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Do I need to be home for the application?
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How long will it take to apply the coating?
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From: Eye is Bloke <email@example.com>
Date: Sat, Mar 28, 2015 at 10:12 AM
Subject: Sexist constituent
To: email@example.com
Hi Monica,
I write about gender equality / sexism and am interested in the recent experience of sexism that you tweeted about yesterday.
I'm interested to know if the author of the sexist correspondence you received has offered you an apology for the offence it has caused you?
I'm also interested to know why this individual thought it was appropriate to write to you in such a tone (in 2015) and would be grateful if you would forward their contact details so that I can approach them to enquire about this.
I appreciate that it may not be possible to provide the contact details of private constituents but if you would convey my request to them by passing on this query and contact details I would be extremely grateful.
In the interest of both equality and democracy I think it is important to know what this individual has to say about the incident.
Many thanks in advance,
Be seeing you.

subset: commoncrawl


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CB (later known as 'the Red Caboose' or just 'Caboose') is a brake van and part of the freight train.
Initially appearing as friendly and helpful, CB's job is to assist the other trains. However, he secretly takes bribes to sabotage racers, including Rusty – revealing himself to be one of Starlight Express's main villains.
CB was removed from the New London and On Ice productions.
At first, CB seems bright, sweet and helpful. We don't see his dark side to him until the first race, but immediately that is contrasted to his sweetness towards Dinah in "There's Me". It's only in the second act that we see CB completely off the rails.
Many people theorise that Caboose is in love with Dinah, and that is why he wants to crash Greaseball (who Dinah loves) and Electra allows him access to the race. This is also often thought to be his motive behind singing "There's Me". Alternatively, he is a first class manipulator and preying on Dinah's weakness. Perhaps he genuinely feels sorry for her and is sincerely offering friendship. There is also the theory that he is simply insane with no real logic behind his motives or actions.
It's clear that he's not like the other freight trucks. His various costumes (London, Broadway, Bochum, Mexican, etc) show that he used to be a boxcar, but now he is a caboose, which means he carries humans instead of goods. Cabooses would have sleeping quarters, a kitchen, and a conductor's office, and older models could whistle and were a key element in older braking methods.
The puns flow thick and fast with CB, particularly with the homonyms of "Brake" and "Break". Is CB intending to slow down his race partner, or damage him? The audience can't tell.
In the original production he was named C.B., a reference to CB radios (this is also one of Richard Stilgoe's many beloved puns, as it is also an abbreviation of 'Caboose'). There is a scene in the Original London production, where Greaseball enters and says, 'Hi C.B.' and C.B. answers 'Hi G.B.', supporting the abbreviation train of thought. Several examples of CB radio code pepper his lines, including 'ten-seven', which means a dead body (said when he's mocking Rusty after holding him back in the Uphill Final), and 'smokey bear', which refers to a sheriff.
From Broadway onwards, however, he dropped all references to CB radios and was known only as 'The Red Caboose'. In the 1997 Mexico City production, Red Caboose was literally translated to 'Cabus Rojo'. He was not in "Starlight Express on Ice" which was based on the 'New' London production of 1992.
We first meet CB the Red Caboose in Freight, where he's pulling up the back of the freight train. He's unlike the other Freight, he's smaller, he doesn't carry goods, he's just there to help. Sometimes he can be seen smiling and waving to his friend Dinah. He keeps well back when Electra appears, and CB can't resist his magnetism any more than anyone else can. Originally, CB raced with Hashamoto in the first race, against Greaseball and Dinah, and Espresso and Buffy. But CB helps Greaseball take the lead, by slowing down the Bullet Train at the crucial moment.
After Greaseball and Dinah have confirmed their place in the final, Dinah twigs that the race was not completely honestly won. She complains, and Greaseball pushes her away. CB catches up with them, and as Greaseball tells him Dinah is on her own, CB sings "There's Me" to comfort her. She's not alone, she has a friend. What his motivation is is unclear - is he in love with her, when she has eyes for no-one but Greaseball? Is he genuinely wanting to comfort his friend? Is he in fact playing a manipulative game, and working on controlling Greaseball's girlfriend?
After the big drama of Poppa winning a spot in the final and nominating Rusty to take his place, CB joins the argument on Rusty's side, volunteering to race with him. But in an aside to Greaseball he says "Trust me, I'll sort it out! (Tell ya later what it's all about!)" Soon after we catch up with CB chatting on his radio, as Greaseball finds him. Greaseball asks who he's talking to, and doesn't like that it's Electra. He threatens CB, "Just remember whose side you're on!". After Greaseball and his gang leave, Electra turns up to talk to CB. CB tells him his plan to wipe out Rusty, and reveals his sordid past in "Wide Smile, High Style"
The Uphill Final sets off, with all three engines - Rusty, Electra, and Greaseball - all sure that CB is working for themselves. Rusty quickly learns the truth, as CB throws on the brakes, and Rusty is slowed down to the point that he misses the crucial stage of the race where the bridge ferries the racers up to the top level. Rusty's disqualified. But the race ends in a dead heat, so Greaseball and Electra will have to repeat the head-to-head final.
Rusty complains that CB cheated, but nobody listens to him. But Pearl realises that Rusty was cheated, and when she goes to complain she's bullied into staying. CB gloats, teasing the disheartened steam engine, "Call yourself an engine? You're no Engine!" as he leaves, finding the damage wrought hilarious.
Later, as the engines prepare for the re-run of the Final, Dinah has reached the end of her patience with Electra, and disconnects him. In a panic, Electra calls for his ally, CB, to race with him instead. As they assemble for the re-run, Rusty turns up with Dustin and pushes into the race. The race is violent and dirty, with Electra shooting lightning and Pearl getting derailed. Electra and Greaseball fight over CB, and he causes an enormous crash right before the finish line, resulting in Rusty and Dustin to win the race. Humiliated by losing, Electra storms out, but in even worse shape is the mangled wreckage of Greaseball and CB, who've gone through "One Rock'n'Roll Too Many" CB has learned the lesson from his devious behaviour.
For the Broadway and later productions, CB becomes Caboose, and several plot points are smoothed out from the original version. In Heat 1, Caboose usually races with Turnov, prompting mid-80s political discussion of the treacherous RED Caboose racing with the Russian engine. "There's Me" becomes a duet with Dinah taking a verse. His introduction for "Wide Smile, High Style" becomes snappier and clearer, as he tells Greaseball he'll wipe out Rusty, and Electra that he'll wipe out Greaseball. He also is clearly less sane,
- Every hero that you trust, in the end they all go bust!
- Robin Hood kept all the money, Piglet poisoned Pooh-bear's honey!
- E.T. had no flying permit, Donald Duck has eaten Kermit!
- Bambi set the woods alight! And the Red Caboose is not Snow White!'
The Uphill Final staging was also changed, rather than the racers needing to be on the bridge before it moved and the race ending in a dead heat, instead the race devolves into a punch-up, and when Rusty and Caboose pull out into the lead, Greaseball tells Caboose to Brake/Break him. Caboose sends Rusty crashing down the set, to land, injured and unable to continue, and Control cancels the race.
Another change was in cutting Electra's tantrum song "No Comeback", which added Electra to the crash at the end of the Race, making "One Rock'n'Roll Too Many" into a trio rather than a duet.
The London production updated around 1988 to bring the show in line with some elements of the Broadway production, including the re-written elements of Caboose's role, and cutting "No Comeback". In late 1992, "The New Starlight Express" cut the role of CB as well as Belle. The 1997 "Starlight Express On Ice" production modelled itself on this production, and ran without CB.
US/UK Tours
The role of Caboose was significantly cut down for the 2003 US Tour, and subsequent UK Tour. The entire scene after Heat 1 was cut, including his solo "There's Me", and his other solo "Wide Smile, High Style" was reduced to simply the dialogue. This meant that the role was small enough to be considered ensemble not a featured role, and lowered the actor's pay grade appropriately.
In 2008, the German production followed the example set by the UK Tour and cut down his role significantly. They did partially reverse the decision, however, reinstating a shortened version of "Wide Smile", where Caboose initially talks to Greaseball and Gang, telling them of his plan to wipe out Rusty. Greaseball threatens him and leaves. Caboose begins to soliloquise, but shortly after, Electra and his Components arrive and dance with him without knowing his plans. The crucial bars where Electra learns of Caboose's plans, which explain his presence, have been cut.
In 2018, the show was extensively re-written in honour of the production's 30th birthday. This included a dramatic overhaul for Caboose: an entirely new costume and a new motivation in life - he is now obsessed with money. His cheating, dirty deeds are all bought and sold. His new costume reflects this "Mobster" attitude with a trilby hat, pinstriped red on navy suit, and a big "Bling" brake wheel on a chain around his neck. Musically, all traces of the "There's Me" melody have been cut and replaced by the "Wide Smile" melody, for example his introduction in "Freight" is now sung to the "Wide Smile, high style, that's me" tune. This has a considerable impact on the character, as he is no longer perceived as "Nice" - he's worrying, disturbed, throughout the show. There is no longer two sides to his character, other characters such as Greaseball and Electra are not required to like him, merely to buy his help to throw the race in their favour.
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The logos featured on Caboose's costume are rail organizations no longer operating (known as "fallen flags" in the railroad community). Companies include Pennsylvania Railroad, Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Chessie System, Northern Pacific Railway, Great Northern Railway, Central Railroad of New Jersey, Penn Central Transportation Company, and Canadian Pacific Railway, which is the only one still in use.
On April 1st 2015 Starlight Express Bochum announced via twitter, that Caboose's costume would be changed from red to green, to match his character better - this was very quickly found out to be an April Fools' prank.
In the original version of "C.B."/"Wide Smile, High Style", C.B. mentions, "State police, they don't suspect I got Old 97 wrecked." This is a reference to the Wreck of Old 97. In 1903 an American mail train had been speeding along and could not brake in time and crashed. However, mail trains were a type of passenger service and would not have had a caboose.
Conductors on freight trains stayed in the caboose and were considered the "brains" of the trains. As a result cabooses were known as "brain boxes". Engineers naturally were in the locomotive, which was known as a "hog", and so the engineers were called "hoggers" or "hogheads", implying that they were not as intelligent. C.B. is portrayed as being the most intelligent in the show, able to doop over three different engines.
Cabooses can whistle. This was important for the conductor to signal to the engineer if a truck was uncoupled or some other problem. However, there were some difficulties as sometimes whistles were misunderstood (which could be dangerous). The caboose lost its whistle with the advent of two-way radios. A caboose whistle can be heard here: [1]
Red Caboose's hat has holes on the side. These are supposed to be the windows on his cupola (where the conductor would sit and watch the freight cars). Cabooses with cupolas came in two styles: Eastern cabooses had their cupolas in the center, whereas Western cabooses had them on one side. Of course, having the cupola in the center of Caboose's costume is the obvious choice, but the costumes designers took it a step further. Just about every railroad represented on Caboose's costume were actual Eastern companies who used center-cupola cabooses (with the exceptions of the Great Northern Railway, the Canadian Pacific Railway, and the Northern Pacific Railway, which is that logo featured on his cap).
The logos featured on Caboose's costume are rail organizations no longer operating (known as "fallen flags" in the railroad community). Companies include Pennsylvania Railroad, Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Chessie System, Northern Pacific Railway, Great Northern Railway, Central Railroad of New Jersey, Penn Central Transportation Company, and Canadian Pacific Railway, which is the only one still in use.
Caboose's Bochum costume also features the logo of American Flyer Lines - the mark of the American Flyer line of toy trains manufactured by the A.C. Gilbert Company.
The original C.B. costume was styled to resemble a trucker. In the US the railroad freight industry has been undermined by highway services. Refrigerator cars are mostly no longer seen because of the refrigerator compartments on semi-trucks. It is fitting then that the most formidable villain in StEx dresses like a trucker.


