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"God damn it!" Mom cursed aloud.
"Whoa, Mom. Language." I teased. I couldn't care less if she cursed, but she would never let me get away with it. "What's wrong?"
"Oh, nothing really. I just drove past the last rest stop before the hotel and I need to use the ladies room."
Mom and I were on our annual trip to see my aunt. Mom has always been close to her sister, so we'd visit each year for at least a few days. We lived a good ways apart, but flying every time would be too expensive so we would usually drive, taking major highways all the way there. Because the trip was long, we did it in two sections, staying the night in a hotel to rest up, and finishing in the morning.
This year, we went on an extended weekend during school. A few holidays and a professional day lined up to give me Friday, Monday and Tuesday off. Unfortunately, that meant Dad couldn't join us since he had to work. He had a demanding job, and he couldn't get the time off. On the bright side, his big paychecks meant Mom didn't have to work, so she was free to go.
I was happy to be out on the road and away from home for awhile. I'd just gone through a rather unpleasant breakup and this trip was the perfect way to take my mind off it. To me nothing was quite as relaxing as watching the world zip by at 75. The trip also gave me plenty of private time with Mom. No one could help me through a problem like she could. She always knew the right thing to say, the perfect advice to give or when I just needed a hug and a reassuring word.
"You gonna make it?" I asked. "We could get off at the next exit."
"No, I'll be fine. Besides, the next exit is ours anyway. It's less than an hour now so...oh shit," Mom trailed off as the traffic slowed to a crawl.
"Shit!" I loudly agreed. Nothing was worse than being stuck in traffic.
"Andrew Michael Connery, watch your mouth," Mom quickly scolded.
"But you just...," I went to argue but Mom cut me off with a wink and a laugh.
"I'm just bustin' your balls. Relax."
I pulled out my phone and checked the traffic report. There had been an accident just past our exit. Thankfully no one was hurt, but a semi-truck trailer had tipped, blocking two lanes. It had happened a while ago and was being cleaned up, but it looked like we'd be in traffic until our exit.
We tried to keep the conversation flowing; trying to amuse ourselves as the cars plodded along. We were moving at a painful 20 mph, less than a third of the speed limit that we'd been breaking. After an hour of the dismal crawl, conversation between us began to die. I could have spilling my guts about my girl troubles, but it just didn't feel like the right time. Mom seemed distracted and began to squirm in her seat.
"You okay over there?" I inquired.
"My back teeth are floating," Mom answered in a flustered voice.
"You're what with the what now?" I replied, confused, unfamiliar with her expression.
"I have to pee," She groaned. "Real bad."
"Maybe we should just pull of to the side," I suggested
"No way we're getting over." She was right. We were in the middle lane, flanked by a pair of semi-trucks on either side. "And even if we did, people are driving in the breakdown lane and there's nowhere else to go." She was right again. This section of highway had tall walls lining it. "I'm a big girl. I'll just have to hold it."
I considered suggesting we stop the car, but traffic was moving just fast enough to make that incredibly dangerous.
Another half hour, and Mom was squirming bad. She fidgeted continuously and kept grabbing her crotch. With each movement she let out a little moan of discomfort or sigh of desperation. Mom was about ready to burst, and she had nowhere to go.
This was a scene I'd witnessed countless times. Of course, all those other times hadn't been live and in person. All the other times the desperate woman with a full bladder hadn't been my Mom, either.
When I had turned 18 and started watching porn (which I totally never did before I turned 1, I stumbled onto a site that was dedicated to the wonderful act of watersports. I was hooked immediately. Nothing got me so hard as watching a beautiful woman display the most private and vulnerable act of peeing. Unfortunately, I had never met a woman willing to show me that beautiful display in person.
I'm embarrassed to admit it, but Mom's predicament was having a profound effect on me. My body and subconscious mind did not seem to care that the woman I was sitting next to was same woman who gave birth to me. All they saw was a gorgeous, mature female, about to wet her pants.
Despite my conscious mind protesting over and over "She is your mother!" I couldn't help myself. My palms were sweating, my throat was dry, and my cock was hard. I couldn't take my eyes off of Mom's writhing body, soft and round in all the right places. On top she was wearing nothing but a loose t-shirt, no bra underneath, and her constant movement made her soft breasts jiggle invitingly. Covering her bottom was an old pair of faded blue jeans, the perfect fabric to display a wet spot should her bladder control fail.
I hoped, between driving and holding back the impending flood, that Mom wouldn't notice my staring or my aroused state. I'd gone commando under a loose pair of shorts, trying to maximize comfort on the long trip. This was biting me now, as the loose fabric did next to nothing to hide my steel hard erection. I pulled my knees up to hide my hard on as best I could, but a keen observer could still see it.
Ten minutes later and Mom was reaching critical mass. The constant squirming had stopped, but she dedicated her left hand to grabbing her crotch full time. Her moans had gotten louder, and moved on from discomfort to outright pain. My own heart was beating excitedly against my ribs. There was no way she was going to make it. I was about to see a real woman piss.
"I can't! I can't!" Mom moaned. "Andy, I'm sorry, I can't, oh god no!"
Finally, she broke and the flood gates burst open. Thankfully, she pulled her hand away to grip the steering wheel with all her might, leaving her crotch in full view. Mom's urine began to flood her pants, an unmistakable dark patch appearing between her legs. She was gushing, and the wet spot spread rapidly, darkening more and more of the soft blue fabric. Mom couldn't help but let out a groan of ecstatic relief as her painfully full bladder emptied itself.
Without thinking, my hand went to my cock, and I started rubbing myself through the fabric of my shorts. I didn't care if Mom saw. I needed to touch myself. The unwilling display she was giving me was too much to handle.
Mom just kept pissing and pissing. Her flow seemed to be endless. Soon her pants were completely saturated with the warm liquid, but it just kept coming. Tiny beads of clear liquid forced their way through the fabric, running down and soaking the seat below. The car's small cabin was filled with the acrid aroma of piss, and I lovingly inhaled the sent.
After what felt like a record long piss, Mom's flow began to taper off. The overflowing liquid forcing its way through her pants stopped as the pressure from Mom petered out. The dark spot's rapid expansion slowed and finally stopped. Mom let out one final grunt of satisfaction, her body thrilled to be rid of backed up urine.
When I realized Mom was finishing up and her senses retuning to her, I quickly looked away and pulled my hand off my dick. I felt a pang of guilt for watching her, and a nagging fear that she'd seen me fondling myself.
There was a long silence between us until I worked up the courage to look back at Mom. She was looking straight ahead, intently watching the road. Her face was beet red.
"You okay, Mom?" I asked gently.
"I just peed myself," Mom's voice was dreamlike, not talking to me, simply musing at what had happened. She gave her head a brief shake and broke the trance she was in. "Yeah, I'm fine. Just a little wet and super embarrassed. I'm so sorry you had to see that. I can't believe I wet my pants."
"It's okay Mom," I tried to sound reassuring and not excited. "These things happen. It wasn't your fault."
"It was completely my fault. I drank to much coffee, missed the rest stop, and couldn't hold it, but thanks. I hope you don't think I'm gross."
"No way. Pee is mostly just water and salt, anyway. Plus, it's pretty sterile. Nothing gross about it, really."
"Thanks. You're a sweetheart, you know that? I can trust you to never tell anyone about this, right?"
"You have my word, Mom. What happens between us stays between us."
Mom looked over and flashed me a big smile. Her face was still blushed, but she looked genuinely alright. I breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed she hadn't noticed me ogling her or masturbating. This was turning out to be a great day.
Another ten minutes and we were off the highway. Mom had resumed squirming in her seat, now trying to get comfortable in her rapidly cooling, piss soaked pants. I offered to drive or stop to let her change, but Mom insisted we get to the hotel as soon as possible. She reminded me that she had soaked the seat and if I took over I'd be sitting in her pee. She said it like that was a bad thing.
In no time at all, we arrived at out hotel. It was a small motel style place with doors opening to the outside. It wasn't anything fancy, but we had stayed there before, and it was always clean and comfortable. It also had a nice sized swimming pool and hot tub outside, which was great for stretching out and relaxing after the long car ride.
When we pulled into the parking lot Mom asked, "Would you mind getting us checked in? I don't want anyone to see me given my...condition."
"No problem," I replied, already getting out of the car and heading into the office. At the desk was an older woman who gave me a friendly smile. Hopefully she didn't notice the lingering bulge in my pants as I approached the desk.
"Hi, I have a reservation under Samantha Connery."
"Okay," The receptionist replied. "I've got you right here. One night, one room, two queen beds. Sound correct?"
"Yep, that's us. However, could we get a room with one bed? There are less people in our party than we thought there would be." I could barley believe what I had just asked. The thought had crossed my mind after seeing mom pee. In my horny state, I had imagined how nice it would be to sleep next to my mom's soft, warm body, but I never really thought I'd do anything about it. The words had burst from my mouth like someone else had put them there, but I didn't regret saying them.
The receptionist clicked away at her keyboard for a brief moment. "You're in luck. I can transfer you to a room with one king bed and I can take 30 dollars off of your bill. How's that sound?"
"Perfect! Thank you." I finished checking in and headed back to the car.
"I've got a bit of bad news Mom," I said after she opened the car door. "There was a mix-up with our reservation. They gave us a room with one bed. On the bright side, they took 30 off the bill, so that's cool."
She groaned. "What else could go wrong today?" She paused and shook her head, thinking for a moment. "Alright, let me get changed and I'll talk to them, get this sorted out."
"Don't worry about it, Mom. Its been a long day, and it's just for one night. I don't mind sharing a bed."
"Oh," Mom perked up a bit at hearing that. "Okay then, no harm. I don't mind sharing either. I thought you wouldn't want to sleep with your old Mom. You mind bringing the bags in? I'm going to scurry into the room and grab a shower, if that's fine with you."
"Sure thing, leave it to me. The coast looks clear. You should get moving."
Mom gave me a loving smile before darting off. She sprinted to the room, hoping no one but me would she her sopping wet pants. For a long while, I paused at the car letting my thoughts rattle around. Mom was the first woman I had ever seen pee. Even though she had been unwilling, I had still seen it, and I couldn't stop thinking about it. There was something burning deep within me. Vague, strange, forbidden thoughts all swirling around my own mom.
Why had I changed the rooms? What was I hoping would happen? How far was I willing to take things? Those and a million more questions were boiling inside me. I smiled when I realized that all the answers were something utterly depraved, and I was going to do it.
Changing the room had just been one small step. It only took a moment to formulate the rest of my plan. It was simple and dangerous, but the payout would be worth the risk.
I rummaged through the trunk getting a few things ready, then grabbed our bags, just two small suitcases for the night, locked up the car and headed for the room. All the way, I followed a trail of tiny drop marks left where Mom's piss had fallen from her pants.
Mom was already in the shower when I got to the room. There was no reason why she would have, but I looked around hoping she had left her soiled pants outside the bathroom, but no such luck. I flopped down on the bed me and Mom would be sharing. My hand reached under the elastic of my shorts, and I idly fondled myself. I was too hard and horny not to touch myself, but I didn't want to cum just yet, so my strokes were slow and lazy.
The slow self massage lasted until the sound of the shower cut out. Not long after, Mom emerged from the bathroom looking refreshed and wearing nothing but a towel. My cock was as hidden as it was going to be. I had tucked it down as best I could, but the bulge was still rather visible. At this point, I didn't mind much if Mom caught a glimpse of my package.
Mom headed to her suitcase and started looking for her PJs, but they were nowhere to be found. When Mom headed for the room, I had taken a minute to move them to a larger suitcase that held the rest of Mom's clothing for the weekend at my aunt's house.
"Hmm, I could have sworn I packed my pajamas in here" Mom said with a frustrated sigh.
"Just put on your underwear. That's what I'm going to do."
"I could, but wouldn't that be a little awkward for you, seeing your Mom in her unmentionables?"
"Mom, I saw you piss yourself today. I don't think seeing your underwear is much worse." Even though her back was turned to me, I could practically feel her blush when I mentioned the incident.
"Anyway," I continued. "You done with the bathroom? I'm going to grab a shower myself."
"All yours."
I stepped into the bathroom, locked the door, stripped naked, and turned on the shower. My stomach was full of nervous butterflies. There was a small chance I was about to experience something wonderful, but I doubted my luck was that good. Mom's wet pants were hanging on the towel rack to dry. While I hoped she hadn't, in all likelihood she had rinsed them before hanging them, wasting the precious pee still in the fabric. When I reached out to grab the damp garment my hand was trembling.
I told myself there was no way Mom's piss was still there. It must just be water at this point, but I couldn't help but hope. Shakily, I pulled them off the rack and inched the pants closer to my face.
"It's just water, don't get your hopes up," I insisted to myself. The fabric touched my nose and I inhaled deeply. Immediately, I gasped in surprise. The heavenly, unmistakable odor of piss filled my nostrils and the smell sent a shiver a pleasure through my whole body. She hadn't rinsed them! I was holding my mom's pants, soaked in my mom's piss! This was officially the greatest day ever.
Over and over again, I huffed at the pants, each time feeling a fine mist fill my nose, bringing my mother's intoxicating sent with it. I could barely get enough of the smell. Each inhalation made me quiver all over, and my cock was painfully hard. When the lovely sent had completely saturated my nostrils I managed to stop smelling the sodden cloth, there was something better waiting for me.
I pushed the fabric down just a little, pressing it firmly against my lips. I sucked in, pulling a fine spray out of the pants and onto my tongue. The taste was even more amazing than the smell. I thought I might pass out from joy as it flooded my mouth, but I made it to the toilet and sat myself down.
I needed more! I pulled the pants away and held them above my face before wringing them as hard as I could. My efforts were rewarded with three big drops of piss. Two landed right in my mouth and were quickly swallowed down. The third struck my cheek, slowly running down my face, and dripping onto my chest.
As I let my stranglehold on the pants go something fell out of the leg, landing on the tile floor with a plop. It was a small pink bundle of wet cloth that didn't mean anything to me at first. However, after a moment of staring at the mysterious thing, it clicked. Mom's panties!
I couldn't scoop the underwear up fast enough, and soon they were also pressed against my face. The soft cotton gave up the trapped fluid more readily than the denim had. It filled my mouth and nose with even greater potency, and sent my eyes rolling to the back of my head. For an eternity I worked at those panties, hungrily, desperately trying to get every drop out of them. I fancied that I could even taste Mom's pussy juices mixed in with her piss, but that taste was so faint, and the taste of pee so strong that I couldn't be sure.
Sadly all great things must end, including this wonderful once in a life chance. After a while, all I was tasting was cotton and my own saliva. I pulled the panties away from my face, quickly replacing them with the still soaked jeans. I pressed my cock into the crotch of the underwear, touching my genitals to the exact same spot my mother's had been less than an hour ago.
I rubbed my dick furiously, pulling the soft, wet, pink cloth up and down my hard shaft. All the while, my mouth and nostrils where filled by the taste and smell of my mother. It was complete sensory overload. My body began to convulse in rapturous pleasure as my pent up orgasm crashed through me. Huge globs of cum burst from my piss hole, splashing into Mom's panties and joining the mix of bodily fluids they contained. All this stimulation was too much for my mind to handle. Everything went black. My brain shut down for a moment as overriding pleasure surged through it.
When the world came back it felt like a lifetime had flashed by, but it could only have been a few moments. My body felt weak and was still gently vibrating in post orgasmic bliss. All I wanted was to lay down and enjoy this feeling for hours, but I'd been in the bathroom a long time already, and I didn't want Mom getting too suspicious. I forced myself to stand and hop into the shower. I rinsed myself and Mom's underpants off, washing sticky cum from us both.
After quickly washing, I killed the water, dried off, and wrapped a towel around my waist. I intentionally grabbed one of the smaller towels. It barely reached around me and only hung down to mid thigh. When I bent over it rode up, and anyone looking, hopefully Mom, would get a nice view of my ass and dangling cock.
I stepped out of the bathroom with a satisfied sigh. "Ahhh, nothing better than a hot shower to relax crammed muscles. Except maybe a massage."
Mom was already tucked into our bed, sitting up with a book in hand. She looked over the top of her novel, looking like a sexy librarian with a pair of reading glasses perched on her nose, and gave me a skeptical look.
"You know they have bigger towels. Ones that cover better than a napkin."
"Yeah, I know, but I used it to dry off. I didn't want it dripping all over the place."


