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Ahmedia Heritage Guest House is a real oasis of relaxing in the Al-Ras Deira Dubai. An amazing and welcoming traditional house with a magnificence entry to Courtyard, enclosed by cusine and sitting area shaded by sun roof top, this restored villa with large bedrooms looking over the Courtyard. Classic Arabic design bedroom with queen size bed, free of charge breakfast, free of charge Wi-Fi, clothing collection, satellite TV, en-suite with bath tub , hair dryer, make up mirror and smoking sensor. It provides free of charge spa, steam and Hot tub. Free of charge Wi-Fi Internet accessibility is offered.
Ahmedia Heritage Guest House is Situated in the center of Al-Ras Heritage region close to Al-Ahmedia School Islamic Museum, the Spice Market and Heritage House, the Gold Souk and the famed Creek side water taxi. The Al-Ras Metro Station is just 100 meters walk away.
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Islamabad- Season bus service launched by Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC) from Rawalpindi to Naran will start operating from today.
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The bus service has been started to facilitate tourists. As per PTDC all the arrangements have been finalized to run this service. The bus will depart from Flashman Hotel Rawalpindi at 900 hrs. PTDC hotel comprising 50 beds has also opened at Naran.

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The frog sit-up
Try this spin on the classic sit up. This position, with your thighs out to the side, takes your hip flexors out of the equation. What does that mean for you? Your abdominals will have to do all the work. Ouch.
Ben's top tip "Instead of putting your hands behind your head, slide them up the legs with every rep." Maintain slow, steady movements on the way up and down don't flop.
Russian twist
Rotational movements target every muscle in your core and help to tighten your waistline. Twist and shout your way to that coveted V-shaped torso.
Ben's top tip "Increase the challenge by holding a weight out in front of you." But don't sacrifice your form. "Holding a strong, neutral spine will deliver better results than throwing around a weight plate with a hunched back."
Bicycle crunches
Bicycle crunches hit your six-pack muscles and obliques simultaneously, making them a great time-saving exercise at home or in the gym.
Ben's top tip Touch the sides of your head with your fingertips only this gentle contact guides the movement without allowing you to use momentum or crank you head forwards. "Now aim your elbow for your knee on every rep."
The plank is a staple abs exercise, and one that shouldn't be left out of any core-training programme. The isometric hold activates your deep stabilising muscles, protecting all your organs with corset-like support. Minus the breath-holding discomfort.
Ben's tip "Try to keep the lower back neutral the minute you cannot do this, end the set and rest before starting again." Quality over bragging rights the latter will come in good time.
Mountain climbers
Lock and load your core with this combination move that calls on both your stability and your explosive power. From your plank hold, place alternating feet outside your hand on the same side and remember, control trumps speed.
Ben's top tip "Think about locking everything in place except for the leg you're moving." In practice that may not be possible, but it will help to finetune your technique. "You want to concentrate on keeping the hips and torso stable in order to improve both your strength and your endurance."
Flutter kicks
This simple exercise trains the often-neglected lower abdominals. Your lower back will feel it, too. Keep your back in contact with the floor as you slowly kick the feet as if you were doing a front crawl in the pool.
Ben's top tip "If your lower back lifts off the floor, improve your stability by pressing your palms firmly down." Too easy? "Increase the challenge by lifting your hands and shoulders off the ground."
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Lauren treats clients the way she likes to be treated – with respect and creativity. She approaches every design with fresh ideas to create timeless and sophisticated residential interiors.
Lauren creates interiors across a wide range of genres and styles. She has been honored to design spaces for the Holly Hunt Showroom and the Merchandise Mart of Chicago, among them Dining By Design, Design With Antiques, and DreamHome. Her interiors draw from many periods and styles to create unique looks of their own. Her expertise in integrating antiques into modern settings, designing custom furniture, and combining contrasting stylistic elements defines her successful style.
Lauren has been featured in publications such as Chicago Home Magazine, Elle Decor, and the book Spectacular Homes of Chicago, just to name a few. In recognition of her achievements to date, Lauren was voted One to Watch by the Merchandise Mart of Chicago. Lauren has intimate knowledge of design, having earned a degree in interior architecture from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She began her career with Chicago's renowned Tigerman McCurry Architects, where she gained valuable experience as well as a deep appreciation for the interplay between design and architecture. Prior to starting her own firm, Lauren also worked for Soucie Horner Ltd., where she further learned the art of designing eclectic interiors.
Lauren enjoys the challenges of beautiful design and believes good communication between client, designer, and architect achieves spectacular results. She prides herself on making her clients happy, and patiently guides them through all aspects of the creative design process.
Lauren is a professional member of the Chicago Architecture Foundation Auxiliary Board. Having successfully completed the CQRID exam Lauren is a professional member of the Interior Design Society.


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There are a lot of games that are only good for a day on your smartphone but, despite the stupid name, this isn't one of them. Fortunately for the folks at home, today's app of the day is available on both iPhone and Android. The only issue is that you'll have to pay for it on the former, while putting up with ads on the latter. The option is yours - or not, as the case actually is.
Super KO Boxing 2
- Format
- Android/iPhone
- Price
- Free/$0.99
- Where
- Android Market & iTunes
Super KO Boxing 2 is very much from the Mike Tyson Punchout school of boxing games with a good dollop of Street Fighter thrown in for good measure. You are the KO Kid and end up spending 99 per cent of the game with your back to the camera throwing right and left leads and jabs to the face or stomach of your caricature enemy, depending on which touch screen button you hit with your right thumb.
Your other thumb is all about the movement - float like butterfly, sting like a roaming data bill, and all that - and if you combine the two controls with the right timing, you'll also discover you can pull out some hook shots as well - vital for taking down more stubborn opponents.
Thankfully it doesn't end there. You can charge up some super KO punches, save three up for an ultra KO punch and even uncover a lightning KO combo as well if you're lucky. The opponents are a set of excellent comedy stereotypes with a touch of casual xenophobia thrown in, but all are well worth a tussle.
There's both career mode and vs mode as well as the all important challenge levels to unlock. It's produced by Glu, so is typically slick and runs well on the Apple gadgets as well as any Android 1.6 shipped devices and above.
Download, play and enjoy for longer than most gaming apps you'll find.


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Hard drive swap between old and new laptop?
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Posted 10 August 2013 - 02:36 AM
These are commonly known as hardware parameter errors.
Also when your sis installed 7 she completely wiped any recovery partition so that is out of the window.
You have 3 options...
Reinstall Vista on the 1525 box using the CoA numbers on the sticker.
Obtain the Windows 7 disk that she used originally.
Buy a new unbranded Windows 7 OEM and do a new install.
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I have broke your OP down into bite size pieces so that it is more manageable
Was the Windows 7 that was installed on the HDD the full retail or the OEM version
my old laptop was given to me like 2 years ago from my sister. She paid for a copy of Windows 7
This does make things easier but if there is anything at all on the HDD that you would like to save we can help you with that - let us know on this.
I could honestly care less if my stuff on my old hard drive gets wiped
Dell are notoriously choosy when it comes to drivers in any event so having Dell drivers for a different notebook altogether on the HDD will cause conflicts that prevent a system from booting.
So back to where I was, I tried to put the new hard drive in the computer and it loads and restarts and goes into Startup Repair.
Not sure what you mean by this, please clarify as in do you get an on screen message and if so what exactly does it say.
I have only gotten "Re install Windows 7 on the new laptop and use the code on the bottom to activate it" when the code on the bottom is for Vista, what the laptop came from factory with
The version of Windows 7 that was purchased will have a bearing on this, if it was the full retail type and the 25 digit product key is and will not be used on more than one computer you can download a W7 ISO and use that alongside the original software license that was purchased, you cannot do this with an OEM license as the product key is tied to the original MB that was present when the OS was installed**.
**Unless a MB is replaced under warranty with a like for like MB or an alternative version of the same brand if the original model is no longer available.
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Recently my friend writer Andrea Duerme and I had a ponderous chat, which dwelled chiefly on one concept of SADNESS; that is, "Sadness is the default emotional state in which all beings exist."
From the discourse, we were able to draw some insightful statements worth pondering and considering.
Take note, however, that our intent is NOT to claim the ideas we drew as absolute truths but to present the statements as ONLY additional points to ponder. For, in the end, each of ourselves remains to be the conjuror of our own beliefs and the makers of our own decisions. In short, everything we learn from others should be only valid points to consider and not absolute truths to believe.
