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I've just finished the final book in the series and wanted to share thoughts…
Jasmine Parks is an assistant assassin for the CIA working alongside the CIA's most highly coveted "national treasure" Vayl. Vayl is nearly three hundred years old. He's also a vampire.
This last installment centers around Jasmine's fight to rid herself of a Domytr by the name of King Brude who shacked up in her unconscious somehow, unbeknown to anyone reading the last book, on that last mission. Her head of department at the CIA was murdered and their dept shut down so her team are pretty much going rogue on this one.
Each and every book is a new mission and if you miss a book, you miss a little of what's going on in the next as the author assumes you'll read the lot.
The pace of storyline is good (good being okay-good and not exceptional-good) but a couple of books seem hurried and Jasmine's inner dialogue is either choppy and confusing or just plain over the top and boring. Also, some character interaction in a couple of the earlier books is a little hurried and I don't feel for these people. It feels a bit too forced and I genuinely don't believe Jaz when she keeps telling the reader she loves her crew. I just don't feel it.
Jasmine's character is the main focus here I know but I just feel it's too big for the proper development of any of the others. For someone who's keeping her heart locked away due to past traumas (in this latest book Jaz mentions losing her last fiance Matt only 18 months before) she certainly jumps into new relationships quickly and whole heartedly.
She 'gets' things and figures situations out without that irritating inner monologue explaining it for the reader but explaining far less interesting/intriguing plot moments instead. She jumps from mission to mission with her crew having only a couple of days or weeks in between yet we are supposed to believe her people can just look at her and know exactly what she's thinking even when they've only worked together a couple of months? Hmm.
Also, and this is probably one of the most awful things about this series; the strange and weird creatures the crew come up against. Knomes? With big blue noses and tails? Is that not just bloody ridiculous when trying to write an almost serious story? And the way Jasmine (therefore the CIA by extension) know the names and known whereabouts of the most bizarrely or poorly described bad guys yet have either A, no powers to do anything about said weird bad guys or B, knowing who they are and where they are have no idea who they are or where they are? Confusing no? The team has lots of information of absolutely no relevance and assume quite a bit or they have no information and manage to make decisions quickly and easily and get the assassinations done.
Jasmine also heads the missions when she's only the assistant assassin? Rardin (the author) gives her all the power and decision making and then has her making ditzy mistakes and lovey eyes at Vayl the next second. In some instances Jaz switches from 'Off' mode to 'Working' so quickly I wonder if she's not a robot. There's talk of her being able to switch, keeping her mind on the job and nothing else, like an obsession and then she flies off the handle at the slightest annoyance.
There are silly side-plots (like saving Aaron's Dad's ghost) that I kinda didn't understand what they were there for. Other than the only reason this man had to be included in the story was because he is the reincarnated soul of one of Vayl's sons who he has been dying to meet again for two hundred years and should meet before the end of the series. Quickly. The character has about as much personality as a used plastic sandwich bag and serves no purpose in the plot.
We also find out Vayl the vampire assassin has been watching Jasmine's family for many a generation and he somehow had never met Jasmine until she worked for the CIA. Yet as we just discovered he'd had an eye on the family and kept them safe for two hundred years… Huh?
Don't get me wrong, I read ALL the books in the series but it was a bit of a struggle at times. Maybe I just don't like the main character Jasmine? But that's really the whole point isn't it? You have to care? Otherwise, SO WHAT?
So what? might best explain my reaction to these books. I read them because I was waiting on something good to come up and after I bought three books I just went and finished the series. Within these stories there is nothing but the mission and really nothing going on in the world apart from Jasmine Parks and the people who make her feel better/do things for her/marry her brother…
It passes time but I wouldn't read any of these books more than once and that's pretty much the seal of dis-approval from me.
If I won't read it twice, it wasn't worth the price.


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The unfortunate story behind Mobb Deep's disbanding just keeps on unraveling itself.
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Just a very interesting term coined for the dish that is being held up by Yin Yin (left) & Krystal (right). It is this "fat" looking dish filled with meat and peanut butter sauce wrapped in "roti" similar to that we get back in Southeast Asia. This is one of the best dishes on serve at the Machine Laundry Cafe in Salamanca, and a very filling and yummy one!
Btw, it was Yin Yin's birthday the day prior, so here is to wishing her a happy 22nd birthday!
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The Curious Case of Nobuhiko Obayashi's HAUSU (1977), or: How To Describe an Indescribable Movie!!!
Nobuhiko Obayashi's HAUSU (1977) plays this week at Village, next week at Slaughter!
All one actually needs to know about the mind-bending motion picture experience that is Nobuhiko Obayashi's HAUSU (1977) is that its original release tagline was, in reference to its teenage schoolgirl protagonists, "How Seven Beauties Were Eaten!" Re-released 35 years later by Janus Films, modern audiences can now experience the uncategorizable weirdness of this one-of-a-kind Japanese cult classic.
In the most basic sense, HAUSU is the story of a haunted house – and what happens when seven teen girls travel from room to unpredictable room, each step leading them closer to their doom. What is originally intended as a relaxing summer vacation to the lead protagonist's maternal aunt at her country home unwittingly transforms into an all-out battle against man-eating pianos, blood-spurting cats, and a host of the supernatural. HAUSU is characteristically light on logic, but very heavy on both style and execution. This quality is the source of all of HAUSU's you-have-to-see-it-to-believe-it charm. We wouldn't lie about this!
Nobuhiko Obayashi made his feature film debut with HAUSU in 1977; previously, he worked as a television ad wizard and director of commercials (many of which starred Charles Bronson and other latter-day cinema personalities). Translating his short-form ad experience to feature-length genre directing, HAUSU retains the saccharine romanticism characteristic of his commercials. It embraces the obviously faux and two-dimensional nature of a studio set, with no apparent intent to mask the illusion created by narrative. For a first film, it is rich with the director's personality and (dare I say) absurd vision. There is no political agenda, no subtext, no lofty art house pretensions: just surreal, insane, 70s pop art Japanese filmmaking!
If you have not yet witnessed HAUSU, you owe it to yourself to walk out of the theater speechless. It is nearly impossible to describe this wonderfully inventive motion picture without spoiling any one of the 10,000 surprises it has in store for the first-time viewer. A cult film of this stature only comes around once, maybe twice, in a lifetime. Don't miss it!
Manohla Dargis, of the New York Times, said of HAUSU:
" Delirious, deranged, gonzo or just gone, baby, gone -- no single adjective or even a pileup does justice to House."
HAUSU (1977) plays tonight (09/12) and tomorrow (09/13) at Alamo Drafthouse Village and next week (09/19 and 09/20) at Slaughter Lane. Shows begin each night at 7:00 PM. Get your tickets now (or else)!
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Now With More Running and Exposition for the BBC Crowd: Prometheus International Trailer
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By Steven Lloyd Wilson | Trailers | April 30, 2012 |
It's like Ridley Scott got hit on the head in the late eighties and forgot what exactly he was good at, but still remembered that he made movies. And sometime in the last two years, he got a second whack and suddenly it all came flooding back in a montage like a firehose. "Oh that's right, I made fantastic dark science fiction. What in the world made me think Russell Crowe was my muse?" I'm getting progressively more excited for Prometheus, which basically means that at this point it feels like they're giving the whole movie away in the increasingly long trailers. Case in point, the latest international one runs for three minutes and has full on exposition and such:
Oh there is definitely blood on that window. And goop. Can't have a movie in the alienverse without lots of goop. While I'm hoping to be pleasantly surprised at plot points not revealed in the trailers, I'll be satisfied just being surprised at the order and manner of every single character's demise.
