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Aerosmith rocker Joe Perry says it was "really tough" to leave for the band's tour of Australia in the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings.
The band watched the horror unfold on TV while they were at Boston's Logan International Airport waiting for a flight to Australia ahead of their dates this month. Two bombs exploded close to the finish line of the annual Massachusetts race, and Perry has revealed that his children were nearby when the blasts went off that killed three people and injured more than 170, and several of their friends were hurt. Perry, who hails from the area, admits he came close to staying in Boston so he could comfort his family after the atrocity.
Bing: Latest news on the Boston Marathon bombings
Speaking at a press conference in Sydney, Perry told reporters, "It was really tough getting on the plane, I have to say, the news was just dribbling in. As they were putting the body counts on the TV we're in the waiting room to get on a plane and I'm flying how many ... miles away from where my kids are. They were both watching the race, and both of them have lost friends. It's really tough." The band's frontman Steven Tyler adds, "My love goes out to everybody there ... God bless the people that got hurt. ... It's a crazy world right now and people are echoing what they see in the news and we just have to be more careful about it."
The stars spoke before Boston made headlines again early Friday morning when police officers were involved in a shootout in the Watertown area as they attempted to apprehend two brothers wanted in connection with the bombing. One of the suspects, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, was killed, but his 19-year-old brother Dzhokhar remains at large. Perry addressed the latest development in a post in his Twitter page, writing, "Watching TV... can't believe what's happening in Watertown. Hang in there Boston our thoughts are with you."


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Saturday, April 10, 2010
One Hit Wonder
Sad news, the oldest living Munchkin has died
Raabe was one of 124 Munchkins in the film and one of only nine with speaking roles. He famously pronounced the witch dead after Dorothy's farmhouse landed on her: "As coroner, I must aver, I thoroughly examined her, and she's not only merely dead, she's really most sincerely dead." There are only 4 surviving Munchkins.
Torry-Ann Hansen: The parent from hell
I know I'm being judgmental but what kind of an adult puts a 7 year old on a plane alone for a 10-hour flight with a note for return to an adoption agency without any adult supervision, without any notice to the agency and without an explanation to the child. That is what Torry-Ann Hansen did this week in a story that has become viral.
Artyom Savelyev was adopted from Russia six months ago by Torry-Ann Hansen of Shelbyville, TN but turned out to be more difficult and more damaged than she was made aware by the Russian adoption agency. The rationale was that "he drew a picture of our house burning down and he'll tell anybody that he's going to burn our house down with us in it." Well what did you expect from a child who had already been abandoned once and was living in an orphanage?
Child abandonment is a reprehensible act and this poor child had already been victimized far too much already. Adopting a child is not like picking up a stray puppy from the humane society. You can't change your mind and return him. Adoption is a legal procedure that is permanent. You are a parent for life.
Her complaints about not being fully informed of the boy's problems is not an acceptable reason for abandoning the child. The only failure of the agency was not properly reviewing the suitability of Torry-Ann Hansen.
Friday, April 09, 2010
Today's message for Tiger Woods
UPDATE: The Cessna flying over the Augusta National was grounded today by the FAA for some "needed repairs." I'm sure the problems will clear up once the Masters Tournament is over.
Elizabeth Taylor, 78, to Wed for 9th Time -- to 49-Year-Old
As they say ninth time is a charm. Speculation is that 78-year-old Dame Elizabeth Taylor is going walk down the aisle (or maybe roll down in her wheelchair) for the 9th time to her 49-year-old longtime companion Jason Winters of Sterling Winters Management. This is what some source tells UsWeekly.
I'm sure this one is a keeper Liz.
How about getting arrested for underage drinking...in the back of a police car
Meet Tasha Lee Cantrell. The 19-year-old Floridian was riding in a car early Monday morning when the vehicle's driver was pulled over and arrested for DUI.
As a tow truck arrived to remove her friend's car, a stranded Cantrell asked Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office Deputy Mitchell Landis for a ride home to her Fort Walton Beach residence. Landis agreed, but only after checking Cantrell's purse for any contraband, according to an offense report.
While chauffeuring Cantrell, Landis heard the teenager "open a can of some sort" in the back of the cruiser. "As I looked at my in car video I observed Cantrell drinking out of an unknown can." Landis stopped his car and, upon further investigation, determined that Cantrell had popped open a can of Steel Reserve, a malt liquor known for its high alcohol content. "When I opened the rear passenger door I observed Cantrell attempting to hide the can between her legs. I retrieved this can and noticed it was Steel Reserve Beer," reported Landis, who immediately arrested Cantrell for underage drinking.
Helena Guergis: From Beauty Queen to MP to Pariah
When Helena Guergis is the "better half" of a couple, that tells you the gods took the day off when those two were married. And for her hubby, it's a really bad day when the best headline of the day is, "PM says Jaffer had no influence in his office".The downfall of Helena Guergis should be no surprise to those who are familiar with her as I am. She is photogenic, ambitious and assertive but unfortunately no intellect and far too arrogant. A volatile combination. It catches up to you eventually.
Guergis defeated the Liberal incumbent by 100 votes in the 2004 federal election to win the riding of Simcoe—Grey. She won reelection by a good margin in 2006. But you can only get so far on sound bites and the word on the street in Simcoe-Grey is that constituents were getting tired of her act and angered by the phony letters of praise sent to newspapers in the riding. She was appointed to Cabinet not on merit but only because of gender and geography but she considered herself to be a serious and deserving member of Cabinet.
The messaging coming from the Prime Minister suggests a more serious problem than a temper tantrum at an airport. He says the RCMP have now moved in to investigate the allegations as a criminal matter. Influence peddling, if that's what we are dealing with here, is a serious charge. Not only has she been bounced from Cabinet, she has also been suspended from the Conservative caucus.
Thursday, April 08, 2010
Americans want their government benefits but don't want to pay for them
5% said, "increase taxes."
62% said, "reduce government spending."
OK, said The Economist. "Here is a list of things the federal government spends money on. Which things should the government spend less on?"As you can see in the chart above, over two-thirds of Americans don't want to reduce spending on any single category, except foreign aid. But foreign aid represents less than 1% of America's total spending.
via Boing Boing
Air Canada leaves passenger asleep, wakes up in hanger
"It's absolute craziness," said the 31-year-old, who is head of sports law at Staffordshire University. "The last thing I remember was taking off from Calgary. I knew I was safely on board and there was no further destinations and it was all good," Lines added. "Somebody would wake me up at the end."
What he didn't expect was to be roused by a mechanic after the Air Canada Jazz plane was towed into a hangar at YVR. Lines said that when the Vancouver mechanic woke him, he was disoriented and in a rush to grab his bags and jacket and get off the plane.
"He said, 'Don't worry. You should have got off an hour-and-a-half ago,' " Lines recalled. "They took me off the plane down the steps into a hangar, took me into a room, photocopied my boarding pass and said, 'This sort of thing shouldn't be happening. Somebody's neck's going to be on the line for this.'"
Russian men eat girl (with a side of potatoes)
The case was postponed after the juror had to be excused while examining photographs of student Karina Barduchian after her death.
Maxim Golovatskikh and his friend florist Yury Mozhnov, both 20, are accused of drowning Karina Barduchian in a bath and then carving up her body and serving her meat with potatoes to a lodger.
