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Jill was lying on the living room floor on her side with her back facing everyone. She was recovering from what she just went through. She was leaking cum out of her battered and abused pussy.
"Yo Boss, you wanna smoke out?" Freddie reached into his pocket and pulled out a big fat blunt. He is my main hook-up for my marijuana supply. I'd have to say that my marijuana operation is pretty big. We usually bring in about 25 pounds of high grade Cali buds every week and supply the whole Valley. I also have a good loan sharking business going and I supply some of the best looking whores around. Little did they now know, but Jill and Mandy were going to be my newest recruits.
Freddie lit up the fat blunt and took a deep drag. He then walked over to Jill and put it to her lips. "Here you go Mami, take a drag of this, it'll make you feel real good." She was hesitant. Jill had never tried drugs of any kind. He placed the tip at her lips. She closed her lips and inhaled. She immediately started coughing and choking, but after a few minutes it passed and she just sat there buzzing from the high. I looked at her sitting there naked with her perfect tits sticking straight out at me, her pussy lips were glistening as the cum steadily poured out of her into a puddle on the carpet under her, she had dried cum on her face and in her hair. I smiled as I admired my handiwork. We just turned this upscale housewife into a common whore, sucking and fucking us with abandon, but the best was yet to come.
"Yo, you guys hungry?" I didn't wait for a response. "Get our new whore into the kitchen to cook us something. We have a long day ahead of us." We all started laughing.
Jill jumped as she felt the sting of Tyrese's hand smack across her bare ass. "Lets go bitch, you heard what the man said!" Defeated, Jill got to her feet and stumbled aimlessly into the kitchen with Tyrese following closely. I watched her perfect ass walk away from me, her twin globes of her ass cheeks sliding up and down as she walked.
As soon as Jill disappeaed into the kitchen I turned my attention back to Mandy. Her brother was sitting next to her on the couch. His erection showing thru his underwear.
"Mandy!" I snapped at her bringing her to full attention. She snapped her head, looking at me.
"I want you to take your big brothers cock into your mouth and suck it like you sucked mine." She just looked at me in amazement.
Her brother looked to be about a year older than her. He had been watching his mother's ass sway as she walked away, into the kitchen, but now his gaze quickly shifted to his 13 y/o sister.
"Do it now!"
He gasped as she slowly bent over his lap, opened his pants, and reached in to grab his erect cock.
She was torn by her emotions. She looked into her older brothers eyes as she opened her mouth and took his young hard cock into her mouth.
His cock twitched in her warm mouth. He looked down at her pretty blue eyes which were looking back up at him. He had always thought of himself as her protector, but now his carnal urges took over him as he thrust his hips up. Seeing his sister and mother fucked like common whores pushed him past his sense of morals and his animal instincts took over.
His hands were duct taped together, but he circled them behind her neck and forced her face down into his lap. He pushed his cockhead up against the back of Amanda's throat as he jambed himself up into her. "Mmmmmph" Her eyes watered as he slid past her young tonsils and held himself there as his cockhead convulsed in her airway.
He pulled out and she gasped in quick breaths before he jambed his full length of his cock back against her throat again.
Mandy was on her hands and knees on the couch with her baby fat ass cheeks hovering in the air, her still damp hair draped over her shoulders, her perky titties standing straight out. She was resisting sucking on her brothers cock. She was shaking her head back and forth and trying to raise her head up. I raised my hand up high in the air and brought it down hard as I smacked one her chubby ass cheeks. The smack was loud as the pain traveled up her spine and registered in her brain. She ripped her head up and let out a scream. "Owwww, don't hit me! Please! I'll be good."
I circled my index finger around her asshole. Her spinchter muscle tightened up and her asshole clamped shut. My fingernail scraped against it. " If you don't start sucking his cock I'm gonna shove my cock so far up your tight little asshole, its gonna come outta your mouth."
"No please not my butt!" She had a look of desperation as she lowered her head back to his lap and took his cock into her mouth. She closed her eyes tightly as if to block this all out, then tightened her lips around his shaft and started sliding her lips up and down. She must have been watching her mom earlier because she started bobbing her head like a pro!
Her brother was breathing heavy through his nostrils and had his eyes locked on the top of his sisters head as she worked his cock. When he started looking like he was about to blow his load in her mouth, I grabbed a handful of Mandy's hair and yanked her back off of his cock.
"No please! Not the butt! I'll be good! She screamed, not know what she had done wrong.
"Yes, I know you'll be good. Now be a good little girl and ride your brother like a good little cowgirl."
She didn't think or hesitate. All she knew was that she didn't want a hard cock shoved up her tight little virgin asshole. She quickly jumped up and straddled her brother. She reached down and parted her puffy pussy lips and placed his cockhead at her entrance. Then the realization of what she was about to do hit her like a brick. She was about to mount her brother, her own flesh and blood. Her strong gymnast legs were straining as she tried to hold herself up. She had that look of desperation on her face as she felt my hands on her shoulders. Her legs weren't strong enough to resist my strength, her body's weight, and gravity as her body came crashing down onto her brothers lap.
"Noooooo...." Mandy shreiked. "Not Bobby! Not my brotherrrr..."
She held still, but he was bucking wildly as he felt her warm pussy wrap around his hard cock and slide all the way down to the hilt. He was already about to cum from the blowjob he was just getting from her seconds earlier, but now he couldn't resist anymore as he felt her tight warm pussy clamping down on his hard cock. He felt his balls tightening up and his cock started to pulsate. His first orgasm inside a real pussy was going to be with his baby sister!
Amanda felt it too! Her powder blue eyes were wide with panic and starting to well up with tears.
"No Bobby, don't come inside me! I'll get pregnant! Pleasssse!"
She tried to move but couldn't get up. She was impaled on his spear. She was being mated with her brother and could do nothing to stop it.
Bobby ignored her pleas as he exploded inside her with a force that he had never experienced before. Mandy opened her mouth wide gasping as she felt the first explosion inside her belly, but no words were coming out.
It seemed to go on forever as his balls pumped load after load of thick white fertile sperm into his siblings womb.
"Nooooo..." She moaned defeated as she felt his cock twitching inside her.
As she got up off of him she could feel his deflating cock sliding out and leaving a trail of sticky cum down her inner thigh.
She curled up in a ball on the couch. She stared off into space as she felt the thick cum leaking out of her pussy.
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Anonymous reader
2016-08-30 21:27:32
I think your story is too long and redundant. Once one guy has sex with the wife; maybe once in the mouth and once in the vagina, how is the story more intriguing when two of his friends do it? Once this happens to the thirteen year old, how is the story better with two more men?
