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Throughout the year we have many gatherings – from Bible Studies to Pot Luck Meals to Musical Events and more – we encourage all to attend. These are the opportunities to make connections with others. Check this website, our Facebook page, the church bulletin or newsletter, or just give us a call to learn what's on the Calendar. In addition to special events, we also offer a number of Small Group opportunities designed to grow and nurture deeper connections within our church community.


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After its big boom in Georgia, the U.S. space program ran afoul of a fizzle in Florida. At Cape Kennedy the three liquid-fuel motors of an Atlas-Centaur rocket ignited on schedule, but the missile that was supposed to toss a dummy Surveyor (soft-landing vehicle) to the moon's orbit, climbed only a few feet before a valve misfunctioned and the rocket fell back on its pad. Thin-walled fuel tanks ruptured, and more than 100 tons of liquid oxygen and kerosene burst into flames. The hydrogen-burning second stage added tons of liquid hydrogen to the holocaust. The 120-man launching crew dared not emerge...
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Wednesday, September 27, 2017 - 1:00pm
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CORRECTED DATE. NOTE: This is the first in a forthcoming series of colloquia in quantum mathematical physics that will take place this semester. The series is a spin-off of last year's QMath conference, and is intended to be of broad interest to people wanting to know the state of the art of current topics in mathematical physics.
We shall make an overview of the interplay between the geometry of tubular neighbourhoods of Riemannian manifold and the spectrum of the associated Dirichlet Laplacian. An emphasis will be put on the existence of curvature-induced eigenvalues in bent tubes and Hardy-type inequalities in twisted tubes of non-circular cross-section. Consequences of the results for physical systems modelled by the Schroedinger or heat equations will be discussed.


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United Rentals, Inc. (URI) seems to be well positioned to benefit from improving U.S. construction activities. Plus, an expansion in the rental market will definitely help the growth prospects of the stock.
This Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) has a compelling valuation, including a price-to-earnings (P/E) multiple of 11.08 that makes it a true value pick. In addition, this equipment rental company has surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimates in five straight quarters, and is witnessing an upward trend in earnings estimates since its third-quarter report.
Strong Q3 Performance
On October 15, United Rentals reported third-quarter earnings of $1.35 per share, which beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 21.6% and trounced last year's earnings by 46.7%. The company has now topped the Zacks Consensus Estimate for five consecutive quarters with an average surprise of 141.1%.
Total revenue increased 8.7% year over year to $1,219 million, but fell short of the Zacks Consensus Estimate at $1,280 million. Rental revenue grew 8.9% to $1,051 million on the back of a 7.9% jump in the volume of equipments rented and a 7.5% increase in rental rates. EBITDA during the quarter surged 27.8% to $570 million, with EBITDA margin expanding 700 basis points to 46.8%.
Due to the acquisition of RSC Holdings, the company realized cost synergies of $45 million during the quarter and raised its long-term cost synergy target to between $230 and $250 million, up from at least $230 million forecasted previously. Management expects to recoup $100 million of the target in 2012, up from $80 million estimated earlier.
Management reiterated its 2012 outlook for total revenue between $4.6 billion and $4.7 billion and EBITDA of $1.95 billion to $2 billion. However, the company increased its rental rate projection by 50 basis points to approximately 7%.
Earnings Estimates on the Rise
The Zacks Consensus Estimate for 2012 rose 9.3% to $3.53 per share over the past 30 days, as all 5 estimates were revised higher. The current estimate implies year-over-year growth of 88.7%. For 2013, the Zacks Consensus Estimate is up 1.3% to $4.73 per share, suggesting year-over-year growth of 34.2%.
Impressive Valuation
In addition to an attractive P/E multiple, United Rentals has a price-to-book (P/B) ratio of 2.37. (A P/B ratio under 3.0 and P/E below 15.0 generally suggests a value stock.) Its price-to-sales (P/S) ratio is just 1.00, lower than the industry average of 1.76. Volume is fairly strong, averaging roughly 3,045K daily. The return on equity (:ROE) also looks attractive. It has a trailing 12-month ROE of 34.7% compared with the peer group average of 5.9%. It also has a PEG ratio of 0.90, which is less than one and indicates that the stock is reasonably valued given the long-term earnings growth projection of 12%.
Chart Overview
The 12-month EPS chart below indicates that the stock price is now gradually moving upward along with earnings estimates. The stock price has generated a solid year-to-date return of 34.9%, significantly higher than the S&P 500's return of 10.6%.
United Rentals is the leading equipment rental company operating through 848 rental locations (as of September 30, 2012) in the United States and Canada. The company offers approximately 3,400 types of equipment on rent to a diverse customer base comprising construction and industrial companies, utilities, manufacturers, government entities, municipalities and homeowners. United Rentals, which primarily competes with Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. (HTZ), has a market cap of $3.62 billion.
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text: Yeah, blame it on the drinks. with all the pictures of people's droids and the different ROMs they're running (it seems every day there's a new ROM I hadn't read about yet) I wonder really whats the REAL difference between them? I mean, at the bottom of the home screen there's a handle for the app drawer, the notification bar may be a bit different, the theme may be somewhat unique (but once rooted you can change that yourself) and maybe the boot animation is different (but again that too can be customized at user level). For those of you who have been following along, you know that I'm not trying to be negative here, but I found that of the ROMs I've tried, when I was done theming them to my liking, I couldn't see a difference on the surface. Just a stability variance where now I'm running the most stable of my experience. I find that with all the ROMs showing up I have absolutely no desire to try others. I thought I was just happy with I have but it's also that I don't see anything in the other ROMs that makes me say, "Damn! I got have that one!" Your input?


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Pennsylvania takes marijuana use seriously. If you possess any amount of marijuana at all, you may face jail time if arrested. If you are facing marijuana charges in Pennsylvania, please contact us to speak with a criminal defense attorney who is knowledgeable about fighting Pennsylvania drug charges.
Pennsylvania Marijuana Laws
Possession of marijuana may be treated as either a misdemanor or a felony in Pennsylvania, depending on how much marijuana is in your possession at the time of arrest and whether you intended to sell the marijuana rather than possessing it for personal use.
Possession of marijuana for personal use is generally considered a misdemeanor, although possessing more than 30 grams at a time has more serious penalties than posessing smaller amounts. Selling marijuana is a felony in Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania also doesn't allow the possession or sale of marijuana paraphernalia. As with possession of marijuana itself, possessing paraphernalia can be considered either a misdemeanor or felony, depending on circumstances.
Pennsylvania Marijuana Possession Penalties
Possessing marijuana in Pennsylvania is punishable by both imprisonment and a fine. First offenders are Typically given probation rather than jail terms. If they complete the probation with no further problems, the charge may be removed from the person's criminal record.
Possessing less than 30 grams of marijuana for personal use is punishable by up to 30 days in jail and a fine of $500, while possessing more than 30 grams for personal use is punishable by up to a year in jail and a fine of $5,000.