Who is a bigger scumbag Tiki Barber or Tiger Woods
First there is Tiger Woods who probably could not possibly shock us any more but he keeps trying. According to the New York Daily News, Raychel Coudriet first met Tiger when she was only 14 years old. But it wasn't until last year, when she was 21, that he seduced her at a party with his favorite drink, Corona beer mixed with rum. Their liaison took place at Tiger's office located just one mile away from his house. They reportedly had sex for two hours on the couch of his office. There was a crib next to the sofa. Raychel reported that they did not use a condom and the sex was "mechanical and unemotional".
Then it comes out int he New York Post that ex-Giants superstar Tiki Barber has dumped his 8-months-pregnant wife, Ginny, for sexy former NBC intern Traci Lynn Johnson. The football star-turned-Today show-correspondent left his wife of 11 years, Ginny, for the 23-year-old blonde, who also worked at 30 Rock, the sources said. Ginny, who is expecting twins, found out about the relationship late last year, after the run-around running back moved out of their Upper East Side home.
So who is the bigger scumbage?
Happy 47th birthday to Julian Lennon
Wednesday, April 07, 2010
Newark's murder-free streak is over
Gunfire signaled the end to the first murder-free month in New Jersey's largest city in more than 40 years.
Police in Newark say a 26-year-old man was shot in the head Wednesday and died. The name of the victim has not been released.
The slaying was the city's first in 37 days and is the eleventh for the year.
March was the first time the city went through a calendar month without a murder since May 1966.
Hump Day Hottie
Tuesday, April 06, 2010
Pretty sharp people working at airport security
Two women have been arrested in a British airport after allegedly trying to bring a 91-year-old male relative onto a plane. The only problem? He was dead.
Despite the fact that the corpse was in a wheelchair and wearing sunglasses, airport security were able to determine there was a problem when he was the only one not complaining about having to remove his shoes to get through security.
Talk about life imitating art. Was the dead guy named Bernie?
Pitcher shatters kneecap but still makes the out
Vanderbilt pitcher Corey Williams managed to keep his wits about him and manage the pain long enough to grab hold of the ball, flip it to first and make the play. Later x-rays show that the line drive fractured his kneecap. How tough is this guy?
School organizes fake prom to avoid inviting lesbian couple
Remember that Mississippi school that chose to cancel their prom rather than let a lesbian student attend in a tuxedo with her girlfriend? Well turns out the school was forced to let her go to prom so they handled it they best way they could. Yup they set up a fake prom and sent her and a couple of kids with learning disabilities there instead of the real one. Classy move.
Constance McMillen, her date and just a handful of others, including two classmates with learning disabilities, attended the dance in Fulton, Mississippi while most of her other classmates from Itawamba Agricultural High School reportedly partied at a separate prom that McMillen was not invited to.
Monday, April 05, 2010
It helps if the getaway car is used to escape the crime scene
According to the would-be victim, one of them pulled out a knife and demanded money. Rather than give in, the man hustled back into the store and called the police, leaving the failed muggers running away into the night.
When the police arrived at the parking lot to investigate, one of the witnesses being questioned spotted Vargas-Sanabria and Regalado getting into their car, which police say they had left at the scene of the crime and were returning to pick up, thus defeating the purpose of the term "getaway car."
As of Wednesday, the pair was being held on one million dollar bail in Jackson County jail, charged with first degree attempted robbery.
Kids today don't consider oral sex to be sex
It seems that only 20% of college students consider oral sex "sex," according to a study to appear in the journal Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health. When I was in university I had to blackmail girls to get some head. Now its like getting a hickey.
So who would like to turn the clock back 30 years?
Tiger Woods' security detail is now in position
A virtual army of private bodyguards – about 90 in all – will be protecting Tiger Woods when he returns to golf this week at the Masters. Woods' vast security detail will include former FBI and Secret Service agents, as well as armed deputies – all of whom are believed to have received photos of the golf great's sexual conquests. That's right, the world's best-known philanderer reportedly fears a confrontation with one of his more than two dozen alleged mistresses.
None of these girls are allowed anywhere near him. If one photo comes out of a beautiful lady touching him, it would be a disaster.
Roughly 200 security personnel are typically on hand at the annual tournament in Augusta, Ga. With Woods' return, an additional 82 private guards will be patrolling the course's immaculate lawns, sources told the Sunday Mail. Eight guards will be surrounding Woods "as a last line of defense."
Lawyer rides to the rescue of student cuffed for doodling
You may have read here about a 12-year-old Queens junior high student who was hauled off in handcuffs for doodling on her desk earlier this year. Well a lawyer has saved the day and now the young teen plans to file a $1 million lawsuit against the city for excessive force.
Alexa Gonzalez was arrested in February for scribbling, "Lex was here 2/1/10" and "I love my friends Abby and Faith" in washable marker on her desk at Junior High School 190 in Forest Hills.
According to her mother, Moraima Camacho, Alexa was led out of school and walked to the precinct across the street where she was held for several hours.
The family's lawyer, Joseph Rosenthal, says school officials overreacted by calling the police. Rosenthal has indicated that his clients are suing to prevent similar ordeals from befalling other students in the future.
Thank goodness, money was not a motive factor in filing the law suit.
One Hit Wonder
WARNING: Large breasts can be hazardous to your health
Claire Smedley's boyfriend nearly died when she suffocated him with her enormous breasts during sex. The mother-of-three, who has 40LL breasts, panicked when she lifted them up to find her lover Steven had stopped breathing.
Claire, 27, boasts the second biggest bust in Britain with each breast weighing over a stone. In a video she tells how Steven usually loved being smothered by them.
"This time, he started flailing around a bit, but I assumed it was because he was so excited, so I kept going," she said. "A few minutes later I noticed he'd stopped moving." By then, sales assistant Steven, also 27, was still and appeared to not be breathing.
Claire said: "I was panicking and just about to call 999 when thankfully he started to come round. He was really woozy, like he was in a trance. Then he sort of coughed and sat up. I was so relieved."
Startled Steven added: "I did think my time had come. I tried to slap her on her arm to get her to stop and get off me but I think she misread the signals."
Lucky Steven survived his ordeal, but the pair's relationship did not and they split three months ago. Claire, from Blackpool, said: "After that he went off sex."
Sunday, April 04, 2010
Jamie Lynn Spears is 19
Doctors tells Obama supporter to look for healthcare elsewhere
The sign reads: "If you voted for Obama, seek urologic care elsewhere. Changes to your healthcare begin right now, not in four years."
Dr. Jack Cassell, 56, said he's not turning away patients, because that would be unethical.
Yet, he said if patients choose not to see him after reading the sign, that's OK with him.
William Allen, professor in bioethics, law and medical professionalism at the University of Florida, said the urologist may be within his rights if he doesn't quiz patients about their politics and hasn't refused to see anyone.

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Schnuck Markets, Inc
Schnuck Markets to Acquire Seven Rockford, Ill. Hilander Stores
Agreement also includes one fuel center
ROCKFORD, Ill. – Schnuck Markets, Inc. Chairman and CEO Scott Schnuck today announced that the family-owned company has agreed to acquire seven Hilander stores and one fuel center in Rockford, Ill. from the central division of The Kroger Company of Cincinnati, Ohio.
