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True Wealth
April 28, 2009
In the course of a single day in March, our hilltop campus experienced snow, sleet, hail, rain, blustery winds, dense fog, and brilliant sunshine. Now, Oregon weather is known for its changeability, but this was one for the record books! As I ventured out for lunch at the Trail Room–bracing for anything the skies might send my way–my thoughts turned to the fluctuations in the global economy and to the myriad creative ways in which Lewis & Clark is responding to the world economic crisis. Although we cannot know what is coming next, I take comfort in my conviction that our community has the resources to weather the storm.
I am speaking here of our fiscal resources, to be sure, but I also have in mind our human capital. Consider the human capital of department chairs and managers across our institution. Because of their vigorous efforts, our budget for the next academic year–amounting to more than $125 million–contains mechanisms to help us maintain fiscal stability even as we safeguard the excellence of our academic programs. Consider the quality of our distinctive faculty and the demanding courses they teach, the collaborative research they conduct, and the innovative programs they lead. Consider as well the extraordinary students we attract. Our academic quality is the surest guarantee that applications for admission remain robust in all three schools.
At Lewis & Clark, we are diligent in managing our fiscal assets precisely because we are first and foremost an academic community, dedicated to the highest standard of excellence. In compiling the 2009–10 academic year budget, the question before us was not, "What can we cut?" but instead, "What must we safeguard?"
The answer is clear: We will not compromise the integrity, depth, or breadth of the educational experience we provide. We will never abandon our passion for exploration and discovery, nor will we forsake our commitment to developing students who are critical thinkers and global citizens dedicated to the public good. To do so would betray the legacy of the generations that came before us, would abrogate the compact we make with students and parents, and would belie our own trust and confidence in the future. Accordingly, our budget preserves every academic program at Lewis & Clark and funds every cocurricular and extracurricular activity that currently enlivens the campus.
Even as it sustains existing programs, our 2009–10 budget contains some very positive changes. We are affirming the primacy of students at Lewis & Clark by allocating an additional $2.2 million in financial aid. In addition to this 9.5 percent increase, we are bolstering student employment dollars by 7 percent. Meanwhile, we are keeping tuition increases to their lowest levels in many years.
The budget also reflects our capacity as a community that shares sacrifice. While we are providing modest salary adjustments for faculty and staff, we will postpone implementing them until we have met our targets for funding all academic and student-life programs. We are truly in this together.
This collegiality drives other initiatives. Responding to a 30 percent drop in our endowment and to reductions in income from foundation grants, we are strengthening fund-raising efforts, with particular emphasis on the Annual Fund. As our philanthropic cornerstone, the Annual Fund provides immediate support to the operating budget and the flexibility to direct resources to our areas of highest priority and greatest need. I am heartened that alumni and friends are responding with increased participation over last year. For this sustaining level of support, I am truly grateful.
Compared to many other institutions, Lewis & Clark is in an enviable position. The reasons go beyond balance sheets and reveal our true wealth: the commitment and capacity of our community to provide our students the best possible educational experience. We maintain this resolve despite the uncertainties imposed by the economy. Facing limitations, we are more determined than ever to raise the standard of our educational programs. Even as Palatine Hill's spring storms swirl around us, we are secure in our conviction that Lewis & Clark will emerge from the current economic turmoil stronger than ever.
As always, thank you for all you do for Lewis & Clark.
Thomas J. Hochstettler


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The Betty MacDonald Farm is still everything its first owner described in her memoir "Onions in the Stew": a beautiful retreat with a breathtaking view of Puget Sound, lush fruit trees and bald eagles nesting just outside the windows.
The farm in the 1940s and '50s was the ideal spot for MacDonald to raise two daughters while cranking out bestselling books that detailed, with a contemporary comedic sense, every step, and misstep, that led her here.
Happily for the legion of MacDonald fans — and for nature lovers visiting nearby Seattle — the farm and its grounds are largely as she and her second husband, Don, left it when they moved to Carmel in the 1950s. It's now run as a peaceful bed-and-breakfast retreat by Judith Lawrence.
"When I bought the place in the '70s from Don MacDonald," Lawrence recalls, "there was nothing but chicken droppings and straw" throughout the buildings and grounds. And though there are wonderful mementos of those days, including a tiny Betty MacDonald Museum in the main barn, the two suites Lawrence makes available to guests are romantic and furnished comfortably, with every convenience.
MacDonald, who was born in Seattle, insisted that she lived "a perfectly ordinary life." But there was nothing ordinary about her success in turning the absurdities of her life — raising chickens alongside the kids, trying to find work during the Great Depression — into books that still feel absolutely modern to today's readers.
MacDonald started gathering material as a young bride, married to her first husband, in the '20s, when he decided to become a chicken farmer in a soggy, remote area of the Olympic Peninsula. MacDonald's fish-out-of-water memoir of that life, "The Egg and I," became a bestseller in 1945 and then a hit film in 1947 starring Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray. It also made stars of MacDonald's fictional neighbors, the Kettles, who themselves became an entertainment franchise in the Ma and Pa Kettle films and TV series.
Throughout the Great Depression, her first husband left in the sticks, MacDonald burned through a series of jobs as a single mom and continued to write. "The Plague and I" chronicles her yearlong stay in a sanitarium for tuberculosis, and "Anybody Can Do Anything" is garnering fresh appreciation in the wake of the Great Recession as a handbook on how to piece together work when there isn't any.
It's no wonder that fans of MacDonald, who died of cancer in 1958 at age 49, come to retrace her steps around Puget Sound and end up at the sprawling 6-acre retreat where she finally found happiness.
Vashon Island is a short ferry ride from Seattle — and a tranquil world away. Betty and Don MacDonald bought the land here in the early 1940s; they puttered and ran a modest farm, and raised Betty's daughters from her first marriage, Anne and Joan. And Betty began to publish her books, including her beloved children's series, the Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle books.
My friend Paula, who lives in Juneau, Alaska, and I are both big MacDonald fans, and we wanted to check out the farm and reread some of our favorite MacDonald books. So in May we arranged to stay a night in the Cottage, a wing of the giant barn that can accommodate four. It was ideal for us. There's enough room to spread out, comfy furniture to lounge in, just the right mix of deluxe and funk (a wobbly floorboard by the door is deftly covered with a swatch of carpeting), a lovely deck overlooking the water, a kitchen and two bedrooms. The giant Douglas fir outside the picture window happened to be the home of two nesting bald eagles. Inside, there's a giant wood stove that Paula kept roaring.
Each suite is stocked with DVDs, board games and books, so it's almost impossible not to relax. After Paula and I each called dibs on a bedroom, we strolled through the gardens and orchard, checked out the greenhouse, played with Lawrence's friendly terriers, Bailey and Lily, and soaked in the lushness of spring. The ground was covered with a sprinkling of forget-me-nots. All we could hear were the cries of nesting chickadees and flickers, with the occasional call of an osprey or eagle.
We headed into the barn to check out the artifacts in the museum: framed news clippings, posters from "The Egg and I" movie, faded signs from the MacDonald days and more.
We also got to peek into the other suite, the Cedar Loft, which is breathtakingly romantic. It's up several flights of stairs, in the topmost area of the barn. Just when you think you'll arrive in a cobwebby attic, a door opens to reveal a luxurious suite with a cozy bedroom, full bath and kitchen, all smartly furnished with antiques and with the same amazing view we had from the Cottage. (The Loft is a favorite with honeymooners, Lawrence says.)
After we settled in, we went to town for lunch at the Hardware Store and strolled through charming shops and galleries. There's always something to do: nature and beach walks, birding activities and horses for rent. We also hit the local supermarket, because as a fridge magnet in our kitchen said, "Bed and Breakfast — You Make Both." Lawrence furnishes eggs (of course) and coffee, but we picked up dinner fixings as well as a few other things for breakfast. We knew that once we were back on the Farm, we wouldn't want to leave to make a supply run. Or move off the deck or the couch.
Paula picked up a copy of "Onions in the Stew" and went for a long soak in the claw-foot bathtub. I dived into some long-missed tales (so wise, that Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle). And we watched the sun set over Puget Sound and the trees, to a soundtrack of birdcalls, and realized what an honor it was to share, more than half a century later, a taste of MacDonald's ordinary, and quite splendid, life.
The Betty MacDonald Farm is still everything its first owner described in her memoir "Onions in the Stew": a beautiful retreat with a breathtaking view of Puget Sound, lush fruit trees and bald eagles nesting just outside the windows.

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Friday, September 20, 2013
Laura's Circus Cookies
Starting when I was pretty young, I used to fly (by myself!) to Seattle every summer to spend a week with my aunt Laura. From the moment I stepped off the plane, the fun would start! Laura would always put so much thought into all the neat things that we could do with our time together - places to explore, places to eat, adventures to share, things to do in the morning, things to do at night... plus plenty of time to just hang out together.
Even though we lived far apart, she did an amazing job of knowing who I was and what sorts of things I would be into. With each trip, she would pick new activities for us to do together - and they were always age-appropriate and perfect for the person I was at that age. I remember those trips together with such joy and love. We had lazy time together, loads of laughs, fun adventures, simple pleasures... the whole gamut of everything quality time can possibly be.
One year, when I arrived in Seattle, Laura told me that we would go camping! I think we were headed over to the Olympic Mountains... but maybe it was the Cascades, I don't remember for sure (I was just a kiddo!) Anyhow, she had already assembled all the camping gear, and she had put so much work into it. I don't remember exactly how the circus cookies came into the equation... but somehow we picked up a big bag of those little frosted circus animal cookies for a super special camping snack. Did we get it at a gas station? Did we buy them before we left town?
