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Fall is finally here! It's time to put "take better care of my skin" on your to-do list. Maintaining your skin's firmness and flexibility are important, especially as you age. Collagen and Elastin are two of the important proteins contained in your body that help maintain that firmness and flexibility. They play a crucial role in your skin's appearance. As you consider you skin care for fall, think about these two proteins and how they are somewhat alike but also very different:
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OTTAWA - The Government of Canada congratulates CanadaGAP for having successfully completed the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) Food Safety Recognition Program (FSRP).
The FSRP provides federal recognition of on-farm and post-farm food safety systems developed and implemented by national industry organizations to enhance food safety, maintain the confidence of Canadian consumers, and facilitate market access.
CanadaGAP is a food safety program for companies that produce, handle and broker fruits and vegetables. It promotes Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs) and is designed to help implement and maintain effective food safety procedures within fresh produce operations.
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As you know, the Foundation's leadership committed itself to evolving a new kind of intellectual and action platform, based on three decades of experience. During 2015 we became more global; we established a new leadership initiative; we stimulated open-ended conversation about issues including the possible evolution of great power politics, to the nature of leadership in the 21st century, to the evolving role of the media in a digital society; and we worked to expand our global outreach.
During 2016, we expect to build on this foundation, focused on four key activities:
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Nominations will open April 1st; the jury will convene by early September; the awards will be announced in November in Stockholm; the workshop and event will be held in Stockholm. We are working to build an online platform to host a networked conversation among and about the Tällberg Foundation Global Leaders and their work. In several cases, we are already working to help the 2015 Leaders expand their reach and effectiveness.
2.Convening a workshop on the island of Lesvos in Greece
The workshop will take place on March 17-19 to discuss the underlying drivers and consequences of mass migration from the Middle East and Africa into Europe. Other workshops may follow.
3. Learning Journey to the East Greenland Ice Research Project
We are organizing a small delegation of observers to the East Greenland Ice Research Project (EGRIP) to facilitate understanding of the dynamics of the ice sheet and its relationship to climate change.
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We continue to develop our capacity to share the content and ideas developed during our activities with audiences who cannot participate in specific events, but who what to engage with us. In part this means we need to get better at capturing and sharing conversations via social media and digital technologies; in part it means identifying and working with like-minded partners around the world.
In addition, we intend to continue to award a scholarship to a young musician from the region of Dalarna whose fiddlers are an important part
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Boxing trainer Shadeed Suluki works the corner for Ismayl Sillakh (16-0 with 13 KOs). Shadeed just retuned from Russia where Sillakh fought on the undercard of Roy Jones Jr. vs Denis Lebedev. Jones lost that fight by way of knocked out. In this EsNewsReporting video we caught with Suluki at the Fortune Gym in Los Angeles.
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Less than three months after issuing guidance to marketers on native advertising, the FTC has brought and settled its first native advertising case against national retailer Lord & Taylor. The FTC alleged that Lord & Taylor deceived consumers by paying for native advertisements, including an article published online by the fashion magazine Nylon, a Nylon Instagram post, and other incentivized social media posts by fashion influencers, without disclosing that the posts were actually paid promotions for the company's 2015 Design Lab collection. As the first of its kind, this case provides advertisers with crucial information about what steps companies must take to avoid similar FTC scrutiny of their native advertising campaigns.
The Details of Lord & Taylor's Campaign - Native Editorials and Incentivized Influencer PostsĀ
According to the FTC complaint, to promote its new private-label Design Lab collection for women, Lord & Taylor launched a social media marketing campaign in late March 2015. The marketing plan included Lord & Taylor branded blog posts, photos, video uploads, native advertising editorials in online fashion magazines, and online endorsements by selected "fashion influencers," all focused on a dress from the new collection - the Design Lab Paisley Asymmetrical Dress.
With respect to the native advertising editorials, the FTC complained that Lord & Taylor had edited, reviewed, and paid for an article which appeared in Nylon, a pop culture and fashion publication, as well as reviewed and approved a caption to be posted alongside a photo of the paisley dress on Nylon's Instagram account. Neither the article, nor the Instagram post, gave any indication to consumers that they were paid advertising directed by Lord & Taylor.
Regarding the fashion influencers, the FTC noted that Lord & Taylor gave the influencers a free paisley dress and paid them between $1,000 and $4,000 each to post a photo of themselves wearing it on Instagram or another social media site. Lord & Taylor pre-approved each proposed post, and the influencers were obligated by contract to tag "@lordandtaylor" as part of the posts and to use the hashtag "#DesignLab" in the caption of the photos. Lord & Taylor failed to require the influencers, however, to disclose that they received the dresses for free or were paid by Lord & Taylor for their posts.
The FTC complaint notes that the influencers' posts reached 11.4 million individual Instagram users resulting in 328,00 brand engagements with Lord & Taylor's Instagram handle (e.g., likes, comments, or repostings). The dress subsequently sold out.
In the proposed consent order settling the claims against Lord & Taylor, the FTC (i) prohibits Lord & Taylor from misrepresenting that paid commercial advertising is from an independent or objective publisher or source; (ii) prohibits the company from misrepresenting that any endorsement is from an independent or ordinary consumer; (iii) requires the company to disclose any unexpected material connection between itself and any influencer or endorser (e.g., that the endorser was paid and/or received free product for their endorsement); and (iv) requires the company to monitor and review influencer posts to ensure they incorporate the necessary disclosures and to terminate any influencers that fail to comply.
