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From President Obama to the editorial pages of The New York Times the message on the left is the same: low taxes (especially on the wealthy) and deregulation are making the rich richer and the poor poorer. Their solution: more big government.
Here's the problem: nothing about this message is true. The George W. Bush tax cuts made after-tax incomes in the United States more equal, not less equal. Furthermore, all over the world low taxes, less regulation and limited government are associated with more income equality, not less. In addition, the greatest beneficiaries of economic freedom tend to be those at the bottom of the income ladder, not those at the top.
Because a lot of the work debunking left-wing myths about income inequality has been done by my colleagues at the National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA), I have had a special interest in these questions over the years. What I am about to summarize is the result of careful study and analysis by some of the nation's top economists. These are studies that are routinely ignored by those who parrot the standard liberal line about how unfair capitalism is.
Money, it's a crime. Share it fairly
but don't take a slice of my pie.
Let's start with the Bush tax cuts. Stephen F. Austin State University economist Michael Stroup has analyzed their impact based on statistics gathered by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). As reported in an NCPA study and herein updated with the latest IRS data, Stroup compares 2002 federal income tax data with 2008 data to find that:
- The 2003 Bush tax cuts led to a more progressive tax system. While the top 1% of the income distribution paid 34% of all income taxes collected in 2002, this figure rose to over 38% in 2008, the last year before the recent recession. During this same period, those in the bottom half saw their share of the tax burden cut from 3.5% of all income taxes to 2.7%.
- Pre-tax income in the United States has become more unequal during this period, yet the Bush tax cuts benefitted the lower half of U.S. taxpayers more than the rich: While the income share earned by this richest 1% increased by 5% more than their rise in tax share, the bottom half saw their tax share decline exceed their income share decline by 12.5%.
Incidentally, Stroup found that the tax system became more progressive throughout the 1990s as well — after the Bush (1990) tax increase, the Clinton (1993) tax increase and the Clinton (1990) decrease in the capital gains tax rate. But here is the message most voters never hear: Virtually every Republican tax cut — going all the way back to the early rate reductions under Ronald Reagan — left the tax system more progressive. One reason for that is that the Republican tax reform measures took millions of low-income families off the tax rolls. Even though high income taxpayers face lower rates than they once did, they are still shouldering a greater share of the overall tax burden.
As for the international evidence, the Frasier Institute of Canada has gathered an international team of economists to study and measure economic freedom in countries around the world and report annually. (Milton Friedman was an early participant in this project, as was yours truly.) Here are some recent findings:
- There is almost no relationship between the degree of economic freedom and the share of national income going to the poorest 10% of the population. (It's 2.4% in the one-fifth of least free countries and 2.6% in the one-fifth of most free countries.)
- There is a huge difference in absolute income, however: Per capita income for the bottom 10% was only $1,061 in 2009 in the least free countries, but reached $8,735 in the most free.
By the way, economic freedom is also very important for the average person. In 2009, per capita income was $4,545 in the one fifth of least free countries and a whopping $31,501 in the one-fifth of most free countries. In other words, the difference between living in a country with low taxes, low regulation and limited government versus living in a big government country is a nine-fold increase in income!
A final study of interest was produced by Gerald Scully, one of the finest economists of my generation who passed away a few years ago. Like Stroup, Scully used a general measure of overall inequality. In a seminal NCPA study he found that other things being equal:
- Freer economies enjoy higher rates of economic growth than less free ones.
- Economic growth increases income inequality, but the effect is small.
- Overall, the increase in inequality from economic growth is outweighed by the reduction in inequality caused by greater economic freedom — creating a net benefit to lower income groups.
Here is the bottom line: economies with the greatest degree of economic freedom not only produce higher incomes for the average family, they also produce a more equal distribution of income than would otherwise have been the case.


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Fiction, Female / Girl, First Time, Job/Place-of-work, Lesbian, Teen, Virginity
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Gender: female Age: N/A Location: N/A
Posted Sun 12th of June 2011
This is part of an occasional series of 'Scenes', all of which are a single scene in a particular type of location. They are 'point of view' stories, and you can imagine that you are either the innocent young chambermaid or the stylish older hotel guest who seduces her. This is happening today, at a hotel in your town.
copyright: Lesley Tara, 2011
There is no 'Do Not Disturb' sign hanging on the door of your hotel room, so I knock – not too hard – and when you call out 'Yes?', I reply 'It's the chambermaid', and you tell me to come in.
I am a little tentative about this, because I am still quite new at this job – I am only a couple months over sixteen years of age, working in this smart hotel in my seaside home town as a vacation job in the school summer holidays. The law is you have to be over sixteen for this sort of employment (even a temporary position), and this is my second week since starting – I was lucky to get the job, they wouldn't normally take a girl quite so young and new, but my eldest brother who worked here last summer recommended me to the manageress, and because he was a reliable hard worker she decided to give me a chance.
My job is quite simple: I give a thorough clean to the rooms from which people have checked out and a quicker tidy to the rooms where the guests are staying on, including making the beds. This is an expensive, classy establishment, and to maintain that image I have a very traditional chambermaid's uniform to wear: a black linen knee-length dress with a white frilly apron, tied behind the neck and at the waist, and a small white lace cap pinned in my hair.
You are staying at the hotel for a week (this is your third day), and obviously you are not lacking money as you have taken one of the best and largest rooms in the hotel, with a balcony view onto the sea, and you are paying for a luxury double-bed room even though you are a single woman alone. You have admired this peach of an innocent girl as she cleaned your room on the last two days, and you have chatted to her a bit – but casually, not leading anywhere, just a friendly exchange about the weather and so on. However, today you have decided to try to seduce her, to tempt her along the lesbian path – you like taking naive young teenage novices best of all, and what a tasty little morsel this pretty babe would be, if you can coax her into surrendering her pussy to your pleasures.
When I enter, I see that you are not fully dressed. At once, I apologise and say that I will come back later, but you smile and tell me to stay, that now is a good time, and with an attractive laugh you add that you enjoy seeing people working when you are on holiday.
You look very elegant and stylish – I think you are in your late 20s, ten or a dozen years older than me. You are a tall slim woman with straight blonde hair cut to collar length, and you have the classic cheekbones, clear features, slender height and long legs of a fashion model, which makes me wonder if perhaps you are or were? Certainly, I've noticed that you have great dress sense, your outfits are original and yet perfectly complementary and tasteful. Just now, you are wearing a lovely silvery-patterned ankle-length silk dressing robe, obviously of the best quality. It is only loosely fastened around your waist with a single tie, and it is falling open. I can't help but see that underneath you have a sky blue bra – only a demi cup, and much of that thin lace, so your breasts are very prominently visible, making me blush when I see them (and you think to yourself: how pretty that looks, I'd like to give her something really to blush about). Although I don't yet know this, apart from that, all you have on are matching the thong panties and suspender belt, and pale blue stockings.
