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Victory for Praga North America at USPKS
First Place for Michael Geringer in Leopard 125 Pro, Double First for Luca Mars in Yahama Rookie
Praga North America took home three wins, including its first national win in the Leopard 125 Pro category, at the third and fourth rounds of the United States Pro Kart Series, which took place at Michiana Raceway Park in North Liberty, Indiana. With nine Praga drivers competing at the event, Michael Geringer, who earned the Leopard 125 Pro victory for the team, was a top ten front-runner all weekend, while Kartwerks USA driver Luca Mars dominated the field in Yahama Rookie with two first place finishes.
Geringer, along with Andrick Zeen and Kindra Hurlbert, competed in the Leopard 125 Pro category. Both Geringer and Zeen were among the top drivers throughout the weekend, on par with the pace in their Praga Dragon chassis. In Saturday's qualifying, Zeen was nearly on top, taking P2 by a gap of 2 hundredths of a second, while Geringer was also close at P5. Saturday's heats saw Geringer at P2 and P10, while Zeen was P3 and DNF in the second heat due to a contact that took him out. In Saturday's final, Geringer proved he has what it takes with his first national series win in the Leopard Pro class. Zeen's bad luck continued in the final, again with a contact taking him out in the second lap. On Sunday, again both drivers had the speed and pace to put them at the top of the charts. In Sunday's heats, Zeen was on track with a P3 and P5, with Geringer taking P11 and P4. In Sunday's final, both drivers fought hard, but with a lot of grip on the track Zeen and Geringer were only able to come out with a P6 and P8, respectively.
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Situated in Hammond, this hotel is 0.2 mi (0.3 km) from Indiana Welcome Center and 2 mi (3.2 km) from Purdue University Calumet. Hoosier Prairie and Harrah's East Chicago Casino are also within 6 mi (10 km).
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In addition to an indoor pool, Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott Chicago Southeast/Hammond provides a spa tub and a fitness center. A computer station is located on site and high-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary. This hotel offers access to a 24-hour business center. Guests can enjoy a complimentary breakfast each morning. This Hammond hotel also offers coffee/tea in a common area, complimentary newspapers in the lobby, and a fireplace in the lobby. Complimentary self parking is available on site.
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View Poll Results: Hidan no Aria - Episodes 11 & 12 (END) Rating | |||
Perfect 10 | 8 | 14.29% | |
9 out of 10 : Excellent | 12 | 21.43% | |
8 out of 10 : Very Good | 13 | 23.21% | |
7 out of 10 : Good | 10 | 17.86% | |
6 out of 10 : Average | 4 | 7.14% | |
5 out of 10 : Below Average | 4 | 7.14% | |
4 out of 10 : Poor | 1 | 1.79% | |
3 out of 10 : Bad | 1 | 1.79% | |
2 out of 10 : Very Bad | 0 | 0% | |
1 out of 10 : Painful | 3 | 5.36% | |
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Oh crap... Moving Kana is so cute. >.<
She's prettier than in the LN. Since they diverted a lot from the LN. there has been too many things that didn't make sense. The billiard shot was okay but it didn't fell on me as well. Furthermore, Vlad looked like he self-destruct in the end lol. Spoiler for novel:
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what you know give yet to seen those final 2 eps yet one of my guessing was right http://forums.animesuki.com/showpost...4&postcount=43 i call it knew heel turn was going to happen.
as for seeing pics any bets of s2?
2011-06-30, 21:49 | Link #8 | |
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2011-07-01, 10:49 | Link #11 |
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Geez, a comedy till the very end, no?
The last boss turned out to be Meshijima (come to think of it, the director or someone of Yumekui Merry is working on this...) + DCS. He gets defeated in one shot. (As for blocking, I think protecting the face is quite important even if that wasn't a person's "weak point". Wait, that means weak point...) Aria: "You said it too late!" <-- No, you acted too late Riko in general. "Hey, I betray you" --> "Hey, help me" --> Hey, that's his weakness, go for it" --> "Hey, let's leave Aria" --> "Hey, I'm so cool" --> "Hey, I'm your rival". All in one episode. But hey, you know, good for you! Since your IVs suck, no one will call you Ditto anymore and use you to breed for children! Not only that, but you will be released into the wild, never to be seen again. But despite being stomped so hard, you don't seem to have any lasting wounds! So I guess your IVs is: HP: 1 Atk: 0 Def: 28 Sp. Atk: 0 Sp. Def: 0 Speed: 0 ? I'll wait till the final impressions to say more, but I just had to get this out because the last episode was so ba... entertaining.
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I know episode 12 was suppose to be serious there. But I couldn't help cracking up when Vlad kept stomping on Riko and Kenji and Aria just stood there for 2-3minutes straight. and also Vlad's evil laugh is terrible.
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Hm, episode 12 proved to be surprisingly intense. Vlad didn't look quite like what I imagined though, I thought he'd look more human unlike the beast-man that we did get. Quite a cruel and ruthless villain, but that's what made him interesting.~
And for the anime-only watchers, the "ghost" from Shirayuki's prediction is indeed this woman named Kana. Whatever significance she has with Kinji is your guess to make for now I s'pose. Is their any indication on what the bonus episode will cover? Or is it just going to be a plot-less extra episode?
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I really liked the episode, but I had my "WTF is wrong with you face" on when Kinji and Aria stood there while Riko was being tortured, does someone being tortured really need to ask for help before someone does anything?
I want a second season, a lot of likeable characters in this anime despite the cliches
2011-07-01, 16:37 | Link #17 |
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They explain in the novel why they couldnt move, Kinji couldnt move because of Histeria Mode because if there is a girl that is in a situation where she is taken hostage, and there is a possibility of the girl losing his life then he cannot move. Because Histeria will not take a step towards the uncertainity of a girl dying.
Aria cannot act as well because Riko is a witness in the case for his mother. Sayonaki has close to none experience handling weapons which would be easy. But in the novel its said (I coudnt verify in the anime) he is wielding a very old weapon, that kind of weapon that you dont have the slight idea if its going to fire itself, plus two wolves and the approach of Vlad. When he becomes Vlad, destroys that weapon like nothing and he says that if they move he will squash the head of Riko like a Tomato. This are things said in the Novel. |
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Oh what you know I never gave much thought about Aria but in ep 11 @ about 14:30 Aria sat there with her hair in pigtails totally makes her alot cuter than her usual look.
It's almost enough to make her my favorite but not quite. Other than that, not much on anything that was of interest expect maybe Riko, and Riko as Kana. Ep 12 was "wtf?" like Cub-sama I could only faceplam at Kinji and Aria standing there like a brick wall when Riko is being tortured. Jesus I know being at a stand off is to create some tension but this was just bad, bad on a epic level. I'll borrow a quote from serenade_beta "Aria: "You said it too late!" <-- No, you acted too late" If a 2nd season gets the green light then very well, I'll check it out just for the sake of it and the possiblity of Kana showing up but dI doubt I can ever say this series was good, I think I'll settle for ok/meh.
