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Blogs - Tags - blogger Blogs urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries 0 30 10 2015-05-15T16:43:55-04:00 IBM Connections - Blogs urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-b76b0fa7-db19-462c-aae7-57ed398c4773 This week's developerWorks newsletter: Ruby, Twitter, BPM, Blogger, and Business Agility John Swanson 120000GK2E active false 0fbe83eb-1b06-4f42-b5f3-45cd0a1dd129 Entradas de Comentários application/atom+xml;type=entry Curtir true 2011-10-06T22:12:30-04:00 2011-10-06T22:12:30-04:00 This week's developerWorks newsletter shows you how IBM Software for Business Agility can drive away the demons of ignorance. Not subscribed? Sign up for your customized newsletter today!

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 Welcome, developers!
 With the approach of the Halloween season, our collective thoughts turn to the unknown -- zombies, demons, and all manner of fearsome creatures capture our attention (and our candy supplies), and reinforce for another year our fascination with things that we don't fully comprehend. But fear of the unknown isn't just a kid thing. In the business realm, the scariest bugbears are change and complexity: Ignore them and they can do you in; understand, embrace, and harness them, and you'll be rewarded with innovation, transformation, and growth. (How's that for a treat?)

 With the new IBM Software for Business Agility, you can make the most of change and complexity by making better business decisions, taking a smarter approach to business processes, and accelerating application, service, and information delivery. Want to know more? Register for the upcoming Business Agility Live webcast on 13 October, join us in person for one of our IBM Business Agility Executive Forum events, or visit our Business Agility overview page on developerWorks. We'll show you how IBM software can give you the edge you need to stay ahead of the competition, and tame those monsters.

 Think of us as the house that gives away the big candy bars.

 Until next week,
 John Swanson and the developerWorks editorial team

 This week's top features on developerWorks:

Data mining with Ruby and Twitter (Open source)

Set up a firewall with AIX TCP/IP filtering (AIX and UNIX)

Functional programming: Rethinking code reuse (Java technology)

Internationalization in mixed Linux/Windows environments (Linux)

Why software quality assurance and IT security need to work together (Rational)

New IBM Business Process Management Journal (WebSphere)

Integrate Blogger content with PHP applications using the Blogger Data API (XML)

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 IBM acaba de anunciar el programa IBM Champion. Un IBM Champion es un partidario de las soluciones y el software de IBM que ha hecho contribuciones excepcionales a la comunidad durante el curso de un año. Las contribuciones toman una variedad de formas como bloguear, hablar en conferencias y eventos, moderar foros, liderar grupos de usuarios y escribir para libros y revistas.

El perfil de los IBM Champions tiene designaciones especiales como la leyenda"IBM CHAMPION" debajo de su nombre y un ícono único en su imagen de perfil. Sus perfiles también pueden incluir recomendaciones y logros notables en la columna izquierda por sus contribuciones a la comunidad de software de IBM.

Es muy importante mencionar que un empleado de IBM no puede ser un IBM Champion. Para postularse para ser un IBM Champion se deben seguir los siguientes pasos:

 *Solicitar una recomendación. En su perfil, haga clic en EDITAR, y luego en Solicitar una recomendación... (Si así lo desea, posteriormente puede eliminar esa recomendación haciendo clic en Eliminar esta recomendación).

 *Agregar logros notables. En su perfil, haga clic en EDITAR, y luego en Agregar un logro.

Para saber más al respecto, revise este artículo (en inglés).

 IBM acaba de anunciar el programa IBM Champion. Un IBM Champion es un partidario de las soluciones y el software de IBM que ha hecho contribuciones excepcionales a la comunidad durante el curso de un año. Las contribuciones toman una variedad de formas como... 1 0 5033 urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-d5fcfb94-c7ab-4291-8a93-78dbfd3c849a IBM Insider 2017-05-30T17:02:59-04:00 urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-4a7d8435-2d83-4b7e-b172-103ebe005611 Interview with Anthony English, AIX blogger from Australia vskinner 060000VKGS active false Entradas de Comentários application/atom+xml;type=entry Curtir true 2010-11-15T10:54:21-05:00 2010-12-02T15:14:32-05:00  I'm excited to share this interview with Anthony English! Anthony is an AIX expert from Australia who writes a popular blog on My developerWorks called AIX Down Under.

Tell me about yourself and what you're currently working on...

I'm a Sydney father of (only) six children, and my wife and I home school them.

I've been working primarily on AIX systems since 1991, and in the last couple of years have been doing contract work in the finance, retail and manufacturing industries. It's a chance to work with lots of good people and learn to take advantage of virtualisation on IBM Power Systems. My most recent project was building two Power6 570s (one for DR) from the ground up without ever seeing them. They're hosting some 24 X 7 public-facing web sites with WebSphere, DB2 and Informix on the back end.

What first drew your interest to technology?

I used to take clocks apart as a boy, and put them together again, with intermittent success. When I started working, "computerisation" was the buzz word. What I worked on was producing mailing lists using real letters and envelopes using CTOS. These days I'm used to taking on new technologies and I'm quite excited when I have to troubleshoot problems. I have nightmares about workarounds. Can't stand 'em. There's nothing so permanent as a temporary solution.

How did you end up being an AIX expert?

My colleagues and clients might have an opinion about calling me that! I'm no expert, but I am keen. I've learned a lot from my mistakes and I've developed a strong interest in finding simpler ways of doing things. I think AIX and virtualisation on IBM Power Systems can help build environments which are flexible, consistent and stable.

I'd say laziness is my big motivation. In a way my goal is to do myself out of a job. I like to set things up so that people are not fighting fires all day. Maybe I should write a blog post: "From firefighter to autopilot."

So you started a blog called AIX Down Under - what inspired you to start blogging on My developerWorks?

It was really by popular demand. A few colleagues found they were getting lots of free and unsolicited advice from me on how to set up their systems. They gently suggested to me that there might be someone out there in cyberworld who really was interested in what I had to say.

After some years of working with all different kinds of people - some great people with wonderful abilities - it's a good thing to share around what they have passed onto me. It's also a chance to help out people who have lots of enthusiasm but not so much experience to show how they can make their systems work better. I'd also like to believe that some people appreciate my Aussie sense of humour. I do, anyway.

