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Published March 17, 2005 in issue 0411 of the Hook
By BILL SONES AND RICH SONES, PH.D. firstname.lastname@example.com
DRAWING BY DEBORAH DERR McCLINTOCK
Q. Mary, Mary, quite contrary, how does your baby grow? –R. Ford
A. Beanstalk fast, Jack, but not at all as uniformly as you might think, says Philip Zimbardo in Psychology and Life.
Researchers checked out babies from just days old to almost two years, and were amazed to find 12-day languish periods of zero height-growth sandwiched between spurt days of almost half an inch within 24 hours.
"This suggests that the majority of your young life was spent not growing," says Zimbardo.
Babies seem to be all head, which measures about 25 percent of body length at birth and 60 percent of its destined adult size. Body weight doubles in the first 6 months, triples by the first birthday. Baby fat through the mid-section and on pudgy arms and legs is Nature's way of helping a small being retain precious warmth.
Well-known laggard gendered tissues lie patiently dormant until the hormonal riot of the teen years.
Q. If all the world's gold were somehow shaped into a giant cube, how long would each side be? a) about the length of a tennis court b) the length of a football field c) even larger? –Ice T.
A. a). The 150,000 tonnes of gold brought forth from the Earth as the sum of all human gold-seeking efforts would form a cube roughly 65 feet on each side, says Randy Strauss of USAGOLD.com.
Far from filling a football stadium, that single yellow block would fit between the goal line and the 22 yard line. Another way of looking at it, if this gold were to be evenly distributed among all of the world's 6.4 billion citizens, "each person would have only 3/4ths of a single ounce– just 3 U.S. nickel-sized coins."
Q. There's no magic in the number 7, but it does have an uncanny way of turning up places. Such as where? –P. Cook & D. Moore
A. Seven is a prime number, with no divisors except one and seven, says Richard Phillips in Numbers: Facts, Figures & Fiction.
More famously, there are the Seven Deadly Sins (avarice, envy, gluttony, lust, pride, sloth and anger), the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, Shakespeare's Seven Ages of Man, the Seven Levels of Hell, the Seven Dwarves, and of course seven days in a week.
The 1960 movie The Magnificent Seven was based on the 1954 Japanese film The Seven Samurai. The soft drink 7-Up was originally called Bib-label Lithiate Lemon-Lime Soda (gulp!) but didn't catch on until the name change.
And in 1956 George Miller wrote of "The Magical Number Seven Plus or Minus Two" to describe the limits of human memory: If someone gives you four random digits, such as 6 6 2 5, you will probably be able to recite them every time, likewise with five digits or six or seven, but beyond this people start making lots of mistakes.
"The longest number of digits people get completely right is called their 'digit span' and for most people this is about seven digits," says Miller.
Q. On, no, elevator cable snaps and you're freefalling 20 stories! Anything you can do to up your survival chances, such as leaping skyward at the last instant? -S. Man
A. In principle you can soften your fall this way, in practice you'd need superhuman leaping ability, says University of Oregon physicist Raymond E. Frey. Assuming 16 feet per floor, you're in for a 320-foot drop, accelerating to close to 100 mph–the speed you need to overcome.
A person with a 30-inch vertical jump attains about 9 mph. This does not help much... it could reduce your speed to the equivalent of merely(!) a 17-story drop, assuming you time your jump perfectly.
Here, however, is a winning strategy. When the cable snaps, you have 4.5 seconds to climb the wall and go through the car roof escape door. Remember, you're in free fall, "weightless" like an orbiting astronaut, so it is not hard to climb but maneuvering is tricky.
"Now, standing on the car roof, fire up your 4000-pound-thrust backpack rocket. Cover your eyes," advises Frey.
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Community colleges are leveraging systemwide resources to better serve their students with mobile apps.
Charged with serving large numbers of students, many of whom are working, commuting or raising a family, community colleges are increasingly reliant on mobile technology to build connections between students and their campuses.
"It's essential to be able to reach students with systems that communicate on platforms that they are using," said Dave Fuhrmann, associate vice chancellor for California's Ventura County Community College District. "Most of our students no longer use e-mail as a primary form of communication," he added. "A mobile platform gives a college the ability to reach students where they will most likely receive and read the message, and potentially respond."
With three colleges and more than 30,000 students per semester, VCCCD attracts students from a wider age range than a four-year institution. "Also, they may come for reasons other than obtaining a degree," Fuhrmann explained, "such as learning new job skills, getting a certificate or lifelong learning."
VCCCD rolled out a mobile app from Dub Labs districtwide in January, and within two weeks had exceeded the 10,000-download mark. A key consideration was the ability to brand the app for each individual college while relying on the resources of the district as a whole. "The platform we chose has the ability to provide a single application for multiple colleges within our district," Fuhrmann explained. "Once a student selects their 'home' college, the application is branded for that school." The student can still, however, get information from the other two colleges through the application.
It's a similar story at the Louisiana Community and Technical College System, which is in the midst of a large-scale mobile transition based on its systemwide Banner student information system.
"We have 13 two-year institutions and more than 100,000 students in our statewide system," said Eric Setz, VP for enterprise services and information technologies at LCTCS. "We're trying to change the paradigm. When I was in college, I had to meet the college where the college lived in order to interact with it. It was not efficient, and it was not a good customer-centric approach. Now we're flipping the approach."
"One of the biggest drivers in this mobile initiative is the ability to brand ourselves, but at the same time to leverage our numbers," commented Thomas Lovince, assistant vice chancellor and chief information officer at Delgado Community College in New Orleans. "Because we're all on Banner, one integration point is possible. We won't have to build something separate for each school. It's one system, but each school is individually branded, and each school chooses its own time frame."
Delgado, the largest college in the system with 17,000 students, is now in the midst of rolling out its mobile implementation, while another school, Louisiana Delta in Monroe, is just starting the process. "The rest of the schools in our system will line up once the first schools implement," said Setz.
Delgado's mobile app (built on the Dub Labs platform) will be introduced in two phases, with the first phase due to launch in June. "We'll launch 21 functions initially," said Lovince, including admissions, registration, mid-term and final grades, bookstore, library, campus tours, buses, sports, bill pay, and social networks. In phase 2, which will launch in the fall, all of the functions will be available on one mobile app platform, including student transcripts, faculty assignments, grades and various staff features.
"By June, we'll have a mobile presence that we didn't have before," Lovince said. "We want to keep our identity because we're the presence on the ground in the community. When our counterparts go live, they'll decide how their platform will look, what features they'll use and add whatever is missing." All of the schools in the system are poised to go mobile, most likely within the next year.
What advice do the administrators at VCCCD and LCTCS have for other community colleges implementing a mobile app? "Take your time," Fuhrmann cautioned. "Look at different technologies, and spend a lot of time prioritizing. Have clear goals in mind. You're not launching an app; you're working with your online presence as a whole."
"Do your homework," advised Delgado. "Find a vendor specifically for higher ed, and check with peer institutions who have done something similar. Clearly define what your expectations are, and make sure that vendors can demonstrate that functionality, as well as give references you can validate." He added, "There's strength in numbers. With a combined effort, or a consortium to reduce costs, you can get a good price."
"Our strategy was to do one integration for all colleges, some fiscally able and some less fiscally able, with the same services and functions for all students," concluded Setz. "At the same time, we were aware that every college has its own unique objectives and challenges. We're enabling technologies by building the plumbing prerequisites. Now everybody can choose their mobile look and feel."
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What is life if not a juggling act, a dance, a frenetic shimmy here, and languorous glide there? We try to keep pace, keep as much balls in the air as we can. We're not happy unless our agendas are filled to the brim, including margins and side notes….only to moan and cry as we struggle to check each task off. When did "busy" and "stressed" become status symbols?