I start to clean the room, and you sit on the chair by the dressing table. At first, you cross your legs – which causes the robe to fall away on either side of them, exposing your wonderful shapely thighs. The robe is also gaping open at your chest, and I can see much more of your bra and breasts. As you observe me, you slip one hand inside your robe and cradle one of the bra cups – I see this out of the corner of my eye, and look quickly away, unsettled and unsure of myself, and suddenly I feel that the room is very warm and stuffy.
You say what a very pretty girl I am, and ask my age. With a slight sigh – not because of you, but because I always have to explain; it's because I look so young, most people guess my age at no more than fourteen. You nod and say that of course I must be sixteen to able to work here, and that you understand my frustration – you say that you always looked young when you were a teenager, but you still do and now you don't mind it all! You give a rich conspiratorial chuckle, including me in our sisterhood of slim youthful fresh-faced blondes, and any irritation that I had is melted away by your charm. Guilelessly I ask how old you are, and then at once I blush and apologise profusely for such a personal question – but you smile at me with a twinkle, and I am staggered when you say thirty-four! I stammer something cringingly inane about hoping I look half as good at that age, and you touch me gently on the cheek and say softly that you are sure I will, that I'm even prettier than you were at sixteen.
You ask in a casually-friendly way if I have a boyfriend, and I shake my head decisively – I just haven't wanted to get into any of that yet, perhaps because the boys at school are always pestering me to go out with them, and I know what they really want from me, just to get my panties down and poke me with their thing – and then boast about it to their friends, and call me a slut behind my back. That happened to poor Ellen, and I'm certainly not letting it happen to me! Anyway, I can remember them all in short trousers from primary school, and they don't appeal at all.
Then you really shake my composure, because you ask in just the same tone of voice, perhaps then I have a girlfriend? I feel such a hot flush – because I think I know what you mean, and I stutter that, of course, lots of my friends are girls, I go round in quite a group ... but your slightly raised eyebrow shows that we both know what you are really referring to. And part of my turmoil is because I have been having some strange thoughts for a while, mainly about my friend Denise, I've been noticing her cute ass a lot, I don't know why (no! I don't!), and sometimes I've been watching her when we undress, side by side, before gym class. I don't think I'm a ... you know, one of those ... I'm not even going to say it! It's just natural curiosity, because Denise's breasts developed earlier and are bigger than mine, that's all it is, really, I'm sure ... I mean, sometimes she comes into my dreams at night, sometimes with her top off and saying she wants to kiss me, but that doesn't mean anything, all sorts of weird stuff happens in dreams, and I only remember those bits because I wake up after them covered in sweat and trembling.
I smile shakily, and remember that I'm supposed to be working, not chatting with the guests. I return to tidying the room, and as I pull the covers back from the bed you watch me, apparently without a care – but actually you are like a hawk, waiting for the moment. As I move the pillow to straighten it, I find an object underneath and pick it up – before realising what it is (I'm not THAT innocent): a vibrator. I drop it like a hot potato, and feel myself blushing furiously. You give a rich laugh, and get lazily to your feet – you give a sensuous stretch that has the intended effect of undoing the tie on your robe, so that it falls completely open to both sides. You walk a few steps to the bed and pick up the vibrator, catch my eye with yours, give me a wink of woman-to-woman acknowledgement that I find enormously flattering – then you kiss the silver tip of the vibrator, and say: 'my closest friend, I wouldn't travel without her!', and you put it away in your suitcase.
I am flustered, partly by finding an object that has been inside a woman's cunt, partly by your assumption that I would completely know and understand (perhaps you assume that I have one of these things myself, dear God!!), and partly by your use of the female pronoun for your sex toy ... yes, oh yes, I noticed that – I'm an observant girl, everyone says so.
You sit down again, but this time with your legs apart. The robe hangs loosely from your shoulders, concealing nothing at all, as if you have completely forgotten about it. I return to making the bed, smoothing out the undersheet – to do that on this side, I have to bend right over with my ass jutting out towards you, and somehow I know that you are looking at it, that your interest is far more than casual. I swallow, feeling a slight flush, completely unsure of how to handle this situation – after all, absolutely nothing has actually happened, right?
Then I glance over my shoulder, and I see that you are watching me avidly, your legs apart and one hand resting gently against the V shape crotch of your thong panties, slowly rubbing yourself, and your other hand has covered one of your bra cups and is slowly squeezing it.
I am shocked, frightened – and fascinated, and frightened of being fascinated. I say that I think I should go, and come back when the room is empty and finish cleaning then, but I don't move at all – I'm rooted to the spot. You slowly shake your head, still with that charming and considering smile, and you say:
'Don't worry, honey ... and don't go – if you do, you'll regret it forever, you'll miss something wonderful.'
You shrug the robe from your shoulders and it falls behind the chair to the floor, and you beckon me towards you. I seem to have no independent willpower, and I'm drawn to you like a moth to the flame ... will you burn me up, I wonder?
I slowly come closer, to stand right in front of you, in between your parted knees. Your intent gaze holds my eyes, whilst you slowly reach forwards and gently touch my leg. I make a soft sound at the first contact – so slight as to be barely audible – but I voice no other protest as your hand slowly strokes the inside of my lower thigh, against my tights. Looking at me all the time, you slip your hand further upwards, going under my skirt. I am bewildered, and yet in my heart quite certain about what is going on. I hold my breath, trembling in anticipation and anxiety – but whether it is anxiety that I won't like this, or the greater fear that I really will, I just don't know!
Your hand slides up to where my legs join, and you press against the crotch of my tights, rubbing slowly but firmly backwards and forwards at the soft base of my Venus mound. I feel your touch like an electric shock and I bridle a little, but your other hand is at my waist, holding the white waistband of my apron, and you have expected this – it is the threshold, we both know it ... will I cross it, can you carry me over?
I shift nervously on my feet, skittering a little like a nervous yearling filly about to be saddled for the first time – but, like an experienced horse-trainer, you are prepared and grip my apron waistband like a halter, keeping me in place.
This is the moment when it all becomes real, for you are touching me sexually – there is no possible ambiguity as your fingers rub firmly on the crotch of my tights, finding the furrow of my cleft, teasing my slit. You lock my eyes with yours, your gaze is magnetic, as my hands dangle uselessly at my sides, and I take short panting breaths, my eyes wide in wonder. You are deft – I don't think that I am the first young girl you have initiated, you know just where to touch to loosen me, to wash away my doubts and hesitations.
I feel a growing wetness and warmth in my pussy, and my breasts feel strangely tense as my nipples harden and rub against the inner fabric of my bra cups. My lips part slightly, and with a breathless whimper my tongue darts along them. My eyes are wide, staring down at your handsome confident features, and I surrender all volition to you – I trust you, even though I understand only hazily what you want from me and how you will take it.
'It's OK, honey; it's fine, pretty babe, don't you worry ... this will be wonderful, you'll see', you whisper reassuringly, and I bask in the warm approval of your regard even as your supple stroking of my slit arouses me, setting the blood pounding in my veins and my heart hammering in my chest.
