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The farmer's daughter pays his debt.
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Posted Sun 13th of November 2011
Teen Tabby gets her father out of debt.
Tabitha lived with her father, two brothers who were twins and two years older than her and her two-year younger sister, on a farm in central Kansas. Everyone called her Tabby. Her mother had died two years ago, when Tabby was twelve. It immediately became her position to be the woman of the house, to do the cooking and cleaning and all the other household chores along with going to school.
Within a month of loosing her mother, she was taking her place in her father's bed. Her father was a hard working man and very strict with his family. He was also a very horny man. He had fucked his wife or had her suck him off almost every night and sometimes also in the morning before she got up to make breakfast so he could go out for a hard day's work on the farm. Now it was Tabby that had to satisfy his sexual desires. Her mother had been on birth control pills so her father just kept getting the prescription filled for Tabby to take.
Tabby cried the first night when her father took her virginity but soon found that she liked what they were doing together. The first few nights he gently entered her in the missionary position and slowly fucked her till he reached orgasm. Later he became more and more aggressive and demanding. He started to have her suck him to get him good and hard before entering her. One night after a little over a week from first deflowering her, he did not stop getting blown till he emptied his spunk into Tabby's mouth. She gagged a little but he held her head in place till she swallowed. The next time and every time after that, he insisted that she suck him clean after he had finished with her cunt. He taught her how to rub herself as he slammed his prick into her to get more enjoyment for herself. Tabby got to be even better in bed than her mother had been and she looked forward to fucking with her father.
A couple of weeks after Tabby had moved into her father's bedroom, her two brothers took her into one of the barns and told her that she was going to start satisfying their needs also. She said no, but they stripped her and raped her right there in the barn. Tabby ran to her father and told him what had happened, only to be told by her father that her brothers had needs too and that she should satisfy those needs so the boys could concentrate on their farm work and not always be thinking about going to town to find a willing girl. But he quickly pointed out that his needs always came first. "And I'll see that your brothers know that." For the next year, Tabby went to school, cared for the house and satisfied the sexual needs of three very horny men. Her brothers usually wanted to both have her at the same time but her father always wanted her just to himself.
The following summer was hot and dry and the crops did not grow well. Tabby's father got behind on the payments for some of his farm equipment. One day the man that had sold them the equipment came to the farm demanding that the debt be paid. He and Tabby's father had a long talk and then the man left with just a small partial payment. The next month the payment was missed again and the man came back. Tabby's dad had been thinking about his problem and had decided to offer the man a solution.
They talked well into the evening and shared several beers as they did. Finally Tabby's father called her into the room. "I have not been able to pay this man for the debt that I owe him. I own him $12,000. We have reached an agreement to satisfy that debt. You are going to go live with him for three months and be to him as you are to me. You will keep his house and do anything he tells you. At the end of the three months, he will cancel the debt. Go pack a suitcase and he will take you to his home." Tabby was in shock. "Dad, you can't ..." Before she could finish, her father said again, "go pack, girl. You are leaving with him now." Tabby went to her room. Her father handed Don Davis the remained of her birth control prescription.
Her father had thought this out. Her little sister was now, in his mind, old enough to take Tabby's place caring for the house and in his bed so he could do without Tabby in order to keep the family farm. He would miss her but he and the man had agreed that he could visit and use her sexually sometimes. When she came out she had a suitcase in her hand. "You will call me Mr. Davis or Sir. Do you understand?" Tabby nodded yes. They left the house. He threw her suitcase in the back of his pick-up and pushed her into the cab. Neither of them said a word on the drive to his house.
They pulled into the garage. It was a nice house not far out of town and it was on a large lot but not acreage. Don Davis got out, grabbed her suitcase, handed it to her, and told her to follow him, which she did. He showed Tabitha her room. It had a couch and a desk but did not have a bed. "Put all of your clothes in the closet and I mean everything. When we are in the house alone you will never wear anything. Do you understand? "Yes Sir", the shy young girl replied.
"Your father told me all about you. He told me that he has trained you very well sexually and that you are willing, at any time, to fuck or suck him or your brothers. You will keep the house clean, cook the meals and do any sexual thing that I tell you to do. Do you understand?" "Yes Mr. Davis, Sir." "You are a fucking house whore. You are nothing to me but three holes for me to put my cock in, any time I feel like it. Do you understand?" "Yes Sir." "OK get your things put away."
Tabby opened her suitcase and hung everything up or put it in the dresser. Then she stripped and put away the clothes she was wearing. Don, a forty-year-old white man with a little bit of a middle aged tummy stood in the room and watched her. Tabby was a fairly plain looking girl, the kind you might think of as a farm girl when you saw her. She was 5'4" and weighed about 110 pounds. She had very fair skin and tits that had just grown to a big B-cup but not yet C's. They did sit high on her chest with almost no sag. Her thighs did not rub together and she only had a small amount of pubic hair. He looked between her legs. "You will keep that shaved clean." "Yes Sir. I will do it as soon as I finish here."
Don dropped his pants. "Your father tells me that you are a good cock sucker. Come over here and show me how good you are." Tabby promptly went to him and dropped to her knees in front of him. She looked at his cock, which was as big as her father's seven inches but a little thicker. It was well bigger than either of her brother's. She wrapped her hand around it as much as she could and started stroking it as she put her lips around the head and licked the underside. "Take your hand away, slut." When she did, he put his hands behind her head and pulled her to him, running his cock down her throat and causing her to gag. That didn't stop him. He fucked her throat like it was a cunt for many strokes before he let her up enough to breath.
Tabby had learned how to deepthroat but she had always controlled doing it and worked her way to full depth slowly with her father and brothers. Mr. Davis did not give her that option. After the first few thrusts, the urge to gag went away but she thought about how rough he was being. Even her nose hurt from hitting against his body. Tabby loved being with her family and the sex that went with it. She did not want to be here and it was the first time she had been with anybody outside of her family but she believed that she should do anything that her father fold her to do. She was doing her part for the family.
After several minutes of throat fucking, Tabby felt his balls tighten and his prick swell in her throat. She knew that she was close to making him cum. She got ready to feel his spunk blast down her throat and fill her gut but unlike her father or brothers he pulled out. He blasted a big load of cum all over her face. Strings were from her forehead, over her nose and down her cheek as well as dripping from her chin. Her new 'father' pushed his manhood back in her mouth and she tasted his last few drops as she cleaned him. "Now let me see you eat it all, slut." Tabby used her fingers to push the cum into her mouth till it was gone. Tabby was relieved to find that he had good tasting cum. One of her brothers had bitter tasting cum and she did not enjoy having him cum in her mouth. "Now go clean yourself and shave that hairy cunt. Then go to the kitchen and make supper." Tabby headed to the bathroom and Mr. Davis pulled up his pants and went to the living room.
The refrigerator did not have much for Tabby to use for supper but she put together something and Mr. Davis ate it without complaining. "Tomorrow after school we'll go to the grocery store." That night he took her to his bed for the first of many nights. He stripped and got on the bed. "Your father tells me that you are very good at making yourself cum. Show me." Tabby sat on the bed with her legs crossed and started playing with herself. Shortly Don reached into the night stand and brought out a dildo that he had bought the day before, after her and her father had discussed what they might do to settle the debt. Tabby had never used a dildo. At home there was always a ready and willing cock waiting to be serviced. She picked it up and turned it on, finding that it was very pleasant both inside her and against her clit. Don stroked himself to erection as he watched. "When you start to cum, climb on and ride my cock."
