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In 2014, The Sealy blog featured the Azumio SleepTime App that kept track of your sleep onset, duration and quality via placing your android phone under your sheet near your pillow. The hassle was that your phone needed to be fully charged (or have access to power) and it needed to be able to connect to the internet for the app to run successfully. There were also concerns about how smart it was to sleep with your Smart phone so close to your head.
Enter 2016 and the folk at TomTom have ironed out these kinks launching the TomTom Spark- a lifestyle product that aims at keeping you informed and motivated to live better. The TomTom Spark is worn like a wrist watch, but does everything from keeping the time to tracking your heart rate, sleep activity and daily activity (such as calories consumed and number of steps taken). The feature making most folk grab one? It's ability to play back 500 songs via wireless headphones allowing commuters, gym bunnies, runner and cyclists to leave their Smart phone at home.
It is obviously far easier to wear a wrist watch while going through your day and exercising than keeping track of your mobile phone. However, not all fashion forward folk may want to wear a bulky, rubbery watch all day. It is designed for usability, not to impress your friends. At night, when tracking sleep the watch is far safer than the use of a Smart phone under your pillow but it may be less comfortable for sensitive sleepers. What is unclear is if the watch needs to be paired with wi-fi during the sleep mode. Exposure to wi-fi during sleep is not highly recommended, however, wi-fi is viewed as 'safe' by the WHO, and use of the watch would be seen as less of a health risk than use of a Smart phone next to your head.
The watch is charged by removing the electronic box from the strap via a USB cable. How long this takes and how convenient this is, is still unclear. Additionally, the watch is NOT waterproof and so cannot be be worn when swimming, bathing or showering. This makes tracking your activity 24 hours a day unlikely. The idea would be to wear the watch as and when needed ie. as you go to sleep and then pairing it with your Smart phone in the morning to create a record of how your sleep is doing. It is also unclear if the sleep analysis features heart rate, movement and phase of sleep as the Azumio Sleep App did.
Want to find out more? Go here for a full review of the watch and each of its functions as well as a list of other products that achieve similar results..


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Humor, entertainment, and geekery.
Still #1 in Colbert Fan Fiction!
Saturday, January 28, 2006
Question of the Moment
If you spent the rest of your life in a movie, what movie would you choose?
I know that Middle Earth would be fascinating so I'm going for Lord of the Rings. Do you know if Gandalf needs an accountant... er, scribe?
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I asked my husband the question and he immediately said, "Star Wars." That would be cool, too. I could be a diplomat type. Remember, I tested out as Queen Amidala.ReplyDelete
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Damn that's not fair! I was going to choose Star Wars.ReplyDelete
OK..."The Incredibles", but I get to be a super. If I'm going for something classic, then I think that it would have to be "To Catch A Thief".
The problem is that what usually makes a good movie, like dramatic tension and uncomfortable settings, is not conducive to an environment I'd like to live with.ReplyDelete
So I'd have to go with a meta-movie like Vanya on 42nd Street, 'cause then I'm a NYC actor and I get to hang w/Wallace Shawn and Julianne Moore.
I'm thinking the Lion, the Witch, and the Wadrobe. I'd love to have tea with a faun.ReplyDelete
The Princess Bride. Because I believe in true love.ReplyDelete
Love, twue love. It's what bwings us togewtheh today. :)ReplyDelete
Have you the wing? :-)ReplyDelete
How about a book--can a choose a book, even if it hasn't been made into a movie? If I can choose a book, I pick the Golden Age by John Wright!ReplyDelete
If I have to choose a movie... uhm... Hmm. I'd like to pick a sci-fi flick, but all those coming to mind are too distopian or too space-opera-ish for my taste. But I haven't had coffee yet today.
I'd definately choose to live in the Star Trek universe over the Star Wars universe because every ship in Star Trek is clean enough to eat off the floor, while Star Wars ships are all grimy.ReplyDelete
Of course, I'd like to live in Bisexual Orgy Club or Naughty Nighttime Nurses: The Director's Cut, but after a while it's murder on your lower back.
Bruce - oooo, I like the book idea. Considering that I used to read the Hitchhikers Guide trilogy every year it was almost like I lived in it anyway. Although there are MANY books that would be fun to live in, gotta go with the Guide.ReplyDelete
Don - Ha!

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Naked, like a Dream Pure*
"I sleep in the clouds, dream in the sky,
I'll keep dreaming as life passes me by,
I think my dreams keep me sane,
I dream of happiness, a life without pain" ~Ashley L.May
There to you I go
Every night whence the sky
Dreams on my bed sows,
There to touch you deep inside
I go by riding the noontide,
Whence You sleep on clouds
Naked like a Dream without doubt,
There I see my self the Pure
Whence with love we our songs pour,
You sing for hundreds of mothers
Who had lost their lives in inclement weather,
I take up my pen just then
To find you more in my dreams often.
(*Note: the painting as attached gives birth to this poem/scribbling.
The opening lines are quoted from a poem by Ashley L.May.
Artist courtesy: Leonid Afremov, pallette knife oil on canvas.)


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Willie Clayton is an American singer-songwriter and producer. Born in the Deep South Indianola, Mississippi. He began performing gospel music in church as a youngster and then moved into the secular field as a lyricist, producer, and singer. Like many other American artists in the 1970's, the young singer contracted to Hi Records in Memphis, where he worked with producer Willie Mitchell and the vaunted Hi rhythm section. Hi issued a series of fine Clayton efforts on its Pawn subsidiary, including "I Must Be Losin' You" , "It's Time You Made Up Your Mind" and "Baby You're Ready" but none of them hit. Finally, in 1984, Clayton enjoyed a taste of soul success when his "Tell Me" (produced by General Crook) and "What a Way to Put It" scored on to the R&B charts.
The single "What A Way To Put It / So tied up" was released on Compleat Records in 1984. Arranged and conducted by Don Burnside. Donald Burnside had collaborated as producer and songwriter with Norman Brown, Elaine And Ellen, Yvonne Gage, First Love, Chi-Lites and Gene Chandler. Produced by General Crook.
I have chosen the "What A Way To Put It". First recording by The Temptations on the album "Surface Thrills" in 1983. However Sam Dees and Ron Kersey wrote this song in 1980.
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If we would have caught just one three-pounder," said local professional bass angler Shane Moline as he described how he and his partner just missed winning the Wild West Team bass tournament at Roosevelt Lake.
Moline and his partner, Todd Herman, were among 50 teams that qualified for the finals of this tournament that saw the top team win a Ranger bass boat valued at over $25,000.
But there were other Kingman anglers who also had the opportunity to fish in this major three-day tournament that was filmed and will be shown to thousands of views later on the Pursuit television and on YouTube.
Other teams of anglers from Kingman who qualified for this tournament included Donnie and Ray Scroggins, Anthony Tatzel and Chris Morris, along with Greg Parker and Danny Lloyd.
The format for this tournament was simple.
The top 50 teams would fish on Thursday and Friday, and then the top 10 teams would fish for the grand prize on Saturday. A total of seven fish per team could be weighed in each day.
As it turned out, only Moline and Herman would have the opportunity to fish for the grand prize.
The other Kingman teams found that Roosevelt Lake was not an easy lake to fish, and figuring out the largemouth and smallmouth bite on this 22-mile long impoundment that is fed by two different water sources was problematic.
On Thursday, Moline and Herman were in fifth place with 14.86 pounds of bass. Tatzel and Morris were also in contention, weighing in 12.89 pounds.
But team Scroggins and Parker and Lloyd struggled. On Day 1 Scroggins had 5.05 pounds, while Parker and Lloyd had 4.47 pounds.
Day 2 and once again Moline and Herman were consistent. They were in fifth place overall, with another bag that weighed 14.6 pounds.
Tatzel and Morris had a tough day on the lake, and weighed in 3.92 pounds. Team Scoggins had 4.90 pounds, while Parker and Lloyd checked in with 5.49 pounds.
When the two-day numbers were added together, Moline and Herman were qualified to fish on the final day, having accumulated 29.46 pounds for 14 fish.
Tatzel and Morris finished with 16.81 pounds, while Scroggins finished with 9.95 pounds.
Parker and Lloyd finished with 9.96 pounds.
On the final day of the competition, with a camera crew with them, Moline and Herman set out to see if they could find the better fish that could snare them a victory. Their lure of choice was an Alabama rig.
Despite catching a lot of fish, they just couldn't find the bigger fish. And in the end, it cost them. They missed winning the event by just over a pound.
"We probably caught over 60 fish during the tournament," Moline said. "But the fact that we never put even one three-pound bass in the livewell cost us the tournament."
On the final day of the tournament the team of Michael Perry and David Burns checked in the only 14-pound limit of the day and finished with a weight of 44.27 pounds. The win earned them a total of $26,200 including the Ranger boat and contingency money.
In second place was the team of Mike Spain and Dustin Robinson. They finished with 44.11 pounds and won $2,710.
Third place went to Davis Hart and Jason Blauvelt. That team finished with 43.21 pounds and a check for $2,010, including contingency money.
Fourth place went to Moline and Herman. Their final tally, which included the third-heaviest limit on the last day, weighed 43.19 pounds and earned them a check for $1,500.
Professional bass fishing is a sport that is determined by pounds and ounces and in this case, just one big fish would have made the difference for Moline and his partner.
But don't feel too bad for Shane.
In 2016, fishing as a pro in the Wild West Bass Trail, he earned almost $20,000.


