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Today APRAAMCOS NZ announced the top 20 songs in the running for the 2018 APRA Silver Scroll Award - congratulations to all the songwriters.
The judging panel chose 20 songs from the 230+ entries received. All NZ APRA members are now invited to listen to the top 20 and then vote for their top 5 songs, which will determine the finalists and the winner.
Voting closes at 5pm on Friday 3 August.
The finalists are:
- A Woman's Pain, written and performed by Tami Neilson
- Alright, written by Sam de Jong and Cynthia Nabozny, performed by Cyn
- Aztechknowledgey, written and performed by Troy Kingi
- Black Crow, written by Louis Baker and Steve Rusch, performed by Louis Baker
- Conquer, written by Isaiah Libeau, Daniel Latu, and Amon McGoram, performed by SWIDT
- December, written by Joshua Burgess, Charles Ryder, Christie Simpson, and Samuel Perry, performed by Yumi Zouma
- Future Me Hates Me, written by Elizabeth Stokes, performed by The Beths
- Hours, written by Julien Dyne , Brandon Haru , and Karoline Tamati, performed by Julien Dyne featuring Ladi6
- Hunnybee, written by Ruban Nielson, Kody Nielson, and Jacob Portrait, performed by Unknown Mortal Orchestra
- Kalega, written by Rob Ruha and Taina Keelan, performed by Rob Ruha & The Witch Dr
- Laugh It Off, written by Chelsea Jade Metcalf and Bradley Hale performed by Chelsea Jade
- New Wave, written and performed by Seth Haapu
- Nobody Gets What They Want Anymore, written and performed by Marlon Williams
- Nothing To Regret, written by Anna Robinson, Allison Crystal, and Larzz Principato, performed by Robinson
- Slow Train Creek, written and performed by Holly Arrowsmith
- Temporary Me, written by Kingdon Chapple-Wilson, performed by Kings
- Two Free Hands, written and performed by Anthonie Tonnon
- Wallace Line, written by Michael Cathro, performed by Ha The Unclear
- We Light Fire, written and performed by Julia Deans
- You Got Me, written and performed by Lisa Crawley


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Caffeine and Octane
- Jan 7, 2018 – Dec 2, 2018
North America's largest car exposition is a monthly event at Perimeter Mall. Caffeine and Octane is a nationally recognized all makes, all models car show that regularly attracts over 2000 vehicles and 15,000 fans. The event is held (rain or shine) the first Sunday morning of each month from 8 to 11 a.m. at Perimeter Mall, located on the Northside of Atlanta in Dunwoody. The Caffeine & Octane faithful get up very early to watch the parade of hundreds of cars that begin arriving well before sunrise.
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The Gainesville Theatre Alliance will present a stage tour for its upcoming production of "The Odyssey" at 6 p.m. on March 27 in the University of North Georgia's Ed Cabell Theatre. The stage tour is free and open to the public.
For more information on the stage tour or the upcoming performance, call 678-717-3624 or visit www.gainesvilleTHEATREalliance.org.