What's been the most interesting or surprising thing about blogging so far?

I wrote a post on the most famous of all Unix commands - the one which will wipe out your system. I called it "rm -r and your career". Five minutes after I put it on my shiny new blog I managed to wipe out the entire post and had to reconstruct it using Google searches, one and a half sentences at a time. See what I mean about people being able to learn from my mistakes?

How do you use developerWorks?

Primarily reading the excellent articles. It's a great source for hands-on examples of doing things which the official man pages simply can't cover. I've got some articles in the wings myself. I think it's a great way for people to see how things work and hang together in the real (virtual) world. Even a task which you're told is very simple can be daunting until you see someone step through it.

Are you a gadget guy? Any new gadgets that you are adding to your wish list?

The i-don't. Gadgets? No, not really. I actually grow veges, coach cricket and read books, (you know, printed on real paper) especially the classics. I was catching the bus to one company in Sydney recently and that gave me the chance to read the whole of Dickens' and Jane Austen's novels and a good dose of Shakespeare (the bus driver took the long route that day). I also have a strong interest in mediaeval philosophy and theology, and have written the odd article in that field, which is perhaps not so common among geekdom.

What are some of your favorite websites/feeds/twitter accounts to follow?
 https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/AIXDownUnder/?lang=en (of course! I'm its most frequent visitor.)
https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/InsideSystemStorage/?lang=en

In the AIX space
http://ibmsystemsmag.blogs.com/aixchange/
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/wikis/display/WikiPtype/AIX+Virtual+User+Group+-+USA
http://twitter.com/aixmag
http://twitter.com/cgibbo (and every word written by my compatriot, Chris Gibson)
Anything produced by Nigel Griffiths, especially his Wiki movies: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/wikis/display/wikiptype/movies

And, to prove I have a life outside of AIX:
http://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/onbiz.cfm
http://www.cts.org.au/articles.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/summa/
http://www.chesterton.org/

Do you have a motto or a philosophy that guides you?

I'm not much of a doomsdayer. I have a great deal of hope for the future, and I think that's important in a world where the emphasis is sometimes more negative. True hope gives joy and peace, whatever is going on around you. I also find people face things best when they know the truth, spoken with clarity and charity.

Now if only I could condense all that to a bumper sticker.

 I'm excited to share this interview with Anthony English ! Anthony is an AIX expert from Australia who writes a popular blog on My developerWorks called AIX Down Under . Tell me about yourself and what you're currently working on... I'm a Sydney father of... 0 2 5956 urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-c701371c-9c56-4952-9dfd-63f4c73e9b8a Yin meets yang 2013-12-09T13:00:05-05:00 urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-4ce7ebe1-27ab-44d9-a054-57ce93fc62af Interview with Erwan Paccard vskinner 060000VKGS active false Entradas de Comentários application/atom+xml;type=entry Curtir true 2010-06-28T12:27:45-04:00 2010-06-28T12:27:45-04:00  This week, get to know Erwan Paccard a product manager for IBM ILOG visualization products.

Connect with Erwan on:
His My developerWorks profile
IBM ILOG Elixir blog
Twitter

Tell me about yourself and what you're currently working on...

I'm Erwan Paccard, a product manager within the IBM ILOG visualization group which was acquired by IBM in 2009. My day-to-day job is to plan out the future of our user interface products: we develop and sell software components used by developers to expedite their application development. To get a better idea of what we do, you can look at some live samples.

What's your favorite aspect of your work?

The sum of it all in fact. From feeling where the technology is going, to market needs evolutions, to business cases creation and talks with as many customers and prospects as possible, to close interactions with R&D to see concepts and ideas come to life, to interactions with sales and customers to see how a large team efforts lead to great revenue for us and achievements for our customers.

Tell me a little bit about ILOG Elixir - what's the coolest thing about it? What is the best-kept secret about ILOG that you wish more people knew?

The end user reactions, hearing end users saying "that's what I've been waiting for so long" is truly rewarding. That comes from a complex set of steps: from focusing on people's need (both from a feature and user experience standpoints, to having the right implementation to deliver features and performance) to having the right price and go to market. Fail one step and the whole value chain is broken.

Tell me about one of the most creative or interesting uses of ILOG that you've seen?

Eye catching and fun to use energy consumption dashboards. An engaging experience help people use it so it helps achieve the goal of having less energy consumed. I also came across some developers who made some mobile applications: can't say in how many pockets we are now :-)

You blog on the IBM ILOG Elixir blog - what do you think about blogging so far?

Overall it's good experience and rewarding to see that you have hundreds of readers a few hours after you did a new post.

How do you use developerWorks?

We use it as an essential ingredient for the sales process. We have demos , a blog and a forum and all of that adds up to convey as much information as needed to our customers. When they come to contact us, it's usually only to know the price, that means a better experience for our customers.

What publications / websites do you read / visit?

I follow 50 accounts or so on Twitter for the "real time aspect of it". I also track blogs in the market segments we're in.

What's the coolest piece of tech news you've heard lately?

Google TV caught my attention lately, I would definitely like to have those features in my next TV.

When you're not working, do you have any special interests you like to spend time on?

It will sound like a French cliche but good friends at home with a nice meal and fine wine is one of my favorite occupations. Having said that, having two young kids will help keep you busy after work hours.

- Thanks Erwan!

 This week, get to know Erwan Paccard a product manager for IBM ILOG visualization products. Connect with Erwan on: His My developerWorks profile IBM ILOG Elixir blog Twitter Tell me about yourself and what you're currently working on... I'm Erwan Paccard, a... 1 0 4223 urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-c701371c-9c56-4952-9dfd-63f4c73e9b8a Yin meets yang 2013-12-09T13:00:05-05:00 urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-9755197c-1465-49d2-84b0-e5777f739912 Interview with Mike Watson, ILOG Optimization and Supply Chain Management blogger vskinner 060000VKGS active false Entradas de Comentários application/atom+xml;type=entry Curtir true 2010-06-14T10:30:02-04:00 2010-06-14T10:31:48-04:00  This week get to know Mike Watson, a blogger who writes about ILOG and Supply Chain Management. Learn more about Michael and connect with him on his My developerWorks profile and his blog.

