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A month's stay in Paris -- for $120
For some, the allure of almost-free vacation accommodations outweighs the fear of giving strangers the keys. Here's one writer's experience.
My wife insists she came up with the dream; I'm pretty sure I did. But you don't trifle over a great idea. Paris is the City of Lovers. So Nancy and I, who have declared that after 45 years of marriage we are more in love than ever, wanted to soak up that atmosphere -- for a month.
The question, of course, was how to finance it. I am retired from journalism, which mostly pays you just enough to starve with dignity. Nancy is an RN, still working a couple of days a week to keep her nursing jones tamped down. We enjoy life, but we do have a budget. And it does not include spending between $6,500 and $10,000 on a hotel.
Instead, we spent $120 -- total -- for 29 nights of housing in Paris. All we had to do was temporarily swap our condo in San Diego for someone's home in Paris.
Finding a place to stay
Because it was our first venture into home swapping, we went looking for a company that specializes in such things. There are plenty -- this site lists nearly four dozen -- that handle the estimated 100,000 Americans who swap homes each year. Nancy is our in-house travel agent, and she selected HomeExchange.com, mostly, she said, because she found it easy to place photos there. The $120 (actually $119.50) bought us a year's membership, good for all the exchanges we could put together.
Then the search began. We didn't know what to expect, but we thought our condo had a lot to offer: San Diego's best-in-America weather, a golf course and big-sky view, 1,800 square feet of living space, a green belt (OK, brown this time of year) with coyotes, rabbits, soaring hawks and the more-than-occasional deer. All within 20 minutes of downtown, the airport and beaches, the famous San Diego Zoo and SeaWorld.
We first posted without photos but got no bites. When the pictures went up (free registration may be required to view link), the response was immediate. Mary wanted to swap her New York City brownstone; David his condo in Pak Kret, Thailand; Daniele her 18th-century lake house near Rome. Every offer -- except Iceland in February -- seemed enticing. Still, the closest we came to what we wanted in Paris was Jacques' offer of his home overlooking the Mediterranean in Cannes, France.
As far as our own search, we responded to only two listings: Sylvie in the Saint-Germain area of Paris, and Junichi in the close-in Parisian suburb of Puteaux. Neither answered back. We talked, just a bit sadly, about going to Cannes.
Making a deal
About a week later, Junichi contacted us through HomeExchange.com. He and his wife, Felicia, had already arranged a swap for a condo on the San Diego waterfront, but were interested in staying in San Diego for an extra month. Would mid-April to mid-May work? We jumped at it.
In our excitement, we told most of our friends and relatives about our plan. To our surprise, the response was muted. Almost to a man, my golfing buddies asked, "Aren't you afraid they will steal all your stuff?" One of my neighbors promised -- and he seemed quite serious -- to call me immediately when the moving van showed up to haul away all our possessions. The women seemed more enthusiastic, but at least a few expressed distaste for the idea of total strangers living in their homes.
We talked to a couple of people who had done home exchanges; they had encountered almost no negatives, much less theft or damage. But we still began to fret a bit when, after agreeing in early November by email to swap condos, computers and cars with Junichi, we heard nothing for more than three months.
Still, we did our trip preparations, buying plane tickets, getting reservations, doing all the things HomeExchange.com suggested. We prepared a "contract" for signing, got letters of reference to give to Junichi, created a binder containing instructions on how to operate our electronics, appliances, heating and air conditioning, as well as condo rules and lists of golf courses, services and restaurants. And, we began to plan on which of our few "valuables" we would lock up.
Finally, on Feb. 20, we emailed Junichi, delicately mingling the questions about contracts and references with more mundane items such as key exchanges. He responded immediately, writing: "We have already agreed to exchange with you, so we do not need references from you. We have done many exchanges and have not needed them."
It was our first swap, but their 11th through HomeExchange.com, so Nancy and I just shrugged and decided to flow along with the veterans. Perhaps sensing our unease, Junichi emailed us eight times over next two months, asking an occasional question but mostly giving us detailed information about such things as when to water the plants, how to operate the window canopies, names and numbers of friends to contact for help or translating. A lot of it was just chitchat about grandkids or their visits to our longtime home of Seattle.
"Well," I joked to Nancy. "If he's trying to rip us off, he's sure playing the long game."
The home away from home
By departure time, we were at ease -- although we did move all our financial papers and a couple of pieces of jewelry into our storage unit -- and if any misgivings remained, they vaporized when we walked into the Paris condo.
It was, to be quite honest, jaw-dropping: There was a view of a half-mile of the Seine, one of the world's most famous rivers, with its barge and tour-boat traffic flowing past just 200 feet from our 14th-floor window. The Eiffel Tower preened in the center of the 140-degree view of Paris from the living-room window, with the Arc de Triomphe to the left and Sacré-Coeur clearly outlined in the distance. And looming outside the master bedroom windows were the ultramodern skyscrapers of La Defense, where the French seemed to have exiled anything built after the 18th century.
The rooms were large, airy, bright and dominated by a pastel butternut theme that contrasted perfectly with the blacks and grays that all the French were wearing. It was one of the happiest spaces this side of Disneyland.
After Nancy and I finished high-fiving -- and yelling "Score!" -- we immediately went into some kind of reverse-swapper remorse over what Nancy referred to as "the dump back home." Fortunately, we pulled ourselves out of the funk in about, oh, 15 seconds.
