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At some point in a relationship, no matter how close a couple, how regularly they have sex, or how openly they communicate, a couple wants to spice up their love life. That desire to try something new or enhance our intimacy demonstrates our appreciation for each other and our desire to please each other.
Sex toys provide many opportunities for couples to enhance their sex life. While there are many fun sex games and couples sex toys to try, sometimes the best tools are the individual ones. The Rabbit Vibrator is one such tool. Designed solely for her pleasure, put to good use by a couple, it can enhance both partners' pleasure.
What Is a Rabbit Vibrator? A Rabbit Vibrator is a clitoral stimulator with two narrow thongs that resemble rabbit ears – hence the name. The vibrator comes in different styles, from finger vibes to panty clips designed to fit over the clitoris. One of the most popular rabbit vibrators, however, is the Rabbit Dildo, or Rampant Rabbit. The rabbit vibrator sits at the base of the dildo shaft, providing clitoral stimulation. The shaft itself often either vibrates or pulsates in a way that simulates pumping.
The Rabbit and ForeplayHow you use the rabbit vibrator during foreplay depends on your own personal style as a couple. The most important thing is that she have an orgasm with the vibrator. One is nice, but two or three orgasms are ideal, and easy to achieve with the rabbit. Here are ideas for incorporating the rabbit into your foreplay.
Self-StimulationGive her time to enjoy the rabbit on her own. She can do this alone while waiting for you to finish up any evening projects you are working on (or while you are getting in the mood with reading or videos). You can sit and watch her with the rabbit or tease and massage other erogenous zones, such as her neck, wrists, feet, ears, and breasts.
Mutual MasturbationUse the rabbit on her while she is otherwise pleasing you. She play with your penis or give you a blowjob while you use the rabbit, whichever the two of you enjoy doing.
Bondage PlayIf the two of you enjoy bondage, the rabbit is a wonderful tool for orgasm control. Bind her as you normally would and use the rabbit on her, bringing her through orgasms until she cannot take it anymore.
The Benefits of Orgasm with the RabbitThe rabbit dildo is designed to provide clitoral and vaginal stimulation at the same time. The exact nature of the vaginal stimulation varies depending on the model of rabbit. Some are designed for G-Spot stimulation. Others have longer, thicker shapes to provide deeper vaginal stimulation. The rabbit dildo will provide a clitoral orgasm combined with a deeper vaginal orgasm.
This dual orgasm is extremely pleasurable for her, but it also has some effects on her body. After about two orgasms (sometimes after the first depending on how her body responds to arousal and orgasm) you will begin to notice that her labia remains engorged. This makes her body very sensitive to touch, so intercourse will be even more pleasurable for her. This also softens her body incredibly, making intercourse more pleasurable for you as well. The muscles in her vagina will also be more responsive to you, adding to the pleasure for both of you.
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Leaves are Starting, a photo by susanvg on Flickr.
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Leaves are Starting
Leaves are Starting, a photo by susanvg on Flickr.
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Spring Runoff
Spring Runoff, a photo by susanvg on Flickr.
Pussy willows start to emerge, a sure sign that spring is taking hold. As snow recedes the remnants of autumn are revealed.
Some dry leaves still cling to the trees. A gentle breee sets them off, rustling like the wings of a swarm of insects. They are not ready to take flight. New growth will push them off.
Spring comes in, full of energy.
Monday, April 22, 2013
Starting to Thaw
Starting to Thaw, a photo by susanvg on Flickr.
What a difference 100 km (about 60 miles) and some moderate mountains makes! It is like going back in season. We went to the Laurentians for a couple of days - to Trout Lake near Ste-Agathe. Spring is taking a tentative hold, but the ice is not ready to leave the lake. On the south-facing side of the lake, much of the snow has melted, but the other side still has plenty of snow.
A hardy heron hunts hopefully at the edge of the lake, the only spot that is free of ice. I don't know how those skinny legs can abide the frigid water.
Sunday, April 21, 2013
The Old and the New
The Old and the New, a photo by susanvg on Flickr.
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Sun Life Building
Sunlife Building, a photo by susanvg on Flickr.
I shudder to think what would have happened if one of those ships had been torpedoed. You can learn more about the Sunlife Building here.
Photo April 15
The moment the sun shines everything grows at a rapid pace. The crocuses spring open and a day of rain started greening up the grass. Colours reappear as sepia landscape gets washed.
Saturday, April 13, 2013
It's never over until it's over
It's never over until it's over, a photo by susanvg on Flickr.
It could have been worse. They were predicting up to 20 cm but some of it fell as rain. Many are disgruntled, but warmer weather is predicted so this will melt fairly quickly. But in the meantime, it's back to boots. Great pools of slush are accumulating.
First Flowers
First Flowers, a photo by susanvg on Flickr.
Photos: April 7 and 8, 2013
The trees know to wait for warmer days. No sense growing leaves before it is time.
These scylla take advantage of a warm spot with heat radiating off the wall to bloom early. I always marvel at how things can grow out of cracks and crevices. Spring is taking a toehold.
Saturday, April 6, 2013
Bonsai Cherry Tree
Bonsai Cherry Tree, a photo by susanvg on Flickr.
I always find it interesting that we are so fascinated with things in miniature. I remember taking my (then fairly young children) to Madurodam in The Netherlands. We walked like giants around the miniaturized sampling of Dutch life. There, too, the plant life was coaxed into miniature versions of the normal larger forms.
I admire those with the patience and knowledge to maintain these trees (this one is 55 years old). It is definitely a work of love.
Thursday, April 4, 2013
Blue Morpho
Blue Morpho, a photo by susanvg on Flickr.
Here are more of the butterflies we saw.
The varieties and patterns are extraordinary.
These are actually moths. They are more active at night. They are quite large as you can see below in comparison to one of the butterflies.
The butterflies have normal life cycles - here are monarchs mating. When we looked carefully (with the help of a person working there) we saw some eggs, a few caterpillars from a few species of butterflies as well as a chrysalis.
It was so delightful to see all the colours.
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Every year the Botanical Gardens has a butterfly exhibit: Butterflies Go Free. What a treat when the outdoor scene is devoid of bright colours and when the wind makes walking outside bitter. I enjoyed my brief stop in the tropics - even if it was artificial.
The butterflies fluttered by. Landing on their spindly legs they enjoyed the warmth.
Some rested with their lacy wings outstretched, while others closed their wings and hid their brilliant colours.
The Monarch is common in Quebec in summer. Their astonishing migration is a concern for all as their winter area has been threatened by logging. I would hate to think that the yearly exhibit will become the only place to see them.
More butterflies to come.
Roots and All
Roots and All, a photo by susanvg on Flickr.
This was not an April Fool's joke. The wind was whipping through the city and this downed tree was one result. Fortunately it did not land on people, vehicles or houses.
I saw this on my way to my book group. I was impressed with how quickly the city reacted. By the time I walked home, trucks were on site to cart away the pieces that had already been chopped up.
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Perfectly Legal
By David Cay Johnston (Portfolio, $25.95)
To the lexicon of publishing jargon containing such expressive gems as "page-turner" and "bodice ripper," I propose adding the term "blood boiler." The formula for writing a blood boiler is simple: Find an area of public policy fraught with injustice, fraud, and malfeasance—not all that difficult these days—and write about it, taking up one subissue per chapter, so proportioned that by the time the reader has finished his or her bus ride, s/he is experiencing an invigorating pounding of the blood in the temples at the sheer unfairness of it all.
There appears to be one more requirement for a proper blood boiler: Whether lowdown and scurrilous like Michael Moore's Stupid White Men or high-minded and judicious like Joseph Stiglitz's Globalization and Its Discontents, a blood boiler must inculcate a mood of despair, a feeling that the problems enumerated are much too difficult to cope with not only for an individual but for the combined will and intellect of the world's best and brightest.
Such a work is David Cay Johnston's book-length monograph on the inequities of the American tax system. In small doses and restrained by the fine-mesh editorial sieve of his day employer, The New York Times, Cay's reporting on the labyrinthine coils of national fiscal policy are refreshingly pointed and vivid. Unleashed to vent righteous indignation across more than 300 pages, Johnston's description of "the covert campaign to rig our tax system to benefit the superrich—and cheat everybody else" (the book's full subtitle) is as searing as a gasoline explosion and about as useful. Chapter after bite-size chapter hammers away at the theme as seen in every area of tax policy from Social Security withholding to corporate jets, inheritance tax to the alternative minimum tax, executive salary packages to gutting tax enforcement.