We set off for our trip with hearts full of enthusiasm - happy to be together and happily anticipating some time in the great outdoors. And then, because it was Seattle, it started to rain. And rain. And rain. Until, soon enough, as we drove along toward our camping destination, it was completely pouring torrential rain. At some point, we had to send up the white flag and admit defeat. Camping was just not in the cards for us. So, in the driving rain, we turned that car around, opened up our giant bag of circus cookies, and munched and laughed all the way back to Seattle. If we couldn't go camping, we were damn well going to enjoy our little cookies together!
When I told my aunt Laura that I had a funny idea for another Noshtalgia post in her honor, but that I wasn't going to tell her what it was... she thought for a minute and then said "Oh! I can think of one! Circus cookies!" ha ha. So obviously, that super special moment of making lemonade out of lemons, and enjoying each other's company no matter what happened was obviously very memorable for both of us!
To make my vegan circus cookies, I sorta cheated. I used this recipe as a guide, but I was too lazy to actually make the cookies, so I just went out and bought some Barbara's vanilla Snackimals (which is why my cookies are more "blob" shaped than the real ones). Then I frosted them up and put on some sprinkles. Also, I didn't bother making the pink ones, and I am just as happy with my pretty little white cookies. :)
it was surprisingly fun and wonderful to eat these!!
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I am having such a fantastic time reading all of your posts. It has really brought back some great food memories for me as well. I might have to do an homage to your posts.ReplyDelete
Love it!
Such a sweet post! That's so wonderful that Laura went out of her way to make your time together special and memorable.ReplyDelete
This is such a great post! I love the look of those biscuits :)ReplyDelete
Awww, yet another adorable story Amey! The cookies look delicious too.ReplyDelete
There must be a special part of the brain that never grows old that imprints just happy cookie memories. :)ReplyDelete
Tomorrow is Elephant Appreciation Day...I need to find my elephant cookie cutter!
Mmmm, those are some bomb cookies!ReplyDelete
i love that she remembered this moment too!ReplyDelete
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Jessica Rinaldi for The Boston Globe
After a month of planning and with help from about 100 volunteers, Dorchester residents gathered Sunday to paint, eat, and raise money for the Marathon bombing victims in a daylong event they called Hometown Comfort.
Planning the event provided an outlet for neighborhood residents, some of whom know the family of Martin Richard, the 8-year-old from the Ashmont Adams neighborhood who was killed in the bombings. Others were shaken by the attacks, and then cooped up in their homes when officials urged residents to stay indoors as police searched for one of the bombing suspects in Watertown.
The day after the suspect was captured, Chris Douglass, the chef and owner of Ashmont Grill and Tavolo restaurants who has lived in Ashmont Hill since 1987, said he started talking to friends and neighbors about planning a neighborhood event.
"Everybody was in grief, and shock, and angry," Douglass said. "Then people got into a 'do' mode, and this is a very 'do' community."
A group of neighborhood residents — business owners, nonprofit employees, parents, and friends — has been meeting to plan the event every Sunday and Wednesday since April 21, six days after the bombings.
"We're all affected by this thing, and our friends were hurt in the bombing," said Chris Stanley, an Ashmont Adams resident who helped coordinate children's activities for the event. "And we wanted to do something. It keeps us busy, keeps our mind off our grief."
Michael Maffeo of Dorchester spent Sunday afternoon shuttling his three sons between moon bounces on the blacktop behind the IBEW Local 103 hall in Dorchester where the event was held.
His sons, Matty, 8, and 10-year-old twins Zack and Luke, knew Martin Richard, he said.
"It never really sunk in on them, but they know he's not at baseball," Maffeo said while his sons jumped on a moon bounce, out of earshot. "They're mostly confused."
Maffeo said he thought it was important for him and his sons to support the Marathon bombing victims and others in their community.
"They're having fun. And it's a Sunday, and they're not playing video games or watching television," he said.
As more families arrived at the event Sunday afternoon, firefighter Daniel McDevitt of South Boston, who came with a truck from Engine 17 on Meetinghouse Hill, put an old firefighter's helmet on the tiny head of a child.
Further down the union hall parking lot, Red Cross volunteers handed out granola bars and cards about coping with disasters emotionally.
Bianca Andreal of Everett, a 17-year-old senior at Cristo Rey Boston High School in Savin Hill, volunteered at a booth where children tried to kick a soccer ball into a small, circular hole in a painted tarp.
"We're getting a lot of kids, a lot of good kickers," she said.
Under a tent near the DJ station children painted small canvas circles that employees from Dot Art, a Dorchester arts and education nonprofit, later tacked onto an 8-foot plywood circle to create a community art project.
The event was to continue Sunday evening. Tom Ashbrook, host of NPR's "On Point" from WBUR Boston, hosted a dinner donated by chefs from 29 local restaurants with live music and an auction to benefit the One Fund.
Organizers said they expected one of the auction packages, a chance to toss a football with New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady at the team's training camp this summer, to be the most coveted.
Other items included Boston Bruins tickets donated by Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino, an Apple iMac, iPod Touch, and iPad Mini, and tickets to the Boston Strong concert at the TD Garden.
State Senate President Therese Murray, who grew up in Dorchester and now lives in Plymouth, served as auctioneer.
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Beware the lone wolf in Lycra
I am a pedestrian. OK, sometimes I am a car driver, sometimes a train traveller, and quite often these days an airline passenger, but for the purposes of this column, ich bin ein pedestrian.
My husband and I have reached the age where, to the deep approval of our GP, we walk for an hour most mornings. She thinks we do it for our health; actually, we do it so we can continue to eat and, even more importantly, drink, without going up by more than a dress size each year.
We walk on the cycleway because it's officially a shared pedestrian and cycleway. It used to be a drainage reserve and before that something they used to call a ''creek''. Now it has been spruced up and turned into a shared path winding its way past backyards and an oval, under an expressway, and through a smattering of bushland. That's why we thought it would be safer than walking on the road.
How wrong we were.
We have made the walk part of our daily routine for a few years now, and have learnt things about the characters around our neighbourhood that we never could while whizzing past in a car or, as will become painfully clear, a bike.
Because we usually leave home at the same time every morning, we tend to see the same people. A couple of the more colourful characters we have christened Hat Man and Bread Man (I know, our wit and creativity are awe-inspiring). Hat Man is rather sweet. He is short, dapper and of a certain age. Every day he wears a different snazzy hat. Trilbys, sombreros, caps, sun hats, you name it. We look forward with some excitement to see what sartorial treat he has in store for us every day.
Bread Man is slightly more peculiar. Naturally endowed with generous cheeks, he solemnly ingests bread while walking and then holds it in said cheeks (quite noticeably) while slowly and methodically chewing it. We have no idea why and - for obvious reasons - are rather loath to ask.
Other observations we have made include that joggers always look as if they are about to die and are probably wishing they could, and that many dog owners really do look exactly like their pets. However, our most constant companions - given that we walk on a shared cycle path - are cyclists, and it is within this community that we have made most of our observations.
The first thing we have noted is that any cyclist wearing their own - ordinary - clothes is the pedestrian's friend, particularly women who cycle in wide skirts (Mad Men style), sitting bolt upright behind the basket on their handlebars. They are harmless, have lovely manners, and will even occasionally trill a bright ''good morning'' as they trundle past. They are there to be admired and we oblige.
But men in ordinary trousers, T-shirts and runners are also courteous cyclists and, while they may not give us a breezy greeting, they do appear to be quite comfortable about using their bell.
It is as the clothing worn by the cyclist becomes more purpose-designed that the behaviour deteriorates, with the honourable exception of those who ride in pelotons. Their behaviour is exemplary. The leader always lets us know he is approaching by calling ''walker up'' (that's us) and then we hear the cry carried back among the bunch so we know to stand to one side as they ride past.
No, it is the lone-wolf cyclist dressed to kill (I think literally) in his/her (when fully kitted-out impossible to discern gender) Lycra, bum-padded speed suit that strikes terror into every pedestrian's heart.
Silent, with a seemingly genetic incapacity to ring a bell, they hunch over their weirdly angled handlebars, riding as if invisible hounds from hell are on their tail. (They may be fleeing magpies. I notice many make their hideous, space-alien helmets look even stranger by affixing vertical plastic straws to them, presumably to ward off the birds. I used to hate magpies; I feel a strange affinity with them now.) These cyclists appear to regard pedestrians as oddly shaped bollards, our cringing humanity and vulnerable flesh invisible to them.
Silently (I know I am repeating myself, but I can't emphasise the horror of this enough) they whizz past, missing the poor unsuspecting (completely unsuspecting) pedestrian by centimetres. One actually knocked the bag from my shoulder. If you listen you can hear the startled, strangled cries of other pedestrians further along the cycle path as the lone wolf weaves his/her ruthless way to whatever life-and-death emergency they have been summoned to attend so urgently.
Recently, my husband and I paused on the narrow part of the shared path delineated for pedestrians to say our goodbyes because, for reasons far too boring for a column, he was going one way and I another. As we pecked each other on the cheek, one of these speed fiends rode by. Then he stopped, turned round, cycled to our side and began to tell us off for - wait for it - standing still on the path. ''Cyclists come down this hill fast,'' he said, as if we didn't already know. My husband gently (OK, not that gently) pointed out that we were within the lines, so to speak. This impressed the speedster not one jot. He continued his finger-wag undeterred. With my usual wit, I then turned into a kind of female Colonel Blimp and blustered and sputtered at him. ''Outrageous!'' I think I said to him and then, in case he hadn't understood, I said it a couple more times. That ought to teach him to mess with me!