More good news on the film is that Fox is getting all blustery with the ratings board. Says this week's disposable executive:
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I can get behind that sentiment. I mean I'm sure that a Fox executive would say the exact same thing about a snuff film starring his mother if a focus group said it would be good for the bottom line, but when the devil's suiting up in your corner, you don't kick him out of the ring.
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Marcello Fois
Translated by Silvester Mazzarella (from Italian)
2014, Maclehose Press
288 pages, family history, historical novel
After his wife dies, a blacksmith from a small village in Sardinia adopts an orphaned boy, Michele Angelo Chironi, and trains him to become a master blacksmith. When the boy has grown up, he falls in love with another orphan, Mercede Lai. They marry and begin to live in prosperity, with a bustling business, large forge, and their own vineyard.
The world gets in the way of their happiness, and the couple is plagued with misfortune when it comes to having children. Not only are there several miscarriages, but two of their sons are brutally murdered when they are only 10 years old. Of the three younger children, one enlists in the army during the first World War, one trains with his father to be a blacksmith, and the girl gets married to a person of rank.
Through the tale of this family in a remote region of Sardinia, the author demonstrates the far-reaching effects of modernity, development, and war.
Michele and Mercede's relationship was my favorite part of this novel. You don't often find couples who understand and support each other's emotions, both in literature and in real life. But Michele and Mercede are the exception to that general statement: from the very beginning, when they fall in love almost immediately, they are wonderfully supportive and good to each other. This does not mean that they don't have fights or hurt feelings; Mercede holds a grudge against Michele for years after the murder of their twins. But this couple chooses to work out these problems, and it is obvious that their love continues throughout their lives.
Another highlight of the book is the relationship between the three remaining children. Whereas Luigi is intelligent and studious, Gavino is the prototypical example of a skilled physical laborer - strong, hardworking, good with his hands, and interested in Marx and labor politics. Though seemingly opposites in personality, the two boys understand each other. They have such a close bond that Gavino finds their separation difficult when Luigi is sent off to school.
Their sister Marianna also has a good relationship with her brothers. She is the only one who Gavino trusts to tell certain secrets to (highlight for spoilers): especially that he likes men, and that is the reason he refuses to marry. After Luigi goes to war and Gavino demonstrates his unwillingness to marry, Marianna takes the responsibility of creating the family's next generation upon herself. She has an arranged marriage to the scion of a wealthy family (an arrangement that Gavino is absolutely opposed to), who becomes a powerful political figure after the first world war. When Gavino's political leanings get him into trouble, Marianna's connections also allow her to help him. Even when the siblings are not in agreement, they try to support each other in any way they can, both with and against their parents' wishes.
War and development
Wars always have widespread and long lasting effects, even outside of the regions that are directly impacted. Bloodlines gives an example of these effects in a very rural, remote part of Sardinia during the two world wars. At the beginning of the story, in the late 19th century, this area was no more than two small villages and some surrounding farms. With the coming of "progress," the area quickly expands, becoming the regional capital by the time of World War Two. This increased connection with far-away occurrences become all the more real to the Chironi family when the first World War breaks out and Luigi volunteers to fight. After he stops writing home, his family has no idea what became of him until another soldier returns to the village and confides in Gavino. Luigi had been shell-shocked and put in a mental treatment facility, finally killing himself when he couldn't bear it any longer. The terrible results of war are made clear: this family has lost yet another child.
Mercede and Michele are devastated by Luigi's death. They blame themselves for being unable to protect him. This goes so far that they even consider staging an "accident" in the forge to cripple Gavino, reasoning that the army wouldn't recruit him if he wasn't physically fit.
After the war the development of the area proceeded apace, resulting in increasing access to consumer products and news from the outside. This development is mirrored by the movement of Luigi, Gavino, and Marianna. Luigi leaves to go to the mainland and never comes back. Later, Gavino also leaves, finding a place for himself in England until the British deport him during the Second World War. And Marianna is the wife of an influential politician, making occasional formal visits to her hometown. Then, when politics destroy her family she returns to her parents' home. In comparison to her widely traveled children, Mercede has only seen the sea one time - when Luigi and Gavino took her there on a holiday. This, says this novel, is what happens when "modernity" and "development" come to a rural place.
This is a wonderful book. I am happy that it was chosen for the IFFP longlist this year, giving me the opportunity to read it. It is in my personal shortlist, and I hope that it moves on in the official one as well.
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The still night air, soaked in the warm breath of a summer's twilight, caressed the shining jewel of Shorehaven as the city sparkled with its every present life, whether from the hum of the people, the twinkling of the neon lights or gently street lamps, or the sparkle of the clear, blue waters to the west.
Tonight was no different, though most within the City of Taboo Dreams were now sound asleep, well, all of those who did not haunt the night of the great city. Within the houses and streets of the beautiful residential area of Gainborough, most houses and apartments lay dark and silent, their inhabitants sleeping, ready for the next day's work, or as in most cases within the City, play. One of those apartments, though dark as the others, was not so silent. Within the spacious two bedroom apartment, soft moans of pleasure drifted through the still silence from the only room used as a bedroom as Alicia Brookes lay with her long, smooth legs wrapped tightly around her boyfriend's own legs, her nails running softly down Nick Greeves' back as he held himself above her in their bed, slowly pushing his hard, seven inch dick into his girlfriend's tight, hot pussy.
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"Tell...umm...tell me...a fantasy baby...umm...one you like...uh...you like me being the queen...and...and you a knight..." Alicia breathed softly as she felt Nick slowly fill her burning pussy with his hard dick. Oh that felt so good.
Nick smiled as he looked down into her eyes, his face obviously red even in the faint light from the street lamps outside.
"How about...uh...we talk about one...of your fantasies...fuck..." Alicia's handsome, and oh so hot, boyfriend replied, still gently working his hard dick in and out of her, slowly building her to an intense orgasm.
"...Me...?...Ummm...I...don't have any baby...umm...only you fucking me...ohh..." Alicia replied softly, her body tingling softly, her large tits heaving as she ran her hands up and down Nick's back.
Nick smiled again above her, but this time his smile had a touch of playfulness about it, as did the glint in his eyes.
"Um...I bet you'd like...a threesome Liss..." He teased, thrusting his dick into her a little harder with the last words.
Alicia smiled playfully in return, purring as the feel of his sudden thrust sent shivers through her body and another soft moan from her soft lips; oh he knew just how to please her!
"Ummm...I think that's your fantasy baby..." Alicia replied, breathing heavier as her nails once again dragged down her boyfriend's back. "You...umm...would love...oh...to see me with another woman..."
Nick's eyes seemed to hold a familiar expression at her words, though what Alicia couldn't make out as he continued to slide his hard dick into her again, all the way to his balls...
"You'd like that...with another woman...?" He asked before he leaned down to gently kiss her for a moment. His tone held that same expression...something Alicia knew but couldn't quite tell...
Running her hands up his back, she pulled him down to her, squashing her large tits against his naked chest.
"Umm...I've never...really liked women...umm...but I know you like that fantasy...of me...ohh...with one..." She breathed heavily, sighing with delight as Nick gently began kissing the side of her neck as he continued sliding his hard dick into her.
"What about...with another man?" Nick asked between kisses that sent shivers down the 21-year-old girlfriend's spine.
"Umm...the only man I want is you baby..." Alicia moaned in reply, the kisses sending flutters through her stomach to her pussy, spurring on her growing orgasm.
"What if...I didn't...mind...?" He asked moving his mouth to the other side of her neck, his voice heated as his lips touched her soft flesh.
