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The Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 rose on Monday as gains in Berkshire Hathaway buoyed the broader financials sector.
The 30-stock index gained 190.87 points to close at 25,461.70 while the S&P 500 climbed 0.6 percent to 2,738.31.
Berkshire Hathaway's Class B shares climbed 4.7 percent after Warren Buffett's conglomerate disclosed over the weekend it bought back nearly $1 billion of its own shares in August. Financials rose 1.4 percent while Citigroup and Bank of America gained 2.1 percent and 0.6 percent, respectively. J.P. Morgan Chase advanced 0.7 percent.
The Dow also climbed as Chevron shares jumped 3.7 percent to lead the energy sector higher. Chevron rose after Credit Suisse upgraded it to outperform from neutral, noting the company has a compelling free cash flow and valuation.
But the Nasdaq Composite fell 0.4 percent to 7,328.85 as Apple and Amazon both fell more than 2 percent.
Apple shares fell after Rosenblatt Securities downgraded Apple amid expectations of lower iPhone sales. This is Apple's second downgrade since it released its latest quarterly report. The stock is down more than 8 percent in that time period.
Amazon's stock pulled back after President Donald Trump said the administration was looking into antitrust violations committed by the e-commerce giant.
Wall Street also looked ahead to the U.S. midterm elections scheduled for Tuesday, which could send ripples throughout capital markets.
Democrats are expected to regain control of the House while Republicans hold on to a slim majority in the Senate. This outcome is largely seen as positive for markets since, historically, U.S. stocks have posted solid gains during government gridlock.
If the GOP maintains a majority in both chambers, it could give stocks a short-term boost as it increases the likelihood of further tax cuts. Meanwhile, a so-called Democratic sweep could pressure stocks as it could lead to a reversal of some of the policies passed by the GOP to boost the economy in the near term.
The Democrats were leading with a 7 point advantage ahead of the contest, according to an NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll released Sunday.
"There's a lot of headlines that investors are going to have to sift through this week ," said Ryan Nauman, market strategist at Informa Financial Intelligence. "With everything going on, I expect more volatility" as we get closer to the election.
However, Nauman thinks the volatility should subside after the election. "After the last five midterms, markets have done pretty well after the elections."
Investors are also grappling with uncertainty on the trade front. Stocks were hit with a wild bout of volatility during Friday's trading session amid conflicting comments and reports on global trade.
President Donald Trump's economic advisor Larry Kudlow told CNBC there was "no massive movement to deal with China," contradicting an earlier report that Trump had asked officials to prepare a draft for a U.S.-China trade deal.
On Monday, Chinese President Xi Jinping reiterated his rhetoric against protectionism and commitment to free trade in a speech. Xi said his country was pursuing "a new round of high-standard opening up" to broaden market access to the rest of the world.
Investors have been jittery since the start of the fourth quarter as worries about rising interest rates, slowing earnings growth and lingering trade fears have dented sentiment. The Cboe Volatility index, widely considered the best gauge of fear in the market, is up more than 60 percent this quarter.
"The stock market currently faces many challenges," said Jim Paulsen, chief investment strategist at The Leuthold Group, in a note to clients. "But could it also lose its earnings story? … Indeed, if sales only rise 5% next year (more in line with nominal global GDP growth), even a very mild contraction in profit margins could shockingly cause earnings to fall."
"Saying farewell to a trusted friend and guardian (solid profitability) is never easy, and if the numerous challenges listed above remain while earnings disappoint, the stock market may yet have further to fall," Paulsen said.
Source: CNBC


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While normally we would name only one Poser of the Week, it just so happens that Brendan McCarthy of the Times-Picayune had a sidekick while writing his excuse for an article in last Friday's paper. So, just as Batman had Robin and Tom Cruise had Rain Man, we present Kate Moran of the Times-Picayune as our other Poser of the Week. Kate also deserves a share of the title because she, along with most of her peers in the industry, poses as an unbiased journalist.
Kate hails from Short Hills, NJ. For those of you not familiar with Short Hills, it's a swanky New York City suburb with a cool $200,000 a year average household income. Be that as it may, this trust-fund baby, like a typical journalist, would like you to believe she doesn't have any political viewpoints and writes as a straight-shooter. To prove that, Kate has proclaimed to the world that she is a friend of Hillary Clinton and that she doesn't believe in God. While there isn't necessarily anything wrong with loving Hillary more than God, other than the fact that she's probably going to Hell, it's hardly surprising she would co-author an attack piece on a Republican Senator who has a strong faith, taking the word of two hookers with contradicting stories over U.S. Attorney Jim Letten and defense attorney Vinnie Mosca, both of whom have said David Vitter never visited the Canal Street Brothel. Two pieces of advice, Kate:
1. When the prosecution and the defense in a case agree on something, it's probably true.
2. Don't put your political views out on the internet if you want people to believe you have no agenda.
So Kate, why don't you take I-95 back up to Jersey and if you really care about this state, quit your job and have daddy write a check to charity. Don't forget ya toll-tag for da Turnpike.


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Gregory Schmidt (R): 1,058
Leo Wiegman (D): 1,078 - WINNER
Thomas Brennan (R): 1,025
Susan Konig (R): 1,037
Ian Murtaugh (D): 1,098 - WINNER
Demetra Restuccia (D): 1,108 - WINNER
The recount was completed this morning. The results obtained by the county board of elections was virtually identical to the original count. The final numbers were the same.
One meaningless mistake was that one vote for Schmnidt/Brennan/Konig was counted on the wrong line in the original count, but that did not change the vote totals.
The counting is over. The results are the same as election night.
If Mayor Schmidt would like a recount, by all means, let's impound the machines and paper absentee ballots and recount.
The last recount in Croton occurred in 2003 when then Trustee Schmidt ran against the Mayor Bob Elliott. In that recount, the total number of votes for Elliott actually went up slightly in the end, and did not change the outcome: Schmidt to Elliott lost by 55 votes. In 2007, Wiegman lost the trustee race to then challenger Susan Konig in 2007 by 43 votes, but declined a recount.
The margin in the mayoral race between Mayor Schmidt and Wiegman is small, a hair under 1% of the total votes cast for mayor (1078 to 1058), but it is a significant gap of 20 votes.
The machines appear to show no sign of malfunction. Any change in the vote count is likely to hinge on the paper absentee ballots: Wiegman had 36 absentee votes, Schmidt had 33.
My guess–and it is only a guess–is that a recount may change the numbers slightly, but not the result.
Given the professionalism and care that I know our village clerk and staff put into the electoral process, I fully trust the results from last night and from any recount.
PS Mr. Mortensen's interesting analysis is something I had not considered. Put another way, the voter turnout this week was 41% (2136 out of 5228 voters cast ballots). This year's turnout ties a prior high of 41% in 2005. By contrast, 80% of Croton voters cast ballots in November 2008, but 40% is HIGH for local March races!
PPS A total of 6401 votes were cast for a mayor and trustee choice this Wednesday. (Not every voter cast a vote for each office.) Of that total using the figures above, 51.3% were cast for Wiegman-Restuccia-Murtaugh and 48.7% for Schmidt-Brennan-Konig.
-Leo Wiegman
Leo is right (as usual).
A recount is perfectly in order here and Schmidt is within his rights in requesting one. We will all fell better and have greater confidence in our local government if we can have absolute confidence in the results.
Of course, with a school board election settled by a single vote and a referendum passed by "a mere 9 votes" in recent years, 20 votes seems pretty comfortable.
I'm not at all concerned with how close the election was just the results! Kudos to Leo, Ian and Demetria for a well run campaign. Congratulations and good luck with your tenure. It's sure to be a rocky road. Susan Dorien
Leo won by 20 votes. The Republicans have called for a recount. County Board of Elections have ordered the machines locked and placed in safe keeping until a recount of all machines and absentee ballots is completed.
Here we go again! Let's spend resources and more infighting on a recount…..
How about the high road Mayor Schmidt?
20 votes is still the majority, or are we back to counting chads again?
Since the spin now starts, how about this one: The demand for positive change is backed by a total of 3281 votes for the Democrats ticket versus a total of 3120 votes for the Republican side. That is a majority of 161 votes.
In 2007 the blocks were 2697 Democratic votes versus 3036 Republican votes, which means the Democratic platform in 2009 has gained 584 votes compared to 2007. This is a clear demonstration of support from the community that should be a signal to the Republican side that it is time to step down, regroup and come up with a new positive strategy for 2011.
Obviously demanding recounts is easier than real work.
PS. Source for vote counts comes solely from the Village website.
Thank God. Finally some civility and intelligence. A bit closer then it should have been though.