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I haven't worked out in over a week.
I am going through withdrawals.
But, I have moved across the country, found an apartment, driven up to Baltimore for the weekend, driven back while my love is on a road trip...and quite honestly, have had no time!
Without a doubt, I will be at the gym tomorrow.


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You know nothing.
Game of Thrones: A Telltale Game Series is a complete enigma to me. At first glance, it seems to be a spin-off of the highly-popular HBO show of the same name. It is, but Game of Thrones is also not that either.
This failure to communicate what exactly this game is musters what I think is wrong with this new franchise for Telltale. Where The Wolf Among Us and The Walking Dead require zero knowledge of existing lore, Game of Thrones requires you to be caught up with the show (and books) at every turn.
Frankly, I am just dissapointed in Telltale. Every series they've introduced up to now (with a few exceptions) has been astoundingly good. So, when people who love Telltale games come up to me and ask about "that new Game of Thrones game", I turn them away because I just can't recommend it to even the most devout of fans on the fact that I didn't find the series even remotely enjoyable. Not even once. That's a big problem for me, because I love Telltale games, and I was excited for this, but it just let me down.
When you get down to brass tacks, Game of Thrones is a game about family. You play as Rodrik Forrester, Ethan Forrester, Asher Forrester, Gared Tuttle and Mira Forrester. This being Game of Thrones, not all of these characters last the entire length of the Season. Also, it's a Telltale game, so people are definitely going to die. All that said, you never get a real good reason as to why each and every one of these characters has an interesting story or even a sense for their role in the grand narrative Telltale has laid out.
All that said, I do have to at least commend Telltale on their willingness to break their own formula and give this Season six Episodes, because the story is now allowed to breathe a bit more and avoids "the Telltale curse" of the fourth Episode being a huge info dump.
When you take everything into consideration, don't play this game. I just can't recommend it for anyone. It just relies too much on prior knowledge of Game of Thrones, and that may prove to be a bitter pill to swallow.


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I am silver and exact. I have no preconceptions.
What ever you see I swallow immediately
Just as it is, unmisted by love or dislike.
I am not cruel, only truthful---
The eye of a little god, four-cornered.
Most of the time I meditate on the opposite wall.
It is pink, with speckles. I have looked at it so long
I think it is a part of my heart. But it flickers.
Faces and darkness separate us over and over.
Now I am a lake. A woman bends over me,
Searching my reaches for what she really is.
Then she turns to those liars, the candles or the moon.
I see her back, and reflect it faithfully.
She rewards me with tears and an agitation of hands.
I am important to her. She comes and goes.
Each morning it is her face that replaces the darkness.
In me she has drowned a young girl, and in me an old woman
Rises toward her day after day, like a terrible fish.
The beginning of 'The Mirror', which was written by Sylvia Plath two years before her suicide, is very straightforward, and its title immediately notifies the reader that it is about a mirror, and that the poem is written from the perspective of the mirror – this is the 'I'. The mirror is personified, and it has 'no preconceptions' and nor is it misted 'by love or dislike'. By telling us this, Plath is setting the scene and explaining that the mirror is completely objective in what it shows. It may have its own opinion (and this is suggested by the words 'I swallow immediately' – another bit of personification), but it certainly doesn't present it – it is 'only truthful' and 'not cruel'. However, this is a slight contradiction – surely it is cruel to tell an ugly person they are ugly? Or to point out the bad traits in people, when they are unable to change them?
The personification of the mirror presents the reader with a paradox – unlike most people, the mirror is unaffected by what it has seen in the past, and so is, in a way, more honest than the average person. We must remember that this is all from the mirror's own perspective, and this self-appraisal could be seen as arrogance. Our dislike for the mirror is increased when it explains that it 'swallows' what we see. Unlike the word 'reflect' (which could be used instead), 'swallow' is rather ominous, and therefore the mirror becomes slightly scary and perhaps loathsome. The self-appraisal is continued when the mirror says that it is like 'The eye of a little god.' This, again, is rather arrogant, and possibly makes us dislike the mirror even more. It then says 'four-cornered', and the idea that a mirror is a four-cornered eye is, to me, rather frightening.
The mirror then goes on to explain that it 'meditates on the opposite wall' for the majority of its life, which suggests that it has become rather attached to it. This is highlighted by the line 'I think it is a part of my heart'. We now begin to warm to the mirror slightly, and we feel sympathy for it. Our sympathy is increased by the line 'But it flickers' and 'Faces and darkness separate us over and over.' This is sad because the mirror is not able to see the opposite wall, which is possibly a metaphor for a lover.
The second stanza is very different from the first, and the narrator is now 'a lake'. In this stanza, however, we meet a woman, presumably Sylvia Plath, and she is searching the lake for her reflection ('searching my reaches'). Here the mirror/lake is presented as rather spiteful, referring to the moon and candles as 'liars' because they make people look more beautiful – the narrator is proud of its honesty.
Many people believe that the lake in the second stanza is meant to portray Ted Hughes. Sylvia Plath has spent so long with him in order to find out 'what she really is', but is unable to find out. She then 'rewards' Hughes 'with tears and an agitation of hands'. This could be a metaphor for her long depression following her separation from Hughes. Again, Plath portrays the narrator (presumably Hughes) as arrogant and proud by writing 'I am important to her. She comes and goes.' In a way she is admitting that she ought to forget Hughes, but finds it hard to leave him, and continues to come and go. Finally, she writes 'In me she has drowned a young girl'. Plath suggests that she has wasted her youth with Ted Hughes, and she is now 'an old woman'. This theme is seen in many of Plath's poems, and it is clear that she believes that she wasted many years with Hughes. Finally, the idea of the lake resurfaces with the line 'like a terrible fish'. The contrast between the words 'drowned' and 'rises' symbolise the idea of losing youth and gaining age, which Plath appears to have experienced.
The poem ends rather abruptly, and leaves us feeling particularly melancholy. Plath, in just 18 lines has explored a huge amount – aging, truth, love, depression. By using the metaphor of the lake, she was able to subtly take a dig at Hughes, by presenting him as arrogant and proud, while presenting herself as his victim. The poem is also a way for Plath to say goodbye to her youth, which she believes that she has long lost, due to the time she spent with Hughes. Finally, and in a slightly funny way, she suggests that she now looks 'like a terrible fish' – lovely!
Also, please have a look at my two recreative poems of 'The Mirror':