Tell me about yourself and what you're currently working on...
I'm Mike Watson. Our group joined IBM when IBM acquired ILOG in 2009. Our group within IBM focuses on optimization and supply chain solutions. For example, we help companies determine the correct inventory levels, determine the best number and location of their warehouses, figure out the best place to make a product, figure out how to schedule the factory, determine what should be stocked on the shelves at your local retailer, optimally route trucks, and get empty shipping containers back to where they are needed. The IBM community has been very welcoming and right now, we are working with these various groups in IBM so they can bring these solutions to their clients.

What is one of the most interesting or creative projects you've seen use ILOG Optimization and Supply Chain management solutions?
We've worked on a lot of interesting problems over the years. What I'm always impressed with is how our projects help companies perform better and how much visibility these projects bring in an organization. For example, we recently helped with a large merger and our results were taken past the Board of Directors and on to the US Dept of Justice. A large retailer recently redesigned their warehouse network and the project was mentioned in the Letter to Shareholders. We've helped several national banks figure out how to move their trucks full of cash around most efficiently (lots of people would like to know where those trucks were going!!), A commodity gas producer had to figure out how to best swap customers with their competitors. Our ILOG optimization was featured on a NBC news piece when it was used to better figure out how to allocate kidney's to patients.

Are you noticing any new developments or trends in Supply Chain Management?
It is interesting how the field of Supply Chain Management keeps moving. Over the last several years, we've seen more emphasis on measuring and optimizing the carbon footprint of the supply chain and better incorporating tax rates into strategic decisions. Technically, we are seeing firms apply more advanced analytics on a more regular basis. For example firms used to do advanced analytics on their supply chain every couple of years. Now, they are able to apply this technology on an on-going basis.

But, most recently, we see supply chain managers thinking about flexibility in their supply chain. The founder of our group, David Simchi-Levi, has a book coming out this summer where he talks to this issue. Specifically, flexibility is a key concept that lets firms link the value they provide to their customers with their supply chain strategy. The products we offer help customers better understand flexibility in their supply chain.

Tell me about your blog on developerWorks - the IBM ILOG Optimization and Supply Chain Solutions blog...
With a worldwide set of customers and clients, partners, and IBMers wanting to know what is going on with ILOG Optimization and Supply Chain, we have found that the blog is good way of keeping everyone up-to-date. We get a lot of feedback on the blog and a lot of ideas on what people want to hear about.

- Thanks Michael!

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Keith McDonald is a great example of a developer taking his area of expertise - DB2 - and finding a creative way to share it. Get to know Keith in the interview below and add him to your colleagues on his My developerWorks profile. You can also follow him on his blog and Twitter.

Tell me about yourself and what you're currently working on...

I am a software developer at IBM Canada and have been so since 1997, when I was an intern. I was born and raised in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, but I've been living in Toronto for the past thirteen years. I care about good design (both internal and external) and the transformation of research into real products that make customer's lives easier. I believe in keeping up with the state of the art in my field and applying what I learn from doing so.

I have worked on DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows since version 5. I have spent the last ten years developing workload management technology for DB2, starting with Query Patroller in DB2 version 8.1 followed by Workload Manager in DB2 9.5. I am currently working on some of the next generation workload management technologies for use with a future release of DB2 for LUW.

Describe a normal day for you.

Lately, a typical day consists mostly of writing and testing code for a future release of DB2, participating in team Scrum meetings, answering emails, taking in education sessions on new technologies like ISAS and DB2 pureScale, and writing specifications for new features. Every day after work, I will typically spend four or five hours studying some aspect of db2top (the interactive snapshot monitoring tool that comes free with every copy of DB2 for LUW, even the free Express-C edition) and writing a blog post about it. It usually takes two nights to craft a single post and I publish a new post three times a week. Eventually, I will have covered every feature and will start blogging about a new topic.

What's your favorite aspect of your work?

My favorite aspect of my work is the group of people with whom I get to work. They are not only extremely smart and professional, but also free of the arrogance that sometimes comes with such intelligence. People at work share what they know and communication is open and honest. At work, I know I can ask questions and get answers that help me solve problems more quickly than I ever could trying to do everything on my own.

Do you have any advice you'd share with students or new IT professionals who are just starting out?

Work-life balance is extremely important, especially if you enjoy your job so much that you could happily spend all your time doing it. Make time for your health and have a hobby that gets you out of the house regularly. Find a way to share what you learn in your job with your fellow employees and perhaps a broader audience if the information is not proprietary. Find a way to get in contact with the users of the products you make and listen to them. Do not let your skills stagnate.

How are you using social networking today? How is it changing the way you live your personal or professional life?

I have had an awareness of social networking technologies for a while now (I used to get blank stares years ago when I would talk about Twitter), but I was not really a participant until recently. At first, like many people who complained about not wanting to hear about the minutiae of other people's lives, I didn't see the full potential of social networking. I liked using Facebook to catch up with people I hadn't seen in years and I liked reading tweets from the small set of people I followed, but I contributed very little to the conversation myself. My view changed when I started posting to Twitter last month. All of a sudden I was having conversations with complete strangers who shared an interest in the technologies I write about. I finally figured out that to get the most out of social networking, the conversation has to go both ways - you get out of it what you put into it.

As a blogger you focus on DB2. Can you share what inspired you to start blogging?

I had wanted to start a blog for a while, but could not think of a topic I could blog regularly about. When I started using db2top, I noticed that it had dozens of "hidden" features and only a few pages of documentation. I knew it was a popular product among DB2 for LUW users, but I couldn't imagine that such users were getting the full value out of it given its limited documentation. I personally don't like to read mountains of documentation at one time, but I figured a regularly-occurring blog post explaining one feature at a time might be able to sustain someone's interest and get more people to realize just how useful and powerful this little tool is. According to a recent blog post by Susan Visser, the free ebook Getting Started With DB2 Express-C has been downloaded over 83,000 times. Every one of those DB2 Express-C users has a powerful monitoring tool at their fingertips but I imagine many are not aware of it or at least not aware of all that it can do and I hope to change that.