Schnucks will interview all Hilander associates in good standing and will retain the vast majority. Under the current plan, Hilander stores will close for inventory at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 25. Schnucks will reopen the Hilander Roscoe, Cherry Valley, Mulford and 11th Street locations at 8 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 28. The Hilander Main, Rural and Alpine stores will reopen at 8 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 29.
Schnuck said, "We are excited for the opportunity to serve more Rockford-area customers. Convenience is one of the primary factors customers use to determine where they shop for groceries. These additional outlets will enhance operating efficiencies across the region and improve our ability to compete with a growing number of traditional and non-traditional retail outlets helping to ensure we remain a strong contributor in the Rockford community."
There will be no immediate name change. Hilander stores will continue to operate under their current banner. "We don't intend to make any major changes right away," said Schnuck. "Although we have been operating successfully in the market for 13 years, our focus now is on combining the experience of both workforces and enhancing our understanding of what today's Rockford customers really want and need from their neighborhood market," he said.
The Hilander stores range in size from 30,000 to 81,000 square feet and employ approximately 715 associates. Schnucks will also acquire pharmacy records from the four in-store pharmacies which means there will be no interruption of services for pharmacy customers.
Schnucks entered the Rockford area in 1998 with the purchase of three Logli supermarkets. The company added the Rockford Plaza Charles Street location in 2000. The four stores currently employ 675 teammates. (In 2002, Schnucks also opened a Logli store in nearby Janesville, Wis.)
Following the Hilander acquisition, Schnuck Markets, Inc. will operate 100 stores and 95 in-store pharmacies in Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin and Iowa. The company was founded in St. Louis in 1939.
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To make a custom route to the subnet on the other side of the VPN connection, read the rest of the hint...
As root, create /etc/ppp/ip-up, and put in the following code:
# When the ppp link comes up, this script is called with the following
# parameters
# $1 the interface name used by pppd (e.g. ppp3)
# $2 the tty device name
# $3 the tty device speed
# $4 the local IP address for the interface
# $5 the remote IP address
# $6 the parameter specified by the 'ipparam' option to pppd
## echo "1:$1 2:$2 3:$3 4:$4 5:$5 6:$6" > $DEBUGFILE
NET=`echo $5 | cut -d. -f1,2,3`
## echo $NET >> $DEBUGFILE
case $NET in 192.168.3)
## echo "CASE1" >> $DEBUGFILE
RESULT=`/sbin/route add -net 192.168.30.0 $5 255.255.255.0`
##echo $RESULT >> $DEBUGFILE
## echo "CASE2" >> $DEBUGFILE
RESULT=`/sbin/route add -net 192.168.20.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 gw $5`
## echo $RESULT >> $DEBUGFILE
## echo "CASE3" >> $DEBUGFILE
RESULT=`/sbin/route add -net 192.168.10.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 gw $5`
## echo $RESULT >> $DEBUGFILE
## echo "No match" >> $DEBUGFILE
- Once you create the file, do a chmod u+x /etc/ppp/ip-up.
- The $5 variable is your remote IP address (your IP address on the remote network).
- In the first case statement, change the 192.168.x entry to the first three octets of your remote network. In this instance, the remote IP is 192.168.3.1, and the remote network is 192.168.30.0/24 (the remote VPN box is doing the routing -- this is so SAMBA will work without needing to proxy ARP).
- Uncomment (remove the ##'s) from the debug lines to see what this script is doing. Output will be written to the /tmp/ip-up-debug.txt file. Remember to put the ##'s back in when you are done testing.
- This script has options for three different VPN connections. Just change the 192.168.x entries to the different network addresses of your different VPNs.


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It's amazing that any '32 Ford can grab one's attention after every combination must have been built over the years, but it's still possible. One look at Mike Szuba's semigloss stock-height five-window will tell you that. The small-block Chevy was even running a single two-barrel and early manifold with road draft tube.


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Abu Mubarik
Kids wearing Batagari
The smock industry unlike the kente industry has been sidelined for long. Governments have come and gone but there seems to be no deliberate policy to project the industry.
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New Juventus Coach Is NOT Gigi Del Neri
On May 19 this year Juventus appointed a new coach, but the chances are you don't know his name. Sure you recognise the face, the scarf, those trademark glasses, and more than a few may be all too familiar with the shrill whistles he lets fly when patrolling the touch-line.
But his name? Gino Delneri. That's right, the man we all know is Luigi Del Neri actually isn't, and doesn't like to be. So how can we all, including the official websites of every club he has coached, be so wrong?
The blame lies with Paolo Mazza, who in 1966 was a scout for SPAL. Delneri worked for them in a warehouse but was given a trial and played for their first team. Writing a report for the player, Mazza said "Del Neri: A sixteen year old of great promise, perhaps a bit wooden, but plays the ball quickly"
The local press picked up the name, and used it in their match reports. His first matches were good displays, and he earned good marks in the "pagelle", the tough Italian ratings system, which players care about even today.
Seeing the high marks, the young Delneri thought the mis-spelling of his name a source of good luck and remained silent, alerting nobody to the mistake. The name stuck, following him throughout his career, although referee's and the Lega Calcio use the correct spelling in all official reports.
When asked if it is Del Neri or Delneri, the man himself replied "my friends call me Gino". So a man who has coached in Serie A for ten years, at some of Italy's biggest clubs has managed to last 44 years with few people knowing his real name. Quite an achievement, but one that won't matter as the full glare of the spotlight falls upon him now he sits on Italy's most famous bench.
Delneri will undoubtedly implement his trademark 4-4-2 at Juve, the system he has used at every club he has taken charge of. It is far from rigid on the field however, more often looking like a 5-4-1 when defending & a 4-2-4 when in possession.
He will be an interesting appointment at Juventus, and is certainly far more welcome in Turin than supposed long-term target Rafael Benitez. Perhaps he is most famous for his time in charge of Chievo's "Flying Donkeys" who thrilled watchers of Italian football as they played an attacking brand of football, relying heavily on wingers Christian Manfredini and Eriberto (or is it Luciano?) to provide crosses for their strikers.
Prior to his arrival at Sampdoria, the club employed a 3-5-2 formation, immediately scrapped by the new coach, who adapted his tactics once more, this time ensuring a previously porous defence quickly became tough to beat, conceding only 41 times this past season.
How he adapts to Juventus, how he fits certain players into his system will be key, but with Beppe Marotta to provide the changes, Delneri is the ideal man to make them into a real team, something Juventus has missed greatly last season. He is also a firm believer in playing players in their natural position in order to gain maximum impact, again a trait not seen during the reigns of Ferrara and Zaccheroni.
That the coach is not just a "big name" shows that there finally appears to be a plan in place at Juventus, that the quick-fix approach has been consigned to history by new President Andrea Agnelli.
Buon fortuna Gino.
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text: "The oceans are changing faster than we can understand them." That's James Cameron, quoted by David Gallo in Huffington Post. Gallo explains that although oceans cover over 70 percent of Earth's surface, "We've explored less than 5 percent of the world beneath the waves." But that doesn't stop us from profoundly affecting it. "Whatever you put on the ground or in the air stands a very good chance of making its way out to the sea. If you look at Earth from space, it's tough to see the 7 billion people who call this planet home. We are almost like a virus on this planet and just like a virus we have managed to make the planet 'sick.' It may be difficult to believe but our activities over time have changed the temperature and the chemistry of the global ocean. Anyone with an aquarium knows that if you change the temperature and chemistry of the water, you're asking for trouble… big trouble."