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Belles Will Ring - Mood Patterns
This 5 piece Australian outfit hail from the Blue Mountains in Sydney. This is their debut album and it seems they have slipped through the attention of the majority of the music listening nation. I'm unsure how much air time the independent radio stations like Triple J have awarded them, but I do hope they have gained a fair amount.
This is one of the better records I've heard this year, channeling the sounds of the jangly 60's, this album begins with fire on opener "The Coldest Heart" the Byrds inspired guitar playing and interwoven melodies, it's all very impressive. Though not entirely a throwback to another generation, there's still many modern traits mish mashed into the equation just not as prevalent as the older influences. I must add that the 60's revival or the so called neo-psychedelic revival, is one of my many favourite genres of music.
For those that know of the existence of Belles will Ring "Park Benches" seems to be a bit of a fan favourite with a striking chorus and rousing guitar playing. As the album unfolds, it's hard to deny the gentle and majestic quality and the ease in which they demonstrate their fine songwriting. On the occasion some tracks outweigh the brilliance of others but that's fairly normal for a band at thee opening stages of their career. "Older Younger" is them at their most profound, followed with their most rocking "And Jesus Said Unto Me" both filled full of guitar and synth interplay. "It's Only Goodbye" portrays a certain beauty, featuring melodies in full swirling motion. "Strange Girl" rounds up Mood Patterns in the best way possible, it'll have you falling in love immediately.
I don't know what it is, but records like this always evoke something in me, there's not a genre i prefer and when a band like this turns in such a terrific effort, it's just thrilling. As much as we all like keeping the music we love at bay, I hope this band achieve some success in the near future as they deserve it. Australian Album of the Year.
Friday, November 30, 2007
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The first image in Call of Duty: WWII is of the Call of Duty logo, within which can be seen black-and-white documentary footage from World War II. It's a literal representation of the way in which this franchise has come to crassly appropriate history for the purposes of entertainment. That's a feeling borne out by the platitude-heavy single-player campaign, one that—despite massive improvements in motion capture-aided cinematics over the years—feels far more limited in scope and emotion than the series's last WWII-set game, 2006's Call of Duty 3. WWII's own interface cheapens the story's historical context, as now you have a social hub for multiplayer missions in which you can watch eSports videos from a tent pitched on the now-corpse-free beaches of Normandy, and the game's most elaborate setting, a Gothic village in Bavaria, is wasted on the franchise's increasingly redundant tiresome mode.
For all this, WWII isn't a shoddy game so much as an uninspired one. A generic line uttered by one of Ronald "Red" Daniels's squadmates comes to mind: "There's bad, and then there's worse." Yes, this game could have been worse, but that it plays smoothly isn't enough to distract from the fact that it lacks both the creativity of Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare and the authenticity and grit of Battlefield 1. The game's opening mission, "D-Day," which begins in a sardine-like Higgins boat, should be horrific—its first-person perspective a demonstration of the senselessness of that bloody landing, given that the boat's narrow gangway creates a perfectly shaped kill corridor. But the game-y quality of the whole thing—the way you're only handed control until you've already leapt overboard and swum onto the open beach, and the way you're moved forward with a giant and distracting objective marker—only undermines the sobriety that's intended by the developers.
There's no shock to the frequent deaths that occur while storming the beach, or in fulfilling any number of largely interchangeable objectives (whether your target is a tank or a mortar, it takes only a push of a button to destroy it) in largely interchangeable locations (the ruins of Marigny look much like those of Aachen). All that matters is whether a moment can deliver adrenaline thrills, and so you'll learn nothing of Staff Sergeant Perez and Second Lieutenant Matthew Weber beyond the machinery they operate. During the stealthy infiltration of a German garrison, you'll come to understand more about a French Resistance member's cover identity than her actual motivations, a choice that makes her abrupt encounter with a German commander all the more awkward for its lack of context.
WWII aims to tell a story of the brotherhood between "Red" and his squadmates, but it's one that's ill-served by undeveloped characterizations. There are some good moments, particularly in the mo-cap performances from Josh Duhamel, who plays Red's traumatized commander, Pierson, and Jonathan Tucker, whose character, Zussman, demonstrates his loyalty early on by taking a knife for Daniels. But there's a dissonance between the vulnerability shown in these pre-recorded, non-interactive cutscenes and how these characters actually serve alongside you in combat.
Zussman isn't shielding you on the battlefield, and save for one early game sequence that teaches you how to pull a soldier to safety, nor are you protecting him. During missions, your squadmates are essentially invulnerable, their only interactions with you limited to an activation of their arcade-like powers, which grant you extra ammunition or serve to highlight enemy positions. The game's story insists that brotherhood and sacrifice are the foundations of your unit but demonstrates these bonds in the cheapest fashion: as quid pro quo, a reward for your Nazi-killing prowess.
A sense of emotional investment is missing here, and that's not something WWII can fix by taking a slow step back from the action to establish the setting. Just before the Battle of the Bulge, the game shallowly attempts to humanize these anonymous soldiers by tasking players with placing extra ammo under an ally's makeshift Christmas tree in the frosty Ardennes Forest. However, by making this a mandatory mission, the game exposes the artificial intention behind said mission, as if the mundanity of that task is the thing that will finally help players to understand what it means to truly be a soldier.
Heroism and sacrifice can't be reduced to linear objectives; they require meaningful choices and observable consequences. It might have been better if the game had you choose which ally to give ammunition to, making you grapple with the decision of sending one man to his death at the expense of saving another. Instead, because you're told exactly what to do and where to go, you aren't interacting with the game, manipulating its story, so much as blindly following directions. This is heroism by numbers, and it's a problem that also marks the game's so-called "Heroic Actions," clearly marked and timed secondary objectives in which you can attempt to save an anonymous soldier who lies bleeding out in the open, or who's precariously grappling with a Nazi. These tasks are optional, but they have no bearing on the actual game.
The lack of purposeful interactions throughout WWII makes the methods by which Sledgehammer Games appropriates history feel especially tacky. The campaign's final level egregiously attempts to elevate the game's emotional resonance by at last acknowledging the horrors of the Holocaust, but the only thing that's accomplished by this calculated sendoff is to remind players of how little emotion the game has displayed up to this point.