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I used to be a huge juice junkie. Making fresh vegetable juices opened up our world to eating organic foods and having more of a conscious awareness of food production in the United States. I can go on and on about how meat, poultry, and dairy is "manufactured" here in the U.S. and the nasty business behind the USDA and FDA standards, but I'll let Michael Pollan explain it all in the movie Food Inc. If you haven't seen it yet, I highly suggest it! I've been fighting a sore throat and cough for the past 3 days and its been the pits. I haven't worked out as much as I had hoped this week due to this cold and my mind is feeling defeated by my body's need for rest and recovery. I decided to head over to Whole Foods, pick up some super greens, and bust out my good ol' Breville Juicer.
Beet That Cold Juice Recipe:
- One whole beet and the stems
- 4 navel oranges
- 4 medium sized carrots
- 6 stems of kale
Beets are a great source of potassium, magnesium, fiber, phosphorus, iron; vitamins A, B & C; beta-carotene, beta-cyanine; and folic acid. In addition to the vitamins, beets are also a great source of natural induced energy and a wonderful tonic to the body due to the its ability to aid the liver cleansing out toxins.
Kale, is one of the best super greens out in the market. Some say its the steak of the veggie world! High in vitamin A, K, C, and calcium, it makes for the perfect addition to any juicing recipe or meal. Some of the other benefits also include its antioxidant benefits which makes a great aid in detoxifying the body.
Oranges are packed with vitamin C and great for fighting off viral infections in the body due to abundance in polyphenols.
If you've been Heimich's Chew Chew Train in Disneyland then you would know that carrots are good for your eyes, but it also helps to prevent cancer due to the natural pesticides produced to help protect the root vegetable of fungal diseases.
Lesson of the day: eat your veggies and if you can't eat them, JUICE THEM!
All photos taken with and iPhone 5 and edited with VSCO Cam.