So we went exploring. Puteaux turned out to be an urbanized suburb 5 miles from the Paris city center and settled quite recently -- in 1148. Unlike the sparkling-new La Defense district of Puteaux, the buildings in our neighborhood appeared to be a mix of 20-year-old condos and pre-World War II apartments. And it was definitely a neighborhood, the narrow zigzagging side streets filled with children, pensioners, restaurants and the little shops that are sadly disappearing from America. Our grocery, part of the Monoprix chain, looked like a 1950s Safeway.
Near as we could tell from clothing and behavior, we were the only tourists around. And no one seemed to speak English.
My two years of high school French had survived nearly 50 years of disuse, so I often could decipher signs, but despite taping essential phrases -- "Ou sont les toilettes?" -- to the walls at home, and some "survival French" lessons from a neighbor, we struggled with the language. In neighborhood restaurants, for instance, we would use our menu decoder book to order, then sit baffled as the waiter reeled off 30 seconds of options. Usually, we would repeat one word and then see what eventually came out of the kitchen.
But this was why we'd opted for a home swap; we wanted to be "tourists" only when we so chose. If we'd stayed in a hotel, we probably would've dined where the waiters spoke English, but in Puteaux, we ate out on just eight of 29 evenings. Instead, we tramped the few blocks to the retail district each morning to buy our food, always including the famed baguette -- bread by the yard -- and some pastry.
We made two out-of-town trips: an overnighter to Normandy and two nights with cousins we had never met in my grandfather's home village of Fleringen, Germany. The rest of the time we never spent more than a few hours a day away from the condo.
In our two previous trips to Europe, we had stayed in hotels and been 12- to 16-hour-a-day tourists, because who wants to sit in a cramped European hotel? At 67 years old, however, we opted for a more leisurely pace.
We would hop on the Metro, a subway system with stations never more than a 10-minute walk away and trains every three minutes, and head into the city. Sometimes we were gone two hours, sometimes six. On one day, we choose to walk in across the Bois de Boulogne, a 2,090-acre park.
Although we hit plenty of museums, we had been to most of the tourist attractions on a previous visit, so we took lots of guided walks (usually 12 euros a person) or just freelanced. Sometimes we rode to the end of a line or jumped off at a station just to see what was there. We were never disappointed. Nancy insists we walked every square foot of Paris, but I suspect -- although I'm not sure -- she's exaggerating.
Like many working couples, we have spent too many years living parallel, but too seldom intersecting, lives. The month in Paris we were together almost constantly. It was different -- and wonderful.
And how did it go on the other end? We had dinner with Junichi and Felicia twice after we returned. They were delightful but not very Parisian. He is Japanese and she German, and they met and fell in love in San Francisco.
When I commented on the fashionable dress of almost all the French women we saw, Felicia responded, "You know what Germans say about French women: 'Beautiful on the outside, nothing on the inside.'" And when we ventured that Paris was the most wonderful place we had ever been, Junichi, a retired airline executive, had a different choice: "Southern California," he said.
But they seemed delighted with our condo. "We loved living in the country," Felicia said, adding that on the days the weather was a bit cool, they moved the deck table inside and ate their meals in front of the window overlooking the golf course and green belt.
I guess it was the perfect swap -- and nothing was stolen or damaged.
We swapped for two weeks in Paris is 2008. Like the author, we stayed in a suburb of Paris and had a really wonderful (and very enlightening) time. If you spend the time to carefully contact and screen your host family, you should have a lovely vacation.
We also went through HomeExchange.com. Our home is in Broomfield, Colorado, not exactly the place all travellers dream of visiting, but we have had inquiries from Paris (2), New Zealand, various locales around the US.
Be open to new places and experiences. You won't be disappointed.
That was a really good article. Quite entertaining and a learning experience. When I get older and a place of my own I think I'd like to try this. I never heard of home swapping before. And though the thought and questions arose of "would it really be okay, to let a stranger live in my house?" came to mind. And "Won't they steal anything, or damage anything"? It was already answered for me. And I don't normally comment on articles. But this was something that i'd have to say was pretty brilliant and more intriguing than more than half the stuff that's listed here. :)
I'd like to do this, but I feel my modest home would not satisfy most of the swappers I saw on exchange sites. It's no dump, just a regular house with some upgrades needed. But, I've seen some homes overseas and if they were up on the exchange, it would be more equal of an accommodation. Any success out there with such a trade?
I can tell you a secret theres a free website and you can travel for free, just pay for the flight ofcourse. Its called couchsurfing. You need to create a profile there and find people in the country and city where you wanna go, and talk to them if they like your profile you can live with them and they show you around the city. this is not advertisement
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Eat breakfast together. Make it a habit to start your day by eating together. Even if it's only fifteen minutes it's a time for you to start the day off right. It gives you a chance to discuss the day's schedule, your children, and jobs. And let that special someone know that they are a priority in your life. My husband rarely actually sit down to eat breakfast together but we are in the kitchen at the same time. He eats breakfast while I pack lunches. But we do use that time to connect and talk about our upcoming day.
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A major supplier of compact fluorescent light bulbs to General Electric Co. requires many to work a 64-hour week that exhausts workers and violates Chinese labor law. Many workers at the plant in southern China, which is partly owned by GE, have no idea they are producing a product containing toxic mercury, and do not receive training on how to respond to its possible dangers.
Production and sales of compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs) are growing rapidly in the United States and world-wide. The energy bill approved by the U.S. Congress in December mandates the phase-out of current incandescent light bulbs and their replacement with more energy-efficient products. At least for the immediate future in U.S. households, that means CFLs. Yet very few of these products are made in the United States. Thus, U.S. consumers are increasingly going to have to buy products made offshore under conditions that may fall far short of international labor standards.
GE should use its Ecoimagination the slogan for its strategy to produce more energy-efficient, less emissive products to produce energy-efficient light bulbs in a way that does not abuse the workers who make them, and maintain a U.S. workforce to make some of these products.