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If ever, in a moment of aimless thought, you've pondered what heaven might smell like, this recipe will reveal the answer. It smells like a combination of bacon cooking and bread baking. And if you could eat heaven, it just might taste like this bread.
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- 3/4 tsp. yeast (instant)
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- 1 cup water (70F -90F)
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Using the whisk attachment on a stand mixer, thoroughly combine 2 cups flour, malt, and yeast. Add salt and mix. (Note: the salt is added after mixing to avoid it coming into direct contact with the yeast.)
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A silent auction was the program for the April 7 meeting of the First Society of Farm Women held at Hoss's Restaurant in Somerset.
Easter was the theme with Loretta Saylor giving devotions. She read " What is Easter," "You tell on yourself" and "Holy Alphabet." Each member received a bouquet of daffodils from Saylor's garden. She was one of the hostesses.
LaRue Engleka, also a hostess, gave the prayer as well as handling the silent auction which is the society's fundraiser.
The members were advised of the Spring Rally which will be held May 13 in Lancaster. There is a cost.
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Parkland Formula Calculator
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2-4mL of Lactated Ringer's Solution * body weight (in kg) * (% of TBSA burned)=
total fluid requirements for the first 24 hours after burn
The Parkland Formula allows us to calculate how much fluid a person should receive who has received burns.
The amount of fluid that should be given is calculated according to the Parkland formula, which is Parkland Formula = 2-4mL of fluid * body weight (in kg) * Total Body Surface Area that is burned.
How much fluid a person should receive also depends on the person's body weight. A lighter person will need less fluids, while a heavier person will need more fluids.
The total body surface area is calculated according to the rule of nines and represents the total amount of the person's body that has sustained burns. This number can vary from 1% to 100%. The rule of nines states that total body surface area can be calculated according to the following percentages allocated to each body part.
Body percentage worth:
Front of head: 4.5%
Back of head: 4.5%
Chest and Abdomen: 18%
Back: 18%
Front of Right Arm: 4.5%
Back of Right Arm: 4.5%
Front of Left Arm: 4.5%
Back of Left Arm: 4.5%
Front of Right Leg: 9%
Back of Right Leg: 9%
Front of Left Leg: 9%
Back of Left Leg: 9%
Genitalia: 1%
Adding up all of these values will give a total percentage of 100. The more of the body that sustains burns, the more fluid a person will need because there will be more fluid loss.
The usual substance that will be given via IV fluid is Lactated Ringer's Solution. Lactated Ringer's will cause the pH to increase, because people who have sustained burns are usually in a metabolic acidotic state. Therefore, lactated Ringer's help to increase and neutralize the pH.
IV pumps infuse IV solutions.
In case you are working on an electronic device that will emit fluids, knowing the Parkland formula will mathematically the amount of fluids that would need to be administered.
Related Resources
Rule of Nines Calculator
IV Drip Rate Calculator


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Ventura Landmark Homes
Bert Shaw House 1141 Poli Street
Built 1996, Designated September 15, 1980
Built in 1896 by Jesse Bert Shaw, the son of Selwyn Shaw and a carpenter/builder like his father, this one-and-a-half story Victorian, with a medium high pitched cross gable roof and plain boxed cornice, is one of several houses built and lived in by members of the Shaw family along the 1100 block of Poli Street . The main feature of this house is a modified Palladian window on the front. A flat roofed addition was added on the west in 1929.


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A property full of light, vegetation, harmony in minimalist style but respecting the essence and intelligence of the Yucatecan old houses.
With more than 80 years of history, restored and conditioned to modern needs, original stone walls , large foyer with more than 4 meter ceilings, two large bedrooms each with bathroom, visits are linked with the first patio roofed with glass, the master bedroom has a view of the second patio, this open and with a fountain and several bougainvillea of different colors that fill the space of beauty, next to the main bedroom there is a studio that has light and ventilation between the first and the second patio.
The open kitchen and dining room are located after the second patio, the fountain and the third patio, large garden with pool in this way the kitchen serves the areas of food and recreation of the house, fully equipped and furnished with cabinets of wood and special fittings slow closing, it has spaces and facilities for washing machine, refrigerator, microwave. Etc.
The original doors of the house were preserved and used in the interiors, the new doors in modern style are made of cedar and large closets in both bedrooms.
The lighting details ,enhance the apparent stone work on the walls, the chandelier in the room was made specifically for the space by Yucatecan artisans.
In the bedrooms minisplits were installed, the whole house has ceiling fans and mosquito nets, hydropneumatic equipment.
In the third patio garden there is a swim lane-style swimming pool, fully equipped with its filter and pump room, timer and chemical doser, the arrangement of the garden is made with plants from the region of low maintenance and a very striking aspect.
There is also a cellar and a toilet to service the pool, as well as a free-standing shower and a terrace for eating or sunbathing.
Up to the end of the patio there is still an area of approx 10 x 8 meters which can be more garden or a guest apartment.
Essential Information