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Client Grievance Policy
Children's Service Society strives to provide excellent customer services to all clients including caregivers and the children they are raising. Grievance procedures have been developed to assist clients in resolving problems. Clients will not be subject to intimidation or other negative treatment for initiating a grievance process.
Clients should attempt to resolve all grievances informally with the staff member. The formal review process should be used only when a client has not received satisfactory resolution of his/her problem through informal methods.
If the grievance cannot be resolved through discussion with the staff member, the client should speak with the program director (801-326-4390), or submit a Complaint/ Feedback form to:
Call: 801-355-7444 or Email email@example.com
655 E 4500 S Suite 200 Salt Lake City UT 84107
- Support Services Program Director will write a Plan of Action to resolve the issue or incident. The Plan of Action will be sent to the client within 30 days of receiving the written grievance. If the client does not respond within 30 days of receiving the Action Plan, Children's Service Society will consider the incident or issue resolved.
- If a client is not satisfied with the Plan of Action they may request in writing a meeting or phone call with the agency Executive Director. The client needs to provide an explanation about why the Plan of Action is not satisfactory.
- If the complaint is regarding the Program Director, clients may contact the Children Service Society's Executive Director.
Executive Director- Encarni Gallardo 801-326-4368 or Email: email@example.com
655 E 4500 S Suite 200 Salt Lake City UT 84107
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Tips On Writing A Dissertation From A Recent Graduate
It's October, Freshers is over, uni students are settling down and getting into the swing of working and assignments and for third years, the dissertation is looming. For a lot of students in their final year, dissertation is currently just a word being batted around and for others, their deadline is in a matter of weeks. Whatever stage of the process, you are all getting closer and closer to the biggest essay of your academic career, so here's some tips from someone who, this time last year, was just finalising theirs. 1. Write about something you're genuinely interested in.
When choosing your diss topic, it's best to go for something you have an interest in, however small that interest may be. Even if it's just something you're curious to know the answer to or something you have a knowledge base in already, writing about something you're not bored to tears with is the way to go. Writing such a big document is tasking enough as it is without you making it harder by choosing a topic you hate.
2. Start early.
This might be the last thing on your mind but starting work on your dissertation way ahead of time is the best start to third year you can make. Some courses and universities are very regulated in contact hours with tutors and most diss proposals have to go to boards to be signed off before you can start writing. However, you can still do work without starting the actual typing of the document beforehand. It might feel like work before you even know if your topic is going to go through board, but when it does go to board, having done some research beforehand is an absolute god send. I did the bulk of my diss during my summer between second and third year, as did several members of my class and believe me, we were a lot less stressed when it came to the deadline than the members of my class that left it a bit later.
3. Write a good proposal.
Most dissertations will require a proposal of some form, even if you university doesn't require a document to go to board, which is often an essay in itself. Even if your proposal is just a simple declaration of your intentions for your tutor, making it as detailed as possible with all of your ideas and thoughts and where you intend to source your information will help you in the long run. Having a clear objective to refer back to is a god send when the words are blurring on the page and will help you organise the structure of your essay.
4. Think about your answer.
If like mine, your dissertation is based on a question rather than a comparison, think about what you expect the answer to the question to be. My tutor made me do this when discussing my topic with me, I mentioned the title and he asked me what I thought the outcome would be. This really helped because not only did I immediately have an answer for him, the answer did end up being the one I thought it would be. Having an idea before you start writing will allow you to focus your writing, work on a contradictory argument and will essentially form your conclusion. Happy days.
5. Research.
This is THE most critical of the writing process when it comes to your dissertation. You cannot write a convincing argument without having something to back up your ideas and your dissertation looks pretty weak if you haven't got a pages full of references and a body full of citations. Get online, google reading material on the same topic as you're discussing and don't palm anything off as not being entirely relevant. If it looks vaguely on the same vein as you're writing, print it out, bookmark it and have a look at it, you'll be surprised what golden information you can find in the most unlikely of sources. Don't limit your research, find books, find articles, find video clips and journals and publications, use everything.
6. Read your research.
This might sound stupid but reading your research carefully is massively important to writing a good dissertation. I printed all of mine out and then read it like a massive book which might not be to everyone's tastes and does cost a lot on ink and paper but however you do it, make sure you read it all in depth. Highlight everything that's good or might be useful, bin everything that isn't, don't clog up your head with too much information and make sure you save ALL of your research material. It's the worst thing when it comes to referencing when you have to go and re google all your facts and quotes.
7. Be careful.
Research, facts, quotes and backing up your own work is vital to writing a good dissertation and I don't know of any tutor or university that will mark an essay well that doesn't include this information. However, you have to be SO careful about plagiarism and copyright when working on your diss. It's such an easy mistake to make if you aren't educated on how to cite and reference properly and dissertations are processed through software that looks for content too similar to something already written. It's a serious offence in universities that can cause major consequences so make sure you don't do it. Each university has different rules on plagiarising so make sure you know yours. Make sure in your work when using somebody else's words you clearly display quotation marks and you cite the author and the year it was written something like this (Rees G, 2015).
8. Collate your research.
Once you have all your research collected, go back through your material, highlight everything you're going to use and organise it. If a quote is too long, find the most appropriate part and use that, if you have 87528372847 statistics, outline which are the most relevant to what point you want to make. Make sure your research is organised before you start writing and it will make finding the information you want to back up your point so much easier.
9. Basic plan.
You'll probably have a rough idea of how you want your essay to be set out before you start writing and it will become pretty apparent hot it's going to flow once the words start being put down on paper. Starting with a very basic plan will make it easier to flesh out your ideas when it comes to writing something more substantial. My essay was about should children be encouraged to read by any means which was a general ebooks vs print books debate. My basic plan was essentially titles like this;
How Children Read.
The Rise of the digital era.
Advantages of ebooks.
Disadvantages of ebooks.
Advantages of print books.
Disadvantages of print books.
How schools and libraries evolve with ebooks.
My experiences.
This very neatly roughed out all the ideas I had in a way that was coherent and provided me with themes in which to flesh out my work.
10. Secondary plan.
Working off your basic initial plan and your new titles, start noting down ideas and things you want to discuss and section them into your themes. I am a firm believer of noting everything down under the appropriate headings before trying to begin your writing because as the ideas flow and the words start forming, you will think of more and more things and you don't want to loose sight of your plan, start writing randomly or incoherently or worse still, forget some of your ideas amongst everything else in your brain.
11. Detailed plan.
Once you have your headings, once you have your ideas scribbled down, you need to work on a detailed plan. It is so vital to make a really detailed plan because it makes your life so so much easier when it comes to sitting down and writing the essay. Make sure you collate all your ideas, all your scribbles, all your plans together and then use the research you have collected to back up your work. Your research should have by now slotted nicely into themes which relate to your titles of your plan, thus making it super easy to attach the relevant quotes/information/statistics to back up your own words. My final detailed plan was in the end six pages long (not a millions miles off the page count of my diss) but it was so detailed and outlined so much of what I wanted to say that when I sat down to write the actual essay, it only took me 4 hours from start to finish.
12. Writing the actual damn thing.
The plan is done, the research is done, the proposal seems like a lifetime ago and now you have to actually commit to writing 5000, 10,000, 20,000 words and everything in between. There is little advice I can give on writing the actual essay because every one is so unique and personal to the author, and that extends to the writing itself. Some like me might be able to remain focused enough to sit down and smash the whole thing in one sitting, some might need days, some might need weeks but whatever way works best for you, however you do it, keep going and don't put it off.
13. Utilise the drafting system.
All universities are different in the way they approach the dissertation writing system and some are much more stringent than others but whatever the system of the establishment you attend, utilise what they give you. I was lucky enough to be on a course that allowed me to submit as many drafts and revisions as I wanted so I submitted draft after draft until I and my tutors were happy with it. Don't just write your essay once, read it, read it again, tweak it and make sure it's 100% perfect in every word.
14. Reference.
Everyone says make sure you reference as you go along but I don't know anybody that did. Everyone hates referencing so everyone puts it off until the end but as long as you have your research material to hand it shouldn't be too horrific. Each university uses it's own referencing system so make sure you find out what yours is and make sure you stringently stick to it. A lot of universities won't let you use referencing software (which you can easily find with one google search), but if yours is a bit more lenient, use it for all it's worth because it's SO much easier.
15. Format and hand in!
Again, all universities have a different formatting system for how they want their dissertations to look across the board so make sure you find out what yours is and stick to it. Having it bound is also different in each establishment, might cost you, might be able to submit it online, whatever it is, however you do it, make sure you do it in enough time.
I hope this guide of tips for dissertation writing helps at least one lost student who has no idea where to start. And if it gives you faith I know a little about what I am talking about, I had a 2:1 for my own dissertation which I wrote just a year ago. Have faith third year students, there's not long left!