The penalties for these misdemeanors double if the person is arrested again for the same offense. For example, a person arrested for possessing more than 30 grams of marijuana may be sentenced to two years in jail and a fine of $10,000 if it is his or her second offense.
Selling marijuana is a felony rather than a misdemeanor, and is therefore punishable by time in prison rather than jail. Selling less than 1,000 pounds of marijuana is punishable by up to five years in prison and a fine of up to $10,000, while selling greater amounts may be punishable by up to 15 years in prison and a fine of up to $100,000. Selling to a person under the age of 21 incurs double penalties, as does a second conviction. Selling within 1,000 feet of a school or 250 feet of a recreational playground is punishable by a prison sentence of 2 to 4 years.
Selling paraphernalia is illegal in Pennsylvania; this is punishable with up to a year in jail and a fine of of up to $2,500, but these penalties also double if the sale is to a minor.
DUI Drugs, Including Marijuana
Pennsylvania also has strict "drugged driving" laws. It is against the law to drive with more than 1 nanogram per milliliter of marijuana in your system, regardless of whether you are impaired at the time. However, police must have probable cause to suspect impairment before giving you a blood or urine test.
Drugged driving carries serious penalties. For a first offense, you must serve 72 hours to 6 months in jail, pay a fine of between $1,000 and $5,000, lose your driver's license for 18 months and attend traffic school designed to teach you about alcohol and drug safety while driving. For a second offense, you must spend at leat 90 days in jail and pay a fine of at least $1,500; otherwise the penalties are the same. A third offense is considered a second degree misdemeanor instead of a first degree misdemeanor, which requires you to spend at least a year in jail and pay a fine of $2,500 in addition to losing your license for 18 months.
Decriminalization in Pennsylvania
There is currently no movement in Pennsylvania to decriminalize marijuana. However, since 2005, some police officers have begun charging offenders with disorderly conduct instead if they possess less than 30 grams of marijuana. http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle-old/395/westernpa.shtml
Medical Marijuana in Pennsylvania
Although there is currently no provision for medical use of marijuana in Pennsylvania, medical marijuana bills were introduced into the state Senate and House of Representatives in December 2011. If passed, this legislation would allow the use of marijuana for medical purposes without penalty to the user or the prescribing doctor. http://medicalmarijuana.procon.org/view.resource.php?resourceID=002481#PA
There are no laws authorizing the industrial production of hemp in Pennsylvania.
Marijuana Possession Defenses
First offenders often get probation rather than jail time. In addition, if you are a first offender, you may be eligible to enter a diversion program such as an inpatient rehabilitation program for marijuana addiction. If you were arrested for DUI, you may be able to reduce the charges to driving with cannibis in your system if you can prove you were not impaired while driving.


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Updated January 8:
Darin Brooks is set for a second appearance on "Super Fun Night" tonight, Wednesday January 8. He took to Twitter to share some information about the guest spot:
So I'm back with the lovely @ashleytisdale on an all new @SuperFunNight tonight!!! Who's gonna come check it out?!? I promise it'll be fun!!
— Darin Brooks (@THEEdarinbrooks) January 8, 2014
Oh yea and Tonight's episode of @SuperFunNight was directed by the always AWESOME @thefredsavage!! "What would u do, if I sang, outta tune!"
— Darin Brooks (@THEEdarinbrooks) January 8, 2014
Original article October 10 2013:
Soap star Darin Brooks, who plays Wyatt on "B&B," confirmed on Twitter that he has landed a role on ABC's "Super Fun Night." Brooks will play Jason on the October 23 episode of the Primetime sitcom, which stars "Pitch Perfect's" Rebel Wilson.
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Management team
Geoff Hirson, President
Hirson brings to the table over 35 years of entrepreneurial experience in building and developing successful companies, including international experience as well as successful business development in the U.S. In a joint venture with the Navajo Nation, he was able to obtain the necessary approvals to build a 100MW concentrated solar farm on tribal land, with extensions to take it to 5,000MW At the same time, he was developing the Powerdyne patent pending process for doubling the efficiency of coal generated power and renewable fuels while eliminating the NOx and SOx and capturing 99.999% of the Carbon Dioxide
Gus Shouse, COO
50-year veteran, having owned and operated several companies in engineering, construction, mining and coal technology. Built, retrofitted, and/or repaired coal-fired power plants around the world and in the U.S. Introduced new technology to the mining industry through the installation of computerized control programs, computerized mining equipment and solid state D.C. generation systems for large electric strip mining machines
Advisory Board
Secretary Spencer Abraham, The Abraham Group
Former U.S. Secretary of Energy under President Bush, leading a federal department with a $23 billion budget and more than 100,000 federal and contractor employees. Serves as non-executive Chairman of AREVA Inc., the North American subsidiary of the French nuclear energy company. Serves on the board for Occidental Petroleum and ICX Technologies. Before becoming Secretary, Mr. Abraham served as Senator for Michigan for six years.
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In Face of Tragedy, 'Whodunit' Question Often Guides Moral Reasoning
When nearly 200 people in India were killed in terrorist attacks late last month, the carnage received saturation media coverage around the globe. When nearly 600 people in Zimbabwe died in a cholera outbreak a week ago, the international response was far more muted.
The Mumbai attacks have raised talk of war between India and Pakistan and triggered a flurry of diplomatic responses. Nothing remotely on the same scale has occurred over the Zimbabwe cholera outbreak, even though many more people have died as a result of the disease compared with the toll in the Mumbai rampage.
Comparing tragedies is problematic, because human lives cannot be reduced to arithmetic. Yet it is unquestionably true that nations tend to focus far more time, money and attention on tragedies caused by human actions than on the tragedies that cause the greatest amount of human suffering or take the greatest toll in terms of lives.
Is this because terrorism poses a greater threat to us than epidemics? Not likely. If you were to make a list of the world's top 10 killers, suicide bombers would be nowhere on the list.
In recent years, a large number of psychological experiments have found that when confronted by tragedy, people fall back on certain mental rules of thumb, or heuristics, to guide their moral reasoning. When a tragedy occurs, we instantly ask who or what caused it. When we find a human hand behind the tragedy -- such as terrorists, in the case of the Mumbai attacks -- something clicks in our minds that makes the tragedy seem worse than if it had been caused by an act of nature, disease or even human apathy.
"When a bad event occurs, this automatically triggers us to seek out whoever is causally responsible," said Fiery Cushman, a cognitive psychologist with Harvard University's interdisciplinary Mind, Brain and Behavior Initiative. "When we assign causal responsibility, it is like, 'Case closed, the detectives can go home.' "
Tragedies, in other words, cause individuals and nations to behave a little like the detectives who populate television murder mystery shows: We spend nearly all our time on the victims of killers and rapists and very little on the victims of car accidents and smoking-related lung cancer.
