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By Chris Pika, August 16, 2005; 10:00 pm, NewOrleansSaints.com Aug 16, 2005 – 10:00 pm The Saints completed the public portion of the 2005 Training Camp on Tuesday afternoon at the Metairie facility. The team worked out for almost two hours in hot weather (96 degrees, 105 heat index at 3 pm) in shells in their final practice before Thursday's nationally-televised preseason game at New England (7 pm CT; FOX, WWL 870-AM, WFNO 830-AM [Spanish], Saints Radio Network). The team will travel to Boston on Wednesday afternoon after lunch for their first road trip of the season and the first of two visits to the Patriots in 2005. Here is selected excerpts of Coach Jim Haslett's post-practice press conference with the media, discussing Thursday's game. Q: What do you hope for Thursday night? A: "I hope for a better performance than we had the other day. I'd like to see consistency, not turning the ball over, play good defense, and stop the run. Really, I just want to get better and improve over what we played last week." Q: I know the starters are going to play for three quarters, but is it still too early regardless of how they play to judge? A: "Well, I think it will be a good gauge. We've done good work. We worked on tackling this week, and we did a number of different things. It was a short week. It will be fun to go up there and play this team." Q: Why did you decide to play the first string three quarters this week? A: "This was decided in the offseason. It was something we wanted to do to get a lot of work early in camp and back off as we go because of injuries and the people we were playing. We just feel like we have a new line, and we want to get Deuce (McAllister) a lot of work. We've got some new guys on defense, so we want to get the cohesiveness down as fast as we can." Q: Given that you will play the Patriots in the regular season, will this be very vanilla and just sort of man to man and a good chance to see how people match up? A: "Well, they do a good job of running the football, and I don't think that will change that much with what they are doing the rest of the year. Obviously, you game plan a little more, and you look at players. Injuries play an effect in it. It is going to be a good gauge for us. First of all, we are on the road and playing the world champs, so I think it's going to be a good gauge to see where we are at." http://www.neworleanssaints.com/news...articleid=1657 |
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Every day, baby boomers are turning 60. More than 75 million Americans who are older than 50 are targeted as potential customers, and every year, this number increases by 4 million.
These numbers have inspired the insurance industry to offer a variety of feature-rich long term care insurance policies and attractive solutions so policyholders can make the high premium payments.
Reverse mortgages are now offered as a solution to help homeowners make those big payouts and prepare for long term care.
Not so fast. There are a variety of ways to get reverse mortgage payments, and there are limits. If a homeowner has equity in a home, they can convert a portion of that equity into cash. The equity built up over years of home mortgage payments can be paid to them. But unlike a traditional home equity loan or second mortgage, no repayment is required until the borrower(s) no longer use the home as their principal residence. This is a risky and dangerous bet.
Betting a house on an insurance policy can backfire and leave the homeowner with nothing. If they get a HUD, U.S. reverse mortgage provides these benefits, and it is federally insured, as well. To obtain a HUD-insured reverse mortgage, they must be 62 years of age or older; own the home outright, or have a low mortgage balance that can be paid off at the closing with proceeds from the reverse loan; and must live in the home.
Choosing a long term care insurance policy is a decision that will impact the quality and type of medical care clients receive as they age. Help them become a smart insurance shopper, teaching them about what they're buying and how to use what they paid so dearly for when claim time rolls around.
Here is a list of suggestions to offer your clients:
- If you have enough liquid assets to cover rising medical costs directly, you may not want to spend money on long term care premiums.
- If you want to invest in long term care, choose the right type of policy to buy: a stand-alone comprehensive policy; a rider to your life insurance policy; a conversion option to your disability policy when you retire; or a single premium annuity that funds the long term care policy.
- How long has the company been selling long term care insurance? Do they sell in all 50 states? How many policies do they have in force? Does the agent or broker own the long term care policy he or she is trying to sell you? If not, why not?
- Research the long term care insurance carrier and choose the one with the finest claim paying history and the fewest premium rate increase requests
- Remember these policies have been over-sold, under-priced and may be actuarially unsound, so be smart and don't buy a ticking time bomb that blows up before you can use it.
- Cheaper premiums from a company you don't recognize will do you no good at claim time if the company has gone out of business.
- If you are wrongfully denied your insurance benefits, know your consumer rights and remedies and find competent legal counsel that specializes in long term care litigation. Will the lawyer offer free consultation? Free advice? Free policy analysis? Free claim evaluation?
Look for policies that pay for all three categories, including care by non-professionals, such as family members or friends. These are the policies that get the most use.
Finally, have them read through their policy when they get it to ensure they understand how it works. Translate any legalese into plain English. Make sure they know how to make the claim stick with free legal advice and explain where to get "real help" if their carrier wrongfully denies.
Every year, Generation X, baby boomers and senior boomers pay billions of dollars in insurance premiums; the Insurance industry should honor what they sold us and pay what they promised.
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Danbury, CT -- (SBWIRE) -- 07/23/2014 -- While many children's books share nothing but a quick thrill, every now and then an author brings something new to the table with a powerful and potentially life-changing message. Martha DePhillips fits the bill with gusto; as her new book scores a true home run on the tough subject of getting children to welcome and embrace change.
'Pitching Fall A Changeup' introduces young readers to their new best friend, Albert. Albert isn't a superhero or war lord – but a regular kid with an extra-ordinary message to share.
Young readers have you ever had so much fun that you didn't want it to end? Albert has the same problem. The seven year-old loves baseball and the summer. When leaves start to fall, Albert tries everything he can dream up to keep Fall from coming. Can Albert accept change? Will Albert win the fight against the season?
"Just like most children – you can't knock Albert's passion!" admits DePhillips. "He tries anything he can to stop fall from coming; including removing leaves, gluing them back onto the trees and even pitching a baseball up into them. Of course, he finally recognizes that he can't prevent this change and he instead embraces the opportunity to jump and play in the pile of leaves fall has brought with it."
Continuing, "This simple analogy has a vitally-important message. Many people are resistant to change and this can leave them stagnant in both their personal lives and careers. If we can grab a hold of each child's attention while they are young enough, we can demonstrate the importance of going with the flow of change and enjoying the many opportunities it brings."
DePhillips hopes her work will become something the entire family can enjoy and learn from.
"This was of course written for kids; but their parents can also learn a thing or two about how change is treated in their adult lives. Many grown-ups are too resistant to change and, while inspiring their children, I hope to leave them with plenty to think about in their own lives," she adds.
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Twincest Sabrina and Katrina's Story
Fiction, Incest, Lesbian, Masturbation, Teen Female/Teen Female, Voyeurism
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Sabrina and Katrina are identical twins but their looks are the only thing the two seem to have in common. But Sabrina's discovery of her sister's diary may show they have more in common than they originally believed...
Beep beep beep...
Sabrina's eyes cracked open slightly and she turned a hateful glare at the tiny alarm clock on the other end of the room. She stuck her head under the pillow and hoped for some act of god that would shut the damn thing up. Maybe a tiny bomb would fall from the sky and blow the dirty thing to ity bity bits or an earthquake could shake it off her dresser and it would smash on the floor.
Beep beep beep...