To me, examining from a third person's point of view, you can examine the thoughts and feelings of all involved. Why add the son?
Rape of the mother and daughter is intriguing enough.
Perhaps for another chapter, you take the wife off to prostitute her. She has to do it with others in the community she knows? lots of humiliation, but she endures it thinking her daughter is free or unharmed. Unknown to her, the daughter is used at another bar; similar events. One rape and blowjob to each person seems enough.
What are the women thinking? Make them perform in front of the father? Revise and resubmit. Good story could be shorter by omitting redundancy. Add other situations.
Anonymous reader
2014-08-09 09:35:22
good story set. It really, really needs to be continued I think..
2014-05-10 06:27:04
Working on part 5
Anonymous reader
2014-04-26 18:58:27
oh god yess....more, please, i´m begging you! a for what i´d love to see next: make that dead beat of a husband/father watch his wife getting pounded by a huge, black cock, and loving it....while tiny mandy gets pounded by the boss again....and mexican is going for jr. ass. after all, why should only the girls have all the 'fun'?
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2013-05-31 10:27:46
jill needs more black cock up her tight ass
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Competing with cyborgs: How computerized trading is destroying retirement accounts
By Jason Lampa MBA
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What I have found to be most disturbing is that many of the investment advisors with whom I speak are not even aware of computerized trading programs, still under the impression that their asset allocation models based on the tenants of Modern Portfolio Theory are minimizing risk and maximizing return for their clients.
"Portrait of a losing side, proof positive that you can't outpunch machinery. Proof also of something else: that no matter what the future brings, man's capacity to rise to the occasion will remain unaltered. His potential for tenacity and optimism continues, as always, to outfight, outpoint and outlive any and all changes made by his society, for which three cheers and a unanimous decision rendered from the Twilight Zone." — Rod Sterling
It is easy to draw comparisons between this classic episode and what investment advisors and their clients face when investing in the 2012 stock market. The advent of computertized high-frequency trading has turned a stock market once based on the economic merits of individual companies, into a wasteland dominated by cyborgs controlled by mathematical algorithms.
Financial institutions, whose asset base far exceeds that of the retail investor, unleash their trading programs into the market, buying and selling large quanities of stocks instantaneously. Their goal is to make a couple of pennies on each trade, which leads to handsome profits. In such a market, what are the probabilities of my 93-year old grandmother, who has been sold the mantra "buy good companies with solid dividends for the long term," generating a return on her investment?
Like the aformentioned "Twilight Zone" episode, in which boxing between human fighters is banned, I believe that individual investors should be banned from investing in the stock market until the cyborgs are eliminated.
What I have found to be most disturbing is that many of the investment advisors with whom I speak are not even aware of computerized trading programs, still under the impression that their asset allocation models based on the tenants of modern portfolio theory are minimizing risk and maximizing return for their clients.
In years past, I used to gently persuade advisors to rethink their philosophy. After 2008, my capacity for such ignorance has vanished. Let's take a look at two recent examples of how computerized trading has led to the destruction of retirement assets for retail investors:
May 2010 — The Dow Jones intraday average dropped 9.2 percent, erasing more than $1 trillion of market value. Financial media outlets suggest that many investors recovered from this trading error; however, if you speak with investment managers on the front lines, you'll hear a much different story
August 2012 — Knight Capital sends numerous erroneous orders in NYSE-listed securities, resulting in a pre-tax loss of $442 million. My favorite piece of commentary on this event came from a press release which stated that clients were not affected by the erroneous trades. How about the shareholders of Knight Capital, which is publically traded? Sometimes, I feel as though I am in the Twilight Zone when reputable news outlets exhibit such a high level of ignorance.
These events have led some to demands that the regulatory agencies place controls on how financial institutions can use computerized training. Moreover, those in the media are calling for severe penalties to be levied against firms such as Knight Capital, whose software creates erroneous trades. Great idea in theory, but impossible in the real world.
Why do you think the SEC will make four visits to one registered investment advisor with $30 million in AUM within a span of nine months, warning him about the dangers of alternative investents, but large institutions who trade against their own clients do not get a visit for two years?
The answer is simple: Those working for the SEC understand that the real money is made in the private sector. It is not beneficial to ruffle the feathers of potential future employers. The SEC nor any other regulatory authority will do what is in the best interest of individual investors until it begins affecting the votes received by politicians.
The other answer, though I can not imagine such integrity still exists, is that the financial institutions will agree to refrain from computerized training, similar to what occured when nuclear weapons were disarmed across the globe.
I have always believed that objection without solution is a useless exercise. In an effort to get out in front of those investment advisors surely thinking of ways to tarnish my credibility at this point, I recommend five alternatives in which you can allocate your client assets without feeding their lifelong earnings to the cyborgs:
1. Liquidity (savings account) — Somewhere in the history of money management, the idea that liquid investments are superior to illquid investments took over once rational minds. In addition to computerized trading destroying retirement accounts, the decision was made to allow individual investors to manage their 401(k) account. This opened up the door to an entire generation depleting their accounts via loans and withdrawals. If you have a client who desires liquidity, create a savings account bucket in which those assets are not placed in investments.
2. Income — If you spend enough time listening to retirement income "experts", you will begin hearing that 4 percent is the sweet spot in terms of income that retirees can afford to take off their nest egg. This is followed up with, " Our models tell us that anything more than 4 percent will lead to retirees running out of money. Unfortunately, many investment advisors (not all) are so concerned about the fee they receive on assets under management that they decide to pay their clients a 4 percent dividend rather than take the time to find investment opportunities that will be beneficial for all parties.
For those serious about becoming the advisor of choice during the distribution phase, partner with real estate experts in particular markets who understand the importance of the rent/home value ratio. Hint: Take a look at Jacksonville, FL.
Instead of having 10 clients invest $100,000 in a bond index ETF, have a lawyer in your network create a limited partnership in which your clients purchase a foreclosed apartment building close to a university. The probability that your client will receive more than 4 percent annual income is high. Yes, I know this takes more time than placing them in a passive investment strategy in which you're charging a 1 percent management fee, but consider the amount of referrals you'll receive from such efforts.
3. Capital appreciation — In the coming months, you are going to see numerous articles discrediting crowdfunding. The USA Today already attempted to write a one-sided article portraying crowdfunding as the next invesment scam. Where once investing in private companies was only available to 1 percent of the population, in the coming months, 1 percent will turn into 100 percent, once crowdfunding is officially made legal.
Recommending private market opportunities to your clients will not only differentiate your practice, but will show that investment professionals still possess something missing from this industry during the past decade or so: courage.