For according to Paul Feyeraband (1924-1994), "science [as well as philosophy] is always revolutionary, since what drives scientific research is the competition provided by a plurality of alternative theories"; and
As in "Invictus," by William Ernest Henley (1849-1903):
"Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
I am the master of my fate;
I am the captain of my soul."
Here are the general statements drawn from the insightful discourse, as itemized by Andrea. And after each item I inserted the actual portion of the chat trail from where it originated:
1. Since humans constantly try to "find" or "attain" happiness, the state of happiness is foreign to the natural human state.
"...human beings are naturally and normally despondent...happiness is the state which needs pain and effort in order to be attained, whereas sadness is the state where we always are...."--eLf
2. The happiness that humans believe to find are and will always be temporary since nothing can ultimately and permanently keep them happy, considering their complexities and everchanging needs and desires.
"...humans are too complex to find a kind of happiness that will satisfy them completely."--A.D.
3. If humans have indeed been born sad, then safe it is to state that 'sadness' is the neutral plane onto which they gravitate after experiencing a 'happiness high.'
"Or is sadness only the default state From where every being strives to escape?"--eLf
4. Whether they realize it or not, humans find more substance in sadness than in happiness for sadness is the feeling that naturally resides within themselves.
"Happiness is just like a leisure trip; to be sad is to be home."--A.D.
5. Sadness is the default state and the starting point of human existence, and the fragments of circumstances that make humans happy are only a means of temporary escape from this state.
"...happiness can only arise out of pain and suffering...thus, every being is after all naturally sad."--eLf
6. Since it is not lasting, happiness could then be measured not by its longevity but by its frequency (or the number of times it existed in one person's lifetime.)
"...happiness isn't measured by its longevity. it's measured by how many times it came our way."--A.D.
7. Struggling to achieve a state of happiness is a way of feeling active or alive.
"People keep on working to attain that feeling of being happy because it eliminates the feeling of being stagnant."--A.D.
8. Most of the time, a human's experience of happiness is exaggerated by the intensity of his/her anticipation of that particular experience.
"the happiness that people attain every now and then are actually fueled by illusions of its intensity."--A.D.
I am ending this article with a theoretical answer to the probably universal question "Why do we always find ourselves more expressive (and as poets, more prolific) when we are sad than when we are happy?" Answer: "We find so much more meaning in sorrow because that's our natural state. Happiness is just like a leisure trip. To be sad is to be home." For if happiness is indeed humankind's default state, why then are we always in pursuit of happiness--of ways to make life better for all of us?
- June 2004; Surrey, British Columbia, Canada While listening to "The Skyscrapers of St. Mirin" by Close Lobster ('What Is There to Smile About?,' 1988, Enigma Records)


text: Comparison shopping site brandwise.com to launch in August Published on May 11, 1999. The Hearst Corp., Whirlpool Corp. and Boston Consulting Group are the initial investors in a new comparison shopping Web site, brandwise.com, which will launch in August. Brandwise.com is a new, independent, private company based in New York and headed by CEO Kathy Misunas, former CEO of the Sabre Group. The site will enable users to compare products evaluated by the Good Housekeeping Institute before making online purchases. The site will launch offering large household appliances and will expand to include other products such as consumer electronics, lawn and garden products, and power tools. Advertising Age incorrectly reported Women.com Networks, an online women's network formed by the merger of Hearst HomeArts and Women.com, was launching the site.Copyright May 1999, Crain Communications Inc. Most Popular In this article: News


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Destroyed streets and wrecked communication infrastructure ongoing to hamper save efforts in ton-ravaged Uttarakhand for that fifth day Wednesday. PM Manmohan Singh and Congress leader Sonia Gandhi interviewed the devastation by air, following that the PM introduced an Rs 1,000 Crore relief package for that condition.
Based on official data provided Wednesday, 62,970 everyone was stranded at various places within the hillsides. An overall total 19,724 people have been evacuated because the "early monsoon expensive ton" struck the condition, authorities stated.
While monsoon rains cause destruction across India each year, they've taken within the country with record speed in 2013. Directed through the valleys of India's Himalayan foothills, the downpours happen to be especially violent, wrecking houses, automobiles and mobile-phone towers. Television stations have broadcast footage of apartment blocks falling apart into inflamed rivers. About 150 individuals have died. Continue reading


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$450M Powerball Jackpot: Should States Be Gambling, Too?
Americans haven't been playing the Powerball like they used to, but help is on the way in the form of an estimated $450 million jackpot up for grabs in Wednesday's drawing. Ben Leubsdorf joins MoneyBeat. Photo: AP.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
... this technique could they not only the key to my financial future for the five hundred million dollars Powerball jackpot could be key to balance budgets for forty four US states ... Ben Leubsdorf joins us from Washington on why the states needed big jackpot the hell are you ... I'm doing great even better buy when the water ... we have no doubt ... I'm so you know you can think of these lotteries seem to be common I think is real economy of Friday's story ... they are really become a key part of a lot of state budgets ... yes so these are as big a part in state income taxes trials taxes Federal transfer that still wear most the money's coming from when you're running a state government ... but forty four states all the states that six have state lotteries because they discover that this is the way to make some money ... and it brought and there were something like twenty billion dollars available of fiscal thirteen ... to balance budgets but this a lot of states ... your market for education so what offsets the um al tax money you have to raise ... the paper those expenses so it's important to states that they get that revenue that they're counting on ... and I've been happening in the revenue that they might have expected from Powerball the last couple years right and that's the real issue that the state revenue was down sharply ... just from twenty thirteen to twenty fourteen ... why was it down so much ... well so overall lottery sales were up a little bit for state's boom in twenty fourteen from the prior year that's across all game scratch offs everything like that but for Powerball sales were down thirty five percent ... which is a lot and one the big jackpot teams out there ... the reason is that we haven't had a big jackpot like we have this week ... though we had a lot of really be eye popping jackpots four hundred five hundred six hundred million ... back in twenty twelve twenty thirteen ... the last big one the last time we had a jackpot the state was the end of twenty thirteen twenty fourteen we didn't have these huge jackpots and that's what brings the regular players and brings people off the bench is hit by a bunch because there's office pools there's more disciples that happen ... and that's when the lottery see this huge surge in ticket sales ... without those big jackpots they don't bring in those are regular players to ... LP is this for the citizenry ALP's is for the state's ... two to rely on on what is essentially gambling ... well so this is an old debate and goes back to the first modern state law or in which your Hampshire adopted in nineteen sixty three was a fierce fight in the legislature their ... opportunity was that this is unnecessary revenue source its voluntary were not taxing people that it was that this is a moral or preying on people's weaknesses were taking advantage of people's in many cases pathological gambling ... and that's a debate that happens a lot now ... with casino gambling when seats are debating that ... you know it I think that a lot of states ... have wrestled with that and the case of lotteries ... have decided that the revenue outweighs the social costs ... but I think that Stephen was still alive issue ... in addition to the issue of volatility if you had assumed that ... the seals were seeing in twenty thirteen with continued at that rate ... you would of been disappointed ... I think a lot of states up sort anticipate that this is a random process and are conservative with their estimate ... with its potentially you could tell on revenue that and doesn't show up in a high-tech great stuff


text: So im doing a build right now with a stag lower etc, and was wondering about the muzzle device. If i have a prince 50 button installed and a 10-20/30 p mag installed can I put on a YHM phatom flash suppressor? I am not sure. If i can will i be able to order it and have it shipped to CA? As of now i have no device on my del-ton upper, and bare threads. Thanks in advance.


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According to WebMD, it's necessary to call 911 when the signs of heat stroke are present. While waiting for the ambulance to arrive, lowering the body temperature is essential.
WebMD states that the following signs of heat stroke should prompt someone to call 911: a fever above 103 degrees; a rapid pulse and reduced sweating; disorientation and unconsciousness; and seizures. While waiting for the ambulance to arrive, cooling the patient down by removing them from the sun is essential. Other first aid measures include spraying him with cool water and applying wet cloths or ice packs to the armpits or groin area. The Mayo Clinic also suggests giving the patient a cool, non-alcoholic drink, if they are able to drink it. However, WebMD highlights that this isn't wise if he is unconscious or vomiting. WebMD also states that it's necessary to keep a patient safe from harm if he has a seizure. If he vomits, it's necessary to place him on this side so his airways remain open.
According to the Mayo Clinic, heat stroke is the most severe heat-related problem after heat exhaustion. It usually occurs when a person exerts himself in a hot environment without adequate hydration. It's more likely to occur in the elderly, young children and obese individuals.