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Last week, unknown gay porn star Tony Douglas told the world that he had no "sexual interest in black people" and called one of his fans a "black motherfucker," so why not release one of his new scenes today while people still sort of know who he is, right?
It's from CollegeDudes.com. If I didn't know that Tony Douglas was probably a racist and if I was in to lanky twinks, I might think that this scene was hot, but he is, and I'm not.
Tony Douglas' racist Twitter feed.
March 27, 2018 at 6:51 pm
Big deal; people have preferences when it comes to relationships. I do not find black men attractive either. You can not force people into relationships that they would not enter voluntarily as a matter of conscious moral choice.
January 15, 2017 at 8:38 am
How can you been in the porn industry and have any kind of hang ups about anyone. That's like working for the general public and not waiting on someone, or providing them services because of their race.
November 14, 2013 at 7:17 am
but he did do a scene with a black guy so.. i dont get it…
May 5, 2013 at 9:12 pm
Im with mel … LOOOOOVE Tony Douglas !!!
September 26, 2012 at 9:52 pm
I agree with Tony, I don't like Black people either. I am a Black male and I only like White and Latin guys. I like Tony Douglas, he is not that goodlooking and has an average cock but he has a nice body and a very nice ass. I agree with Tony and support everything he said
November 4, 2012 at 1:46 pm
A white supremacist always comes with a bottom feeding uncle tom, not sold separately. If that pussy said any of that nonsense to someone's face, they would make an example out of him.
June 22, 2012 at 6:16 pm
Well, "black mother fucker" and multiple "nigger" tweets to one black fan. Eh, looks like he was annoyed by one person. Just one. It might have been better to ignore or block. But it was only one person… Who happened to be black. Blogs just need something to talk about, I guess.
My point is "oh well!"
He performs better with girls anyways. His pretty dick actually stays solid. He's probably gay for pay as in many bios he mentions a girlfriend. Like on DrakeRock, I kinda lean towards the idea he wasn't acting and it was his first anal experience (vehemently disputed on DrakeRock forum and an interview with GayPornZoom).
He's kinda cute, too tall for me, not a huge cock but it looks tasty.
The ploy on twitter by Diesal Washington sounds like a hot idea. I mean, if Tony is getting paid [enough] lol.
Summary: Tony Douglas should stick to oral sex with men. Straight guys give the best head.
June 14, 2012 at 11:28 pm
There are many racist porn actors in the industry who state on applications and in their contracts their preference to not be paired with black men. Tony is not one of them. He's a jack ass, but I highly doubt he's racist. I'm not excusing his behavior, but you can't be so transparent either. He's also tweeted about wanting to suck some "black cock." I think he's just trying to get a rise out of people. One of his black friends came to his defense when he was being attacked for his racist comments. I don't think any black person as his friend should be okay with his racist tweets, but that only speaks volumes of their character or lack there of. (Birds of a feather). He needs to just grow up and apologize and refrain from making racist comments. Now that I've wasted several minutes of my life entertaining this nonsense I hope people realize they're just being toyed with.
May 20, 2012 at 9:28 am
Racism and being queer is like coffee and lemon instead of milk. Queers are trying to banish homophobia and at the same harbouring racism? What about equality for all. I don't understand fighting for rights and equality and yet only for a select few. Then again just because some won't bed with someone of another race does not make them racist does it? Many guys won't have sex with park toilet lurkers but will stick their dicks through a glory hole. What is the correlation there? There isn't any I suppose. Now about Matthew Rush, I seem to recall reading an article interviewing him and rising fame in queer porn stardom. In the article he stated it was hard for him to get into Black gay porn because of the fact is that those studios did not consider him as "Black" enough nor was he "White" enough. It is a good thing that didn't make him shy from porn all together because even today Matthew Rush is scene as an icon.
May 10, 2012 at 3:22 am
I think that his not .. because Castro from "IGH" fucked him so hard ;)
May 8, 2012 at 2:43 pm
But didn't he appear in Chi Chi LaRue's "Lick It Clean" with Matthew Rush?
May 8, 2012 at 6:31 am
@ Jessi,
Most blacks are just as homophobic as most whites, asians, latins etc. etc.
I can use your "excuse" and be "very weary" about any demographic, because being gay can get you in trouble all over the world.
Try again.
May 8, 2012 at 3:20 am
Welp every studio is still filming that POS Spencer Fox who called us all fags, so why not this? If he's hot you'll all watch. Typical sad behavior.
May 8, 2012 at 12:14 am
I don't understand why everyone is making a big deal about this. If the guy isn't attracted to black guys, he's not attracted to black guys. You can't control who you are physically attracted to. Yes, he's a dick for the way he came out and said it openly and the way he said it. Would you rather he lie and act like he likes black guys? I bet if he said he didn't like to have sex with old guys, bears, redheads, or feminine dudes that alot of you wouldn't make a big deal about it. Maybe he was treated badly by black people when he was younger. To tell you the truth the black people were worse homophobes than the white people in the high school's I attended. Now I am very leary when I am around them. Does that make me a bad person? I'm not going to go out of my way to be rude to them, but I try to avoid them whenever possible. Yes, there are some nice black people like Obama and his family and I wouldn't mind being friends with someone like that, but most blacks are very homophobic.
May 8, 2012 at 2:12 am
I was treated badly by white guys but I don't go about it keeping an unnecessary twitter war with people and talking shit about all white dudes like that's all they are. hell, one white guy has literally gone out his way to basically call me everything in the damn book for no reason, and sounded just like this guy. and the homophobia thing can be said where ever you go but usually that is from ignorance and misinformation example being church, right wing opposition, etc. you have read his twitter right? and read the excerpt from Estelle. personally, I see no point in wasting my energy with this guy. and if people have any decency and do not like this. they wouldn't continue their subscriptions for a while. decency is based on the person. a lot of people have physical attractions but it's how they go about it. just because i've been disrespected by white guys and black guys does not mean i'm gonna be rude. you could've just who you're more attracted to instead
May 8, 2012 at 6:45 am
Jessi, I was with you (and your comment) up until I got about half-way through it. Comments like "…but I try to avoid them whenever possible…" make me sick to my stomach. I think the most interesting thing about your 'keeping it real' comment is how you say "Yes, there are some nice black people like Obama and his family and I wouldn't mind being friends with someone like that, but most blacks are very homophobic." I take it that you have a personal relationship with the First Family? If this is the only example that you can provide when it comes to "nice Black people" then you are truly going out of your way to avoid them. You also say "…but most blacks are very homophobic." How many Black people have you encountered sweetie? Unless you've conducted a national survey that can confirm your scientific analysis, your results are flawed.
Here's the ultimate realization guys… You don't have to be sexually attracted to Blacks, Whites, Latinos, Asians, etc. If that's your preference, fine. However, it's all about respect. When you make ignorant racist comments or go out of your way to avoid a certain race, the issue is with YOU. You can't make an overall assessment about a race of people when you've only encountered a small amount of them.
Tony Douglas is an a**hole and that's the bottom line. There's nothing wrong with him not being attracted to Blacks, but when you call them the N-Word multiple times from your twitter account (and you think it's cute), you cross the line. When your studio (College Dudes) doesn't take action and they still promote your latest scene, they cosign your ignorance. So Jessi, to answer your original question… THAT is why everyone is making a big deal about this.
May 10, 2012 at 1:33 am
Sorry my comment made you sick to your stomach, but if you are repeatedly antagonized by a group of people, eventually you are going to want to avoid anything that reminds you of those situations. I've lived in a couple of different cities and have repeatedly seen homophobia from black people. I now live in a smaller town where there isn't that many black people. While I was attending college here, a black female student in one of my classes asked the professor if he was gay in the middle of lecture, in front of the class. Her tone was like, you better not be. I've seen homophobia from white people, hispanics, etc. but never so outright and hateful. That whole Eddie Long pastor thing is really disheartening too! If Black churches are teaching homophobia, it's bound to stick with some of its members. I'm sure there are black people from the 50's and 60's who went through the de-segregation that feel the same way I do, only their contempt is for white people… and I don't blame them.
May 8, 2012 at 6:04 pm
Your post is ridiculous …this guy is not into blacks..but he will take one of the biggest black dicks on the net…
some whites will get their ass and vaginas stuffed with black cock then turn around and regret..can you say "HOE"?
May 7, 2012 at 7:55 am
Okay guys… How many times have we seen this? If it's not on Twitter, it's on Adam4Adam or Grindr. It's all about preference. I'm Black and I'm honestly not shocked or offended by the comment. Not having a sexual interest in Black guys doesn't make you a racist. I personally have no sexual interest in uncut dicks and overweight men just to name a few. Should I be shunned too? Sometimes, it comes down to WHAT you like and not WHO you like. If you want to offend me as a Black man, call me the N-Word. "Black motherfucker" doesn't really do it for me.
May 7, 2012 at 9:29 am
See Estelle's comment above.
May 7, 2012 at 11:40 am
Jimmy, I thank you for that information. I truly wasn't aware that he went that far. WoW! I stand corrected and I'm now offended… More than being racially insensitive, he's simply an idiot.
May 6, 2012 at 11:34 pm
I smell bullshit… what, he ditches the normal 90's middle part hairdo for a skin head haircut just in time for release during this whole racist thing (for a scene that must of been filmed a while back)
Actually, who am I kidding.. as if he would be smart enough to cook up such a publicity stunt.
May 6, 2012 at 7:54 pm
okay. so people are cancelling their subscriptions to collegedudes.com (and any other site this idiot works under) right now?
May 6, 2012 at 4:54 pm
This fool must be trolling.
May 6, 2012 at 3:55 pm
The funniest (or most pathetic) of the defenders is the queen that wrote that this
"Nicholas Gray @NickyFierce
@TonyDouglas5 Tony the more you respond to these dumb ass immature people the more they keep writing….u know your not racist and I kno 2"
Then right above it are a series of tweets where he is calling a guy the N word.
May 6, 2012 at 6:49 am
You and this blog are fucked up, completely.
Is this even serious? You clearly don't give a shit, otherwise you would not have posted this at all.
But then again, you post all kinds of homophobic porn…with models who do not identify as gay, and you consider that "hot."
May 6, 2012 at 6:56 pm
what are you talking about?
May 5, 2012 at 11:25 am
"Porn star" !!!
Just because you enter porn you automatically become a porn star ?
That guy is far from being a porn star, not phisically actractive, no charisma, no beautiful face or hot performance in bed. That guy is a porn actor, belive me.
May 5, 2012 at 1:42 pm
the term "porn star" is thrown around a little too frequently these days. anyone else agree?
May 5, 2012 at 4:55 am
I guess that makes Rosa Parks the Matthew Rush of the civil right movement.
May 5, 2012 at 12:17 am
For young Gay multi-racial kids like myself, growing up watching Gay Porn, Matthew Rush was the Rosa Parks of porn. Matthew Rush broke through color standards set in the porn world, and showed little multi-racial kids like me, that you could snag an exclusive contract with (at the time) the Gold Standard Company of Gay Porn. If it had not been for Matt Rush, there would be no Austin Wilde, Damien Cross, Angelo Marconi, and a host of other Men of Color who came after the Rush to hold exclusive contracts with major porn studios!
May 5, 2012 at 3:34 pm
Really? ROSA PARKS? I guess you take your porn seriously.
May 5, 2012 at 5:06 pm
Maybe for you Matthew Rush "broke the color standards" in gay porn, but honestly many people didn't know that he was bi-racial to begin with, and looking like he did when he first came out it seemed like Falcon made sure of that too. Dred Scott did a better "Rosa Parks" in my opinion. He was all man, naturally masculine, it was obvious that he was bi-racial (he even had the words "black" and "white" tattooed on his chest) and I don't believe Titan in any way had him be someone who he is not. I can't 100% verify that Falcon did everything to make MR look as little bi-racial as possible, but MR's overly highlighted blonde hair is a good indication to me he wasn't 100% true to himself from the beginning.
May 5, 2012 at 12:00 am
@sxg, I sgree with most of what you said/wrote, however I was speaking of Black/Latin SUPERSTARS in Gay porn. There have been a many Black/Latin porn actors, who have come and gone in Gay porn history, but none of them reached the Superstar status that Matthew Rush/Jeff Stryker accomplished. Matthew Rush toured all throughout the country being a featured danacer at Gay clubs all around the world. Matthew Rush starred in movies/plays, was the feature/draw at many a Gay clubs and Pride celebrations, all througout the world. Matthew also had numerous covers and articles in magazines. Matthew Rush is also a household name in most Gay homes. Most of the guys you have named have been in a ton of movies, but still are mostly unknown to the majority of Gay White/Black/Latin men, they could roam about freely and if they did not tell you they did Gay porn, no one would know or care. While I disagree that the star dust was gone for Matthew Rush at Falcon, I think even if he would have never left the company, he still would have been over exposed/used goods. Take a look at someone in the porn industry like, another one of my favorites Erik Rhodes. Erik Rhodes started with Studio 2000 many many years ago and became an exclusive with Falcon and is still making porn movies today like an old tired hooker. I think Matthew Rush parted with Falcon because his ego got to big and he thought another company would have given him the same star treatment, or he started to realize all the racial bullshit in the industry and realized he was not immune from it. Getting back to the reason I wrote my first comment, many celebrated White porn actors don't want to have sex with Black/Latin men. This is not a just a problem in Gay porn, it happens across the board in porn period,( I watch all porn). Most White female Superstars in porn refuse to shoot/have sex with Black/Latin men. Usaually when a White porn superstar male/female, Gay/Straight shoots a scene with Black/Latin men, it is the last stunt before said porn Superstars go into retirement or coming out of retirement to make buzz/press for their comeback into porn. Jenna Jameson and Tera Patrick spoke openly about this topic on The Howard Stern Show, about how most White porn Superstars was told to never shoot a scence with a Black guy, because it pays shit and it is a porn career killer!
May 5, 2012 at 1:44 pm
uhh, from sxg's list I do remember Flex Deon, Pedro Andreas and Daniel Marvin being in a lot of videos over the years.
May 4, 2012 at 8:04 pm
I would be piss too if that wack ass crack head looking Castro stretched my ass out for all eternity(on film) and didn't even as much as suck my tiny dik or eat your ass.. let me know your next profession of choice so i can forward those videos..LoL
May 4, 2012 at 7:40 pm
I feel that everyone has a right to his/her opinion, weather it sucks or not! If this barely known porn actor does not want to have sex with Black/Latin people, then so be it. This porn dude is saying out aloud, what many Gay White porn actors have been feeling anyway for years. Think of the same select few White guys who have sex with Black/Latin men in porn movies. Why are we pretending that racism does not still exist in Gay/Straight porn anyway? I invite everyone to name twenty well known in Gay households/circles Black/Latin porn superstars, excluding Matthew Rush, Marc Williams, Bobby Blake, Diesel Washington, Gene Lamar, Tiger Tyson, Jack Simmions, Angelo Marconi, Race Cooper and Jeremy Tucker. Most of the guys listed above most of you will have no fucking clue as to who these men of color are! Let's be real that most of you could not even pin-point what the hell Matthew Rush race was in the beginning of his porn career with the overly bleached hair, the ton of makeup, and good ole trusty photo-shop! Every person of color knew from Matthew's very first movie, that he was Black, the Mariah Carey of Gay porn, lol. In all my many many years of watching Gay porn, there has only been one real Gay Porn Superstar and that was/is Matthew Rush. There have been many movies made that feature one or two Black porn actors in the whole goddamn porn movie, unless we count the exploititive Black Balled series from Chi Chi Larue's Channel One company or the overly-exposed hood companies that are secrectly owned/funded by some rich White gentlemen, with a passion for Black/Latin cock, and looking to make a business investment, who in return let's some porn actor front as the face/owner of the company. If you are not happy with said guys comments/actions, don't watch/support his porn career. Lastly the underlined factor has already been accomplished, the porn dude got some publicity he so desparately needed and wanted!
May 4, 2012 at 9:22 pm
I actually recognized all of those names you mentioned, with the exception of Gene Lamar. After googling him I realized I knew who he was all along, but just never knew his name.
Also I'm Latino and I never knew that Matthew Rush was biracial until after a few years with Falcon. I really just thought he tanned like crazy lol. Falcon did a real good job fooling and deceiving ppl about his race. It personally doesn't make a difference to me, I just think had they not tried to hide it so much since the beginning I would have a better opinion about their company.
Also Matthew Rush may be a superstar gay porn star to you, but to me he's so overexposed that he overstayed his welcome at Falcon and it hurt him. The "magic" of Matthew Rush quickly diminished after he and Falcon parted ways and to me he seems desperate to stay relevant, especially after his return to porn.
Also here's some other men of color to think about: Alessio Romero, Robert Collins, Simon Cox, Jay Black, Julio Vidal, Pedro Andreas & Daniel Marvin, David Dirdam, Aitor Crash, Flex-Deon Blake, Antonio Biaggi, Markus Ram, Aaron Ridge, Eddie Diaz, Tony Buff, Eduardo, Alejandro, Ace Rockwood, and the list goes on!
May 4, 2012 at 11:05 pm
May 4, 2012 at 7:05 pm
But this guys had sex with a black humongous guy in Its Gonna Hurt dot com.
What is he talkin?
May 4, 2012 at 5:19 pm
Eeeeew..gross twink!
May 4, 2012 at 6:41 pm
May 4, 2012 at 5:11 pm
Why even give this piece of s**t press by posting updates? He has clearly shown he is racist, ignorant, and devoid of any intelligence. Gay porn fans should boycott the companies who hire him.
May 4, 2012 at 4:09 pm
Racist FUG!
May 4, 2012 at 2:46 pm
Yet, Diesel Washington has been virtually sucking this guys dick and eating his ass for days. Diesel just can't get enough "white meat" even it's from a half wit racist.
Watch Diesel say that he's trying to create press or is just fucking with the twink/newbie. Diesel will do anything to try to stay relevant in the industry. A 40+ year old porn performer riding on the back of a racist porn performer 1/2 his age. So sad.
May 4, 2012 at 5:14 pm
I lost what little respect I had for Diesel Washington a while ago.
May 5, 2012 at 6:54 am
So your admitting that you did in fact respect him at one time?
May 4, 2012 at 1:46 pm
Racism and ignorance in pornstars just kill it for me (and in people in general anyway), he's suddenly lost his good looks in my eyes. And yes, I'm black.
May 4, 2012 at 5:12 pm
When was he ever good looking?
May 4, 2012 at 5:15 pm
What good looks? This double-bagger stuck-up queen never was attractive to begin with, not to me at least!
May 5, 2012 at 5:32 am
wait- what? are we looking at and talking about the same person here?
May 4, 2012 at 1:35 pm
Pfft. Went to the Twitter and guess who he's in a race war with.


