tops.
I know this is a frantic time of the year for some, so maybe not before Christmas....but perhaps some of us will be able to get back to it after Christmas??
We would like to see more finished quilts of course - but more finished tops would be wonderful...you don't really want another UFO lying around do you???
Do I need the whip again???


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Sylcan is worked in the round and the pattern contains written directions. Directions are for both cuff-down and toe-up. If you feel inclined to make 2 in the same direction, that's completely acceptable, or one of each if you're feeling particularly topsy-turvy! Sylcan features 7 sizes; XX-Small, X-Small, Small, Medium, Large, X-Large, & XX-Large. You'll also find a sock worksheet, so you know how to measure your foot to achieve a perfect fit. Sylcan has directions for an afterthought heel, but you may substitute whatever heel you enjoy using.
The pattern is written for the magic loop method for knitting socks, however, the pattern notes do contain details should you wish to use double pointed needles instead.
Sylcan is available in French & English
Skill Level
Materials List
• US1.5 (2.5 mm) 32"-40" circular needles, or size required to obtain gauge. If preferred, four US1.5 (2.5 mm) double pointed needles, or size required to obtain gauge
• Darning needle
• Scrap yarn
• 200-500 yards fingering weight yarn (will vary depending on the length of your foot and leg)
Suggested Yarn
Fibrelya – Sock Star
80% Merio 20% Nylon 405 Yards/110 Grams per skein
Colorway: Samarai
9 Stitches by 11 rows in stockinette stitch = 1" (2.5 cm) on US1.5 (2.5 mm) needles, before blocking.
Size Information – Foot measurement for a sock is taken around the ball of the foot.
XX-Small (XXS): 5.3" (13.4 cm) circumference.
X-Small (XS): 5.7" (14.4 cm) circumference.
Small (S): 6.2" (15.7 cm) circumference.
Medium (M): 6.6" (16.7 cm) circumference.
Large (L): 7.1" (18 cm) circumference.
X-Large (XL): 7.5" (19 cm) circumference.
XX-Large (XXL): 8" (20.3 cm) circumference.
French Translation
Janie Tremblay
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Great Jewish Literature
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2017-2018 Great Books Reading Schedule
Please download the reading and familiarize yourself with it prior to the meeting. If you have difficulty, contact Lauren Levin at 913.327.8007 and she'll email you or provide a hard copy of the selection.
September 17
Poems and Songs by Leonard Cohen: Isaiah, Story of Isaac, Who By Fire, Hallelujah, and Born in Chains.
Poems and Songs by Bob Dylan: Blowin' in the Wind, The Times They Are A-Changin', With God on Our Side, Highway 61 Revisited, and Too Much of Nothing.
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October 28
Essay: The Story of Adam and Eve by Eliot Weinberger
Chapters 1-4 of the Book of Genesis, translated by Robert Alter, professor of Hebrew and Comparative Literature, UCLA- Berkley
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November 19
Short stories: Not for Sabbath and The Safe Deposit by Isaac Bashevis Singer
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December 17
Poetry by Yehoshua November: excerpts from Two Worlds Exist
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January 21
Short Story by Ayelet Tsabari: Brit Milah
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February 18
Short Story by Deborah Eisenberg: The Custodian
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March 18
Readings published in PaknTreger, magazine of the Yiddish Book Center, Summer 2017
Essay by Rachel Auerbach: The Librarians
Poems by Rokhl Korn: Operating Room, Springtime Back Home, Seems It Had to Be
Short Story by Shira Gorshman: High Doorsteps
Short Story by Yenta Marsh: A Seder in the Taiga
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April 15
Short Stories by Dahlia Rosenfeld: The Worlds We Think We Know and Liliana Years Later
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May 20
Novella by Shulamith Hareven: Prophet (this is the second in a trilogy; for those who missed last year's discussion of The Miracle Hater, the first in the trilogy, that reading is also attached although the discussion will be on the Prophet)
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There are also programs for people with younger onset dementia (diagnosis of dementia before the age of 65 years).