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Recently I had to pass up an incredible opportunity. It's OK, I believe I made the right decision.
But it rekindled a desire to start writing. I have been writing non fiction for 20 years of course;
reports, documents, the occasional article. But never for creative purposes. With so many
ideas swirling in my head, I have always wanted to delve into fiction writing. So, in the typical
fashion of an introvert, I decided to take baby steps. This is the first step.
No, I am not going to make you read my first story here, nor am I about to present you with a
brilliant poem or song. But this is the first time I am writing for a (voluntary) audience.
My point in all of this is to say that why is it, that after 27 years of working, 2 Degrees, 1
Diploma, and myriad of other experiences, do I now feel that my abilities are enough to warrant
recognition? That I am "good" enough?
Why did it take so long? As women we traditionally put ourselves, our needs, and our dreams
behind those of others in our lives. We get our education and accept inferior roles because we
are young and inexperienced. Then, when our lives change, either through marriage, having
children, or something else that requires our attention, we gallantly set aside our own goals for
those of others. Or we change our goals.
This is not to say that there is anything wrong with changing one's goals, or aligning goals to
suit a new situation, but I'm sure the majority of women would say that they altered or lessened
their goals when the situation required it. How many men can say the same thing?
I do not want to go down the road of male bashing. I admire far more men personally than I do
women. However I believe that we women have a kamikaze approach to self sacrifice. We
need to learn that we don't have to constantly change/adapt/adjust/sacrifice in order to make
others happy. We need to accept that we are enough as we are, right now, in the moment.
This is as good as it gets, and as I get older I have stopped apologizing for not being "(…insert
society's projected ideals on women here) enough". I have talents, abilities, strengths and
weaknesses like everyone else, and THAT is enough.
many thanks to R.B for this contribution!


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You can help the search for photos of Marylanders Killed in Action in Vietnam.
Of the 1,017 Marylanders whose names are on the Vietnam Wall of Remembrance in Washington, D.C., 192 photos of those Marylanders are missing from the online Wall of Faces.
Click this link to view a detailed list of the Marylanders who's pictures are missing. Maybe you have a picture or know someone who does. If you find a picture please contact:
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Pearce Lab
Our principal research interests are the application of molecular biology and genomics approaches to understand the genetic basis of important traits in wheat. Current projects include studies of the determinants of yield, developing strategies to improve the nutritional quality of wheat and investigating abiotic stress resistance.
Recent, rapid advances in sequencing and computing technologies have led to the development of novel tools and resources that greatly accelerate our ability to dissect the pathways underlying these traits. Through the application of such tools, our long-term research goals are to contribute to the development of higher-yielding wheat varieties with improved quality which will be required to provide food and nutrition security for a growing world population.


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Job description
Coffeeville Company is seeking an experienced Coffee Roaster to join our team. The position will be required to bring a high level of professionalism.
Experience and qualifications:
• 2 years minimum experience necessary.
• Oversee roasting operations according to incoming orders to.
• Prepare various coffee blends according to established formulas and develop new blends.
• Cup samples of roasted coffee to ensure quality standards.
• Clean and perform regular maintenance on roaster and other equipment per maintenance schedule.
• Ability to perform physical requirements of position such as standing, bending, walking, stooping in addition to lifting up to 50 pounds.


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CoreOS was founded with the mission of securing the internet, and containerized infrastructure is a big part of how we're achieving that aim. That's why we were gratified to see the new guidance on application container security issued by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). In many ways, the report affirms the core principles upon which CoreOS was founded.
The container ecosystem is constantly shifting. Open source tools spring up, new startups enter, and major releases of foundational projects introduce new technologies and concepts. Every month there seems to be a new acronym, and to anyone not deeply involved in the ecosystem it can be overwhelming to keep track of how even the most basic of container concepts relate to each other. So we've created a document to help others better understand how the major standards and components in the container ecosystem fit together.
Pluggability is part of the success story of Kubernetes, and as a community we have ensured that many layers – including storage, networking, and schedulers – can be replaced and improved without changing the Kubernetes user experience. Earlier this year, the Kubernetes project created an API called the Container Runtime Interface (CRI) to make the way a container is run on Kubernetes pluggable.
Recently, we released a study conducted by technology research and advisory company 451 Research investigating containers adoption by enterprises across a range of industries. The study included responses from over 200 enterprise IT decision makers, mostly from large enterprises within the US, including CTO's, VP's, and directors of IT, IT Ops and DevOps.
At Tectonic Summit on Monday, we discussed the core premise of CoreOS: securing the internet and applying operational knowledge into software. We shared how CoreOS makes infrastructure run well and update itself automatically, from Container Linux by CoreOS, to CoreOS Tectonic – what we refer to as self-driving infrastructure.


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From 11/18/2014
So I had been looking at this for awhile, thinking it was a good deal and a good way to try stuff from different brands. Even at $90(CAD) it was a good deal but it was an even better deal at $72(CAD) during the VIB sale. So I decided to get it, I'm glad I did.
I have wanted to try quite a few of these products but never got around to it, and there are a couple of things I have tried before and loved. And one thing I thought I'd give a second chance to (hoping I just got a dude the first time).
I already know I love UD eye shadows, but than again who doesn't, and this is a shade I don't have yet.
I have the Stila Stay All Day Eyeliner already and love it, it really does stay all day.
I have used the Benefit They're Real Mascara before, its not my favorite but I don't completely hate it either. Its the brush that I just don't really like.
The one I'll give a second chance to is the Anastasia Brow Wiz. I had bought one in May and by the middle of June it was hard and scratched my skin. I didn't think it should have dried up that quickly. The color in the kit is Dark Brown, now that is to dark for me but I have been using it to kind of outline my brows than blending it in with Mac Omega eye shadow. It seems to be ok so far ( At least no one is commenting that I have crazy dark brows!). I'll keep you posted on if this one drys out quickly.
The POREfessional is something I believe I tried along time ago and I am guessing it didn't wow me to much, lets see how it is this time around.
NARS Orgasm blush, I cant believe I haven't tried this before. Color seems nice, have to see if it can hold up to my 12hr days.
Chloe perfume, I smelled it in the store and liked it, so bonus!
Formula X nail polish in Ignite. I haven't tried any of the Formula X polishes but I do use the base coat and love it.
Fresh Sugar Rose Tinted Lip Treatment, I haven't really tried these before even though I have this same one from another kit that I believe I picked up last year? My sister loves so I'll give it a try.
Smashbox Camera Ready BB Cream in Light, I swatched this in store and I think it'll be a decent match. Have not tryed this before, but looking forward to it.
Josie Maran 100% Pure Argan Oil, my skin gets increadably dry in the winter, I mean flaking dry on my forhead so I usually end up with bangs shortly before or after the holidays. Just kind of depends on how cold it gets. I am hoping this lives up to the hype.
Bumble and Bumble Surf Spray, I have not tryed any beach sprays before. I do have naturally wavy hair so wondering what this will do for it.
So there are my thoughts on the Sephora Superstars Kit, or at least the things I have tryed before. I will write a full review on the products that are new to me once I have used them abit.


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RBOC is supporting AB 1829 [Levine] that would clarify current law pertaining to boating under the influence [BUI] as the measure is considered in the Senate Committee on Public Safety.
RBOC supports the provisions of AB 1829 that would conform the advisement provisions of the Penal Code related to BUI, to existing provisions in the Harbors and Navigation Code.
The measure would amend Harbors and Navigation Code Section 655.1. The revision would clarify that an officer who arrests a person on suspicion of operating a vessel or watercraft while under the influence shall inform the person that:
- He or she may be charged with a crime,
- He or she has the right to refuse chemical testing, and
- The officer has the authority to seek a search warrant to compel a blood draw if the person refuses to submit to, or fails to complete, a blood test.
This provision would replace the obsolete provision in the current law. That provision requires an officer to inform a person arrested for a BUI that his or her refusal to submit to, or failure to complete, the required chemical testing may be used against the person in a court of law and that the court may impose increased penalties for that refusal or failure, upon conviction. Neither of those statements is accurate.
AB 1829 has already passed the Assembly. The measure is sponsored by the California State Sheriffs' Association.