If you manage to reach page 305 without a cerebral aneurysm, you'll find 13 pages devoted to Johnston's "conclusions," which boil down to an essential two: Congress should do something about reforming the present system, and we all should pay more attention to tax policy. Am I alone in finding that an insufficient payoff? I have a reform of my own to propose: Congress should pass a law requiring that all authors taking on great public issues propose at least one remedy for each injustice they enumerate. I suspect that, as Ninotchka said of Russians after the Stalin purges, there would be fewer books, but better. ROGER DOWNEY
A gentle SW reminder: Your taxes are due tomorrow, Thurs., April 15.
A Spectacle of Corruption
By David Liss (Random House, $24.95)
David Liss seems to operate under the assumption that a straightforward, hard-boiled detective novel is elevated with a bit of history. He may be right. His formula starts with the return of Benjamin Weaver, the hero from his 2000 Edgar Award–winning debut, A Conspiracy of Paper. A Jew in 18th-century London and a former boxer, Weaver has the key ingredients—toughness and a chronic outsider's perspective—that define the great PI's, from Sam Spade to Spenser. (In the parlance of the day, he's called a "thief-taker.") But in Spectacle, Weaver actually becomes the prime suspect for the murder of a gang leader, a crime that appears to be part of a political conspiracy among Whigs, Tories, and Jacobites. Not your typical Robert B. Parker fare.
Liss frames the first-person novel as Weaver's memoir written 35 years after the 1722 slaying, but Weaver frequently intrudes on his story with explanatory passages about period politics and customs that read like English History 101. These digressions—while necessary to supply the back story of partisan intrigue, London gang conflicts, and the struggles of the destitute—sometimes muddle the progress toward Weaver clearing his name. Not to worry, though. Whenever the book begins to linger too long in pedantic details, Weaver dives into a bloody fistfight or ogles a fair damsel with her "deeply cut bodice [and] . . . expanse of dazzling bosom." (He also takes regular breaks for "dishes of chocolate.")
Liss' characters, especially his villains, may be a bit wooden, but Spectacle is more than your average mystery novel. Liss seems to have hit on a solid formula: sex, violence, and scheming Whigs and Tories. It's like a vitamin-fortified dish of chocolate. PATRICK O'KELLEY
David Liss will appear at University Book Store, 7 p.m. Fri., April 16; and at Seattle Mystery Bookshop (117 Cherry St., 206-587-5737), noon Sat., April 17.
The Epicure's Lament
By Kate Christensen (Doubleday, $23.95)
Hugo Whittier, the endlessly despondent killjoy in Kate Christensen's droll, deadpan third novel, is obsessed with far more than just the culinary arts. In fact, it almost seems wrong to reduce him to that one fixation. Whittier is equally possessed by women and death; and writing isn't far behind.
The 40-year-old former playboy is the sole remaining resident of his childhood home, a stately Hudson River Valley manor, when he is suddenly descended upon first by his brother and then by his estranged wife and her 10-year-old daughter (possibly fathered by him). Writing furiously in his journal as a means of escaping these unwelcome housemates, Whittier reveals that's he's also dying of a rare illness called Buerger's disease. He could perhaps save himself from this terminal sickness if he wanted to, but he'd have to quit smoking, and Whittier has absolutely no plans to do that. In fact, he's looking forward to dying—he just wants to have some good food and get laid a few more times before it happens.
Christensen has a name for this kind of fiction—she calls it "loser lit" and doles it out in Whittier's first-person narration. With his death wish, wandering eye for pretty much every female in and out of his sight line, and complete lack of familial love, Whittier makes a great loser. Yet there's also something quite charming about his methodical, obsessive epicureanism, coupled with his armchair interest in philosophy. And since he's a rich boy living off his spotty past and family fortune, he can afford to spend a lot of time reading and writing in his armchair. (Thus ensconced, he also devises plans to get his brother's mistress to an Atlantic City motel for the weekend, translates Montaigne's "On Solitude," and details his preparation of shrimp Newburg.)
Although Whittier's long tirades can grow tiresome, his dark wit and sarcasm make him pretty hard to hate. Author Christensen is careful not to tip him, or the reader, over the brink into bitterness. In the end, Whittier's courageous pessimism eventually morphs into a strange, canonizing calm. While many flail blindly into a midlife crisis or a permanently broken family, Lament's misanthrope ultimately is more astute. Consequently, as he makes small physical and spiritual recoveries near the close of the book, Whittier even manages to find a little hope. It's the last thing, and perhaps the best thing, you'd expect to find in this erudite and inimical novel. LAURA CASSIDY
The Blue Bowl
By George Minot (Knopf, $24)
An alcoholic, emotionally crippled father. A disaffected son paralyzed by resentment. Patricide. George Minot's debut novel even features a surpassingly unreliable narrator, nudging Bowl into Karamozov territory. Yet unlike Dostoyesvky, who divides his masterwork neatly among three siblings with good reason to kill Papa, Minot spends just about all his time inside one son's head. That particular head is so narcissistically nebbishy, so caterwaulingly convoluted with anger and self-justification, that it almost sucks the air right out of the novel. Fortunately, Minot's writing is often poetic and insightful enough that he breathes life into Bowl's rather anaerobic atmosphere.
In his inveterate black-sheep protagonist, Simon, Minot has created an excruciatingly affecting portrait of "a dying-for-love soul of a motherless boy-man" (his mother was killed, or killed herself, in a car wreck). As we learn from another brother who narrates, Simon spends most of his time furious and stoned, literally tiptoeing around his father and leeching off the rest of the family. Dad, for his part, is not much more than a lumbering hulk of silent stares haunting the novel; he's not much different alive or dead, and his murder turns the focus of Bowl squarely onto Simon, the defendant on trial for the crime. Under the resulting media glare, Simon undergoes a kind of transformation—or perhaps better to say self-deconstruction. This gives Minot occasion for a serious grapple with one of literature's mightiest, albeit dourest, themes: the pained relationship of sons to fathers. In so doing, he uncovers some pretty squirmy truths.
Yet even more than that, Minot gets to show off with his pen. This book is a feast of language; anyone who gets bogged down by purple flights of fancy is best advised to stick with leaner fare. Minot's writing is highfalutin modernist prose that reads like a spaghettified collision of Faulkner, Kerouac, and Franzen. ("Simon woke to the full wide movie screen of summer lettuce canopy, the big old maple's many supple money hands suspended and waving lightly diaphanous green, on the outer layers, darker inside, like inside a big shredded umbrella." You get the idea.) This is a big, ambitious, frustrating novel full of lovely writing that tackles some heavy existential baggage. When it's good, it's good; and when it falters, it's still better than most of what passes for high fiction these days. RICK LEVIN
George Minot will appear at Elliott Bay Book Co., 7:30 p.m. Mon., April 19.


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Author Notes: We love pasta and we love seafood. So seafood pasta is a natural dish for us. This version of sauteed scallop pasta uses ramen pasta noodles in a pan sauce to quickly achieve a wonderful flavor in a very simple dish. For a flavorful quick meal here's the recipe:***Check our blog for directions on how to cook scallops properly.
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Serves: 2
6 large scallops, patted dry and warmed to room temperature (about 30 minutes)
6 oz dry Japanese ramen noodles (available from Amazon)
3 large cloves garlic, minced
2 T sesame oil
¼ C sauvignon blanc white wine
2 T unsalted butter
¼ C grated Parmesan cheese
1 dozen thin round chives, 6 uncut for plating, the rest left long for garnish
zest and juice from 1 lemon
sea salt, fresh ground pepper and granulated garlic
- After patting the room temperature scallops dry, salt, pepper and apply granulated garlic to both sides.
- Start the ramen noodles boiling. When boiled for 4 minutes, drain, rinse and shake dry. Reserve until needed.
- Heat the oil to medium-high heat in a 12 inch non-stick saute pan. When hot, place the scallops in the pan and cook for three minutes on one side. Carefully turn them and cook for another three minutes then remove and reserve in a warming oven with the plates until serving.
- Reduce the pan heat to medium and place the minced garlic in the pan. Cook for about 1 to 1 ½ minutes.
- Carefully pour in the wine and deglaze the pan, stirring up all of the little brown bits of scallop. Add the butter and stir to create the pan sauce.
- Add back the pasta, chopped chives and grated Parmesan cheese and mix thoroughly.