Not everyone is like this. Oh no. There are brilliant people who know the real score and smile gently in the background as we do our frantic dance, racing to somewhere nameless with only the stubborn knowledge that we must race there, ideally with a hundred balls in the air and oh the chiding if we let one slip. These people have got it all figured out.
I don't.
I still throw myself onto the hamster-wheel, running pell-mell into nowhere. I still grab much too many balls and then sigh about having to keep them all sailing smoothly.
But I'm learning.
I'm learning that I can set the pace at which I dance. I can choose the music and the steps too. I can choose how many balls I want to juggle, and which I can leave behind for others. I'm learning that all dancers have breaks and so should I. That doing nothing sometimes has its own purpose (my strong predisposition for "me-time" helps me along). That sometimes it is not life that is complicated, but we that make it so.
Cooking is one of those "balls" that I gladly keep in the air. It nourishes me and my family, but I'll have to admit that I also cook for purely selfish reasons. I love it. It makes me happy. In truth, it is the therapy that keeps my stress at bay. As does scribbling it all down here. I suppose I wouldn't be doing it for almost 6 years if it wasn't 🙂
- 400 grams chicken thigh fillets
- 1 egg white
- A big pinch of sea salt
- 2 teaspoons cornstarch
- 10 pieces dried chillies (adjust based on your preferred level of heat)
- 1 teaspoon finely chopped garlic
- 1/2 – 1 teaspoon whole Sichuan peppercorns, ground
- 1/3 cup roasted peanuts
- Canola or other vegetable oil for frying
- 1 tablespoon Shaoxing wine
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon Chinese black vinegar
- 1 tablespoon water
- 1 – 1 1/2 teaspoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
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Residents scored a victory yesterday when the San Diego City Council nixed a Catholic school's plan to expand its campus on Oregon Street.
The Academy of Our Lady of Peace in North Park cannot move or demolish three homes to make way for a new classroom building and a parking structure, after the council voted 5-3 to uphold opponents' appeal of the Planning Commission's approval of the project.
In the same vote, the council did allow the school to increase its enrollment maximum to 750.
Neighbors of the 127-year-old girls high school have been battling campus administrators over the growth plan and revelations the academy had violated terms of a 1995 permit that set limits on the number of students and faculty that could be accommodated on the campus.
An administrative law judge fined the school for the infractions.
Opponents argued that school officials failed to explore options that would preserve the homes, located on Collier Avenue and Copley Street, which the school bought as part of its expansion plan. The homes reflect the Spanish colonial style that dominates the campus and nearby streets.
"We are over the moon," Dionné Carlson, a member of the Between Heights Community Association, said of the decision.
Joy Dougherty, an environmental consultant who lives near the school, said after making "every concession," opponents could not give up on protecting the endangered homes.
School representatives said the council's decision will hurt the academy, which needs modern labs and new classrooms.
"What they did threatens the viability of the school. That's the bottom line," said Paola Avila, an alumna who serves as a consultant to the academy.
Paul E. Robinson, an attorney representing the school, said the school might sue the city over the decision.
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Last week Karen wrote about a study that found dog lovers exercise more than gym goers. If you and your pet aren't exactly in shape, here are some classes to help you get started. Search online for similar programs in your area.
In New York, Bide-a-wee coordinates free Fitness with Fido group walks in Central Park to encourage pet lovers to be active with their furry companions. Trainers, behaviorists, and dogs for adoption join you on the 45-minute walk.
Doga, yoga for humans and dogs, has been increasing in popularity recently. In Seattle, Wash., Brenda Bryan blended classic Hatha yoga poses with massage and stretching to create Barking Buddha Doga. The class incorporates the pups fully into the moves, giving yoga lovers an opportunity to connect with their dogs in a whole new way. Names of the poses include Woofing Warrier and Muttley Mudras.
For those looking for something a bit more rigorous, doggy bootcamps are cropping up around the country. These exercise sessions combine cardio, strength training and obedience lessons. Some incorporate doga as well. In California, Thank Dog! Bootcamp's session are run by a personal trainer and a dog trainer to make sure the non-stop sessions are safe for all involved. Pet lovers without a pup can borrow a four-legged partner.
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Chapel Hill church to hold LGBTQI workshop this weekend
United Church of Chapel Hill, 1321 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd., will host a workshop this weekend on LGBTQI (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning and Intersex) concerns for congregations in the Southern Conference of the United Church of Christ.
The Rev. Michael Schuenemeyer, executive director for the UCC Office for Health and Wholeness Advocacy, and Andy Lang, executive director of the United Church of Christ Coalition for LGBT Concerns, will lead the workshops and forums beginning at 9 a.m. Saturday, April 5.
In addition, Schuenemeyer will discuss LGBTQI concerns around the globe, moving from advocacy to action, during a forum in the church's Assembly Hall at 10 a.m. Sunday.
Schuenemeyer has represented the United Church of Christ in advocating for greater faith-based participation and resources in response to the HIV and AIDS epidemic in the U.S. and throughout the world. He has also represented the United Church of Christ in dialogue with the Boy Scouts of America about changes in their policies. He is also one of the faith representatives on news shows and other media formats when LGBT concerns are featured. For example, he was one of the people interviewed on PBS Newshour following the Supreme Court ruling in June 2013.
Lang has 18 years of experience as a communications professional in the United Church of Christ. He was a daily newspaper reporter and a Congressional public-relations specialist in Washington, D.C., before moving to Cleveland to join the UCC's national communications staff in 1993. He built the UCC's first churchwide website at ucc.org in 1994 and led the church's national web ministry until 2004. He has been the coalition's executive director since April 2011: in that capacity, he leads the UCC's Open and Affirming Program. His passion is to reach the nearly 4,000 UCC congregations that have not yet adopted an ONA covenant. He is a member of Plymouth UCC in Shaker Heights, Ohio.
The United Church of Christ, headquartered in Cleveland, has a long history of affirming and working for equal rights for LGBTQ persons. The UCC is a mainline Protestant denomination of 1.1 million members and more than 5,000 local congregations.


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Hinds-Bock Introduces Servo Depositor With Ribbon Spreading Spout
Hinds-Bock's Servo depositors can be used for icing cakes, spreading sauces or viscous batters. The company offers many spout and depositor variations to customize the depositor to meet food processors' requirements. Hinds-Bock Servo depositors are available as either pump or piston style with multiple spout units available for high speed applications.