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Wellard: A photobook by Tim Palman
We Did It!
Thank you to all the backers who have helped to fund the first print run of Wellard. If you missed out you can purchase your copy HERE.
At the beginning of 2016 my family and I travelled the 40km south along the train line, moving to the new development suburb of Wellard on the fringe of the Perth Metropolitan area. Perth is the most isolated city in the world, and also one of the most sparse, as a result of poor housing affordability. Young families looking to own a home and a patch of grass large enough to play backyard cricket on have been forced outward, either north or south into the satellite estates which seemingly erupt out of nowhere.
Wellard is a photographic document that investigates the nature of the Domestic Dream in 2017.
Photographed from 2016-2017 these images reflect on the concept of the Private Estate, identifying a culturally rooted desire for security and exclusivity which inevitably leads to separation and isolation. An autobiographical body of work, Wellard expresses my own struggle between a desire for both security and freedom.
Wellard was featured in Issue One of Negative Feedback Magazine. It has thus far been exhibited at Arthouse Dine at the Art Gallery of Western Australia and Paper Mountain Gallery in Perth, Western Australia. Other places it has been featured include:
- Fotofilmic17
- London Photography Diary
- Ankle Biter
- Uncover at the Perth Centre for Photography
See more of Wellard on my website - timpalman.com/wellard
Wellard has been featured by Huck Magazine - read it here.
About Me
I'm a 21 year old documentary photographer from Perth, Australia. I've recently finished studying my Undergraduate Degree in Photography at Curtin University. My photographic work is documentary in essence, but I often find myself taking a more poetic approach, as opposed to a literal or narrative one. I use, almost exclusively, large and medium format film cameras for my work, often developing and scanning the film myself
The culmination of this project is a 96 page photobook, containing 48 colour photographs, shot primarily on medium and large format colour negative film. The series includes landscapes, still lifes and portraits which document my own experience living in Wellard as well as portray the psychogeography of a private estate.
The book features an essay by curator Chelsea Hopper.
Book Specifications:
- 96 pages
- 48 colour photographs
- 9x11 inches
- 96 pages, text in English
- Hardcover, section sewn binding. Cloth cover with gold foil details.
These posters are of three different images, printed on high quality 200gsm photo satin paper. Posters arrive rolled in a tube, not folded.
The Gold Edition of Wellard with limited to 25 copies. It will be signed and includes;
- Gold-coloured cloth cover
- Gold painted paper edges
- Signed and edition 8x10 print exclusive to the Gold Edition
- Edition number stamped in gold ink on inside page
Regular + Gold Edition Double Pack
With this reward you'll receive a copy of the Regular Edition book, the Gold Edition (which includes a signed 8x10" print) and signed 4x5" unique sequencing print.
Bookstore Reward
Five copies of Wellard for 33% off!
Risks and challenges
The project is complete, with the design and layout of the book largely complete. Having had experience with designing a photographic publication with the first three issues of Negative Feedback Magazine (https://negativefeedback.co.uk/shop/negative-feedback-issue-03/) I am confident the final book will be of a high quality.
I've thoroughly investigated all my printing options and have settled on a Chinese based offset printer, with customer support based in the US. The project is fully costed and if successful will fall below the target goal.
Also having had involvement with the successful Kickstarter Campaign for Negative Feedback Magazine (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/negativefeedback/negative-feedback-zine) I'm sure I have all the required tools to ensure a successful campaign, from social media promotion to fulfilment.Learn about accountability on Kickstarter
Funding period
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I made a single one of these mugs a few years ago, ordered custom off some weird internet site in the middle of the night out of rage at what a close friend was currently dealing with. Seeing her deal with abuse and trying my best to support her through it and thinking too much about the way things often seem to work in our communities, I ordered one out of passive aggression, I guess. Obviously, a mug won't change things, but it felt cathartic, as much as a mug can. I just made a bunch more, to spread around the message: take care of yourselves, your friends, and your communities. Support each other. Fight the good fight in a world that seems to be increasingly scary and dangerous for a lot of us.
So, I made a million of them to spread around the world. They're USA made, more solid & sturdy than you can believe. A solid lb. each. Feels great in your hand. You can get one here: http://teamkate.storenvy.com/
For the next few weeks I'll be donating 100% of any online sales of any of my things to the Pulse Victims Fund of Orlando. Consider giving money if you are in a financial situation which allows for it. There is so much that needs to happen in the wake of the shooting, but a necessary and feasible thing for right now is donating money where it is very much needed. Also, keep dialogue open about it. Check in with your friends. Ask what you can do. Talk about why this happened, what it means, how it makes you feel. Grieve and question and be critical of our world. Listen to each other. It's hard to keep processing something so tremendous and painful, but we need to. Even though it hurts.
Zines have been restocked at Quimby's, Inquiring Minds, and Bluestockings. Zines AND Fleetwood patches are restocked at Have Company.
Issue 8 of no better than apples is back up for sale online! Thought I had lost the master pages years ago, but uncovered them recently. It covers all sorts of stuff from 2012: familial death and illness, personal illness, teaching at willie mae rock camp for girls, touring, all sorts of life changes, and kind of just musing on a million different things. Text heavy! Pretty thick zine. You can get it here: http://teamkate.storenvy.com/
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I played a solo guilt mountain set in Ithaca a few weekends ago. I also contributed a *new* track to this Sundress Records compilation! Check it out, there's a lot of really rad songs \ artists on it!
Played some shows recently with Real Things: NYC @ Palisades and Shea Stadium, on SUNY New Paltz campus.
I booked a show last weekend and drew a flyer up for it. I didn't play the show, but I'm sharing it here for productivity's sake, because drawing roses for hours felt like the best way to spend my time. Highly recommended to all. It's flower season & I'm elated. & The show was so great. Looking forward to putting more together for the Commissary space in the coming months!
I built a zine library in the new cafe in New Paltz! Lagusta's Luscious Commissary, there's a standing locker full of my personal collection of zines for in-house browsing. I'm doing write-ups on featured zines of the week, and trying to foster the small zine scene we have in this tiny town.
I played drums on a couple of tracks on S.ayton's new tape! These songs are everything I needed lately, and I feel very very honored to be involved with them even in the slightest bit. They're all I listen to anymore, Sarah is brilliant. Listen to the whole tape here: https://sayton.bandcamp.com/


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A Couple Fatties…
As the temperatures have finally risen into the double digits and the snow has settled as a 2′ deep blanket here in New York, we are grabbing our bikes and crawling out of our caves. Riding this time of year around here is pretty limited to roads covered in sand, salt, ice, and water…unless you have a fat bike. I'll admit, this is all pretty new to me. After a few rides on a borrowed bike, I was sold. Fat bikes are the monster trucks of bikes. Big squishy tires climb over everything with unbelievable traction, and float over otherwise impassable trails.
When my friend Cima expressed interest in having me build a new fat bike for him for this coming season, I was really excited. So much so, that I ordered 2 tube sets and plan to build one for my own arsenal as well. We took all that he loved from his current bike, and changed all that he didn't. OX Platinum tubing, 170mm rear spacing, paragon rocker dropouts, 1×10 drivetrain with top shelf parts… This will be a sweet bike. Cima's a one-bike guy, and he'll be racing every weekend from the end of march until the end of September on this bike. And because he ran in both Cat 1 geared and Cat 1 SS last year, he wanted the flexibility to switch back and forth during the season. And then train all week and off-season on this bike, for several more years. He mentioned he may want to do a big tour on it one day too, so there'll be rack mounts and fender mounts integrated as well. The goal was to build a lively, durable frame that would last reliably for many years to come.
Sometimes it's hard to know what works and what you'll really need before you're actually out there though. Luckily, over the past year my buddy Kurt Sandiforth has logged several thousands of miles roaming the world on his fatty. He's down in South America somewhere right now, and has been instrumental in ironing out details, geometry, and parts selection. Check out his adventure at http://www.bikegreaseandcoffee.com/


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On Friday, the internet all but ecstatically quaked over side-by-side photos posted by Observer writer Dana Schwartz.
The image showed two photos of President Trump bidding farewell to the Obamas as they boarded a helicopter on their way out of the White House. Schwartz claimed that the new commander-in-chief's hands had been digitally enlarged in the official White House version.
Because she used two different photos that were taken from two different angles and distances, the original tweet wasn't terribly convincing.
That didn't stop the internet from becoming "CSI: Twitter."
People used overlays and animations to prove or disprove the theory that the White House photo was doctored. In the end, though, it appeared not to have been altered, and the whole frenzy amounted to a silly internet brain fart.
But isn't this missing the point?
Is this what American Photoshopping has amounted to? This isn't Russia, where people photoshop tiny watches off wrists, nor is it North Korea, where the government adds missile capabilities it doesn't have to appear more menacing.
This is America, motherf**kers. And American exceptionalism doesn't stop at visual reality.
Let's say that, hypothetically, President Trump had his hands Photoshopped to appear bigger in photos. Is that the best we can hope for from our leaders?
We at HuffPost Comedy believe we can do a hell of a lot better to show the world how f**king great America is, both outside and in Photoshop.


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No software architect can resist the temptation to talk about their experience with microservices. We launched an interview series with experts who talked about the benefits and challenges of microservices, when people should not use them and what impact they have on an organization. Our third interviewee is Daniel Bryant, Chief Scientist at OpenCredo and speaker at the upcoming JAX London.
In this interview, Daniel Bryant, Chief Scientist at OpenCredo and JAX London speaker, talks about his likes and dislikes about microservices. Here are his answers.
JAXenter: Why did you start using microservices?
Daniel Bryant: I first started using an architectural pattern that was similar to what we now call microservices on a project in 2011. The reason we chose to use a service-oriented approach was due to the early identification of separate areas of functionality within the overall requirements. We also had several teams involved in creating the software (spread across the UK and also Europe), and we believed that dividing the system into well-defined services with clear interfaces would allow us to more efficiently work together on the project.
The development of separate services, each with its own interface, functionality, and responsibilities, meant that once the teams understood and designed the overall system-level requirements and interactions, we could minimise the need for constant inter-team communication. Well-defined service contexts and less communication meant that we delivered valuable software more quickly than if we had all been working (and coordinating) within a single codebase.