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Suitable for: Participants must have a diagnosis of dementia or be accompanying a person with a diagnosis.
Bookings are essential. For more information, or to book, call the National Dementia Helpline on 1800 100 500.


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A porridge diet offers much to admire, from its healthful, whole grain nutrition to its low cost and versatility. Porridge has endured as a dietary staple across cultures and generations, providing hot, inexpensive meals, boosting the health of athletes, kids and adults alike, and living on in the mind of anyone who has read the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears.
Porridge Basics
Porridge is cooked cereal grain. As such, it differs from cold cereal primarily in water content and serving temperature. Oatmeal and cream of wheat are classic representatives of hot cereal sometimes served with milk, fruit or brown sugar. Yet porridge need not be restricted to morning fare, and can be consumed throughout the day as diet food, and not just for weight-loss, either; hot cereal's fiber-rich complex carbohydrates can fit a high-calorie diet, too -- with calorie-dense additions.
Lo- Calorie Diet Porridge
USDA nutritive tables show that 1 cup water-cooked oatmeal has 159 cal. and 3.18 g fat, and 1 cup Cream of Wheat has 149 cal. and .58 g fat. Both hot cereals' high water content helps control calories and hunger, as does the fat from just 1 tbsp. of chopped walnuts or almonds. A dash of salt adds buttery taste with zero calories. Every Diet lists a restrictive diet featuring 1/2 cup oatmeal servings at each meal accompanied by fruit, vegetables and lean meat.
High-Calorie Diet Porridge
High-calorie diets can incorporate porridge. If you want to gain weight, boost your oatmeal's calories with any combination of these nutrient-dense toppings: honey, nuts, seeds, yogurt, molasses, wheat germ, raisins, figs, dried cranberries and pats of a heart-healthy oleo spread. Using whole or 2 percent milk instead of water boosts not only calories but calcium and vitamin D as well.
Savory Cream of Wheat
Cream of Wheat has versatility. A hot bowl of lightly salted Cream of Wheat can substitute for buttered rolls. A dish of hot, thick Cream of Wheat seasoned with parsley and chives can easily replace potatoes or pasta. Like rice, Cream of Wheat's grains soak up water as a nutritious bed for roasted vegetables with melted cheese. Remember, to cut calories, choose low-fat cheese and leafy veggies; to augment calories, select full-fat cheese and starchy vegetables.
Desserts Beyond Oatmeal Cookies
Oatmeal cookies are classic, but you can have Cream of Wheat cookies, too. The Cooks website provides a rich recipe containing flour, eggs, vanilla, raisins, butter and sugar. You can reduce calories by replacing the butter with applesauce, and halving the sugar. Puddings made with hot cereal are easy and nourishing: apportion the cooked cereal into dessert bowls, and layer sliced bananas, instant pudding, dry cereal, yogurt and walnuts. To reduce calories use sugar-free pudding, nonfat yogurt and low sugar dry cereal.


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April 15, 2008
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Tags: crystal projects, Crystals, fun with crystals, growing crystals, how to make crystals, sugar crystals
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Someday you need to tell your readers how you got so interested in growing crystals, Bro. John.
But Well Done!, in the meantime. Very nice.
Comment by localmalcontent — May 6, 2008 @ 7:08 am | Reply
Thank you LocalMalcontent, I will seriously consider your suggestion. In the meantime, suffice it to say that I'm very interested in natural phenomena. This world in which we live has so many extraordinary properties that just occur. It fuels my spiritual belief and constantly captivates me. I also have an eye for art, especially pertaining to the symbolic representation of the mystery that surrounds us.
I'm not sure how deeply you are into your own heritage, but if you ever do wish to share any of that with me, I'd be very receptive to it. But if you are more of a "modernist", I'd still be interested in your view. Which is why I read "The Local Malcontent"!