Do you have any bloggers you look up to in particular?

I have always liked the writing that Joel Spolsky does in his blog Joel on Software. His original essays from ten years ago when I first started reading his blog made me rethink everything I knew about developing software. Unfortunately, he quit blogging not too long ago, but his old material is still relevant today.

What are some of your favorite websites/feeds/twitter accounts to follow?

Derek Sivers, Clay Shirky, Seth Godin, Paul Graham, Planet DB2, Explain Extended, DB2 Express-C team blog, and Zen and the Art of Programming.

How do you use developerWorks?

I read a lot of technical content and find out about much of it through Google searches or on social news aggregators like Hacker News. Much of the time, the content originates on developerWorks. Now that I have a developerWorks blog, I find myself on the site more often, discovering new technical articles directly. I am still learning the new social networking aspects of My developerWorks.

Star Wars or Star Trek?

Being a child of the 80's with an obsession with space and technology, I will always associate Star Wars with fond memories of my childhood. I was not exposed to Star Trek in any significant way until the mid-90's when I was in university and the first movie with the ST:TNG cast came out. It has become a tradition for me and the friends I made at university to see every new Star Trek movie together even though we no longer live in the same cities or even the same provinces. So I can't really choose one over the other because I treasure them both.
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You will get an EMAIL with a link to our private bloggers group, where you create your blog!

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I started a new project (Mashups4JSF). This project aims at integrating the famous mashup services with JSF applications.

This project will be a complementary for the work done for GMaps4JSF so that the JSF users will be able to construct the famous mashups easily in their JSF applications beside their Google Maps using the GMaps4JSF.

The roadmap of the project is to provide a clean APIs and tags that enable the JSF users to:
* Integrate easily with the yahoo weather service.
* Integrate easily with the youtube services.
* Integrate easily with the facebook services.
* Integrate easily with the twitter services.
* Integrate easily with the blogger services.
* Integrate easily with the google search services.
* Integrate easily with the google chart services.

The another main purpose of this project is that all of the Mashups4JSF tags and APIs will be integrated so that the user can display a Google Map using GMaps4JSF and then for example drag a map marker to see the weather of this location, and the related videos.

I wish that this project can be useful to the whole community, and I will be pleased to see many contributors in the projects.

The project home page:
http://code.google.com/p/mashups4jsf/

The project demo (What is done so far)[1]:
http://www.mashups4jsf.com/

[1] All of the examples are created in pure JSF 2.0 however the library can work with previous versions of JSF smoothly as well.
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|Reviews for Fanmail Frenzy
| bpevans chapter 3 . 2/5/2013
dear sam
did you and dakota ever agree on anything?
the byr
| Nursediva001 chapter 2 . 8/27/2012
Hi, I love your story. I laughed so hard. So al wants a letter. Okay I dare Izzy to rub butter all over his 3rd degree burns. Mwhaha ha
| Rtv190 chapter 1 . 8/22/2012
Dear Cody,
I dare you to do the roflcopter wile yelling CALL THE AMBERLAMPS AND I WANT ME SOME PIE
| NerdyNightStocker chapter 3 . 5/24/2012
Heather's method of sorting the letters is certainly interesting...
Making Courtney miserable is always entertaining! Yeah, I'm sure Heather really didn't like hearing about Justin's good time with that fan... DJ and Katie do make an adorable couple! Cody and Sierra have potential if she wasn't such a huge goon of a fangirl LOL. Zack Ryder's appearance was pretty cool, as was Alejandro's painful exit! Anyway, fanletters!
Dear Sadie,
How do you feel now that Katie found a boyfriend in DJ? Will you be searching for love yourself?
Sincerely, Tonja Hardy from Fairfax, Virginia
Dear Mike,
What do each of your multiple personalities think about your experience on the show and relationship with Zoey?
Sincerely, Malo Dextrin from Castle Rock, Maine
Dear Lightning,
How has your father behaved towards you since your loss on Total Drama Revenge of the Island?
Sincerely, Clay Rodgers from Austin, Texas
| jster1983 chapter 3 . 5/23/2012
Why do you keep going back to Total Drama if your sick and tired of all the abuse? This is for all the contestants. Do you all get some sick kick of making fools of yourselves? Next time just walk away when you actually have the chance and it serves you all right for signing something without reading it.
| AlmightyGeorgiaCrusher chapter 3 . 5/23/2012
Dear Geoff, can you Challenge Alejandro to a you're fired match which the loser will be fired? Sincerely Alex Hearn from Lilburn Georgia.
| jster1983 chapter 2 . 1/30/2012
Heather I dare you to show that picture of yourself from your Tween Years. You know the one your brother Damien probably has for blackmail purposes.
| AlmightyGeorgiaCrusher chapter 2 . 1/12/2012
Dear Geoff and Bridgette I got 2 dares dare #1 I dare you to um tell you you're biggest sex fantasy about each other other people dont count. Dare #2 um challenge Chris and Blaineley to a mixed tag team wrestling match.
| John Morrison Invades TDI chapter 2 . 10/16/2011
Dear Justin,
We all know that your favorite all time wrestler is The Rock. Who's you're current favorite wrestler?
Best regards, Tucker and Dale vs Evil
| Summerrainstorm chapter 1 . 10/16/2011
Ah! I love this story~
Here's my question:
Dear Cody,
Other than Gwen, who do you think is the most attractive girl on the show?
Sincerely, Caitlyn Dune :)
| kyrogue23 chapter 2 . 10/16/2011
Dear justin and duncan,
Thanks for taking my dare. also My new question is what weapons would you two use to survive the zombie apocalypse?
| NerdyNightStocker chapter 2 . 10/16/2011
Haha, Izzy has Jeopardy dreams the way Owen has Donut-Copter dreams! I can just imagine Sierra having blender line! LOL That prank on Chris was hilarious! LOL at Harold and thumb-wrestling! Chris is such an easy target! OHMYGOD, you actually did Eva's dare! That was so great! Anyway, more letters:
Dear Heather,
Why don't you like your sisters? Damien DOES seem like a jerk but what about your female siblings?
Sincerely, Claire Barnes
Dear Ezekiel,
I dare you to go streaking around the Justin Show Studio.
Sincerely, Thomas Hardwick
Dear DJ,
Who is the hottest girl (in your opinion) in Total Drama and what do you like about her?
Sincerely, Bartley Baker
| bpevans chapter 2 . 10/16/2011
Dear Owen
i dare you to challange Alejandro to a "ALL YOU CAN EAT CHALLANGE" with Izzy being the ref
Bryan P Evans
| Jason Kreuger Myers chapter 2 . 10/16/2011
Dear Heather.
I dare you to shave Courtney's head.
Dear Justin.
How do you deal with fangirls stalking you everywhere?
Dear Leshawna.
Do you regret punching Heather in Germany when she did the right thing warning you about Alejandro?
Dear Bridgette.
I dare you to kiss Ezekiel on the cheek.
Dear Duncan.
I dare you to tell you innermost passionate feelings...
To Chef...
To his face.
LATER! Hope to have more soon