As an industry, we're in a tough spot. We can continue to accept the cyborgs eating away the retirement savings of investors, or we can work together to make the stock market a place in which investors like my 93-year-old grandmother, who believe in purchasing stocks based on the merits of their financials and dividend growth, have a fighting chance.


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Vermont City Almost Encased In a 1-Mile Dome 456
destinyland writes "A Vermont city once proposed a one-mile dome over its 7,000 residents. (They paid $4 million a year in heating bills, and HUD seriously considered funding their proposal.) The city's architectural concept included supporting the Dome with air pressure slightly above atmospheric pressure. (Buckminster Fuller warned their biggest challenge would be keeping it from floating away...) There would be no more heating bills, fly-fishing all year, and no more snow shoveling. And to this day, the former city planner insists that 'Economically it's a slam dunk.'"


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- Next, your representative will work with you to create a plan for meeting space locations, social gatherings, menu selections, lodging, outings, and anything else your group may need. At this point, you may wish to tour our Blue Ridge Mountains' property and meet members of the Meadowbrook staff. We customize your event plan to satisfy the needs and interests of your group.
- Your sales representative will prepare a fiscal estimate and a contract for your organization to authorize. Once we have received the signed contract and a deposit, your date is confirmed on our event calendar.
- Several weeks before your event, your sales representative works with our entire management team to brief us about the details of your event. (See also Last-Minute Event Planning.) Each department, from Housekeeping to Front Desk, to Maintenance to Food Service, to General Management prepares in their own way to meet your group's needs.
- When you arrive to our Blowing Rock hotel to start your event, we make sure that everything is ready for you and that your group has a wonderful experience in the Blue Ridge Mountains, from start to finish.
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- Meadowbrook Inn & Suites has the largest meeting facility in the area.The hotel has 62 guest rooms and suites, but for large groups who need additional rooms, there are multiple lodging establishments within 2 blocks. We work frequently with other properties to acquire additional guest rooms for large groups and conferences, with Meadowbrook Inn as the host hotel.
- For meeting facilities, Meadowbrook Inn can accommodate 250 in theater style setup in our largest event space. In that same space, we can accommodate up to 200 guests at round tables.
- For receptions or events using the entire ground floor we can accommodate up to 350 guests moving among 4 event spaces.
- Groups can also use audio/visual connections to simulcast to multiple event rooms. This technology can help accommodate guests in 2-5 event spaces.
- Meadowbrook has 7 indoor event spaces and 3 outdoor event spaces. Additional rooms for smaller breakout sessions can be arranged at the inn or at neighboring properties.
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Guelph, Ontario: Saving a Slice of Downtown
How do you save a landmark without news trucks? We traveled to Guelph, Ontario to find out. __
When rain lashes the damaged exterior of the Petrie Building in Guelph, the four-story tower takes on a gloomy look. Partially shuttered for nearly a century, rotting green boards on the upper-floor windows do little to hold back the storm. But despite the building's condition, there's still something grand about it. At night, absent the warmth of any light from inside, the Petrie looms like a specter over spillover crowds from the nearby bars — Boo Radley's house on the downtown drag. Pause to look too long and a local might comment on the Petrie's potential, if only someone could salvage it.
David J. Knight, a 47-year-old archaeologist, is busy laying that groundwork over breakfast. On a morning in early June, Knight sips a refill in the back of the Apollo Eleven diner on the Petrie Building's ground floor and plots a rare trip to the building's upper levels, typically off-limits to all but the building's owners. "Because we've had coffees, there is a way of getting up there and that's to go to the loo," Knight says, flashing an impish grin. "So I'm going to go pee upstairs."
Knight used this trick before and learned little from it; the restroom dates back only a few decades and is utterly unremarkable, even as bathrooms go. But this loophole is a way of spending a few minutes examining the secrets he's sure this building hides, thumbing his nose at the bureaucracy and its apathy for the cause.
If Guelph (pronounced gwelf) were a larger city or the Petrie a larger building, there might be cable news stories, op-eds in national newspapers, picketing community groups decrying the Petrie's condition in front of its cast-iron facade. But the Petrie isn't getting any of that attention — not yet, at least, and it probably never will. It just has Knight's Facebook group, "Save the Petrie Building," and the few hundred members who share his passion for preserving this piece of Guelph's collective memory.
Built as a drugstore in 1882, the Petrie Building was the capstone to the career of A.B. Petrie, a local druggist, industrialist, inventor and Mason. Petrie sold the building shortly before his death in 1921. Since then, it has passed through a series of owners, all of whom lacked either the motivation or resources to maintain any more than the building's ground floor. The building's current owners, Cathy and Chris Agelakos, purchased the Petrie building in 1976 and opened the Apollo Eleven diner. Cathy Agelakos looks weary when she's asked about the state of the building. Back-of-the-envelope estimates for the restoration approach $3 million dollars — money the Agelakoses have said they don't have, especially since restorations would increase their property tax burden even further.
If Guelph were a larger city or the Petrie a larger building, there might be cable news stories, op-eds in national newspapers, picketing community groups decrying the Petrie's condition in front of its cast-iron facade.
Though the Apollo 11 still serves a steady stream of customers, Knight says the danger to the Petrie comes from a something called "demolition by neglect." If a building inspector were to examine the structure and find it in a hazardous condition, they could slap on the designation and order the building destroyed. Group member Tanya Korigan says it's been the undoing of other historic properties around town, particularly during Guelph's recent population boom.
"We just coasted a little too long," she says. "We thought there would be more discussion before these things changed."
The group, then, is a way of drawing a line in the sand. By organizing a community around the importance of one building, Knight says he hopes he can create a model that can eventually be used to rally support for others. The group contains local press clippings from the building's 80-plus-year history, personal photographs that show the gradual effects of neglect and decay and early plans to hold an exhibition in support of the Petrie this fall. It's even attracted relatives and connections of A.B. Petrie himself. Petrie's great-great-granddaughter, Shannon Christie, is one of the most ardent members, and a distillery founded inside the old manor house of Petrie's in the Bahamas is sending a case of rum north for sampling as a symbol of solidarity.
"It really enriches your sense of every little piece of the puzzle," Korigan says. "You hear from these people that you'd never meet — that you'd never even think to reach out to."
The individual contributions are a good workaround to another problem the group has faced: Many of the archival documents about the Petrie Building's early life are housed by the city, and Knight has been stymied in getting permission to copy, or even see, many of the originals. "It's all kind of sewn up," he says. And while the local museum and historical society have been supportive of the cause, they lack Knight's single-minded focus. The group has, so far, resisted the occasional entreaty to roll up into any larger organization.