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How to setup WTP batch Build locally
1. Setup prereqs
- a. apache ant 1.7 => http://ant.apache.org/
- b. Java SDK 1.4 and 1.5
2. Check out build files
- mkdir <BUILD HOME>, for example mkdir /shared/webtools
- checkout the releng.control project from CVS using the below command
- cvs -Q -f -d :pserver:firstname.lastname@example.com:/cvsroot/webtools export -d <BUILD HOME>/releng.control -r HEAD webtools.releng/releng.control
- You should see the releng.control dir created in the <BUILD HOME> dir after running this command
3. Modifying properties files for your local build environment (you can do this either in eclipse or by opening the files from command line)
- a. You can always get a fresh copy of all properties files from CVS by running the <BUILD HOME>/releng.control/get-relengControl.sh script, however to avoid your already modified properties files from being overwritten when the command is executed, you should make a copy of the properties directory first and modify the copied version
e.g. cp –R <BUILD HOME>/releng.control/localBuildExample ../new_props
- b. Modifying <BUILD HOME>/releng.control/commonVariations.shsource
- BUILD_HOME to location of where your java and ant
- ANT_HOME to location of where your ant
- JAVA_4_HOME to location of where your java 4
- JAVA_5_HOME to location of where your java 5
- LOCAL_BUILD_PROPERTIES_DIR to the copied properties directory from the last step
- BUILD_CVS_READ_PROTOCOL = pserver
- BUILD_CVS_READ_USER=anonymous
- BUILD_CVS_WRITE_PROTOCOL=pserver
- BUILD_CVS_WRITE_USER=anonymous
- BUILD_CVS_SERVER=dev.eclipse.org
- SKIPUSER=true ;since this is a local build
- c. Modyfing <BUILD HOME>/new props dir/runbuild.properties
- Update this file to correspond to which JAVA you're using locally
4. Running the build:
- a. In <BUILD HOME>/releng.control/
- b. ./ant.sh –f cc_project_build.xml –Dprojectname=wtp-R3.0-I
- Note: projectname is mandatory, all available projects are
- wtp-R3.0-I for current 3.0 integration build
- wtp-R2.0-M for 2.0 maintenance build
- wtp-R3.0-N HEAD build for 3
- Note: projectname is mandatory, all available projects are
5. Checking the build results
After the build is done, you should find the following directories created inside the <BUILD HOME> directory
- releng.control
- releng.wtpbuilder
- projectBuilders
- projects
- tests
- prereqCache
- logs
- logcache
- committers
Viewing the results
1. Run <workspace dir>/releng.control/./get-customPages.sh to retrieve the necessary files from CVS to display results
2. Setup alias on linux to work with default webserver
- i./sbin/service httpd start to start webserver and ensure http://localhost can be accessed post starting webserver
- ii.Modify /etc/http/conf/httpd.conf to setup alias to your <BUILD HOME dir>
- Alias /wtpbuild/ <BUILD HOME dir>/
- <Directory "<Build Home dir> /">
- Options Indexes MultiViews
- AllowOverride None
- Order allow,deny
- Allow from all
- </Directory>
- iii. Restart webserver to pick up changes /sbin/service httpd restart
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Farmers Market Week 2
So I've stuck with it into week two (lets see about week 10). To prep for this market I have to be prepared as i work M-F and that means after work Friday is the likely time I'll be bulk fermenting/shaping/retarding. Followed by waking up early to bake the loaves and get down to the market in time.
This week I chose to use one of my trade items from last week. Local dried figs. I write up a recipe and it continues to be manipulated right until I finally make the dough. Then I put together a rough guideline and let the dough lead. I'll post recipe and tommorrow after all is said and done some pictures and I'll update the recipe with some notes.
Figgy Sour
108 grams HP
36 g Rye
144 g H20
32 g Mature White Starter
ferment 8 hours
48 g Dried Figs (chopped roughly)
80 g Hot water
Soak figs warm water when you make the levain.
96 g Kamut
552 g HP
91 g Yogurt (scale when you make the levain and let come to room temp)
215 g H20
1/2 tsp fennel seed (soak in final dough water while figs are soaking)
16 g Sea Salt
DDT 76deg
When levain is ready
1) Drain Figs and add liquid to final dough liquid. Mix in the yogurt
2) Add Flours and mix until shaggy dough is formed (autolyse 1 hour)
3) Add levain and blend in, Add salt and continue mixing
4) Mix on low speed for a few minutes until dough begins to develop. (I have a 4 speed mixer and use speed 2) Once slighly developed
Add figs and mix in slowly.
When pulled away from bowl turn up to speed 3 for 30 seconds to mix and mash some of the figs just a bit.
5) Bulk ferment 3-4 hours with 4 s+f at 30 minutes intervals. (4 hours with 4 s + f)
6) Divide and shape into bannetons. Proof 1-2 hours at room temp and retard.
7) Bake with steam at 460 for 15 vent for 25
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Shozuhn wrote:I fail to see how merely comprehending the universes size would eliminate war.
It's something I can see having an impact on individuals. The problem with war is that it doesn't so much take a society to begin it (society needs to be strongly unified one way or another to really impact this), but rather a much smaller subset of a society in leadership to really get the gears turning.


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Are You Smoking More and Enjoying it Less?
This creative slogan was once used by a cigarette advertiser trying to entice smokers of other brands to switch to their product. The slogan was a brilliantly conceived advertising tactic. Almost every smoker who had indulged for a significant period of time would instantly recognize him or herself in the slogan.
He or she may even have tried smoking the other brand to recapture the pleasure and joy of earlier days of smoking. But to his or her dismay, even this cigarette failed to deliver that special feeling once derived from smoking.
Why do cigarettes seem to lose that special appeal for the veteran smoker? Have cigarettes changed so drastically over the years? No, that is not the problem at all. Cigarettes haven't changed, smokers have. For the longer an individual smokes, the more dependent the smoker becomes on his nicotine fix.
In his early days of smoking, the smoker derived much pleasure from the pharmacological action of nicotine. It made him feel alert, energetic, or maybe even had a calming, relaxing effect. It helped in studying and in learning. Sometimes it made him feel more mature, confident, and more social.
It pretty much did whatever he wanted it to, depending on the circumstances surrounding him while he smoked it. In these early days, he smoked maybe 5 to 10 per day, usually just when he wanted the desired effect.
But gradually, something happens to the smoker. He becomes more dependent on cigarettes. He no longer smokes to solve a problem, to celebrate, or to feel great. He smokes because he NEEDS a cigarette. In essence he smokes because he is a smoker, or, more accurately, a smoke-a-holic.
No longer does he get those special smoker highs. Now he smokes because not smoking makes him feel withdrawal. Not smoking means feeling nervous, irritable, depressed, angry, afraid, nauseous, or headachy just to mention a few effects.
He grasps for a cigarette to alleviate these symptoms, all the time hoping to get that special warm feeling that cigarettes used to give him. But, to his dismay, all that happens is he feels almost normal after smoking a cigarette. And 20 minutes later the whole process starts up again.
Once he quits smoking, life becomes nice again. No longer does he go into withdrawal 20 to 80 times per day. He can go anywhere any time he wishes and not have to worry about whether he will be able to smoke at his needed intervals.
When he gets a headache or feels nauseous, he knows he is coming down with an infection, not feeling the way he does every day as a smoker from too much or too little smoking. In comparison to his life as a smoker, he feels great. But then something insidious starts to occur.
He begins to remember the best cigarette he ever had in his life. It may be one he smoked 10, 20 or maybe even 40 years earlier. He remembers that special warm feeling of that wonderful cigarette. If he thinks about it long enough, he may even try to recapture the moment. Unfortunately, however, the moment will recapture him.
Once again he will be in the grip of an addiction which will cause him to be smoking more and enjoying less. This time he may not get off. This wonderful cigarette will cost him his freedom, his health and eventually his life. Don't make this mistake when you quit. Remember how cigarettes were the day you stopped, for that will be what they are like the day you go back, no matter how far apart those two days are. Remember the way they were and - NEVER TAKE ANOTHER PUFF!


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Voracious: Flawless's Boy Got A Real Problem With Dj Absolut! "Ima Strip You Naked & Leave Wet Prints All Over Your Light Skinned Ass. When I Catch Yo Lil a$$ Ima Break Your F*ckin Neck"
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Wednesday, April 29, 2009
On the Street……Steps, Sydney
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beautiful skirt!
Sublime ! Sunny Side
Aren't those shoes Chanel? I'm not sure but didn't they do PVC sandals and glass heels for spring of something?
God, what a completely lovely image!
Seriously? I don't get it.
GORGEOUS. gorgeous.
Funny how everyone sees trashy shoes, innerwear as outerwear, and the cigarette. True, but what I also see is another costume perfect for the next Sex & The City movie! SJP wouldn't be Carrie without her cigarettes and inappropriate clothing, right?
