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In The Kitchen
He was standing in the kitchen when I wandered in. Lift up your shirt, he told me. I obeyed, and his hands flew across my tits.
He slapped them every which way. He twisted my nipples. And then stopped. I stood there for a moment – the hem of my shirt in my hands – and then let it drop.
Hold up your shirt, he said. Hold it up and keep it there until I tell you differently.
I quickly yanked it back up. He told me to arch my back for him – as sharply as I could – to push my chest out.
And then I was just standing there. Tits out. Waiting. . .
He opened the fridge and grabbed a bottle of beer. He popped the top, and briefly pressed the cold bottle against a nipple. But only briefly. Then he took his beer and sat at the table. He drank it down before returning to the galley of the kitchen where I was standing – waiting for him.
Would you like a drink? He filled up a pint glass of water. He brought it up to my lips. And then he poured it down my chest. My body was suddenly covered in goosebumps, and my nipples tightened up even harder.
Would you like some ice….? He asked as he reached in to the freezer and returned with two ice-cubes. He held them against my nipples. Just held them there. I squirmed. I squealed. I started to lose my grip on my shirt.
He dropped the melting ice on the floor. He spun me around and placed my hands on the counter-top. He reached around and unbuttoned and unzipped my jeans. They were pulled down and off. The lacy thong I was wearing was pulled down just under the swell of my ass. My legs were kicked apart. He reached for the plastic pancake flipper and sailed it down on my ass. Heat was rising from my body.
He told me to turn and face him.
Hold your shirt up. Push your tits out to me. And this time – keep your legs spread for me too. Do not make me tell you this again.
I spread my legs as far as I could with the thong still around my thighs.
He opened up the drawer with the towels in it. He pulled out two of them. One was a large one that was tied across my head as a blindfold. The other one was a regular sized dish towel. He run it under the sink. Then he snaked it up and smacked me with it. It landed hard on my belly. The next one landed lower – below my belly button. Another landed on my breast. He changed his grip and held it like he holds his belt when he uses it to spank me.
He told me to put my hands behind my back. To lace my fingers together and to hold them as far up on my back as I could. My tits jutted even further out. He pulled the t-shirt tight and knotted it so that it was held tight up above my breasts.
The wet towel smacked hard against me – almost knocking me over. Back and forth, it bit into my skin. Tears wet the blindfold, and then slid down my cheeks. But I didn't drop my hands.
The towel was dropped and the flipper picked back up. He had much more control – and aimed the blows with precision across my tits. He slapped my nipples. I was whimpering. I was aching. I was wet.
I heard him open up a cupboard. My mind was racing trying to figure out what he could have reached for. Honey. It was the honey. It slowly oozed out of the bottle and dropped onto my skin. It crawled along the curve of my tits. It hung on to the nipple and then slowly kept it's course down my body. It tickled. It itched. It was maddening against the flesh that was so hot and tender from the sharp blows it had just endured. He held it high above me and tilted the bottle so that the thread of honey drew patterns across my red skin. He poured some on his hand and plunged it between my legs. He pushed it up in my slit. He rolled it around and around on my clit. More and more honey across my tits and in my cunt.
And then he stepped away. I couldn't tell at first if he just stepped back – but was still in the galley – or if he was back at the table. And then I could hear his breath. I knew he was watching me.
Suddenly a finger – dragging through the honey – tracing a nipple. And another finger tracing opposite circles on the other. His hand – spreading the stickiness across both breasts. His tongue – licking it from my belly. My body feeling overwhelmed with sensation.
And his tongue – dancing across my torso – slowly and slowly making it's way further down until it's very tip was licking the honey from my clit.
He was kneeling in front of me. The thong pulled all the way down and one of my legs lifted up and draped on his shoulder. His tongue working at sucking the honey from my pussy. One of his hands still rubbing it in across my tits.
The (almost empty) bottle of honey back in his hands. Squirting a mound of honey on his fingers. Working those fingers into my ass. His slick fingers fuck in and out of my ass. His tongue bathing the honey from my clit. I remain blindfolded – arms held behind me – tits sticking out. Nipples and breasts hot from the tit-spanking and sticky from the honey.
I am moaning and whimpering and shaking. I scream. I come. He gets on his feet and leans in to kiss me. His face is wet with honey and pussy. I savor the taste as he plunges his tongue into my mouth.
I am pushed down to my knees. He reminds me to keep my arms behind my back as he pulls off his jeans and boxers. He grabs the knot in the towel-blindfold and uses it to guide my head to his cock. I lick his dick. I suck his balls up into my mouth. I kiss the head. I suck it hard. I suck it lightly. I bob my head up and down. He comes in my mouth – but pulls out before I can swallow him all down. Come drips out of my mouth and down my chin.
He looks at me and tells me how much of a mess I am. His come on my face. Honey all over my tits and belly, running out of my cunt and smeared across my ass. So messy, messy, messy. I am such a dirty girl, he says.
I can release my arms for just a moment. Just long enough for him to get me in place. He tells me that I am too messy to walk to the bathroom, so we are going to clean up right here in the kitchen. He lifts me up and sets me on the counter-top. The granite is cold on my ass.
He turns me around so that I have my back to him – and I am facing the sink. He tells me to put one leg on either side of the basin. And then I am told to return my arms behind my back. He stands directly behind me and I lean back against him for support.
He reaches a hand around and slides it across my pussy. He gives it a hard slap. And another. He slowly rolls my clit between his thumb and finger. I am panting.
And then he turns on the sink. He adjusts the water to get it at just the right degree of warmth. He splashes some up across my chest. He takes the towel that is laying on the counter and partially wets it. He uses it to roughly wash the honey from my tits. Scrubbing hard. Telling me that he has to scrub even harder to clean up my mess. My nipples throb under the towel, under his rough touch. He drops the towel and glides his fingers over the bare skin.
Now – he says – we need to get that pretty pussy clean.
He pulls up the side sprayer attachment to the faucet. The hose stretches out so that the nozzle is close to my body.