One of the biggest take-aways from the proposed consent order is the requirement that Lord & Taylor develop and implement a process by which it can monitor and review influencer posts to ensure they have the proper disclosures. Lord & Taylor must also get signed acknowledgments from influencers saying that the influencers have received and will follow the advertiser's policy requiring the disclosure of material connections to the company in their posts. The consent order even goes so far as to specify that influencers should only get one opportunity to cure an endorsement that doesn't indicate that it was incentivized by the advertiser (e.g., through use of hashtags #ad or #sponsored, or other language as appropriate); any subsequent failures should result in the termination of those influencers/endorsers by the company. Although the consent order is limited to Lord & Taylor, companies would be wise to take note of these requirements.
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AMERICUS, GA (WTVM) - Don't miss the action as the South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets take on the Phoebe Sumter Medical Center All-Stars in the annual Breast Cancer Awareness Charity Basketball Game.
The game will take place on Thursday, October 11 at 7 p.m. at the South Georgia Technical College Gymnasium. Tickets are $2 for adults and $1 for children.
Proceeds will benefit breast cancer victims in the community.
Breast Cancer Survivors will be honored at halftime, and there will be other entertainment as well. Attendees are encouraged to wear pink in support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
Two days after, Phoebe Sumter invites you to join in the fight against Breast Cancer with its 9th Annual Breast Cancer Awareness Walk on Saturday, October 13.
The walk will be held at the new Phoebe Sumter Medical campus at the intersection of Hwy 19 & 280. Registration is at 8 a.m. and the walk begins at 9 a.m. The walk will be done around the campus of the hospital, which is approximately .8 miles. Four times around is 3.2 miles.
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Records the reminiscences of George Berry, who was born in the Cool Springs area near Fishers Gap, Virginia, in a log house on land that would eventually become part of Shenandoah National Park. Describes his early home and family life, school days at the Forrest Dale School, farm chores,and folk remedies. Discusses family gatherings, folk music, bark peeling and local moonshiners. Recalls his experiences working for the New Deal relief programs, the National Youth Administration as a boy, and later for its parent program, the Works Progress Administration. Mr. Berry recalls playing folk music for tourists at scenic stops along Skyline drive. Also discussed are the evictions of families from their homes, subsequently located within park boundaries, and the long term social and economic effects on those people over the following decades.
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Forest Dale School (Va.); United States. Works Progress Administration; United States. National Youth Administration; Mountain people -- Blue Ridge Mountains -- Social life and customs; Mountain life -- Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- History; Mountain people -- Virginia -- Shenandoah National Park -- Social life and customs; Rural poor -- Virginia; Farm life -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Country life -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Agriculture -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Food habits -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Folklore -- Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- History; Holidays -- Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- History; Traditional medicine -- Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.);Folk music -- Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.);Bark peeling -- Virginia -- Page County -- History; Bark peeling -- Virginia -- Madison County -- History; Forest products industry -- Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- History; Distilling, Illicit -- Virginia; Land use -- Government policy -- United States.
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Fishers Gap (Va.) – History; Madison County (Va.) -- History ; Page County (Va.) -- History ;Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- Manners and customs ;Shenandoah National Park (Va.) -- History, Local.
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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The city police are zeroing in on the culprits of the alleged attacks on hospitals that were reported a day ago.
The Valiyathura police arrested a youth in connection with the alleged vandalism of a multi-specialty hospital in Valiyathura.
The accused has been identified as Benoy, 21, of Valiyathura. He is suspected to be one among the four persons who allegedly vandalised the hospital. The accused is believed to have been involved in a brawl with another person, who had been admitted in the hospital when Benoy and his accomplices unleashed violence.
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While a case had been registered against around 15 persons, the police have been able to identify two among them. However, they were both absconding.
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Every year on February 21 the North Frisians in the northern part of Germany say goodbye to the winter with a big fire. The MO of YEN 'Rökefloose' is supporting the event by selling hot drinks as Tote Tante, Hot chocolate and Teepunsch. After the fire everyone is enjoying a theater play in frisian in the small city Risem-Loonham.Find out more »
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People, drop everything you're doing right now, because it's time for the biggest YEN event of the year: the Easter Seminar! This year we're going to Albania, where we'll have a workshop carrousel on (to name a few) public speaking, lobbying and writing speeches. So if you're interested, make sure to register through organisation before the 12th of March! On a side note, just to give you an extra reason to pack your bags already: the hotel will be quite…Find out more »
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The minority bus tour is an international activity called "Crossing Rivers", which will be symbolic finalisation of the YEN Work Plan 2017 as we cross the bridges that we have built throughout the year. This event will be a mobile seminar that aims to use and disseminate the outputs from the whole year and previous seminars. The tour will take place in Central Europe from 30th September to 9th October, and will lead us to 7 different countries but much…Find out more »
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Pearl in the Sand tells Rahab's untold story. Rahab lives in a wall; her house is built into the defensive walls of the City of Jericho. Other walls surround her as well—walls of fear, rejection, unworthiness.
A woman with a wrecked past; a man of success, of faith …of pride; a marriage only God would conceive! Through the heartaches of a stormy relationship, Rahab and Salmone learn the true source of one another's worth and find healing in God.