These violations of Chinese labor law also infringe GEs own corporate policies, which call for the company to obey local laws and expect suppliers to comply with laws and regulations governing minimum wages, hours of service and overtime wages for employees. Most of them also contravene the Electronic Industry Code of Conduct of leading electronics companies.
The plant also discriminates in employment, since it wont hire workers over age 32 and hires almost exclusively women workers. This clashes with the anti-discrimination clause in the International Labour Organizations Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, which GE has adopted with respect to its own employees working in China. In another abusive practice, the plant confiscates wages if a worker does not have approval for missing work or is late to work. For example, if a worker is half an hour late, she will be fined one days wages.
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The recently approved U.S. energy bill contains a number of measures that could support U.S. manufacture of energy-efficient light bulbs. Demand for CFLs is booming, so there is plenty of room for expanded production. GE has promised to make a high-efficiency incandescent bulb, but hasnt disclosed details on where it will be made.
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For group content with random players, I very much prefer if the game strongly incentives (as in, the player's experience will be very bad if he refuses to learn) learning how to play his role, as well as providing extensive material to enable players to learn it.
Having an unprepared player randomly selected to fill a spot in a group is usually a waste of everyone's time, and the broken thing that is the current WoW LFD made me lose my willingness to teach unready players.
One way it can be done is by making a LFD tool that actually groups players of similar skill level. No change to the content itself would be needed, but if the player is a bad one, he would only be grouped in random groups with baddies; if he is a great players, he would only get great players. Thus, the player would have plenty of incentive to get better, as he would be assured he would not be carried to blues or purples by random party members.
It could be similar to how opponents are determined in Arenas (or in SC2). Players don't (or shouldn't) get opponents with a vastly different performance level, since that makes the fights frustrating for the underpowered side and boring for the overpowered side.
I sincerely think WoW is not doing nearly enough to educate players in their roles. Even more for Heroics.
It's part of the reason I let my subscription lapse and I'm not returning until either:
- the LFD starts actually blocking unready players from queuing for random groups; at the very least, remove the gaming about iLvl the developers deliberately left open and take into account PvP, spec, gems, and enchants when deciding if the gear is good enough for heroics.
- The heroics become so much of a faceroll that they can still be completed with minimum amount of wipes even when 3 of the 5 players in a random group are using PvP gear and don't perform their roles well.
WoW is an extremely boring game for solo players, due to it's choice to focus all challenge in group content; that superpowered MMO cited in the article has actually more challenging solo content at launch than WoW delivered during it's 6 years. And the combination of only 3 normal dungeons available for the random dungeon, the new difficulty in Heroic dungeons, and the broken LFG, made my experience in the game a combination of boredom (whenever I was not trying heroics) and frustration (whenever I tried Heroics in a non-guild group).
A great deal of that frustration I peg at the game doing next to nothing to educate players on how to run Heroics. Given that, in the appropriate gear, a heroic run needs all players to carry their weight, a single unprepared player can lead to a very bad experience for all other involved players.
I still think WoW a nice game, so I'm still looking at news about it in hope of seeing the LFD fixed. Although, having changed MMOs in the first place due to the broken LFD, I will probably only return if (or when) I get bored with said superhero MMO.


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Creating an ASP.Net MVC3 helper is fairly straightforward. Generaly you create an extension method that extends the HtmlHelper class. In your method you need to do nothing more than to create create your HTML, perhaps using the TagBuilder class to help you along and return an MvcString.
If you read my previous blog post http://t.co/es5b4Q46 you know that when using script based migrations we ran into several problems.
Our solution was to actually ship a database syncronization script engine rather than just a change script. As said, there are tools that can generate a change script by comparing two databases... one being the base version and one being the new version.
The recent release of Enity Framework Migrations has gotten the developer community all a twitter. Seriously, people are tweeting about it.
Disclaimer: This post is not specifically about EF migrations. I actually haven't had time to dig into the scripts EF migrations generates but based my comments here on several other tools that create change scripts.
What is a migration?
Generally a migration is a code file that specifies changes to the database schemea. These changes are stored in code files and there is an executable that applies these to the database.
For those of us building large applications with multiple teams it is nice to be able to separate a solution into multiple projects and modularize it. Asp.Net MVC3 does have a built in way to separate out sections of your project using a feature called "Areas."
To create an "Area" in the MVC3 app there is a template. You right click on the solution and choose Add -> Area. A dialog comes up to allow you to name the area. Once you are done the template will create the Area in an "Areas" folder in the MVC project. If you don't already have an Areas folder it will be added.
If you read my previous blog post about the trials and tribulations of providing a connection string to the Entity Framework context in a multi-tenant SaaS app you will see that reflection magic was needed to get where I wanted to go.
Now for the next problem. I haven't solved this one, so please HELP.
The multi-tenant app implements the concept of what we call a portal. Each tenant has their own portal. Each customer is assigned a portalID when we set them up in the system.
A multi-tenant application is generally defined as a single instance application that serves multiple tenants or user organizations from a single IIS application instance. Each tenant has their own set of users and company data. It would be very bad if a user from tenant A could see tenant B's data.
There are several ways to implement such a system especially in regards to the database. The two basic schools of thought on the database is have one for the application that contains all tenant's data on it partitioning the data using a tenant field on each table.
That which we call a namespace by any other name would organize our class hierarchy.
When creating an Entity Framework model the add item wizard prompts you for two names.