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2006 Dodge Ram Pickup 1500 Regular Cab ST 2dr Regular Cab 4WD SB (4.7L 8cyl 6M)
What a pleasure to climb behind the wheel of a well designed truck. I'm 6'2" 230 lb. I have to run the seat forward to reach pedals and controls, room to spare in a regular cab. I pull a Tandem axel large box trailer. The tow haul 5speed auto works like a dream in tow haul mode. Their is 2 2nd gears so technically this is a 6 speed. Full box frame on a half ton. Independant front suspension with 4x4. Drives and handles nice. 20 inch wheels and wide goodyear rubber. Bites well on dry pavement. Will smoke tires with little effort. Be carefull on wet pavement. MDS Hemi is sweet, can't feel it change. 20 mpg at 65 mph. I waited on the MDS in the truck, glad I did. Not one problem yet, 16 months. All in all they got it right. Thanks Dodge. I have owned 3 New Dodge, 2 New Chevys, 1 New Ford if that tells you anything.
Hemi. Independent front suspension in a 4x4. Had a Chevy Blazer for years 14 to be exsact with IFS, If you're not into lifting and driving daily this is a nice way to go. Will track better of road with greater articulation over stock straight front axle.
More power. I love American iron. Push rod motor, simple, durable. I have added a high volume intake and better cat back exhaust. How about a factory computer adjustable set up?
2006 Dodge Ram Pickup 1500 Regular Cab ST 2dr Regular Cab SB (3.7L 6cyl 6M)
Nice and comfortable ride.Decent sound system. Center console should have storage compartment like they had in the '8 models. Gas mileage is pretty efficient. I can go from Daytona to Tampa and back on less than half a tank (approx.300mi.). Overall big bang for your buck.
Front end
Center console should have storage compartment
I really enjoy this truck. It has the V6 and is getting 17-20 mpg city/hwy. Very good handling when towing or regular driving. The new power package is really nice on the ST models .
Dash. Seats. Grille frame. Exhaust. Engine. Wheels
More HP in the 4.7-3.7 engines.
I bought my truck almost as bare as they come. Even so, I love this truck a lot. The V6 has more than enough power to keep this truck moving and the new interior layout is the best in its class in my opinion. The tranny is silky smooth. The ride seems a little bouncy but I think it might be because I drive a sports car most of the time. It's been years since I drove a truck on a regular basis. The center console does rob the use of the center seat but so does the stick shift. I never planned on the center seat being used very much anyway so this doesn't bother me too much. There is quite a bit of storage area behind the seats as well.
Move the passenger air bag switch off the dash. It looks a little cheesy there.
I bought the base ST with the "work truck" package (a $400 credit for a black grille instead of chrome). I like the truck overall, but I don't like the huge center console and rock hard middle seat. On a regular cab pickup, you need that middle seat! In this truck the center seating position is almost unusable as there is nowhere for the middle person to put their feet.
Styling is great. Love the engine hour meter.
No tow hooks. Eliminate center console. Base model should have a bench seat.


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Global Competence at the Middle Level: A Critical Imperative - Global Learning - Education Week
Global Competence at the Middle Level: A Critical Imperative - Global Learning - Education Week:
Middle school students are at a turning point between childhood and high school.Research shows that these adolescent minds are incredibly curious about the world around them. Judith Conk, senior consultant to Asia Society International Studies Schools Network, explains why it's critically important to make global learning part of an innovative approach to student engagement.
By Judith Conk
A fresh emphasis on innovation and global competence sends a new imperative to middle level schools that is both exciting and challenging.
Schools must provide an education for each student to prepare them for success in this rapidly changing world rather than educating them for the world in which their parents and teachers grew up. Our middle-level students now will be buying, selling, and communicating, either face-to-face or through technology, with people whose backgrounds and cultures are different from their own. They will be working in collaborative teams that represent increased diversity and various points of view. They will be using technologies that have not yet been invented. Middle-level educators cannot continue to prepare students to live in the world of typewriters and landlines—of silos and isolation—when that world is quickly disappearing.


text: On Thu, 29 Jul 2004 14:40, Rick B wrote: > That's pretty much the question I've been asking myself. I was wondering > if these maps weren't just poorly designed, and somehow just won't play > as fast as a well designed map. But, since my knowledge of that subject > is pretty much non-existent, I just didn't know. My VARsize is already > 64, and my processor is Athlon 2500 oc'ed to 2104mhz. I wouldn't have > thought twice about it if it was just Valarna, but I'm running into more > of them. I have my detail settings set to where I get about 50-60 fps on > normal games, but when I play these games it will drop to 20-25fps. As > far as the .ucl and .uxx files in my home directory, I guess that's > normal, as I did install ut2004 in /usr/local/games. From now on I will > start keeping track of them and post them on the list to see if anyone > else notices the same problem. Those frame rates are interesting... I have an Athlon 64 3200+ with a GeForce FX 5600 and I get a flat 20-25fps, maybe 30fps no matter what map I play. In fact I think playing a 1 on 1 DM doesn't get much faster than a 10 bot Onslaught. I've got all my graphics settings on full as I could see no percievable difference when switching them all to low (maybe 2 or 3 frames a second). Not sure about my VAR size though... what other settings have you changed that gave you a big performance jump? -- ********************* Luke Bigum catach at tpg.com.au lbigum at cs.rmit.edu.au *********************


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(b Ulm, c. 1430; d Ulm, 1505). German painter. Perhaps the son of a carpenter named Hans (fl Ulm, 1430–68), he was documented in Ulm from 1468 until his death. His reputation is founded on his single surviving altarpiece: the high altar (1469) of the parish church at Tiefenbronn an der Enz. The carved figures of the shrine, showing the Descent from the Cross and the Lamentation as principal scenes, with emphasis on the patron saint Mary Magdalene, may have been designed by Jörg Syrlin I and executed by Michel Erhart. Schüchlin's paintings comprised four scenes of the Passion (inside wings), four scenes of the Life of the Virgin, from the Annunciation and Visitation to the Adoration of the Magi (inside wings), the Last Supper and Church Fathers (predella), with saints and still lifes on the back wall of the shrine and all the side sections. The paintings reveal that Schüchlin's journeyman years had taken him to Nuremberg: the figure pairs in the Life of the Virgin are composed in a loose, harmonious way, with a Swabian stillness, but the backgrounds (for example in the Visitation) show many half-timbered Nuremberg buildings. The Adoration of the Magi is in parts reminiscent of the Master of St Lorenz (fl 1415–30) of Nuremberg, while the four lively, turbulent Passion scenes reveal the influence of Hans Pleydenwurff.
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What's better for you "twitter" or "facebook" and why?
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Whats >>> mean after a sentence on facebook or twitter?
>>>>>> means you favor/like something (chocolate>>>>>)
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text: Melody was born in Cuzco, Peru and has travelled extensively. As an electrical engineer, economist and international policy consultant, she has worked for international organizations, airports, major investment companies and research institutes. Art has always been a major part of her life. Her work experience and attention to aesthetics, proportion and dimension make her a unique and skilled artist.Her art at the moment focuses on drawing flowers and fruits with polychrome colour pencils and fine point markers. All art shown on this page are based on her own original pieces.


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Welcome once again to another reliably ridiculously round of Ask the Bastards, the weekly feature where you, the readers, get to ask us, the writers of Nerd Bastards, what we think about all manner of geeky topics. This week we're talking more about the oncoming X-Men flicks, sharing our favorite comics, tackling Resident Evil and Star Wars: The Old Republic, and fielding a slightly touchy question about nerddom as a whole.