Alicia ran her hands through his hair, that beautiful dark brown hair that occasionally flopped down in front of Nick's eyes when he got excited or moved around too much. Laughing lightly, she ran her hands down onto his naked back again and down to his ass, pulling him towards her.
"Like you wouldn't...uh...mind...another man...umm...touching me..." She replied breathily in dismissal, moaning as Nick suddenly thrust into her harder a couple of times.
Suddenly he pushed himself back up again and began to pump his hard, seven inch dick into her with a little more force sending shivers of pleasure through Alicia's hot body. For a moment Alicia closed her eyes, relishing in the feel of her boyfriend's dick pumping in and out of her horny pussy, bringing her closer to her orgasm, until she suddenly realised after a few minutes that he hadn't said anything since she had. Abruptly the earlier expression in his eyes and voice suddenly made sense. He hadn't sounded interested in the idea of her being with another woman, at least not this time, instead he...
Opening her eyes wide, Alicia stared into her loving boyfriend's face as he continued to pump his dick into her a little faster above her.
"That's your fantasy!?" She asked sounding breathy but still incredulous. For a moment she stared into his face, however Nick did nothing but smile a small smile. "...uh...you fantasise about...a threesome...with me and...another man?"
Nick did not say anything, however the sudden hard thrust of his dick into her was answer enough. For another moment Alicia stared at the man she had been going out with for the last year and a half. He had never hinted at any fantasy like this before now, and she had never expected it. She was his girlfriend, just as he was her boyfriend, she didn't want any other guy, yet he...was he serious?
Still holding on to his ass, her legs still laying on his as he continued pumping his entire dick into her harder and faster, Alicia moaned from the heightened force of the sex before she spoke, still sounding unbelieving, though her breathing grew heavier and her orgasm continued to grow.
"Nick...oh...mmm...Nick, you...you're telling me...that you want...umm...me to suck...another man's dick...while you...you fuck me...uh...?" She asked and with each word her boyfriend put a little more effort into pumping his dick into her. The fires stoked higher within her hot body as he began fucking her.
"Don't...uh...you think it'd...be hot...?" He grunted from exertion, his face a mix of pleasure and focus on the effort he was giving.
Alicia stared at him as he slammed his dick into her, her large tits jiggling and rolling around her chest as she clung harder to his ass, trying to pull him deeper into her. Oh this felt so good!
"Fuck...Nick...oh yeah...mmm...oh...would you want him to fuck me too?" She meant it as an honest, disbelieving question, however it seemed to spur Nick on even more and Alicia couldn't help but groan loudly as he began fucking her as hard as he could. Gripping onto him, she decided to see if he was really serious...how could he be...and so she spoke with words that stuttered due to how hard he continued to fuck her. "You think...it's...hot...for...another...guy...to get...his dick...in me...?"
"Fuck!" Nick growled and rammed his entire seven inch dick into her hard bringing a forceful grunt from her as he drove most of the air from her lungs, not to mention sent a shock of fire through her pussy. She was close now.
At the same time Alicia felt the tingling of her approaching orgasm and the need to feel her loving boyfriend fucking her, her mind reeled at the thought that he was actually serious, he actually found it a turn on to think of another guy having sex with her in a threesome.
Suddenly she forgot any thought in her mind as Nick began to fuck her as hard as he could, pushing her ever closer to her own orgasm. Clawing at his back, Alicia panted heatedly, moaning from the pleasure until suddenly she felt the familiar feelings within her body.
"Oh Nick! Nick! Yes! Ohhhh I'm cumming baby! Oh yes! Ohhhhh!" She moaned loudly, gripping onto his back as she groaned from the depths of her being as the world suddenly exploded and ecstasy wracked through her hot body.
At the same time Nick's thrusts began to become more erratic, until suddenly, with a loud groan, he jerked a couple of times and Alicia felt him bury his entire seven inches inside her before his dick exploded, shooting several loads of his hot cum into her waiting pussy, intensifying her own orgasm.
Finally, the two of them slumped limply, both panting heavily as they lay in each other's arms catching their breath. After a few moments, Nick rolled off her and onto his back, his now softening dick slipping from her body, as he lay there breathing heavily.
"That was so fucking good!" He exclaimed breathily, raising his arm to wipe the sweat from his forehead.
Alicia couldn't agree more, that had been amazing! However she lay there a moment as her senses slowly returned to her, catching her breath, when suddenly the thoughts of what she had discovered came back to her.
Rolling onto her side, Alicia propped her head up with her hand and rested the other on Nick's chest. Still breathing hard, her naked tits heaved as she watched him a moment.
"That really turned you on didn't it?" She asked as she traced her hand up and down his chest, her eyes never leaving his face however.
Nick glanced out of the corner of his eye at her before he answered.
"You're not mad are you?" He asked, obviously a little wary.
Shaking her head slightly, Alicia gave him a small smile.
"I'm not mad, I just don't get it." She said honestly, "I don't find the idea of you with another woman a turn on, but you find it hot to think of a threesome with another guy? I mean, not just a blowjob either, but full, proper sex?"
Saying it out loud seemed just as confusing as the thought, however Nick didn't seem phased by it at all, not like she was.
"Well, it's not like I'm suggesting you'd be going off with someone else, I'd be there." He said in an attempt to explain. Turning his face to look at her, he gave her the smile that had won her over the first time she had seen him.
"I just don't understand why you think me being with another guy is hot. I love you, I don't want anyone else." She replied, watching him confusedly.
"I know babe, and you know I love you. I guess I just can't explain it, I just think it would be hot." He said as he gently traced a finger down her cheek, before adding with a light laugh, "And if you think that is weird I'd hate to think what you thought of other fantasies I had."
Raising her eyebrows, Alicia eyed him both curiously and with more than a little surprise. What could possibly be more shocking than him wanting a threesome with her and another guy!?
"What do you mean?" She asked, resting her hand on his chest now.
"Oh no, you've been freaked out enough by that one, I'm not having you go off on one about fantasies I have of you." He replied, a smile on his face, though wariness shone in his eyes.
"Oh come on, after what you've told me nothing could be that bad, unless you fantasise about me having sex with my dad or something?" She said with a hint of question.
"What? Oh no, no, nothing like that." Nick replied adamantly and Alicia felt herself relax slightly in relief.
"Well, if it's not that, what else then?" She asked, and as she noticed Nick slipping into his stubbornness, she added in a sterner tone, "Come on, tell me."
Eying her a moment, plainly considering his options, her boyfriend finally gave in and sighed.
"Alright, I'll tell you." He said finally. "I also think it would be hot..." He gave her a look as if he were about to try to make an excuse not to say anything, but one raised eyebrow of hers soon made him carry on. "...well, I just think it would be really hot, more than the threesome, to you know...watch you have sex with another guy."
Blinking, Alicia stared at her boyfriend of a year and a half in stunned silence. Watch her? Alone? With another guy? He meant he thought it would be hot for him to watch...the rest of the thought came out in words.
"You think it would be hot to watch your girlfriend have sex with some other guy!?" She asked in a mix of shock and more than a touch of anger. She was his girlfriend, did he not care for her at all to think...!
"I knew you'd react like that." Nick replied calmly. Calmly!
"What? You tell me you would like to see another guy shove his dick into me and fuck me while you watch and you think I wouldn't mind!?" She said irritably, staring at his calm expression made her more so and so she rolled over with a huff and pulled the blankets up, muttering to herself angrily.
Sighing behind her, Alicia heard Nick mutter to himself...like he had a right to after what he had just said!...as he too rolled over to go to sleep.