He pulls the trigger and water shoots from the nozzle and blasts against my clit. He keeps it there – and uses his other hand to change the temperature to very cold back to warm. A few short bursts of hot. When he sees my legs start to shake he releases the trigger and the stream of water stops. He pulls my pussy lips apart and pushes down on my clit. He finger-fucks my cunt. And then – sucking on his finger – declares that it still tastes of honey, so I need more cleaning.
The sprayer is returned to my clit. He pulses it off and on. He plays with the distance – sometimes having the nozzle almost pressed into my pussy, and other times pulling it way back so that the water is arching through the air before it lands on my pussy. He tilts it further up and sprays the water in my face. And then back directly on my clit…
I press my body back against him and scream again as I come. He holds it there – not giving me any relief – and another orgasm tears through my body.
He releases the nozzle – but keeps the water running.
Good job, baby-girl. He whispers in my ear and kisses my neck. You're getting all nice and cleaned up. But we still need to get to that sticky round ass. You can take your arms from behind your back. I want you to grab on to your ankles. I need you to hold your legs back…
He helped me get into the position he had in mind. I held on to my ankles. My legs were spread further apart – and my arms – and legs – pulled back. He leaned me back against him – and then took a step back from the sink. The result was me – spread wide open – with ass and pussy centered over the basin. The water running from the faucet fell directly on my clit. He held the sprayer up to my ass.
When he pulled the trigger, a stream of water shot against my ass. When he released the trigger, the water diverted back to the faucet and ran over my pussy. Back and forth. Ass and clit sprayed with water.
He dropped the nozzle and pushed a finger into my ass.
I need to try to feel around and see if there is any honey left in here, he said, as he twisted his finger around. Because he wasn't pulling the trigger on the nozzle, the water was rushing over my clit. His finger twisted around and around – he slid it in and out. I pulled my legs back and open further – and then screamed and shook as I came again.
Well, he said. It looks like we finally got you all cleaned up.
He scooped me up and helped me get down from the counter. He removed the blindfold.
But do you see that there is still honey all over the kitchen floor? You should get that cleaned up before it dries any more. And this puddle of water. Get on your hands and knees and clean up the rest of your mess.
He stood behind me as I scrubbed the sticky mess from the floor. He ordered me to keep my back arched – ass sticking out. The plastic pancake flipper was back in his hand and he spanked me as I scrubbed. I made sure to take my time and do a very thorough job. I wiggled my ass at him. When I was done I slunk up to him on my hands and knees and lowered myself down to kiss his feet.
And then I got up – and with nothing on but the wet t-shirt tied up above my tits – got him another beer and started to make us dinner.


text: I recently experimented with running multiple motherboards off a single power supply. This is pretty easy now, because you can buy Y power cables now - no soldering necessary: "ZIPPY Power Cable Splitter: ATX 20 pin to Two ATX 20 pin for ATX Power Supplies", $11 for one; 8 of these cost me $8.49 each shipped: http://www.micer.com/viewItem.asp?idProduct=453056250 I wanted to find out how many nodes I could power from a single supply, and I happened to have 4 different power supplies on hand for testing. In all cases, I plugged the supply into my Kill-a-Watt, attached 3 of the above y-cables to the supply, and simply varied the number of motherboards plugged into those 4 connectors. The 4 nodes in question are all Ebay specials, configured like so: - Motherboard: ECS P4VXMS http://www.ecsusa.com/products/p4vxms.html - 1 Pentium 4 CPU, socket 423, 256 KB cache, 400 FSB; speed GHz: 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.7 - 1 stick RAM, 512 MB PC133 CL3 - 1 AGP graphics card installed, various models. - 1 Panaflo fan (80 mm, 12 V, 0.1 A) blowing on the CPU heat exchanger. - THAT'S IT. (No hard drives, etc.) Below, the reported Watts is simply the approximate maximum W value I saw on the Kill-a-Watt as the nodes booted. The Powe Factor is the lowest and/or most typical PF reported by the Kill-a-Watt: ThermalTake Purepower HPC-420-302 DF, Active PFC, 420 W http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=17-153-005 http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=17-153-005R $53 +$7 from newegg.com 2 nodes, 175 W, PF 0.98, $34.25 per node 3 nodes, would not boot, [$25.67 per node] 4 nodes, would not boot, [$21.38 per node] MGE SuperCharger, 600W http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=17-167-010 $48 +$7 from newegg.com 2 nodes, 175 W, PF 0.66, $31.75 per node 3 nodes, 255 W, PF 0.67, $24.00 per node 4 nodes, would not boot, [$20.13 per node] Enermax EG301P-VB, 300 W http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=17-103-423 $31.50 +$7 from newegg.com 2 nodes, 155 W, PF 0.67, $23.50 per node 3 nodes, 226 W, PF 0.68, $18.50 per node 4 nodes, would not boot, [$16.00 per node] Sparkle FSP250-61GT, 250 W Ancient, used to power my old AMD K6-II 380 MHz dektop. 2 nodes, 170 W, PF 0.64 3 nodes, 241 W, PF 0.64 4 nodes, 331 W, PF 0.65 Note that I didn't actually RUN anything on the nodes at all, I just plugged in a monitor and verified that they got through the POST ok and attempted to boot. (They attempt to PXE boot, but I don't yet have anything set up for them to PXE boot FROM.) Newegg used to advertise the MGE 600 W supply above as having active PFC, (which is why I bought it), but nothing on the supply itself says anything about PFC, and the Kill-a-Watt results definitely show that it doesn't have PFC. I find it interesting that the smallest, oldest, and probably cheapest supply is the only one that successfully booted all 4 nodes at once. Perhaps it is running out of spec, and simply lacks the circuitry to shut down in such cases? These motherboards each beep once when they boot, and the beeps seemed to all come very close together with some supplies, and further apart with others. I didn't pay attention to which supplies did this, but this is probably why the Kill-a-Watt seemed to show lower peak Watts for the Enermax supply? Unfortunately I didn't have any el-cheap $12 (plus shipping) supplies to test. Particularly since these nodes are diskless, those might actually work just fine. Newegg is also now selling the slightly larger 480 W ThermalTake active PFC supply for about the same price as the 420 W supply above, which would be worth trying if you really want PFC. -- Andrew Piskorski <atp at piskorski.com> http://www.piskorski.com/

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I strongly encourage members of the community to stop by and drop off pairs of new or gently worn shoes that will benefit a person in need. As one of 13 children, many of whom grew up in the Azores, Portugal, we only had donated shoes.