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6Marystown, Newfoundland turned out in force to welcome home its figure skating hero on Saturday.
Thousands lined the roads in and around the town for the parade headed by Olympic gold medallist and world champion Kaetlyn Osmond.
A pick-up truck filled with boys from Marystown Central High School was among the vehicles, its occupants' hands a blur of enthusiastic waving.
The parade made its way to the ice rink where Osmond dreamed big as a little girl.
Renamed the Kaetlyn Osmond Arena after her team silver at Sochi 2014, it was packed to the rafters.
And her adoring public watched, spellbound.
World champion @kaetlyn_23 performs where her Olympic dreams first began @TownofMarystown pic.twitter.com/t13xyPmabV
— CBC N.L. (@CBCNL) April 14, 2018
"Being home is always exciting, and to have a welcome like this is just unbelievable" – Osmond to CBC in Marystown
2018 is a year Kaetlyn Osmond will never forget.
She won gold in the team event at PyeongChang before taking bronze in the single event.
Then in Milan in March, she beat a strong field including PyeongChang gold medallist Alina Zagitova to become world champion.
What just happened !! Am I dreaming ?! Did I honestly just win worlds ?!
— Kaetlyn Osmond (@kaetlyn_23) March 24, 2018
On the map
Finally, the pride of Marystown had the chance to go home and celebrate.
With a population of around 5,500, it is the archetypal small town.
And Osmond was delighted to be back.
Competing at a world stage, competing all over the world, getting to see all the different cities, all the different countries, there's nothing quite like being in Newfoundland. There's nowhere that I've noticed that has as strong a sense of community and a sense of family. – Osmond to CBC
Another superb performance from @kaetlyn_23 in front of hometown fans in @TownofMarystown. @CBCNL pic.twitter.com/VG2E3yxu52
— Fred Hutton (@Fred_Hutton) April 14, 2018
At 22, Osmond's story is already an inspiration for the next generation.
After her Sochi exploits, she was nearly forced to retire after breaking her leg in September 2014.
But she battled back to claim her third national title in 2017 before taking silver at the World Championships.
And then came her annus mirabilis in 2018.
To mark her latest successes, a stretch of highway on the Burin Peninsula has been named after her.
When she next goes home, she will be able to proudly drive down Osmond Way.
Brooke Babstock and Abby McCarville with the Ice Crystals in Marystown want to tell their skating hero they want to be just like her. #cbcnl pic.twitter.com/27sJIo6W46
— Ariana Kelland (@arianakelland) April 14, 2018
Local journalist Ariana Kelland was on hand to speak to the children who queued to get autographs and photos with the Olympic champion.
And Osmond's success has made them feel like anything is possible.
You don't hear very often about people from small towns in rural Newfoundland that made it so big and got to do so many great things in their lives, so it's nice to be able to have our own sort of hometown hero. – a member of the Marystown Central High School's student council from the back of a pick-up truck in the parade. (Via Ariana Kelland for CBC)
They're all here to see one person, @kaetlyn_23. @TownofMarystown @arianakelland @CBCNL pic.twitter.com/fiLPyaYgkd
— Fred Hutton (@Fred_Hutton) April 14, 2018
This is what people mean when they say "bringing home the hardware." @kaetlyn_23 @TownofMarystown @CBCNL pic.twitter.com/v8F5ZT0eqc
— Fred Hutton (@Fred_Hutton) April 14, 2018
On the fly
This is just a flying visit for the sought-after star following two weeks in Japan with hit show Stars on Ice.
After spending the weekend in Newfoundland, Osmond goes on tour again.
She will be hooking up with the Canadian Stars on Ice tour, starting in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
My girl Kaetlyn's Performance 😭😍 Perfection 🙌🏻👏🏼 #JSOI18 (Part 1) @kaetlyn_23 pic.twitter.com/tLE1ZirveI
— niks 🌼 (@nabdc9429) April 6, 2018
Too many hamburgers
In the off-season, Osmond is staying in shape between the tours, performances and personal training.
She admits she needs to try harder to eat the right foods, having celebrated her world title with "one too many burgers!"
This past season is the first where she made the podium in every event she competed in.
And she is far from complacent about her future in figure skating.
I want to keep competing and seeing what else I can accomplish, see if I can win more competitions and also just challenge myself to see what else I can bring to the table. – CBC
Four years from now
The next Winter Olympics may be four years away, but it seems the Queen of Marystown is already excited for Beijing 2022.
Four years is a really long time to think about, but the Olympic Games are so much fun. – CBC