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Chapter One
"I'm about to cut a bitch," I hissed, pushing my share of the work away from me. Bennett failed to even look up, so I added, "And by that, I mean paper-cut a bitch."
At least this got a tiny flicker of a smile. But I could tell, even after doing this for the past hour, he was still in Wedding Preparation Zone, and would keep robotically working until the entire, unending pile of cardstock in front of him was gone. Our normally immaculate dining room table was littered with Tiffany-blue wedding programs. Across from me, Bennett methodically folded each one in half before moving it to the Completed stack.
It was a simple process:
Fold, move.
Fold, move.
Fold, move.
Fold, move.
But I was losing my damn mind. Our flight left at six the following morning for San Diego, and our bags were all packed but for the four hundred wedding programs we had to fold. I groaned as I remembered we also had to tie five hundred blue ribbons around five hundred tiny satin bags full of candy.
"You know what would make this night so much better?" I asked.
His hazel eyes flickered to me before returning to the task at hand.
Fold, move.
"A gag?" he suggested.
"Amusing, but no," I said, giving him the finger. "What would make this night better would be getting on a plane and flying to Vegas, getting married, and then f**king all night in a giant hotel bed."
He didn't bother to reply to this, not even a whiff of a smile. It was probably fair to say he'd heard this exact sentiment from me approximately seven thousand times in the past few months.
"Fine," I replied to his silence. "But I'm serious. It's not too late to drop all of this and fly to Vegas."
He took a moment to scratch his jaw before reaching for another program to fold. "Of course it isn't, Chlo."
I'd been playing around—mostly—up to this point, but with his words genuine irritation swept through me. I slapped my hand on the dining room table, earning a quick blink from him before he resumed his folding. "Don't patronize me, Ryan."
"Yeah. Okay."
I pointed a finger at him. "Like that."
My fiancé gave me a dry look, and then winked.
Damn that man and his goddamn sexy wink. My anger dissipated somewhat and in its place came a flare of desire. He was ignoring me, being a patronizing ass. I was being a bitch.
It was the perfect setup for me to have many, many orgasms.
I looked him over and sucked the edge of my lower lip into my mouth. He was wearing a deep blue T-shirt that was so old and worn, the collar was frayed and—even though I couldn't see it—I knew there was a tiny hole right above the hem that was just big enough for me to slide my finger through and touch the warm skin of his stomach. Last weekend he'd been wearing that T-shirt and I'd asked him to keep it on while he f**ked me against the bathroom counter, just so I could wrap it up in my fists.
I rocked a little in my chair to relieve the ache between my legs. "Bed or floor. Your choice." I watched him as he remained impassive, and added in a whisper, "Or I could just climb under the table and suck on you first?"
Smirking down at his work, Bennett said, "You can't get out of wedding preparation with sex."
I pulled back to study him. "What kind of man says that? You're broken."
Finally, he gave me a dark, hungry look. "I promise you, I'm not broken. I'm getting this done so I can focus on wearing you out later."
"Wear me out now," I whined, standing and walking over to him. I slid my fingers into his hair and tugged. Adrenaline dripped hot and electric into my veins when his eyes fluttered closed and he suppressed a groan. "Where's all this money you have? Why haven't we hired someone to do this?"
Laughing, Bennett wrapped his hand around my wrist and pulled my fingers from his hair. After kissing my knuckles, he very deliberately set my hand back at my side. "You want to hire someone to fold programs the night before we leave for San Diego?"
"Yes! Because sex!"
"But isn't it nicer like this? Enjoying each other's company and," he said, lifting his wineglass to take a dramatic sip, "conversing like the happily affianced lovers we are?"
I glared at him, shaking my head at his attempted guilt trip. "I offered sex. I offered hot, sweaty, floor sex—and then I offered to give you a bl*w j*b. You want to fold paper. Who is the buzzkill here?"
He picked up a program and studied it, ignoring me. "Frederick Mills," he read aloud, and I began pulling my shirt up and over my head, "together with Elliott and Susan Ryan welcome you to the wedding of their children, Chloe Caroline Mills and Bennett James Ryan."
"Yes, yes, it's so romantic," I whispered. "Come here and touch me."
"Officiant," he continued, "the Honorable James Marsters."
"If only," I sighed, and dropped my shirt on the floor before working my pants down my hips. "I'm going to pretend it's Spike performing our wedding ceremony instead of that hilarious gentleman with early dementia we met back in November."
"Judge Marsters performed my parents' wedding ceremony almost thirty-five years ago," Bennett chastened me gently. "It's sentimental, Chlo. The fact that he forgot to zip up his pants is a mistake anyone could have made."
"Three times?"
"Fine." I did feel a little guilty for making the joke, but I stood quietly for a minute, letting my memory of the old, frazzled man take shape. He'd met us at the wedding site when we went out to see it last fall, and got lost on each of three trips to the men's room in under an hour, returning with his fly open each time. "But do you think he'll remember our na—"
Bennett cut me off with a stern look before he realized I was only wearing my bra and underwear, and then his expression went a completely different kind of dark.
"I'm just saying," I started, reaching behind me to unfasten my bra, "it would be at least a little amusing if he forgot what he was doing halfway through the ceremony."
He managed to turn his attention back to folding the program before my br**sts were exposed; he made a crisp seam as he slid his thumb along the edge. "You're being a pain in the ass."
"I know. I also don't care."
He quirked an eyebrow as he looked up at me. "We're almost done."
I bit back my response, which was to point out that folding the programs was the least of our worries; the next week with our two families together had the potential to be a disaster of Griswold-family holiday proportions, and wouldn't sex right now be a lot better than thinking about that? My father and his two boozy divorcée sisters alone could make us crazy, but add in Bennett's side of the family, Max, and Will, and we'd be lucky to get out of there without a felony under our communal belt.
Instead I whispered, "Just really quick? Can't we take a little break?"
He leaned forward, inhaling between my br**sts before moving to the side and kissing a path to my left nipple. "Once I start, I don't relish stopping."
"You don't like interruptions, I don't like delayed gratification. Which of us do you think will get her way?"
Bennett ran his tongue over my nipple, and then sucked it deeply into his mouth as his hands circled my waist, slid to my hips, and then worked together to pull my panties off with a satisfying rip.
Amusement lit up his eyes as he looked up at me from where he sucked at my other breast, and his fingers teased at the juncture of my hip and thigh. "I suspect, my impossible wife-to-be, that you're going to get your way and then I'll finish folding these later while you sleep."
Sliding my hands back into his hair, I whispered, "Don't forget about tying the ribbons on the candy bags."
He chuckled a little. "I won't, baby."
And it hit me all over again, like a warm gust of wind: I loved him, madly. I loved every inch of him, every emotion that passed through his eyes, and every thought I knew he had right now but wasn't voicing:
One, that I'd been the one to insist we do as much of this ourselves as we could.
Two, that I was the one to assure him it was fine that every distant relative of ours on the planet had somehow squeezed their way into this wedding event.
Three, that I would never, ever back out of the opportunity to wear my wedding dress on the Coronado coastline.
But instead of pointing out the obvious—that he was the one being a good sport here, not me, and that despite all of my bitching I would never be satisfied with a quick Vegas wedding—he stood, turning to walk to our bedroom. "Okay, then. But this is the last night I'm f**king you before we're married."
I was so buzzed by the "fucking" part that it wasn't until he'd disappeared down the hallway to our bedroom that the rest of his words fully sank in.Bennett was already undressing when I joined him in the bedroom, and I watched as he slipped the buttons free on the fly of his jeans and pushed them and his boxers down his legs. He reached for the hem of his shirt, eyebrows raised in silent question—want it on or off this time?—before I nodded and he tugged it up and over his head. He walked over to our bed, lay down on his back, and gazed at me.
"Come here," he said in a quiet growl.
I stepped closer to the bed but remained out of his reach. "When you say 'the last night you're f**king me before we're married,' do you mean that we are only going to have sex during daylight hours this week?"
A tiny smile tugged at the corner of his mouth. "No. I mean that after tonight, I want to abstain until you're my wife."
An unfamiliar panic rose in my chest, and I wasn't sure how seriously to take him. I climbed onto the bed and crawled over, bending to kiss my way down his chest. "I thought I knew what abstain meant, but in this context it sounds like you're telling me on a Tuesday that we'll be together all week but not ha**g s*x until Saturday."
"That's what I'm saying." Strong fingers tangled into my hair and urged my head lower, to where his c**k arched, rigid and slick with his own excitement.
I stopped the path of my lips just at his hips, which rose from the mattress in an effort to meet my mouth halfway. "Why on earth would you want to abstain?"
"Christ, Chlo, stop teasing and put my dick in your mouth."
Ignoring him, I sat up and moved to straddle his thighs so he couldn't easily escape if I decided to inflict some sort of bodily harm. "You're insane if you think I'm going without sex for the next four days in the middle of this wedding nonsense."
"I'm not insane," he insisted, trying to pull me higher up his thighs so his man parts could get better access to my woman parts. "I want it to be special. And aren't you the one who wanted a quickie before finishing the wedding prep?" His fingers dug into my h*ps and he lifted me, pulling me down directly over his cock. "So stop struggling."
But I escaped by digging a finger into the single ticklish spot on his body, between two of his ribs, and with a spasm he released me, shoving my hands away.
I bent to kiss him once on his perfect, perfect mouth. "That was before you suggested that my access to this sincerely ridiculous body of yours expires at midnight. Saturday is our wedding night. As far as I know, we only get one of those. How could it not be special, even if you're hitting it like a jackhammer all week long?"
"Maybe I want you a little hungry," he whispered, sitting up beneath me. His mouth found my neck, my collarbones, my breasts. "I want you so hungry for it that you can barely think straight." He grew fevered, grasping at my sides, sucking my skin. I was all too aware of the hard press of him against my inner thigh, and wanted nothing more than to feel him inside, hear his sounds as he grew delirious and lost and urgent.
And then a thought occurred to me. "You mean you want me hungry enough to not care if you rip the ungodly expensive lingerie I bought for the wedding night."
He laughed into my breasts. "That's a pretty good theory, but no."
I knew Bennett Ryan well enough to know that I wasn't going to win this battle. Not here, not yet. With him, I never won with words; I only ever won with actions. I kneeled over him, pulling away and smiling at his short, deep grunt of frustration. But then I turned my body so I could straddle his face at the same time I took his c**k into my mouth. He reached for me eagerly, hands splayed across my h*ps and pulling me down, down, down.
My eyes rolled closed at the first sensation of warmth, of the soft slide of his tongue followed by the seal and suction of his lips. I quickly grew lost in the vibration of his moans, his words muffled against me, the tiny tease of teeth before the suction was back and he grew wilder, and desperate. Below me, he rocked up, urging, and I wrapped my fist around his base, gazing at his length, appreciating its shape and smoothness. I loved the feel of him, the impatient jutting of his hips.
With a wicked smile, I exhaled over the tip of his cock, and whispered, "Your mouth feels so good."
He groaned, pushing up meaningfully, but I simply moved closer, panting across the thick crown, letting him feel the heated pulse of my breath. I slid one hand lower, cupping his balls and pulling gently as my hand stroked just the lower half of his cock. On the tip, I gave him
only air.
He could make me come faster with his mouth than with any other part of him, and already I felt close. The physical sensation chased the pleasure from my own mischief and combined into an urgent warmth, my favorite kind of orgasm: Bennett's mouth on my pussy, with the joy I got from teasing him. My release burned like fire down my back, and up my legs, exploding outward until I really did lose all sense of my movements over him. I was most likely f**king his face, my fist wildly pulling his c**k without rhythm or purpose.