Actually, looks to me like everyone liked it. They should. Its about a million times more imaginative and classy then anything on that dreadful show.
Sheesh! How long did i spend looking at this picture before i noticed the cigarette! I have no problem with it, what i do have a problem with are the perspex shoes. They never fail to look anything other than cheap in my opinion. I do love the gorgeous lace skirt toughened up by the black jacket. Black biker boots would have completed the look. Another great shot!
oh what tension!! I hold my breath hoping for her tender little feet not to slip on that narrow step. Beautiful play on walking on a wire!
I've been telling everyone I want clear shoes and they've been telling me I'm crazy…I see that you also get the Cinderella in the idea.
No no no no no. I'm sorry. Just because this shows up on this blog does not make it stylish. Those shoes will NEVER be chic, I don't care if trashy is making a comeback or not.
The point of this blog is timeless and sophisticated style. Plastic, clear heels are neither of these things.
i love this jacket!!
I love the transparency effect in the picture, but those shoes mmmmmmmmmmm no!
What an incredible shot! Love the shadow cast by the lace on the leg :)
incredible shot…would've loved to have seen the whole look.
love the skirt. perfect.
I love the shot! – especially the shadow of the lace on the legs but I don't like the shoes.
i'd kill to see a designer do a line playing with this transparency. The picture is delightful but the girl's concept could be done better.
i live in sydney and have so been looking forward to seeing what will catch the sartorialist's eye here. i found it kind of sad but appropriate that this combo made it to the blog – sad because it encapsulates everything that makes me glum about the style of sydneysiders, appropriate because, actually, this is the predominant aesthetic of the city. all in all, we're a plastic mule kind of people. i wish it were different. have been pleased to see some other inspiring shots though, so am taking heart in the style credentials of my city.
your photos are so amazing! you're so the best ever!
you have to come soon to brasil!
and take the most beautiful pictures..
lov your job and thanks for divide it all with us!
Beautiful shot and very beautiful legs .
And her skirt is perfect
very walk of shame. like the mannish jacket with the lace (i'm nowhere near embarrassed to show some leg), and the lighting. but please, please, please… those shoes.
need we say more?
she must have been freeezing. The weather isn't cold by northern hemisphere standard, but it's still much too cold for this.
I think what's great about this shot is that it is able to transcend what from farther away or closer up would betray the 'trashiness' of this look. the plastic shoes with what i would guess is a pretty low quality lace skirt and pin stripe jacket would indeed make for a less than spectacular sartorial moment. but when captured in the right light, it doesn't matter the quality of lace – it will still produce a gorgeous shade over bare skin – higlighted by the darkness of the jacket above and striped steps below. the shoes keep the great line of her legs without having it be a barefoot shot. from this point of view it is a beautiful ensemble and that woman is totally rocking it!
I think the whole composition captures the nature of a 'moment' beautifully – the cigarette will burn down into ash, the tanned legs will age, the delicate lace will disintegrate….there is so much tension in the photograph in this suspended moment – I think the rough cigarette is the perfect foil for the delicate lace. I worry that she will swing too close to the skirt and burn a hole in it…
The shoes are not classic or 'stylish' but I think in this moment she is pulling it off and the photograph itself is wonderful.
so feminine and lovely! reminds of why i'm glad to be a girl :)
I just adore that flirty sensual lace skirt! i have a weakness for ruffles, lace, and chiffon…
looks like the early morning, briskly walking down subway steps holding a cigarette with what looks like a men's jacket on? walk of shame??
Love the photo; great contrast and light.
That skirt has a beautiful hem. However, at that length, it might lead to indecent exposure; though her legs are beautiful.
I'm curious why you didn't include her whole body. Her hands show she is not a teenager…most likely in her thirties. The suit looks like a man's pinstriped blazer. The texture of the jacket and the delicate lace aren't usually paired this way. Then the shoes are slip-ons.
Did she just step out of her lover's house for a smoke?
Hmm…what a mystery!
Given how her hands look I can only imagine what smoking has done to her face.
I thought the purpose of this blog was to show individual style, not classic boring safe style. Sart-I think this look is pure artistry. Her legs are beautiful and the heel creates a lovely long line, the shadow of the lace is lushious and her feet are well groomed so I say bring on the transparent heel which creates the illusion of her floating down the stairs. Bare feet are not dirty words in Australia.
I can appreciate the shot, Scott, it is so gorgeous. However, I'm not loving the skirt or shoes…
Love the menswear jacket with the whimsical skirt and barely there heels…I love the the contrast but how well it goes together.
Because of your sojourn Down Under, I have downloaded the movie "Australia." I was going to avoid it, but now I'll celebrate the moment.
So you can tell your sponsors their promotion is working — to some extent!
Anyway, once again your photography is so good it vies with its subject. Is that actually good? Hmmm…
Sexy legs, naughty cig.
You've really captured this photo!
Great contrast in the lace and pin stripe, the metal hardness and the soft lace which flips so flirtily as the girl with gorgeous feet (most people aren't so lucky) and lovely tanned legs walks up those metal steps…
Somewhat tacky? Maybe, but she pulls it off and the shot is fantastic!
The skirt is amazing.
Lol — her ensemble is a blushing bride, a manly groom, a plastic-shod bridesmaid, and an embarrassing drunk uncle (you know, the cigarette) all in one! Wonder if she planned it that way. Great shot, Sart… (-: (Also, I can't help thinking DAMN, those Aussie girls have great legs!)
I love the skirt and shoes
This pic is really beautiful
Great shot, although i would say that many of the individuals that were those sort of shoes frequent the kings cross area (red light area).
I think you got to Australia at just the right time. It was 3 degrees celsius in Melbourne today.
One persons trash is anothers treasure. Thankfully, or nothing would ever be appropriated and we would all still be wearing spats. Now there's an idea!
Floating elegance that begs to see the entire vision.
As for the comments, I don't see why plastic shoes have to connote 'stripper.' They're dainty rather than fetish. I think there is a clean minimalist aesthetic about them. To just resign something so easily is such a conservative view about fashion. We should reclaim things from the red light district for sunlight and daily wear that have nothing inherently vulgar about it.
You see, the Melbournians are really just jealous of the Sydneysiders …
Sydney, with its picturesque harbours and sunny, humid weather allows for a certain frivolity and sensuality that Melbourne lacks. So the Melbournians retaliate and find (a collective) strength in their black 'intellectual' fashion..
lovely skirt….Nice color and love the lace detail
This photo made me smile. Simply lovely. . . didn't notice the cig mentioned. The shoes come across (for me) as more "Cinderella" than "stripper." I noticed the (wedding?) band. It evoked a style I enjoyed many years ago.
Thank you for sharing the cool style of the Aussies with us.
Great skirt, but not a big fan of the plastic shoe.
They look cheap to me.
It's hard coming into the comment section late in the game, however, i had to add my 2 cents. Daytime, lace, lucite heels, cig n a pin striped blazer – I heart her. Great shot!
Beautiful photo! I'm not sure about the lace with the clear heel but I think I actually love it. I love the shadow that the skirt creates and how you shot the picture in motion. Welcome back :)
Great lighting and cropping of the subject …
Lace and lucite.
Love the shot and the outfit. Excellent.
sunny days can be deceiving in sydney…she must be freezing
I love this. I agree with Stella (above), the shoes are acually quite minimal while still being pretty.
To my eye they are less fetishist than most status shoes from the major Euro fashion houses – which cobble women like ancient chinese concubines.
Also, Sydney is my home and I see this as a quintessential look here. Lots of suntanned skin worn with sexy insouciance, and never mind if it is a cool Autumn morning. Avoid tights at all costs!