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Business Office Assistant I (Seasonal)
Ventura County Community College District
Salary: $34,212.00 - $47,172.00 Annually
Job Type: Classified
Job Number: 2019-01149
Location: Districtwide (Ventura County CA), CA
Department: Districtwide
Closing: 2/17/2019 11:59 PM Pacific
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This recruitment is being conducted to establish a list of eligible candidates that will be used to fill district-wide, current and upcoming, temporary and regular vacancies for the duration of the list, not to exceed one year. The immediate vacancy is a seasonal 6 month, 100% position located at Moorpark College. To be considered for this position, you must be willing to accept a seasonal assignment. A seasonal assignment is defined as less than or equal to six months per year with two unpaid breaks in service during the assignment. For example, a six month seasonal employee may be asked to work three months at the start of the spring and fall semesters with a three month break in between.
Under the direction and supervision of an assigned supervisor, perform a variety of work in the Student Business office.
Representative Duties
Answer phones, act as receptionist, obtain/provide information and assistance to various parties concerning school or office functions, policies, and procedures. E
Collect fees (material, health, enrollment, etc), sell parking permits, etc., and input into the computer system. E
Post Trust and Agency, children's center, etc. deposits and payments according to established procedures. E
Operate a variety of office machines including cash register, calculator, computer, bill counter, coin sorter and charge card machines. E
Reconcile, count and prepare previous day's receipts for deposit completing appropriate collection reports. E
Prepare and/or verify computer input of financial data and assemble related reports. E
Balance and adjust students' accounts according to established procedures. E
Process, input and bill third party billings. E
Assist the maintenance of a variety of records, reports, documents and files. E
Assist other office personnel in support of the maintenance of Trust and Agency accounts as directed. E
Perform other related duties as assigned.
E = Essential duties
Minimum Qualifications
Any combination equivalent to: graduation from high school and one year of office assistant experience in a business/educational environment involving frequent personal public contact.
Supplemental Information
This is an examination open to the public and current district employees seeking a promotional opportunity. To ensure consideration, please submit your application materials by February 17, 2019.
The examination process will consist of any of the following components:
A) *Written/Performance Test = Qualifying (pass/fail)
B) Technical Interview = 100% weighting on final score
*The written/performance examination will consist of the following components:
**An original typing/keyboarding certificate issued within the past year will be accepted in lieu of the Keyboarding Skills Test if submitted at the time of testing. You may submit it by uploading it with your application materials or bringing a copy on the scheduled testing day.
Applicants must meet minimum qualifications stated by the filing deadline in order to move forward in the testing process. Those candidates who meet the minimum qualifications will be invited to the written/performance test. The nine (9) candidates with the highest passing scores on the written/performance test will be invited to the technical interview. The examination process is subject to change as needs dictate. All communication regarding this process will be delivered via email.
Date Range: Monday, February 25, 2019 to Friday, March 1, 2019
Location: Ventura County Community College District
761 E. Daily Drive, Suite 200
Camarillo, CA 93010
Date Range: Monday, March 4, 2019 to Friday, March 8, 2019
Location: Ventura County Community College District
761 E. Daily Drive, Suite 200
Camarillo, CA 93010
The above date is subject to change. Candidates will be notified of any scheduling changes via email.
When completing the application, please make sure you include ALL current and previous employment in the Work Experience section of the application and complete ALL fields, including the name and contact information for your supervisors. Experience that is included in the resume but not in the Work Experience section of the application may not be considered for the purpose of determining whether you meet the minimum qualifications nor for the purpose of determining salary placement if you are hired. When completing the application, outline in detail your education, training (such as classes, seminars, workshops), and experience.
All required documents must be submitted by the applicant. Human Resources Department staff will not upload your documents for you. The VCCCD does not accept letters of recommendation for classified positions. Please do not attempt to attach letters of recommendation to your application.
Upon completion of the examination, the eligibility list will be compiled by combining the final examination score with applicable seniority and veteran's credits, if any. The candidates will be ranked according to their total score on the eligibility list. Certification will be made from the highest three ranks of the eligibility list. This eligibility list will be used to fill current vacancies for up to one year from the date of the technical interview.
All appointments made from eligibility lists for initial appointment or for promotion shall be probationary for a period of six (6) months or one hundred thirty (130) days of paid service, whichever is longer.
Individuals with disabilities requiring reasonable accommodation in the selection process must inform the Ventura County Community College District Human Resources Department in writing no later than the filing date stated on the announcement. Those applicants needing such accommodations should document this request including an explanation as to the type and extent of accommodation needed to participate in the selection process.
If you have a foreign degree and the institution from which your degree was granted is not recognized as accredited by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) or the U.S. Department of Education, foreign transcript evaluation is required if the foreign degree/coursework is used to meet minimum qualifications. The foreign transcript evaluation must be included with your application materials. To search institutions that are recognized as accredited by CHEA or the U.S. Department of Education, visit http://www.chea.org/search/search.asp or http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/search.aspx. For a list of recognized organizations providing transcript evaluation services, visit http://www.naces.org/members.htm.
The Ventura County Community College District is committed to the principles of equal employment opportunity. It is the District's policy to ensure that all qualified applicants for employment and employees have full and equal access to employment opportunities and are not subjected to discrimination in any program or activity of the District on the basis of ethnic group identification, race, color, national origin, religion, age, sex, physical disability, mental disability, ancestry, sexual orientation, language, accent, citizenship status, transgender status, parental status, marital status, economic status, veteran status, medical condition, or on the basis of these perceived characteristics, or based on association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics.
To apply, please visit https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/vcccd/jobs/2340613/business-office-assistant-i-seasonal
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Red Light District
The last few months have been a veritable whirlwind of celebrity death, celebrity embarrassment, historic anniversaries, Bubble Boys, healthcare disputes, teabaggery, and financial volatility. It's sometimes comforting to know that even despite our varying interests, likes or dislikes, or political position, we are ultimately all in this together. And, it is in that spirit, that I would like to touch on a topic that affects all of us...at least all of us that drive or ride in an automobile with any frequency whatsoever. Something that truly binds us at the very roots of humanity itself.
In a broad sense, the personalization of one's possessions is not a new or novel idea. Engravings, brands, and paintings date back to the Upper Paleolithic era, thousands and thousands of years age. In modern culture, it is seen as an expression of individuality and creativity, be it a t-shirt, a guitar case, or a necklace. Do not misunderstand. My disdain for this one particularly dark and decaying branch of an otherwise beautiful and flowering tree is highly isolated and should be looked upon as such. It's one of the few things that can subconsciously make my face retch when behind the wheel, as if I've driven through the recent airborne gift of a skunk, or imagined a T-Pain edition of Rock Band. What is this bee in my bonnet? I'll tell you my friends:
The back of your car is apparently the new social media.
Once upon a time, it used to be that you would become "acquaintances" with another person, perhaps through work, church, or social events, then you'd exchange phone numbers or maybe even an email or two. After a socially acceptable period of time, perhaps you'd "hang out" outside the confines of your normal day-to-day relationship in which you met, such as a party or weekend event. At some point during this phase, you would become what is called "friends". This would involve things such as (but not limited to) going on vacations together, introducing spouses or significant others, learning their middle names, babysitting one another's children, and possibly even making it into their will. Not necessarily in that order. And during the "friendship", you would forge rock-solid bonds built on the foundation of the things that brought you together in the first place. Maybe a favorite football team, the fact that your boys play soccer together, or that Sally and Rachel are on the same dance squad. And, in our day and age, the bonds are strengthened even further by the relatively new and innovative social technology such as Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, LinkedIn, Blogspot, and Flickr. Regardless of time difference or distance, you can see their little tax deductions grow up as if they lived right next door.
But this is rapidly becoming a fading wisp of smoke across the skies of friendship, thanks to a broad-sweeping and overly invasive new technology, brought to you by the closest van or SUV in your neighborhood. You know exactly what I'm talking about, and you should feel the same way:
I am not interested in learning everything there is to know about you while sitting behind your automobile at a red light.
This has become somewhat of a running joke with many of my friends, and my humor is of course, intentional, but I don't want to dilute my animosity toward the absurdity and overuse of the magnetic and adhesive qualities of passenger vehicles. I am not opposed to an allegiance to a sports team, a homeowner's association, or an emissions inspection. I am very happy that you are proud of your children. I do tend to enjoy humorous bumper stickers, especially when they alienate others or make you feel uncomfortable just having looked at them...almost like the traffic-based version of Southpark. My brow begins to furrow ONLY when your tailgate starts to resemble the Berlin Wall instead of a cargo access point.
It is this psychological unrest that has caused me to pen this official listing of overused and annoying "automobile flair", which from this point forward shall be deemed both highly illegal and cause for concern regarding the mental health of the offender. In the fashion of David Letterman, let's order them from least to most annoying.
10. The Apple Logo: I have an ipod. I love it. I also enjoy using Macs. What I don't love is giving somebody one more reason to break into my car, especially considering recent events with my own truck. Why don't you just go ahead and duct-tape a spare key and a lottery ticket to the rear window? Idiot.
9. The Gag-Inducing Religious Sticker: Jesus is most certainly NOT your copilot. You aren't even flying, you are driving. Plus, he would be mortified to ride shotgun knowing what horrors lurk on your rear glass and bumper. Omnipotence, people.
8. The Rear Window Memorial: What is up with this? I am seeing more and more people driving around with slogans like "In Memory of Barnwall McGillicutty, 1967-2008" on the back of their car. I have the utmost respect for the deceased, and I'm sorry for your loss, but if any of my friends ever memorialize me in the form of white stickers and Safety Glass, I give the rest of my friends permission to de-friend said person, both in real life and virtually.
7. The Excessive Cause-Related Ribbons or Flags: I am very glad you support the troops, as do I. Unfortunately one of the freedoms they have inadvertently granted you is the ability to place forty ribbon magnets all over the back of your Caravan alongside the mindless "Freedom Isn't Free" and "These Colors Don't Run" placards. Also, why is there a ribbon for everything now? Every color is taken. All of them. I've even seen plaid ribbons. Bagpipe research?
6. The Flip-Flops Emblazoned With Team Logo: I don't even know what this is supposed to mean. You enjoy Auburn Football as well as comfortable summer footwear? Did it come free with the purchase of team flip-flops? Or does it have a more secretive meaning, like the Ichthys or the Square and Compass, only revealing its "true" meaning to other flippy-floppy people? You can't just start randomly combining phrases and objects, or we are going to end up with "God Bless America" whoopee cushions and "Al-Anon" beer koozies.
5. The Old Campaign Sticker: It's not a rock band. The election is over. Your candidate either won or lost. The only thing this is good for now is giving people one more reason to hate you when you drive like a jackass. Move on.
4. The Euro-esque Vacation Destination Oval: These have totally gotten out of hand. What was once deemed by some people to be "internationally cute" is now just annoying. Contrary to what you might believe, we aren't all enthralled by your clever choice to display the abbreviation to "Saint Simon's Island" in big black letters inside a geometric shape. At least this way people will know (combined with your license tag) two locations they can avoid, thus avoiding YOU.
3. The Sports Magnet With Child's Name: All parents are proud of their children. All children enjoy knowing their parents are their biggest fans. Let's find a more heartwarming way of bonding with your offspring and expressing your parental pride than slapping their name on a magnetic soccer ball and throwing it against the back of your Volvo, shall we?
2. The Stick-Figure Family: I would like to know who originally thought this was remotely acceptable. For those of you who haven't had the privilege, this is a sticker in which each member of the driver's family is represented by a stick figure, often to the point of even including pets. When combined with a "Mackenzie Soccer Ball", a "Taylor Ballet Slipper", a "W" or "O", a "Gout Awareness Ribbon", a "UGA Flip-Flops Magnet" and our #1 winner below, I must tell you, the effect is truly stunning. This is grounds for immediate evil staring if you manage to pass them in traffic, as well as a photo to prove to your friends that you aren't the most disappointing person alive after all.
And the number one most ridiculous annoyance of them all...
1. The Girly Monogram: The one that seems to have really started it all, at least with the trendy female set. And you know, why not. I mean, if I'm behind you in traffic, I probably already know how many kids you have, what sports they play, where you vacation, your favorite team, your party of choice, where you pray, and that you support Whooping Cough research. Why not also tell me what I'd need to know if I wanted to buy you a nice set of personalized towels between here and the next intersection? I've never really understood monograms in general, nor the need of some people to apply them to everything they own. Now including automobiles. Was the car title not enough for you?
If you disagree, let's face it. You're obviously part of the problem. Or as one of my small business-owning friends said to me quite recently, "Jason, if we don't sell them these stickers, they'll just buy them from another store." Well, you may well be right. I'm certainly a fan of free-market capitalism, and I have an enormous amount of respect for all of my buddies who take the daily risk of following a dream. But somewhere along the way, this particular dream turned into a nightmare. If nothing else, before you sell these people a magnetic football with the name "Rupert" on it, I beg you, go out to the parking lot and look at the back of their Tahoe. You wouldn't serve an alcoholic with 8 drinks under their belt another shot, would you?
But as long as we are taking advantage of people and their wallets, you sharp-minded venture capitalists and entrepreneurial types need to get on board before this new method of social networking has set sail. If you can figure out how to advertise your product while at the same time convincing soccer moms, technophiles, or teenagers that it's the "next cool thing" to stick to their ride, then you're going to be swimming in a great big ocean full of Benjamins. Me? I'll be the one quietly cursing your success while adding your creation to this list.
Now if you'll excuse me, I need to go change my status from "My Other Car is a Broom" to "Save the Pandas".


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PLEASE NOTE: If there is more than one person assigned to your account, the 'Active User' (indicated in top right corner) is the person who will be booked onto this event. To book more than one person from your account onto this event, repeat the booking process with a different 'Active User' by changing the active user in the drop down box in the top right corner.
Welcome to the Mary Stevens Park Tennis For Free scheme. In partnership with Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council, TFF are looking to build a vibrant tennis community at Mary Stevens Park.
This sessions run on Saturday afternoons and are open to anyone of any level and any age. The session is designed to be family friendly so book on all of your family members and come down to give the session a try. You and your family members will be able to participate in the various sub- groups appropriate to their age and standard.
The groups within the TFF session are:
2:30pm -3:30pm - Parent & Child Session (equipment is left out until 4:30pm to allow parents to continue playing with child after the 2:30pm- 3:30pm session)
2:30pm – 3:30pm - Beginners (typically non-rally capable juniors)
2:30pm – 3:30pm - Improvers+ (Open Play session with coach supervision follows on until 4pm)
NOTE: After the 2:30pm-3:30pm coach led session, there is an Open Play session from 3:30pm-4:00pm for the Improvers+ group supervised by a coach.
To 'book in' for these sessions, you first need to register an account on this website and add your family members to your account. This is a 'one time' process and will take just a minute or two. You'll then be able to log in to your newly created account (via the 'Tennis For Free' box opposite) and then book in yourself and family members onto the Tennis For Free session for each week you wish to attend. If you've got any questions or queries, please contact us using the contact form.