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Niña Jose's giving away an early treat for the coming year. She's posing her hot, drop-dead gorgeous body on Tanduay's Calendar this 2010!
Nina already posed for two of the top men's magazine in the country, on FHM Philippines last March 2008 and on Maxim Philippines last February 2009 as a cover girl. Now, she's extending every young stud's fantasy a year long as a calendar girl. She actually got the baton from Valerie 'Bangs' Garcia as Tanduay Calendar Girl for 2009.
Tanduay's betting on Nina's fan base to be their next buyers so they got her as their new endorser. Nina got herself through a Southbeach diet and boxing to attain a scorching 36-26-37 vital stats now. Not to mention she's all natural, nothing has ever been touched by a blade. That's a huge revelation don't you think? And she's very proud about it.
Nina Jose's also appearing sexy in an indie film, Dreamguyz with some steamy love scenes (no naked scenes here yet) and in a Metro Manila Film Fest entry, Mano Po 6 with enviable kissing scenes with Dennis Trillo.
She really has come a long way from being just a teen idol back in the Pinoy Big Brother days. Hope that you can get enough of her for now. 😉
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On the pretext of love Satyam exploits Sati for his sexual gratification. And when she becomes pregnant, she requests him to tie the knot with her. Firstly, he tries to convince her to abort which she refuses categorically. Taking her pregnancy a threat to him, he hatches a meticulous plan – to go for ring ceremony with her to take her into his full confidence, to convince her to abort on the pretext of getting defame due to early pregnancy and once it's done – to dump her finally. And he succeeds in his plan. Infuriated, Sati vows to take her revenge from him and to teach him a lesson for this shameless act of his. To know the details of this story, read- Love; A Big Gamble Part I, already posted here.
Read the epilogue to know how Sati concludes her plan…
"Hi, my name is Shuchi, your Facebook friend," a sweet voice emerged out of his phone.
"Hi Shuchi, great! So nice of you, I'm so happy," Satyam reciprocated in full elation.
"So we're meeting today at CCD Lajpat Nagar," Shuchi said confirming once again.
"O yes! Sure," he confirmed. A mysterious smile ran over his lips.
"Ok. See you. Bye," She giggled.
"Bye," mumbled he, bringing his smile to maximum.
And the call disconnected.
No sooner he got sure of the disconnection; he kissed his phone and smiled wickedly.
Shuchi was his tenth prey.
CCD Lajpat Nagar 5pm.
Satyam entered the coffee house and rolled his eyes to look all around. Quicky, he recognised Shuchi sitting in a corner. He approached her and introduced, "Hi, me Satyam!"
"Hi, Shuchi," she said while extending her hand towards him.
He took her hand into his. The softness and warmth of her hand filled him with a strange sensation and he felt thrilled and nervous at the same time. They settled into their seats.
After an initial hesitation, he started, "I liked your profile," and smiled.
"I too," she reciprocated.
"I think we can look forward for a long term relationship," he grinned while nodding.
She gave a seductive smile towards him.
Then the chain of their dating started.
One day...
"Suchi, you're a queen of paramount beauty," Satyam said enticing her.
She smiled and looked deep into his eyes, "You too...so handsome," she said twitching her eye brow, "...and deadly sexy," she uttered, pushed her tresses away from her face and winked bringing super sensual expression on her face.
A shiver of excitement ran through his body. Overwhelmed, he kept his hand over hers and tried to read her mind by fathoming into the ocean of her intoxicating eyes.
They continued to stare into each other's eyes for a while and when he became sure of cent per cent agreement, he whispered, "Let's celebrate our friendship."
"Sure! Are you free tomorrow?" She asked taking a sip from her coffee.
"Certainly, always free for your highness," and he bowed his head before her.
Next Day...
Room of a hotel arranged by Shuchi.
"Honey, what would you like; whiskey, gin or vodka?" Shuchi asked him bending her body over him.
Aroused, he said in a sexy style, "Darling, your eyes are enough to make anyone inebriated, still if you insist we must have a few pegs of vodka," and he pulled her into his lap.
For a few seconds, they caressed and kissed each other madly. Then, Suchi served him the drink and asked, "Satyam, is it your first love?" and clunk their glasses.
"Yes, my love!" he replied and kissed her cleavage.
"Mine too," she reciprocated caressing his head pushing a little towards her breasts.
And after two three rounds of drinks, they started to unbutton each other.
Shuchi's soft, silky and well chiseled body, her sexual antics and maneuvers and her frankness had turned him utterly mad and he got lost in loving her whole heartedly.
Suddenly, a sound of clapping snapped their rhythm of sexual act. Panicked, they quickly disengaged and stopped then and there. Aghast, he looked in the direction from where the sound of clapping was coming. And what he saw he had never imagined, not in his distant dreams.
Sati was standing in the corner of the room clapping for him.
Dismayed, he mumbled, "You?"
"Yes, me, you cheat!," she grimaced, her eyes flaring in anger.
Scared, his body started to tremble like a dried leaf.
She took a few snaps by her mobile in the same compromising position, sheer naked.
Terrified, he even could not object on her taking their photographs and cocked towards Shuchi. His eyes wide-opened expressing shock, demanding her to do something to save them. But to his surprise, Suchi smiled in a mysterious way and started to put her clothes on.
Sati, pouring fire from her eyes, moved ahead and slapped a number of times on his face. Breathing fast and heavily, not contented by slapping him, she spat on his face - once, twice and then thrice.
Frightened, Satyam found himself cornered and subdued. Her anger had obliged him to surrender before her completely. His body froze and mind numbed.
"Listen Mr Satyam, Satyam Ha! Everything you did here has been recorded by me here in my phone...And now I will see how you go for your marriage?" She threatened him accusing him pointing her finger at him.
Then Sati turned towards Shuchi, " Sister, you may leave now, this is your payment," and she took a wad of currency notes out of her purse to pay her.
Suchi, almost ready, looked at Sati expressing her all sympathy for her and said nodding, " It's true that I'm a sex worker and I provide sex in lieu of money, but I would feel lucky if I could contribute something from my side to teach a lesson to such crooks who play with girls in the name of love. I won't take anything from you. It was my pleasure to help you out and will continue to do so for the sake of dignity and honor of woman," she completed and took her exit.
Sati too threw a disgusting gaze at Satyam and moved out of the room.
While returning in taxi Sati was thinking, "Her name was Shuchi, means pure, involved in a dirty business. No, she was true to her name - absolutely pure!" and she felt deeply grateful to her in her heart.
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You might remember that I loved the work of Eric Slater when it was included in the Point Of Departure exhibition at the Towner Gallery last year. His woodcut prints were created during the 1930s and, as he lived much of his life in Seaford, several depict local scenes. The evocative images included in Point Of Departure had been chosen by James Trollope, an expert on Slater's work, and I was delighted to recently discover that James has written a book on the subject. It has been published by the Towner with Eastbourne Borough Council and the Arts Council. Slater's Sussex went on sale at the Towner Gallery on the 27th of April. I treated myself to one of the first copies!
I particularly love the seventeen full page colour reproductions of Slater's prints. Seeing them all together gives a wonderful feel for his work and of the period in which he created them. My favourites from the Towner are there as well as other landscapes and floral still life images. James Trollope has penned a fascinating biography of Eric Slater and also describes the Japanese technique he used. Slater's Sussex is an interesting read and I know I will pick it up to see the prints again and again.
Slater's Sussex is available from the Towner Gallery gift shop.
Limited edition giclee prints and a selection of postcards are also available.
Don't forget to show your Towner membership card to get a discount!


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Don't you like going out in comfy style? Why we are restraining ourselves or controlling our closet so much? I love the new PJ trend! Who said you can't go out with your pajamas?
It's not supposed to be a goofy look but worn in a chic and dressy way. Yes, comfy but dressy! I really like to wear men style pajamas. I even use my rope as cardigan these days. The top or bottom can be worn separately. They don't have to be worn together.
A few tips how I wear my pajamas outside
- Fabric: The most important part of this outfit. My choices are: silk, satin or velvet.
- Shoes: Heels definitely elevate my look when I wear my PJs. Loafers and slippers are a great examples as well but not the home slippers.
- Jacket: Your rope can also function as a blazer. I love this style which is my favorite one so far.
- Bag: A beautiful bag is a big must! You need a good looking bag to kill this style.
- Accessories: Add a bracelet on top of your PJ. Simple yet chic pieces always work with it too. Don't forget, the focus should be on your pajamas.