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What are your thoughts on the recent news for the next X-movies? (First Class DOFP & The Wolverine) – Alex
Pretty excited for Wolverine, cautiously optimistic that Millar will steer the right director to helm the next X-Men movie. – Mark Poynter
I'm a bit disappointed that Matthew Vaughn dropped out for the First Class sequel. It always sucks when the original vision can't be carried on. As for The Wolverine, I'm getting more and more impressed the more I read about it. I remain skeptical, but I think both movies have the potential to be truly great. Only time will tell, however, so I'd rather wait til I see some trailers to make a final judgment on either. – Jason McAnelly
Do you currently need models for your site? – Nina
I dunno about the site, but I have a private website that I'm looking for "adult talent" for. A fair warning though, it may require some topless DMing. – Jason McAnelly
Your timing in impeccable. We're going to be launching a new NB tee-shirt design on our Splitreason.com store. We got a spiffy one in the works to promote the NB BastardCast. We'll, of course, need a girl to model it off for us. So, yeah, just message me via our contact page and we'll go from there. Beyond t-shirts, we don't really have any modeling opportunities, but maybe we could do something fun for our Facebook cover photo. I've always wanted to see a cute nerdy girlie dress up as our "Nerd Bastard" mascot (the smoking Vader, as seen in the logo above). That would be fun. –Luke Gallagher
What do you guys think about seeing BARRY in the new "craptastic" Resident Evil movie?? Didn't he die back in '96 ?? – Ismael
No opinion. I could never beat the first damn game, so I stopped caring about the franchise altogether. – Jason McAnelly
I didn't see the movie, so I have no idea what the hell you're talking about. I think the better question here is… why would you subject yourself another RE movie? The first one was OK, but the subsequent sequels were terrible. I mean come on, they don't even honor the video game series from which they're based. Director Paul W.S. Anderson took the names of characters, a few recognizable monstrosities and did whatever the hell he wanted. It's like "oh, lets make Alice a super hero and make hundreds of leather-clad clones of her. And, lets shoot a whole bunch of slow-mo scenes in the rain. Yeah, fans will love that!" Also, IMO, Anderson didn't even make what you would call a movie. Every flick in the franchise -minus the first one- has been nothing but a hyper stylized music video, with dazzling fight scenes timed with some butt-rock anthem. Oi! I'm not asking for a Oscar-worthy screenplay or anything, but give me a decent story with characters and motivations I actually care about. Amirite? – Luke Gallagher
Star Wars the Old Republic is soon to come free to play, what is your take on it? – Matthew
I played it when it came out and truth to tell it was buggy and confusing. That most likely colored any current opinion I could offer. It's free though and I'm all for that. The only thing better than a free game is a free taco. – Mark Poynter
Dammit Mark, now I want Tacos. Uh, this really isn't a F2P option, it's just disguised as one. It's really just a trial with heavy game restrictions instead of time restrictions. If you don't pay you won't be able to run Operations (raids), you won't gain rewards past the first three Flashpoints (dungeons) you play per week. You'll be limited to three Warzone PvP scraps per week and three space missions per week. There's a few other restrictions, but clearly, the intent here is toattract people who are discouraged by subscriptions, get them to play the game, like it and then either get a subscription or use micro-transactions to get rid of all the restrictions. Regardless, they give you the best parts of the game (Story missions) for free and you get to max level when you finish them. That works for me!- Luke Gallagher
Which super hero would you be? – Julie
Face to face this would usually be a quick and easy answer, Captain America. Now that I am sitting in front of the computer, I started thinking, wait, the question wasn't what powers you wanted, but what hero would you want to be. After a lot of thought, I think my answer would be NONE of them. Have you read comics? Heroes lives are a mess and people they love get killed all the time. If their arch enemies aren't ruining their lives then the public they serve is out for the heroes blood for some silly reason or other. Nah, I'll pass. – Mark Poynter
I think we maybe asked this one before? Or something like it? If I remember correctly, I went with Iron Man the first time around. Cause Tony Stark is rich and gets lots of chicks. Plus the suit of armor is just plain cool. Alternatively, I would be The Tick. He is nigh invulnerable and yet still lives in a state of blissful ignorance. Plus, he gets all the best dialogue. SPOOOOOOOONNN!!!! – Jason McAnelly
Myself. 😉 – Chris D.
Batman, the answer is always Batman. – Matthew Jackson
With it being so cool to be a nerd these days, how do you deal with self proclaimed nerds that just "hopped on the bandwagon"? Or should our nerdom rise above this mindset and just welcome newcomers w/o judgement? – Sherry
It's not when a "nerd" got here, its what they bring to the party that matters most. I have a bigger problem with faux-nerds than I do with those who are new to this wonderful way of life. – Jason Tabrys
You really can't tell if someone is a good cook until you taste their food. I'd say the same goes for most things. It's usually pretty easy to see if someone is really interested in something and their knowledge level after talking with them for a few minutes, but I would like to make clear that to me, being open, tolerant, and welcoming to others that enjoy the things that I do is important to me. Maybe they are new to what ever nerdy thing you are talking about. The key there is to encourage and respect their opinions, even if you disagree. I'd rather convert than convict. – Mark Poynter
Everyone is a nerd at heart. I often run into people who say "Yeah, I'm a total geek. I watch Doctor Who and stuff!" and am forced to shake my head in dismay. But in the end, we nerds are becoming mainstream, so those who lurked in the background are coming to the forefront now. We should embrace, and teach them as if they were our padawans. But if they turn to the dark side, they must be slain. Unless you're an advocate of the dark side, that is. Then you must train them to be as evil as possible. – Jason McAnelly
I don't think of any one of us really knows what any of these words really mean, and I'm tired of this discussion. I grew up as the weird kid who was excluded because no one ever knew what I was talking about. Many of us had these exclusionary childhoods where we were the weird kids, the bullied ones, the ones no one wanted at parties, and now we're all in a big clique talking about who we should let in to our circles? Smells like bullshit to me, and it also feels just plain mean. These things are for everybody! Just let people be fans, enjoy each other's company and stop making this about dividing lines. – Matthew Jackson
With the current wave of reboot fever, how cool would it be to see the return of Space: Above & Beyond? – Jan
I would give it a chance, but it would need to be on FX, AMC, or HBO for me to really consider that the show had a chance of lasting more than half a season. – Mark Poytner
What are your choices for best comics at the moment? – Matthew
Saga, Daredevil, and Walking Dead. With that said though, I'm more occupied by a large pile of classic trades than I am with most current books. – Jason Tabrys
Saga, The Manhattan Projects, Daredevil, The Walking Dead, Secret Avengers, Batman, Batgirl, Captain Marvel, Swamp Thing, Animal Man, The Defenders and Casanova – Matthew Jackson
Do you offer internships at Nerd Bastards? – Faren
I am totally drawing a blank as I sit here. I really wish I could come up with some really cool company name like "Kramerica" from Seinfeld and offer you an internship, but all the names I can think of sound really creepy. After a quick Internet search checking Georgia and Inter-State Trafficking law, I'm gonna let Luke answer this one. – Mark Poynter
Short answer, "Yes!" While we're pretty stocked for writers, we have a pretty open door policy when it comes to outside contributions. Opinion pieces, reviews, lists, event coverage and occasional help with news are all welcome. While an intern would not have the same responsibilities as a full-time writer, a contributor status (occasional posts) does require certain expectations. Here are the 4 biggest things:
1. Voice/personality. While the job is to effectively deliver nerd worthy content, opinion and charisma are necessary for entertainment purposes. Dry, dull and straight-to-the-point mentality doesn't work for our brand.
2. Good/superior skills with spelling, grammar and phrasing. Nerd Bastards is focused on delivering the latest news in nerd culture – a steady stream of content. Quality control is of utmost importance. We need folks who can get it right straight from the draw.
3. Reliability/consistency. Flakes and folks with a "come-as-you-please" mentality need not apply. We demand quality, timely posts. Reasonable personal life issues not withstanding, you'd be expected to deliver content when promised. Sporadic/unexpected contribitions just don't jive with the demand for news and entertainment.
4. Nerd Knowledge. As obvious as it sounds, we need folks who know their stuff. NB is an authority on Nerd culture. It's expected that our writers know enough about nerd trends to speak to them confidently.
If you meet the above criteria, then great! We'd be very eager to talk with you further. Message me via our contact page – Luke Gallagher
Why are so many geeks addicted to canon? Is it really better to see the same thing over and over and over again as opposed to experiencing a new spin from a different creative angle?- Jason
Everybody has their favorite thing or event from a character's story line and it's hard when you have deep feelings for something and see those cherished things changed or erased from the current stories. If you think it's just geeks that do that find a group of baseball fans and ask how they feel about the Infield Fly rule. – Mark Poynter
Even though I posted this question (just to see what my fellow NBs would say), I will answer it nonetheless. I am the unpopular one here at the NB for being the guy who embraces reboots (to a certain degree). I think new stories are great ways to explore old and frequently tired properties. With that being said, I feel that too much departure is a recipe for disaster. Change the order of events, but don't reprogram the characters' personalities. Create an alternate timeline, but don't start adding random crap that makes no sense. Ideally, keep the essence, but feel free to break the bounds of tradition when it comes to the old and loved ideas. Art is organic and change is good but stupidity and pandering are just dumb. – Jason McAnelly
To each their own. Fanon can always offer new insights and perspectives that can be exciting, but you have to wade through a lot of shit to find the diamond in the rough. And even though fanon is a great way of experiencing the universe in a different light, one can argue that you can also do that by revisiting canon. No matter how many times you read or watch the same thing over and over, there will always be something new to learn. – Chris D.