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Review: The Seventh Sense by Nano Daemon
The Seventh Sense by Nano Daemon
This is a book I'd recommend for those that have already been exposed to a wide range of spiritual and metaphysical concepts.
Within the book, the author covers the same topics discussed in 'How Life Really Works: The Answer to Finding your Purpose & Personal Fulfillment,' however she also covers a variety of other concepts that span a wide range of spiritual topics. Ms Daemon, talks about the nature of reality and how it's created and further goes on to explain male and feminine energy, twin flames, etheric/astral/mental bodies and dimensions, Hermetic teachings, various laws (duality, manifestation) and so forth.
If you've heard of these topic and want to understand how they fit in from a big picture viewpoint, The Seventh Sense is a book to read. As I read through the pages I couldn't help but feel a bit overwhelmed by the number of concepts and alternative explanations as to how things really work. As the author rightly mentioned at the end of her book, her content seven years ago was dismissed but now people are welcoming it with open arms.
I often remind myself that for years people thought Columbus was nuts when he claimed the world is round. With Ms Daemon's concepts I felt that some were a bit out there…but who knows, perhaps in a 100 years people will look back at us and think, 'How could they believe XYZ or not believe ABC?'
If we're open enough to put aside our beliefs about life (and how life really works) for a few hours and just read books like this we can gain something very powerful. We can let our gut feeling or our inner senses talk to us. We can sense that there's truth – there's information here that can help us to understand who we are, why we're here and how we can lead much more fulfilling lives. If nothing else, we can allow our minds to expand a bit and that can't be a bad thing – can it?
So many of us were born not knowing how life really works, but once we seek out information and understand how reality is really created we can change our lives. We can create them rather than having them created for us.
If and when you decide to buy The Seventh Sense by Nano Daemon my only advice is this – just keep reading. You don't have to accept or understand everything. Just take the things that stand out and make a note to look further into them. Don't let yourself feel overwhelmed – just look for the next step on your path to learning!
Get more information about The Seventh Sense by Nano Daemon at Amazon:
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FLI Structures' steel tower helps grow telecoms at Hinkley Point C.
As construction activity at Hinkley Point C increases so do the site's telecoms requirements. FLI Structures has designed, manufactured and installed, on time and on budget, a 45 metre communication tower enabling the deployment of various services including mobile telephone networks across the site.
Hinkley Point C is a large scheme, with the number of contractors on site ramping up over the next few years as the build develops. Suppliers with both experience in delivering volume over sustained periods to major projects and flexibility with design and supply over short time frames will be part of the mix that keeps contractor's programmes on schedule.
FLI Structures is a steel fabricator with two factories and a large storage facility in Gloucester, close to Somerset and the Hinkley Point C site. Accredited as 'Fit For Nuclear' with all the quality and traceability that the standard requires, we are active across the energy, rail, highways, defence and telecoms sectors. A framework supplier to Network Rail electrification projects, we own the designs to over 60% of the UK mobile phone tower network and have full design, manufacture, storage and installation capabilities completely in-house.