"This group is doing really well as an autonomous Facebook piece," Knight says. "We're actually building a foundation of networking, that come the chance, come the opportunity, everything's in place. It's a better kind of social group than having to join a society for $5 and being a line on their agenda."
Want to learn more about the Petrie building? Check out Save the Petrie Building 15 Wyndham Street North on Facebook.
- The Petrie Building in downtown Guelph, Ontario
- David J. Knight, founder of the "Save the Petrie Group" on Facebook talks with group members Shannon Christie and Scott McGovern at the Apollo Eleven diner.


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ESquared Hospitality To Open BLT Steak Tokyo In September 2014
NEW YORK and TOKYO, Sept. 3, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --Global restaurant and hospitality group ESquared Hospitality announced today that it has partnered with President Ryuji Oki and Tokyo-based Jinterji Co., Ltd. to bring BLT Steak to Japan. BLT Steak Tokyo will open at Roppongi-itchome Izumi Garden in September 2014.
"It is our pleasure to announce ESquared Hospitality and BLT Restaurants' continued expansion in the Asian market," said Jimmy Haber, managing partner of ESquared Hospitality. "We are appreciative of the tremendous support the BLT brand has received for our restaurants in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Seoul, as well as the significant Japanese customer base which currently visits BLT Steak in Waikiki, Hawaii. We are excited about opening in Tokyo."
"BLT Steak is enormously popular in the United States and other countries, especially in Hawaii, thus the opening of BLT Steak at this time is expected to draw major attention. Also, the restaurant will target not only Japanese clientele but foreign customers as well as travelers, which are expected to increase toward the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. We are confident that the demand for authentic steakhouses will grow further," said Ryuji Oki, President of Jinterji Co., Ltd.
One of the most renowned steakhouses in America and abroad, BLT Steak and ESquared Hospitality have grown from one flagship restaurant which opened in New York City in 2004, to more than 10 brands and 28 restaurants worldwide, including 14 BLT Steak and BLT Prime locations. BLT Steak Tokyo will be ESquared Hospitality's sixth outpost in Asia, joining BLT Steak restaurants in Hong Kong and Seoul, and BLT Burger locations in Hong Kong (two) and Taiwan. ESquared Hospitality will also open BLT Steak in the Kingdom of Bahrain later this year, marking the company's first entrance into the Middle East.
Building on BLT's reputation for delivering classic steakhouse fare and superior service in a warm, bistro-like setting, BLT Steak Tokyo will feature an array of BLT staples, including the brand's signature popovers, airy golden Gruyere-laced puffs of dough served warm at the start of every meal; fresh salads and seafood from the lobster cobb and chopped vegetable salad to tuna tartare and Dover sole; and delectable desserts, such as the peanut butter chocolate mousse and crepe souffle. BLT Steak Tokyo will serve the finest USDA Prime (the highest grade awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture) and Certified Angus steaks, aged naturally for maximum tenderness and flavor before broiling at 1700 degrees and finishing with herb butter. The restaurant will also serve dry-aged U.S. beef as well as domestic Japanese Wagyu steak with BLT's original sauces. Weekly blackboard specials will highlight local ingredients and seasonal flavors, while an extensive collection of wines, beers and handcrafted cocktails perfectly complement every meal.
BLT Steak Tokyo is a bi-level restaurant offering the perfect setting for a variety of dining occasions, from business entertaining to private family and social events. At six meters, the main floor's high ceilings create an open airy feeling for the spacious bar and dining room, which can accommodate 111 guests. At the back are four private dining rooms that can seat six to eight guests in each, or be combined to host up to 20 guests. Guests may smoke on the mezzanine level, which boasts a unique design and seating for 40. An outdoor terrace is adorned with greenery and colorful artwork to create an elegant resort atmosphere.
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Wednesday, April 28, 2010
What's for Dinner?
A VERY easy one:
Bucatini pasta with pesto, topped with sliced and sauteed feta/spinach chicken sausage* and roasted brussel sprouts. This is not homemade pesto, just jarred, but as soon as I start getting bunches of basil from the farm share, I'll be making my own again.
*These chicken sausages come in about 5 varieties from the "all natural" meat section of our grocery store. I usually get the chicken apple sausage, but we also like the roasted garlic and sun-dried tomato kinds. I use them for quick dinners about once a week, and it has sort of turned into the only meat we regularly eat.
I've been photographing the food on our back deck, and when I walked out the door with a plate in hand, Skyler said to herself: "mom's giving her dinner some fresh air again."
Posted by Emilie at 5:58 AM
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4 comments:
- Carly said...
Mmm...that looks delicious. I love the chicken sausage as well.
- April 28, 2010 at 8:10 AM
- Lisa Eirene said...
What an interesting dish! I thought that was scallops at first. :)
- April 28, 2010 at 11:30 AM
- Claudia said...
I also thought they were scallops :)
Feta/spinach Chicken sausage sounds amazing. - April 28, 2010 at 1:03 PM
- Michelle said...
Anything with feta has to be amazingly good. I will definitely be trying this one!!
Actually last night I was talking to my sister on the phone and serving my kids dinner at the same time. We were having pasta and brussel sprouts too by the way. And she was like, "Ewwww why would you feed brussel sprouts (did I spell them right?)to your kids?" Soooo you have to imagine how validated I felt this morning when I woke up and read this post!!
Ha ha! Take that, sis!!! - April 28, 2010 at 1:52 PM


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Okay... It would be nice to have my partner in crime (wife) with me, and maybe some friends. Hmm... I got to BWW about 40 minutes ahead of plan. The sidewalks are fun with powdery snow that's been partially ruined by icy footprints. Santa Fe is another road you don't travel by bike after dark unless you have some serious illumination or a death wish.
So, here I sit, with my MacBook, my new bad-ass Logitech Revolution VX mouse (showing its glowy battery meter), a good beer (Killian's irish red), my bike helmet, and inevitably, a pile of thermonuclear wings that are guaranteed to sting soo good from end to end.
Sounds like it's going to be a meager turn-out of just a few car friends of mine. A teenage kid dared me to jump the steps (3 foot drop, about 5 steps, pretty steep) as I pulled up to BWW. I told him it was too steep (plus I had a $1500 laptop with me ut I wouldn't advertise it to the public). He said he wouldn't have done it either. Kids.
So, here I sit. Content and alone for a few more minutes. I'm looking forward to the ride home. After the beer passes through my system, of course.
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Everything I need, right here...
2 comments:
- A Midnight Rider said...
Two more beer and I'll bet you would have not problem with that meger five foot jump.
- January 25, 2007 2:42 PM
- Noah said...