Someone (I think it was Chris Sims) once introduced me to the idea that we, as readers and viewers, make our own canon. We get to decide what worked and what didn't, and why, and move on from there. How many terms have you heard someone say "Well, technically those two characters were married, but I don't count that story." I actually agree with Jason that reboots can provide a welcome re-invigoration and dose of new storytelling punch (see Nolan's work with Batman or the last seven years of Doctor Who). Fresh perspectives are good, and they don't dim the stories that came before because we always have those to go back to. I think that canon is a fluid thing, something we get to mold to our own likes and dislikes. After all, if you really hated that one set of Superman stories from 1983, you can always take solace in the fact that you've got 73 other years of Superman stories to indulge in. – Matthew Jackson
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Google Places Help – Verification Problems and Tips for Consultants
Oh that's right, in my April 26th post for Google Places consultants, I promised more tips, huh? 😉
These Google Places Help tips will make life easier for business owners that want to try to optimize Place pages themselves, as well as consultants. (Consultants may want to skip the basics you should already know in #1 – 3 and jump down to the meat in #4, 5 & 6 – the real time savers!)
The Google forum is positively riddled with posts from people having Google Places verification problems. I can't hope to help everyone, but some of the tips below can possibly eliminate or bypass some of the verification problems that often come up.
1) DO NOT EDIT WHILE CLAIMING – When you claim a Place page the 1st option that comes up on the next Google screen is: "Edit my business information. You may update your business name, contact information, payment types, hours and categories."
Stupid Google creates all kinds of problems with this. Do not make any edits yet. Only verify. If you make edits in the same session Google will often (or always?) make a duplicate listing. Hence so many in the forum saying "I edited my Place page but none of the new info is showing." The edits are showing up, just in a new duplicate Google created, without letting you know. Just to drive you crazy I think. That duplicate will typically merge in about a month, but can cause lots of confusion in the meantime.
2) WHEN WILL AN EDIT TRIGGER A VERIFICATION? Typically verification is required when you edit NAP (Name, Address, Phone). Note: Verification can sometimes be avoided when doing name or address edits using my tips in #5.
3) WHY DOESN'T GOOGLE OFFER PHONE VERIFICATION NOW? Google used to offer a choice of phone or snail mail verification. In order to try to cut down on Places spam, they recently announced that phone verification will only be offered for listings Google has lots of trust in. So new listings and problem listings will definitely require mail verification. Occasionally on a well established listing where the business has been around for years and has lots of citations, Google will offer phone verification, but it's rare.
4) POSTCARD VERIFICATION TIPS – WARNING staff will often throw away the verification mail. It can take 2 weeks to get the postcard. If they toss it by accident and you need to request a new one, you can lose an entire month.
When you complete the postcard verification step in Google it will show an image of what the postcard will look like. MAKE A COPY and EMAIL IT TO STAFF. Tell them "this is VERY important mail from Google. It may just look like junk mail, but it's important. Please watch for it and get it to me."
NOTE FOR CONSULTANTS: I have a whole template system I give away in my Advanced Places training that includes all the wording and everything. But here are a couple important tips that will save you lots of time. Tip #1) There is an Attention: field. BE SURE TO USE IT. I use something catchy that will get attention and then reference it in the email heads-up I send. Assuming most mail goes to the client's name – example: Joe Smith DDS I'll do something like Attn: JOE Important from Google.
Tip #2) If there are several dupes or problems where you may need multiple verifications, add a code so you know which verification goes with which listing. For some reason G does not allow numbers in the Attn field so it can take up precious characters that are already limited. So I may put something like this. Attn: DR JOE Google DupeTwo. This way when you have a lot of verifications flying around for a complicated case, you can tell which verification goes with which listing.
Then in my email warning about the verification mail and it's importance I'll included a copy of the image from Google that shows what the envelope will look like, but also type out in big red letters.
IMPORTANT: Have staff watch for mail from Google that says Attn: DR JOE Google DupeTwo.
5) START RANKING EVEN WHILE WAITING FOR VERIFICATION (Great tip for consultants who do this all the time) – When you optimize a listing, that has already been claimed – if it needs any NAP (Name, Address, Phone) changes that could trigger a verification, don't edit NAP until everything else is finished. Change the cats, update the description, add your images, video and additional details and save (submit). Most of those changes will show up on the Place page right away. THEN go back and make your NAP edits if needed. If you edit everything in the same session then all your edits can be on hold while you wait 2 weeks for the verification. If you use my 2 step save process above, they can start ranking even while verification is pending.
6) BYPASSING NAP EDIT VERIFICATION – FOR CONSULTANTS This is a little hard to explain. NOTE: this only works for minor edits to name and/or address. Does not work for phone # changes (in my experience so far – subject to change based on Google whims).
Almost all my clients need Name and Address changes due to a bad Google scrape, fractured upstream data that will negatively affect citations and reviews or the client entering their info in the wrong format.
Example new client comes to me with the following Places name & address:
ABC Dental: Dr Smith John – 2080 Rainbow DR.#206 City, ST 80024-5555
(Dr. name scraped from yellow pages so it's backward. No middle initial. Dr. instead of DDS. Address with abbreviations + Zip 4. I always delete the "4")
After discussing correct legal name with client and doing NAP research I determine the best possible NAP combination is: ABC Dental: John L. Smith DDS – 2080 Rainbow Drive Suite 206 City, ST 80024
Instead of cutting and pasting the correct NAP (which I think Google must see as a total name or address) change do this. Very carefully and slowly, one character at a time, delete and add one letter or number at a time, leaving as much as you can of what's there. So in the name, I would delete D then R one char at a time. Type John L one char at a time. Leave Smith. Add DDS. Then save. Then go back and do the same thing with the address.
I always create a Word doc of the optimized Place page details to have the client review and approve before I optimize. Then NORMALLY I cut and paste everything from a word doc to Place page, to avoid typos. However if you delete the entire business name string of ABC Dental: Dr Smith John and then cut and paste ABC Dental Service: John L. Smith DDS, then I think it may look like a complete name change to the algo. But if you just add one letter at a time and delete one letter, to make minor corrections you can usually get by without a verification.
I have not had to do a verification for ages since I've been using this method. I will admit, that it's possible it's not the method I use, but the % of NAP change that triggers the verification. But I do changes like the above all the time without having to verify, so it's worth a try.
Also like I said this trick does not appear to work on phone #s. I tried it on a phone number that just needed one digit changed and it still forced a postcard verification.
Hope these Google Places Verification tips help. Holler if you have questions or if anything wasn't clear. Also if you have any verification tips to share, please do!
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|End Date/Time: Jun 30, 2011
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Over the course of time several conferences have been held on the following topics: "Development of Management Concepts" (1996), "Enterprise Restructuring in Transitional Economy and Practice" (1998), "Government and Business" (2000), "Development of Personnel Management†( 2001) "Problems of Measurement in the Management" (2002, 2003), "Scientific Managerial Concepts vs. Real Management" (2004, 2005), "The Russian Model of Management: Past, Present and Future" (2008), "National Models of Management" ( 2009) "Business Models: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow" (2010).
The participants of the last conference have unanimously supported the idea of devoting the next conference to the problems social responsibility of business and management ethics. Both practical and theoretical significance of marked aspects of Business and Management rose sharply within recent years in Russia and abroad. At the forthcoming Conference we hope to gather, see and listen to messengers of different countries and scientific schools, representatives of different businesses. We will discuss opportunities for combining the efforts of academicians and practitioners of management to get answers on following questions:
1. What has "Social Responsibility of Business" and "Management Ethics" meant for Russia in the past and what does it mean in the present?
2. What is the public role of managers and how does it relate to other roles of managers with respect to business ethics, e.g. comparing with H. Mintzberg's theory?
3. What are the differences in the social responsibility of managers at various levels of the organization? Is there a kind of hierarchy among the ethical and unethical managers?
4. How can we measure and discern "ethical†and "unethical†managerial decisions?
5. What are the reasons and forms of "unethical managerial behavior" and "unethical managerial decisions"? Are they influenced by such factors as national culture, education, individual manager's psychology, size of business and its legal form, business culture, government influence, influence of foreign multinationals on local business culture, global standards, etc.?
6. What kinds of interpretations of ethical aspects of Entrepreneurship and Business exist in different religions? How these interpretations influence on real business?