From now on, rain, hail or shine, you will see me walking with an umbrella. Held at right angles.
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Ho Hum....
Not an overly offensive article really. But what disturbs me is how such a boring piece is considered "news". Cyclist bashing articles seem to be all the rage now. Cyclists seem to be the one group you can safely berate in the media.
That said it is interesting the observation made about the clothing.....


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I find myself wondering if my intelligence deteriorates as my mind does. I remember being inteligent, but lately I can't remember things like I used to. I find myself not even wanting to try to figure things out.I listenend to Kristen Bell as she told about participating in research. She mentioned cognitive abilities. She mentioned counting backwards from 100 by 7's. I found I could not do this. Even if I tried to do it slowly, I found my mind didn't want any part of trying. I worry that this is how I am going to live the rest of my life. My whole world just deteriorating in front of me until I can't grasp even the simplest things. It's a scarey thought that I think of on a daily basis now.


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Red-hot Canucks host last-place Avs
The Vancouver Canucks will try to match their longest winning streak of the season when they welcome the basement-dwelling Colorado Avalanche for Thursday's Northwest Division battle at Rogers Arena.
The Canucks, who are tied with Minnesota for the Northwest lead, have won five straight and another victory on Thursday would equal the club's six-game streak from Jan. 30 to Feb. 12.
Vancouver should have a strong chance at extending its winning streak, as the Canucks have won nine straight and 13 of their last 14 games against Colorado. The Canucks are 2-0 so far in the four-game season series and the Avalanche have lost seven in a row and nine of their last 10 at Rogers Arena.
After running the table during a recent three-game road trip, the Canucks returned home for Tuesday's low-scoring win over the Columbus Blue Jackets. The 1-0 shootout victory improved Vancouver's home record this season to 9-5-3.
Maxim Lapierre was the only one to find the back of the net on Tuesday, as his shootout goal lifted the Canucks to the close win over Columbus.
In a game where neither goaltender blinked, Lapierre finally got one through in the third round as he faked to the backhand and lifted the puck over Sergei Bobrovsky.
"I was going backhand all the way. I do it in practice and it works," Lapierre said. "I just closed my eyes and prayed and it worked."
Matt Calvert had the final chance for the Blue Jackets and tried to stick handle and get Cory Schneider to bite, but he lost control of the puck and Schneider easily turned it aside for the win.
Schneider made 17 stops for his third shutout of the year and seventh of his career for the Canucks, who also have won seven of their past nine.
Colorado, which is last in both the Northwest Division and Western Conference with 26 points, has lost three straight and seven of its last eight games.
The Avalanche suffered their third consecutive regulation loss on Wednesday, losing a 4-3 decision in Calgary against a Flames team that was without Jarome Iginla. Mike Cammalleri scored two second-period goals for Calgary on the night the Iginla era in Calgary ended.
Iginla had played 441 consecutive games before being a healthy scratch Wednesday night, and shortly after the game the Flames announced that they have traded their franchise icon and captain to Pittsburgh.
While Calgary lost its longtime franchise player for a first-round draft pick and a pair of college prospects, the Avalanche were busy losing their 10th straight road game. Ryan O'Reilly had a goal and an assist for Colorado, which fell to 0-7-3 in its last 10 as the guest
"We just got outplayed," Colorado coach Joe Sacco admitted. "We got beat to loose pucks, and they wanted it more than we did in the first period."
The Avs have a dreadful 2-11-3 road record this season


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Tom Cruise's longtime lawyer Bert Fields has broken his silence about a shocking new Vanity Fair article which suggests Iranian actress Nazanin Boniadi was vetted by Church of Scientology officials as a potential partner for the movie star before he started dating Katie Holmes.
Fields insists investigative journalist Maureen Orth's expose about his client's ties to the Church is "long, boring and false".
Hours after a Scientology representative dismissed the story in an official statement, Fields tells The Hollywood Reporter, "Vanity Fair's story is essentially a rehash of tired old lies previously run in the supermarket tabloids, quoting the same bogus 'sources'."
In her article, Orth claims Boniadi, who was a Scientologist at the time, was selected as a potential wife for Cruise in 2004, and forced to clean toilets with a toothbrush when she allegedly breached confidentiality agreements and told friends of his links to the Top Gun star.
The Scientology representative previously told WENN, "The allegation and entire premise of the Vanity Fair article is totally false... We have been denying this ridiculous tale now since it first appeared in print four years ago.
"No Church members were 'used,' nor were they punished, nor silenced. This is totally false."


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Even though having a mini-nuclear reactor nearby is not a bad idea, settlers upon Mars may prefer an option that relies less upon the splitting of the atom and more upon the rays of the Sun.
Scientists in Spain have figured out a way for solar power stations to generate energy after sun set when rays from the Sol star are no where to be found.
Gemasolar, the concentrated solar power plant located in Fuentes de Andalucía (Seville), a property of Torresol Energy (a joint venture between Masdar – Abu Dhabi's future energy and clean technology company and SENER – the leading Spanish engineering and construction company) has supplied its first uninterrupted day of electricity to the network.
This has been made possible by its innovative technique of storing solar energy in molten salt, a cutting-edge thermal-transfer technology developed by SENER. This system is capable of fifteen hours of electricity production without solar radiation which overcomes fluctuations in the energy supply. […]
The salt storage system allows the plant to stretch its electrical production hours to beyond sunset, regardless of the cloud cover. Thus, Gemasolar, with its 19.9 MW steam turbine, is able to supply electricity to a population of 25,000 households.
Eventually the plant will be able to supply 24hrs of uninterrupted production per day on most summer days, providing a higher annual capacity factor than most baseload plants such as nuclear power plants. (Torresol Energy
Although Martian settlers will probably need a mini-nuclear plant as a backup energy source (as Martian hurricanes have a habit of blocking out the Sun worldwide), relying upon a solar-thermal hybrid could enable colonies to thrive upon Mars without having to rely upon infrequent shipments of nuclear plants from Earth.
This technology would also benefit asteroid colonies as well, as it would enable settlements within the inner solar system to become less dependent upon Earth (or even Mars) for resources.
Note: Since sunlight intensity tapers off beyond Mars, solar power (of any kind) would be useless for out posts established upon Jupiter's mega moons (Callisto and Ganymede), who would need to rely upon nuclear energy to avoid freezing to death.
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It marks the second-straight year that Davis has been recognized as an Academic All-American, earning third-team honors in 2011-12. It also marks the second-straight season that A&M-Commerce has produced a player on the Academic All-America first team as Desmond King was named to the squad in 2011-12 as well.
"We would need a whole hour to talk about what Andrew has meant to this program," said head coach Sam Walker. "Andrew truly epitomizes what a student-athlete is all about, and what this program strives to teach to our players. He has consistently shown that you can be a contributor on the court as well as in the classroom and is a true role model for not only our players, but our fans as well. This is just the beginning of what Andrew will accomplish and we're incredibly proud and honored he is a Lion."
Davis has made a name for himself among the Lone Star Conference leaders this season as he currently is tied for the LSC lead in defensive rebounds per game (5.2) while ranking second in field goal percentage (56.8%) and is fourth in rebounds per game (7.0). Davis has played in all 24 games for A&M-Commerce this season with 20 starts and has already set career highs in points (214), rebounds (167) and blocks (9), putting together arguably his best season in a Lion uniform.
The 2012 Lone Star Conference Academic Player of the Year, Davis has continued to excel in the classroom, boasting a perfect 4.00 grade point average while majoring in finance. He has been a two-time Lone Star Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll selection while being named to the President's List every semester at A&M-Commerce. Davis has also been an active member of the Student Athlete Advisory Committee, serving as the SAAC co-treasurer in 2012-13.
To be eligible for Academic All-America consideration, a student-athlete must be a varsity starter or key reserve, maintain a cumulative G.P.A. of 3.30 on a scale of 4.00, have reached sophomore athletic and academic standings at his/her current institution and be nominated by his/her sports information director. The 2013 Capital One Academic All-America team was voted on by Sports Information Directors from across the nation.
2012-13 Capital One Division II Academic All-America Teams
First Team
Andrew Davis Sr. A&M-Commerce
Michael Dentlinger Jr. Nebraska-Kearney
Luis Leao Sr. Mercyhurst
Alex Novak Sr. Minnesota State-Moorhead
Marcus Ruh Sr. Saint Leo
Second Team
Mike Kromka Jr. Clarion
Cameron McCaffrey Sr. Augustana (S.D.)
Dominykas Milka Jr. Saint Rose
Andrew Morris Sr. Coker
Jonathan Morse Sr. Metropolitan State
Third Team
Alex Bazzell Sr. Lindenwood
David Downs Jr. Seattle Pacific
Liam Gibcus Sr. Alaska Anchorage
Jeff Hart Sr. Colorado Mesa
C.J. Hester So. West Liberty


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The previous season was Season 6 and the succeeding season was Season 8.
It was the final season to feature series lead Steve Carell as Michael Scott.
