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How I became a Hetrosxual
Woody Allen says "The Bible contains six admonishments to homosexuals and 362 admonishments to heterosexuals. That doesn't mean that God doesn't love heterosexuals. It's just that they need more supervision."
I don't know as much about homosexuals as religious people or politicians, so am curious about all the political and religious fuss about homosexuals and same sex marriage. It may be my experiences in organized religion took place before homosexuality became a major sin. It now ranks above adultery, divorce, teen age sex and the other 359 admonishments. I thought we would lose interest after Jerry Falwel died, but too many people in the heterosexual community need a fall guy and would be irritated if we passed laws forbidding adultery and divorce, as these are also two of the no-no's in the Good Book Homosexuality seem to be trapped in the purists minds. H.L. Mencken defines purists as people with the haunting fear that someone somewhere may be happy.
My generation was far behind the present generation in sexual knowledge. In fact I had never heard about sexual preference at that time. I had acquired most of my knowledge of sex by looking at topless natives in the National Geographic Magazine. Movie actors at that time were required to have one foot on the floor when couples were in bed together. What we see on the media today would have been considered hard core pornography.
I wonder; did I have to make a choice as to my sexual orientation? If so it must have happened while in ninth grade. Before the 9th grade dance the boys received dancing lessons in PE class. My dancing partner was Charles. One day Charles was the boy and the next day the gender was reversed. We both mastered the Waltz and The Fox Trot, although Charles was rather clumsy.
I thought I had to take Charles to the dance, but was advised that this wasn't kosher so took a girl named Doris, my first date with a girl. Dancing in those days was different than today. The boy put his right arm around the girl's waist and the girl put her right arm over the boy's shoulder and their bodies actually touched. This was frowned on by my church, but in the eyes of my church I tended to sin a lot in those days. I found that dancing with Doris was one of the most enjoyable sins I had ever committed
At my first high school dance I believed I had to make an important decision; should I dance with a boy or girl? This was the time I thought boys and girls were supposed to choose their sexual orientation. My memory took me back to 9th grade when my two dancing partners were Charles and Doris. I thought back to the hard body and male scent of Charles and the fragrant aroma and soft body of Doris. With no hesitation I made my decision to be a heterosexual.
I know I made the right decision as when I dance with my wife of 62 years she has a seductive aroma and a comfortable soft body that reminds me of Doris. I don't know how things would have worked out if Charles had smelled better and had a softer body. .
I sometimes wish I could see Doris again and thank her for helping me with this important decision. I must have been a poor date as Doris showed no interest in me after the dance. If I had the knowledge of today's youth I may have been more appealing to her. I now know that it wasn't Doris who was the motivator in my decision making, but an increase in my testosterone level.
Sixteen years ago Charles attended our 50th class reunion and for old times sake I asked him to dance and was rebuffed by his indignant wife. As Thomas Wolfe wrote, "You can't go home again."
There will be many interpretations of my essay, many negative, but my father taught me that if everyone agrees with you, you haven't said or done anything worthwhile. Most of this essay is from a true life experience, with some embellishments and humor to maintain interest. Doris and Charles were real people.
My philosophy on this subject is best described by a Yiddish proverb:
"Everyone is kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven"


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Cisco Partnerships Support Innovative Global and Australian Education and Research
Higher education and academic research, by definition, is a collaborative process. With the latest in video technology and IT expertise, Cisco Australia made two announcements on how it is creating new ways of collaborating that will enhance learning and lead to exciting new research.
Following the successful rollout of Cisco TelePresence Exchange to nearly 65 US universities and academic research institutions with National LambdaRail (NLR), Cisco Australia decided to similarly team up with Australia's Academic and Research Network (AARNet) to enable virtual meetings between Australian universities and research institutions (see press release here).
To date, there are about half a dozen Australian universities that have or are in the process of rolling out Cisco TelePresence including Swinburne University, Monash University, Deakin University, Victoria University of Technology, Melbourne University and University of Queensland. It'll be university's like Swinburne University that are looking forward to the Oct. 2011 introduction of AARNet's TelePresence Exchange Service to connect researchers at Parkes Observatory (a 64-metre Telescope used for Radio Astronomy) and its Advanced Technology Centre with other Australian and regional universities. Read more on the news here.
Also announced this week is a partnership between Cisco and the Square Kilometre Array Program Development Office (SPDO), headquarters of the SKA project which is a revolutionary international radio telescope that will seek to answer fundamental questions in physics and astrophysics.
Cisco will provide technology and strategic IT counsel to the SKA in the development of the world's biggest (total range of the telescope is about one square kilometre) and most sensitive telescope!
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Now we got Col. Ahmed Ali announcing on his official FB page that the Egyptian Navy forces arrested 3 divers while they were cutting the internet sea cable near El Shataby beach !!!
Col. Ali did not say who those divers suspected "The correct term" of damaging the cable were and why they were doing this.
It is worth to mention that this announcement comes after some telecommunication officials announced that they believed there was something criminal behind the damage in the internet cable. I think they got a hint
Of course you see this post after long time in browsing and attempting to collect links and so on..
Hopefully we will know soon who those three are and know their true story.
Update :More details emerged about the three suspects :
تحقق نيابة شرق الإسكندرية مع المتسببين بقطع كابلات الانترنت بالإسكندرية وتبين أنهم 3 صيادين يقومون بالغوص فى البحرلانتشال " خردة السفنSamir Omar from Sky News Arabia :
— Samir Omar (@SamirOmarSky) March 27, 2013
East Alexandria prosecution with those standing behind the damage of internet cables in Alexandria and it turned out to be 3 fishermen who dive to search for old ships Junk


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Safety is a major concern for any electrical construction and maintenance company, yet the latest safety initiative by EMCOR Group, Inc., Norwalk, Conn., has nothing to do with preventing electrocutions, explosions, or fire. In fact, it doesn't even help protect the company's clients or its 26,000 employees nationwide — but it could protect their children.
"Taking KidSafety to the Street" is a joint initiative of EMCOR, the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC), and M. Jodi Rell, the governor of Connecticut, to help find missing children across the country and promote child safety. The initiative will start in Connecticut and be rolled out nationwide over the next several months. The group's plan will incorporate a three-pronged approach.
Posters on vehicles. The company's fleet of more than 5,000 trucks and service vans will display large posters of missing children along with NCMEC's 24-hour nationwide hotline — 1-800-THE-LOST — on the back of the vehicles. The posters are tailored to six different geographic zones across the nation, and new photos will be rotated in monthly.
Employee training. The company is training its more than 2,000 facilities services personnel, who maintain hundreds of public and private facilities, to implement Code Adam — a program originally developed by Wal-Mart associates that is activated when a child is reported missing within a facility prior to the arrival of law enforcement personnel.
Marketing materials. A brochure created by the company, "My Safety Tips," is available at www.emcorgroup.com/kidsafety to provide kids with NCMEC's rules for child safety. The company is also making these materials available to other businesses and encouraging them to distribute this information to their employees and families. "Our outreach to other businesses is a key component of our program, as there is no stronger tie to its employees and the future than our children," says EMCOR CEO Frank T. MacInnis.


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SPRINGVILLE — Prior to the start of Tuesday's game between Region 8 rivals Salem Hills and Springville, both head coaches had their teams ready to play.
"I'm excited to play Springville," Salem Hills coach Renae Kinghorn said. "Their record is not indicative of the kind of team they are. They are very good."
"Both teams are solid," Springville head coach Karl Jensen said. "Pitching is excellent both ways. We've practiced hard all week. We need to be disciplined at the plate and maintain our composure. Let's play ball."
Play ball, they did.
Both starting pitchers — Springville's Miranda Follette and Salem Hills' Kirtlyn Bohling — were dominant from the mound, but after a scoreless opening five innings the Skyhawks put four runs across in the sixth inning en route to a 5-1 win over Springville.
"This was a tough game," said Kinghorn. "The win will propel us for the rest of the year as we finish Region 8 and head into the state tournament. I am very relieved we won."
As it played out, Follette and Bohling both pitched very well from the mound, ably backed up by their respective defenses.
The Skyhawks opened the second inning with a single by Bohling (2 for 4, two RBIs), but Follette struck out one Skyhawk, threw another out at first and struck a second batter out to end the threat.
Springville opened the fourth with a double to the fence by Hannah Packard, and it looked to be the Red Devils who would draw first blood. Two pop outs to Skyhawks shortstop Abbie Tuttle and a strikeout by Bohling ended that threat, though.
"I was just pitching so my defense could make plays," Bohling said.
After that sequence, the bats went quiet again — until the sixth inning.
In the top of the sixth, Salem Hills first baseman Kenzie Martin (3 for 4) led off with a single up the right-field line. That was followed by doubles from Tuttle (2 for 4), left fielder Ashley Whiting and Bohling. An error in the field by the Red Devils made it 4-0 for the Skyhawks.
At that juncture, Follette was replaced by freshman Kaycie Jensen, who forced a ground ball and struck out two to retire the side.
"SHS is tough at home," said Kinghorn. "They have great arms in the outfield. Karl is a terrific coach. Miranda threw the best we have seen her throw. She kept our batters off balance and unsure."
Salem Hills' four runs put Springville behind the 8 ball, but it looked like the Red Devils were up to the challenge when second baseman Annie Anderson led off with a single in the bottom of the sixth inning. Following a Skyhawk error, Anderson scored, making it 4-1. But that was all Springville could muster.
Salem Hills catcher Kailee Simons led off the seventh with a single, then a couple of Springville miscues got her home. In the bottom of the inning, Tuttle threw out the first batter for Springville and Bohling struck out two more batters to end the game.
"We knew we needed to come out strong and stay away from their pitcher's rise ball," said Packard.
"We knew if we could put together a few hits and contain their small-ball, we had a pretty good chance, SHS shortstop Ashley Averett said.
The win moves Salem Hills to 10-1 in Region 8 play, while Springville falls to 6-5.
"We aren't discouraged," said Jensen. "We played a great game against a very good team."
Troy Bohling is the coordinator of school services for Nebo School District. He was previously an assistant principal at Salem Hills High School from 2008-12. His daughter Kirtlyn plays for Salem Hills. He can be contacted at firstname.lastname@example.com