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By "timing" I mean estimation of time towards the precise quick when to strike the ball.ball watches
There exists a regulation timing to tennis just as you can find in songs. It provides rhythm and smoothness in your strokes. It truly is also your test with your tennis swing.
Timing is utilized on all balls. If you're over the courtroom future time test this:
The ball is shipped for you above the online. When it bounces about the court docket, depend a single. When it's got dropped to your level of your midsection line, count two. On two, hit the ball.
This is certainly the correct tempo and peak to utilize within the terrific greater part of strokes both forehand and backhand.
Depend out loud in the beginning and make your simply call a clear, firm command. By slowing down your timing, you let the tennis ball fall lower. Speed it up, so you can hit the ball in the best of your bounce.
You'll discover however that about the frequent one-two count the ball drops to your most cozy degree in your case to hit it – reverse your waist line.
Stick for the regular tempo initially until the common one-two depend has become your practically unconscious timing.
You can't hire timing in the event you lose sight of the ball. Therefore maintain your eye over the ball. Check out it land within the court, one. Observe it bounce up and drop towards the standard of your midsection line, at which precise prompt the particular hit is designed, two.
It's interesting to note that the tennis pro's swing hardly ever differs in its timing. The swing hence is clean and precise. Tennis rookies likewise should never ever underneath any situation hurry it.


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Gulf crisis: Qataris stock food in advance fearing shortage of food
- Author: Zachary Reyes Jun 06, 2017,
Jun 06, 2017, 20:09
"Ireland is working closely with our European Union partners to protect the interests of European Union citizens in the region and thirteen of our partner states have embassies on the ground in Qatar". Cairo was quick to publicly back the Saudi and Emirati position on the fallout with Qatar, but has already proved to be more cautious in the type of sanctions it is prepared to impose. Trump expressed support for the countries' move to suspend diplomatic ties with Qatar, despite having praised Qatar as a "crucial strategic partner" just a few weeks ago.
In one sign of the impact of the measures, some Saudi Arabian and United Arab Emirates commercial banks were holding off on doing business with Qatari banks, such as letters of credit, because of the diplomatic rift, banking sources told Reuters.
Though Qatar is 1 of the wealthiest countries in the world, it relies heavily on imported food from Saudi Arabia, UAE among other places.
The crisis is the worst to hit Gulf Arab nations since the creation in 1981 of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) grouping Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the U.A.E., Kuwait, Oman and Qatar.
The crisis began in late May when Qatar alleged that hackers took over the site of its state-run news agency and published what it called fake comments from its ruling emir about Iran and Israel.
It was a reference to Qatar saying that its state-run news agency and its Twitter account were hacked to publish a fake story claiming the emir, Sheikh Tamin bin Hamad Al Thani, had called Iran a "regional and Islamic power that can not be ignored".
Yildirim said: "We will continue our active stance in order to develop a friendly dialogue that would suit the holy month of Ramadan".
At the Arab-Islamic summit held in Riyadh on May 21 the US president called for greater worldwide isolation of Iran, accusing Tehran of financing terrorism and supporting the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria.
Gargash accused Doha of turning to "money and media and partisanship and extremism" in a series of tweets early Tuesday.
Authorities and telecommunications companies did not provide further details. PIA officials in Qatar have also been directed to contact the Pakistani embassy in Doha. It broadcasts in North America, Europe and Asia, as well as the Middle East and North Africa.
Nepal's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) said it was monitoring the situation following the diplomatic stand-off among Gulf nations.
Doha now wants to allow Kuwaiti leader Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber al-Sabah the chance to "proceed and communicate with the parties to the crisis and to try to contain the issue", Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani said in an interview with the Qatar-based media broadcaster Al-Jazeera.
Saudi Arabia has severed all land, sea and air links with Qatar, and the UAE has closed its airports and harbours to Qatari flights and shipping even as the state says the claims are "unjustified" and 'baseless'.
"We encourage all our partners in the region to reduce tensions and work towards common solutions that enable regional security", he said in a statement.