On June 28, 2010, it was confirmed that the seventh season was Steve Carell's last on the show, as his contract expired.[3] NBC planned on continuing the series after his departure, and would welcome any return appearances by Carell.[4] Actor and writer/co-executive producer B.J. Novak had renewed his contract with Universal Media Studios through an eighth season and would be promoted to full executive producer halfway through the seventh season.[5] As of this season, Zach Woods, who plays Gabe Lewis on the show, has been promoted to a series regular.[6] Executive producer/writer/actor Paul Lieberstein had confirmed that Amy Ryan, who portrays Holly Flax, will appear in eight episodes of the season. He also confirmed Kathy Bates will return as Jo Bennett in the season premiere.[7] Melora Hardin, who portrays Jan Levinson, has announced on her Twitter account that she will return this season.[8] Timothy Olyphant will guest star in at least two episodes as a rival salesman.[9] It is also revealed that Pam dated Olyphant's character while Jim dated Karen.[10] Holly will return to Dunder Mifflin in the hour-long Christmas episode that will be written by Mindy Kaling and directed by Rainn Wilson.[11] An upcoming episode will include the office employees getting together to watch an episode of the television series Glee.[12]
The seventh season of the show is produced by Reveille Productions and Deedle-Dee Productions, both in association with Universal Media Studios. The show is based upon the British series created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, both of whom are executive producers on both the US and UK versions.[13] The Office is produced by Greg Daniels,[13] who is also an executive producer. Returning writers from the previous season include Mindy Kaling, B.J. Novak, Paul Lieberstein, Brent Forrester, Justin Spitzer, Aaron Shure, Charlie Grandy, Daniel Chun, Warren Lieberstein, and Halsted Sullivan. New writers in the seventh season include Peter Ocko, Jon Vitti, Amelie Gillette[14] and Steve Hely. Lieberstein serves as executive producer and showrunner. Kaling, Novak, Shure, Chun and Ocko are co-executive producers; Forrester and Vitti are consulting producers; Spitzer and Grandy are supervising producers; and Warren Lieberstein, Halsted Sullivan and Steve Hely are producers.
|Episode Title
|Season Episode Number
|Production Code
|Original Airdate
|September 23, 2010
| Directed and written by Jeffrey Blitz.
Michael upsets the office when he ignores their pleas to fire office assistant Luke, Michael's immature nephew. Pam's attempt to prank Dwight backfires when Kevin's faulty rewiring of an elevator strands the two together. Andy grows even more upset with Gabe and Erin's relationship.
|September 30, 2010
| Directed by Jeffrey Blitz, written by B.J. Novak.
Michael is forced to have six hours of counseling with Toby after he physically reprimanded Luke, but Michael refuses to make Toby's job easy. Pam attempts to finagle a promotion to office administrator. Dwight boycotts the Steamtown Mall after a shop owner refuses to serve him.
|Andy's Play
|October 7, 2010
| Directed and written by John Stuart Scott, written by B.J. Novak.
Andy lands a role in a local production of Sweeney Todd and invites the entire office to the performance, in hopes to impress Erin. While Michael struggles to put his jealousy aside, Jim and Pam have trouble with their less-than-stellar babysitter.
|Sex Ed
|October 14, 2010
| Directed and written by Paul Lieberstein.
Michael comes to work thinking he has a pimple, but it turns out to actually be a cold sore. When he is told that it is a form of herpes, Michael contacts all his ex-girlfriends—Jan (Melora Hardin), Holly (Amy Ryan), Helene (Linda Purl), Donna (Amy Pietz) and Carol (Nancy Carell). Andy holds a sex education meeting in the office hoping to appeal to Erin's passionate side.
|The Sting
|October 21, 2010
| Directed by Randall Einhorn, written by Mindy Kaling.
When a Dunder Mifflin client is stolen by a rival salesman named Danny (Timothy Olyphant), Michael, Dwight and Jim decide to set up a sting in order to uncover his sales secret. Andy starts a band with Darryl when he learns that one of his old college friends has a successful music career.
|Costume Contest
|October 28, 2010
| Directed by Dean Holland, written by Justin Spitzer.
Michael freaks out when Darryl goes over his head by taking an idea to corporate. The employees partake in a Halloween costume contest in the office. Meanwhile, Pam tries to get the truth from Danny about their dating history.
|November 4, 2010
| Directed by Alex Hardcastle, written by Peter Ocko
Pam and Jim's baby, Cece, gets christened and Michael invites the entire office to celebrate. Michael joins a church group of high school graduates on a mission to Mexico, with Andy following along to impress Erin.
|Viewing Party
|November 11, 2010
| Directed by Ken Whittingham, written by John Vitti.
Erin and Gabe invite the office over to Gabe's house for a Glee viewing party. Michael can't handle the fact that the office workers think of Gabe as their boss instead of him. Growing more jealous of Gabe and Erin's relationship, Andy goes to extremes in order to impress her. Dwight helps Pam with Cece, much to Jim's chagrin.
|November 18, 2010
| Directed by Danny Leiner, written by Aaron Shure.
Michael helps Ryan by charming people to invest in his internet company, WUPHF.com. Dwight creates a hay festival in the parking lot for the Thanksgiving holiday. Jim learns of a new Sabre capping policy that prevents him from earning too much commission.
|December 2, 2010
| Directed by Charles McDougall, written by Warren Lieberstein & Halsted Sullivan.
When Michael reads an article about China growing as a global power, he decides they must be stopped before they take over the United States. Pam threatens to move Dunder Mifflin to a new building after everyone in the office complains about Dwight's building standards.
|Classy Christmas, Part 1
|December 9, 2010
| Directed by Rainn Wilson, written by Mindy Kaling.
Michael couldn't be happier when Toby takes a leave of absence, leaving corporate to send Holly Flax (Amy Ryan) to cover for him. Michael forces Pam to plan a second Christmas party on the day Holly returns to Scranton. Jim agrees to a snowball fight with Dwight, which he later regrets.
|Classy Christmas, Part 2
|December 9, 2010
| Directed by Randall Einhorn, written by Mindy Kaling
Michael couldn't be happier when Toby takes a leave of absence, leaving corporate to send Holly Flax (Amy Ryan) to cover for him. Michael forces Pam to plan a second Christmas party on the day Holly returns to Scranton. Jim agrees to a snowball fight with Dwight, which he later regrets.
|The Ultimatum
|January 20, 2011
| Directed by David Rogers, written by Carrie Kemper
Michael prepares himself for the good or bad news about Holly and her boyfriend. Pam decides to put up a resolution board for everyone to post their New Year's resolutions. Meanwhile, Michael calls for a counseling session with Holly.
|The Seminar
|January 27, 2011
| Directed by B.J. Novak, written by Steve Hely
With Andy's sales at his lowest ever, he gets desperate and holds a small business seminar with the help of some special guests. Michael and Holly turn the event into an improv challenge. Meanwhile, Erin enlists some of her co-workers in her Scrabble battle with Gabe.
|The Search
|February 3, 2011
| Directed by Micheal Spiller, written by Brent Forrester
Dwight, Erin and Holly go on a search for Michael when he goes missing. Gabe becomes frustrated when Pam's cartoons are given captions that make fun of Sabre.
|February 10, 2011
| Directed by Greg Daniels and Robert Padnick.
It's Valentine's Day in the office and everyone is getting sick and tired of Michael and Holly's PDAs. Andy helps Erin with a Valentine's Day scavenger hunt from Gabe.
|Threat Level Midnight
|February 17, 2011
| Directed by Tucker Gates, written by B.J. Novak
Michael finally screens his epic film masterpiece "Threat Level Midnight" for the office - but Holly reacts poorly. The office thinks back to the filming of the movie.
|Todd Packer
|February 24, 2011
| Directed by Randall Einhorn and written by Amelie Gillette
Michael's favorite Dunder Mifflin traveling salesman, Todd Packer (David Koechner), shows up at the office wanting a desk job causing everyone except Michael to protest the new member in the office.
|Garage Sale
|March 24, 2011
| Directed by Steve Carell, written by John Vitti
Michael finally pops the question to Holly while the office holds a garage sale in the warehouse. Dwight forces people to trade with him while Andy, Darryl, and Kevin play a board game while creating their own rules.
|Training Day
|April 14, 2011
| Directed by Paul Lieberstein, written by Daniel Chun
Michael's replacement appears in the office, to start receiving training from Michael. The new manager, Deangelo Vickers (Will Ferrell), has everyone hoping to make good first impressions: Andy finds himself awkwardly typecast while Jim and Pam worry that they've come on too strong. Only Dwight is apathetic about the new leader.
|Michael's Last Dundies
|April 21, 2011
| Directed by Mindy Kaling, written by Mindy Kaling
Michael trains his office replacement, Deangelo (Will Ferrell), for hosting the Dundie Awards. Meanwhile, Erin deals with her dislike of her boyfriend, Gabe.
|Goodbye, Michael
|April 28, 2011
| Directed by Paul Feig, written by Greg Daniels.
Michael prepares to leave for Colorado with Holly, and spends his last day in the office saying goodbye to everyone individually, wanting no drama to ensue. Meanwhile, new manager Deangelo and Andy try to keep Michael's biggest clients.
|The Inner Circle
|May 5, 2011
| Directed by Matt Sohn, written by Charlie Grandy
New office manager Deangelo picks favorites among the staff, revealing his true management style.
|Dwight K. Schrute, (Acting) Manager
|May 12, 2011
| Directed by Troy Miller, written by Justin Spitzer
Dwight becomes the interim regional manager, after Jim refused, instituting a typically heavy-handed management style. Meanwhile, Gabe tries to win back Erin.
|Search Committee
|May 19, 2011
| Directed by Jeffrey Blitz, written by Paul Lieberstein
Deangelo's new replacement is sought out through a search committee process led by Jim.
