text:
Junot Diaz calls it bewitching, intelligent, hilarious, and heartbreaking. Philip Pullman calls it ingenious and touching. With such rave reviews it's no wonder Ruth Ozeki caught the attention of the 2013 Man Booker judges with her third book, A Tale for the Time Being. "It's very exciting - it's a huge honour," Ozeki expressed from New York City. "It's wonderful to have the book included with other really amazing titles. For me, that's one of the loveliest things about it. It's a wonderful occasion to celebrate books and express gratitude to all of the people that have worked so hard behind the scenes to get these books out into the world."
Ozeki's latest book to make it out into the world is, in part, the story of a woman living on Cortes Island, British Columbia in an area known as Desolation Sound. The woman happens to be Ozeki herself, and Cortes Island is indeed Ozeki's home. "You meet a guy, you fall in love, you end up living in Desolation Sound," she explained. In A Tale for the Time Being, remote Desolation Sound moves significantly closer to Japan when Ruth discovers the secret diary of a 16-year-old girl living in Tokyo washed up on the beach after the 2011 tsunami. What happens next is an incredible story of shared humanity and the powerful relationship between reader and writer.
Read on for an interview with author Ruth Ozeki.
AbeBooks Review: A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki › Play Video
AbeBooks: There are two protagonists in A Tale for the Time Being - Nao, a Japanese girl and writer of the diary, and Ruth, Nao's reader. How did you become Nao's reader?
Ruth Ozeki: It was not meant to be. When I first started writing the book in 2006 I was not the reader. I knew that there would be a reader, a character that would read Nao's diary, but I didn't know who that would be. I basically auditioned characters for that role. I kept trying new characters and rejecting them. For one reason or another, none of them would work. I would start writing with a new character and get 50 pages into it, and the whole thing would just go flat.
I did finally finish a draft. I knew there were problems with the draft, but I was about to submit it to my editor because I needed somebody to take a look at it. This was in 2011 when the Japanese earthquake and tsunami hit, and that changed everything. It changed Japan, it changed the world. It certainly changed the way I was thinking and feeling about Japan and the world, so I withdrew the book.
When a catastrophe of that magnitude happens it changes everything. I thought about the book some more, and asked the question - how does a fiction writer respond to something that real? And not only real, but something that is occurring as we speak and will continue to unfold - the effects of the tsunami, the meltdown at Fukushima, all of that. They weren't going to go away. There was going to be an ongoing tragedy. How do you respond to that as a fiction writer?
I was talking it over with my husband, and he was really the one that came up with the idea - that as a fiction writer you have to break the fictional container, and you have to put yourself on the line. He suggested that I need to step in and be in the book, and he was right. It would allow me to respond in a more direct way to these very real events. And I said, 'that's great, but you realize that if I'm in the book, you have to be in the book too', and he agreed. That was several months after the tsunami. I basically ripped the book in half, unzipped it, and threw two thirds of it away. I proceeded to rewrite it with this Ruth character, who is a semiautobiographical character, and finished it in about six months. It went fast because it was the right answer.
AbeBooks: A Tale for The Time Being is dedicated to your late mother. How did she inspire the story?
Ruth Ozeki: She's in the story. Jiko is certainly a version of her - a fragment of my mother. She's very much in the book. Her spirit is infused through the book somehow. She's in all of the characters, in all of the stories - not just the story of her Alzheimer's and her demise. In a way, every book that I write has a kind of ghost. I guess my mom is the ghost or the spirit of this book. Her presence is there, it's felt in the book, I think. To be more specific, it's something about the resilience of the characters and the spirit and humour. That's her.
AbeBooks: Nao reads a lot of manga, Japanese comic books. What were you reading when you were Nao's age?
Ruth Ozeki: I was reading Faulkner. I was reading Fitzgerald, Virginia Woolf, Hemingway, Anais Nin, Adrienne Rich, and Shakespeare. I was reading Norman Mailer, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and Jane Austen. I was a pretty precocious reader. I read a lot. I remember I started reading Norman Mailer when I was in elementary school. I don't know why exactly, but that's just the culture I grew up in. My friends - that's what we did. We liked reading books that were way ahead of us, and we thought we were very cool to do so. It's interesting - I would love to go back and read that now, because I don't know what we were actually reading. I can't imagine what book it was that we thought we were reading. Whatever it was, we were enthusiastic about it. I got something out of it. They stayed with me. Light in August, that stayed with me.
Light in August
by William Faulkner
AbeBooks: Ruth mentions a deal she made with her husband when she moved from New York to Desolation Sound - she was allowed to order any book she desired as long as they lived there. Is that true? What are some of the books on your shelves in Desolation Sound?
Ruth Ozeki: That's right. The two of us order a lot of books! Really, I order books that I use for research. Most of them are fairly archean books, for example; Erotic Grotesque Nonsense: The Mass Culture of Japanese Times; Reflections on the Way to the Gallows: Rebel Women in Prewar Japan; The Bluestockings of Japan: New Women Essays and Fiction from Seito 1911-1916; Japan at War: An Oral History; In the Beginning, Woman Was the Sun: The Autobiography of a Japanese Feminist; Eihei Dogen: Mystical Realist. These are books that I actually have doubles of. I'm reading them here - I'm sitting in front of my bookshelf in New York, but I have copies of all of these books back on Cortes.
Eihei Dogen: Mystical Realist
by Hee-Jin Kim
AbeBooks: You split your time between the remote coast of British Columbia and bustling New York City. Where do you do your best writing?
Ruth Ozeki: Mostly in BC. I do my writing on Cortes Island. When I'm writing, I'm on Cortes. It's a wonderful place to work. It's where we spend most of our time, and it's where I prefer to be - because I would always prefer to be writing.
AbeBooks: A Tale for the Time Being is largely about the relationship between reader and writer. Which side do you prefer?
Ruth Ozeki: That's an interesting question. I don't really have a preference. Maybe because I just see them as a continuum, I don't see them as being separate. Writing is a response to reading - it's sort of a conversation, and you can't have a conversation by yourself. It's a conversation that unfolds over time. I don't really see them as being different. Although having said that, one of the wonderful things about having finished a novel is that now I can read lots of novels. When I'm writing a novel I tend to read more non-fiction, and I'm not as current with fiction as I'd like to be. I find that there are only a limited number of hours in the day, and the non-fiction I read is usually research that I'm using for the writing process. The other thing is that a fictional world, whether you're reading it or writing it, is completely engrossing. You want to be able to submerge completely, but when I'm in the process of writing, I can't do that.
AbeBooks: As a filmmaker, would you ever want to make any of your books into a feature film?
Ruth Ozeki: No. Absolutely not. No interest. I made a book trailer though. Have you seen it?
AbeBooks: Yes, it's beautiful! It made me wonder if you'd ever make a full length film of A Tale for the Time Being.
Ruth Ozeki: You couldn't pay me enough to do it! For me, it's a novel. It was incredibly fun to make the trailer with my friend Bill Weaver, a Victoria film maker. He's brilliant. He's a beautiful cinematographer and wonderful editor. It was so much fun to make it. But still, that's a two minute film - it was really hard! It's too hard. It takes too long. My days of that kind of filmmaking are over. I could see making other kinds of films, but I wouldn't want to make something I've already made in one medium in another medium.