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The President of the United States gets a lot of unsolicited mail. Sack loads of begging letters, death threats, pleas for help, heartfelt congratulations, generalised hate mail, and closely worded arguments for the existence of alien life pour into the over-worked post room at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
Most of it is from correspondents unaware they are less important to the President than he is to them.
The Jackal Writes
Presidential staff send the letters from lunatics and would-be assassins to the Secret Service and ignore pretty much everything else. Only a few letters are deemed worthy of reaching their intended recipient. The President, who is a busy man, will be presented with a daily folder of the ten most heart-warming or politically useful.
Determined correspondents can use the media to get around the lack of personal interest taken by the American leader in his postbag. In February 2009 a press release announced a correspondent in Paris had written to President Barack Obama. He wanted help in tracking down a missing person.
Ilich Ramirez Sanchez aka Carlos the Jackal was eleven years into a life sentence at Paris' Clairvaux Prison. The lustre of the fifty-nine-year-old terrorist's name had faded since his heyday in the 1970s when he took a roomful of OPEC ministers hostage and paraded them around the Middle East on a hijacked DC-9. But the announcement that he had written to President Obama was still headline news.
Right-wing bloggers were delighted to see that Carlos signed off with the Islamic salutation 'Allahu Akbah' prefaced with the words 'as your grandfather would have said'. The bloggers had spent every second of Obama's presidency reminding God-fearing Americans that their President came from a long line of Muslims. This was a great chance to do it again.
Journalists with long memories raised an eyebrow at the religious edge to the letter. During his long run of terror, from a clumsy first bombing in 1973 until his 1994 capture in Sudan, the Venezuelan-born Carlos had been an atheist Communist operating with the help of the East German and Hungarian security services.
He converted to Islam after the 11 September 2001 Al-Qaeda attacks on New York and called on all revolutionaries ('even atheists') to recognise the authority of Osama bin Laden. Sceptics doubted the conversion was anything more than a desire to keep his face in the papers but some observers saw a logical continuation from Carlos' earliest days as a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP).
Overlooked in all the internet mud slinging was the point of Carlos' letter. The imprisoned terrorist wanted President Obama to find out what had happened to Bruno Bréguet, a former comrade who had disappeared on a ferry journey from Italy to Greece in November 1995.
Doing Something Interesting
'In an age when so many people are passionate about nothing,' said François Genoud, a Swiss banker and life-long Nazi who played an important role in Bréguet's life, 'he had gone off to carry out, perhaps stupidly, something "interesting".'
The interesting life had put Bréguet in jail twice.
He was born 29 May 1950 in Coffrane, Switzerland to prosperous middle class parents. Life was secure, clean, and ordered. Or at least until the late 1960s when Bréguet got caught up in the leftist radicalism that swept Europe and America as hippies put down flowers and picked up guns. Like many middle-class young men, Bréguet passionately opposed the war in Vietnam and the American government. He supported with equal passion the cause of oppressed Third World peoples, especially the Palestinians.
Most new radicals were content to demonstrate on their home streets and pass out mimeographed leaflets. Bréguet was one of the few prepared to go further. In 1970 at the age of nineteen, he dropped out of university and made his way to Lebanon.
The Palestinians had the sympathies of many around the world, from leftists like Bréguet who saw them as oppressed colonial people, to unrepentant Nazis like Genoud who supported their war against the Jewish state. Palestinian intellectuals privately accepted money from Genoud ('Sheik François') but publicly spouted leftist rhetoric that appealed to university campuses across Europe.
It was a crucial time in the Palestinian story. The 1948 creation of Israel had scattered them across the Middle East into refugee camps and temporary accommodation, supported by neighbouring Arab countries who shared their hatred of the Israelis but regarded their uninvited guests with suspicion.
By the mid-1960s there was a real hope that Nasser's war machine in Egypt was strong enough to live out the much shouted propaganda slogan and push the Israelis into the sea. Palestinian fathers showed door keys to houses now in Israel and promised their children they would soon return home. In 1967 Israel launched a pre-emptive attack. The Six Day War left Egyptian bones bleaching in the sun beside the rusting hulks of their tanks. The Arab armies were destroyed and with them Palestinian hopes.
In the wake of the defeat Palestinian groups became more militant. A small group called the Arab National Movement, unusual for being vaguely rightist, dissolved itself. Its leader George Habash, a middle-class Eastern Orthodox doctor, morphed his followers into the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and shifted to the left. In 1969 it officially declared itself a Marxist-Leninist organisation. The PFLP attracted middle class Palestinians, secular types with more liberal views than the working class members of the rival Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO).
By the end of the decade the PFLP had a few thousand militants, financial backing in Syria, and a training camp in Jordan. A number of western leftists, most students, visited the camp to show solidarity and run around a dusty assault course. Dilettantes rather than urban guerrillas, they returned home to boast about their exploits in student bars.
Most had gone by the time Bréguet arrived in 1970. The few foreigners still around tended to be more serious about revolution. They trained with guns and grenades. The PFLP recognised their usefulness. The organisation was slowly moving from guerrilla tactics to terrorism. One of the foreigners was a young Venezuelan called Illich Ramirez. He had come to the Middle East after being expelled from Moscow's Patrice Lumumba University for breaking the rules on drinking and women one too many times.
History would know Ramirez as Carlos the Jackal but in 1970 he was just an overweight South American with an expensive wardrobe and an easy smile. Like Bréguet he had come to help the Palestinian cause. Neither man realised how quickly the sands would shift beneath their feet.
The Famous Carlos
Barack Obama's correspondent was born in Caracas, Venezuela in October 1949. He inherited his leftist politics from his father, a rich lawyer, and a line in smooth charm from his mother. Ramirez's pudgy features displayed the mix of native Indian and European common in his home country. His brothers nicknamed him 'El Gordo' (the fat one), in affection rather than malice.
Ramirez's parents lived apart after their three boys were born, Ramirez senior funding his wife's expensive tastes and wanderlust. She took the boys around South America and the Caribbean before settling in Kensington, London in 1967. It was the height of the swinging sixties, at least for middle-class city dwellers. Ramirez plunged into a playboy lifestyle. He trod a more salubrious circuit than the hippies and counter-culturists, preferring to meet his girls at embassy receptions and posh restaurants. He did not let the fact he lived with his mother and two brothers in a two bedroom flat cramp his style.
Possibly the future Carlos enjoyed himself too much. His father arranged for him and his younger brother Lenin to attend university. In Moscow. The choice was inspired by Ramirez senior's links to the Venezuelan Communist party but there is no evidence his leftward leaning son, once he had got over the shock of leaving London's drinks party circuit, objected to the uprooting.
Ramiriez's time in Moscow is shrouded in secrecy. Cold war warriors claim he was talent spotted by the KGB there and this explains his subsequent career. The Russians insist he just drank too much, questioned authority, and hung around trouble makers. In 1970 he was thrown out, although his brother was allowed to stay.
Ramirez senior does not seem to have been too upset by his son's exit from Patrice Lumumba University. Venezuelans allow their eldest children a lot of leeway and the attachment of Carlos' father to Communism was more romantic than militant. He funded his son when he announced he wanted to study in Lebanon. It was a decent enough college but Ramiriez chose it to be close to the Palestinian struggle, a cause that first caught his attention in Moscow.
Once installed in Beirut he joined the PFLP and trained in Jordan. He was just in time for Black September 1970 when Jordanian troops, sick of hosting ungrateful exiles, turned on the Palestinians. After weeks of hard fighting in which Ramirez, and possibly Bréguet, took part, the Palestinians were defeated. More refugee camps, more bitterness. The Palestinians seemed to be in danger of fading into history. The PFLP decided to make its mark.
Ghosts Of History
The Israeli police picked up Bréguet in Haifa on 23 June 1970 wearing an overcoat full of explosives. He claimed to be on a mission on behalf of the Italian Proletarian Action Group and the PFLP to blow up Shalom Tower in Tel Aviv.
Carlos is Technicolor, a larger than life character. Even before his arrest, books rolled off the press analysing his actions and beliefs and history. With the fall of the Iron Curtain the Communist spooks spilled their secrets. If you want to know where Carlos was on any given day there is a good chance you can find out.
Not Bruno Bréguet. He flits semi-materialised through the pages of history. A black and white photograph of a dark and serious man with cropped hair; a reference in a book (usually about Carlos); a short news piece. He probably got more attention from the general public through Carlos' letter to President Obama than at any other point in his life.
Bréguet was nineteen when he appeared in Lebanon to train with the PFLP. He had been involved in leftist politics back in Switzerland. Despite the French name he may have roots in the Italian speakers of Switzerland, as he had leftist contacts in Italy. What mattered to the PFLP was that he was European. Less trouble at passport control.
Haifa was Bréguet's first mission on behalf of the PFLP, and his last. In the aftermath of Black September, Habash had decided to recoup some lost Palestinian pride with a direct attack on Israel. A number of foreigners training with the group were recruited to carry explosives into Israel and attack targets. Mossad had an informer in the group from the start and all were picked up at airports and ferry terminals.
Mossad kept their informer secret and claimed they only spotted the would-terrorists because they were dressed in heavy overcoats (concealing bombs) at the height of the Israeli summer. Bréguet claimed his action was a political blow on behalf of the Palestinians.
Those arrested got fifteen years. Yet Bregeut was pardoned and freed in 1977. The architect of his early release was François Genoud, the Swiss Nazi banker.
Genoud's interest in the Middle East dates from the 1930s when, as a young spy working for both the Swiss and the Nazis, he made contacts in Palestine and Lebanon, notably with Haj Mohammed Effendi Amin el-Husseini, the Grand Mufti of Jersualem. Genoud played a role in Nazi plans to stir up the Arab world. Despite a lot of money and propaganda the promised uprisings never quite materialised.
After the war Genoud's Arab contacts intensified, especially in the 1950s when a number of Nazi veterans, some wanted for war crimes, some not, made their way into lucrative advisor posts in Egypt and Syria. Their numbers were always small although that did not stop the world press sensationalising the issue. Oskar Dirlewanger, the leader of an infamous Waffen-SS penal unit who got kicked to death by Polish soldiers in 1945, was resurrected by the press to star in stories he was helping the Arabs in their fight against Israel.
The Nazis were attracted by a combination of safe havens, good salaries, and an Arab National Socialism that seemed to reflect, however distantly, their European original. Like them, Genoud saw his anti-Semitism reborn in Arab anti-Zionism and set up funds for movements like Habash's Arab Nationalist Movement.
Genoud organised Bréguet's defence through his lawyer son Maurice. He apparently knew Bréguet from Switzerland which raises all kinds of questions about the circles both men moved in. When the defence failed Genoud threw himself into achieving a pardon, enlisting pro-Palestinian figures like Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, and Noam Chomsky (all presumably unaware of Genoud's past or prepared to ignore it) into a campaign to twist the arm of Tel Aviv.
In 1977 the campaign bore fruit. After seven years in prison Bréguet was pardoned and expelled from Israel. He wrote a book about his prison time. It was called 'The School of Hate'.
The Swiss left-winger could not stay out of politics for long. He settled in Italy and joined the newly formed Prima Linea, a leftist terror group born from the ashes of the less violent Lotta Continua. Prima Linea tends to be sidelined by the activities of the Brigates Rosse (Red Brigades) but it did its fair share of killing in the late 1970s, specialising in the assassination of political enemies. Lawyer Enrico Pedenovi, judge Emilio Alessandrini, and policeman Giuseppe Lorusso were among those who fell to its guns.