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Women working full time in Louisiana will one day make the same pay as their male counterparts. But, it'll take a while to get there. A long while. A long, long, long while.
About 109 years.
An analysis by the Institute for Women's Policy Research shows that Louisiana women earn just 66.7 percent of their male counterparts, the worst rate in the nation. At the current rate of progress at closing the gap, the institute projects the state will achieve gender wage equality in the year 2106.
See the Huffington Post story here.


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I recently came across an article in Fast Company called Why Successful people have so many groups of friends. Not only was it a really interesting read, but there was also a really nice graphic by Dave Gray (founder of Xplane, and awesome with a pen!).
I figured that there were a couple of other key concepts that it would be great to include, and therefore created another drawing (trying to replicate Dave's hand-drawn style!). Dave's drawing is also included in this very short presentation.


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I'm pretty laid back, or at least I'd like to think I am. My quick temper ruins that dream more often then not. I am feisty, to say the least. As I get older I am becoming this weird blend of extrovert and introvert.
I love to be happy! I LOVE having fun, hate people who sit off to the side and hold the proverbial rainy cloud overhead. I love being the coolest dork ever, and love to laugh AT myself. I hate people who are overly serious and think their shit doesn't stink. I love going out and doing spontaneous things, I hate people who rule their lives around order.
( more to come. =D This is all I can think of right now. )
I am amusing, blunt, and cynical
I love to read, so there isn't really any top of the list books, they all make me happy. Though I do love Laurel K. Hamilton, and Dean Koontz.
I L O V E horror flicks. Where as those are my favorite I don't turn down most movies, unless it's utterly sob worthy (but i do love P.S. I love you. ) Chick flicks don't really catch my attention for too long. 80's films, AMAZING. I also grew up watching the old black and whites with my grandmother. I love Marylin, James Dean, Shirley Temple, and most things to do with back then.
I listen to almost everything. I love hip hop, emo, underground punk, radio friendly -- probably what I listen to most. Country, metal, hardcore, classic, indie, rockabilly mixed in there at some point. I HATE music snobs, you know those people that only listen to one thing and preach how their type of music is 'where it's really at'.
I am VERY picky and yet not picky at the same time. Honestly, that pretty much means, I know what I hate and I know what I love.


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While you are in Welch, make sure you spend some time at the Welch Village Ski Area.
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"Checks should be made before actual appointment"
About: Robert Jones & Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital / Neurology Robert Jones & Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital Neurology SY10 7AG Telford referral and quality service (TRAQS) Telford referral and quality service (TRAQS) TF7 4BF
Posted by Keyed596 (as ),
In January 2013 my GP referred me to a Urology and Spinal clinic. The urology appointment was made quickly and I was seen at the clinic in Telford in March. By April, I had heard nothing about the appointment to the spinal clinic and, at a visit to my GP for a different reason, I asked how long I could be expected to wait before being contacted.
I understand that a request was then made for the procedure to be expedited.
Within a week I was offered an appointment in late June at the Spinal clinic at RJAH Hospital.
On being seen at the clinic, I gathered that I should have, by then, had an MRI scan, but this had not been possible in as Telford does not allow a GP to request such a scan. Consequently, I had to make an appointment for an MRI scan at Oswestry and will have a review in the Spinal Clinic after that for a meaningful conversation on my condition and possible treatment.
It would seem to me that it would be useful if postcodes throughout an area code are meaningful, and that checks might be made before an actual appointment after that, checks might be made before an actual appointment that requested tests or procedures.
Had either of these procedures been applied then my first consultation might have been more productive, and 30 minutes of a busy consultants time would not have been wasted.
Response from TRAQS & CAB Co-Ordinator, Telford and Wrekin CCG 4 years ago
Thank you for taking the time to provide feedback.
I am pleased that your urology referral was a positive experience and am sorry that your spinal consultation was not as productive.
However, before a consultant sees a patient in clinic they have the opportunity to review the referral letter and arrange any tests which may be required. You are correct in stating that Telford and Wrekin GPs are currently unable to access MRI scans.
Thank you again for taking the time to respond as the TRAQS team appreciate all constructive comments.
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Response from Robert Jones & Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital 3 years ago
Thank you for your feedback. Our aim is to provide high quality services for all our patients and we are disappointed that your experience has not met the standards we set. The Trust is committed to listening to patients and improving their experience. If you would like the issues you have raised looking into, please contact the Trusts' Patient Advice and Liaison Service by telephoning (01691) 404606; by emailing firstname.lastname@example.com or write to PALS Officer, the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Oswestry, Shropshire, SY10 7AG
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Jessica Chastain was another member of the White Dress brigade at last night's Golden Globe Awards. Her dress was one of our favourites, but we're actually more interested in her bouffant hairdo, which helps give the whole look a bit of 60s glamour. Do you like it, though?
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Grilled Boneless Sirloin and Vidalia Onion Skewers
Recipe by diner524
A recipe that I saw on "Paula's Best Dishes", which I can't wait to try, looks so good. I am now making it for the 4th time, we love it!! I don't make kabobs out of the steak, just marinate it whole, then I baste it with the butter/beef bouillon mixture as well as the onions.
Top Review by Baby Kato
What a great marinade. This recipe was amazing. It was quick and easy to make with great results. The meat was very flavorful and tender. Perfect served with mashed potatoes, corn muffins and fried mushrooms and sweet red pepper. Thank you for sharing this lovely recipe. Made for Culinary Quest 2014 - Suitcase Gourmets
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- 1⁄3 cup apple cider vinegar
- 8 garlic cloves, minced
- 2 tablespoons grated parmesan cheese
- 1 lemon, juiced
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon house seasoning, recipe follows
- 1⁄2 teaspoon dried oregano
- 2 lbs beef sirloin, trimmed and cut into 2-inch cubes
- 4 tablespoons butter, melted
- 1 teaspoon beef bouillon granules
- 6 -8 bamboo skewers, soaked in water for 1 hour
- 4 large vidalia onions, cut into 2-inch cubes
Directions See How It's Made
- In a shallow dish, whisk together the vinegar, garlic, Parmesan, lemon juice, paprika, sugar, House Seasoning, and oregano. Add the beef cubes and marinate, covered, for 1 hour.
- Light the grill or preheat the broiler. In a bowl, add the melted butter and bouillon and stir until the bouillon is completely dissolved.
- Skewer the beef and onion cubes separately. Brush the onions with the butter mixture. Put the skewers on the grill, or if broiling, transfer the skewers to a foil-lined baking sheet and broil. Turn once, until the onion is tender and the beef is cooked to the desired doneness, 3 to 5 minutes per side. Arrange on a serving platter and serve.
- Note: House seasoning is 1/4 cup salt (I use sea salt), 1 tbsp black pepper and 1 tbsp garlic powder.