When she felt herself starting to get there, she dropped the dildo and positioned herself over him and slid her wet cunt over his shaft. It was tight but felt great, causing her to fully begin a strong orgasm. She rode him through a string of orgasms for about ten minutes before Mr. Davis erupted inside her pussy. She kept riding him till he started to soften inside her. Climbing off she knew that she was to use her mouth to clean him and she got to it. They had both cum so hard that he was covered in their mixed cum, on his cock, all over his balls and saturating his pubic hair. Tabby didn't stop till she had licked it all up like a mother cat cleaning her newborn kitten.
Over the next few weeks things continued in about the same raunchy way. Don treated her like a cum bucket but physically she loved it. Emotionally it was a different story. Often he would set up cameras and record the things he was doing to her. He did take her shopping for food and clothes. The clothes he bought her were all very slutty. She didn't wear them to school but he had her wear them when he took her anywhere. Many people that knew her, saw her dressed like that and with a man other than her father and they all stared at her and whispered to one another.
One day Don returned home and he had a guest with him. When Tabby saw a stranger walk in with Mr. Davis, she ran to her room. He had not told her that someone was coming so she could put clothes on. "Get you fucking ass out here, cunt. Come greet our guest." Tabby slowly came out, her naked body on display and her head down. "This is my boss, Mr. Nelson. You will call him Sir. You are going to help me get a promotion. Come kiss him hello." Tabby walked over to him. He was around 50 and only an inch or two taller than her. He was quite fat and going bald. She walked up to him and placed her lips to his. He promptly shoved his tongue into her mouth and grabbed her tits. "Go start supper and bring us beers." The men went into the living room and sat down.
Tabby got the beers first, and then looked to see what she could make that was big enough to feed three. She decided on spaghetti. While it was cooking, Don yelled for her to bring more beer. When she entered the room she saw that they were watching one of the dvd's of her and Mr. Davis fucking. They both had their cocks out and in their hands. "Come sit by me, girl and show me that you are happy to see me." "Yes, Sir." Tabby sat next to Mr. Nelson and within seconds he had his mouth on one of her tits and a finger in her cunt. After several minutes of being mauled by the chubby older man, Tabby pulled away and said that she had to get back to the kitchen before dinner was ruined.
After Tabby set the table and called the two men, they came into the dining room. Mr. Davis was still jerking off. He walked to the table and splattered his load of cum on Tabby's plate of spaghetti. "Everybody sit and enjoy this slut's cooking." Without a word tabby ate her cum covered meal and the men smiled at her as she did. After they finished eating, the men went into the living room and Tabby started to clean up after the meal.
When she was finished, she went to be with them. They were nude and still watching one of Don's many dvd's of him fucking Tabby. Tabby sat next to him. "Go over and sit with our guest and make him feel welcome." Tabby moved over to Mr. Nelson's side, laid her head on his shoulder and took his cock in her hand. For several minutes Tabby stroked him as they watched the show. His uncut prick was only about five inches but it was as thick as her temporary father's. After a few minutes Mr. Nelson stood, held Tabby's hand and told her to take him to her room. She looked at Don who nodded yes. Then she stood and taking his hand, led Mr. Nelson to the bed that she shared with Mr. Davis.
He laid on the bed on his back. Tabby got on with him. She pulled the foreskin back, exposing his cock head, leaned forward and gently ran her tongue around it. She liked the way it jumped at her touch. Soon her lips slid over it and found their way to the base of his hard manhood. He started moaning and thrusting up into her sucking mouth. "Get on your hands and knees, slut." When she did, he positioned himself behind her and quickly entered her fuck hole. Holding her hips and pounding hard and fast into her still tight young cunt made him ready to cum sooner than he wanted to. He held still till the urge subsided. Pulling his cock out, he repositioned it at her ass hole and started to push.
Tabby pushed it away. She had never had a cock in her ass and did not want to start now. She spun around and swallowed him to the root. It didn't take her but another couple minutes before she had him cumming down her throat. She kept sucking till he softened, which did not take long. His ejaculate was strong and sharp, not something that any girl would look forward to having a mouth full of. She tried for several minutes to suck him hard again but with no luck.
He got out of bed and led her to the bathroom. Placing her in the shower and telling her to get on her knees, he approached her again. Thinking that he was ready for more sucking, she opened her mouth at the approach of his hanging prick. As his cock touched her lips, it erupted in a strong stream of warm yellow urine. Tabby jumped at the unexpected filling of her mouth with this man's piss. She coughed and spit. Mr. Davis took his pecker in his hand and guided it so he sprayed her all over her face, on her tits, in her hair and back to her face. "Open your fucking mouth", he said in a demanding tone. She did as she was told and again her mouth was full of piss. She thought it was never going to end but his stream weakened and dried up. After having her suck the last drops from his prick he left the room and went back to get his clothes. Tabby showered and went back to the living room just as Don was saying goodbye to Mr. Nelson. She heard him say that it looked like the promotion was his and that he looked forward to visiting again.
"Get to my bed and wait for me on your hands and knees." Tabby went and got on the bed. Ten, then fifteen minutes went by. Tabby was sick of staying in this position but she stayed, placed as she was told to be. Finally, Don came into the room. "He told me that you pushed him away when he went to butt fuck you. Your actions could have cost me that promotion, you stupid whore." He pulled his belt from his pants and gave Tabby three hard lashes across her ass. Red welts appeared where the belt struck. Tears ran down her cheek. "Nobody has ever fucked my ass and I didn't want him to do it. I gave him a great blowjob and didn't even complain when he pissed on me." "You know not to question anything you are instructed to do by me or anyone that I tell you to be with." He hit her one more time. "Yes, Sir."
Her temporary master went around to the front of the bed and presented his erect cock to her face. She promptly put her mouth around it. Grabbing her head he throat fucked her for only a few strokes. Pulling his now wet manhood from her mouth, he went behind her and lined himself up to her small brown puckered hole. One hard push had him half way in her poop shoot. The second push buried him fully in her shit tube. Tabby screamed in pain but she was butt fucked hard and fast till Don had filled her bowels with his seed. He went back around her and pushed his prick at her face. She could see that it was cum covered with small streaks of brown and red on it. He grabbed her hair and pulled her to him. She opened her mouth and accepted his nasty manhood into her mouth. He pushed her down onto the bed. "I'm very displeased with you, you fucking cum bucket. You had better never cause me trouble like that again. Put that dildo in your ass and it had better still be there when I wake up in the morning." He climbed into bed, rolled with his back to her and went to sleep.
The next week was what had become normal. School, cooking, cleaning and getting fucked any way that Don desired. Then he gave her news that excited her. "Tonight, your father is coming to visit you. He will be here for dinner so set another plate." Tabby squealed with delight and ran to the bathroom to get herself ready for his arrival. Then she made the best meal that she knew how to make. At seven o'clock the doorbell wrung. Don greeted Tabby's dad. When he entered the room she ran to him with a huge smile yelling "Daddy", jumped up, wrapped her naked legs around his waist and her arms around his neck and kissed him deeply.