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Feb 19 ( Reuters) - Sina Corp posted better-than-expected fourth-quarter revenue and profit amid concerns about the slowing growth of Chinese online advertising.
Shares in the company, which runs China's largest online portal and the Twitter-like "Weibo" microblogging platform, climbed 6 percent to $56.50 after-hours. They have fallen 13.4 percent since the start of the fourth quarter, underperforming a 2 percent rise in the Nasdaq.
Net profit fell 74 percent in the fourth quarter to $2.4 million, or 3 cents per share, from $9.3 million, or 14 cents per share, a year earlier. But excluding certain items, non-GAAP earnings were $9 million, or 13 cents a share, versus $14 million or 21 cents a share a year earlier.
That surpassed an average forecast for 5 cents a share, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
China's online advertising market grew 46.8 percent in 2012, but that was down from 57.6 percent in 2011, according to technology research firm iResearch. The softer advertising market, due to a weaker economic environment, has also hit Sina peers Baidu Inc and Sohu.com Inc.
Analysts say Sina's new "Weibo" advertising products have drawn muted sales.
Sina said it expects first-quarter adjusted net revenue to range between $115 million and $119 million, in line with average predictions on Wall Street for about $117 million. It forecast advertising revenue of $94 million to $96 million this quarter.
Advertising revenue came in at $110.7 million in the fourth quarter, versus a previous company projection for between $110 million and $112 million.
It posted overall fourth-quarter net revenue of $139.1 million, versus an average forecast for $133.9 million according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S. Non-advertising revenue decreased 4 percent to $28.5 million.
In the fourth quarter, Sina rolled out two Weibo monetization products aimed at increasing sales on its highly popular social media website.
One of the products gives advertisers a chance at promoting their tweet among users who are not following them, while the other is a platform that links popular microbloggers with advertisers.
Sina's push to monetize Weibo comes as Tencent Holdings' mobile social messaging product, WeChat, is beginning to cut into the popularity of Weibo, analysts said.
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In Rex Ryan's first year with the team he stolidly stuck to running the ball to devastating effect, leading the team in carries and yards by a wide margin. Over the years the team has moved away from that model, but according to the New York Times, the Jets have moved back to that type of gameplan in recent weeks.
Despite the presence of three Pro Bowl selections on the offensive line — left tackle D'Brickashaw Ferguson, center Nick Mangold and right guard Brandon Moore — the Jets had the 22nd-ranked rushing attack last season.Even so, it doesn't sound like the way that the Jets are getting there is all that impressive, check this blurb from Rich Cimini on ESPN.
The Jets have returned to their roots recently, averaging 140 yards rushing in the past three games. For the season, they rank 12th with an average of 115.2 yards a game.
Sparano got a bit defensive when discussing the offense, insisting it has made significant strides in the running game. Uh, not exactly. The yards per game has increased, but over the last three weeks, the Jets have averaged 3.7 per carry. Over the first nine games, it was 3.8. He sounded so convincing, though.Yikes. So essentially it just comes down to the Jets committing to the run, more than the actual returns. What boggles my mind though is that the Jets offensive line is actually ranking in the top five at creating yards for their ballcarriers. My answer comes when I look at the running backs rankings.
The Jets offensive line has gotten much better over the season and Bilal Powell in his limited work is playing effectively, but Shonn Greene continues to be an anchor on this unit. When I see how the way the running game has performed at this point in the season, I start to realize that the Jets were more serious than I gave them credit about trying to make a move to potentially jump up for Trent Richardson in this past draft.
No matter who the Jets have playing quarterback next year, the Jets are going to have to take a serious look at the running back position and who will be in that grouping next year. If the running backs can take some pressure away from the Jets quarterback, then maybe that player can set up and use the play action to more devastating effect than we've seen this year.
Speaking of which ... via Rich Cimini on ESPN.
One of the thoughts with Sanchez is that, if he has a strong running game, he can thrive with play-action passes. That hasn't been the case. In fact, six of his 13 interceptions came on play-action, per ESPN Stats. He's 37-for-59, with two TDs and six INTs, a 61.5 passer rating./Throws up hands.


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In the news: The St. Augustine native remained one of the area's best stories. He's the only surfer from St. Augustine to have qualified and surfed on the main stage of pro surfing's main circuit. He earned the second qualifying berth of his career on pro surfing's main tour in late 2008, and was poised for his best season as a professional in 2009.
But those aspirations hit a roadblock in March. Kling suffered ankle and knee injuries during a competition in Tasmania.
What he's doing now: Kling, a 29-year-old St. Augustine High School graduate, spent a good portion of 2009 trying to get his ankle back in shape to get back on the water. He went through physical therapy locally, then flew out to California to have platelet therapy on the injured ankle to speed up the healing process.
Ultimately, he opted for surgery and is now as close to healthy as he's been in a year.
The bad news is that Kling must start from scratch in his attempt to re-qualify for the main circuit, dubbed Association of Surfing Professional's World Tour. Fewer than 50 surfers are given spots on it.
Kling was hopeful of receiving an injury wildcard invitation, but didn't receive it. But Kling isn't discouraged at having to make his way through the qualifying series again.
He's healthy, wiser and even a little hungrier to prove he can return to his pre-injury form.
"I didn't get it," Kling said of the wild-card spot. "They said there's a possibility for a wildcard in the middle of next year, so I'm going do the QS (qualifying series).
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Exclusive: Kevin Feige Spills Guardians of the Galaxy News
At the press junket for The Avengers today, Marvel Studios' President of Production Kevin Feige slipped some information about The Guardians of the Galaxy to CraveOnline, the first concrete news of the film since it was announced back in August 2011. Feige confirmed that the upcoming film will portray the modern incarnation of the team, which includes such intergalactic superheroes as Star-Lord, Drax the Destroyer, Gamora, Groot and everyone's favorite, Rocket Raccoon.
When asked about which non-sequel projects Marvel Studios was prioritizing at the moment, Feige said, "I think whether it's Ant-Man, or Dr. Strange, or The Inhumans, or The Guardians of the Galaxy…"
To which we eagerly cried, "Rocket Racooooon…!"
"We are very excited about bringing things like that, maybe things exactly like that, to the screen. […] When you tell people, you know what would be really cool? This movie, and there's a raccoon, and there's a tree… And they go, 'What?' And people like you know what it is, and get excited. And the majority of people go, 'Did you say a raccoon and a tree?' 'Oh yeah, they're going to steal the whole movie. They're hilarious.' 'Okay, I'll believe it when I see it.' I like that."
When asked for to confirm that an upcoming Guardians of the Galaxy movie would be focused on the new team, as opposed to the original team, created in 1969 which had their own well-received series from Jim Valentino in the 1990s, he clarified: "Yeah. It's more Star-Lord and Drax and Gamora, and less Vance Astro and that team."
Still no word on a start date for The Guardians of the Galaxy yet, as it's just one of several new productions Marvel Studios has been pursuing. Feige did assure us that, "We know what our second movie in 2014 is going to be, but we haven't announced it yet."
CraveOnline will be back with more Guardians of the Galaxy news, because that's how we do it in the Raccooniverse.