"We think harms of actions are much worse than harms of omission," said Jonathan Baron, a psychologist at the University of Pennsylvania. "We want to punish those who act and cause harm much more than those who do nothing and cause harm. We have more sympathy for the victims of acts rather than the victims of omission. If you ask how much should victims be compensated, [we feel] victims harmed through actions deserve higher compensation."
The point of this research is not to play down one tragedy or inflate another. Rather, the psychologists said, studying how we reach moral conclusions can help us understand how we respond to human suffering and alert us to pitfalls in our thinking.
Humans appear to have two distinct forms of moral reasoning, Cushman said. When assessing how wrong something is, we focus on intentions -- the detective approach. A person who meant to do harm is seen as worse than a person who did not mean to harm, regardless of how much harm was caused. For instance, someone who tried to kill a child but failed is seen as a worse person than a drunk driver who killed a child in an accident.
When it comes to assessing punishment, however, people pay much more attention to consequences: A drunk driver who spins into a private yard and hits a tree is fined, but if he kills a child who happened to be in the yard, he could go to prison for manslaughter.
Most of the time, moral reasoning based on intention and moral reasoning driven by consequences align perfectly: People with bad intentions often do cause the most harm.
But our mental systems can come into conflict in the case of terrorism and large-scale disasters: Our focus on perpetrators who intentionally cause harm prompts us to minimize the effects of "mundane" tragedies such as floods, famine and disease outbreaks, because those do not have a sinister agent behind them.
But consequential reasoning has its own problems: Most nations respond to small attacks in modest ways and to large attacks in harsh ways. The problem is that attacks that cause a lot of damage may do so because of factors that have nothing to do with the terrorists' intentions. Police officers may foil a plot, or the plot may not unfold as planned -- unexploded bombs were found in Mumbai in the aftermath of the attacks, suggesting that the terrorists meant to cause much greater damage.
If the United States should foil a "dirty bomb" plot aimed at Washington and apprehend a terrorist, what we would have is a person in custody and a fiendish plot. If a president were to suggest going to war to head off similar attacks, many people might think the response was disproportionate because there were no dead bodies on the street. Basing moral judgments on consequences, in other words, can prompt us to underreact when dastardly intentions happen to cause minimal damage.
Cushman said the successive attempts by al-Qaeda to destroy the World Trade Center starkly illustrate the problem: After the 1993 bombing, it would have been difficult for the United States to make a case to go to war in Afghanistan to dismantle the terrorist group's base, even though the 1993 plotters had exactly the same intentions as their more successful counterparts in 2001. If the United States had focused more on the terrorists' intentions rather than on consequences in 1993, it might have reacted more strongly to that attack and potentially headed off the 2001 calamity.
But consequential reasoning can also cause overreaction: The horror of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks prompted the United States to launch two wars, one of which has turned out to have nothing to do with al-Qaeda . By allowing consequences -- the scale of Sept. 11 -- to calibrate our response, many argue, we hurt our interests.
Cushman said the research does not suggest that one form of moral reasoning is superior to the other: Different circumstances may call for different kinds of reasoning. The biggest utility of the research is that it might help people recognize the unconscious ways in which they respond to tragedy.


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Jose Mourinho's decision not to play a string of first-team stars during the Champions League clash against Porto this week was a surprise, but what he said to Nemanja Matic before axing him delves even further into the realms of the unexpected. According to reports, the Special One told Matic that he needed too many touches to control the ball, which is sort of unfair given that he was perhaps the star performer of last season. In any case Mourinho's certainly in a rut at Stamford Bridge at the moment - it should be an interesting next few weeks. Meanwhile, Southampton manager Ronald Koeman has offered his opinion on the Special One, and it's that he's really not that special. The St. Mary's boss admitted Mourinho was great at some things, but guarded against the sort of self-appraisal that his Chelsea counterpart is known for.
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Sgt John (Jack) Casson C.G.M.
By Anne Shaw
Herewith info on two very special Rhodesian's who were both the only two Rhodesians to be awarded the Conspicuous Gallantry Medal (Flying) for their bravery during WW II. John Casson was a Southern Rhodesian and "Mike/Happy" Cowham was a Northern Rhodesian.
Sgt John (Jack) Casson C.G.M. (Royal Air Force V.R.)
Officer number 160188
NCO number 778890
Rank Pilot Officer
Died of wounds 27/5/1944 in 239 Air Wing Hospital, Italy
250 Squadron
Aircraft number Kitty Hawk MK IV FX761
Target Italy Alatri
School Plumtree, Southern Rhodesia
Buried 28/5/1944 in British Cemetery No 12 Italy
Born 20/11/1922 Sea Scale, Whitehaven, Cumberland, UK
The following was extracted from "A Record" Plumtree School 1902 – 1945
Compiled by K "Connie" Fleming and his wife Ellie Fleming. "Connie". Connie was a teacher at Plumtree before being transferred to Umtali High School where he was a teacher as well as being Master-in-charge of Tait House for children with learning difficulties. He later became Headmaster of Umtali Boys High School.
Sgt. Pilot John Casson
Taken from Operational Report.
250 (Sudan) Squadron
27th May 1944
From San Angelo, Landing Ground
The type of courage, which made possible the Fighter-Bomber offensive against Reichswehr transport in Italy was exemplified on Saturday, May 27th, by a young pilot of the Desert Ai Force. With full knowledge that the convoy he was attacking was heavily defended, the pilot twice led his section down to strafe. On the second run a shell exploded in his cockpit. He was severely wounded in all four limbs, but he succeeded in flying his Kitty-bomber safely back to his base before he died. He did not even ask for an emergency landing, and three times circled the airfield, allowing other Kitty bombers to take off on a mission without interruption before he himself touched down.
His name was John Casson. In the RAF Squadron to which he belonged he had already established a fine record. On March 3rd he had sunk a 3,000, ton ship with a direct hit forward of the funnel, and the destruction confirmed by reconnaissance. He broke an Adriatic Coast bridge with another direct hit on April 11 – both attacks being made in the face of intense machine-gun fire. The day before he died he led an armed recce of Kity- bombers, which destroyed 10 German vehicles. Casson's, Flight-Commander, Flt. Lieut. Lucas Mc Bryde, DFC, from Adelaide, Australia was flying number two to Casson on his last sortie, because he wanted to train the young Flight-sergeant as a leader. But he saw nothing of the action, which killed him, because Mc Bryde's own aircraft was hit in the engine and between the guns on the wings during the first strafing run. Mc Bryde was accordingly forced to return for base, crash-landing in no-man's land. He spoke of Casson as quiet and keen. "A really fine young lad, who looked almost too slight to have that amount of pluck."