I probably could have made it, but it would take more than 66 ounces of beer (that was a 22 ounce glass) to make me forget I had about $2,000 worth of stuff in my backpack.
Had the weather been nicer and had I not been wearing my backpack, I could have easily made the jump. - January 25, 2007 11:44 PM
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NKPR has launched a new talent division, NK Artists. The division will focus on brand building and strategic endorsement development for signed artists under the leadership of agency founder and president Natasha Koifman.
NK Artists has already signed its first clients: Hockey Night in Canada host George Stroumboulopoulos; photographer David Drebin; fashion designer Erin Kleinberg; lifestyle and décor expert Caspar Haydar and celebrity makeup artist Misty Fox.
"I love the idea of taking really talented people and helping them become the brand they want to be, but don't necessarily have the expertise to do it," said Koifman, who founded NKPR in 2002.
"There's a need not for an agent, but for someone who can create the right strategic partnerships to propel their brand forward and work in a creative way. That doesn't exist out there," added Koifman. "We've always been a true partner for our [corporate] clients and I feel that's what's missing for talent."
NKPR, which has offices in Toronto and New York City, also plans to open an office in L.A. later this year. "Because we have offices both in Canada and the U.S., [the new division] is an opportunity to work with talent across North America," said Koifman.
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Under the new division, NKPR will also service existing clients, brokering deals on their behalf. For example, NKPR recently developed a national philanthropic partnership between Kiehl's and Simple Plan in support of children's causes. In addition to hosting a charitable concert in September, the band will partner with Kiehl's to develop a limited-edition label for Ultra Facial Cream, with 100% of net profits going to the Simple Plan Foundation.
In conjunction with the launch of NK Artists, Koifman announced she is working on her first book, a look inside the world of celebrity branding, slated to be published in September 2015.
As part of the agency's expansion, NKPR has promoted Bunmi Adeoye to vice-president. Adeoye has been with the agency for six years.


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At Hendricks Power we strive to exceed your expectations every single day. We don't want to do what you only expect us to do—provide you with affordable, safe, and reliable electric service. We want to go farther and do better, from providing superior member service to offering programs that help you save time and money. [...]
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Turn on a switch. You've got electric power for everything: entertainment, cooking, cooling, lighting, heating and more. As a member of an electric cooperative, you get even more when you turn on that switch. You get a say in how your co-op is run. As a member you can help to elect a board member [...]
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The Indiana Statewide Association of Rural Electric Cooperatives (ISA) today kicked-off a grassroots effort to empower and promote greater civic participation by educating rural electric cooperative employees and consumer-owners about the importance of voting. The Get Out the Vote campaign helps eligible residents to participate in the upcoming election through an online resource – www. [...]
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It's Brooklyn's finest! During the evening's performance, Biggie's presence was felt when the late rapper appeared on the big screen as Jay bigged up his brother. Christopher would have been proud.
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"…and argue all day, about who's the best MC?, Biggie, Jay-Z, or Nas?
While vacationing in D.R., Kanye's main squeeze and her bikini-clad clan decides to have some fun in front of the camera with B.I.G.'s "Hypnotize". Yo, Puff what do you think of this fuckery? rap-up
Biggie's mom Voletta Wallace, was in town yesterday to promote Platinum League trading cards. The cards features a slew of rappers including her son, The Notorious B.I.G. Our conversation was great. She spoke on coping with her loss, B.I.G.'s appearance on Martin, VH1's Behind The Music, and her decision to cremate him.
[vodpod id=Groupvideo.11400029&w=540&h=350&fv=] We'll always love Big Poppa. Last night, VH1 re-aired B.I.G.'s 2001 episode featuring new commentary, footage and newer evidence in his unsolved murder case.
[vodpod id=Video.16450670&w=540&h=350&fv=] VH1 will re-air B.I.G.'s Behind The Music episode this Thursday featuring new commentary and interviews. In the sneak peek above, we get a look at Christopher Wallace's come up right before catching the eyes of Puff.
Gotta love vintage B.I.G. footage. While on the set of "Warning", Biggie gave a brief interview with Video Source. He spoke on the success of Ready To Die, daughter, and name change. He even threw a shot at Kwame for good measure. Fuck them polka dots. Ha! wshh


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For some, the child free lifestyle is a no-brainer. They dont want kids, and thats that. No amount of time, pressure, or thought is going to change their minds. They just know in their heart of hearts that parenthood is not for them.
But for others, the decision is incredibly difficult. One day you feel like maybe you want to be a mom, and the next day you cant imagine giving birth and raising a child. Pressures sometimes feel insurmountable, and you begin second guessing your child free lifestyle.
Sometimes people have simply put off making a decision, saying that they will decide in the future if they wants kids or not. And thats fine. Maybe biology will take care of it for you, if you put it off until your child bearing years get smaller and smaller in the rearview mirror. But chances are, at some point, you are going to have to take a look at your life and decide.
So how do you make that decision? I consider it the most important decision of your life. You can choose the wrong partner and get a divorce. You can change careers anytime. But once you have decided to have a child, there is no turning back.
I often tell people you have to be 100% sure that you want to have a child before you start trying. If you are even 1% unsure, you arent being fair to your potential offspring, your mate, OR yourself. Heres why:
1. No child deserves to come into this world unwanted. Every child should be loved unconditionally by both parents. If you arent convinced you want to create a new little life, then you absolutely should not.
2. You and your significant other must totally, utterly, and completely agree that you want to be parents. You both have to want a child. You cannot pressure your mate to change his or her mind about becoming or not becoming a parent. It has to be something that both of you want, at your very core. If you havent started talking about it, do it NOW. It wont go away.
3. To be true to yourself, you have to try to separate yourself from all the external pressures (easier said than done, I know!). You have to turn off all the voices in your head, including parental pressure for grandchildren, societys ideal of the perfect family, and even your partners desires. The desire to have a child has to come from INSIDE yourself. If you are swayed by pressure of any kind, you may be making the wrong choice.
I believe that anyone who wants to become a parent should spend some time with kids. You should imagine yourself as a mother or father, and NOT just the Kodak moments either. Talk to new parents. Get the scoop about what life is like for them. Think about the sacrifices you will have to make. Are you willing to go through pregnancy and child birth? Days without sleep? The financial burden, change in your lifestyle, dirty diapers, pukey tummies?
If you have been on the fence about having a child, then you have to go through this process before making a final decision. Some people have known all their lives that they want to be parents. If that is you, then great! Go out and start a family!
But if you have doubts, you cant just jump into parenthood blindly. There are lots of things to consider.