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Photo: Ryan Pasquil Flashing Cool Moon - E7 6c - Curbar © Adam Lincoln
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Good Questions: Top Design Curtain Advice?
Hello AT,
I've done my best to help answer other ATer's Good Questions and would love it if they can now help me with one of my own! I've been agonizing over what window treatment to use for this terrace door/window area...
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I would like to use ceiling-mounted hospital track spanning the entire niche so when open, the drapes are primarily in the small area of wall on either side and don't obstruct the view. But what kind of fabric should I use? I've been considering:
-White sheers, but I'm afraid they won't provide enough light control or heat/cold insulation;
-A textured oatmeal-colored linen;
-Steel gray shantung silk or velvet;
-Rougher-textured, oatmeal colored linen;
-Tan or gold-colored silk;
-"Pieced" drapes in one of the above colors like these.
-A more graphic black and white pattern like this one from Harry Zarin: but will a pattern clash with the Woods wallpaper?
As you can see from the pics, the curtains would be a major element in the living/dining area where I spend much of my waking hours, plus I know these drapes are going to cost a fortune, so I do want to get this right. And keeping them bare forever isn't an option, while I don't need blackout drapes I am concerned about sun damage to my furniture as well as added heating and cooling costs. Thanks so much for your help and feedback!
Thanks so much for your help, Elaine/eeeck.
Dear Elaine,
Our favorite fabric for this exact situation was a cotton/silk mix that we once found at Home Works on Broome Street. While we don't expect they will still have it, we would find this type of thing somewhere else.
The weave was tight but the fabric thin so that there was a feeling of translucency. The silk gave it a touch of glowing white shine and a luxurious drape. AND we suspect that - being silk - the thermal quality wasn't bad.
In short, we'd go for light white curtains that are solid but allow light to pass through and float through your space. The better the material, the better.
BTW, you home is way nice, what else can we help with?
Anyone else?
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My mother always said "natural fibers love water" so I agree completely with Maxwell, and moreso because you can wash them.
I agree with the sheer aproach, although I would not go with completely white, an off white would be better. But I am all with you with the damage that is caused to furniture by the sun. If you have direct sun streaming into the room, I would definetely consider two options (I had the same problem in my apartment) Option one, install sheer curtains, and at a later phase (when your wallet recouperates a bit) buy a) pvc blinds (I know some people hate them, but they will be used only when you are not at home to block the sun) or b) in case the idea of pvc makes you nauseaus, then you need to install a second set of thick blinds, which would serve as good insulation as well). BTW the blinds also provide thermal insulation, it does make a difference, as I have a large three panel sliding door into a balcony and it works.. Hope this helps
If you install a double track, the option of adding a second layer of fabric is always open to you, even if you don't do it at the first installation.
Hospital-style ceiling mount tracks come in singles and doubles--the double is only a fraction wider and hardly noticable if your single layer is mounted on the outside track.
I helped a friend do this---just one row of sheers were perfect in the low-light winter months, but then in the summer, she found that she needed a second row to add more light control and cut down on solar heat gain. Then, she was hooked on the layering--adding different colored sheer panels with the seasons and her whim. It looks great.
Good luck!
I can't comment on which fabric to use, but I did just purchase great suspension tracks from ikea.
The link doesn't show it, but they have the option for double tracks, or triple tracks, where you can layerd different kinds of fabric.
Presumably, wherever you purchase your fabric from they'll have such options.
Good luck. Your place is beautiful!
Source on the ottomans(men?) please!
I have a similar window situation. Right now I'm floating between semi sheer, inside mounted charcoal colored blinds from Smith and Hawken or Justblinds.com. Smith and Hawken is the expensive choice, justblinds is the economy choice. Would the same type of blinds but in white or off-white not be a good choice here? I know there is a big difference between curtains and blinds and maybe blinds would not provide the desired look.
How about somthing like this? (not specific on fabric, but the panel style.)
I'm feeling Maxwell's solution pretty strongly here. If you go with oatmeal or gold, you'll confuse your existing use of oatmeal tones to zone your space, plus you'll have the visual pressure of a block of color pushing inward at one of the narrow parts of the room.
Though I ordinarily prefer blinds over curtains, more hard surfaces and square edges just don't fit with your overall sensual vibe.
I don't know which way your window faces, so it's hard to measure just how much sunlight will come in. I have about 13 feet of windows facing south. The fabric in the windows fade within a season. The sun just eats them up, so I would go lighter so any fading isn't as noticable, and I would use sun resistant fabrics or shades if you can.
Hi everyone - thanks so much for the kind thoughts and good advice! I was worried that white would be too boring or something but based on what I'm hearing here it does seem like common sense to not create a big square of color on one side of the room that could close things in. (The windows face north, FYI, but since I overlook a park the light is still very strong.)
Meanwhile, I am too amused by your question about the ottomans, Robyn - because they were a former "hot or not" right here on AT! Check them out in their original ghastly blue:
Since the tops unscrew from the bases, I covered them up myself using fabric remnants from the garment district. Took all of an evening.
BTW, I moved into this apartment in January 2006 and AT has been a great help and inspiration in my experiments with home decor. Thanks so much everyone for your advice and insights, not just with this specific question, but always!
I would choose a linen in the color "Linen," which is slightly darker than your carpet.
Sorry I can't help eeeck but I just wanted to say that I am a fan of yours here and on curbed.
On curbed you always post helpful, relevant information and help defray some of the arguments.
Great space BTW and I like what you did with the ottomans.
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I am intrigued by the linen sheers idea.
Village Workroom has them in all sorts of lengths and widths:
and also in a variety of colors, including "oatmeal."
I have linen in my house; they're more durable than one might think. Mine are seven years old and still in very good condition.
I went the cheapo route: I bought the linen at a fabric store and had the curtains whipped up at a local dry cleaners. If you sew, the cost would be negligible.
Great place! Good luck with this! Please show us the results, no?
I vote also for the double track (with a dapre and a sheer), since function is such a key consideration.
But I'm not sure drapes wide enough to cover the space when they are completely closed will "stack" completely back into the side wall niches... no big whoop, but just prepare yourself for that.
I'm ordinairly a fan of drapes the same color of the walls, but you seem (perhaps) to be itchin' to make a statement... which I think the space can handle (not "need" but "handle"!)
If you feel "big block of color" here will create imbalance in the room, then fit the other window with a tailored shade from the same fabric.
But from your list above, I like the bottom-banded Restoration Hardware ones the best. But silk doesn't always hang straight unless weighted.
For "hang" (no puns, please) I like drapes with weight... a wool cashmere is unbeatbale for how it hangs, and I think you need an "architectural" hang...
Good luck... the space looks awesome!
Very nice. Love the banded bottom drapes, which would provide some color but not overwhelm the wall, and you could keep the top a light shade.
In case anyone was wondering about the low-e windows protecting furnishings from fading, they definitely help. They don't completely keep things from fading, but slow down the process a lot. One option might be to get your windows tinted with a low-e film, then your curtains could be almost any material.