I am beyond protest now, beyond any thought of objection or rejection, beyond any resistance to this moment, this here and now with its pulsating immediacy, its curious combination of vivid reality and ethereal remoteness. I move just slightly, widening my stance to open my hips a little, giving you more access to my private places. You smile with gentle satisfaction – you know that you have me now, that we have opened the door and gone into the secret Sapphic garden together. Your fingertips stroking the gusset of my tights can feel the patch of dampness seeping through my panties, and your expert nose catches that delectable warm scent of female arousal.
I stand quite still as you reach under my skirt with both hands, hook your fingers into the elastic waistband of my tights, and then with sensuous languor you roll them slowly over my hips and down my legs. My breath catches as you tug the crotch of the tights away from contact with my panties, and then again as the current of cooler air tickles around me. Without needing even a gesture, I lift first one foot and then the other, so that you can slip off my sensible indoor flat-heeled work slippers and then each leg of the tights as well.
Now your right hand is back under my skirt – but more visibly, as your left hand takes a grip of the hem and lifts it upward to reveal my plain pink cotton panties, which are cupped in your right hand. With a dextrous motion that takes me by surprise – hence my yelp – you slip two fingers inside my panties, gaining access from the leg opening and spearing adroitly into my slit, probing my labia apart and seeking the deep gorge in between.
You rub me like this for perhaps a minute – which is not long enough for me to come, but enough that I am now a tingling mass of nerve-endings. Your next step is to remove my panties, and this time it never even crosses my mind to object to this – you run your finger around inside their elastic waistband, and then tug them downwards too.
My pussy is naked!! My cunt is in full shocking view, just inches away from you, my sweet seducer. You hands push my skirt upwards, one hand on each of my hips, and this prevents the skirt from slipping down again.
Oh, wonder of the world ... no, of the universe!! You inexorably draw me towards you, and my cunt is level with your face. With your mouth just two or three inches from me, your fingers separate the blond curls of my downy hair and then tease my labia open, delicately unfurling the petals of my pussy. I feel the soft exhalation of your breath caress my receptive skin, and then you lean forward further and your lips press against me, your tongue darting from between them to taste the immature vintage of my seeping vaginal juices.
I spread my hips wider in an instinctive reaction, and my back arches and my head goes back on my shoulders. I give a kind of sob – not with sorrow, but with the satisfaction of surrender – as you initiate me into the pleasures of cunnilingus. The feel of your lips against my bare skin is a wonderful revelation, so mobile and soft and warm. Your tongue dips into me like a woodpecker boring holes – it jabs in and out, moist and firm, with a curious rasping texture that sends matching vibrations through my whole body. I am on fire, my breasts are so tight and hard that I think they will burst out of my bra. Sweat beads my forehead, and my eyes are closed as I savour every wild runaway sensation – oh! I never knew such pleasure, such bliss!
You eat my pussy, your tongue now lapping and probing around my clitoris, and your finger gently but persistently pressing at the base of my pudenda. Well-lubricated now, I part for you easily and your finger rubs along the inside of my vagina, upwards and downwards – but then you stop, carefully judging your moment, before I am brought to a climax, and you keep me on the cusp, tantalisingly balanced.
You withdraw your lips from my pussy, and look up at me, hot desire for my firm teenage body blazing in your eyes. I am like a rabbit caught in the glare of your headlamps – I am frozen in place, not knowing which way to jump. My mind is blank, and yet bursting with vivid images and emotions, and the sense of a half-hidden future unfolding ahead of me. Your touch is arousing me to a pitch of intensity, answering my deeply-suppressed desires – for a second, I think of my friend Denise, and picture her naked and parting her legs to allow me to do these things to her, and my whole body is flushed with a wild and wanton desire. I don't care where this is going any more, I don't care what is happening or whatever you want to do – I am just here for this moment and the next, and nothing beyond that matters at all. Without even thinking, I gasp:
'Oh! take me, please ... take me!'
You smile with satisfaction – this one is truly hooked and landed, and your instinct about a girl's seducability has once again proven to be uncannily accurate. Your response is to press the long index finger of your right hand into my vaginal hole, and I shudder with excitement and fear as your nail encounters the barrier of my hymen and scrapes across it. You smile inwardly again: it is just as you had hoped and expected – this delicious young girl is indeed still a virgin. As you press lightly against my membrane, I rise to my tiptoes under the pressure, and reach forwards to hold onto your shoulders for balance. You vow silently to yourself that you will open this pretty girlish teenager, that you will take her virginity before she leaves this room ... but not right now, not quite just yet. This dance is a tango for two, and there are more steps to be taken before that final triumphant flourish. I give a gasp of wonder, and then a shaky sigh as you withdraw your finger completely, lifting it your lips and licking my juices from it.
You rise smoothly to your feet, and I find that you are much taller than my five feet three inches, probably by nearly six inches. Your hand cups my pussy, giving it a squeeze, as you lean slightly downwards and our mouths meet in a long probing saliva-mingling kiss. As you stood up, my hands slipped down to your waist, and I marvel in amazement at the feeling of having a grown woman – a woman actually more than twice my age – in my arms as a ... as a ... yes! as a lover, a lesbian lover!
Now you reach behind my waist, and gently tug undone the bow knot which holds my apron neatly in place. I bow my head as you slip the other strap over me, and drop the frilly white garment on the floor. Next, your hand rises up my spine until it finds the collar of my chambermaid's uniform, and you take the latch of the zip between your fingers and slowly pull it downwards.
I luxuriate in the sensation of being undressed with sexual desire, for such a thing has never happened to me before. There is just a touch of cool sea breeze through the slightly-ajar door to your balcony, and it caresses my bare skin as the zip reaches the small of my back and the black dress hangs open behind me. With a swift shrug of my shoulders, the maid's uniform slips from me – my slender hips give it no purchase, and it cascades down my body and pools around my ankles on the floor.
I gaze at you with saucer-eyes, but without any shame. I am naked now apart from my pink bra and the little lace cap of my maid's outfit. Remembering the latter, I reach a hand up to unpin and remove it, but you halt me with a gesture:
'No, don't – you look so pretty in that, leave it on.'
Now your hands are fondling my bra cups, kneading gently the small breasts that they cover. My bra is almost a training bra, for my A-cup bumps need no support. I catch my breath as you reach round again and unsnap the backband, and I have a second of embarrassment as the bra tumbles from my shoulders, revealing my juvenile chest. But you like my lack of size – it makes me seem even younger than I am, and that attracts you like the panther stalking the tethered lamb.
I give a little squeal as your mouth slips over one of my rock-hard nipples, and you suck on it and then tease it between your teeth – and, simultaneously, your right hand takes my other tit and tugs on it before rubbing your thumb over and around it. Your left hand slips between my parted thighs once more, gently caressing my mound and running a fingertip delicately along my opening cleft. I am almost weak-kneed from this roller-coaster ride of sensations, which is just as you have intended all along.
For a moment, your mouth and hands relinquish my breasts and pussy, and you glance towards the bed. I allow you to steer me backwards three or four paces, until the backs of my calves bump against it. You quickly tug the covers out of the way and ease me down, to lie across the mattress on my back, my legs slightly parted to expose my virgin vagina.