The first is a text box on the "Choose your data connection page." It is at the bottom under a check box labeled "Save entity connection settings in App.config as:". The name defaults to your database name with "Entities" appended to it. If you uncheck the check box this text box grays out not allowing you to edit the value.
In Visual Studio when you add a folder to a solution, and then add an item into that folder the namespace on the generated item includes the folder name.
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Today I upgraded our ASP.Net 2.0 project from Visual Studio 2008 to Visual Studio 2010 targeting .Net 4.0.
I ran into some issues and just wanted to list them here so others might be forewarned.
Today I upgraded my web site to Drupal 6.16 and all my out dated modules as needed. This takes me to long cause I don't do it very often. So I have to remind myself where I have everything stored.
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Pairing(s): Zarry (Zayn Malik/Harry Styles)
Summary: After a good and silent shower, Zayn and Harry are ready for their first time.
Harry had to bit on his lower lip to prevent a moan of erupting at the back of his throat. He looked at Zayn with pure lust and something never seen in Harry Styles' eyes. Pride.
He was proud because he had finally found the true love of his life, he was proud because he was able to keep a serious relationship for more than three months, and he was proud because Zayn Malik was his.
Harry felt his cock grow bigger with every muscle of Zayn's arms that tensed and relaxed as he slid the blade down his cheeks. He was half naked, the lower part of his body covered by a white towel hanging loosely around his waist. We all know how sexy tanned people are in white clothes, in this case, towels. Zayn bent down to wash the razor, bringing it back to his face. The green eyed male continued to wash his body, sat in the bathtub. The bathroom was silent, the only sound was the background music, which was playing some random song that Harry didn't even bother to listen clearly; his mind was focused on the sexy lad in front of the mirror. Neither of the two males needed to say a word, they were just enjoying each other's presence. Those kind of moments we more than usual now, sometimes, when Harry came to Zayn's flat, they just spoke the simple hi, nothing more, and they spent the rest of the evening silently watching movies, cuddling, occasionally kissing, but no word was spoken.
"Z! Next song!" Harry said loudly, and the two boys exchanged a short glance on the mirror and Zayn leaned to his iPod on the little balcony next to the sink.
Harry was almost done with his bath by the time that Asian Persuasion started playing, and he smirked. Zayn looked at Harry through the mirror, also smirking.
"Bring good memories, doesn't it?" Zayn spoke, they had stared into each other's orbs for a few short seconds, and Harry nodded happily, his mind flying to that day, eight weeks ago. Harry was checking his Twitter, sat on Zayn's lap as them both waited for the food to arrive. One of the girls he followed, tweeted a video, but what caught Harry's attention was the tittle. It was saying something along the lines of "Sexiest video of Zayn Malik ever", and Harry smirked at his boyfriend dancing with friends to the song Asian Persuasion. He showed it to Zayn and asked if he could dance that song for him, and Zayn did. Halfway through the song he decided to teach his boyfriend, and they finished up almost having sex. Almost…
"Yeah…" Harry agreed, finally getting out of the bathtub and grabbing a towel to dry his body. Zayn had only shaved half of his face when he felt two strong arms sneak around his waist; right after an intoxicating kiss was placed to his shoulder.
Zayn smiled, leaving the blade down on the sink so he could intertwine his fingers with Harry's upon his stomach. Both men had their gaze locked on the mirror, green meeting hazel as they stared at each other's perfectly sculpted faces.
"You're beautiful…" Harry whispered into his boyfriend's ear making a delicious shiver erupt from Zayn's skin, running all over his body. Zayn smiled truthfully, relaxing under his boyfriends touch, and after a few seconds of silence he replied.
"Thank you, you are even prettier." Zayn replied, squeezing Harry's fingers just a bit to show him how glad he was. Harry smiled brightly, due to the last couple of weeks, that was a huge progress coming from Zayn. It was the first time Harry heard Zayn thank him after a compliment, usually Zayn would roll his eyes and tell him he was lying. But Harry couldn't blame him though, of course he was Zayn Malik, world super star, but he always had that facade on his face, he always hated his appearance because of his father, the idiot that made one of the prettiest men in the world think bad of himself, but Harry had managed to fix that.
Every single day he would tell Zayn how amazingly beautiful he was, how much of a great person he was, and slowly, but very slowly, Zayn started to believe his boyfriend's words. Harry couldn't be more grateful for that. All he wanted was his boyfriend to know how beautiful he truly was.
"Don't thank me for saying the truth, love." Harry added, nuzzling his face on that perfect raven hair of Zayn's, inhaling the familiar smell of his coconut shampoo.
Zayn chuckled at his adorable love. The hazel eyed man had only half of his beard shaved, the other half was still covered in white shaving foam, and Harry took the opportunity to kiss Zayn's shaved cheek, then his neck.
"Plus that white foam lets you even sexier…" Harry added, and his boyfriend chuckled again. Harry returned to the toxic kisses he was placing at Zayn's shoulder, biting and sucking on it sometimes. Zayn moaned, his skin erupting in goosebumps every time Harry's pinky lips touched his tanned shoulder.
"You know I like it when you kiss my jaw but I need to get this foam out of here first, so just give me a second babe." Zayn said softly, and Harry nodded, placing one last kiss on the nape of his neck before unwrapping his arms from his boyfriend's waist and stepping aside. He stood right beside Zayn, fixing his sexy damp hair as Zayn finished his work in his beard. Harry's long fingers ran through his curls, putting them all in place.
Zayn put the blade down again, this time already fully shaved. The tanned man looked around in search of a towel so he could dry his face, but he looked at the chrome support next to the sink and realized that the towel wasn't there like usual. He frowned, and looked around in search of anything he could use, and his gaze stopped at Harry's waist. The boy had water droplets running down his body, his arms flexing just enough to be sexy as fuck as he fixed his hair.