The Squadron was attacking a convoy facing Alatri. Casson's section bombed it first and then went up to act as top cover while a second section did their bombing and strafing. Pilots in Casson's section heard another leader call out "loads of Ack-ack," before Casson went into strafe. They saw in all four vehicles destroyed, one throwing flames to 300 feet. After he was hit, Casson said over the radio: "My leg's been pretty well shot off." Pilots who heard him say this, said that he said it so calmly they thought he meant the leg of his undercarriage.
When Casson was lifted out of the cockpit, still conscious, the M.O. found that the shell had gone through the middle of his right thigh, shattering the bone. In addition there was a deep wound in his left thigh, multiple penetrating wounds of his right arm, and paralysis of the Ulnar nerve on his left arm. The doctors who attended him said that it was a miracle of courage that a man in such condition could have flown his aircraft over enemy lines, through the mountain heights, and back to base. Three airmen on Casson's squadron gave blood by transfusion, but it was impossible to save him. Casson has since been awarded posthumously the Conspicuous Gallantry Medal. Besides this fine tribute to John Casson, the Eight Army News, and many other papers have reported his last heroic flight. He was the first and only Southern Rhodesian to be awarded the Conspicuous Gallantry Medal (Flying) during WW II.
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Reference the Roll of Honour held by the National Archives of (Southern Rhodesia) now Zimbabwe:-
Lists John Casson under the heading – Died of Wounds in Action, and lists him as 160186 Pilot Officer, it therefore can be assumed that John's commission came through at about the time or after his death.
The London Gazette of the 23rd June records the following:-
Citation for the award of the Conspicuous Gallantry Medal (Flying) to 778890 F/Sgt John Casson, 250 Sedan Squadron.
One morning in May 1944, this airman took part in an attack on mechanical transport on the Alatri-Frosionone road. Despite intense opposing fire, F/Sgt Casson pressed home his attacks with great determination. Whilst making a second run over the target his aircraft, was hit by a shell. F/Sgt Casson was badly wounded in the thigh. Although faint through loss of blood and shock, this valiant pilot flew his damaged aircraft to base. He was unable to operate one rudder bar owing to his exhausted condition. Nevertheless he effected a safe landing. As he was lifted from the controls F/Sgt Casson collapsed. This airman displayed courage, fortitude and devotion to duty of the highest order.
Extracts from "In Action with the Enemy" by Alan Cooper
Fighter Bomber Pilot.
"These were the only CGM's given for specific actions in the Middle East. It was to be another year before anyone of the Desert Air Force received another by which time it was operating in Italy."
"He was recommended the same day by his CO, Major J.R.R. Wells DFC, but sadly he succumbed to his wounds."
"John Casson was buried on 28th May in the British Cemetery No 12. His action came at the height of the Battle for Rome and apart fro Casson, the squadron got quite a mauling on this operation. Wingman to Casson, Sergeant Barrow, did not get home. Flight Lieutenant Mc Bryde, an Australian, had to force land but luckily, inside Allied lines. Four other aircraft came back with holes shot through them. At the time of his death, Casson had flown ninety-eight sorties, and had 496 flying hours in his log book."
Short extracts and snippets taken from various sources:-
"First C.G.M." taken from a Rhodesian (news paper cutting).
"The first Conspicuous Gallantry Medal to a Southern Rhodesian in this war (WW II) has been awarded to the late Flt/Sgt John Casson, whose feat in flying back a Kitty-bomber in Italy to its base after his right leg had been shattered by anti-aircraft fire, his right arm crippled by shrapnel, and his left arm and leg hit by anti-aircraft fire, was described by his doctor as a "miracle of courage."
"Flt/Sgt Casson died after his leg had been amputated. His parents Mr and Mrs H Casson, have recently taken over the Rhodes Inyanga (now Nyanga) Hotel at Inyanga (now Nyanga)."
"Salute to Courage"
"He was 21 – small, slight and fair. He had blue-grey eyes that twinkled and lit up his whole face when he laughed. He was always playing pranks. But he was intent on his job. Nothing deflected him from the task assigned to him and the job of bringing his aircraft back. It was so that he died."
"His voice was nonchalantly over the radio and the whole squadron heard him say: "My leg has been pretty well shot off." Etc. Knowing the pilot for what he was, knowing his skill with aircraft, his youth and his daring, they thought: "Oh well, when he comes to landing, Casson will be OK."
"And so the squadron headed for home, their job done and the destruction of their targets completed. And with him flying his plane steadily and accurately, went Flight Sergeant Casson."
"But it was not the leg of the aircraft that was shattered. It was his, own leg. And as he sat there flying his machine Flight Sergeant Casson bled to death." Casson was the leader of the squadron. He was 21 years old. He led them into battle and he led them home again."
"The job had been like many others around that time – strafing enemy transport columns during the battle for Rome. A job that Kitty-bombers have done so often."
"They'd found the column and Casson's section had bombed it. And immediately they'd gone above to act as top cover while a second strike did their bombing."
"And then the Flight Sergeant, the leader of the squadron went down again to do some more strafing. He made the run perfectly. He made it without a tremor."
"Nobody saw him get hit and nobody had a hint that his plane had run into trouble. Only later came his voice over the RT, that calm, natural voice "My leg …………".
"But in the plane the pilot bled to death. Etc. …………"
"For fifteen minutes they flew over enemy lines and away south across the mountains until they could see their own airfield."
"But the flight was not over yet. On that airfield below were more Kitty-bombers lined up for take off on a mission. It meant staying up until they were away."
"Casson waited. He watched those planes take off. He might have asked for an emergency landing. But he did not. He circled the airfield three times."
"Permission came at last for him to go in, as he touched down his aircraft slewed violently round across the runway."
"The aircrew got Casson out from the plane. They had run hard towards it for they knew something was wrong. They found Casson unconscious."
"In the operating tent they took his leg off. They gave three blood transfusions. But Casson died within hours.
"A Hero to Remember."
"John Casson was quite a man, although he looked no more than a boy, and never reached his 22nd birthday."
"But his name should be remembered and saluted along with other Rhodesian heroes when wreaths are laid at Cenotaphs, including the one in Whitehall, on Remembrance Day."
"From Penhalonga, John Casson – "Jack" to his pals – attended Plumtree School, worked for a tobacco company for a while, then when still a lad of 18 joined the RAF and learned to fly in Rhodesia."
"In January 1943 he was posted to the Middle East where he became a Sergeant – Pilot with 250 (Sedan) Squadron flying fighter-bombers."
**Quote "Also stationed at San Angelo there was an Intelligence officer with 260 Squadron named Christopher Lee, who is now a film star. His squadron was in the same wing as 250 and was operating closely with it, and he was one of the officers who recommended John Casson for a Victoria Cross."
"But he got the Conspicuous Gllantry Medal instead. He was one of the few to be awarded it posthumously, and was the first if not the only Southern Rhodesian of Hitler's war to get that medal."**
778385 Sgt William Henry (Bill) Casson
Killed 11/12/1942
102 Squadron
WOP Air-Gunner
Aircraft number Halifax W 79333
Killed in Action
On return from the raid the aircraft crashed when it flew into the side of a hill in poor visibility at Lowthwaite Farm near Swerby, Yorkshire. Turin being the target on the night of 11/12/1942.