At some point Bréguet came back into contact with Carlos. The Venezuelan terrorist, now infamous across the world for his assault on the 1975 OPEC conference in Vienna, had temporarily cut his ties with Arab groups. He was settled behind the iron curtain in Hungary, where he carried out attacks in Western Europe for his hosts and any other Communist states who showed an interest.
Bréguet left the orbit of Prima Lenea and Italian leftism and headed to Eastern Europe. Carlos' group was being courted by the Romanians. Dictator Nicholas Ceausescu was infuriated by the pro-democracy messages broadcast by the Voice of America radio station in West Germany and demanded its Romanian language section be stopped. The Romanian secret service passed the job onto Carlos.
On 21 February 1981 Bréguet (aka Luka) and Johannes Weinrich (aka Steve), a German associate of Carlos with glasses and a bad haircut, crossed into West Germany with two members of the Basque terror group ETA. They evaded the guards at the Voice of America building in Munich and planted 15 kilograms of Nitropenta, a Romanian plastic explosive supplied by the ETA boys, at the outer wall. At 21:50 it detonated, caving in the wall and injuring four employees and two locals. The explosion was so powerful it registered on a seismograph. To the dismay of Ceausescu, Bréguet and Weinrich had targeted the wrong part of the building. They blew up the Czechoslovakian section.
Carlos claimed the attack as a victory and celebrated with champagne, convinced Bréguet had proved himself a reliable sidekick. In February 1982 he sent Bréguet and Magdalena Kopp, Carlos' German girlfriend, to Paris as part of a planned new wave of bombings.
Problems In Paris
Bréguet's talent for failure peaked in the French capital. Kopp's handbag, containing $50,000 and her fake Austrian passport, was stolen. The pair was stopped by police for acting suspiciously in an underground car park off the Avenue George V. They made a run for it, Bréguet pulling a gun on the pursuing cops. Both terrorists were tackled to the ground, although not before the Swiss squeezed the trigger. The gun jammed.
'I am a soldier,' he told policemen as they handcuffed him.
Carlos' girlfriend and Swiss sidekick were now in French hands. In the boot of the car, which belonged to an unemployed Communist accountant living in a squat (he claimed he leant it to friends for a few days) was a cache of explosives. After the arrests, Carlos launched a new series of bomb attacks in France with the intention of freeing the pair. But the French were not, at this point in their history at least, prepared to deal with terrorists and matters were complicated by Carlos' refusal to admit Magdalena Kopp was his girlfriend.
Bréguet and Kopp went through a brief trial, were found guilty and received four and five years respectively in prison. François Genoud again paid for Bréguet's defence.
Kopp's lovelorn boyfriend continued to plant bombs and sent threatening messages to the French establishment but the cell doors remained shut. The would-be Paris bombers settled down to do their time. Carlos's bombings petered out as did his usefulness to the Eastern Bloc. In 1985 the Hungarians expelled him and he moved his team to Syria, where they still appreciated the work he had done for the Arab cause.
Bréguet and Kopp emerged into the bright Paris daylight the same year. Both claimed they had given up extremism. The Swiss had taken several exams to become a draughtsman. He had spent ten of the last fifteen years behind bars. Kopp went to live with her mother in Germany and Bréguet went to his girlfriend Carol's home in Lugano. Little is known about his partner other than that she was German and they had lived together before his arrest.
Kopp soon recanted and ran off to Carlos in Syria. Bréguet also rejoined Carlos in Damscus, no later than 1986, being escorted straight through the airport by security forces without going through the usual controls. There was not much action in Syria. The authorities prevented Carlos from carrying out any operations and the famous terrorist was slowly collapsing into an overweight drunk mess. In 1991 the Syrians expelled him and Carlos ended up in Sudan.
At some point Bréguet returned to his girlfriend. She was well-off, owning property across Europe, and the Swiss does not seem to have done much in the way of work. They had a daughter called Shona in 1993.
Vanishing Act
In August 1994 Carlos was arrested by the French. The Sudanese had been responsible, it was rumoured, for tipping off the Americans but others claimed the Syrians themselves had organised his kidnapping, partly to save him from assassination. Other Arab groups and even governments, like Saudi Arabia which still blamed him for the OPEC affair, intended to kill him; the Syrians felt enough loyalty to keep him alive, if imprisoned. It might have been true.
On 12 November 1995 Bréguet, accompanied by Carol and Shona, took the ferry from Igoumenitsa, Greece (where they owned property) to Ancona, Italy. They had made the journey several times before. This time the Italian police refused to let him off the ferry for reasons that have never been made clear. Possibly because of rumours Bréguet had contacts with the far-left Greek 17 November movement.
Bréguet called his brother to explain the situation but did not seem especially irritated. It was not the first time he had problems at the border. He returned to the ferry, leaving the car with Carol. The crew took his travel documents. When the ferry, able to carry 1,500 passengers and 800 cars, docked back in Igoumenitsa, Bréguet did not respond to a tannoy announcement asking him to come to the bridge to collect his documents. There was no trace of him in his cabin. The captain remembered seeing him twenty minutes before docking. He has never been seen since.
Rumours swirled. Here are some of the most popular explanations for his disappearance:
- Bréguet staged his own disappearance because recently released Stasi files implicated him in more crimes and prosecutors could have come looking for him.
- The French kidnapped him to provide evidence against officials in Nice who had been selling arms to the Algerians.
- He was abducted by the Hungarian secret services and taken to Budapest where some have claimed Bréguet was killed in interrogation. Considering this was 1995, it was either Communist veterans covering their tracks or post-Communist agents making amends.
- An Israeli naval commando picked him up and gave him to CIA men waiting in two white vans for interrogation; Bréguet either died during the questioning or was given a secret identity and headed for South America.
- He was murdered by Arab groups or possibly the Greek 17 November movement; in the wake of Carlos' arrest they were worried Bréguet could spill information about them if he also got picked up.
- The Greek secret services kidnapped Bréguet; the Swiss government seemed to believed this enough to lodge a law suit against the Greece but it quickly fell apart in the face of denials from Athens and lack of evidence.
- The Syrian or Iraqi intelligence services got rid of him, worried he might talk about Carlos' connections to them.
But really no-one seems to know what happened to Bréguet. American documents spilled to Wikileaks reveal that CIA contacts were just as a confused as everyone else. Perhaps someone feared that Bréguet would take revenge for Carlos' arrest. Perhaps someone wanted their own leftist terrorist to interrogate. Perhaps the arrest of Carlos was a signal that his Muslim protectors no longer cared what happened to their one-time collaborators and someone took advantage. Perhaps Bruno tried to get off the ferry to avoid Greek customs for some reason and drowned.
Bréguet was a minor figure in the terrorist left who had spent large chunks of his life in jail. In 1995 he was living a comfortable middle-class life and seemed to have little involvement in politics. It is possible he was more active than he claimed and had plans to avenge Carlos' arrest or head up his own new terrorist group. Possible but unlikely. The fall of Communism knocked the fight out of most on the far-left. What was there left to fight for? Why bother?
Bréguet's disappearance remains a mystery.
Nazi banker François Genoud committed suicide in May 1996 with help from Exit, the euthanasia group. He was eighty years old. Before his death he spent some time searching for Bréguet. He found nothing.
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Eurospin System
MRI Test Objects - the "Eurospin II Test System"
These Test Objects are designed to be used for checking the image performance of MR Scanners with static fields in the range from 0.02 to 3 Tesla. The design was based upon Collaborative Research work within the framework of the Concerted Research project "Identification and Characterization of Biological Tissues by NMR" COMAC-BMU II 2.3 from 1984 led by Dr F Podo. It was further developed by a group led by Dr R A Lerski at Hammersmith Hospital Medical School.
- Test Object TO1 - UNIFORMITY - is for assessing Uniformity, Ghosting, Image Signal-to-Noise Ratio and Uniformity of Image Signal-to-Noise Ratio.
- Test Object TO2 - SLICE - is for assessing Geometric Distortion, Slice Profile and Slice Width.
- Test Object TO3 - SLICE POSITION - is for assessing Slice Warp and Slice Position (single and multisplice).
- Test Object TO4 - RESOLUTION - is for assessing Resolution by Bar Pattern and the Modulation Transfer Function.
- Test Object TO5 - CONTRAST - is for measuring T1 & T2 Precision and Accuracy, and Image Contrast. TO5 is supplied with a set of 18 Gel-filled Test Tubes.
- The LOADING ANNULUS is an optional accessory device into which the various Test Objects are inserted to simulate the body loading.
A leaflet describing Product Specifications of the individual components of the Eurospin II test object system is available here
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The leaves are turning to gold here in the Pacific Northwest, and it's time to turn toward fall projects and get some work done!
After focusing most of last year on promoting Cradle in the Waves, I've turned to other projects that have been around almost as long.
I've been working away on a twin-timeline story set in Seattle in 1918 and 1969. I'm hoping to finish the book in time for the 100 year anniversaries of many of the events involved (World War 1 and the Great Influenza).
I'll have to admit, continuing to work on a novel over the long haul can be daunting. I'm hitting a place I remember well from A Cradle in the Waves, where you think, "Who will be interested? Is it a compelling read or just history? Or, is it great history, but not so great a story?"
Cradle emerged from the long process of taming my creative scatter into something whole, and many readers seem to enjoy and relate well to both the story and the history. Kind comments from friends, family and readers help keep me going when in doubt.
Thank you, thank you, thank you, to each and every one of you for taking the time to express interest or enjoyment. And all the best to you in whatever work or life situation needs persistence and grace to complete, especially as we face the shortening days of fall.
In spite of my focus on other work, Cradle in the Waves has continued to make its way in the world. I'm particularly grateful for several stores that have faithfully promoted the book:
Those of you who've read the book know that Lucy's house sits at the site of what is now Fort Worden. The staff at the Fort Worden Gift Shop (all volunteer) keep ordering my book and promoting it, and selling out! I'm so glad that they've read and enjoyed the book, and feel comfortable recommending it to others. If you haven't visited Fort Worden in Port Townsend, it makes a wonderful day trip for exploring the trails, bunkers, old buildings, playing in wide-open fields or walking on the sandy beach. You can also take dogs on leash there, or off leash at North Beach, which is a little beyond Fort Worden, but easy to access.
Another lovely friend to the book is Mary Kay Sneeringer, owner of The Edmonds Bookshop. She and her staff keep recommending the book, and most recently sent a copy to the Edmonds Library for a local author table. Mary Kay and her staff qualify as heroes in the book world, generously promoting and supporting reading and literacy on so many levels.
Thank you, thank you, Friends of Fort Worden and The Edmonds Bookshop.
We've had a new arrival with Archie, the poodle puppy we re-homed in March. Chester had been very lonely since our children moved for school and work a year ago (mom might be a touch empty-nest too). Archie has kept us outside, active, and happy with his crazy antics. Two dogs equals puppy pandemonium, but they are a gift most moments of the day. They may have convinced me to put a bit about a dog in the WWI book.
I'm still learning to sketch and now add a little watercolor at times. Mostly I'm reaching…sometimes, things gel. Always, art rests my wordy brain and lifts my spirits when weary of the world. A quick sketch of Archie dreaming:
Here's to a new season, and refocusing on goals, wishes, and dreams.
I welcome questions on any of my projects, and am always glad for readers of early versions of my novels. Feel free to message me or check out my Facebook page.
All the best!
Anne-Marie Heckt