She stayed right tight to him and sat as close as she could get. After dinner they sat in the living room with Tabby cuddled up tight to her father and she kissed him on the cheek. Don played a movie of him fucking all of Tabby's holes as they talked. Her father had never seen her ass fucked. She could see the bulge growing in his pants. They watched and talked for a while. He reminded Tabby's father that she had four more weeks to stay with him before the debt would be settled. "Why don't you take her to the other room so you can be alone for a while?" Tabby grabbed her father's hand and led him to the bedroom. He sat on the edge of the bed and looked at her. "Are you OK?" "Yes Daddy. I'm OK but I would much rather be home with you and the others."
Tabby reached over and unzipped her father's pants and fished his cock out. "I saw how hard your were getting as you watched the movie of me getting fucked. I miss being with you. Please fuck me. Fuck your daughter long and hard." He stood and Tabby lovingly undressed him, dropped to her knees in front of him and promptly swallowed his wonderful cock. He moaned with pleasure. While she was sucking on his meat, he told her about life at home. How her little sister was doing a pretty good job taking her place while she was gone, cooking, cleaning and sexually satisfying the three men. "But you are still a better cook and a better fuck than she is."
When Tabby felt his balls tightening and his prick swelling in her mouth, she stopped and laid him on the bed, on his back. After letting him calm down a little bit she climbed over him and sank her pussy down over his erection. Tabby worked with enthusiasm, bouncing up and down, rubbing her clit and squeezing him with her cunt muscles till she felt him bathe her insides with his fluids. This sent her over the edge and she gritted her teeth and ground her pussy against him as she had a hard orgasm. Tabby collapsed and just lay beside him in his arms. After several minutes her father started to get up. "I have to go now, Tabby" "Wait, I still have to clean you up." Tabby kissed her way down over his hairy chest and stomach and sucked his shaft clean of their fluids. He started to get hard again and Tabby thought she was going to get another fuck but her father got up. "I really have to go." "Say hello to everybody for me and tell them that I'll see them soon." As she stood in the living room waving goodbye to her father, a tear ran across her cheek. Don stood behind her with his arms around her and her tits in his hands.
Early one evening about a week later they went into town to do some shopping. Tabby was dressed in a white, front buttoning blouse that tied in a knot just below her breasts and it was unbuttoned enough so that all the cleavage that was made by the push-up bra was nicely on display. She also wore a very short hip hugging red skirt so that a lot of her middle was exposed. She followed about a step behind Don as they walked. As they passed a middle-aged man sitting on a bench in front of a store, he spoke to Don. "Hey Mister, is she wearing any panties?" They stopped in front of the man. Don looked at her and then back to him. He reached down and lifted the front of Tabby's skirt, exposing her naked, shaved pussy to him and anyone else on the street that might have been looking. The man reached out and touched her bald pussy mound. Smiling, he looked at Don. "How much to fuck your little whore, Mister?" Don looked at her. Her eyes pleaded with him to say no. He looked at the man again. "Fifty bucks." "Sounds good to me." The stranger reached for his wallet.
They each took one of Tabby's hands and led her down the alley that was next to the store. At the end of the alley, Don spotted a large cardboard box. He flattened it out on the ground and told Tabby to get on her hands and knees on it. He took the money from the stranger and held his palm out pointing him to Tabby. The fourtyish stranger walked in front of her and dropped his pants. He was already about half hard. Tabby knew what was expected of her. Leaning forward, she took him in her mouth. Soon he was his fully hard average six inches. Tabby could tell from the taste that he did not pay much attention to hygiene.
As soon as his male equipment was ready, he moved behind her and with one push was buried full depth in her cunt. With her skirt pulled up to her waist, he held her hips and slammed himself into her. He only lasted about three minutes before he filled her. She felt his cock pulse four times as it emptied into her. He pulled out. Mr. Davis sternly told her, "clean him." She did as he said and sucked the stranger clean. "Now thank him." "Thank you for fucking me, Sir." As they turned to leave the alley, they saw that two men and a woman had followed them into the alley and watched the happenings. They quickly left before Don, Tabby and the stranger exited the alley. Tabby could feel his cum dripping down the inside of her thighs.
Tabby was the talk of many around this fairly small town. Although she dressed the same conservative way for school that she always had, the boys in school started asking her out or asking her to go into the boy's room and give them a blowjob or a fuck. She shyly turned them all down as Don and her father before him had instructed her. One teacher gave her detention and while alone in his classroom after school, let it be known that he intended to fuck her. She said no but he would not take no for an answer. Before she was allowed to leave, he had buried his cock in all three of her holes and cum twice.
Tabby was excited, as it was almost time for her to move back to her home and be with her family. After school Don told her that the next day he would be taking her back to her father but that night he had something special planned and that she should not plan to get any sleep. "A lot of my friends and other people have asked me about being with you. I have arranged a going away party. Starting a nine o'clock two men will come to be with you and you will completely satisfy their every wish. I told them that they have you for one hour to do with as they wish. At the end of the hour, two more men will come to be with you for an hour. There are a total of sixteen men that I have invited to come be with you for your going away party."
Nine o'clock arrived and the doorbell was wrung. The first two men were Don's boss, Mr. Nelson and a large black man. The town was in an area where blacks and whites still mostly kept to themselves, at least as far as the public face of the town was concerned. Tabby had never been with a black, but within minutes she could never say that again. Don got a real thrill at seeing the color contrast as his ebony black cock slid in and out of her snow white cunt and also her mouth.
The second pair was a pair of boys about her age, maybe even a little younger, but she did not know them. Their father brought them and watched as they lost their virginity with Tabby. He couldn't stand just watching so after the boys had quickly finished their first fucks, the father got himself a blowjob with the first woman he had ever been with that could deepthroat. The boys quickly came back for seconds as young men can, but they were done well before the hour ended. Tabby had time to go to the bathroom and relieve herself and to clean out her insides.
The third pair of men were double fucking her, one in her cunt and one in her ass when Don couldn't hold out any longer. He stepped up to her and throat fucked her till he fed her a big load of cum. This was the first time she had ever had all three holes filled at the same time. Then he stepped back. One of the next men showed up with his big German shepherd mix dog named Rex. Don looked at him and nodded his head yes. Tabby had three cocks to satisfy that time but only two of them were human.
The next couple had to wait a several minutes for Tabby to finish, clean up and be ready for them. The hour had run long because she was knotted to the dog and it took a while for them to get apart. The men and every set of men after that enjoyed watching the show of the previous men fucking Tabby as they waited for their turns.
Again Don felt the urge in his cock and shot another load into Tabby's stomach. He enjoyed watching her get fucked, especially in her throat. He thought about when a cock head went up and down in her throat, the moving bulge almost made it look like she had an Adams apple. One time Don jerked off in a glass and several times he had other men add their cum to the glass one time. Only one man had only been able to cum once.
The sun was well up in the sky when the party ended. If you count Don and Rex, Tabitha had sex with 19 different partners that night.. Tabby just lay exhausted on the floor in a puddle of cum. "I want french toast for breakfast. Go make it." Tabby pulled herself up and went to the kitchen. She called him when it was ready. She did not make herself anything. She didn't feel like eating. Don entered the kitchen carrying the drinking class more than half full of thick, off white cum. He sat at his meal and handed Tabby the glass. "You will be leaving after we finish breakfast." "This is your final meal with me. Drink up." Tabby hesitated but lifted the glass to her lips. The thick contents slowly poured from the glass into her mouth. She had to swallow four times before it was all gone. After he finished his french toast, Don went into the living room.