As I gaze up at you, I swallow in nervous expectation, for you are a truly magnificent example of a mature sexual woman. Your lingerie is elegant and clearly expensive, and yet very sensual. As I watch, open-mouthed, you slowly roll your skimpy thong panties down your thighs and cast them away, and I see with tingling recognition that your pussy is completely shaven, so that all of your sex is revealed. Now, still holding my gaze in your hot regard, you unshrug your bra – and your gorgeous, fascinating breasts swing free; they are not too big, a nice average 30C or maybe 32C, but they are well-shaped and firm, with large aureoles and prominently aroused nipples.
You keep on your garter belt and stockings, and this makes you even more alluring than full nudity, for the lacy fringe of the suspender belt so neatly accentuates the sweeping curves of your hips and pelvis, and the straps which hang down to clasp your stockings frame the jutting opening of your visible red slit. With a fluid motion, you move forwards and recline on the bed beside me, propped up one elbow and gazing down at my small girlish breasts. Once again, you idly trace your hand along my body – starting from my knee, and stroking upwards along my inner thigh until my pussy is once again cupped in your palm. You give it an affectionate squeeze, rather like a greeting for an old friend, and this sends an erotic charge surging through my nervous system.
Next, your hand moves upwards, whispering across my stomach and then circling my small bumps, where you pause for a moment to rub your thumb just underneath each of my stiff little tits. Then you take my chin in your hand and draw me towards you, guiding my mouth until it encounters the silky smoothness of your breast. I am trembling like a leaf as I take your hard nipple between my lips, and I am tentative at first as I touch the tip of my tongue across it. The taste and texture of your nipple is fascinating, and I gain confidence from your purring sounds of approval and pleasure as I begin to suck and lick more firmly around your jutting tit.
As I get into my stride with this, you reach for my hand and bring it down between your own legs – you want me to touch and hold your cunt! Taking my cue from the encouraging pressure of your grasp, and the vivid memories of how you fondled me just moments ago, I begin to caress your pussy, feeling for the opening – so soft, so fleshy, and ... oh! ... so moist, so dripping wet with juices. You give a little moan, and I increase the pressure, parting your labia and with great daring sliding the tip of my thumb along the groove between them.
Suddenly the realisation hits me: I'm having lesbian sex, I'm actually fucking an older woman! Far from alarming me, this goes to my innermost core and sets off a depth-charge of lust. A convulsive shudder of erotic excitement runs through me, so profound that it is the closest of kissing cousins to an orgasm. Even so, apart from one deep groan, I never stop my appointed task of orally arousing your beautiful breasts, although for fairness sake I have now shifted my attentions to the other one.
Your breathing starts to break down into ragged pants, interspersed with short high-pitched gasps, and I realise that you are riding the crest of the wave towards orgasm. Suddenly, you grasp the wrist of my pussy-poking hand, and hoarsely exhort me:
'Finger ... aaaahh! Finger, use it, c'mon babe, finger-fuck me!'
And then, without even waiting for my response, you arch your hips apart and jab my hand forcefully into your vagina. I have understood enough of your meaning to extend my index finger straight out like a rod, and you sink that deep into your pussy. The texture and sensation are a revelation to me – like a kind of resilient rubber, and smoothly slick with your juices. The widening hole of your vulva resists my entry with momentary sucking firmness, and than gapes open as my digit enters you. Your grip on my hand is like steel, and you piston it in and out of you with a force that this novice would never have dared to use. You give a soft cry of rising ecstasy, and then another gasped instruction:
'Two ... two ... honey, use two, ah-ahhhh!! ... shit! yes, yes! you've got it – like that ... oh fuck, that's sooo gooood!'
I have understood at once – my tight little virginal twat can only take a single finger, but your adult experienced cunt needs more to fill its hole. Now I begin to thrust two fingers, side by side, although really it is you who are controlling this, your hand is driving mine back and forth with almost savage intensity, as you bring yourself to climax.
'Pretty babe, you're so cute ... aah! yes – that's good! ... you're so fucking sexy', you manage to pant.
It delights me that I turn you on so much, for I know with certainty that I want to thrill you, that I want you to desire me. With urgent intensity, your voice becomes hoarse and low – but fortunately not so loud as to carry beyond this room:
Your eyes are closed, a rictus of exaltation tightens your cheeks and mouth, your back arches clear of the bed, and your hips jerk and quake in a volcanic orgasm. There is nothing you like better than a sweet slim teenager fucking your vagina ... nothing, that is, apart from giving her the same treatment in turn!
As your orgasm recedes, you slump back next to me, your eyes opening and your face flushed with a glow of satiated pleasure. You release my pussy-poking hand, but make no complaint when I continue to ply my fingers up and down your vagina, the movement now vertically from bottom to top rather than horizontally in and out. You look at me with warm affection, and I bask in your approval as you whisper your thanks and then kiss me, slowly, deeply, exchanging saliva and swirling tongues in a long and very arousing French kiss.
When we come up from this for air, you smile again and tell me that now it is my reward, and I tingle with curious anticipation and newly-awakened lesbian excitement ... yes, I don't hesitate over the L-word any longer, in fact I embrace it: if this is how sex is with another female, than a lifelong lesbian I will surely and happily be!
I lie back, and for a moment you stroke the silky blonde hair that was one of things which made you desire me, made you decide upon me as your first target for seduction on this holiday ... my lovely long fair hair, my slim undeveloped figure, and my cute pert ass that I wiggled in front of you (it must have been subconsciously) when I made up your bed on the first morning. You smile at that memory, and then you kiss my forehead, the tip of my nose, my mouth briefly again, my chin ... and then your mouth goes to my breasts, and as it does your hands urge my thighs to spread wide open, and you begin to stroke around my upper thighs, coming ever closer to my hot seeping sex slit.
Your fingers deftly delve between my labia once again, probing me, entering me, turning me on so much. Your eyes gleam ... now, soon will be the moment, the completion of your conquest. You probe your finger inwards until it encounters definite resistance, and once again it presses against the membrane of my virginity, teasing its flexibility as if it were a minute trampoline. Lying there, half beside me and half above me, you arch an eyebrow interrogatively, and ask just a single word, so loaded with meaning and possibility:
I wet my lips, but really need no time for thought. I nod, and whisper 'Yes', softly and barely audibly, but it sounds like a thunderclap in my ears.
You nod, but instead of taking immediate action you rise from the bed, and disappear for a moment into the en suite bathroom. In an instant you return with one of the hotel's large Egyptian cotton bath towels, and I lift my hips in comprehension for you slide this underneath my buttocks – I may be a virgin, but I've had those sex-education classes in school too, I know what happens, and I appreciate the precaution you have taken so that any show of blood will not get through to the bedsheets.
Again you step back for a second, but now to reach for the metallic-silver vibrator that you had earlier artfully placed for me to discover – and which you always hoped and intended would be used to open this peachy pussy, and debut this pretty potential lesbian. My breath catches as you rub its smooth-rounded tip up and down my cunt, and then you ease it into me, as my juices gush to lubricate its inward journey. You corkscrew it from side to side with deftly practiced twists of your wrist, and with each motion it sinks in another millimetre, stretching my pussy to adult capacity.