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"Is it worth the hype, the wait, and the 50 bucks?"
Ah, Illbleed. What a strange little mixed bag you are. You have such great area's, coupled by such low...um, low areas. And let's get right into the review, shall we?
Storyline= A bunch of your friends get head strong and decide to head of to win the million smackers prize some crazy guy is offering at his big scary park, ::dramatic voice:: Illbleed! Of course, they don't come back, so obviously your character decides to go in after them. Once in, apparently, you can't go out. So, you either come back a millionare, or come back in a small wooden box.
Gameplay= Here's the big one, the gameplay. What makes or breaks a game. What makes games like Illbleed so darn interesting. There are 3 parts I'll break it into, 1) Fighting, 2) The Traps, and 3) Gameplay in general.
So, let's start with the fighting. Argh, it stinks. Well, you'll eventually get used to it, but it takes time, just like the rest of the game. The battles will show up ever now and then, but you can avoid most. It's mainly cheap, because the bad guys are fast and do alot of damage, while you're...um, you. If there are more than 2, you can get the bad guys to smack each other silly :). Of course, you'll get used to it eventually, and you'll find your other cheap little ways to beat them. Mine, for example, is you hit them the second before they hit you, so they fall back and let you hit them even more so they'll never get to attack! Mwahahahahahahahahhaha!
2) The traps, which are basically the thing most people are interested in, are okay. You find the horror monitor (binoculars mixed with novelty x-ray glasses), look at you're senses (Hearing, sight, smell, and sixth sense), and you guess what the trap is. If you're right, hurray for you, if your wrong, then you'll take a hit in your stats. The traps start to get really stupid and un-scary quickly (for example, the ''evil pot roast of doom'' that attacks you, or the HAUNTED PIG HOOFS. HAUNTED PIG HOOFS!), and sometimes they're cheap. On one level, there are 3 shelves of ''evil candy''. You can't move any closer to any of them or you'll trigger the trap, and you can't really tell which one's which so you just wind up guessing. And there is NOTHING more frustarating than running out of adrenaline (which you use to find traps) in the middle of a stage. On second thought, bleeding to death RIGHT BEFORE THE EXIT OF THE LEVEL (which has happened to me before) or dying of shock just because a door grew an eye and looked at you is pretty infuriating too. Over all, kind of dumb, kind of cool. basically levels it out at the end.
Last (at least gameplay wise) is the overall gameplay. It's pretty fun, sometimes it can leave you clueless however. Some parts are so wierd they're funny, like the *Spoiler!, kind of*
part were Eriko get's turned into a dummy and goes into the dummy hunting grounds. When you rescue Randy, you get a hilariously wierd conversation.
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Then again, sometimes the scene's are a bit too wierd (That VEEERRY disturbing conversation after the 2nd level boss, and of course the infamous level 6), but hey, it's all good in the end. The whole horror theme is very B-movie-ish, with ''so-lame-they're-funny'' names like ''Home Run of DEATH'', the Twilight-zone-ish begginings of the levels, and the plot of each level. Some level's storys are indeed uninspired, the ''Killer Department Store'' being one of them. Then again, alot of them have underlying theme's, like the wooden-puppets on the normally lame plot of level 3. I mean, come on, the guy get's eaten by a tree. AAAAAH! SO SCARY! Some scene's are kind of creepy, like *small spoiler!* the baseball bat calling out for Jimmy...that was wierd. *end small spoiler*
Graphics=7/10=The graphics most of the time are pretty Jerky and, well, just plain un-polished. I saw the beggining cinema, and I nearly threw up; no-one's lips move when they speak! Ugh! I hate that! Oh well, you get used to it eventually. The monster's are pretty interesting (who else would have thought to have had evil crash test dummy?), while some are mild. The worms on lvl 2 looked like they were snatched from tremors, which I liked. The bosses are especially cool looking..well, most of the time. But most of the time the level's are pretty good, reflecting whatever the level's ''horror'' or ''scary thing'' is. I loved the burned look on first level :). Occasionally the camera will get annoying (especially when you're trying to disarm traps), but its excusable.
Sound=6/10= Okay, the music is typical horror, which means it ranges from pretty scary and good (the 1st level creeped me out) to the Infuriatingly Ear Piercingly bad (the music at the entrance to the park, ugh!). The Voices are pretty bad, they should have just shot for the typically bad B-movie acting (House of the Dead 2 I will never forget! I love those monotone ''My god.'' or ''G's Blood Stains.''), but instead it sounds attempted good and veeery muffled. It's muffled on the humans, so that means the other guys and monsters are almost impossible to hear, seeing as they're speech is garbled. Also, the little ''Shock'' sound effect on the traps will probably be what makes you jump on the traps, but after a while you get used to it.
Replay Value= Depends. For me, about a 7/10. For you? Depends on how you like your games. You'll probably want to replay this game just to relive cool moments or show off to your friends. Some scenes will make you crying for a replay mode (I wanna show all my friends the disturbing lvl 2 after boss cinema!), other's will make you say ''boring, boring''. Difusing all the traps a second time around will either be fun or frusturating for you, depending on how you get the traps. The little ''randomizer'' thing that they put in for the traps doesn't really change enough to be commented on.
Controls=7/10= The thing all the critics hate. Personally, I didn't see anything wrong with them. Sure they take a little while getting used to, but they're okay after that. My one gripe is jumping is till a pain in the rear.
Final Verdict= Well, if you like horror movies or just want a break from the typical ''Kill zombie turn around kill the other zombie'' formula, then you should buy Illbleed. of course, in Illbleed, the formula ''Disarm trap get into annoying battle and whack crash test dummy over and over again''. Most people will want to try it just see how wierd it is, and how the whole game works. That's really what drew me in, but it stuck, and now I love it. But, I know that there will be some people who like the game, and some people who will hate it, that's unavoidable, but I employ you, give the game a chance. It may take a while, but you'll get used to everything and love it. Hopefully love it, at least. Just don't be impatient and slow down and hopefully you'll like it.