Buried Goshforth, (St Mary's) Churchyard, Sea Scale, Cumberland.
Born 24/6/1921 Sea Scale, Whitehaven, Cumberland.
Attended Plumtree School, Southern Rhodesia.
Military Funeral (from a news paper cutting)
A Popular Flight Sergeant
William Harry Casson
Within a few days of spending leave with his grandfather, Mr Harry Boys, Seascale, 21 year old, Flight Sergeant William Harry Casson was killed during an operational flight with the RAF. The news received with ver deep regret by the many friends he had met during his stay at Seascale.
The son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry W Casson, who were particularly well known and popular in West Cumberland, and who are now living in Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia. Flight Sergeant Casson came to this country about 18 months ago with the The Rhodesian Air Force (should read RAF VR) during his service in Britain he made many friends and was popular with the ranks in his squadron.
At the church at Gosforth Church yesterday a RAF firing party acted as bearers and guard of honour. The service at St Cuthbert's Church, Seascale, was conducted by Cannon J W Akam and was attended by a large number of sympathizers, including many old friends of Mr. and Mrs. Casson. The service was fully choral and the cartage passed into church to the salute to the dead, which was given by the firing party lining the path from the gate to the church door. At Gosforth Churchyard, where the internment took place, Cannon Akam was assisted; by the Rev T O Sturkey. The three volleys were fired over the grave and the "Last Post" and "Reveille"; were sounded by an RAF bugler.
Amongst the floral tributes were wreaths from the Commanding Officer and officers of Sergeant. Casson's, unit and from his colleagues in the Sergeant's and senior NCO's mess. The squadron; was represented at the funeral by Sergeant. H Simpson, a colleague of the dead airman.
710111 Flt Sgt Walter Humphrey 'Mike' COWHAM RAFVR 57 Squadron. Northern Rhodesian. Air Gunner
Typed up from Bomber Command Report August 1943
Sergeant Walter Humphrey (Mike) Cowham was a Rhodesian from Fort Jameson, Northern Rhodesia. He joined 57 Squadron as an air gunner on 7th October, 1948 note this date is wrong I think it should read 1942, from No 1660 Conversion Unit, and was quickly into the fray of bomber operations. By the 18th he had flown five raids, and on the Battle for Hanover that night. His pilot, Flight Sergeant Grimbly, from Pert in Western Australia lifted off their Lancaster from East Kirby, Yorkshire (EE197) and headed towards Germany.
Hanover was a hot target, and they could expect a good reception by the German flak gunners and from the night-fighters - as they were soon to find. Sitting in the rear turret, cut off from the rest of the crew, Walter Cowham kept vigil. It was even stranger for him as this was the first time he had flown with this crew. Gunners would often fly as spare crewmen and fit into other crews whenever needed, if injury or illness depleted another crew. Being a spare gunner in any unit was not the best of situations.
However, they reached Hanover, made the approach and the bomb-aimer, Sergeant Firth, put their bombs down on target. It was now time to get away and home as quickly as possible as the fighters would soon appear amongst them along the bomber stream now that the target was known. When only a few minutes off target, Cowham reported a Me 109 trying to make an interception. In the words of Flight Sergeant Grimbly:
We had just closed the bomb doors when two fighters came in and attacked us. First the mid-upper, Sergeant Fox, who hailed from Yarmouth, shouted, 'Fighter on the port quarter!', then Sergeant Cowham called, 'I have got him covered, Skipper'.
He then sung his turret to starboard to have a last look in that direction when he shouted' Another on the starboard!' He had seen a Me 109 coming in to attack at a distance of about 100 feet.
We were a sitting shot for the enemy fighter at that distance and he raked us with cannon and machine gun fire from one end of the aircraft to the other. Though he was hit by the first shell, Sergeant Cowham replied with his guns and saw hits on the fighter. It dived straight down underneath our tail and vanished from sight. As this fighter broke away another came in on the opposite side, and when the mid-upper fired at it this also went into a dive and was lost to the view.
Sergeant Cowham had in fact been blinded in his left eye by a splinter from a cannon shell which burst inside his turret. He refused, however, to leave his post. Another shell had gone through the radiator on the starboard side outer engine which quickly seized up and caught fire. Yet another cannon shell hit one of the fuel tanks on the port side and one hundred and twenty gallons of petrol had been lost, while a fourth shell went through the starboard tail plane, Grimbly continues:
We had other hits at various places along the fuselage and the windscreen in the nose was riddled with holes made by machine-gun bullets. One of these went ripping past my leg so close I felt its movement. A piece of cannon shell also went through our dinghy, although we did not know it until afterwards. It was fortunate for us we did not have to ditch.
About 25 five minutes later a Me 109 came in on the starboard side and fired at us. We dived and got away from that one, then again, near the Dutch coast another Me 109 came in on from astern. Sergeant Cowham fired at this and drove it off before it came near enough to fire and possibly hit it. Over the Dutch coast I asked the engineer, Sergeant English, if we had enough petrol to reach East Kirby. He said no, and so I set course for the nearest aerodrome and landed safely.
When we got Sergeant Cowham out of the turret, apart from his eye wound a bullet had passed through his flying suit and taken skin off his shoulder. We also found that Sergeant Fox had been hit in the foot. 'Mike', as Cowham was known to his friends, had lost a lot of blood but despite all our pleading with him he would not vacate the turret until we landed.
In Rhodesia he had been keen on big game hunting and when he was seen in hospital visited by the crew he told them - 'I wont have to squint my eye now when I go lion shooting again'. His CGM was gazetted on 19th November 1942.
Walter Humphrey "Happy" COWHAM
Born in Fort Jameson on 12 May l923.
He died (in the UK?) in 1991.
He was an RAF Sergeant Air Gunner in 657 Squadron and was awarded the CGM for action over Hanover on l8/19 October 1943.
He attested into the NRP as an Asst. Insp on 26 January 1946 and was promoted Asst Supt in 1954.
He transferred to the Judicial Department as a Master Interpreter on 4 December l956.
Was called to the bar at Gray's Inn in 1961.
Was Resident Magistrate, Lusaka, in 1962.
Was a Legal Assistant with Customs and Excise, UK, in 1978.
His wife's name was Molly and sadly I have no record of her life history.
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No norovirus warning issued locally
In light of the norovirus scare currently taking place in Taney County, officials at the Barry County Health Department have not received any reports of the highly contagious illness spreading across county lines.
Roger Brock, administrator at the Barry County Health Department, said there was no cause for concern at this time.
"We may have had one or two cases in Barry County," Brock said, "but it is certainly not at epidemic proportions, and therefore, not reportable."