Elaine/eeeck, WOW on the ottomans -- I wouldn't have given them a second look in their "blue period". They look amazing now -- great job.
Thanks for the kind words, everyone - I know p(too) has very high standards, so I feel like I got the Good Decorating seal of approval! And jamiepup, I do spend WAY too much of my workdays on this site and Curbed (it always pays to have your own office ;-), so it's always good to know someone is appreciating your musings.
Sounds like views are mixed on whether the drapes should be white, oatmeal linen, banded, etc. but I do think no matter what they should remain a fairly light color to avoid the "big block" problem. I think I am going to have to head to Zarin to check out my alternatives in person and go swatch-wild.
Great space and i love the re-upholstered ottomans. Good job!
My vote goes for the banded curtains - but with the band on the top. I noticed that most of the furniture you had in the space were at similar height/eyeline. So adding the band on the top of the curtains will break this pattern and draw the eyes to the height of the ceiling creating more visual interest in the space. How about choosing a 2-3 ft band on the top with a fabric that is 2-3 shades darker than the fabric on the bottom. This way the contrast is sutle but not too sutle to be unnoticed.
Good luck with the fabric selection.


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wanted to know what are the steps required to set up a mail server?
not exchange what others are available and how?
is there anythink free for windows?
We use MDaemon and I would recommend it. It is very easy to configure, runs on relatively low spec hardware (we have ours vitualised now but it ran for a long time on a very low spec box) and the support and documentation are good.
Not free, and licences depend on the number of mailboxes, but it works well with Outlook and has its own Webclient, called Worldclient, which is very easy to use. We have used it for about 10 years now and it is effectively install and forget once it is set up.
Why not use Google Apps or Microsoft Live@Edu, both free for educational use and don't require the purchase or provison of hardware.
What sort of info are you looking for? A read on the respective websites provides loads of info and they are both very quick and easy to sign up for. It's the configuring part which can take some time.
They both allow you to use your own domain. In fact I think you have to have your own domain because you have to prove you own it by chaning the MX records (that's what Live@Edu needs anyway).
Google Apps for Education.
I presume you already have your own domain?
MDaemon here.
A 30-day version is available, or a FREE 5-user version if you're a Home or SOHO user. They also have extensive documentation.
When we were an RM school and before we went with RM Exchange they sold us their iMail product. It was based on this product:
IMail Server - Windows Email Server, an Exchange Alternative
It is still available.
hmailserver is free, never used it before tho! sumit too look & but you could use live@edu. just need a domain name or a subdomain (mail.whatever.com) looks very good! but we use zimbra it is very easy to setup. there is a gud guide on the howtoforge website for setting it up!
Theres Surgemail but i don't think its free - its what our lea provide us with
There is no real way of having your own free domain (if one is advertised as such there WILL be a catch).
You will have to purchase your own domain from a hosting company and usually the cheapest packages for about £5 per month will come with a mail server run by the hosting company. If you wish to host it at home then you must learn about dyndns and how edit your DNS records on the internet. Installing, configuring and maintaining a mail server is not like installing, say, Word for example. When we say things are 'easy' what we mean is tha they are easy for us who know a LOT about computers, networks and how things work in the real world. Whilst we don't mind helping people out we must know your level of knowlege first.
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It all started with an idea. In 2003 a group of county treasurers and other local finance officers came together to discuss investment options. Looking for a safe investment vehicle other than the state pool, a concept for a new investment pool, created and governed by local officials, came to the table. This idea originated the Investment Trust of California; commonly known as CalTRUST.
If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then U.S. Communities ought to be blushing. It was the first – and for a while the only – purchasing cooperative for local governments. Now, the field is crowded with wannabes that claim to save money and streamline purchasing for local governments. But seven key facts distinguish U.S. Communities from the others.
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You know I love you
I know you love me
And forever we know
That we will be
I love everything about you
I can list them one-by-one
I absolutely adore you
I know you're the one
I love the way you comfort me
No matter what mood you're in
And I know that I will comfort you
Even when my…
This is a poem for the girl sitting alone on a bus
that took her from home to Chicago
and back.
She let everyone else on before she found her seat.
She was a gentlemen in a world
where ladies can be men
and can be beautiful
at the same time.
This is for the sad people
who hate waking up on…
(Source: maryyannneeee)
Today as the blueness
coldness of these hard peaks surrounds me, I
can only think that
you are the only mountain
range that I would like
to trace (from
the hem
where your hairline meets your
forehead down off the cliffs
your nose and
the plateau your neck makes
(Source: lagnes)
(november eleventh: tenth avenue)
I looked at you
(all mixed
up) (squared
up against the dirty chain link
fence), laughing. I looked at you:
it was some Tuesday—he came over and—
I'm sorry—
that's all I know—
and your deadened emerald
eyes bored holes
into my cold cheekbones
and the fuck…
(Source: lagnes)
Nothing matters here
Not the losing of my sanity
Nor the breaking of calcium enriched bones
Not the slashes or scars of my wrists
Nor the pills that I take to cure myself
Not the days I went without eating
Nor the six years of alienation from my mother
I'm still here
I'm still alive
That's something to be proud of
(Source: nickdrone)
I prefer the darkness to the likeness of your skin
Love once cherished, now relished because of emptiness
Finger nails scratching exima, flaking away my body
To an unkind wind
A cold that draws the breath from my now vacant lungs
Into smoke that travels between our lips like water
You spit from the fosset after we brushed our teeth
My spirit, body; Deteriorating, lifelessly under the
Fucking sun
(Source: nickdrone)
I loved you last night
I woke up
to a landscape: strange
dead and barren
unforgiving, forbidden
(as if
at some point on the thread of
cloudy dreams I wander down sleep
after sleep I
should have died)
I woke up numb like
winter but I know (to my
core) I loved you last
(Source: lagnes)
and the hollows cradling my eyes
(through wake
and sleep hugging them tight)
are O's
are nuclei
of questions posed
and within these deepening ever-
darkening curves
(my skin like
a bruised pit of quicksand), my
eyes open—my
eyes close
—on my constantly grinding bones
(Source: lagnes)
You are the writing on
the inside
of my ribs I didn't know
I had
You wear
the sun on your head like
a crown—You keep
the thunder-
in your
lungs like creatures
in a zoo
You are the long woven strings of
adjectives I wrap around my
to warm me
when the air
is brisk. You
are all of this
(Source: lagnes)
what amazes me is my fingerprints
and the still-
thereness of them
(after feeling
everything I've ever
I am amazed that the grooves
do not lose
their shape like wax that melts
pooling around a
that they do not
blur or
smooth after all
the things i have told them
to touch (because my brain
is blind and
the world
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Woop, there it is…
The correct term to refer to a group of cows is 'herd', right? And then there's a 'gaggle' of geese and a 'pride' or lions. You also say a 'murder' of crows and a 'whoop' of baboons. Stick with me, I'm going somewhere with this.