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There have been 6 PIMM'S recipes: gin, scotch, brandy, rum, rye, vodka. Around the world, enterprising individuals continue to work on their own No. 7.
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Pimm made his No.1 Cup in the 1840's after realising customers stayed longer when they sipped, rather than slugged, their gin.
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More Q&A today with the bonus links to my HOW TO VIDEO LIBRARY (see the VOD tab at the top of the page?) that will further educate or enrich the person who is asking the question.
Think of it as at HOMEWORK or further study on the topic at hand. I hope all of you will benefit from this terrific instructional and enriching resource. (Click on the images below for viewing information.)
Name: Ramish
Gender: Male
Age: 19
Location: UK
I'm nervous about having sex? I have been masturbating since I was 11, but I can't work up the courage to try it with anyone else. I don't even know if I'm gay or straight. How do I get over being so nervous?
Holy cow, that is nervous. I suggest that you begin by taking stock of yourself — physically, emotionally and sexually. I'm gonna ask you some questions and you can take all the time you need to ponder your answers. Here's a tip, write these down; and if you have difficulty answering any of them ask a buddy for his or her input.
What's your best physical asset? Do you think of yourself as attractive in a sexual sort of way? If not, what could you do to spruce things up a little? Listen, the more comfortable you are in your own skin, the more confident you'll be in connecting with other for sex and relationships. If you know yourself well enough to know your best assets, you'll be able to put your best stuff forward, right?
What do you find sexually attractive about others — both women and men? Chances are that if you haven't already discovered if you are straight or gay, you might be bi.
When you masturbate, what goes through your head? What are your sexual fantasies? Do you fantasize about sexual situations with others? Anything in particular? Anyone in particular?
When you say you are nervous about sex; does that have to do with possible rejection? Or is it more to do with performance — ya know, not knowing what to do once the situation arises, so to speak? Is there anyone you feel safe enough with, a pal perhaps, you could talk this through with? If you feel emotionally safe, or safe from potential shame and humiliation with this person, it might be easier to open up him or her. Just remember, everyone's been were you are at one point in his or her life.
Are you comfortable with being nude, at least by yourself? Lots of people aren't. Are you able to admire yourself in the mirror without comparing yourself to the unrealistic expectations about the human body that comes to us from the popular culture? If you are not comfortable with being naked, think about the reasons why you're not. Again, if it's body image issues, maybe you need to get in better shape, or just let go of your idealized notions about physical attractiveness.
Do you know about contraception and sexually transmitted infections? If you don't, you're not ready to have sex with anyone else. Do your homework. Know what you need to ask a prospective partner in terms of contraception and STIs before an encounter.
OK, so you're familiar with pleasuring yourself. That's a good start. Would you know how to pleasure a partner? If you're not sure, I suggest that you do some research. There are all kinds of instructional videos out there. In fact, you'll find just about everything you are looking for at DR DICK'S HOW TO VIDEO LIBRARY.
One thing to remember, the best sex is a mutually satisfying experience. You and your potential partners are different people, with different desires, interests, personality and fantasies. Despite everything you might learn from an instructional video, there is no substitute for asking your partner what he/she likes. You'll need to be able to respond in kind too. Being able to communicate your needs and desires is absolutely essential for a happy, fun-filled fuck.
Are you a good kisser? Do you know how to touch someone else without it being an invitation to sex? Do you know how to be affectionate, to be close and playful with someone simply for joy of it? I always suggest to my young clients that they learn how to give a good back rub or foot massage. Nonseductive touching is as important as knowing how to touch someone sexually. It's also how some of the best sex play begins.
Are you making yourself available for a sexual connection? Nowadays the opportunities for connecting with others for companionship and/or sex abound. You don't have to be aggressive in your pursuit, but it ain't gonna fall in your lap either.
What would it take for you to feel comfortable initiating sex? This is, of course, the follow-up step to putting yourself out there. I realize this can be a bit intimidating, but you're gonna have to push through this, pup. Think about why initiating sex or accepting an invitation to be sexual is difficult for you.
Are you able to be a good friend? The best sex is more than bumping parts. It's a full human-to-human connection. If you know how to be a good friend, you're more than half way there to being a good lover. There are all kinds of sexual expression — romantic to the passionate even spiritual. Sex can be a cuddly and romantic, or it can be hot monkey love. It can be tender as well as intense. You ought to have the ability direct the flow, or at least go with it.
Do you have an adventuresome side to you? Do you like a challenge? Are you comfortable experimenting with one thing or another? If you are, you will find these are all valuable assets in making sex happen for you. There are still a whole lot of sex-negative messages out there in our society. You'll need to be strong enough to stand against these repressive currents and pursue your heart's desire.
In the end, a good sex life takes effort. It takes knowledge, practice and relationship skills. A degree of personal openness and a sense of fun and adventure are also very helpful. Learning more about yourself and what makes you tick, will give you an advantage when the time is ready for you to partner up for sex.
Name: Walter
Gender: Male
Age: 67
Location: Padre Island
I'm a recent widower, I haven't dated in over 40 years. I'm still very interested in sex, but things don't work like they used to down there. I had a comfortable life with my wife and performance was never an issue. Now that I'm on my own now, I'm afraid I will disappoint, if you know what I mean.
Yeah, I think I do know what you mean. Getting back into the swing of things after so many years on the shelf a daunting task. If you layer on sexual performance issues…well the task becomes even harder, no pun intended.
I know I don't have to tell you this, but our bodies change as we age. Our sexual response cycle changes too. You are familiar with the four stages of the sexual response cycle, right? In case you are not, they are — arousal, plateau, orgasm and resolution. Despite the changes that aging brings, there's no good reason why you shouldn't be able to enjoy a happy, healthy sex life. Of course, having a healthy mind-set about sex will also help.
A rich and full sex life, possibly even like the one you shared with your recently departed wife, will involve some patience and understanding and possibly some reprogramming of old ways of looking at sex. For example, performance issues are only a problem if you are expecting something of your body that it cannot deliver. And if you date within your age group, you'll find that all your peers will be just as familiar as you with dwindling physical capacities.
So ok, it's gonna take considerably longer to get a hardon at your age — that's a given. This just means you need to take your time, increase and focus the stimulation and while your cock is taking its sweet time to point skyward, enjoy all the sensual pleasures coming your way in the meantime. That last part is really difficult for us aging men folk. Sometimes we concentrate so fiercely on gettin our dick hard that we miss all the great pleasuring stuff that is happening all around us.
Once you get your boner goin, I suggest that you add a little stiffy insurance. Wear a cockring. If you don't know what that is, check out my Sex Toy Review Site. Use the search function; type in "cockring" and presto! You'll find all kinds of information on these helpful little buggers.
I know a number of older men, particularly those with high blood pressure, who are unable to take erection-enhancing meds like Viagra, who are turning to penis pumps to get their wood started. Not sure what a penis pump is or does. Well, time to do more online research at my Sex Toy Review Site. Again, use the search function; type in "penis pump" and presto! Loads of information about these helpful tools will appear.
I'm hoping that when you say that you and your wife "had a comfortable life" together, where performance was never an issue that you're telling me that your sex life wasn't all about getting it up and getting it off. Sexual pleasure can come through all kinds of sex play — touching, talking, and being physically close, oral sex as well as full on fucking. I'd be willing to guess that your future partners will appreciate you being a fully sensual lover, not just a sexual performer.
Remember the proverbial cum shot is not the same thing as an orgasm. Lots of seasoned older men are able to be orgasmic without a full erection or an ejaculation. You may even find that you are capable of several very satisfying mini orgasms instead of the one BIG-O of years past. I encourage you not to fall into the trap of equating sexual functioning with manliness; that's a dead end.
This challenging new phase in your life, daunting as it might be, can also be an exciting adventure of self-discovery. You basically have permission to re-imagine and redefine what type of sexual expression suits you best at this stage in your life. One good way of testing the waters, so to speak is to start with self-pleasuring. This is the perfect opportunity to experiment with sexual performance enhancing toys like a cockring, vibrator or a penis pump. If you haven't done so already, why not discover the pleasures of your ass. Happily, you don't need an erection to enjoy some good old-fashioned butt play; your prostate will do all the work.
You may discover you have new or yet unexplored interests in other sexual expressions like role-playing, kink, or maybe even same-sex partners. Just because your earlier life may have been pretty straight and vanilla, doesn't mean it has to stay that way. The more you know about your body and what turns you on, the more information you'll be able to share with your partners.
Unabashedly sharing your newfound sexual experiences and interests with others will be the basis for your future partnered sexual expression. Know that other women and men of your age group are also rediscovering and reawakening their sexuality. What a great joy it would be to explore the territory together.
I invite you to rekindle your natural curiosity about the wide range of human sexual expression. Take it slow. Learn to communicate effectively: share what makes you feel good with your partners and be sure to ask them what turns them on. Don't take yourself too seriously, and keep it playful. And most of all, keep an open mind about all of this, will ya?
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Germantown - The endless updowns on the lengthy Al McGuire Center court on the Marquette University campus were not exactly clearing the mind of Germantown's two-time NOW All-Suburban Boys Basketball Player of the Year Zak Showalter on the afternoon of March 14, two days before the Warhawks' WIAA state semifinal with defending champion Madison Memorial.
He was slightly annoyed at his dad, Germantown coach and NOW All-Suburban co-Coach of the Year Steve Showalter, with whom he had one of their occasional "disagreements" just moments before. It's something that had occurred frequently over the last four years the two had worked closely together in bringing the Warhawks to the pinnacle of Wisconsin prep basketball.
At one point, Steve could be heard calling out to Zak:"Don't get mad at me, get mad at the teammate who missed the pass!" Junior NOW All-Suburban center Luke Fischer knew what would happen next as the outcome of these disagreements never really varied ("It is his team, he's the coach," Zak admitted. "I'm just a player.").
But Zak was a tri-captain and he had some rights and opinions, but just because he could express those opinions didn't mean there weren't consequences for giving voice to them.
"You could tell when they were going to have a 'father-son'moment," Fischer said. "They had their great ones like the hugs at the state championship (following the 72-69 victory over Milwaukee King on March 17) and then they had moments like at that practice, when Zak talks back and he knows he's the only one who can get away with it.
"But we also all knew that the whole team was going to get punished for it." Pushing his teammates Zak, however, who is probably a few cuts too close to his father in terms of personality, will and drive for both's liking, had a method to his madness that March 14 day. The shooting drills, the fast-break drills, the free throws after intense effort (to simulate game conditions) were all going smoothly, too smoothly, in his mind.
In his heart, there wasn't enough passion or intensity given what was at stake just two days later when Germantown would hit the Kohl Center courts with the idea of fulfilling their season-long destiny of claiming a first-ever state championship. Him giving voice to that thought led to the disagreement with his father and coach.
"I just didn't feel we were practicing well," Zak said. "I didn't like the way we looked.
Here we were going to be playing Memorial (in the semifinal) in just two days and we just weren't doing as well as we could have.
"I was frustrated we weren't picking it up. I wanted us to get going." So that led to Steve assigning the up-downs about an hour-and-a-half into the practice and they went on and on.
They went on quietly for about 15 minutes or so and it was then that Zak popped off.
"I can't repeat exactly what I said," said Zak weeks later with a laugh.
Nothing really changed after his outburst, the up-downs continued for a few more minutes, and then practice resumed.
A few days later, the Warhawks blasted Memorial in the semifinal and then edged King in a great state final to fulfill their destiny.
"We were talking (as a coaching staff after the state tournament) and we were wondering if there was really a turning point, somewhere when we really turned the corner," Steve said, "and we agreed it was there. Zak had a few choice words (for me) and then we ran and then he ran harder and harder.
"Initially we thought it was him feeling sorry for himself and being mad at me, but it was really him being frustrated with his teammates and their effort, but he took the blame for that and so took the pressure off them.
"He, in essence, had called them out and it worked. When he got done (running), I think he had the team's ear at that point. He had the team." Meaning, he was going to put them on his back and lead them to this state championship and they had better be ready to follow.
It turned out that they were.
"I never really had to do anything like that before," Zak said, "something when we really didn't seem ready to play.
I just wanted them to know it was unacceptable (the practice effort). ... We (as a team) talked awhile afterward. We talked a ton away and I think it paid off for us." And he had agreement from teammates on that point.
"You didn't think it would help us," said Fischer of the running and the disagreements, "and sometimes you got sick of them. Then Zak starts talking (during the up-downs). Coach was ready to start practice again at that point but Zak basically said 'No, we haven't been punished enough yet.' "And I understood that at the time. There were no hard feeling about it and it all paid off in the end." Like father, like son It also showed how deep the drive to succeed lurks inside both the father and the son.
When asked how closely Zak resembles himself when he was a hard-charging prep baller at Baraboo, Steve said without irony: "It's almost frightening.
There's way too much of myself out there. In fact, I was even more like that in some cases. In some places of life that can serve you well and in others it comes back to bite you.
"He's just very stubborn, driven and motivated." And of those "moments" with his dad in practice, which are now through and will never come back again, Zak said:"We're both stubborn, but then I think about it (whatever the disagreement of the day was about) the rest of the night, sleep on it and then it's a new day." Then he goes and explains how close his dad is to the truth about him and about how their internal resemblance is almost uncanny.
"It's waking up every day in summer at 6 a.m., working out for a couple of hours and then going to play (summer league ball)," Zak said, "so anytime I have a rocky day (as he competes for the University of Wisconsin the next four years), I can just look at that photo (the team championship picture taken in Madison the night of March 17) and it'll bring back good memories." For his father, too.
"He knew he was the one who had to lead his team on the court," Steve said, "and in doing so he wrested some control away from me. I kept most of it, but the kids respected him. They knew he had their backs. They needed him to step forward and he did." And however pragmatic Zak is, he does have a sentimental side. Ask him about the practice jersey that he (as well as the rest of the team) had to turn back in to his father, the coach, early in the afternoon of the state final on March 17.
"That was really sad," Zak said, "because I realized I would never be wearing that again. ... But I'll find a way to get it back (laughs). Dad may still have it around the house somewhere."