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Decisions regarding the building and operation of the data center have been the purview of the CIO since, well, since the beginning of IT as we know it. Only lately, however, has the industry confronted the question: Do you want to have a data center at all?
Indeed, top platform providers are already working toward this future, in part by blurring the line between "own" and "lease." HP, for example, just launched a new facility as a service (FaaS) program designed to cut the cost of full construction while allowing the enterprise to continue managing its own infrastructure. The program involves HP building a modular data center to client specifications and then leasing it on a monthly basis. The enterprise retains full control of management, security and other operational functions while HP takes care of maintenance and upgrades.
As well, many systems integrators are turning toward software-defined systems and infrastructure as the next major growth area. Wharfedale Technologies (WFT), for one, recently launched a program aimed at migrating legacy infrastructure to new Software-Defined Data Center platforms based on EMC and VMware technology. Much of the transformation will take place on existing infrastructure, although a software footing will likely produce greater ties to external infrastructure while driving efficiency and utilization of local hardware to new levels. Either way, the result is the same: more of the load shifted to the outside with a smaller internal footprint reserved for sensitive or critical data and applications.
A renewed push for more open source technology in the enterprise data centers has also come about. Dell and Red Hat teamed up recently to foster the OpenStack platform for the private and hybrid cloud. The companies are also working on a new platform as a service offering based on Red Hat's OpenShift initiative that is designed to entice developers into the world of open source app development. The intent is to drive as much commonality as possible in both internal and external clouds so as to make it all but indistinguishable to the end user, particularly as new mobile and social platforms foster greater interoperability among diverse data environments.
In the end, it's not like the enterprise data center is doomed. On the contrary, the in-house infrastructure that remains will likely be of the highest quality and geared toward supporting the most high-value data sets and applications within the organization.
But the bulk of the market will likely go toward the burgeoning cloud industry, which counts scalability as one of its primary assets.
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As of today, all private bonded warehouses for motor vehicles will be mandated by the Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA) to do their import entries through the Automated System for Customs Data (ASYCUDA).
Commissioner of Customs, Major Richard Reese, said the ASYCUDA World Customs project has now completed implementation with respect to all non-commercial cargo imports and the Sufferance Wharves.
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Reese said the JCA will also commence phasing for it to be mandatory for commercial cargo shipments to use the system and before the end of January, it will start the piloting for freezone imports and trans-shipments.
Full implementation of the ASYCUDA project should be completed in March this year. Prior to the project being completed, the JCA will begin implementation of the Electronic Trade Window, which features electronic application for permits and licence for the range of ministries, departments and agencies.
The ASYCUDA, being implemented through a US$4 million (J$482,343,760) loan from the Inter-American Development Bank, is a web-based application to improve efficiency at the agency by integrating business processes into a digital platform. This is expected to allow the JCA to provide accurate and real time data to the Ministry of Finance and Planning as well as Tax Administration Jamaica and the Statistical Institute of Jamaica.


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Job Description: Two year appointment. Would serve as one of the six NCAA legislated countable coaches. Coaching and recruiting. Must possess a passion for learning and coaching swimming. Dry-land and weight training, Recruiting, Office hours and Organizational skills, On deck coaching, & Competent computer & internet skills required Word, Excel, Meet Manager and Social Media skills and knowledge. Knowledge of Daktronics Systems.
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Rebecca Balmer - BuzzBaby visit www.buzzbaby.co.uk, telephone 01352 741896 or e-mail email@example.com
Independent Stockists
Bundle of Joy
36-39 Chester Street
(01978) 313778
Lullaby's UK Ltd
Nappies Ltd
24, First Ave, Llay
Wrexham, LL12 0TW
Ffôn/ Tel 0843 289 8860
Ebost/Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
www.nappies.ltd.uk - Free Bi Weekly delivery to Wrexham Area.
Maria Heyns - Keep it Real Nappies! visit www.keepitrealnappies.co.uk, or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com
Sarah Jane Plant - Daizy Babies Limited visit www.daizybabies.com, telephone 01773 318 068 or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com
Rebecca Balmer - BuzzBaby visit www.buzzbaby.co.uk, telephone 01352 741896 or e-mail email@example.com
Lynsey Kimber - BabyBots visit www.babybots.co.uk, telephone 0845 269 5472 or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com
Laundry Services
Cotton Tails provide a nappy laundry service which covers Wrexham. They will deliver you a weekly supply of nappies and once a week will deliver your clean nappies and take away your dirty nappies. The nappies provided are pre-fold nappies and are designed to fit snugly inside a waterproof outer wrap. They also provide several brands of nappy covers, selected to provide the best quality, durability and value. Each wrap has either Velcro or popper fastenings.
Cotton Tails nappies are laundered at 95°C so that they are completely thermally disinfected. The whole process including 3 final rinses insures that no harsh chemicals are next to your baby's skin. Cost start from about £9.25 a week.
Cotton Tails also offer a Home Laundering Trial Kit, for a single change of £25 (£30 refundable deposit) you can select up to 21 nappies and 7 outer wraps to use and wash yourself in you own home for 2 weeks. There is no obligation to buy nappies after the trial but they do offer free deliver on all orders within their laundry area.
For more details on either the laundry service or trial kits please ring 0151 355 9914 or log onto www.cottontails.co.uk.
Incentive Schemes
Wrexham Council have several FREE trail kits of washable nappies that parents can borrow to see just how washable nappies have changed and how easy they are to fit into the modern daily routine. These kits are available through several local Parent & Toddler groups listed below:
Bethel Toddler Group based at Garden Village Institute
New Broughton Playgroup based at New Broughton Community Centre
Happy Days Toddler Group based at Plas Pentwyn in Coedpoeth
Bradley Playgroup based at Bradley Community Centre
Central kit based at Environment Department Depot on Wrexham Industrial Estate
If residents would like to borrow a kit for approximately 4 weeks, they can contact Catherine Knight on 01978 729693 for further information.
Real Nappy Friendly Hospitals
Wrexham hospital is an approved 'Real Nappy Friendly Hospital' you will be able to use your own real nappies during your stay there if you have already bought your nappies, if not you can view a display pack of nappies which is kept on the ward for parents to see. The pack contains 1 Swaddlebees prefold nappy, 1 Bamboo Little Lamb nappy, 1 Real Easy nappy, 1 Minky pocket nappy, 1 Nature Babies waterproof wrap, 1 washable wipe and some printed nappy and fabric guides and contact details of a local real nappy supplier.
Credit Union Schemes
Real nappies will save you money in the long run but it is money up front, a great way of avoiding this up front cost is to borrow from your local credit union. They supply low cost loans for any purpose and it's a great way of buying all the real nappies you need without breaking the bank. Loans are repaid weekly or monthly whatever suits you best.
Wrexham County Borough Credit Union Ltd
To be eligible for a loan from the credit union you must live or work within the County Borough of Wrexham. You are not required to save with the credit union before applying for a loan but must complete an application form and provide additional documents giving details of your income & expenditure.
A typical £200 loan paid off over 12m will cost £4.34 a week. A rate of 2% a month and no arrangement or early settlement fees.
Free life insurance is provided with all loans (subject to conditions).
You can repay your loan by standing order, through you payroll with certain employers (such as Wrexham Council) or with your membership card at the Councils Cash and Estate Offices throughout the County Borough.
For more details please contact Wrexham County Borough Credit Union Ltd, 1 North Arcade, Chester Street, Wrexham, Wales, LL13 8BB. 01978 266843 or visit www.wrexhamcu.co.uk