When the kitchen was spotless, Tabby went to the living room. "It is time for you to go home. Go pack the things you brought with you, including the clothes that you were wearing." Tabby ran to the closet, took her suitcase and filled it with her things. She did slip in one pair of lacy, pink, crotchless panties that she really loved. She went back to the living room still naked and waited to see that outfit Mr. Davis would tell her to put on for the trip home. "OK, get in the truck and let's go." Tabby understood. She was going to be naked when she got home. She put her suitcase in the back of the pick-up and climbed in the cab.
They pulled out of the garage and headed down the road that went to her farm. It was about a fifteen-minute drive between the houses. They passed an 18-wheeler. The driver looked in the pick-up and saw the naked teen sitting in the passengers seat. She shyly waved to him. The 18-wheeler almost crashed.
They drove down the long driveway at Tabby's father's farm and stopped. Mr. Davis leaned over and kissed her for the first time. "You were a good sport about all of this, Tabby." This was also the first time he had ever called her by her name rather than cunt or slut or whore or cum bucket. They got out. He carried her suitcase to the house for her. As she entered the house she stood there, naked. Across the living room she saw her family, Her father, two brothers and her little sister. They were all naked too and the three men all sported firm erections. She noted that while she was gone, her little sister had grown and developed noticeably. She ran to them and they shared a group hug.
Don Davis spoke to Tabby's father and told him what a fine daughter he has. He also told him that if he ever needed more farm equipment he should talk to him about it because he would very much enjoy having Tabby come spend some more time with him. He paused for a minute and then added, "or maybe her little sister." He left. Tabby was happy to be home.
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anonymous reader
2013-09-25 11:40:11
Not my type of story so i didn't give it a vote seems well written though
anonymous reader
2012-10-21 22:02:20
This cat looks like our cat BamBam the friendliest cat it the world. I just saw this and this is many mhtnos later, but we're still looking for him. If anyone has seen this cat since it would be great to know. He is one of a kind and I could only hope he's been adopted, as he is irresistible, and very social.
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2012-10-14 12:27:01
anonymous reader
2012-09-26 20:02:04
when she got raped by her brothers turned me on but the some bits like black dude and the dog should have been longer plus wanted details on what happen 2 the little sister
anonymous reader
2012-08-23 01:16:18
Look the story was ok. What I hated was that the younger sister had to be used too. You painted a picture of one whore and one innocent little girl. Also, you did not describe things very well
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17 June 2013
a world of polka dots
"just thinking of the several thousand macaroni dishes i consumed during my lifetime really pierced me with fear. you can neither die nor live with ease. you just keep eating or making love until the very day of your death, as though you were being carried along on a conveyor belt. i was really afraid of that" - yayoi kusama
"it's scary to watch someone you love go into the center of himself and confront his fears, fear of failure, fear of death, fear of going insane. you have to fail a little, die a little, go insane a little, to come out the other side." - eleanor coppola
the b side to our new single is called 'a world of polka dots', and it's our little paean to the princess of polka dots, yayoi kusama. apart from george michael and andrew ridgeley, i don't think we've ever written a tribute to anyone before, but i wanted to write something about her because i like the way she confronts her fears by filling her work with them. there's a lot of fear in our songs. fear of spiders, flying, the countryside, fear of falling in love, fear of failure, fear of death. i've been afraid of a lot of things over the course of four albums. i guess in a way i like to sing about the things i'm afraid of because somehow it makes me less afraid of them too.
a few years ago i made a list on twitter of all the things i was scared of. i got to sixty five fears and then i stopped. perhaps too afraid to go on. this is the list of the sixty five fears i had so far.
65. finding a dead mouse in my bread
64. deer ticks
63. brains
62. people i used to go to school with
61. the toothpick fish
60. my ear drums being perforated. particularly by knitting needles or kerplunk straws
59. wind turbines
57. high school musical
56. people touching my wrists
55. double layered car transporters
54. ronald mcdonald
53. developing flu like symptoms
52. getting a splinter in my tongue from a lolly stick
51. extractor fans
50. ventriloquist dummies
49. sneezing too hard and my eyeballs becoming unattached from their sockets
48. meteors crashing into earth
47. crime scene reconstructions
46. roller coasters
45. going into hospital for an operation and not getting enough anaesthetic so that i feel everything
44. getting my fingers chopped off in lawnmowers
43. leaf shredders. for the same reason as lawnmowers
42. hanging baskets
41. being struck by lightning
40. cockroaches
39. gnarl from buffy the vampire slayer
38. der kindestod from buffy the vampire slayer
37. the gentlemen from buffy the vampire slayer
36. the child catcher from chitty chitty bang bang
35. beaks
34. my tongue getting frozen to things when i lick them and having to be cut away
33. scarecrows
32. people who work in bookshops
31. the speed of mice
30. the easter bunny
29. dinner parties
28. hearing noises in lofts
27. someone ice skating over my fingers
26. toads
25. frogs
24. garden centres
23. spiders
22. people posting lit fireworks through my letterbox
21. houseflies
20. pigeons flying at me
19. jellyfish
18. peanuts. i might be allergic to them and i don't know
17. dentists
16. getting moles caught in zips
15. bruises under toenails
14 .little tiny stones flicking up off the road and coming in through my car window and hitting me when i'm driving
13. the theatre
12. bookshelves falling over and crushing me
11. grating my fingers off when i'm grating cheese
10. ordering food in restaurants
9. sitting in the bath and it falling through the floor
8. being pushed off train station platforms just as the train is coming
7. accidentally getting a pencil stuck up my nose and then hitting my head so it goes all the way up in to my brain
6. swallowing my tongue
5. putting warm food in fridges
4. yoghurt
3. bats flying into my hair and getting so entangled that i have to wait for them to die of distress and cut them out
2. cutting my tongue open when i'm licking envelopes
1. rats climbing out of toilets
there are definitely some things missing from the list. i might have to start it up again.
66. quicksand
67. my car breaking down on railway crossings
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text: Let's face it: you're going to watch the Oscars no matter what. But producing powerhouse Craig Zadan and Neil Meron (Chicago, Smash, Footloose, dozens of other projects) are helming the 85th annual Academy Awards and they're determined not to make it a slog. Even though the presenters and host aren't lubricated with alcohol like at the Golden Globes, and attendees will have their naughty bits covered, unlike the Grammys, Zadan and Meron are packing their telecast with lively performances a-plenty. While much of the joy of the Oscars is watching it with friends, Zadan and Meron say their show will be as entertaining as your wittiest, bitchiest pal. Here's more of what to expect on February 24, aka Oscar day.


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See detailsLocated in Midtown, Dumont NYC-an Affinia hotel is within a 10-minute walk of popular sights such as Empire State Building and Chrysler Building. This 241-room, 4-star aparthotel has in-room conveniences like kitchens, sitting areas, and refrigerators. It's in central New York and also a short walk from Grand Central Terminal and Macy's.
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Guests staying at Dumont NYC-an Affinia hotel enjoy a 24-hour fitness center, a steam room, and free WiFi in public areas. Valet parking is available for USD $59 - $65 per day. The front desk is staffed 24/7 to help with dry cleaning/laundry, concierge services, and luggage storage. Additional amenities include a business center, express check-in, and express check-out.