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Dawn Journal: Testing Flight Software 8.0
Posted by Marc Rayman on 2009/05/27 07:11 CDT
Dawn's mission continues to go very well, as the spacecraft nears the end of the longest coasting period of its astronomical journey.
Exciting Times Ahead: 2010 Will Sizzle, and 2011 Will Really Cook!
Posted by Alan Stern on 2009/05/18 03:56 CDT
Today, I'm kicking the week off with a look at the unusually intense confluence of far flung planetary exploration that's just around the corner, starting the middle of next year.
Posted by Marc Rayman on 2009/04/29 05:52 CDT
The upgraded Dawn spacecraft is now traveling in a new direction in its orbit around the Sun.
Dawn Journal: Safe Without Safe Mode
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Perhaps what is most noteworthy and satisfying since the last log is not what Dawn did, but rather what it did not do.
Dawn Journal: Safely Past Mars
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Dawn swooped close to Mars and then left it behind on a new course, having taken advantage of Mars's gravity.
Looks like the Dawn flyby of Mars went well
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Looks like the Dawn flyby of Mars went well: here' a photo of Mars taken by Dawn near its closest approach to Mars during its February 17 flyby.
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Dawn continues to close in on Mars, ready for the gravitational slingshot that will help it on its expedition to the asteroid belt and its quest to gain insights into the evolution of the solar system.
Dawn Journal: Just Missing the Bull's Eye at Mars
Posted by Marc Rayman on 2009/01/30 10:51 CST
Dawn continues on course for its pas de deux with Mars on February 17. The planet's gravity will gracefully assist the spacecraft on its way to rendezvous with its intended celestial partners Vesta and Ceres in the more distant asteroid belt.
Dawn Journal: Conjunction Junction
Posted by Marc Rayman on 2009/01/05 11:10 CST
Having fulfilled all of its assignments for 2008, the Dawn spacecraft has been unusually quiescent recently.
Dawn Journal: Aiming Away From a Bull's Eye at Mars
Posted by Marc Rayman on 2008/11/30 10:12 CST
The Dawn spacecraft is healthy and on course for its flyby of Mars early next year. The planet's gravity will help boost the probe on its way to rendezvous with Vesta.
Dawn Journal: A Pause in Thrusting
Posted by Marc Rayman on 2008/10/31 12:37 CDT
The Dawn spacecraft continues on course and on schedule for its bold campaign to unexplored worlds.
Dawn Journal: One Year Since Launch
Posted by Marc Rayman on 2008/09/30 12:13 CDT
On the first anniversary of its departure from Earth, Dawn continues with what it has been doing for most of its time in space. With the greatest patience, it is gently reshaping its orbit around the Sun with its ion propulsion system.
Dawn Journal: Some Explanations of Orbital Dynamics
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The Dawn spacecraft continues to make good progress on its adventure to unlock scientific secrets hidden deep in the main asteroid belt, between Mars and Jupiter.
Dawn Journal: We Crave Power!!!
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Dawn continues its flight through the solar system with all systems functioning well.
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Treating intercalary days just as it does most other days in its interplanetary cruise, today Dawn continues patiently and ever-so-gently reshaping its orbit around the Sun with the delicate yet persistent push from its ion propulsion system.
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STRATEGIES IN LIGHT, Santa Clara, Calif., February 25, 2014 - EV Group (EVG), a leading supplier of wafer bonding and lithography equipment for the MEMS, nanotechnology, solar and semiconductor markets, and Brisbane Materials Technology (BMT), a specialty materials company, today introduced a new anti-reflective (AR) coating solution based on BMT's innovative XeroCoat® materials, which is designed to substantially increase lumen output of light emitting diode (LED) devices. The jointly developed manufacturing solution, which leverages a combination of AR coating processing equipment and tunable, durable, inorganic coating material, enables lumen output increases of up to eight percent. The AR coating manufacturing solution can be seamlessly integrated with established production schemes, allowing the coating of LED components at room temperature and atmospheric pressure.
"Improving light efficiency is a constant goal for LED chip and luminaire manufacturers in order to drive down the total cost of LED lighting. However, extracting further improvements in light output from the LED chip design and epitaxial layer growth process has become increasingly difficult and costly. As a result, any incremental improvements in light output that can be gained from other areas with minimal cost or disruption to the LED manufacturing flow can have a significant impact on reducing overall system cost," stated Dr. Antun Peic, business development manager at EV Group. "Through our partnership with BMT, we've developed a turnkey manufacturing solution that has achieved a significant breakthrough in improving LED light efficiency, which can help accelerate new applications for solid-state lighting such as smart lighting and smart building."
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A dark and sadistic tale set in Victorian England
When her guests had finished their refreshments, Alice escorted them back down to the dungeon, for more entertainments. The light in the dungeon, seemed much dimmer as they took their seats and there was much curiosity about the device, which had now been placed in the centre of the stage.
"Let the entertainments commence," Alice ordered, a sly smile on her face.
A very nervous little girl was led onto the stage, still wearing her costume from the party. Standing beside the girl Alice Marchant was tall, elegant and an austere figure who towered over the child.
"This is Sarah, who is twelve years old," Alice announced.
Jenny Richards recognised her as the little girl who had been made to give her pleasure at the party. Alice remembered just how exhausted little Sally became during sexual activity; so she decided to make her swallow some of the special lemonade.
Concocted by James Jones, the special lemonade contained two drugs; the first to ensure the children's cooperation and the second to build up the stamina needed for them to endure prolonged and rough sexual activity.
"Prepare her!" Alice said, gesturing to Miss Bolton the matron.
Rebecca offered Sarah the drink, but at first she refused. However, a few hard smacks with her trusty strap across the child's thighs eventually persuaded her to drink it.
Alice smiled, looking around her, unwilling to start the torture of this pretty little girl until all the spectators were seated.
The ladders had been removed and a device called "The Tower" had been placed in the centre of the stage. The device; was a solid column of wood, six feet tall, with restraints hanging from the top.
A porcelain cock was attached to a brass slide, allowing it to be adjusted to the required height and then locked into place. The cock was curved, much like that of a banana and protruded a full five inches from the solid wooden column, three quarters of its surface smooth, the last quarter around its broad base, rough.
The child stared at it, her eyes large and round. Alice drew her over to the tower, measuring her little body against it and adjusted the cock to its most effective height. Relieved when it looked too high for her to mount, she started to giggle, half with relief, half with sheer nervousness.
Max watched Alice stroke the little girl's face and smiled. The scene was so innocent, yet the woman's fingers were expertly undoing the child's costume, loosening it first, then drawing it off her until she stood naked. He couldn't believe how lovely she looked, so innocent, so young, her skin so pale, so smooth and completely unmarked. He wished he were her master, kneeling beside the child, pinching her nipples and bottom one moment, then sliding his fingers into her sweet little cunt and anus the next.
The girl was young, but there was no denying her sexuality, not with a cute labia like that, so rich and thick, so ready to open at the least touch and expose the little finger of her clitoris to new pleasures.
The drugged lemonade had taken full effect by the time Alice was ready to draw the little girl to the waiting Tower. Unable to concentrate, the girl went where she was led, letting her limbs be moved, her arms lifted and tied, her little body drawn up until she felt stretched.