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Rücktritte und Rauswürfe in Theresa Mays Regierung
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July 10, 2018 -- Der Rücktritt des britischen Außenministers Boris Johnson, nur ein Tag nach dem Abschied von Brexit Minister David Davis stürzt die Regierung von Premierministerin Theresa May ins Chaos
Key to the resignations of Johnson and Davis was the prime minister's plan to accept a so-called "common rulebook."
Papers handed to ministers ahead of last Friday's crunch Chequers Cabinet summit included details of a common rulebook for farm produce and other goods expected to cover both the EU and UK following Brexit.
Currently, EU member states have to follow the same standards and regulations as part of the single market rulebook on goods and services. May wants to maintain sections of this rulebook to allow "frictionless trade at the border" after Brexit.
In a stinging two-page resignation letter, Johnson warned that the UK was now in the "ludicrous position of asserting that we must accept huge amounts" of EU law "without changing an iota" and without being able to influence the rules. He added: "That [Brexit] dream is dying, suffocated by needless self-doubt."
Elsewhere in the letter, the former London mayor said: "It is as though we are sending our vanguard into battle with the white flags fluttering above them."


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Gold Coast utility Karl Lawton has today been signed by the New Zealand Warriors while hooker Sam Cook and highly-promising fullback Hayze Perham have had their contracts upgraded ahead of the 2018 NRL season starting next week.
Warriors general manager football Brian Smith said Cook and Perham had been rewarded for their performances in the preseason and the club's NRL trials while the 22-year-old Lawton has been secured on a two-year deal.
Capable of playing in the halves, the outside backs, hooker and loose forward, Lawton has made 12 NRL appearances since his debut against the Warriors in 2016, an occasion which ended in disappointment when he broke his leg.
He recovered to turn out 11 times for the Titans last season when he alternated between starting at hooker and being on the interchange bench.
"We're thrilled to be able to secure Karl so quickly following Ata Hingano's departure," said Smith.
"While Karl's versatility is valuable, he's principally a five-eighth who'll give us experience and add to our depth in the halves."
Warriors head coach Stephen Kearney welcomed Lawton's arrival, the club's 10th new signing for 2018 and the third to join the club from Gold Coast (alongside Lawton's ex-Titans team-mates Agnatius Paasi and Leivaha Pulu).
"We really like what Karl has to offer and he'll be a great addition to our squad," he said.
"He lined up against us twice last season and we've also seen him in trials so we have a good understanding of his qualities.
"It's also pleasing to see Sam and Hayze promoted. They've been wonderful during our preseason training programme and also impressed in both trials."
As well as Cook and Perham, Smith noted other rookie talent featured in the club's NRL system including Chanel Harris-Tavita, Joseph Vuna and Matiu Love-Henry.
"They're all examples of the rewards available to young players rising through the ranks at the Warriors," he said.
Northcote junior Cook (24) made 10 NYC appearances for the Junior Warriors in 2013 and has since gone on to play 37 times for the club's Intrust Super Premiership side. The Westlake Boys' High School product spent 2016 playing in Newcastle before coming back home last year. He played all but one of the team's 25 games and was named the club's 2017 ISP Team Man of the Year.
Perham joined the club after an exceptional schoolboy career in both rugby league and rugby union, the latter in the Rotorua Boys' High School First XV. He combined his rugby union commitments with rugby league, playing for the Pikiao Warriors, for his school at the New Zealand Secondary Schools Nationals and for the New Zealand 18s.
Standoff Harris-Tavita (18), the club's 2017 NYC Player of the Year, has rugby league pedigree on both sides of his family (his grandfather Ray Harris represented NewZealand Maori). A Pakuranga College, he played his junior rugby league for the Mount Wellington Warriors while he also had stints with the Richmond Rovers and Howick Hornets. Still eligible for the under-20s for another two years, he played for the Junior Kiwis last year (he has played 39 times for the Junior Warriors in the last two years).
Vuna (19) also comes from a family with a strong rugby league heritage. A New Zealand Secondary Schools representative, the ex-Otahuhu College junior and Otahuhu Leopards junior has made 43 under-20 appearances for the Junior Warriors over the last two seasons.
Transfer movement at Warriors
By KiwiLeagueCentral.com · Mar 1, 2018 · Updated Mar 1, 2018 ·
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Italian Navy and Coast Guard, are involved in monitoring and control operations on open sea and specific marine areas, and in search and rescue purposes (e.g. people smuggling between Libyan and Italian coasts); in relation to these scenarios there is constantly the need for a more complete and deeper awareness of events at sea, for optimization of both patrolling operations and search and rescue performances.
Merchant ship companies, leisure boat users and the related Insurance and Assistance Companies want to perform a better management of risks related to navigation, reduction of navigation incidents, a better monitoring of pollution caused by possible oil spill events. IMONA Platform leverages on the integration of Satellite Assets (EO, GNSS and SATCOM) with ICT technologies (e.g. Web Services, smartphones, GIS, 3G, Bluetooth, etc…) and services (e.g. AIS, Meteo data, etc…) to augment the maritime situation awareness of the Users, providing them with the following secure and easily accessible services:
The User needs targeted by SIMONA can be grouped in the following six macro areas:
SIMONA Platform is able to fuse and correlate data from different sources (Satellite Assets downstream, AIS, Meteo/Oceanographic, position reporting, crowd-sourcing, other), and to generate value-added information to provide to the Users through Web Services, smartphone Apps and adapters to legacy systems. This way SIMONA can support Users in: enhancement of safety of navigation at sea, risk monitoring, maritime situation awareness.
Hereafter some concept views of the services realized implementing this approach:
EO is integrated for:
GNSS is integrated to complete the service proposition with LBS towards singular end-users (e.g. leisure boat users):
SATCOM is integrated for:
Continuity of communication (position reporting, eCall) and service feedbacks (mainly bulletins or alerts) between coastlines (where 3G/4G is available) and open sea
The different SIMONA services have been adopted, according to their interest, by the involved users (i.e. Italian Navy , Italian Coastguard, d'Amico International Shipping and private leisure boat owners) during the peak of the summer season from April until August 2017. Feedbacks have been collected and analysed.
SIMONA project ended in November 2017.
All services are ready to be commercialised therefore contact the project manager for more information on one or more SIMONA features.