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It was the next morning when I really began to worry about not being able to wear the plug as you had said I would. I had finally gotten over the idea of how erotic it would be and the wondering if it would be like when I wore the vibe inside my pussy, and was now conscious of the fact that even though I had enjoyed the anal sex with my husband the few times we did, but it had been so long ago. A toy wouldn't be easy to wear especially if it were a large plug.
I decide to try and ask you for anything other than the plug in my ass for today, and explain to you my concern over putting it there. I know that it may not do any good for me to ask but I feel that I really can't wear the plug inside my ass and be comfortable enough to help you clean the bedroom.
When I arrived and you were silent for a while after I explained that I wasn't sure I could wear it comfortably since anal sex was something my husband and I hadn't done in a very long time, I felt almost certain that you were trying to figure out some other task for me to do instead. Not surprisingly, my fantasy faded rather quickly when you said, "It isn't about comfort, but to let you feel me inside you. Then, you can know what I do to you, and I know that I can have you do it. How long has it been since you last had a cock in your ass?"
"I don't know, probably eight months or so. My husband doesn't really seem to like going there."
"But you said yesterday you enjoyed it when you had anal sex."
I simply nod yes.
"Well then, today should be fun for you. You will find the butt plug on the bed as usual, there is lube on the bed also, but I wouldn't put much. The plug vibrates, but you don't need to turn it on right now, just feel me for a while, I will tell you when to turn it on. Of course, if you need any help putting it inside you, I will be happy to help." The last said with a grin that seemed to almost be daring me to ask for your assistance.
I wouldn't give you that, no matter how difficult, I will deal with it, I thought as I turned to go towards the bedroom. I almost reached the door, when you said, "Remember, nothing on except panties. Call me when you're ready for me."
I couldn't miss the double meaning behind your words and it sent heat straight through me centering inside my clit as I closed the door to your room, allowing myself at least a few moments of privacy. "Calling when ready for you" sounded like it should be so easy. I was in my own way, getting ready for you, reaching that point of needing you, but still couldn't think of admitting that need to you.
I walked in and as I neared the bed, not only was the butt plug and lube laying there, but various other toys as well. There was the vibes that I had used earlier, the wooden paddle, ropes, everything I had already had used on me was laying there. Each one brought back the memory of when it was used and I felt myself growing wet, wondering if you had laid them on the bed to tease me, knowing that these items as well as you and I would all be in the same room and all I had to do was say yes and you would use them on me again.
I stripped off my clothes, knowing that soon you would see me in only panties and I would have the small plug inserted into the most private of holes. I squatted down, and poured a little lube on the point of the butt plug and took aim for that rear hole, wondering if I would really be able to do this. The lube helped its passage and soon I had pushed it inside as far as it would go. When my hand had pushed it the rest of the way inside, I was struck by two thoughts, one being that as the plug was into place it allowed my asshole to close in a little, which would hold the plug in. The next being how wet my pussy was against my hand and how swollen my clit felt on my wrist.
I tried to ignore it as I stood and pulled my panties back into place, thinking that the panties wouldn't help hold it in with the little catch on the plug, but glad you had let me wear them, preferring that to being completely nude with the little blue plug stretching my asshole. I could feel it stretching me even though it was small as I folded my clothes and put them on the bed, delaying calling you and telling you I was ready for as long as possible. I hoped the burning sensation of being stretched big enough for the plug would fade before you came into the room and we got to work.
Not being able to put it off any longer, I opened the door and called out that I was ready for us to begin. You came in and barely seemed to notice me as you began to explain how we were going to change the bedroom around.
I couldn't decide if I was happy or upset that you didn't seem to notice my undressed state as I tried to focus on what you were saying regarding the bedroom. I wanted you to look at me, maybe make me feel as if you wanted me, was happy I was doing as you had asked, yet you seemed to not care if I was doing it or not. I was growing frustrated over it, and yet you continued to talk about the bedroom and how you were going to move this and I would clean where it was to be placed and then where it had been moved from.
With out looking my way, you said that I should go clean over by the dresser first on that near empty wall so that we could begin. I walked over and began cleaning, still feeling irritated that you could ignore me so easily, and noticing as I walked how the butt plug shifted inside me, the rubber base making my tight panties stretch over my clit teasing it.
The more we cleaned and I watched you moving things around, the more turned on I became. Watching you move things, seeing your strength and wondering what you could do to me with that strength, and the plug nestled inside me still pulling my panties over my clit, all combined to keep me wet. I began to wish that something was buried inside my pussy; mainly I wanted you buried in there, filling me up. I began to want you to make me cum as you had done that one day, I needed it. I still wasn't sure how to admit it to you, nor was I sure that I ever would be able to reach that point of saying what I needed. Admitting needs was something that I had never been good at, and this was no different.
When all the big furniture had been moved, we decided to stop for a drink. I went into the kitchen and poured a drink, I noticed, without you having to mention that I should. I smiled as I thought of how easy it would be if you would just tell me what to do, just let me go with the flow of it, rather than have me admit to "needing" it first. Yet, I also knew from what I had read that the first part of this whole thing was that I had to admit to myself and to you that I needed you to take control of me.
As you sat down at the table, I placed your drink in front of you, and then took my seat. We drank in silence for a short time, and then you broke it with, "Is it comfortable inside you yet?"
"Well it is better than it was at first, but still not entirely what I would consider comfortable, especially sitting on these hard chairs."
With a laugh at my comment you question, "Is it turning you on to have me inside your ass?"