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Recently I have been playing with the balance of giving and receiving. I find it easier to give then to receive and I am noticing it more and more. The feminine energy is really about receiving and I am definitely out of balance.
In a timely matter, my life created two instances where I could practice receiving. I received two gifts from different students within two days of each other. One was a beautiful blue water bottle and the other was the most thoughtful card with a beautiful OM bookmark. I decided to open both in an instant and truly receive the gift being given to me. It was uncomfortable but it felt good to practice.
My life also showed me another place where I don't receive enough. I don't give myself the gift of asking for what I need.
Last week I spent three full days with my kids playing. I fully surrendered to what they wanted to do for those three days doing the minimum of what I had to do.
On the fourth day I decided I needed some "me time". So I asked them if I could workout for 45 minutes at the gym while they went to the kids club. They did not like that one bit! My oldest told me he was not going to do that and my youngest followed right along with him. I told them that they didn't have a choice this time and they were going to go because mommy needed some "me time".
We went, I worked out, they went to the kids club. I picked them up and instead of happy, great to see you faces…. I got, grumpy I am mad at you, faces.
Needless to say, I was really irritated. I felt like I had just spent three days doing everything they wanted to do (not everything I wanted to do) and I deserved 45 minutes doing something I wanted to do.
So I had a "talking to". That is what I call a serious, let's get something straight, kind of conversation.
I told them that a relationship means that you give and receive. I expressed having given them all of my time the last few days and needing a short amount of time for me and that they weren't willing to give that to me. I told them how frustrated I felt and how unfair I felt they were acting. I said we don't always like to do things that others like to do but when we love someone we do our best to give to them even if we aren't necessarily overjoyed about it.
It was a beautiful teaching moment for them and for me.
It reminded me that we don't always enjoy doing things that others enjoy doing but we do it for them because we love them and we love to see them happy.
And it reminded me that we must ask for what we want because it is a form of receiving. It is like giving ourselves a gift. Finding the balance between giving and receiving can be difficult but is so incredibly necessary.
If we listen, to what children are going through, we will discover what we are going through as well.


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Start Date: 2011-09-01
End Date: 2011-10-16
Host Institution: Linnaeus University
Host Country: Sweden
Home Institution: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Home Country: Belgium
In my research, I study an architectural approach to support online updates of deployed distributed software products of a software product line (SPL). This approach includes an architectural viewpoint that allows the stakeholders to specify their update concerns and a supporting coordination infrastructure that harvests the required information from deployed products, performs the required analysis, and guides operators to perform the updates. The goal of this STSM is to investigate two additional aspects of my research.
1. Two key objectives of the proposed approach are correctness of updates and minimal interruption of services. While our experiences give a good indication that the underlying algorithms guarantee both properties, we aim to formally prove the properties. Formal guarantees are key for stakeholders' trust. Our plan is to specify the algorithms in the Alloy language and proof the properties for a number of representative update scenarios of a non-trivial SPL.
2. In the current stage, humans are still in the loop, i.e., the updates require manual intervention of operators in terms of stopping/starting processes, removing/adding/replacing resources. Depending on the domain, such updates may be further automated. Our plan is to study under what conditions updates can be further automated and how such automation can be realized. Given the distributed nature of the target SPL, such automation will require suitable coordination mechanisms to synchronize the update process between nodes. Our plan is to apply knowledge from agent organizations (related to the objectives of WG3 of the cost action) to enhance automation of product updates.


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I had planned on writing a number of Laini Taylor blog posts in the lead-up to this event but too much was going on and I neglected my blog….. Bad blogger, I know! However, I will make up for it now – I was lucky enough to come across a slightly obscure Twitter memo about a Laini Taylor signing at Customs House Library in Sydney!! I love it when I can go to things!
For those who don't know, Laini Taylor is the author of the truly beautiful 'Daughter of Smoke and Bone' trilogy. I'll be posting over the weekend about the books! Laini Taylor is a definite presence with her pink hair and cheerful demeanour. And she is also an entrancing speaker! As well as discussing her writing habits and family, she was great at getting the audience involved, particularly when talk turned to flight. Most of the room ended up debating the impracticalities of wings when it comes to driving and T-shirts.
In my opinion, the most fascinating point of Laini's talk was hearing the ways in which she comes up with names and language. Being slightly obsessed with language and (fictional) history myself I was intrigued to hear her favourite methods in this regard. Unfortunately I have forgotten the name of the ancient language she mentioned – I will have to tweet her the question so that I can do my own research later! And she was so lovely at the signing!
My gorgeous little sister isn't much of a reader but she loves Laini's books! I had them signed out to the two of us and she took the time to ask me about Soph and how pleased she was to have gotten her reading! She was just so nice! And I had to get a picture, just like any fan girl! I absolutely could not resist the pink hair!
It was a free event and I recommend everyone to keep an eye out for these kinds of things! I just signed up to the City of Sydney newsletter so that I can keep on top of it all. There weren't as many people as I expected and I think this is purely because no one knew! So if you are interested in author events sign up to every newsletter you can! Comment below with the best ones!


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Killer road in Barrington Hills
Gus Philpott
Woodstock Advocate
June 5, 2012
Ever drive on Algonquin Road (Route 62) between Route 25 and Barrington Road? This is definitely a "killer" stretch of roadway and, in fact, many have died on it.
On Monday there was yet another head-on crash, when about 2:30PM there was a three-car crash. Initial crash reports don't even indicate in what direction the at-fault driver was heading - only that "...a vehicle reportedly crossed the centerline and struck a vehicle traveling in the other direction..." Now, that tells a lot, doesn't it?
No doubt more information will follow with the identities of the injured and who got what ticket(s).
If, as is true with most crash reports, the public will never hear exactly what happened. That will be left to the police reports, the insurance company reports and the lawsuits in court.
What could be learned from more complete coverage in the media?
If readers and viewers were told what happened, they'd be in better positions to protect themselves on the roads.
Was one driver texting? Talking on a cell phone? Otherwise distracted? In what way(s)?
A couple of days ago I pulled up alongside a girl on Route 14 who was texting as she drove. Hello??? How stupid do you have to be to take your eyes off the road long enough to read and send text messages? Should I have called the Crystal Lake Police to have her stopped and ticketed?
Should everyone do that? Is that what it will take to reduce the number of drivers who text while driving?
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Manchester Community College
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The Computer-Aided Design (CAD) certificate program provides students with career-based training in mechanical design using computer-aided drafting/design technology. To provide the necessary technical base, the program also includes education and training in mathematics, engineering drawing, and geometric dimensioning and tolerancing skills. Basic training in computer technology is included to prepare students for the two-dimensional, three-dimensional and solid-modeling computer-aided design technology in the program. CAD technology in the core of the certificate program is comprised of 2D AutoCAD® integrated with Solidworks® parametric solid-modeling and rendering technology, as well as an option of Mastercam® CNC software.
All manufacturing and engineering design in today's high-technology business and industry use computer-based manufacturing and computer-aided design technologies that integrate the design, engineering and manufacturing processes of complex products, parts, and assemblies-into a single, technically coherent process.
Students may enroll in this program full- or part-time. Courses are offered during daytime and/or evening hours. Students who complete the Computer-Aided Design (CAD) certificate program and decide to pursue an associate in science degree may apply all of their credits towards the Industrial Technology A.S. degree program or the Connecticut College of Technology Technological Studies A.S. degree pathways program, both of which are articulated technology programs within Central Connecticut State University's School of Engineering and Technology. Students should consult with an engineering/technology faculty advisor to plan their program and schedule of classes, and to discuss required course prerequisites.
Upon successful completion of all Computer-Aided Design certificate program requirements, graduates will


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Duke of Edinburgh Program
The Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme is compulsory at the Bronze level for Year 9 boys. The Program exercises students in service and responsibility. The Bronze Duke of Edinburgh's Award leads to voluntary participation at the Silver and Gold Award level. There are four components to the Award:
- Leadership via community service - which assists students in looking beyond themselves
- Expeditions - which develop resilience, endurance and character
- Skill component - which develops new skills
- Physical activity - which encourages students to engage in health, promoting activities such as sport
Most students at King's complete various parts of the Award at one stage or another during their time at school. They also learn the discipline to keep records and follow up the expeditions with carefully written logs. This, at times, can be the most difficult task of all to organise oneself to complete the administration of the program. The Duke of Edinburgh program is another layer in the overall development of a young leader to equip him to successfully negotiate the environment he moves into after graduation.


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The Ek brothers wishes you all a happy new year!
2015 has been a very eventful and exciting year and 2016 will without a doubt be just as great.
These are some of the things you can expect from Brekeriet next year:
– Increased capacity and sales
– Release of Brillant and Funkstarter, amongst others, at Systembolaget
– Festivals and events in Sweden, Denmark, Spain, USA and more
– New brand identity with new stylish labels
We hope that you stay with us on our journey! Happy New Year!