For a long time silence stretched in the darkness of the night before Alicia's anger subsided enough for her to give in to the call of sleep. Her dreams were surprisingly pleasant as she slept, a most welcome relaxation filled with thoughts of hot sex like she had just had with her handsome, loving boyfriend, despite the argument, and despite her earlier anger.
The next day, Alicia hardly spoke to Nick, giving him a quick peck on the cheek before he headed out to meet up with a few of his friends for a football match. Nick of course knew what he was meant to have done wrong, though he did not apologise, instead he sighed and walked out on his way to his friends and Alicia folded her arms beneath her breasts muttering to herself.
Throughout the day Alicia kept herself busy, unlike Nick she couldn't go out to meet her friends as she had to wait for an important phone call which of course didn't happen on time. The thoughts of her boyfriend's fantasies continued to irritate the attractive girlfriend and so after she finally received her call she decided to phone one of her friend's to ask their advice, and that was how she found herself talking to Sophie about Nick's strange fantasies a few minutes later.
"He likes the idea of what?" Sophie asked in her usual pleasant manner, though this time she seemed slightly amused.
"He told me while we were having sex last night." Alicia replied as she frowned and wound the phone cord around her finger. "He basically admitted that he wanted to watch another guy have sex with me. I mean, what guy would want to watch someone else fuck their girlfriend?"
Sophie laughed lightly, that sweet sound that matched her natural beauty, before she replied.
"Oh come on Liss, you're ok with him having a fantasy about you and another woman but not about another guy with you?" Her blonde friend asked sounding highly amused this time. Alicia felt her irritation at Nick lighten a touch as he friend seemed to take the whole thing so casually.
"That's different." She replied, a touch of a smile on her own lips a moment. "The threesome thing I can understand, I suppose, but he actually thinks it would be hotter to watch me have sex with another guy without him. I mean, be honest Soph, what would you think if Josh told you that?"
"I doubt he would, but if he did what's wrong with a little fantasy." Sophie answered, her voice now a calm self-assurance.
"But don't you think it's odd, your boyfriend wanting to watch you screw some other guy?" She asked confusedly.
"Honestly, Liss, nope." Sophie replied nonchalantly, "Come on, you're no prude, you know that fantasies are by their nature out there, that's why they're fantasies. Besides, I bet when you were talking about it the sex was hotter than normal?"
Unwinding her finger, Alicia took a large sip of her tropical juice before she answered; reluctantly.
"Well, yeah, it was, but..." She admitted grudgingly, however Sophie interrupted.
"But nothing." Her friend said, her smile obvious even down the phone. "Alicia, fantasies are meant to make the sex different, and from the sounds of it you enjoyed what it did to Nick just as much as he did. That doesn't mean you love each other less. You should loosen up a little, you might enjoy it."
Sighing, Alicia nodded though her friend obviously could not see it. She had half-expected this response, Sophie was a more confident and sexually-outgoing person, not that she was not sexually-outgoing, she and Nick had done their fair share of having sex in public places and such, but with Sophie...there was just an air about her, as if nothing shocked her. She was open-minded about things most people would find odd, to say the least.
"So you think I should encourage him?" She asked, taking another large sip of her tropical juice.
"Totally, and when you do, you watch how hot the sex is." Sophie answered in her bright way. "Just give it a try, fantasies don't hurt."
And that was exactly what Alicia decided to do that night, albeit half-heartedly. When Nick came through the door she began talking to him like nothing had been wrong between the two of them. Sophie had said that it wasn't his fault what he liked and it wasn't exactly harmful anyway. Despite her friend being right, Alicia at first still felt irritation, however she soon focused on how good the sex had been last night, not that it wasn't always good, and soon she found her horniness dulling the other sensation out.
By the time the two of them headed to bed, she was purring like a car that was ready to unleash all of its horsepower in one fell swoop, and so when they both lay down, Alicia didn't wait long before she began kissing her hot boyfriend's neck. It didn't take long before the two of them were naked and Nick had his beautiful dick buried inside her hungry pussy. As he held himself above her, hornily pumping his hard dick into her, Alicia knew it was now or never. It was just a fantasy, and she wanted to please him, and she knew he would please her if she did, and so as Nick continued to work his hard dick in and out of her pussy, sending shrills of electricity through her body, Alicia took one of his hands and looked into his eyes as she began to suck on his finger as if she were giving another dick a blowjob.
"Mmmm." She moaned as she sucked his finger into her mouth, hollowing her cheeks before she pulled it out and looked deep into Nick's eyes, breathing heavier. "You like that baby?"
Nick nodded slightly, though Alicia could tell he didn't understand her full meaning, and so she decided to just follow Sophie's advice.
Licking up and down his finger as he continued to slide his beautiful dick in and out of her, Alicia circled her tongue around his finger, her eyes still locked on his, before she spoke again, this time breathily.
"Mmmm, is this what you want to see your girlfriend do baby, suck a hard cock while you fuck her?" She made herself sound as sultry, yet innocent, as she could. It was not a wasted effort.
The immediate effect on her loving boyfriend was firstly a moment of shock at her words and actions and then as he realised she was playing his game a deep, horny smile spread across his handsome face and he nodded, ramming his hard dick into her with renewed force and vigour.
The sudden increase in effort drove the air from Alicia's lungs and she groaned loudly as Nick began to literally pound his dick into her as hard as he could. For a moment all she could do was moan and grip onto him as he began to screw her as hard as he could. Her legs wrapped around him, pulling his hammering dick into her deeper and pushing the hot, blazing sensations in her pussy higher.
After a moment, Alicia opened her eyes, lust burning hotly within them, as she grabbed hold of her boyfriend's hand again and began sucking on his finger in earnest, moaning loudly around it as he continued to ram his dick into her harder and faster.


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Skip to comments.2012 ELECTION LIVE THREAD II !!!!!!!!
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Since I haven't seen one yet, I'll start it.
Excelelnt! Good news!
Upthread advice to go local for better news than FOX cable worked for me. I have local Fox on and Shep Smith just had Liz Cheney on, AB Hill and Ed Sourpuss Rollins.
FOX cable is waaay to morose and downright boring with the ditz blonde, who has NO political acumen whatsoever. They lack their old heavy weights and power guests. Monica Crowley had more interest than the entire FOX panel.
Thanks for the info..
Most of Pennsy results are from Philadelphia so far. No surprise it's overwhelmingly Obama.
3 states we should be winning anyways
Ohio has counted the urban counties early, don't worry, Florida is coming around and it is a route in Virginia.
Hand on for a long night, relax have a drink and enjoy the show!
WHY can't they call NC yet for Romney? What's going on?
I-4 corridor in FL not looking good so far... *sigh*
That's great news coming in early and bodes well for VA. Can't believe the Norfolk/Newport News area would consider Obama after he promised to gut the Navy!
Can someone explain something re: Ohio... Are the tallies we're seeing at present (O 57 R 42) the early voting numbers? If so, this is way below Obama's expected strength in the early voting. Do I have this right?
See my post 34 in this thread. Prince William County, one of the outer suburban DC counties, apparently doesn't have enough voting machines and people have waited 4 hours in line to vote and are still there (polls closed at 7:00 ET). Now I know Prince William County has grown like mad because it's in the DC suburbs, but how do you screw up so badly you don't have enough voting machines and have to leave the polls open until midnight?
(BTW, PW used to be dependably Republican but has been overrun with immigrants and government workers.)
Thanks, again...(:
Damn... they just call the PA Senate for Casey.
Where did you see that? Fox still has as too close to call
Time will tell
We have waited 4 years we can wait a couple more hours. Rove was very positive from what he was seeing for early vote vs what will come in later. I like our chances.