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After sending the blog post on the death of article marketing, I've received several emails with questions about article marketing. I've decided to post them here for the benefit of everyone. My responses are polished so as to make the reading easier and to add-on information.
Q: How much would someone need to spend in order to have enough articles to be a player?
If it really does take thousands of articles nowadays, it seems like a game that only the big boys can afford to play.
So I can see what the guy was getting at when he said article marketing was dead. It's not "dead" per se, but prohibitive in terms of time and cost for many.
That is a very good question.
Spending will depend on the niche that you are in.
For most niches, a budget of around $500 per month will be enough. That works out to 3 to 4 articles per week, or 20 articles a month. If you hire your own writer, that amount may be even lesser (perhaps $200 a month?).
Or if $200 is too much, you can save even more by writing your own articles and then reinvest the profits when you make sales. You don't really need to wait till you get thousands of articles before you become successful.
I'm just saying that the players are getting bigger because they have spent a lot of time and effort generating content consistently.
My point is, anyone can get there as long as you put in consistent effort and write quality articles, as mentioned in my post.
But if you consistently put out 20 articles a month, over the course of 1 year, you would have 240 quality articles. Over 3 years, you would have 720 articles…see, now you are becoming one of the big players and other people have to catch up.
If you put out 50 articles, and then stop, what kind of results can you expect? But now, after 3 years, you are sitting on 720 articles and I bet your site has attained pretty high rankings in the search engines now (assuming you did your SEO right).
That's not a bad position to be in.
At $500 a month, that's not a lot to spend on advertising for a business, and it's certainly not prohibitive.
Consider the alternatives – how much are you going to spend on other forms of advertising to build up your business?
Businesses can EASILY spend way over $500 a month on PPC or other forms of advertising every month. And when the spending stops, the traffic stops too. Not so for article marketing. Don't forget, once your own site becomes an authority site, you get a LOT MORE traffic from the search engines and you get the traffic every single month.
And it all starts with building links consistently.
But I'm not going to kid you. The article marketing game will continue to evolve and it will become harder and harder to get a foothold in any niche due to competition. The same cycle happens to all niches, and to all marketing channels.
It's $500 a month now, and in a few years time, maybe it'll need $1000 a month. Similarly, Adwords used to cost just 10 cents a click. Now you may have to pay $1.00 for the same keywords.
Lesson here is that the early bird catches the worm. If you can get things done today, DON'T WAIT. When opportunities present themselves, take advantage of them.
Hope that helps 🙂
Q: Speaking of SEO and article marketing, here's a question for you:
Do you advise optimizing your articles for the same keywords as your site? Or does that mean your articles will end up competing with your site?
Yes. The articles on your own site can have similar keywords but content should be original. It's good that articles end up competing with one another – they are all your own articles! It's completely possible to occupy numerous spots on page 1 of search engines.
You should start optimizing for one set of keywords (2 to 3 articles at least for each keyword) before moving on. In the long run, it's beneficial to continually search for new keywords to optimize as you get more traffic from different keywords.
Here is a more recent question I just received in my inbox.
Q: You are great about responding so quickly and I really appreciate it. I am not as familiar with the video procedure as I would like to be. If I have an article and that is all, but I would like to have it made into a video and distributed, what is the charge? Also, I have not had much luck lately with articles getting distributed. When I first started with fastsubmitarticles, I seemed to constantly see them coming up in different publications online. In the last six months or so, I don't see them at all. Any explanation? Thanks.
For an article to be converted into a video article and uploaded to 4 video sites, the cost is one-time $40. You only have to provide the article and URL to promote and we will do the rest.
The results have been pretty steady with premium submissions. As for normal submissions, I believe it's a lot of low-end article directories dropping out due to hacking issues.
But that's nothing to worry about as long as the links stick in more established directories. Since most established dirs like Goarticles and ezinearticles are included only in premium submissions, we expect results to be superior to normal submissions.
For normal submissions, you can still expect to to acquire 30 to 40 back links for each submission.
I dug out a few normal distribution articles so that I can show you the type of results to expect:
Distributed: 27th May 2011
Distributed: 27th May 2011
Distributed: 26th May 2011
Note that some articles have been de-indexed from search results due to duplicate content.
The back links do however, show up in your webmaster account.
Premium results:
Distributed: 1st June 2011
Distributed: 3rd June 2011
Here, I want to remind you about how article marketing works. When you distribute articles, you can expect traffic to come from 2 sources.
1) Directly from article directories. – This usually happens only to well established sites like Ezinearticles or Articlesbase. Just four to five years ago, many article marketers are teaching others that the more you have your articles published on different sites, the more traffic you are going to receive. For example, if you receive 10 clicks a month from one site, you can easily publish the same article on a hundred other sites and get 100 x 10 = 1000 clicks.
Unfortunately, it doesn't work that way. We all know that search engines filter their search results to remove duplicate content. If you do a "site:" command search, you still see these articles in the search index, but they just don't show up for keyword searches. What does that mean?
It just means that the search engines are policing the search indexes pretty heavily to ensure a positive search experience. For this reason, it's common that some of your articles may not show up. But if you create a Google Webmaster account, you will see those links showing up in your account.
2) Traffic comes from search engines. – For the longest time, I've always emphasized on the SEO aspect of article marketing because the bulk of the traffic will come directly from search engines. That is, if you manage to get your rankings up in the search results. New sites will experience the Google dance (rankings dropping in and out of search index) more often as the search engine learns about the sites. But you should still see an average of 30 to 50 unique visits daily. As you build up content and more links, the site will slowly work it's way up to 50 to 100 unique visitors daily. This will take 3 to 4 months and by then, you should be able to see some revenue.
The exciting part is when the site becomes an authority site and achieves top 3 rankings in the search results. That is when your income REALLY takes off. Traffic level from 100 visitors a day can jump to 1000 visitors a day.
Are you already in the top 3 for your primary keywords? If not, there is more work to be done.
Of course, to get to that level, it takes time, commitment and effort. That's why I say, "NEVER GIVE UP!" It takes some webmasters years before they get to the authority site level.
If you are persistent enough, success will eventually be yours.
Darren Chow
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Celebrate the delicious flavors of spring
in an evening with Sara Dickerman,
author of the wholesome, seasonal eating cookbook, Bon Appétit: The Food Lover's Cleanse.
Juicebox Cafe is ecstatic to host a very special evening with Sara on April 21.
Dinner will include a four course vegetarian menu featuring recipes from the book, wine, a signed copy of the cookbook to keep, and a family-style setting to hear some tips and stories about the recipes and experiences from Sara herself.
Butter Lettuce and avocado salad with buttermilk dressing
Millet Tabouli with Easter Egg Radish
Ragout of Artichokes, Asparagus, and Preserved Lemon
Papaya with Lime and Toasted Coconut and
Chocolate Bark with Toasted Quinoa and Amaranth
The Food Lover's Dinner will take place at Capitol Hill's Juicebox Cafe on Thursday, April 21st at 6:30 pm. Tickets can be purchased for $80 at http://juiceboxseattle.com/products/food-lovers-dinner
We hope to see you there!


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Biotheranostics, Inc. today announced new data further demonstrating the importance of BCI in clinical practice. In a study of more than 14,000 cases, the largest patient study for BCI, BCI identified 31.5% of patients with node-negative (LN-) breast cancer – those who are typically considered at lower risk for recurrence and who may not be recommended for extended endocrine therapy (EET) – as high risk of recurrence and high likelihood of benefit from an additional 5 years of therapy. Conversely, the study also identified 16% of node positive (LN+) patients who are typically considered at higher risk of recurrence and likely to be recommended extended therapy as low risk of recurrence between years 5-10 and low likelihood of benefit from extended endocrine therapy. A separate study of the BCI database stratified patients by age, and demonstrated that in patients aged 75 or older, for whom treatment considerations are often more complex, BCI identified similar rates of patients with HR+, LN–breast cancer as having high vs. low risk of late distant recurrence and high vs. low likelihood of benefit from EET.
The studies are being presented at the 53rd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) being held in Chicago this week.


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Yay! My weekend trip to Mendocino County was published on the wedding and travel blog, Love + Wander. I'm so excited! Check it out the feature here.
See my original posts about the trip here: Quiet Places That Seaside Town A hike through the woods Where the rive meets the sea The Perfect Lazy Day The Coastal Highway. The Long Road Home. Chantel


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Weddings around the holidays are some of our favorites! The weather is an excuse to snuggle up and get cozy (so romantic!), everything is decorated with extra sparkle, and family is so happy to be together. Nadia + Matt had a beautiful December wedding in San Francisco, saying "I do" at the Swedenborgian Church in Pacific Heights, one of the most beautiful and unique historical churches in the city. The church was decked out in red poinsettias and candles were lit throughout. Nadia + Matt's ceremony was sweet and heartfelt, and afterwards we headed to the courtyard for some dreamy couple's photos, capturing the last glimmers of winter light.
Next, we all cruised downtown to the Olympic Club, a classic San Francisco landmark and a perfect location for their wedding reception, for an evening packed full of dancing, cake and even an impromptu piano concert by the groom and his buddy, belting out the classics!
Congratulations on your wedding Nadia + Matt!
Ariel + Sam
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Church: Swedenborgian Church
Reception: Olympic Club
Photography: Bowerbird Photography
Flowers: Chelsea Events and Floral Design


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Montecorvo Eco-City
This competition entry, by MVRDV with Spanish office GRAS is a masterplan for a sustainable city located just north of Logroño on the two small hills of Montecorvo and la Fonsalalda. With the south facing hills providing optimal conditions for solar energy collection, as well as the tops perfect for windmills, the potential combined energy collection could fulfill the needs for all 3000 social housing units on the plan. By producing its own energy, this new neighbourhood achieves a carbon neutral footprint.
- Country
- Spain
- City
- Logroño
- Year
- 2008
- Surface
- 560000 m²
- Client
- LMB Grupo, Progea, SP
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- Competition
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- Residential, Master plan
- Themes
- Housing, Sustainability, Urbanism
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pulsaric wrote:I got into physics in MIT, Stony Brook, Rice, and University of Tennessee (Knoxville), but all for astro. I haven't posted my profile yet - I'll do so in the next few hours or day or so seeing as the admission cycle is close to its end. I'm an international Asian male too, for what it's worth. Having said that though, I'm from Australia/New Zealand (but spent most of my life in Singapore).
Don't forget that there are personal statements, and they also look for applicants who are a good 'fit' into their program. I'm not sure if you'd have subconsciously put in something undesirable into the personal statement (I found out that I did so for a few places after I submitted ). Potential advisors, from what I've heard, play no role in your admission decisions maybe unless they're part of the admissions committee.
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text: Once again technology has made our old proverbs obsolete, take the old "square peg/round hole" saying, for instance… I'm sure there's a joke in there somewhere, but I can't find it. Currently your choices for hole saws and drill bits are round and more round, so those pesky square holes that need cut for electrical boxes require a jab saw or a router. It's not terribly difficult to cut square holes using those methods, but, one company has taken it upon themselves to make the process much quicker.Read More