Max almost stopped breathing as her slender thighs were drawn wide apart and the greased porcelain cock, placed at the entrance of her cunt. One more adjustment and it was parting her lips, slipping into a tender cunt that he hoped would be virginal, but sensed wouldn't be.
The audience groaned along with him, watching as the child slid carefully down onto the cock, enjoying her screams as a full four inches of the smooth surface was embedded in her cunt.
It wasn't Miss Marchant who struck the first blow, but Lord Holmes.
Max envied his old friend as he strode onto the stage carrying a wicked looking cane in his hand. Holmes smiled at his audience, no doubt knowing how much they envied him, and took up a position beside the trembling child.
The girl knew what was coming. There was no way that she could have lived her short life in orphanages and not known, yet the terror still showed on her face and the complication of having four inches of solid porcelain cock filling her little cunt was causing her a lot of anguish and awkwardness.
Holmes brought his arm round and whipped the cane down across her delicious little bottom, causing her to jerk forward and impale her delicate cunt still further onto the cock. The girl's screams were music to everyone's ears.
"By God Holmes, give her another!" Max shouted.
Richard nodded and complied, the cane landing across both bottom cheeks to make her scream and jerk forward again, screaming as she drove the cock deep into her little cunt again, the tender walls of her sex sliding over the rough part, its bulbous head splitting the lips of her tender little cunt wide apart.
The girl fought hard against the intense pain and pleasure, as all she could do was to hang by her wrists and pant, crying out as Richard brought the cane down again and again across her already bruised bottom and writhe on the unforgiving cock.
They all watched as Sarah frantically rode the porcelain cock; her sex lips gleaming as they responded to her arousal and as she climaxed in a frenzy of wanton lust.
"The little tart!" someone shouted, the remark acknowledged with loud applause.
"She should be severely whipped," Miss Foulds, remarked.
Alice smiled and nodded to her. Greta Foulds stepped onto the stage carrying her favorite instrument; a French martinet.
The audience quietened, as Miss Foulds moved up behind the girl and loosened her gown, which allowed her to expand her lungs and gave much more freedom to her whipping arm. Greta stood and observed the child, such a lovely expression on her sweet little face as she desperately tried to climax again before the pain returned. However, Miss Foulds was a sadistic governess would enjoy whipping Sarah severely under the pretext of punishing her wantonness.
Greta raised the martinet high above over her head. The girl whimpered and drove her cunt onto the cock again, just as the martinet was brought down with force across her adorable little bottom.
"Oh my God," someone shouted. The leather strands of the martinet had raised some lovely whip marks. The girl sobbed, a lovely sound to those watching. Greta traced the lines she'd caused with the martinet, squeezing and massaging the child's bottom for a good few moments, under the pretext of soothing away the pain.
There was a rustling of clothing and the sound of heavy breathing, as the guests discreetly masturbated.
Then, without warning Greta raised the martinet again and whipped it down even harder, catching the girl completely by surprise and forcing her to really start fucking herself, in order to bring some relief from the searing pain.
Once again the child screamed and struggled, the audience applauding Greta's handiwork.
"One more," Alice said, signalling for help from her assistants.
The girl was released and repositioned so that her arms and legs now hugged the Tower, forcing her bottom even further out and exposing her anus for the first time to the audience. This position forced her to sit with her full weight on the cock, leaving her no leverage to lift her tortured cunt off it again.
Greta inhaled, lifted the martinet high over her head and moving behind the girl, brought the cords downwards with the full force of both arms, directly onto the child's exposed anus.
The applause and cheering from the spectators completely drowned the screams of the tortured little girl as she was helped to dismount the Tower.
Richard caressed the crying child's hair and murmured endearments to her, while Alice roughly pushed her fingers deep into the girl's ravished cunt and roughly masturbated her, under the pretext of trying to calm her down.
With a nod she indicated to Richard to continue and together they turned the drugged and confused girl around to face the audience, drawing her backwards to position her anus directly over the newly greased cock.
The girl, her eyes wide, gasped loudly as her weight pushed her sore anus down onto the cock. The pain of the insertion showed on her face, as she slid down very slowly onto the unforgiving cock.
They waited until she had reached the rough base of the cock, then Lord Holmes caned her across her stomach, making her howl and arch her body. Then from the other side, Miss Marchant brought a thick leather strap down across her budding breasts, grinning as the girl caught her breath, then howled in anguish.
While the spectators watched, Alice and Richard continued to wield their chosen implements, forcing the child to fuck her anus up and down on the cock, unable to gain any sexual relief, only intense pain.
Members of the audience grunted as they played discreetly with their privates, their eyes glued on the scene in front of them.
Putting aside his wicked cane, Richard helped Alice to unfasten the weeping girl from the Tower. Then they took it in turns to roughly massage her bruised bottom and genitals, under the pretext of soothing the child's aches and pains, before handing the distraught child over to one of the assistants.
"Later this evening, you will be given the opportunity to inspect the children prior to them being auctioned to the highest bidder," Alice announced clearing her throat, the spectators returning their attention to her, some wondering what could possible follow the last entertainment.
Another nervous little girl was led onto the stage next, looking very pretty in her little white sailors uniform; she struggled and was confused by the drugged lemonade she had been made to swallow.
Excitedly the spectators lent forward in their seats, as she was hung from the ceiling, her ankles spread wide apart and then fastened to rings in the floor.
"This is Rachel, who is twelve years old," Alice announced.
Alice walked around the delightful little girl as she calmly pulled on a pair of silken gloves, the surface of the fingers and palms made rough by little pieces of metal sewn into them.
As Alice walked around the child, other members of her staff joined her.
Patricia appeared with a fat candle, nursing the flame, which had created a pool of liquid wax under the wick. Rose held a whip; Brenda held fresh nettles in her gloved hands, Rebecca held a long cane and Wendy blushed brightly as she stepped forward wearing a tight fitting leather harness around her waist, with a thicker than average rubber cock attached to it. The little girl began to weep, begging to be released and let free.
"I've not done anything!" she wailed, her eyes wide as she pleaded with them but everyone ignored her.
Someone began to hum, a deep and melodious hum that fitted the mood of all the spectators and soon others took it up, becoming a chant, rising and lowering, the women providing a descant learnt in church and now used to good effect in the dungeon.
Rose stopped her circling to step in front of the child. Without expression she reached out and roughly tore the little sailor uniform off her body, leaving her naked and completely exposed to all the lusting spectators.
The child's body was covered with whip marks some recent and some that were dark and fading. The women continued to circle her as she screamed and fought against her bonds, until finally she fell limp with sheer exhaustion.
Brenda brought the nettles down across the child's little breasts from right to left in a sweeping motion. Rachel screamed and arched, struggling as the nettles brought a terrible pain to her delicate breasts and nipples. Crying, she tried desperately to free her hands and relieve the itching.
The women circled again, watching and waiting. Rachel had just about exhausted herself when Patricia threw the hot wax over her breasts, burning her nipples yet again. The girl screamed and thrashed about, tears pouring down her cheeks as she made another desperate attempt to escape her bonds.