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2 earthquakes shake southwestern Greece
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Seismologists say two earthquakes have struck southwestern Greece, both with preliminary magnitudes 5 but with different epicenters. No injuries or damage were immediately reported.
The Athens Geodynamic Institute said the first quake struck at 5:12 a.m. Sunday, with an epicenter beneath the seabed 43 miles southwest of the Ionian island of Zakinthos. The second struck more than two hours later off the southwestern shore of the Peloponnese.
The U.S. Geological survey gave the first quake a preliminary magnitude of 4.9, and the second 5. Preliminary magnitudes often vary in the early hours after a quake.
Greece is in an earthquake-prone region, but most have epicenters deep beneath the seabed and rarely cause damage or injuries.
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Knock Off Albertus Magnus 112-63
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – James Jones, the Joel E. Smilow, Class of 1954 Head Coach of Men's Basketball at Yale, got everything he hoped for out of Tuesday's 112-63 victory over Albertus Magnus.
"We had some guys that gained confidence, and we got some guys that haven't played an opportunity to play," he said.
There were certainly plenty of positives. Austin Morgan led the way with 16 points, one of five players to score in double figures for the Bulldogs. Justin Sears, Sam Martin and Will Childs-Klein each added 12 points and Jeremiah Kreisberg scored 11.
All 13 players that dressed scored.
"Everybody on this team is a good basketball player," Morgan said, "and everybody has a specific skill set that helps us win."
Some of the individual stat lines were quite impressive. Kreisberg was 5-of-5 from the field, while Morgan went 5-of-6 from the field, including 4-for-5 from three-point range. Childs-Klein scored his career-high 12 points in only nine minutes. Javier Duren flirted with a double-double, scoring eight points and grabbing a career-high 10 rebounds. Michael Grace contributed seven assists, and Armani Cotton added seven points and seven rebounds. Greg Kelley added nine points and six rebounds in 14 minutes.
Freshmen Jack Montague and Nick Victor also had career nights. Montague scored nine points, while Victor added four points and four rebounds.
Yale's bench outscored Albertus's 62-9.
"It was important the way we did it," Jones said of the victory. "We haven't really hit our stride yet, but I thought we played well offensively."
That would be an understatement. The Bulldogs (4-7) shot 64.6 percent (42-of-65) from the field and had a season-high 27 assists.
Yale also outrebounded the Falcons by an astounding 60-19 margin.
Darius Watson scored 19 points to pace Albertus, which lost for the first time this season.
The 112 points were two shy of the school record, set when the Bulldogs beat Middlebury 114-74 in 1980.
The Bulldogs led by just four, 19-15, six minutes in but used a 31-10 run to seize control.
The lead grew to as many as 50 points in the second half.
The game came at a good time for the Bulldogs, who were coming off a week of final exams and hadn't played since Dec. 8. Yale begins a grueling stretch after the holiday, playing at Nevada on Dec. 28, at St. Mary's on Dec. 30, at Iowa State on Jan. 1, at Holy Cross on Jan. 4 and home against eighth-ranked Florida on Jan. 6.
"We face a myriad of challenges," Morgan said. "Each of those teams is very good, but it will be a good barometer of where we are at."
NOTES: There was a moment of silence prior to the game to remember the victims of the tragic incident at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown. In addition, both coaching staffs and game managment staff wore green and white ribbons (the school colors)… Morgan now needs 28 points to reach 1,000 in his career.
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Macaroni and Cheese… it's everywhere you want to be.
How about Mac and Cheese Pancakes?
Or perhaps Deep Fried Mac and Cheese hamburger buns?
Insane Tourists Defying U.S. Government Shutdown. Hilarious!
Alzheimer's treatment breakthrough. Cure may be as simple as taking a pill.
Researchers say Sprite may be the best hangover cure. I can imagine the forthcoming Sprite commercials already.
How Aliens, Predator and Prometheus will share a universe. Dark Horse is rebooting it all into a single continuity.
Cool toys: Hasbro releases images of their new action figure line-up. Star Wars, Spider Man and Captain America, oh my!
Meet the woman who lives with 50 domesticated skunks. Smell the love.
ColecoVision Kickstarter goes live. Project will resurrect one of the top consoles of the 80′s and its lost catalog of titles.
Enhanced Final Fantasy 6 coming to Android, iOS. Continuing the trend of re-releasing old games to mobile devices.
A new reality Celebrity Gymnastics show in the works. Take celebrities, teach them gymnastics, watch them compete and humiliate each other. Win!