Harry was concentrated on the mirror when he felt his towel being pulled down, and he turned around confused, only to see his handsome boyfriend using it to dry his jaw and cheeks. Harry frowned, why would he need Harry's towel when he had one around his waist? Oh yeah, he was a tease.
"Excuse me?" Harry said making sure to sound playful so his boyfriend wouldn't think he was rude. It was rare for Zayn to play and joke around, but when he did, Harry couldn't do a thing to stop him. He enjoyed seeing Zayn smile and laugh, but this time Zayn was teasing him.
"Shut up." Zayn replied, a smile on his face as he finished drying his face. Harry chuckled as he looked lovingly at Zayn.
"You know that my dick was in there only seconds ago, right?" Harry teased, and it was all Zayn needed to turn to his side and look at his boyfriend with an evil yet sexy smile on his face.
"Oh?" Was all Zayn replied, and Harry watched as he slowly brought the towel to his mouth. Harry's eyes went wide as he realized what Zayn was doing, and it was the sexiest thing he had ever seen. At first, Zayn give the blue towel a light bite, but as the seconds went by, it became hungry and needy. Zayn was biting sexily on the towel like his life depended on it.
Harry had to bite on his lower lip to prevent a huge and loud moan from erupting at the very back of his throat. Zayn was just the sexiest human being on Earth, even more when he had his beautiful lips biting down on a towel that Harry had just rubbed his cock on. Zayn's eyes were fixed on Harry's addicting face, his tongue sliding around the soft material of the blue towel. Harry was almost dipping blood from his lower lip, and that was a signal Zayn took that he was doing it right. He stepped forward so his chest was touching his boyfriend's, and huskily spoke.
"I think I woke someone up…" Zayn whispered into Harry's ear, and it was enough to make the younger boy explode. He grabbed both of Zayn's hips and lifted his thin body, immediately being responded by Zayn's legs wrapping around his waist. Harry harshly placed Zayn on the cold, white balcony, finally shoving their lips together hungrily. Zayn smiled knowing that his practicing sections of how to be sexy had showed results. He kissed back almost immediately, their lips moving in a perfect sync. Their tongues didn't fight for dominance anymore, they had become used to it and now they didn't want to dominate the kiss, they just wanted their tongues to dance together, tasting every inch of each other's mouth.
Harry had to open his eyes when he felt that Zayn had broken the lips contact.
"I wanna talk to you." Zayn said, his hands still cupping both sides of Harry face and jaw. "About anything, just talk." He added, and it was hard for Harry to help the huge grin that pierced his face from ear to ear. Also it wasn't Zayn who wanted to talk, he was silent most of the time, they just had small conversations usually, and it was always Harry that had to bring them up.
"Okay." Harry agreed. Zayn had this power upon him. No one could ever stop Harry when he became dominant and sexy, but Zayn… Only to hear something cute made Harry slow down and go from sexy to admiring.
Zayn pecked his boyfriend's lips one last time, before climbing off the balcony and standing on his feet. Harry grabbed his towel back from the ground and felt his hand being grabbed by Zayn as he guided him to the hydro on the corner of the bathroom. A few minutes later, they were sitting with their legs crossed on top of the hydro. It was full of bubbling water now, and Zayn reached out to grab the soap. He poured a bit on the water, and looked back at the talking Harry.
"I mean, it must be so hard for them. They just want to be free and fly around with their little wings but it ruins everything. I think that, for them, every raindrop i-"
"Every raindrop is a waterfall." Zayn cut his boyfriend off, and Harry smiled to his love.
"Exactly." Harry replied, smiling dumbly at Zayn, who chuckled.
"I like the way you can fit song lyrics in such conversations." Zayn confessed as he sighed lovingly. Harry leaned in to him, pecking his lips quickly before also confessing something.
"I like the way you look after I shove you in the hydro." Harry said, and instead of blushing like Zayn knew he was going to, he looked at Harry confused. Before he could even think about asking what did he mean, Harry shoved his boyfriend inside the huge hydro, earning a quick yelp from Zayn.
"THA FUCK!?" Zayn yelled, and Harry chuckled. That look placed on Zayn's face was exactly what he was talking about.
"Now that's what I meant…" Harry said still chuckling, and an evil and perverted grin spread all over Zayn's perfect features. Before Harry could let out another laugh, he was pulled inside the hydro as well. Both boys erupted in a huge sequence of laughter.
A few more minutes went by, and now the couple was cuddled up in a corner of the hydro, Zayn's fingers barely brushing against Harry's skin as he caressed his boyfriend's strong and tattooed chest. Both men's lips move in a perfectly perfect sync as they kiss passionately, no sign of lust being shown, just the pure and rare love. Harry broke the kiss, looking down at Zayn with a loving smile.
"Is it a bad time to make a confession?" Harry whispered, his grip on Zayn's naked body tightening as he spoke. Zayn gulped, the fear of losing the only person that he lived for washing over him like a river, but he nodded.
"Go ahead, love." Zayn whispered back, his grip on Harry's waist and chest tightening as well.
"You know, we've been together for around three months and I wanna confess that these had been the best three months of my whole life. I just feel so good when I'm near you, and I enjoy being your boyfriend. I love the way we don't talk much to each other, we just cuddle and kiss all night and that's what I look forward the most every day. We go out to the studio, concerts and other things but all day I can't stop thinking about how much I just want the day to end so I can feel the warmth of your body against mine as we lay naked on bed, even though we didn't have sex. I love the way you look when I compliment you, the way that adorable shade of red rises up to your cheeks or the way you thank me in such a silent way that even you can't hear it, but I do. I love the fact that sometimes I arrive at your flat and see you sat on the couch with your glasses and your nose buried on a book, or the way you look proudly at our crowds when we do concerts. But, on top of it all, I love you, Zayn." Harry spoke, voice low and husky. By the time he finished, Zayn's fingers had stopped running all over his chest and he looked up at Harry with a wide smile.