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Protect against erosion and improve water conveyance
Rehabilitate internal pipes and restore manholes by creating a new structural pipe within an old pipe
Repair damaged transmission pipelines or leaks in process piping
Strengthen or retrofit existing concrete, masonry and steel structures
Game Changing Products For Space and Efficiency
The SplashGard™ system is a dual-component specialized coating and structural reinforcement solution specifically designed for use in wet or submerged conditions. SplashGard™ consists of two components: SplashBond™ Adhesive and Splash Wrap, a fiberglass cloth impregnated with moisture cured urethane (MCU) resin. The innovative corrosion barrier system can be applied underwater and adheres easily to wet steel surfaces. It not only arrests corrosion and wave action, but also provides structural reinforcement, making it an ideal option for use on risers.
Attribute–Tensile Strength
Method– ASTM D3039
Value– 51,800 psi
Attribute–Tensile Modulus
Method–ASTM D3039
Value–3.01 x 106 psi
Attribute– Poisson's Ratio
Method– ASTM D3039
Attribute– Thermal Expansion
Method– ASTM E831
Value– 10.2 μm/m/°C
Attribute– Heat Distortion Temperature
Method– ASTM D648
Value– 205 °C
Attribute– Max Operating Temperature
Method– ASME PCC-2
Value– 185 °C
Attribute– Application Temperature
Value– -50°F to 120°F -46°C to 49°C
Attribute– Ply Thickness
Value– 22 mils (0.022 inches)
Attribute– Working Time
Value– 20 – 30 minutes
Attribute– Set Time
Value– 2 hours
Attribute– Cure Time
Value– 24 hours
Attribute– Shelf Life
Value– 1 year with proper storage
Attribute– Stocked Sizes
Value– From 2" X 12' to 12" X 90'
1. Surface Preparation
Remove all soft coatings and media blast the pipe to provide an anchor pattern (NACE 1 preferred). On dry surfaces, wipe the surface with a solvent such as Acetone, Toluene, or MEK. For structural repairs, mix and apply filler putty or paste to any defects.
2. Apply SplashBond
Mix equal parts of the SplashBond™ Epoxy Primer until uniform. Apply the primer to the pipe surface as instructed. Allow the primer to sit until a "peanut butter" thickness is achieved.
3. Apply SplashWrap
Follow the wrapping instructions for Pipe Wrap™ or A+ Wrap™, as applicable for the repair.
4. Apply SplashBond Outer Coat
Allow the material to cure. Then, mix and apply a coating of SplashBond™ as an outer coating.


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The delivery of health care and the conduct of biomedical research are increasingly reliant on advances in technology. Biomedical Engineering bridges the gap between technology, medicine and biology. It integrates physical, chemical, mathematical and computational sciences and engineering principles with the ultimate aim of improving health care. This major builds on the first three years of the BE (Electrical & Biomedical) which progresses through a broad foundation of preparatory courses in engineering, mathematics, biology and physics, followed by more advanced coursework and laboratory training, where engineering analysis and design techniques are applied to biological systems and clinical problems.
The UQ degree is focussed principally on medical imaging technologies, physiological measurement and biosignal analysis. The program is project-focussed including a project in fifth year to develop individual design and research skills, an approach valued by employers. Graduates of biomedical engineering may be involved in the design, construction and management of health and monitoring systems as well as diagnostic and therapeutic systems.
Employment opportunities:
Roles for biomedical engineers are found in government regulatory bodies, private medical device industries and academic teaching and research institutions.
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At Frank we talk a lot about the importance of trust. This week we take a sobering look at one of the worst examples of medical exploitation the US has ever seen, the mistrust that followed, and the ensuing fallout.
The Tuskegee Study: A Breakdown of Trust
Starting in 1932, for forty years, the Public Health Service of the US Government studied the progression of syphilis in 600 poor, black male sharecroppers in Alabama. The study perhaps started with good intentions -- there was no known cure in 1932 -- however the study continued without treating sick participants for about thirty years after penicillin was shown to be an effective treatment.
In the sordid history of medical experiments, the Tuskegee Study shares the terror of the Nazi experiments, and radiation experiments done in the US.
In 1972, the US Government disclosed its dark secret. Censure was widespread, from the press to politicians. Reforms were passed, including new policies guiding the ethics of using human subjects in experiments.
But perhaps the most important fallout has only just now come to light: the impact of a massive breakdown in trust.
In a new paper, Marcela Alsan from Stanford and Marianne Wanamaker from the University of Tennessee, show that the horrible treatment of black males by these medical researchers lead to a dramatic and ubiquitous mistrust by black males of the medical community. And this mistrust lead to less use of health services. And this decrease lead to worse health and shorter lifespans.
The authors estimate that the post-1972 mistrust resulted in older black men dying up to 1.4 years earlier.
When an Industry Loses Trust
In other industries, when mistrust is high, there are often other places to turn, or perhaps this leads to a disruption of the industry. When the taxi industry couldn't get worse, Uber came around and changed everything.
Recently, the questionable behavior of banks and financial institutions has lead to a complete breakdown of trust between them and their customers. One doesn't need to look far to see that financial institutions are amongst the most hated brands, especially amongst millennials. That distrust will has lead to an entire generation of companies -- including Frank -- offering a better way forward.
But the mistrust of the medical industry was for an entire industry, and one where there was nowhere else to turn. It has taken decades to heal.
Reports of the Tuskegee Study typically cite 600 as the number of victims. But it's clear when they lost the trust of that community, the number was tragically far greater.


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I love football season. Any excuse for nachos, beer and hanging out with friends all day long each weekend is okay in my book.
Last night I headed to Hurley's (bad part of town, pretty awesome bar – their rooftop is fantastic) to watch the Arkansas game with some Arkansas alum… and one fellow OU alum (I have no allegiance to Arkansas, but did I mention nachos? And beer?).
Have you ever pulled off an awesome "woo, pie sooie!"? Yeah, prior to last night I had no idea either… but man, I wish my Bobcats had a game-scoring cheer that was nearly as fun. The weather had that perfectly brisk almost-fall feel that's the perfect backdrop for a football game and lends itself magnificently for rooftop spectating. I'm soaking up these last few warm weekends while I can, and I'm glad I got to do so with some pretty rad folks.
Heading to Hurley's soon? Try their pulled pork nachos (dyed red last night in honor of the Razorbacks!)


