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GUIDE TO Dr. IDA STAPLETON & Rev. ROBERT STAPLETON REPORTS 1926 – 1936
The following individual quarterly and monthly reports of Dr. Stapleton are linked as separate pages and titled by date and the first line of the report. Not all reports are accounted for in the years that the Stapletons were in residence at Line Fork and missing reports may not have been prepared, may not have followed a monthly schedule, or may be lost.
*** For earlier reports and correspondence regarding Line Fork, see GUIDE TO REPORTS & CORRESPONDENCE OF WORKERS AT LINE FORK SETTLEMENT, 1920-1941. [in process]
1925 Correspondence
1926 REPORT – August-November "Our First Four Months at Line Fork Settlement …" [3 pages]
1927 REPORT – June "The Doctor was visiting …" [2 pages]
1927 REPORT by Dorothy Swisshelm– June 21 – July 30 "Work at Line Fork Settlement. … My first endeavors were to get the older girls interested in …" [1 1/4 pages]
1927 REPORT – September "Poor N____ got desperate again for the Dr. so she borrowed a mule …" [6 pages]
1927 REPORT – October "Various things have happened during the month … " [4 pages]
1927 REPORT – November 1927
1927 REPORT – December "Somehow my November letter did not get written …" [4 pages]
1928 REPORT December 1927 – January 1928 "I wish it were possible to tell you in the words of Bert Smith what a quiet Christmas there was …" [4 pages]
1928 REPORT February "The greatest event of the month has been a new grand baby in the Lewis family …" [4 pages]
1928 REPORT April "The story of Line Fork has a new …" [4 pages]
1928 REPORT August "Our very happy two months of vacation are already three weeks in the past …" [3 pages]
1928 REPORT October & November "The greatest event of the month was the taking of Rosie's boy Bethel to Louisville for the operation … [7 pages]
1928 REPORT December "Of course after Thanksgiving everybody began to say 'It's only four weeks or three or two until Christmas …'" [7 pages]
1929 REPORT February "Early in the month the Federal officers came thru and made a clean sweep of our most determined moonshiners and …" [6 pages]
1929 REPORT April "We've had a vacation. Mine was the longer as I started March 18th with Susan Ratliff …"/Cabin Fire [6 pages]
CABIN BURNED — See correspondence "Line Fork Architectural Planning" for an account of the fire and the planning for the construction of the new cabin.
1929 REPORT June "Its such exquisite Summer time; come and take a week with us, for a night would only be an aggravation …" [8 pages]
1929 REPORT October – November "There is one more baby party I want to tell you about …" [3 pages]
1930 REPORT – January "At Christmas …" [5 pages]
1930 REPORT – February "7 Days on Line Fork" [5 pages]
1930 REPORT – July [May ?] "Dear Friends, Here we are again after a delightful two month vacation…." 'The Progress of Darby and Jane …" [4 pages]
1930 REPORT – August "Dear Friends, The summer has been unusually hot and dry — yet nothing like it has been in the Blue Grass region …" [7 pages]
1930 LETTER TO PETTIT FROM DARBY & JOAN – August "What a most attractive trip … " [4 pages]
1930 REPORT – September "Dear Friends, The big thing this month was the Labor Day picnic at the Cabin. It is not generally a holiday here…" [6 pages]
1930 REPORT – October "One of our great events during the year is the Fair at Pine Mt. and quite a number of the Line Fork neighbors attended …" [4 pages]
1930 REPORT – November "Dear Friends: — This is the coming -home month of Finley who has been in "durance ville" these two years and Neelie has valiantly supported the family by odd jobs here and there …." [6 pages]
1930 REPORT – [December] Thanksgiving and Christmas on Line Fork "Dear Friends: — You would have been interested in seeing the neighbors gathered at Bear Branch School for the Thanksgiving programs and dinner…" [6 pages]
1931 REPORT – January "The other morning when Isabell brought the milk she requested shyly, "Could you mend the knee of my stocking? …." [4 pages]
1931 REPORT – February "Dear Friends: – It has been rather a nice month! After the fine clear days in January many are busy grubbin' in good earnest putting up new palings and fixing over their rail fences to tighten up their fields …" [5 pages]
1931 REPORT – March "Dear Friends: – Come with me up Coyle Branch this afternoon. Coyle Branch runs into Line Fork down by Gilley posts office…." [6 pages]
1931 REPORT – April and May "Dear Friends: — You would have gloried in our wonderful tulips in the border on the East side of the Cabin as our neighbors did who came to other's Day celebration yesterday. …" [7 pages]
1931 REPORT – August "Dear Friends: – Now we are all trying to save the apples that are such a bountiful crop. Nancy Ann says she has already eight bushels of dried apples and all her jars full of apple butter. …" [5 pages]
1931 REPORT – September "('Leaves from September') Dear Friends: – Everybody is stringing beans until I almost think I should be also at it but we are not so dependent on beans as most households. If there isn't a "kittle of beans" and a corn pone baking or left over, there is nothing to eat…." [5 pages]
1931 REPORT – October "('October Leaves') Early in the month we were busy day and night for a few days bringing cane for molasses. Every little farm is sure to have a small patch of cane for "sweetening." The Halls up Bear Branch had their patch high up o the mountain-side so they built their arh [?] for the boiling vat near the field with a small roof of hand-split shingles to protect it from a chance rain…" [5 pages]
1931 REPORT – November "November Notes. Dear Friends:- On the way to Pine Mt. Settlement school is Puncheon Camp, the first branch that runs into Line Fork from its source. A hunter built a shack up here forty years or so ago and ever since it has gone by that name…." [ 6 pages]
1931 REPORT – December "'December Doings' Dear Friends:- I have had in mind telling you about my last baby party on Jakes Creek. Once before I wrote about Orrie when Sam her husband was in prison and Mary, her mother-in-law,…spent the night moving the children from one bed to the other because they would not stay without their mother…" [ 6 pages]
1932 REPORT – February 16 "A Journey in January" Dear Friends:– I had such an interesting adventure the first week in January and here is how it came about. Miss Prubrick, who had been the nurse at the Pine Mt. Settlement School Infirmary for four years was invited to take charge of a new hospital for the community at Oneida, Clay County of this State…." [6 pages]
1932 REPORT – February 10th "'Seven Days on Line Fork' Monday means an especially favorite day for a visit at the Cabin. First came Mary. One — Nancy — had visited her other. "She is a busy-body you know and tried to make Mama say something about you. Then she said nothing but good thing[s] Nancy went away saying …." [7 pages] [special report published in the PMSS NOTES February 1932, [5 pages]
1932 REPORT – February and March "Dear Friends: – Some of you know how delightful it is to go a half mile upon Line Fork, cross Bear Branch and turning to the right climb the steep road that runs along the edge of the mountain, thru the laurel groves with Bear Branch roaring over the rocks, a hundred feet or more below. .." [5 pages]
1932 REPORT – March "'February Facts & Fancies' Dear Friends: – Came Old Jim Couch, a veritable scarecrow. His coat looked as tho it had served as such. There were traces of crude mending but hopeless for any more repairs…" [6 pages]
**1932 REPORT – March and April "Notes for March and April. Dear Friends: — Early in March we were so far advanced in growing weather that we were a little previous in planting potatoes and some were already up when a withering frost leveled everything." [6 pages]
1932 REPORT – September [July – September] "Dear Friends: – I am sure you begin to wonder if we are yet on the map. Perhaps you have been glad to have a vacation from OUR MOUNTAIN NEIGHBORS like we were. Miss Pettit was glad enough to come and take charge for the Summer so on July 1st. Mr. S. and I started for Michigan…" [6 pages]
1932 REPORT – November "Dear Friends: – It is such a nice day let us make some visits on Coyle Branch which empties into Lie Fork down by Gilley post office. Seldom do horses or mules go up the stream bed but a year ago when I was expected to attend little Martha at the Eagle's Nest, John her husband, did considerable work to make the Branch more passable for Swallow…" [6 pages]
1932 – 1933 REPORT – December 1932 and January 1933 "Dear Friends: — All you helpers of Santa Claus — East and West, North and South — are included. Verily boxes came from Iowa, Missouri, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, Massachusetts, New York, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Maryland, Florida & Kentucky…" [8 pages]
1933 REPORT – May 6th "Springtime on Line Fork. Dear Friends:- We are all so happy with this awakening season and growing things. Neely came to the Cabin grounds to pick salat greens. …" [8 pages]
1933 REPORT – July and August "Dear Friends: — Once again the "farewells to Summer" are beginning to suggest the approach of Autumn. the queen of the Meadow and Vervain tower above the Golden Rod that makes beautiful the road-sides and the corn. I always marvel how it can grow so tall from the rocky soil …" [6 pages]
1933 REPORT – December "Dear Friends: — At the peak of the Year — and we are having our first snow storm which did not last but half an hour. the Fall has been about as perfect as we could wish. Just cold enough so that a moderate fire is sufficient…" [[6 pages]
1934 REPORT – September "Dear Friends:- It's good to be back again among the hills of Kentucky to take up the task of neighboring with our acquaintances near and far. The Labor Day picnic was delayed till the 17th. The school Children especially looked forward to their yearly visit to the Cabin …" [8 pages]
1936 LETTER – June "It is indeed kind of you ladies to help us out with our budget here on Line Fork…" [Letter to Miss Lewis] [5 pages – NEEDS TRANSCRIPTION]
1936 LETTER – July Letter from Dr. Ida S. Stapleton to Katherine Pettit. "Sorry the 'antique' has a spot. I didn't notice it …" [4 pages]
1936 REPORT August
1936 LETTER September "My Dear Miss Lewis" [3 pages]
Dr. Ida Stapleton & Rev. Robert Stapleton
Alt. Title
Biography by Gretchen Rasch, Great-Granddaughter of the Stapletons
STAPLETON REPORT – October 1927 "Various things …" & LETTER
Pine Mountain Settlement School, Pine Mountain, KY
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Pine Mountain Settlement School, Pine Mountain, KY
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Series 10: Built Environment ; Series 21A: Personal Narratives (Written) ; Series 09: Biography.