Did you know that it's an 'embarrassment' of pandas, an 'aurora' of polar bears and an 'ostentation' of peacocks? Well, clever you if you did, and shame on me, as I didn't. So what a delight it was to discover these limited edition prints by Woop, a new studio founded by a group of friends united by a love of graphic design, words and images. The prints include the delightful 'Parliament of Owls', 'Wake of Vultures', 'Army of Ants', 'Stand of Flamingos' and more…
Woop's aim is to bring a unique and exciting angle to the world of collective nouns by depicting them in a creative and playful way. The Woop team includes Miraphora Mina and Eduardo Lima who have spent the last decade working as graphic designers on the Harry Potter franchise; award-winning photographer Harriet Logan; and, entrepreneur Mark Faulkner.
Contemporary design showroom EDC London will host Woop Studio's first exhibition of magical graphic artwork exploring the studio's charming fascination with collective nouns. The Woop exhibition at EDC London runs from November 21st – December 24th 2010, Monday-Saturday, 10am – 6pm. And if you can't make it to the EDC showroom but are fascinated with these collective noun prints then check out Woop's online gallery 'with a difference'. It launches tomorrow ( Nov 24th 2010) and hopes to build a woop community and generate new ways to enjoy these wonderful words.
I'm just hoping collective nouns come up as a question in my local pub quiz next week – 911, I'll be on fire.
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original papers : Stable matchings and the small core in Nash equilibrium in the college admissions problem
AbstractBoth rematching proof and strong equilibrium outcomes are stable with respect to the true preferences in the marriage problem. We show that not all rematching proof or strong equilibrium outcomes are stable in the college admissions problem. But we show that both rematching proof and strong equilibrium outcomes in truncations at the match point are all stable in the college admissions problem. Further, all true stable matchings can be achieved in both rematching proof and strong equilibrium in truncations at the match point. We show that any Nash equilibrium in truncations admits one and only one matching, stable or not. Therefore, the core at a Nash equilibrium in truncations must be small. But examples exist such that the set of stable matchings with respect to a Nash equilibrium may contain more than one matching. Nevertheless, each Nash equilibrium can only admit at most one true stable matching. If, indeed, there is a true stable matching at a Nash equilibrium, then the only possible equilibrium outcome will be the true stable matching, no matter how different are players' equilibrium strategies from the true preferences and how many other unstable matchings are there at that Nash equilibrium. Thus, we show that a necessary and sufficient condition for the stable matching rule to be implemented in a subset of Nash equilibria by the direct revelation game induced by a stable mechanism is that every Nash equilibrium profile in that subset admits one and only one true stable matching.
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Movie Review: 'Total Recall'
Total Recall
Starring: Colin Farrell, Kate Beckinsale, Jessica Biel, Bryan Cranston, John Cho, Bokeem Woodbine and Bill Nighy
Directed by Len Wiseman
Many people will be pre-disposed to dislike this film out of some bizarre loyalty to Paul Verhoeven and his 1990 original Total Recall. I have no idea why. The acting was cheesy and the special effects were, well, cheesy as well. Back then our space program had society falsely believing in the possibility of creating a colony on the planet Mars, so it wasn't strange to see it incorporated into a Syfy flick. Director Len Wiseman re-imagined his version as a dystopian future that is firmly earth-based. Many of the superb visuals reminded me of one of the greatest Syfy films of our time, Blade Runner. It was probably not a coincidence as Total Recall is also based on a Phillip K. Dick story ("We Can Remember it for you Wholesale").
Wiseman is well known for his action films (i.e. Underworld, Live Free or Die Hard) so you shouldn't expect to see next year's Oscar-winning Best Picture recipient. Wiseman had a simple task to follow, create a new version that is non-stop action, has awesome special effects and give us some Hollywood eye candy that both sexes can enjoy during a date night at the movies. Get the big bag of popcorn for this one and be prepared for a fun ride.
In Wiseman's Recall, most of the world is uninhabitable due to a chemical weapons world war. What's left of humanity is holed-up in two territories, the wealthy United Federation of Britain (UFB) and the working class dregs of The Colony. The Colony provides the cheap labor that supports a massive security force under the command of the duplicitous Chancellor Cohaagen (Bryan Cranston). The film starts out with Doug Quaid (Colin Farrell) in a desperate attempt to escape some sort of detention center with a mysterious woman named Melina (Jessica Biel). It's a far removed reality from his normal "hum-drum" existence. It doesn't take long for him to wish he left well enough alone, but you wonder how he felt bored with a super-hot wife, Lori (Kate Beckensale). Inspired by his dreams Quaid checks out a fringe company called ReKall that promises their customers realistic memories of adventure.
As in the original, things go bad once Quaid is hooked up to the fantasy machine as the process triggers the suppressed personality of Hauser, secret agent come to life. It also alerts a UFB security force that busts in to apprehend him. The problem for them is "Hauser" has the skill set of a master assassin. The subsequent chain of events leaves everyone dead, but Quaid. A bigger problem for Quaid is the discovery that his lovely wife is actual a trained killer too and she works for the UFB. Quaid is in full-out escape mode from a massive UFB army and the wife who wants to rush up the "til' death do us part" of their marriage vows. When Quaid literally runs into the woman of his dreams, together they must somehow avoid being eliminated by the jilted wife and her minions and find the leader of the resistance (Bill Nighy) so he can extract a memory implant that can lead the resistance to victory over the soon-to-be-invading synthetic army of the UFB.
While the storyline, secret agent being hunted by forces of evil isn't unique, the dizzying chase scenes do at least give us an adrenaline rush. Screenwriters Kurt Wimmer and Mark Bomback did an impressive job of describing a visually stunning future world with elevators that change direction both vertically and horizontally, and elevated hover car highways. In particular, the massive transport vessel they refer to as The Fall that makes daily cross-planetary trips between the UFB and The Colony is also the scene for the movie's final showdown.
My complaints with this film are relatively minor. Wiseman and company under-utilized the top talent they had with both Cranston and Nighy. Cranston is a force and his character should have had more on-screen time, while Nighy's screentime is little more than a cameo.
In this summer of IMAX and 3D, it was curious to learn that this film was shot straight up. There were several sequences that seemed perfect for either process and if this doesn't return a profit, I'm sure the producers will second guess themselves the rest of the summer. On the plus side, once it becomes available on DVD, you won't bemoan the fact that you don't have a super duper, fancy friggin television.


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Since Mother's Day is this weekend………
I thought it would share how much I love my MOM!?
My mom has been thru a lot in the last several years since we lost my dad, but thru it all she has remained strong! She has over come all of the obstacles life has thrown at her, and she never lets them get her downfor long.
Each spring we like to go out and buy plants together. We made an unplanned stop at a wonderful nursery last weekend.
She made fun of me for taking so many pictures……
I told her it's the only way I can have plants and not kill them! lol
I want to share my favorite Mom poem:
~Author Unknown
Thank you God….
For pretending not to notice that one of your angels is missing and for lending her to me. You must have known how much I would need her, so you turned your head for a minute and allowed her to slip away to me.
Sometimes I wonder what special name you had for her. I call her "Mother." To think of not having her with me is unbearable. I don't know what I would have done without her all these years. She has loved me without reservation, whether I deserved to be loved or not. Willingly and happily, she has fed me, clothed me, taught me, encouraged me, inspired me, and with her own special brand of gentleness reprimanded me.
A bit of Heaven's own blue, her eyes reflect hope and love for you and her family. She has tried to instill that love in us. She's not the least bit afraid of work. With her constant scrubbing, polishing, painting, and fixing, she has made the house we lived in a beautiful home. When I'm confused, she sets me straight. She knows what matters and what doesn't… what to hold onto and what to let go of.