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The Peabody-Burns High School boys' basketball team features five seniors and three returning starters. Having played on the varsity squad for two years, the three returning starters give the Warriors the depth to compete early in the season, even though team roles have yet to be defined. The team is hoping to improve its 5-3 Wheat State League record from last season.
"Our seniors will have to step up to fill leadership roles, not only during games but at practice as well," coach Brian Simmonds said. "We want to build on the solid season we had last year but we can only do that with discipline and hard work."
Hunter Pickens is a 6-foot senior. He shot 31 percent from the last season, averaged 4.2 rebounds, and averaged 7.1 points per game. Pickens is quick and likes to be in on the action.
Austin Savage is a 5-10 senior. Savage shot 35 percent from the floor last season, 28 percent from the 3-point line. He scored 10.8 points per contest. Savage is a strong outside shooter with a calm presence on the court.
Seth Topham is a 6-2 senior. He shot the ball at a 35 percent clip last season, and hit 53 percent from the free-throw line. He averaged 5.3 points per contest last season. Topham is taller and can jump higher this season. He hopes to improve his average of 3.6 rebounds per game.
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Senior Tommy Morris moves up to the varsity this season. He is quick and not afraid to go after the ball.
Newcomers Xavier Jabary and Garrett Schroeder are juniors that will add depth to the varsity squad.
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Thursday, December 23, 2010
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Has someone tossed a cherry bomb into a pile of Budweiser empties? Perhaps it's a Guy Fawkes thing, but that wouldn't explain the whole wheat pitas.
I'm stumped.
- December 23, 2010 at 6:51 PM
At second glance, the Priestess' vestments disclose that she is celebrating the Feast Day of Our Lady of the Doritos. Later in the service, the congregation helps themselves from the bag in the foreground.
- December 23, 2010 at 6:59 PM
- Christopher Johnson said...
Pitas have been used in some churches for quite a while. My old Episcopal church started using them back in the 70's. More "culturally authentic" or something. And the folks at my joint thought they tasted better.
- December 23, 2010 at 7:42 PM
Another theme to avoid would be using 70s-style coffee pots as vessels for the consecrated wine.
- December 23, 2010 at 7:56 PM
Isn't there something in the Canons about Celebrants sporting bangs?
- December 23, 2010 at 9:16 PM
Has anyone noticed the Deacon's strangely coiffed Mephistopheles beard?
- December 23, 2010 at 11:27 PM
- Invictus_88 said...
"In solidarity with parishes in Iraq"?
(Hm, too soon?)
- December 24, 2010 at 12:27 PM
That's a priestess, right? This is an Episcopal church, right? So there's absolutely NO WAY those could be swimming sperm cells trying to impregnate...Nope, nope, I'm not even going to *think* about it...La la la la...
- December 26, 2010 at 10:01 AM
- Jim said...
This is why I like ad orientem worship - so the service becomes bearable, even if the celebrant has a face that could scare a dog off a gut wagon.
- December 26, 2010 at 3:08 PM
The 1964 World's Fair committee called: They'd like the banner for the GE Pavilion returned, please.
- December 26, 2010 at 5:25 PM
- Austen said...
Maybe they wanted to use the banner because they sang the hymn Earth and All Stars that morning?
The text for the beginning seems to fit
Earth and all stars, loud rushing planets, sing to the Lord a new song!
- December 26, 2010 at 5:29 PM
- Joel said...
Perhaps it's the Commemoration of the Explosion of the Planet Krypton
- December 27, 2010 at 9:03 AM
correction: It was the banner for Dupont's Wonderful World of Chemistry. They still want it back.
- December 27, 2010 at 11:52 AM
The frontal is probably the least of the problems in this picture. What about:
1. The Christmas trees on the deacon's stole
2. Is that pita bread from the neighborhood grocery store?
3. I suspect the priestess' vestments are ugly too.
4. Is that a open bag of Cheetos at the bottom?
5. The lady on the right looks bored. To go with the Christmas tree motif, why doesn't she have little santas and raindeer on her stole?
- December 28, 2010 at 11:11 AM
Since when has the church ascribed to the Big Bang Theory? Oh, The Episcopal "Church"? Nevermind. -- Elle
- December 28, 2010 at 2:06 PM
Episcopal Eucharistic Prayer C, I presume -
At your command all things came to be: the vast expanse of interstellar space, galaxies, suns, the planets in their courses, and this fragile earth, our island home.
- December 28, 2010 at 2:27 PM
Are you sure it's pita bread? It looks like a frozen waffle to me.
- December 28, 2010 at 9:04 PM
- Paul Woodrum said...
"The Glory Frontal," 1991. Artist: Eleanor Van de Water for St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church, Beaverton, Oregon. The artist describes it as "the visual statement of the words 'Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory,'" and expressive of "the exhilaration and joy of Christmas and Easter."
Magnificent. Shame to combine it with those ordinary brass catalog candlesticks. Flowers badly placed. Seasonal ornaments and/or flowers should neither obscure nor impede access to the altar.
- December 29, 2010 at 9:23 AM
- The Reverend Steven P. Sabin said...
I'd say the major problem with the frontal is the void at the center. If it was an aureole around a cross or Chi-rho, or the "Hand of God" it would be much more suitable.
To me the bread doesn't look like pita, much more like a homemade unleavened loaf.
- December 30, 2010 at 1:34 AM
Let's not overlook the old dude sitting off to the right. His bald head top surrounded by gray hair in deparate need of a trimming makes him look like a retired clown who was not allowed to play church with the other boys and girls, but relegated to looking at two big behinds of the two women.
He looks like, "If we didn't have women priests, I would still have a job."
- December 30, 2010 at 11:04 AM
- TeddyG said...
That is most definitely scored pita bread, but what I find most intriguing is the orange bag of already opened, nut-flavored "anitdoron" in front of that altar. Either they couldn't find any Hawaiian Punch to help wash it down, or it has been cropped out of the picture.