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Tomb Raider is the 2013 reboot to the popular franchise staring one of video game's most iconic ladies – Lara Croft. Ms Croft, who has been played in live action movies by the lovely Angelina Jolie, is for all intents and purposes Indiana Jones with boobs. Although the original Tomb Raider was a smash hit the reputation of the series has dipped in recent years after a number of lacklustre sequels. Thankfully Crystal Dynamics have managed to revitalise the property in this latest adventure. Using Unchartered as inspiration this new instalment has introduced a bunch of gameplay improvements to the title, most notably in the controls department. Lara no longer controls like a tank… although the size of her missiles has sadly been reduced.
The game's story chronicles Lara's origins showcasing her transformation from a meek archaeology student, who in one cut scene hilariously mutters "I hate tombs," to a badass explorer who slays dinosaurs with twin pistols. When the game begins we see Lara and chums become stranded on an island after a horrendous storm sinks their ship faster than Spain's hopes of retaining the World Cup. Players must aid Lara in finding a way back to civilization before she misses the next episode of Games of Thrones. This won't be easy though, as the island is populated by a group of armed cultists who wish to sacrifice Lara's pals in the hopes of resurrecting a deceased Japanese shaman.
Story wise I have to say that I enjoyed Tomb Raider although players should be warned that things start slow. The first hour is rather dull and riddled with annoying quick time events. Thankfully things improve once the game opens up and you are given the freedom to upgrade Lara's skills however you see fit. Crystal Dynamics' attempts at humanizing Lara are commendable, but regrettably fall flat due to inconsistencies between the story segments and gameplay. The early cut scenes for example present Lara as a dainty lass, who is no more athletic than your average I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here contestant, but from the offset we see that she can nimbly traverse over ravines with dexterity that would put Spider-Man to shame.
In a similar vein Lara's transition from sweet girl to cold-hearted killer could have been handled better. Supposedly she is pushed over the edge when one of her captors tries to sexually assault her. I wasn't too convinced by the scene in question; although the sequence may have been toned down after an early trailer resulted in outcry from journalists who accused the developers of using rape as a tasteless plot device. I would be surprised if the said clip was censored though, as the game doesn't shy away from violence against women. I lost count of the number of gruesome ways in which Lara can perish. One particular death were she gets impaled through the neck is especially stomach churning. Poor Lara takes more punishment that a proponent of BDSM.
Gameplay wise Tomb Raider has been likened to Naughty Dog's Uncharted series although I cannot comment on those comparisons, as I am not acquainted with the exploits of Nathan Drake. To me Tomb Raider's combat is akin to the excellent Resident Evil 4 with a smidgen of puzzle based platforming. As a dunce who is not adept at 3D platformers I feared that I would regularly get stuck in this game, but that was not the case thanks to the title's forgiving difficulty curve. Leaping over pitfalls and scaling over walls is a doddle thanks to the responsive controls and the brainteasers are never too taxing. Use the shotgun to destroy a barricade, burn down an obstacle with a torch, traverse gaps using a rope and so on. If you have graduated from the Zelda school of dungeon crawling Tomb Raider's puzzles shouldn't pose too much of a challenge.
The game's combat is especially satisfying, which is just as well given how I often faltered at sneaking past guards (alas I'm as stealthy as an elephant wearing clogs.) Over the course of Lara's journey our heroine acquires a decent arsenal that can be upgraded at camps using scavenged materials. The weapons at the player's disposal include a machine gun, pistol, axe and shotgun. My favourite instrument of destruction is however the bow and arrow. Ever since the Hunger Games hit cinema screens female archers seem to be all the rage. That's fine with me as the majority of them are "hot"… especially when they can shoot "fire" arrows that toast enemies.
My rating for Tomb Raider is a five out of five, as the game is tons of fun to play. I think the only people who will be disappointed with this reboot are old school fans who prefer Tomb Raider games that focus more on puzzles than action. The game took me three evenings to complete, which works out at around twelve hours (plus however long it takes to acquire all of the optional collectibles.) That's good value considering that you can pick up the title for around a tenner if you shop around. Graphically the game is gorgeous and sound wise Camilla Luddington (Grey's Anatomy) does a brill job of voicing Lara. Amazingly Square-Enix have commented that the title did not meet sales targets, despite shifting a million copies within two days and 6.5 million units since release. Wow talk about unrealistic expectations. Ah well perhaps the sequel will perform even better, especially if Crystal Dynamics can maintain the level of quality shown here.


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Washington Provides Lift to Razorbacks? Passing Game
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. –– Arkansas practiced for 90 minutes in shells on Wednesday afternoon inside the Willard and Pat Walker Pavilion as the Razorbacks prepare for Saturday's SEC showdown with Mississippi State.
The Razorbacks and Bulldogs are scheduled to kickoff at 1 p.m. at War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock. MSU enters the game with a 2-7 overall record and a 0-6 mark in conference play.
"We had a good practice today," Arkansas head coach Houston Nutt said. "We got Casey Dick back on the practice field and most of our walking wounded are also tying to get back out there."
One of the exceptions was center Kyle Roper who left Saturday's win at Ole Miss, and has not been able to practice on his injured knee all week.
The Razorbacks have taken the emotion and excitement from their 28-17 win over the Rebels to the practice field this week. The results have been positive as Arkansas focuses on Mississippi State's tough defense and talented running back Jerious Norwood.
Norwood comes into the game averaging 93.4 yards per game on the ground, which ranks fourth in the SEC and 38th nationally.
"Everybody was very intense out there today," Nutt said. "They remember that feeling we had in Oxford and there is nothing like winning. We are trying to have great preparation getting ready for a team (Mississippi State) that is a lot like us.
"Their defense is very strong and quick, and they have a tailback that is very explosive. We are going to have to do a good job of containing him. That is what the emphasis of today's practice was."
Among the walking wounded that returned to practice on Wednesday was quarterback Casey Dick, who missed Tuesday's workout with flu-like symptoms.
"Casey looked pretty close to full speed today," Nutt said. "He will be okay."
The solid play of wide receiver Cedric Washington over the past two weeks has helped to open up the Razorbacks' passing game.
"He (Washington) has really done a good job," Nutt said. "He has worked hard. His route running and creating separation have been his biggest improvements. I think he is excited that we have done more in the passing game the last couple of weeks. He feels like the ball is coming his way."
Arkansas will wrap up the practice week on Thursday with a light practice before busing to Little Rock Friday morning.


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- Do not leave changes to your son's routine until the baby comes. Do them asap so he doesn't think it's all the new baby's fault and harbour resentment. (Oops. 2 weeks before I delivered, we added Alden's Preschool sessions to accomodate my demanding pregnancy)
- Do borrow a baby for an hour or so close to delivery date (several times if possible) and send its mother/father away so you can sit with it just you, your son and talk about it to him. What it does, how it eats, that it's okay that it cries, that you're going to have one of these come live in your house soon, etc. (Are you kidding me? Borrow a baby from where? Video-EZY?)
- Do not hold the baby the first time that the older child meets him/her so he doesn't feel deposed. (Guilty as charged. I was holding Alva when Alden came to visit me at the hospital)
- Do get a special present for the older baby - it's as if the newborn is bringing a special present for the older baby. (We got him a toy 4 days after he met the baby, so this doesn't count)
November 3, 2009
My green-eyed toddler
3 comments:
- Carpe Diem 211 said...
wow tough yea lis .. having two toddlers .. both craving for attention. I'm sure its just a phase. Alden will outgrow it soon ... everything is moving so quickly for him. Dont you worry ok ..
- November 03, 2009 10:53 PM
- Debra Golingai said...
The same thing happened to me when my younger brother was brought home (well kind of)..except I didn't go cover him in toys, etc. I would be dead if I did that especially as the age difference between my younger brother and I is 18 years. We are 18 years apart, how fancy.
Now I still think he's still pretty much hogging the attention but I don't mind. I think it's just a part of me that is maturing, growing up or whatever you call it. :P But anyway, Alden will be fine and I think he will make a good brother to Alva.
- November 04, 2009 9:05 PM
- June Susan ♥ Artwork said...
Yeah, it is very tough to face these children's behaviour but since I learn 'Child Development' here in maktab, I'm sure Alden is in this "Jealousy opposite sex phase". He is into his mother & need more attention like doing something to provoke the mother :) But it is very normal for Alden so just let it be or mmm...I have read some tips from the Child Development too and I want to share this info & perhaps this can help u how to recover Alden's jealousy :D
1. Give him pujian everytime he doing good on Alva like; mengusap kepala Alva, giving meal to lil Alva & etc (everytime he comes near to Alva and touch her with tender love)
I don't know if this work or not but I have read it & hope this tip can change Alden's jealousy into loving character :)
Have a nice day dear Teacher.
- November 05, 2009 2:09 PM