You have given her an endless supply of love. She gives it away freely but never seems to run low. Even before I am aware I have a need, she is making plans and working to supply it. You gave her great patience. She is the best listener I have met. With understanding and determination she always seems to turn a calamity into some kind of success. She urges me to carry my own load in life but is always close by when I stumble and fall.
She hurts when I hurt. She cries when I cry. And she will not be happy until she has seen a smile on my face once more. God, please thank the other angels for filling in for her while she is away. I know it hasn't been easy. Her shoes would be hard to fill. She has to be one of your GREATEST MIRACLES God, and I want to thank you for lending my Mother to me.
I love my Mom so much and I don't know what I would do without her and I want to thank her for everything that she has done for me ?
I LOVE you Mom!
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In fact, the preferred age range for non-nude models sites is 13 and under. These pages present children in gallery settings, pose them in provocative costumes and stances and charge membership fees. Any adult webmaster will tell you, non-nude model pages are marketed and formatted in the same fashion as a porn paysite.
Is this a crime? Technically, no.
Even the United States Supreme Court found these sites to be a gray area. Since the children are not nude or engaging in sexual acts, they are not considered obscene. The creators of these sites actually get permission to photograph the kids from their parents, which also adds to the legality of their endeavors. The ones who create non-nude, underage content are pretty slick operators. They tell parents that the sites are online modeling portfolios. They tell the guardians and caretakers of the children that the websites will garner publicity and that those surfers who pay for memberships are talent agents and Hollywood producers.
Since the kids aren't nude and it's approved by the parent, no harm, no foul, no crime. Right?
According to the Fair Labor Standards act of 1938, child labor laws apply differently to those in the entertainment and arts professions. The standard rules for employed minors are more concerned with regulating safety and making sure that kids aren't missing out on school because of work. Regular child labor laws limit the hours a child can work and state clearly the minimum age of employment, which is generally 15.
Kids can't perform potentially dangerous tasks, operate certain machinery or drive particular vehicles according the regular child labor laws. Those kids who are involved in the entertainment industry are exempt from normal child labor laws. There are no limitations on the minimum age of a child performer. Child performers don't have to limit their work time to the stated hours that their blue-collar counterparts have to. As long as they have a parent present during the work, a child can work at any entertainment-related job.
Creators of non-nude underage websites take full advantage of this loophole in child labor laws.
I bring up child labor laws because I feel that the wrong agencies are being utilized to fight the scourge of child porn. Yes technically, non-nude, underage model sites are not porn, but the only ones being fooled by this convoluted logic are the children and their money-hungry guardians.
The entertainment industry treats children very well these days but that was not always the case. Back in the early 1930s while other kids were picking cotton and slaving away in sweatshops, the entertainment industry was exploiting children too.
They took cute little girls, put them in skimpy costumes and suggestive situations, worked them for hours on end and gave any earnings to their greedy parents. Kids were shuffled out in front of any possible audience. They were given uppers for breakfast and downers for bed. They missed out on educations, were subjected to dangerous working conditions that no child performer of today would even get near. What money these kids made was squandered by their parents and guardians. Whatever childhoods they could have had, they lost to the world of showbiz. That is, until Jackie Coogan came along.
Those who are younger than seventy may not be familiar with the name Jackie Coogan. At one time, he was the most popular child actor in all of American Film. He worked hard for years pumping out movies for his employers, all the while being assured in the faith that when he turned 21, all his earnings would be turned over to him. Unfortunately his father who protected his interests, died before Jackie reached 21. When Jackie turned 21 and went to get his money, he found out that his loving mother had spent it all.
Instead of quietly suffering like Shirley Temple did when she was dealt a similarly dirty deal, Jackie enacted the unthinkable and sued his own mother. The result was the California Child Actor's Bill, better known as the Coogan Law. It requires that fifteen percent of a child's earnings be set aside in a trust that cannot be tapped without a court order until the child comes of age. It also categorizes ALL of the child's earnings as their own separate property.
In other words, the money a child performer makes does not belong to the parents or the guardian of that child. Suing his mom hurt Jackie Coogan as far as the public was concerned. Even though he improved the lives of many generations of children, the only thing today's generation will remember Jackie Coogan for is that he played Uncle Fester on the Addam's Family television show.
The children that pose for photographers who make non-nude websites should be eligible for and protected by labor laws. If the kids are being paid to do a job, then their employers should be subjected to the same restrictions, inspections and regulations of anyone that employs children. If those who enforce child labor laws finally figure out that this type of modeling is severely psychologically damaging to the kids who do it, then maybe we can put an end to this disgusting form of thinly veiled pedophilia.


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If you're a fan, performer, volunteer, parent, friend, significant other, anyone who values drum corps. This is for you.
Good luck to all of the performers today, congrats to all of the corps that have performed this year, thank you to all the volunteers that made the season possible, all of the parents letting their children participate in the activity, all of the fans going to the shows and especially congrats to the 2011 age-outs. No matter who wins tonight, we will always remember this season of hard work and dedication. Many fans have seen performances and have been inspired to try out for a drum corps in the following years. Not only are the members of the corps hard workers, but they are an inspiration to others. They are roll models. This year was a great one, you'll always remember it.
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Sharing My Wife With A Very Well Hung Black ManIn my first marriage which lasted 27 years my first wife and I were active swingers. We first became swingers in 1971 when we lived in New York City for a year. After that we were swingers during five years that we lived in England. My wife was from Memphis and had an aversion about swinging with black couples. She was a beautiful woman with a beautiful body. For awhile she had worked, in New York City, as a model of panties, bras and negligees. In 1980 we were living in Washington, DC. I exchanged photos and letters with a black guy, Albert. He had a beautiful wife and he very much admired the photos I sent him of my wife. I had finally persuaded my wife to let us at least meet with him and his wife. They weren't what she expected. He was a tall very dignified man who worked at the Kenyan Embassy. His wife was a beautiful, very well dressed woman. They were both very articulate and fun to talk to. We met them at a beautiful DC hotel for drinks and introductions. My wives favorite drink was Southern comfort and during the evening she had several. When Albert suggested that the four of us get a hotel room to continue our evening I quickly agree and my wife didn't ob
When we got to the room we each took a shower. The last shower was the two women who shared a shower. We could hear their giggles as they showered. While we were waiting Albert and I ******** naked. I immediately became concerned about how big Albert was. I had never seen a man as long and as thick as he was. In addition he was uncircumcized. His penis looked like a giant salami. I became concerned that he was so big that he might hurt my wife. However, I didn't see anyway to stop what was about to happen. My wife and Albert's wife came out of the shower wrapped in towels. They both looked stunning. However, once my wife saw how big Albert was she was stunned. She didn't say anything. Albert's wife suggested that she and I watch Albert and my wife before we did anything.