Even through her pillow she could still hear the insistent sound from the clock. Why did she put the stupid thing on the other side of the room? If it was right next to the bed she could easily grab it and smash it on the floor like Bill Murray in Groundhog Day. Thinking of that scene reminded her why it was on the other side of the room... because she had smashed her last two in exactly that way. Those two occasions had caused her to be late for school which in turn caused her to have extra homework. Even more than the alarm clock Sabrina hated homework. She figured she already spent eight hours of her day at that hell hole known as school, why should she have to waste her precious free time doing more school work.
She gave one last thought to chucking her pillow across the room and seeing if a direct hit would destroy alarm clock 3.0. Giving a big huff that made her feel like she was three again, she threw the blankets off her body and scooted to the edge of her bed. Her feet hit the cool hardwood floor just as a knock sounded on her wall "Bree get your lazy ass out of bed and shut that fucking thing off"!
It was her sister Katrina's voice coming from her own bedroom. Bree picked up speed and reached her alarm just as her sister's fist hit the wall for three more solid blasts. "Sorry" Bree shouted through the wall. She smiled knowing that her sister would hate the sound of her shouting as much as she hated the alarm.
Bree finally took a second to look at the clock and saw it read 7:25. Shit the damn thing had been going off for 20 minutes... no wonder Trina was so pissed. Her room was right next to Bree's and even though the walls were solid and thick her alarm clock had a volume just below "leave your ears bleeding". She had no doubt Trina was using every last ounce of her willpower to keep from pulling her perfect hair out by the handful.
She walked over to her dresser to search for some clothes for the day. She settled on a pair of loose blue jeans and a hooded sweatshirt. She knew Trina wouldn't be caught dead in such clothing which was one reason she wore them. You see Katrina wasn't just her sister but she was her identical twin sister. People always confused the two of them when they were little and their mother would dress them alike. As they got older and started dressing themselves to their own tastes, nobody who knew them at all confused them.
Bree figured Trina would be wearing a top that would show enough damn cleavage that she should be sent home from school. Any shirt she owned that had buttons always seemed to be missing at least two on the top so the tops of her smooth, pale breasts would push out. If they were an ass they'd always be considered a half moon. Oh and speaking of asses she'd probably be wearing a pair of tight pants that almost always seemed to slip off her hips to reveal her thong and a touch of her ass anytime she bent over. Only a crescent moon in this case but booty is booty.
All the popular guys in school would stare and give little whistles of approval as they high fived one another like hillbillies that had just won the lottery. While all the dorky kids would sneak peaks and do their best to hide their tiny little boners to keep from being punched by the cooler guys. Couldn't have the nerds staring at a girl out of their league now could they. The less popular girls would make disgusted faces and secretly pray that someday they would have a body that would warrent so much attention. They were smart enough however to know they probably never would so they just sat back and let their hatred grow. This would be happening while all of Trina's brainless but beautiful friends would watch and take note of all that was happening. Then they'd all get together and her friends would tell her all about which guys stared and then they would laugh about all the little nerds who pitched tiny trouser tents.
Bree also figured her sis had been up since 6:30 putting on a few pounds of makeup and making sure her long blonde hair had been brushed and styled to perfection. Bree however just looked in the mirror over the dresser and figured her hair wasnt quite messy enough to be brushed so she pulled it into a tight ponytail and considered herself ready for the day.
Bree got to school in time to grab her books from her locker and say hi to her nerdy friend Mike (one of many known to have pitched a tent for Trina) before the first bell rang. She unlike her sister didn't have any reason to get to school early. She had a few friends but there was never a crowd hanging around her locker waiting for her like she was some celebrity.
Trina rarely acknowledged her presence in school. Bree figured she didn't want to be caught with someone from the "the lower half" of the school. This was fine with Bree since being around Trina and her friends made her deeply uncomfortable. It was always as if there was a big joke going around that she was unaware of and the joke was usually Bree herself. She made it through her first three classes without having to see her sister but knew it was just a matter of time before she bumped into her. That time came shortly after 3rd period.
She was curled up in the lap of her super hunk slash super asshole boyfriend Brad next to their lockers. Brad was of course the captain of the football team, from a super rich family and the biggest bully in the school. Which of course made him the most popular guy and that meant he had to belong to Trina. Just like last year's most popular senior boy Will and James the year before that. Bree could tell they didn't even like each other and to be honest any time she came near Brad her gaydar went insane. They were only together because he was the most popular guy and she was the most popular girl. Sickening really.
Trina hopped off his lap and ran over to her. "Hey tell mom I'll be late getting home tonight."
"What makes you think she'll even be home or if she was that she'd give two shits about you being home or not?"
Trina huffed and said in an exasperated voice "just do it".
"Fine" and with that Trina turned and rushed away like she was embarrassed to be seen with her less popular twin.
The rest of the day slowly churned by but was pretty uneventful. That is until right at the end.
Bree had to pee. Quite desperately in fact. She always hated using any kind of public restroom but she also had a stupid weak bladder that told her only at the last minute that it was time to go. It never gave her time to plan. Never said "hey Bree in a few hours you'll need to find a place to go to the bathroom". Oh no. Nothing so subtle. What she got was "LISTEN I DON'T CARE IF YOU PISS YOURSELF AND SPEND THE REST OF YOUR LIFE KNOWN AS LITTLE MISS PISS. FIND A BATHROOM NOW OR I'LL JUST LET GO". She hated her bladder's stupid voice...
So before leaving the school she went to the girls bathroom and "took care of business". She washed her hands and opened the door. She only took one step into the hallway before she felt a strong hand grab her behind her waist. Instinctively she closed her eyes and cursed herself for not instinctively kicking her foot out or even throwing a wild punch. Nobody in school would just grab her like this to say hi, so whatever was about to happen had to be bad, so why not get a good shot in?
She felt herself pressed tightly against a firm body that held her close in a strong unwavering grip. When her eyes opened she took in the form of Trina's smiling boyfriend Brad. He was not alone either. Three of his football buddies (who's name's Sabrina had never bothered to learn) stood near by laughing.
"Hey Trina". He leaned in and tried to kiss her cheek but she squirmed away. "Oh come on baby. What'd ya say we go back in the bathroom and have a little quicky". He winked at her and his tongue peeked out to lick his lower lip.
"You know I'm not Trina asshole so let go" Bree said while increasing her struggles. He was so much stronger though. His rough hands held her so tight that she could feel her skin chafe every time she moved against him.
"Oh yeah... I forgot. The weird twin" he said and rolled his eyes theatrically while his buddies howled in the background.
His grip loosened and Bree turned to run away but before she took a step he grabbed her wrist and pulled her back to him. He moved one hand behind her head and grabbed a handfull of her blonde hair. "Don't struggle" he said giggling. She looked at his eyes and realized he was high as kite. Which probably meant all of his circle jerk buddies were too.
He pulled her head to his mouth like he was about to whisper a secret to her. "Maybe if you learned to dress like your sister you could have some of this" he moved her hand down to his cock which was straining against his tight jeans (must have ended the circle jerk early she thought). Of course he said this in a voice that was far from a whisper and his friends lost it. Pounding on the walls like they had just heard the funniest thing ever.
Bree felt her face turn bright red as he moved her hand roughly over his swollen penis. She was about to grab for his balls and squeeze them till they burst when he pushed her roughly away. "Get the fuck out of here freak" he said as she walked as fast as she could without running. She was about to burst through the doors when she heard one of the morons yell after her "hey I don't care what kind of clothes you wear". This was followed by more laughter that finally drowned out as the doors closed behind her.