I love everything including the lucite shoes! She makes it work!
oh nooooooooo i heard that lucite heels were in fashion now in but i thought it was just a nightmare! they need to stay in strip clubs and at frat formals NOT in the fashion world!
who knew that clear plastic heels could look good?
Nice skirt, nice legs & nice shoes… Very fresh & sensual…
my favorite summer heels have 2 transparent straps across the top and a stiletto cork bottom. they make my legs go on forever. i believe the cork to be less trashy :0
awesome lighting, shadows, and texture.
beautiful pictures.
Is that Garance Dore?
In what rule book does it say lace + perspex + cigarette = trashy ??? Aren't art and fashion about throwing out the rule book?! I think she's kind of rock-n-roll, in a really pretty way.
I've been looking for this skirt for 1 week…keep looking for:)
Cheers from Paris
I want to cycle in this skirt
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love love love the tan legs, dark jacket and gauzy white skirt (dress?)….esp love the shadow of the dress on the leg.
what i don't love? those clear sandal heels. kinda…prom-y, no?
Sart, you are a leg man if there ever was one… not a criticism.
Love the shot, love the skirt, but clear shoes scream stripper to me… Plus they just seem like they would be uncomfortable. Wouldn't that plastic part over the foot get super hot and sticky?
But oh, that skirt…
Sart. This photo is one of the greatest one I ever seen. But the cigarette in her hand is a critical thing.
lovely pic SART.
so many prejudices here – trashy, stripper….:- (.
MAkes me wonder what she looks like. is she touseled blond or touseled brunette, does she smell of smoky leather or sweet,does she play Madonna or Dylan…
georgeous pic! the skirt is to die for!
they're not stripper heels, they're Chanel!
beautifyl shot…summer comes in my mind…!
The delicacy of the lace and the lightness and transparency of the shoes are echoed by what appears to be a staircase made of air and ladder rungs.
This picture is very transparent and cute.
Seriously, does anyone know who made that skirt/dress? It is amazing.
oh, my god~!!
I love that shoues!!!
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That's what the lovely Christina Hendricks said to E!:
Is there anything Ryan Gosling can't do?
The hunky actor, who's already aced acting (and the coloring book world!), will be making his directorial debut with his upcoming fantasy flick How to Catch a Monster, starring Christina Hendricks.
Hendricks says she's already impressed with the work Gosling's done behind the camera.
"I think he's going to be amazing [at directing]," Hendricks told as last night at the 2012 AFI Fest premiere of her new film Ginger and Rosa in Hollywood.
"So far, he's so prepared and so passionate about everything," she dished. "He's already come up with amazing storyboards and music and shot beautiful imagery for everything, so I'm really excited."
"My favorite thing about Ryan is his extraordinary talent," the gorgeous actress gushed.
As for filming the flick, Hendricks said, "We'll start when I finish the next season of Mad Men, so we'll start shooting in May."
"I know that Ryan's calling the whole movie a fantasy noir, that's the best way to describe it," Hendricks says of How to Catch a Monster. "I play the mother of two young boys in this town that's really down and out. A lot of people are moving out, a lot of people are being kicked out of their homes. And I'm a mother who's really trying to find a place for my boys and protect them the best way I can."
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Democrat upset in House special election carries warning for GOP
The budget shutdown that wounded the Republican brand last week also inflicted pain on the GOP in Florida: The party lost a seat held for decades by Republicans, and Gov. Rick Scott was hit with a hurdle to his reelection strategy.
The governor has spent the last six months distancing himself from his February decision to embrace taking $51 billion from the federal government to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, and the disastrous enrollment rollout appeared to help Republicans keep the issue from returning in the next legislative session.
That might have been easy if Republican Bill Gunter had won last Tuesday's House District 36 race. Instead, the Pasco County seat was won by Amanda Murphy, a Democrat and political newcomer with impeccable timing.
The governor stayed away from the race, as polls showed his popularity in the district was painfully low. But, while special elections are rarely bellwethers in Florida, the results suggest that among a significant slice of the electorate — especially independents — support for the Affordable Care Act can be a winning message. That's a troubling sign for Scott, who remains strongly opposed to Obamacare, though he supports taking the federal money.
"What it means in 2014 is the issue of Obamacare is going to be front and center during the legislative session. It's on everybody's minds," said Rep. Richard Corcoran, R-Land O'Lakes, the head of the House committee on healthcare reform and architect of that chamber's hard-line opposition to Medicaid expansion.
Gunter, 43, a Presbyterian minister, was the hand-picked candidate of House Republican leaders and came out forcefully against taking federal money to expand Medicaid. He drew more Republican voters than Murphy drew Democrats, but independents, and moderates who crossed party lines, gave her the victory margin.
Murphy was outspent three to one, yet won on the force of an endorsement from former Rep. Mike Fasano, the populist Republican whom she replaces in the swing district. He praised her message of moderation on healthcare reform and education and called Murphy the "independent voice" that would protect "the little gal and little guy."
It was the kind of bipartisan cooperation that disgusted voters weren't hearing from Washington. Murphy won by just over 300 votes. She also did something Democrats in Florida had not done before — defeat a candidate who turned out more Republicans than Democrats.
Corcoran, who is slated to become House speaker in 2016, is conducting a "forensic audit" and a post-election poll to analyze the District 36 results. He said he expects they will show that while Fasano's endorsement helped Murphy with independent voters, Gunter won voters over age 60 across the board.
For Democrats, the lesson learned last week went beyond healthcare and offered clues for the governor's race.
Murphy, 43, a financial advisor, reached independents and moderate Republicans by talking about healthcare and the governor's policies on property insurance and education, said Christian Ulvert, the Democrat's political director. "We learned how to use a governor who is unpopular and who is on the wrong side of policies for a lot of families and used it to open up a conversation with independents."
The race also demonstrated what has been happening across the state: Voters are no longer tightly aligned with parties and, with 25 percent of the electorate with no party affiliation, the state is more purple than it has been in decades.
Republicans, who traditionally turn out voters in higher percentages than Democrats, can no longer count on party turnout to win, said Steve Schale, a Democratic political consultant. Murphy's race showed that "moderate Republicans, centrist Democrats and independents are willing to vote for a centrist Democrat," Schale said.
In 2012, Obama won the newly drawn swing district by six points and in 2010, Scott had carried the predecessor district by one point.
Fasano's endorsement was powerful "because he said we need more bipartisanship, and it came at a time when voters were looking for that," Ulvert said.
Adam Hollingsworth, Scott's chief of staff and campaign advisor, downplayed the significance of the Pasco results, calling it one of many "data points" to analyze the views of Florida voters. "Depending upon where you sit, you can make any number of political observations about that race," he said. "
Analysts from both parties now say that healthcare is likely to play a role in the 2014 election in only a handful of swing districts in the Florida House, a St. Petersburg-based swing district in the Senate — and the governor's race.
"The governor has seen the polls. It's the reason his own position is purple on healthcare," said Linda Quick, president of the Florida Hospital and Healthcare Association which supports Medicaid expansion.
Scott, a former hospital executive, came into office as a staunch opponent of the Affordable Care Act then surprised many when in February he announced that he could not "in good conscience, deny uninsured access to care."
The governor said he supported the plan in the state Senate to accept the federal money, but his decision was vigorously opposed by conservative Republicans and Tea Party members who had helped Scott into office. He spent no political capital to find a compromise and, after session, he spent the summer reviving the issues that first made him popular with conservatives — from purging the voter rolls, to setting up hurdles for implementation of the Affordable Care Act
Fasano, who resigned in August to become Pasco County's tax collector, initially promised to be neutral in the race, but he said he got involved when it became clear Gunter "didn't have a clue" about issues such as the nuclear cost recovery fee charged by Duke Power and the number of working uninsured in the district that could be helped by Medicaid expansion.