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I was so sorry to hear about Mr. Matthews. He was the BEST high school principal there ever was. He really cared for his students, and, I can still see him walking down the halls of Vidor High School when he was our principal. I will never, ever forget Mr. Matthews.Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Although I never had the pleasure of meeting Mr Matthews, Lori has spoken so lovingly about him that I feel as if I knew him. I am tremendously sorry for your loss, and hope that your family finds comfort in the many wonderful memories you have of him.Wednesday, May 30, 2007
I express heartfelt sympathy for your loss and the grief you must bear. You are in my prayers. May you find comfort in the thought that others care. Sincerely, Betty Jo Peterson
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Judy I extend my sympathy to you and yours.
Leslie made a difference just by being who he was.
His inner light shined bright and touchedt the lives of everyone he met. And even even though he will be greatly missed he will still forever play a part in the smiles, and
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I count it a great blessing to have know Leslie Matthews and will truly miss him. He has been an inspiration, a mentor, and best of all, my friend. He was smart, kind, and had a love of life with a great sense of humor. He will be missed by many whose lives he touched. I will never forget his tremendous impact on me personally and professionally. May God Bless you, our prayers are with you.
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We have lost a wonderful friend and admirable man.
Our prayers are with you.Wednesday, May 30, 2007
I am so sorry for your loss. I pray God will give you comfort and peace during your time of grief.
Leslie was such a wonderful person, and I know this is an enormous loss to your family. It is also a huge loss to the community, because he was a great asset to Kilgore and the people who knew him. With his quick wit and caring personality he was a positive influence on every person his life touched.
My prayers will be with you and your family, and may you be comforted by loving memories.Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Judy, Leslie Ann, and Lori,
I was so sorry to hear about Leslie yesterday. May God be with you and your family and give you the comfort and peace that only He can give. I am praying for you.
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One of the nicest people I have ever met.I loved his sense of humor.A great man with a great family.Tuesday, May 29, 2007
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Confession time: For most of today I have been calling the twins by the wrong names. Not completely wrong names, obviously - but swapping them over. My twins are 16 months old so are not in the habit of correcting me, although my four-year-old did. Several times. I ignored her. Told her she was the mistaken one. She wasn't. In my defence, my supposed non-identical girls are very, very similar. They go through phases of looking alike, and then growing apart again. Today was a looking alike day. Ah well, no harm done. Fingers crossed. I still feel like a failure though. But it happens to the best of us. And to me.
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Les is picking some of our wonderful yellow delicious apples last October.
Our "Yellow Delicious" apples have a red spot on their skin. It's called a Colorado blush.
This picture of the orchard was taken in December.
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A Dark and Deadly Loverbypoisonpen©
Carla sighed in frustration as she scanned the packed nightclub. He just was not here, she growled silently. Every man she looked at did not attract her in the least, too skinny, too heavy, too blond, too redheaded. Not that she had any problem with the later; she was just in the mood for a dark haired lover tonight.
Weaving her way through the mass of undulating bodies as they danced, drawing angry or jealous stares from the women, ogling drools from the men, Carla ignored them all. She was hungry and she was on the prowl and tonight only a dark haired man was going to satisfy that hunger.
Her outfit demanded attention, a black leather skirt, tight and high exposed her long, long shapely legs and thighs. A bustier, shoved up her breasts, begging for a man's touch, but not just any man's touch, as her gaze continued to scan the mass of flesh.
A young man approached her; he could not have been any more than a fresh drinking age, twenty-one, twenty-two, his face coming up only a few scant inches from her own. His breath reeked of beer and Carla took a step back, her eyes flashing in anger.
"Want to dance?" He asked, his voice slurred, his hand already coming up in an attempt to ensnare her tiny waist and Carla took another step back.
"No." She answered bluntly and his face turned into a scowl in a fraction of a second.
"I want to dance with you, you're pretty." He told her angrily, and again his hand came up. Carla smacked it away, wanting to rake her long nails down his too boyish face.
"I said no." She shot back, starting to sidestep his now pawing hands, his knuckles scraping over her ample amount of exposed breasts.
"You're a fucking tease, you cunt!" He growled loudly, drawing the attention of a few dancers that surrounded them.
"Something you'll never find out." Carla told him in biting sarcasm and once more started to move around him. Despite his drunken state, he quickly managed to cut her off again, his hand coming forward, this time to attempt to reach beneath her skirt, his lips curling into a lusty yet angry grin.
A hand shot out between them, clamping completely around the boy's wrist as though it were a small twig and twisted backward, causing the younger man to howl out in pain as he started to sink to his knees.
"She said no." A deep, vibrating voice sounded beside her and Carla looked from the boy to the owner of that voice, her eyes rounding in surprise.
Her hero was just exactly what she had been looking for, tall, towering over here by at least a foot or more. His shoulders blocked out the flickering lights that shone overhead upon the dancers, oblivious to the action going on around them. His skin was deeply tanned, his face incredibly handsome, almost too handsome to be real. He had what looked like jet-black hair, curling around and framing his face, coming just below his collar and turning lightly under. Over a packed muscular body he wore a black shirt, unbuttoned just enough to give her a peek at the same dark, curling hair that covered his wide chest and tucked tightly into a pair of snug jeans, his waist outlined, showing Carla that he was lean but just as muscular there as well.
As her gaze continued to travel downward in a few scant moments, she hovered around the bulge at the juncture where his thighs met long legs and thought to herself that he did indeed have a nice package hidden behind the heavy material. Those jeans hugged his powerful thighs and legs almost like a second skin and as her gaze moved up again, she found a pair of the blackest, smoldering eyes staring back down at her.
"Find everything?" He asked, his voice deep, drawing her gaze like a magnet to a full lower lip, expressly made, it seemed to kiss a woman, pleasure her in various ways and she smiled softly.
"I'm not sure." She answered him seductively as those dark eyes flashed before the young man's cry called his attention back to why he was there.
"Go home, boy, sober up." The deep and sultry baritone hissed as he released the younger man's hand that then slithered away, his proverbial tail tucked between his legs.
"You saved me from a very ugly situation, can I buy you a drink?" Carla asked, her voice husky and again those eyes flashed in her direction, his only response was a slight nod of his dark head in acceptance.
Carla ordered a glass of red wine, her hero ordered a straight whiskey and then she led him toward a secluded area of the club, reserved for the owner's special guests, of which Carla was one. Back here the music was not so loud, the lights even dimmer as she rounded a sheer curtain, her dark stranger following close behind.
Carla sat down upon the upholstered seat, patting the cushion beside her before lounging back, hooding her eyes yet watching him carefully as he took a small sip of the whiskey before sitting down.
"How can I thank you?" She asked, her voice low, enticing his gaze again.
"You just did." He answered as though he were not interested in her in the least, yet something inside told Carla that he was very much aware of her and she smiled inwardly at the thought.
"No, really, I owe you." She stated, lifting one foot, propping her heel upon the edge of the seat, showing him her full assets freely and that she wore no underwear beneath the skirt.
That black gaze moved slowly downward, seeing her glistening female lips, cleanly shaven, inviting, swelling slightly and he gave a small grin, taking another drink of the whiskey. Carla noticed with some frustration that it was not to steady his nerves at what she was offering him.
"You're playing with fire, young lady." He told her softly and Carla heard the clear warning in his voice.
"Maybe it's a fire you can put out." She shot back, shifting her foot over slightly, her pink folds separating in another silent invitation. Her gaze shifted to his jeans again, seeing if what she was doing caused that already large bulge behind the material to grow and to her utter astonishment, it had not.
"Trust me, you don't want that or the consequences that goes with it." He warned her again and watched her lick her bright red colored lips.
"Trust me, I can handle it." She shot back and heard his soft chuckle. He was so smooth, so calm it caused her frustration to grow ten-fold.
"You're what I've been looking for tonight." She stated, her voice heavy with lust and the dark eyes lifted back to her hot gaze, and Carla saw another flash of something in their depth. She shivered despite the heat she felt inside, the heat he was creating just by simply looking at her like he was.
"Well, you've found me." He grinned smoothly, noting as he dipped a finger into his drink that her wide-open pussy glistened even more, telling him that she was definitely horny and willing to take he was so obviously trying to talk her out of.
"Could you live with the consequences?" He asked her softly, his gaze coming back to her face to gauge her reaction to his question.
"I can't get pregnant, I take the pill." She told him bluntly and again, he smiled softly.
"That wasn't exactly what I was talking about, but it's good to know." He told her, thorough amusement in his voice.
Carla lifted her leg, placing it into his lap, gently pushing the sole of her boot against that bulge of his and his eyes fired at her action. Reaching down between her own legs, Carla ran a fingertip over her wet pussy folds and lifted it back to her mouth, popping the finger between her lips and sucking at her own taste.