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German Director Proposes 'One-Stop Shop' For Free, Instant, But Non-Exclusive Licenses To Offer Films Online
from the great-idea,-so-it-will-never-happen dept
It's always heartening to come across new ideas for ways to make creations more widely available to the public while allowing artists to benefit. Here's one from the German film director Fred Breinersdorfer, probably best known for his film "Sophie Scholl". In an article that appeared recently on the newspaper site Süddeutsche.de (original in German), he complains about the fact that searching online for his film throws up plenty of unauthorized versions, but precious few authorized ones.
He recognizes that the absence of easy-to-find, easy-to-use legal offerings tends to drive people to infringing sites, and thus offers a radical suggestion for solving this problem. According to his plan, governments would bring in compulsory licensing, so that all films could be made available for anyone to offer online in any way they want, provided they share the proceeds with the people who create the films. He compares this with the mechanical licenses that are available for music. Here's how it would work:
As soon as the usual terms of protection for theatrical release after the premiere [of a film] have expired, everyone would be entitled to offer copies on the Internet -- non-exclusively. This would apply to classic films as well as to new releases. The collecting societies for copyright and related rights involved in a film and its screenplay could create the legal and technical framework for a "one-stop shop", where the license can be obtained and settled in a second by clicking online. The licensee would then decide how to organize and finance the offering.
As Breinersdorfer explains, this would open up all kinds of interesting possibilities:
it could very soon be possible for someone to open a portal where you can watch all German comedies of the silent era up to "Kokowääh 2" as free streaming or a download, funded by advertising or "premium" accounts for the HD version. Another film connoisseur might make a portal with all the films of Oscar winners in the category "Best Supporting Actress", and a third might be devoted to film noir, with the most comprehensive accompanying material, including Chinese subtitles. Anyone who wants to can combine advertising revenue with subscriptions or on-demand billing. An open market of freely-available films could arise against which the online film thieves would have a weak hand because their copies are often of lousy quality.
It's a wonderful vision of how near-frictionless licensing of the world's films would allow exciting speciality sites to be created by taking different "slices" through the cinematic repertoire. And it's exactly how the online market for films ought to be developing by now -- all the technology is there. Pity it will never happen given the dogmatic attitudes of the movie industry, fixated as it is on punishing copyright infringers rather than making money and spreading the joy of cinema.
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Liebowitz explains college participation in town office project

 MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury College President Ron Liebowitz on Tuesday made it clear that the college's current offer of construction aid for <a href="http://www.addisonindependent.com/?q=201405middlebury-readies-revote-tow... proposed Middlebury town office and recreation project is not transferrable to a different project. The college has offered to underwrite $4.5 million of the construction costs for the two town buildings in return for the current municipal building/gym site at 94 Main St. and another town-owned parcel at 6 Cross St.

 Liebowitz explained in an interview with the Independent that any project of more than $1 million has to be individually vetted and endorsed by the college's board of trustees.

 He has already announced that he will be stepping down as college president at the end of next school year. He also noted the college has already agreed, in a separate transaction, to purchase and convey the Lazarus building property on Main Street to the town, along with a 1.4-acre parcel of land off Bakery Lane to be used in a future economic development initiative.

 "So all those things conspire to me to suggest that this is (a final offer)," Liebowitz said.

 The college president said the college "never went after" the 94 Main St. property, but was responding to a selectboard inquiry.

 He added, "There isn't a groundswell of initiative or enthusiasm to go forward with this project absent the selectboard's query of us."

 "This is my last year coming up as president, and there's the old adage, 'You don't want to tie the hands of your successor,' so to put this in the final year of my presidency, to put it to the board during the incoming year of a new president, would be a bit unfair," Liebowitz said.

 The college has also agreed to pay the estimated $1 million costs of moving its Osborne House from the 77 Main St. site to the 6 Cross St. parcel (which would allow the construction of a new town office at 77 Main), and to clear the 94 Main St. parcel and turn it into a public park.

 College officials at this point believe the current $1 million budget for moving the Osborne House and creating the new park will be more than adequate. They have said that any funds left over could be used to make the new town buildings more energy efficient. On Tuesday, Liebowitz further clarified the college's position.

 "We made it clear to (selectboard Chairman) Dean George and others that we didn't want them to skimp on this project, because we thought an important part of this was energy efficiency and the smart building they were contemplating," he said. "So we don't want them to cut corners. We don't know the cost of moving the Osborne House, so we anticipate there will be some flexibility there. Even if there is not flexibility, we asked (town officials) to let us know what the delta is so that we could help out. Because penny-wise, pound-foolish. If it costs a little bit more, it might be well worth it in the long run."