Thirty minutes later Bree finally walked through the doors of her parents big empty house. She was slightly out of breath due to her alternating between walking and running home. She had been frightened that Brad and his buddies would decide that her clothing indeed didn't matter and chased her down on her way home. Clothes wouldn't really be required for what they obviously had planned after all.
What an asshole she thought as she made her way upstairs to her bedroom. Would he really have raped her or was this just some way to prove how macho he was in front of his butt buddy friends. If he did he'd probably get away with it. She wouldn't really have anyone to go to for help. Her parents didn't give a shit about her. Their mother had them when she was sixteen and always blamed them for stealing her youth. Not openly of course but she showed her disdain through her total lack of caring.
Her footsteps echoed loudly through the empty house as she climbed the last few steps. She hated how quiet it was here. Her parents were almost never home and her and Trina (who was never home either) were their only kids so after school Bree had the place pretty much to herself.
She opened her bedroom door and plopped down in front of her computer hoping to loose herself in a fantasy online RPG. She would have done this anyway but after her little encounter with Brad the super douche she needed the escape. She had always loved games. All sorts of them but the ones that really drew her were the ones that allowed her to be something else. Fantasy was what she needed since reality often sucked.
Normally the game would consume her and her mind would drift from all of the crap of the day. This time however she couldn't shake what had happened to her in the hallway of the nearly empty school. Brad had always been a dick head but mostly when it came to her, he just chose to ignore her. This was something entirely different. She wondered if she should tell Trina about what her ass face boyfriend had done to her but knew it wouldn't matter. Trina had a good heart. Bree knew this but she also knew that her sister's good heart was buried under a few pounds of makeup, pretty clothes and all the sparkly things she could buy. Maybe someday Trina would grow out of this and the two of them could talk about such things. Maybe over coffee and they could both agree that Brad had shit where his brain was supposed to be but for now... well she would either call Bree a liar or agree that she should try to look more presentable. Which in Bree's opinion meant to look like a whore.
Bree sighed out loud as if someone might hear her so she'd have a person to share her thoughts with. Sadly like always there was nobody else. She found herself pacing her room wrestling with her thoughts.
She stopped in front of the mirror and stared at her reflection. She started up a mental conversation with her it. What kind of world was she living in? Since when did being nice to people mean you were uncool? Why did it matter if you liked to dress in clothes that were comfortable instead of dressing like a skank? She smiled at the use of the word skank. Bree had always found it to be a funny little word.
Her reflection had no answers for her questions and always seemed to argue with everything she said anyway. When you argue with yourself in the mirror you may be speaking from two different perspectives but they're both your own. She was about to turn away when a thought hit her. She had been playing nice her whole life and maybe it was time she started to get even.
Her reflection did offer up an answer after all. A plan started to form in her mind. She would take Brad's advice. Oh yes. Just steal some of Trina's clothes god knows she had plenty. Then tomorrow she'd set her alarm for 6:10 so she could get up before her sister and do her hair and makeup in a way that would leave her looking just like dear ol sis. Then she'd get to school before her since she knew Brad was always one of the first people there. He liked to keep up his appearances. Then her and Braddy boy would have a nice little chat. Maybe if she was lucky she'd get him to admit he was gay. Ok so it wasn't a complete plan but at least she had something to work with. She started giggling uncontrollably as she made her way to Trina's room.
Her sister's room was immaculate. Everything was put in a proper place and neatly stacked. Her bed was made and there were no marks on her bright white sheets. She even had a little white teddy bear propped up on her pillow as if the bed actually belonged to him and not her sister. She had gotten him when she was seven... Bounce was his name if she remembered right and like everything else he was spotless. Her dresser sat in the corner and she knew it would be packed with all kinds of wonderfully sluty tops for her to choose from. First however she'd need a nice short skirt.
She opened up Trina's closet and started her search. She found a light little cotton skirt that only went to the middle of her thighs. Perfect she thought plenty of skin showing and surprisingly comfortable. The top she chose was nicely low cut and allowed her breasts to peek out from the top revealing plenty of cleavage. She opened the top drawer just in case there was a bra she could steal.
She was shocked to see how many kinds of underwear her sister owned. The drawer was packed full. She reached in and pulled out a skimpy pair of black lace panties. It was of course one of those butt floss thongs her sister loved so much. Bree looked around even though she knew the house was empty. After a few seconds she stripped out of her own (plain white) panties and slipped her sisters on.
The feeling she got was something she hadn't expected. No it wasn't an uncomfortable feeling of having a string up her ass. She felt turned on... something about wearing a pair of panties that (even though they had been washed) had once touched her sister in the same private places had her heart racing. Her rational mind seemed to shut off briefly as she had a sudden urge to touch herself.
Bree let her hand slip down and cup her pussy through the thin lace material. She could feel the heat of her skin and the warm wetness of her arousal soaking into the lace. She let her middle finger stroke gently up between her lips until she reached her clit. She felt a strong rush of pleasure rush through her body before reality came crashing down on her.
Bree quickly stripped off the panties and threw them across the room like they were on fire. What the fuck just happened? Had she really just gotten turned on by her sister's panties?
Her mind raced to find a rational explanation. She settled on the idea that it made HER feel sexy not the idea that her sister's pussy had once been in the exact same spot. That would just be crazy right?
She forced her breathing to slow and eventually her head stopped spinning. She needed to take the panties with her now. Trina would know if she found a pair of slightly wet panties on her floor that she had been in her room fucking with her clothes. She put her jeans back on and stuffed the panties in her pocket.
Bree went back to the dresser to close it when she saw the corner of a book poking up from the back of the drawer. She reached in and pulled it out. It was big and decorated with tiny white flowers. It had maybe three hundred pages. A small lock in the shape of a tiny heart was on the front. Must be Trina's diary she thought.
Curiosity overtook her mind and she knew it wouldn't go away until she read at least some of what was in there. She began searching Trina's room doing her best to put everything she touched back in its original position. Her drawers held different little treasures that she had collected over the years. One was specially for things that she'd been given as awards for dance royalty. 7th through 10th grade homecoming attendant which was just a cheap little sash but she remembered Trina wearing it around the house for days. Then 11th grade homecoming and prom princess tiara and crappy sash. Plus her most recent 12th grade homecoming queen crown. She even a space open for the prom queen crown that she'd no doubt soon win as well. Bree on the other hand hadn't been to any of the dances...
Her search continued and she found pictures from parties. Trina with Brad this year. Trina with Will (a douche nearly equal to Brad) from the year before. She was running out of ideas of where to look. She checked under the bed to find it spotless. A thought came to her as she sat on the floor by her sisters bed. She lifted the matress up and bingo. The key shined brightly back at her. She grabbed it and nearly ran back to the dresser. Her hand was shaking as she turned the key and felt the little click from the lock releasing.
Once she had it open she started scanning the pages for anything juicy. She had started writing in this one about five months ago and the first thirty pages looked like nothing but stupid school gossip. "This guy's cute. This guy is not. This girl's a bitch. Now she's my best friend and now I hate her again." She had decided this had been a waste of time and was wondering what she had expected to find in there in the first place.