Pray for America
Florida 1 point difference. Media might try doing what they did in 2000 ,calling Florida for Gore and so causing many in the panhandle to get out of voting line and not vote(remember?): hence the hanging chad fiasco. HOLD THE LINE! stay in voting line do not believe the media.
NC called by who?
Happy birthday!
I-4 corridor in FL not looking good so far... *sigh*
Yeah it is. It evenly split. Just called NC for Romney STILL have not called MI or PA for 0. VA has to keep the polls open because they have so many people in line expcially in SW VA.
Man Conservatives are habitual Eeyore.
Chuck Todd on Florida: "Ive talked to experts on both sides, very quietly tonight, who both say they expect Romney to carry the state by under 100,000 votes"
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Sorry...lost track of what I was talking about...
Oh yeah, my "shout out".
As I've likely mentioned in my blog before, my husband owns a limo service called Cheesehead Limousine. He bought his first limo when he was 18 years old and the man is now 34 (don't tell him I mentioned his age on the world wide web, okay?). He was an entrepreneur before I even had my drivers license (I'm waaaay younger than he is...okay not really THAT much young, but I'm a little younger).
This is my cutie hubby:
He's amazing at what he does. No really, I'm not just saying that because I'm married to the guy. (by the way, we'll be celebrating our 10th wedding anniversary this September!) He's a business owner and does a darn good job at it. Of course I always have a better way of doing something (HA HA) but really-he's pretty awesome.
The current Cheesehead fleet consists of 3 beautiful black limos and a party bus. Let's talk about the party bus for a second. When he first started talking about buying one last year, I was like "whatever". He would be the one to know if it would be a money maker or not. So he spend endless hours online trying to find the perfect bus and here's what he found:
It's okay. Laugh some more. I did. When we went to go pick it up, I gave him the "are you freaking kidding" look. He was psyched and I had no idea why--but, he went ahead with the purchase (got it pretty cheap, too!).
A few months went by and he didn't really talk about the bus that much. After Jesse (my husband) had taken all the stickers off of the exterior, it had pretty much had a new home at a body shop about an hour away, so I hadn't seen much of it. Then, one day my husband tells me that the bus is done and we can go get it.
Okay, I thought...we'll see how this thing turned out.
And my jaw dropped. That hideous yellow thing was transformed into this:
Here's a before shot of the interior:
|(those are cabinets...it had no seating)
We rented it for ourselves a few weeks ago for a party with 12 friends...it was the BEST.TIME.EVER.
And now, the talks of getting a second party bus are in full swing. You wouldn't believe the number of people he has to turn down because he doesn't have one.


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A glance at the 10 high school football games to watch in Week Seven.
No. 2 Monarch (4-1) at No. 9 Montbello (5-1)
11 a.m. Saturday, Evie Dennis Field
Defending 4A state champion Monarch, a week after being taken down by Montrose, blitzed Golden 55-0 to open the 4A Mountain League. … The Coyotes lead 4A in scoring (231) despite having its Week 3 matchup against Niwot cancelled because of the recent flooding. … Montbello opened league play with a 31-21 setback to Standley Lake last week, one in which the Warriors fell behind and had turnover problems.
Bear Creek (3-3) at No. 7 Chatfield (5-1)
7 p.m. Thursday, Trailblazer Stadium
Chatfield took its first hit last week, 50-43 to Columbine in a wild one. … QB Kyle Winkler threw for 268 yards and Michael Callahan-Harris rushed for 183 yards and three TDs. … It's a 5A Super 6 matchup. … Bear Creek's numbers are about as even they get. The Bears are 3-3 overall, 1-1 in league, have scored 150 points and surrendered 150. … Bears are considered much-improved after ending 2-8 a year ago.
Rangeview (3-2) at Gateway (4-2)
6 p.m. Friday, Aurora Public Schools Stadium
It's the annual Anvil Game, the winner holds a trophy developed by Rangeview coach Dave Gonzales. … Raiders have won their past three outings after having their nonleague game against Fairview cancelled. … It's a 5A Aurora League game. … Olympians have split four decisions after beginning 2-0. They used a 20-point fourth quarter last week to get past Aurora Central. Lance Savage ran for 111 yards and three TDs.
No. 8 Pomona (5-1) at Ralston Valley (4-2)
7:30 p.m. Friday, North Area Athletic Complex
Little introduction is required – these two programs have have been the stories of the northwestern metropolitan area and challenged within 5A in recent times. A year ago, Ralston Valley beat Pomona twice, including in the quarterfinals. … Pomona is rolling since losing to Cherry Creek in Week 2. … Chris Marquez rushed for 263 yards last week against Legacy. … After falling to 3-2, the Mustangs outclassed Boulder 4-7 as QB Jacob Knipp had six completions for 209 yards and two scores.
Grandview (4-2) at No. 10 Cherokee Trail (4-2)
7 p.m. Friday, Cyclone Stadium
Grandview is coming off a 42-14 loss at Overland last week. … The Wolves' offense is driven by its ground game, led by junior RB Ben Marshall, who rushed for 500 yards and five TDs. … Cherokee Trail QB Aric Johnson passed for 952 yards and 12 TDs with just two interceptions this season. … The Cougars have recorded six interceptions this season, led by senior safety Evan White, who has two. … Cherokee Trail beat Grandview 24-9 when they faced off last year.
Eaglecrest (4-2) at Overland (3-3)
7 p.m. Friday, Stutler Bowl
This game between these rivals marks the 20th anniversary of the teams' 1993 championship runs. Overland won the 6A title, while Eaglecrest won the 5A championship. … Trailblazers QB Austin Conway is among 5A leaders in passing (1,407 yards) and rushing (758 yards). He has accounted for 22 of the team's 25 TDs. … Aaric Witt, Alec Drake and Elijah Ross have combined for 1,329 rushing yards and 15 TDs. … Overland won 36-15 last year.
Broomfield (3-2) at No. 3 Standley Lake (6-0)
4 p.m. Friday, North Area Athletic Complex
After beginning 0-2, then losing a game to flooding, Broomfield has won three in a row, including a 47-7 pasting of George Washington last week to open the 4A Mountain. QB Alec McLain threw for three TDs. … The Gators are riding high and fresh from a 10-point defeat of Montbello. Anthony Moore and John Perez each ran for two TDs and Trey Muller had 138 yards rushing. … A 7-0 start would be the first in Standley Lake history.
No. 7 Lamar (5-1) at No. 3 Manitou Springs (6-0)
7 p.m. Friday, Manitou Springs
Lamar is coming off a 50-29 loss at Florence last week. … The Savages have a balanced run game, rushing for 1,548 yards this season. The team has eight players who have at least 100 yards on the ground. … Manitou Springs relies heavily on its running game, led by senior RB Morgan Burnell, who has 577 yards and 10 TDs. … The Mustangs won 13-8 when the two teams played in 2012.
No. 10 Eaton (3-2) at No. 4 Platte Valley (4-1)
7 p.m. Friday, Bronco Stadium
Eaton makes its first appearance on the CHSAANow.com 2A football poll after a 33-0 win over Valley last Friday. … The Reds have a balanced offense, led by sophomore QB Matt Burkart, who threw for 786 yards and seven TDs, and rushed for 171 yards and ran in two more scores. … Platte Valley has outscored its opponents 129-77 this year. … Eaton won 49-30 when the teams played last year.