Will you regret not having kids someday, when it is too late? Maybe. But isnt it better to regret NOT having kids that to regret HAVING them?
Remember, it is your decision. No one else can make it for you. Think long and hard about it. It may be the most important decision you ever make.
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"If the major opportunities for future growth of government lie in the area of conventional taxation, are there any defenses available to the citizenry? ... Perhaps the most fruitful advice comes in two parts. The first piece of advice is to avoid war and the rumor of war: this is history's greatest boon to the tax man. ... The second piece of advice is to seek ways of inhibiting government's ability conveniently to increase its collections. Possibly the very increase in that ability that is in prospect can be turned to account by a constitutional provision which forbade the income tax, and perhaps even the storage of information regarding individual incomes by third parties, including government." ~ Benjamin Ward
Legal Obedience
"What laws are we morally obligated to obey? Help with the answer can be found in "Economic Liberty and the Constitution," a 66-page pamphlet by Jacob G. Hornberger, founder and president of The Future of Freedom Foundation."
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- "Lysander S. Spooner, one of America's great 19th-century thinkers, said no person or group of people can "authorize government to destroy or take away from men their natural rights; for natural rights are inalienable, and can no more be surrendered to government -- which is but an association of individuals -- than to a single individual"."
I seldom disagree with Lysander, but I must make an exception here.
Our natural rights, "rights antecedent to all earthly governments", are in-alien-able, (not in-a-lien-able). In-alien-able means, as 2nd President of the U.S., John Adams, so succinctly put it, they are "rights that cannot be repealed or restrained by human laws", rights may not be alienated from the individual by human laws.
On the other hand they do belong to the individual, to dispose of as he likes, and he can, therefor, "without committing a crime", choose to "surrender" them to either a corporation [government], or a single individual. What he cannot lawfully do, is surrender anyone else's natural rights without their consent; they are not his to "surrender", just as Lysander stated in the forepart of that quote.
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I'm gonna go with LS here. Rights are inalienable because you always have first claim on them. You can "loan" them, "rent" them, or not realize they're yours, but the moment you know what they are you can rescind the delegation of them at any time. This power means that they are always yours and are inalienable, and cannot be contracted away even if you decide you do not want them, because you can always change your mind, and the other contracting party would have no choice but to return them. This pretty much make voluntary slavery contracts invalid from the get-go.
This is why it is valuable for governments to make sure that people do not even understand that they possess such inalienable power, because sovereign populations do not get duped into believing that coercive governments are just organizations.
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G'day tzo,
First question, who can one "loan" or "rent" his right to life, liberty and property to, if "all men" already have them?
"All men have certain natural, essential, and inherent rights - among which are, the enjoying and defending life and liberty; acquiring, possessing, and protecting, property...", though it should be noted, and is self-evident, that some do not realize they possess them, just as you stated above.
That said, I certainly do agree that one may "delegate" his "natural, essential, and inherent rights of defending life and liberty...and protecting...property".
The only difference you and I may have, on this particular subject, is that I say that if these rights are "yours", you do have the authority to delegate them away, completely and permanently, if that is your desire.
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Yes, I agree that one may delegate away rights completely and permanently if one desires. But it seems to me they remain his rights because if he ever changes his mind, it is his natural right to reclaim them.
Do you believe that a lifetime contract of servitude should be enforceable? Even if voluntarily entered into, if the delegator of rights changed his mind it would become involuntary servitude. Can a contract justifiably enforce involuntary servitude?
Per Rothbard, any contract that is based on a promise of future labor or goods is unenforceable, as a broken promise disappoints expectations but does not take anything from the "promisee." Frustrated expectations are not property trespasses.
Of course if the "promisor (sp?)" accepted something up front in exchange for the promise, then he would owe the other what he accepted based on that promise. If I contract to give someone $1,000 in one year if he gives me $10 now, and I fail to deliver, I owe him $10 (plus interest, perhaps?).
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"Yes, I agree that one may delegate away rights completely and permanently if one desires. But it seems to me they remain his rights because if he ever changes his mind, it is his natural right to reclaim them."
Huh? Isn't that a contradiction, tzo? Either you completely and permanently delegated them away, or you didn't; you cannot have your cake and eat it too.
Not take anything from the "promisee"?
I just had to delete everything I wrote. My EDITOR (wife) said it was too harsh. :)
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Back on my side of the court already? LOL
Comin' back to you, my friend, with a "back-spin". :>
In-alien-able does not mean that you cannot lose them through consent or forfeiture.
You, perhaps, didn't see this on my August 31st post above ("back-spin"): "Our natural rights, "rights antecedent to all earthly governments", are in-alien-able, (not in-a-lien-able). In-alien-able means, as 2nd President of the U.S., John Adams, so succinctly put it, they are "rights that cannot be repealed or restrained by human laws"...
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power (n.) c.1300, from Anglo-Fr. pouair, O.Fr. povoir, noun use of the infinitive, "to be able" ~ Online Etymology Dictionary
Authority, literally means, the "condition or quality of being author"; and, what one creates, one has the right to control, which explains the STATE created personae[1].
Thus, one may simultaneously have the "authority", i.e. "the right to control", but not have the "power" to do so, i.e. not "...be able" to control.
As Ron "Tater Salad" White so eloquently put it, "I Had the Right to Remain Silent...But I Didn't Have the Ability".
And, the STATE can have the "power" to control you, without having "authority" to do so. As the so-called Declaration of Independence put it, "deriving their just powers [proper authority] from the consent of the governed".
Now the question is, have you somehow given the STATE reason to presume that you have consented to be governed by it, perhaps by utilizing the persona[1] created, by the STATE, just for you?
[1] Artificial persons. Persons created and devised by human laws for the purposes of...government, as distinguished from natural persons. ~ Black's Law Dictionary, Sixth Edition (c.1991), page 113
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Kanye West gave young Chicago-based rapper Chief Keef the ultimate cosign by remixing his street banger, "I Don't Like," adding verses from Pusha T, Big Sean, Jadakiss and Ye' himself.
But how did the remix come about? Did they record the track in the studio together?
MUSIC: Chief Keef, Kanye West, Jadakiss, Big Sean, Pusha T "I Don't Like (Remix)"
We don't know how the complete story unfolded, but here is one piece of the puzzle. Nael Shehade, a producer, sound engineer and founder of Force One Seven, a production company based out of Chicago, helped Chief Keef lay down his verse.
Nael also recorded the process on camera and put it on his YouTube page. He released this statement with the video:
"I was contacted by Good Music to record the verse and hook for Kanye's remix of Chief Keef's "I Don't Like". I said, "Cool! have him come by my studio, and I'll get this done for you." Anthony replied, "The kid is on house arrest. You gotta record him at his house." I was like no problem, so I called my videographer and bodyguard, and we went to Chief Keef's grandmas house where he is staying while under house arrest.