Hey! Thank you so much for visiting! Hopefully I'll soon be able to post more regularly when I complete a few big projects I'm doing for Gift of Life Donor Program.
Brother John
Lansdowne, Pennsylvania USA
Comment by Brother John — May 6, 2008 @ 8:12 am | Reply
Kelsi, Actually the "Mother" cluster of crystals was recently divided. Her bottom half was allowed to dry and is resting on an ornamental display. So far the crystals have remained clear and sharply defined, even though they have been out of the sugar solution for a few days. They were a big hit on Mother's day as people kept picking them up and holding them up to the light. Strangely, they are not "sticky" to the touch. They look and feel a bit like glass.
My leg is slowly improving but I'm still taking Advil. Hope you are feeling better too.
Brother John
Lansdowne, Pennsylvania USA
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Sunday, September 26, 2010
Sew Ezi
When I went to Retreat last weekend several of the ladies had one and they love them. They all said no back pain or shoulder pain when using them. And a Sew Ezi table is portable so you can take it to class or to the lounge if it's where you want to be, take it on holiday whereever.
Sew Ezi tables are made for your machine and in September there's a special - the accessory tray is free.
You'd still need to put it near a table if you're quilting a large quilt but we've all got one of those and it doesn't take up a huge space and store 'stuff'. If you have any queries ring 0800 739 394.
4 comments:
- Barb said...
I have been eyeing those tables.....thanks for your comments.
- September 26, 2010 at 3:41 PM
- Helen said...
Hi Karen
You will not regret buying your new sewezi table. I love mine. You may find it a bit strange to thread the needle at first because the machine is lower down. I put a rubbish bin underneath the left hand handle hole. It is the perfect arm's length for brushing all the stray threads down. I also taped a piece of acetate (I used acetate 'cos it is clear, thin and I had some handy. You could use card or paper if you wanted to) over the handle hole at the back so the chain piecing doesn't fall down it. When I use the table for classes I can take the acetate off if I want to, but I usually leave it on because the table is so light I can still carry it without having to put my fingers right through the hole. If you are rolling it using the wheels then you will be using the left hand handle hole and the acetate can stay where it is. Let me know how you get on.
- September 26, 2010 at 7:56 PM
- Draffin Bears said...
Hi Karen,
Many thanks for visiting me dear friend and your kind words.
It has been a hard week with the anniversary of Dads passing.
This table looks fabulous and will be so neat to work on.
Was great to catch up with you and see all you have been up to.
How neat about the Wearable Arts competition, would have been fabulous.
Have a great week ahead dear friend.
- September 26, 2010 at 9:10 PM
- Chris H said...
I have seen that table at the Quilting shows... it looks very small? I hope you enjoy using it.
- September 27, 2010 at 9:00 AM


text: News shocks and the US business cycle 2016-01-25 News shocks can be considered among the main drivers of the US business cycle since the 1980s because they explain most of the fluctuations in the economy, Paola Di Casola concludes in a chapter of her PhD thesis at The Stockholm School of Economics. In her recent paper News Shocks and Structural Breaks, Paola Di Casola builds on Beaudry and Portier's idea that the so-called 'news shocks' - sudden changes in what people expect about the future of the economy - are responsible for the business cycle in the US. It is well understood that stock prices contain information about what market participants expect of the future of the economy. Stock prices can therefore be used to identify sudden changes in the information available (news) to market participants about the future of the economy. Paola, like Beaudry and Portier, focuses on technological news. She tries to uncover whether stock prices react in advance of a change in technology and how this anticipated movement affects the real economy. "Suppose that we suddenly expect a future increase in productivity in Sweden. This optimism about the future may affect the economy today. Investment, consumption, output would pick up before the real productivity increase takes place," Paola says. "However, the expectations may turn out to be wrong. The investment would start falling, since people would realize they have been too optimistic. A burst would take place, simply because the realized level of productivity has failed to address people's expectations." Paola has refined Beaudry and Portier's analysis and revealed that news shocks can be identified through stock prices and measures of productivity only after the 1980s. She argues that a structural break in the long-run relationship between these two variables occurs in the sample covering the post-WWII period. Taking this break into account allowed Paola to better identify the role of news shocks as drivers of the US business cycle fluctuations. Since the 1980s, they are indeed among the main drivers of the US business cycle fluctuations. Sudden changes in information that lead to optimistic expectations about the future of the economy affect consumption, investment and output positively. Paola Di Casola is presently working at Sveriges Riksbank. For further information please contact:Paola email@example.com: 0762736692


text: This is good news. The Irish government is planning to have a referendum to determine whether or not to remove the blasphemy laws from their legislation. Perhaps if they do scrap the law then the few remaining western countries that also still have these kinds of laws will follow suit. Laws against blasphemy really do have no place is a modern society.