Is related to: Pine Mountain Settlement School Collections, Series 21A: Personal Narratives (Written)
Coverage Temporal
1866 – 1946
Coverage Spatial
Pine Mountain, KY ; Harlan County, KY ; Gilley, KY ; Letcher County, KY ; New Zealand ; Belfast, Ireland ; Manchester, England ; Long Eaton, Derbyshire, England ; Michigan ; Ohio ; Iowa ; Olivet, Michigan ; Lapeer, Michigan ; Alabama ; Georgia ; New York, NY ; Erzurum, Turkey ; St. Petersburg ; Sweden ; Norway ; Oberlin, OH ; Russia ; Germany ; Trebizond (Trabzon), Turkey ; Line Fork, KY ; Big Laurel, KY ;
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Sister Maureen Anne Burns, CSJ
Sister Maureen Anne Burns, CSJ (Sister Mary Antoine), 70, of Cincinnatus, NY, died unexpectedly Monday, November 6, in Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Hospital, Binghamton. Sister Maureen had been a Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet for 52 years.
Sister Maureen was born June 27, 1936, in Syracuse, NY, daughter of Robert and Katherine Walsh Burns. She graduated from St. Anthony's High School in 1953 and entered the novitiate of the Sisters of St. Joseph in 1954. Sister Maureen received a bachelor's degree in English and a master's degree in education, both from The College of Saint Rose, Albany. For over 30 years, she taught and served as principal in schools in the Albany and Syracuse Dioceses, including fifteen years as principal of St. Patrick's School in Binghamton. Since 1987, Sister Maureen has been a rural-outreach worker for Catholic Charities' Cortland-Chenango Rural Services.
As an enthusiastic and creative teacher, Sister Maureen encouraged initiative and was interested in the moral and academic education of each student. As a principal, she provided a challenging, positive and supportive learning environment for students and staff alike. As an outreach worker, she was a tireless advocate for the dignity of all persons and a compassionate counselor for those in need. As a friend and Sister of St. Joseph, she was dedicated, faithful, loving and fun.
Sister Maureen is survived by her beloved sister and brother-in-law, Kathleen and George Petrie of Taneytown, MD; three nieces and one nephew; her dearly loved friend, Sister Kathleen Heffron, CSJ; many friends and colleagues; and the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet. She was predeceased by her parents, Robert and Katherine, and by many friends in the Sisters of St. Joseph.
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It's the R&B in me.
It's all my mom's fault really, this love I have for R&B music. Whenever rap music would come on the radio when I was a kid, she'd immediately switch the channel to the classic soul station, or the "old people music," as I called it then.
My appreciation of old school R&B, and all of my musical tastes today, can be traced back to those hip hop-less car rides. My love for the male singing groups of my time (starting with Immature and ending most recently with Boyz to Men and Day 26) began back in the day with her love for The Jackson 5, The Temptations, and The O'Jays. Her love Diana Ross directly translates into my love for all things Beyoncé. Her Luther Vandross is my Brian McKnight (musically, not vocally).
Just like hip hop heads revel in the days of "the golden era" of hip hop, I live for those early days of 90's R&B. Because those were the days when I my love for music, for R&B, was just beginning to bloom. So in a way, those songs were like my first loves. I can still get with the Lloyd's and Bobby Valentino's of today. But nothing will erase the fact that Tevin Campbell's T.E.V.I.N. was the first tape I ever got, and his follow-up I'm Ready was my first ever CD. (Which is why a part of my eight-year-old self nearly died when I saw him in Hairspray a few weeks ago, but I digress). Or my best friend and I sitting in her room, listening to a record of Whitney Houston's trying to memorize the words to the "Greatest Love Of All."
So this is my new blog: The R&B in me. Come along with me as I share my thoughts on R&B music. You may think my tastes are too commercial, too southern, too whatever. But at some point, I hope to help you remember that long-lost song that you used to love and the corresponding memories that it evokes. And who knows, maybe I'll even introduce you to some new songs as well. Either way, we'll all remember how incredibly influential this thing called rhythm and blues is.
(And, of course, you can't talk about R&B without talking about love. So there will be some of that, too. Some of it autobiographical, some of it not. But all of it, certifiably R&B.)
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Business occasionally tapers off, but with right strategy you can keep your company healthy during economic slumps. The following discussion explains how you can anticipate downturns and what you can do to keep the work coming.
By Mike Ukena
Another way to look at this situation is to use a downturn as an opportunity, rather than a yoke. If you can come up with new approaches to business or new product ideas, you will be more competitive. New approaches may improve your productivity, and new products may win new customers—even if they are a scarce commodity. The only companies and managers that won't survive are the ones who batten the hatches and do nothing. Innovators will trump them every time.
American automobile manufacturers serve as a perfect example of companies that have not done a good job of adapting and innovating during downturns. They have seen their market share sink like a rock through several business cycles because they are slow or late to innovate. The only reason they survived to this point at all is their massive size. The Big Three certainly missed the boat on the recent business turn that was caused by the rapid increase in fuel prices. They were all sitting with lots full of SUVs at the same time that customers were looking for fuel-efficient alternatives.
Screen printers can fall into the same trap. If you barrel along with high prices and long lead times instead of adjusting for the changes in the market, it could prompt your customers to look elsewhere. They'll eventually find the print shop that comes to them with promises of shorter lead times, lower prices, and maybe lower minimums.
Remember that when things are tight, a key strategy may be to relax your minimums so that your customers still order something. Something is certainly better than nothing. I have been in discussions where the decision was made to use a different product because the order minimums on the previous product were too high. They were fine when we could sell all we bought. They were not so good when inventories started to rise.
Adapting to help your customer is one of the best ways to build loyalty and customer satisfaction. Not bending is a good way to break.
Common sense
As I mentioned in the beginning, watching for slowdowns and market changes is pretty much common sense. You needn't be a rocket scientist, nor must you have an MBA, to see when markets slow down and adjustments need to be made. The keys are taking positive steps, but also not over reacting and leaving yourself too lean to compete and/or provide for your customers.