- December 30, 2010 at 11:39 PM
- Paul Woodrum said...
Good grief! After such an ageist, misogynist, sexist bit of purulence that has nothing to do with ecclesiastical vestments and ornaments, I begin to understand why so many comments are pusillanamously signed anonymous.
- December 31, 2010 at 11:06 AM
None look too pleased to be there. LOVE the giant bag of cheese doodles in front of the altar (bottom of the picture).
- January 3, 2011 at 2:53 PM
In all fairness (perhaps more than is deserved), many churches (at least around here) collect items for food pantries. I suspect there is a basket of food in front of the other, taken up as part of the collection. They're not open either (there's some kind of blue message banner atop the bag at an angle).
Too bad they look like they're about to be obliterated by shrapnel flying from an exploding monstrance.
- February 4, 2011 at 7:01 AM
- Anthony S. "Tony" Layne said...
Something else for which we can blame the influence of Jackson Pollack ....
- February 5, 2011 at 4:39 PM
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"Since when has the church ascribed to the Big Bang Theory."
The Big Bang Theory was proposed by the brilliant Monsignor George Lemaitre
a Catholic religious and the one theoretical physicist Einstein was in awe of. It is perfectly compatible with the teachings of the Church and is also powerfully anti-atheistic. THIS design is 'fifties modern atomic' which just goes to show how dated 'Episcopal Modern' can be.
- June 20, 2011 at 4:26 PM
It would be so hard to sit there without ducking.
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Keep in mind, this is still draft legislation; however, the 2018 NDAA has the following interesting sections in it.
Sec. 502. Authority of promotion boards to recommend officers of particular merit be placed at the top of the promotion list.
Sec. 510A. Authority for officers to opt-out of promotion board consideration.
Oh yeah, and there's a lot of cyber stuff in there too. I will admit, I did not read most of these sections, just did a little Ctrl-F magic bug figured it might be interesting to throw these up. Who cares about cyber anyway, right?
Sec. 510. Service credit for cyberspace experience or advanced education upon original appointment as a commissioned officer.
Sec. 549. Use of assistance under Department of Defense Tuition Assistance Program for non-traditional education to develop cybersecurity and computer coding skills.
Sec. 842. Modification of definition of acquisition workforce to include personnel engaged in the acquisition or development of cybersecurity systems.
Sec. 1042. Department of Defense integration of information operations and cyber-enabled information operations.
Sec. 1101. Pilot program on enhanced personnel management system for cybersecurity and legal professionals in the Department of Defense.
Sec. 1107. Authority for waiver of requirement for a baccalaureate degree for positions in the Department of Defense on cybersecurity and computer programming.
Sec. 1621. Policy of the United States on cyberspace, cybersecurity, and cyber warfare.
Sec. 1622. Cyber posture review.
Sec. 1623. Modification and clarification of requirements and authorities relating to establishment of unified combatant command for cyber operations.
Sec. 1624. Annual assessment of cyber resiliency of nuclear command and control system.
Sec. 1625. Strategic Cybersecurity Program.
Sec. 1626. Evaluation of agile acquisition of cyber tools and applications.
Sec. 1627. Report on cost implications of terminating dual-hat arrangement for Commander of United States Cyber Command.
Sec. 1628. Modification of Information Assurance Scholarship Program.
Sec. 1629. Measuring compliance of components of Department of Defense with cybersecurity requirements for securing industrial control systems.
Sec. 1630. Exercise on assessing cybersecurity support to election systems of States.
Sec. 1630A. Report on various approaches to cyber deterrence.
Sec. 1630B. Prohibition on use of software platforms developed by Kaspersky Lab.


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Carrie Underwood to Appear on 'Live on Letterman' Webcast
Carrie Underwood fans are waiting expectantly for May 1, when they will finally be able to snag a copy of the starlet's upcoming record 'Blown Away.' But before her newest work hits the shelves, the 'Before He Cheats' singer is poised to hit the web as a part of a 'Live on Letterman' webcast. The award-winning concert series will feature Underwood performing a mix of her beloved hits and her new single 'Good Girl' from her forthcoming record.
Taking place the night before the record drops, Underwood's 'Live on Letterman' appearance will be broadcast live from New York City's Ed Sullivan Theater Monday, April 30 at 8PM ET on CBS' website, as well as on the CBS JumboTron in Times Square, on several mobile applications and on VEVO.
'Live on Letterman' has seen more than 100 million views since its inception and hosted some of the biggest musicians and bands across the globe. In addition to readying herself for the concert and the release of 'Blown Away,' Underwood is also covering Billboard this week, looking quite stunning in black with windblown hair framing her face. The starlet has seen 'Good Girl' go gold already, as it continues to make its way up the country songs chart.
The 'Live on Letterman' webcast with Carrie Underwood will occur right after she appears on the set of the 'Late Show with David Letterman' for a filming which will air later that night, after her webcast. Catch the country star online at 8 and then again on your TV at 11:35PM ET on 'Letterman.'


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This is a Hubble Space Telescope picture of asteroid (596) Scheila, as observed on Dec. 27, 2010. The visible-light image was taken with Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3 when the asteroid was approximately 217 million miles away. The asteroid is surrounded by a C-shaped cloud, or coma, of dust particles. A linear tail of dust can also be seen streaming behind the asteroid. The asteroid body, which is approximately 70 miles across, appears star-like because it is overexposed so that the faint dust can be imaged.
A second Hubble observation on Jan. 4, 2011, showed that the dusty coma had faded by 30 percent. These data are consistent with the idea that Hubble is observing the aftermath of a collision between Scheila and a much smaller body that blasted debris from the surface. This would be the second time a collision between two asteroids has been witnessed.


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Scooped: Daily Lobo Has a New Editor-in-Chief
Eva Dameron is the new head honcho at UNM's daily newspaper, the Daily Lobo. The staff agreed to Dameron's appointment at a forum a few days ago, and she was approved by vote at a publication meeting today. Her first day on the job will be Sunday.