Now the point of the vibrator has reached my hymen, and – like your finger before it – it teases and stretches against it, but carefully avoiding the force that would tear through it. No more words are exchanged, but you look at me directly again in silent enquiry. I bite my lower lip in sudden nervousness, for this step is irrevocable – and I somehow know, far beyond even the importance of the physical change, that if I give myself to another woman now, I will want only women for ever more. I suppress my sudden unworthy doubts and fears ... let it be so, let it surely be so.
I nod, and on that instant you switch the vibrator on, catching me by surprise and churning the nerve-endings in my pussy into a frothing lather. Then you pull the vibrator back about an inch, and with one smooth motion of your elbow you thrust it back again – through my virgin barrier and deeper into my vagina. There is a moment of pain, but nothing severe – for some reason, I think it feels like a sudden stubbing of your toe on bad paving: unexpected, briefly unpleasant, and leaving for a few minutes a throbbing soreness and a heightened sensitivity.
Now the vibrator is almost all of the way into me – before these moments, I would never have believed such a thing to be possible. But then, nor would I have foreseen the blissful sensations that result, and of which I cannot get enough. My actions copy yours – not in deliberate mimicry, but because they are the only possible responses to such stimuli. I am gasping for breath, my hips are jerking up and down, and my tits are on fire. My head thrashes from side to side on the rumpled bed sheets, my long blonde locks in a sweaty tangle, and I am biting down hard on my lower lip as the exquisite sensations tread that fine line between agony and ecstasy.
You sense the moment – not surprisingly, for as well as grown women lovers, over the last fifteen or so years you have seduced nearly a dozen delectable teenagers. You pull the buzzing vibrator back a little further, pause for a tantalising split-second, and then ram it into me, harder and deeper than ever. To deliver the coup de grace, you do two other things simultaneously: you grip one of my breasts with your free hand and squeeze it, and you whisper hotly in my ear:
'Come, babe ... c'mon, and come ... come for me, do it for me ... come for me, now, now!!'
And I do – having my first ever true climax. Like an avalanche it sweeps me away and leaves me buried in a white cocoon of bliss, and when I emerge from it the world seems a different place. There is a new landscape now – old ideas are buried with little sense of loss, and I must find my own track across this reshaped terrain.
For a moment, I lie back, spent and taken, and yet fulfilled beyond measure. You smile at me fondly, and use the free edge of the towel to wipe away the sweat from my forehead and cheeks, and then go lower to dry softly across my breasts ... hey lady, if you keep doing that, you'll set me off again! We lie on the bed in companionable closeness and silence, my hand cupping one of your swaying breasts, just to feel its weight and texture, and perhaps as reassurance that all of this really has happened and its not just a dream. I admire your alluring femininity – the swell of your breasts, the curve of your hips, the smooth rise of your stomach, the swooping dip to a slender waist, and then the plunge to the valley of delight in between your smooth tanned thighs.
'When ... ?' I ask softly, and you look down at me and chuckle with amusement.
You translate my simple plea into its proper meaning, and put it into words:
'You mean – when can you see me again ... when can we do it again?'
I nod, slowly but with unmistakeable intent.
'I can be here all day, honey', you affirm, for there is nothing in this world that you enjoy more than girl-fucking, especially when the teen is a novice. You ask what I am doing after my room-cleaning duties are over, and my truthful reply is nothing, nothing at all.
'Well', you smile in lazy warm anticipation, 'come back then, we'll take a shower together and then spend the afternoon in bed – I can teach you so many special secret pleasures!'
I am so thrilled – oh, heavenly day of opening and opportunity, of which I never even dreamt an hour ago! I glance at the clock – can only twenty minutes have passed since I entered this room? Still, I have got behind with my work duties, and it is a mercy that the manageress has not come hunting to chase me up – that would have been awkward! As it is, I had better get back to my room cleaning as soon as possible.
I get dressed quite hastily – you helpfully zip up my black uniform dress, and I tie on the apron and restore the little hat to my tousled hair. I kiss you on both sets of lips, earning an appreciative murmur as I kneel to plant one on your puckered labia. Then I set off to complete the cleaning of my set of rooms – and never have I worked so fast before!
Soon, very soon, I will be back to knock on your door – and this time there will be no hesitation about it!
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Anonymous reader
2017-02-05 20:52:05
You are one of only a very few people who tell about the scent of how a girl who is aroused has
When I'm reading stories that you write this is something that I always look forward to because it makes it like it really is happening
As for me my pussy always has that aroma when I am aroused so I can relate to what you are saying.
2012-12-13 08:19:00
This is another work of art Lesley.
When ever I want to prepare myself for a sensous evening with my Bride, I just read one of your awesome stories.
I love to use the lovely techniques that you describe so well. She responds so well to them. I always have. and always will, make sure she has at least one orgasm from manual and oral stimulation before I even consider penetration.
Some times that falls short lately because I have had an errection all during her first orgasm. Then it seems that my member gets a bit tired and wants to rest. But that is something we can work on together.
Actually, all she has to do is coax me to give her more oral and he wakes up instantly.
There is something very powerful in the scent of an arroused pussy - in my humble opinion.
Thanks for everything Lesley.
Have a happy holiday season enjoying the essense of your partner Lesley
anonymous reader
2012-01-31 10:23:37
Fantastic, I wanted more, to know what she did for her teacher!
anonymous reader
2011-07-06 16:53:38
An other great story. Super good idea to have the young chambermaid to relate her experience. Again, the words are correctly used. I could feel the sensations in my own body, reading the progresssion of the older woman, introducing the young girl «aux plaisirs de l'amour lesbien»...
anonymous reader
2011-06-13 20:22:35
that was a very well written one. as expected of your SURPRISE stories
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Friday, October 22, 2010
SAN DIEGO On the surface, San Diego County's jobs picture seemed virtually unchanged in September. The unemployment rate held steady at 10.6 percent.
There were 100 fewer non-farm jobs in the county, and 200 additional agricultural workers. The health and education sectors added 1,200 new jobs last month. Local and state governments added 2,100 employees, most of them in education-related positions.
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"Last year, through September, we'd lost about 65,000 jobs," said Dr. Lynn Reaser, head of the Fermanian Business & Economic Institute at Point Loma Nazarene University. "So far this year we've added about 2,800 jobs, in terms of non-farm payrolls during the first nine months."
The county's biggest job gains in the last year have come from professional and business services. Those 4,800 jobs have been in some of the county's newest industries.
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Continuing its aggressive post-Enron investigation of white-collar crime, the federal government has trained its sites on the mortgage financing industry. For example, the FBI recently announced: "The FBI views mortgage fraud as a significant and growing crime problem. The mortgage lending and housing market have a considerable overall effect on the nation's economy and combating mortgage fraud will remain a top priority for the FBI. … The FBI is proactively working with the mortgage industry in an effort to curb mortgage fraud crimes."