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A community of refugees, mechanics and volunteers has had an idea: take donations of second-hand bikes, repair them in a workshop and afterwards deliver them to asylum seekers and refugees. This is The Bike Project, a project which according to their own data, states that every year more than 13,500 people arrive in London who are fleeing their own countries for reasons such as war, dictatorship, ethnic discrimination or climate change. Similarly, there are 27,500 bikes that are abandoned during the same time period. This means that just one of these recycled bikes can help refugees to save £20 on bus fares and up to £1040 per year.
It has to be said that the reason this project is sustainable in the long term is that a small proportion of the bikes are sold through The Bike Shop. This allows them to generate funds, which guarantee their continuity. In their first three years, up to 1,300 refugees received a bike, which contributed to a collective saving of £1.352 million on transport. "I feel good when I travel by bike. It means that my mind is active and for me, it's like therapy", confirms one of the beneficiaries of the project.
London is a city where public transport can be very expensive. Sarah Morpurgo, coordinator of the project, confirms that "the main problem that they must face here, especially in London, is isolation". Likewise, the British capital offers lots of opportunities such as lawyers who can help them in their asylum request procedures, organisations that can given them housing, access to education and a health system, etc. To manage the requests for bikes, they have a waiting list on their website. If the asylum seekers have received refugee status in the last five years, they can fill in the form and then when The Bike Project receives a new bike, they receive an email with a notification.
The notification is sent according to a selection order. Then, the beneficiary has to bring their identification to acquire it. In the women's cycling program, it's a 3 month training, and bikes are given to them permanently. To be able to collaborate, The Bike Project has provided a space where those people who want to can donate their bike, help to repair a bike in bad condition or sponsor a bike.


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Being an amateur blogger, it does get hard to suffice at times when I glance at my total 'hits' so far (171 since December'13). I never considered my Tumblr 'blog' to be a blog since Tumblr has more of a picture blogging concept. Therefore, I decided to plunge right into WordPress – where I could actually express myself as I always wished to.
Making your presence felt on the Internet is an extremely difficult task, unless your act is funny or scandalous. Mine is neither.
As an 18 years young adult, I am thoroughly indulging into the realm of all things positive. My teenage woes had completely gone haywire (I sure will write about them after this series of posts!) and I experienced a wild world. Thanks to my loved ones, I am over that phase and I look upon slowly building a positive character myself with the help of books and things or people around me.
Inspiration plays a gigantic part in my journey to retain my humanity and achieve my goals in the near future.
Having said that, Beings and Things That Inspired Me Today is my small adventure in the world of blogging. I will post a picture and a brief summary about a being or a thing that inspired me that day for 9 days.
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2016 Infiniti QX60 revamped
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The new Infiniti QX60 boasts new front and rear fascias that bring it more closely into line with the current divisional look. Up front a Q50-style double-arch grille is framed by new LED-infused bi-xenon headlamps and running lights. The redrawn rear tail gets similar tweaks gaining a bit more brightwork and a supplemental shark fin antenna. Less visible but no less welcome is new acoustic glass in the side windows that give the QX60 class-leading NVH control at a constant-speed cruise.
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Adding more charm to the well-finished passenger compartment, the 2016 QX60 complements its long list of standard equipment with several new trim choices and accents along with additional soft-touch surfaces. Performance of the standard tri-zone climate control system also has been enhanced and V6-powered versions gain three additional USB charging ports, one for the second row and two for the third. Close-quarter maneuvers also will be easier thanks to the new Around View Monitor with Moving Object Detection.
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University teams from around the world will be competing in the 2015 Global Student Entrepreneurship Challenge for the VT KnowledgeWorks Global Challenge Trophy and the $25,000 Grand Prize during the VT KnowledgeWorks Global Partnership Week in Blacksburg and Roanoke, Virginia, USA, August 16-22, 2015.
The Global Student Entrepreneurship Challenge will be held in the Alumni Assembly Hall in The Inn at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, on Thursday, August 20, 2015 from 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. All are invited and those who would like to attend may register here.
Our panel of judges for the VT KnowledgeWorks Global Student Entrepreneurship Challenge are:
Eva Doss, President and CEO of The Launch Place
Jason Gabriel, Managing Director of Third Security
Carol Hamilton, Director of the Center for Entrepreneurship, James Madison University College of Business
Will Karbach, Chairman and CEO of The Branch Group, Inc.
Robert McAden, Site Leader for Rackspace in Blacksburg
Charles Pennington, President of TechLab, Inc.
Dr. Dan Sable, Founder and CEO of VPT, Inc.
Please see photos and read biographies of our Panel of Judges for the 2015 Global Student Entrepreneurship Challenge Presentations. (.pdf).
The VT KnowledgeWorks Global Partnership Week offers university students and faculty from all over the world a chance to collaborate, form partnerships, build their global networks, and congregate in Blacksburg and Roanoke, Virginia, USA. The Global Partnership is an ongoing cooperative association of regions building permanent social, academic, and commercial relationships with each other, for mutual long-term advantage. Members of the partnership gather annually during a week-long Global Partnership event hosted by VT KnowledgeWorks, Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center, Virginia Tech, and citizens and businesses of the Roanoke-Blacksburg region.
Our global students need local beds! We invite you to be a Global Host Family.
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- Here's a first look at the schedule of events for the 2015 Global Partnership Week!
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Shallow Grange
Peak Star Party is held at Shallow Grange Farm just off the A515 a couple of miles outside Buxton. Postcode for satnav is SK17 9SG, but note that the centre of the postcode is some way away and you should not rely on this to take you directly to Shallow Grange.
Latitude = 53.2272 (53 degrees, 13.6 minutes North)
Longitude = -1.8606 (1 degree, 51.6 minutes West)
Altitude = 1,080 ft
The detailed location is shown in the below and the farm is clearly signposted using the normal brown campsite signs from the A515 and A6.
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Shallow Grange have been most helpful in setting up extra Electric Hook-ups (EHUs) on pitches that would not normally have them. As a result, we have a few additional restrictions to ensure site safety and smooth-running.
Site Maps
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Motor Home Pitches
Small Camper Van Pitches
NEPTUNE 13 - 19: These are grass pitches just off a gravel track and are suitable for small camper vans such as VW Campers or Ford Transit conversions. These pitches will be allocated on arrival so we can fill them from pitch 19 to 13 in order so please arrive together if you are in a group.
Caravan Pitches
MARS 4 to 17: These are normal grass pitches and are suitable for all caravans, where cars are parked in the nearby car park field. These pitches all have 8A EHU feeds.
Tent Pitches
SATURN 1 - 31; NEPTUNE 1 - 12 and 20 - 99: These are standard grass pitches and are suitable for tents only. Each pitch is roughly 7m x 10m and can accommodate one large tent or two small ones.
Pitches with Electric Hookup (EHU)
All pitches marked on the pitch plan as "8A" or "16A" have electric hookup. These are:
- all Motor Home Pitches
- all Caravan Pitches
- Tent Pitches SATURN 1, 2 and 24 - 31
- Tent Pitches NEPTUNE 1 - 8
Local Attractions
Tourist Attractions
- Alton Towers and Gullivers Fun theme parks
- Go Ape high wire forest adventure
- Churnet Valley Steam Railway
- Chatsworth House
- Stoke on Trent Pottery museums and factory shops
- Numerous local caverns with guided tours (Pooles Cavern, Peak Cavern, Speedwell Cavern and Blue John Cavern are some of the best).
- Brierlow Bar bookstore (one of the largest bookstores in the country with an excellent astronomy section) Note: Google Maps has the location marked up on the wrong building; it's the big barn where it says "Hindlow" on the location map).
We have arranged discounts with many local tourist attractions and will include these in the welcome packs you will receive on arrival.
- Several walks straight off the farm (ask PSP marshall to borrow a map)
- Mid-shires Way
- Tissington Trail
- High Peak Trail
Nearby Towns
- Buxton, about 3 miles
- Ashbourne, about 10 miles
- Leek, about 15 miles
Local Pubs
- The Church Inn, Chelmorton
- The Royal Oak, Hurdlow
- The Bull's Head, Moneyash
- The Red Lion, Litton
- The Packhorse, Crowdecote
- The Ashford Arms, Ashford in the water