The paper's previous editor, Rachel Hill, resigned about a week ago for health reasons, according to Dameron. Dameron adds that Lobo associate director of business operations Jim Fisher has said it's only the second time in the history of the paper that an editor has left through resignation.
Dameron started at the Lobo six years ago. "I moved here from Florida, and I was sort of lonely," she remembers. She called up an old professor back east for advice, which turned out to be: Get a job at your school paper. "So I went into the Daily Lobo and I slammed my fist onto the desk, and I was like, 'I want to work for your paper!' And they gave me a story," she laughs, with some disbelief. "So I tried the assertive approach."
It's worked out well for her.
In addition to wearing quite a few hats at the Lobo over the years—writer, designer, copy chief, opinions editor—Dameron briefly worked as an arts intern here at the Alibi under Steven Robert Allen and as a writer/photographer at a paper in Chicago. Dameron is active in the local music community, appearing as multi-
Though she just signed up for a seven-day-a-week gig, Dameron doesn't seem concerned that her side projects will fade away. And she's thinking about what direction she can take the Lobo.
"The thing I do hear a lot is that the Daily Lobo is, basically, boring. And I've always agreed that it could be more interesting and sort of thought that that was just the way it is. I like it when a paper takes a stand on a certain issue—but I don't know if that would work at the Lobo.
"I just want juicier writing. I want them to relay something factual and relevant while still being able to turn a phrase. That would be sweet," Dameron says. It's a task she admits is difficult at a daily newspaper, where heavy workloads can grind a sharp staff into nubble. "But," she adds, "they're good kids and they work really hard."
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Regulators are reconsidering "quiet period" rules that prevent companies from acting like pitchmen ahead of initial public offerings of stock, but that can also restrict the release of new information that would warn investors away from shares.
Recent performance, meanwhile, offers a not-so-quiet reminder of why investors should approach IPOs cautiously.
Among 70 deals in the first half of 2012 tracked by Hoover's, a data firm, the average is up 14.7% from its offering price. At a glance, that seems like rip-roaring growth compared with Standard & Poor's 500-stock index, which is up 11.3% year-to-date.
But those numbers include hot IPOs whose shares were issued to a privileged few before opening for trading well above their offering price. A better measure of how the public has fared in these deals is how share prices have done since opening for trading.
The average of the 70 IPOs opened 12.6% above its offering price, and has since gained little more than 2%. Investors would have done much better by holding a simple, low-fee mutual fund that tracks the broad stock market.
Two quarters of deals don't make for a pattern, of course. For that, look at the Bloomberg Initial Public Offering Index, which tracks how stocks do during the year following their debut. It has lost more than 20% over the past five years, versus a 5% decline for the S&P 500.
Better yet, look at long-term studies. Among 9,000 stocks that went public between 1968 and 2001, the average one underperformed the small-company stock market by more than two percentage points a year through 2003, according to a study by Wharton professor Jeremy Siegel. Other studies have documented a decline in operating performance following IPOs.
This makes sense. No investor would sell an asset today if he expected it to become sharply more valuable tomorrow. IPOs represent highly informed investors deciding the time is right to sell part of their stakes. When ordinary investors buy shares of a new offering, they're betting they know better than the insiders. History suggests they don't, on average.
A tweak to the quiet-period rules may give ordinary investors more information to go on. But what investors really need is a self-imposed hands-off period, to leave new issues alone for a year or two while the initial buzz dies down.


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MINNEAPOLIS—A Minneapolis man is charged with killing his girlfriend and dumping her body, wrapped in a sheet, near railroad tracks in St. Louis Park.
Fifty-four-year-old Walter Thompson is charged in Hennepin County with second-degree murder. Thompson's daughter and his sister are charged as accomplices after the fact, for allegedly helping him dispose of the body.
Prosecutors say Thompson and 46-year-old Nerissa Shaw were drinking together on Sept. 13 when he beat her to death. Two days later, security cameras from Thompson's apartment complex showed him and two women carrying a plastic container from the apartment and into a car. Police determined the women were Thompson's daughter, 25-year-old Rachel Lee Thompson of Minneapolis, and his sister, 53-year-old Senaca Ann Thompson of Brooklyn Center.
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Amblyopia is responsible for more vision loss in children than any other causes. With amblyopia, vision is decreased when one eye (or both) sends a blurry image to the brain. The brain then "learns" to see blurry and essentially "turns off" that eye to favor the stronger eye.
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The Dallas Cowboys believe they have a potential solution for internal disagreements over the direction of their offense.
NFL Media Insider Ian Rapoport reported Friday that the Cowboys have discussed hiring former Detroit Lions offensive coordinator Scott Linehan, per a source informed of the Cowboys' plans. It's not clear what position he would coach, but calling plays is one option and the two sides have made contact, according to Rapoport.
ESPN's Ed Werder and Chris Mortensen first reported the news.
One source told ESPN that Linehan could have the title of passing game coordinator with the designation as the team's playcaller. The source expects Linehan to be hired.
Jason Garrett ceded playcalling duties to offensive coordinator Bill Callahan last year, but the owner-driven arrangement led to internal dysfunction as the Cowboys zigged and zagged to their third consecutive 8-8 finish. Werder speculated that Linehan would serve as a compromise choice for Jerry Jones and Garrett.
Linehan was among the Lions assistants let go after Jim Schwartz was fired this month. Under Linehan, the Lions finished sixth, third and fifth in total offense over the past three seasons. Linehan is known for his pass-heavy approach -- he's unlikely the man to solve the Cowboys' balance issues on offense in recent years.
Linehan interviewed with the Baltimore Ravens on Monday and is believed to be a finalist for their offensive coordinator vacancy.
Jones said at the Reese's Senior Bowl this week that both Callahan and defensive coordinator Monte Kiffin will return in 2014. They also just signed their kicker to a seven-year, $22.5 million deal. This is a hard team to figure out right now.
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Earlier this month, Washington and Colorado voted to legalize recreational marijuana for adults. One week later, Liberal Party of Canada leadership contender Justin Trudeau announced to a high school audience in Prince Edward Island that he is "a huge supporter of decriminalization" of marijuana. It's a fantastic declaration and fits with the Liberal Party's official platform position endorsing marijuana legalization.