Norovirus is easily spread, especially in locations such as cruise ships, nursing homes, schools and daycare centers.
The virus can also be spread by eating or drinking liquids contaminated with norovirus, touching surfaces contaminated with the virus or having contact with someone infected with norovirus.
People are most contagious when they are sick with the virus and during the first three days after recovering from the illness.
The virus can also be found in fecal matter for up to two weeks after an individual begins to feel better.
Symptoms include diarrhea, nausea and vomiting, stomach pain, fever, headache and body aches. This virus causes acute inflammation of the stomach, intestines or both.
Most people suffering from the virus will recover within one to three days. Young children, older adults and those with other illnesses may suffer from dehydration, which includes a decrease in urination, dry mouth and throat and feeling dizzy upon standing.
Norovirus cannot be treated with antibiotics, because it is not a bacterial infection.
Those suffering from the illness should drink plenty of liquids, including sports drinks and other liquids containing no caffeine or alcohol, to replace lost nutrients and minerals.
Severe dehydration might require hospitalization and treatment with intravenous fluids.
Using proper food and hand-washing techniques will reduce the risk of infection.
Hands should be thoroughly washed after using the toilet or changing diapers and always before eating, preparing or handling food.
Alcohol-based hand sanitizers can be used in addition to good hand-washing techniques but not as a replacement.
Area residents are cautioned to wash fruits, vegetables and seafood thoroughly before preparing and eating them.
Noroviruses are relatively resistant and can survive temperatures as high as 140 degrees Fahrenheit. Food that might be infected with norovirus should be thrown out.
Norovirus can survive on contaminated surfaces, such as carpeting, for up to 12 days. The virus can also survive relatively high levels of chlorine and temperature variations.
Those who have suffered a bout of norovirus should take steps to thoroughly clean contaminated surfaces with hot, soapy water and again with a household disinfectant. Immediately remove and wash clothing that may be contaminated with stool or vomit in hot, soapy water.
According to the Center for Disease Control, norovirus is the most common cause of acute gastroenteritis in the United States each year. Of the estimated 21 million affected each year, 70,000 will require hospitalization and about 800 will die from the illness


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The Jazz are good. They're playoff good. Are they going to be good enough to keep their core players?
Written by Devin Domino (@DevinDomino11) on 15 December 2016
As things begin to take shape this season, now is the time where we can separate the playoff teams (it's never too early to talk about playoffs, right?) from the teams destined for the lottery. Out West, it appears that the Utah Jazz will end up somewhere in the middle of the pack of playoff teams.
But the Jazz have caught quite a break (poor choice of words) as of late, amongst their injury ridden season.
The Kings and Lakers both not only exceeded expectations but defied all probable possibilities with strong starts. But they've since plateaued during this month and don't appear to be playoff threats.
The Timberwolves were another team in the discussion of possibly being able to lock Utah out of the playoffs for the fifth straight year but it seems to be a case of too much, too soon for the young pups.
So, here stands the Jazz. Dead last in pace in the league and almost hobbling along at 16-10 despite continuously missing important pieces on any given night such as Rodney Hood, George Hill, and Derrick Favors.
The return and rise of Gordon Hayward as a legitimate all-star player helped to stave off the slow start and Rudy Gobert has an astounding presence on both ends this year (top 3 in both offensive and defensive rating).
Now, it's clear that this isn't enough for the Jazz to be true contenders. Even if and when this team is fully healthy, they'll eventually run up on the likes of the Warriors and Spurs.
But with Hayward, Hill, and Favors all currently headed towards free agency this summer, the Jazz have to compete now in order to keep this team intact, moving forward. As far as Favors and Hayward, they've been through this multiple times in Utah. This is the sixth year for both of them and there's no doubt that as they start to enter their primes, it becomes more and more frustrating to continuously fall short.
As we saw with the Thunder last summer, and really over the course of the last 4 years, devastating injuries that ultimately cost star players valuable years to contend, can eventually drive that player away.
It's no secret that Hayward, an Indiana product, is not too attached to the lights and sounds of a bigger market, and thus it's fair to see him do what he can to strike a deal and stay in Utah. Favors, I can't be too sure on. It's clear that he's significant to the success of this team and their low post offense starts and begins with him. But as he heads into his prime, it would only be wise of him to at least field meetings with teams. George Hill, another Indiana product, but also a Popovich product, has never been one to complain about where and when he plays, and is one of the better players at completely filling the role that's asked of him. He's playing out the best years of his career in Utah only months after everyone thought the Pacers go the better of that deal.
With these personalities and the foundation that has been set in Utah, it should be all handshakes and signatures in Salt Lake come July. Keyword: "should".
Obviously, there's a lot more that goes into NBA free agency than "this guy's personality is 'x' and the team plays better with him because he can do 'x'. If it were that easy, I would be a GM yesterday.
No, there's more to it than that. I mean, why am I talking about free agency in December?
Because what happens now, will set the scene for what plays out this summer.
The organization has shown that they want to win. They brought in great veteran leaders that have either been to the summit of it all, or have stuck around long enough to know how to win games. This past offseason was a huge stride in keeping Hayward and Favors around.
But once you put the product on the floor, it has to perform well in order to get these guys to buy in (or cash in, I guess) for the long haul.
If someone gifts you a shirt this holiday season and you love the look of it but it doesn't fit, you're going to return the shirt, right?
That is what this year is all about for the Jazz. Right now the only leverage they'll have to stand on in the offseason will be the success of this year's team. If they can stabilize and maintain the health of their players, then the wins are going to roll in and we could be seeing them until at least early May. With that success, we should see the return of some familiar faces next season.


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Research has demonstrated negative outcomes associated with significant childhood cognitive, behavioral, emotional, or academic problems. These associations may reflect the importance of cognitive skills for mediating social and emotional functioning, however the directions of these relations remain a point of contention. Additionally, most of the child research is based on early editions of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children. Little attention has been given to examining the relations between behavioral adjustment, achievement, and IQ utilizing the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC-IV). The WISC-IV uses different subtests, index scores, and norms than its predecessors and has been described as being better designed to produce more reliable and valid intellectual profiles.
The current study included 321 children referred for academic concerns, and sought to improve on prior studies by comparing WISC-IV and WISC-III profiles as they related to parent report of child emotional and behavioral problems in a diverse, primarily low-income sample. The current study found significant differences between the WISC III and WISC IV in their relation to behavior problems. The potential contributing factors to these differences were discussed. Additionally, intellectual abilities were significantly associated with children's reading and math achievement. Child attention problems, assessed by parent report and child performance, were associated with reading and math achievement over and above verbal and nonverbal intellectual abilities. Of particular interest, these results indicate that observable difficulties maintaining attention, as captured by parent report of attention problems, may be particularly important in math abilities. Taken together, these results have important implications for the psychological assessment process as well as interventions targeting improved outcomes for children's behavioral, emotional, and academic development.