The spectators watched in awe and delight, loving the way her body jerked one way then the other, her pale lean muscles playing on skin that now shone with perspiration. The nettles brought a rash to her breasts and the candle wax that had splashed across her tender nipples, caused them to harden painfully.
Exhausted, Rachel softly cried. The wax had formed itself to her subtle curves, until the whip landed, sweeping it away and leaving a vivid red line across her chest. She squealed again, loud and stridently, losing her breath as Brenda brought the nettles down across her lovely round bottom.
Alice knelt down behind Rachel and slid her hands down the whole length of her thighs, her gloves leaving a trail of lovely marks that made her scream with a new vigour.
Rachel tossed again in a new effort to evade the spikes that caused her so much agony, but Alice just followed the contours of her thighs and moved her hands with her thighs as she writhed.
For the moment the staff were content to watch this sweet child and admire her beautifully pale skin, her thighs so wide apart that her pretty cunt gaped and her bottom opened to reveal her dark puckered anus.
Then the cane landed and Rachel tried to double over as it struck her belly. The whip left thin red lines across her thighs, the cane again making her distraught as it sliced into her little bottom.
Rose twirled the whip letting it brush against her pubis, flicking it to cause the child to jerk and gasp, her eyes never wider as the pain started to boarder on pleasure. But just as Rachel was starting to get aroused, both the whip and the cane landed together bringing a new agony to the sweet child's tender body.
Alice moved behind Rachel and brought her hands round, pressing them into the child's chest and embracing her, pressing the hard spikes into her breasts to feel her quiver, as she screamed again.
Patricia took a step forward and flung hot melted wax up between the child's thighs, grinning as it caused the girl to scream with the last of breath and struggle, causing her breasts to be tortured by Alice's spiked gloves.
The audience was breathless now, their passion so strong that the staff could feel their excitement. It made them increase their efforts and whenever the wax was applied the whip and cane followed in an effort to break it off, even when it meant striking Rachel's pretty little cunt and inflamed her clitoris.
When Rachel had become too exhausted to entertain the spectators, Alice knelt before her and slid her gloved hands between her bottom cheeks and then down the backs of her thighs, leaving a trail of scratches that the girl hardly seemed to be aware of.
Alice cupped her little bottom and gripped it in a tightening, separating grip letting her tongue slide sensuously over her cunt and along the welts made by her staff.
The child sobbed, her cunt forced as it was up against Alice's mouth, her bottom held wide apart by the gloved hands. Patricia grinned as she poured the hot wax directly onto her tender anus, bringing Rachel back to life again and some much appreciated applause from the lustful spectators.
Alice pulled Rachel's little bottom further apart, her gloves drawing blood as she scraped the wax from her burning anal ring. Wendy moved behind her, holding the large rubber dildo up against the child's anus and then holding her slender hips for leverage, thrust it deep into her already tortured anus.
Rachel's screams were fresh once again and proof of her new agony. The look on her face was perfect, a picture for all to remember for months afterwards; shock and disbelief, agony and horror as the oversized cock was pushed forcibly deep inside her rectum, then moved relentlessly back and forth until Rachel swooned and then feinted with the pain.
Anger caused a hot fire in Alice's groin as she realised the child had escaped the rest of what she had planned for her. She pulled the dildo roughly from the limp child and threw it aside, then looked at the girl her mind trying to come to terms with her escape and signalled to her assistants to come and take Rachel away.
"Dr Stevens, will now demonstrate some his more bizarre medical instruments on two of his young patients," Alice announced, to a stunned audience.
Jeremy Stevens stepped onto the stage still wearing his magician's outfit from the party and carrying his black medical bag, its contents a complete mystery to everyone except himself.
Since being appointed the doctor at St Saviour's, Jeremy had been very busy developing new instruments and equipment and with plenty of expendable children to try them out on, he had had plenty of opportunity to fine-tune them all.
The audience groaned as a very handsome young boy was led naked onto the stage, his eyes glazed over from the drugged lemonade. He looked about nervously as his wrists were attached high above his head to a rope hanging from the ceiling.
"This is Jason, who is thirteen years old," Alice announced, turning the boy to show off his handsome cock and bottom to the excited spectators.
With a wave of his hand, much as a real magician would do, Jeremy produced a metal object from his medical bag. It was shaped like a pear, yet only a third of its size and had a little wheel at the top.
Jeremy showed how turning the wheel caused the six segments of the body of the pear like devise to split and part, opening like the petals of a flower. He then closed it again, before returning to the boy, who had started to whimper as he no doubt imagined how much pain it would cause him.
The audience leaned forward to watch intently, as Dr Stevens knelt behind the boy to prise his handsome bottom apart and use his tongue to slowly lick his anus wet, then push the pear shaped object against the boy's unwilling anus.
The boy's crying grew more intense, but Jeremy persevered, pushing harder and harder until it finally surged inwards leaving just the wheel standing proud of his puckered anal ring. Jeremy stood behind the boy and grinned as he began to turn the wheel.
Everyone remembered what happened when the wheel was turned and licked their lips as they watched the lad's discomfort, his anus spreading and his colon being drawn very painfully apart.
The boy's crying ebbed to a soft whimpering, his eyes widening as he began to pant. The wheel was turned again and the boy's whimpering returned with a new intensity, his breathing quickening.
"Feeling it now lad, aren't you?" Jeremy teased.
He ceased to turn the wheel but to push on it instead, making Jason struggle wildly as his rectal canal was tortured.
"Keep still," Jeremy told the boy.
The boy gasped, his eyes widening as Jeremy spanked his bottom hard for a good few moments, under the pretext of helping the pear to settle. Jason screamed, as his anus was stretched apart, his bottom burning from the harsh spanking.
A bulge showing in his breeches, Doctor Stevens strode over to his medical bag and retrieved a slender wire. It had a flattened surface and was twisted into a corkscrew shape. Jeremy turned the boy around to face the audience and showed the intriguing tool to him. Taking hold of his flaccid cock he thumbed the foreskin back and forth, roughly squeezing his balls and masturbating his cock until it was fully erect.
Dr Stevens continued to masturbate the boy's cock, then inserted the end of the wire into the eye of his penis and pushed it firmly along his urethra until all that could be seen was the end of the wire.
The boy panted as if running, quivering where he hung, yet the cold metal that had been forced into his urethra didn't seem to hurt him. The spectators looked mystified.
"Coating the wire with wax and then twisting it, allows it to slide smoothly into his urethra." Doctor Stevens explained.
Having forced the wire into the boy's urethra, Jeremy then returned to the pear, turning the wheel once more and then playing again with the wire that protruded from the boy's handsome cock.
"As you saw, the wire went in smoothly enough. However, if the wire is pulled out, instead of being allowed to turn on its own screw, then it acts a little differently." He told his audience, watching them become spellbound.
"This tool, will scrape along the inside and clean it internally," Dr Stevens explained. He turned the boy so his handsome cock was in full view and got ready to withdraw the tool, stopping as if something had just occurred to him.
"Of course," he added. "It will cause intense pain."