For some people in the Canadian cannabis law reform movement, this was a surprise to hear - but encouraging. In 2009, Justin Trudeau voted in favour of Bill C-15, mandatory minimum prison sentences for pot, and has even recently made anti-marijuana comments, leaving many confused about where he stood on the issue.
The Young Liberals and other party members worked hard in recent years to get legalization successfully accepted into the party platform, and have no doubt been educating Trudeau about marijuana and prohibition. His decision to publicly endorse decriminalization and even legalization is exciting for activists across Canada.
Because of the perceived flip-flop by the likely Liberal Party leader, Canada's conservative news network Sun TV invited me to talk about his shifting position. Sun TV is certainly no fan of the young leadership hopeful and described him as "wobbly" on the legalization issue.
I explained that Trudeau, and even Stephen Harper, would be wise to embrace the anti-prohibition message because a large majority of Canadians want marijuana to be legalized. Almost three-quarters of people 55 and older, an important voting demographic, want legalization or decriminalization. The people have spoken, and our politicians should listen.
In many ways, politicians are listening - and talking, too. The current federal Liberal Party interim leader Bob Rae has repeatedly denounced the drug war and supports the party's legalization platform. The New Democratic Party leader Thomas Mulcair is mostly silent on the issue, but the party has been working to end prohibition for many years and Mulcair knows it's an important issue to many NDP members. Green Party Leader Elizabeth May has always supported legalization and will no doubt continue to do so.
In British Columbia, unfortunately, we haven't seen the same kind of leadership - or even any comment whatsoever - from Premier Christy Clark. Despite previously acknowledging prohibition doesn't work as a radio show host on CKNW, she is now silent on the issue and defers to the federal government's prohibition policy.
With the provincial Liberal party floundering, current Liberal MLA Kash Heed calling for legalization, former Liberal Attorney General Geoff Plant doing the same, and 75 per cent of British Columbians supporting legalization, it's bizarre that Clark refuses to even acknowledge the subject.
But the premier will have to clarify her position sooner or later. Sensible BC, a new provincial referendum campaign to decriminalize marijuana, has been receiving public support, national media attention, and a recent endorsement from the Vancouver Sun editorial board.
The premier will have to say something about marijuana law reform as we head into the 2013 election. With enough encouragement from the citizens of B.C., perhaps she will join the majority and call for decriminalization, at least.
On the federal level, the Liberal Party has taken a pro-legalization position and now the likely potential leader has made his stance clear. Prohibition is an expensive, wasteful, harmful failed policy. That fact is acknowledged not only by activists like myself and my husband Marc Emery, but also many high-profile figures involved with groups like Stop The Violence BC, including former mayors and attorney generals, B.C.'s Chief Medical Officer, the Health Officers Council of B.C., the B.C. Union of Municipalities, the Canadian Public Health Association, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, and numerous other organizations and individuals. This is a popular topic.
Justin Trudeau and every MP need to hear from their constituents about cannabis. It's incumbent upon Canadians to demand that our government - which is funded by our tax dollars - stop wasting our precious resources and time on a prohibition policy that the majority of citizens do not support. Hopefully, if the NDP or Liberals form federal government in 2015, marijuana law reform will be discussed and supported in Parliament. Trudeau may be our best hope, but he must continue to endorse legalization.
Canadian history teaches us not to take a politician's word as a commitment. Previous Liberal Prime Minister Jean Chretien promised to decriminalize marijuana in 2003 and failed to follow through. In August 1970, the Globe and Mail's front-page headline read "Marijuana to be Decriminalized" after Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau's Royal LeDain Commission recommended ending cannabis prohibition.
Forty-two years and two million Canadian marijuana arrests later, we are still waiting for someone named Trudeau to make good on the promise. That shouldn't be hard to do. It's what the majority of Canadians want.


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The 2005 Telecast Parties were a big success again this year. There were 51 parties held in 50 cities throughout the United States plus small groups in Italy and Brazil. First time parties took place in Honolulu, HI and Peoria, IL. We have received photos from some of the parties already (see album below). We will update the album with more photos as they come in. Thank you to the Wabash alumni who volunteered their time to help organize these parties so that all the Wabash fans would have the opportunity to watch the Little Giants recapture the Monon Bell.


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Oh how I do love the holidays. I was sitting here at my desk the other day and suddenly got incredibly excited. "YumSugar!" I said in my high pitched super excited cocker spaniel voice, "St. Patrick's Day is on Saturday and you know what that means?! I get to compile a whole bunch of fun facts!"
While you may not feel an exhilarated high by reading these facts, you will totally be the life of the party when you drunkenly impress your friends with these little tid bits. Did you know that St. Patrick's Day was first celebrated in Boston in 1737? Or that both Germans and Belgians consume more beer than the Irish? Want to know the name of the Irish brewed drink made from white potatoes? For the name and more fun facts,
- The moon shining liquor that was outlawed in the late 1700s for its extreme potency is called Poteen and has recently been reintroduced to the market.
- St. Patrick was actually of Scottish descent, not Irish, and contrary to popular folklore he never chased any snakes out of Ireland.
- Green is associated with St. Patrick's Day because it is the color of Spring.
- The shamrock is the traditional symbol because St. Patrick used it to explain the connection between the father, the son, and the holy spirit in the Christian religion.
- The city with the largest population of Americans of Irish descent is Boston (23%).
- On average, every American consumes 22 gallons of beer per year.
- It is considered lucky to find a four leaf clover on St. Patrick's Day.
- The children and grandchildren of people born in Ireland can obtain dual citizenship with the US and Ireland.
- At one time, there were more Irish living in New York City, than in Dublin, Ireland.
- Corned beef is strictly an American invention, the Irish don't actually eat it to celebrate the day.
- St. Patrick's isn't a big drinking holiday in Ireland. In fact, many of the local pubs are closed for the day.
- Leprechauns are the official shoe makers of the fairy kingdom.
- Shamrocks are the national flower of Ireland and are picked on St. Patrick's Day and worn on the shoulder.
- The ancient Irish used to wear green to show their love for the harvest gods.