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January, Alicia Mariana, "Tell me more about it: a query into intelligence scores and their relations with achievement and problem behavior" (2012). Wayne State University Dissertations. 545.


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6 Ways To Improve Your Life
Improve Your Life...Yes You!
Improve Your Life With 6 Ways
Everyone has the potential to change their life, to improve it some way and this is what most people find very difficult to stick to and improving ones life is a matter of finding what works for you and not what someone else tells you to do, so the very best thing you can do is by starting off and just thinking about you for a change and for the most part you come first, of course that's easier said than done when you have dependants like children and other life commitments.
Now what are the top ways to improve your life? well they all start with this number one below....
You come first and you make time for you within some part of the day
A bit of time for yourself is the best and the top way of improving your life, how many times have you got stuck in a rut because of others who just take you for granted whether knowingly or unknowingly? making time for yourself could be as simple as reading a book for an hour or making yourself dinner instead of everyone else and their granny.
You'll find that when you do things that you enjoy that is done with your own personal time you enjoy your hobbies and you make time for them more in the future as your interest grows, because you now have got there by setting aside time for your hobbies to progress and the more you show others that your hobbies make you happy to say members in your family, then they are more likely to support you and maybe even take an interest in what you do.
I like drawing and writing stories that combined make graphic novel concepts, although I work very erratic and tend to draw bits and pieces of a story and then I put all of these pieces together, so that they follow a sequential order.
So whatever your hobby or the things you like to do, do them often and always make time to do these because as we know, life is short and you'll regret not doing the things you so loved to do when you had the chance.
Your diet also plays an important role in your life
For years I suffered terrible indigestion and many horrible bowel disorders with my digestion and at the time I jut put it down to stress and eating fast food and I was pretty much right in my assumption, although I also lacked exercise on a daily basis too, but I lacked the will power at the time to overcome my situation, so on the encouragement of my doctor who was very persuasive, by saying that if I carried on living this way, I would either suffer a huge heart attack, a stroke in my late 30's or I would be more at risk of certain cancers, so I was sold, I changed my diet slightly at first, just to see what healthy foods I could eat.
And then I worked a little exercise into my daily routine and this just consisted of walking instead of using the bus, or I would cycle places too which seemed to make my legs extremely tired, but I knew it was for the better, after a period of around 6 months I was pretty used to not having takeaways and cutting down on the junk food has stopped the indigestion at least, I just need to step up and increase and maybe plan out a more healthy diet and a good solid exercise routine to make me more healthy.
That old phrase "You are what you eat" rings quite true when you used to eat many pizzas and greasy burgers like I did, changing your diet and your daily eating routine takes a solid commitment, but it is worth it in the long run as you can feel much better in yourself when you stick to a daily shedule that doesn't run your life too much.
Turn one of your hobbies into a source of income
Something that is a sure bet to turn into a good way of improving your life is turning your hobby into an income stream, this is what I am doing with my art, even though I haven't rolled out my masterpieces yet, I'm having fun and enjoyment by doing the drawings and other artwork in fantasy art and comic book art that I like, of course they say (the Internet experts that is!)to do any business, it is best to build one around your interests so that it becomes more fun and the passion for the business niche won't fade as it won't feel like work, just doing your hobby along the way.
A hobby as a source of income can also be more productive in the work that you generate towards your business goals and that to me is more long lasting than any make money online high paid scheme or system(The only 3 affiliate help and advice products I recommend are these 3 at -recurring income online)
Of course with any hobby that you may choose for an income stream there could potentially be multiple income strands within that area of expertise you are a part of and that you know inside and out, so for most hobby income areas you can expect affiliate commissions from related products, consultant fees for expert guidance, advertising income, annual seminars that you organize and charge people for attending, the skies the limit quite often and is only limited to your ability, effort and creativity of any marketing you ever do.
Improve your life by always being one step ahead of everyone else
This is easier said than done, but with self discipline you can quickly know everything there is to know that will set you on the right path towards a better and improved life, and by being one step ahead you can determine the right way of doing things and overcome some obstacles along the way.
Barriers in life are nothing new, but if you are able to overcome these your own way, then you are on your way to an improved life, for instance one of my biggest barriers was to communicate with people in person as I would shy away from it and just stick to my own comfort zone of the few people around me and my own space, but I quickly realized that this gets you nowhere in life as communication is vital to improving your life, whether that's online or offline, as there's always something that someone else knows that you did not and this to me is what I realise for making that leap to communicate to those that I thought would make good contacts or just good interactions with.
By knowing what to expect you can also plan for what you need to learn or know about in any given situation and that should be your life's path.
Give to charity or help others less fortunate
As a teenager in the early 90's I would think about charities and fundraising as just a complete waste of time, as you do at that age there are more important things to think of right? like going out with your friends and causing mayhem and all that stuff you just have to get out of your system at that age and plus I used to think that most of these charities you never know what happens to the money that people donate, so why should I care?!!
It wasn't until later in life that I saw first hand working with charities and other funded projects that I saw what a difference it makes for people to spare anything whether that be spare change, second hand clothes, kids toys that had out grown the kids etc. And in doing so by helping others there is a sense of pride and a feeling of achievement that you are actually helping to improve someone else's life in some way.
Helping others who are at a stage in their lives when they need help is a great thing to do and in doing so can improve your life too, by looking at your life realistically and seeing what time you could give to put in effect a change that will result in a positive outcome for other people is just one of those what I call Jesus moments( although I am in no way religious, but I do like the bibles stories for what they are...just stories! Fantastically inspiring fantasy stories that stretch the imagination)
I've always said that If I became well off or in a good financial position I would help as best I could with the charities that need supporting, but the truth is you don't always have to give money to provide help to others, you could just volunteer yourself for a day out of a month or whatever time frame you like, because people will be happy that you took the time to support them in their hour or time of need.
Good organisation and determination creates motivation
To organize your life according to specific priorities improves your life too, to be organised could be about writing daily plans of your activities, tidying your work desk, arranging all of your clothes into colour scheme order(well some people might do this!) or anything else that you can think of that helps to break that cycle of "oh no!" this needs doing in order to do what I need to do, if you always think about having to do something and never get round to doing it, then it becomes and obstacle and almost a barrier and so your become stressed or whatever and of course this does you no good.
Being motivated is an extention of an organised mind and you have to be determined to follow through with anything that springs to mind, any idea is a good idea and you should remember this always, no thoughts should be wasted and no idea should be left unexplored in life.
Well there we have it, 6 ways to improve your life and these are pretty common sense stuff, but I believe they are 6 of the most effective starting points when looking to improve your way of life and beyond that, you decide what comes next!
Improve Your Life Today, Not Tomorrow!!
Nice Hub!
I Especially liked the areas of taking time for yourself and work for charity. These are two areas that often get put at the end of this list!
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really nice tips. excellent hub
Waynet, thank u for useful tips.