"Please tell me you're not joking with me, Harry." Zayn said, shifting a bit so he was now facing Harry, still with that wide smile on his face.
"I'm not, I mean it all. I love you, Zaynie."
"I love you too, Haz. I truly do. You've helped me through a lot of shit and you have no idea of how fucking hard I fell for you since the day we met on the X Factor." And a single joy tear slid down Zayn's face. "I'm really glad you feel the same way, I love you Harry." Zayn finished, and Harry hugged him tight. He kissed Zayn shoulder as a signal of affection, before pecking his lips.
After that, they stared at each other's eyes for a few seconds, just letting all that had happened sink in, until Zayn finally speaks.
"I think I'm ready Haz, you know, to do that. I know how much that means to you and I trust you enough to know you won't hurt me or leave me tomorrow morning." Zayn spoke softly, and Harry's green eyes went wide. Is he really saying this?
"Oh my God, are you sure? Is this really happening? Seriously?" Harry asked, and Zayn couldn't help but chuckle.
"Yes silly, just promise me you won't hurt me or leave me or stop loving me because it'll be my first time and I have no experience at all…" Zayn replied, sighing at the end. Harry grabbed both sides of his face gently with his hands, and kissed him softly for a second.
"I would never leave you, Zayn. I would never hurt you, and I promise that I will never in a billion years, stop loving you. You're the one I chose and now I'm yours, forever." Harry replied, kissing Zayn's scared expression. Zayn nodded, smiling a bit to encourage himself.
"Okay, I trust you; now let's do this before I change my mind." Zayn said, and Harry immediately got up, picking his boyfriend up bridal style and stepping out of the hydro. They were both soaking wet as they made their way to the bedroom, Zayn's head gently lying on Harry's shoulder.
They got there, and Harry placed Zayn on the bed, crawling on top of him right after. Both males were naked since they had taken off their towel when they got in the hydro, so it was easy to feel how hard their dicks were pressed against each other. Harry brought his face close to Zayn's and immediately started kissing him hungrily. He had craved for this moment since the day they got together. He always kept asking Zayn if he was ready, but Zayn never was. He was afraid that Harry would leave him when he discovered that he had no skill, and also at the time, Zayn thought he had an ugly body.
After a few minutes of only kissing, Harry's hands traveled down Zayn's tanned chest and stopped at his hips, slowly caressing them on a spot he knew Zayn loved: right on his tattoos. Harry's hungry lips made their way to Zayn's jawline, slowly sucking and nipping at the recently shaved skin, and after he was satisfied, the next step was his neck.
Harry bit and licked over the exact spot where he knew that was Zayn's soft one, they had done that a few times, but they never really got to the sex part. After Harry was proud enough of the amount of love bites he had left on Zayn's neck, he softly looked the boys in the eyes.
"Now we're entering that part, please trust me and don't be nervous, babe. I love you."
"I love you too, Haz." Zayn replied, his hands caressing Harry's strong chest. Harry smiled, pecked his boyfriend's lips one last time, and then went to place kisses all over Zayn's chest (including his nipples) and stomach.
Zayn's low and soft moans filled the room, making Harry go insane already. Harry sucked on his heart tattoo, making Zayn moan really loudly this time. The green eyed male looked up at Zayn, asking for permission for his next step, and Zayn nodded.
Harry grabbed the base of Zayn's thick and long dick, slowly pumping his hand up and down for a few short seconds, watching as Zayn threw his head back in pleasure. Harry smiled, quickening his pace when he felt Zayn's cock throb on his hands.
Zayn knew Harry was good in bed, but he just didn't know he was that good. The definition of good totally spun around in Zayn's head when he felt warm and soft lips engulf his whole member in a swift movement. Zayn realized that the tip of his dick was touching the very back of Harry's throat, and he finally opened his eyes to see Harry's nose touching his stomach. He wanted to come just from the sight and the feeling of Harry's mouth around his cock.
When Zayn thought it was becoming too much pleasure to handle, the amazing feeling of Harry blow jobbing him was gone. Zayn opened his eyes and also realized that Harry wasn't even between his legs anymore. He felt a feeling of despair wash over him, but then he looked to his right to see Harry coming back from the dresser with a condom and a bottle of lube on his hands.
"Ready?" Harry asked, crouching down to peck his boyfriend's lips.
"Fuck Harry, I need you inside me right now." He said, and Harry chuckled. He went to stand in between Zayn's legs once again, and poured some lube on his fingers.
"Trust me, you'll need this." Harry explained when he realized that Zayn looked startled at the thought of being fingered. Zayn nodded, trusting his boyfriend. Harry slowly stuffed one finger inside of Zayn, watching his expression carefully to see if he was in too much pain. Zayn had a pained look on his face, but he didn't look like he was going to die. After a few moments of being fingered with just one finger, Zayn was already moaning loud, but his moans became even louder when he felt another finger being shoved inside of him. They kept on doing that for a few more moments, only the sound of Zayn's moan filling the room (and probably the whole flat).
"Okay, as it's your first time and you don't want it to hurt too much, you have to ride me." Harry spoke as he removed his fingers from inside of his boyfriend, and Zayn looked at him a bit surprised. "Trust me; it won't hurt that much but you'll feel all the pleasure." He explained, and Zayn nodded. He would let Harry fuck him on the ceiling just to feel his cock inside of him.