- 34.5 million U.S residents claim Irish ancestry, that is 9 times the current population of Ireland.
- Over 41.5 billion pounds of beef are produced each year for St. Patrick's Day, with the majority of it coming from Texas and over 2.5 billion pounds of cabbage are produced with the majority grown in California.
- Over 8 million St. Patrick's Day cards are exchanged in America making today the ninth-largest card selling occasion in the US.
- Over 94 million people plan to wear green on St. Patrick's Day.
- The original Guinness Brewery in Dublin has a 9,000 year lease.
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I recently read a blog post entitled "Heterosexual Bypass Surgery" written by columnist and author Melinda Selmys. While reading Melinda's post, several thoughts popped into my head and it's taken me a little while to organize those thoughts and write them down.
First, I believe context is important to a proper understanding of Father Harvey's statements. I asked Melinda for the sources she used for her blogpost, and she graciously supplied them: In a 2006 Zenit interview, Fr. Harvey is quoted as saying, "The fact of the matter is that there is only one orientation, the heterosexual orientation. The homosexual tendency is an objective disorder, and if a person has this objective disorder, it is because other things have happened." Later in the same interview, Father says "Dr. Joseph Nicolosi, founder of the National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality, in Encino, California, says it best when he says that there are no homosexuals, just heterosexuals with a homosexual tendency."
In the Zenit interview, Father Harvey was asked to respond to a document issued by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops on November 14, 2006 entitled "Ministry to Persons with a Homosexual Inclination: Guidelines for Pastoral Care." Father Harvey explained that he views that document as a distinct improvement over an earlier document entitled "Always Our Children." Fr. Harvey had written detailed responses to both the original and revised versions of "Always Our Children." Instead of attempting to summarize Father's concerns and observations about that document, I will simply refer the reader to both of Father's responses – they can be found here and here.
It is necessary to read both those responses to understand Father's statement that "there is only one orientation, the heterosexual orientation," and his agreement with Joseph Nicolosi's statement that "there are no homosexuals, just heterosexuals with a homosexual tendency."
Melinda says "Unless you happen to be talking to a very committed gay philosopher who believes that his homosexuality forms the ontological matrix of his personhood, this argument [Fr. Harvey's statement above] commits a category error."
I don't believe Fr. Harvey has committed a category error because he is in fact addressing those who hold that homosexuality ontologically defines their personhood when he makes the statements above. One of Father's concerns about the wording of "Always Our Children" was that it was vulnerable to misuse by activists who wish to promote homosexuality as a) a necessarily permanent and central part of one's identity, and b) as being equivalent to heterosexuality, as though the term objective disorder no longer applied.
Father Harvey would absolutely agree with Melinda's observation that each person's fundamental purpose is to be eternally united with Christ and, in doing so, to find a joy that completely satisfies all human desire and surpasses all human pleasures; however, the fact that a person is created for complete union with Christ doesn't negate the original intended complementarity of man and woman. Adam and Eve were created for companionship and a union that reflects divine love. Eros was not absent from their union, but it was rightly ordered before the Fall.
Since the Fall, all human beings suffer from the effects of original sin. It manifests itself in a host of ways. Some human beings are drawn to seek sexual genital pleasure with their own gender. A plethora of interwoven factors which vary from person to person can lead up to such temptations. The inclination towards same-sex genital activity is objectively disordered because the sexual acts that one is tempted to engage in can never, under any circumstance lead to the creation of new life. At the same time, the attractions themselves are often psychologically understandable when one looks at the various factors that can influence one's psychosexual development.
Father Harvey has always stated that a person who experiences same-sex erotic attraction is under no moral obligation to seek to develop heterosexual erotic desire or affectivity. What is obligatory is chastity, and the best way to develop interior chastity is through union with Christ and prayer of the heart.
Father Harvey also refused to identify any human being by his or her temptations because he held that a human being is so much more than his temptations. He had also stated that he wished he could rename his first book The Homosexual Person to The Person with Same-Sex Attractions so as to put even further emphasis on one's personhood.
Father believed, as the scriptures tell us, that humanity has been created male and female for a reason. These male and female signifiers are not merely incidental, but essential to our personhood. To be a human male or a human female is to be heterosexual, ontologically speaking. By that I simply mean that male-female complementarity is part of the original plan and remains fundamental to each human being's true identity. This is objectively true, even when one's subjective desires and erotic attractions may persistently be towards the same sex. This is why Father Harvey says, "There is only one orientation, the heterosexual orientation," and it's also why he agrees with Joseph Nicolosi's observation that "there are no homosexuals, just heterosexuals with a homosexual tendency." For Fr. Harvey, what is ontologically true is what is essential in defining personhood.
Again, this does not mean that a same-sex attracted person is morally required to try to move towards heterosexual desire. As Melinda says, "Instead of trying to reorient homosexual desire towards heterosexual desire, it is possible to simply bypass heterosexuality [heterosexual erotic desire] and move directly towards Goodness, Beauty, Truth."
Again, this does not mean that a same-sex attracted person is morally required to try to move towards heterosexual desire. As Melinda says, "Instead of trying to reorient homosexual desire towards heterosexual desire, it is possible to simply bypass heterosexuality [heterosexual erotic desire] and move directly towards Goodness, Beauty, Truth."
Fr. Harvey also recognized that our weaknesses can be a huge source of grace, because it is usually our own weaknesses that humble us and bring us to our knees. Father believed that the person who experiences same-sex attractions could lead a chaste and holy life in union with Christ, and he encouraged us to say with St. Paul, "Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me." Not every same-sex attracted person who is living chastely is necessarily in a position to publicly boast about his/her weaknesses, but those who are can be a great witness and example to others.
I should also mention that Father Harvey would not encourage the use of the terms "gay" and "lesbian" for a variety of pastoral and philosophical reasons which I'll have to address in another post. Certainly, there are those who choose to publicly self-identify as "gay" or "lesbian" who have also publicly made known their commitment to chastity, and I have no doubt they are serious in their commitment - but there are other implications and possible consequences of the use of those terms which I think need to be considered; one example is the pressure upon teenagers to identify themselves as "gay" or "lesbian" when they are still in a very formative stage of their psychosexual development. Again, this will have to wait for another post.