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Jessica M. Hawthorne has been hired as youth program coordinator at the Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities, an organization that works with schools, businesses and communities to achieve success through inclusion. In her role, she conducts diversity and inclusion programs for middle school, high school and college students across the Commonwealth. Hawthorne has particular responsibility for VCIC's assemblies, one-day youth forums and multi-day student retreats.
Todd Weinstein has joined the Richmond office of Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer as a senior vice president in the Capital Markets Group. He will lead the multifamily advisory division for the Central Virginia and Hampton Roads markets. Weinstein has over 10 years of experience specializing in multifamily investment sales and has been directly involved in multifamily dispositions totaling more than $3 billion during his career. He graduated from the University of Virginia and has an MBA from Vanderbilt University.
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Complete the Regimen
Eye Lift Synergy
Eye Lift Synergy
Additional Information
What It Is
Eye Lift Synergy is designed with DMAE and Vitamin C Ester to address fatigued looking eyes showing signs of aging. Formulated to brighten, lift and smooth the eye area for a visible, more healthy, youthful appearance, this two-step therapeutic solution includes:
A light-weight non-oily serum that delivers firming, brightening and restorative benefits, while bringing life to dull and tired looking eyes.
A fast absorbing intensive eye treatment that helps repair advanced signs of aging around the delicate eye area.
What It Does
- Brightens dark circles and discolorations.
- Lifts and firms skin that has lost elasticity.
- Hydrates skin to diminish and help prevent lines and wrinkles.
What To Expect
Due to the science and compounds used in our products the feel and scent may vary.
Consumer Results
86% reported improvement in skin elasticity.
86% showed improvement in the appearance of lines and wrinkles.
79% reported improvement in skin firmness.
*After 2 weeks of use in independent study.
Provides ultimate firming benefits to skin beginning to lose elasticity; enhances facial contours and delivers a "lifted," tightened, and toned appearance to the skin; diminishes the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles.
Vitamin C Ester
Scientifically formulated to help brighten, firm and smooth the appearance of skin.
Provides ultimate firming benefits to skin beginning to lose elasticity; enhances facial contours and delivers a "lifted," tightened, and toned appearance to the skin; diminishes the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles.
Vitamin C Ester
A fat-soluble form of Vitamin C, it's the ideal therapy for sun-damaged skin as it minimizes discoloration and brightens its appearance.
Vitamin C Ester Eye Serum
Cyclomethicone, Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate, Squalane, Tocopheryl Acetate, Bisabolol, Elaeis Guineensis (Palm) Oil, Tocotrienols, Parfum (Fragrance), Ethoxydiglycol, Tocopherol, Ascorbyl Palmitate, Dimethyl MEA (DMAE)
High Potency Eye Lift
Aqua (Water), Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate, Cetearyl Alcohol, Polysorbate 60, Squalane,Undecylenoyl Phenylalanine, Phosphatidylcholine, Isopropyl Palmitate, Benzyl Alcohol,Dimethyl MEA (DMAE), Camellia Oleifera (Green Tea) Leaf Extract, CalophyllumTacamahaca (Tamanu) Seed Oil, Emblica Officinalis Fruit Extract, Glycerin, Resveratrol,Pinus Pinaster Bark Extract, Elaeis Guineensis (Palm) Oil, Tocotrienols, MagnesiumAspartate, Zinc Gluconate, Disodium EDTA, Ascorbyl Palmitate, HydroxydecylUbiquinone, Hesperidin Methyl Chalcone, Steareth-20, Tocopherol, Copper Gluconate,Sodium Hyaluronate, Astaxanthin, Acetyl Tetrapeptide-5, Dipeptide-2, PalmitoylTetrapeptide-7.
Dr. Perricone recommends patting Vitamin C Ester Eye Serum gently under eyes morning and evening. Follow with High Potency Eye Lift, applying to the eye area and upper brow both morning and evening, paying particular attention to the muscle around the eye for ultimate lifting benefits.
Application Process
Eye Area
Pea-Sized Amount
2x / Day
12 Weeks
- After cleansing skin, use fingertips to apply Vitamin C Ester Eye Serum, patting gently under eyes.
- Follow with a High Potency Eye Lift, applying to the eye area and upper brow, paying particular attention to the muscle around the eye.
- Use both morning and evening.
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Regarding the Eye Lift Synergy; are both products used simultaneously or at different times?
Thank you.Asked on 12/27/2015 by Mary Anne from New York City1 answer
Great question - they can be layered (Vitamin C Serum First, then HP Eye Lift) or you can apply one in the AM and other in PM. Either application method will deliver spectacular anti-aging benefits to your eye area!Answered on 1/2/2016 by Perricone MD Skincare Specialist
Can I see the label information before purchase? I know that the High Potency Eye Lift can be applied morning and evening, under the eye and the brow. How and when is the Vitamin C Esther applied? Is a moisturizer required after either product?Asked on 12/10/2015 by Aging Gracefully1 answer
Good question, if you are looking to see a product's ingredient list simply go to the website: click on the product that is of interest, then scroll ½ way down the page and you will see 5 tabs, click on the "Ingredient" tab. Regarding the Vitamin C Ester Eye Serum, you would use it first, before the High Potency Eye Lift both morning and night. No a moisturizer is not required unless your under eye area is feeling dry then yes apply some moisturizer over the two eye treatments to the under eye area.Answered on 12/17/2015 by Anonymous
Can you use either of these products on the eyelids themselves?Asked on 6/22/2015 by Snowe from Owasso, OK1 answer
Thank you for contacting Perricone MD.
We do not recommend applying either of these treatments on the eye lid; they should be applied underneath the eye and underneath the eye brow on the brow bone.
If you are interested in an eye treatment that can be applied to the eye lid I recommend purchasing wither the Cold Plasma Eye or the Acyl-Glutathione Eye Lid Serum.
I hope this is helpful.Answered on 6/23/2015 by Perricone MD Skincare Specialist from Perricone MD Customer Care
Can I use this product at 33 y old?Asked on 6/18/2015 by Ana fashionista from Boston, ma1 answer
Great question!
Yes you absolutely can use the Eye Lift Synergy.
Please understand that Dr. Perricone's products are not recommended based on age, we recommend based on skin concerns and what you are looking to correct and change.
The Eye Lift Synergy contains the Vitamin C Ester Eye Serum which is an excellent serum for brightening dark circles and the High Potency Eye Lift is a treatment that tightens and firms as well as diminishing fine lines and crows feet.Answered on 7/31/2015 by Perricone MD Skincare Specialist from Perricone MD Customer Care
If I put this product on autoship (replenishment) will I have to pay shipping chargers (you have free shipping over $ 50.
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Should you decide to sign up for auto replenishment one of the benefits is we offer FREE SHIPPING and a 10% discount.
I hope this is helpful.
Have a nice day!Answered on 5/27/2015 by Perricone MD Skincare Specialist from Perricone MD Customer Care
i am 30 year old and i only have a very mild wrinkles on the eyes cover and dark circle. can i use high potency eye lift? your packagae come with the eye ester c serum and i want that but should i use the lifter or advance theraphy?Asked on 4/29/2015 by gabby1 answer
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For dark circles we recommend the Advanced Eye Area Therapy.