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Staying at the Dumont NYC-an Affinia hotel affords guests access to a wine hour. Social activities such as charity events, local art showcases, and microbrewery beer tastings are included during special evenings.
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Dumont NYC-an Affinia hotel offers 241 air-conditioned accommodations with minibars and laptop-compatible safes. Accommodations offer separate sitting areas. Beds feature premium bedding. A pillow menu is available. Televisions come with premium cable channels, video-game consoles, and pay movies. Accommodations at this 4-star aparthotel have kitchens with refrigerators, stovetops, microwaves, and coffee/tea makers. Bathrooms include shower/tub combinations, designer toiletries, and hair dryers.
This New York aparthotel provides wired and wireless high-speed Internet access for a surcharge. Business-friendly amenities include desks, complimentary weekday newspapers, and phones. Additionally, rooms include irons/ironing boards and blackout drapes/curtains. In-room massages and hypo-allergenic bedding can be requested. Housekeeping is provided daily.
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This aparthotel does not have a restaurant. Cinema Café provides room service for limited hours offering breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
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Open 24 hours, the hotel's fitness center offers women's and men's steam showers, cardio machines with TVs and headphones, weight machines, and free weights. Personal training and private yoga sessions are available for surcharges. The hotel supplies complimentary fit kits for personal use. Running and walking kits comprise MP3 players, pedometers, maps, and water. The strength kit has weights and a stretch band. The yoga kit has a mat, block, and video.
New York's Central Park, 1.25 miles north, offers a variety of recreational opportunities, including tennis courts, rowboat rentals, horseback riding, and miles of trails for hiking, biking, running, and in-line skating. Rockefeller Center's famed skating rink, six blocks away, opens in winter, as does Central Park's Wollman Rink.
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- Late check-out fee: USD 200.00
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- This property is affiliated with the International Gay & Lesbian Travel Association (IGLTA) and welcomes lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) guests.
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Book a stay in any room or rate plan and receive the following amenities (included in the daily resort fee): USD 10 daily food and drink credit valid at Cupboard or Corner Store (must be redeemed daily); daily Wine Hour during Social Sips from 5 PM to 6 PM; wireless Internet access for all devices; 10% off at Celebrity Chef Geoffrey Zakarian's The National Bar and Dining Rooms; unlimited package handling and storage prior to and during your stay; business services, including printing; local and domestic long-distance calls; 24-hour access to the fitness center; access to Affinia bikes (where applicable); and concierge services.
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Our house is 12 years old. We have well water. Over the past several months our water pressure has gotten worse. We have a filter that gets corroded very quickly. My husband recently replaced a toilet in our house. There was a lot of sediment stuck to the pipes that he had to scrape out. Could this be the problem? Sediment stuck in our pipes? The water pressure seems fine when you look at the tank. It the pressure coming out of the showers, sinks... sometimes the water is at a drip. Any suggestions on what our problem might be or how to fix it?
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What are your supply lines made of?
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You probably have a sediment problem, possibly have a corrosion or calcification problem, possibly a problem with the well pump, pressure switch, pressure tank, or well itself.
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Efficacy and Safety Study of Lamotrigine to Treat Trigeminal Neuralgia
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Trigeminal Neuralgia |
Drug: Lamictal® Drug: Tegretol® |
Phase 2 Phase 3 |
Study Type: | Interventional |
Study Design: | Allocation: Non-Randomized Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment Masking: Single Blind (Subject) Primary Purpose: Treatment |
Official Title: | Lamotrigine in Trigeminal Neuralgia: Efficacy and Safety in Comparison With Carbamazepine |
- Pain-relief [ Time Frame: 3-6 months ]
Enrollment: | 21 |
Study Start Date: | September 2007 |
Study Completion Date: | June 2008 |
Primary Completion Date: | February 2008 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
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Experimental: Lamictal®
Lamictal® was used as the "active" medication in this study.
Drug: Lamictal®
The regime of prescription for Lamictal® during the clinical trials was as follows:
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Drug: Tegretol®
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Active Comparator: Tegretol®
Tegretol® was employed as the "control" for comparative purposes in order to check and evaluate the efficacy (pain-relief) and occurrence of side- effects of Lamictal®.
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Trigeminal Neuralgia (TGN) is a rare form of chronic facial pain shrouded in mystery, although not life threatening, can be excruciating painful and extraordinarily debilitating. Its uniqueness and peculiarity can be ascertained by the fact that TGN may present to and be managed by dentists, neurologists, neurosurgeons, oral surgeons and ear, nose and throat surgeons.
The management of TGN is initially medical, with the "gold standard" drug of carbamazepine (CBZ). Whilst CBZ continues to be the treatment of choice, a substantial proportion of patients tolerate this drug poorly, predominantly because of side-effects that include drowsiness, accommodation disorders, hepatitis, elevation in liver enzymes, renal dysfunction, congestive heart failure, delayed multi-organ failure, leucopenia, thrombocytopenia etc. etc. If pain-relief is incomplete with CBZ or it produces adverse side-effects, options include using an alternative second-line medical agent. The drugs suggested to be considered as second-line agents for the treatment of TGN, include: lamotrigine, baclofen, phenytoin, oxcarbazepine, gabapentin, clonazepam, valproate, mexiletine, and topiramate.
Lamotrigine (LTG), a novel anticonvulsant, which has not been adequately assessed for its antineuralgic properties. It has a bimodal mechanism of action:
- inhibits the release of glutamate and aspartate by blocking voltage-sensitive sodium channels
- antagonistic at neuroexcitatory N-methyl-d-aspartate receptors.
It can also acts at and inhibits calcium channels to enhance the gamma- Aminobutyric acid (GABA) synthesis. GABA is an inhibitory amino acid neurotransmitter that decreases neural membrane action potentials and therefore decreases nerve excitability. Glutamate has been implicated in the mechanisms contributing towards phenomenon of chronic pain, such as sensitisation and wind up. LTG through its inhibition of pathological release of glutamate, has the potential towards management of chronic pain, particularly of neuropathic origin.
Lamotrigine, therefore has the potential to be a promising new treatment for TGN.
Ages Eligible for Study: | Child, Adult, Senior |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Clinical diagnosis of Trigeminal Neuralgia
- Male; or non-pregnant/non-lactating female
- Must be willing to cooperate with and understands study instructions
- Signed informed consent prior to entering study
Exclusion Criteria:
- psychiatric illness
- severe liver or cardiovascular disease
- renal impairment, low white cell count
- malignancy
- pregnancy or lactation
- alcohol or recreational drug abuse
- and positive tests for human immunodeficiency virus or hepatitis B or C.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00913107
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Dept. of OMOP, Faculty of Dentistry, University Malaya. | |
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 50603 | |
Dept. of Oral Medicine and Oral Pathology, Faculty of Dentistry, University Malaya. | |
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 50603 |
Principal Investigator: | Dr. Sameer Shaikh, MDSc. | Faculty of Dentistry, University Malaya |
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Responsible Party: | Dr. Sameer Shaikh, Dept. of OMOP, Faculty of Dentistry, University Malaya. |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00913107 History of Changes |
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Study First Received: | May 27, 2009 |
Last Updated: | June 27, 2010 |
Keywords provided by University of Malaya:
Trigeminal Neuralgia Lamotrigine Carbamazepine Lamictal® Tegretol® |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Neuralgia Trigeminal Neuralgia Trigeminal Nerve Diseases Facial Neuralgia Pain Neurologic Manifestations Nervous System Diseases Peripheral Nervous System Diseases Neuromuscular Diseases Signs and Symptoms Facial Nerve Diseases Mouth Diseases Stomatognathic Diseases Cranial Nerve Diseases Lamotrigine |
Carbamazepine Anticonvulsants Antimanic Agents Tranquilizing Agents Central Nervous System Depressants Physiological Effects of Drugs Psychotropic Drugs Analgesics, Non-Narcotic Analgesics Sensory System Agents Peripheral Nervous System Agents Cytochrome P-450 CYP3A Inducers Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme Inducers Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action Calcium Channel Blockers |
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Woodruff (Japanese: モリオ Morio) is a one-time character in the Pokémon anime who appeared in the episode A Sappy Ending.