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Nokia 5800 XpressMusic
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Average Ratings
good phone unless you want apps
The Navigation Edition is great. I love the GPS and the operating system isn't terrible. Web browsing is pretty quick, it is easy to scroll and has not frozen on me once. Call quality is good but sometimes with the speaker phone you can hear echoing. Texting is good but because of the narrow screen its best if you do full-qwerty on landscape. Camera is only ok. Even with the 3.2 megapixel camera, everything looked pretty pixelated. I got a few good shots though. The flash and the zoom are pretty much useless. It tends to wash out things and the zoom blurs things way too much. The music player is obviously one of the best things. Its super loud and with the 3.5mm jack its nice to use my own headphones. GPS can be slow to load my points but its more accurate then my friends Garmin sometimes. My biggest issue was the lack of being able to download applications. I contacted Nokia'a care center and they claimed that the Nokia 5800 Navigation edition is different from the Xpressmusic edition. I never saw the different but I got the same answer from different "specialists". You will not be able to download applications like, youtube, facbook, etc. for this phone. I was able to download about 5 before I mysteriously could not get on Ovi store. I asked if it was a glitch and they said no. Not sure what its about since I was version (31.21.101) If you don't care about getting applications then this is a great phone.
Great multimedia phone! good phone overall..
first of, the phone comes with a lot of accessories together with the package.
* stylus
* Hard carrying case
* Wrist strap
* Stand for movie watching and slide shows
* Additional stylus
* Stereo hands-free/headphones for a 3.5mm jack
* microUSB cable
* TV-out cable
* Wall Charger
* 8 GB microSD card
* User Manual
can't think of any accessories that i'll be needing.. well, aside from upgrading it to 16 gigs memory and a screen protector since this is a touch screen phone.
i liked the case that came with it cause it's made from hard rubber and you can slide the phone from either side.. the phone generally looked good, i liked the red one.. it's the color that i bought.. the blue one looked pale in color.
the phone is not one of the thinnest out there, but not that thick also.. it's also narrower and longer compared to the iphone and it's generally because of the 3.2 in. widescreen display.. the phone really feels good to hold..
the user interface is very intuitive and easy to use! but i'd actually prefer the software to be s40 instead of s60 for it to becaome more easy to use and intuitive..
when it comes to connectivity, it packs a lot! it has wi-fi, stereo bluetooth, gps, mms, sms, video calling capable, can of course do internet and e-mail and on and on..
webpage rendering is as is on a pc and very easy to navigate..
when it comes to text input, the phone offers a lot of options from full qwerty to standard alphanumerics to handwriting recognition and also has a mini qwerty..
very good sound quality, the best that i've heard from a mobile phone! both on speakerphone and with supplied headset! has very good screen for watching movies and browsing through pictures due to it's high resolution and bright display..
the only cons for me about this phone would be the earpiece when it comes to making calls, you would need to move the earpiece around your ear and find a good spot to hear the other end and that it's an s60 os, aside from that a very good phone!
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Excellent Phone
I like this phone a lot. I came from a N95-4 and loved that phone while I had it. The 5800 NAM (North American) version is a worthy replacement.
Fast 3g speeds on ATT
Programs load fast
Very good reception
Easy to learn touchscreen and menus
Well built and seems durable
Easy to set up wizard system and data transfers
Pairs almost instantly and every time with my car
Super sound quality
Bright, large screen
Not a lot of supported software (ie slingplayer, yahoo go)
I have to use my fingernail, instead of the tip of the finger, to type in the vertical position
All in all I love this phone.
Those coming from an iPhone, remember, this is a resistive touchscreen, not capacitive and take some time to learn. It may not be as smooth, but after some time you will get use to it.
Awesome phone and helpfull service
Its been a while that my gf is using this Nokia 5800 XpressMusic. I got this ph for her in her last birthday ..man she loves the phone more then me I guees any way this phone really rocks ..the camera , sound , style and the touch everything is totally cool . It was the perfect gift for her ... and the pic is nothing to mention the 3.15 Mp camera in it seems like making even the night pic lokks like taken one at the day time .. I got it from myworldphone .com and they delivered it to my door ... the shipping system was good too . i like the phone and as well the company where from i buy the phone,, they r really nice ....
love it
I used to have a gps receiver, a HP IPAQ and a phone Now I have a phone that does it all (oh yeah, I used to need my IPOD as well)
Pros GPS is better than Delorme, the whole thing is light and phone works great. I am not so into apps so . . . OVI map download is more efficient than any of my old GPS programs. The speaker is awesome better than my Jabra Bluetooth car speaker unit.
Cons Battery goes quickly but my old phone was a Motorola V9 so what is new at least now I have a phone that does it all. $199 after rebate, a crazy good price.
4.5 a 5 if battery were better.
I love this phone.
large screen: the biggest problem with my old phone was the screen was just too small the 3.2" is great in my hand not too wide and things just look crisp even the crapiest youtube video seems watchable on your phone.
stylus: the included stylus is great built in so you don't loose it and its not really required just good to have.
OS: the OS is fast and responsive it really is S60 optimized for tough so its very familiar if you use s60 now
Music: this phone is made for music its great can't really say much the built in stereo speakers are great and the 3.5mm jack is great as well... music on phone is great.
Community: people that have nokias love their nokias and make awesome stuff for them google nokia 5800 and the amount of free stuff is absurd.
Wifi:it has wifi works great very fast logins
Camera: its a 3.2 mega pixel but it just doesn't seem that great it will do for a pinch but it certainly is not great.
Homescreen: its fine I just can't have both contacts and apps you have to pick its suppose to be changed in v40 firmware
Browser: it randomly turns off at points its weird not sure why it happens.
since this phone competes with the iphone I have to mention them. Many apps are available on the ovi store what isn't available in sis format is available in java format the phone includes an intuitive way to add a keypad although its only arrow keys and five other keys.
love my phone the camera is a compromise but the inclusion of wifi and a great set of music features is great.
Unknown Problems
I had this phone for 24 hours.
1. It wouldn't sync
2. Could not download apps (this was the XpressMusic version, not the Navigation version)
3. One-touch dial would not work at all.
After talking to Customer Service, they had no clue, and would not transfer me to a level 2 tech. Without those features, the phone is not usable for me.
I sent the phone back to Nokia for a refund. Thinking that it was a unique problem to that particular set, I considered re-purchasing another. But according to what I read here, that may not be the case. Maybe it's better to just wait for the AT&T version of the Google phone.
While I had the phone, I liked the feel and the screen. The camera isn't what the N95 is, but it isn't supposed to be. Don't know why Nokia chose to downgrade that, but...
5800 AKA tube
PRO's This new Nokia has a lot of power and quick responce time. Google Maps work's very well with its built in GPS. Runs several bluetooth devices simultaneously. Touch interface allows quick transition from folder to folder. Play's music over bluetooth car stereo or mono headset. Applications are easily installed with Nokia software. Sound quality is excellent. Camera takes decent photo's outside. Can use flash as a flashlight with installed app. Web browser works very good and faster than N95.
Con's Cannot get Pandora radio or shazam, but with installed music and 8gb memory card you will have more hours of music than battery life.
Touch paradise- all from Nokia
I've owned only 4 phones in my time and 3 of them have been Nokia. I keep going back to Nokia because they make a phone work like a phone should first and foremost. Second, the build quality and overall quality of their phones are second to none.
That said, I wanted a touch phone and the 5800 fits the bill and more.
The interface is largely the same as any other Symbian phone only optimized for touch now. I found the menus to be straightforward and everything seems logically placed, especially the screen lock on the side of the phone. The touch works extremely well once you get used to it (need to hit it more towards the nail of your finger than the blunt part of your finger.) I found texting to be generally decent and the full qwerty layout works extremely well once you get used to it.
Overall, this phone is everything you expect from a premier Nokia phone, just with a full touch interface and an extremely reasonable price tag.
Nokia Does it Again
Nice Size Semi Thin
8gb Memory card included
Great Colors on Screen
Software is excellent fast
Loud Ringers
Excellent Sounding Speaker System Stereo Sound Dual Speakers
Different Options for typing Text Messages
3.5mm Headset Jack For Jammin
Camera is decent
Leaves alot of fingerprints on screen
Touchscreen is not very sensitive need to tap more than once on some things to get it to function
Dialer Doesn't have corresponding Letters with Number pad, bummer when trying to save a number with just alphas
Overall ... I love it
The speaker system is awesome dual speaker
Clean sound on calls
I like it more than My N81 8gb
NOKIA is the Way to Go...You won't be disappointed.


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Marketers (and those who hire them) want everything they do to pay off in some fashion. You're making an investment in a website, or email marketing, or social media marketing, and of course you want to see positive results. Measuring the ROI of a website or online marketing campaign is getting easier, but it still takes know-how to drill through the numbers and tell your finance department what they want to know. Here are a few thoughts on calculating the ROI of your online marketing efforts.
Getting Started
Let's say you're just setting up your business and getting all your marketing materials in order, including your website. If you have a business plan for your business, you'll probably have heard that it should be a living document. While a business plan is a good start, it needs to be adjusted as your new business meets the realities of the market. A plan is great, but being able to measure and adjust as you go is a necessity.
So, how do you calculate a projected ROI for your new website? Simple. You take an educated guess, then you launch, measure, figure out what's working and what's not working, adjust and repeat. Let's look at some of the factors that could come into play with this scenario.
Assumption: New website development cost is $10,000. Website will generate 5 new leads per month. With a closing rate of 40%, website sales will result in two new customers per month. The average value of a sale is $2000, so the website will generate $4000 in monthly sales. After 3 months, there will be $12,000 in sales attributed to the website. With a 20% profit margin, there will be $2400 in profits after 3 months from web sales.
Reality: New website costs $10,000, as budgeted. Website generates 2 new leads a month. After 3 months, there are 3 new clients, representing a closing rate of 50%. The average value of those sales is $1000, resulting in $3000 in revenue. The profit margin on these smaller jobs is only 10%, so there is a $300 profit from web sales after 3 months.
What Do You Do?
Nobody's happy when a website doesn't perform. Customers aren't happy. Developers aren't happy because their customers aren't happy. People who genuinely need the product or service being offered aren't happy either, because they aren't getting what they need. What to do?
There are many things that can be evaluated and tweaked to make a website perform better. Here are a few thoughts.
- What is the website's reach? Are enough people coming to the website? Google Analytics is your friend here. If people aren't coming to your website, you can't expect great things from it. If you're expecting your website to convert visitors into leads, you have to make sure there are enough visitors coming to it. What can you do? Buy advertising. Better your SEO. Do content marketing - and market your content through social media and other channels.
- How is the website converting? If 100 people come to your website every month and five people make a sales inquiry, your conversion rate is 5%. What if your conversion rate's only 1%? You'll need 400 more visitors to make up the difference. What can you do? Have better website content. Improve your CTA (Calls to Action). Make sure you're reaching your target audience. Ensure your website design, or site loading times or other on-site factors aren't turning people away.
- How is your sales staff converting? Unless your website is purely and e-commerce site, your sales staff are the ones converting leads from the website into customers. The website has done its job and pre-sold your product or service to a prospective customer. Now it's your sales staff who need to perform. Are they doing a good job? Do they have the tools they need to succeed? Did the website do such a good job that all your staff need to do is take the order or is there still a hard sale ahead? What can you do when sales staff don't perform? Invest in better training, systems, or people.
There's another factor to take into consideration with the above scenario. What if you didn't spend $10,000 on a website? What would you have done with the money? Would that have been money you didn't have to borrow? Would it be money you could have invested in other revenue-generating activity? While it's generally agreed that most businesses need a website, it's also true for some businesses that it's really not necessary for their success. It is possible for a business to have an online presence that's completely based on social media presence and exposure, but those businesses are the exceptions, not the norm. In the above scenario, there could also be a financial and psychological cost of not having a website. These things are difficult to measure, but not impossible.
As the title of this article suggests, this is part 1 of a discussion of how to measure ROI from your online marketing efforts. If you have questions or comments, I look forward to hearing from you. Your contribution to the discussion is appreciated.