I am slightly embarrassed as I say "Yes." but not surprised by the question anymore. I wonder how I am becoming use to your blunt questions. Knowing as I do that no one had ever spoken to me so bluntly about sexual related things, not even my husband, yet I was not surprised by your questions or comments and already just slightly shy in my responses to you, seemed an amazing feat for you to have accomplished.
"Good, when we begin cleaning again, I want you to turn it on. I want it turned all the way up."
"Ohhh, Okay, I guess if you want me to turn it on I will."
"If I didn't want it on, I wouldn't have said to, would I?"
Feeling like a scolded little girl just from the tone of your words, my first thought is to say "No, Sir." but feeling that would probably sound silly, I say simply, "No you wouldn't have."
I guess you noticed the thoughts I had flickering across my face because your next question to me was, "What was your first thought?"
I blushed as I replied honestly, "That I had been scolded and should respond with 'No, Sir'."
"So why didn't you respond with that?"
"It felt silly to say that to you."
"No, it was only silly to not say what you felt you should. If you are going to give yourself to me at some point, I want for you to call me sir and maybe even Master, to prove to us both that you are mine. And you, I hope, will give yourself to me soon. If not for any other reason that what you already know I can make you feel. You want to feel that don't you?"
"Yes," I whisper pausing for a minute before adding "Sir." in an even quieter whisper, still feeling like a little girl in who had done something they shouldn't have and wishing I could find a way to make it right again. Blushing as I called you sir, feeling the word my tongue and how strange it made me feel to call you that. I had only used "Sir" with my husband in the past, always with a little bit of sarcasm attached to it. He always claimed he was right so I would give him a mock salute and say "yes sir", but saying it to you was different, there was no sarcasm attached to it when sitting there your eyes seeming to take in every emotion I was feeling.
In a small way, saying "sir" even though it was so quietly said that I wasn't sure if you heard me or not, was a bending of my resolve. It was during this moment that I knew without a doubt that I had to find out what it was that you could show me. I wanted so badly to tell you that and I was trying to word it so it made sense in my head so I could put it to voice, when you interrupted my thoughts with, "Well, lets finish up the bedroom so we can move onto other things."
As, we walked towards the bedroom, I wondered what you had meant by other things, and knew what I wished those other things would be, but still knowing that before those other things would happen, I had to tell you I wanted it to.
We walked into the bedroom and just before we began cleaning again, you reminded me "Plug should be turned on from now until we are done. I will tell you when to turn it off again."
My acknowledgement is to reach down where the control was held by my panties and I feel it come to life inside me as I turn the dial full speed. The plug's vibrations are soothing to my asshole but the more I feel it buzzing inside me the more I realize that this is going to keep me thinking about it, the more it will tease me, taking me to that high that I only feel when with you.
After only a few minutes I feel the buzzing inside my asshole throughout my pussy, turning me on, I began wishing it was buzzing inside my pussy instead. The thin wall between the two holes, are just thick enough to tease me. The vibrations, causing my panties to vibrate over my clit, just enough to be noticeable and turn me on, but no where near enough to take me over the edge or even close to the edge, just teasing me enough to make me want more.
I wanted so badly to be able to reach between my legs and tease my clit with my fingers while it continued working my asshole, but knew that you wouldn't like it if I tried to do so.
So, I continued trying to clean, and hoping that eventually I would forget about the little plug massaging the inner muscles of my ass. Knowing that it was a useless hope, as it continued to working inside me, each movement causing my ass to grip it more firmly, the vibrations seeming to reach deeper inside me as I continued to bend and pick things up and move around your bedroom.
I wondered if you had any idea what the vibrations were doing to me, had you teased someone else in this way and where they able to tell you how much it turned them on. "Would I really want to know if you had teased someone else in this way?" I questioned myself, wondering over the slight jealousy I felt at the possibility, made even worse by the thought that if you had teased them, then surely they had later felt the things that I knew that you could make me feel.
As my mind was filled with thoughts and my ass was filled with your cock, I was wishing so badly that I could just tell you to use all those things on the bed and make me yours, you continued to move around the room, moving this or that so I had a new area to clean up. It still drove me crazy to be here, cleaning your room with this plug buzzing away inside my ass, naked except for panties, and you continuing on as if there was nothing going on. "How could you not notice me half dressed or hear the buzzing that seemed so loud to me?" I wondered quietly, frustration growing with the need inside myself.
The last thing you wanted me to clean was the closet. I really didn't think too much of going into your closet, after all, cleaning your bedroom had seemed like such a personal thing in the beginning and really wasn't that big of an issue now, especially with you in the room and doing your part to help. I figured if there was anything too personal to you wouldn't have me to clean that area. In order to clean the closet there were several boxes that I had to move out of the closet, so I could put them back in place a little more neatly.
Even that, I didn't think too much of other than it was part of my job for you, to clean it all up and make it neat. Sitting on the floor was the only uncomfortable part of doing as you wanted me to do at that time, because sitting on the floor, shifting forward to get a box, and then back to full sitting position while the plug continued to buzz away inside me, kept it in steady motion. It pushed deeper inside me while I sat and the pressure eased again when I leaned forward. I thought that it began to feel as if I were fucking myself in the ass with every move. My clit having swelled so much in need that it reached towards my soaked panties, begging for more, yet still only being teased by them.