Bree was just about to close the book and put it back when she saw her name on one of the pages. Part of her wondered if she really wanted to read what her sister wrote about her. It couldn't be good that was for sure. Their relationship had been strained at best for a few years now and recently Trina had started acting like she didn't have a sister at all...
Her curiosity however would not be denied. Bree closed her eyes, took a deep breath and then released it. When she finally opened her eyes she let them fall to the pages and began reading.
August 3rd
I don't know where to begin with today's entry. I wonder if I'm loosing my mind or maybe I've always been a sick weirdo. I'm so ashamed of what I did yet I can't get past what it did to me. I guess I should explain. The other day when I was in the bathroom I saw a pair of Bree's panties in the corner. I dont know what came over me but I picked them up and the next thing I knew I was breathing in her scent as I touched myself. Part of me was so disgusted with myself but another part of me was panting with excitement. Twice I stopped what I was doing as the part that felt disgusted won out over my excited side. The third time however I was unable to stop. I held them tightly to my nose for a little while. Her scent intoxicated me and eventually I was rubbing the crotch of her panties against my clit. Every strange act brought me closer and closer and when I reached the end my orgasm was unlike anything I've ever experienced. When it was over I went back to my room and cried for over an hour. What does this all mean? Am I gay? Do I want my sister? I've always been so sure of everything I've ever done and now I find myself full of questions that I can't answer. I hope that soon I'll find answers to them and things can go back to normal. That is of course if the answers I find are normal...
Bree felt dizzy when she finished reading and realized that at some point she had stopped breathing. She took a few deep breaths and read the entry two more times to make sure that what she had seen had actually been on the pages before her. She found there was no mistake and wondered if there would be anymore revelations in her sister's diary. Maybe she would find out that her sister had wrote it as a joke and wasn't sure which she hoped for...
She had to flip through several pages but she eventually ran across her name once again.
August 12th
I've tried for over a week now to ignore the strange new feelings that were awakened inside me but the more I try the more they fight to the surface of my mind. I thought that maybe I just liked girls. The other day I tested my theory by staying after cheer practice and showering with a few of the other girls. I peeked at them as they washed their bodies but I felt nothing. I even tried running a finger over my clit when one of my friends had her back turned to me and was bent over washing her feet. Still nothing close to what I felt the other day with Bree's panties. I've come to the conclusion that its just her. I don't know why or how this happened. In the end though I know that nothing could ever happen between us. If my feelings ever became known it would ruin any chance of us having a normal sisterly relationship. I've decided to be even more distant with her. It may ruin our already strained friendship but these urges are becoming to much to bear when she's near. I'm willing to ruin the friendship for now to save our relationship as siblings for the long run.
Bree was stunned by what she was seeing on the pages. She couldn't believe her sister could have these kinds of feelings... and for her of all people. Trina had always been the type of girl who dated for reputation rather than for any deeper reason. Bree didn't think she was capable of having these kind of feelings to be honest.
As surprised as she was to find these things out about her sister she was even more surprised by the reaction her body and mind were having to what she read. Her head felt light. Her heart was pounding like she had been running instead of reading. There was one more thing that she was trying desperately to ignore but could not. There was an intense tingle traveling up her thighs in a direct line to her pussy. It was getting worse every time she reread what was on the pages and it had her crossing her legs tightly.
September 7th
I've tried everything I can think of to drive any kind of wedge between my sister and I. I stay out later and later every night to avoid seeing her but I still feel her presence every time I return home. I have to pass by her room every single time I go to mine. I see her light coming from under the door and my mind can't help but think of what she's doing in there. What she's wearing. Is she wearing anything at all? I feel sick with guilt and worry every day. I try to shut these thoughts off but I cant. I'm seriously lost...
September 18th
I've come to a decision today about my situation with Bree. I can no longer fight the feelings I'm having but I can't risk the damage it would cause my family if I were to act on them in any way. So I've decided to spy on her. Yes I know its a terrible thing to do and I really do feel bad about it but I figure if I can at least somewhat satisfy them privately I can keep myself from doing anything too stupid publicly. I have two ideas right now. First I was thinking about setting up her Web Cam on her computer to feed video to mine. I've been reading online about how to do this and think I'm entirely capable of doing it. Also I've been scouting her room for possible places to put a peep hole. I think I may have a good spot that she'd never notice and in which I'd have a perfect view of her room. Hopefully this will help me.
Bree felt her face get hot at the idea of what her sister could have seen if she was able to successfully spy on her. She didn't stroll around her room naked but she did masturbate from time to time. Could her sister have seen that? Her hearts pace picked up even more as she searched the diary for the answer...
October 3rd
Today I feel light as a feather. Like a giant weight that had been crushing me finally crumbled away and now I can be free again. This confusing business with my sister has put so much pressure on me lately and now that I've had some relief from it I feel like a new person. I guess I should explain huh. So over the last few days I've put my plan into action. I set up her Web Cam and I've been watching her for days now. Sadly its mostly picked up videos of her playing games on the computer but last night all of my efforts finally paid off. Just before bed Bree stripped down completely naked right in front of her computer. I had a perfect view of every inch of her. She stood there for a few seconds just staring off and I wondered if she was going to turn the light off and go to bed. Luckily for me she didn't. She sat down in her computer chair and propped her feet up on the desk. I couldn't have asked for a better view than the one that presented. I found myself trying to mirror her every move as her hands ran down from her breasts to her tiny tummy before finally reaching her wet pussy. I was surprised to see she shaved down there. I may be attracted to her but still I know how my sis is. Anyway it was the most exhilarating moment of my life. Watching her face as she neared orgasm. Her fingers picking up speed as she pushed herself closer and closer. In the end we came together. Not an easy task since I had been ready since she first began removing her clothes but it made the end result that much more satisfying...
Bree was lost in her reading. Finding these hidden truths about her sister and discovering some truths hidden deep inside herself as well. She was so lost in the words that were written out before her. So wrapped up in the tingles of excitement that ran down her skin like finger nails, intense but pleasurable. So lost in all of this that she didn't hear the footsteps in the hallway. She didn't even notice when the bedroom door opened and Trina walked in. She did however hear when her sister screeched her name.
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Although gas prices have decreased this last week, the prior few weeks have been rough on Nebraska drivers.
While the high prices were largely due to regional supply issues, they do raise the question of what affect government policy has on the prices, specifically, gas taxes.
The federal gas tax is set at 18.4 cents per gallon (cpg); Nebraska's is set at 24.6 cpg - plus an accompanying 0.9 cpg fee on gas for a total of 25.5 cpg - to be divided between state highways, city and county roads, and the Highway Trust Fund. Nebraska's total gas tax is the 24th highest in the nation and higher than any of the neighboring states. Iowa and Colorado both have fuel tax totals of 22 cpg, South Dakota and Wyoming are both at 24 cpg, Kansas has the closest at 25 cpg, and Missouri's is only 18.8 cpg.
When combined with the federal 18.4 cpg rate, Nebraskans pay a total of 43.9 cents for each gallon they buy at the pump.
Still not enough
While gas taxes are widely understood to be a user fee for using government roads, they are no longer able to fully fund roads.
A recent study by the Tax Foundation showed the amount Nebraska receives from "Fuel Taxes, Tolls, and Other User Taxes and Fees" only covered approximately 31.8 percent of road spending.
This shortcoming is only being exacerbated as cars become more fuel efficient, resulting in less gas being purchased and therefore less revenue.