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"New Zealanders have begun voting on whether to change their flag from a design which features the British Union Jack to one which features a native silver fern.The postal ballot will extend over the next three weeks from Thursday, with preliminary results to be announced on March 24.Organisers say that deciding the issue by popular vote represents a world first, and that other countries have changed flags by revolution, decree or legislation.Opinion polls indicate the nation of 4.7 million people will opt to stick with its current flag, although proponents of the new design say they have momentum on their side and that more and more people are embracing a change…"
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So, no Kiwi on the flag then?
A pity.
I wonder if The Flag Dude will have these at Cold Wars?
I liked the all black one with the white fern on. Pity it didn't make the final choices.
Is there an option to vote for no flag?
"The cannabis leaf coalition made a valiant effort to replace the silver fern, but were ignored in the end."
That's the problem with handing out free samples.
Wasn't Canada a popular vote for flag change?
We voted for the current flag. PM John key referendum wasted 26 million of tax payers $$ on this issue
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8 GORILLA SAFARi - UGANDA
• Bwindi Impenetrable Forest • Gorilla Trekking • Lake Mburo National Parl • Ngamba Chimpanzee Sanctuary
9 Days / 8 Nights
UGANDA's GORILLAS!
Day 1 Arrival in Entebbe, Uganda
Day 2,3,4,5 Bwindi Impenetrable Forest
Day 7&8 Lake Mburo National Park
Day 9 Return
This safari begins in and ends in Entebbe, Uganda
DAY 1 : Arrival in Entebbe, Uganda
Airport meet and Greet. Just look out towards the information desk located in the arrivals hall for your pick-up with your name on it. Quick road transfer to your overnight hotel.
The Guest House is a charming property situated in tropical gardens on the outskirts of Entebbe, just 5 minutes from Entebbe International Airport. . A tastefully restored colonial homestead consisting of comfortable bedrooms. Each of them is decorated along African themes and has their own private bathroom. A diners' bar is set in a landscaped garden with lake views. The main house includes a private dining veranda and living room for overnight guests.
1 Night at the hotel / B&B
As names go, there's hardly a more evocative African destination than the Impenetrable Forest of Bwindi. This swath of steep mountains covered in thick, steamy jungle is just as magnificent as it sounds. The World Heritage–listed Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is one of Africa's most ancient habitats, even surviving the last Ice Age as most of the continent's other forests disappeared.
DAY 2: Transfer
After an early breakfast, meet your driver at the lobby and transfer to Entebbe International Airport for a domestic flight to Western Uganda, departing at 07.00 or 07.45 hr. (check in time is 1 hr before departure) From Kihihi Airstrip (expected arrival at 08.45 / 09.30 hr) you will be met by a guide and transferred by road approx. 1hrs drive to the home of the endangered mountain gorillas.
Check in at the lodge and enjoy a delicious lunch. In the afternoon you will have the opportunity to relax and prepare yourself for the next day. Or go for an optional (guided) forest walk for a first introduction with Uganda's unique flora and fauna.
DAY 3: 1st Gorilla trekking
Arise early today and prepare for the highlight of your safari, an unforgettable encounter with the Gentle Giants of Bwindi!
Following breakfast, transfer to the national park offices where you will be allocated a gorilla family in groups of 8 as well as a gorilla tracking guide. After a pre-tracking briefing by your guide touching on the gorillas generally, your assigned gorilla family as well as appropriate safety precautions, you drive to the trailhead for the start of a thrilling adventure. Expect to walk between 2 and 8 hours in steep and sometimes muddy conditions with rain overhead, which can be tough and require a degree of (average) fitness. However the thrill of coming face to face with a giant Mountain Gorilla silverback completely makes up for the effort!
Please remember to bring your passport for registration, appropriate, water proof hiking boots and a light rain coat. To protect from stinging nettles, we recommend long pants and long sleeved tops. A pair of old gardening gloves can help grabbing onto the vegetation while most hotels/lodges provide a walking stick that come in very handy especially when hiking downhill. A small waterproof backpack is an excellent idea to carry a light snack, bottled water as well as protection for your camera.
Upon sighting the gorillas, you spend the allowed one hour with them as they go about their daily life; feeding, moving, playing, raising their young and sometimes wrestling by the juveniles – it is a totally unique and unforgettable experience! Afterwards trek back to the lodge for lunch and a refreshing shower.
DAY 4: Forest Walk and Batwa Cultural experience
After breakfast enjoy a 3hr guided forest walk in Bwindi Forest and later visit the Batwa – enjoy the walk in the forest as you prepare to meet the Batwa who have a lot in stock for you.
As the original dwellers of this ancient jungle, the Batwa were known as "The Keepers of the Forest." The history of these small-statured people is long and rich. The Batwa survived by hunting small game using arrows or nets and gathering plants and fruit in the rain forest. They lived in huts constructed of leaves and branches, moving frequently in search of fresh supplies of food. The Batwa lived in harmony with the forest and its creatures, including the mountain gorillas, for millennia. Some anthropologists estimate that pygmy tribes such as the Batwa have existed in the equatorial forests of Africa for 60,000 years or more.
Day 5: 2nd Gorilla trekking
Second morning of gorilla tracking where you will have an opportunity to see another gorilla family.
Upon sighting the gorillas, you spend the allowed one hour with them as they go about their daily life; feeding, moving, playing, raising their young and sometimes wrestling by the juveniles – it is a totally unique and unforgettable experience!
Afterwards trek back to the lodge for lunch and a refreshing shower. In the evening, you will meet your safari guide from Great Lakes Safaris for a short brief.
Set on the banks of the pristine Munyanga River and facing the Impenetrable Forest! A huge terrace wraps around the main building, from where guests can enjoy views of the forest and relax to the sound of the river flowing gently by. Sink into a chair in front of the fireplace in the living room with a book, or enjoy a drink from the bar before sitting down to dinner in the restaurant or out on the terrace. Most of the produce used is grown on-site to ensure everything is as fresh as it is delicious.
Each suite features large double doors and windows and en-suite bathrooms with open terracotta showers, private balconies with panoramic views over the grounds, river and the surrounding forest.
4 Nights at the lodge / Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner, excl. drinks
Day 6: Lake Mburo National Park (Driving Time: 250km/5 Hours)
After breakfast, you will meet your guide and depart the impenetrable forest of Bwindi and head to Lake Mburo National Park. As we enter the park it is likely that you will spot some wildlife. After checking in you will go on a boat ride on the lake to view the rich bird life and many hippos that are cooling off. Have an early dinner before going on an optional (at extra fee) night game drive in an open Landrover with spot light. This special game drive of 2-3 hours provides good chances of seeing the elusive leopard and of course other nocturnal animals.
Day 7: Game drives
After breakfast, enjoy a morning game drive in search of wildlife, like impalas, topis, warthogs, zebras and buffaloes, Return to the lodge for lunch, relaxation and later enjoy an evening game drive
Lake Mburo National Park contains an extensive area of wetland and harbors several species of mammals not found anywhere else in Uganda.
A peaceful and exclusive retreat adjacent to Lake Mburo National Park.
Featuring 10 rooms which are built on wooden platforms with stilts, covered by a thatched roof. Suspended under the thatched roof is a spacious and comfortable tent equipped with an en-suite bathroom with stunning views, including hot and cold running water, showers, and flush toilets. Each luxury tented room is nestled on a private piece of the lodge's property, enabling guests to enjoy the tranquil environment in complete seclusion. Placed in varied settings, some rooms are situated in a forest, some with a lake view, and some on rocky outcrops.
The main dining area is a large thatched structure built of rocks, the wood of dead, weathered olive trees found on the land, and native grasses. Below the dining area, an infinity swimming pool stretches out from the rocks and seems to disappear into the vast landscape beyond. From the dining and pool area, guests can enjoy the view of a westward oriented valley and its stunning evening sunsets over Lake Mburo National Park.
Animals gathering in the valley provide guests with fantastic game-viewing opportunities or a chance to relax and watch wildlife at the waterhole below the pool.
2 Nights at the lodge / Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner, excl. drinks
Day 8: Nature walk in Lake Mburo – Mabamba Swamp- Entebbe. (Driving Time: 270km / 5Hours)
Early start of the day as we will go for a nature walk guided by a ranger. Lake Mburo is the only national park where you can experience a safari on foot. Return to the lodge for breakfast and with a game drive on our way out we depart the protected area and drive to Mabamba Swamp in search of the unique shoebill bird and other bird species
The Guest House is a charming property situated in tropical gardens on the outskirts of Entebbe, just 5 minutes from Entebbe International Airport. . A tastefully restored colonial homestead consisting of comfortable bedrooms. Each of them is decorated along African themes and has their own private bathroom. A diners' bar is set in a landscaped garden with lake views. The main house includes a private dining veranda and living room for overnight guests.
1 Night at the hotel / B&B
Day 9: Departure
After breakfast head for Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary for feeding sessions of the chimps. Return to Lunch at the mainland and thereafter you will be dropped off at the Airport for your international flight home.
Flying home…dreaming of the trip of a lifetime!
VISA & Levy's
Zimbabwe: Foreigners need to obtain a visa at the port of entry.Cost os US $ 50 per person and should be paid in cash.
Botswana: Foreigners are required to pay a US $ 30 tourism levy upon entering Botswana ( cash or visa card) This visa is issued at the port of entry.
No other visa's are required for USA citizens entering into South Africa, Namibia or Botswana
Please refer to https://travel.state.gov/content/travel.html for updated information on each country
Please refer to your health care professional for advise , as well as the CDC for updated information, but typically only malaria prevention medication is advised.
Cost may vary depending on actual booking dates and currency fluctuations. Airline tickets have been estimated and can vary depending on booking dates, fares and available flights
All accommodation and activities as per the itinerary are included
BOARDING: Full Boarding (Dinner, Bed & Breakfast) / B&B (Bed & Breakfast). Drinks might or might not be included depending in the specific location - please inquire if you need details
International flights between USA/Europe and Africa are excluded
Child policy may apply
Single occupancy policy allies
Park entry fees and cable car ride fees are not included
Checking passport validity and sufficient empty pages needed in the passport remains the client's responsibility
Checking and obtaining the necessary/applicable VISA's for each country visited is the client's responsibility
They say that all bugs in Africa bite...but the Safari Bug is the worst of them all!