It was the last box in the closet, the one hidden among all others and I looked at it cautiously, I could tell it didn't have a lid on it, and I was about to ask you if you wanted it out as well, but when I looked around for you, you were not in the room anymore. I naively figured that if there was anything of a personal nature hidden in your closet that you wouldn't have left the room.
Reaching in one last time, I pulled the box out. With it right in front of me, unopened, I was unable to not see what was inside the box. Inside was a note, with my name once again written on top of it. I was surprised by that, feeling that if there were something you wanted to say to me that you had no reason to hide it in a note nor in a box inside the closet.
However, I timidly reached forward curiosity getting the best of me and pulling out the note, not daring to let my eyes travel further into the box than the note. I opened it and began to read,
"I thought I would surprise you a little, by hiding this for you to find if you had done as I asked of you today. I know that after having my cock inside your ass for the last little while, your pussy needs some attention as well. I imagine it is good and wet for me, needing me inside it. I am also sure you have wondered about the panties though, considering the design of the butt plug keeps it in place so well, and you may have figured the panties were simply to hold the remote. That is true to some extent, but in this box, all the way at the bottom, there is another vibe, I want you to place it inside your pussy, turn it on high, and continue to clean the closet. Start it slowly and then increase the speed. I don't want it to be too much at first. I am afraid it will be somewhat smaller than you need inside you at this point, but that couldn't be helped. You are not to cum, just wear me inside both holes from now until I tell you to get dressed. Have fun cleaning the rest of the closet, I want it vacuumed and all the boxes back inside it neatly, you may leave this box out until last, so that all the toys on the bed can be placed inside it, until you are ready to give yourself to me. If you don't do as I say, I will know that you chose to ignore either the note addressed to you or ignore your duties to me. Either of them will not be looked upon by me as minor. Come and see me when you are done, everything still in place and working."
I sit and stare at the note for at least five minutes after reading it, thinking about how I was unsure I could stop myself from cumming while your cock was buried inside both my asshole and my pussy, both vibrating, and what would happen if I did cum. "Wouldn't the pleasure of cumming be good enough at this point to risk whatever came from it and if I did cum, how would you know that I had?" I questioned myself. I knew I would have to put it inside me, otherwise you would be able to tell that when I told you I was finished cleaning but how would you really know if I had cum or not? Video camera in the bedroom was possible, but I felt I would have seen that during the cleaning.
Then, I was able to tell myself that I could do it easily, without cumming, since I had never gotten off on just vaginal penetration before. Of course that was pussy only and I wasn't sure what effect having my asshole filled at the same time would do, but still felt that if it did become too much and I found I could cum from that alone, I would do so and just not admit it to you.
I reached into the box, after having made up my mind that I could do this or at least figure out a way to work around it.
The first thing I pulled out was a soft cloth, black silk I thought, as I wondered what it was for. Underneath it, I found a pair of handcuffs, some rope, a bar of some kind, butt plugs that were larger than the one I was wearing, then another black silk cloth like the first one, as I realized more and more that these were toys for sex, and you had meant to tease me further by making me dig to the bottom of the box and wonder what uses there would be for them all.
Pulling out the second black silk cloth was when I found more pictures, like the ones that use to be inside the drawer, but these women were using things that could have been inside the box, black cloth over the eyes as a blindfold, handcuffs on wrists rather than the ropes, women tied with the bar between their knees, holding them open. Each picture I saw added a visual to the items in the box, each one teasing me with the thought that they were experiencing the pleasure that I could have if only I told you that I was ready. The visual adding to my already heightened need to cum, and had me thinking about the vibe that would soon be inside my pussy.
I hurriedly pulled the rest of the pictures out, finding more rope coiled in the center with another cloth covering up what I assumed was the vibe you meant for me to wear. When I uncovered it, I realized exactly how far you were going to take teasing me. It was one of those vibes I had seen in magazines and porn books that my husband enjoyed looking at. It had the shaft, and then a thing coming off it near the base, meant to tease the clit and was favorably considered by most women as the best pet bunny to own. I had never used one but having read how enjoyable they was, I was sure that I was going to cum and cum quickly, probably be ready to cum again before I saw you.
I hurriedly pulled down my panties in the need to find out what it felt like inside me. Before inserting though, I tested out each button, seeing what it would do and feeling more and more certain that I was about to have an amazing orgasm once it was inside me and turned on high.
I slid it inside my wet pussy and began the spinning motion of the shaft on low, amazed at the feeling of it turning inside me, rubbing against my G-spot, and curiosity made me jump to the highest speed possible on the rotation. Having it turning inside me and the vibe still working my asshole, I only continued to grow wetter. The turning of the vibe, causing the little bunny ears to slide against my clit, and causing it to swell even more.


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the cock-eyed reality of modern math instruction
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I was intrigued by the headline "It's Not Every Day Your Life Depends on the Answer to a Math Problem".
I was skeptical because I think our lives OFTEN depend on the answers to math problems. But as I read, I realized the story was about using real-life situations to teach math. Great, I thought.
I hoped the story would be about helping our nation's school kids discover and solve meaningful math problems that crop up in their every day lives. You know, like how much money I need for a week of rides on the cross-town bus or how much longer till the next time I have to take my asthma medication.
So imagine my disappointment when I stepped out of my fantasy and back into the cock-eyed reality of present-day instructional methods.
According to the news release, "Eighth-graders at middle schools across Dallas-Fort Worth are finding out just what would happen if they get the answer wrong to a math problem that computes how much fuel a pilot should put into an airplane."