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Our bride and groom continue to amaze us.
In addition to the incredible weddings that we have photographed and the wonderful stories we tell each day, there is also the creative and restless side of new ideas and projects that emerge from such a special and emotional moment.
Ana Luísa was one of our brides of this year and if we thought that her wedding day had been the highlight of the organization and good taste we were well mistaken.
Combining good taste, the will to do and, much more than the education, the talent, hand in hand with a friend who gives even more points to each one of these aspects, the INVITE - Momentos Felizes has born.
More than wedding stationary (invitations, table markers, menus... and all these things) are pieces full of details chosen in every aspect that can make the difference of your special day.
How many dreadful invitations have we received that we have just thrown away?
And how many invitations are so irresistibly well made or original that we end up keeping because we are unable to discard them?
In addition to this there is a perfectionist and super organized spirit. It's enough to mention that we received the plan of Ana Luísa's wedding to-the-minute, months in advance and this is transversal to all the things that she does, from the smallest detail, the one that will surely escapes us but that these girls will never let go unoticed!
I believe that if you want to give a beautiful and consistent look to your special day, if you want everything to be so right that it makes sense, you can have what you are looking for here!
Photography: Terra Fotografia & Histórias
Production e Styling: INVITE - Momentos Felizes


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When Pivot made subtle updates to their LES for 2017, the sliding dropouts and sub 70º head angle which made the LES a crowd pleaser when it first came to fruition in 2012 remained intact. As Gordon "Quadsworth" Wadsworth, the 3x National Ultra Endurance (NUE) Series singlespeed champion states, "Budda don't need no grease."
With geometry unchanged, the biggest update is the addition of Boost spacing, which now allows the LES to accommodate a 2.8 inch 27plus tire on a 40 mm rim. It also made the switch to internal routing for all its cable and housing, including Di2 integration and dropper routing.
The LES is a fairly unique hardtail with it's more trail oriented geometry and is one of the few carbon singlespeed options out there. It can even fit TWO bottle cages within the front triangle (sizes M-XL). We requested this bike to arrive as a singlespeed and with the 120 mm Fox 34 which made it fairly close to the Kona Honzo CR I reviewed in issue #198. I am eager to have access to both these bikes as they are often stacked up against one another on the hardtail wishlist.
Also worth mentioning, Pivot Cycles just announced they now offer a 10-year warranty on all their carbon frame purchases after June 1, 2017 from an authorized dealer.
Want to know our take on the Pivot LES and how it compared to the Kona Honzo CR? Grab a copy of the latest issue of Dirt Rag Magazine (issue 201) and if you don't already, subscribe now so that you don't miss the rest of the bodacious stuff we've got planned for the upcoming year! While you're at it, sign up for our email newsletter to get great content like this delivered directly to your inbox every Tuesday.