text:
By Molly Johnson, sports information student assistant
MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. – Freshman Nicolas Falkinhoff (Buenos Aires, Argentina) of the No. 15 Georgia College golf team was named Bobcat Athlete of the Week, after his outstanding performance during the week ending April 20.
Falkinhoff responded well to the intensity of his first postseason tournament opportunity, leading the Bobcats to a runner-up finish at the 2014 Peach Belt Conference (PBC) Tournament. He placed third among 55 golfers carding a 71, three strokes off the lead, and was one of just six golfers under par for the tournament.
The rookie owns a 75.5 stroke average, and has placed in the top-five in two tournaments this season. The first came during the Bearcat Classic in Greenwood, S.C. Falkinhoff finished fourth overall with a 214, and two strokes under par.
The Georgia College Department of Athletics, two-time winners of the PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 11 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Bobcat Athletics prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the teams' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at @GCBobcats on Twitter and Facebook for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit GCBobcats.PhotoReflect.com to purchase photo prints from home athletic contests.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Only licensed rehabilitators may possess and care for sick, injured, or orphaned native birds. In many cases a bird that might appear injured or ill is actually perfectly healthy. Do not assume that a young bird is orphaned just because you don't see adults in attendance — it is usually best to leave it where it is. If you are certain that a bird is too injured or ill to survive without intervention, or if it is a dependent young bird that is known to be without parental care, contact a licensed bird rehabilitator. A list provided by the California Department of Fish and Game may be found at www.dfg.ca.gov/wildlife/rehab/facilities.html. These licensed practitioners will instruct you on how to stabilize and transport the bird. Remember that most rehabilitation facilities depend on volunteer staff and monetary donations. In an emergency you may also contact your local animal control agency or branch of the Humane Society.
Many bird injuries and disruptions to nesting can be prevented with common sense and environmental awareness. Keep your cats indoors to eliminate predation. Avoid trimming trees or shrubbery during the nesting season, generally February through July in Southern California — keep in mind some species nest outside of this period. If birds regularly strike your windows, consider keeping curtains or shutters closed during the day, placing numerous decals on the glass panes, and/or changing plantings to reduce the reflection of plants in the window.
Most birds are readily identified in the field, although some elude certain identification even by seasoned experts. Excellent field guides to bird identification exist for North America — these should always be consulted first. If you need help with bird identification, first try to write notes about the bird's appearance, size, behavior, and voice; sketches are helpful, and photographs (even if the bird's image is very small) are invaluable. As staff time permits, we are happy to try and help you work out the identification of birds you have seen; you might also try your local Audubon Society chapter or peruse various excellent Web sites that have photographs and descriptions of North American birds. You can also learn to identify local birds by visiting the Natural History Museum's Hall of Birds where you can peruse the many specimens displayed there.
The Museum's research collections grow, in part, from birds salvaged by staff and members of the public. However, we can generally only use specimens with known date and locality of collection information and there are many common species of local birds, which we generally do not accept additional specimens. Our current permits do not allow us to accept birds salvaged outside of the state of California. If you are in a position to regularly salvage freshly dead birds, particularly in rural parts of California, contact the Ornithology Departments's Collections Manager; we can arrange to include you under the Museum's salvage permit. If you've found a freshly dead bird, contact us to see if we are interested. Write down date and exact locality where the bird was found, and place this information and the bird in a sealed (e.g., ziplock) bag and freeze it. You cannot retain possession of native birds or their parts. All birds are protected by federal migratory bird laws; therefore, it is important that you contact us to arrange for transfer of the specimen to the Museum as soon as possible.
No parrots are found naturally in Southern California, yet at least ten species now breed in the region and some of these maintain populations of hundreds or even thousands of individuals. They were imported, depending on the species, from Mexico or South America (or in one case, India) for the pet bird trade; over time enough birds escaped or were released to establish small populations, and most of these populations grew as the escaped birds began to breed successfully in the wild. Ecologists are justifiably concerned about the potential impacts of non-native species on our native wildlife and natural habitats. In the case of Southern California's parrots, harmful impacts appear, so far, to be very minor since nearly all parrot populations are restricted to urban areas and suburbs and do not generally occur in natural habitats.
For more information on our local parrots, see Ornithology Resources or visit the California Parrot Project.
Both Common Ravens (Corvus corax) and American Crows (Corvus brachyrhychos) are common and widespread in Southern California, and both are similar large, black birds with pointed black beaks. Put most simply, a raven is like a crow only more so — on average our ravens are nearly twice as heavy as our crows, and they exceed crows in total length and wingspan by about 40 percent. Ravens have diamond-shaped tails (squared or slightly rounded in crows), more pointed wings, heavier bills, and shaggy lancelike throat feathers. Behavioral features are also helpful. Ravens often soar in the air like hawks; crows almost never do this. Crows gather in large groups to roost in wooded areas; ravens are usually in smaller groups and in general prefer drier, more open and more rugged areas. Ravens have deeper, croaking calls (unlike the higher "caaaa" of a crow).
The most common "blue jay" in the lowlands of Southern California is the Western (or "California") Scrub-Jay (Aphelocoma californica). Like many members of the crow, jay, and magpie family (Corvidae), our scrub-jays suffered high mortality rates from West Nile Virus, a mosquito borne disease. This has resulted in noticeably reduced jay populations in many lowland valleys in the region over the past five years. Populations are expected to recover and an increase has already been found in many areas. The abundance of jays in your garden also depends on food availability — when acorns are plentiful in oak woodlands jays may move to those areas to feed.
Hummingbirds are readily attracted to our gardens if we plant a variety of nectar-rich flowering shrubs. Many people also provide sugar-water hummingbird feeders; these feeders can be purchased at any garden, home improvement, or nature store and should be filled with a mixture of one part sugar to four parts water (brought just to a boil, then cooled; be sure to clean the feeders frequently).
People often notice large fluctuations in the numbers of hummingbirds they see in their gardens. This can be due to several things: (1) numbers swell in migration (mainly February to April, and again from July to September); (2) after wet winters there is often an abundance of food in natural habitats, so numbers may be lower in our residential areas; (3) hummingbirds are very good at taking advantage of abundant but temporary food sources, so they may move away from your yard to better feeding areas during certain periods; and (4) single, very aggressive male hummingbirds (especially Allen's Hummingbird, a very pugnacious species that is expanding its range) will often dominate feeders and patches of flowering shrubs and not allow other individuals to feed. Try placing more feeders and planting more hummingbird-attracting plants around your entire yard to increase the number of hummers.
Our Northern Mockingbirds (Mimus polyglottos) have a rich and beautiful song that consists of a great variety of phrases, each repeated several times before the next selection of phrase is sung. In the spring and summer male mockingbirds, especially those without a mate, spend many hours of the day and night singing to attract a mate and territory. Unfortunately, if the favored song perches happen to be right outside your bedroom window, they do a lot of this singing between the late evening and dawn. Take heart, this nocturnal singing usually winds down later in the summer. In the meantime, we suggest you enjoy this reminder of the fascinating habits of our local wildlife. If that's not possible, try earplugs.
To learn more about the specimens that are available in our research collections, and the policies about their use, visit our collections or contact the Ornithology Department's Collections Manager for additional details.
Teratorns were very large predatory birds that are well-represented in the Pleistocene asphalt deposits at Rancho La Brea. This group of birds includes Argentavis magnificens, the largest flying bird ever known, which was described from six million year old fossils collected in Argentina.
Visit the Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits for more information on teratorns and fossil birds.


text:
During E3 2004, IGN/GameSpy was proud to present LiveWire direct from the show floor, featuring live interviews with such gaming gurus and legends as Warren Spector, Peter Molyneux, Will Wright and lots, lots more. IGN Insiders were able to view the video feed live, in-progress and watch as these designers squirmed on the hot-seat as it was happening.
We're now proud to offer the LiveWire interviews in archived format, sliced and diced so that you don't even have to skip past the commercials. Enjoy.
320x240 Windows Media 9


text:
Refine your search
Add to shortlist button.
In a show thats been described as "Fantastic" and "Absolutely Brilliant". The ultimate Commitments and Blues Brothers Experience bring their double tribute show to St Georges Theatre Great Yarmouth.
This wonderful show is a tale of two halves with some of the greatest songs and scenes from two of the most iconic films.
Event details
|Sat 25 May 2019
Tickets £18
Also at this Venue
- St. George's Theatre
- St. George's Theatre
- St. George's Theatre
- Group Visits
Events at this Venue
|Fri 24 May
|James Phelan:Trickster
|Sat 25 May
|The Ultimate Commitments & Blues Brothers Experien
|Fri 31 May
|Wind In The Willows
|Sat 1 Jun
|Wind In The Willows
|Sun 2 Jun
|Wind In The Willows
|Fri 7 Jun
|Harp Recital
Box Office
King Street,
Great Yarmouth,
- Coach parties accepted
- Credit cards accepted (no fee)
- Disabled toilets
- On-site catering
- On-site light refreshments
- Public toilets
- Accepts groups
- Facilities for conferencing
- Facilities for corporate hospitality
- Disabled access
By Road:
The nearest car park for St. George's is the 208 space car park off King Street.
From Norwich on the A47: go straight over the Vauxhall roundabout and turn right at the next roundabout onto North Quay. Carry on straight ahead, and at the traffic lights get into the left hand lane. The road forks in front of the Town Hall, follow the left fork, then turn immediately right along Greyfriar's Road to the left of the Town Hall. Take the next left into King Street car park.
From the south on the A12 and A143 Western Bypass: take the third exit at the Gapton Hall Retail Park roundabout onto Pasteur Road. Go straight ahead at the next roundabout. At the trafflic lights, go straight ahead onto Bridge Road ensuring you are in the right-hand lane. On Haven Bridge, make sure you are in the right-hand lane and turn right onto North Quay, then immediately get into the left hand lane. The road forks in front of the Town Hall, follow the left fork, then turn immediately right onto Greyfriar's Road to the left of the Town Hall. Take the next left into King Street car park.
King Street Car Park is a pay and display car park until 4pm. It is free to park after 4pm. Once parked, face Pegotty's and walk up one of the well lit Rows to either side of this well known pub. At the end of the Row, turn right onto King Street. St. George's Theatre is located at the junction of Yarmouth Way with King Street.
By Rail:
Great Yarmouth station is approximately 1.5 miles from St. George's. On leaving the station go over the pedestrian bridge to the left. Walk along North Quay heading south onto South Quay, passing the Town Hall on your left. Cross left into Yarmouth Way at the pedestrian crossing just past Row 111 and Greyfriar's Cloisters. Walk along Yarmouth Way, St. George's is at the junction of Yarmouth Way with King Street.
By foot:
St George's is a huge central Great Yarmouth landmark. From the seafront, walk up Trafalgar Road past St. George's Park on your right. St. George's Theatre is at the top of the park. From the Market Place, walk past Palmers, WHSmith and the Body Shop onto King Street. Carry on along King Street for about 5 minutes, St. George's is at the junction of Yarmouth Way with King Street.
Self-Assessed Accessibility Details
- Drop-off point for guests outside entrance
- The route from the parking area to the entrance:
- Has a ramp
Public Areas
- Level access (no steps/thresholds) or access by ramp or lift:
- From the entrance to reception / ticket area
- To a specially adapted public toilet suitable for wheelchair users
- Good contrast between the floor and walls
- Baby changing facilities
- Hearing loop installed in public areas
- Steps to the main entrance
- 3Number of steps to entrance
- Handrail by steps
- Ramp to entrance
- Entrance is well lit