Riiiight. Because that happens all the time to regular people. I fly a lot for my work and even after logging 248,000 domestic air miles in 18 months, not once was I faced with having to figure out how much fuel we needed to get from point A to point B.
Instead, my travel days are filled with practical math challenges like what time should I leave for the airport, allowing for traffic, security check-points and a last-minute stop at the newsstand? Do I have time to take a quick bathroom break between flights? Which is cheaper in the long run, bringing the rental car back empty, buying a tank of gas or letting the the company do it for me?
My point is, if we want to our kids to make real progress in math, let's give them real math to work with. Instead of the fantastical, and ultimately irrelevant, task of figuring out how much gas a plane needs, let's use actual problems from kids' every day lives.
This isn't hard to do if we can get away from the traditional idea that textbook publishers are the only people capable of creating math problems. Real mathematicians in the real world identify and solve their own problems based on relevant issues that are meaningful to them. Doesn't it make sense to teach kids to do the same? Why not spend time teaching kids to come up with their own math problems and solutions based on situations they encounter in their own lives?
We could start with lessons about where math shows up in their world, help them identify mathematically rich categories of experience (sports, games, time, construction, measurement, sewing, cooking, money, etc.), and then challenge them to come up with their own problems in each category. Each student could come up with their own problems matched to their abilities and experience. In many cases, these problems would be significantly more complex than the ones publishers provide. Best of all, kids would work harder to solve them because they would be personally invested in getting the right result.
If we helped kids see how much math exists in their own real lives, they'd start paying more attention to all the math around them. All of a sudden, math wouldn't be simply some school subject they had to devote an hour to each day. Kids would develop mathematical awareness, they'd begin to see that math is all around them, in all facets of their lives. And from this vantage point, they'd discover the power of mathematics and the value of studying it in earnest.
Everyone knows that authentic instruction based on students' real lives is far more effective at developing lasting skills than traditional instructional where every kid does the same problem the same way at the same time. Yet so little real-life math ever shows up in our classrooms. If only it did, we might actually grow more students with the skills and desire to become real-life pilots and engineers. If only.
Margot's a content strategist and freelance journalist. She consults with and/or writes for businesses large and small, and new and traditional media. She's also the author of four books, including
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cameron crotty
3.21.06 @ 5:51p
It's probably too much to ask if the schools put the kids on the airplane loaded with the amount of fuel that they calculated they'd need.
Hey, you said Modest Proposal. And it would certainly get their attention. Plus it would make the press release actually true. I'll take my payment offline.
gordon churchill
3.21.06 @ 6:09p
If Larry Bird scores 6 points in the first quarter against the Lakers, how many points will he score in the whole game? Tom Hanks had this figured out years ago...
This is almost as good as the varsity football coach at the high school telling me that I should be doing more agility drills in my middle school pe classes.
erik myers
3.22.06 @ 12:52p
Having worked for a company that created products for teaching elementary school mathematics, I've come to the conclusion that the main problem in teaching math is the attitude with which it's taught.
From my experience, many elementary school teachers, think that math is really difficult. If teachers aren't comfortable with the subject, how can we expect students to be comfortable with it?
What's worse is that what they're teaching isn't particularly difficult, but they
students to have a hard time. They build in their own teaching problems.
But you're also right in that the presence of math in regular every day life is really under represented. It's as easy as figuring out which is the best deal: Toilet Paper A which is in 4 rolls at 2.99 or Toilet Paper B which is in 6 rolls at 4.29. It doesn't have to involve complex engineering problems. Getting an airplane from point A to point B has a lot more than just distance in the equation. It sounds like a really terrible example for 8th graders.
I think we can all learn from the Tom Lehrer song
That's Mathematics
just how much math is around us every day.
tracey kelley
3.22.06 @ 3:35p
Right on target, Margot - the key to teaching well is engaging the student on a level that matters to them, in a way they can control.
Yet we still-don't-do-that.
maigen thomas
4.14.06 @ 11:51a
just saw this column, and it was right after I helped a girl in grade eleven with her math homework.
It took me fifteen minutes just to translate the language. After I managed to get it in laymans terms, it was quite simple to figure out how much a car depreciates each year (as a percentage) when given the parameters.
It's absurd how they treat math and expect anyone to understand it. The day to day stuff, I agree, is more beneficial to learn in the long run.
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Church of Saint Paul families – you can ring the bell!
Did you know that every day, precisely at 3:00, the church bell is rung and there are a group of people here praying the Divine Mercy chaplet for parish intentions?
Everyone is invited to participate and now you can sign up for a date to be the bell ringer! Birthdays, Baptism days, patron saint days, special anniversaries, or even just random days when you know you'll be available at 3:00 – all are open right now! Sign up for your date in the Calendar Book in the entry.
You can also list your prayer intentions in the binder with the gold cover and they will be prayed for every day. There's a spot for you to write the answer to your prayers once it comes. God's mercy is so great! We're expecting wonderful things this year!
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The land is dry, it cries out in its thirst for relief. The grass is yellow, wheaten coloured, sometimes with only the barest hint of green pushing through; trying to find its place amongst the dried debris. There is no relief, at least not yet. The rain may come but not right now. Summer here has no remorse; it is relentless in its campaign of heat. It has no pity for the plight of those who live through it, who survive the torturous, stifling breathlessness of it all. It takes no prisoners nor does it listen to the pleadings and begging of a cool change. It stands proud it in its seasonal glory, reminding all who forget throughout the cooler months.