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Hello everyone. Following you will find the description of the things that we would like you to bring for your work as BG players tomorrow, 10/25.
We are playing the current weather/season of Fall. The color palette should reflect this.
We would also not mind seeing some of the muted, softer colors of Spring. Please, none of the overly bright, saturated colors of Summer. Also, please refrain from bringing clothing with large noticeable logos and/or artwork.
MALE AND FEMALE NEIGHBORS should all bring casual clothing choices to include jeans, khakis, cargo pants, skirts, long sleeve button front and pullover shirts/blouses, cardigans and light weight pullover sweaters, light weight jackets. Don't forget the shoes appropriate for your choices. Ladies, the jewelry should be simple. Men, bring some caps if you like, without logos.
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Boredom, the root of my evil.I had it all, dream job, boyfriend, stability.
Alastar O'Shea.An enigmatic, artistic Irishman who had more sexual energy in his pinky finger than anything I had ever dreamed of.
He was hot, toxic and the most exhilarating experience of my life.Like a drug he entered my bloodstream.
Did I meet him by chance or was it a calculated hit?I did believe in fairy tales but he isn't who I thought he was.
He stands back and his eyes drop down my body for a moment. "Do you want to play a game?"I smile.
He picks up the bottle of liquor and leads me by the hand into the kitchen.
"Shot glasses?" he asks.
"Umm." I try to think where I have seen them. "Top cupboard."
He gets out six shot glasses and lines them up on the bench and then opens the tequila and fills them all.
I stand still and watch him, my core throbbing and wet from the feel of his cock only moments ago.
"What's the game?" I smirk.
He kisses me and his tongue sweeps though my mouth before he lifts me to sit on the kitchen bench. Fuck, he's hot.
"The game is called unshot."
I frown. "Unshot?"
His mouth drops to my breast through my shirt and he bites my nipple.
"For every shot that I drink, I get to take a piece of clothing off you."
I smile. I like this game.
"What do I get when I drink a shot?" I breathe.
His dark eyes hold mine. "You get my tongue on you somewhere."
My insides start to liquefy and my ovaries are chanting skull, skull, skull.
He picks up his glass and tips his head back, drinking it down. His large tongue comes out to lick his lips and anticipation thrums through my body. He puts his glass down and lifts my shirt over my head. I sit on the bench in my black lace bra and skirt and stockings.
He licks his lips again and his eyes drop to my breasts. Oh, I want that tongue on me.
I pick up my glass and drink my shot and he bends to pull my bra back and takes my nipple in his mouth, quickly biting me with a hard suck. I jump and my legs open that bit farther by themselves.
He stands and drinks another shot, licks the tequila from his lips again, and lets his dark, wanting eyes burn holes in my restraint.
Holy fuck, this game is hot.
"Stand up." He growls.
I didn't enjoy this as much as the Stanton series, I do hate to compare books from the same author but I was expected to love this as much as the Stanton.
I certainly wasn't looking for the book to be the same, I mean how boring would that be.
I will say it was unexpected, full of drama and twist and turns.
It's not what it seems and I was not sure how to take it.
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7 Events around Baltimore in April
I often struggle in determining if it is Christmas or spring that is the most wonderful time of the year, and right now, after the long and cold winter we've had in Baltimore, I'm feeling pretty partial toward spring; and for good reason, there's a lot of events for Baltimoreans to look forward to this April. April marks the start of festival season in the city! With so much going on, I picked out the events I'm most excited about attending in April.
1. Baltimore Farmers' Market & Bazaar Opens
Every Sunday from 7 a.m. - noon, beginning April 6
Under the Jones Falls Expressway at Holiday & Saratoga streets
Admission: Free
Baltimore is home to dozens of farmers markets, but the largest is the Baltimore Farmers Market & Bazaar, which hosts over 80 vendors on Sundays from April to December. There's all of your usual farmer's market finds: fresh fruits and vegetables, local meats, plants, locally brewed coffee, etc. Plus street performers, multicultural foods and unique jewelry, antiques and collectibles for sale. The Baltimore Farmer's Market & Bazaar opens for it's 37th season on April 6.
2. Privateer Festival
April 12 & 13 from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Fells Point
Admission: Free
Inspired by the maritime history of Baltimore, the Privateer festival celebrates Fells Point's role in American history. Throughout the two days, festival-goers will experience live battle reenactments, live music and entertainment and indulge in the maritime history of Fells Point. There will also be a nautical pet costume contest, bar crawl, kid activities, a "grog garden," and food and craft vendors.
3. Boulevard of Chic Fashion Truck Rally
Saturday, April 26 from noon – 6 p.m.
1132 Key Highway
Admission: Free
You've probably heard of food truck rallies, but what about a fashion truck rally? The Boulevard of Chic fashion truck rally is the first of it's kind in Baltimore, and will bring together artists, entrepreneurs and fashion designers with Baltimore shoppers. The trucks each have a different niche, including jewelry, beauty products, boutique fashion, fitness attire, consignment and vintage pieces, and more. The event is free, and a portion of the proceeds from the day's sales will benefit the Baltimore Animal Rescue & Care Shelter, better known as BARCS. I'm really excited about this concept, and can't wait to attend.
4. Maryland Bacon Festival
Saturday, April 26 from noon – 1 p.m.
Rash Field, 201 Key Highway
Admission: $25
If you're like most human beings, you're probably obsessed with bacon, and now there's an entire festival dedicated to the crispy, salty breakfast meat. The all-day festival will host 30 local restaurants and food trucks that will serve up samples and full-sized bacon dishes. Festival attendees can expect to taste bacon in almost every form, whether it's wrapped around shrimp, paired with eggs or baked into a cupcake, and to wash it all down, beer, wine and bacon themed cocktails. You can also participate in a bacon-eating contest, cooking & cocktail demonstrations, and a "bacon-off" cooking competition. They will also be hosting free cholesterol screenings… just kidding!
5. Emporiyum Food Festival
April 26 & 27 from 11 a.m. – 6 p.m.
1300 Thames St., Fells Point
Admission: $15 in advance, $20 day of
If you're a foodie, I expect to see you at The Emporiyum Food Market in Fells Point this April. The two-day food festival will feature dozens of restaurants, bakeries and breweries, with Maryland chef, Bryan Voltaggio of Volt, Range and Family Meal, taking top billing.
Tickets get you bite-size samples from the diverse set of vendors, including dishes from Woodberry Kitchen, Pabu Sushi, Astro Doughnuts and Fried Chicken, Vigilante Coffee Company, and Fleet Street Kitchen... just to name a few. Two breweries are listed so far: Heavy Seas and Flying Dog.
Tickets for Saturday are sold out, but you can still buy tickets for Sunday.
6. EcoFest
Saturday, April 26 from 11:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Druid Hill Park
Admission: Free
EcoFest is part of Baltimore Green Week, and features tons of activities, workshops, vendors, music and food, all with the central theme of celebrating our earth. The event is sponsored by Whole Foods Markets, who will be offering a tasting tent filled with local foods. New this year, is a beer garden that features local Baltimore brews. Visitors can enjoy a ride around the reservoir on bikes provided by festival organizers, yoga lessons, kids activities, music and visit more than 50 vendors and exhibitors.
7. Federal Hill Spring Block Party
Sunday, April 27 from 11 a.m. – 7 p.m.
South of the Cross Street Market, Federal Hill
Admission: $5 in advance, $10 at the gate
Celebrate springtime in Fed Hill with the neighborhood's annual Spring Block Party on Sunday, April 27. The block party features live music, food, arts & craft vendors, games and, of course, access to plenty of beer.
Did I miss an event? Comment below and tell me about it!