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Fat-Blasting Secrets
There's a lot more to losing fat and building muscle than just working out. In fact, you may have had trouble developing your abs in the past, not because you were doing the wrong kinds of exercises, but because you were not able to combine them with the other elements of a workable fat-burning plan. You might even have fantastic abs already, but if they are covered by a layer of fat, who's going to see them? Once you know a few secrets to blast fat from your mid-section, you'll be much better equipped to develop a stomach that you'll be proud of and others will envy.
The Basic Fat Facts
Not all fat is bad for you. The health industry has made fat out to be this big bad guy that destroys our health but the truth is nowhere near this simple. A man who is in 'good' shape has about 14 to 17 percent body fat. The body fat percentage typical for an average man is between 18 and 25 percent.
These numbers are a little different for women because they naturally require more body fat to carry out certain bodily functions. An athletic woman will have between 21 and 24 percent body fat, while an average woman will be in the 25 to 31 percent range. That's right, no matter how healthy you think you are, you're body is loaded with fat – and it'd better stay that way because as soon as you start to lose it, you get dangerously close to starvation.
Body fat percentage is good information to have. It can tell you a lot about your fitness level and overall health, but it is a difficult measurement to come up with on your own. Your doctor can help you find out what your body fat percentage is and they may be willing to recheck it from time to time. The main thing to keep in mind, though, is that fat is normal and not necessarily a bad thing. You just want to make sure you don't have too much and that the fat you do have comes from the right sources.
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PRAIRIE VILLAGE, Kan. -- In the latest "Pay It Forward," a grocery store clerk considered a legend by her co-workers gets a big surprise at the end of her shift.
The HyVee on State Line Road has a legendary customer service winner working there. Her name is Linda and she beat out 52-thousand employees for the award.
But Grace Owens already knew how special her co-worker was.
"When she walks into HyVee, she has a great personality," Grace said. "When you leave, she gives you a hug. When you have a bad day, she talks to you, and all the customers love her."
During Linda's overnight shift, she helps people -- like paying for their groceries when they can't afford it.
Joseph King has worked with Linda for 16 years.
"I used to have to walk 40 minutes back to work every night, and she got me a car," King said. "She is nothing but a mountain of generosity."
Recently, Linda needed help with a flooded kitchen floor.
"I wanted to help her but I don't have the money to help her," Grace said.
After counting out the three hundred dollars, we went inside the store, and presented Linda with the latest honors in our "Pay It Forward" Series.


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DoubleTree Hotel by Hilton
600 N. El Paso Street
El Paso, TX 79901
(800) 368-7133 (reservations)
(915) 532-8733 (front desk)
The DoubleTree Hotel by Hilton is three blocks from the Plaza Theatre.
Hotel Paso del Norte
101 S. El Paso Street
El Paso, TX 79901
(855) 534-3068 (reservations)
(915) 534-3000 (front desk)
The Hotel Paso del Norte (formerly the Camino Real Hotel) is across the street from the Plaza Theatre.
Hotel Indigo El Paso
325 N. Kansas
El Paso, TX 79901
(877) 8INDIGO (reservations)
(915) 532-5200 (front desk)
The Hotel Indigo El Paso is four blocks from the Plaza Theatre.
The Holiday Inn Express
409 E. Missouri
El Paso, Texas 79901
(800) 315-2621 (reservations)
(915) 544-3333 (front desk)
The Holiday Inn Express is eight blocks from the Plaza Theatre.
The Hilton Garden Inn
111 West University Avenue
El Paso, Texas 79902
(915) 351-2121
The Hilton Garden Inn is located 1.4 miles from the Plaza Theatre.
Here are some of the great places to eat within walking distance of the Festival.
Next door:
Anson 11 (Mills Building)
Starbucks (Mills Building)
TCBY Yogurt/Mrs. Fields (Mills Building)
The Dome Bar (Hotel Paso Del Norte; closed during PCFF for renovation)
Walking distance:
Big Bun Hamburgers, 209 E. Mills
Blackbird Cantina Deluxe, 533 W. Franklin
Cafe Central, 109 N. Oregon
Craft & Social, 305 E. Franklin
Delight, 502 N. Oregon
The Downtowner, 325 N. Kansas
Fire Restaurant and Bar (DoubleTree Hotel)
Gray Dog, 500 N. Oregon
The Healthy Bite, 205 E. Mills
House of Pizza, 208 N. Stanton
The International, 114A Mills
La Malinche, 310 N. Mesa
La Placita Cafe (San Jacinto Plaza)
Later, Later, 109 N. Caldwell
Los Colorines, 201 E. Main, Suite 114 (former Chase Building)
Luigi's Homestyle Pizza, 321 E. Mills
Park Tavern, 204 E. Mills
Pallets — Flair Cocktails, 204 E. Mills, Suite C
Pike Street Market, 207 E. Mills
The Pizza Joint, 500 N. Stanton
Pot Au Feu International Restaurant, 307 E. Franklin
Subway, 500 N. Franklin


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The New York Road Runners organization has more than 40,000 members as of September 2015. The New York Road Runners annually conducts dozens of races throughout New York City, including its main event, the New York City Marathon.Continue Reading
The New York City Marathon is one of six events the New York Road Runners conducts in November. Each year, it finishes on December 31 at 11:59 p.m., with the 4-mile New York Road Runners Midnight Run.
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Chambers Racks Up Weekend Honors
March 17, 2009
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. -- The Amateur Softball Association announced today that Arizona's Stacie Chambers (Glendale, Ariz.) was named the USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Week for her offensive efforts at the Judi Garman Classic in Fullerton, Calif.
Chambers was also named the Pac-10 Player of the Week, Commissioner Tom Hansen announced today.
'It really is an honor and a great feeling,' said Chambers. 'But it only raises the bar for myself and makes me want to work harder. Our team is going to come out and work hard as we head into Pac-10 play next week, and we are all driven to make it back to Oklahoma City.'
The junior catcher tallied 15 RBI and seven runs scored in 14 at-bats. In total, three players tallied seven RBI in the tournament, which was the second-highest output, but Chambers had 15. She nabbed six hits over the tournament - all home runs - bringing her season total to 19 and her RBI total to 66, leading the Pac-10 conference.
'It's a very prestigious honor,' said Arizona head coach Mike Candrea. 'Stacie had an outstanding performance this weekend, and we're always glad to see our players getting recognition. It's an honor for our program.'
All 15 RBI came in only three games as Chambers knocked in seven runs on two homers against New Mexico - including her third grand slam of the season, and four runs on two homers against both Penn State and Notre Dame. Two walks, including an intentional base on balls, against ND gave her a 2-for-2 performance with three runs scored.
Chambers homered in her final two at-bats against Penn State and her first two at-bats against Notre Dame, thus becoming the first person in Arizona's long and prestigious history to hit four home runs in consecutive plate appearances.
Chambers has now had three weekends in which she tallied 15 or more RBI. This also marks the first USA Softball Player of the Week honor for Chambers, and her second Pac-10 honor. Arizona has earned a Conference-leading 124 all-time Pac-10 honors.
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Featuring Big Ed Mr. Serv On
[Soulja Slim/Big Ed]
We suggest that you niggas don't fuck with us
The more niggas you bring the more heads we bust
[Soulja Slim]
It's do or die on the streets that I roam that I roam
That's why I never leave my gun at home gun at home x2
[Soulja Slim]
Shit niggas not goin put the chest these days
Niggas catch it down bad and bust your motherfuckin head
Put it like that, should have had your gat but nigga you chose to slip
And the nigga chose to let all thirty two out this extra clip
Enter your dome, let loose gonna meet your momma home
I'll let you slide one time cause she was full of that fucking rome
But you on guard, I don't stun in front of these pussy poppers
I'm from uptown so you know I got to get you partner
I've been doin this and you just jump in the porshe and new jacks
And I got quick reacts and I bust em back and hit somethin
Fuck the stuntin, me and myself
Might twirk a somethin and hurt somethin
Straight dome shot, leave you bald
Might go on my face and fuck em all
Then walk off with an innocent look on my face
Soon as I get to the corner, pick up the pace
Running like I'm running a race
Cause I aint bout no more murder charge catch me
Down here them people fools ya, lose you in a second
Get convicted in your life, now you trying to appeal
Should have gave them a dome shot, should have played them real
I suggest you don't fuck with us
Suggest don't fuck with us
I suggest
Chorus x2
[Big Ed]
We some hard ass niggas, Big Ed and Soulja Slim
Niggas bust at us, watch us end low and bust at them
Get out the way, kids getting hit and shit
Already split forty rounds and not even a half a clip
Bitches know me as the assassin, tip toe and squeezing and blasting
Camoflauge fatigue feared off in a black ski maskin
A No Limit soldier, nigga we ain't scared to bring it
Nigga I'm tryin to leave the streets behind
And put in no wax and singing
And nigga keep my gat trown up like????