Otis (3-2) at No. 3 Briggsdale (5-0)
Noon Friday, Briggsdale
Otis has lost two games this year to ranked opponents: A 36-18 loss to No. 2 Arickaree and 41-28 to Hi-Plains. … The Bulldogs are led by senior QB Eli Palser, who rushed for 1,194 yards and 15 TDs. … Briggsdale has relied on the arm of senior QB Dakota Will-Potter, who threw for 993 yards and 20 TDs with only one interception. His favorite target is junior Austin Barthel, who has 33 catches for 514 yards and 12 TDs. … Briggsdale won 34-28 last year.


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A team of freelance journalists announced Thursday they had managed to make Android, the OS of Google smartphones, run on an Asus EEE netbook. EEEs use Intel x86 processors. The only phone that is currently available with Android is the T-Mobile G1 smartphone, which uses an ARM processor.
It's not surprising that Android can run on a PC, because Android is based on Linux and enthusiasts have been known to get Linux to run on nearly anything, including video game consoles. The journalists noted, however, that Android seems to have code built in to help it run on PCs.
Last month, an interview with NetApplications revealed that a third of Internet traffic coming from Google's headquarters was from an unidentified OS. The fact that Android can be made to run on PCs fairly easily adds credibility to rumors of a Google desktop OS.
See the announcement for more details about getting Android to run on the netbook. The authors have also provided an in-depth FAQ with more technical information.Related Reading:


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This apartment is located in the heart of Peyia. A short walk from amenities. Just 10 km from the centre of Paphos and 3 km from the sea. This project consists of two buildings with a communal swimming pool and fitness centre. This 2 bedroom apartment is on the ground floor with spectacular sea and sunset views. You enter the property into an open plan living area with lounge to the right and large kitchen and dining area to the left. The lounge area is furnished with leather sofas and contrasting soft furnishings. There are patio doors from the lounge out to the front veranda overlooking green land down towards the sea. The fully fitted kitchen has cream units with stainless steel appliances including dishwasher, electric hob, cooker and fridge freezer. Both double bedrooms are accessed via an arch way, with the master bedroom having patio doors out to the second veranda. There is a good sized family bathroom with bath and overhead shower. There is a communal pool and fitness centre for all residents and neatly maintained gardens surrounding the complex.
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Total area: 110 m² 2 bedrooms 1 bathroom
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Tracee Ellis Ross had us drooling over her latest fashion choice last night. But what's new? Check out one of our fave YBF chicks serving on the late night talk show scene inside, plus Tamron Hall looking gorge on the cover of SHEEN Magazine…
"Blackish" star Tracee Ellis Ross hit Seth Meyer's show last night in a fabulous lime green Escada jumper, and it's making our hearts palpitate.
When she sat down to chat it up with Seth, she dished on when Kanye West was previously her neighbor, and he let everyone know it in a song. And how he immortalized her ASSets in his songs, and she also appeared in a few of his videos.
Check out the chat below:
Tracee also revealed her dad has recently decided that he's going to get to the bottom of everything Biggie-related.
Speaking of Tracee's fabulousness, her alternate ESSENCE magazine March 2015 cover has been revealed:
Flawless. Check out the other version of her ESSENCE cover HERE.
Also rocking a magazine cover:
NBC's "Today" and MSBC's "News Nation" host Tamron Hall is putting her enviable cropped coif on front street. She looks pretty much flawless every day as she performs her hosting duties each morning. And now, she's making her own headline for the March/April 2015 cover of SHEEN magazine.
The Emmy Award winning journalist and Texas native keeps it 100 while serving up fashion tips and girl talk. And she revealed this little surprising nugget (which we've seen with our own two eyes and KNOW is true):
I actually do my own makeup before every show, there isn't a glam squad waiting on me each morning to arrive at work, it's just something I enjoy doing.
Loves it! The issue hits stands February 25th.
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Making Gumbolicious, Gumbo Stew
Gumbolicious, Gumbo Stew
Last week I toured Louisiana in search of friends, love, and beads. Along the way I bit into a plastic behbee eating King Cake (ouch), drank some Bloody Marys, saw a bare breast or two among the Mardi Gras revelers, and most importantly, ate myself into a bloated stupor. The thing about a lot of Louisianan cuisine is that it is both very, very good and also very, very bad for you. Not moving to Louisiana was a good move for me because I am powerless to resist the red beans and rice at The Chimes in Baton Rouge, and anything the Napoleon House or Mother's can dish out in New Orleans. I did manage, however, to pick up and develop a few Creole and Cajun recipes that I plan to share with y'all. Last week I asked my readers to pick up a cast iron Dutch oven (if you are having trouble finding one, try going to an outdoors, hunting, or sports shop that carries camping equipment). This week's top-secret recipe requires a seasoned Dutch oven, a whisk, and some patience (maybe a glass of bourbon while you cook). I share this recipe with some reticence, as its one of the few dishes I do well and impress people with---but it is so very good I cannot deprive y'all of its secret formula. Besides, one Dutch oven full of gumbo and a little rice can feed an unmarried dude for a whole week!
Understand that this is not your usual gumbo: my gumbo comes out thick, like a stew, not soupy like the mostly wimpy gumbos you'd get in the French Quarter (thinned out for the tourists, y'all dig?).
This gumbo goes well with cornbread and smothered greens!
Gumbolicious Andouille and Chicken Stew.
Serves/Makes: 10
Ready in: 1-2 hrs
* 2 pounds raw chicken strips/tenders
* garlic powder, salt, and red pepper
* Cajun or Creole seasoning
* 2 1/2 cups flour
* 1 1/2 cup oil (Olive or Peanut are best)
* 1 large yellow onion
* 1 cup of chopped celery (more if desired)
* 2 cloves minced garlic (more if desired)
* 2 medium green peppers, seeded and chopped
* 6 cups chicken stock
* 1 pound spicy smoked sausage, chopped (andouille and alligator work well)-use more if you wish.
* 1 dash Tabasco or Louisiana Hot Sauce
* Hot, cooked white rice
Before you do anything, though, you have to season the chicken tenders by sprinkling them with garlic power, salt, and red pepper and letting them sit on the counter for about 45 minutes. Use more pepper if you like it spicy, less if you don't. While your chicken is chillin', cut up (peppers, celery, and onions).
Now, put the Dutch oven on your stove, pour in the oil, and warm to medium-high (if your oven has legs, obviously you'll need to adjust the temp higher). As the oil heats, dredge your tenders in the flour, coating them well (you can alternately dip in egg before the flour to make the chicken crispier). Brown the chicken tenders in the oil until they're no longer pink in the middle and set them aside on a paper towel to cool.
Now, there's tough part: dump a cup of the flour into the oil, lower heat to medium, and continuously stir this mess with your whisk. This moment of gumbo-making is crucial. What you're making is the "roux," and you must keep stirring this stuff so that the flour does not burn. If the flour burns, you'll have to start all over. The reason this part is tough is because it takes about 10-15 minutes before the roux is ready. It should be a nutty brown color, like coffee with cream. If your roux is super dark or like black coffee, you've ruined it. Do-over. When it's about ready the roux will start smoking and you'll smell a nutty flavor.
Once the roux is in this state, remove the Dutch over from heat immediately and dump in the holy trinity and stir continuously until the veggies are soft. This process keeps the roux from burning. As you're stirring, season with salt and pepper a teensy bit, but not too much because you'll run the risk of making the gumbo too salty.
Once the veggies are soft, add your garlic and the chicken stock. Bring it to a boil. As you're waiting, cut your tenders into bite-sized chunks and slice your sausage into thin rings. Once boiling, lower the heat to a simmer and add the chicken and sausage to the gumbo. Cook for 45-minutes to an hour, taste and season as needed, and add a dash or two of hot sauce. Serve over hot, white rice.