text:
What's Your Favorite Type of Saxophone?
Mine is either the Bari or the Alto saxophone. :)
We use cookies on this site to enhance your user experience
By clicking any link on this page you are giving your consent for us to set cookies.
Mine is either the Bari or the Alto saxophone. :)
Hy guys, I play Alto Sax and I'm 14. I play it since I was 10 but I don't feel any improve in technique since 1 year ago. I was wondering how I improve. Thanks for who answers me!
Post epic memes and I will judge them
1=Not even a meme
10=The best meme I have seen
I can't decide if I should switch to Baritone or Tenor Sax, or if I should stay an Alto Sax. Can you help me decide
For those who don't know Polyrhythm is the simultaneous use of two or more conflicting rhythms e.g. triplets at the same time as duplets
I am looking for some translation for alto sax of following songs:
Conan the Barbarian - Recovery
Stan Bush - On my own alone
Jerry Goldsmith / Rambo - It's a long road
Or any songs of basil poledouris.
If any can help out that would be great !
A friend and I are seniors in high school and we have a band. I play alto saxophone and he plays drum set. We have played at basketball games, in school concerts, and background music at various school events. Our next (and possibly last) performance is going to be at our graduation, so obviously we want it to be our best performance yet. Our problem is we cannot seem to find a good song/songs to play. We are looking for something fast, upbeat, and fun. Somewhere between 3 to 15 minutes would be perfect. Some of the songs we have played before include: Shipping Up To Boston, Megalovania, Blue (Da Ba Dee), 300 Violin Orchestra, Harder Better Faster Stronger, Eye Of The Tiger, ect. Hopefully that gives you a good idea of the type of music we enjoy playing.
Any song suggestions would be very helpful. Also, if you have any other places I could post this question please let me know. Thanks in advance for any suggestions anyone gives.
Hey guys!! :D How are you? ♥ I would like to share my first score with you :D https://musescore.com/user/28725539/scores/5470048 I hope you like it! :3
Have a great day!! Kisses from Argentina! ♥
What are we doing here?
DISCLAMER!! THIS IS NOT MY WORK! FULL CREDIT GOES TO PIERIDOT! I JuST THOUGTH I'D SHARE THIS PIECE.
Lol Patrick
I will update this weekly
1 Member
1 Discussion
Group is created today! Woohoo! *confetti and stuff falls from sky*
8 Members
2 Discussions
Eek! I forgot to do this yesterday. The group is already dying, so uhh… :o
@Jaybird1 is one of the first truly active members, I told him I would give him a shoutout here, so here you go :P
14 Members
3 Discussions
I haven't updated this in a while, this group is blowing up now...
22 Members
5 Discussions
Holy cow, this group is blowing up. 8 members in 4 days, wow...
30 Members
4 Discussions
Hmm...Starting to die again...
35 Members
5 Discussions
Welp...I was wrong...
41 Members
7 Discussions
I was very wrong, this group is really blowing up, welp
47 Members
7 Discussions
Again, welp
55 Members
8 Discussions
So I had to kick a member (Indy500) for spamming a link to an unsecure website. Sorry, but spam for no purpose is not tolerated.
Thank you for letting me be an admin! :)
I hope to make this group awesome for saxophone players!
Hello, I'm the new owner!
I have searched everywhere in musescore, but I can only find giant steps and Mr. PC, but the solo isn't in pieces. Does anyone know books or other media to use?
i am working on a piano sonata
I Have a production "Company" in the works we have a website and I am currently working alone on music. I would love to have some partners to assist me in my ventures! You must be active and keep in mind, there is no pay, I am just looking for some people who would like to help me publish saxophone music, and join Cashyman Productions. If you join you will be listed on the website and you will also be added as an admin. Thanks, looking forward to working with you,
Mine is my rondo for a sonata collab
I have another group, and maybe you'll like it!


text:
The integrated
compass and reticle make the MINOX MD 7x42 TAC monocular the perfect
navigator in nearly every situation. Equipped with a 7x magnification,
the practical one-handed operation enables convenient and safe
handling. The MINOX MD 7x42 TAC is extremely durable and waterproof to
a depth of 5 meters. With its very compact dimensions and low weight,
it has a good grip and is easy to use. The MIL reticle can be used to
make accurate distance calculations or to determine the size of viewed
|MD 7x42 TAC
|TAC MIL Reticle
The MIL reticle in the monocular is completely compatible with standard MIL reticles in riflescopes and is divided into precise 1 mrad marks at the center. Perfect for terrain orientation, determination of distances, and for use as a spotter.


text:
Pools - Join a Pool
Welcome! You are in the process of joining the pool named "2019 PAT COVELLI FOUNDATION ".
To continue, log in to your existing account or, if you are new to this website, create new account.
Cancel - I do not want to join a pool at this time


text:
The following closures have been announced due to the weather:
A forecast for snowfall led many area offices to announce closures for Tuesday and Wednesday.
The following cancellations and closures were sent to JDNews:
n Onslow County Schools will be closed Wednesday for students and staff.
n Montessori Children's School will be closed Wednesday.
n Carteret County Schools has canceled their operating budget workshop for Wednesday.
n Carteret County Schools will be closed Wednesday for students and staff. The makeup days will be Feb. 17 and March 17.
n Coastal Carolina Community College will be closed Wednesday.
n Carteret Community College will be closed until 8 a.m. Thursday.
n ZECA closed Wednesday.
n Infant of Prague Catholic School will be closed Wednesday.
n Living Water Christian School will be closed Wednesday
n Carteret County government offices closed Wednesday.
n Surf City town offices will be closed on Wednesday
n Jacksonville Government Offices have closed and will remain closed until further notice.
n Cedar Point town hall will remain closed until Thursday due to inclement weather.
n Town offices in Morehead City will be closing at noon today and plans for Wednesday will be announced through media outlets.
n Town of Emerald Isle Offices closed until further notice. Recycling collection cancelled for Wednesday.
n Onslow County manager Jeff Hudson announced that all county offices with the exception of emergency services and other essential departments will be closed Wednesday. The landfill will remain open during the event; however convenience sites will close. The closings include all library branches and parks and recreation facilities. A decision to open Thursday will be made late tomorrow.
n Swansboro town administrative offices are expected to be closed through Wednesday if the winter weather forecast persisted. To keep updated on the town's closures, visit the Town of Swansboro on Facebook or swansboro-nc.org.
n ONWASA will close its offices at noon Tuesday.
n Carteret County government offices have announced they are closing at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday.
n Richlands Town Hall will re-open on Thursday.
n All N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries offices will close Wedneseday due to inclement weather. For boating emergency, contact the U.S. Coast Guard at 252-247-4544 or on VHF radio channel 16. For other emergencies, call 911.
n The City of Jacksonville has postponed its scheduled drop-in period Tuesday to learn more about the unified development ordinance. The learning period will now be from 4 to 7 p.m. Feb. 25.
n The Finfish Advisory Committee meeting scheduled for Tuesday in New Bern has been rescheduled to 6 p.m. Feb. 4 at the Craven County Cooperative Extension, 300 Industrial Drive, New Bern. The Finfish Committee is serving as the Striped Mullet Fishery Management Plan Advisory Committee, advising the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries in the development of the plan�s first amendment. For more information, contact division biologists Jason Rock or Casey Knight at 252-946-6481 or firstname.lastname@example.com and firstname.lastname@example.com.
n Holly Ridge Planning Board meeting for Tuesday has been rescheduled for Thursday.
n North Topsail Beach Town Hall will close Wednesdayfor non-essential personnel and to the public.
n Richlands Town Hall will be closed Wednesday.
n Pine Knoll Shores Town Hall will be closed Wednesday
n MCAS New River will close for non-essential personnel and non-essential servicesWednesday. New River will have delayed reporting Thursday. Non-essential personnel should be prepared to report for duty at 10:30 a.m., Thursday. Verify New River reporting instructions and activity closures by calling 910-451-1717, then press 2. In all cases, personnel should contact their immediate supervisor for specific reporting instructions.
n Camp Lejeune non-essential personnel will not be required to report to work Wednesday and will observe a three-hour delay in reporting to work Thursday.
n Camp Lejeune and New River Dependent Schools will be closed Wednesday. Members of the school community are advised to be on the alert Wednesday for specific instructions pertaining to school Thursday.
n The commissary, gyms and child development center are closed until 10:30 a.m. Thursday.
n Onslow Beach will be closed through Thursday.
Medical care
n OMH Business Office at 241 New River will be closed until midday Thursday.
n Carolina Psychological Health Services will be closed Wednesday. The business' message will be updated as weather conditions allow. 910-347-3010.
n Jacksonville Children�s and Multispecialty Clinic Offices will re-open 8 a.m. Thursday. Our Urgent Care Office will remain open with limited hours call 910-353-0700.
n Onslow Primary Care and Sports Medicine is closed Wednesday and scheduled to open at 10 a.m. Thursday.
n Onslow Urology Associates is closed Wednesday.
n Onslow Ear Nose and Throat is closed Wednesday.
n Eastern Carolina Orthopedic Clinic is closed Wednesday.
n Central Coast Dermatology is closed all week.
n Onslow Memorial Wound Care Cneter will be closed Wednesday.
n Transit-Jacksonville Transit will resume service Wednesday at 10AM weather permitting
n Weather permitting, Tryon Palace is scheduled to reopen at 11 a.m. on Wednesday. Additional updates for staff members will be made available in the morning.
n Superior court and district courts for Onslow County have been cancelled for Wednesday. The Onslow County Clerks office will also be closed on Wednesday.
Continuum Home Care and Hospice in Jacksonville is closed until Thursday
n VFW Post 9960 located at 246 VFW Road, Cedar Point will be closed Wednesday.
n Jacksonville Physical Therapy Center closed Wednesday
n Infant of Prague Parish has canceled mass on Wednesday. If road conditions are safe, mass will be rescheduled for 9 a.m. Thursday.
n The Adoration Chapel closed at 6 a.m. Tuesday and will reopen when it is deemed safe to travel.
n First Baptist Church, Jacksonville canceling all Tuesday and Wednesday evening activities.
n Cape Fear Museum will be closed Tuesday.
n The North Carolina Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores will be closed Wednesday if dangerous driving conditions persist. Check the Aquarium�s website for the latest on when the Aquarium reopens.
n There will be no lunch service at the Carteret County Senior Center Wednesday.
To have your closure or cancellation listed at JDNews.com, email details to firstname.lastname@example.com.