Fasano had been the lone Republican in the House last session to support drawing down the $51 billion in federal money over the next 10 years to cover the uninsured.
Fasano lost but exacted his own revenge last week — even spending $1,000 from his own account to pay for five robo-calls in support of Murphy.
"The great thing for me was to see that Republicans came out and crossed party lines to vote for somebody they believed would do a better job than the House Republicans are doing now," he said.
The challenge now, analysts say, is for Republicans who control the Legislature to avoid being seen as the "Party of No" on healthcare reform and other issues. Corcoran said he is developing a new version of the House healthcare plan that relies on private insurers but uses no federal money to expand healthcare.
Fasano instead has a warning: "If they don't come to the realization that people want to go in a different direction, they're going to lose more House seats in 2014."
Steve Bousquet of the Herald/Times Tallahassee Bureau contributed to this report.


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When I ran through a couple of them and the best maps used the suckish projectile system i invented. I went for a nap and woke up having a strange weird thing going on my head about collisions and stuff.... So i went on created a better projectile system, with the following included:
- projectile collision (projectiles will collide with each other)
- much more compact (i guess)
- moving/non-moving projectiles collision
- all made in GUI (as usual i still suck at JASS)
all this took me 4 hours....
here's a demo map, I don't feel like posting the original here yet cause i need to fix more stuff but I could give if you'd ask.
p.s. my old projectile system map crashed along with my latest Slide&Die (October 2010) map for still unknown reasons
[A] hotkey for casting projectiles, [Z] for creating a shield barrier, [X] for placing walls.
damage was not implemented as im kinda feeling lazy.....
- added 3 new elements (frost, lightning, earth)
- added 3 new elements (frost, lightning, earth)
non protected version is v1.01, you can take a look at it and tell me whatever I can improve on.


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Israel News - Stay Informed, Pray Informed
The Feast of Saint George, a pretty important holiday for Palestinian Christians, recently ended, but it didn't end well for those celebrating at the festival's focal point, the Monastery of Saint George near Bethlehem.
Saint George's Monastery is located in the village of al-Khadar, which is the name used for Saint George in Arab culture. Every year, Palestinian Christians, and even some Muslims, gather at the monastery, as well as at other locations throughout the region, to commemorate George's martyrdom and dedication to his faith.
During this year's festival, which occurred on May 6, the Christians gathered at Saint George's were beset by Muslim provocateurs and assailants.
Lela Gilbert, author of Saturday People, Sunday People, Israel through the Eyes of a Christian Sojourner, provided an initial report to CAMERA:
"Some local Muslims either tried to park a car too close the church and/or tried to enter the church during a service honoring St. George - the initial instigation isn't clear. But when the intruders were asked to leave, one of them stabbed a Christian man who was outside the church serving as a guard. He was hospitalized. Several then started throwing stones at the church. 7 or 8 Christians were injured and some physical damage was done - broken windows etc. The police didn't show up for an hour."
One of the victims managed to record a portion of the attack on his cellphone and uploaded the footage to YouTube, where it has since been seen by over 20,000 people. And still, media coverage of the attack has been sorely lacking. Perhaps everyone is too busy furiously criticizing Israel over a few youth scrawling graffiti.
The Christians in the video, including crying children, can be seen cowering in fear as they are besieged by Muslim hooligans whom the authorities did very little, if anything, to stop.
This is from the same Bethlehem where Christ at the Checkpoint organizers say Christians and Muslims live in harmony; this is from the same "Palestine" the international community labels as "moderate" in its justification for establishing yet another Arab state; and this is happening, right next door, as everyone ignores realities and accuses Israel of abusing minorities, of being an "apartheid state."
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This post was originally posted here, but I like to repost it each October as a reminder.
Today is October 1st, which, for the last 25years has been recognized as "National Breast Cancer Awareness Month". It's also the day that my friend say, "Cool – I can get lots of pink things at Target now.". Yep, that's what it has come to, in my opinion – a month known for the proliferation of pink things, but not really the cause behind it any more.
And you know what? I'm kind of okay with that.
Of course, I don't diminish the impact that breast cancer can have on a woman and her family – my son's grandmother is a breast cancer survivor, in fact. Nor do I ignore the need for awareness for a disease that has the second highest incidence rate to prostrate cancer (2006 most recently data available), affecting nearly 200k women directly, each year. I just have a problem with the monetization of the awareness.
Have you guys ever heard of "pinkwashing"? It's a controversial variation of cause marketing that focuses on breast cancer & how *some* of the companies using the pink ribbon & BCA may not be doing it for pure motives. I emphasis *some* because I want to impress that not ALL companies releasing special products for BCAM have ulterior motives – but you know what they say about "bad apples" and all (*did you know that metaphor is actually true?). Anyway…
In no way am I telling you not to purchase a specially branded product – I'm just asking that you educate yourself of the brand's intentions with this marketing. The "Breast Cancer Action" organization has come up with a site, "Think Before You Pink" to help consumers challenge themselves to ask questions before purchasing a pink branded item. I don't see anything wrong with purchasing a product because it is pink and you like it, but please do not say you bought it only as a way to support the cause. Own your purchase and if you are sincere about wanting to help, please donate directly to a reputable breast cancer charity – the most notable being the "Susan G.Komen for the Cure" organization, or give of your time in your local community ANY TIME OF YEAR, not just in October, because we all know cancer doesn't only strike one month a year. And wear your pretty new pink product when you go. 🙂
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The New Mexico Activities Association announced several rules changes following its Board of Directors meeting Wednesday in Albuquerque.
The NMAA, the governing body of most interscholastic prep sports in the state, made changes to several different sports. It did, however, table one of the biggest changes that had been proposed, allowing spring football practice.
In a press release issued Wednesday, the NMAA announced it will allow the higher seed in each first round state championship contest to host, essentially removing a previous rule that allowed a district champion to host a first round game regardless of its seed relative to its first-round opponent.
The NMAA's board voted 7-5 to implement the change immediately.
That rule bit Los Alamos High School's boys basketball team two years in a row, 2007-08 and 2008-09, when it had to go on the road for its first Class AAAA playoff game — to Deming and Farmington — despite being the better seed in both instances. Los Alamos had received at-large bids both seasons.
Another change that will effect the sport of basketball is allowing teams to go from a 12-player to a 14-player roster for the postseason.
Also at Wednesday's meeting, the NMAA voted to allow the number of participants in the cross country district meets from seven runners to nine runners. Other rules changes include reverting to a best-of-three format for the first round of the baseball playoffs — it was changed to a single-elimination game in 2010 — and continue the double-elimination format for the softball playoffs.