Albert began by giving my wife some very deep French kisses. He also chewed on her nipples which made them larger than normal. He kissed her navel but didn't kiss any lower than that. He put some vasaline petroluem jelly on his penis and lie next to her left side on the bed. He put his legs underneath her left leg and wrapped them around her right leg. He put his penis in just a short way and began giving her nice slow strokes. The strokes got longer and longer. Than he stopped and put her on her back with her legs in the air. He put his penis back in her and continuing to slowly give her strokes. The strokes got longer as he got deeper and deeper. Eventually, to my surprise he had his penis all the way in "balls deep". He thoroughly ****** her and went through several different positions. Next I turned my attention to his wife and enjoyed very much having her long legs wrapped around me. It was an exciting evening. Later I asked her how it felt to have such a large penis in her. She said it felt good but that it felt like he was going to go all the way through her. She felt very full.
After that evening we met Albert and his wife on a regular basis. It was always good.
I am black and i'm interested, do you still do it ?
This reminds me a bit about our first sharing. I had met Jim on-line and had convince my wife we would only meet for dinner and go from there. The dinner went well the kissed in the back seat for a while and the he had to go. The next weekend was in a suite with hot tub Champagne, etc. I wanted the first experience to be memorable. I had advertised for well endowed and Jim had told me he was.

But after we got undressed, my wife and looked a Jim and looked at each other & laughed. He had a 14" X 7" circumference ****. My wife was astonished and reached for it and assure me it was the real deal. Well things didn't go real well for Jim. Hot tub worked and was fun. The Champagne worked for Wendy. I was just glad it was finally happening. But after the Hot Tub Jim couldn't cool off started sweating. Everything she did to him kiss, fondling, licking & sucking kept raising his temperature higher and the sweat started pouring.

He wanted rubbers but his wife must have bought them for his fun night out they were way too small and full unrolled only went about 1/2 down his ****. And if all that wasn't enough when he did mount Wendy he apparently had poor use of his monster and proceeded to pinch and over pressurize her *****. (I knew for a fact that a ***** his size worked fine, but took a lot of time and lubricant help.)
I LOVE those huge ones especially when the guy knows he has to ease it in little by little. When it is finally all the way, things get really H O T
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4 Bentley Caitlin Bentley Darvay 31 March 2010 The True Meaning Nowadays, a person does not need to look hard to find social injustice, stereotypes or racial discrimination. With the way everything looks now, one would assume that the cycle might not end any time soon. The movie Crash functions as a source of entertainment for the viewers but forces the audience to think more deeply by sending a social message using repetition, exaggeration and many of hooks? ideas to hone in on the ethnic prejudice and stereotypes that are prevalent throughout American culture. A variety of the ideas presented by Crash bring to light the ideology of racism instilled in peoples? minds and provides a good racial critique of America. The idea of ideology, as illustrated in Barthes? essay ?Toys,? makes it harder for people to step out of their comfort zone and believe something different. The images of racial profiling and discrimination are exaggerated to show what happens day-to-day, but no one is willing to leave their bubble behind and fix the viscous cycle at hand. Jane Elliot once said, ?Education in this country is about how to maintain the status quo and to perpetuate racism.? As a youth, people are conditioned to believe certain ideals, stereotypes being one of them. The way that a person treats another being or race depends on how that individual is a raised or the different experiences that person has had. As bell hooks argues, beginning in elementary school, children are taught the story of Christopher Columbus, but as they are educated the history of Columbus, the students are also trained to believe white supremacy. hooks stated, ?it was the whiteness of these explorers in the ?New World? that gave them greater power? (200). It all boils down to how people were raised to treat other individuals. If the public were brought up differently would there still be discrimination? Society claims opposition against racism, but what do they do to change the situation? In the movie Crash, Anthony and Peter fall into this category. After eating at a coffee shop, the two black men grumble about the stereotypes of black people in LA. Soon after Anthony becomes offended when Jean, a white woman, grabs her husband, the District Attorney, as the men walk in their direction. The impact of the offensive rapidly dissipates as Anthony quickly fits the mold, which he claimed to despise, as he holds the two at gunpoint and highjacks their car. This scene gives a vivid portrayal of how the general public contradicts themselves and their way of life by simply falling into the role that the world expects them to play. Not only does Crash display the traditional white and black dispute, it also shows racial profiling against hired help. Daniel, a locksmith, works on Jean?s locks the night her car is stolen. The minute Jean realizes who is changing her locks; she demands another person change them the following day. Jean accuses Daniel of being a thug because of his tattoos, but in reality he is just a workingman, trying to provide for his family. This scene demonstrates how ideology creeps into the plot of the movie. One could assume that Jean has been taught to associate tattoos, all over the body and neck, with a hooligan. In another sense, an additional social issue the movie addresses is white supremacy, as hooks describes. Jean is depicted as though she feels she is better than her hired help around the house and that they are below her. hooks could use this scene to strengthen her argument that white is equal to civilization because a white woman feels superior to the minorities around her. It seems as though Crash makes it a point to expose America?s dirty laundry. The drama Crash is set in LA. This fact played a key role to the storyline of the movie. In LA there are so many different cultures that one has the chance to intermingle with in everyday encounters. Crash exaggerates daily life events that society tends to overlook. An example is when Anthony and Peter ate at the coffee house and claimed that the service was bad because they were two black men, who were assumed not to tip well. Through experience and stereotypes, many waiters and waitresses use racial assumptions when serving customers. This part of the movie taps in emotionally to the older age audience, the people who had personal experience with being mistreated because of their color in the 1960s. Another example of stereotyping is Daniel, a hardworking man, merely trying to keep his family out of the ghetto, but Jean sees him as a thug who means no good. People who experience incorrect stereotypes solely because of their looks can relate to Daniel; this helps them engage in the movie. Crash uses the repetition of different stereotypes and racist acts to engage various age groups and audiences by giving them something that is relatable to them. Crash provides an ?in your face? depiction of the racism around the world by incorporating applicable scenes and furthermore, allowing the audience to have a chance to step back, think about their lives, and recap on how they can make a change for the better. The movie administers the audience with many different scenes that portray racism and how people handle racial stereotypes. Best said by Florynce R. Kennedy, ?Everybody's scared for their ass. There aren't too many people ready to die for racism. They'll kill for racism but they won't die for racism.? People are too scared to venture out of the ?norm? and try to reverse the negative past. Walking on the paved path is a lot easier than ?taking the road less traveled.? hooks argues that we are taught ideology at a young age and those teachings determine how we will act in the future. Crash provides a well thought out racial evaluation of America. The movie parallels the multiple literary works such as hooks? ?Columbus? essay and Barthes? ?Toys? composition. Crash, in a sense, validates hooks? thesis of white supremacy by giving scenes that are relatable and simple to understand, in turn engaging different audiences. By using examples of ideology, Crash gives a picture of the perfect portrayal of the on going cycle of racial injustice. Will this discrimination ever cease?
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Verona Lifetime CribThe Golden Baby Sorelle Verona Lifetime Crib features a versatile design that will last for years to come. Convert this crib to a daybed, a toddler bed and finally a full-size bed to grow with your child. In each of the stages, the frame remains sturdy to provide the perfect sleeping or sitting arrangement for your little one. The daybed provides a perfect place for your little one to place all of his or her stuffed animals or toys. The toddler bed features a small railing that keeps your little one from falling out of his or her bed. Finally, you can convert the crib into a full-size bed that can be used throughout your little one's childhood. In each of the stages, the sleek design will complement any room style..
We also carry the full line of Sorelle Verona products. In addition to this collection, we also carry other Sorelle furniture including other Sorelle Cribs
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