text:
With less than one week remaining on the calendar before opening day 2010, the Orioles' pitching staff appears to be trying to squeeze out every last drop of the six-week long "working out the kinks" process in Sarasota.
Over the last three days, the motto of "better now than later" has been ringing extremely loud for the O's. A bit TOO loud for this blogger's tastes, as a matter of fact.
Jeremy Guthrie, set to be the O's #2 starter heading into the season, started on Monday against the "A" squad of the New York Yankees. He allowed a 3-run HR to Robinson Cano in the first inning, on his way to a 5 IP, 4 ER performance. As Roch Kubatko tells us, Guthrie has surrendered 17 ER and 28 H in 20.2 IP this Spring, and is 0-4 with a 7.40 ERA. He hasn't went longer than 5 innings in any appearance.
But hey, at least he beaned Mark Teixeira. I can get behind that sort of thing.
Tuesday, things didn't get much better. Brad Bergeson, fresh off shutting down the aforementioned Yankees last week, had an even worse day. Bergy gave up 6 ER, 5 H, 4 BB, and 3 HR. Two of those home runs, hit by Tigers' shortstop Miguel Cabrera, may not have landed yet. Bergeson, the O's projected #3 starter, has a Spring ERA of 5.59.
But we're not done yet!
Today, the Boston Red Sox decided to change things up a bit. Instead of beating up on the O's projected starters, they picked on the fresh meat that will be coming out of the bullpen at the Yard in 2010. Jason Berken, projected to be a long reliever, started the game. He was chased after just 2.1 innings, during which he gave up 5 runs on 7 hits.
Next up was Jim Johnson, the O's set-up man to-be (who I have been a big fan of in the past). The first four batters against JJ went like this:
Single, hit by pitch, single, grand slam.
Oh, and just for good measure, the Red Sox later launched ANOTHER grand slam, this one off Dennis Sarfate.
The scores over those last three games?
Yankees 11 Orioles 7
Tigers 10 Orioles 9
Red Sox 14 Orioles 6
The O's allow double-digits more often than the Ravens do (or did, anyway).
But hey, let's look at the bright side here. Which is that THE GAMES DON'T COUNT YET. So, for now, we O's fans should continue to remind ourselves of that, and repeat the mantra of "they're just getting all of this out of the way now, instead of later!"


text:
From Williams Sonoma
One-touch brewing and frothing is simpler than ever with this fully automatic Italian espresso maker. Delivering authentic cafe-style beverages in seconds, it teams Nespresso's legendary capsule brewing technology with DeLonghi's patented Rapid Cappuccino System. The intuitive touchscreen panel offers a complete menu of options for a precisely customized espresso drink—just press a button.
-Fully... Read more


text:
- Who We Are
- What's ON
- The Waterfront
- Learning
- Support Us
What's On Calendar
February 27 – March 4, 2012
Authors at Harbourfront Centre: Charlotte Gill, Robert Hough, Kim Thúy
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
7:30pm 9:00pm
Readings by Charlotte Gill (Eating Dirt), Robert Hough (Dr. Brinkley's Tower), Kim Thúy (Ru).
Event run: February 29, 2012
LIVE / Jonathan VanDyke: Obstructed View
Sunday, March 4, 2012
3:00pm 6:00pm
A durational performance for two figures by New York-based artist Jonathan VanDyke, part of his contribution to the exhibition Coming After.
Event run: March 4, 2012
LIVE / Cinenova: Closing Party & Performance
Sunday, March 4, 2012
A closing party at the Gladstone Hotel featuring a newly commissioned performance by Toronto-based artist Sharlene Bamboat that responds to the Cinenova collection and the themes and ideas surrounding it.
Event run: March 4, 2012
For details inquire at the Info Desk or call 416-973-4000.