Trigger finger itching like crabs
Got me strapped tighter then hoes legs wrapped around me when I stab
Nigga think got more deadly so I got more gats
Totin to edge two compacts, Big Ed be puttin it down like that!
Chorus x2
[Mr. Serv-On]
It's the S to the E to the are to the V
To the O to the N to the T to the are to
The you to the N to the I to the G to the K to the A
Can't carry ya, drama marry ya
Step across this fuckin line my tank stroll motherfucker
I straight deal ya
Be like blasting, stepping like a fuckin hog
Soulja Slim ya know me, Big Ed get at me dog
I'm still asking the lord to bless me
These niggas persist to test me
After the night, only the gangsta hell gonna accept me
I'm ready to lay my claim niggas know the game
Ain't shit changed, five hundred dollars
I'm soed up and I'm still creeping
Round the corner with my mask on
Got my gloves on, ready to get my fucking blast on
So when you see me, nigga bow down to this fucking tank
You niggas wanna be like us but you niggas fucking can't
So I'm tired of you motherfuckers
Asking why I twist my hat and wear my colors
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This is the first time I'm writing to you.
It's with you that I spent 14 years of my life. The smell of fresh pages, everyday books, broken pencils, half eaten erasers...
For the past few days you kept coming back to my mind. For the first time I missed my childhood.
Over the years almost everyone wrote about childhood memories and loss of innocence and things like that. It took so long and finally it sunk in that it's not possible for me to go back. There is no way back for me.
For the last 10 years I kept thinking growing up was so much fun...it surely is an adventure...
But a few days back for the first time standing alone in my old bed room on a cloudy afternoon I missed those days...those late nights when I hurriedly packed you up with the next days routine..the early mornings when I opened you up to make a last minute check and stuff in my tiffin box in your small outer pocket...
You've been with me through a lot of my first's. My first friends in school, my first punishments, my first fights, my first tears....
It's amazing how we never broke up in those 14 years. There were times when you slouched alone in the corner of my room for months during vacations. I never wanted to go to school...I used to pray that the holidays never end. Little did I notice how much you must have longed to have me take you on our regular strolls.
There were days when you slept on the green grasses of the Maidan while I was busy with march past...there were times when you got wet while I dint care much.
14 years went by slowly but steadily. Since then I've never tried to look back. And eversince I grew up unknowingly. My 20's brought with it chaos, responsibility, bitter truths, coffee and a whole lotta new people. I lost you. I didn't even realize any pain. Of losing you, of growing up. Umpteen realities of the adult world spoke louder than the little prince. I couldn't hear the Little Prince anymore.
31 years have not been cruel to me. I met a lot of great people and made a few good friends too.
When I first met her, even she had someone like you. I don't know if she has lost that someone special. Coz she's in her 20's too. But she misses him too. I know how much she cares about little things in her life. I always realize late.
But I remembered you and with you came a whole lot more...bits and pieces of my unkindled youth...words which I can never learn again...sums which I can never solve again...friends whom I can never get to see again...playing fields where I can never play again...concerts where I can never sing again... truths I can never tell, staircases that I can't ever climb, fears that I can never feel...
I will never get a chance to see you again. I guess life is that way. Time takes away a lot. Wherever you are , thank you for giving me so many memories. I can never go back to where I've been. But whenever I see a little boy or a girl walking with someone as special as you every morning I keep looking and it makes me wonder. And I ask myself, 'Has the sheep eaten the flower?' And everything changes.
With love and many memories,
P.S I miss you. And no grown ups will ever understand that this is a matter of much importance.


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Saturday, September 18, 2010
The Greatest Band to Ever Come out of Lubbock
There's really nothing to say about this band except the first time I saw them, they made me wish I had been born and raised in Texas. I immediately wanted to hoist a state flag, buy a cowboy hat and gargle whiskey. I'm not kidding about this. I stumbled upon them at a place called "Hole in the Wall" on the UT Austin Drag and have since seen them 3 more times. They are simultaneously hysterically funny and sentimental Americana. Country music has never been so filthy.
There is truly nothing like the Beaumonts, who, contrary to what you might think from their name, are actually from Lubbock, Texas. Highlights include "Big Fake Boobs," "Let's Get Drunk," "Burn 'Em Down," and "Mayonnaise." As great as these tracks sound, the band simply must be experienced live.
Sample lyrics: "Well...my dick is so short that I piss on my balls, And my belly looks like it belongs on Santa Claus, I might be hideous baby, don't be so smug, 'cause I got money for drugs."
"She don't mind taking out her teeth and giving me some gum, Double A, R.P. I'm in love."
Enjoy it right here. If you like it enough, buy it and give these fellas the money they deserve.
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- SIVA said...
I live in Lbk, and I have never even heard of these guys..
- October 13, 2010 at 11:29 PM
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Mike, Several weeks ago we had a customer place an urgent special order with us that would amount to several thousand dollars in revenue; a significant sale! The trick was that we only had a few days to deliver the order. I knew that Lift-It mentions it's speed of delivery when required, but let me tell you, Chris MADE IT HAPPEN. This guy helped us secure a several-thousand-dollar sale in a severely depressed local economy. Because of his hard work, and Lift-It's superior product, W4 gained a strong foothold with a previously low volume customer. Our experience with Lift-It has been nothing but excellent. You're a great company with great people making great products. We're proud to be selling Lift-It products, and we look forward to selling them for years to come. To you, Chris, and everyone at Lift-It, Thank you.
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Junior, Thanks for another one of your great classes. It was a great refresher course. Lift-it is a top notch company. Yourself and Senior have a way of drawing you in during your discussions and also treating you like one of the family. Your product knowledge, commitment to safety and generosity is very refreshing to see and much appreciated. Thanks for all you do, for always providing a superior product and always having our safety in mind.
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To be honest, I wasn't looking forward to attending the class. I figured it would be "just another boring training class." I was totally wrong! Your presentation was extremely well put together and you kept things moving at a good pace to keep us interested. Aside from the things I learned about rigging, I feel like I got to know you a bit also. You seem to be a person that truly cares about his customers. The stories you shared about getting started and the four guys on the line crew really stood out to me. I appreciate you telling us about them. Being that, like your father, I'm just a simple government employee, I don't have any say in the type of equipment that our shop purchases. But, if I had my own company, I would be ordering all my rigging from Lift-It. Again, thank you for a great couple of days and God bless you.
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College Football 2011: Why the Nebraska Cornhuskers Will Win the Big TenMay 16, 2011
The 2011 college football season is painfully far down the road. Diehard fans will spend the next three or four months scouring media outlets for any news on their team, and while most of the population looks forward to the warm embrace of summer, it is really just filler before the opening kickoff.
Right now optimism is at a premium. Every team is undefeated. Every team has a shot at not only winning its conference, but winning it all and hoisting the crystal football in New Orleans.
This is the time for bold predictions.
The Nebraska Cornhuskers will win the Big Ten in 2011.
Without going into an estimation of wins and losses, the Huskers can and will immediately contend for the Big Ten title in their inaugural season. Here is why.
Let's get this one out of the way first since, by and large, most people find Nebraska football synonymous with "defense"—at least in the Bo Pelini era.
Nebraska's defense will be dominant once again. The 2011 version may be even better than the previous model, even without Prince Amukamara, DeJon Gomes and Eric Hagg.
The defensive line will be stout and is chock-full of talent. There are so many bodies able to rotate in and out that even when Jared Crick or Baker Steinkuhler takes a breather, it's hard to see any weaknesses. A lot of second-string guys would be starters at most schools in the Big Ten.
Lavonte David will continue to rack up insane numbers of tackles and will prove that he is an elite linebacker, not an undersized linebacker playing well in a defensive "system." True, Big Ten teams are more physical, but David is a pure athlete and can match up against any offensive player.
While there are holes to fill in the secondary, coach Bo Pelini has a knack for churning out top-notch corners and safeties. With Alfonzo Dennard coming in to become the next great corner for the Blackshirts, the Huskers are a virtual assembly line of talent in the secondary.
Regardless of all the talk centered on Big Ten offenses and how Nebraska is going to have a hard time adjusting, this is simply not true. Bo and Carl Pelini are experts at adjusting—just look at what they did in their brief time against Big 12 teams.