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Tuesday, April 17, 2012 - Kaja and Honza - FULL CONTACT
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We brought Honza Forst and Kaja Kolomaz in for a duo. I must say they look good together, with contrasting skin tones. As we first see them they are laying on the bed kissing and each with a hand feeling the other's crotch. As the kissing continues Kaja's hand slips under the waistband of Honza's jeans to feel his cock. Honza responds by pushing his hand into Kaja's underwear to grab his cock too. Kaja then really gets to work on Honza's body, licking an armpit and then licking his chest, as he continues to grope his cock. He licks on Honza's nipples, kissing them until Honza wants to respond in kind. He leans over Kaja, kissing thru his top, and then lifting it to reveal his, somewhat, hairy torso. Honza also pulls Kaja's hard cock out thru the leg of his underwear. He immediately takes it in his mouth and begins to suck it, also licking at the balls. He sucks and licks at Kaja's cock a while before removing the underwear. Kaja raises his legs so that Honza can access his ass hole. Honza laps at the hairy hole, with his tongue, also licking on the balls, before slipping a finger in. He fingers the hole a while before dropping his jeans and presenting his own throbbing dick to Kaja for some hot mouth action. Kaja takes that cock in his mouth and sucks on it as Honza fucks it in and out. Honza enjoys the feeling of Kaja's lips around his cock and lets him suck a while before wanting to feel some ass lips around it. He moves into position and slides his rock hard cock deep into Kaja's willing ass. Honza fucks Kaja's ass deep and slow, then builds up the speed somewhat really inducing his cock in as far as he can. Kaja loves the feeling of that big dick deep in his ass, but wants more, so they change postion so that Honza can ride it. He works his ass up and down the shaft of Honza's cock as his own cock throbs, mightily. Another change of position, into doggy, lets Honza control the fucking again and he really pounds as Kaja' ass. Honza is really horned up and needs to blow so he moves to Kaja's face and drops a big stringy load over his face, with cum hanging of his nose. Kaja takes the spent cock in his mouth to drain it completely. Honza then lays down for Kaja to shoot his load over his cock and balls. Kaja then leans down and kisses his way up Honza's body to finally kiss him on the lips bringing a wonderful scene to a very appropriate end.
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Our Easter Wank Party features David Kadera, Roman Ditrich, Rado Viker, Milos Zambo and Martin Poupa. In the first part we saw the guys having a lot of fun together, part two picks carries on in the same vein, only hotter. As we join the guys David is rimming Rado's ass while Milos is doing the same to Roman. As David continues with his tongue lapping at Rado's ass Milos has moved on and pushes an Easter Egg into Roman's ass. David takes his cue from that and tries to push one into Rado's hole. Meanwhile Milos pulls on the egg, but his string breaks, as Roman holds the egg in place. He then uses his ass muscles to push it out himself. David persists in pushing his egg into Rado's ass, with Rado really feeling it. Milos is ready for more and shoves his big dick into Roman's ass and starts to fuck him. David then does the same with Rado, fucking him nice and deep as Martin wanks himself. Milos fucks Roman hard and fast, really working his hole and Martin moves down so that Roman can suck his cock at the same time. The fucking continues apace, with David and Milos really working those holes. Roman leans over to kiss Martin before the guys change positions, and partners. Roman sits his eager ass down on David's throbbing cock and rides it while Rado impales himself on Milos' big dick. Rado works his hole up and down on Milos' cock while David fucks his dick up and down into Roman's ass. Ass Milos startst to fuck Rado's hole Martin leans over and takes Rado's cock in his hand and wanks it. As Roman rides David's dick Martin feeds his cock into David's mouth for sucking. He fucks David's mouth real well, with the lips closed hard around the cock. Then he starts really pounding his cock into Roman's ass as hard as he can. Another change sees Roman being fucked by Rado and David taking Milos' cock just how he likes it, deep and hard. David is wanking his dick frantically as he gets fucked and is very vociferous as he builds up to his cumshot. He wanks himself and talks to the guys as Rado shoves a dildo in and out of Roman's ass. David loves that dick in his ass and works his hole back and forth, moaning with pleasure until he shoots a nice creamy load. He is quickly followed by Roman who shoots his load while the dildo is in his ass. David and Roman kiss each other as the guys gather round them wanking, and Martin dumps his load over David's chest, with Milos following in quick succession. Finally it is Rado's turn and he drops a great big load over Roman. He then turns and kisses Martin as David and Roman kiss again, bringing a wonderful Wank Party to an end.
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Weather is at least sunny today in Prague, but still pretty nippy. I'm hoping that summer is not over, just as I can slowly start walking again.
Today, I posted the second part of my three looks at Mattias Solich's Zen moment. 'Str8' Marc from Holland bought a Buda head while in Prague, and Boris decided to fashion an episode around it. I am one of the many fans of Mattias, so I was on set with bells on to make a backstage video. I'm never disappointed by Mattias. Hope you enjoy this second Sneak Peek as much as I do:
Today we start with a fabulous duo featuring Honza Forst and Kaja Kolomaz. Followed by Kristof Hertz's Massage, Adam Bostik in a lovely erotic video and two sessions stills shoots with Janda Micka and Albert Kroka.
Our castings today are Igor Semela, Anton Bata, Albert Cutka and Anton Regner. A close call today but my pick of the day is Igor Semela.
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On November 30th, Start the Holiday Season by Shopping Small
Most Americans know Black Friday and Cyber Monday are big days for holiday shopping. But between the two is another important part of the holiday shopping season –Small Business Saturday, a day that is dedicated to supporting the small businesses that anchor our local communities and strengthen our economy.
From the Main Street shops to the high-tech startups, small businesses are the backbone of our economy and the cornerstones of a diverse and thriving marketplace. These businesses create two out of every three net new private sector jobs, and half of working Americans either own or work for a small business. By shopping small and supporting local business, we all have a role to play in giving millions of families the opportunity to achieve the American dream.
Small Business Saturday is a nation-wide initiative that bring Americans together to support these businesses, with the money you spend going right back into your local economy, and that's important because we know that half of working Americans either own or work for a small business.
Started in 2010, Small Business Saturday has boosted holiday sales in Main Street businesses around the country. Last year, nearly 70 million people shopped small in their communities for an estimated $5.5 billion in sales to independently-owned small businesses. This year, we can do even more!
Small Business Saturday falls on November 30th and there are a number of ways you can get involved:
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On November 30th, I know I'll be shopping small. I hope you will too.
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Author Notes: This is my variation of a classic Sheppard's Pie. At first glance, this fluffy white mash may be mistaken for mashed potatoes. However, this combination of apples and parsnips is sweeter and more intriguing in flavor than the typical bowl of mashers and also, in my opinion, pairs perfectly with the spices in the meat base. The Apple-Parsnip Mash is an excellent side dish for roasted pork, turkey or chicken. —Kukla
Serves: 8 to 10
For the Spicy Beef
• 2 large white onions, finely chopped
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 6 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 tablespoons fresh ginger, peeled and minced
• 1 tablespoon ground coriander
• 2 teaspoons cumin seeds
• 2 teaspoons turmeric
• Coarse salt and freshly ground pepper
• 2 pounds Organic ground beef chuck, 80/20% lean
• 1 15 oz can diced Fire Roasted Tomatoes
• 2 large eggs, lightly beaten
• 2 tablespoons, fine grated Parmesan or Romano cheese
For the Apple-Parsnip Mash
• 1 pound parsnips, peeled and cut into 1/2-inch pieces
• 1 pound apples (such as Fuji or Golden Delicious), peeled, cored, and cut into 1/2-inch pieces
• 1 cup homemade or canned low sodium chicken or vegetable broth
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
• Coarse salt and ground pepper
• 2 tablespoons, fine grated Parmesan or Romano cheese
• Panko bread crumbs
In This Recipe
- In a large skillet, sauté onions in olive oil over medium-high heat. Add garlic, ginger, coriander, cumin, and turmeric. Season with salt and pepper; cook until fragrant.
- Add ground beef; cook, breaking up meat with a wooden spoon, until well browned. Add tomatoes and cook until most of the juices in the skillet are absorbed. Drain excess fat; cool to room temperature.
- When the meat mixture is cooled, mix in the eggs and cheese.
- In a medium saucepan, combine parsnips, apples, and broth. Cover and bring to a boil over medium-high. Reduce heat to medium and cook, covered, until parsnips are completely tender, 25 to 30 minutes.
- Using a food meal or a ricer, puree parsnips and apples into a mixing bowl. Stir in butter and cheese. Season with coarse salt and ground pepper. Whisk until smooth and fluffy.
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Spray a casserole baking dish with None Stick Canola or Olive Oil spray.