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I don`t know how many of you watch this show, but it`s amazing! It`s like Gilmore Girls met Gossip Girl, you have all the quirky people of a small town, but dressed in high street/end clothes. You have funny lines, characters you can relate to, lots of love triangles, hot guys and fashionable ladies. It`s a win in my opinion! The only thing I don`t like is that they are not giving me my Zade!(you will understand if you watch it, it`s an intense battle between Zoerge and Zade)
Let`s start with the main character, doctor Zoe Hart. She is nuts, but in a warm, fuzzy way (maybe it`s her small height). Although sometimes she can be a judgemental NY lady, she is a caring and loyal friend. Awful with love decisions (pick Wade ALREADY), she is a smart and very capable doctor. And she has one of the most amazing wardrobes in the history of TV shows. I don`t think they are ok for her job, but damn she can rock those shorts and high heels. Because she is very short, in 99% of the case you will see her in small skirts/shorts paired with cute tops and very high heels. Being short myself, I always turn to miss Zoe Hart for inspiration. She has an edgy, sometimes rocker style, which I love. Here are some of my favourite picks:
When it comes to style, Zoe is my favourite, hands down! But character wise, the battle is won by miss Lemon Breeland. I know she was supposed to be the bitch in season one, but I rooted for her. All her crazy shenanigans remind me of Blair Waldorf, my all time favourite character. But the thing is, Lemon developed a lot in the last season. She became a very good and loyal friend, she started to take her own decisions and make a life without her rich daddy`s help. In the show, she is portrayed as Zoe`s enemy, so even her wardrobe reflects that. Lemon looks like a 50`s housewife, wearing cute floral dresses and midi skirts. I don`t think I`ve seen her in short skirts or shorts. Here are some ladylike outfits she wore:
And last, but not least, the one and only Annabeth Nass! She is so hilarious, I always laugh like a crazy person in her scenes. She is the bridge between Zoe and Lemon, one of the nicest people in that crazy town. She has lots of charisma and would make a great politician`s wife (fingers crossed). Although her style is similar to Lemon`s, she isn`t afraid of bold colours and glitter:
I hope you enjoyed this post and made you curious about this show. You should give it a try, you won`t regret it! Next month, for my TV fashion radar I will talk about New Girl and the adorkable Jess. Have a great day!
Disclaimer: Photos were taken from www.wornontv.net , the site I always use for these posts


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Friday, February 5, 2010
The return of Luc Besson?
Either way, this certainly looks more interesting than crap looking kid flicks or self-indulgent black and white romances.
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- AnonymousFebruary 7, 2010 at 12:42 PM
He did a Joan of Arc movie?? I've only really seen Fifth Element, Taken and the Transporter by him. I should check more of his shit out.ReplyDelete
Only one of those was by him!ReplyDelete
Transporter 1 is Corey Yuen, 2 is Louis Leterrier, and 3 is Olivier Megaton.
Taken is by District B13's Pierre Morel, who also did From Paris With Love, but not the sequel to District B13.
Besson produced all of those because he produces virtually every action movie made in France -- for my money, the most sustained output of quality B action movies since the heyday of Hong Kong. Shame they're so hard to get.
The actual Luc Besson movies you should see are Leon/The Professional (uncut version) and The Messenger (his Joan of Arc movie.) A lot of people dug Le Femme Nikita as well, so it might be worth a look too.
Olivier MegatonReplyDelete
That CANNOT be that guy's real name.


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The Tourism Enterprise Partnership (TEP) will implement a small annual administration fee from 1 April 2013. The decision forms part of its new strategy to ensure an efficient implementation of its interventions. "At the core of this strategy is the aim of empowering small tourism businesses to become agents of their own growth and development.
At the same time, it will ensure that TEP is continuously appraising and improving its service offering to better meet the needs of small tourism businesses," it said in a statement. Based on international best practice and results of a variety of research and surveys, TEP developed the new strategy to improve its response to the challenges facing small tourism firms. "The research enabled us to better categorise our client base and develop services according to client needs in a much more defined and focused way.
Through research, we have been able to establish that the majority of TEP clients are willing to contribute towards their own development," said TEP CE, Dr Salifou Siddo. The policy change will include the introduction of a nominal commitment fee of R600 to become a registered TEP client and have access to services. TEP will also levy a nominal commitment fee for some of its market access and training interventions. "This is aimed at reducing the rampant practice of SMMEs signing up for workshops and then not showing up on the day," continued the statement.
The commitment fee charged will be between 10% and 15% depending on the allocated client sophistication level. Discounts of 10% each are available for Black Owned, Rural, Youth Owned and Micro Enterprises – in other words, if a business complies with all four criteria it is offered a 40% discount on the annual administration fee as well as the commitment fee. Use of TEP's services is dependent on the payment of the annual administration fee, upfront payment of the relevant service commitment fees and regular monthly reporting on jobs and turnover.
The benefits of paying the annual administration fee and becoming a TEP client includes access to a Business Development Fund, which can provide up to 50% payback on qualifying product quality and marketing activities, advice and guidance from TEP's national Business Development Consultants, business assessment reports, provision of information through a planned tourism information portal, qualifying general market access opportunities and networking with similar-minded entrepreneurs. Clients also receive access to TEP training courses and mentorship as well as inclusion into the South African Hidden Treasures brand at the nominal commitment fee.
"In line with this new strategy, TEP has also re-engineered its structure nationally and provincially to ensure that operational requirements are met in an efficient and cost effective manner. We are confident that the new strategy and streamlined structures will enable TEP to contribute meaningfully to the achievement of the national job creation target of 225 000 jobs by 2020," said Dr Siddo.
To assist clients through the TEP process, comprehensive guides have been published on the TEP website with regard to registering and working with TEP. These guides provide detailed information on TEP's services and requirements and can be accessed by visiting http://www.tep.co.za/RegisterForServices.aspx.


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A few days back, we rescued a really sick puppy from the streets near my college. We got special permission and brought her into the smoking room area and tried to bring her food and medicines and everything we could think of but she wasn't getting better. We called a vet but because our college is in a slightly remote location, he said he could only make it the next morning at like 6am.
So we decided that we couldn't leave the puppy out in the cold so we put her in our bag, wrapped it with a shawl and sneaked her into our dorm room. Next morning, the doctor came and gave her shots saying it was probably tic fever. However, she kept getting worse and started having seizures. She was having seizures every 5-6 minutes and so in the middle of the night, some of us took her to the vet. I couldn't go but my friends took her and I sat with my friends on campus waiting for news. Around 2am we heard back saying that she could have possibly had rabies and had to be put down. I legit started crying cuz that little baby was one month old. She didn't even get a chance at life. My only consolation is that her last few days were as comfortable as we could make them.
Next morning, she was buried and life moved on. However, soon after, panic ensued. We all had to get rabies shots! Which means getting like 7 injections each so all of us flocked to the infirmary, there were some 10 of us there. Finally an expert came and said that I didn't need them as she didn't bite or nick me. However, some of my friends had to get them. We weren't even sure that it was rabies but we had to take precautions.
That little puppy was only with us for 3 days but I loved her and I miss her every time I go to the smoking room and see the little enclosure we made for her. RIP baby.


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I'm working on a story about Phil Chenier for The Washington Post. I have many good reasons for doing this story now.
1) Chenier is beginning his 30th season as a color analyst for the franchise, starting Wednesday night.
2) He's doing so on his birthday; he turned 63 on Wednesday.
3) He also started his first season on his birthday; he turned 34 on the first regular-season broadcast of his first season with Home Team Sports.
4) Wizards fans love Phil Chenier.
The story won't be done for a few days, but in the meantime, a couple of outtakes. (And photos. Mostly photos.)
Chenier was recently inducted into the Washington Metropolitan Basketball Hall of Fame, and that meant it was speech time for Steve Buckhantz. Chenier's longtime broadcasting partner and close friend has told the story many times before — including once in this space — but maybe not at this length. The story takes place in the mid 1970s, a time when Buckhantz idolized Chenier so much he based his sneaker choices on what Chenier was wearing.
"Back then, I was just coming out of high school and going into college, and I was pretty heavy into refereeing," Buckhantz told me. "So I belonged to the Shenandoah Valley Officials Association in Harrisonburg, doing high school games. A friend of mine at the time who was an NBA referee helped me get into the Urban Coalition League, which was a summer league here in Washington, a pro summer league comprised of a lot of local guys, but also comprised of a team made up of Bullets.
"So the Bullets had a team, and I was refereeing a game that Phil was playing in, which was awesome, because I had been watching him for years and he was really my favorite player. It was down at Roosevelt High on Upshur Street. So I'm working this game, running around, and the next thing you know, I call a foul on Phil. He calls me a stupid [four-syllable bad word]. So I looked at him, and I didn't do anything. Here's my favorite player, and I didn't even know him at the time, so I didn't do anything. And he looked at me, and he called me a stupid [four-syllable bad word] again. So I hit him with a technical foul. And it killed me to have to do that. Here's basically my idol, and I had to whack him with a technical. It just about broke my heart. It almost crushed me."
Then there was the time Chenier and Buckhantz were on a road trip with the team, and Chenier's first grandchild was born. His youngest daughter Adelle called with the news. More from Buckhantz.
"Phil moves on Phil time, which is usually 10 to 15 minutes behind everybody's time," Buckhantz began. "When we set clocks back an hour, we might need to set his back an hour and 15 minutes. So we were in Seattle, and his first grandchild was on the way. Our rooms were across from each other. Now, when you call Phil on his cell phone, he won't answer, because he won't hear it. He hears nothing. He could sleep in a tornado. So I guess Adelle is trying to reach him to tell him his first grandchild has been born. She can't get through to him. His phone is ringing and ringing and ringing; evidently it was three feet from his head.
"It's 6 a.m. She calls me at my room, wakes me up, says, can you get my dad. I put on a bathrobe, go across the hall. I'm banging on his door. I say, wake up man, you just had a grandchild, answer your phone. And that's how he found out he had a grandchild for the first time."
Fine, here's one more quote. This is from Kevin Grevey, a former teammate who has remained a friend for four decades. I asked about Chenier's jump shot.
"It still, today, is the most beautiful jump shot I've ever seen," Grevey said. "It was just so soft and sweet. No one that I ever saw before had that, and no one after. You can talk about Ray Allen, J.J. Redick. C'mon. Phil Chenier, just look at the old films. It's beautiful. The thing that [ticks] me off about Phil Chenier to this day — I always wanted to be like Phil Chenier as a player, and now my wife says, Kevin, I wish you dressed like Phil Chenier. He's still making me look bad, to this day, and I'm 60 years old. He's cool as the breeze in the spring."