You hit the nail on the head. We DO need to take care of ourselves, in a self-respectful fashion. I'd have to agree also that the OTHER part that's "big" nowadays, is to -GIVE- or at least be more open to giving- to those less fortunate. It helps us take attention off ourselves, reminding us of the blessings we DO have. For instance, SaveAnimalsNow.org or 10thousanddoors.org
good advice - especially the giving to charity bit. I am glad you included that.
Nice post - I especially liked the give to others less fortunate. Something we forget in our fast lives :)


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It was my second night in my new city. I had a Tinder date lined up at 5:30 and plans to head out later in the evening. The girl seemed open to sex. Fluent in English, she had a penchant for gringos. I figured I could smash and bang her out quick. Then head out around 10:00 to meet up with a friend and find more girls. I forgot one small detail…
It's Colombia
As such, I got a text a half hour before the date postponing it until 7:00. Fuck it. Still, I figured I could meet her, down some drinks, and get her on my bed before 11:00. This would give me enough time to meet up with my friend and go out. Dating is more of an art than a science, but I figured four hours would be more than enough to seal the deal and kick her out.
She had other plans. We met at a small bar and started downing beers. The conversation was easy, as she was fluent in English and more in-tune with American pop culture than I was. She was a Gringa in the body of a Colombiana, although she was much sweeter than your average white girl. Oh, and she had that ass 😉
We started to get drunk, and I began to like this girl. She wasn't the cutest (although she was quite good looking), but she was nice, hardworking and intelligent. If she were born in the states, she would have had a nice career and probably had been married by now. Instead, she was looking for work and gringo hunting. I couldn't help but think that we all just play the cards we're dealt – to the best of our abilities.
Bouncing Around
A few beers down and we're both feeling tipsy. So we bounce over to a shot bar and down a few shots of fake absinthe. I'm running low on cash, so I tell her we need to walk back to my place for a minute, but she catches my drift and quickly puts up some, "I'm not a slut" chatter. I calm her nerves with a little flirting, and we head back. She's reluctant, but holding my hand as we walk.
We get to the crib, and I ease her in. I'm thinking maybe I can get her to stay. I let her relax a bit and grab my cash. Put on a little music and poor a glass of wine. She wants to go to a club nearby, but it's 9:00 at night. I tell her no one will be there for at least two hours. She knows this is true, but doesn't like it one bit. Bachata comes on, and I pull her out of her seat to dance.
Her face was one of confusion. Blood had clearly rushed to her nether regions, but her mind was still saying, "NOOOO!." She wanted to dance. She wanted to fuck. Right then and there, but her mind was on overdrive. She was nervous. She didn't want to give it up on the first date, but she accepted my dance. And even though I have two left feet, she was getting hornier and hornier with each song.
After a few more songs, I pulled her in and kissed her. She enthusiastically accepted for 30 seconds before pushing me away. She was struggling so much with her internal conflict that she could even verbalize it. "No! No! I can't. We can't. We need to go to the club now. Please. Please. Right now," she begged and pleaded. I laughed and sat back down to drink more wine.
"There won't be anybody there yet. Let's stay here for another hour and then we can go," I suggest. She's having none of it. I can tell she's really trying here, but that I would get what I wanted in the end. So I conceded. It was in the bag, but she was so stressed about fucking so quick that I put on the brakes for a minute. We finished out wine and kissed a bit more. Then we headed to the club.
The Empty Club
Five minutes later and we were in the club. Two of ten people in a giant club. Music blaring, but there were no bodies moving. I laughed at her, "This is all your fault." She laughs and punches my shoulder. We grab a drink, and slowly people start to show up. She loves to dance, and we grind to reggaeton for a half hour or so. Now I'm horny. That ass was quite nice.
Drinks, dancing and a little making out continue for the next couple hours. I tell my friend to meet me here, but he's on a date of his own and trying to close. It's nearing midnight, and I'm getting bored. Unless she wants to fuck, I'm about to head to bed. Five hours of drinking takes a toll on a man. We head out to the balcony to talk and get some fresh air.
I tell her I'm tired. She claims not to be. I don't have energy for games at this point, so I just lay it out, "Do you want to spend the night?" I see her wheels turning. "Yes, but we're not having sex." I agreed, "I'm too tired to have sex, anyway." She's looking me in the eye to see if I'm lying and I can't help, but smirk. She knows what's up, "Ok, but let's dance one more song." Fine.
Back to the Crib
We dance and make our way back to the crib. She keeps telling me how we're not having sex. Ok, babe. I'm genuinely tired enough to just go to sleep and fuck her in the morning. We get inside, and I get ready for bed. She asks to take a shower, which means I'm getting laid. I lay down and almost pass out before I feel hands across my back.
She starts massaging me and I roll over. We start to kiss. She's in her underwear. My hands run over her body and make their way down low. She's dripping wet. I start fingering her, and she moans. She starts getting louder and louder. I whisper in her ear, "But we're not having sex." Another moan and she grabbed my dick. Drunk and horny – I've been ready for awhile.
I rip off her underwear and bra before grabbing a condom. I pull her up and ram my dick down her throat. She gagged as she began blowing me. I throw her back on the bed, put the condom on and plunge inside her sopping wet pussy. I expected a moan. I got a screaming, "OHHH FUCKKKK!" Nails dug into my back. I got to work, and her screams got louder.
And louder.
And louderrrrr.
I threw her legs over my shoulders and covered her face with a pillow. She was getting a little too loud. I didn't want my new neighbors to wake up. The pillow could only do so much. The girl had to breathe. Eventually, I just gave up. She's a screamer. What can a guy do?
We fucked three times that night. One raw. And she was just as loud every single time. My ego loved it. Plus, her ass was fantastic. My neighbors, on the other hand, didn't see so excited at the prospect of my sexual prowess. We kept trying to go to sleep after sex, but just ended up waking up to fuck thirty minutes later.
Eventually, she said, "I'm going to go. I can't really take anymore sex, and it's clear we're not going to sleep anytime soon." I laughed and agreed. She got dressed, and I called her an Uber. No harm, no foul. It was about 2:00 in the morning. I walked her to the Uber and kissed her. Then off she went.
The Neighbors Know My Name
I'm no Trey Songz, but the neighbors definitely know my name. After she had left, I took a quick shower to clean as the fluids off me. Then I passed out. I woke up late in the morning and made my way to the sink. I wasn't hungover, but I needed some water. Downing my glass, I turned around to see a piece of paper near my front door. I walked over and grabbed it to find:
"Si nos van a despertar con sos que jidor mientras tienen sexo cerciorense de hacerlo bien…si no dejen dormir"
Which roughly translates to:
"If you're going to wake us up with your sex noises, then makes sure you are doing it well…if no, let us sleep."
So my neighbors had jokes, but in their defense – she was insanely loud. All in all, just another adventure in the grown man's candy land that is Colombia.


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