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Tributes to Rosemary Stark
24 May 2017
Long-time Guild member and former Guild Chair Rosemary Stark died on 24 May 2017 after a long illness.
Susan Fleming and Stuart Walton, who both knew Rosemary well, have very kindly let us share with you their tributes to this special lady.
Susan Fleming writes:
'Rosie and I met in 1970 in Soho. She was working at Woman's Own, in the Home Department, and I was a junior editor in Macdonald's, a general book publisher. Our respective partners bonded through a shared love of cricket, and Rosie and I, both Scottish and amply bosomed, became fast friends as we watched weekend cricket matches, reading newspapers, making patchwork quilts and talking food, about which she was passionate. Rosie occasionally did the scoring, perhaps one of her most surprising accomplishments (cricket scoring being notoriously complicated).
Our food careers took off at roughly the same time. One Sunday night after a splendid Rosie dinner, I suggested she should write a cookbook. She said she had one in mind. The next day, stumped for ideas at an editorial meeting, I diffidently mentioned The Loaves and Fishes Miracle Cookbook (how to stretch what food you have to feed more), and it was commissioned! The book was well written, witty, full of great recipes and ideas. It had only a modest success, but it led to both of us specialising thereafter in food, she writing, and me editing. She worked for Options, Good Housekeeping, Taste, Sainsbury's Magazine, You Magazine (with The Mail on Sunday), The Sunday Times Colour Supplement, The European, Homes & Gardens, BBC Good Food, BBC Homes & Antiques, olive. She edited Gourmet Good Food, and was Food Editor of Food & Travel Magazine.
Rosie made the change from writing general features to food with ease, but she had many more strings to her bow. Throughout these food years, she was also an examiner at the British Board of Film Censors, a part-time job she held for some 20 years. Several years later, she created and taught the UK's first food-writing course at London's City University, which I think benefitted more than a few current Guild members. In 2007 she completed an MA in historical research at Birkbeck, University of London, with a view to writing food history. She got a first, but her next pet project – writing the authorised biography of one of our favourite food writers, Jane Grigson – sadly didn't take off. Other interests included canal-boating and her motorbike, which she rode until her late sixties.
Her career was rich and varied, and she encouraged many others to success in her own field, especially during her years as Chairman of the Guild of Food Writers. She loved cooking for friends, and her entertaining was lavish. I am thinking of boat-race parties in Putney and street and firework parties in Primrose Hill particularly, and many Guild members will remember annual celebrations on The Magnificent Joan, her (very) narrow boat, at the Oxford Symposium.
We went to the cinema weekly – a lasting passion for us both – and to our favourite pub in Soho. We were so regular that one barman was heard to declare, 'If it's Susan and Rosie, it must be Thursday!' I miss the companionship, the collusion that comes with long friendship, the confidences, the flash of those startling blue eyes, her giggling as yet another person mistook her for Judi Dench. I miss all the laughter too. Until quite late on in the progress of her illness, she was proud of her ability to still make us laugh. We will all miss her.'