The silver lining is that even if the slowdown is short-lived or does not really affect your business at all, the preparation for what might have happened should still be of help. In fact, the prep work is actually quite healthy. To be prepared for eventualities is prudent. To blissfully work on without worry is folly.
Mike Ukena is a 15-year screen-printing veteran who has owned a textile-printing company and worked in technical services for the Specialty Graphic Imaging Association Int'l as the director of education. A member of the Academy of Screen Printing Technology, Ukena is a frequent speaker on technical and management topics at industry events. He is currently a technical sales representative for Union Ink Co., Inc.
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Lizzie McGuire: Matt Gets A Crush Part 4
by DCForever
While Jo contemplated about what she do about the latest letter, her
daughter, Lizzie, was upstairs trying to figure out a way to verify that her
mother was indeed her brother's, Matt, dream person/woman.
Thinking a loud. "Let's see...I guess I could come right out and ask mom
if she has a tattoo or could go the route and ask her what she thinks of
tattoos, but then if I'm wrong she might think that I'm interested in one.
What's a girl to do?" Flopping back down on her bed, back first, she exhaled
in frustration. "Think Lizzie, think. How ever I do it...I have to find a
way around her panties. The community pool would be a good idea...but it
doesn't open for a while. Hmmm...I wonder...guess the shower would be the
only other way...unless of course I'm daring enough to take a peek while her
and dad is sleeping. Fat chance on that. The shower it is." Lizzie closed
her eyes and starting think hard on a way to get into her parents' bathroom
without being to obvious. "That's it...I'll just say I need to use the
bathroom. It's worth a try. Have to get mom in the morning. I'll be so
glad when school is out tomorrow...the weekend finally. I wonder what
Miranda and Gordo are up to? Homework I'm sure. Ugghh...I must be the most
pathetic teenager alive...here I am having a full conversation...with myself.
How lame can I get? Don't answer that. Ugghhh...I really need to do
something...maybe Matt is up."
Lizzie found enough strength to pull herself off her bed and walk to her
bedroom door, but upon reaching the knob, another idea struck her. Turning
around and flopping back on the bed, she grabbed for her phone and dialed
her friend Miranda's phone number.
"Hello, Ms. Sanchex. May I please speak with Miranda?"
Seconds later, "Hey Lizzie, what's up?"
"You have no idea. I've been locked away in my room for the last half hour
trying to figure out how I can find some evidence as to who Matt's mystery
person is. I think I've finally devised a way, but it will have to wait
until the morning."
"Well, girlfriend, is there anything I can help you with...or did you just
need a willing ear?"
Lizzie was feeling dirty and was hoping her friend would play along. "Now
that you mention it, I could use some help curing an itch between my legs.
No matter how hard or how much I run my fingers over it, stratching it, I
can't seem to make it go away. Any suggestions?"
Miranda didn't know what to think, but remembering back to the scene in the
hall she decided to roll with the punches. "Are you sure you've tried
Lizzie was estatic that Miranda was playing along. "What...do you have a
suggestion or two?"
Miranda smiled into the phone as she ran to her room, locking the door,
before diving head first onto her small day bed. Gathering her composure,
she responded. "I might could think of a few ways you might try to cure
that ...itch of yours. Are you up for it?"
"You say it...I do it. Fair enough?"
"Yep! Sounds as if anything goes. Well first, how are you dressed?"
"I'm wearing my pajama shorts and top."
"Anything else?" As she asked the question, she was fighting with the double
buttons on her own pajama bottoms.
"If you're referring to any undies or bra...no."
"Good. Now...take it all off and go throw it into your closet and then come
back to the phone."
Lizzie laid the phone down and quickly threw off her pajama top and bottoms,
threw them into her closet and then raced back to her bed where she picked
the phone back up and placed it to her ear. "Done."
"Now...you mentioned that you've been locked in your room. Is the door still
locked? If so...go unlock it now."
Lizzie was starting to see where her friend was taking this little adventure
and she was loving it. She quickly walked over and unlocked her door and
then returned to her bed. "Done."
"Nice. Now, describe to me what you are looking at."
"My room? I don't understand."
"No, silly. When you look at your body...describe to me how it looks."
"Oh. Miranda, are you sure you haven't done this before?"
"I'll never tell." She had just added a bit of mystery to their little game.
"Not much to say...I'm wearing my birthday suit."
"Duhhh. I thought this was what you wanted, Lizzie. Are you going to play
along or not? How does your pussy look and feel like?"
"Ohhh...you naughty, naughty girl. Well, as I run my hand over it I can feel
light hairs brushing across my fingers. My hair is about the color of the
hair on my head. It tickles the slower I drag my hand across."
"Now we're talking. Now grab each side of your lips and open them as wide as
you can and try your best to blow air across the opening. Better yet, go
grab your hair dryer from the hall bathroom...and don't bother to cover
yourself up either."
Minute later, Lizzie walked back through her door with the dryer in hand.
Once the door was shut back she returned to her position on the bed and
waited for her friend's next command. "Back."
"Good. Now plug up the dryer and then resume the position you were in
before. Instead of using your own hot air, turn the dryer on to its hottest
setting and slowly move the heated air, coming from the dryer, across the
surface of your folds. By the way, how do they look and feel?"
"They look like lumps of loose flesh that act as a doorway to my innerards.
And before you ask...yes, my flesh is pink on the inside. Damn...this is
getting hot."
"The hotter the better. Guess what?"
"Everytime you shutter...I stroke myself...and so far...I'm getting pretty
"I know the feeling. Oh god-d-d...how much longer?"
"Touch your clit and tell me if its anymore sensitive than it usually is."
"Holy Shit!" Lizzie screamed out as she ran her finger over the uncovered
nubbin. "Miranda, I'm flooding my thighs. That was intense."
Furiously rubbing herself, Miranda was close to her own explosion. "I'm
al-l-most-t-t....the-r-e-e-e myself..jus-t-t a lit-t-l-e-e bit-t-t
further-r-r." She continued applying more pressure to her clit as she
rubbed herself harder and harder. "I'm close-e-e."
Opening her daughter's door, and screaming at the top of her lungs. "Miranda
Sanchez, what do you think you are doing?" Ms. Sanchez's yelling was the
last needed ingredient that Miranda needed. Screaming into the phone as
equally as her mother had previous screamed, "Oh My Fucking God!
Miranda's mom rushed over and grabbed the phone from her daughter and slammed
it down on its cradle. She stood over her half naked daughter...not saying a
word. She was speechless...beyond anger and her daughter could slowly see
the rage building up in her, but Miranda still was rubbing the palm of her
hand over her juice flowing pussy.
Mrs. Sanchez had had enough. Her tone of voice expressed anger and
disappointment towards her daughter. "Will you stop doing that?"
"Sorry mom, but I normally would...I just can't." Panting for breath. "I
can't just stop now...I've been needing this for a long time."
Her mom couldn't listen to another word from her daughter's mouth. She
turned and started towards the door. Before exiting, "If you insist on
pleasuring yourself like that...there are some creams and oils at the back
of the hall closet." As she was closing the door behind her, "And keep the
noise to a minimum!" She slammed the door behind her and stood in the hall
resting her head against the door. "My girl is growing up...what am I
going to do? And why Lizzie? Why would my baby girl call out that name
during a moment of esctasy? Miranda has a lot of explaining to do."
Back at the McGuire residence, Lizzie was trying to calm down after the
erotic high she had just given herself, when her younger brother Matt
stepped into her room.
He had heard noise coming from her room so he came to investigate. As he
opened the door, his sister's prone form on the bed became his focal point.
From the doorway, his view consisted of his sister laying naked on her unmade
bed. In one hand was their mutually owned white compact hair dryer and in
the other...well, her other hand wasn't in sight...it was buried deep within
her pubic cavern. Her pubic hair and stomach glistened from the juices that
covered her.
Shaking his head, he closed the door before walking over towards the bed.
"Sis, mind if I take a picture of this? Because at this moment your body is
piece of art." He leaned down and sat on the edge of the mattress and just
took in the beauty of his recovering sister. It was obvious to him that she
had just pleasured herself to a satisfying orgasm and looked to be trying to
achieve yet another.