It's safe to say that the opposite should apply—can Big Ten offenses adjust to the Blackshirts?
The New Offense
Before the slings and arrows come out, this will be a definite area of improvement in the 2011 season. New offensive coordinator Tim Beck seems more interested in building an offense that will play to team strengths rather than making everyone fit within his system. Ultimately, this was Shawn Watson's downfall.
Despite all the uncertainty surrounding depth at wide receiver and running back and even the streaky play at the quarterback position, no one can deny the talent on the offensive side of the ball.
With Beck's new offense in place, this could be a very exciting year for the Huskers. There is going to be more emphasis on QBs rolling out and passing and reading defenses. While Taylor Martinez perfected the zone read early last season, premier defenses caught on and shut it down. This season will be entirely different.
Looking at the talent at both receiver and running back, it looks more and more like a group of electrifying players than unknown liabilities.
The Schedule
Again, this may come as a bit of a surprise since most claim that the Huskers have one of the most difficult schedules in 2011. While it does look tough on paper, the schedule looks more than manageable.
The Huskers should roll through their first four non-conference games. These will be "ironing board games"—a chance for Big Red to get any wrinkles out before heading into conference play. There is simply too much talent on the defensive side of the ball for any of these games to get close.
The toughest game on the Huskers' schedule is their very first Big Ten conference game—against Wisconsin on October 1st, in Madison. This is still a winnable game, but the Badgers will pose an undeniably viable threat.
Outside of that, the Huskers have Ohio State, Michigan State and Iowa at home. If Nebraska can beat Wisconsin in its league opener, that may just be the catalyst in its season that propels it toward an undefeated record.
Oh, and there is no more Texas on the schedule...
The Bo Factor
Bo Pelini enters his fourth season at the helm, and while he has yet to win a conference championship game, he has most of Husker Nation behind him.
This season, Pelini will want to come in immediately and pronounce to the league that Nebraska is and will be a power within the conference. The 2011 campaign will be more focused on minimizing mistakes on offense and setting the tone with a "hit 'em in the chin" defense.
This is a homecoming of sorts for Pelini—coming from Youngstown, Ohio and playing for Ohio State. Bo will make sure the 2011 Huskers are polished, and it looks like he has instilled an air of confidence in his players that seemed sorely lacking before his tenure.
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Friday, October 14, 2011
Pay it Forward Blogfest
The idea is to pay it forward - list three blogs that you would recommend to your followers. I'd like to introduce you to these three ladies:
Wavy Lines
Laura Marcella is a sweetheart. She blogs three days a week - Monday is quote day, Wednesday is writing workout day, and Friday is open. She bubbles with enthusiasm and I always enjoy visiting Laura's site.
Mystery Writing is Murder
Elizabeth Spann Craig is the most consistent blogger I know. She posts in the same style every day and relates life to writing in a way that really causes you to think. Elizabeth's relaxed, friendly nature is refreshing - and I look forward to finally meeting her in person at Book 'Em NC next year.
LD Masterson's site is just fun! And she is so loyal to those who visit her. I can always count on her stopping by even when I've been a busy Spunky and not visited her.
Who do you recommend?
25 comments:
- Jemi Fraser said...
Love your choices! Those are 3 of my favourite bloggers - great people all! :)
- October 14, 2011
- Jennifer Shirk said...
Oh, I love Laura! Great blogs!
- October 14, 2011
- Alex J. Cavanaugh said...
I don't think I follow Laura's yet! Thanks for participating in the blogfest.
- October 14, 2011
- Clarissa Draper said...
Those are great blogs. I'm following them all!
- October 14, 2011
- Tamara Narayan said...
I recommended you! Ha. Plus Hannah Kincade and Zoe Courtman. I'll off to check out your picks.
- October 14, 2011
- Matthew MacNish said...
Thanks so much for taking part, Diane! You've listed some cool blogs here.
- October 14, 2011
- Arlee Bird said...
I follow all of these bloggers and they comment frequently on my site. Good choices. I think I have some very new ones for you and I hope you check them out. They are quite good.
Tossing It Out
- October 14, 2011
I just commented on Laura's! I'll be checking out the others you recommend. I recommend Heidi Willis--a writer finishing her MFA and she has a photography blog with stunning photos.
- October 14, 2011
- Laura Marcella said...
Thank you for your kind words, Diane! I'm honored that you featured my blog today!!! Hope you have a fabulous weekend! :)
- October 14, 2011
- Rachna Chhabria said...
Hi Diane..nice to meet you. I am enjoying this blogfest. I adore Laura's blog. I will check out the other two.
- October 14, 2011
- Christine Rains said...
Great links! Thanks for sharing.
- October 14, 2011
- Claire said...
I'm over from Alex's blog and a new follower (great blog name, btw).
Claire :)
- October 14, 2011
- LD Masterson said...
Hey, Diane, thanks for making me one of your three. I already follow Elizabeth, heading over to Laura's now.
- October 14, 2011
- Sherrie Petersen said...
Amazing how many blogs I've never heard of! So many links to visit :)
- October 14, 2011
- welcome to my world of poetry said...
Will look these up over the week-end. when it's a bit quieter on blogger.
Enjoy your week-end.
- October 14, 2011
- Patti said...
Thanks for the links to the blogs.
- October 14, 2011
Wavy Lines is a new one for me. I'll pop over and say hello.
- October 14, 2011
- Pat Hatt said...
Will give your picks a look, as I blog hop about.
- October 14, 2011
- LynNerd said...
Hi Diane! I love this blog hop. I hadn't heard of any of your blog choices yet, so I'll have to check them out. Thanks!
- October 14, 2011
- Melissa Sugar said...
Hi, I am visiting from PIF and also from the links posted by other bloggers who are featuring your blog as one of their 3 on pay it forward.
It is nice to be here and to be following you. I am off to check out the blogs you suggested.
- October 15, 2011
- Sarah Pearson said...
And another new blog to follow :-) Thank you for the excellent recommendation.
- October 15, 2011
- Anne said...
What a fantastic idea! Love Elizabeth's blog. Is it too late to participate in BlogFest?
- October 15, 2011
- DL Hammons said...
This is the second recommendation for Elizabeth Spann Craig that I've run across. Better go check her out right now! :)
- October 15, 2011
- Susan Gourley/Kelley said...
I can't wait to visit ones you recommend because you have great taste.
- October 15, 2011
- Jeremy Bates said...
i missed the pay it forward hop, so stopping by fashionably late! nice to meet u :)
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Malware Being Spread via Skype
A particularly nasty piece of malware is making the rounds in cyberspace primarily conveyed by the Skype instant messaging client via an unassuming message with a link attached. This worm locks out the user's computer and informs them that their computer has been used for illegal activity and threatens to deliver proof of this use to a nameless government entity unless a fine is paid by way of a MoneyPak pre-paid card, the number of which must be provided in order to unlock the computer. Failure to comply, warns the software, will result in deletion of the computer's files. Naturally, the claims of this malware are false, but to avoid getting locked out by the worm, Skype has recommended that users install the latest version of their software which, they claim, has patched the software vulnerability which allows this malware to propagate.
Military-Level Encryption Comes to the iPhone
Most people take privacy for granted these days, not realizing just how many people might be spying on their private text messages, phone calls, or e-mails on a daily basis. Mike Janke, a former Navy SEAL, is not one of those people. To safeguard his daily communications, he has pioneered a cell phone encryption service on par with the military's highest standards called Silent Circle. Silent Circle is a subscription-based service that allows users to encrypt their cellular signal in such a way as to render it practically impervious to technological eavesdropping. The application, which costs $20 a month, will be available in the Apple App Store soon.
How Much Are You Worth to Facebook and Google?
The old saying goes that there's no such thing as a free lunch, and that adage is as true as ever in the world of social media and Internet advertising. While popular services such as Facebook and Google are free of monetary cost to users, those same users may not grasp how much of their personal information and demographic data they impart to the owners of said services. A new privacy add-on for Firefox and Chrome called Privacyfix aims to inform consumers about just how much profit service providers such as Facebook make off of their daily usage. To many people, the information is quite shocking.
Bing Has More Poisoned Search Results Than Google
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Aquamarine is a greenish-blue to pale blue member of the beryl family (which also includes emerald) and is known for its delicate blue or blue-green colouring, which accounts for its name.
Aquamarine is a popular stone with very good hardness (7.5 to 8 on the Mohs scale) and impressive lustre. The stone's hardness protects it to a certain extent from scratching and makes it an excellent choice for all kinds of jewellery that is worn on a regular basis. The most popular cuts are emerald (step) and brilliant cut with long or rectangular shapes.