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Here is a new clip from West of Memphis, limited release February 14, featuring Henry Rollins and Eddie Vedder.
Produced by Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh, West Of Memphis is a powerful and provocative look into the untold story behind the infamous case of the "West Memphis 3" - three teenagers who were imprisoned for a heinous crime, despite overwhelming evidence of their innocence. Acclaimed filmmaker Amy Berg (Deliver Us from Evil) chronicles their trial, conviction, and the subsequent investigation that generated the movement to prove their innocence, which involved everyone from grassroots supporters to celebrated artists and musicians. The film features original music by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis.


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When They Use To Earn It
Topics: NASCAR
Jeremy T. Sellers
Jerm's Joint
June 17, 2008
Most of you have seen in print that I've only been a fan of NASCAR for about the last 12 years. It hasn't been until the last 10 of those 12 that I've put my nose to the grindstone in an attempt to learn as much about what makes the sport tick as possible. Until Speed came along, it was difficult to gain much knowledge about the innerworkings. ESPN was out, and fans were only interested in racing then. As time progressed, networks began showing qualifying on sister stations, and shows such as "Race Day", "NASCAR Now", and others, began popping up everywhere. Before we knew it, the thirst for NASCAR knowledge could be quenched by simply turning on the television, or sitting down at the computer.
One of the fond memories I have from those educational early days was watching drivers RACE their way into an event. Every inch of asphalt or concrete was hard fought, and if the waged battle wasn't enough, you were either fortunate enough use a provisional if available, or you simply didn't get in. If your driver started at the back, or had to pack it in, you, as a fan, learned to live with it. "We'll get 'em next week!"
Though I have no facts to back this up, yet simply an opinion, NASCAR eventually caved to corporate sponsorship pressure. They all whined because their billboards might not make a race. So, the France family gave all the sponsors a huge baby binky and invented the top 35 rule. This, folks, its the biggest pile of shit this side of a holstein cow. (working a year on a dairy farm, I learned that an average, milk-producing holstein, shits an average of 60 lbs per day!) The rule opened up the flood gates for conflict, disappointment, and in many ways, backfiring. There should be no sense of safety on qualifying day people! Yet now, a car who is safely within the top 35 in points, can rest assure, that even on a bad qualifying run, they'll be in the race while sending a possibly better, though under dog, car back to the hauler. The first name that comes to mind is Boris Said. 'Hey Boris, we know you're struggling for sponsorship dollars, and even though you are on the provisional pole after 24 cars, you're not going to be in the race due to the new rule'. HOW in the HELL can NASCAR look a driver in the face when a low-end team outruns one of the top 35, telling them they have to go home?
Sure, it might cheat fans, but if that's the case, fans had been cheated for years under the "old way" of qualifying. Then, the sponsors that do take a shot on the low-enders are out of a race, with a good car, a good driver, and nothing to show for it. So, do or die, you're turning your back on sponsorship dollars. It's a pharse, and in the end, fans are still getting cheated out of the best race that NASCAR can give them. Currently, Mr. France has no intention of looking into the top 35 rule. Imagine that!
A suggestion to throw out. Either expand the starting field so there are more opprotunities, or do away with this hideous rule.
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As time goes by and one starts to grow, you expect to better yourself with each passing day, to be able to say I made it. It is just amazing.
Every day I wake up at 5 am (living amongst mountains and closer to the sky is not easy, beautiful but complicated) I have to go on the same bus every day, spending 4 hours out of my day in a minibus listening to cumbias, wives gossiping, talking about things that didn't get done, mothers advising their children, etc.
Arriving to my first stop where you can no longer see the mountains, where there are more buildings than houses, where perfumes are smothering and where chaos rules. When getting across the street I realize I´m close to my destiny (my university), when I´m done with my chores I go into the next set of responsibilities I have to fulfil, I go up the cable car again and that's where the fun part starts; the ICS my second home, arriving and seeing my mates work, seeing the other teams giving their all is motivating, I might live far, I might fall asleep on the way home, I might lose 4 hours of my day in the minibus but I must say it´s worth it, so when someone says it´s not possible and there´s no time, I can only say to them: it's a matter of will.
These past months in the ICS made me realise there´s so much to do, a lot to work for and fight for, at the beginning it´s hard but with time it all gets better. In this process I learned that being a volunteer is not about dedicating your spare time but it is about giving your all in the time you have, being part of this team gave me the opportunity to trust in society again, there is still much to fight for, my future will no longer be the same because now I have new plans, plans I´ll work hard for to get great results. The world needs more people committed to make of it a better place.
Thanks ICS for giving us the chance to show our abilities and interests, for supporting the inclusion of people with disabilities, I´m committed that each day I´ll work harder to get the rights of people with disabilities respected and valued.
This experience has given me great friends, with them I can share dreams about what I want in the future, today I have discovered new passions and challenges and I feel proud of it. Just thinking about how I´ve been part of this volunteering brings a tear into my eye.
I want to thank my Team Leader Emma Nowotny for being such an able person, for being patient with us, positive and with a big heart, it´s beautiful to work like this, each day I learn more from her, thanks Emma and thanks to my team, it´s been a pleasure sharing with you all. Goodbye!
Blog by: Mishell Villegas Averanga
Translated by: Emma Nowotny Villegas


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Randy Cooper
Randy Cooper's exquisite wire sculptures captivate the eye with their simplicity and tease the mind with the subtle details in their shadows. Cooper creates intriguing and magical sculptures in iron wire mesh, which cast fine, drawing-like shadows (Shadow Sculptures) on the wall. He works with models, which give his work an uncanny, life-like quality. His inherent understanding of materials and his power of concentration have allowed him to develop his own intuitive techniques in creating these dynamic sculptures.


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leadership TEAM
DeLuxe prides itself not only on its innovative, industry-industry approach to modular construction, but also on the expertise and leadership of it's people. Meet the team.
Scott Brickel
Chief Executive Officer
Scott is Chief Financial Officer at DeLuxe who brings 25 years of management experience to the DeLuxeTeam. Scott has been CEO of multiple manufacturing teams, & brings extensive experience with manufacturing methods & automation. Scott earned his MBA in accounting from the University of Scranton.
Dan Meske
Dan Meske's responsibilities are to manage and oversee the modular construction facility. Dan has been active on a full-time basis with DeLuxe since 1978. He has performed many jobs in the company, including various fabrication positions, Purchasing & General Management.
David Thompson
David has been in construction for over 40 years, with 20 years dedicated to commercial modular manufacturing. David started with DeLuxe 6 years ago, & heads up DeLuxe's Pre-Construction division, overseeing Engineering, Estimating, & Procurement. Working with interior & external groups, David and his team add tremendous value in evaluating & coordinating the best solutions for the project & the customer.
Jake Jacobson
Director of Sales & Marketing
Jake is Director of Sales & Marketing at Deluxe where he oversees the company's traditional & digital advertising campaigns, brand identity, & public relations initiatives. Jake brings years of sales & entrepreneurial experience to the team, previously working with AT&T, YP.com, & iHeartRadio. In addition to collaborating with third-party vendors, Jake invests his time developing, coaching, training, & mentoring DeLuxe's internal sales executives to help them exceed goals & better serve customers through the life of their relationship with DeLuxe. Jake is a graduate of University at Buffalo with a BS in Business Administration.
Chuck Michalesko
Chuck brings 5 years of construction cost-accounting & modeling experience, & 10 years of project controls, long-range-planning, budgeting & finance experience in both the nuclear & pharmaceutical industries to DeLuxe. Within DeLuxe, Chuck's role is to develop internal project budgets & schedules & to coordinate & facilitate key strategic alliances & partnerships to advance company projects & initiatives.