Advanced Eye Area Therapy is an all in one lotion that helps prevent and correct every eye area concern: puffiness, dark circles, fine lines and wrinkles, and discoloration. With continuous use, the delicate skin around the eyes will appear more toned, firmed and bright. Skin will take on a more healthy and youthful appearance.
If you are also using the Vitamin C Ester Eye Serum it,should be applied first , then follow with the Advanced Eye Area Therapy and a moisturizer last.Answered on 9/3/2015 by Perricone MD Skincare Specialist from Perricone MD Customer Care
Why hasn't someone corrected the "Application" instructions on this duo? A question was asked and answered by one of your "specialists" in 2013.Asked on 12/27/2014 by Cheryl from Lake Stevens, WA1 answer
The application protocol for the Eye Lift Synergy is outlined on our website. The way to apply the two eye treatments is Vitamin C Ester Eye Serum first, followed by the High Potency Eye Lift both am & pm. I hope this is helpful.Answered on 1/28/2015 by Anonymous
Would you use this duo along with cold plasma eye, or would this replace cold plasma eye? In what order would you apply the three products and how many times per day?Asked on 9/14/2014 by Mwilson from Atlanta1 answer
Depending on your specific concerns you may use all three of these eye treatments together. Application would be: Vitamin C Ester Eye Serum, Cold Plasma Eye and High Potency Eye Lift. Our eye treatments are to be used in the AM and the PM.Answered on 9/17/2014 by Perricone MD Customer Care
Is this product safe to use if I am pregnant?Asked on 8/4/2014 by lisa1 answer
: Great Question! Dr. Perricone's products have not been tested on women who are pregnant or nursing. If you have any concerns about the product usage, we recommend that you discuss this with your physician. We do list our ingredients in our packaging and also on our website, www.perriconemd.comAnswered on 8/7/2014 by Anonymous
I am using the Vitamin C Ester Serum for lip lines and also for crows feet as label suggests. Do I need to purchase the Vitamin C Ester Eye Serum? I have sensitive skin.Asked on 7/22/2014 by Sophie from United States1 answer
Interesting Inquiry – The Vitamin C Ester Serum, is simply amazing! It yields a beautiful ,youthful complexion. I would definitely recommend our Eye Synergy duo ,which does include the Vitamin C Ester Eye Serum and the High Potency Eye Lift. These power packed treatments are sure to brighten ,lighten and tighten your eyes ! I always recommend performing a patch test of the products in an area that can be hidden. Gradually work these products into your daily regimen .Answered on 7/23/2014 by Anonymous
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This is a fantastic duo that does the work. every morning i used to wake up with puffy eyes circled with dark circles - well not any more! since i started using this duo - the puffiness and dark circles are gone! Also it made my skin around the eye smooth - now the eye shadow looks very nice. This duo is very gentle, smells fantastic and does what it promises! highly recommended!
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JOEY'S HAVING A BIRTHDAY, HELP US CELEBRATE!!! When: January 10, 2011 at 4:30 pm Where: Clifton/Bixler Residence - 15366 South Maplelane, Oregon City OR 97045 Why: Because we love Joey! What: Lots of fun, food and football! Go Ducks! In lieu of gifts this year, we would like to encourage Joey's family and friends to make a donation to something that is very near and dear to her heart, giving back to others. All of the money raised will go towards building a maternity ward for women and their children in Tercha, a rural town in Southern Ethiopia. (located in the same region her little sweeties, Tigist and Mihiretu, are from!) 1 in 27 women in Ethiopia will die due to complications during pregnancy or delivery (compared to 1 in 4,800 in the US) Your gift to Joey will help change this for many women in Ethiopia. Help us honor our amazing birthday girl by making a donation in any amount and leaving a birthday wish in the 'comment' section. Is there really a better way to celebrate with Joey then helping to bring hope and health to others!?! Hope to see you all there!! (Click on video link below for a personal look at where your donation will be going and click on the 'View Parent Campaign' on bottom right to read more details about this project) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Information about a Glimmer Of Hope - www.aglimmerofhope.org * A Glimmer of Hope lifts women and children out of extreme poverty in rural Ethiopia. * Tax deductible donation * 100% of all donations go directly to funding projects (more than 4,000 to date) as a seperate endowment is set up to cover all overhead costs. * A Glimmer of Hope has improved 2.5 million lives. * Recently, founders Donna and Philip Berber were ranked #6 globally on Barron's list of The Best 25 Givers, based on effectiveness and impact.
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Dorner was living with his mother at the time of the attacks
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He was scared to go out in public.
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I've been thinking lots about narcissism and blogging and attention to one's website. Is that the very definition of narcissism? Maybe.
Children's books are a passion of mine, and I've been writing them for seven years, picture books for middle grades and young adults. My series of four Bella and Britt books was published by Guardian Angel Publishing. They all took much time, thought, critiquing from my writer's group. And lots of self-doubt right up to the end.
Never, though, during that process, did I run to the computer, after having been away for an hour, to look for comments or pore over stats. This realization may say something to, or perhaps about, me. Oops. There's that narcissism word again…
The shift from creative writing to blogging/website production may carry with it the need to be more personal, more introspective, more in tune with one's own psyche to convey who we are to our readers and, perhaps, to define our own worthiness to ourselves. And with that may come some narcissism by default. I certainly hope that's what it is.
In the meantime, I'll continue writing books, consult with my publisher, meet with my writing group, revise, edit, use my thesaurus endlessly, and only occasionally be deeply introspective. That is, until it's time to write another entry for my blog. Oh, yes. And even when it's posted, I'll pore over it from every angle, perhaps move a photo a centimeter or two, recheck links to be sure they're working, read my witty words for the zillionth time and be, well, narcissistic.
Please excuse me now. I have to check my stats.
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I find the "open availability" statement horrible.
Even at the consumer level beyond the gangster level this is silly.
If the iphone (or similar) suddenly allowed applications to alter the audio io directly, suddenly we would have a real crypto cell to cell conversation.
Relying on ssl is sham, it should be considered trivial that the DHS with its backbone access cannot deal with this already. Nobody is making firefox addons that detect when your under the influence of a escrow proxy websense tool, or alerting you that https keys have different fingerprints suddenly.


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In the summer of 1976, the nation's capital is gearing up for the Bicentennial. Captain Beefheart's on the eight-track, and the hot new film "King Suckerman" has everyone talking. Two knockaround guys named Clay and Karras are out looking for trouble when they stumble onto a drug deal gone bad and end up with a pile of money that isn't theirs. When the well-armed dealer starts spilling blood to get to the cash, Clay and Karras must take a stand, go straight, and get justice--or maybe just sweet revenge.
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In a not-so-surprising move the Bucks have signed second round draft pick Nate Wolters the 38th overall selection in the June draft. A four-year star at South Dakota State Wolters averaged 22.3 points 5.6 rebounds and 5.8 assists per contest as a senior.