- Evenly spread the beef mixture in the bottom of baking dish. Top with Apple- Parsnip Mash. Sprinkle with some more cheese and Panko.
- Place on the middle rack of the oven and bake until the top is golden brown, about 35 to 40 minutes (depending on how hot is your oven). Serve hot or warm.
- Note: In my photo the pie was cooled and then cut in portions for easy transporting to my granddaughter, whom I baked it for.
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Pub Food
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Root Vegetable Side
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August 30, 2007
When I first was informed that I would have the opportunity to speak today, I felt as though I should represent our class to all of you here in the best, most accurate way possible. In that frame of mind, I wrote two different addresses, both of which I grew to hate upon a second reading. During this process I realized that my job was not to try to give the sum total experience for all the members of the class of 2007, but rather to be a worthwhile representative of the class. It is my sincerest hope that I have accomplished this in the following.
As stated in the Commencement announcement, my address is entitled "Climbing the Mountain." Originally, I was going to offer a comparison between completing your education at Wabash and climbing Mount Kitahdin, the highest point in Maine and the northern end of the Appalachian Trail. I climbed Kitahdin with my best friend and fellow graduate, Nick Gregory, in the summer after our freshman year. Initially, I was going to compare how the first year of Wabash was like the beginning of the trail, and how each mile we hiked up the mountain could easily be compared to each year of Wabash, growing progressively harder until the plateau at the end. Yes, surprisingly, we do tend to coast into the finish at the end. Sorry Mom—and professors.
I realized, however, that this story is part of my past, not my future, and the comparison, by extension, is also part of our collective past. Today, I am sure that we all will look back on our own pasts and the trials we have survived here on these sacred grounds. Remembrance is a worthwhile and important endeavor, but it is for each and every individual to conduct in their own way. Even as a novice historian, I recognized that my speech would be relegated to our collective pasts if I focused singularly upon our remembrances. As a result, rather than speaking of climbing the mountain, I want us to think about where we all are today: on top of the mountain.
From the top of the mountain, what do we all see? We see our past, as I've already noted, but we also can see our futures. There are many paths for each of us to follow. As we made our way down Mt. Kitahdin that summer after our freshman year and moved on to other sites and trails, my friend and I abandoned the fear of failure that we had first felt climbing the mountain. We had, like all of us here today, already achieved some degree of greatness and conquered the most challenging path that either of us had ever taken. We knew also that we could do even more than we had ever believed because of what we had already done.
Many of you, I hope, look forward to your own future in just this way. We all stand on the top of the mountain and see many paths in front of us, each leading in a different direction. Some of these paths lead to even higher paths to climb. This, then, is our challenge: we must, each and every one of us, select our higher paths. The paths we will choose each represent something about us, because we consciously chart our own future with each choice we make. These choices, in the end, will determine what our lives ultimately meant to those closest to us, but furthermore, to the world from which we cannot seclude ourselves.
This is an inescapable truth: the world we live in is growing ever smaller and evermore connected. Actions that might have only affected a small town 200 years ago now could have deep implications for the entire world. Thus, each member of the world today has a responsibility to understand how his actions will affect, for good or evil, the world around them. Ultimately, it is because of our vantage point in graduating from a place such as this that we have a deep and profound knowledge of the issues that face our world today, and, by extension, we must make every effort to use that knowledge for its betterment.
At Wabash, I, like all of you, have learned things that I had never thought of before. I gained a new appreciation for other cultures and other peoples, other lands and other nations. But, my growth, like all of our growths I think, did not beguile me with only the glories of other societies. It helped me to see the problems that haunt the world in which today we each gain a greater stake.
These issues range from some that confront us here: questions of racial inequality, quality of housing, or even the burden of debt that many students must now carry to receive a high-quality education. Of broader scale are issues like the Iraq War or the War on Terror. Whether you agree or disagree with the current administration's plans for the Middle East, we can all recognize that the stability of this region is of great importance to us, not solely for domestic reasons, but also from a humanitarian standpoint of the most basic questions of human rights. We have heard of the toll exacted from the Iraqi people as well as our own citizens and soldiers. We have seen the destruction wrought not only by the current war, but also by religious extremists, by terrorism, and by the fear of the unknown and the other that builds within societies until tragic events such as these occur. In order to stop not only the continuation of these events, but the increase of the same, we need individuals willing to challenge perceptions and misunderstandings and willing to teach the world to move past them. In short, the world needs leaders.
Around the world, they are needed. They are needed in schools and in churches. They are needed in town halls and state governments. They are needed for non-profit organizations, businesses, and to protect the weakest amongst our society. Wabash, can we choose the path to become those leaders?
We have seen the ability of a few strong, bright young people to come together to make something grow and prosper. We see it everyday in classroom experiences where older, sometimes slightly jaded seniors (we all know who we are) challenge younger students to expand the way in which they think about the world. We are challenged from day one at Wabash to live as gentlemen and to expand upon our abilities to lead, think, act, and ultimately to live. We see it in the work of the senior art majors who present their thoughts and feelings to the world. We see it in the growth of the little lost freshmen who become leaders in their living units and across the campus. Ultimately, we see it in our alumni, who have set such a high standard for the men of the class of 2007 to follow.
We all know that Wabash has challenged us in innumerable ways. On the fields, courts and tracks, in the classrooms and laboratories, in fraternity houses and residence halls, we have each dealt with our fair share of issues, making us the men that we are today. Yet, is this enough? Do we dare rest on our laurels for too long? I hope not, because the world will not stop with us on this Mother's Day, it will not stop for us to pretend that this alone is sufficient. Instead, the world will move on. If we, the Wabash Men of the Class of 2007 do not continue to do what has made our class so great, then we will ultimately have failed ourselves and this place. If we fail to think, act, lead and live as gentlemen, then what has this all been for?
Some of you undoubtedly think at this point that I am calling for all of us to join non-profit organizations and solve all of the world's problems. This is far from the truth. I know that many of us will go on to be outstanding bankers, doctors, lawyers, businessmen, and teachers. Yet, in each of these, we can still make a difference. Bankers can ensure that fair housing policies are followed to ensure equality in housing. Doctors can dedicate a portion of their time for the treatment of the poor. Lawyers can work to ensure that the innocent are not proven guilty because they can not afford legal aid. Businessmen can ensure that others around the world are not exploited in order to shave a tenth of a cent from whatever widget they manufacture and market.
I do not call upon you to sacrifice any dreams that you might have for yourselves; indeed, I hope that each of us will always dream bigger things. Rather, keep in mind that the things that have made our experiences at Wabash great, the brotherhood, the challenges, the sense of community, can and must be extended when we reach the wider world.
Gentlemen, we join today what seems to be a world gone mad. Denying the problems around us will only allow them to grow deeper and more dangerous. We can sit back and watch as our society and world self-destruct around us, or we can set out to make a difference. We may only be 160 some odd men, but we are 160 some odd men that will hold positions of power and authority sooner than any of us can imagine. We can, each and every one of us, make a difference, if only we chose to do so.
We look back today over four years, but what path will each of us take tomorrow?
We each know where we have been for the last four years. We each know what we have managed to accomplish. Can we save society by ourselves? Certainly not, but if we can offer an example of what a small group of men dedicated to benefiting the world around us can do, then maybe we can help the process. We each will make choices every day for the rest of our lives that will affect those around us in ways which we might not then even understand, yet because of what we have been granted here over the last four years, we must, each and everyone one of us, try to make those choices which will best serve all of those around us. Today, and every day here after, we will have choices to make; will we choose the path of least resistance, or will we, in the best traditions of what Wabash really means, choose the path to become leaders of a world that desperately needs leaders like us?
Choose wisely Wabash, as we inherit a world beset by problems. It is up to us to tackle them head on.