Much more often than its famous green cousin, aquamarine is almost entirely free of inclusions.
According to legend, aquamarine was originally found in a treasure chest owned by mermaids and therefore it has long been regarded as a lucky stone for sailors.
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Let's go back to the past. Or some other time where everything was perfect and beautiful and right. Back to a time where I don't remember feeling any pain and everything that was done was amazing. With you.
Because I love you. And we had amazing times. And I can't help thinking that is what is missing when I feel like I'm missing something. I miss you. But that's not it, because I can miss you when you're here. Because I'm missing that past you. I miss how we were. How everything was. Back to that bright summer. The brightest summer of my life when all I could remember is the sun shining, everybody's eyes lighting up. Yours, shining the brightest of all. Just for me. Back to a time when everything was innocent; when all we wanted to do was see each other, hold your hand. When the sight of you coming up to me still set my heart aflutter.
Do you miss that too? Do you miss us? Do you sometimes wish and wonder and want things to go back to the way they were? When everything was perfect, and we didn't worry about the future. We were too busy living in the moment. When we lived by Carpe Diem and we seized every moment out of every day we spent together. As if there was no tomorrow. And, in a way there never was. Because as much as we want to; as much as anyone wants to; we can never, ever go back. Not ever.
We only have memories. Memories are all that we have to keep us going. Memories remind me why we love each other, why we always will. You don't leave someone you've shared that much with. And if you do, you must do it with as much heartbreak as quiet detachment. And it's a shame. It's such a terrible, terrible shame that time works in this way. People grow and move apart at different times and sometimes it feels like we're not in sync at all. Not with anyone.
Everything you've ever wanted will come to you. But that's just it. You get everything you've ever wanted. You'll only realise that when you've got it. And by then you'll be too afraid to let it go. Because you tell yourself that you've wanted it so much, for so long. And the people in your life have all moved on. Or they haven't, but you have.
This is where time plays its dirty little tricks on us. Two people, wanting each other at different times only to discover that when they're together; they're together. But when they're apart; they're gone. Almost from each other's lives. But that's not to stop them from missing each other. Because they'll miss the memories. Everything they had. Everything they had come from and experienced together.
Life plays such cruel, terrible tricks on us. And who's to say "stop it"? Who's to fight against the bad times? No-one, because we can't bend or break something that was never whole. Something that was always nothing, except in our own minds. And, for reasons that everybody knows why, we allow ourselves to be hurt; we choose it. Because we know that the deepest, saddest pain is worth one happy memory. One perfect moment, where everything made sense is worth all those heartbreaks. Because pain can only hurt as much as you let it. Memories are carried with you for your whole life, and no-one can ever take them away from you. Once a moment, a memory is created; it is yours to keep, and treasure. Nobody knows why, but lives are lived and souls are given; hearts are broken, and everything falls into place.


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Build Guide by Big Nig Luda
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Udyr Build
Ability Sequence
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I've been playing Udyr ever since I found out he doesn't have an ultimate. When I found out, I was like WHAT, WTF is this ****. So of course, I had to play him. I've tried tank builds, I've tried DPS builds (which suck **** imo), and stopped playing him for a little while because he didn't seem to be a huge factor in the winning and losing of a game.
HOWEVER - I have returned to Udyr. And I have discovered a build that is simply fantastically fun to play, which rapes *****es and hoes, and makes the other team go "wtf why is Udyr moving at Mach 4?" I have dubbed this amazing creature "Movement Speed Udyr." He is a hybrid tankish thingy that becomes so fast he starts gliding, and continuously stuns and annoys the **** out of everyone. Oh. And he is literally impossible to catch unless he is stunned like 5268426 times.
So if you want to play an Udyr that has the potential to run over 3 times as fast as African Tribesmen, read on.
Summoner Spells==
Ghost - If you wanna move at Mach 542435, you need ghost. End of story.
Exhaust - If you want to make it look like the enemy is standing still as you blow by their ***** ***, this is for you. It makes physical nubs like Twitch suck yo ****, and gives your team extra time to position themselves to rape the target in the *********. But you can take anything you like. Perhaps cleanse so you don't have to slow your speed down to Mach 23.
Quints - I go flat health quints. I've considered going movement speed, but determined that the massive early game boost provides needed lane staying power.
Marks - Anything defensive works, preferably health or magic resist. Armor pen is also somewhat viable.
Seals - Dodge works well, as does armor.
Glyphs - Magic resist or cd reduction.
Item Analysis==
1. Boots of Speed - The only reason I take boots first is because they build my primary speed item. With masteries, runes, and skill, you should be fine to stay in lane as long as you wish. Just don't expect to be ganking. That comes later.
2. Boots of Mobility - I tested ninja, mercs, and swiftness and I just can't get over the godlike movement speed the mobility boots give when not in combat. Initiation and chasing use the extra 2 points you get over swiftness. But take what you want. Just remember that mobility maximizes the basis of this build.
3. Zeal - I get this for the movement speed percentage increase, as well as a bit of offensive power to aid in ganking. By this point, you should be actively engaged in ganking and chasing. It also build into the Triforce, which is a core item of the build.
4. Shurelya's Reverie - Provides more health and tankiness to survive longer as you continuously stun all *****es in range. The awesome, awesome thing about this item, though, is it's active. 40% speed increase. Let me let you in on a little secret. If you use this active with ghost and bear stance, you will literally be moving at Mach 58257.
5. Triforce - A little bit of everything. Including a movement speed increase. Yeeeeeeeee naga.
6. Do as you see fit. It's game-specific. I recommend either a FoN or a Sunfire Cape, depending on the enemy team comp. If the enemy is heavily magic, go FoN and then either a Banshees or the Ghostblade. If the enemy is heavily physical, go Sunfire and then either something like Thornmail or the Ghostblade, depending on what your team needs.
If the enemy team is balanced, which is often the case, I recommend getting the Sunfire first, followed by the FoN, and then either the Ghostblade or more tank items depending on your team composition.
Game Strategy***
Early Game==
Chill. Sit back and farm like a boss. Don't die. Level bear, then turt. Speed, then defense. Its gonna be boring. But don't worry, you will soon be raping nagas before they even know you got yo pants off.
Mid Game==
Now you are moving at around Mach 23. You are ganking, chasing, running like an Ethiopian chasing a bucket of fried chicken and purple kool aid. Again, don't die. Remember to use your Reverie activation for that extra black burst of speed. Its getting to be gametime.
Late Game==
By now, the other team thinks you have 12 teammates because Udyr is moving at like Mach 9593215875015. You will stun the **** out of everyone, over and over, until they die. You will follow someone until they die. You will ALWAYS catch them. And stun them. And your teammates will kill them. Take note, you are doing like .2 damage a second. However, you are ***** slapping everyone and their mom while tanking anything with turt.
Why I Didn't USED To Get Phoenix But Now Do==
I used to get Tiger because of the increased attack speed it gives, which translated into a better slow effect with Phage whilst waiting to complete the Triforce. However, after many games with Phoenix, I have decided that it is better for several reasons.
1. Although Movement Speed Udyr has piss poor damage, Phoenix can still do a respectable amount of steady dps for a tank.
2. Pushing lanes is a LOT quicker with Phoenix. This also translates into more gold, which is imperative for a long game because the item build is very expensive. You will hardly ever fill all of your item slots, but Phoenix does help a bit.
3. If against a primarily melee team, you should have gotten a Sunfire. The aoe of the cape combined with the Phoenix activation can sometimes net you kills as you chase.
The only negative to running Phoenix over Tiger is taking down turrets. But even this is a catch 22, because often Movement Speed Udyr needs to clear minions before getting to a turret. Therefore, if Tiger is used, the other team has a chance to see wtf is going on and defend the turt before you can rain on it.
In conclusion, I think that Phoenix serves a greater purpose than Tiger in this build primarily because of the increased pushing power bird stance provides.
The Rebuttal Zone== (Answers to Common Questions Regarding the Build)
"But Luda, doesn't your movement speed drop significantly after your engage in combat?"
It is true that the first hit you land drops your movement speed. However, once you actually get that first hit (a stun), your team should be within range to finish the target. This build isn't primarily about moving quick during combat - it's about chasing down survivors or initiating a lightning gank. You KNOW going into the game that this Udyr can't dish out enough damage to solo hardly anyone. Therefore, you shouldn't be chasing in the first place unless you have teammates to deal the damage after the stun.