The boy on hearing this whimpered loudly and squirmed in his bonds, which only allowed him limited movement. The spectators leant forward, their eyes gleaming with the light of the braziers and watched Jeremy take hold of the end of the wire.
Jeremy waited, smiling at the boy and drinking in his terror. It was in the boy's eyes and expression, the way he shook and trembled, that they could all taste his terror.
As Jeremy pulled on the wire, the boy flung his head back to scream, his pale young body arched as the wire was slowly pulled out. It scraped along the inside of his sensitive urethra, an endless agony, that had the audience spellbound and the boy straining in pain.
As the last inch was released, a froth of thick sperm bubbled out, dripping into a thick pool for all to see. The last of the wire was then pulled clear and the boy slumped, his cock quickly becoming flaccid again as he was led off the stage with the pear still in his bottom.
Next onto the stage was a very pretty little girl. She was naked and had also been drugged, but Dr Steven's indicated that he wanted her left unrestrained.
"This is Mary, who is eleven years old," Alice announced.
Dr Stevens retrieved a jar of ointment from his medical bag and showed it to the nervous little girl. He slowly rubbed the sweet smelling ointment onto his own hands, which made his flesh burn, but not unduly. However, he could well imagine what it would feel like when rubbed into tender young flesh and he smiled in anticipation. This ointment was another concoction devised by James Jones, the cook's sadistic son.
"Open your thighs child!" Dr Stevens ordered Mary.
The little girl slowly parted her thighs, exposing her sweet little cunt to the spectators, but found it difficult to keep still in her drugged state. "Keep still," Jeremy told Mary, smacking her little bottom hard more than a few times just to emphasise his order. Mary screamed and then started to sway, which caused her to lose her balance and collapse in a heap on the floor.
Realising, the child wouldn't be able to cooperate, Miss Marchant suggested that she should be suspended, but her thighs should be left free and kept apart by a couple of her assistants. Jeremy nodded his agreement.
Two assistants lifted the little girl off the floor attaching her wrists to a rope lowered from the ceiling and then drew her thighs wide apart by her ankles.
"Keep her thighs open!" Dr Stevens ordered, a grin on his face.
He liberally rubbed more of the sweet smelling ointment onto his hands before approaching his little patient, and then slowly massaged the special ointment into her breasts, bottom, thighs and genitals, holding his breath as he waited for a reaction. It didn't take long. Almost before he was finished her breathing had quickened and her young loins had begun to squirm uncontrollably.
The assistants had to fight to keep her thighs apart and prompted by Dr Stevens, spanked the thigh they were holding very hard, until she fully cooperated.
A glow came to her vulva that had not been there before and the little hood of her clitoris swelled and then appeared, a smooth bulb of flesh swollen with blood. Inflamed, she whimpered, lifting her crotch in an effort to have him touch her sexually.
With a finger still retaining some of the ointment, Dr Stevens wriggled it up against her moist little cunt, pressing it into her, parting her hot slippery little vagina to press upward with his fingertip and smile as he saw the look delight on the child's face.
"You like that don't you?" he asked, a cruel smile on his face.
Eyes bright and breathless, the child nodded and tossed her hips again, her legs straining to open further for him. She gave a little cry and Jeremy felt a flood of hot wetness about his finger, as he watched her body writhe driven on by her newfound pleasure.
"Growing up nicely, aren't you Mary?" he asked the nervous child, stroking her smooth little body, in particular the pretty little cones that were developing on her chest.
"Yes Sir," she murmured.
The doctor's hand slipped down to her vagina and Mary opened her legs, letting his fingers probe and search, sparking off a tingle that was so nice, but yet was so often associated with the pain of having her little bottom whipped.
The matron at Mary's last orphanage regularly had to whip her bottom for her wanton behaviour. Retrieving another curious medical item from his bag, Doctor Stevens then approached the now aroused child turning her towards the audience.
"Hold her still!" Jeremy told the assistants.
Mary eyes widened, as she watched the doctor hold up the devise. It was made up of two glass jars with rubber tubing running out of both of them, attached to a leather shoulder harness, much the same as Mary had seen other girls being made to wear, when being taught to become ponies. Putting the glass vacuum jars down, Jeremy slid the upper body harness over the slender shoulders of the young girl, then adjusted the straps until they fitted snugly to her slender frame, a trio of straps around the hills of her budding breasts. Then came the glass jars, one at a time, each one pressed firmly over one small breast, and then held in place with straps that Jeremy ensured were nice and tight, so that no air could escape and hinder the process.
For all her nakedness, Mary looked a little ridiculous with the large glass jars fixed to her chest, yet she was thankful that none of it had hurt, as yet. Even as that thought came to mind, Jeremy was drawing the tubes to a pair of bellows and then tested all the connections, making sure everything was perfect before starting the treatment.
Jeremy pumped and almost immediately Mary felt the pull on her breasts.
She gasped and looked down at herself, seeing nothing and yet feeling the pull on her chest, drawing her breasts out, stretching her flesh as they grew bigger and bigger.
"There!" Dr Stevens smiled, looking at the swollen buds and engorged nipples through the thick glass.
"Make sure they stay attached!" Jeremy told the assistants.
Going to his medical bag again, Jeremy retrieved three more curious instruments.
The first had a short handle with what appeared to be an oversized fishing hook attached to the end of it with fastenings, the second a flat gauge two spatula and the third a set of cords and weights.
Showing these to the child who was starting to cry again now, Jeremy knelt down between her widely stretched thighs and massaged her clitoris roughly under the pretext of making it erect.
Placing the tip of the hook against the top edge of her clitoris hood, he pulled it back and then slid the spatula between her body and the now engorged tip. He then slid the fastening over the little nubbin and closed it tight in much the same way as a corset closes around a woman's body.
Mary was gasping now, her eyes wide with fright and her body shaking with her nervousness. Jeremy knew that this would pass as she became used to it. He might even put a ring in the hood, to make this easier, if her treatments took longer than anticipated.
And if this approach didn't work, he thought to himself as he attached the cord and weights to the loop on the end of the clitoris cover, then he would even try putting a ring directly into her clitoris.
He let the weights hang loose just under her bottom and smiled as he watched her struggle as they pulled on her tender clitoris. Jeremy nodded and the assistants started to spank her bottom and thighs again.
Mary gasped and jerked, shaking uncontrollably from the sensations of having her breasts and clitoris enlarged and her bottom and thighs spanked, as they shot throughout her tiny body, bringing on a series of orgasms.
"What a lovely child," he murmured, standing to watch her better, to see how her head tossed and her eyes darted back and forth, the small weights pulling on her now sensitive clitoris painfully, as she was helped down from the stage.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, we now come to the climax of our show," Alice announced as an intriguing piece of apparatus was lifted onto the stage. This devise was called "The Horse" and had been specifically designed for girls to ride.
It consisted of a wedged shaped piece of wood, resembling an inverted V and had a serrated ridge as a saddle. Alice had designed many such devices for boys as well as girls, since inheriting St Saviour's. Alice often had children that she didn't want to keep at St Saviour's and the next victim was one of these. They were either not as attractive as the others or were children that had sustained injuries from their abuse and punishments that couldn't be treated without having to wait a long time.