Susan Fleming
Stuart Walton writes:
'In late 1992, to her own great surprise, Rosemary Stark, whom ever after I – like everybody else – would know as Rosie, was approached to edit a new BBC magazine, what would now be classed as an 'upscale' spinoff of the best-selling BBC Good Food. A vegetarian spinoff had done sufficiently well that its contract publisher decided to risk a little toe in the scented waters of aspirational food publishing, the kind of milieu in which readers of the US journal Gourmet moved, and which had been left vacant in the UK a few years earlier by the closure of A La Carte.
Having given it much pained consideration, Rosie gave up a twenty-year billet on the British Board of Film Classification, a job that she loved and from which she was parted only with a violent wrench, in order to edit what was to be a monthly, then a bimonthly, then a quarterly magazine. She recruited a chief sub, and then she recruited a raw young features editor whom she had briefly met at a tasting of supermarket food products he helped administrate under the tutelage of Paul Levy at The Observer.
Following the launch of a pilot issue, the magazine was allowed precisely four numbers before it was sent to the freshly turned earth prepared for it by the company's executive board four floors above. It had been a bad idea after all, it turned out. 'We were too gorgeous to live,' Rosie told anybody who asked, adding in a stronger tone, 'Bastards!', when condolences were offered.
Whatever its tonal and conceptual faults in a notoriously unimpressible market, and however inelegant its lumpen-composite title, BBC Gourmet Good Food, on which I worked under Rosie's editorship, afforded me, beyond compare, the seven happiest months I ever spent in gainful employment. We began by giggling at an idiotic press release about Italian microwave cookery, which promised to make pans of water a thing of the past, and we didn't stop laughing until we were made redundant.
Rosie's first impulse on being made editor was to re-wardrobe herself for the role, getting 'all Jaegered up', as she put it, in order to look the part, an effect she judiciously counterbalanced by travelling to the office on her old motorbike. She had lived for years in a two-storey flat in a Primrose Hill cul-de-sac, a micro-community of north London leafiness, diffused socialism and the constant churn of gossip, in which she enthusiastically participated, and where she played host to evenings of voluble and reckless sociability. Drink was taken, it's fair to say, in heroic measure, as was the measure of the times. Political talk, philosophical talk, drunk talk and the indispensable gossip were the order of many an evening that became half a night.
When there weren't parties, there was dinner à deux, the product of a day's assiduous recipe-testing for one magazine or another, accompanied by the best of whatever wine samples I'd had in that week. In better weather, we began in gin on the decking out at the back, and moved inside only to spare my own fastidious horror at outdoor eating, which she thought pathetic. At the Oxford Food Symposium, we went and sat in her boat, which had a mooring on the upper reaches of the Thames, and chewed the fat with the aristocracy of American food writing. She helped me do a good portion of my assignments for the Good Food Guide, a task she undertook with the utmost diligence and a readiness to be unimpressed when occasion demanded.
Rosie was a cookery writer of long and prolific experience, and there was something entirely right about her devoting the last stages of her career to teaching her skills to the rising generation. But she also wrote supremely gifted prose of bracing freshness and wit, which Guild members may at least recall from her newsletters as Secretary in the early 1990s. It was a wit that sparkled out even from the handwritten notes she would leave me at work, the large, angular, ferocious script an odd conveyance for her playfulness and candid piss-taking.
She could undoubtedly be truculent and emphatic in her refusals of anything that smelled of pretention or reactionary arrogance, and she certainly didn't see foolishness as worth the suffering or the time. It never took long, though, for the frown of bemusement, at the proffering of silly canapés or appalling copy, to turn quickly to chuckling. There was a mile-wide streak of kindness in her, as well as the certain instinct that life was for living, a homily to which everybody subscribes and for which hardly anybody has read the instruction manual.
I shan't – and couldn't – forget the proprietorial start she gave my career in journalism. Nor will I forget the dedicated partying that was an equally important part of it. On the evening I learned she'd left us, I sat at my window and got through a bottle of champagne and a wad of memories. I feel it's what she'd have wanted.'
Stuart Walton
Guild of Food Writers Treasurer 1993-1996