Ever since he and his sister had started fooling around, he never could get
over how perfect and beautiful her body had become. Her outstanding breasts
weren't the largest, but they accented her upper body beautifully. The
nipples topped them off and stood tall. Her flesh created a smooth
curvacious valley as it descended from the tips of her breasts to the
flatness of her tight, toned stomache. Below her stomach was a very light
patch of pubic hair that protected and guarded the fleshy entrance to her
light pink colored tunnel of paradise. But the perfect body didn't stop
there. Long toned and tanned legs flowed from there to her knee caps and
further down to her delicate toes. If that wasn't enough, Matt could stare
at her bare ass for hours at a time without flinching an eye. Her ass was
made up of two small, gloriously, smooth globes of flesh. Lizzie had just
enough meat and curves on her backside to say that she had a beautiful ass
and for Matt to grab onto whenever he felt the urge. That was the beauty
that Matt McGuire was previlidged enough to see everytime he got together
with his older sister, Elizabeth 'Lizzie' McGuire.
Staring up at her brother, "Matt, you are too kind. So what did you want?"
"Actually nothing...that was before I came in here. I heard a noise coming
from behind the door and got curious."
"Well sweet litttle brother, I'm glad you did."
"Me to. So what got you all worked up?"
"Miranda. Ahhh it was great, Matt. Everything she said I did and we both
got off. I got cutoff with her. I think her mother might have caught her."
"Whoa, whoa, whoa. You mean you and Miranda...are you two...have you two...
wow...that would be something...can I-"
"Little man, little man, little man...hate to break the news, but no...we
aren't...we haven't...but I sure wouldn't mind it if we did."
"So this was the first time?"
"First time for this sort of thing, but..."
Cutting his sister off with building enthusiasm. "But? You mean there's a
but? Go on! Don't stop now! Continue!"
Lizzie chuckled at her brother's response. "Like I was saying before rudely
being interrupted...'but we did kiss and she let me give her a hickey on one
of her breasts'."
"No way! Are they as nice in the flesh as they look on the outside?"
"Yes way...on both accounts. And since I've told you this much I guess I
should throw in the fact that before me and Miranda...I sort of let Gordo
suck on my breasts."
"Get out of here! Lizzie, you let Gordo...oh my...did he...did you...are
you two..." Lizzie's laughter broke his train of thought.
"Both incidents happened about the same time it's the only time it's
happened, but I wouldn't mind a repeat performance."
"Did you enjoy having your friends do sexual acts on you?"
"I sure didn't not like it! Did you hear me...I said I wouldn't mind trying
it again. And did I happen to mention we were in the hallway at school when
it happened? You just have no idea what kind of erotic rush that was. Just
knowing that at any moment that we could have gotten caught was exhilerating.
I could see the topics of the talkshows now; 'What do 14 Year Olds and School
Hallways have in Common...Breasts Sucking.' That and more on the next Jerry
"Hehehe...that's pretty funny and very dangerous. Kind of like leaving your
door unlocked while you masturbated in the nude?"
Smiling big at her brother, "Yeah...something like that."
"You know what you are sis...do ya?"
"No, what?"
"You're nothing more than a teenage slut...my teenage slut...and above
all...my outrageously gorgeous sister. So is your hand finished down there
yet...I wouldn't mind giving my tongue a wash if you know what I mean?"
"It'll be a while longer. I'm working on a new goal...three!"
"Okay then, I'll just find something else to keep me occupied."
Matt leaned over his sister and planted his lips on hers. Their locked lips
soon parted as their tongues rested upon each other. But rest wasn't what
Matt was wanting. Lizzie stayed still as his tongue started gliding over
her's and his lips started sucking on her bottom lip. He kissed his sister
as she neared another release...a release that he was waiting on. Minutes
passed, tongues dueled, fingers rolled, hands groped, a clit was pressured,
and lips were stroked; in the end, Lizzie achieved her third orgasm.
Her brother wasted no time in breaking the kiss and taking over with his hand
where his sister's left off. He speedily slipped his hand back and forth
through the gooey white mess as he stroked her inner-flesh. A moment later,
Lizzie arched her back as she shot up from the bed. Matt was pinching her
nubbin with his right hand and furiously driving his other hand into her
flesh. The pain and building excitement was too much for the teenage girl
to withstand. She bit down hard on her brother's back in hopes that her
moans would be muted as Matt got her off for the second time in five minutes.
As she settled herself back on the mattress, Matt cupped the surplus supply
of her juices and started dripping and rubbing it into his sister's skin. He
kept dipping from the honey pot and slowly applied it all over her body. He
got the most satisfaction when both of his hands were covered in her cum and
ran them over her forehead, closed eyes, nose, lips, chin, then the neck and
finally ending in the valley between her still budding breasts. An hour
later, he was still hard at work...slowly licking up the last drop of the
juices that had previously covered her body. Matt looked at his sister as
she layed still on her bed, smiling, as if she was experiencing a fantasy
come true.
"Well, sis...did I satisfy you this time?" She could only bring herself to
smile as a tear rolled down the side of her face.
Smiling back, "I guess that would be a yes, huh? hehe." He leaned over and
kissed her nose and then her lips. Whispering only inches above, "You really
are beautiful." He turned his body back towards the foot of the bed and
admired the glistening beauty before him. He knew that he had truly given
his sister the satisfaction that she had been wanting and needing. Quickly
looking back over his shoulder and back again, he saw her smiling with her
eyes still closed. Lowering his head to her thighs he breathed in the
scented aroma of her essence.
He thought, "Yes, she was satisfied, but that doesn't mean I can't keep
satisfying her." He bent his head down and flicked his tongue across her
nub. Leaning closer, he used the same tongue to part her folds and run
along her inner flesh. The rest was history repeating itself.
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Alright, I'll say it. I'm a shameless lover of macarons! Two rounds of lovely crisp and chewy meringue filled with a rich fruity ganache...what could be better? As soon as my eyes fall on those beautiful pastel-hued discs my heart and stomach are set aflutter. This is perhaps why on Wednesday I was so excited to visit the famous Covent Garden, in London, with my friend Kirsty. I had heard the word on the street..a new Laduree shop had been opened recently there. I was buzzing..'C'mon Kirsty..let's go, LET'S GO'
Well it's safe to say I wasn't disappointed. From the minute we arrived we were taken in by the delicately positioned pyramids of towering macarons..coloured coded: pink, blue, green. A true feast for the eyes. The sweet fragrant smell of lavender and caramelised ginger moved like waves around the shop, filling the guests with it's delight. It is without a doubt one of the most enchanting sweet shops in the world! Take that Willy Wonka.
With a flourish I selected an exotic option (as the kids say..YOLO) which was Fleur D'Oranger (roughly translates as 'Orange Blossom'). With a warm smile from the pleasent lady serving, my order was filtered into an adorable printed paper bag (I loved it so much I just had to take a picture...of course). Classic tourist ehhh.
Fast forward an hour later: FINALLY got to Hyde Park. Can't wait to dig into this macaron. Been waiting for this.
*looks into the bag* Oh god..the macaron is looking a bit battered and bruised. An hour on the cramped underground tubes, with sweaty commuters, unfriendly businessmen [who shove you out the way] and uneven flights of stairs certainly have taken it's toll ...
The lesson learnt-
Small bag + rush hour+ fragile meringue= crumpled macaron :(
Drawbacks- Price If you do visit at Laduree shop then I should warn you that each little macaron is £1.70...and a box of 6 clocks in at around £10-12, meaning they are extremely expensive (and I thought Krispy Kremes were pricey). Further shock came when I took a second glance at the price list, I realised that a box of 72 was a jaw dropping £145..(oh my god.) However if you are looking to indulge and treat yourself to a delight, you probably wouldn't normally have, then buying the odd 2 or 3 won't completely break the piggy bank.
Hyde Park Summer Playlist:
Peace- Lovesick
Mumm Ra- She's Got You High
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Q: Now that summer is here, do I need to give my 5-month-old daughter water to drink, in addition to breast milk? Also, how can I clear up the rash she gets in the folds of her neck during hot, humid weather?