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A genus of inornate hard ticks (family Ixodidae) consisting of about 50 species, all of which are Old World except Rhipicephalus sanguineus. Eyes and festoons are present in both sexes; short palpi and ventral plates are present only in the male. The genus includes important vectors of disease in humans and domestic animals.
[G. rhipis, fan, + kephalē, head]
Rhipicephalus/Rhi·pi·ceph·a·lus/ (ri″pĭ-sef´ah-lus) a genus of cattle ticks, many species of which transmit disease-producing organisms, such as Babesia ovis, B. canis, Rickettsia rickettsii, and R. conorii.
Rhipicephalus(rī″pĭ-sĕf′ă-lŭs) [Gr. rhipis, fan, + kephale, head]
A genus of ticks belonging to the family Ixodidae. Several species, esp. R. sanguineus, are vectors for the organisms of spotted fever, boutonneuse fever, and other rickettsial diseases.
a genus of ticks in the family Ixodidae.
Rhipicephalus appendiculatus
a three-host tick found on most animal species. Called also brown ear tick. Transmits Theileria parva, Babesia spp. and other protozoan and viral diseases including Nairobi sheep disease and louping ill. It is the principal vector of East Coast fever.
Rhipicephalus ayrei
transmits Theileria parva.
Rhipicephalus bursa
transmits Babesia, Theileria, Anaplasma, Rickettsia, Anaplasma, Coxiella spp.
Rhipicephalus capensis
a three-host tick, parasitic on cattle; transmits East Coast fever.
Rhipicephalus evertsi
a two-host tick; transmits Theileria, Babesia, Borrelia, Rickettsia spp. Called also red-legged tick.
Rhipicephalus jeanelli
transmits Theileria parva.
Rhipicephalus neavei
transmits Theileria parva.
Rhipicephalus pulchellus
transmits Nairobi sheep disease virus and Theileria parva.
Rhipicephalus sanguineus
a three-host tick, mainly a parasite of dogs but occurs on all species of mammals and birds. It transmits Babesia, Borrelia, Coxiella, Rickettsia, Anaplasma and Pasteurella spp. Also causes tick paralysis.
Rhipicephalus simus
a three-host tick that transmits Theileria parva.


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Application Fee
Fall 2019:
For Undergraduate students (Domestic and International), the non-refundable application fee is $35.00 and is due at the time of your application submission. Payments are made online as part of the application process.
This applies to Pacific's own online application and the online Common Application.
Pacific wants to make sure that application fees do not pose a barrier for any student who wishes to apply for admission. To qualify for a fee waiver, you must meet at least one of the following indicators of economic need:
- You have received or are eligible to receive an ACT or SAT testing fee waiver.
- You are enrolled in or eligible to participate in the Federal Free or Reduced Price Lunch program (FRPL).
- Your annual family income falls within the Income Eligibility Guidelines set by the USDA Food and Nutrition Service.
- You are enrolled in a federal, state, or local program that aids students from low-income families (e.g., TRIO programs such as Upward Bound).
- Your family receives public assistance.
- You live in federally subsidized public housing, a foster home or are homeless.
- You are a ward of the state or an orphan.
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Margaret E. Wigington, age 81, of Upper Arlington, Ohio, died Tuesday, April 2, 2013, at Riverside Methodist Hospital, Columbus, Ohio. She was born Sept. 10, 1931, in Marion, Kan., daughter of the late Frank E. and Eldena (Williamson) Willey.
A devoted wife, mother and grandmother, Margaret will be dearly missed by her husband of 61 years, Ronald L.; her children, Carol (Michael) Lauber, David (Patricia) Wigington and Brian (Yvonne) Wigington; her beloved grandchildren, Steve, Melinda, Christina, Tiffany, Shannon, Caitlin, Zachary, Breanna, Taylor, Jordan, Ashleigh, Gabriel and Isaac; other relatives and many friends.
Margaret was preceded in death by her daughter Linda Lucas and twin brothers, Elden and Welden Willey.
She was an active member and leader of the crafts group at the Upper Arlington Senior Center and active in the women's crafts group at North Congregational Church. She loved all kinds of crafts especially knitting and cross-stitching. In her spare time, Margaret was avid in family genealogy searches and traveling/cruises.
Visitation was Friday at Schroedinger Northwest Chapel, Columbus, Ohio. Funeral service was Saturday at the chapel. Interment followed at Kingwood Memorial Park.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Upper Arlington Senior Association, c/o UA Senior Center, 1945 Ridgecliff Road, Columbus, OH 43221, in her memory. Please visit http://www.schoedinger.com to send condolences to her family.


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Source: Organic Valley
Organic Valley, the nation's largest cooperative of organic farmers and a leading organic brand, today announced their 2012 year-end results, exceeding expectations in spite of a year of challenges that included the worst drought in 25 years.
In 2012, the farmer-owned cooperative brought on 211 new farmers for 11 percent member growth across the country, increased sales from $715 million in 2011 to $860 million for 20 percent growth, and donated more than $2.2 million to nonprofit organizations dedicated to advancing organic food and farming, and building community.
"The widespread drought creating feed shortages was tough, yet our farmer-owned cooperative model proved resilient," said George Siemon, CEO and founding farmer of Organic Valley. "Our farm families and community came together to face the feed shortage while continuing to focus on providing the very best food nature can produce."
While Organic Valley grew 20 percent, projections indicate the organic industry overall grew nearly 10% for the second straight year. Organic sales reached $30 billion in 2011. More than an estimated 70% of organic consumers are moms who seek nutritious, delicious, food for their families that is produced without antibiotics, pesticides, synthetic hormones, or GMOs.
"We are humbled by the amazing growth of organic," adds Siemon. "Families continue to embrace organic as the best food and also as a lifestyle choice. Because of this, organic continues to be a lifeline to family farmers so they can keep farming for generations to come."
In certain regions, Organic Valley saw more growth than ever. In 2012, Organic Valley brought on new farmers in regions such as California, where we went from 17 farmer-owners to 50 by year-end.
New products were also launched in 2012, including the first-ever unprocessed, organic American cheese singles. Organic Valley American Singles™ are 100% real cheese, providing families with a healthier alternative to "processed cheese food" and a delicious, smooth-melting cheese perfect for sandwiches and snacks.
Organic Valley: Independent and Farmer-Owned
Organic Valley is America's largest cooperative of organic farmers and one of
the nation's leading organic brands. Organized in 1988, it represents 1,814
farmers in 35 states and three Canadian provinces, and achieved $715 million in
2011 sales. Focused on its founding mission of saving family farms through
organic farming, Organic Valley produces a variety of organic foods, including
organic milk, soy, cheese, butter, spreads, creams, eggs, produce and juice,
which are sold in supermarkets, natural foods stores and food cooperatives
nationwide. With its regional model, milk is produced, bottled and distributed
right in the region where it is farmed to ensure fewer miles from farm to table
and to support our local economies. For further information, and to learn about
Organic Valley's 25 years of sustainable agriculture as it celebrates its
anniversary in 2013, visit www.organicvalley.coop. Organic Valley is also on
Twitter @OrganicValley and Facebook www.facebook.com/OrganicValley.