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Chipotle Mexican Grill, Prices Fork Road, Blacksburg, VA, USA
Location: Chipotle Mexican Grill, Prices Fork Road, Blacksburg, VA, USA
Report Type: Food Poisoning
Symptoms: Diarrhea Fever Nausea
Details: Went and ate on Tuesday night the 13th of February. Ate a Burrito bowl with: white rice, black beans, chicken, quest, Salsa (medium and mild), sour cream, cheese, and guacamole. (To go.) I ate nothing else after this due to oncoming sickness. The next day around 3:00pm on the 14th, I started to feel extremely bad. Fever symptoms and nausea. Later in the evening that same day, diarrhea started. It has not stopped for over 72 hours. The fever I had broke after the first night. However, constant stomach cramps, diarrhea, nausea, and dehydration has persisted since I ate there.
Reported By: Iwaspoisoned.com User
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Nov 20 12:21pm
Chipotle Mexican Grill, North Broadway, Chicago, IL, USA
Symptoms: Diarrhea Fever Nausea Vomiting
Report Type: Food Poisoning
Nov 17 8:22am
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Lancaster Avenue, Wayne, PA, USA
Symptoms: Vomiting
Report Type: Food Poisoning
Nov 16 3:38pm
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Hill Road North, Pickerington, OH, USA
Symptoms: Diarrhea Nausea Vomiting
Report Type: Food Poisoning
We ordered burritos around 1PM. I woke up at 2 AM vomiting and diarrhea. It has been off and on now for 7 hours. No fever. 3 other friends who went are all experiencing similar symptoms. Read More
Nov 15 1:55pm
Chipotle Mexican Grill, 3rd Avenue, New York, NY, USA
Symptoms: Diarrhea Nausea Vomiting
Report Type: Food Poisoning
Felt really sick today im at hospital . I had cancel work . I ate at this place aroynd lunch time and felt sick in the night got worse .. i ate chipotle bowl ... Read More
Nov 13 12:03am
Chipotle Mexican Grill, South End Avenue, New York, NY, USA
Symptoms: Diarrhea Fever Nausea
Report Type: Food Poisoning
Nov 12 11:08pm
Chipotle Mexican Grill, West Sam Houston Parkway North, Houston, TX, USA
Symptoms: Diarrhea Fever Nausea
Report Type: Food Poisoning
My husband and I both are sick within 12 hours of eating dinner Sunday night, 11/11/18. Symptoms peaked between 18 and 24 hours after meal. Fever was gone after 24 hours but diarrhea, weakness remain. He had a Burrito with chicken, pinto beans, mild sauce, pico, corn, Cheese and guacamole. I had a bowl with steak, brown rice, pinto beans, mild sauce, pico, corn, cheese, and guacamole. Read More
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Chipotle Mexican Grill, 130 Rohrerstown Rd, Lancaster, PA 17603, USA
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Chipotle Mexican Grill
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Nov 6 12:07pm
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Forest Road, Sedona, AZ, USA
Symptoms: Diarrhea Nausea Vomiting
Report Type: Food Poisoning
I my husband and our 7 year old all are chipotle for the first time two days ago. We all ordered different Vegetarian options the things we all ate in common were the Beans Rice and Corn chips. The day before yesterday we all began to feel under the weather yesterday both my husband and I experienced camping and diarrhea while our daughter spent the entire night vomiting. Were not 100% positive it was chipotle but it is the only odd variable in our diet. We eat a pretty standard healthy diet without much variation and we had never eaten at Chipotle before. Read More
Nov 5 10:39am
Chipotle Mexican Grill, 129 Northwest 136th Avenue, Sunrise, FL, USA
Symptoms: Diarrhea Fever Vomiting
Report Type: Food Poisoning
Was admitted to the emergency room in miami due to vomiting diarrhea and high fever. They concluded considerable GI distress due to food born. Read More


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hi all,
can anyone tell me....
how can i know the ip address of any website currently opened in browser?
SeCuRiTy MaKeS Me TeNsE
Ping www.thewebsite.com will resolve the address for you.
Don\'t SYN us.... We\'ll SYN you.....
\"A nation that draws too broad a difference between its scholars and its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards, and its fighting done by fools.\" - Thucydides
I'm not positive but you can either do a whois on that website or you can ping it... correct me if I'm wrong someone.
= Cheers, jag291 =
thanx people for instant reply.
well, ping is not working neither nslookup,tracert,telnet or any such command.
first let me tell u config of my system,
i work on a public computer which is w2k workstation attached to w2k server,on user accounts. i`m not sure there may be firewall at the back. as i don`t have any admin priviledges i cannot change any of the settings except which r allowed to users.
i tried to ping on www.yahoo.com(say) but it showed "unknown host message".
A firewall is definetly at hand. The reason I conclude is that you CAN access yahoo over port 80 I assume but your firewall is disabling echo packets. My suggestion is...while connected to the website on IE or whatever, run netstat and check for you connections on port 80. Naturally, one of the addresses has to correlate to the website.
If the scatman can do it so can you.
Unknown host means that it does not resolve through DNS. That being the case you got there by a redirection from somewhere else. Go back to the point that you entered this site from and try pinging that domain name. If it pings look at the link that took you to the page you want to find out about. Viewing the source may show you something like http://192.168.1.1/index.html If it does then you know the IP of the site. If it doesn't then the next page is probably doing an auto redirect. You need to capture that page and examin the source.
hi scat,
i tried netstat -an.
but found 0.0.0.0 as ip address on local port 80. what is this happening, i really dont understand.
Stupid question: Are you doing this while online?
See my son....if you are online, DNS must be working. Now instead on doing an "-an" switch on netstat, Just do a "netstat" and any 'active connections will show up. The key here is...you must be connected to the site...via IE. Hope that helps....
If you are using the 2k kernel...it doesn't show as port '80' it displays 'http'
jaguar ,
to u this question may sound just stupid but to me i say it is damn stupid( out of dumb head, that is what i say, as a newbie).
but believe me this thing have troubled me since last couple of days.
i`ve tried all what i know about ping,netstat, tracert, telnet, etc with zero outcome then only ive posted this question on AO.
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Host Groups, Hosts and Services – Checker Overview
You should now be comfortable with the creation, removal and modification of Service Groups, Host Templates and Service Checks, and the application of these items to Hosts. After the Service Checks and Host Templates have been configured and applied to Hosts, Users can begin to interpret the Service Checks and analyze the monitored data within the 'Host Groups, Hosts and Services' section of 'Monitoring':
This section is the default view for all Host Group, Host and Service Check analysis and allows a range of functions including investigation of Hosts and services, 'actions' at a Host Group/Host Service Check level and more. The 'Host Group, Hosts and Services' section is split into two'sections'; the top half is known as the 'Navigator' and the bottom half is known as the 'Checker'.
Example 'Host Group, Hosts and Services' section with one host selected
The Navigator contains the Host Group hierarchy, with the Hosts as the 'end point'. In the example screen shown below, there is a Host Group hierarchy containing four Hosts:
Example 'Navigator' with four Host Groups expanded to reveal four Hosts
To view the details of a Host, you should check the 'View' box next to the Host's contextual menu. Checking the box will load the Checker window and populate it with the Service Checks of the Host(s) selected.
For more information on the Navigator and how to analyze Hosts within the 'Host Groups, Hosts and Services' window, see Section 'Analyzing the data (Monitoring Host groups, Hosts and services)'.*
The Checker contains the Service Checks from the Hosts who have been selected within the Navigator. For example, if you select the Host 'opsview' then the Checker will appear and display all of the Service Checks for the 'opsview' Host. These checks could be applied directly via the Host edit section or via a Host template applied to the Host.
For information on:
- Adding one or moreHosts ServiceChecks to the Checker
- Filtering and sorting the list of Service Checks
- Removing all selected Hosts (clearing selections)
- Actions and icons next to Service Checks
See Section 'Viewing a hosts service checks'.
The next sections will cover the Service Check contextual menu and actions.
Contextual Menu: Service Checks
There are eight actions that are available from the contextual menu of Host Groups, Hosts and services:
- Investigate
- Schedule Downtime
- Re-Check
- Acknowledge
- Set Service State
- Troubleshoot
- Edit configuration for Host
- Edit configuration for Service
For detailed information around these items, other than 'Investigate', 'Troubleshoot' and 'Edit configuration' see the sections below:
- Downtime: 'Section Downtime'
- Re-Checks: 'Section Re-Checks'
- Acknowledge: 'Section Acknowledgements'
- Set Service State: 'Section Set Service Status'
This section will cover the investigate mode in detail, along with a section on how to use each of the options available within the contextual menu.
Clicking on 'Investigate' will load a modal window with eight tabs.
Investigate - Info Tab
The first of those tabs is the 'Info' tab as below:
The Info tab is a one-stop shop for all information relating to the Host. For an explanation of what each field means, see below:
- Service State: The state of the Service Check, i.e. 'OK', 'CRITICAL', 'WARNING' or 'UNKNOWN'. Also displays how long the Service Check has been in the given state, i.e. 'OK for 2 days ..'.
- Status information: The output of the Service Check. In the example above, 'Opsview DB Connections', a status is returned showing the performance .
- Performance data: If the Service Check returns data in a 'performance data' ('perfdata') format, it will be displayed here.
- Current Attempt: The current attempt number. If the Service Check is 'OK' this value will always be 1. If the host is 'WARNING', 'UNKNOWN' or 'CRITICAL', this number will be between 1 and the number defined in the 'Max Attempts' field.
- Max Attempts: The number of attempts required for the Service Check to be converted from a 'SOFT' state to a 'HARD' state.
- State Type: Hard or Soft; if 'OK' the Service Check will always be in a 'HARD' state (see Section Host Check Commands for more information around this concept). If 'CRITICAL' or 'WARNING' for example, the host will be in a 'SOFT' state until the number of Max Attempts has been met, at which point it will convert from SOFT to HARD.