A: Breast milk is enough for babies even in the hottest weather, but if you're not convinced, monitor the color and quantity of your daughter's urine. It should be pale yellow or clear, and she should produce her normal amount. If it's dark or there's less than usual, she needs more fluids. (You, however, definitely need more, especially since you're breastfeeding.)
As for her skin, use a little talc-free baby powder to absorb moisture in the folds where there is little or no air circulation (talc has been associated with an increased risk of cancer). Or you can try clay powder, which is sold in health-food stores. I also treat those rashes with a mixture of one part aloe juice to one part jojoba oil (both also available at health-food stores).


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Breakfast is served outside on the sun patio or in the dining area. To add more to the forest-like and tropical landscaped garden, the guest house has a lapa and swimming pool.
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STRIPPING - Cedar strips laid onto building forms transform fishbone skeleton into solid object. Using the Minnesota Method, the canoe builder uses staples and square cut strips. The first strip follows the sheerline. The second touches the first at the center form. In a few hours an experienced canoe builder establishes a rhythm and closes in a large area of the hull. Battles rage-on over the topic of building with staples vs. stapless; using bead & cove strips vs. square cut strips... it comes down to aesthetics and personal preference.
LAMINATING - Meticulous preparation. Several hours pass fairing and sanding the hull in preparation for laminating. The wise builder then rehearses; cutting and dry fitting cloth, laying out spreaders, brushes and scissors. Pantomime steps. How much time for each movement?
FINISHING - The fourth and final milestone involves gunwales, seats and thwarts. Finish trim serves two functions: first, gunwales, and cross members provide structure, a naked hull will twist and flex; second, trim makes the canoe usable, a comfortable place to sit or kneel, a means of portaging the canoe to water.
The builder anxious to get on the water can purchase pre-milled gunwales and ready made canoe seats; one day and the canoe is ready to paddle. The builder looking for a shop project can burn an entire day hand-crafting a single canoe seat.
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Gather ten canoe builders in the same space and you get ten best methods to build a cedar strip canoe. You'd expect this amount of shop logic to provide definitive guidance. The quest for clarification often yields a confusing jumble of opinions and approaches to crafting a canoe.
A handful of Minnesota racers pioneered rib-less cedar strip canoe building in the '50's. Their innovation soon attracted average paddlers looking for a canoe they could craft at home, an alternative to heavier and utilitarian options of the day. We promote this Minnesota Method. Start by choosing a proven hull design that fits your paddling style, then use time-efficient building techniques to complete an aesthetically pleasing canoe.
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Bertha (TV series)
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|Created by
|Eric Charles
Stephen Flewers
|Roy Kinnear (voice)
Sheila Walker (voice)
|Narrated by
|Roy Kinnear
|Theme music composer
|Bryan Daly
|Country of origin
|United Kingdom
|Original language(s)
|No. of episodes
|Ivor Wood
|Running time
|15 minutes
|Original network
|Original release
|1 April 1985 –
18 June 1986
Bertha is a British stop motion-animated children's television series about a factory machine of that name, comprising 13 episodes that aired from 1985 to 1986. Other major characters in the series were Mr Willmake (factory manager), Mr Sprott (Bertha's chief designer) and Tracy (Mr Sprott's young assistant). All the characters were designed by Ivor Wood, and the series was produced by his company, Woodland Animations. It was broadcast on BBC Television.[1]
A series of six storybooks based on Bertha was published by André Deutsch at the same time as the series was broadcast. They were adapted by Eric Charles and illustrated by Steve Augarde, who was also responsible for the artwork and music in the children's series Bump.[1]
- 1 Plot
- 2 Production
- 3 Main characters
- 4 Goods manufactured by Bertha throughout the series
- 5 Original broadcast dates
- 6 Merchandise
- 7 Credits
- 8 References
- 9 External links
The series is set in an industrial estate occupied by the Spottiswood & Company factory, a small manufacturing plant producing a wide range of goods ranging from cuckoo clocks to windmill money boxes. Each episode focuses on a machine called Bertha that can produce any item requested of her. In each episode, the factory experiences a crisis affecting its daily production schedule, which Bertha invariably solves with the help of her factory worker friends.
Bertha was created by Woodland Animations, who also produced the shows Postman Pat, Charlie Chalk and Gran for the BBC. Episodes were written by Eric Charles and Stephen Flewers, and designed, produced and directed by Ivor Wood, co-founder of the Woodland company. Roy Kinnear and Sheila Walker voiced the characters, and Kinnear narrated. The main title music featured the singing of Guy Fletcher. The songs "Tracy's Robot Song", "Mrs Tupp" and "Isn't it Nice?" from the Bertha 12-inch vinyl record feature the vocals of Stefanie de Sykes.
Main characters[edit]
- Mr. Willmake – Manager of the factory
- Miss McClackerty – Mr. Willmake's secretary
- Mr. Sprott – Chief designer
- Tracy James – Mr. Sprott's Assistant
- Mr. Duncan – Works Foreman
- Ted Turner – Chief machine operator (who shows a number of influences of the late veteran TV presenter Bruce Forsyth)
- Roy Willing – Assistant machine operator (unknown if he was named after the narrator Roy Kinnear)
- Mrs. Tupp – The tea lady
- Panjit Singh – Forklift truck operator, often has accidents that are no fault of his own.
- Nell - Packer
- Flo – Stacker
- T.O.M. – Talk Operated Machine, a robot resembling the Star Wars character R2-D2 designed by Tracy and built by Bertha to perform odd jobs around the factory. According to the song Tom the Robot from the Bertha 12" vinyl record, he is said to be Bertha's robot son.
- Bertha - The title character, an old machine at the factory who has been modernised over the 50 years she has worked at the factory. She helps the rest of the Spottiswood & Company factory during each episode in some way or another.
Goods manufactured by Bertha throughout the series[edit]
- Windmill-shaped money boxes
- Garden gnomes
- Beach balls
- Nuts and bolts
- 365 springs
- Inflatable plastic bears
- Bathroom sponges
- Cuckoo clocks
- Humming tops
- Jack-in-the-boxes
- Jigsaw puzzles
- Watering cans
- Building blocks
- Electric kangaroos
- T.O.M. (Talk Operated Machine) – a robot
- A mechanical toy soldier for a contest
Original broadcast dates[edit]
The first episode of Bertha premiered on BBC1 on 1 April 1985 at 3:55pm after a 3:25pm screening of Daffy Duck's Easter Special. Episodes 2-7 were shown over the following weeks, omitting the Easter and May Day holidays, and episodes 8–11 were first broadcast at the end of an autumn rerun. The BBC did not comply with an ordered schedule for the airing of the program, and the last two episodes premiered in 1986 during a repeat season at 1:45pm and 1:30pm.[1]
List of episodes and first broadcast dates[edit]
|Broadcast date
|Product(s) produced
|The Great Painting Job
|1 April 1985
|Jigsaw puzzles
|Tracy designs a robot called T.O.M. (Talk Operated Machine) to help at the factory.
|The Windmills
|15 April 1985
|Musical windmill money boxes
|Mr.Sprott's money boxes are working well, but how do you get the coin out?
|Mouse in the Works
|22 April 1985
|Panjit and the rest of the factory try to stop a mouse from nibbling their boxes.
|The Best Machine Competition
|29 April 1985
|Humming tops
|When Mr Willmake wants Mr Sprott to design the best toy for a competition, Mr Duncan wants it to be made by a new machine, but everyone else wants it to be made by Bertha.
|T.O.M. Gets Lost
|13 May 1985
|Building blocks
|A magnet fries T.O.M.'s brain, so he scares the rest of the Spottiswood factory by disappearing.
|The Flying Bear
|20 May 1985
|Inflatable bears
|On a very hot day, Bertha is making plastic bears. Why do they keep growing?
|The Tea Nurse
|3 June 1985
|Watering cans
|Bertha is working slowly and keeps stopping; Mrs Tupp comes to the rescue.
|More Speed, Less Work
|5 November 1985
|Garden gnomes
|While Mr Willmake is at a meeting, Mr Duncan closes down Bertha, who was making garden gnomes.
|The Big Order
|12 November 1985
|Nuts and Bolts followed by Springs
|Bertha has to make 365 springs but Tom and Roy have trouble with the whippy, springy steel.
|The Burglars
|19 November 1985
|Jumping kangaroos
|Burglars break into the factory and steal money for the wages.
|Bertha's Birthday Party
|26 November 1985
|Cuckoo clocks
|On Bertha's 50th anniversary, Roy wonders why the hands on a clock are called hands.
|The Big Sneeze
|16 April 1986
|Beach balls and Snowballs
|Bertha gets cold and sneezes so strongly that she causes havoc in the factory.
|Tom's New Friend
|18 June 1986
|Mrs Tupp is cross about a new vending machine, but Tom soon fixes it.