Woodruff first appeared telling Ash that he was free to catch the Heracross, but if he did, he might be causing more harm to the forest than he knew, since the Heracross made tree sap available to the Butterfree. Woodruff introduced himself, stating that he was a ranger for the forest and wildlife bureau.
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Now that October Madness is progressing into the later rounds, the stakes ratchet up with every head-to-head tasting. Although, it nowhere near approaches the pressure facing players on the San Francisco Giants and Texas Rangers as they battle it out in the 2010 World Series. On Wednesday night, those two events came to a head at the headquarters of swissnex San Francisco, as two more beers battled it out with baseball on the big screen.
The Location: swissnex San Francisco, 730 Montgomery St.
The Beer: Sierra Nevada's Kellerweis Hefeweizen and Deschutes' Black Butte Porter
The Method of Dispense: Standard kegerator (Black Butte) and bottles chilled in an icy tub (Kellerweis)
How They Fared: Black Butte Porter has been a longtime favorite among Wired staff, so we were understandably a little nervous about bringing it out to the masses to see what others might think. Fortunately, Black Butte gained a few fans Wednesday night as well. "How could you not like the Black Butte?" said Colin Dixon, an office manager for the Public Library of Science. "Great choice for a cool S.F. fall day," said Brian Mossop, also of PLoS. "It tastes like the first time I kissed a girl, won at sports, and drove a car — all at once," said writer Dan Maxwell.
Still, Sierra Nevada's Kellerweis proved a popular choice with the baseball-cheering crowd. "Delicious!" raved Dwell assistant editor Jordan Kushins. "Cidery goodness. Tastes like fall," said another patron, while Bridgit Dixon declared Kellerweis "the nicest German I've ever met!"
And in the revelry of the Giants pulling off an upset to take a 1-0 lead in the World Series, Kellerweis took down the mighty Black Butte Porter by a comfortable nine-vote margin to advance to the Elite Eight of our ongoing October Madness extravaganza.
Image: Above:swissnex SF. Below: Erik Malinowski/Wired.com
Stay tuned to @wiredplaybook and @beerrobot for updates on attending future October Madness events in the Bay Area. Follow us on Twitter at @erikmal and @wiredplaybook and on Facebook.
See Also:
- Wired October Madness Beer Bracket
- October Madness: Our Search for the Most Wired Beer
- Yelp Crew Gives 5 Stars to Lagunitas Little Sumpin'
- Boont Amber Ale Beats Big Daddy IPA at Sharktoberfest Showdown …
- Sierra's Kellerweis Hefeweizen Pulls Off Killer Comeback
- Beer Battle at Twitter HQ Goes Black Butte's Way


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Lollapalooza is this weekend in Chicago, and the lineup is awesome. There's something for everyone, and a huge amount of conflicts that will lead to much hand-wringing. But if you're not going, take comfort in the fact that the folks who run it are doing good things. One of the most prestigious music schools in the country, Boston's Berklee College of Music, has just partnered with Lolla and the far less cool (but presumably still well meaning) Goldman Sachs charitable fund to create a full scholarship to Berklee.
The awesomely-named Berklee Lollapalooza Endowed Scholarship will be awarded during next year's Lollapalooza, and will be a part of Berklee's touring audition process. It's a great opportunity to be a part of a college that has had a bunch of famous musicians graduate, like the Cars and My Morning Jacket. Speaking of Berklee, the college will have a showcase at CMJ Music Marathon! The Berklee showcase will take place on October 21 at Bowery Poetry Club. We're pretty excited.
In other news, Lollapalooza is expanding again to South America, and this time it's going to both Chile and Brazil. Lollapalooza Chile will take place in Santiago from March 31-April 1, and Lollapalooza Brazil will take places in Sao Paolo from April 7 to April 8. This past year, Lollapalooza Chile had Kanye West and the Killers as headliners, and is just one more piece of Perry Farrell's global domination strategy.
By the way, this is the only time in the history of the world when Goldman Sachs, Lollapalooza, and Berklee will be in the same sentence together. Enjoy it while you can.


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The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
1st Lt. Brandon A. Barrett, 27, of Marion, Ind., died May 5 while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
For additional background information on this Marine, news media representatives may contact the II Marine Division public affairs office at 910-450-6575.
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Boko Haram: Residents Flee Damaturu, Yobe State
One week after the explosions and gun attacks that rocked Damaturu, more residents have continued to flee the metropolis to other states and local government areas in the state.
A News Agency of Nigeria check on Monday showed that several vehicles loaded with goods and people were moving out of the Yobe State capital to various destinations.
On Monday last week, Damaturu, witnessed multiple explosions and gunfire in which more than 50 people were killed.
Similarly, the Damaturu prisons was attacked on Sunday by gunmen during which some lives were lost and 40 inmates released.
Meanwhile, business activities have been picking up with some shops and business premises opening up, while customers rushed to buy food items and other household needs.
NAN observed that most civil servants did not report to work one week after the attack.
A civil servant, who spoke on condition of anonymity said, "The fear and tension are still fresh among the people and that is why everyone is very careful of his movement.
"Even those that were forced to go out to buy some needs were rushing back home for safety, hours before the commencement of the 4.00p.m. curfew."
Meanwhile, residents of Kaduna metropolis on Monday rushed to the markets and banks to replenish their essential items such as food and cash, NAN reports.
The residents took advantage of the ease on the restriction of movement to make frantic cash withdrawals at ATM machines and purchase essential commodities.
A NAN correspondent, who visited the Kaduna Central Market and some banks, reported a mad rush for cash withdrawals and purchases by the residents during the four-hour period.
Mrs. Juliana Tosin, a house wife, told NAN at the vegetable section of the market, that she exhausted her stock a day after the curfew was declared.
"My family was forced to manage life on a one-zero-one ratio of meal per day since Tuesday, June 19, '' Tosin said.
Ms Murjanatu Bappa also told NAN that her family was ill-prepared for the unexpected curfew, adding that the family survived on unbalanced diet.
She lamented that the prices of the items had tripled, saying a small basket of potatoes and pepper had risen from N350 to N1,000 each.
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June 26, 2012 at 2:29 AM
What a petty, may God almighty bring an end to this calamity dat behold our beloved country. Ameen…….!