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My name is Rochelle 'Shelley" Summerlin. I am a candidate for Eminence City Council.
When I filed my candidacy papers, there was a question that asked, 'How do you want your name to appear on the ballot." I wrote 'Shelley' Summerlin, which is the name on my cards and signs. However, imagine my surprise when I saw the name on the ballot was Rochelle Summerlin. I would like the voters to know that Rochelle and Shelley are the same person.
I also want the voters to know why I am running.
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Three years ago, pop punks All Time Low thought they were about to make it big.
Riding the coattails of their successful studio album "Nothing Personal," which debuted in July 2009, they had just signed to major label Interscope Records. Finally, with a well-known label, they could break into mainstream radio and grow their fan base.
Now, they know better. The only album they released through Interscope, "Dirty Work," was received by much of their longstanding fan base as too glossy and tongue-in-cheek, and sales were far lower than expected.
These days, All Time Low is back, re-signed to their original independent label, Hopeless Records and touring with a new album that returns to their roots — literally. The band will round out their "Rockshow at the End of the World Tour" with back-to-back sold-out shows at Rams Head Live and the Recher Theatre in Baltimore Friday and Saturday night, respectively.
Guitarist Jack Barakat said he doesn't regret the band's experience with Interscope; through the label, All Time Low was introduced to Weezer front man Rivers Cuomo as well as Mike Green, the sole producer on their October album, Don't Panic.
"You never really know where a record label could take you; it was uncharted territory," Barakat said. "We realized it's not something we really need because we have a fan base that cares about us."
Keeping that fan base in mind, vocalist and songwriter Alex Gaskarth went back to writing music with honest, relatable lyrics that told a story, including "For Baltimore," an ode to the city where All Time Low got its start.
"The whole record's about coming home and being back at Hopeless, so it felt right to have a song about Baltimore," Barakat said. "It's the place that makes us who we are."
The band originally shot a video in downtown Baltimore but weren't happy with the results, so they decided to create an animated video. It features Gaskarth as a high school student who rushes around after his crush only to find himself face-to-face with his future self performing at "Bulls Head Live."
All Time Low was formed while its members were still in high school almost 10 years ago, and Barakat said they've been having flashbacks from back then, so "For Baltimore" is an especially fitting tribute.
The title of the album "Don't Panic" refers partially to a "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" catchphrase and partially to the band's emotions while writing and recording the album — all of which was done before All Time Low re-signed with Hopeless Records.
"It was our first time being unsigned since high school," Barakat said. "We weren't sure what was going to happen next, and we didn't really have a solid plan. But it was a message to our fans: Don't freak out; we'll be back."
Barakat's favorite songs off the album are "Backseat Serenade" and "Somewhere in Neverland," because they combine what All Time Low is "going to sound like and what we have sounded like." "Somewhere in Neverland" directly parallels that sentiment.
"The Peter Pan story has always been a theme in our lives," Barakat said. "Not wanting to grow up but having to."
All Time Low has always toured extensively, and the band continues to do so, co-headlining Canada with Yellowcard in January and then touring the United Kingdom with Summer Set in February.
Fans still throw bras and underwear on stage during performances, something Barakat said started about five or six years ago. Eventually, the band started keeping the underclothes just to count how much they had. Barakat said the number was up to 3,000 two or three years ago, adding that All Time Low has started donating a dollar to breast cancer charities for every bra.
Barakat said the band's goals for the future include releasing some DVDS and perhaps a few acoustic side projects — another return to their early career, when they produced a DVD of their MTV Unplugged acoustic recording session.
But most of all, they just want to keep touring.
"It's all we really have," Barakat said. "It's how we reach our fans; it's our lives; it's our career at this point. Without it, we are nothing."
If you go
All Time Low performs Friday at Rams Head Live, 24 Market Place in Power Plant Live, and Saturday at the Recher Theatre, 512 York Road in Towson. Both shows are sold out.


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- Wildlife
- Birds
- Tits, goldcrests and warblers
- Reed Warbler
Amy Lewis
The Reed Warbler is a medium-sized warbler of reedbeds. A summer visitor breeding in the UK, it weaves its nest as a sling between two or three reed stems; the female lays three to five eggs in it. Forming monogamous pairs, both parents raise the chicks, bringing them insects to eat. Reed Warblers are common victims of brood-parasitism by Cuckoos. Having laid an egg in the nest while the parents are unaware, the female Cuckoo leaves the intruding chick to hatch. The Cuckoo chick pushes all the other eggs and chicks out of the nest so its foster, Reed Warbler parents can concentrate solely on bringing it food.
How to identify
Reed Warblers are a plain, warm brown above and buff below, with a pale throat and a short, pale stripe in front of the eye. You are more likely to hear their 'churring' song, than see them amongst the reeds.
Where to find it
Widespread summer visitor to lowland central and southern England and Wales. Rarer in Scotland and Northern Ireland.
When to find it
- April
- May
- June
- July
- August
- September
- October
How can people help
To help wetland birds such as the Reed Warbler, The Wildlife Trusts manage many wetland nature reserves sympathetically - scrub clearance, ditch and scrape digging and reedbed planting and cutting are just some of the management techniques used to benefit wildlife. You can help by supporting your local Trust and becoming a member; you'll find out about exciting wildlife happenings, events on your doorstep and volunteering opportunities, and be helping local wildlife along the way.


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In Response to Reported Case of Multi-Drug Resistant HIV in NYC, HIV Prevention Leaders Urged a Clear and Targeted Public Health Response, Increased Resources for Primary HIV Prevention and Continued Collaboration With Medical Providers
Chicago -- In response to a reported case of a multiple-drug-resistant strain of HIV recently identified in New York City, members of the Urban Coalition for HIV/AIDS Prevention Services (UCHAPS) urged continued community, government and public health emphasis on primary HIV prevention activities and coordinated delivery of health promotion messages to communities at increased risk of acquiring or transmitting the disease. New York City is a UCHAPS member jurisdiction and leads the nation in cumulative HIV/AIDS cases, with more than 137,000 diagnosed cases of AIDS.
UCHAPS called upon state and local governments, health agencies and prevention programs to conduct a clear and targeted public health response, including increased resources for primary prevention, increased public awareness, and continued collaboration with public health and medical providers.
This reported multiple-drug-resistant strain of HIV (3-DCR HIV: three-class antiretroviral resistant HIV) highlights the need for HIV prevention programs to continue a focus on primary prevention, which works towards the reduction of high-risk sexual behaviors and substance use, among others. "It's important that the community continues to embrace HIV prevention," said Steven Walker, the UCHAPS Community Co-Chair, "this newly reported case highlights the need for more community-level interventions that seek to address and change community norms regarding HIV risk behaviors. We know that we can't address HIV prevention in a vacuum, separate and apart from the other issues that compose the complexities of life."
The co-factors that lead to risk-taking are complex and include a broad range of issues including racism, homophobia, stigma, poverty, and violence, which each must be addressed in a coordinated effort and integrated into a comprehensive health promotion program. "Those of us in health departments are committed to working with our local and national partners, including our colleagues in other highly impacted urban centers and the CDC, to develop proactive responses to this new challenge. Our commitment to the coordination of HIV prevention and AIDS care have been significantly underscored by these recent developments." said Bill Stackhouse, Ph.D., UCHAPS Governmental Co-Chair.
The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene developed resources to assist community groups and health departments in responding to questions about the episode, as well as increasing awareness of medical providers: www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/public/press05/pr016-05.html.
The Urban Coalition of HIV/AIDS Prevention Services (UCHAPS) is a coalition of HIV prevention leaders in six cities that collectively represent one-third of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the United States and includes New York City, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Houston, and Chicago. For more information, www.uchaps.org.


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The Craiglynne Hotel
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The Craiglynne Hotel is set right in the heart of the Highlands in Grantown-on-Spey, only 14 miles from the busy Scottish resort of Aviemore with views over the Cromdale Hills.
This great value hotel is full of traditional Scottish charm. The hotel dates back to Victorian times and still maintains the attractive stone façade with towers, and bay windows looking on to the pretty gardens with picnic tables.
The interior is comfortable and homely; the public rooms and restaurant feature chandeliers, natural décor and large lounge areas with roaring log fires. The guestrooms are spacious and comfortable with a tartan twist, some rooms have views of the Cairngorms, all have flat screen TVs, en-suite bathrooms and welcome tea tray.
Grantown-on-Spey in Scotland is renowned for friendly hospitality and the team at The Craiglynne offers a warm welcome to every guest. The area has so much to offer with a diverse mix of outdoor activities like walking, shooting, gorge walking and bird watching. The winter months bring their own sports when Highland snow falls, like skiing and snowboarding, all on offer in Cairngorms National Park, right on the door step.
Grantown-on-Spey is a traditional Highland town on the River Spey, perfect for those that like fishing. The town has a charming square with craft and pottery shops, along with a traditional Scottish tearoom. The hotel is within walking distance to the town center, great for a stroll to walk off your hearty Crerar breakfast. Visitors to the town can take in the Grantown museum and the must see attraction of the Strathspey Steam Railway. The area is also famous for Speyside whisky and the only Malt Whisky Trail in the world.
So, if you are looking for a Highland getaway break to Scotland to experience these rich surroundings then The Craiglynne Hotel is a great hotel to base yourself whilst taking a short break, last-minute hotel deal or weekend away… When will you come?
The Craiglynne Hotel in Grantown-on-Spey is set in manicured gardens with views onto the Cromdale Hills – what better backdrop for any front and back garden! The gardens are pretty with a fish pond and weathervanes. There are picnic tables on the lawn, so that on a fine Scottish summer's day guests can eat a light lunch or afternoon tea al fresco and take a pre-dinner drink out into the gardens to watch the sunset.
Find us…
The hotel is located 12 miles from Aviemore Station and 33 miles from Inverness Airport. It is only a few minute's drive from the River Spey and Cairngorms National Park.


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