Merchandise for the programme was, and is, very minimal. The merchandise listed are the only items that have been discovered.
UK VHS and DVD releases[edit]
On 13th July 1987, after the episodes were shown on TV, the BBC released one video of the show.
|VHS video title
|Year of release
|Bertha - The Flying Bear (BBCV 4075)
|13 July 1987
|"A Mouse in the Works", "T.O.M. Gets Lost", "The Flying Bear", "The Burglars"
|Bertha - The Tea Nurse (BBCV 4075)
|13 July 1987
|"The Great Painting Job", "Tea The Nurse", "More Speed, Less Work", "The Big Sneeze"
|Bertha - The Best Machine Competition (BBCV 4075)
|13 July 1987
|"The Windmills", "The Best Machine Competition", "The Big Order", "Tom's New Friend"
At some point in 1985, Bertha was featured on a Marks and Spencer (St. Michael) exclusive VHS release called Cartoon Favourites along with The Family-Ness, Ivor the Engine, Bagpuss and Pigeon Street. The "Mouse in the Works" episode of Bertha is on this release.
On 6 November 1989 one episode of Bertha was on the VHS release which was exclusive to W.H. Smith Postman Pat and Friends alongside Postman Pat and Charlie Chalk.
|VHS video title
|Year of release
|Postman Pat and Friends
|6 November 1989
|Postman Pat - "Pat Goes Sledging",
Charlie Chalk - "Arnold's Night Out",
Bertha - "The Flying Bear"
On 4 November 1991, one episode of Bertha was featured on the BBC VHS release Postman Pat and Company alongside Postman Pat and Charlie Chalk.
|VHS video title
|Year of release
|Postman Pat and Company
|4 November 1991
|Postman Pat - "Pat's Foggy Day",
Charlie Chalk - "Edward Keeps Fit",
Postman Pat - "Letters on Ice",
Bertha - "The Burglars"
Hallmark and Carlton Home Entertainment released the first four episodes on a single video in 1994.
|VHS video title
|Year of release
|Bertha (3007340123)
|6 June 1994
|"The Great Painting Job", "The Windmills", "A Mouse in the Works", "The Best Machine Competition"
In 2004 Entertainment Rights released a DVD of the show containing three of the same episodes as the Hallmark/Carlton Release, replacing "The Best Machine Competition" with "More Speed, Less Work" (albeit mistitled "The Best Machine competition").
|DVD title
|Year of release
|Bertha and the Best Machine Competition
|13 July 2004
|"The Great Painting Job", "The Windmills", "A Mouse in the Works", "More Speed, Less Work"
In 2011, Classic Media released a DVD entitled Fun with Friends: Volume One containing one episode of Bertha.
|DVD title
|Year of release
|Fun with Friends: Volume One
|27 June 2011
|Postman Pat - "Ice Cream Machine", Bertha - "The Flying Bear", Ethelbert the Tiger - "Ethelbert and the Camel", Friendly Monsters - "A Monster Holiday", Fun Song Factory - "Happy", Little Red Tractor - "Circles in the Corn", Merlin the Magical Puppy - "Merlin and the Summer Fair", Postman Pat - "Postman Pat at the Seaside", Preston Pig - "Snout Scouts"
Australian DVD releases[edit]
While there are no known Australian VHS releases of the programme, two DVDs of the entire series have been released by Reel Entertainment. The DVD cover claimed that the show was made by "the makers of Postman Pat and Thomas and Friends." However, this is only true for Charlie Chalk (since the slogan was used on all the Woodland Animations DVDs in Australia), because Jocelyn Stevenson (writer of Charlie Chalk) became the executive producer on Thomas and Friends from the seventh season onwards.
In 1985, to accompany the programme, some photobooks were released with altered titles to fit the style of the books. These were very similar to the Postman Pat photobooks, where the front cover would be an original illustration and all pictures within the book were images from the TV programme.
- Bertha and the Great Painting Job (The Great Painting Job)
- Bertha and the Windmills (The Windmills)
- Bertha and the Mouse in the Works (A Mouse in the works)
- Bertha and the Best Machine Competition (The Best Machine Competition)
- Bertha and the Lost TOM (T.O.M. Gets Lost)
- Bertha and the Flying Bear (The Flying Bear)
Vinyl record[edit]
In 1986, after broadcast ended, the BBC's record label released a 12" vinyl record containing songs from the TV series.
All tracks written by Bryan Daly.
|Side 1
|Guy Fletcher
|"Mrs. Tupp"
|Stefanie De Sykes
|"Packing and Stacking"
|Guy Fletcher, Eva Burden
|"The Flying Bear" (*) (instrumental)
|"Mr. Duncan" (*)
|Bryan Daly
|"Turning Wheels" (*) (instrumental)
|Side 2
|"T.O.M. the Robot"
|Guy Fletcher
|"Isn't it Nice?" (*)
|Stefanie De Sykes
|"Mr. Willmake" (*)
|Guy Fletcher, Stefanie De Sykes
|"Tracy's Robot Song"
|Stefanie De Sykes
|"Spottiswood March" ((*) (instrumental))
|"Roy the Apprentice"
|Guy Fletcher
Tracks marked with an asterisk (*) did not feature in the TV series. However, it is possible that the song "Mr. Duncan" was to feature in the episode "More Speed, Less Work" but was not included due to it making the episode too long. The same is the case with "Mr. Willmake" possibly featuring in the episode "Bertha's Birthday".
The album also had a cassette release with the reference number of ZCR 585.
Board game[edit]
In 1987, Falcon released a board game using illustrations similar to those seen on the front covers of the photobooks. The game itself does not differ much from the Monopoly series of board games. If a player lands on T.O.M., they are allowed to ask Bertha to make an item for them.
Advent calendar[edit]
In 1985, an Advent calendar using the same profile image as the vinyl record was released.
From 1985 to 1988, Bertha featured in a total of four annuals:
- Bertha annual 1985
- Bertha annual 1986
- Buttons (based on Children's BBC) annual 1987 (along with Postman Pat, King Rollo, Towser, Henry's Cat and Jimbo and the Jet Set)
- Buttons annual 1988 (along with Postman Pat, Charlie Chalk, Henry's Cat, Towser, King Rollo and Spot)
- Written by: Eric Chris
- Narration by: Roy Kinnear
- Voices by: Roy Kinnear and Sheila Walker
- Music and lyrics by: Bryan Daly
- Director of animation: Derek Mogford
- Series designed and directed by: Ivor Wood
- Film editor: Martin Bohan
- Song vocals: Guy Fletcher
- Recorded at: Havoc House Studios
- Sound by: Clive Pendry
- Produced by: Woodland Animations Ltd
- © Woodland Animations Ltd MCMLXXXV
- ^ a b c "TV TOONS: Bertha (1985)". Toonhound: cartoons, animation, comic strips and puppets in the UK. Woodland Animations. 2011. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
External links[edit]
- BBC children's television programmes
- British stop-motion animated television series
- 1985 British television programme debuts
- 1986 British television programme endings
- 1980s British children's television series
- British children's animated television programmes
- Television series by Universal Television
- DreamWorks Classics
- English-language television programs
- 1980s British animated television series


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Ham for the holidays at the MAFES Sales Store
Long known for its cheeses, Mississippi State University now has a fully cooked, boneless ham available in time to reduce cooking stress and adorn holiday tables.