- Last Check: The date and time of the last check of this Service Check, i.e. the last time the Service Check was run against the host.
- Check Type: Whether the check is active or passive.
- Monitored By: The name of the Monitoring Server that is monitoring the Host and its Service Checks. If monitored by a slave cluster, the slave cluster name will be returned here instead of the individual slave server.
- Latency: The time it took Opsview Monitor in milliseconds to execute the Service Check.
- Duration: The time it took Opsview Monitor to execute the Service Check and get a result.
- Next Scheduled Check: The date and time of the next scheduled execution of the Service Checks.
- Last State Change: The date and time of the last state change, i.e. the date and time of when the Service Check changed from 'CRITICAL' back to 'OK', for example.
- Last Notification: The date and time of when the last Notification regarding a non-OK host status was sent, i.e. the last time an email was sent to inform you of the Service Check being in a non-OK state.
- Notification Number: If the Service Check is currently 'CRITICAL'/'WARNING'/'UNKNOWN' and sending Notifications, this number denotes the number of alerts sent. For example, if the Host has been down for six hours and Opsview Monitor is configured to send an alert every hour, this number would be six (i.e. six Notifications sent). If the host is 'UP', then no Notifications are being sent and as such the number will be 0.
- Is This Service Flapping?: A 'Yes' or 'No' label relating to Flap Detection, which is configured within the 'Notifications' tab of the edit window for the Host. See Section Details Tab: Advanced for more information. If the Service Check is marked as 'flapping', this field will change to 'Yes'.
- In Scheduled Downtime?: A 'Yes' or 'No' label relating to whether the Service Check is in a state of downtime or not. If the Service Check is in an active period of downtime (i.e. the current date and time falls within a downtime periods configured date and time), the label will read 'Yes'.
- Last update: The date and time of when a result was received for this Service Check.
- Active Checks: An 'Enabled' or 'Disabled' label relating to whether active checks are currently allowed for this Host. This is configured via the 'Actions' tab. For more information, see 'Investigate mode: Service Check ' Actions tab'.
- Passive Checks: An 'Enabled' or 'Disabled' label relating to whether passive checks are currently allowed for this Service Check. This is configured via the 'Actions' tab. For more information see 'Investigate mode: Service Check ' Actions tab'.
- Notifications: An 'Enabled' or 'Disabled' label relating to whether Notifications are currently enabled or disabled for this Service Check. This is configured via the 'Notifications' tab of the Host edit window for the Host. This is configured via the 'Actions' tab. For more information, see 'Investigate mode: Service Check ' Actions tab'.
- Event Handler: An 'Enabled' or 'Disabled' label relating to whether an Event Handler is currently allowed for this Service Check. This is configured via the 'Actions' tab. For more information, see 'Investigate mode: Service Check ' Actions tab'.
- Flap Detection: An 'Enabled' or 'Disabled' label relating to whether flap detection is currently enabled or disabled on this Service Check. This is configured via the 'Actions' tab. For more information see 'Investigate mode: Service Check ' Actions tab'.
Removing an Acknowledgement
When an Acknowledgement has been set on a Service Check it will be shown next to the Status Information, you can also easily remove this Acknowledgment.
Start by clicking on the menu for the Service Check you wish to remove the acknowledgement from and then selecting Investigate:
Click on the underlined 'Acknowledged' text:
A prompt will appears asking you to confirm that you would like to remove the Acknowledgement, click 'Yes':
You will now see a drop down notification will appear in the top right hand corner of the screen to indicate the Acknowledgement has been removed:
Investigate - Actions Tab
The second of the tabs within the 'Investigate' view is the 'Actions' tab as below:
The Actions tab allows you to change certain settings relating to the Service Check such as whether active checks are enabled for the Host, or whether flap detection is enabled.
There are two boxes below the 'toggle buttons' panel, the first of which allows for the rescheduling of the next check of the Service Check a specific date and time:
The second box allows for the submission of a passive check result for the Service Check, i.e. change the Service Check from an 'OK' to a 'CRITICAL' state with a User-defined 'output' and 'performance data' value:
Clicking the 'Reset' button will clear all values entered into the 'Reschedule' and 'Submit Passive Check' boxes, however any toggle switches are actioned immediately, meaning if 'Accept Passive Checks?' is toggled from 'Enabled' to 'Disabled', the Service Check no longer accepts passive check results immediately, without the need for the 'Commit' button to be pressed.
Clicking 'Commit' will submit the information from the 'Reschedule' OR 'Submit Passive Check Result' boxes, depending on which one is enabled via the radio button.
Investigate - Graphs Tab
The third of the tabs within the 'Investigate' view is the 'Graph' tab as below:
The 'Graph' tab will display the performance data gathered by the Service Check within the Opsview Monitor graphing framework. This performance data is visible on the 'Info' tab.
If there is no performance data gathered by the Service Check then no graphs will be available, and thus the Graph tab will be automatically hidden.
The date range shown in the graph tab is defaulted to 1d (one day), however it can be modified to 1w (one week), 1m (one month), 1y (one year) or by manually specifying a date range (from and to) in the bottom left corner.
The values of the graph are shown on the 'Value' row, with the numbers here changing when the mouse is moved throughout the graph.
Finally, you can choose to 'annotate', 'print', 'save data as ..' and 'download' the graph using the circle with the 'downwards' arrow, located in the top right hand side of the graph.
Investigate - Troubleshoot Tab
The fourth of the tabs within the 'Investigate' view is the 'Troubleshoot' tab as below:
The 'Troubleshoot' tab allows you to test the Service Check, as it would run on the command line, via the Opsview Monitor interface. Combined with the 'Macro Help' and 'Plugin Help' windows, you can modify arguments and click 'Submit' to test if the Service Check will work.
Simply modify the arguments using the text entry box at the top as per the plugin help file and click 'Submit' to test various combinations that the plugin may allow.
Investigate - Notifications Tab
The fifth of the tabs within the 'Investigate' view is the 'Notifications' tab as below:
This tab will show all Notifications sent relating to either the Host or one of the Hosts' Service Checks.
- Time: The date and time the Notification was sent.
- Status: The status of the Service Check or Host check at the point of the Notification; i.e. CRITICAL, DOWN, etc.
- Users: The number of Users to whom the specific Notification was sent. The number is clickable, at which point a new modal window will appear displaying the username, profile name and Notification methods used to notify the User. These Notification methods are displayed as icons, which have a description in the tooltip when the mouse is hovered over the icon:
- Notification Type: The type of notification. Most of the time, this will be 'NORMAL', but other types include:'**ACKNOWLEDGEMENT','FLAPPING STARTED','FLAPPING STOPPED','FLAPPING DISABLED','DOWNTIME STARTED','DOWNTIME STOPPED','DOWNTIME CANCELLED','CUSTOM'
The list of Notifications can be exported by clicking on the 'Export' button, at which point you are prompted to choose one of three export formats: csv, json and xml. When the format is selected, the Notifications list will be generated in the given format and downloaded to the user's desktop/device via the browser.
Investigate - Events Tab
The sixth of the tabs within the 'Investigate' view is the 'Events' tab as shown below:
Essentially a different way of analyzing the history of a Service Check, the Events tab allows Users to choose a date using the date picker on the left hand side, which then re-populates the bar graph with the events (if any) for the chosen date. In the screen above, we have 1 'OK' event and '1' warning events at 18:00.
By default, the bar graph is displayed 'full tab', with the event checker minimized. The mouse can be hovered over the bars which will reveal the number of events in that given state, i.e. 1 'OK' events in the above example. When one or more bars are clicked, the event checker will be populated with the events from the selected bars:
In the above example we have clicked on the 1 warning events bar, which has loaded the event checker with the 3 specified critical events. To clear the event checker and minimize it we can simply re-click on the '1' bar which will deselect it. When the event checker is empty it will automatically minimize.
Within the event bar, located in the top right, is a 'downwards' arrow. When moused-over, this arrow will reveal four contextual menu options:
Download as ' allows you to choose from one of four formats: png, jpg, svg or pdf.
Save data ' allows you to choose from one of three options: .csv, .xlsx or .json.
Annotate ' When selected, allows you to draw and annotate the bar graph. Once annotated, the bar graph can be downloaded using the 'Download as' button.
Print ' allows you to print the bar graph as an image.
Investigate - Notes Tab
The 'Notes' tab is the second to last tab within the Investigate mode window:
The Notes tab for a Service Check is very similar to the one for Host Groups and Hosts, in that it allows you to enter text in a WYSIWYG editor which can be seen and edited by other users of Opsview Monitor (who have permission to view the relevant Host/Service Check). This is a great way to leave notes about what the Service Check is i.e. 'Interface throughput monitor. This is Tims Tyres router, they are located in London, UK and have an internal subnet of 192.168.1.0/24 with the router's IP being 1.254.'.
Investigate - History Tab
The 'History' tab is the last tab within the Investigate mode window:
The History tab will show the history of the Service Check within a tabular format. The 'State' and 'Type' columns can be filtered via the columns contextual menu as below:
To filter on the date and time, you can use the filter toolbar at the top of the table:
To apply the entered date and time parameters, you should click on the 'search' icon. To clear the entered results and reset the values in the fields you should click on the 'cross' icon.
If you attempt to filter on a range where the 'Start date' (From) is later than the 'End date' (Until), Opsview Monitor will display the following error:
The history list can be exported by clicking on the 'Export' button, at which point you are prompted to choose one of three export formats: csv, json and xml. When the format is selected, the Notifications list will be generated in the given format and downloaded to the User's desktop/device via the browser.