Yum, y'all!
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I've bookmarked this recipe. I made gumbo for many years, but didn't know you were supposed to make a roux, so mine was thin. I also like plenty of okra (though not everyone likes okra), and file gumbo--whick is getting hard to find.
Just read this recipe and bookmarked it to try. We love good (not thin) gumbo stew. Thanks for sharing!


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The release date for Electronic Arts' upcoming basketball video game 'NBA Live 14' has finally been revealed. The game is scheduled to hit both PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on November 19th in North America. Just a bit of info, the NBA Live 14 will feature Kyrie Irving of the Cleveland Cavaliers as its cover athlete. [VG247]
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The demo version of EA Sports' upcoming ice hockey video game 'NHL 14' is set to hit PS3 and Xbox 360 next week. Just a bit of info, the demo will include the standard 'Play Now' mode and NHL 94 Anniversary Mode, and a short Hockey Ultimate Team tournament against the Halifax Mooseheads, Grand Rapids Griffins, Bruins and Blackhawks. As mentioned before, the NHL 14 will be available on PS3 and Xbox 360 on September 10th in North America. Check out the NHL 14 demo trailer after the break. Read more
Treyarch has announced the final DLC pack for their first-person shooter video game 'Call of Duty: Black Ops 2'. Called the Apocalypse, this add-on content will consist of four multiplayer maps, and new Zombies experience 'Origins'. The Apocalypse will be made available first on Xbox 360 later this month. [VG247]
Ubisoft has released a new trailer 'Honored' for their upcoming open world action-adventure stealth video game 'Watch Dogs'. You could check it out after the break. For your info, the game will hit PS3, Xbox 360, Wii U and PC on November 19th in North America. Read more
Here's another good deal for Xbox Live Gold subscribers, the Grand Theft Auto IV is currently on sale over at Xbox Live for $10. Download yours now! [Joystiq]
The release date for Codemasters' upcoming racing video game 'F1 2013' has finally been revealed. The game will hit PS3, Xbox 360 and PC on October 4th in Europe and on October 8th in North America. [Hooked Gamers]


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HAS IT REALLY been so long?
Sure enough, manned space flight has been a fact of life for almost a quarter of a century, ever since Yuri Gagarin orbited the Earth in April 1961. Yet many people still mistakenly regard space travel only as an expensive ``stunt,`` a chance for a rare breed of hot test pilots to strut ``the right stuff,`` but lacking any legitimate value for the average taxpayer who is footing the bill.
Nothing could be further from the truth. The quest for knowledge of the universe demands a sizable investment in order to get a sizable return. All the money spent on space exploration has been spent on Earth, and the value of ``space spinoffs`` -- materials and techniques developed to get astronauts aloft and later used on Earth -- has far outweighed the cost of the program.
The early astronauts were like the explorers of a new frontier who discovered America. Now the new breed of space shuttle ``mission specialists`` -- many of them civilians who don`t even have a pilot`s license -- are like the homesteaders who settled and tamed that frontier.
They can also be called ``blue-collar astronauts`` who will increasingly be called on to do tough jobs, like corralling and repairing a broken satellite.
But that is only the beginning of the constructive exploitation of space. A recent shuttle mission which successfully tested a technique of making tiny perfect spheres in zero gravity, which cannot be made on Earth, showed the promise of space manufacturing.
Now, the latest idea has even greater down-to-earth value -- an orbiting space platform jointly financed by NASA and private industry, designed as the first link in an ``industrial park in space.``
The platform, named the Industrial Space Facility, is to be launched aboard a shuttle flight in 1989, and used as a manufacturing base for a variety of materials better made in space than on Earth -- especially certain disease- fighting drugs and metal alloys that simply cannot be made on Earth because of the effects of gravity.


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Police reported three connected home break-ins and robberies Monday night. The intruder attempted to sexually assault women in all three apartments.
Police took a suspect into custody Tuesday morning whom they believe to be the intruder responsible for breaking into three apartments in Williamsburg and Greenpoint on Monday night, a law enforcement official said.
The reported intruder robbed all three homes and attempted to sexually assault the female residents who were present at the time, police said.
They say the suspect they have in custody was found with multiple laptops and cell phones stolen from the apartments, including an iPhone from the first robbery, and that he was also caught on surveillance video in the second and third attacks.
The first incident occurred at 7:50 p.m., according to police reports. The intruder knocked at the door of an apartment on Berry Street. The door of the apartment has no peephole, police said, so the tenant, a woman who lives alone, opened the door to see who had knocked.
She was immediately punched in the face by the intruder and knocked unconscious, cops said.
Police said when she regained consciousness, she was naked and the intruder was on top of her attempting to rape her.
She screamed and a neighbor on the first floor of the building heard her and called 911, police said. The caller reportedly alerted another resident of the building, who entered the apartment and confronted the woman's alleged attacker, only to be punched in the face by the fleeing intruder.
The intruder took a laptop and an iPhone with him when he fled, cops said.
They also recovered evidence at this crime scene: two beers the intruder apparently placed in the victim's freezer.
The victim was brought to Woodhull Hospital and treated for a broken eye socket.
The second assault occurred about two hours later at 10:02 p.m., police said. The intruder was let into a building on Engert Street after pressing several buzzers.
The second victim's door was open and unlocked, police said. The intruder asked the victim, a 40-year-old housewife who has lived at that apartment for more than 40 years, "Where's John?" She replied that she was alone, and the intruder pushed her onto a chair and lifted up her dress, but made no demands or requests, cops said.
The victim's husband's name is John, police said. He reportedly heard a commotion and intervened, confronting the intruder. The intruder slashed the victim's husband's neck and stomach with "a key type of instrument," police said, and then fled with the victim's Virgin Mobile phone.
A law enforcement official said it is unknown whether this phone is one of the three phones found on the suspect in custody.
The third incident occurred about 20 minutes later and a few blocks away, at a building on Nassau Avenue. Police said the front door was open when the intruder walked in. The intruder encountered the victim in the hallway and the victim, a 37-year-old woman, asked him if he was there to visit her roommate.
The intruder grabbed the victim and pushed her onto a bed, police said. The victim's roommate intervened, attempting unsuccessfully to hit the intruder with a broomstick. The intruder reportedly said, "All right, all right," and walked back down the stairs and out the door, taking the victim's laptop on his way out. The victim told police she saw a laptop under her attacker's shirt as well.
Police said surveillance video from a bodega across the street showed the suspect asking the bodega owner for a bag. The owner reportedly told police the suspect shown on the video had multiple laptops with him and appeared to be under the influence of drugs.
The 24-year-old suspect in custody was arrested in a building on Nassau Avenue by a rookie cop patrolling the building several hours later, police said. He has not yet been charged. He has two prior arrests on record and once worked for a local construction company based in Brooklyn.
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RIO DE JANEIRO The number of confirmed and suspected cases of microcephaly in Brazil associated with the Zika virus declined for the second week to 4,949 in the week through April 9, from 5,092 the week earlier, the Health Ministry said on Tuesday.
Of these, the number of confirmed cases climbed to 1,113 from 1,046 a week earlier, but suspected ones under investigation fell to 3,836 from 4,046. It was the second week in a row that the overall total figure dropped.
Cases that have been ruled out rose to 2,066 compared to 1,814 the week before, the ministry said.
Brazil considered most of the cases of babies born with abnormally small heads to be related to Zika, though the link between the virus and the birth defects has not been scientifically established.