Alice signalled that all was ready and a little girl was brought onto the stage naked and blindfolded. She struggled meekly; confused by the drugged lemonade she had been made to drink.
"This is Sarah, who is twelve years old" Alice announced.
"At St Saviour's, we pride ourselves that we have developed a varied curriculum of activities for the children, that are designed to stimulate both their sexual and physical abilities.
One of those activities is riding, which helps tone up their thigh muscles and also builds up their stamina. Although we don't keep real horses at St Saviour's our riding mistress, Miss Sharp gives them lessons on mechanical horses, that have been specially designed for both boys and girls," Alice explained to the attentive spectators.
"Sarah, have you been taught to ride?" Alice asked.
"Oh yes, Miss! Sarah replied, her voice hinting of excitement.
"Do you like riding the special saddles?" Alice asked, stroking the child's hair to calm her down.
"Oh yes, very much, Miss! The child replied.
The mechanical horses that the children are taught to ride are quite different from the apparatus that now stands in the centre of the stage.
The saddles have been specially designed to stimulate their genitals against a central seam and even have sockets where dildos can be attached.
Riding those saddles was always a pleasurable experience; the saddle that this unfortunate child was now going to ride would be sheer torture.
"What do you like most about them, Sarah?" Alice asked.
"Oh, Miss, please!" Sarah replied her face turning red with embarrassment.
"Well, I'm waiting," Alice, shouted, smacking her bottom hard for a good few moments to show her annoyance.
"The feeling, Miss" Sarah sobbed.
"Where do you get this feeling, Sarah?" Alice smiled, turning to the spectators to gauge their enjoyment of the child's continued embarrassment.
"Miss, miss please!" Sarah struggled to say, her crying getting louder.
"Well, where! I'm waiting," Alice shouted, smacking both her bottom and thighs this time under the pretext of being annoyed, but really preparing her tender skin for her forthcoming torture.
"Here, Miss" Sarah said, placing her hands over her little cunt to rub it hoping to get some pleasure from her ordeal.
"Miss Sharp is now going to give you a very special riding lesson!" Alice told Sarah, as she turned to the audience, a huge smile on her face.
"Are you ready, Sarah?" Alice said teasing her. "Oh yes, thank you, Miss!" Sarah said with smile as she continued to rub her sweet little cunt. Alice decided that she would let the child continue with her pleasure and let the spectators enjoy her lovely cunt, after all in a few minutes it would be ripped to shreds.
Unable to see the horse that she was going to have to ride, but remembering the nice feelings that she always got as she rode the special saddles in the stable, Sarah brought herself to a very powerful orgasm.
With the help of three or four assistants, the girl's wrists were attached to cuffs and her whole body drawn up off the floor by a system of pulleys.
Weights were then attached to her ankles and her legs pulled wide apart as the special horse was pushed underneath her. As the girl hovered over the horse, she was completely unaware of the ordeal that she was about to be put through, but sensing that this was going to be different, started to panic and then scream hysterically.
With some satisfaction, Alice saw the look in the spectator's eyes, as they realised that there would be no escape from her torture. Her delicate little cunt and anus would be slowly tortured by the weight of her body, as she was made to sit astride the serrated saddle.
Alice signalled for the child to be lowered down, using her arm to direct the progress of her descent, waiting for the child's smooth and hairless cunt to come within inches of the saddle, only then signalling for her to be dropped.
The dungeon was now alive with the sound of the child's screaming and pleading for the intense pain to stop. In only a minute of this torture, the girl had learnt to remain still.
She still whimpered, but she angled her little body slightly back in the saddle, trying desperately to take the pressure off her torn cunt, only to torture her delicate little anus as she transferred her weight.
All eyes were on the child now, as Miss Sedgwick turned to Alice for further instruction. Seeing that she was holding a vicious pair of pincers in her hand, Alice nodded her approval.
Elizabeth smartly closed the teeth of the pincers around the child's nipples, stretching and twisting them, which forced the girl to lung forward and ride the serrated saddle uncontrollably, bringing fresh screams.
This time Alice was satisfied and she ordered her assistants to remove Sarah to the display room to join the rest of the evening's tortured entertainers.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, this evening's auction will take place in ten minutes, Alice announced, smiling as the guests rose from their seats, eager to inspect the waiting merchandise.
"Wasn't there another girl?" Lord Holmes asked Miss Marchant.
They both enjoyed watching as the children were stroked, petted and roughly pinched, the guests trying to gauge their reactions and decide which child to bid for.
To the children, the ten minutes prior to the auction was a further torture.
"Are yes, pretty little Sally Mildrew, she's all mine. One of the benefits of running your own orphanage," Alice said, smiling as she stepped up onto the stage to start the bidding.
By dawn, these children will have been thoroughly tortured and their genitals rendered completely unusable. They will be kept for only a couple of days, then drugged and given a few shillings, before being transported far away, to sell matches on the streets of Birmingham, Liverpool and Manchester.
It was not until the early hours of the next morning, that her guests finally departed St Saviour's. Wide-awake and full of pent up lust, Alice looked forward to being pleasured by her new little tart Sally Mildrew, who she knew would be waiting for her in her private quarters.
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Excellent, every few days a new one, keep it up i read them all!!
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Everyone loves some good, juicy gossip, so on this Wednesday; we're sharing one of favorites from the bar. El Secreto may look like your typical light, fruity cocktail, but it includes absinthe, an emerald green liquor that's worshipped by artists and writers, all thanks to its hallucinogenic properties. It was deemed so dangerous to drink that the U.S. Department of Agriculture banned absinthe in America in 1912 and didn't become legal to sip until 2007. What about the tart jade berry known as the kiwifruit or simply "kiwi" that's featured in El Secreto? They've been savored by the Chinese for centuries for being a reported aphrodisiac. Today, kiwis are found in numerous Latin dishes, such as salsa and paella, making it the perfect excuse to have a romantic dinner for two anytime of the year. In addition, while some may not desire a vegetable in their cocktails, cucumbers actually tame strong flavors, providing a more enjoyable experience whether alone or with a guest. Want to feel absinthe minded or you just want to get it on? Try this frothy, luscious drink and see what happens after you gulp down a glass or town. You just might end up revealing something special tonight.
El Secreto Recipe
Ingredients1.5 oz. Absinthe (We used Lucid).5 oz. Simple syrupClub sodaCucumber wheels1 Kiwi1 Cucumber
PreparationMuddle two cucumber wheels and two peeled kiwi wheels with the simple syrup in a double rocks glass. Garnish with an unpeeled kiwi wheel on rim of the glass.


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Towheaded toddler Aedyn Nicholas waddled toward the man in the fuzzy red-and-white suit, wide-eyed with awe.
Santa Claus reached down and plopped Aedyn on his lap.
"Merry Christmas!" the jolly man bellowed to the classroom full of mothers and children at Child & Family Resources in Phoenix, a non-profit GED program for teenage parents. "I am so happy to be here!"
As he led a sing-along of "Jingle Bells," performed magic tricks and smiled for pictures, little did the families know that this Santa, one of the longest-serving in Arizona, would soon be inducted into the International Santa Claus Hall of Fame project.