text:
Elle and I had returned to a popular clothing optional "Lifestyle Friendly" in south central Texas for a weekend of what we hoped to be erotic soft swinging fun together and hopefully with other soft and hard swinging couples we had met on our first weekend at the resort a few months before.
It was mid-afternoon and we were "dressing" for our first walk to the pool area of the weekend. Elle was finishing her small gin and juice intended to help her relax and enjoy her newly discovered erotic exhibitionistic endeavors and checking her coiffure in the full length mirror. Most of her attentions were spent checking makeup and hair arrangement since her sole article of clothing was a sheer red v-front bikini thong bottom. I was sans shirt wearing loose shorts.
After a few minutes she drained the last of her drink, turned and announced she was ready with an excited smile. I paused a moment to take in her "outfit". Her bronze tan was flawless from sunning at home and tanning booth touch ups. The only visible break in her smooth glowing golden brown body were the smallish light pink triangles on her 36 DD+ tits which were centered by her large erect dark pink nipples. Her bright red sheer bikini bottom dipped in a deep V shape and the top 1/4 inch of her narrow strip of her luxurious black pussy hair peeked out over the top. The front of the revealing bottoms narrowed rapidly toward the lips of her small pussy erotically spreading and exposing her outermost labia while thinly covering her rapidly swelling bright pink clitoris and moist pink inner folds of the flower of her steamy cunt.
It was only after several minutes of enjoying the sensations of my mouth on her luscious tits, hard nipples, and swollen clitoris that we remembered our purpose was to show off her out fit to the 40 or so nude people already at the pool. Making sure we had our room key on it's bright yellow bungee designed to stay with patrons without pockets or pants for pockets we closed the door behind us and heading across the white gravel parking lot toward the pool, spa, and swinger club complex.
We walked into the the pool area casually (not easy on just our second visit to clothing optional resort) welcomed by friendly smiles and nods of acknowledgement. Elle's exposed tits, tanlines and hot bikini bottom drawing plenty of appreciative looks from the mixed age and physique group of nudists and swingers. We picked out two available lounge chairs, spread our towels and sat down. I took a drink of cold bottled water, stood up dropped my shorts exposing my cock and shaved balls framed by short trimmed pubic hair. Elle preferred my cock and balls naked but the rest trimmed short but not shaved. I walked to the foam noodle bin on other side of the pool to get a couple of them for our use in the pool. As I turned to walk back Elle had just stood up and was pulling off her sexy bikini bottoms bending over to get them off her ankles and exposing what I knew to be a very hot rear view of her firm ass and tight pussy to most of the crowd several of which were making no attempts to hide their enjoyment of the erotic spectacle. Her pubic and ass tanlines were so sharp she almost appeared to still be wearing a very sheer white bikini bottom.
She greeted me with a pleased smile and we walked through the crowd with more casual greetings and down the steps into the pleasantly cool but not cold pool. We were still relaxing in the pool listening to the other couples sexual joke, references to swing experiences and other smalltalk when another couple we recognized entered the pool area. We relaxed, me cooling off in the water and her floating on pool float with feet dangling in the water on either side showing off her perfect nipples and tight pussy to everyone around the pool that cared to admire her.
It was Jenna and Ben, another first timer couple we had met on our first time to the resort a few months previously. Jenna wore a beach towel tucked below her armpits and Ben was wearing a long Hawaiian shirt and no shorts. They looked around a few seconds, located two empty lounges, walked to them and sat down. Jenna loosening her towel around her as she sat down managing to show a minimum amount of tits and pubic area.
During our previous visit to the resort we had spent most of our time with Jenna and Ben in casual conversations about anything but nudity and sexuality. During our plans for this trip we had resolved, if we ran into them, to engineer the conversation away from the mundane and toward more fun and erotic topics. Elle and I are not into swapping but she loves the erotic feeling of raw exhibitionism and we both wanted, somehow, to get into soft swinging and teasing up to but not including intercourse with others. We were fully aware most of the patrons of this resort and club were more serious swingers and were either part time residents of the resort or regular patrons returning often to share a cabin with their favorite swinger couple. So, we were starting slow, not knowing how to communicate our wishes to the more experienced swingers but it was obvious they were all willing to let us proceed at our own pace.
Knowing this was our chance to move forward I nodded to Elle and we exited the pool picked up our towels and pool things and walked over to Jenna and Ben to welcome them back to the resort. They were pleased to see us and explained they had hoped to run into us again so they would have someone familiar to visit with. Jenna, still a little self concious of her nudity attempted, in vain, to cover as much of her body as possible. Jenna's tan color was comparable to my Elle's but her tan was unbroken by tanlines of any sort. From our previous conversations we knew this was from tanning booths not from outdoor exposure to the sun or people. Her tits were large and full for her small frame although naturally hanging somewhat lower than Elle's. Unlike Elle's narrow strip of shiny black pussy hair neatly shaved and trimmed above her swollen pink clitoris Jenna's pubic hair was only trimmed on the sides so as not to show out of normal bikini bottoms. Ben seemed to be Mr. Average without much to say generally just taking in all the sights without many comments or actions.
It was Jenna's unshaved pussy Elle and I had targeted as the launching pad for our more erotic conversations. After initial greetings and obligatory "How have you beens" the conversation moved toward the inevitable weather comments and I interrupted Elle to ask for the sunscreen. The time was approaching 4:00 PM and the sun was still very warm but it was considerably past tanning or burning time of day. Ignoring this fact I rubbed a generous amount of sunscreen on Elle's untanned tit triangles and nipples. Then moved down and applied plenty to her pubic triangle and hot little pussy. Knowing our friends were watching with interest I commented "Hmmmmmm, it's time for a trim tonight before dancing in the club." Elle replied "You think so?" gently rubbed her shaved pubic area and said "Yes, I think you're right." answering her own question.
Most of the patrons of the resort were either completely shaved or, in the case of the women, retained only a narrow strip of pubic hair. Elle and I both think some amount of shaving is much more erotic than the "au naturel" look and considerably more hygenic too. We had wondered if Jenna secretly wanted to shave but was too timid to make what she probably thought too bold of a physical statement.
Turning slightly toward Jenna (to improve her view) Elle said "It's a little trouble, and at first we weren't sure but we really like the way my trim shows off my pussy and we keep it trimmed all the time now."
Watching Jenna's face closely (she and Ben were still checking out Elle's hot trimmed pussy) I add "Yeah, and keeping it trimmed regularly is a lot of fun too." I could see more than a spark of interest show in Jenna's face.
"Have you ever thought about trying it?" Elle asked Jenna.
"Yes," Jenna answered, somewhat slowly "I have but I was afraid I wouldn't like it and it would take too long to grow back".
"I felt the same way at first." answered Elle. "But one time we were were trimming my bikini line and we just shaved more and have loved it ever since."
"It does look nice the way you have yours trimmed." Jenna said, brightening up some.
"Thanks, we love it. We think it's very erotic and actually feels even more nude when we're playing in bed. No hair to hide things or get in the way if you know what I mean." Elle offered slyly.
"Is it much trouble to keep the line so nice straight and sharp?" Jenna asked.
Elle smiled, knowing the hook was set, and said "No, not at all we have a few shortcuts that make it simple and fast!". Then, noticing Jenna's willpower was teetering, quickly added "We'll be glad to show you how we shave me if you like!"
That did it, Jenna snapped. Her desire for eroticism and sexual curiosity overcame her inhibitions and she smiled and said "Sure!"
Elle, determined to conquer completely and immediately said "Well, lets go to our cabin right now and we will show you guys how to do it since I need to shave before putting on my sexy things for the club tonight."
Jenna looked at Ben and he said "Go ahead, I'm going to get a little sun and take a nap after our drive down."
It was just a short walk to our cabin we entered and realized Elle had left a lot of her sexy swinger club outfit pieces laid out on the extra bed. After apologizing for our housekeeping I went to the bathroom to find a bottle of hydrating conditioner, our 3/4" wide "shaving ribbon" and a sharp new razor.
When I came back a few minutes later the girls were giggling compulsively. As I approached I saw what had caused their amusement. It was Elle's 9 inch neon purple jelly dong toy she had brought to pose for pictures in our room which she had forgotten was under a hot lacy bustier she was considering for the evening's club attire. Elle was still topless but had put on a white crotchless g-string she was considering because it would show nicely in the clubs black lights.
I noticed Jenna was giggling but very impressed with the erotic sex toy and smiled sheepishly at me when Elle told her it was her favorite toy because it was the same size as my cock. I gently patted Elle's firm tanned ass and said "Okay girls you can checkout club outfits later after we show Jenna how fast and easy this is."
Elle smiled excitedly and quickly wriggled out of her g-string and sat back on the bed, pulling her feet up with her legs wide and pussy perfectly exposed. Jenna sat down on the other bed opposite, quivering with excitement. What happened next was completely natural for me. My wife has an extraodinarily small tight and the sight of her spread wide was more than my discretion could stand and I gently buried my face in her naked crotch licking between her small hot lips and sucking her swollen clit. I heard an immediate sharp intake of breath from Elle she had not expected me such attention to her pussy right away and, I noticed as I raised up, neither had Jenna and she had a shocked but interested look on her face. "Sorry!" I apologized. "I just couldn't help myself."
I explained to Jenna that we used good quality hydrating hair conditioner to shave Elle's pussy with because it softened her pubic hair quickly and made shaving much quicker with fewer repeat strokes on her sensitive crotch which meant less irritation. I slid one end of the ribbon under the middle of Elle's ass and handed her the other end to hold directly over her belly button. "This ribbon is our pattern." I explained to Jenna, "something like painter's masking tape."
I applied liberal amounts of conditioner to both sides of her sexy pussy mound and while waiting for the conditioner to work told Jenna to come closer for a better view. Jenna came over to the bed where Elle was lying with legs spread wide, knees up (again a very tempting position) and sat down beside Elle facing her hot pussy. I could tell Elle was extremely aroused now. My pussy licking and clit sucking with a relative stranger watching had sharply focused both women on how extremely erotic the situation was and both of their breaths (and mine somewhat) were increasingly short and quick.
Carefully and smoothly I shaved one side of my wife's hot pussy from her groin up to the ribbon, making sure to tease her clit plenty while doing so. Then I stopped and handed the razor to Jenna. She took the razor from my hand as if I had asked her to hold it for me. When I saw the look on her face I said "This side is done, you shave that side." she began trembling but took her position between Elle's legs willingly and got down on her knees as I had been to steady herself.
"Don't worry Jenna" I said. "Just do what I did, you don't have to press hard and you'll see how easy it is." Slowly Jenna put the razor on Elle's untanned patch of crotch. She began shaving, slowly at first, then with more confidence, Elle's willing and spread crotch. In a few seconds she was done and started to stand up but I put my hand on her bare should and told her she wasn't finished yet. I pulled the ribbon off of Elle and Jenna instinctively stroked the now shaved smooth skin and narrow tuft of hair and said "That's really nice."
"You have to shave that little bit of skin above her clit" I explained, "It makes eating her juicy pussy wonderful." I reached down took my wife's swollen and throbbing pink clit between my thumb and forefinger and as I pulled the skin above it tight said "Hold her clit like this and gently shave this little bit here." Jenna, almost eagerly now, squeezed Elle's clit as I had and pulled the skin tight. Elle let out a several small moans as she grew more and more excited but Jenna was finished quickly and I helped Elle sit up.
"Elle needs to shave the sides of her pussy lips" I told Jenna "It's much easier for her to manage that area but you need to watch her closely if you and Ben plan to shave your bikini area." I watched Jenna's face closely as she concentrated completely on Elle's pussy lip shaving technique. When Elle finished Jenna moved back to the bed beside Elle and with quick breaths said "That was fantastic, easy and you look super hot!"
"Thanks!" said Elle "I was sure you'd think so!" Then, with perfect timing Elle said "Now let's shave you!"
Jenna almost spoke and, I could tell, was going to say no thanks but suddenly her face changed from slightly apprehensive to nervous excitement and she said "Sure, why not? I think I'll like it!"
Elle quickly volunteered me to do the honors "He's much better at the straight line part than I am" she explained. This was partially true, but the real reason is Elle has no real bisexual or lesbian feelings and would rather watch me handle another woman's pussy knowing she and her perfect pussy have nothing to worry about losing my affections. But, she enjoys such close, erotice nude contact extremely and loves to be touched and caressed by others before giving her big firm natural tits, tight pussy and ass completely to me.
Our eager pupil laid back immediately and submissively pulled her knees up and spread wide open. Suddenly, Elle and I had our first full view of her pussy because Jenna had always kept her legs closed demurely before and her pubic hair hid the uppermost parts when walking nude. Her pussy was nicely formed, average size not as small and dainty as Elle's but she certainly had nothing to hide. I could tell Jenna was encouraged when Elle said "Jenna, you have a very pretty pussy, you will love showing it off!".
Jenna's body tightened up perceptibly as I slipped the ribbon under the middle of her well tanned ass and handed her the other end to hold above her belly button. Her breathing was becoming quicker than ever. I thought I had better be quick about it or she might change her mind. I rubbed a lot of conditioner into her long curly pussy hair. Then, taking a small pair of scissors from our travel essentials kit I knelt between her spread pussy explaining that I had to trim the longer hair on the sides with scissors first to make shaving easier and cause less irritation. I have to admit my breathing was as fast or faster as hers as I quickly but carefully clipped large portions of her black pubic hair down to about 1/4 inch high on both sides of her pussy mound revealing more and more of her bare crotch. This was the closest either Elle or myself had ever been to another woman's spread open pussy.
I noticed Elle was watching with increasing excitement, her hands softly stroking her swollen pink clitoris and thin strip of hair. Her pussy lips were spread and sparkling with moisture. I grinned and pointed slightly at Jenna's own parted pussy lips which were glistening with pussy juices as well.
Elle saw what I was pointing and and grinned back excitedly obviously eager to continue, she was know on her hands and knees beside Jenna peering intently over her leg and down between them at Jenna's almost denuded crotch. I began shaving her hair on both sides and Elle was giving a running commentary to Jenna "Wow, you're going to be so smooth and hot looking. That is so cool!! Don't try to see it yet you have to wait until it's all done!"
As soon as I finished on both sides of the ribbon I squeezed Jenna's clit between my thumb and forefinger (before I chickened out). She gasped with pleasure and arched her back. I was surprised at such a sudden reaction and thought Elle was going to have to hold her down but she quickly relaxed again and apologized saying "I'm sorry I jumped. I wasn't expecting you to do that so soon but it it's really okay.".
Soon I was finished shaving above her throbbing clitoris and raised her up telling her she needed to finish shaving her pussy lips. She said okay, but sat there spread open for what seemed to be a long time admiring her naked pussy from different angles as if it was the first time she had seen her pussy naked. Elle was watching her reaction closely obviously pleased and excited by how much Jenna was enjoying herself. Thinking quickly I got behind Elle and began gently licking her exposed pussy and ass.
"MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM" she said, spreading her knees a little wider and arching her back to push her ass and pussy up higher for better licking and sucking. Jenna had not even noticed our actions but was beginning to experiment with the razor on the best angles to shave the remaining little bit of hair on the sides of her pussy lips. As she began to shave I continued to lick Elle's ass and pussy, shoving my tongue in her ass deeper and deeper as she continued to gently moan her approval. I raised up and slowly slid my hard thick cock against Elle's firm ass.
Soon, Jenna was finished and look at us, realizing suddenly, that we were becoming more involved in our erotic foreplay. "Oh!" she said "Should I go?".
"No!", Elle and I said in unison "We would like to show you how we play." Jenna smiled and said she would love to stay and watch and laid on her side admiring the view as Elle raised up higher on her hands and knees showing her big tits and large rock hard nipples. I began squeezing those big tight tits slowly with one hand while guiding my cock tip into her wet and ready pussy lips.
Jenna was trembling with excitement since from her lower angle she could see my cock spreading Elle's tiny pussy lips and begin to slide into her tight hot cunt. She was unconciously fingering her own swollen clit and licking her lips hungrily. As I slid deeper I placed both hands on Elle's firm tanned ass and caressed it lovingly as my cock pushed deeper into her spasming pussy.
Suddenly, Jenna moved closer and under Elle's raised body and arched back. I thought she was moving closer for a better view of the action. Elle's eyes were closed completely enjoying being a sexual spectacle. I only became aware of what Jenna was doing as I felt her gently lick my shaved balls and then begin licking and sucking Elle's clit and the underside of my cock at the same time. Neither of us had ever felt that sensation before but knew we were too far committed to this erotic sex act to stop. Jenna continued to lick and suck both of us as my cock slid slowly in and out of Elle's steamy pussy, savoring each drop of our mixed pre-cum and pussy juices. One of Jenna's hands was holding Elle's ass with me to support her licking us and the other hand had found her newly shaved completely nude pussy. Teasing her own clit, spreading her wet lips and plunging two fingers deep in her hungry cunt.
Elle had opened her eyes when she felt Jenna licking her clit and spread pussy lips and noticed that Jenna was desperately trying to satisfy her wet pussy. Acting quickly Elle reached out, took her 9 inch purple dildo in her hand and placed it on Jenna's crotch near the hand playing with her pussy.
Suddenly, as Jenna grasped the toy cock and began rubbing it on her wet pussy lips preparing to let her own steamy cunt consume it, Elle was overcome by the sheer eroticism of being licked and fucked simultaneously while watching Jenna begin to fuck her own fresh shaved pussy. Her orgasmic moans and strong pussy spasms set off a chain reaction in my balls that I couldn't control and I slammed my cock into her tight pussy causing even stronger pussy contractions as my cock jerked hard and began pumping streams of hot creamy cum deep in her cunt.
Jenna realized we were cumming hard together just as some of my excess cum began dripping onto her eager tongue. Quickly she raised the long thick dildo up and rubbed it against Elle's clit and my creamy cock as now continued it's deep fucking motion in her cunt. My hot cum quickly coated the toy cock and she returned it to her pussy, shoving it deep inside her waiting cunt as she resumed licking and gulping ample quantities of mixed hot cream and pussy juice. Within seconds she had brought herself to a terrifically strong orgasm, her entire lower body jerking and writhing as she fucked her pussy mercilessly with Elle's toy.
Gradually she slowed her energetic thrusting of the dildo deep into her pussy and her body relaxed. Elle and I began to relax and start to slide my cock out of her still gently throbbing pussy. Still hungry for our cum and pussy juice Jenny quickly opened her mouth wide to encompass all of Elle's pussy lips and the underneath portion of my cock as it slid out effectively cleaning most of my cum with her lips. As the head of my cock left Elle's hot pussy a large glob of our thick combined juices dripped from her open pussy and into Jenna's waiting mouth to be gulped down.
Elle laid over on the bed on her back legs still spread. Jenna quickly buried her face in Elle's pussy sucking and licking her cunt and telling Elle to squeeze it all out for her to drink. I just stood and watched fascinated by her appetite. Suddenly, she was finished with Elle's pussy and turned toward me and was licking and sucking my softening cock from the bed on her hands and knees until every taste of cum and pussy juice was only a memory on my cock.
After catching our breath, Elle and I were ready to go relax some more in the pool as the hot part of the afternoon was gone and the pool seemed very inviting. We suggested a quick shower in the public shower by the pool on our way back and Jenna said that sounded good. As we headed out of the door Elle asked Jenna if she thought her shaved crotch would excite Ben. "Ben, is sort of a bisexual" Jenna said "but lately he's been seeing other men more than paying attention to me. I hope he likes it and decides to pay more attention to me."
"I bet he does" said Elle as we closed the door behind us on the way to the showers.