"You're blunt, I'll admit that." He laughed again and suddenly as she pressed her foot harder against him, his hand shot out, wrapping tightly around her ankle as if to stop her action upon him.
Carla gasped, as his eyes seemed to glow with fire as he looked at her again and then slowly, he began pulling her across the seat, wrapping her leg around his back, keeping her open to him. Her heart leapt inside her chest with the fire in his eyes and once more, he dipped a finger into his drink and then slowly, his hand came down, tracing his whiskey-coated finger over her throbbing folds and Carla arched toward him.
"That feels good." She murmured softly wishing he would put that large finger between her lips so that she could suck it inside. And as if he were reading her mind, he pressed between the folds. His finger moved over her swelling clit, his knuckle pressing tightly against her, hearing her moan in pleasure.
"Please, put it in." She gasped as that finger now traced around her flaming entrance, teasing her mercilessly, heedless of whom might pass through or by the curtain to see what was taking place.
"Are you sure you want that?" She heard him ask, his voice barely above a whisper now and Carla could only nod in agreement.
In the next instant she gave a loud gasp of both surprise and pleasure as he drove that large finger into her heat and it suddenly felt as if the secluded area closed in on her. No longer could she hear the bumping music in the background but only her heartbeat, pounding loudly in her ears. Her chest tightened slightly as his finger moved in and out of her in delicious slowness and she could hear the sluicing sound as he worked her thick lubrication around inside her. She felt a burning wetness going over her and when she opened her eyes, discovered that he was pouring the small amount of whiskey he had left in his glass onto her.
Carla glanced around nervously to see who might be watching, and gave a startled gasp as she realized she was no longer in the nightclub. Or at least it did not appear that she was. There were now four walls surrounding them, soft candlelight flickering over the deep red paint that covered them. And she also discovered, to her complete disbelief, that she was no longer dressed. She now lay flat of her back, one leg pressed up against the back of a plush sofa, the other dangled over his knee as he continued to make love to her with his hand.
The whiskey numbed her slightly as he continued to pump his hand back and forth; pushing deeper and deeper inside her and Carla felt the most delicious warmth spreading inside her as he worked her into a near frenzy.
She felt herself tighten and in another few drives she climaxed, crying out in pleasure as she rode her first wave with her dark lover.
He withdrew his hand, only to take hold of her hips, pulling her upward to her knees and as she looked down, Carla could see that her once satisfied and thoroughly drenched pussy was only a breath away from his face.
Carla's heart was beating like mad inside her chest as she felt his hot breath fan over her damp flesh and her body tensed slightly in anticipation of what he was going to do like this.
A low moan passed her lips as he pulled her forward, his hands cupping around the backs of her thighs, spreading them apart. She screamed out in torturous delight when his mouth closed over her, his tongue licking at her lips and pressing between them to find her clit, causing her to shudder in convulsions.
He licked a few more times, then curled his tongue into a spear shape, driving it up into her flame, one, two, three times and then flat again, licking roughly over her entryway and clit again then back to the spear.
When he felt her muscles start to tighten again, he opened his mouth wide, the back of his throat starting to suck deeply and when she climaxed this time, stabbing pain rocketed up from her pussy to her brain, yet made her orgasm almost mind-numbing.
Gasping, bright lights flashing behind her closed eyelids as he continued to suck, Carla had never felt anything so powerful in all of her life. And now, knowing he was going to fuck her seemed that much more exciting yet fearful at the same time.
The pain continued at her quivering folds as her hips bucked almost wildly against his mouth until every last drop of her passion was gone from inside her. And when he pushed her back, Carla felt slightly light-headed at the power of the climax she had just experienced.
When he looked down however, and saw blood at the corners of his lips and fear gripped at her as she realized it was her own blood that she saw.
That dark head rose a fraction, those black eyes flashed up at her again, pulling at her in silence as he lowered her onto her back once more and Carla found that she could no longer move under the affects of that searing gaze.
She heard his zipper slide down and he then took hold of her hand, guiding it to his now hard dick and she tried to jerk away in trepidation and fright. He was massive, rock hard, pulsating and Carla knew he was too big for her. Her eyes rounded, her mouth opening to protest but no words would form as he gave her another grin.
Carla could not take her hand away from him, wrapping her fingers around his steel rod, squeezing gently, running her sweaty palm over his full length and swallowing past the lump that had formed in her throat.
"I did try to warn you, little girl." He whispered softly when he moved atop her, crushing her beneath his weight and Carla could feel the bulbous tip of him against her entrance knowing she had been the one to put him there.
And then his mouth closed over her own, swallowing her scream of intense pain as he shoved in, burying deeply inside her, stretching her small opening around his massive dick.
And just as quickly, the pain ended when he started to move, filling her, as she had never before experienced. Carla could taste her own blood upon his lips and that was exciting as he drew back, that head nearly slipping out before driving himself back down time and time again. He was stretching her even more as Carla felt him still growing inside her, feeling him pass beyond her limits yet sending a charge of electricity through her system with each downward stroke.
His head dipped down, his mouth covering one of her breasts and for a second time Carla felt that sharp stabbing of pain and then the sucking. She climaxed for a third amazing time under the delicious torture he was putting her through but she was starting to feel rather lethargic, weak as he continued pounding into her.
His head moved to the other breast, his teeth sinking into that one as well, just above the dusky pink nipple. A moan of sudden pain escaped from deep inside her throat as her breast grew solid inside his mouth. And then Carla could feel his tongue working, pushing up beneath the nipple, as if he were forcing more blood through her veins and straight into his mouth.
Carla realized too late what was happening, as she felt more and more of her life draining away beneath this dark man. And at last he lifted his head, her life-giving fluid staining his lips, a drop or two gathered at the corners of his lips.
"I did warn you." He repeated softly, almost sadly.
"Don't let me die, please." She begged, tears spilling from her eyes, as his thrusts grew harder, rougher, deeper until she felt him stiffen atop her. And even as her eyes started to dim in death, the power of his release gave her one final climax. Her body convulsed violently beneath him until she gave one last deep gasp and then darkness engulfed her.
Carla's eyes shot open, finding herself still upon the seat in the nightclub, only alone and fully clothed. She sat up quickly, smoothing down her skirt after looking down and seeing that it was hiked nearly to her navel. Her body began to shake over the dream she had just had. Relief began to spread over her and her breathing increased slightly as she realized that indeed it had been a dream, she had not perished at the hands of the dark lover.
Carla gave a self-chastising grin that she would have a dream of a sexy and incredibly delicious looking vampire that not just given her the best fuck she had ever before experienced, but had drained the life from her in the process.
Something glistened upon the table in front of her and Carla looked down, her breath catching suddenly in her throat. A heavy crystal glass sat empty upon the table and her hands shaking, Carla reached over to pick it up, sniffing at the contents it had once contained and her eyes rounded in shock. It was whiskey.
"Oh, my..." She gasped and in another round of terror, reached up for the top of the bustier and jerked it down, exposing her breasts and gave a stifled cry of anguish as she saw the puncture wounds upon each breast. It had not been a dream; she had been fucked by a vampire and then killed by a vampire.
Standing, Carla was unsure what to do next. She felt a sudden surge of energy when she came to her feet fully, her body flushing slightly in heat and a powerful sensation began to fill her, as though a small electrical current was rushing up and down her body. Carla smiled in genuine amusement to know that her dark lover had literally sucked and fucked the life out of her and only when she had begged not to die, he had given her a second life. A life that would now be filled with what he had done to her.
Carla's lips parted into a full-blown grin as she swept aside the curtain where she had lain and fucked the most alluring and seductive man she had ever met. He was here somewhere; she could feel him, watching her, waiting to see what she would do with her newfound life. And then a hunger was building inside her, a hunger that could not be quenched this time by lust although that would be an added bonus in her mind.
Looking around, scanning the undulating bodies still moving to the music on the dance floor, Carla spotted just what she needed. The young pup that had accosted her before she had run across her dark lover and she smiled as she approached him slowly. Hoping the alcohol he so obviously had in his system would not affect her when she took him to the dark corner. He had wanted to fuck her before and this time she was going to let him.
His eyes widened in disbelief as Carla reached him, and without a word, she took hold of one of his hands, pulling him, guiding him toward the secluded seat just as she had done before. She could feel the blood pumping through his veins as she flicked aside the curtain and her hunger increased by leaps and bounds.