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This is your resource to discuss support topics with your peers, and learn from each other.
I just decided to bite the bullet and start working on porting my app to BB10. Considering that compiled with the tablet 2.0 SDK it runs flawlessly on my Dev Alpha device, it seems a bit disheartening how many errors Flash Builder now shows me that I switched to the 3.0 (BB10) SDK.
Is there maybe some kind of list where you can look up recommended alternatives for all the discontinued Classes? (The AS3 reference always had this "Migration" category at the bottom of the packages list where you could look up old AS2 commands ... - something like that anywhere?)
I actually just figured out that I can make all the errors go away by adding some .swc's from tablet-sdk-2.0 that don't exist in 3.0 to the build path, yeah!. But I don't really know what I'm doing - is that maybe something 'bad'? as in bad practice? does it mean that my app will stop working without warning when RIM pulls the plug on support for those old .swc's (and of course I will have long forgotten that I compiled them in ...)?
Sorry - I guess these are more programming fundamentals than actual AIR questions, but any hints would be very welcome!
My app : Get set - Get up! Get ready for the snooze revolution.
Solved! Go to Solution.
10-02-2012 11:23 PM - edited 10-02-2012 11:24 PM
If you don't need SDK 3.0 features, you could stick with 2.0 if you prefer. That runs just fine on BB10. I wouldn't mix SDK versions in one app - that's bound to cause trouble unless you know exactly what you're doing.
First, I'd check out the release notes for 3.0 beta 3:
I'm not sure if these release notes also cover SDK 3 beta 2 and beta 1, and can't seem to find those release notes online anymore... Perhaps someone has them on file?
I'd also check out Julian Dolce's session (JAM64) from BBJam:
If you still run into trouble, try searching this forum board. Many of the issues have been covered already. Most are just classes that have moved, have been renamed or need a .swc or .ane to be included.
Note that SDK v3 apps will not run on PlayBook, for the time being until PB also runs BB10. You'll need separate projects in FB, or do some advanced magic with conditional defines and build scripts.
Thanks Jon, that's really helpful info! (I don't *need* SDK 3.0 features, but I want to use one of them to get 'Built for BB' certification)
BTW, when I cmpile my app with SDK 3.0 plus qnx-screen.swc and qnxtext.swc in the build path it actually does run fine on my PlayBook (as well as the Dev Alpha), which made that solution so tempting. But I understand that it's a hack inviting trouble - so I'll check out your links and hunt down the missing classes.
My app : Get set - Get up! Get ready for the snooze revolution.
(Now also available in Dutch )
Thanks, I'll start reading up on ANE's and the fuse packages - probably about time, anyway :-)
My app : Get set - Get up! Get ready for the snooze revolution.
I too am converting to fuse and BB 10 and finding it quite tedious, especially changing all the flash.text to qnx.ui.text...
Anyway, after getting a clean compile, I am running on the DevAlpha simulator: I can't seem to get it into landscape mode and when I run my app:
VerifyError: Error #1014: Class mx.core::BitmapAsset could not be found.
The splash screen is specified in the blackberry-tablet.xml and is 1024 x 600, but nothing appears, so wondering if that is the problem...
Suggestions appreciated.
I have a distinct project (started long ago to convert to fuse).
I don't use MX framework AFAIK...
anyway, seems that this is caused by not checking the "package" in the ANE screen - (very intuitive). At least, I can now start debugging/redoing all my layouts... I cannot imagine how you did a large app so quickly...
Using fuse layouts is proving really tedious. My latest discovery:
getChildByName doesn't work (presumably due to the intervening scroller), but if you walk through the children using getChildAt, the scroller is invisible and you can find the child by name.
Also, the parent of a component in a Container, is the scroller so you can't use its name for tracing...
So the scroller is only partially invisible...


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Meh. Comes across as a guilty person trying to excuse his conscience and convince himself he's not being deceitful, and doing so by coming up with an emotional strawman scenario as reason to change the rule by way of the exception.
The claim isn't that he 's not being deceitful, but that deceit isn't always wrong.


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The festival presents six days of non-commercial films geared to children and youth ages 3 to 18. The festival includes Q&A sessions and filmmaker discussions as well as filmmaking workshops.
Tickets are $5 for children and $7.50 for adults, with family discounts available. Films will be shown at Metcalf Auditorium in the RISD Museum of Art Chace Center, 20 North Main St.; Cable Car Cinema, 204 South Main St.; and the Rhode Island School of Design Auditorium, 17 Canal St. Metcalf Auditorium offers free admission for films and events on Saturday and Sunday.
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... for your business on the main drag. I also happened on a real gold pan - just in case for future use. We were lucky to make the acquaintance with the owners of Aska Lodge, a premier bed-and-breakfast just outside of town. Words cannot describe our stay so check out the photos.
Lasting memories: curvy drives along mountain sides, downed forests due to ice, hiking trails with surprises around every corner, good food and a private tub in our log cabin.
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... a German-themed town. Too touristy for us but Betty's General Store is a must. Walk to the back for fresh soup and sandwiches.
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Will Max Baucus Sell Out Dems On Taxes?
Now I don't think liberals need to worry that a hypothetical, revenue-neutral agreement between Baucus and Camp will become law, at least not right away. The problem is it would have a very big downside in that it would upend the rather improbable fact that Dems have unified around the need for tax hikes. And that will have immediate effects on people running for Senate this year.
First, on policy, if the two men cut a deal it would be hard, though not impossible (and, oh yeah, a monumental act of betrayal) for Baucus to end run Senate Dem leaders this Congress. Also Obama still has veto power. So it's hard to see it happening. But more on all of that later.
For now what matters are the ripple effects such a deal would have on status quo legislative politics and on midterm elections. And my sense is it would be pretty damaging to both the Democratic party and liberal budgeting goals. Baucus is up for re-election this cycle in a state Obama just lost badly. He chairs the powerful Finance Committee. And even if he's just trying to burnish his cred with voters in Montana, a revenue neutral deal with Camp -- even a non-starter -- would undermine a tax revenue consensus it took Democratic party leaders years to build.
Other vulnerable Dems -- Mary Landrieu, Mark Pryor, and the rest, many of whom have already voted for higher taxes in the Democratic budget, and elsewhere, and are on the hook for the political consequences -- would be under immense pressure to follow suit. Their old votes would be wasted. Their own re-election fights would become more complicated. But more importantly a crucial but fragile consensus would be shattered, and the door to much-needed higher revenue would be closed tighter, and for longer, than it already is.
Which is probably why the White House and Senate Dem leadership want to nip this in the bud.


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Over the course of the weekend, Maria and I showed my parents... err... they're more like best friends now - around Victoria. We had them over to the house, drove around the city some, walked downtown, went shopping and sampled a number of restaurants, pubs, and lounges.
Put another way... the weekend turned into something of one big, long pub-crawl. Haha! We went to Spinnakers Brewery Pub, the lounge at the Delta hotel, Nautical Nellies Seafood Restaurant, and the Sticky Wicket pub and restaurant. The four of us then met up with our old friends Greg and Adriana, and the six of us had one hell of a night, starting at the Keg, then Swans Brewpub, followed by a fantastic dinner experience at Il Terrazzo (an Italian restaurant with a lot of character). The night culminated with a most enjoyable (albeit, slightly fuzzy and ill-remembered) wine/cheese tasting put on by Adriana, at hers and Greg's place.