text:
University of Houston Law Center student Lauren Fisher, 2L, has been appointed to a 2-year position on the National Advisory Committee of the Equal Justice Works, a prominent public interest law organization based in Washington, D.C.
"I am honored to be chosen as part of the committee, and I'm looking forward to representing UHLC in Washington, D.C. this summer," Fisher said. "I have a lot of respect for the organization and the work they make possible."
As one of fourteen students and professionals selected from law schools across the country to serve on the committee, Fisher will help provide guidance and advice to EJW to help it achieve its goal of expanding public interest opportunities for law students and lawyers.
"As a member of the committee, I am hoping to encourage more public interest and pro bono work at UHLC and increase awareness of public interest opportunities and resources," Fisher said.
Before coming to the Law Center, Fisher taught second grade at a school in rural Honduras through the Bilingual Education for Central America program. She also worked at the ProBAR Children´s Project on the Texas-Mexico border for several years, providing legal services to detained immigrant children from Central America and Mexico.
"My goal after law school is to continue working with children as a legal advocate," Fisher said. "There is such a need for pro bono assistance in the community. Equal Justice Works does a lot to address the need, and I am hoping by being a part of the committee I can bring back ideas and resources to UHLC."
Fisher earned a B.A. from Hamilton College in New York and a M.Ed. from the University of Texas at Brownsville. She is the president of Public Interest Law Organization and the volunteer/events coordinator for the Immigrant and Human Rights Law Society at the Law Center. She is also an Irene Merker Rosenberg Child Advocacy Scholar for the Center for Children, Law & Policy.


text:
I'm trying to install the pro version, but I'm getting the following error after executing the firstrun.cgi script.
Software error:
vars.txt did not return a true value at /home/xxx/cgi-in/nwslet/firstrun.cgi line 167.
However, the vars.txt file has been created, it's listed in the same directory.
I've previously succesfully installed the basic script on another domain.
What am I doing wrong? Thanks in advance for your help.