I get to the house and set up my equipment. I have everything all set to go ready to record, and Chief Keef didn't have his verse written yet. Kanye wanted a new verse for the remix. I thought to myself "Oh man! We're going to be here for a while." Just as I sit down and get comfortable, he's already done writing his verse. IT TOOK HIM LITERALLY 3 MINUTES.
This kids got some serious talent. It was a interesting experience bringing a studio to a house, but everything worked out well, and this remix is dope."
If you don't know the story yet, 16-year-old Chief Keef was on house arrest due to an incident involving a shooting that occurred in December.
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The footage is pretty revealing. In the video we see the young rapper performing his verse on his iPhone, and we also see him clown around with one of his crewmembers.
The younger rapper must be off house arrest now, because last week he visited us at the GlobalGrind office in New York City.
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This has been a terrific season of Mad Men (how many shows can say that in their fifth year?) and "The Other Woman" marked another delightful highlight. A sublime episode on every level, it was a fascinating study of how women were perceived, exploited and undervalued in the '60s (and perhaps still are to some extent). The core moral dilemma was astutely drawn, as Pete (Vincent Karthesier) discovered that Herb Rennet (Gary Basaraba), head of the Dealers Association and member of Jaguar's selection committee, will guarantee SCDP win the lucrative and prestigious car account if they accept his indecent proposal to sleep with Joan (Christina Hendricks). An outrageous line of thought that stunned the partners, although Pete was already a step ahead in bringing the matter to Joan's attention first—who was amused by the ridiculousness of the situation, yet over the course of this episode came to see the benefit of accepting the dirty deal. But this was Pete as his slimiest; rationalising the whole proposal for his own benefit, not giving a damn about Joan's feelings, despite claiming to.
This was quite an unsettling episode in many ways, making us reconsider our opinion of some major characters. Only Don (Jon Hamm) outright refused to entertain Herb's offer, assuring Joan in person that SCDP can win the Jaguar account on creative merit alone. The others were uncomfortable with it—especially Roger (John Slattery) and Lane (Jared Harris)—but were still willing to let events happen with minimal fuss, almost hoping Joan would swallow her dignity out of company loyalty. Considering Roger's feeling for Joan, hearing him say he just doesn't want to pay for the event to happen out of his own pocket was quite a shock. So much for chivalry.
At least Lane gave Joan some solid career advice (although it also benefited him), suggesting she refuse the $50,000 offer to sleep with Herb and instead ask for a 5% share in the business. So while it was still an awkward and despairing moment when Joan arrived to spend a night with Herb, it means Joan's now a partner in the first after 13 years. But is that really a win, with everyone knowing she got there by selling her body?
On the flipside, a woman with real creative talent slipped through Don's fingers. Peggy (Elisabeth Moss), tired of being mistreated and taken for granted, finally decided to put her career ahead of her sense of loyalty to "mentor" Don, accepting an amazing offer t become rival firm CGC's chief copywriter. That parting moment was perhaps the pinnacle of an already amazing episode, with Don planting a lingering kiss on the hand of Peggy, arguably his best protégé, reducing her to tears (real ones, as it happens, as Moss later revealed she was unaware Hamm would tenderly take her hand like that). The Don/Peggy relationship has been a cornerstone of Mad Men from the start, so it's very interesting to see it change so quickly and dramatically. There's no bad blood, but it'll be interesting to see how Peggy gets on. Will she thrive away from Don with Ted Chaough (Kevin Rahm), or have to come back begging for her old job? Will this mean a reduced role for Moss next season? Has Ginsberg supplanted Peggy entirely?
Another fabulous sequence was the Jaguar pitch from Don, armed with Ginsberg's (Ben Feldman) breakthrough idea ("Jaguar. At last, something beautiful you can truly own). I always adore the pitching scenes of Mad Men, mostly because they're genuinely good and don't smell too artificial, and the way this one was interspersed with Joan sleeping with Herb was a masterstroke. Just like the sports car, Joan was a beauty you could own for a price.
There was even a similar objectification for poor Megan (Jennifer Pare) this week, as she attended an audition she'd dutifully prepared for all week, only to discover the panel of men were only really interested in her looks—asking her give them a twirl, rather than impress them with her acting. She didn't get the job, either, which was perhaps a double knock to her confidence.
"The Other Woman" was a remarkable episode. SCDP may have won the Jaguar account, but they sold their soul to do it (which is what Joan represents, in my mind). Don was particularly displeased about hearing the "good news" from Roger, knowing that his excellent pitch was undermined by the likelihood they perhaps only got the account thanks to Joan's self-sacrifice. That look Don gave Joan, when she assembled with the other partners, was one of such confusion and umbrage. Beautifully done.
- Fantastic to see Freddy Rumsen again, giving Peggy some fatherly advice she decided to take.
- It's easy to see Don as a voice of reason and champion of women's liberties because of his response to Joan prostituting herself, but let's not forget the insulting moment when he threw money at Peggy's face over what her perceived as her desire to go to Paris for an ad campaign she'd secured. It was misogynistic in its own way, and the moment he lost Peggy as a copywriter.
- A less in-depth review this week, or so it feels to me. Sorry, I'm just away on holiday and busy with other things until the weekend, but wanted to get this review done to avoid a backlog. And because I just hate seeing the blog sitting idle for too many days. Feel free to comment and continue discussion of anything I probably forgot to mention.


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Michael and Patty Morrissey were the honorees during Bishop Gorman High School's 31st annual Knight of the Gael party March 21 at Red Rock Resort.
Michael, a member of the class of 1965, and Patty have been an active part of the Bishop Gorman community for decades. The prestigious award also recognized their commitment to philanthropy, which can be felt across Las Vegas through the numerous organizations they help. They are parents of alumnae Megan (class of 2002), Erin ('06) and letterman Sean Patrick.
The cocktail reception and silent auction allowed Gorman alumni and guests to renew friendships. Seen socializing were Councilman Bob Coffin, Carolyn Sparks, Erin and Noah Kohn, Christa and Todd Morse, Meghan and John Adams, Judy and Jerry Sylvain, Mark Sylvain, Mikey and Jim Bilbray, Carolyn Sue and T.J. Matthews, Denise and Gustav Mauler, Diane and Tom Keating, Susan Graves, Sherry and Tim Morse, Don Campbell, Frank Fertitta III, Teresa and Lorenzo Fertitta, Delise and Blake Sartini, Rhonda Evans, Leah Benjamin, Denise and Tim Cashman, Mary Kaye Cashman, Justice Ron Parraguirre and Leslie Parraguirre, and the Revs. Bill Kenny and Richard Rinn.