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Dictionary.com – INSANITY
1580s, from L. insanitatem "unhealthfulness," noun of quality from insanus (see insane).
Someone started the meme defining INSANITY as doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results.
I agree…
Now, I check myself constantly to be more intentional and less insane in my actions.
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A wheel alignment is an important service that returns the vehicle's wheels back into their proper orientation. Using state of the art wheel alignment machines, the trained technicians at OK Tire will adjust the angles that enable your vehicle to drive straight. When adjusted to the specifications outlined for each vehicle, an alignment will facilitate even tire wear, reduce driver fatigue and improve overall gas mileage by reducing rolling resistance.
When a wheel alignment is performed on your vehicle, one of the first steps in the alignment process is to take the vehicle for a road test. This road test will help the service technician to identify any handling issues; such as the vehicle pulling or drifting while traveling. Next, the technician will check the inflation and wear pattern of the tires and perform an overall inspection of the suspension of the vehicle. If parts are found to worn or damaged, they will inform you of any such required repairs before proceeding.
Once all of the steering and suspension components have been properly inspected and found to be in good operating condition an experienced technician will perform an alignment inspection by using an alignment machine. While hoisted; or lifted, off the ground on the alignment ramp all wheel measurements are monitored through individual sensors that are attached to each wheel; this information is recorded on the computer screen for the technician to view. The computer will ensure precise measurements of toe, thrust, camber and caster angles and correct as needed. Vehicle manufacturers set standards for the alignment – specified in degrees or inches, to ensure optimal performance for each particular vehicle.
The most common type of Wheel Alignment is a four-wheel alignment. This service is performed on all-wheel drive vehicles and front-wheel drive vehicles with independent or adjustable rear suspensions. This alignment involves both axles being inspected and adjusted as needed so that all angles of all four wheels are aligned referencing the centre line of the vehicle, and the steering wheel is straight and level.


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Set-Top Sales Surge At Arris In Q4
Okay, maybe the set-top isn't dead after all.
Bucking a trend marked by withering set-top sales, Arris said set-top unit shipments jumped 43% in the fourth quarter versus the prior period.
Arris, almost a year removed from its acquisition of Motorola Home, said demand rose on a mix of traditional set-tops as well as new hybrid QAM/IP XG1 HD-DVRs shipped to Comcast in support of the MSO's X1 rollout. Following its initial reliance on Pace boxes, Comcast is starting to spread the wealth following the rollout of X1 in all its markets and plans to accelerate customer deployments in 2014.


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There is a school of philosophy that suggests that who we are as people is inherently dependant on the quality of our memory. After all, the things we experience and the lessons we learn along the way are vital to contributing to our personality in the present day.
Perhaps that is why memory is such an essential aspect of health for many of us; we want to focus on improving the very thing that makes us who we are. This is likely also responsible for some of the fears of aging many of us have. Given that, for many, aging brings forth a raft of memory problems, it's no surprise that the idea of this chills us to our very core.
Aging and memory loss
There is, however, a glimmer of hope on the horizon if you fear the idea of losing your memory as you age. Encouraged by media portrayals and pop culture, it's easy to think that aging and memory loss are inextricably linked. Your age, and then you have 'senior moments', and then you will lose your memory altogether– it's a slippery slope that no person can avoid.
This, however, just isn't the case. While some, extremely mild, memory loss is perhaps inevitable due to the aging process, there's nothing to say that you'll experience huge losses of memory. Dementia and Alzheimer's are not inevitable; they are illnesses that impact some people, but not all.
There's more good news, too
So not only is severe memory loss not inevitable, you may also be reassured to know that there are things you can do to help protect your memory for later in life.
In some ways, preserving your memory is similar to encouraging any form of good health: you avoid things that are bad and focus on achieving more of the things that are good. For memory, the "good" things are regular use; keeping your mind active, for example, is extremely beneficial to promoting good memory. Secondly, a good night's sleep is extremely beneficial when it comes to preserving the health of your memory. Finally, food supplements such as Prevagen may be able to help diminish the likelihood of experiencing age-related memory loss. Provided you take your time to read Prevagen reviews and feedback on similar supplements before committing to a purchase, you may find this kind of assistance highly beneficial.
As well as maximizing the "good", you need to reduce the "bad". Certain behaviors have been linked to having a negative impact on your memory. For example, depression and stress can harm your memory, as can certain medications. There's even evidence to suggest that certain foods can have a negative impact on your memory.
By focusing on the things that are good for your memory and avoiding the bad, you should have a headstart on preserving the health of your memory for later life.
In conclusion
If our memories truly do make us who we are, then it's natural to want to protect this at all costs. By implementing the ideas above, you will be able to both quell some of your fears of aging, but also ensure that your memory is in fantastic working order for years to come.


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Getting children interested in cycling at an early age is a great way to encourage them to exercise. However, young people between 11 and 15 are most vulnerable on the roads, and only one third of children ever do any cycle training.
The three-level National Standard for Cycle Training provides all the skills required for safe cycling on-and-off-road. Although primarily aimed at children, this training is also relevant for adults. The levels break down as follows:
- Level 1 (age 7-8): Beginners and basic cycling skills - held off-road; children learn how to control, balance and manoeuvre
- Level 2 (age 9-10): Introduction to on-road cycling - held on quieter roads in groups; children learn where to position themselves when riding on the road and how to observe traffic, signal and turn/manoeuvre safely. Also includes basic understanding of the Highway Code
- Level 3 (age 11-12): Advanced cycling - held on busier roads; children learn skills required for making longer journeys. Children also learn how to deal with all types of road conditions such as roundabouts, traffic lights and multi-lane roads
Since 2007, Bikeability courses have been held, which are based on the National Cycle Training Standards process.