This reality has resulted in some policymakers, most notably Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, to advocate eliminating the gas tax altogether, replacing it with sales tax.
The idea to use sales taxes to pay for roads is not a new one, and has even been partially implemented in Nebraska.
In 2011, the Legislature passed LB 84, earmarking 0.25 percent of the revenue from the state sales tax for roads projects from fiscal year 2013-14 until FY 2032-33. Since its passage, this bill has been targeted for repeal twice because it sets aside nearly $65 million annually and $1.3 billion over 20 years from the general fund to various roads projects.
Simply raising the gas tax will not solve road funding problems, but increasing other taxes isn't a solution either.
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Demetrius Winters, 47, of the Hill District, was ordered following a preliminary hearing today to stand trial on charges that he stabbed Clyde Elliott, 39, of the South Side Slopes, earlier this month, according to court records.
Pittsburgh police charged Mr. Elliott via summons today with simple assault, saying that he punched Mr. Winters.
Pittsburgh police wrote in court documents that the pair had a confrontation July 20, the details of which are not outlined in a police report. Later in the day, about 8:45 p.m., witnesses saw Mr. Elliott run down East Carson Street and across 20th Street and yell, "Don't you ever come to my mom's house again," according to a criminal complaint.
Police said Mr. Elliott punched Mr. Winters in the face and Mr. Winters then "mounted" Mr. Elliott with a knife raised over his head and stabbed Mr. Elliott at least twice.
Mr. Winters claimed self defense in his conversations with police, saying that he felt a man punch him and then yell at him. He told police, according to the complaint, that the person who punched him did not say anything prior to the punch and he "was in fear for his life since the attacker would not leave him alone."
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Cristin Miliotiwas up for themotherof all roles and she didn't even realize it."Ididn't watchHowIMetYourMother. This is embarrassing!" she tells TVGuide.com. "Ihad never seen it. But that's nothing to do with the show; it's because of my own sheltered life. ...Ididn't ...
Cristin Milioti was up for the mother of all roles and she didn't even realize it."I didn't watch How I Met Your Mother. This is embarrassing!" she tells TVGuide.com. "I had never seen it. But that's nothing to do with the show; it's because of my own sheltered life. ... I didn't know what was happening on the show, so I never thought that I was interviewing to be The Mother."How I Met Your Mother: A chronological timeline of crazinessAfter eight years of seeing her foot, her yellow umbrella and bass guitar, and hearing Ted's (Josh Radnor) roundabout stories, viewers were introduced to Milioti, who would be the future Mrs. Mosby in the final seconds of the Season 8 finale. The long-awaited reveal is perhaps only matched in anticipation by the lengths to which co-creators and executive producersCarter Bays and Craig Thomas went to keep the Tony-nominated Once star's casting a secret. They didn't tell Milioti why they wanted to meet with her - only that it was for an arc - and the trio chatted via Skype before Bays and Thomas asked the New York-based actress to fly to L.A. for a chemistry test with Radnor."But they told me I couldn't tell anyone. It was like a covert operation," Milioti says with a laugh. "Then all these people [from the show] started coming to see [Once] before I flew out there. I had my sneaking suspicions, like, 'This must be a big deal.' ... I still didn't know after I flew there for the chemistry read. I probably would've realized it sooner if I had watched the show, but I put two and two together because the set was on lockdown whenI got there, and everyone was so warm and lovely and excited to meet me."Now that fans have also met The Mother (yes, she's still nameless), they will get to know her on the comedy's ninth and final season, which kicks offMonday (8/7c, CBS) with a one-hour premiere. During it, The Mother will befriend Lily (Alyson Hannigan) on the train (cookies, unicorns and catfights are involved) to Barney (Neil Patrick Harris) and Robin's (Cobie Smulders) wedding on fictional Farhampton, Long Island. And though she'll meet Ted last - on the train platform after the wedding sometime during the season - the future couple does share a scene together in the premiere that shows why they're MFEO."There's an ease with them," Milioti, who studied up by watching the first seven seasons, says. "They're a great fit and have great chemistry. She's really sweet and lovable, but she's also a nerd with the same interests and dad humor like Ted. She gets him. The clues that have been dropped about her over the years are not personality traits. They're like: She plays the bass. She makes breakfast foods while singing. Now you see who she is and she's a pretty big dork!"Fall TV: Get the scoop on your favorite returning showsWhile The Mother and Lily's meeting goes well ("How can it not with cookies?"), will that also be the case for the rest of the gang? Next to Ted meeting The Mother, her and Robin's meeting is arguably the second most anticipated. After all, in HIMYM time, it's only been a week since Ted and Robin's hand-holding in the rain and a few days after he learned that the "something old" locket Robin was looking for had been in his racecar pencil box for five years - which he wants to give to her as a wedding present, much to Lily's chagrin. "I think they all will go well. I'm about to meet someone else, but I am really looking forward to meeting Robin. That will be a big one," Milioti says. "In a way, I think it's perfect closure for Ted's wife to meet his ex, who's a huge part of his life, at her wedding. He has to let Robin go before he can move on.I'm very curious to see how she'll react to her." The fan reaction to her casting has been overwhelmingly positive, the actress says - but "a couple times people have asked if we've gone to high school together, which is weird." Though she has big funky shoes to fill as The Mother, Milioti says that she wasn't nervous about meeting fans' eight-year-old expectations and didn't think about it until she was recently asked."It had just never crossed my mind. I don't know why. I had just put so much implicit trust in Carter and Craig and Pam [Fryman, the director]," she says. "I wasn't familiar with the show and now that I am, I'm still OK. I'm not terribly nervous because I know they will not disappoint the fans. ... Sometimes it crosses my mind that people might be like, 'Really?! Her? That's who they chose?' But I have no control over that. I don't want to disappoint anyone obviously. I think she'll be made familiar to everyone this season."Fall TV: The biggest cast shakeupsMight that include an episode or two from The Mother's perspective - aHow I Met Your Father, if you will, to shed light on her life the past eight years? Or scenes of her leaving the yellow umbrella at that St. Patrick's Day party? Or her sitting in that economics class Ted accidentally taught?"Oh, I would love that! We haven't done anything like that yet. That would be really cool, especially since they've told me nothing about her backstory," Milioti says and adds that she hopes to do a musical number. (She's certainly got the music chops.) "That's what I really want. There have been tiny rumblings. ... I am playing the reception. Are there any bass players that are lead singers? I know there has to be. Robin Sparkles and Ican do a duet. It has to happen, right? I'm going to let it gestate for a while. Iknow it's coming! 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Politics May Sour Cap-And-Trade Sweeteners in Obama Plan
Jim Snyder and Christopher MartinObama administration officials gave new life to cap-and-trade yesterday. Just don't expect them to say so.
Republicans championed the approach decades ago then rejected it when President Barack Obama pushed it in 2009. States may now view the politically toxic concept as a way to comply with limits on carbon emissions from power plants Obama proposed yesterday.
"I suspect it's an option that many states will seriously look at," said Jason Bordoff, director for Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University in New York.
Bordoff, who was a senior director for Energy and Climate Change on the staff of the National Security Council under Obama, said in an interview before the plan was announced that cap-and-trade has become "a little bit tarnished" since it failed in Congress, though the approach can be an effective way to drive emissions cuts.