The salty sweat trickles down my spine, over my brow, between my breasts, glistening on my top lip. So hard to breathe, the air still, no movement, no relief. The sun beats down on stone, warming the house through. It is too much; it is a reminder of the season that leaves in its wake, the death of spring. My head spins, light from the heat. The beginning ache of a telltale migraine begins to take shape, my body flushing from the rapidly changing temperature of my blood. At last, the wind begins, it is not cool but it is a break from the hot monotony of the day, of the forthcoming wave of heat determined to remind us all that summer is here and has found its stride.
My eyes become unfocused, no longer seemingly connected to my mind, I see the gradual fading out of my vision, and even my minds eye wants no part of the heat pervading my very system right now. My body is in its monthly cycle, it can't withstand the assault for much longer, as it warms so too does my inner core. It is a simple yet devastating fact that affects me during summer. The body heats during its cycle by as much as three degrees. Combine this with horrendous 38C+ weather, on the increase in the coming week, and it becomes exhausting. Sleep barely brings relief. Summer is a harsh mistress and she is unforgiving in her treatment of the land and her inhabitants. As she strips, she burns. A simple blade of grass cannot survive her fury.
But even with the harshness, and the tiredness and lethargy it brings me, as a witch I cannot help but appreciate the reminder of the power of the seasons. It is distinctly different from any other time of the year and it shows us that there is power in the summer sun even as it wears us down, it is a powerful energy. It can become the source for solar power, it can create natural heating for systems within the home, and it provides a sense of divide from its neighbours of spring and autumn. I understand the cycles of nature better, I can connect and feel it. I may not like it, but I can feel it.
There are curses of the heat, like snakes inside the house – not an enjoyable experience by any stretch, but there are also blessings. Rich, red, ripe tomatoes on the vine, burgeoning green corn developing husks and growing beautifully in the sun, scented summer flowers and the forthcoming harvest promise. I take summer as the awesome powerful she-devil that it is and look toward the cooling winds, whenever they may come. I appreciate the absoluteness of the season, knowing its place marks the journey of the year, from light to dark (oh but I wish the dark would come sooner) and light again. I abhor the heat that reminds me but I can see the beauty in the stark reality of summer's fiery rays.


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Shoreline Amphitheater- Mountain View, CA. – This year I was lucky enough to attend the second day of Neil and Pegi Young's Bridge School Benefit at the Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, CA. Proceeds benefit the Bridge School, which assists children with severe physical impairments and complex communication needs. The first Bridge School was back […]
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live music: SLAYER x SAN JOSE STATE x 10.30.13
San Jose State University- San Jose, CA. – Thrash Masters…Slayer came through San Jose State University recently.
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Fox Theater- Oakland, CA. – Grammy award winning and long time veteran rockers, Living Colour, stopped by the Fox Theater recently on the final night of Joe Satriani's "Unstoppable Momentum" Tour.
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Fox Theater- Oakland, CA. – Guitar God Joe Satriani stopped by the Fox Theater recently on the final night of his "Unstoppable Momentum" Tour. Let's just say faces were melted…
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Masonic Center, San Francisco, CA. – Chris Cornell stopped by the Masonic Center in San Francisco recently for an acoustic performance.
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Masonic Center, San Francisco, CA. – New wave/punk pioneers, Blondie and X (The Band) stopped by the Masonic Center in San Francisco last month for an amazing performance.
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Mike Farris and the Roseland Rhythm Revue Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA. – The 13th Annual Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival in Golden Gate Park just took place. This festival is a free festival held every year in the park and is paid for by The Warren Hellman Foundation. Warren was a highly successful and […]
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"What we have to do, what at any rate it is our duty to do, is to revive the old art of lying."
– Oscar Wilder
If you've ever worked as a salesman, I'm sure you know it's all about lifting forward the benefits and avoiding talking about the potential warts.
Knowing this and wanting to get to the truth I was throwing in lies into the mix so that the salesman I was talking to would be more willing to divulge information not necessiraly on the table.
I lied about where I lived (told him right around the corner from the store, since if I could come back any time he'd want a good rapport), about the reason I was buying (business always seems more legit than personal use) and what my true intentions were (telling people you're disgruntled by another company makes them want to prove themselves worthy).
I'm a little ashamed of it, but not terribly. We both know the game. He was just doing his job and had I told him straight up to be honest he would most likely have shut down.
For me, knowing that and also knowing that he probably gets a commission on the sale I saw it as a win-win in spite of the blatant dishonesty. I get a good deal, he gets a sale, I go out happy and he can proceed to jack up the prices on the next customer.
Here's where things got tricky.
Once we'd sealed the deal and they were putting together the papers we had a moment to chat.
He asked me about where I used to live before moving there. So, I threw in a little bit of semi-honesty. I told him about the place where I actually live right now and told him I moved from there.
He nodded his head and said: "It's right beside that canal, right?".
"Yes! You… You live there?"
"Well, you know the park that goes up to the right when you're heading into the city center? I live there."
Fuck. Me. Slowly.
I just know that I'm going to run into him sometime and he'll say "Oh, fancy meeting you here!" or some other bullcrap. It'll be socially awkward and shit.
But I don't really care. I got what I wanted, the deal is done and maybe we can manage to avoid eachother.