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Hi all, I am a guy from Guwahati, Assam.I am a regular reader of Hotandromence. And I am sharing my real experience with my Rakhi sister. it happened to me 4 years back. When I was in college. We both were from Guwahati and we studied in same college which was 300 Km from here she was 1 year senior to me,Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )
I was in my car, and the car stopped at the red signal. I took my laptop and was looking for the recent rss feeds on my feed reader and came along one title saying famous Bollywood actress landed, I was a fan of her and I sportily opened it among the several tabs. The car was now moving.
I read the blog post while my driver was driving. My envy for meeting her was growing but I preferred to keep away as the stars usually keep on throwing their starry attitudes. I had a meeting with a client a hotel. At destination, I took my coat in one hand and my laptop bag in another and headed to the reception.
What could be better than that, as usual Mr. the client was late, the boy took me to the lounge and got me a drink. Settled down, I reopened my laptop, connect my Wi-Fi adaptor and resumed my surfing. The boy came and informed me that my client called to inform me that he will be late by an hour, and asked if I would wait or cancel the appointment?
I decided to wait as I had nothing important to do. I was 'you-tubing' some videos when I heard a sexy voice at my back asking me if I had internet connection. A bit impolite but I did not turn to look at the person but I replied yeah. The voice then asked me if I could connect her to the wi-fi of the hotel.
As I turned, I saw her, wearing a pink short dress and a curvy laptop on her [but not as her]. My mouth was left open but I managed to recompose myself and extend myself to help her. I decided not to stare at her and miss my possible chance, I made as if I was comfortable and that there was nothing 'that' special in her.
I took the laptop and tried to connect but there was a problem connecting. She had nothing to do and wanted to surf a bit to let the time pass by. The boy came and informed me that my client just arrived and that I could meet him. I proposed her my laptop with the connection while she could lend me hers as firstly it was my dream laptop
[mine was coming by shipping] and secondly I could be my chance to meet her again. She readily accepted and I handed her my lappy and took hers and went for my meeting. In the meeting room, I took my pen drive and plug it in her laptop. As I opened it I found a beautiful picture of her as background maybe downloaded
from the net as it had many graphics but I preferred to switch it to a basic Bg due to some reasons. After a good 30 minutes, meeting over, the deal was finalized and work had to begin. I took my things, and went back to meet my angel. She was there hitting my keyboard with her delicate fingers.
I sat next to her and opened the laptop. "Work over?" she asked, "ya" I said looking at her with a strong eye contact and a sigh smile. She presented herself, "hi, I'm Shikha [modified of course!] and I replied with my name…Etc. It took no time and she was not throwing any attitudes as I thought.
I complimented her for being that gorgeous, she smiled. She was here on vacations alone and will be later joined by some friends. I mustered my courage and asked her for dinner, and she agreed which I thought not really to be the case. I met her at the hotel to pick her; she was wearing a sexy white low-cut mini dress revealing her curves.
She was as if bent on getting me hard with her actions like playing with her hair…etc but I controlled myself. I did not had in mind to have sex with her on the first meeting so we talked a lot and drank some wine. I later dropped her to the hotel and she thought that I was not good enough to drive home as I was bit sleepy and invited me to her room for a coffee.
My wicked mind woke up and went with her. It was a cozy suite; we sat on the sofa and chatted while the coffee was coming. I suddenly missed my line and said what the fuck! And the conversation turned to fuck, we started to talk dirty and talk about our sex drive and so on. She was not that IN in sex but she admitted that she was horny and wanted me.
I was amazed and lost control of myself. I kissed her lips and started to relate how badly I wanted her. She cancelled the coffee to prevent disturbance. I kissed her lips the neck, she was already aroused and she started to undress me. I hold her tightly, kissed her cleavage and remove her dress.
She had like a cover on her boobs which she told me that it is used to prevent peeks from her nipples, I removed that and caressed her boobs. She was in her panty and had her high heels still on which made her appear sexier. I took her in my arms and straight to bed. I was in my boxer and my erection was showing.
I removed her wet panty and to smelled it. She pressed my heads inside. I licked it and started to put my tongue inside. She was moaning with pleasure, after a while I inserted my finger inside. She was enjoying. Suddenly she pulled me on the bed and got on me. She removed my boxer and holed my cock.
I was nice that heavenly experience and I could understand why she was moaning that much. She holds my cock and kissed the head, then my balls, put it in her mouth and swallowed it. I could not hold it further and I cum in her mouth. She swallowed everything and got up.
I called her and went to her feet and proposed her without thinking of the consequences. Her expression changed and this worried me, she said yes and came down and we kissed. I was really in heaven. She was at my side, we both nude kissing each other, the general was ready with the force and I got on her.
That night is was not like I had sex but it was like I made love to her. I got on her and inserted my cock inside, then stroking harder, I kept on kissing her lips as squeezing her boobs. The next morning I woke up, her head on my chest and hugging me, I kissed her on her head and good morning!
This is perhaps one of my luckiest days of my life. We are still together, my company is flourishing and so is her career, parents have agreed to our couple, what could be better? This more my love story than an existing sex story but I hope that you have enjoyed it and comment on it as it counts a lot.Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )
Fucking my dear Shanthi Aunty
My name is rahul and I live in delhi, I would like to share with all of you my recent experience with an aunty who lives in my apartment complex in vizag. Her name is shanthi, she is around 42 years of age, and blessed with great assets. She has 2 daughters who are 13 & 11 years. (more…)Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )
I am amar .I am 25 year old, I have a sister who is 19 year old , she is good looking and
You know I never thought of making sex with her but it just happened .she use to sleep in the same room, we stay in a 2 room flat, in one room my parent stay
we normally play either carom or any other game before we go to sleep
it so happened that , before few days she purchased a loose night suit for her. while playing her boobs were visible , I first ignored but u know I am a boy first then any thing else ,
she have a real good pair of boobs , it was really a very sexy scene she was not wearing any banyan only bra ,the boobs size was visible .my cock was hard by seeing this I tried to hide my feeling
At first I thought she don't know about but I was so hot that my voice was also fumbling and was breathing very heavy.
I was really interested to some how touch her body and feel her I was really trying to see her boobs fully I was really wishing that if she has not wear her bra I could have seen her boobs in full view
You know I was so excited that I ejaculated in my underwear
I can make out that my sis is aware of my hard rod
That night I masturbated twice when I thought that my sister is now asleep
but I tell u now I really enjoy having sex with my sister v make sex a really memorable fuck with lot of entertainment and variation she is really great in bed
you know from that day I use to look for the chance to look at her boobs and to touch it when ever possible it was our winter holiday father dint got leave hence to attend the family function in gorakhpur we along with my mother went to the place , u know in the function how crowded the place become we all were very tired and the uncle had given one room for kids we all were suppose to sleep on the floor on the gadda, laid there I slept with my sister on my right side when I thought that every body is sleeping I touched her boobs , she dint responded I lifted her t- shirt so that her boobs are free I was sweating with tension that, I dint know how she will respond with lot for courage I lifted the t-shirt and started sucking her nipples over her bra for almost 10 minutes she didt moved I was now getting more bold I lifted her bra now her boobs were free .I was beating so fast that I could have fainted I held her boobs for 5 min like that then started massaging it she was not moving at all .then I took her nipple in her mouth she was still sleeping .she later told me that she did not knew about it which I don't believe . I was milking her boobs one by one and was sucking it like a kit my Lund was rock hard with lot of pre cum on the top of penis it was throbbing up and down. I was almost mad I lifted her skirt and put my hand in her panty it was very wet at that time her panty was very much socked I touched my own sister pussy for the first I can not explain the feeling, I kept my hand on her bur (pussy) and later started fingering it .her pussy was beating like a heart beat.I decided to see her pussy as rest every one in the room was sleeping hence I decided to took her panty out with little difficulty I removed her panty and saw her pussy closely and as clearly as I could have in the night lamp .It was a great feeling.For quite a long I sucked her boobs and fingered fucked her.I was dying to fuck her .I took my Lund out
of my pajamas and was trying to find the hole of my sister pussy .I tried to enter her but I could not for the first time, I was not able to locate her hole ,it was totally wet by now ,I forget the relation in between both of us all I knew I want to have her ,my tool was rock hard I kissed on her pussy and smelled it ,it smelled great ,then I located the hole and inserted my one finger and started doing in and out movement ,after some time I inserted two finger I was feeling the palpitation in her pussy ,when I tried to put the third finger in ,she moved but by now I was so very excited that it was not possible to stop ,I kept my hand on her pussy without doing any thing after some time I kissed on the pussy again ,I parted her pussy lips and tasted it out of excitement I even inserted my tongs in her cunt ,it tasted little salty(not great to be frank), but because of excitement I kept on licking it for around 10 minutes, I saw small little buds of her pussy fully erect, it was a great feeling to see ,then I put my tool on her pussy opening and tried to put it in side but I don't know in spite for trying so hard I was not able to penetrate her it was really frustrating after some time I tried again but when I applied too much pressure she closed her leg I think because of pain , in the meat time I ejaculated on her pussy and failed to fuck her that night I was able to do this after 3 days I will tell you in detail in my next letter , how I entered her please send your incest to me I will tell you more..Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )
My Sneaky Daughter
I woke up about noon to what sounded like a thud. I had been partying with some colleagues from work the night before so my reactions were a little slow, to say the least. I looked around the room but didn't see anything. I saw the sheets were pulled back and I was stark naked. This is not unusual because I normally sleep in the nude. What was unusual was that the bedroom door was open.
My wife of 18 years, Linda, knows I sleep in the nude and when she leaves for work in the morning she usually closes the bedroom door. We have a daughter, Ashley, who is on the varsity cheerleading squad and is usually very open about everything. She has no qualms about walking through an open door, no matter where it is. Yes, even my bedroom door. This is why Linda closes it when she leaves.
I didn't see anything disturbed in the bedroom and I didn't hear anyone in the house so I assumed nobody was home and the noise I heard may have been a random sound from outside somewhere. I put the pillow over my head and tried to get another hour of sleep before I started the routine chores of my day off.
I heard the thud noise again. This time I was still awake and it sounded like it came from my closet. My closet is a walk-in and the doors are louvered. Because of the backlight caused by the windows in the closet, I saw a shadow of someone standing in the closet looking through the louvers at me. My heart raced as I jumped out of bed and advanced on the closet demanding, "Who's there?" Suddenly I heard a soft female voice say, "It's me daddy! I'm borrowing a pair of mommy's shoes." Ashley was in the closet! I told her to wait while I put some clothes on. In her no-punches-pulled attitude Ashley replied, "You don't have to. It's not like I haven't seen you before." I was stunned and all I could say was,"What?" Ashley replied in a matter-of-fact tone, "I said you don't have to. I've seen you nude before." I stopped in my tracks and said, "You have?" Ashley came out of the closet and we stood about four feet from each other. She looked down at my penis and said, "I sure have." Her gaze came back up and she looked me dead in the eyes, gave me a Cheshire cat grin, and left the bedroom closing the door behind her. I couldn't believe what just happened. My little girl had just admitted she has seen my nude before. Not to mention she looked right at my penis!
I looked in the full length mirror at my nude self and didn't know what to make of what just happened. Should I be angry? Embarassed? I just didn't know what to think. I quickly put on my shorts and left the room. "Ashley!" I called out, "Where are you?" It was then I heard the shower start from Ashley's bathroom and the clear glass shower door close. I walked toward the bathroom and saw that the bathroom door was open. Was she taking a shower with the door open? I fully expected her to come out of her bedroom and return to the shower as if she had forgotten something, but that wasn't the case. Based on the water sounds it was clear she was in the shower.
I stood just steps from the bathroom door knowing that if I was to look inside, I'd see Ashley in the shower. I listened longer and I heard the plastic shampoo bottle drop to the floor. My curiosity got the best of me and I peeked around the corner into the bathroom. There in the shower was my little angel bending over with her ass facing me. She picked up the bottle, put shampoo in her hand and began to wash her shoulder length auburn hair. Ashley stood 5'4″ and weighed 110 pounds. She was petite, except for her muscular thighs which she developed from years of cheerleading. I couldn't take my eyes off her shapely body. She had been to the beach over the summer and had developed a distinct tan line around her firm high breasts. There was a small bikini line on her very toned ass that appeared to have been made by a thong. When she turned her front toward me, I saw the tiniest of tan lines just around her cleanly shaved pussy. 'Holy crap!' I thought, "When did she get a bathing suit that small?" Then I noticed I was getting sexually aroused. This was the first time I had seen my little girl nude and I liked what I saw.
I watched for about 30 more seconds before I slowly stepped back from the bathroom door. Just as I left sight of her, Ashley called out, "Daddy!" I froze! Oh shit, did she see me? Not knowing what to do, I took several large steps away from the bathroom and answered her with a sheepish, "Yeah?" Certainly I stepped far enough away for her to think I was a distance from the bathroom. "Can you come here please? I need you" Ashley confidently replied. Oh crap, what to do? I walked to the door and without looking in I again sheepishly said, "Yeah?" "I forgot a towel. Can you get me a towel, please?"she replied with a loud voice as she competed with the rushing water. Ok, I can do this. No big deal. I got a towel from the linen closet and just as I started toward the bathroom I heard the shower water turn off.
"Ashley, I have your towel. Where do you want me to put it?" Ashley replied, "Can you bring it to me, please. I need it here." I replied, "Are you sure? You're in the shower." Ashley giggled and said, "I know where I am, daddy. And if you don't bring me the towel this is where I'm going to stay." I garnered the courage to calmly walk into the bathroom. I saw my little baby standing in the shower looking directly at me. The shower door was open and I watched as the cool air caused her nipples to get hard. She smiled and asked if I had seen her naked before. Of course I hadn't and I said no. I handed her the towel and she began a conversation. "I've seen you naked alot" she said. "Sometimes I'll sneak into mommy's closet when she's not here and watch you sleep through the louvered closet doors. I did it today but you caught me." I didn't know what to say but as Ashley spoke all I could do was look at her firm, tanned, young body.
Ashley continued by saying,"I like to go nude in the house when nobody's home. I love the freedom of it. I'd like to do it more often, like when you're home. Would that be ok?" I realized Ashley was so close to me her hard nipples were touching my stomach. She looked up at me with her brown bedroom eyes and waited for a response. Well, she got a response but it wasn't verbal. My dick was hard and it was hitting her just below her belly button.
Ashley grinned at me, took my hard cock into her hand and began to rub it. A part of me wanted to push her away and chastise her for what she was doing. Another part was in deep lust for my cheerleader daughter. "It's ok daddy. I want to do this. I've wanted to for a long time" she said just before she kissed my chest and licked my nipples. I just stood there saying nothing because I was afraid if I said anything at all it would be 'stop.' But I didn't want her to stop. As she sucked my nipples I wondered if she knew how much I loved having them sucked and licked. Has she peeked from the closet as my wife and I made love? I dare not ask.
I hesitantly lowered my head and my lips met Ashley's. Her tongue darted into my mouth and she had such soft lips. Her hand moved a little faster as she stroked my throbbing manhood. She let out a gentle moan, moved her lips to my ear and whspered, "Make love to me, daddy." I whispered back as she stroked my hard cock, "We shouldn't." Her dark brown eyes gazed into mine, she pouted her lip and whispered, "Please…" I felt a power come over me and I couldn't stop myself…I didn't want to stop myself. I took Ashley's towel and put it on the counter top. I picked her up and sat her on the towel. She was now almost eye level to me and most importantly, her pussy was even with my hard cock.
I spread Ashley's legs and pulled her to the edge of the counter. Her pussy was glistening with inner lubricant and she looked so innocent. I wondered if her tiny pussy would accommodate her daddy's cock. I took my cock and brought the tip to Ashley's pussy. As I touched my cock to it she let out a little gasp. I then guided my hard cock gently into her tight pussy. Ashley closed her eyes, parted her lips and said, "Mmmmm yes. Finally." I pushed my cock all the way into her pussy and it was so tight. I started to move my hips in and out as I watched Ashley bite her lip and moan in pleasure. She lifted her knees so that she could accept every inch of my cock.
I fucked her harder and harder and she seemed to like it more and more. Ashley threw her head back and said, "Do it daddy. I'm gonna cum. Do it harder." I started to thrust so hard the skin between us was slapping. It wasn't long before Ashley bit her lip and let out a long moan. Her pussy juices flowed like a river over my cock as she came. I could feel my cock ready to explode. Ashley knew I was ready and she said, "Do it daddy. Cum for me. Cum in me." I knew I shouldn't cum in her. I said, "No" but I continued to pump my baby's pussy. The tension mounted as I was ready to shoot my load. Ashley moaned,"Please cum now, daddy. I want you to cum now." Before I knew it I was driving my cock as deep as it would go into her pussy. I shot my load and Ashley moved her hips in such a way that if felt like her pussy was massaging every drop out of my cock.
My knees almost collapsed from exhaustion and I pulled my cock out of Ashley's pussy. I said,"I shouldn't have cum inside you baby. Bad things could happen." Ashley said, "Mom put me on the pill a couple of years ago. Nothing bad can happen. Besides, I've wanted this day to happen for a long time." She kissed me lovingly on the lips and then said she needed another shower. As I left the bathroom, Ashley said, "Don't be surprised if you find me looking for shoes in mommy's closet."Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )


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This week's texts:
Amos 5:6-7, 10-15
Psalm 90
Hebrews 4:12-16
Matthew 10:17-31
"The Ghost of Tom Joad," by Bruce Springsteen
So! Last week we talked about marriage and divorce. This week? Money! This is a nice series of the lectionary where we squirm in our seats.
A group of us here at Holy Trinity are in the middle of a course called Financial Peace University. Financial Peace is not a common phrase in our world today. In fact it's usually quite the opposite. Every other Saturday, though, we're trying to alleviate some of that squirming.
In Financial Peace University last week, we talked about how money can buy fun, but it can't buy happiness. You can take your hard-earned cash and go on a Caribbean cruise! That's fun! You can buy a new car, or a speedboat, or a snowboard, or an iPhone…those are all fun! But if in anticipation of that fun, you are under the impression that it will finally make you ultimately happy, that's where it gets dangerous.
Dave Ramsey, the Financial Peace guy, likens the purchase of happiness to a bully drawing a line in the sandbox. You can step across it with your fun thing #1, but the bully will just draw another line. How far will you go before you have a basement full of what was once fun, but is now just stuff? In this world of marketing and competition, we are being bullied into too much stuff.
We are not being asked, this morning, to sell all of our possessions and follow an itinerant preacher around the Palestinian countryside. I mean, you could do that if you wanted. There's probably one out there, frankly. But it's more likely that Jesus is asking us to get rid of our dependence on our material possessions. We're being asked to switch our allegiances – from stuff to substance.
The rich young man struggles with this—and so do we. He struggles and we struggle because in our society, everything we have must be earned. There are so few gifts freely given to us that we hardly know how to accept them. Even things like Christmas gifts are exchanged, and we feel guilty if we receive a gift from someone we haven't procured a gift for in return. If we can possibly make this fundamental switch, we can move beyond a life devoted to things and rather devote ourselves to the service of others.
The rich young man is shocked by Jesus' proclamation that he ought to get rid of his stuff and give his money to the poor. He expected to be congratulated for his adherence to the law and the text tells us that he goes away grieving, because he cannot comprehend this turn of events. How often do we come to Jesus with words of pride for all that we have, only to be told to go in peace and remember the poor? Theologian Verna Dozier says that we "strive to impress God on our own terms." If anything, we should strive to impress God on God's terms—with our worship of God and our love and service of one another.
Sometimes we hear Jesus' words and squirm for just a second, but then we tell ourselves that it doesn't apply to us because we're not rich enough. We're not the 1%! "Everyone needs to pitch in more, like I do. I give a lot." And you do give a lot. Here at Holy Trinity there is much service being done. You support the ministry of New Beginnings church at Denver Women's Correctional Facility. Last week, you fed and hosted families overnight all week with Family Promise Shelter. You tutor children with Whiz Kids. The Social Ministry team selects worthy organizations each month to which to designate our offering. You have relationships with congregations and people in El Salvador, Haiti, and Madagascar.
The giving of yourselves and your time to our wider community is alive and well, here. And there's always more we can do. Churches have always been deeply committed to works of charity. The next step in this equation is justice. Dr. Cornel West, an activist and professor at Union Theological Seminary in New York has famously said that, "Justice is what love looks like in public."
The text tells us that Jesus looked at the rich man and loved him. Jesus looks at us in all our faults and loves us. When we jump up and down like Peter and say, "But Jesus! Look at all that I have already done! Look at what I have already given!" Jesus loves us when, even though he's said it about two hundred times, we're still not getting that the "last shall be first and the first shall be last."
Some of you may be familiar with one of my favorite contemporary American theologians, Bruce Springsteen. You heard right, I'm talking about The Boss. Bruce's lyrics have, for the last few decades, centered around what it is to be an American day in and day out. He has crafted hard-hitting messages about wars, poverty, workers' rights, and most recently, our responsibility to care for one another in this great nation we call home.
In his 1995 single "The Ghost of Tom Joad," Springsteen laments the still ubiquitous population of hungry and homeless Americans. This song was written half a century after John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath, where the character of Tom Joad first appeared. And yet the themes continue to be true. Economic crisis continues to plague our nation and our world. Springsteen sings,
He pulls a prayer book out of his sleeping bagThere are so many among us who have been waiting since 1939, when Tom Joad first spoke, who were waiting in 1995 when Springsteen sang these words, who are still waiting now, in 2012. Jesus has been telling us for far longer than that that it's time to make a change. For how many centuries of human existence have we been hearing these words of Jesus, "Go, sell, come, follow"? Clearly we have not really heard what Jesus is talking about.
Preacher lights up a butt and takes a drag
Waitin' for when the last shall be first and the first shall be last
In a cardboard box 'neath the underpass
Got a one-way ticket to the promised land
Last week, Pastor Julie talked to us about God's desire for us to live in community and to not be alone. Jesus is saying the same thing in this text—aloneness with our riches is not nearly as impressive to God as oneness with our community, spreading our collective wealth to the vulnerable in the far corners of our society.
In capitalist America, we hear words like "spreading our collective wealth" and recoil at an assumed socialist political agenda. Are we so wrapped up in ourselves that the mere suggestion of letting go of some of what we have for those who have less is threatening? In Jesus' society, debts were forgiven every seven years, and everyone was given a clean slate. Those of you with student loans and mortgages and car payments and credit card debts are probably thinking we should go back to that system, huh? Our banks would say otherwise, unfortunately.
These debt-erasing years were called Jubilee years, and the ELCA is one of 75 denominations around the world that are part of an organization aptly named the Jubilee Network, which advocates for the cancelling of debts for developing nations who are trapped in cycles of crushing interest on impossibly large sums of money. In many cases, the money was loaned as aid money to corrupt governments who kept it from ever reaching their impoverished citizens. The Jubilee Network works with organizations like the International Monetary Fund, who just recently forked over more than 4 billion dollars to alleviate the debt of struggling nations. Now that's what love looks like in public.
The text tells us that Jesus looked at this rich young man and loved him. Loved him enough to free him of his dependency on his possessions. God loves us enough to free us from whatever it is that we depend on for our fulfillment, instead of God. God frees us from our stuff and allows us to stand in a state of grace. The grace of God ensures that whatever material possessions we have or do not have hold no bearing on our salvation or on the love God has for us. And whatever stuff—material or mental or emotional or physical—that we are anchored to, that holds us back from really digging into that freedom, that's what we're getting rid of. That's what we leave behind when we follow Jesus.
The rich young man and so many people in this nation and world believe that faith is quantifiable and expressible in the receipt of things in response to the following of rules. There's a prosperity gospel being preached very loudly out there—if you have great material possessions, you have been blessed by God, and the lack of wealth is directly related to a lack of faith. This is a very harmful way to view the world and the Gospel.
In Bible study on Tuesday, someone said it great. We were talking about those who are stockpiling riches in hopes of inheriting the kingdom through stuff, and he said, "you're not getting what you think you're getting." And that's so right. We're not "in" because of our wealth and our obedience to the law. For mortals, it is impossible, Jesus says. We will enter the kingdom of heaven because of the grace of God, alone. Jesus only said that about a hundred times.
And for that reason, you sort of have to love the disciples in Mark's Gospel. It seems like they just say whatever comes into their heads, without thinking it through. Here, Peter complains to Jesus that he's already given up all of his stuff and walked like a zillion miles around Palestine with this guy. He's already done the things Jesus instructed the rich man to do! He already follows! Where's his treasure? Can't you just see Jesus sighing and shaking his head in response? Oh, Peter. Don't you see? You give up your faith in your stuff and put your faith in Jesus, and then you spread the word to the rest of the world about the grace you have been so freely given. If you're just here in order to be rewarded, you're not getting what you think you're getting.
It's not just "get rid of your stuff and then return to the same cycle you've always been in," it's "give it up so that you can follow Jesus." We can't forget the follow Jesus part. This rich young man is anchored to his stuff so he can't follow. What are you anchored to? What keeps you from following Jesus?