Obama has included an incentive for states to develop regional carbon-trading systems. They can get an additional year to comply over states that chose to act alone, pushing their deadline to come up with an emission-reduction plan to 2018.
Ultimately, the decision may fall along familiar fault lines of politics: states now participating in carbon-trading systems, such as California and those in the Northeast, tend to vote Democratic.
Republican Opposition
Opposition to the idea is already becoming a theme in criticism by Republicans, who are reviving complaints that Obama's plan is a "cap and tax" approach that would send electricity bills higher and hurt the economy.
Gina McCarthy, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, said in announcing the draft rules yesterday that there are several options to reduce carbon emissions. She didn't use the term cap-and-trade, instead describing the idea as "multi-state market-based programs."
States can meet the goals through energy efficiency gains, using more renewable energy and by switching from coal to cleaner-burning natural gas without joining trading networks.
States 'Marry'
Asked about cap-and-trade programs at a meeting with Bloomberg News reporters and editors today in Washington, she said "It would not surprise me if states took a close look at whether or not they could marry with others, whether it's a cap-and-trade program or other mechanism."
"We did analysis that looked at states doing it alone and states doing it with others states," McCarthy said. "Clearly it's much more cost-effective with other states."
Kelly Speakes-Backman, who serves a chairman of the northeastern market, called the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, or RGGI, said counterparts from other states have asked her at conferences how the market is working.
"States view our success as a benchmark," said Speakes-Backman, who's also the Maryland public service commissioner. It's a sensitive topic, though: "I prefer to call it, 'the program that shall not be named.' I don't care what we call it, as long as it's working."
Even before Obama's plan was unveiled, Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed an executive order April 29 ordering the creation of a cap-and-trade program in his state.
'Fairly Quickly'
"It will lead to something of a national market fairly quickly," said Andy Weissman, a counsel at Haynes & Boone LLP who has advised energy companies operating within trading networks. States will probably link up to share the burden of making the cuts, he said.
Obama's proposal would cut U.S. carbon emissions, which most scientists say contribute to global warming, by 30 percent from 2005 levels in the next decade and a half. The EPA is seeking comments for 120 days and says it will release a final version a year from now.
Joining regional networks will be the easiest way to comply because utilities often operate across state lines, Weissman said. "The impression may be that states will develop plans within their borders," Weissman said. "That just doesn't work anymore."
Lacking Expertise
Tom Hewson, a principal at Energy Ventures Analysis, an energy and environmental consulting firm in Arlington, Virginia, said regional trading networks may be attractive because some states lack the expertise to go it alone. It may also be cheaper.
"If you expand the base, that could result in efficiencies," he said in an interview.
The spread of carbon trading systems could be limited by politics. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, a Republican, withdrew from the Northeast trading group known as the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative in May 2011, calling it a costly failure.
Jan Brewer, Arizona's Republican governor, cited concerns about costs when she decided to take the state out of the western trading system that California is now implementing.
"It's difficult for any state with a Republican governor or legislature to support cap-and-trade," said Michael Gerrard, director of the Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia University in New York.
Democrats Targeted
Republicans made the proposal an issue against Democratic candidates in this year's midterm congressional elections.
The House Republicans' campaign arm targeted more than 30 vulnerable Democrats in an e-mail blast shortly after the administration released its proposal.
"Now, Annie Kuster will have to decide between saving the economy and jobs or supporting the President's liberal cap-and-trade scheme for political gain," read one missive targeting the first-term House Democrat from New Hampshire.
It wasn't always so. Cap-and-trade once had support in both political parties. The system was established to cut sulfur dioxide that causes acid rain, in amendments to the Clean Air Act signed by President George H.W. Bush. It was designed to be a market-based, business-friendly approach to regulation.
In the programs, utilities buy and sell emissions credits to meet targets for cutting emissions. The pool of permits shrinks over time, forcing reductions in what's being released.
Regional Initiative
A majority of governors who set up the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, or RGGI, in the U.S. Northeast were Republicans, Victoria Arroyo, executive director of the Georgetown Climate Center at Georgetown University in Washington, said in an interview.
Supporters say the efforts show the approach is an effective way to reduce emissions and that other states are likely to join.
Arroyo said other states probably would set up some type of market-trading system to help them comply, though its likely to be one of a variety of approaches states choose.
Analysts said it is too soon to judge how well the trading programs are working. Emissions have dropped in general in the U.S., in part because energy use fell in the economic slowdown and cleaner-burning natural gas has displaced some coal as an electricity source.
Prices for the carbon credits have traded near the low price set up by administrators, an indication that the overall caps have been set too high to change behavior.
Generate Revenue
"Most cap-and-trade programs have such low pricing that they're aren't all that effective right now," Gerrard said. "The main benefit is generating revenue for energy efficiency and renewables."
The Northeast trading system has raised $1.6 billion to help pay for energy conservation and clean energy programs, he said.
California, the second-biggest carbon emitter after Texas, has raised almost $2 billion in seven credit auctions.
David Cash, commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, said the experience in the northeast shows that trading systems can help governments trim emissions without raising costs.
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Beyoncé made an extra special trip to Target Thursday. Rather than picking up cleaning products, the pop star was at the East Harlem store in New York to surprise a group of kids.
Local Boys & Girls Club members were in the middle of dancing to the singer's new tune "Countdown" when cheers erupted and Beyoncé took to the stage set up in the retail store. According to the Huffington Post.com, the dance lesson was organized by the pop star's choreographer, Frank Gatson. E! Online notes that the store was celebrating its one-year anniversary.
The singer hugged her surprised young fans and then joined in on the group's dance routine. After the track ended Beyoncé told the children they did a great job and encouraged them to introduce themselves. She also thanked the Boys & Girls Club for coming to the event, adding, "I hope you guys enjoy the new album 4."
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The singer crashed another dance party in Harlem two months ago when she showed up at New York City public middle school P.S. 161. Beyoncé surprised a group of about 85 students who were dancing to a choreographed routine adapted from the song "Get Me Bodied," which hails from her 2006 album, B'Day. The routine was part of a national simulcast of "Let's Move! Flash Workout" in support of first lady Michelle Obama's Let's Move! Initiative.
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I just discovered that I have the #1 listing in the Dogpile search engine as well.. However the link to is one of my affiliates link.. Lucky affiliate to get there affiliate link the number one listing on a search engine and then get commission if someone buys..
Hi Wicked, I've researched the figures and found that Google has 32% of users. Yahoo has 25%, MSN has 15% and other search engines carry the rest. In my opinion I would concentrate on optimizing for Google and Yahoo. It may be that the algorithms for MSN have changed...and you may rank better the next time around. Like all SEO time will tell.
Hey thanks for that figure Salman. Very helpful info. I figured that was the order of importance but did not know those percentages.
According to statistics in several PC & Internet related publications here in Europe or probably the rest of the world, Yahoo & Bing or MSN play a much smaller roll in the search engine market than Google, which has no serious rival. This graph seems to suggest that too: http://gs.statcounter.com/#search_engine-ww-monthly-200809-200909
Thanks xprt.. I now hold the 1st page 7th listing on google. 1st page and typically first listing on the others. I can't imagine google ever having any real competition. I am not a huge yahoo fan but I was surprised to seem them so low on the graph.