The organization recognizes an elite group of Santa performers each year for their contributions to spreading the Christmas spirit. Alumni include the late Robert George, a Southern California Santa who entertained six U.S. presidents, including John F. Kennedy; and the late Edmund Gwenn, known as Kris Kringle in the movie "Miracle on 34th Street."
Today, Phoenix resident Paul Raines, 65, who has played the character for 41 years, will be honored.
"It feels absolutely wonderful," he said, joking that his head had grown from the pride. "All of a sudden my hat's tighter."
Raines' appearance is a dead giveaway, even when he's wearing shorts in the heat of summer.
He sports a long beard, which flips at the ends with the help of a curling iron. It is white with the help of a hairdresser's bleach. His belly jiggles when he lets out a big laugh. And his wire-rimmed glasses sit atop ruddy cheeks.
Children recognize him wherever he goes, so he must always be ready with answers.
"It takes being in that frame of mind all the time," Raines said.
Raines first played Santa for his church in 1972. The role accompanied him through the years, as he worked as an accountant, a furniture salesman and at a phone company. He went full time, founding a company of real-bearded Santas for hire and teaching daylong training programs. He started a toy drive and attended conventions across the country.
"You've got to have it in the heart and in the mind that you're Santa Claus," he said. "The beard comes third."
Officials at the Hall of Fame picked Raines in part because of his commitment to mentoring other performers, said Phillip Wenz, an Illinois Santa and one of the first honorees. Three other Santas will also be inducted.
"The people that excel at it need to be honored for their work," Wenz said. "Santas come in contact with the most precious thing that people have, and that's their children. ... It's a job that you take very seriously. ... You're standing on the shoulders of the men that have worn that suit before you."
At Child & Family Resources, 18-year-old Jamie Nicholas said it was exciting for her son Aedyn to see Santa.
"His beard — most of the time they're fake — you could tell it was real," she said.
Raines' visit was a gift, said program director Joy Laveen. Raines heard her speak about the program at church and offered to entertain for free.
"Every year is a struggle (for the non-profit) just to cover the basic costs," Laveen said. "Having him come in is a real blessing."


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Game Day: Senators vs. Bruins
by John Bishop / Boston BruinsCoach Julien spoke about the B's afternoon matchup with obvious reference to it's significance to the club in terms of their playoff positioning and divisional standing.
"They know what's at stake and we just got to go out there and play," said Julien. "Right now, I'm not frustrated, [and] I'm just not going to start over analyzing this stuff.
"We've got to win the game tonight," he continued. "They know what's at stake, so you just get your team prepared and say, 'Listen, let's just go out there and do a job that we hope to do tonight.'"
Click here for the Bruins lines. Click here for the live blog.
12:31 p.m.
Tim Thomas is in goal for Boston. Brian Elliott for Ottawa.
The Bruins are wearing their gold Winter Classic uniforms.
12:29 p.m.
During his availability, Coach Julien was asked about the turnaround of the Ottawa Senators.
"They're obviously playing with more confidence, there's not doubt," said Julien. "They've got players coming back and they're playing well. That's what it's all about.
"When you're confident about yourself and your team, things start going your way and it just gets better. They've got five wins in a row now so I know that they've got lots of confidence and they're coming in here with something on their mind.
"We hopefully have our things to do tonight that's going to hopefully make a different outcome than they think," he said.
12:08 p.m.
Coach Julien confirmed that it would be the same lineup this afternoon, but again left his goaltending choice up in the air.
Begin, Bitz and Sturm will not travel to Carolina tonight if they have not been cleared to play.
11:36 a.m.
We're still waiting on Coach Julien's pregame presser.
In the meantime, why not check out Samantha Wood's piece on one of the brighter spots in the B's lineup, Trent Whitfield.
Check out Sam's piece here.
11:00 a.m.
Talking about the B's working for a win on Saturday, on Friday Coach Julien said, "There's a little bit of everything in this game. You need a little bit of luck sometimes and you've got to make your own luck.
"You've got to do a lot of things, but the one thing you don't want to do is shove things down their throat right now because that's the last thing they need."
10:43 a.m.
The Bruins are arriving at the Garden and Coach Julien is speaking at 11:50 a.m.
9:33 a.m.
It sounds as if injured B's center Marc Savard might be trying to talk his way into the lineup this weekend.
"I felt great today," said Savard on Friday after his first full practice with the team. "I was only going to go out for a bit and ended up staying the whole way.
"Everything felt good and right now I feel fine."
Asked about suiting up on Saturday or Sunday, Savard gave a chuckle, said, "We'll see."
"I ended up feeling great and right now there's no pain or nothing so it's a good sign," he explained. "We'll still talk about it...but right now, next Friday,"
"It's going to be mostly up to the training staff and the coaching staff, and how comfortable they are with it."
9:15 a.m.
Lest anyone think the Bruins are taking their slump lightly, I present the words of young David Krejci as he spoke about the B's loss to Columbus.
"You know, personally, I had two chances -- I usually bury those," said David. "That was my toughest night of the year, for sure."
More evidence?
Here's Tuukka Rask, as he spoke about the phantom call on Milan Lucic and the Blue Jackets final goal: " It was a tough call there in the third, but you know, I got to have that shot."
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I spoke with Krejci (and thought it better to leave Tuukka alone) on Friday. David said that he, and the team, have got to move on quickly.
"I think if you look at our last five games, three on the road, we worked so hard and we came back [to play] Ottawa. A bad game. But I don't think we played bad [Thursday]," he said as he took the blame for the loss on his own shoulders. "I think, talking about the last five games, I like my game overall and if...I had buried those two chances it's a different game.
"I had open nets. It was 2-1 for us and if I had scored it would be 3-1 in the third period. A different game.
"But I didn't do that, so, it's just one of those things I have to make sure it's going to be in the net," he said.
Doing so will require a short memory -- a sentiment seconded by Coach Julien.
"Well I don't think there's any use in extra baggage," said the head coach on Friday. "That's...not something we need right now.
"What's in the past is in the past and you got to look forward to your next challenge and that's the only way I can see us getting back on the right path."
Krejci got the message.
"We've just got to forget it and keep moving forward," said Krejci. "Whatever happened, happened and we have to learn from these mistakes and we have two huge games.
"Ottawa, it's a division game and we've really got to show up and show what we can do. Play our game and hopefully tomorrow is going to be the start of something good."


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Cars > Challenges > "The coug" Vs "Pony boy"
1973 Mercury Cougar Xr7
"The coug"
1971 Ford Mustang Convertible
"Pony boy"
Head to Head
About "The coug"
I bought this Cougar from a nice old man down the street for low cost plus it had less than 65k miles on it. It is all stock, all working, and in excellent condition.
About "Pony boy"
1971 Mustang convertible H code 351 2bl. 97,000 original miles. PS, PB AM Radio. Buckets with console. Original rebuilt engine and transmission. New paint, original colour. New alloy wheels. New exhaust. New top. Original boot for when the tops down. Zero accidents. Zero rust ever! I bought it off the original owner. Have Marti report.