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+ There is nothing we want more than to see people come into a real relationship with him. +
The Man
Jesus was a real, historical, physical person who lived in Israel 2000 years ago. He was born into a Jewish family, grew up and worked as a carpenter, and from the age of 30-33 traveled around Judea and the surrounding areas, preaching, loving hurting people, and doing many amazing things that many accepted as miraculous. He received a criminal's death at the hands of the roman empire, however many hundreds of people claim that they saw him again risen in a physical body and then ascend into heaven to return again.
Jesus arrived on the stage of human history on a mission — to bring people back into a relationship with God, he did this by substituting himself for us, Although he lived a perfect life, he died in the place of the guilty, so that now anyone who believes in him can stand before God with Jesus' righteousness instead of their own. Through his death he paid the price we all owe, and in his resurrection he gave the guarantee of new life for all who trust in hi
Jesus, teaching, unlike many other religious teachings, is not about 'doing better. Jesus taught that nobody can make themselves right before God, and that they will either exhaust or delude themselves in trying. Jesus' message was one of unconditional love and forgiveness. He taught that God accepts people into relationship with him, not on the basis of who they are, but on the basis of who he is, a loving father. Jesus' offers a new life, a new start, and a new hope to anyone who would come to him, and realize that he is the way to a true relationship with God.
Still not sure?
Whatever you currently think about Jesus, it is undeniable that Christianity has shaped a huge part of the world today. 2000 years after Jesus walked the earth, people are still living for him, praying to him, dying for him and being changed by him. If you want to find out more about why that is, we would love to help you. We run a course called 'Christianity Explored' Which gives an opportunity for you to actually look into Jesus for yourself, to ask any questions you may have, and even to raise any objections that you feel are keeping you from accepting him. If you would like to find out more about this, or have any other questions about Jesus we would love to hear from you.


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Autumn Morn
Brrrr! The Autumn air was cool on the skin this morning! Double layers, wind-cheaters; I even flipped the hood up and over for the first time this year!
In classic Autumn style there's a light Sou-Wester dusting the top off a fresh little bump in South swell. It's 24 degrees in and 12 on the sand! Makes sense to get in!


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of PLAY HAIR
I am sick..that's why I'm not as enthusiastic as I would have been a few days ago..
I left the hair in my friends car just to get a good laugh haha
Oh, how funny and cool I am on a good day.
If you wants em! Let me know, or else I'll be returning 1/2 of my hair stash.
Just for kicks because I'm sick and need people to laugh with me.
Applying lip balm (this is a picture showing you what you would look like if you put on lip balm from a tin)
Mojito and Jimmy John's is BOSS
Reason why I have been saying "BOSS" so much....
I like dumb humor because I was supposed to be born a boy.
HAHA, I think I would make a better boy than girl...always have thought so...


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Heat Lightning with Renga and Red Fish Blue Fish
A century ago the musical world was in the thrall of the future—the cacophony of Stravinsky's Rite, the sinuous and erotic lines of Debussy's Jeux, the astringency of the maturing Schoenberg, the teeming symphonies of Mahler and their keening aura of melancholy. What was a veritable typhoon of new-ness then now seems to us more like the pale flashes of heat lightning, to evoke Robert Penn Warren's poem. Steven Schick and Renga – an ensemble of friends and colleagues from UC San Diego, the San Diego Symphony and beyond – celebrates a time when the future was young with new arrangements of seminal works by Debussy and Schoenberg along with Schoenberg's own famous arrangement of Gustav Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde with Jessica Aszodi and John Russell, soloists


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I've been looking forward to this day for a long time! I love Zumba and I love supporting a great cause like Cystic Fibrosis. It is also National Dance Day! Did you dance today?
It was the Zumbathon for Cystic Fibrosis! I had a great time and for a great cause! My daughter, Jan'a went with me and my granddaughter was watching from the bleachers. I also won a door prize! A gift certificate from The Pampered Chef! I love Zumba! The music is so electric, it makes you want to move! I'm not that good since I'm still a beginner, but I love the challenge. I've been struggling for a few days with an issue with my IT band. Pain. After sitting at my desk for a while, getting up and moving is painful. But this morning was good, until I took a break. Then the pain set in again. I was able to keep up with the Zumba for about an hour, then I rested. For the rest of the day, I limped around like an old lady. 😦 I hope it gets better soon. I need to start running again. Soon. If you have any advice for treating an IT band issue, comments are appreciated!
How was your weekend? Now I'm relaxing with my family and having a glass of vino! Excellent!