Schedule Downtime
The 'Schedule Downtime' option within a Service Check's contextual menu will load a modal window when clicked, which will look similar to the screen shown below:
The window allows you to select various fields in the top half:
- Start time: When the downtime should begin (i.e. the start of the maintenance window).
- End time: When the downtime should end (i.e. the end of the maintenance window).
- Comment: User entered free-text describing the reason for the downtime.
Clicking the 'Schedule Downtime' button will submit the action to Opsview Monitor, which will result in either the 'pending downtime' or 'active downtime' icon appearing against the Host Group (these icons were outlined in Overview of icons.
The 'Re-Check' option within a Service Check's contextual menu will load a modal window when clicked, which will look similar to the screen shown below:
The window allows you to force a re-check of a selected Service Check. On 'Submit', Opsview Monitor will forcibly recheck the Service Check in question.
The 'Acknowledge' option within a Service Check's contextual menu will load a modal window when clicked, which will look similar to the screen shown below:
The window allows you to acknowledge the Service Check (and thus convert into a 'Handled' status).
As covered in Section 'Acknowledgments', only Service Checks that are not 'OK' can be acknowledged.
You can also choose to send an acknowledgement Notification ('Ack Notification') from within the modal window, which if checked, will send a Notification to the appropriate Users (i.e. those who are set up to be notified about the given Host/Service Checks).
Finally, there is the option to set the acknowledgement as 'Sticky'. As covered in Section 'Acknowledgments':
'A sticky acknowledgement means that only when the Host or Service Check returns to an 'UP' or 'OK' state will the acknowledgement be cleared. This is great for when there is a Host flapping between a warning state (i.e. I'm too busy!) and a CRITICAL state (i.e. I'm REALLY too busy!).'
Set Service Status
The 'Set Service Status' option within a Service Check's contextual menu will load a modal window when clicked, which will look similar to the screen shown below:
The window allows you to change the status of the Service Check. i.e. change a 'CRITICAL' service check to an 'OK' state, as with the screen above.
Please note, if an OK Service Check is changed to a non-OK status, i.e. CRITICAL, WARNING or UNKNOWN, the check interval will change to that of the 'Retry interval'. This means that the Service Checks you have changed from OK to CRITICAL, for example, will likely return to the OK state within one minute ' unless the retry interval is modified.


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Internet communication
To send data between a device on one local area network to another device on another LAN, a standard way of communicating is required since local area networks may use different types of technologies. This need led to the development of IP addressing and the many IP-based protocols for communicating over the Internet, which is a global system of interconnected computer networks. (LANs may also use IP addressing and IP protocols for communicating within a local area network, although using MAC addresses is sufficient for internal communication.) Before IP addressing is discussed, some of the basic elements of Internet communication such as routers, firewalls and Internet service providers are covered below.
To forward data packages from one LAN to another LAN via the Internet, a networking equipment called a network router must be used. A router routes information from one network to another based on IP addresses. It forwards only data packages that are to be sent to another network. A router is most commonly used for connecting a local network to the Internet. Traditionally, routers were referred to as gateways.
A firewall is designed to prevent unauthorized access to or from a private network. Firewalls can be implemented in both hardware and software, or a combination of both. Firewalls are frequently used to prevent unauthorized Internet users from accessing private networks that are connected to the Internet. Messages entering or leaving the Internet pass through the firewall, which examines each message, and blocks those that do not meet the specified security criteria.
Internet connections
In order to connect a LAN to the Internet, a network connection via an Internet service provider (ISP) must be established. When connecting to the Internet, terms such as upstream and downstream are used. Upstream describes the transfer rate with which data can be uploaded from the device to the Internet; for instance, when video is sent from a network camera. Downstream is the transfer speed for downloading files; for instance, when video is received by a monitoring PC.
In most scenarios — for example, a laptop that is connected to the Internet — downloading information from the Internet is the most important speed to consider. In a network video application with a network camera at a remote site, the upstream speed is more relevant since data (video) from the network camera will be uploaded to the Internet.
IP addressing
Any device that wants to communicate with other devices via the Internet must have a unique and appropriate IP address. IP addresses are used to identify the sending and receiving devices. There are currently two IP versions: IP version 4 (IPv4) and IP version 6 (IPv6). The main difference between the two is that the length of an IPv6 address is longer (128 bits compared with 32 bits for an IPv4 address). IPv4 addresses are most commonly used today.
IPv4 addresses
IPv4 addresses are grouped into four blocks, and each block is separated by a dot. Each block represents a number between 0 and 255; for example, 192.168.12.23.
Certain blocks of IPv4 addresses have been reserved exclusively for private use. These private IP addresses are 10.0.0.0 to 10.255.255.255, 172.16.0.0 to 172.31.255.255 and 192.168.0.0 to 192.168.255.255. Such addresses can only be used on private networks and are not allowed to be forwarded through a router to the Internet. All devices that want to communicate over the Internet must have its own individual, public IP address. A public IP address is an address allocated by an Internet service provider. An ISP can allocate either a dynamic IP address, which can change during a session, or a static address, which normally comes with a monthly fee.
A port number defines a particular service or application so that the receiving server (e.g., network camera) will know how to process the incoming data. When a computer sends data tied to a specific application, it usually automatically adds the port number to an IP address without the user's knowledge.
Port numbers can range from 0 to 65535. Certain applications use port numbers that are pre-assigned to them by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA). For example, a web service via HTTP is typically mapped to port 80 on a network camera.
Setting IPv4 addresses
In order for a network camera or video encoder to work in an IP network, an IP address must be assigned to it. Setting an IPv4 address for an Axis network video product can be done mainly in two ways: 1) automatically using DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol), and 2) manually by either entering into the network video product's interface a static IP address, a subnet mask and the IP address of the default router, or using a management software tool such as AXIS Camera Management.
DHCP manages a pool of IP addresses, which it can assign dynamically to a network camera/ video encoder. The DHCP function is often performed by a broadband router, which in turn gets its IP addresses from an Internet service provider. Using a dynamic IP address means that the IP address for a network device may change from day to day. With dynamic IP addresses, it is recommended that users register a domain name (e.g., mycamera.example.com) for the network video product at a dynamic DNS (Domain Name System) server, which can always tie the domain name for the product to any IP address that is currently assigned to it.
Using DHCP to set an IPv4 address works as follows. When a network camera/video encoder comes online, it sends a query requesting configuration from a DHCP server. The DHCP server replies with an IP address and subnet mask. The network video product can then update a dynamic DNS server with its current IP address so that users can access the product using a domain name.
With AXIS Camera Management, the software can automatically find and set IP addresses and show the connection status. The software can also be used to assign static, private IP addresses for Axis network video products. This is recommended when using video management software to access network video products. In a network video system with potentially hundreds of cameras, a software program such as AXIS Camera Management is necessary in order to effectively manage the system.
NAT (Network address translation)
When a network device with a private IP address wants to send information via the Internet, it must do so using a router that supports NAT. Using this technique, the router can translate a private IP address into a public IP address without the sending host's knowledge.
Port forwarding
To access cameras that are located on a private LAN via the Internet, the public IP address of the router should be used together with the corresponding port number for the network camera/video encoder on the private network.
Since a web service via HTTP is typically mapped to port 80, what happens then when there are several network cameras/video encoders using port 80 for HTTP in a private network? Instead of changing the default HTTP port number for each network video product, a router can be configured to associate a unique HTTP port number to a particular network video product's IP address and default HTTP port. This is a process called port forwarding.
Port forwarding works as follows. Incoming data packets reach the router via the router's public (external) IP address and a specific port number. The router is configured to forward any data coming into a predefined port number to a specific device on the private network side of the router. The router then replaces the sender's address with its own private (internal) IP address. To a receiving client, it looks like the packets originated from the router. The reverse happens with outgoing data packets. The router replaces the private IP address of the source device with the router's public IP address before the data is sent out over the Internet.
Port forwarding is traditionally done by first configuring the router. Different routers have different ways of doing port forwarding and there are web sites such as www.portfoward.com that offer step-by-step instruction for different routers. Usually port forwarding involves bringing up the router's interface using an Internet browser, and entering the public (external) IP address of the router and a unique port number that is then mapped to the internal IP address of the specific network video product and its port number for the application.
To make the task of port forwarding easier, Axis offers the NAT traversal feature in many of its network video products. NAT traversal will automatically attempt to configure port mapping in a NAT router on the network using UPnP™. In the network video product interface, users can manually enter the IP address of the NAT router. If a router is not manually specified, then the network video product will automatically search for NAT routers on the network and select the default router. In addition, the service will automatically select an HTTP port if none is manually entered.
IPv6 addresses
An IPv6 address is written in hexadecimal notation with colons subdividing the address into eight blocks of 16 bits each; for example, 2001:0da8:65b4:05d3:1315:7c1f:0461:7847.
The major advantages of IPv6, apart from the availability of a huge number of IP addresses, include enabling a device to automatically configure its IP address using its MAC address. For communication over the Internet, the host requests and receives from the router the necessary prefix of the public address block and additional information. The prefix and host's suffix is then used, so DHCP for IP address allocation and manual setting of IP addresses are no longer required with IPv6. Port forwarding is also no longer needed. Other benefits of IPv6 include renumbering to simplify switching entire corporate networks between providers, faster routing, point-to-point encryption according to IPSec, and connectivity using the same address in changing networks (Mobile IPv6).
An IPv6 address is enclosed in square brackets in a URL and a specific port can be addressed in the following way: http://[2001:0da8:65b4:05d3:1315:7c1f:0461:7847]:8081/
Setting an IPv6 address for an Axis network video product is as simple as checking a box to enable IPv6 in the product. The product will then receive an IPv6 address according to the configuration in the network router.