The Gorman cheerleaders and marching band led guests into the ballroom where the dining tables were covered in dark green sequins. Mistress of ceremonies Summer Minden ('13) introduced Bishop Joseph A. Pepe of the Diocese of Las Vegas to deliver the invocation.
Gorman President John Kilduff spoke about the activities and accomplishments of Gorman students, noting that 94 percent of the class of 2012 now attends college. Kilduff thanked the supporters of Knight of the Gael, which helps the school's scholarship program. Gorman will soon embark on a capital campaign to complete construction of classrooms.
The evening's entertainment was presented by the Gaels Theatre Guild, made up of seniors Ray Winters, Alexa Wells, Madison Turner, Victoria Hudman and Dylan Arredondo singing popular songs and concluding with an awe-inspiring "God Bless America" sung by Turner.
Kilduff recognized The Royal Order of the Gael past honorees and/or family members who were in attendance, including Tito and Sandee Tiberti, Mary Lou and Art Thomas, Mary Cashman, Nancy and Richard Etter, Dan Tuntland, John O'Reilly, Buffie and Tom Kerestesi, Mary Jo and Rossi Ralenkotter, Paula and Michael Gaughan, Susan Sullivan, Connie and Chuck Gerber, Bishop Joseph A. Pepe, the late Frank Fertitta Jr. and Vicki Fertitta, Dorothy and Chi Chi Bengochea, and the Engelstad Family Foundation represented by Kris and Tim McGarry.
Members of the 2006 Volunteer Capital Campaign, chaired by Blake Sartini, were Denise Cashman, Michael Morrissey, Pat Mulroy, Rossi Ralenkotter, Mary Ann Rivera, Christina Etter Roush, Julie Gilday Shaffer, Roxanne Shoen, James Silvestri and Tito Tiberti.


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As you pack up your personal belongings, and close down your various student activities related to your college / university life, you're probably spending some time creating various traces, to point to your new life, which is now starting. One such activity would involve filing various "change of address" notifications, for people / services who communicate with you through postal mail, addressed to the college postal address which you use.
Similar to postal mail, you probably have a college email address, issued to you when you registered as a student. Hopefully by now, you have setup a non college email account, and are busy filling out change of address "notifications" for the many services which communicate with you through email. As you do this, you should think of your Blogger account, which owns your Blogger blogs.
Before you lose access to your Blogger account that's based on your college email account, setup a new Blogger account, based on your new non college email address. Then, transfer control of your blog(s), to your new Blogger account.
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I always tell people to obtain a permanent email address and use that address for long-term personal contacts rather than temporary ones.
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Animal Expert Jack Hanna returns to SeaWorld Orlando September 14-15, 2013. During the wild weekend Hanna will host special shows as well as join select guests for dinner and breakfast.
If you'd like to attend the breakfast or dinner events, an additional ticket is required. Cost for dinner is $59, while breakfast reservations are $49.
Breakfast with Jack Hanna at Sharks Underwater Grill: The breakfast event is similar to the dinner option, although alcoholic beverages are not included.


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A winner was selected from 71 designs submitted by 18 freelance designers.
Raw Food Sources for Dogs and Cats
Raw Food Sources is a start up web resource for people who feed their pets raw meat or who make their own pet food from raw sources. Its main feature is an online directory of raw food suppliers. These include butchers, farmers, and manufacturers of frozen raw blends. We hope to encourage more local organic farmers to make some of their products available for pets. The site will also include information about canine and feline nutrition, how to decide what to feed your pet, and the various types of foods available. Green tripe anyone? How about some raw meaty bones? turkey necks? chicken backs? whole rabbit? veal heart? beef liver?
Pet owners who feed raw or prepare homemade food for their pets are exceptionally dedicated to their pets' health. Most see their pets as family members and focus on quality, rather than price alone, when choosing pet foods. The demographic tends to be female, and relatively affluent.
We are also targeting the "local" "green" "sustainable" market and will include advertising from "natural" pet care businesses that offer supplements, toys, etc. We want to become a trusted resource for accurate, impartial information on what and how to feed your dog or cat for better nutrition.
A logo that conveys we're referring to raw food for pets rather than people
"Raw Food Sources" is the title; "for Dogs and Cats" a subhead or tagline
Sophisticated, simple, and "cool" but with a touch of humor (pets are fun!)
Avoid cartoony dogs and cats; it's not a juvenile market
UPDATE: I should clarify what pets eat on raw food diets. Mostly it's raw meaty bones. For example I cut up a whole chicken and feed the pieces to my dog. He eats bones and all. Raw bones are good for them; cooked bones are not. See the list of other types of food above. Think carnivore. Think wolf eating his prey. Raw fed pets generally don't eat kibble; so dry food images aren't appropriate for this logo. I think food bowls are probably a bad idea too.
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RIP: Kate McGarrigle, 1946-2010
January 19th, 2010, 4:49 pm by BEN WENER, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTERKate McGarrigle, the wonderful Canadian singer-songwriter and younger half of the critically acclaimed McGarrigle Sisters, died Monday night of clear cell sarcoma, a rare form of cancer that affects connective tissue like bone, muscle and cartilage. According to The Associated Press, she passed on at her Montreal home surrounded by sisters Jane and Anna (the latter of whom completed the long-running McGarrigle duo) as well as her children, Rufus and Martha Wainwright. She was 63.
McGarrigle had been battling sarcoma since 2006, when it first appeared in her small intestine and then spread to her liver. In 2008, she established The Kate McGarrigle Fund at the McGill University Health Centre in Montreal to help raise awareness and find a cure for the disease.
Kate & Anna, who learned piano from village nuns in the Laurentian Mountains village of Saint-Sauveur-des-Monts, in Quebec, began their careers in Montreal coffeehouses in the '60s with a group called the Mountain City Four. By the mid-'70s they had become critics' darlings, notably with their self-titled first album from 1975, a lovely folk gem that still sparkles today and introduced several of the McGarrigles staple songs: "Kiss and Say Goodbye," "Go Leave," "My Town." That disc also featured the masterful "Heart Like a Wheel," which Linda Ronstadt had premiered the year before on her album of the same name.
Several more albums followed, notably 1977's striking follow-up Dancer with Bruised Knees and, after the pop polish of 1978's Pronto Monto, a return to regional flavors with 1980's French Record and 1983's Love Over and Over. At which point the McGarrigles' career waned.
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