Closure=Well, I guess that's it. Liked it? Hope ya did. Oh, and in case I offended you in any way shape or form, please, don't flame me or anything. I'm sorry for whatever. So, anyway, see ya! Oh, and sorry for my frequent mispellings, where I come from we don't believe in them fancy Spellin' things! And Im too lasy to change everything. :)
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Very cool.
I will definitely be using this next time we put together some 2.2+ games.
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Flank March is intended as a more historically relevant alternative to Littoral Landings. When used in conjunction with the Maneuver rules it can provide a commander with some very interesting decisions!
Give it a try, remove littoral landings from your games and replace them with these Flank March rules... we would love your feedback.
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Love that waterways are now something you use to -protect- your flank from e.g. flank marches, not something you use to deliver a beach landing in the midst of combat. So it actually makes sense now
Some questions:
Why only arriving on the first bound? Were there not enough examples of flank marches arriving after combat maneuvers were initiated?
As the elements can be placed up to 4 MU from the edge, can't this create strange situations if the opponent moves towards that edge in his/her first bound (e.g. the flank marchers can appear behind or between the opponent's elements or in combat with them)?
Am I understanding it correctly that the flank marchers can also move in the same bound as they appear?
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In the real world time is continuous, not discrete (split into turns starting from "1"), and the level of military interaction between two hostile forces varies, raising, lowering, skirmishing, etc. continuously as well. Some battles happen over several days. Some conflicts are more or less continuous, and the idea of dividing the multi-day conflict into separate "battles" with non-battle periods between them is largely an effort of historians attempting to organize their data rather than a reflection of what actually occurred. Note that there were many occasions in history where armies faced each other for days without fighting -- several days of waking up in the morning, having breakfast, forming up in lines of battle within sight of the enemy, posturing, then not fighting, heading back to camps in the evening, repeating. In some cases they ended up never actually fighting. In others they would then maneuver (strategic maneuver, out of sight of enemy) for reasons that are out of the scope of DBA -- try to get water or cut the enemy off from it (Hattin, 1187 being one case where it made a huge difference), or try to winkle an enemy out of a secure position, or try to convince the Senate you were actually doing something without getting your army destroyed (several Roman commanders were in this position against Hannibal), or draw the enemy to a battlefield of your choosing (Mongols did this a lot), or try to disengage (get out of contact completely, as the English were trying in the weeks before Agincourt), or a million other motivations.
Consider the First Crusade battle of Dorylaeum. The Crusader army split into separate columns. Soon afterward one column came under attack, pitched camp, the attack intensified, they responded, were driven back, fought for three hours, then the second column showed up, followed by a third group, and the Turks fled, abandoning their own camp.
So your task is this: assign the above battle a "Start" position on the Time spectrum. Take the confusion, the continuous activity and interaction, and say "This is Bound 0." It's a very thorny problem.
One natural choice is to find the last moment before major forces began to fight (or 30 minutes before the first major clash, or whatever). Even if some parts of the army are not present (on a flank march) or may never be present. That's the choice DBM/MM made.
However, consider what happens to the way people play if we go with a DBM/MM model where the flank march does not come on predictably. One side is significantly outnumbered, and must play to delay battle, either skirmishing to slow down the foe or taking a defensive position of one sort or another. Why? Because both generals know that the flank march exists, and given sufficient time, will eventually show up. Historical generals did NOT know this -- at Dorylaeum, for example, the Turks thought they were fighting the whole Crusader army, and the Crusaders had no idea that the other column was going to be able to get to the battle at all.
You could have any number of ways that late-arriving flank marches could come in unpredictably. That's fun for scenario games, certainly -- in our Embattled Isle scenario book, DS and I have something similar in the Battle of Orewin Bridge, where Prince Llewellyn (the Welsh CO) was off-map at the start of the game and his entry gives some uncertainty to the situation. But in non-scenario games, you will find that such rules tend to force the outnumbered player to "turtle up", which slows down battles (causing them often to extend much longer than the usual 1hour timeslot used at conventions) and makes for less interesting games.
Further, if you adopt a late-arrival rule, you really must require advance record of which side a flank march will enter upon. Doing otherwise gives too much advantage to the incoming flank marchers, as they can make choices that were completely unavailable to historical late-arriving groups unless they had advance satellite recon and were capable of mass teleportation of thousands upon thousands of warriors to the battlefield position where entry would give them the greatest advantage. Advance record means that the defender knows where they flank marchers will arrive (non-historical, again) which modifies how they fight. Unknown arrival means that the attackers (non-flank-marchers, who have numbers advantage) slow down their game as well, constantly worried about being caught in a bad position by a sudden arrival.
One of the design decisions for DBA was that battles should run an hour or less. Sure, some go longer, but a major factor in the success of DBA is the approximate hour it takes to play. It allows large tournaments to be run in an afternoon or evening at conventions, among other benefits.
So after some significant consideration, we decided that the best choice for DBA was to consider the "Start of the Battle" to be the moment the flank march (if any) arrived -- the moment that both generals realized that their original estimate of numbers and positions was very, very wrong.