What I've written so far is a very incomplete analysis of Father Harvey's thought as well as Melinda's post, and there are several points which could be better expressed. This is just my attempt to contribute in some small way to the discussion at hand before another month goes by!


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Abstract: This dissertation addresses one of the most popular management control practices adopted worldwide over the last three decades: the practice of risk management. The current risk management literature has argued that our knowledge of the particularities of risk management practices is limited. It has been stressed that knowledge is particularly lacking about the long-term effects of practising risk management. This dissertation responds to these calls by carrying out two longitudinal case studies of two large Danish public capital investment programmes, also known as mega-projects. The focus of the two studies has been on three key risk management-related aspects: (1) the translation of uncertainties into risks, (2) the relationship between frameworks and practices of risk management, and (3) the effects of practising risk management on knowledge and project management roles. The dissertation further advances current risk management literature into the study of mega-projects and draws upon actor-network theory. It consists of three papers, which each deals with one of the above aspects. The dissertation presents three major findings. Firstly, it is demonstrated that, contrary to expectations, only some types of uncertainties are included as risks, termed pure risks, while others, termed impure risks, are systematically excluded despite the finding that people found them relevant to include. This finding is explained with reference to technical risk devices as these were found to define the boundaries between what can and what cannot be defined as an acceptable risk and thus be included. Secondly, the dissertation demonstrates that by enacting certain realities of 'risk' and 'risk management', frameworks of risk management make the practice produce the risks that confirm its propositions and thus its success. In addition, the dissertation shows that when provisional situations arise which undermine the frameworks' propositions, reconfiguring the risk management control system, risk terminologies and the roles of actors become key actions performed to re-establish the practice. Lastly, the dissertation demonstrates that during project processes, new uncertainties emerge which challenge project and risk management objectives as new knowledge about the conditions is produced that cannot be included. In sum, this dissertation contributes by shedding light on how practices of risk management are constructed and the effects they produce over longer periods of time. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9053
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Two questions on a similar theme:
1. I am running some multi-group invariance tests in which I expect to see differences in the factor means between two groups. Some indicators manifest differences in their means but others do not. It seems to me that either, (1) the latent means are actually the same and the indicators with the variant means are potentially biased, or (2) the latent means are actually different and the indicators with the invariant means are potentially biased. If I trust my theory, is it reasonable to favor (2)? Is there further testing that I can do to settle the matter?
2. More generally, some in the literature on invariance (e.g., Steenkamp and Baumgartner) describe the intercept invariance test as one in which one tests whether the differences in indicator means between two groups are proportional to the difference in the latent mean. Is that what a model test of invariant item means actually does? I had thought that a test of invariant item means simply considered the means for two groups on an indicator (or set of indicators) regardless of whether the means are proportional to the difference in latent means. Is there, perhaps, some combination of constraints that tests this idea of the "proportionality" of differences in indicator means to differences in latent means.
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posted on Wednesday, June 29, 2011 - 10:28 am
If you are interested in whether factor indicator means vary across groups as a function of factors, the way to assess this is to hold the intercepts of the factor indicators equal across groups and assess the factor mean differences. If the factor means differ, this implies the factor indicators means differ. Some factor indicators may not follow this rule and this can be detected by modification indices.
Jake Hathersby
posted on Wednesday, June 29, 2011 - 7:36 pm
My principal goal is to evaluate invariance in the indicator intercepts in a model in which the factor means are expected to differ. It seems to me that the test of such invariance SHOULD be a test of consistency in the pattern of mean to mean comparisons across items. For example, if ALL intercepts in one group were half of their counterparts in another group, that would suggest to me differences in the latent mean but NOT measurement bias and, therefore, it would be appropriate constrain the the intercepts to be equal across groups and estimate the difference in the latent mean. However, if only one or two indicator means were half of their counterparts and the other indicator means were equivalent, that would suggest scalar nonequivalence to me in at least one of those sets of indicators (though, since the latent means could differ, it still would not be clear WHICH set manifested bias).
But the basic question is that I don't know how one would set up a model comparison to test for such consistency in mean differences across items OR, whether that sort of test makes sense.
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Wednesday, June 29, 2011 - 8:13 pm
See the Topic 1 course handout under multiple group analysis. This shows how to test for measurement invariance and also how to test the structural parameters.
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One of my favorite things about the Tri-Cities is how you can still encounter little surprises no matter how long you've lived here. Every community has hidden treasures. I discovered some of Richland's treasures riding my bicycle recently. A friend and I started at Leslie Groves Park and rode the trail north.
It's a beautiful trail that follows the river for several miles. The scenery is some of the best in the Tri-Cities and it's fun to bird watch and see beavers and muskrats swim the river, or tiny jackrabbits hop across the trail.
When the trail picks up again at WSU Tri-Cities I stumbled upon this person's yard, directly across the street from campus. It's almost as if the person were designing their own personal amusement park and left out the rides.
WSU Tri-Cities has some beautiful art work lining the trail near the river. These are bicycles suspended from flag poles so they look like they're blowing in the wind. There is also a rock garden where tables and chairs have been carved out of the bolders.
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Along the trail is this map detailing the route for riding through all three of the Tri-Cities. The Pasco trail goes right past my office, so I'm tempted to try riding home from work one day.
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Blackwell was a passionate music lover and he saturated De Barra's in Clonakilty, County Cork, with music in as many ways as possible. Folk music isn't only food for the ears here, it's a feast for the eyes, too. The walls are covered with musical instruments. Watch out for the Picasso-like arrangement of guitars, banjos and fiddles over the fireplace.
Thankfully for all traditional pub lovers, much of De Barra's interior has been largely unchanged. The bar, floor, and a small snug are all original features and the spot beside the fireplace is everyone's favourite.
On the snug's wall is a front-page of a newspaper displaying an account of the Lusitania's sinking in 1915. One or two of the more elderly regulars have been caught spinning survivors' tales to gullible audiences over afternoon pints.
Tall tales aside, the staff of De Barra's are all as musically inclined as Blackwell himself, and each staff member is a gifted musician.
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