Harry lay on bed next to Zayn and gently rolled the boy over so he was on top of him. They shared a quick and lustful kiss; just enough for Harry to show Zayn that he wouldn't hurt him. Zayn sucked and nipped at the skin of Harry's neck as the other boy opened the condom and rolled it on his dick. Harry grabbed the bottle of lube and poured more than enough on his cock.
"It'll hurt at first but it'll be the best feeling of your life in a few, I promise." The last two words were all Zayn needed to trust Harry, and he placed his knees on both sides of Harry's torso. Harry grabbed the base of his own member and placed it right on Zayn's entrance. They exchanged a look and Zayn nodded, making Harry slowly slid himself inside of his boyfriend. Zayn's eyes went wide the second he felt Harry inside of him, and he yelled in pain.
Harry felt a wave of guilty wash over him, and he immediately stopped entering Zayn.
"I'm sorry; I shouldn't have gone this far w-"
"Please, I want to go all the way with you Harry, you told me it's going to get better and I trust you, please don't stop." Zayn pleaded, looking down at Harry with truthful eyes. Harry nodded, still a bit worried about his boyfriend, but he continued to slowly trust inside of him.
As the seconds went by, Harry's thrusts were becoming faster, and the pain was becoming too much for Zayn to take. He had his back straight, sitting on top of a moaning Harry, but when Harry risked to thrust a bit further into Zayn, the boy yelled in pain, a tear daring to slide down his face. Even with all the guilty he was feeling, Harry knew that Zayn would love it when he reached his prostate, so he grabbed hold of both of Zayn's hips, and at the same moment he harshly pulled Zayn down on his cock, he thrusted with all his strength inside of him.
Zayn yelled, but this time in pleasure. He opened his eyes and all he saw were stars. He placed both of his hands on Harry chest as he moaned his name loudly, every thrust sending him to a trip to Pleasure Land.
"F-fuck!" Zayn yelled, making Harry smile proudly. He knew what it was like to have your prostate hit for the first time, and it was the best feeling in the world.
"Good, isn't it?" Harry asked, still thrusting harshly inside of his boyfriend. He knew Zayn had asked him to don't be harsh, but there was no way he could hit his prostate without being harsh, but he also knew Zayn would thank him for that the next morning.
"FUCK! SO FUCKING GOOD!" Zayn replied, screaming of course. The same familiar feeling came back to his stomach and he knew he was close. "Haz, I-I'm g-oing to c-ome…" Zayn said, and Harry smirked. He loved this part. His thrusts became even harsher and he was hitting Zayn's prostate with every single thrust. Zayn felt his load coming and tugged hard on Harry's chest as he emptied himself on his boyfriend's chest.
Harry wasn't done yet, so he continued to thrust. Zayn was still moaning his name, and Harry loved the feeling of him inside his boyfriend, but what really brought him over the edge was when he looked down at Zayn's throbbing dick, his come still dipping out from it. Harry screamed Zayn's name as he thrusted one last time inside of him, releasing himself into Zayn.
Zayn immediately fell upon Harry's chest, his breathing heavy and his dick still throbbing.
"Holy… Shit…" He said, and Harry nodded in agreement. "I should have done this a long time ago…"
"Yeah, you should." Harry replied, feeling that his eyelids were becoming heavier. "Oh, and just for the record, you're so fucking good in bed, babe, you have no idea." Zayn chuckled in response.
"I love you, Harry."
"I love you more, Zayn." Harry replied, and they decided not to get up to clean themselves since they were tired as fuck (literally), and they fall asleep on that exact position. Chest glued to chest by Zayn's cum.


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Decrease in State Funding and New Technology Results in $5 a Credit Hour Tuition Bump at JALC
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CARTERVILLE – The John A. Logan College Board of Trustees voted Tuesday night to increase tuition $5 per credit hour beginning with the summer term.
Despite the increase, Logan will continue to have one of the lowest tuition rates in the state at $97 per credit hour.
Brad McCormick, Vice President for Business Services and College Facilities, said all area community colleges with the exception of Rend Lake College had indicated that they would be asking for tuition increases.
McCormick said Rend Lake College plans to remain at $96 per credit hour for the coming year. The $5 increase, he said, will be used for technology and will also eliminate a $10 fee currently associated with online classes. He added that $3 will be allocated for payments to replace the college's aging administrative software system.
JALC is one of only four campuses in the nation using the higher education version of the APECS system. The upgraded system will take up to three years to implement, will allow the college to better track student success, and allow for more accurate data reporting and institutional research.
"We currently have a number of shadow systems generating reports because we cannot rely on the current system to give us adequate information, which is completely unacceptable," said Vice President for Instructional Services Dr. Deborah Payne.
The other $2 of the credit-hour increase will go into the college's general fund to help offset delays in state funding.
Several board members noted the current financial climate in Illinois when making their decision regarding tuition. At present, the state has made no payments for equalization or apportionment during the first six months of the fiscal year and the college has only received approximately $400,000 of the budgeted $12.7 million owed by the state for FY 13.
Trustee Jake Rendleman stated that he believed that all of higher education, not just universities, could see a 4-to-5 percent reduction in funding for the upcoming year.
Six board members approved the tuition increase with Student Trustee Joe Venable voting no. Trustee Don Brewer was not present.
Venable thanked the board and the administration for their deliberation in arriving at the tuition increase. He said he believed they had made a good proposal and had arrived at a fair increase that had the best interest of the institution in mind, but as the representative of the student body, he felt that he could not support a tuition increase.