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Thanks for clarifying your reasoning! Makes sense to me mostly, except that I'd expect a player with more on-table elements to (at least in many cases) play aggressively to finish off the opponent before the reinforcements arrive
The Littoral Landing "deployment" rule had a few problems as well -- an evil player can use the Littoral Landing rule (start with two elements touching the waterway) in some startling ways, ending up with a line extending 6MU from the waterway. There was a period where my Ugarit army went 18-1, including winning a couple of Open tournaments. During that stint I assure you, some of my victories were purely created by adroit (mis)use of the Littoral Landing rules.
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I see, good to know, and thanks for sharing the amusing anecdotes I think my comparison to the littoral landing rules was a bit misleading, those rules were IMO so ridiculous in themselves that nearly anything (such as just forbidding their use) is better. So I'm not trying to make a comparison to those rules but rather looking at the flank march rule in separation. Seems like you've playtested it well, I'll certainly try it out!
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In 1958 the Australian Army tested five small 4-wheel-drive vehicles with an eye toward replacing the UK-built Austin Champ, which had been in use by the Army since 1950. The Champ seen in this photo by by Alf Van Beem is a 1954 model in Britain.
One of the vehicles tested was a Willys CJ-3B, purchased commercially in Australia in May 1958. The results of that test appear in a document titled Army Design Establishment, Report No. TI 1762C: Truck, 1/4 ton, 4x4 (Willys CJ-3B).
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Page 1 of the report (50K GIF) describes the basic trial conditions, which involved loading the Jeep with a crew of two and a 560 lb. load in the cargo compartment, and driving it for approximately 4000 miles. Most of the mileage was on the "Mount Charlie" test circuit which was a combination of third class road and cross-country. Speeds were "such as to accelerate the failure of weak components, in order to obtain a measure of the durability of the vehicle in a relatively short test."
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The move of the spare tire was apparently related to the conversion of the Australian Jeeps to right-hand-drive, and to the question of visibility mentioned below. The terms "offside" and "near side" are leftovers from the cavalry era, and refer to the right and left sides of a horse (from the rider's perspective).
Page 4 also includes comments from a Lieutenant Colonel, to the effect that the CJ-3B's performance and handling were acceptable, but that it had been replaced in the U.S. by the CJ-5. He added that the F-head engine made maintenance more complicated, the visibility from the driver's seat was extremely bad, the layout of controls was bad for right-hand-drive, and the bodywork was not strong enough.
The appendices to the report include CJ-3B drawings and dimensions (20K GIF), and photos of the CJ-3B (50K GIF).
The Summary Page (20K GIF), signed by a Brigadier, makes it clear that "the Willys CJ-3B is NOT an acceptable vehicle for the Australian Army," and that the most significant deficiencies are "lack of adequate body strength and visibility, both necessary in the theatres where Australian troops are likely to operate."
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Its importance occurred to me when I was writing the article about the evolution of the Cournil Jeep tractor in France, where the original 3B bodywork was replaced by a shortened, sloping front end. And Buck Toenges commented on the CJ-3B Bulletin Board in 2000, "I was reading Jeep: the Unstoppable Legend by Arch Brown today. On page 148 the author states that there was a prototype 1953 CJ-3B with a grafted downward sloping hood, and that there is a surviving photo of this vehicle. Has anyone seen this photo?" (See the photo in New Universal Jeep Designs, 1949-53.) The existence of such a prototype would suggest Willys' awareness of the visibility problem, but it doesn't seem to be a problem which has been raised often in a half-century of off-roading.
The Ministry of Supply and other branches of the Australian (and apparently the British) Army, were also testing the M38A1 Jeep in 1958, against four other vehicles (20K GIF). The group even included the GAZ 67B from Russia (presumably not a contract contender, since the USSR would have been considered a likely enemy at the time.) See a "SECRET/DISCREET" dispatch to Headquarters from the Australian Army staff in London on 15 April 1958 (20K GIF). A School of Infantry report on the M38A1 in late 1958 (20K GIF) found "excessive sway of the driver", "pronounced bounce over moderately rough ground" and a gearshift knob that "tends to come free of the lever." And a 1959 test of the A1 resulted in a cracked frame, according to Bill Munro's book Jeep: From Bantam to Wrangler.
In the end, the Australian Army chose the new Series 2 Land-Rover. Meanwhile, the RAAF bought the civilian CJ-3B as a Royal Australian Air Force Jeep.
Thanks to Jeff Spencer and Raymond Kennedy for scanning pages from the reports. Thanks to Alf Van Beem for the photo of Paul Jackson's 1954 Austin Champ. -- Derek Redmond
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Basic information on first aid
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Mr. Maddox has a new slave to torment, Jack Hunter. Wearing leather and a twisted smile, he examines the slave before him, sizing up how much extreme torment this slut can take. Mr. Maddox expects nothing less than full submission, stomping Jack's face into the ground and teasing his cock hungry mouth with a throbbing cock. He plays a cruel game of hard-to-get, one moment facefucking the slave and then kicking him away the next. Mr. Maddox strings Jack up in an archway and tests the slave with his flogger, knocking out whatever will remains with every blow. He hoists Jack's legs above the ground and violently plows into his asshole. Jack returns to the ground and has the privilege of a short rest on the cold, hard floor. Ready to fuck again, Mr. Maddox spreads Jack wide open in ropes and shocks him repeatedly with the Tazzapper before going back in for a vicious fuck. He milks a load from his slave as he pounds away and then covers the cumdrunk slave's face in hot cum.
Length: 556 MiB Duration: 50mn 44s 275ms
Video: AVC at 1 400 Kbps, Aspect: 960 x 540 (1.778) at 29.970 fps
Audio: AAC at 128 Kbps, Infos: 2 channels, 44.1 KHz
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