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Ok, nitpick time.
The pic is an obvious "reconstruction", probably for an fatality investigation. Trust me, if that were a real core, he wouldn't be standing right next to it, he'd be behind as much lead as possible.
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Here's a pic of my new nativity scene, with the live addition of a cat, before the sheep had a baaa-d day.
Tonight I made it out to get my shopping done. There are still a few things I need, but I can get them from Wal Mart.
Here's a couple pictures of my ceramic village all set up:


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From Milton Keynes to Melbourne: Filling the F1 Void!
We're one week closer to the 2018 F1 lift-off but there's still time to fill before then. If racing around at home on your crazy cart isn't enough, here's a few more ways you can fill that F1 void with some adrenaline-fueled action.
Red Bull Crashed Ice – January 19-20th
Forget wheels, try skates! Returning to Saint Paul, Minnesota for a seventh year, Red Bull Crashed Ice will rock the frosty banks of the Mississippi River with stacks of high-speed Ice Cross Downhill action as skilled skaters compete in four-person heats to race to the bottom of the challenging ice track. It pushes their agility to the limit and is a fierce test of skill for these bold skaters. You won't be able to tear your eyes away!
Catch the finals LIVE on Red Bull TV this weekend.
Dakar 2018 – happening now!
The Dakar Rally is underway and has already seen plenty of thrills, spills and drama! What else would we expect from the world's toughest rally? So far, we've seen the cancellation of stage 9 (Tupiza-Salta) due to heavy rain, we've seen withdrawals from the competition including multiple WRC champion Sebastien Loeb and 2017 Dakar bikes winner, Sam Sunderland, and we've seen our Red Bull family top the rankings across car, bike and truck. What will happen next? Tune in to find out - there's never a dull moment at Dakar!
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F1 2017 from Codemasters
Fancy beating your favourite driver's best lap time? Or maybe you want to relive some of those spectacular 2017 moments for yourself? Either way, the winter break is a great time to pop F1 2017 on and have a crack at some of those circuits. Get to grips with the cars, handle the corners and race your mates to the podium – as we've already seen on social, some of you might even have your own shoey moment at home. It's all great training for when the new season starts!
We'll see you next week with some more fun ideas but in the meantime, don't forget you can drop by our Twitter, YouTube, Facebook or Instagram channels for an F1 fix.


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Title: The Natural Navigator: A Watchful Explorer's Guide to a Nearly Forgotten Skill
Author: Tristan Gooley
Edition: The Experiment (Hardcover, 2010)
Pages: 296
How I Came by This Book: This was sitting up on the "New Acquisitions" shelf at my library. Being the hiking, nature geek that I am I immediately had to check it out.
About the Author: Tristan Gooley set up his natural navigation school, The Natural Navigator, after studying and practicing the art for over ten years. His passion for the subject stems from hands-on experience. He has led five expeditions in five continents; climbed mountains in Europe, Africa, and Asia; sailed across oceans; and piloted small aircraft to Africa and the Arctic. He is the only living person to have both flown and sailed solo across the Atlantic. Tristan is a Fellow of both the Royal Institute of Navigation and the Royal Geographical Society and is the Vice Chairman of Trailfinders. He lives with his wife and two sons in West Sussex.
Synopsis: Before GPS, before the compass, and even before cartography, humankind was navigating. A windswept tree, the depth of a puddle, or a trill of birdsong could point the way home--and, for the alert traveler, they still can.
Whether you go exploring in the mountains or on a lunch break, natural navigation will keep you on course and open your eyes to the small wonders of the natural world. Almost anything in out environment can help us find our way--if we know what to look for. Adventurer and navigation expert Tristan Gooley unlocks the directional clues hidden in: the sun, moon, and stars; clouds; weather patterns; lengthening shadows; changing tides; plant growth; the habits of local wildlife; and more.
Enriched by helpful illustrations and filled with navigational anecdotes collected across centuries, continents, and cultures, The Natural Navigator proves that anyone with a curious mind can still find south by looking at the moon--and find adventure in their own backyard.
Review: I'm going to be honest with you--I don't notice the little things. I'm much more of a big picture kind of person. Regardless of the fact that my cover letters always say that I'm detail-oriented, I'm not really. (Don't look at me like that. Everyone lies in their cover letter.) Tristan Gooley is a details man. He's also, judging from that photo and some of the stories he tells in his fascinating book on natural navigation, kind of a badass.
I picked this book up in the hopes of learning some things about the world around me that would help me when I went hiking, which is about the only type of adventure that I go on. My desire to learn how to navigate stems from a very bad solo hike I took a few years ago in which I got ridiculously lost and ended up having to call a friend to come pick me up from wherever the hell I wound up in the end. Needless to say, dehydrated and tired and hopelessly-uncertain-of-where-I-am is not a good look for me.
In reading this book I learned a lot of interesting things, although whether or not they would be helpful to me without real, hands-on instruction is doubtful. I think a lot of people who read this book will come away with the same thought. While some of it is easily transferrable from page to reality--it's not hard to look at a tree and see the checkmark pattern caused by the prevailing wind or to locate the North Star--but some of the other things that Gooley talks about aren't as easy to learn from a book, especially when you're not that great at things like angles, patience, or having normal-sized hands.
The book is fun and full of lots of interesting anecdotes from Gooley's own personal experiences and from people throughout the world. Some of the chapters were a bit long and draggy, but that's probably because I don't really have any experience/interest in traversing deserts or oceans. Other chapters were chock-ful of information that could actually be useful for me. I would just have to have the book on hand or at least some notes to go by because there's no way I would remember all of it.
There's something in here for everyone, even those who prefer to have adventures in the city or in their own backyard. Some of the best bits of the book, however, are where Gooley shows off his wit. Two of my favorite passages are:
The name "Greenland" was chosen by Erik [the Red] to entice the Icelanders to come to a land that was anything but green. Twenty-five ships set sail from Iceland to follow Erik to the new land. Eleven of them didn't make it there to discover just how optimistic the name Greenland was... (p. 8)
Snails can find their way over relatively huge distances, a thousand feet or more, but lose this ability if they are shaken in a bag, which raises two questions: Why do they lose this ability and why were they shaken in a bag? (p. 216)The Natural Navigator combines navigation, history, nature, environmentalism, humor, and anecdotal evidence to create a fun and fascinating read. I highly recommend this book to anyone who is interested in learning more about the world around them or even to anyone who is just looking to impress their friends at parties. Imagine how much cooler you'll look to the hot chick/guy you're chatting up when you tell them that you can not only point out constellations but can use them to find your way to their place. On second thought, that's probably not a good line to use.
I'm giving The Natural Navigator 4.5 out 5 Gabriels.