While we were a little slow to get going the following morning, my poor parents had a very short sleep, before they had to get back to the airport and deal with a most friendly - NOT! - security agent.
All it all, it was one of the best weekends of our stay in Victoria!


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This girl just won't stop until she gets an actual long term sentence, will she? She has been given EVERY chance in the world to turn her life around but she just WILL NOT DO IT! No more slaps on the wrist for her….it's crystal clear that she will not learn until she has a severe punishment to serve and I surely hope she is given one!
Lindsay Lohan Arrested Again – Jail is Now Home
Lindsay Lohan wants to go back to jail. Once again, Lohan finds herself in trouble (yawn!).
Lohan was ARRESTED at 4 AM Thursday in New York City for allegedly punching a woman at a New York City nightclub according to TMZ.
Lohan was at the nightclub when she got into an argument with a woman and it became physical. Prior to the fight, words were exchanged between Lindsay and the woman as they sat in separate booths near each other. According to reports, Lindsay told the lady, "Give me my space" and for some reason, Lindsay got up and allegedly punched the girl.
Lindsay left the club and was a passenger in a car before the police intercepted the car and made the arrest.
Lindsay is currently in police custody.
The troubled actress is about to be charged with lying to cops in June after her car accident on Pacific Coast Highway. She told them she was a passenger in the Porsche when actually she was driving.
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My son in law who has a permit to carry a concealed weapon told me before that in his state it is the people who do not have a gun that will most likely be the ones targeted by a criminal with names and address posted of gun owners.
My son in law who has a permit to carry a concealed weapon told me before that in his state it is the people who do not have a gun that will most likely be the ones targeted by a criminal with names and address posted of gun owners.
It appears to be irresponsible journalism. Publishing that list could put people, and their property, at risk. I dont want the contents of my home published in the paper. Its an invitation for robbery.
I agree with you Blackstone.
How ever, be it known I have a CC, I use it and my home is not a place you want to break into.
I have a very large, very mean Black dog, and I have a loaded firearm within arms reach of my bed, my easy chair and my desk in the "Man Cave."
Actually, now that I think of it, I may have even more than those about, loaded.
I might add I fired expert every single visit to the range in my military career (once a month).
Golden "E's!"
As far as the loaded shotgun (Stoger 3500 with 5 rounds of Prairie Storm #4), I may not be real good with that firearm, but then I don't have to be!!!!!
"If you step to me, you had best come correct!!"
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A lab that will bite? Where did you find him?
The real problem Stan, is that a criminal will simple case you house rob you at a time when no one is home. Plus, if they know they may potentially be confronted by a home owner with a gun, they will come prepared to meet you with equal force. One of your best defenses in that situation is the element of surprise. You have an advantage if the robber doesn't know you're armed.
The sound and flash of a .44 mag in a dark room would probably make an intruder crap all over themselves even if you missed them with the first shot.
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So ... the knowledge that there could be a gun in the home would be somewhat of a deterent, even if not a complete "guarantee" that your home would be entered. The criminal will either choose your home when you are not there, and steal the guns as well ... although that refrigerator gun safe shown on the main Forum might make that more difficult
I would guess that there is also no guarantee that the criminal who invaded the gun-less home would not be armed?
Smartest criminal would ALWAYS choose the home when nobody is home
Maybe EVERYONE, even those who will never purchase a firearm, should get permits? Then the criminals would not know which homes had a weapon and which did not. Nor would the govt know which had a weapon and which did not ... just in case someone passed a law for confiscation of weapons, it would make the process more difficult
Maybe those permit-holders in that area should encourage their neighbors to also get permits ... for their own safety?
This was, at first, a lighthearted thought ... but it begins to seem less laughable the longer I think about it.
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is there a link to any of this? either the newspaper or a FB link or anything
Im stunned by this
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Quantum, Sony scrap old tape formats
Sony will stop shipping the first generation of SAIT this fall and has no OEMs for the second generation. Meanwhile, Quantum is scratching development on SDLT.
Sony officials confirmed that the first generation of the company's proprietary half-inch SAIT format will stop shipping in October, SearchStorage.com has learned. The second generation is still available, but will only be shipped directly to customers from Sony and is only supported by Sony's own PetaSite library, Sony officials also confirmed. (This is not to be confused with Sony's 8mm AIT format, which recently announced a fifth generation and new backward-compatibility features.)
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Meanwhile, in its annual report issued Aug. 17, Quantum told investors, "Going forward, we expect to focus on LTO technology to enhance an already solid position in this growing market …We have suspended further development in the DLT and SDLT technologies as we focus our investments in LTO technology, as well as new technology for growing … segments of the data storage market."
Quantum said it is focusing its tape research and development on LTO, but also recently announced a new agreement with Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) that has HP handling LTO-5 products, from the selection of components to decisions about product packages, whereas Quantum will be handling the design work for meeting LTO-5 specifications.
Reached for comment this week, a company spokesperson said, "Tape is not a growth area for Quantum since we are focusing on our disk and software business."
Over this year, Quantum's major announcements have backed that up, including a refurbishing of the StorNext file system it acquired with Advanced Digitial Information Corp. (ADIC), new flexibility features for its data deduplication software sold with its DXi appliances and a bundling of the StorNext file system with HP's EVA at large multimedia accounts. This week, Quantum has followed up with the announcement of another new software tool called StorageCare Vision that automates and centralizes status monitoring, capacity utilization reporting, alerting and diagnostics on both disk and tape backup systems.
Quantum claims "a loyal DLT install base" with over two million drives. The DLT format, which includes both SDLT/DLT-S and DLT VS/DLT-V tape drives, represented approximately 14% of the tape drive market in 2006, according to IDC figures. In the midrange segment, where IDC categorizes super drives, such as SDLT/DLT-S and LTO full height drives, SDLT/DLT-S has about 6% market share.
"If, at some time in the future, there is a compelling reason to resume development, we would consider doing so," according to a company spokesperson in an email to SearchStorage, who added that Quantum will continue to sell and support all current DLT products, including the latest DLT-S4 and DLT-V4 generations, "for many years to come."
History repeating itself in the tape market?
Prior to LTO, according to Bob Amatruda, research director for tape storage for IDC, the tape market was historically focused on proprietary formats, whether high-end formats from IBM and StorageTek or midmarket formats, like SDLT and SAIT. In fact, SDLT was what took over from another stalled proprietary format, the Mammoth drive from Exabyte Corp. (See An era ends as Tandberg buys Exabyte, Sept. 30, 2006).
Now, according to the latest tape market research from Freeman Reports, total revenue from all tape libraries was $1.81 billion in 2006, a decline of 15.6% compared to 2005. The drop in industry revenue followed two consecutive years of revenue growth. The report also noted that tiered storage, which shifts tape into an archival rather than a daily backup role, is also a factor in the decline of tape library sales.
With tape taking on a reduced role in day-to-day backup, the market is shifting again, and once again it will be survival of the fittest, according to analysts.
"Both SDLT and SAIT have seen some pullback from OEMs, while the largest OEMs in the market take part in the LTO consortium," Amatruda said. "Those OEMs in turn have seen a marked change over the last three years aligning storage with their server and platform businesses, and that creates a barrier to entry for any other product."
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