"But Luda, won't CC completely dehydrate you like a black man on an African savannah? Why not get merc treads instead?"
I extensively tested the use of mercs, and found that they aren't a particularly good choice. Mobility is my number one choice, though swiftness is another valid option. My reasoning against mercs is simple: You are primarily a demi-tank that is lightning quick. For example, in a team fight, you are gonna initiate. Once you actually do that, it doesn't matter if your movement speed drops because all you are doing is soaking up damage. If the other team wants to blow their exhaust or whatever on you, fine. That's great. Because then the dps on your team can rip them up. Once the fight ends, you will be chasing. After those 5 seconds, you will catch them with +5 movement, and they will die at the hands of your bros. Raw movement speed in the form of chasing power trumps everything else for Movement Speed Udyr.
"Hey Luda, wouldn't the Ghostblade be a great addition to Movement Speed Udyr?"
I wrestled with this item for a long time. I do really like the almost guaranteed 8 sec buff of movement and attack speed, but I can't really find a place for it in my build. I rarely get past a triforce before the game has ended. I suppose it is a valid situational item to get in place of sunfire or FoN, depending on the enemy team composition.
"Hey Luda, I'm a lil ***** and did bad with this build. It sucks. How come?
You're obviously are just not capable of playing Movement Speed Udyr. My suggestion is to either
A: Have your dad uninstall the game or...
B: Stop using mac because it sucks ****. Literally.
But seriously, this is why you probably did poorly:
YOU SUCK ****. Or did not follow my guide properly. Or did not use the runes. Or the masteries. But it's probably because you just suck ****.
1. Changed the masteries to include additional MR in place of the neutral creep buff. I tested both builds, and tended to like the increased MR better. Thanks goes to charles for bringing this to my attention.
2. Changed the skill progression from Tiger to Phoenix stance. Reasons are noted above.


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In the weeks leading up to the Royal Wedding, I began to notice some strange expressions in newspapers. References to getting ready for a "right royal knees-up" became clearer in the context of pubs/clubs throwing them. But what the heck was "bunting"?
"The bunting is up and the champagne on ice as neighbours prepare to celebrate the royal wedding."
So, it's something you put up when you drink champagne?
"Co-founder of Ladies in Beef, Minette Batters, believes the Royal Wedding offers a great chance for consumers to get behind the campaign, string up some bunting and enjoy British beef."
Or when you eat British beef….
"London is getting into the royal wedding spirit with flags and bunting going up throughout the capital."
Or more likely some sort of decoration associated with flags…(that you put up as you drink champagne and eat beef).
I still wasn't quite sure, so after seeing the word in the paper for the thirty-seventh time, I finally asked a Brit. I can't remember precisely what he said, something along the lines of "those strings of colored (he probably said coloured) triangular pieces of plastic you hang up." Oh. I immediately knew what he was talking about – having seen it at various festivals or events, but I didn't know there was a word for it, nor do I think Americans are particularly fond of it.
But the British definitely are. Not only did newspaper articles imply that it was necessary for any celebration of the Royal Wedding, but it was described as a "crisis" when stocks ran low. And this led to "disruption as shoppers pulled bunting off supermarket displays, with consumers fighting with each other over the product….A Tesco [grocery store chain] spokesman said: "Bunting is in very short supply and is running extremely low in some areas. There is a reasonable amount left in London – a key area for street parties…"
Uh, what are we talking about – supplies of water and food after a natural disaster? Calm down people. I'm as excited about the wedding as the next (American) girl in slight awe of all things royal, especially if they involve a Prince/becoming a Princess, but this just seems a bit silly. Unless, of course, we're talking about bunting of the Union Jack with Will and Kate pictured in the middle. Then you'd best get out of my way…
Actually, I have not (yet) purchased any Will and Kate memorabilia. This is because I haven't decided if I want the magnet, mug, tea towel, t-shirt, or toilet seat cover. (Any suggestions for what I should buy to commemorate the fact that I was there for the wedding?)
And by "there" I mean London, not the streets near Westminster Abbey, Buckingham Palace, or even watching the screens in Hyde Park. I went to a friend's house for a brunch party/viewing, after which we went to the street party in front of her house. I would have gone to Hyde Park, but my friends seemed slightly less enthused about sharing the Park (and its Port-a-potties) with 300,000 strangers (not to mention the Tube with 1 million). And I was excited about going to a street party (apparently they're as traditional as bunting for such occasions) with locals. Maybe when Harry gets married I'll come back and go to Hyde Park. (Unless, of course, I'm joining him at the altar.)
Speaking of which, Ladies – if you're sad it wasn't you at the altar, these guys clearly want to be your Prince.
And he looks a little sad he's not marrying Kate:
So you could just pretend to be Kate and Wills yourself:
Although they were nice enough to make an appearance at our party:
And it was a good day.


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Italy vs. USA: U.S. Shocks World, Downs Italy 1-0February 29, 2012
OK, maybe a bit of hyperbole here considering that this was a friendly, but to us in the States, the United States beating Italy in an International Friendly was a major milestone.
The rest of the world may look on this as either Italy tripping up and underestimating their opponent or sheer luck by the United States Yanks. But to us Sam's Army's true, die-hard supporters, this shows us what we have been hoping, wanting and praying for; that Jürgen Klinsmann, the amazing former German striker, can fix this squad.
The game was an eye opener.
I was amazed at the end of the half that the U.S. seemed to hang in there with the storied former World Champions.
I did have two tweets at half time that conveyed some worry.
"....The defense looks a bit shaky," followed by, "I'm not loving Jozy up front."
The first was put to rest by the middle of the second half.
The U.S. defense, anchored by Captain Carlos Bocanegra, stood strong against an almost constant barrage of Italy Azzurri attacks, turning back one after another. Jonathan Spector looked great, coming on a substitute, blocking two Italian scoring opportunities and helping to maintain the form set forth in the first half at left back by Fabian Johnson.
I am still not sold on Jozy Altidore but his holding play was crucial to the second half, not to mention an assist to Clint Dempsey and a pick up in form.
Whereas he would not be my first choice, he certainly proved his worth today.
This win was a great step forward for the United States Men's National Team.
But it was just that, a step.
There is a long way to go before we are taken seriously by the world. We have much more to prove. With Klinsmann at the helm and the team (and fans now) buying in to his philosophies, we are certainly on our way.


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They described relatively simple skills, but in particular the fact that those skills did not break down under pressure and, when consistently applied, moved the Kiwis beyond anything else seen over the weekend.
The skills are not preternatural, they just result from practice. The All Blacks team picked for the opening game was not full strength and at times Scotland caused difficulty when they kept the ball, sought space and created momentum by offloading to support runners.
Three tries is no small return against the All Blacks. Yet the margin of victory was still wide because the Kiwis were simply better all round.
When chances were created by New Zealand it did not matter whether the immediate players were backs or forwards, they ran the correct line, released the ball at the right time and put it in front of the man. Scotland might have got closer had Kiwi flanker Adam Thomson received a red instead of yellow card for an offence seen and described by the assistant referee as "Six Black misuse of the feet".
It was at the very least a tread on the head of Scotland's Alasdair Strokosch and you wonder what else the assistant thought the boot could have done because there was no ball anywhere near. As a player you know where you put your feet all the time.
New Zealand are presently superior by some margin, but to judge the rest properly we owe the French a debt of gratitude because their rout of Australia, even accounting for the absence of David Pocock, set the performance bar for any northern hemisphere team with any notion of ascending to rugby's Valhalla.
France leapfrogged England to take the all-important fourth place in the world rankings with a 33-6 win over Australia. Coach Philippe Saint-André is now getting to grips with replacing his long-established back line. The performances of Wesley Fofana and Florian Fritz out wide made much of the stellar effort of the best No 8 in Europe at the moment, Louis Picamoles.
This transformation process has been made more difficult by the good form of Freddie Michalak, who kicked and ran impressively. Saint-André must now ponder whether he should reach for the fruitful talent of a maddeningly inconsistent player, who will be in his mid thirties by 2015 or whether he will inevitably disappoint as he has done before.
It is not just in France where the No 10 question is proving difficult. Australia looked to Kurtley Beale to replicate his effectiveness at full-back in this tactically crucial role but in vain. Berwick Barnes and Quade Cooper have been preferred alternately but presently Australia are tactically rudderless.