Specs for "The coug"
Length: 215.7 in
Width: 79.1 in
Height: 52.8 in
Wheelbase: 114.6 in
Weight: 4641 lbs
Engine: 351 Cleveland
Torque: ~367 ft-lbs (it's a rough estimate)
Specs for "Pony boy"
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The Stacks – Slate Pickers
February 10th, 2014
We continue our journey through the stacks and we come to envelope No. 555 – Slate Pickers. Inside were these two images, one of slate pickers and one of a breaker. Unfortunately the photos were not dated and there was no clipping to say when the images was taken or used in The Scranton Times. If there is anyone out there that could narrow down the date or the name of the breaker, let me know.
To learn more about the history of the anthracite coal industry in Pennsylvania pay a visit to the Anthracite Heritage Museum in McDade Park in Scranton, http://www.anthracitemuseum.org/
Till next Monday,
Previous posts from The Stacks can be found at Pages from the Past – The Stacks.
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Take a safari in Tanzania and return home with more than souvenirs
Anyone who's been on a Tanzani safari can tell you it's like no other experience you'll ever have. Jessica Bruder, travel writer for The New York Times, took a trip there last year and soon found herself in Mother Nature's lap, where wildlife takes center stage and humans are merely spectators, leaving beasts to roam freely and without worry.
When Bruder and her tour group were hiking through the Simanjiro Plains, they were almost immediately surrounded by an entire herd of zebra, which circled around them with curious eyes.
"They want to keep an eye on you and see what you are," Mark Thornton, a New York native who now calls Cape Town home, told Bruder. "This trip isn't just about seeing the animals. It's about seeing how things fit together."
During a safari in Tanzania, you'll have a similar experience, if not something even more profound, so you can bring home more than just a pile of souvenirs - you'll have a plethora of memories you won't soon forget.
Hiking in the Simanjiro Plains
The Simanjiro Plains contains 100,000 acres of grasslands, which stretch in the southwestern direction from Mount Kilimanjaro. Animals like zebra and lions typically migrate to the plains during the wet season to raise their young.
Located within the Tarangire ecosystem, the Simanjiro Plains are an oasis for African animals that rarely encounter humans, even those on safari tours. Unlike much of Tanzania, this region is under the jurisdiction of local villages, making it a real treat for anyone who happens to be granted access to the idyllic savannah. While the human population in the country is swiftly increasing, animals are still given free reign around the plains, particularly herds of African elephants and rhinos.
The Great Migration
Massive herds of lion, zebra, elephants and giraffes are only some of the animals that migrate through Tanzania with the changing seasons. When the weather shifts, these droves of beasts come through like a fleeting breeze, munching on the rich and delicious grasses before traveling further along to their final destination.
Seeing these mass migrations on your Tanzania safari will leave you breathless and may inspire you to come back for more.


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The Horse Forum
- Horse Health
- - Body Condition
Body Condition 1 Attachment(s) I know I could have put this on the critique section, but I don't really want a conformation critique :P This is my guy and he turns 7 April 10th. He's an Irish bred TB, never raced. In the picture on the left, we had just moved from a barn where he lost a lot of weight :( (part of why we moved him) and on the right, he is darker because he is shedding his winter coat, and because he was sunbleached in the first one. That is 6 months later. He wasn't fluffy in the picture, but he hasn't COMPLETELY shed out yet. anyways, do you think he looks better? I mean..I do, but I just wanted to get others opinions. They were taken with different cameras, one was a Nikon, and the other a camcorder lol, but when he is done shedding out and is all shiny again, I'm going to get one just like the left one, in front of the door and everything. So yea, do you guys think he's put on weight and/or muscle? Hopefully the second pic is okay quality. Thanks :) |
Yes, I think he looks much better. His weight is perfect. I'd like to see the tiniest smidge more muscle over his withers, is all, but overall he looks very good. |
^ I agree!! I think he looks good!!! |
i think he looks great in either pic but yes he has gained and looks good =) |
Super Nova |
1 Attachment(s) I think he looks pretty good in either photo, would like to see a little more weight on him yet IF he were mine. Honestly, there isn't a big difference between the two pictures - I think lighting, camera angle and the little bit of fuzz he has in photo 2 plays a big part in the difference seen. |
thanks guys :) I do still want to see him gain some more weight/muscle, about 100lbs of it. Do you think that would be too much? I mean..the vet said he was a 5 on the body condition scale, but since we show in the hunters I feel like he needs to gain just a tad more to look like a nice fancy hunter :P I do know that he shouldn't gain a whole lot more, since it would be bad on his joints and all, so I'm not COMPLETELY oblivious haha. |
No, he doesn't need to gain weight, and certainly not 100 lbs! He's at the perfect weight now, and his muscling is actually overall very good. |
I think he looks at a healthy weight too! |
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By Sophia Breene, Greatist.com
Almost everyone has a friend with a hollow leg. You know, that guy or girl who eats tons, never exercises, and somehow (infuriatingly) stays thinner than a clean eater, a vegan, or a paleo fiend? A new study on mice says it's all about the (skinny) genes.
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What's the Deal?
Scientists from the University of Sydney were playing around with Kruppel-Like Factor 3 (aka KLF3), a protein that turns various genes off and on, when they made an interesting discovery [1]. As part of the experiment, the researchers bred mutant mice that could not produce KLF3. They were surprised to find that regardless of food intake, these lab animals didn't pack on the pounds (or, in this case, ounces).
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Why were the mice able to stay so skinny, even when put on a high-fat diet? After looking more closely at KLF3 and its effects, researchers noticed the mutant mice had much higher levels of adipolin, a hormone produced by fat cells which regulates blood glucose. In general, higher adipolin levels mean less fat, because the body is able to better regulate its blood glucose level and prevent all that extra glucose from turning to blubber [2]. KLF3's main role is to turn genes off and on — in the mutant mice, production of adipolin skyrocketed when there was nothing telling the body to stop producing it. Basically, the extra adipolin acted as a glucose moderator, enabling the mutant KLF-less mice to chow down on more food without getting more fat.
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Is It Legit?
Maybe. While this study is fascinating, it's hard to make any grand sweeping statements without first duplicating the experiment on Homo sapiens. We know that mice can make lousy human substitutes for drug testing, but previous experiments on obesity and genetics have indicated that the gap between mice and men might not be so huge. The research is still in the very earliest stages — scientists need to fully understand how KLF3 and adipolin affect humans before we start touting adipolin as the new anti-obesity wonder drug. But there's a light at the end of the tunnel. If increased adipolin levels can prevent mice from becoming overweight, it's very possible that it can do the same in humans.
Works Cited
Mammalian Kruppel-like factors in health and diseases. McConnel BB, Yang VW. Departments of Medicine and of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Physiological Reviews. 2010 Octoer; 90(4):1337-81.⤴
Adipolin/C1qdc2/CTRP12 protein functions as an adipokine that improves glucose metabolism. Enomo T, Ohashi K, Shibata R, et al. Department of Cardiology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nayoga, Japan. The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 2011 October 7;286(40):34552-8.⤴
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