The Washington Wizards originally selected Wolters with the 38th pick overall but after five to ten minutes of confusion that crippled Twitter the Bucks emerged with his rights--but not before the Philadelphia 76ers first acquired his rights and then sent him to Milwaukee in exchange for the 43rd overall pick (Ricky Ledo) and a future second round pick. And in case you're scoring at home Ledo eventually wound up in Dallas after the Mavs shipped a 2014 second rounder to Philly for his rights.
The terms of the deal have not been disclosed (as per team policy) but we should probably expect something similar to the three-year deals that former Bucks second rounders Luc Richard Mbah a Moute Jodie Meeks and Doron Lamb received previously. Assuming it's for above the minimum in year one Wolters' deal would eat into cap room a bit but should still leave Milwaukee with over $7m left in cap space remaining--should they find a need for it.
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GW Gymnastics Hits Road for Kent State Quad Meet on Friday
Colonials to Face No. 21 Kent State, No. 12 Rutgers and Eastern Michigan in First Road Competition of Season
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WASHINGTON - The George Washington gymnastics team will compete in its first road event of the season against a pair of nationally-ranked opponents on Friday night at Kent State's Quad Meet. The Colonials will face off against the No. 21 Golden Flashes, No. 12 Rutgers and Eastern Michigan at 7 p.m. at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center.
GW is coming off of a season-opening win at last Sunday's Lindsey Ferris Invitational, the second straight season the Colonials have been victorious in their home-opening event. The Colonials swept the awards ceremony and have since garnered national rankings on both the vault (21st) and floor exercise (12th).
Graduate student Kayla Carto was named the Colonial of the Week after winning the all-around title on Sunday while freshman Chelsea Raineri had an exceptional collegiate debut, winning both the vault and floor exercise with identical scores of 9.850. Raineri also placed fourth in the all-around.
Additionally, senior Kiera Kenney won the uneven bars title while classmate Betsy Zander won the balance beam.
The Colonials dominated the field on Sunday, tallying the top five vault performances, the top four uneven bars routines and six of the top-seven floor exercise routines.
No. 21 Kent State defeated Southeast Missouri in its season opener last weekend while Eastern Michigan will be making its 2014 debut.
East Atlantic Gymnastics League (EAGL) rival and No.-12 ranked Rutgers knocked off New Hampshire, 195.050-193.875, in a season-opening conference matchup.


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This post was first published in my personal blog at isitjustme.de
When Mendeley started their Binary Battle we planned to submit our SETapp to the competition but due to a lack of time, we did not manage to get involved. However, the submission deadline for entries is over now and the folks at Mendeley have published the Top 40-ish participants that are part of the battle, amongst them very well-known tools like ReaderMeter.
There are four parts of the introduction of the Top 40:
From the list I especially like the following projects as they could really help making science more open, using alternative metrics or innovative approaches of approaching the whole science business:
What are your favorites? What can you take from the 40 applications for your seminar topic or as inspiration for the project group's work?


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To those of you in the know I run this spunky little newsletter every once in a while called The Willing Courier, get it?
Anyway when I does push this thing out to my willing fans, (oh, the puns are so thick and fast tonight) the one important thing it contains. Well for you guys. Is the poll at the end of it wherein you can get to win some goodies. Usually a gift certificate for books of one ilk or another.
And for this poll I particularly need your guys help because I need someone to help me design my Hero for the fourth book in my PIACT Undercover Agent Series.
Yep, you heard me right. Here's a glimpse of the Q's I'll be asking.
In this months poll you get to help me create the hero for the next book in the PIACT Agent Series, Atlantis IV So tell me, what does Valkir look like? Carries stats are listed in the newsletter. You are allowed to select one option in each category (hair length, hair color, beard, eyes, body type, mouth/lips and height). Two winners will receive a $10 gift certificate to their choice of Amazon, Fictionwise or MBAM. Deadline for voting: September 30, 2009.
Now do you all think you can come on over to my newsletter group here and help me get this poor fellow off the drawing board and into the word processor. The wee Heroine in getting rather desperate in there...!
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Cyprus has been a member of the European Union since 2004. The country has long been known for its low corporate income tax rate and absence of withholding taxes on payments of interest, dividends and royalties paid to non-residents. This attractive tax environment, coupled with an extensive network of double tax treaties and favorable corporate laws and freedom of capital within the EU, has made Cyprus a center for multinationals establishing holding companies, investment funds, trusts and other special purpose entities.
The financial stress in Cyprus is different from that in other EU countries. It does not stem from a sovereign debt crisis and deep government deficits. Rather, the financial crisis arose from the investments that a number of Cypriot financial institutions made in Greek bonds and other assets with severely depressed valuations. In an effort to stabilize these banks, the Eurogroup of finance ministers, along with the International Monetary Fund, has agreed to a €10 billion package of assistance for Cyprus. As part of the package, the Central Bank of Cyprus placed significant withdrawal restrictions on depositors which are gradually being relaxed by decrees issued on a weekly basis by the Central Bank of Cyprus. In a recent relaxation, the restrictive measures for branches and subsidiaries of qualifying foreign banks in Cyprus were lifted completely, with the result that these banks are now fully exempt from the capital controls in connection with transactions of their international business clients.
Laiki Bank is being folded into Bank of Cyprus in a reorganization of the banking system achieved through the freshly passed Banking Resolution Laws, and it is anticipated that Bank of Cyprus will be adequately recapitalized and the remaining restrictions on withdrawals will be lifted in a relatively short period. Laiki Bank depositors have seen all their deposits over €100,000 converted into shares while at Bank of Cyprus, depositors having over the protected amount of €100,000 have seen 37.5 percent in funds converted into bank shares, and potentially 22.5 percent more, depending on what experts determine is needed to replenish the bank's reserves.
It is worth noting that more than 50 affected parties, both local and foreign, have filed legal challenges to the new laws based on the resolution measures agreed by the Eurogroup and Cyprus.
The changes to the Cyprus tax regime are not expected to affect current structuring, particularly as far as holdings are concerned. There has been an increase in corporate tax from 10 percent to 12.5 percent, which seems not significant enough to disturb existing trading structures. And the slight rate increase does not affect holding structures at all, because dividend income, subject to the generous participation exemption criteria, will remain tax free. The defense tax on interest income has increased from 15 percent to 30 percent but there are still ways of structuring around this which can achieve the corporate 12.5 percent rate on such income rather than the higher bracket tax.
For now, the low corporate tax rate environment, absence of withholding taxes and capital gains tax, and favorable treaties with Russia and other countries are all unaffected. Also not affected is the relatively recent IP Box regime, which features a very attractive income tax rate of 2 percent for captive entities which license their IP to affiliates.
Multinationals and investors with key affiliates in Cyprus are encouraged to review their banking and financial operations in that country with a view to protecting and securing their interests and making informed choices. At this stage, it seems premature to consider restructuring existing operations that are still giving proven tax benefits. Only if Cyprus does move to alter its business-friendly tax regime should multinationals contemplate a change.
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