text:
News & Events
For the Media
Clarkson University, Potsdam Public Library Offering Small Business Marketing Classes
The Reh Center for Entrepreneurship at Clarkson University is partnering with the Potsdam Public Library to offer marketing classes for St. Lawrence County small businesses.
There will be three unique sessions: Unique Selling Propositions on April 8, Social Media Basics on April 15 and Getting the Most From Your Website on April 22. All sessions will be held in the Potsdam Civic Center Community Room from 6-8 p.m.; they are free of charge but registration is required.
Marc Compeau, an instructor in Clarkson's School of Business, will be teaching the Unique Selling Propositions class. Those who attend this session will leave with an established marketing message.
Brian Hayden, Clarkson's social media manager and Alicia Cabrera, a sophomore innovation and entrepreneurship major will be teaching the Social Media Basics class. This session will focus on developing your knowledge of social media to grow your business. Attendees will leave with an understanding of how to maintain a social media presence for their business and how they can use it as a marketing strategy.
Jeff Yette, sales engineer at Slic Network Solutions, will teach Getting the Most From Your Website. This class will offer Web techniques such as using meta descriptions, key words, page titles and tags to increase search engine results and viewer usability.
These class sessions are first-come, first-served, and there is a limit of 25 per class. To register or for more information about these classes, please e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com or call 315-268-4350
Clarkson University launches leaders into the global economy. One in five alumni already leads as a CEO, VP or equivalent senior executive of a company. Located just outside the Adirondack Park in Potsdam, N.Y., Clarkson is a nationally recognized research university for undergraduates with select graduate programs in signature areas of academic excellence directed toward the world's pressing issues. Through 50 rigorous programs of study in engineering, business, arts, sciences and health sciences, the entire learning-living community spans boundaries across disciplines, nations and cultures to build powers of observation, challenge the status quo, and connect discovery and engineering innovation with enterprise.