Made in Mississippi and packaged at a processing facility in Magee, the 5-pound V Ham is sold in the MAFES Sales Store, which is a unit of the Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station. The store is housed in the Herzer Food Science Building on the MSU campus and is best known for MSU-produced cheeses and ice cream.
Debbie Huffman, store manager, said football and holiday seasons are the store's busiest times of year.
"This year, we have had a lot of football fans selecting the V Ham, which stands for Victory Ham, to serve at their tailgates. Each ham will serve 20 to 25 people," she said.
Byron Williams, assistant Extension and research professor of food science, nutrition and health promotion, said the ham is "savory," using natural hickory smoke and sweet flavors.
"Traditional curing ingredients in specific proportions create the flavor for this ham," he said. "The meat comes from low-fat, high-quality ham muscles, so each one is very lean, tender and easy to carve."
Williams said the meat must be kept refrigerated, and if unopened, the product has a 60 to 75-day shelf life, so would keep well through the holiday season. Once the packaging is opened, the meat should be eaten or repackaged and frozen within four to seven days.
Unlike other meat products available in the store, the V Ham is produced by Old Waverly Farm of West Point. The store also offers beef, lamb and pork products produced by students, faculty and staff at MSU's Meats Laboratory.
Customers can view a complete list of products available at the MAFES Sales Store online at http://msucheese.com. The store will ship only cheeses; other products must be picked up at the store.
Linda Breazeale | MSU Ag Communications


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If you were going to sum up Cutting Edge Haunted House in one word, that word would be enormous. That's because it holds the Guinness World Record for the largest walk-through haunted house in the world.
But size isn't the only thing that Cutting Edge has going for it. The team behind the haunt has the kind of dedication that can only come out of a love for the art of terror. They spend all year transforming the huge amount of space into a variety of different sections. Favorite features are updated and new ones are added. So even if you've been before (and many people do go every year), it's still a completely different experience.
Visit an enormous haunt with every horror imaginable
That variety is the key to Cutting Edge's success. While other attractions will separate their scares and themes into different haunts, Cutting Edge combines all of them into one single, long, and terrifying experience. But that doesn't mean that you have insane asylums overlapping zombies and ruining the effect. Cutting Edge has enough space to create transitional zones that separate the features and ramp up your adrenaline. One of our favorites is the pitch-black transition that's so dark you almost have to feel your way through it.
Overall, you'll spend 45 minutes (or more) traversing a variety of setups that are sure to hit every scare on the list, from the creepy scare to the spine-tingling scare to the horrifying scare to the startle scare. We particularly are impressed by the attention paid to the audio of the haunted house. They clearly spend a lot of time putting it together and timing it perfectly. The result is an audio track that heightens the tension and adds to all of the scares.
The scares don't end there
After the main haunts, you'll enter a section with live music and entertainment before heading into the Pit Maze. Theoretically, people can find the exit in a certain amount of time, but the maze is so well built that most guests are still lost by the time the lights go up.
The building itself also has a bit of fun and creepy trivia to it. Originally the building was a 100-year-old meat packing plant known as Hell's Half Acre. Plenty of the original meat processing equipment was left over and has found its way into the haunt. So the reason that meat hook or machine ripping things apart looks so realistic is because it's the actual real deal.
Insider Tips
- The actors in the haunted house don't touch you, but some of the features are under no such restriction. Wear something that you don't mind getting a little messy, and go with shoes that are comfortable rather than stylish. Remember you've got a long way to walk.
- Don't forget the cash! Everything there is cash only. If you want to use a credit card, then get your tickets online ahead of time. This will also help you avoid the line.
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Saturday, May 26, 2012
At the Children's Hospital Memorial Service
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Love this picture! Very nice Kendra. I got your letter in the mail this week. Thanks for writing back :)...hugs sent to you and your family
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Bob Jones' letter (September 15) rightly suggests that the plans for a new Tesco superstore on the former New Park gasworks site should be consigned to the dustbin.
Harrogate Chamber members have repeatedly voted overwhelmingly to say "No" to this Tesco plan for ten distinct reasons :
1. Flawed access to the store - from a very busy and dangerous junction
2. Suggested solution rejected - to create a much larger roundabout
3. Local school and business impact - due to much more traffic
4. Retail grocery trade competition - will affect existing local retailers
5. Gas tank and pipeline safety - H&SE advised against these plans
6. Land and stream contamination - former gas works residues on site
7. Alternatives for New Park site - small business park and affordable housing
8. National planning policy - many councils and inspectors block large stores
9. Changing UK retail grocery market - convenience stores more popular
10. Tesco's financial position - closing stores and selling sites for housing
Harrogate Chamber has previously raised serious concerns about the potential impact of the proposed Tesco superstore in Harrogate, but the councils and Tesco management have taken no notice.
In view of their deteriorating financial situation, we now question whether Tesco will actually proceed - especially following the opening of an Aldi store very near to the New Park site.
Furthermore, the current construction of flats on the former Little Wonder site makes visibility at this busy junction much worse. So we ask why did NYCC Highways approve these plans without any objection on road safety grounds?
Harrogate District Chamber understands that both the NYCC and HBC are perhaps in a difficult position with Tesco doing just enough to comply with planning regulation and hold on to the plan of eventually building a store in this site. It would be more beneficial to the town to allow qualified independent experts to re-evaluate and fully research an effective solution to some if not all the problems itemised above.
If they cannot be solved, then the superstore should not be built and the site should be sold and released for a much needed small business park and a large area of affordable housing, together with a coach park and a park and ride site on the upper level alongside the Ripon Road.
Brian Dunsby
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Harrogate District Chamber of Commerce


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My Sample Society box for March arrived on Friday, and I had almost forgotten that it was even coming! So that was exciting, haha! This month is the last month of my gift subscription, and while there have been some great goodies, I won't be subscribing right now because I just have WAY too much stuff to test. (But when I do finish up more samples, if that ever happens, then I'll be sure to subscribe!)
Anyway, since I just received this, I haven't been able to test out the products really. With the piles of stuff I need to get through, I'm not really sure when I will, so I wanted to share at least what I got and my initial impressions.
Oscar Blandi Pronto Wet Instant Volumizing Conditioner is one that I'll be excited to use. I quite like Oscar Blandi Invisible Dry Shampoo, so I have high hopes. I was most excited to see a full size Butter London Nail Polish in Diamond Geezer. Wohoo! Butter London is definitely one of my favorite nail brands. I wasn't sure what to think of Hollywood Fashion Tape, and I know that it has been in a lot of boxes lately. Since I don't have any around, it is handy to have this around for a special occasion. I remember using these before and having moderate success, so that's fine. I'm giving Murad Essential C Day Moisture SPF 30 to my boyfriend, so he can keep it in his work bag for the days he forgets to moisturize. We've both tried samples of this moisturizer before, and I find it to be just average in terms of moisturization level and overall performance. Lastly, I'm looking forward to trying LashFood Natural Eyebrow Conditioner and comparing it to the Anastasia serum that I got recently.
So there you have it! What do you think of this month's Sample Society? Are you a beauty box subscriber? :)


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I've been talking serious skincare on the blog for quite some time now. I've also had the opportunity to try some great products that have really changed the way I care for my skin. I recently tried Nimni Cream c/o of HydroPeptide. This little jar packs some powerful claims. Nimni Cream contains an amino acid patented technology designed to improve the appearance of the skin's tone and texture. The creme works to boost and optimize collagen production. Collagen production rejuvenates skin to lessen the look of fine lines and wrinkles while improving the appearance of fullness and elasticity. Nimni Creme works to lessen expression lines, wrinkles, loss of facial volume, hyper-pigmentation and uneven texture.
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I'll be using this product over the next couple of weeks and I'm excited to see if this works on some expression lines I have. Who knew laughing would make for wrinkles, what was so dang funny? Anyway, how do you use this product? Apply a small amount to the face and neck at night, after cleansing. Avoid the eye area. Begin using twice weekly and increase usage as tolerated.