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Majical Cloudz is centered around Montreal songwriter Devon Welsh, who joined with Matthew Otto to collaboratively produce and perform his songs.
In May 2012, Majical Cloudz released II, an album of Welsh's vocal melodies largely buried under impressionistic synths, loops, samples, and snippets. The album was followed in December by the Turns Turns Turns EP, an audacious distillation of Welsh's ideas that brought his vocals to the fore. "Musically, I wanted to try saying 'no' to possibilities, and create negative space in the songs," he says. "To put the emphasis on the voice and lyrics."
Pitchfork said the EP "trusts in simple pop melodies and never feels a need to obscure the most enjoyable elements of these songs." (The song "What That Was" was named Best New Track.)
Impersonator brings Welsh's songs into even sharper focus; its expressive power and swagger belie the extremely minimal music. These are intensely lyrical songs about death, patience, family, friendship, and desire, with Welsh's rich vocals atop quiet looped waves of white noise, filtered synths and sparse thuds.
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In the last few years there's been a massive explosion of amazing music made with computers, samplers and other electronic equipment. The possibilities became nearly endless and musicians indulged those possibilities. I love that kind of music but it also started to overwhelm me. I wasn't cut out for the maximalist expressions of that style. So I took a break from music, and when I started again it was to make music that barely existed and felt like stillness more than movement. Where the songs could be more about humanness. I love all forms of electronic music, techno, house, rave, hip-hop, but I never want to feel like the music I'm making is just about stylistic play. The easiest way for me to do that is try to make something without obvious movement; where the music isn't overstuffed sonically or referentially, it's emptied out as much as possible. So the vision for Impersonator was to communicate a lot with as little as possible. It's not meant to energize and turn you out to the world, it's meant to do the opposite; it's more like a cocoon.
Most of Impersonator was written at Welsh's father's house in rural Ontario, in the basement after he went to sleep. He says, "One day I realized I had 15-20 songs, and they made me feel like I had overcome the dead end I thought I was in. I started realizing that I could say anything I want in a song.
Welsh cites Elliott Smith and Arthur Russell as the two biggest influences on his songwriting. While Impersonator sounds like neither, Smith's lyricism is evident, as is Russell's ability to distill a number of seemingly contradictory stylistic ideas into a single focussed statement. Other albums Welsh listened to while writing Impersonator point to the diversity embedded in Impersonator's deceptively simple approach: Kurt Vile's Smoke Ring For My Halo, Drake's Take Care, Oneohtrix Point Never's Replica, Grouper's AIA, Kraftwerk's Trans-Europe Express, Paul Simon's Paul Simon, John Lennon's Plastic Ono Band.
While Welsh and Otto work collaboratively in the studio, live Welsh is front and center on the mic, as Otto creates the musical atmosphere. "I put forward songs and big ideas, and he pushes me to look at the little details," says Welsh. "Live it's a similar dynamic, he gives me the platform to stand on musically." The songs are made with relatively low-tech means, allowing for spontaneity and experimentation, both live and in-studio.
"Turns Turns Turns", the only song from the EP to appear on the album, illustrates Welsh and Otto's working process: "I made a loop out of an older song I'd written on guitar, with vocals that were much less assured. Once we started playing it live it came together the way it is now. Matt did a lot with the atmosphere of the song, like the single synth note in the chorus." Likewise, "Mister" - a song about "the struggle to be good to people when you don't like yourself" - began as a quiet song with buried vocals, which only took life onstage: "It became clear that it could be much more powerful. I added the chorus after playing it live a few times, and Matt's production turned it from something more mellow into a song with a lot of energy."
For Welsh, the track "This Is Magic" works as a metaphor for the album as a whole: "That song functions with very minimal arrangements, very straightforward lyrics, it operates on a loop, and the message is that there is strength, rather than weakness, in being vulnerable."
Though they stand stylistically apart from other artists in their Montreal scene - which includes Grimes, Doldrums, Blue Hawaii, Mac DeMarco, and others - Majical Cloudz are proud beneficiaries of its camaraderie. "The waves that are being made internationally by Montreal musicians really started in the fall of 2009, so the fact that it is finally happening is unbelievable and I'm euphoric about it," says Welsh. "I don't think I could find an art/music scene as rewarding to me anywhere else, because I think it takes a while to get comfortable being vulnerable in front of a whole community."
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Majical Cloudz - New DIgital EP, 'Wait & See', Tour Commences Tonight
(photo by Rocco Avalone) 'Wait & See', a new, 5-song digital EP from Majical Cloudz is available today via your favorite download and streaming services. Devon Welsh's thoughts on the subject can be found after the links below : Spotify iTunes AmazonHi, We put together this "EP" of songs that we recorded when we were working on "Are You Alone?", but which didn't fit on that album for one reason or another. They aren't more recent than the songs on AYA — they date from different periods of time, one of them is among the earliest songs written for AYA and others are more recent. Despite the fact that it's a collection of songs that didn't make the record, I think there is a feeling that links them all together (which is maybe why they didn't fit on AYA). We hope you enjoy these songs! We are going on tour in North America and then in Australia in January and February. These are the only dates we have planned right now, so if you want to see us, definitely try to come out to one of these shows. I know some of them are sold out. We tried to move the show into bigger venues where we could (and we did in Vancouver) but in some cases we couldn't make it happen. So sorry if the show is sold out and you wanted to come. She-Devils are going to be supporting us on all our shows in North America, which is really exciting. They are really good, so if you're coming to the shows make sure to come early enough to see them. It will be our first time in Australia, and it's difficult to imagine the next time I will be back there (through music or not) so if you're in Australia and are into our band, this is the time to see us! Okay!Friday, January 15 - The Garrison, Toronto ON (sold out)* Saturday, January 16 - UFO Factory, Detroit MI * Monday, January 18 - Schubas, Chicago IL (SOLD OUT)* Tuesday, January 19 - Music Hall Of Williamsburg, Brooklyn NY * Friday, January 22 - Cobalt, Vancouver BC* Saturday, January 23 - Barboza, Seattle WA* Sunday, January 24 - Mississippi Studios, Portland OR* Tuesday, January 25- The Chapel, San Francisco CA * Friday, January 29 - Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever, Los Angeles CA * 2/5/16 - St. Jerome's Laneway Festival, Adelaide SA, Australia Saturday, February, 6 - St. Jerome's Laneway Festival, Brisbane QLD, Australia Sunday, February, 7 - St. Jerome's Laneway Festival, Sydney NSW, Australia Monday, February, 8 - Newtown Social Club, Newtown NSW, Australia Thursday, February, 11 - Forum Theatre, Melbourne VIC, Australia Friday, February, 12 - The Toff, Melbourne VIC, Australia Saturday, February, 13 - St. Jerome's Laneway Festival, Footscray VIC, Australia Sunday, February, 14 - St. Jerome's Laneway Festival, Fremantle WA, Australia Thursday, March, 10 - La Sala Rossa, Montreal QC, Canada (* - support from She-Devils) Order 'Are You Alone?' from The Matador Store, iTunes or Amazon. Majical Cloudz online : official site Facebook Twitter Instagram Soundcloud
Out Today : Majical Cloudz - Are You Alone?