Prior to the vote, Trustee John Sanders spoke on behalf of the board.
"None of us are big fans of this, and this is not something we take lightly," he said. "Last year, we pored over this and thought about this hard and voted to not increase tuition. But, the situation with the state is worse this year. I think this is a reasonable increase and I applaud the administration for how conscientously they have looked at this.
"You know, as I have looked at this and talked to other trustees nationally, I found that we are at the low end nationally in regards to tuition, and compared to universities, we are considerably lower. It's a shame our state will not do what it is constitutionally obligated to do and now we are stuck with this and our students are stuck with this."
Board Chairman Mike Hopkins echoed Sanders.
"None of us want to increase tuition, but we also want to see the college grow in the excellence of programs we offer," he said. "With the state in the financial shape that it is in, we have to be the ones to make the hard decision. I would like to add that our tuition has no hidden fees associated with it and I applaud the administration for that."
In other board news, Rendleman reported that the JALC Foundation is currently looking at dates in May for the Annual Benefit Dinner to be held at Walker's Bluff. Rendleman also reported the Foundation had received a sizeable donation from the estate of a Herrin family to be used for scholarships in math and science.
Rendleman said the donation was a surprise to the Foundation and that there would be a future announcement as more information becomes available. Rendleman also reported that the Foundation would be focusing on kicking off a capital campaign in 2013 and could possibly host a concert fundraiser at the upcoming Street Machine Nationals at the Du Quoin State Fairgrounds.
Rendleman added that the Athletic Department's bowling tournament fundraiser would be held this Sunday (Jan. 28). Several individuals had paid for lanes, but could not attend. So, the Athletic Department has offered those lanes to different departments on campus as a way of bringing the campus community together.
In officer's reports, McCormick reported that the Board Building Committee had met and reviewed plans for the upcoming remodel of the new West Frankfort Extension Center. He clarified to the board that the agenda item to approve the cost to remodel the building represented the maximum amount if the college were to implement every upgrade to the facility.
McCormick said Logan can only afford $800,000 for the project, but the ICCCB requires that all possible amounts be approved by the board, which was why the agenda item was for $1,109,641.
Dr. Tim Daugherty, Vice President for Administration, provided the board with a report detailing in-district residency. He explained that there are several points of entry for students at the college, including dual credit, business and industry. He said the college audit found that some students that claimed to be in-district were actually out of district students.
As a result, JALC has implemented new measures to verify residency. He said he would continue to update the board regarding this matter. Daugherty also reported that he expected spring enrollment to see a small increase or be equal to last spring's enrollment of 6,867. Tenth-day enrollment numbers are not in yet, but will be available at the February board meeting.
Dr. Deborah Payne, Vice President for Instructional Services, reported that a committee comprised of the administration, full-time faculty, and non-teaching professionals had selected Desire2Learn as the college's new learning management system.
Payne said Desire 2 Learn will replace JALC's current two-system approach to online content delivery. Not only is the new system a cost savings to the college, she said, but it also was the system currently used by SIU.
"While the fact that this is the system that SIU uses did not factor into our decision to select this system, it will provide a seamless transition for students particularly in the education program," she said.
Payne also reported on the success of the recent Snow Man Shuffle. Payne thanked the staff of the Community Health Education Complex for organizing the event that saw over 300 participants in the 5K run and walk, as well as Fun Run. Despite the cold temperatures, she said, all involved had a good time.
JALC President Dr. Mike Dreith reported that the steering committee for the strategic plan had recently met with consultant Tom Wunderle and had a very productive meeting to discuss the SWOT analysis and environmental scan that Wunderle had conducted.
The board approved the following consent agenda items: protection health safety compliance roof replacement to the south E-Wing; request to remodel the West Frankfort Extension Center; purchase of 78 desktop and 27 laptop Dell computers; approval of a new HVAC and green building certificate program; joint agreement with Rend Lake College for mine safety and health administration students.
In addition to the tuition increase, the board approved the following new business: adoption of Desire2Learn as the College's learning management system; resolution to issue debt certificates associated with the selection, purchase, and implementation of a new ERP (enterprise resource planning system); contract with campus works for assistance in selecting and implementing the new ERP system; approval of a contract with Occupational Performance and Rehab, pending completion and review by legal counsel; first reading (no action) of proposed revisions and additions to Board Policies 3511 (discrimination/ equal opportunity grievance policy), 5221C minimum requirements non-union operational), 5610 (volunteer staff), 8110 (admission to John A. Logan College), and 8242 (transferring credit to John A. Logan College).
The following personnel items were approved: Tina Cavanaugh, full-time, temporary, grade III, secretary III to the associate dean of ABE/ASE; Nicole Mathis, full-time, grade III, testing services clerk III; Salvador Tomas, full-time, laborers', campus safety officer; Jeremy Cobb, full-time, laborers', campus safety law enforcement officer; ratification of Lori Russell, full-time, grade V, secretary V to the vice president for instructional services; ratification of 14 term-faculty and 12 continuing education staff members.
For additional information, call Steve O'Keefe , extension 8569, at one of the following numbers: CARTERVILLE AND WILLIAMSON COUNTY – 985-3741 (operator) or 985-2828 (direct extension access); CARBONDALE AND JACKSON COUNTY – 549-7335 (operator) or 457-7676 (direct extension access); DU QUOIN – 542-8612; WEST FRANKFORT – 937-3438; CRAB ORCHARD, GORHAM; AND TRICO AREAS – 1-800-851-4720; AND TTY (deaf and hard of hearing) – 985-2752.
Posted: January 23rd, 2013 under General.


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