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Harvest 2014 is upon us
As of this week, harvest is officially underway in the Northern Willamette Valley.
That's not to say that everyone is picking. We brought in a few tons of Chasselas Dore and Muscat Ottonel at just under 18 brix over the weekend, but everything else is still out there enjoying the last days of pristine sunshine before we bring the fruit in to the winery. Picking at 18 brix will give wonderfully bright, low alcohol wines, which is why those varietals are generally harvested so much earlier than the rest. The aromas of freshly fermenting Muscat Ottonel in the production room serve as an aperitivo to what will surely come, quite soon. Clipping clusters of Chasselas in the Dundee Hills last week, the guys recounted their memories of when they last picked this early – noventa y dos – 1992. That is not to say that this year's harvest is quite as early as '92, which began September 5th, and progressed very steadily in order to avoid pH and sugar levels rising up dangerously high. No, this early pick was relaxed, fun and a good couple weeks before anything else will come – a 'family pick' to kick off the season. The flavors in the grapes were soft, and the bright acids and low sugar levels will produce refreshing wines at under 10% alcohol.


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Tumbledown (2015)
Turn the page. Start a new chapter.
Rating: 6.2/10
Comedy, Music, Romance,
Rebecca Hall, Joe Manganiello, Jason Sudeikis, Dianna Agron, Blythe Danner,
Transcendence (2014)
What if a new intelligence was born?
Rating: 6.3/10
Drama, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller,
Johnny Depp, Rebecca Hall, Paul Bettany, Cillian Murphy, Kate Mara,
Lay the Favorite (2012)
How far can a losing shot take you?
Rating: 4.8/10
Comedy, Drama, Romance,
Rebecca Hall, Joel Murray, Hugo Armstrong, Corbin Bernsen, Earl Maddox,
The Town (2010)
Welcome to the bank robbery capital of America.
Rating: 7.6/10
Crime, Drama, Thriller,
Ben Affleck, Rebecca Hall, Jon Hamm, Jeremy Renner, Blake Lively,
"Parade's End" (2012)
Rating: 7.7/10
Action, Drama, Romance, War,
Benedict Cumberbatch, Rebecca Hall, Roger Allam, Adelaide Clemens, Rupert Everett,
A Bag of Hammers (2011)
A con is easy. Family is hard.
Rating: 6.7/10
Comedy, Drama,
Jason Ritter, Jake Sandvig, Chandler Canterbury, Rebecca Hall, Todd Louiso,
Please Give (2010)
Rating: 6.6/10
Comedy, Drama,
Rebecca Hall, Elizabeth Keener, Elise Ivy, Catherine Keener, Josh Pais,
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
Life is the ultimate work of art
Rating: 7.2/10
Drama, Romance,
Rebecca Hall, Scarlett Johansson, Christopher Evan Welch, Chris Messina, Patricia Clarkson,
The Prestige (2006)
A Friendship That Became a Rivalry.
Rating: 8.5/10
Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller,
Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Piper Perabo, Rebecca Hall,
The BFG (2016)
From the human beings that created E.T. and the author of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" and "Matilda"
Rating: 6.5/10
Adventure, Family, Fantasy,
Mark Rylance, Ruby Barnhill, Penelope Wilton, Jemaine Clement, Rebecca Hall,


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Free 12 Hi-Res Photoshop Flower Brushes
Here are 12 Photoshop Brushes that I made from my floral photos post Hi-Res Leaves & Flowers Pics. The closeups showed interesting details so I decided to turn them into brushes for photoshop projects. They can be used for your personal or commercial projects.Read more


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A utility for synchronizing iPods with assorted music sources has been updated.
iPod Free File Sync 2.0b2, from Crisp Softies fixes a problem by which the iPod's Helper app failed to boot on systems prior to 9.2.2. The Read Me file has also been updated.
The update is Mac OS X incompatible. Crisp Softies also advises that users raise iTunes' memory partition in OS 9 to get the software to synchronize.
Users are invited to pay what they wish for the software, via a KAGI secure online form.


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A leading software company in Lagos, iBez, is set to hold a maiden Website Development Masterclass. iBez specialises in building web and mobile software solutions and is led by leading African tech Entrepreneur, Ms. Ommo Clark.
According to Clark, the essence of the Masterclass is to bridge the gap that exists among ICT practitioners and users of ICT tools and Software Technologies.
"iBez has rolled out a series of Digital Skills/Software Development Training Workshops as part of our commitment to bridge this skills gap and ensure that Nigerians are fully equipped and empowered with the relevant skills and tools to fully participate and become leaders in the digital age,†he said.
Clark is a UK-trained software engineer with work experience at Lehman Brothers. She is the founder of several startups, including Handy Jacks and Let's Share.
According to a press release from the company, the Masterclass is aimed at anyone interested in pursuing a career in website development and those already practicing as Web Developers but who want to boost and improve their skills and knowledge with hands-on international standard training, thereby bridging the skills gap associated with developing quality world-class websites
Emphasising the importance of websites in this digital era, Clark said: "A corporate website, online portal or ecommerce website is your virtual office, storefront or online salesperson. It is the first interaction a potential customer might have with your company. It also enables you sell your goods or services to a wider audience without physical interaction irrespective of distance or location, thus, one of the most important things you can do for your business is to own one.â€
She added. "It is not only important for businesses and companies to have excellent websites that adequately represent their brands and function properly, it is also important that we have people that can produce international standard websites for these companies. Thus, the need to train website developers on the tool, techniques and best practices of developing quality websites cannot be over-emphasised.â€
The training will cover programming languages such as CSS, HTML, PHP and more, including hands-on training on various content management systems such as WordPress. iBez has been providing ICT, Software development and Entrepreneurship training over the years to women business owners, youth, new graduates and girls.