The hotly anticipated new album from Majical Cloudz, 'Are You Alone?' is available in better record shops and thru digital retailers today (Friday, October 16). Devon and Matthew's updated tour schedule (including a recently added January 19 at Music Hall Of Williamsburg) can be found below, with things kicking off tomorrow night in Toronto. 10/17 - Smiling Buddha, Toronto ON 10/21 - National Sawdust, Brooklyn NY 10/22 - Halifax Pop Explosion, Halifax NS 10/23 - Phi Centre, Montreal QC 11/7 - Middlebury College, Middlebury VT 11/18 - St Johns on Bethnal Green, London UK 11/20 - L'Archipel, Paris FR 11/23 - Botanique Rotonde, Brussels BE 11/25 - Acud Club, Berlin DE 1/15/16 - The Garrison, Toronto ON 1/18/16 - Schubas, Chicago IL 1/19/16 - Music Hall Of Williamsburg, Brooklyn NY 1/22/16 - Cobalt, Vancouver BC 1/23/16 - Barboza, Seattle WA 1/24/16 - Mississippi Studios, Portland OR 1/26/16 - The Chapel, San Francisco CA 1/29/16 - Hollywood Forever, Los Angeles CA Order 'Are You Alone?' from The Matador Store, iTunes or Amazon. Majical Cloudz online : official site Facebook Twitter Instagram Soundcloud
VIDEO : Majical Cloudz - "Downtown"
Another Majical Cloudz video directed by Devon Welsh and Neil Corcoran was released this morning. "Downtown" is the last single from Are You Alone? before the album's official release on October 16th. There are quite a bit of new tour dates listed below for later this year and early next. Take note and make plans accordingly. Majical Cloudz on tour : 10/17 - Smiling Buddha, Toronto, ON 10/21 - National Sawdust, Brooklyn, NY 10/22 - Halifax Pop Explosion, Halifax, NS 10/23 - Phi Centre, Montreal. QC 11/7 - Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT 11/18 - St Johns on Bethnal Green, London, UK 11/20 - L'Archipel, Paris, FR 11/23 - Botanique Rotonde, Brussels, BE 11/25 - Acud Club, Berlin, DE 1/15/16 - The Garrison, Toronto, ON 1/16/16 - TBA, Detroit, MI 1/18/16 - Schubas, Chicago, IL 1/22/16 - Cobalt, Vancouver, BC 1/23/16 - TBA, Seattle, WA 1/24/16 - Mississippi Studios, Portland, OR 1/26/16 - The Chapel, San Francisco, CA 1/29/16 - TBA, Los Angeles, CA Preorder 'Are You Alone?' from The Matador Store, iTunes or Amazon. Majical Cloudz online : official site Facebook Twitter Instagram Soundcloud
(Devon Welsh photo by Sarah O'Driscoll) The title track from the upcoming Majical Cloudz album 'Are You Alone?' was released earlier this morning. This is the second song released from the new album, which will be out officially on October 16th. Majical Cloudz are playing NYC's Nation Sawdust on October 21. Tickets are available here. Preorder 'Are You Alone?' from The Matador Store, iTunes or Amazon. Majical Cloudz online : official site Facebook Twitter Instagram Soundcloud
VIDEO : Majical Cloudz - "Silver Car Crash"
(Devon Welsh photo by Sarah O'Driscoll)Hi! We shot this video in Montreal with Neil Corcoran. We used his camera as well as my friend Kyle's camera. It's very home-made, shot quickly. I mainly believe in videos as an expression of the artist(s) themselves, and this is the video I wanted to make. It's not flashy or spectacular, but I think it does the mood of the band justice, which is most important to me. In any case, I made it myself so that it feels good to put it out.- Devon WelshAbove : Earlier today, the new video for Majical Cloudz' "Silver Car Crash" (taken from the upcoming 'Are You Alone',) premiered via Paper Magazine. Majical Cloudz are playing NYC's Nation Sawdust on October 21. Tickets are available here. Preorder 'Are You Alone?' from The Matador Store, iTunes or Amazon. Majical Cloudz online : official site Facebook Twitter Instagram Soundcloud


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Face it. You're watching Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Maybe because you love Marvel movies. Maybe because you love Marvel comics. Maybe because you love Joss Whedon. Or maybe just because the narrative — Joss Whedon, finally returning to TV for a spinoff from his megahit superhero film The Avengers – insists that we watch. So we're all in this together, from the pilot to that moment when everyone holds their breath to see if it gets a second-season renewal. (R.I.P., Firefly.)
Yet, for all of the stakes, the pilot episode of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. – directed by Whedon himself – starts off remarkably slow. Set in the time period shortly after the Avengers battle over New York, the episode has a few moments of action and some quippy, Whedon-esque dialog, but nothing that quite evokes the epic scale of the film.
Still, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. feels intimately connected to the larger Marvel Cinematic Universe, which has threaded through films like Iron Man and Thor. Most new TV shows have to cram a lot of exposition, interesting characters, and intrigue into their pilots to convince viewers to tune back in, but since S.H.I.E.L.D. already has Avengers and Iron Man movies to back up its backstory, it can just saunter in the door, say "Coulson lives" and we're off and running.
(Spoiler alert: Minor plot points for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. to follow.)
The news that Agent Phil Coulson (Clark Gregg) has been resurrected after his untimely death in The Avengers — a mystery that will likely be explained over many subsequent episodes — couldn't come at a better time. Because of the dramatic and highly-publicized alien invasion of New York that took place during The Avengers, Earth's denizens are now very aware that both aliens and superheroes exist, and walk among them. That makes the work of S.H.I.E.L.D., an espionage agency that deals specifically with superhuman threats, not only far more public but more necessary than ever.
Coulson's return is particularly important because as a mere human (albeit one with a flying car), he offers us a more street-level view into this world of superpowered heroes. At Comic-Con this summer, Gregg called Coulson — a man who's been known to collect a few superhero trading cards himself — "an avatar for the fans." He's the one we relate to, so when he builds a team of super-agents, fans can actually can actually envision being a part of it. (Also, Gregg is fantastic, and S.H.I.E.L.D. could be all about him determining the best way to tint car windows at home and still be fantastic.)
Most of the pilot is devoted to introducing and recruiting the members of the team, which include Agent Grant Ward (Brett Dalton), an attractive, calculating agent and Skye (Chloe Bennet), an also attractive (this is television, after all) hacker. Skye has been investigating both S.H.I.E.L.D. and a mysterious young man (J. August Richards) who has gained super-human strength thanks to Extremis, the dangerous technology introduced in Iron Man 3. The technology has a tendency to both give people superpowers and make them explode, so he's being pursued by S.H.I.E.L.D., because duh.
When Coulson isn't flying around in his car Lola — yes, a flying car – or introducing S.H.I.E.L.D. members, the bulk of this first episode revolves around this single plot. And it resolves itself pretty tidily, because apparently the S.H.I.E.L.D. tech whizzes Fitz (Iain De Caestecker) and Simmons (Elizabeth Henstridge) can whip up an antidote for Extremis simply because Coulson bellows "Don't ever tell me there's no way!"
So, yeah, this one doesn't start off with guns blazing, but it's got enough self-aware wry jokes, pre-established context, and fun gizmos that it doesn't have to. Superhero fans finally have their own NCIS and what we saw was good enough — at least for now. To borrow a line from the bajillion teasers that have been floating around prior to last night's premiere, not all pilots have to be super.
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