text:
VIDEO: Derrick Rose talks with TNT's David Aldridge about his return
CHICAGO – Derrick Rose smiled the other day — see, it is a new season — while talking about his toddler son, "P.J.," and the 1-year-old's budding love of the game. Little man already is working on his handle, Rose said, though he's prone to double-dribbling.
But the whole time and space continuum still is a challenge for "P.J.," it sounds like.
"He's still confused when he sees me on TV," Rose said. "Or sees a poster of me anywhere, it confuses him. I can't wait till the day he knows I'm actually playing."
Ahem. The same could be said for a whole bunch of fans of the Chicago Bulls who have been plenty confused themselves trying to figure out whether and when Rose would be playing.
For at least half of the past 18 months, Rose's will-he-or-won't-he endless rehabilitation from left knee surgery has sparked some of the fiercest Chicago barroom debates since Steve Bartman and Moises Alou tried to catch the same foul ball.
Was discretion truly the better part of valor, as in Rose's decision — cobbled together missed game by missed game, from around the All-Star break last February until the Bulls' season ran out — not to participate at all in 2012-13? Or had he somehow let his team, fans, city, sport and, ultimately, himself down by not adhering to a more conventional timetable? Should he have returned after about 10 months to face the rust and take some inevitable lumps with the idea that even a sub-par Rose could have helped the overachieving-but-undermanned Bulls?
Rose will be out there Thursday night (8 p.m. ET, TNT), officially ending his layoff (after four preseason United Center appearances) when the Bulls face the New York Knicks in their home opener. Soon, he or someone from the family will get "P.J." to understand the difference between Daddy at home and Daddy on TV running up and down a basketball court.
It might take a little longer for greater Chicagoland and the nation's Bulls fans to do so.
"When he comes out Thursday, it's going to be real inspirational," Bulls forward Taj Gibson said this week. "I know he's meant a lot to the city of Chicago, being from there. People love him. I felt it even when he didn't play last year. Because he's a hometown kid. It's rare you get a No. 1 overall pick superstar playing for the hometown team."
Playing being the operative word though.
Windy City's Mt. Rushmore
VIDEO: Derrick Rose reads fan letters on 'Inside Stuff'
As the biggest of the "Rust Belt" cities, with a crazy quilt of sports success and heartbreak — Bulls in the 1990s, Blackhawks nowadays vs. Cubs in the 20th and 21st centuries — Chicago has love-hate relationships with many of its athletes. But those on the top tier remain indisputably loved, and Rose already was climbing rungs in the Top 10 when he fell to the floor and grabbed his left knee, his ACL torn by the torque of his own explosive power in Game 1 against Philadelphia on April 28, 2012.
"If Derrick can stay healthy, he'll end up on the Mt. Rushmore of Chicago sports," said Chuck Swirsky, the radio play-by-play voice of the Bulls who began his Chicago sportscasting career more than three decades ago. "His skill level is off the charts. But will he stay healthy? No one can answer that."
The Rushmore metaphor, strictly speaking, goes only four deep. But we'll work with a slightly longer list. It begins with Michael Jordan, of course, then includes other beloved sports stars such as Walter Payton, Ernie Banks, Ron Santo, Bobby Hull, Stan Mikita, Dick Butkus and Mike Ditka (more as coach than player).
Of the bunch, though, only Butkus – the ferocious linebacker who went to Chicago Vocational School and the University of Illinois before being picked by the Bears No. 3 in the 1965 NFL draft (along with No. 4, running back Gayle Sayers) – was a native son. Jordan was from North Carolina. Payton, Mississippi. Banks grew up in Dallas and Santo in Seattle. Ditka came out of Pittsburgh football country, and Hull (Point Anne, Ontario) and Mikita (Czechoslovakia) might as well have been from Mars.
Rose grew up nine miles south of Chicago Stadium and later United Center, born a few years before Jordan and Scottie Pippen began winning championships. The Englewood neighborhood where his mother Brenda raised four boys — and those boys raised each subsequent boy, with Derrick (Pooh) Martell Rose as the youngest — is one of the poorest and most dangerous on Chicago's South Side.
And on this list, that matters.
"Absolutely," Swirsky said. "The speaking engagements I go to … always, they say, 'He's one of us.' That's one of the phrases that comes off the tongues of men, women and kids. They're saying, he's part of the fabric of Chicagoland. You can take a kid from [suburban] Glen Ellyn who idolizes the same athlete as somebody from Englewood. With all due respect to [Blackhawks Jonathan] Toews and [Patrick] Kane and the others, he is the No. 1 guy in this market."
A hometown success story
VIDEO: Playing for hometown club a thrill for Rose
Asiaha Butler, a founder and president of the Resident Association of Greater Englewood, isn't a sports fans but her husband is, and so are their neighbors. Which means they're Rose fans.
"Englewood is one of those places where you only hear about the worst news," Butler said. "So any good news is inspiring. We work with some schools in the area and I know there are kids who are elated that he's back."
The Bulls knew all about Rose's roots when they made him the No. 1 pick in the 2008 Draft, taking him in spite of his connections more than because of them. Plenty of sports franchises had witnessed the trouble that can come when hometown hero tries to grow up professionally while his old life tugs at his current one.
"There was always this philosophy that you don't want to take a guy and have him play in his hometown because of the outside influences," Bulls vice president of basketball operations John Paxson said. "But in Derrick's case, he had such a strong core of family and friends, that was never an issue.
"Chicago is a blue-collar town for the most part, always has been. Derrick, even with his athleticism, he still embraces that mentality of hard work and pride in where he's from. Every time he talks about playing, he generally references Chicago. He takes pride in it, so it's very easy for it all to work."
Ed Pinckney, an assistant on coach Tom Thibodeau's staff, shakes his head thinking about himself, had he begun his 12-year NBA career in his native New York.
"In my hometown, my head would be swollen," said Pinckney, who starred at Villanova in Philadelphia. "I don't know how they deal with it on a daily basis. How do you manage your time, making people feel good, not slight people and still maintain a level of humbleness about you? I would feel, like, claustrophobic. I just know, the people around me, when they talk about Derrick, they talk in glowing terms."
Reach the levels of notoriety Rose has in this (or any other) sports-crazed city and everyone wants a piece of you. Grant DePorter, president and manager of the five Harry Caray's sports restaurants, considers Rose "the closest thing Chicago's had to Michael Jordan since Michael Jordan." He has seen the similarities on nights the Bulls are on TV and the TVs in Harry Caray's are on.
"When he's playing, the place is packed. Everybody wants to watch Derrick Rose," DePorter said. "And once he got injured, you really saw a difference in the fans' enthusiasm. Enthusiasm equals revenue because people are going to eat and drink and celebrate, and they thought he was the second coming of Jordan. Him being from Chicago only helped."
The Rose kids grew up playing basketball at Murray Park, a playground that had grown shaggy and rundown before the Bulls point guard pumped in some money a couple years back. They had their sports heroes, same as the young ballers now.
"It's weird walking down the street," said Reggie Rose, the most visible of Rose's brothers and 14 years his senior. "When I was younger, I'd see kids wearing M.J. jerseys running around. Now I see kids running down the street with the No. 1 and 'Rose' on the backs of their jerseys. That's really big to me."
Reggie Rose spoke about the structure in their household growing up, with those surrogate dads in a single-parent home. "We still treat him as the little brother, even though he's making a lot of money," Reggie said. "There's still structure and respect within the family, and we don't let anybody try to do any divide-and-conquer, any cracks in it. We kind of just keep it moving. We're a simple-minded family."
Little brother Derrick treats his Chicago-ness like a warm embrace wrapped around a responsibility. He has the team's P.A. announcer introduce him as "From Chicago…" rather than that one-year pit stop at the University of Memphis. He scarcely can imagine playing anywhere else.
"For me it's a positive," Rose said. "Every time I take the ball, the crowd is really into it. I take it all in, just knowing that — of course I know that everybody in the crowd is not cheering for me, but that's the way I think about it when I'm on the court."
That love of Chicago's own might explain why some of the feelings of betrayal ran so deep when Rose did not come back for the Bulls last spring, and why they linger for some to this day. The player claims the criticism never has stung him.
"Not at all," Rose said. "Because I look at it through their eyes, where if I had a favorite player and I was a fan, I would want him on the court too. I could see where they was coming from."
'Tiresome process' for MVP
VIDEO: Rose opens up about his knee rehab
Dan Bernstein has been on the wall for the anger, frustration and gnashing of teeth over Rose's prolonged rehab and delayed comeback. As a co-host of the afternoon drive show on Chicago's WSCR AM-670, he has presided over, fueled and sampled it in all its permutations.
"There is no question that Derrick has used up some of his capital throughout this tiresome process," Bernstein said. "Fans of his are confused and disappointed. There will always be anger on the fringes, but I don't think that anger represents the larger portion of his real fans, who are more disappointed.
"The good news is, once the games start and even with some difficulties in this final stage of his rehabilitation to be expected, I think he can rebuild that capital very quickly."
Confusion and downright crankiness crept in sometime in March, by which time Rose had been cleared by Bulls doctors to participate in 5-on-5 practices. He was 10 months along in his recovery process, right in the middle of the range laid out by his surgeon, Dr. Brian Cole. Other NBA players had returned to action on a similar schedule, such as Minnesota's Ricky Rubio and New York's Iman Shumpert. And then there was Adrian Peterson of the NFL's Minnesota Vikings, hurrying back in nine months and rushing for more than 2,000 yards.
When Rose showed up only as a warm-up attraction, shooting countless jumpers in the hour or two before Bulls games, right through the Eastern Conference semifinals between his Bulls and Miami, frustration and grumbling from the fans followed. That sneaker campaign by adidas featuring Rose — "The Return" — wound up feeling like a big tease to ticket buyers and home viewers fighting and losing against impatience. Fans started to question his courage. Others wondered if, hey, maybe he's more selfish than they thought.
"I think it was some combination of all of that," Bernstein said. "Sports fans now have information at their disposal to understand, this is not an experimental procedure. Even though it's serious, it has become routine surgery. Fans can read what the doctors said. They can see what other players have done and are doing.
"So it was his return timetable raising eyebrows because people who do what he does for a living just don't do that, unless there was something else going on. And we never really found out what that was."
Even this month, after Rose's sweltering summer workouts in Los Angeles and his arrival on time to training camp, questions lingered. When the Bulls chose to hold him out of the Oct. 12 game in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil — a big-deal Global Game exhibition — the reaction of some folks was swift and unforgiving. Among the reader comments in the Chicago Tribune:
- "If I were D. Rose, I would sit out this year too, just to be sure."
- "Good thing he has a long-term contract with a lot of guaranteed money. He will never need to look a fan in the eye again.:
- "Expect this to happen a lot. Especially for big games and the playoffs."
- "I really hate this guy!! Knee seems good enough to make all the stupid commercials he is currently rolling out!! Suck it up!"
So what was going on that took so long? Bernstein guessed that it was a disconnect on the final stage of rehab, where the standard process of playing through some rust and challenging games didn't mesh with Rose's sense of how much he trusted his repaired joint and coping with having to play as something less than "Derrick Rose, 2011 MVP" for a spell.
Rose has spoken of "feeling safe" this fall, a threshold that he cannot pinpoint but knows he has crossed.
"I can't remember [when]. But for me, I feel normal right now," he said. "I'm not worried about anything. I don't have any aches. I'm not having any nagging injuries or anything. I'm really taking care of my body and preparing myself for this long season."
Watching Rose swarmed by Miami's double-teams and traps Tuesday night, certainly, made one wonder how he would have fared against that five months ago. At least by waiting, Rose could level the field a little, his layoff just a little longer than the typical layoff all NBA players have each offseason.
It would have helped, too, if the Bulls and Rose had handled better the whole messaging of his absence. Management never just declared his 2012-13 season over. The coaches kept treating him as a day-to-day option. And Rose's presence on the court before each game down the stretch was more of a tease than a source of encouragement.
Bill Wennington, Swirsky's partner and a former Bulls center, contrasted Rose's layoff with what the L.A. Clippers did when Blake Griffin, the No. 1 pick in 2009, suffered a fractured kneecap in the final preseason game that fall. After treatment and rest weren't enough, Griffin headed to surgery and the Clippers by mid-January declared his rookie season over before it ever began.
"In my opinion, Derrick made the right decision," Wennington said. "But was it handled properly? Probably not. It left a lot of questions and expectations that didn't happen. People who say 'Derrick should have played,' if they listen to the whole story and understand it's his career and how others coming back from surgery can get reinjured or it takes a whole year anyway, they start to get it.
"Derrick's game is so different, both the explosion he has going from 0-to-60 and then the elevation that he powers to the rim, and the landing and the absorbing the body weight. … I think people have seen already that he looks pretty good. He's showing no ill signs from being out, and as long as that continues, his reputation and legend will grow here in Chicago."
Throughout the league, it's taking only brief glimpses of Rose's restored quickness and aggressiveness to convince players and coaches that waiting was the better choice. Denver coach Brian Shaw had cautioned him about that last season, mentioning Penny Hardaway as one of several ex-NBA stars who might have rushed back too soon.
But, you don't want to swap a feel-good moment for a career of future highlights. That's the worst-case scenario the Rose family considered, in convening about their NBA star's predicament.
"At that time, us as a family and his agent, B.J. Armstrong, we all had to sit down and look at his best interest," Reggie Rose said. "We were like, 'Why go in for just one year when he has more than 10 years of basketball left in him?' For us, it was let him sit one year and play 10 instead of try to play one and don't play 10."
Winning, health cure all
VIDEO: Aschburner with Rose during Media Day
As Bulls camp opened, Thibodeau, appreciative and fiercely protective of Rose, flippantly dismissed grumpy fans and media critics as people who "don't know what they're talking about." A month later, he had softened just a bit.
"I think the real fans supported him the entire time," the Bulls coach said. "The ones who didn't were misguided. He had to make a tough decision."
Teammates, for all public consumption and even in private, seem to have had Rose's back throughout.
"We're a family," veteran center Nazr Mohammed said. "We all supported his decision. If he was my brother, I would have told him, 'Do the wise thing and come back when you're ready.' We're all seeing the benefits of it right now."
That nightly tease fans saw last season? That actually helped him with the other players. He wasn't out in L.A. doing his rehab while they were grinding through the season. He was practicing with them at the Berto Center and was sweating hard beside them before each game.
"One of our hardest workers," Mohammed called him. "He prepared as if he was trying to play the next game, and we all knew it. Every single day. He was trying his best. He just didn't get there."
If only the communication had been better, Bulls to media, Rose to fans and so on.
"Derrick always, at every level, has let his game speak for him," Bernstein said. "He's not good at speaking. He's not a politician, he's not a public relations expert and he hasn't surrounded himself with people who seem to care about messaging. There hasn't been that kind of considered outreach or 'spin.' Some might find that refreshing, but his game speaks for him and when his game is on hiatus, it allows for all kinds of open spaces to be filled in around him and projected upon him.
"Once his game returns, that's his way of communicating with his fans. If that looks right and is right, I think it takes care of everything."
Rose said the other day that he never encountered any face-to-face griping and only hears support around town. "I rarely go places," he said. "But if there was any criticism or anything like that, I didn't hear it. Not while I was in a place. Of course you hear about it [from] people writing about it or people reporting about it."
TNT broadcaster Steve Kerr was vocal that way and had a network forum on which he said Rose needed to at least try to play last spring. But any lingering resentment now, from not having done so? Not a long-term problem, Kerr said.
"Derrick built up a lot of trust with the Chicago fan base before last year," Kerr said. "He's always carried himself so well. He's a modest guy, soft-spoken and plays so hard. Even though there was frustration last year and a lot of people called him out on-air, including me, I think all that goes out the window. I think the fans will be so excited to see him back."
In a what-have-you-done-for-me-today world, Rose and the Bulls have an opportunity — the stinky performance against the Heat Tuesday not withstanding — to put everything about 2012-13 in the all-gone machine.
"If he stays healthy and they win, the fans won't even second-guess his decision to miss all of last season," TNT's Reggie Miller said. "All players are the CEO of their own companies. Derrick had to do what is right for him. … If he stays relatively healthy and they win, the fans will let it go."
Most will, probably.
Said Bernstein: "I don't think anybody has said, 'I'm done with this guy.' I think everybody is tired of the story. It hasn't been fun. Derrick Rose was so much fun for everybody. And then it became such a downer for so long. The good news is there's every reason to believe that a repaired knee can mean a repaired game and a repaired image and repaired feelings."
Rose, though cooperative, doesn't really engage in the whole controversy about last season or his inner thoughts during the layoff. He is a basketball player who is, fortunately, playing basketball again.
Of his critics, he said: "That's the last thing I can think about. I know that I'm back on the court and I know that I'm playing with a bunch of guys that have my back, so my confidence is super high right now. I've just got to continue to play the way that I play and be aggressive throughout the whole game."
And that – this – is a big deal, right?
"I'm pumped," Rose said. "I'm a guy who don't show that much emotion. I don't know if you want me to yell or anything."
VIDEO: Rose on his on- and off-court changes