(Reporting by Stephen Eisenhammer; Editing by Bernard Orr)
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In the romance studded chronicles of Texas, the name and deeds of Lafitte, the pirate, loom large. It is a matter of historical record that his base of operations was once on Galveston Island and that his ships sailed up and down the coast of the vicinity.
One of the many legends of the famous buccaneer has its locale in La Porte. According to the tale Lafitte once weighed anchor off what is now Bay Ridge. With two henchmen he unloaded a heavy chest and carried it into some thick shrubbery where it was buried and he returned alone. If the legend is true and the pirate treasure was ever buried, it is still there for there is no record of it ever being unearthed. However, from time to time a few gold coins have been found in the beautiful bay waters. To date the cache, if it does lie there, has defied the hand of man, until now!
On October 20, the City of La Porte will release new "treasures" online at Geocaching.com. Last year, 10 brand new geocaches were released around La Porte, stay tuned to see how many will be released this year!
If you love Mardi Gras on Main Street, you are going to love The Search for Lafitte's Gold street festival following the Geocache hunt! We will have live music on the main stage, some of the best food trucks from the Houston area as well as over 50 craft and artisan vendors. This is another FREE event you can bring the entire family to as we will have street entertainers, pirate costume contest, airbrush tattoo artist, and pirate themed activities for the little ones as well!


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I have a ATI Palit 4850 512mb graphics card in my desktop
I feel that the upcoming games nowadays really forces my card to overclock a bit further
Using the ATI catalyst control center... I made use of the ATI overdrive to overclock it... I randomly selected some values and test the custom clocks.
Even though it said passed whenever I played games...the computer just crashes
Can I have a better stable overclocking value??? And yea I really do not have much idea how stable it is to overclock it....


text: Billboard Online launches radio show Published on March 30, 1999. Billboard Online announced the launch of Billboard Radio, an online radio program featuring the Billboard Hot 100 weekly chart of most popular U.S. songs. The radio program is being broadcast via Broadcast.com. Billboard Radio will also be available for syndication on other sites. Copyright March 1999, Crain Communications Inc. Most Popular In this article: News


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A hungry vole turned up in our garden last winter. The molelike creature took up residence under the piles of bagged leaves and other mulching materials that covered one of our carrot beds. Not only did he stay warm and snug no cost -- while I was paying through the nose for similar comfort above ground -- but he dined extremely well at my expense.
When I finally discovered him around the middle of February, he was a vole of remarkable girth, as well he should be. The interloper had consumed more than half the carrots. By my wife's calculations he alone had deprived us of two bushels of the snapping-crisp vegetables.
While I can't be certain, the evidence suggests that our overfed vole subsequently became a meal for a somewhat underfed neighborhood cat. And, for the first time in these matters, I was on the cat's side.
All this, however, has made me rethink my winter storage plans. There is evidence that some of our vole's relatives have now moved in, so th simple system of piling mulch thickly over the growing carrots and parnips is no longer feasible.
Fortunately, there are some moderately simple alternatives short of constructing an expensive root cellar:
* The soil trench. If you can store vegetables in the ground under a heavy mulch, as I previously did with my carrots, then this method will work well. Select a well-drained site (preferably on a slope) and dig a trench 2 to 3 feet wide, 2 feet deep, and as long as you need it. Line the pit with hardware cloth to keep out the voles, mice, and other freeloaders.
Cover the bottom of the trench with clean builder's sand or sawdust from wood that has not been chemically treated in any way (about 1 inch will do). Now place a layer of root vegetables so that they do not touch one another in the bottom of the trench and cover with sand or sawdust. Repeat until the trench is full. Cover the top of the trench with sturdy sheets of wood. Don't make it one solid sheet of wood or you will have to uncover the whole trench every time you want to get a few vegetables for the evening dinner.
Top off with two or more feet of mulch (leaves or straw, preferably bagged for easy removal) and cover all this with a plastic tarp thoroughly weighted down at the edges with stones or soil.
* The earth mound. This is an above- ground version of the trench method. Place a circle of hardware cloth on the ground and a ring or fence of hardware cloth about 12 inches high on top of that if you think rodents might be a problem. Fill this pan-shaped enclosure with straw or leaves and place the first layer of vegetables on top of this.
Cover with more hay, etc., and add the next layer of vegetables, covering with more hay. You can store fruit in earth mounds, too, but do not mix fruit with vegetables.
Finally, cover the entire mound with 12 to 18 inches of mulch and about 6 inches of soil. This shape tends to shed most rain or melting snow. But to be on the safe side, you might cover with a plastic sheet. Leaf-or straw-filled plastic bags on top of this will further protect the stored vegetables when deep winter seiges threaten.
* The barrell pit. Sink a plastic garbage can or a watertight wooden barrel into the ground to within 6 inches of the rim. Line the bottom of the barrel with straw or leaves and add fruit or vegetables.
Continue layering in this fashion until vegetables or fruits are within 8 inches of the top of the can. Fill with more straw, etc., and cover with a tight-fitting lid. Surround the protruding section of the can with a collar of earth. Cover this with more mulch, preferably in plastic bags for easy removable. Again, a plastic tarp covering is optional. In this method no additional moisture will get into the can. So, if the vegetables are dry, lightly sprinkle them with water before they go into storage.
* Cellar steps. Finally, remember the steps leading down into your cellar from outside. You will need a door on your cellar to prevent too much heat from escaping into the stairwell. In this situation the steps below the bulkhead door remain between 33 and 40 degrees F. which are standard refrigerator temperatures.
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Combines new and state-of-the-art paleontological, geological, and theoretical studies to assess intervals of global warmth. The book reviews what is known about the causes and consequences of globally warm climates, demonstrates current directions of research on warm climates, and outlines the central problems that remain unresolved.
' ! climate scientists interested in the basic performance of climate models, and the evolution of the climate over the last 500 million years, will find this volume worth dipping into.' Grant Bigg 'This book is intended as a research text, and certainly, it is a book that no palaeaclimatologist should miss. It contains some excellent overviews of palaeoclimate methods, and some clear explanations of climate models.' Jane Francis, International Journal of Climatology 'This very readable, carefully edited volume is an important contribution to a better understanding of past events that have great consequences for anticipating future environmental change.' Alan Graham, Quarterly Review of Biology
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- Cupcakegurl
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- Wedding: June 2013
Sorry these are out of order!
Love these pictures! You looked absolutely beautiful, congrats and I wish you both all the happiness in the world!
You look BEAUTIFUL and I love your dress!
Thank you Ladies!!!
Congrats! You looked stunning! and it look like you had a beautiful day
@Cupcakegurl: Beautiful!!!! I love the hot pink..that was also my wedding colour! Congrats!!!
I love the bright pink!!! It is one of my colors but my Fiance REFUSED to let his Groomsmen wear anything pink. LOL
beautiful and congrats : )
Congratulations! I just want to say that first picture is SO FRIGGING ADORABLE.
WOW! Whatever that is where you are dancing in the street is AMAZING! GREAT pictures!!
@badabing88: This is my $250 china steal!!! 🙂
@CatABee: Thank you!
@gelaine22: This is My FAVORITE color!!! The guys didnt know what color they were getting until they picked up their tuxes!! HAHA! they were good sports! 🙂
Thanks, Bees! I am STILL on cloud 9!!!!!!
@MrsFutureG: AWww thanks! It's one of my faves!!!!
@edgebee: THANKS! I love how these turned out! Last minute photos, too!!! gotta love when improv works in your favor!!! 🙂
you look stunning!!! I love how the groom "matches" but is wearing a different color!!
Gorgeous pics!! You are adorable together. Congrats:)
You two are adorable together! 🙂 Love your dress, congratulations!
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