Data transport protocols for network video
The Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and the User Datagram Protocol (UDP) are the IP-based protocols used for sending data. These transport protocols act as carriers for many other protocols. For example, HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol), which is used to browse web pages on servers around the world using the Internet, is carried by TCP.
TCP provides a reliable, connection-based transmission channel. It handles the process of breaking large chunks of data into smaller packets and ensures that data sent from one end is received on the other. TCP's reliability through retransmission may introduce significant delays. In general, TCP is used when reliable communication is preferred over transport latency.
UDP is a connectionless protocol and does not guarantee the delivery of data sent, thus leaving the whole control mechanism and error-checking to the application itself. UDP provides no transmissions of lost data and, therefore, does not introduce further delays.
|Transport protocol
|Common usage
|Network video usage
|FTP (File Transfer Protocol)
|Transfer of files over the Internet/intranets
|Transfer of images or video from a network camera/video encoder to an FTP server or to an application
|SMTP (Send Mail Transfer Protocol)
|Protocol for sending e-mail messages
|A network camera/video encoder can send images or alarm notifications using its built-in e-mail client.
|HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol)
|Used to browse the web, i.e. to retrieve web pages from web servers
|The most common way to transfer video from a network camera/video encoder where the network video device essentially works as a web server making the video available for the requesting user or application server.
|HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol over Secure Socket Layer)
|Used to access web pages securely using encryption technology
|Secure transmission of video from network cameras/video encoders.
|RTP (Real Time Protocol)
|Not defined
|RTP standardized packet format for delivering audio and video over the Internet— often used in streaming media systems or video conferencing
|A common way of transmitting H.264/MPEG-based network video, and for synchronizing video and audio since RTP provides sequential numbering and timestamping of data packets, which enable the data packets to be reassembled in the correct sequence. Transmission can be either unicast or multicast.
|RTSP (Real Time Streaming Protocol)
|Used to set up and control multimedia sessions over RTP


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Lice Happens Awards Its First Four Franchises Despite "Lousy" Economy
Pennsylvania, Northern & Southern New Jersey, and Nevada Franchises Open for Business
Lice Happens has awarded four franchises with their unique "No Shame, No Blame" brand of mobile head lice removal service since announcing the availability of franchise business opportunities in February. Multi-unit franchisee Emily Betterly of Plymouth Meeting, PA, Peter and Audrey Byram of Maplewood, NJ, and Michelle and Craig Lohrli of Henderson, NV own these first four franchises.
Ms. Betterly, a Lice Happens veteran, knows first-hand what the opportunity means. "I have always loved the idea of having my own business, and I've been making a solid income as a Lice Happens specialist for four years now. The decision to become a franchisee was easy," she said, "because I already knew how well the business model works. It's an affordable investment in the growth of my business." She will continue to take service calls in the greater Philadelphia, PA and Southern NJ areas.
"Having the Lice Happens name and reputation behind our new business gives us a tremendous head start," said retired Wall Street executive Peter Byram. "[Lice Happens founders] Nancy Fields and MJ Eckert have done a great job creating a successful business model around a 'feel-good' service. I'm looking forward to the flexibility and opportunities that a home-based business affords." The Byram's will begin taking service calls in Northern NJ in May.
The Lohrli's were enthusiastic about bringing their passion for helping children, and their competitive spirit, to their new business venture. Parents of a 6-year-old, the Lohrli's understood immediately the need for Lice Happens' high-quality service in their suburban Las Vegas neighborhood and wasted no time signing up. "We're excited to be the very first official franchise, and we're going to knock it out of the park," said Craig Lohrli. "We feel fortunate to have stumbled upon such a valuable opportunity with a company whose integrity and honesty impressed us from the very first conversation. We fit right in with that kind of structure," added Michelle Lohrli. The Lohrli's will officially launch in June.
"For people who want to make a living helping families through the kinds of minor crises that happen every day, a Lice Happens franchise is an affordable way to open a business that has a positive direct impact on people's lives," said Lice Happens co-founder MJ Eckert. "We've had so much interest from potential franchisees, and are excited that our first three are seasoned business professionals," noted Lice Happens co-founder Nancy Fields.
About Lice Happens: Lice Happens, a mobile head lice removal service, offers in-home pesticide-free head lice treatment. The company's services and business model were pioneered by innovative founders M.J. Eckert, R.N., a 15-year school and camp nurse veteran, and Nancy Fields, a quality assurance entrepreneur, who have proven success with the Lice Happens model over the last four years. For more information about Lice Happens franchises visit http://www.licehappensfranchisesystems.com or contact Lice Happens at 443.510.4480.


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Love these "babysitter" videos. They help me imagine my own situation. When I started dating my wife in her late teens she used to babysit for this certain couple. They worked different shifts and the husband always got home a few hours earlier. well when the kids were asleep he'd take my wife to the guest room and fuck her.
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Always wondered if young girls like older men
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is the best
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Had a blowjob from the babysitter once after I drove her home, omg poor girl nearly drowned. She was ready for it seocnd time around though! What memories!
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hi hotties
I what to fuck her now and put my dick in her
I came so hard to this vid
I know she supposed to be young but the sneakers and shit. God its a porno, not a fucking brats movie.
Whoever filmed this sucks at filming... I was disappointed
He luks like the monster of shaktimaan serial.
i love older man....
find a woman that can work a pussy like that better take care of her
Love that >Lance,
I was dating a single mom and she had a 20 yr old baby sitter. One night my date and I had been fooling around in the car quite a bit on the way home, so as soon as we paid the baby sitter, we were fucking on the couch. The baby sittere came back in because her car wouldn't start, and just stared at us fucking. My date just said, well you can either leave or you can join us. She joined us. Several hours later, I took the baby sitter home, telling her I would check her car in the morning. One of the battery cables wasn't making contact, so it was an easy fix... went back and picked up the baby sitter and took her back to her car. She was thankful it wasn't going to cost anything to fix it, so we went back to her house (her parents were at work). We fucked for a while. After that, my date and her sitter got together quite a bit.
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Obviously fuck the babysitter, she has such perky young tits and a slim body. He should also fuck his wife, but for sure fuck the baby sitter. I keep the wife happy with as much cock as she can take, then there is no problem fucking the babysitter or any other young pussy I can get my hands on.
my panties are so wet. i wish a hot older guy would fuck my tight pussy like this. my ultimate fantasy
I would
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She has lovely teen tits
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I f*cked in her in real life.
It's got to be the babysitter as u can have the wife anytime
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i babysit
que delicia de pau
we have cameras in our house our babysitter after putting the kids to bed goes into our room and masterbates than one day my wife wanted me to go home early and catch her and wanted me to have sex with her so she can watch on camera the next day
im so wet after this (;
like the way i fuck in the video well i can fuck u even harder
Jeanie Marie Sullivan Hmm Hmm
This a great fantasy. Love to fuck 18 yr old babysitters.
i think she's Jayme Langford when younger....?
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soundtrack rule xD
love to fuck a hot girl with pigtails like her my 9inch cock needs one bad
Herschel Savage used to do a lot of 80's porn. Guess he hasn't retired yet. lol
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i did that one time, hehe
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great fuck but background music is cheesy
this madharchod always fucks young girl
I wish i had a great babysitter job like this. :)
Herschel Savage is the man!!!
I wonder if Howard is jerking off to this movie?
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damn i wish i could baby sit for him
I wanna fuck
this guy is a douche bag, has no real clue about how to make love to a young woman this would have been better if the wife had walked in and caught them naked wife could have joined in
wish i could bang a hot and young babysitter like that. if anyone here is up for it, let me know
that dick is so big!! i am so wet here...my dildo is, too
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wow me and mi babysitter did da same exact thing juss in da baqyard
Love the cum!
ahahahaha she was shocked when its come lol
love the 2 fuck u
Herschel Savage
her name ?????
Love his cock wish it would go inside me and fuck me like there's no tomorrow. Masturbating... my keyboard is getting wet.
Nice zit on her butt, pop that!
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i wanna babysit for him...
she looks like a young scarlet johannsen
mmm who is the dad??
so hot i wish i coud be there!!!!
what is this girls name?????????


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Kids Room Decorating Inspiration: Colorful Kites
Kites make amazing wall hangings. They cover a large space with color and interest, and they're just plain fun to look at. And hey, on Saturdays, you can take them down and to the park for a little flying action.Here's a collection of kites that caught my eye:
- Vintage Humming Bird Kite from eBay
- Jumbobubble Kite from Daniel Frost
- Pastel Kite from Fredericks & Mae, via Honey Kennedy
- Floral Kite also from Fredericks & Mae
- Denim Pirate Ship from Gray Label
- Kite by Hattie Stewart for the Community Kite Project
- Insect Kite from the Museum of International Folk Art
- Vintage Style Kite from Adorn in Style
- Bird Shaped Kite from Amazon
- Pop Art Kite by Billy Apple
(Images: as linked above)
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Nice slice of Tenderloin ; pass the salt please !!
Seriously though , if a guy wears a helmet and stays inside
his own boundaries , doesn't kite in shallow water ; this
is the a fairly Tame sport compared to most.
>>From 2000 to 2009, 421 pedestrians were killed in Las Vegas, an average of 2.5 pedestrian deaths per 100,000 residents each year...
taken from here:
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2011/ma ... edestrian/
So how many kiters die each year / per 100,000 users ; and of the kiters that did die
while kiting, how many of those met there fate doing something Stupid ?
I would rather check-out doing something :
more Fun than walking !!!


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