Otherwise, I feel like I get to tell him the truth. I mean, he cut me a decent deal and I owe him the courtesy of being honest about it.
Now, try to figure out whether this story is true or not.
How does "knowing" this information influence your perception of me or any other person you've come across who's done something similar?
Perhaps you've done something like it yourself?
Let me know in the comments and hit me up on Twitter.
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I really hate the harem aspect in this series. All the girls are "Kirito-kun, pls notice me!", they're so much into him that I find them pathetic. :/ This series has wayyy too many girls anyway, the male characters are so inferior in number unlike them.
Another thing I don't like is the same-face-syndrome. I know it's the art style but damn, they honestly all looks the same to me, just with different hair and outfit.
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I hate this war.
I really, really hate it.
I don't even know who I'm fighting anymore. France, England, America? All I know is they're they enemy, and I've got a gun. I've got a gun, and my back is pressed against a dirt wall while I wait for the grenades to stop falling, and I pretend I can't hear the sound of my men dying.
I hate this war.
There's blood on my face. It's dripping down into my mouth from a cut right below my left eye. It tastes like iron. I wonder if it tastes like the tiny iron ball imbedded in my leg? Or the one that grazed my shoulder not two minutes ago.
You can't die when you're a nation. Our military calls us the 'immortal soldiers of hope', while I fight and they plan our strategy in comfort. If only they knew this was a curse, not a blessing. I can fight, but never die with my men. I can feel the burning pain ripping through my body like an animal's claws, but never feel the cool release of that endless slumber. No matter how badly I'm hurt; I will not leave this place. I may never heal; but I will not die.
Charging forward, I sometimes wonder who I'm fighting for. My brother fights for Germany, and in the end that potato-bastard ended up fighting for Veneciano too. Prussia just likes the war, and Japan's a natural loner.
But who do I fight for?
Who do I fight for?!
And the answer hits me as a bomb goes off in my face, and gunfire rings through the smoke-filled air.
I fight for no one, and no one fights for me.
I'm alone, always and forever.
I'm so alone.
That last hit sends me flying into a tree, where I slide down to the ground. Its covered in blood and shrapnel, and soon my own life's water adds to the mix. I think bone in my arm snapped or shattered. Maybe in more then one place. I don't really want to look; if I do I may throw up. I don't have my gun anymore. It must've gotten blown away, and now lies broken somewhere. Lying broken like me.
The woods around me are burning, and I can hear grown men crying themselves to death. Those lucky bastards. They can go up to heaven, be with loved ones in the clouds of bliss and white, while I stay here. Trapped in a living hell. The weight of the cross is heavy around my neck. With the last of my energy I raise my good arm and rip away the leather that holds it there, tossing it to the fiery earth. If I can never have what they've been promising, why should I bother to believe?
I hate this war. And the tears burning at my eyes I lack the ability to push out. There's so much pain. My whole body is covered in it and there's no way for me to escape. Its like I'm lying in a bed of needles, and covered with a blanket of thorns held together by hot wax. I want to cry out, but I can't do that either. Can't even move anymore.
There's a hint of blackness tugging at my conscious mind. I want it to come. I don't want to be in this place anymore! This goddamn place that stinks of the war. I want to be safe. I want to be home. I want to be held tight in someone's arms.
Spain… Antonio…
Maybe when the nightmare is over I'll tell him. Tell him all of the things I've thought and I've felt. All of the things my stupid pride has stopped me from saying. The things I'm feeling as I wish for a death that will never come. I'll tell him if I can still speak, if the smoke and the fire hasn't burned out my throat. I'll tell him that I love him, and I'll pray to the god that won't take me away that he'll love me back.
So many people say 'a fate worse then death', is my last thought as the unconsciousness finally overwhelms me, At this moment I can think of no greater gift.
What? What was that?
Someone calling me? Out here?
I can't see anything. The pain that refuses to go away won't let me see, won't let me smell or taste anything but my own blood. It hurts… it hurts… It…!
"Romano, thank god!"
I scream bloody murder as something or someone grabs my shoulder. The contact is skin upon skin, but it feels like someone jabbing a red-hot fire poker into my body. It hurts to scream but I do it anyway. I do it because I can, because it's the only thing.
In a second whatever it was is gone but I still scream. I'm fully awake now which means every ounce of pain has once again landed on top of me, smothering me, tearing me apart.
"Romano, please calm down!"
I hear my name but I don't answer. Instead I lash out, yelling even louder as I land on my broken arm. It could be the enemy and I can't allow myself to be taken. At all costs anything but that. I have to fight. I have to-
Another scream erupts from my raw vocal chords as someone ties my legs together so I can't move, and another tapes my arms to my sides. Ally or enemy, did they have to be so ruff? Wasn't I in enough pain?
A pair of strong arms lift my broken body from the ground, "Shh… Romano… Its okay. You're going to be fine. I promise, you're going to be fine."
No, I want to say, its not going to be fine. Because that voice belongs to Spain, and he can't join the war. It's too horrible. I struggle and struggle, every warning sign imaginable going of in my head, No no no no no no.
But the voice is so strong, so sure. It brings me down, until I no longer have the energy to scream. After such a long time the tears finally come, washing the blood from my skin.
I love you, I think.
"I've got you, Romano. You don't have to be scared. It's okay to cry. You deserve the tears. You're going to be fine, I promise, I promise, I promise," he says.
I love you, I think.