"Fuck me." She demanded and his pants dropped, his hard-on clear but sadly lacking. Carla did not care however. She knew that her dark lover was still out there, still watching and waiting. What this young pup could not do for her sexually, her dark lover would, incredibly satisfying her beyond her wildest imagination. But first, she needed to quench the hunger that drove her.
Carla shoved him backward roughly; his eyes rounding in shock as she hiked up her skirt, her clean pussy beckoning him like an addict to a drug. She straddled his legs, reaching down to pull her moist lips apart for him to see her and Carla felt one hand upon her hip, urging her downward, letting him guide his own tip to her and she descended onto him, impaling her weight over his puny and horribly unsatisfying dick.
Carla smiled slowly as she heard his sharp intake of breath when she leaned forward and her teeth sank into the tender flesh of his throat and began to suck. And while his hips continued to rocket up and down, Carla greedily drained his pathetic life, his last action was one massive thrust upward, his cum shooting inside her now in sporadic spurts as he began to slump backward against the seat, dead.
Sucking and fucking, that was going to be her new motto in life and as she pulled herself from the young man's now deflated dick Carla left the secluded booth. She saw the black eyes smiling at her in amusement almost immediately and another kind of hunger filled her, a hunger that only her dark and deadly lover could ever possibly appease.
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7:08pm PT by Kimberly Nordyke
'Survivor: Worlds Apart' Winner Revealed
[Warning: Spoilers ahead if you haven't seen Wednesday night's season finale of Survivor.]
A new Survivor winner has been crowned.
This season, subtitled "Worlds Apart," found the castaways split into three tribes: white collar, blue collar and no collar. Wednesday night's finale kicked off with five castaways still in the game: Mike Holloway (blue collar), Rodney Lavoie Jr. (blue collar), Carolyn Rivera (white collar), Will Sims (no collar) and Sierra Thomas (blue collar).
During the episode, Thomas and Lavoie were voted out, joining the jury and leaving the final three — Holloway, Rivera and Sims — to plead their case as to why they should be named Sole Survivor and win the $1 million prize.
In the live finale, host Jeff Probst revealed that Mike Holloway was voted as the Season 30 champion.
Next season, the show's 31st, will feature 20 returning competitors as voted on by viewers. The cast will be announced during Wednesday's live finale.
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Welcome to Saks Orthodontics
Serving Mooresville, Troutman, Denver and Sherrils Ford; Dr. Stephen Saks is your orthodontic specialist, offering Invisalign® and clear and traditional metal braces for children, teens, and adults.
Dr. Saks is a Board Certified orthodontist and he brings over 10 years of private practice experience to the Mooresville area to be closer to his extended family and enjoy the warm weather that North Carolina provides. He is proudly serving Mooresville and the surrounding communities with state of the art orthodontic care. Dr. Saks and his staff work hard to make sure that you feel welcomed, relaxed, and well-informed. We want to make sure you understand all of your treatment options, so that you can choose the orthodontic treatment that fits your individual needs.
Orthodontics is more than just straightening teeth; it's helping our patients improve the way they look and feel. At Saks Orthodontics, we are here to help you achieve a healthy, beautiful smile that gives you the confidence you deserve.
Please contact our office at (704) 799-0399 or visit us right next to the Harris Teeter on the corner of Rt. 150 and Perth Rd. to schedule your complimentary orthodontic consultation. We look forward to working with you and your family.
Becoming an orthodontist was something that I decided to do very early in life. I always felt that the importance of having straight teeth and a wonderful smile mean everything in life. I wore braces for several years during my adolescence, and was fortunate enough to have several wonderful mentors who guided my career path toward orthodontics. Now I have the pleasure of helping my patients and seeing their self-esteem and confidence transform as they realize their beautiful smiles.
Coming from a family of healthcare providers, I have always valued that aspect of patient care that cannot be taught. I enjoy getting to know each individual that I treat and subsequently learning something unique about that person. I also like to clearly explain a customized diagnosis and treatment plan so that my patients and/or their family can make an informed decision regarding their orthodontic care. My motto is to 'treat each patient like family,' so that every person in our office can have complete confidence in our exceptional care.
There are now more treatment choices that ever before; from the latest state of the art bracket technology to the simplicity of Invisalign- a clear aligner system that moves teeth without the use of traditional braces. Due to constantly improving technical advances in orthodontics, most people today can be treated in less time and with less discomfort than ever before.
With many years of private practice experience, technical expertise and a warm personal approach, I will work with each patient individually to help them achieve a beautiful smile, a healthy bite and aesthetics that can be enjoyed for a lifetime.
American Board of Orthodontics
Orthodontics, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC
General Practice, Lutheran Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
Advanced Training and Certification:
TMJ Disorders, Eastman Dental Center, Rochester, NY
University of Buffalo School of Dental Medicine, Buffalo, NY
Biology/Philosophy, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA
American Association of Orthodontists, American Dental Association, American Board of Orthodontics, Southeastern Association of Orthodontists, North Carolina Dental Society, and Iredell County Dental Society
HaLisha - Intake Coordinator
HaLisha moved to North Carolina in early 2012. A Pennsylvania native, she attended Penn State, working in the research department for more than six years. HaLisha enjoys the lake and water sports, riding her motorcycle, and returning home to hop on the snow mobile. At Saks, you will find her welcoming new patients, reviewing details regarding insurance and contracts and scheduling each and every patient with her warm and happy smile.
Janine Saks - Business Manager
Janine moved with her family to North Carolina in 2011 from the cold state of Maine. Janine and Dr. Saks were married in 1998 in the beautiful finger lakes region of New York. They met in Boston, where they attended Boston College together. Janine has a bachelors degree in business management and a second bachelors degree in physical therapy. Steve and Janine have three wonderful, active children, and she enjoys spending her time with them, whether helping with their schoolwork, driving them to soccer and swimming, or just hanging out on the lake. At Saks Orthodontics, you will find her in the business office managing the human resources aspect of the business.
Michelle - AP
Michelle moved with her family to North Carolina in 2006. She has three wonderful children; two of which attend University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, with her youngest at Lake Norman High. When you come into the Saks office, you will notice the welcoming and warm décor, thanks to the vision and skills of Michelle. At Saks, you will feel her presence with the ever-changing brag-boards, decorations, and patient events.
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Joining Saks Orthodontics in early 2014, Shana is our Treatment Coordinator and oversees every New Patient consultation and exam. Shana has over 10 years experience in Orthodontics, including chair side assisting and radiography. She graduated from Lake Norman Dental Assisting School in 2006. Shana is a native to China Grove, NC where she still lives with husband Chris and their 2 daughters, Rayleigh and McKinley. When not in the office this southern girl can be found spending time outdoors with her family and friends, hauling her kids to various activities, helping out at church AND still finding time for Pinterest crafts without ever spilling her coffee. Shana also plays a vital role on our marketing committee and brings her passion for fun and creativity.
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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts town has decided to extend its concert curfew by 15 minutes, just for Bruce Springsteen.
The Sun Chronicle (http://bit.ly/2bW0jev ) reports that the Foxborough board of selectmen voted to extend the concert curfew for the rocker's Sept. 14 show at Gillette Stadium to 11:30 p.m. The typical curfew for weeknight concerts is 11:15 p.m.
The stadium's director of external affairs says Springsteen has played Gillette twice before with no issues and he's been playing 3 1 / 2- to four-hour sets on his latest tour. Foxborough is his last stop.
And if Springsteen plays past 11:30?...


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Say Yes to the Shoes
Lately, one of my favorite local blogs has been Yes and Yes. Bloggess Sarah Von is full of such positive energy and wit. And she's a world traveler, and she's selling off some of her very stylish goodies to finance a trip this fall to India, Nepal, and "heaps of other places."
You know when you see something, an article of clothing, a sofa, wallpaper, a vintage lamp—and your heart just sings, Broadway-style: YES! That must be mine! That's how I feel about the shoes she's got for sale. Unfortunately, I'm like Cinderella's ugly stepsisters—they're not going to fit me. I love the short heel, the creamy toffee-pink, the gathers around the vamp of the foot. I've been silently crying over the fact that they're too small. That's how much I love them. (And yes, I'm aware that I've been in love with an awful lot of shoes lately.)
Here they are:
For $30 they're yours. Never worn, and will go with everything, as evidenced by her chic style hints:
Wouldn't they look cute with:
- light wash jeans, a droopy silk shirt and a fitted blazer with the sleeves rolled up?
- a sweet, batik print sundress and piles of bangles?
- dark wash trouser jeans and creamy, cable-knit cardigan?
Yes, yes, and YES! Help a girl out and say yes to the shoes.