I've used products that contain Retinol in the past. It takes some time for my skin to build a tolerance to Retinol. Since this product contains a time-release retinol, I'll be using it 2-3 times a week at night to start (after cleansing). I'll give you an update soon!


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Singer and rapper combine for new material
U2 frontman Bono and Jay-Z, along with producer Swizz Beatz, have written and recorded a new song to benefit the victims of the recent Haiti earthquake.
Bono's bandmate, guitarist The Edge, revealed details of the collaboration on Irish radio station RTE 2FM.
Details of the song's release, title or live debut have not been revealed.
The Edge said that the trio explained: "Bono got a call from a producer, Swizz. He and Jay-Z wanted to do something for Haiti. So Bono came up with the phrase on the phone and last night we were here, we wrote a song, finished, recorded, and sent it back to them. So, that might be the next thing you hear from us."
Bono is set to be part of the 'Hope For Haiti' telethon, organised by actor George Clooney and set to take place in various locations on Friday (January 22).
The telethon will be broadcast in the UK from 1am (GMT) on Saturday morning.


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Looking back at IGN's previews of Resistance: Burning Skies, the same idea keeps popping up: this is a handheld first-person shooter that feels like its console brethren. After shoehorning FPS games onto portables for years, having a true dual-stick shooter on the go is exciting -- it's just that Resistance: Burning Skies isn't. Burning Skies is a competent shooter with presentation problems that does little to thrill you.
Like most shooters these days, Resistance: Burning Skies is broken into two parts -- single player and online multiplayer. The solo campaign casts you as Tom Reilly, a New York firefighter thrust right into the action as the Chimera invade America for the first time. (Thus, this is a story set between Resistance: Fall of Man and Resistance 2.) Tom's just doing his job and rescuing people, but when the Chimera abduct his wife and kid in front of him, he's committed to the fight until he gets them back (translating into six chapters of gameplay that should take you six or fewer hours).
Burning Skies is a competent shooter with presentation problems that does little to thrill you.
Unfortunately, most of that is straightforward and mindless. Tom rarely speaks, and when he does, it's rarely about his emotions. We're just some dude blasting and hacking our way across a bridge because getting there is the objective and we're hoping to find some weapon upgrades on the linear path. There are cutscenes between each chapter, but they're always told from another character's perspective. We never get a genuine moment with Tom, so why should we care about his motivation?
As such, the action is the main focus in Resistance: Burning Skies, and again, it's competent but lackluster. If you want to shoot things and peek out of cover, Burning Skies has it, but it doesn't have much more than that. Each time you run into a room, there are a bunch of Chimera to shoot. Most of these guys will just stand there and fight from one spot. Bosses are a breeze, and I think that has something to do with the way the game is controlled on the Vita.
See, the dual sticks and shoulder buttons allow for the console FPS basics that everyone knows. It's tight, responsive and going to make most feel at home. However, the Vita makes up for the buttons it's lacking with the front touch screen and the rear touch pad. You can double tap the back touch to run, and tap or hold the front touch to melee, interact with the environment and utilize each of the eight guns' secondary fire modes.
Here's where the breezy feeling meets the controls. These touch mechanics work and were only annoying when I'd accidentally melee a door or fire a tag round into the floor trying to interact with an object. However, holding the screen to fire an RPG or mark an enemy for the Bullseye takes time, and I think that's why the enemies aren't all that challenging; they're giving you a chance to use the touch screen mechanics.
There's a Burning Skies Trophy for killing a bunch of Executioners -- huge enemies each with a cannon for an arm -- but when one of these guys would show up, I'd stand in the open, tag the cannon with the Bullseye, and then empty a clip from cover. The game gave me ample time to do this without getting blown away by the beast. I didn't need a crazy strategy or to stay on my toes. It was as if the game was saying "Use the secondary now!" Even though the game does offer different difficulties, I found the ones unlocked from the get go to be like this but with less health for Tom.
In the spots where I did die, Burning Skies became all the more frustrating due to its poor checkpoint system. Sometimes, I'd start quite a ways back from where I perished (the bridge section), and other times I'd start before a pivotal moment and have to listen to the same conversation over and over (the final boss).
When you switch to multiplayer, you lose the gripes about story and the ho-hum enemies, but you don't find the hook that'll make Resistance: Burning Skies a must have. Good for up to eight players, the online options are limited at best. There are no clans, a handful of maps, and perks that are just unlockable weapons and mods from the single-player campaign. If you're aching for a handheld shooter, the game's three modes (deathmatch, team deathmatch and survival) will be here for you, but I don't know how much of a community will sprout up around this.
Interestingly, one of my biggest complaints about Resistance: Burning Skies is the game's audio. The orchestral score is beautiful, but it doesn't seem to get used all that often. Instead, it seemed like my soundtrack was my own footsteps as I ran through single-player and multiplayer. In multiplayer, another issue arose where I'd be all alone in an area but gunfire would sound as if it was raining down on me. No matter where I was in a match, it sounded like I was in the heat of battle as long as someone somewhere was using his or her gun.
Greg is the executive editor of IGN PlayStation, cohost of Podcast Beyond and host of Up at Noon. Follow IGN on Twitter, and keep track of Greg's shenanigans on IGN and Twitter. Beyond!
The Verdict
Resistance: Burning Skies has the honor of being the first true twin-stick FPS on a handheld, but it doesn't do much with it. The story here is forgettable, the action is formulaic, and the multiplayer is simplistic. If first-person action is your favorite thing in the world, Resistance: Burning Skies is at your service. Just don't expect it to shine like we know this franchise can.


text: Al Jazeera's Tarek Bazely explains the complexity of the Abyei issue But the NCP and Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM), which governs the south, cannot agree on who will be eligible to vote. "The issue of the Abyei referendum has come to a standstill," Deng Arop, a SPLM representative who heads Abyei's administration, told reporters on Sunday. "This has the potential to ... cause a regional and international conflict."More than two decades of bitter war between north and south Sudan left an estimated two million people dead. A peace deal signed in 2005 created a federal unity government that shared power between the north's ruling party and the former southern rebels. Tribe controversy Abyei's referendum law gives the right of vote to members of the southern Dinka Ngok tribe and it is up to the referendum commission to decide which "other Sudanese" are considered residents of the region and therefore eligible to vote. in depth Q&A: Sudan's Abyei dispute Abyei tribes fear losing land The ruling NCP says the Misseriya, a big pro-unity nomadic tribe which grazes its cattle in the south during the dry season, should also vote. The SPLM says the tribe as a bloc should not be allowed to vote, but that individuals with long-term residence in the region should be able to do so. "The Misseriya ... are in no way meant to vote in the Abyei referendum because they are not residents. They are meant to be nomads," Arop said. He said Misseriya had begun to settle 75,000 people in the north of Abyei to change the demographic of the region and influence the vote. Arop estimated there were about 100,000 original Abyei residents excluding the Missiriya. He called on the NCP to stop the settlements. "If the government is not supporting this then it should take action to stop it," he said. Abyei has been a contentious issue between the SPLM and the NCP bothbefore and after the 2005 peace deal.Border arbitration Deadly clashes between the Sudanese army and the SPLM in Abyei in May 2008 raised fears of a return to war between north and south Sudan. Both parties decided to take the matter of the sensitive border to arbitration in The Hague. The Permanent Court of Arbitration refined the borders, leaving the Heglig oil fields in the north, out of the Abyei region. Both north and south authorities have accepted the ruling, but it was criticised by the Misseriya tribe. Douglas Johnson. a former former member of the Abyei Boundaries Commission, told Al Jazeera that the threat of renewed violence in Abyei is "very serious". "There have been clashes on the border, there have been clashes within Abyei, and this latest report of movement in large scale of Misseriya into northern areas of is very worrying," he said. SOURCE: Al Jazeera and agencies


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Enhanced Features Available
Your Whooshh system can be integrated with specific add-ons that include count, sorting for size, species, or hatchery/wild.
If you're looking for a gentle, efficient way to move fish within or from your facility, look no further than Whooshh. Our fish-friendly system can be configured to your exact specifications and situation.