Though that issue needs addressing, it will be irrelevant if the Australian pack continue to try to go home by burrowing earthwards at every scrum. Having initiated and propagated the myth that the scrum was merely a way of restarting the game they continue to reap their just rewards and England must relish the prospect of that battle.
England will not face such an effete Australian side next week but, though they scored seven tries in a 54-12 win against a disappointing Fiji, their performance stuttered and even a record margin of victory felt strangely underwhelming. They will know how much of an improvement is needed against the top three sides in world rugby yet can be comforted by the good debut of Tom Youngs and the inventiveness of Alex Goode.
The latter clearly has a lot to learn about putting the ball into the scrum as, when deputising for Danny Care when he was in the sin-bin, he put it in straight. As if to prove a point I made recently, the result was that Youngs couldn't hook it and it came out the other side.
A 16-12 defeat by South Africa when missing at least six regulars was just about acceptable for the Irish but the Welsh have no such excuse when they contemplate their 26-12 defeat to Argentina.
Though the Pumas have improved through playing in the Rugby Championship the torpid manner of much that Wales did must be perturbing for a management team temporarily bereft of head coach Warren Gatland. If there is not an immediate improvement they will not break a long run of losses against higher-ranked teams.


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Tell us 3 little known facts about Ruby Fielding.
My favorite season is winter, although this one has been a bit extreme even for me! I'm currently living in a cabin in the heart of a
England forest – up in the White Mountains
in New Hampshire and baby it's cold out there!
I've travelled a lot, and lived in some fabulous places, but I never really ventured far beyond the
until my mid-twenties, when I suddenly realized life was passing me by.
The closest thing I have to a day job is ghost-writing books for minor celebrities - all covered by non-disclosure agreements before you ask! I'm pretty scrupulous about those NDAs, so most of my family and friends probably just assume I write that Fifty Shades stuff all the time.
We're here to celebrate the upcoming release of your next novel Hunted. Can you tell us what this segment of the Shifter's World Series is about?
Hunted started off as a short story (published as Lone Wolf). The setting and the characters took a powerful hold on my imagination and pretty soon I'd written three more stories in the series. Rather than just collect the four stories together, I rewrote them into a single narrative, which became Hunted. It was important for me to do this extra work, as it gave me the opportunity to tighten the writing and expand on some parts, and to remove the inevitable repetition you need in separate stories as each reintroduces the world and characters.
Here's the cover description:
Should she struggle to survive alone or give in to desire and risk the - perhaps deadly - company of others?
In a world where plague has swept civilization away like leaves in a storm, where viruses that cause people to shift and change have altered what it is, for most, to be human, a few survivors hold out in a desperate attempt to save the human race. Selene lives alone in the forest, protecting herself from human and shifter alike until one day a stranger turns up: a young man called Skinner, out on a quest to hunt down and destroy any shifter he can find. Torn between desire and fear, Selene must confront her true nature and make some impossible choices if she is to survive this harsh, post-apocalyptic future.
Hunted: a Shifters' World novella - a shapeshifter erotic romance of survival and desire in a deadly future from the co-author of Seduced by Moonlight and The Touch.
Why shifters? What draws you to write about them?
I love that extra frisson of danger and risk: if a story doesn't have that, then it's just a romance. This is fine –
I'm a sucker for a good romance – but I want my
paranormal romances to get under the skin. There should be thrills, risks:
genuine tension that heightens the romance, and makes any happy ever after
|Shifter's World Book 1
It's an animal thing, too. It's about those raw, intense passions and needs. You don't get much more alpha-male than a shifter hero, a man who can just sweep you off your feet and possess you. As a writer it lets me explore intense attraction and giving yourself up to desire. It's fascinating, and damn me, but it's hot.
Did you always want to be an author or what did you want to be when you grew up?
I've always written, and I think I've always wanted to be a writer of some kind. At school I wrote stories that featured my friends and made fun of the teachers – it was how I tried to be cool. Someone really should have told me there were easier ways to be cool.
At university I worked on my college newspaper, and I went into journalism and advertising copywriting. I still do bits and pieces of all kinds of writing, but on my own terms: I have the luxury of variety and being able to pick and choose and somehow being able to get by.
When writing Hunted did you have a favorite part you would like to share?
The cage was not high enough for her to stand, so she sat in the middle, her knees drawn up to her chin, as if huddling into a fetal ball might somehow protect her.
At first there was no sign of them, but eventually they came. As the shadows grew longer and the sun fell below the tops of the trees, they came.
First, a man. Naked, his body scrawny and white, almost luminously so in the growing twilight. Dark hair matted his chest, and the silvered hair on his head was long and his beard thick and unkempt.
He came to stand by the bars of her cage, making no attempt to cover himself so that inevitably her eyes were drawn to that thick knot of hair at his crotch and the semi-hard shaft of his manhood.
"Please..." she said softly, eyeing the cage's bars warily. "Please don't..."
She started to rock back and forth and all the time the man just stood there, studying her.
So close, his scent was almost overpowering, an intense, sweaty musk. An animal scent, one that reached deep inside her and started to wake something primal.
"No, please don't." She shut her eyes tight, fighting the thing, the beast within.
After a long silence, she hoped that he had retreated. When she opened her eyes she saw a beast, fully in wolf-form, charging towards her, and then throwing itself at the cage. The impact was like an explosion. The bars clanged and groaned, and for a moment she thought the cage was going to topple over or collapse under the onslaught, and then the beast fell back with a yowl of frustration.
What did you find most difficult when writing this story?
Conflicting priorities. Because my professional life is packed, I rarely get a good stretch of time where I can concentrate on a single project. That's why I wrote Hunted as four separate stories to start with, just to break it down a bit. I like those stories, but I think it works best as a single narrative.
What character in the Shifter's World Series would you like to bring out of their book for a day? How would you spend that day?
Selene in Hunted fascinates me. She's packed full of determination and spirit, surviving on her own in the wilds, but also she's lost: her memories are vague; just as she gets insight into her past that memory is snatched away. So frustrating for her! And she's clearly special: not only a survivor, but someone who has a past, and someone who is different now. I'd chill with her, maybe take her to a spa – her life is tough, so she deserves a bit of pampering. And maybe that would help her to start to unravel her memories: I'm really keen to find out more about her past and why she's so special and a day at the spa would be a lot easier than writing her story to find out!
Tell us about your writing routine/ rituals. Do you have a certain place or time of day that helps you write best?
For many, writing is a solitary activity, but I love the buzz of everyday life around me. So wherever I happen to be living, you're likely to find me at the nearest wifi hot spot with my laptop and a large mug of coffee.
What's next for Ruby Fielding? Is there another Shifter's World novel on its way?
Definitely! I'm hooked. I haven't started it yet, as I'm focusing on another book project, among other things, but I'm hoping to get back into Shifter's World soon. I'm torn about what to tackle next: although Hunted ends at a definite resolution, Selene's story needs to be continued – I want to see where she goes next. Alternatively, I could pick some other characters in this setting and follow their story; I have a few ideas for that.
Where can we find Ruby?
All the latest news on my writing and publishing can be found on my website and on my Amazon author page; also, why not join my mailing list for news and offers, or hook up with me on Facebook?
Is there something you would like to say to readers or fellow writers?
Writing, publishing and reading are far more connected these days, and readers can make a real difference. If you like an author or a book, it's usually very easy to find them on the web or social media, and most authors love to hear from enthusiastic readers. Equally, leaving a rating or review at Amazon or other booksellers, or on sites like Goodreads, can be really helpful – not only does the author get feedback, it helps other readers find books they might like. So please don't be shy and retiring: we love to hear from you!
Hunted: a Shifters' World novella is currently available from:
- Amazon.com
- Amazon.co.uk
- Barnes and Noble
- Kobo
- Google Play
- ...and it will be available from Smashwords and All Romance eBooks soon!
Thank you for stoping by the ludis Ruby. You're welcome back any time, especially with a handsome shifter. :) Hunted will be available starting January 16th for an introductory price of $.99.
Don't forget to leave a little comment luv! Have you read any Shifter's World Novels? What do you like most about shifter/were characters?


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Welcome to the Fenton High School Alumni Page
'Tis the season...
Fenton HS 2008 Graduate German Garcia with Supt. James Ongtengco and Mary Timmins
Mr. Garcia and family donated gifts for Fenton students on December 22, 2017.
Homecoming Week 2017 - October 2 - 6. The Homecoming game - Friday, October 6, 2017 vs Riverside Brookfield.
Class of 1977 gets a tour of Fenton High School
Class of 1967 gets a tour of Fenton High School