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I took my 7yrs old on a "date night" to see The Fantastic Mr Fox at The Lyric Hammersmith this weekend just past (we were lucky to get some press tickets). And we **loved the show**(as always at The Lyric!!) a great combination of theatre and music and this classic tale wonderfully retold.
Roald Dahl fans, must book your tickets before they sell out!!
If you are unfamiliar with Roald Dahl's tale of the Fantastic Mr Fox, it is the story of Mr Fox, his family and friends and 3 local farmers. The animals steal (ahem take) what they need to survive on.. but the farmers are greedy and unwilling to share. The farmers set out to catch Mr Fox and his family. They begin my camping outside his fox hole and plan to shoot him, when he appears. When he does… they shoot his tail off, but otherwise Mr. Fox remains unharmed. But how will the tailless fox and his friends manage trapped underground? What will happen next.
I always love seeing how a musical or play interprets the classics and puts them on stage. The blue burrow is cleverly designed, the animals are all dressed in 80s sports wear and a live band of sporty birds is incorporated into the show. The original story has been slightly altered to focus on team work and how people skills and abilities change over time, but doesn't make anyone less able or useful (nice life lessons there) – from the housebound pregnant Mrs Fox, to the tailless Mr Fox.
My daughter's favourite character was the silly but lovable "Jane Fonder Bunny", over excitable but keen to help. I adored Mr Bean's (Richard Atwill) performance as both the lead farmer, but also a stupendous drunk rat. There was enough for both the kids and the grown ups. Silliness, adventure and fun for the kids, with undertones of grown up themes for, well the grown ups.
This show is competing with the West End's Mathilda and Charlie and The Chocolate factory. Both outstanding performances. But, as readers of this site know, I am a great fan of The Lyric Hammersmith. I have said it before and I will say it again, to me it is the perfect "half way" house to the West End in London, which though it has AMAZING shows, can be prohibitively expensive. The Lyric however also has AMAZING shows, but at far more affordable price. Making theatre going much more affordable and allowing families to watch productions by classic authors such as Roald Dahl.
My daughter thoroughly enjoyed the performance and when asked whether she would recommend it to to her peers, it was a clear YES from her. We giggled, we laughed, we ooh-ed and we aah-ed.. just as theatre should be!
Disclaimer: we were invited along to the Press night


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Today, Lego announced a new line aimed square at girls: Lego Friends. These sets include pretty, feminine figures that are more articulated than classic Lego minifigs, blocks in a palette of colors including pink and purple, and sets like bakeries and dog shows -- a far cry from the pirate and cowboy-themed fare Lego typically sells nowadays.
The internet is seemingly outraged by this move. And to me, that outrage reads as, "Look at all of this femininity! Lego are supposed to be unisex toys! How dare they be infested by girl cooties!"
Look, it's true that the figures have some elements that make me a little uncomfortable: The pretty figures, the pink, the fact that the sets include a beauty salon and a stage. And I think that's the real heart of the outrage, here -- Lego is making something coded for girls, and therefore it has to suck, right? And be antifeminist? Because any time you make something pink, that's letting the sexists win!
This is internalized misogyny. Just because something is coded as meant for girls doesn't mean it automatically sucks or is antifeminist.
It's great to think Lego are for everyone. But the market reality is this: "unisex" toys are by and large mixed in with the boys' stuff. (Given how gender-segregated toy retailing is, this is only practical, and arguably reaches a broader market. While it's rare to see a girl go over to buy some Matchbox cars, it's less common yet to see a boy venture over to look at the baby dolls.)
So right now, if you walk into any toy store -- heck, walk into any Target -- you're going to see Lego shelved with the trucks and the construction equipment and the dinosaurs. And your typical girl isn't going to even walk down that aisle to see any Lego sets in the first place (even assuming she wants any part of their pirates, cowboys, and rocketships). The store layout, the packaging, the content are all elaborately designed to signal to her that those toys... well, they're not meant for her.
Lego Friends, on the other hand, is cunningly designed to be shelved right by the My Little Ponies and Littlest Pet Shop lines. They're colored and packaged to blend in perfectly. But there's a secret STEM bomb hiding right alongside that stage for the singer, in with that beauty salon. They've planted the seeds of adventure, intellectual and otherwise: a tree house, an inventor's shop, and the best, most progressive rendering of a fashion design studio I've ever seen, showing it as a place where you do math, not a place where you look pretty.
If these kits can get little girls interested in building and making, for crying out loud, who cares about anything else? Becoming an engineer or a scientist or a computer programmer doesn't mean you have to give up on being a girl and liking girl things. Because there is nothing wrong with being a girl.
It looks like Lego gets that. I wish the rest of us could get that, too.


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Voltage is a futuristic racing game with real-time strategy elements. Voltage takes the rush and thrill of speed racing to a new level. Races take place far in the future on the planets of the Solar system, where players compete in the fastest and most technologically advanced races, to acquire the supreme title of the Solar System's Best Racer.
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The University of Southern Mississippi -- McCain Library and Archives
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Collection Title: Hattiesburg Knights of Pythias Minute Book
Collection Number: M247
Dates: March 1900 - August 1913
Volume: .20 cubic feet
Provenance: Donated by Mr. and Mrs. John McGregor, December 1987. Both the Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias, Domain of Mississippi and the Supreme Lodge of the Knights of Pythias were subsequently notified of the donation, and both expressed approval.
Copyright: This collection may be protected from unauthorized copying by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code).
Biographical/Historical Sketch:
The Supreme Order of the Knights of Pythias was founded on February 19, 1864, by Justus H. Rathbone in an effort to heal hatreds caused by the Civil War. The organization, which emphasizes the principles of friendship, charity, and benevolence, was based on the friendship of Damon and Pythias, two citizens of the Roman state of Syracuse who lived in the fourth century B.C.
The first lodge was formed in Washington, D.C. in August 1868. State and local Knights of Pythias chapters promoted cooperation, friendship, goodwill, and opportunities for public service. Members were required to follow a code of strict morality, absolute truthfulness, honor, and integrity. Rituals for the organization were written by the founder.
State lodges consisted of all local chapters and had an internal organizational scheme based on the national supreme lodge. The Knights of Pythias chapter in Hattiesburg, Mississippi was Crescent Lodge #47, which was initiated on March 13, 1888. In the beginning, weekly meetings were held in the Castle Hall but were later moved to the Odd Fellows Hall at 119-121 East Front Street. From 1903-1913 meetings were held on the third floor of the Citizens Bank building, at the corner of Main and Front Streets.
Officers of the Hattiesburg Knights of Pythias Crescent Lodge #47 were elected every six months and served in the following capacities: the Grand Chancellor presided over meetings and was aided by the Vice-Chancellor who performed social and organizational duties; the Keeper of Records and Seal acted as secretary, recording minutes and managing correspondence; the Inner and Outer Guard tended the doors; the Master of Exchequer and of Finance issued warrants, disbursed funds, and balanced the ledger. The only annual salaried positions were those of the Keeper of Records and Seal, who received $24.00; the Exchequer, who received $10.00; and the Master of Finance who received 10% of all dues collected from members.
Membership of the Hattiesburg Lodge #47 was comprised of professional men such as doctors, lawyers, and clergy, as well as businessmen. Some noted members were Dr. W.W. Crawford, a physician; Paul B. Johnson, noted legislator; George Currie, lawyer and officer of Knights of Pythias; D.E. McInnis and J.S. Turner, businessmen; and C.M. and R.B. McLeod, presidents of rival banks and owners of a local department store.
Individuals became members either by invitation or application, but could also be admitted by transfer from another lodge. Candidates were referred to a committee which investigated their worthiness. A quorum of members was required to vote either for or against admission of candidates. Once approved for membership, initiates were required to pay $5.00 in dues (a figure that increased to $6.00 in 1911), and a $10.00 initiation fee. New members entered the chapter with the rank of page. The ranking system was developed by the founder and was based on the medieval premise of chivalry. Through service to the lodge, members could work toward earning the ranks of esquire and knight.
The Hattiesburg lodge served the local community by contributing its members' time and the lodge's resources to several local charities, as well as orphanages in Natchez and Jackson, and the Confederate Veteran's Home in Biloxi. This lodge also provided assistance to fellow members who were ill or in financial trouble, and to flood victims in Galveston, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, as well. In addition, the lodge rented its meeting rooms to fellow organizations, helped to organize and support an Athletic Club for local youth, and supported community events such as parades.
The last report from the Hattiesburg Lodge to the Grand Lodge of Mississippi was made December 31, 1941.
The collection consists of one volume of minutes from meetings of the Knights of Pythias Crescent Lodge #47, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, covering the period March 1900 to August 1913, and two pamphlets on the history of the Knights of Pythias. The pamphlets were provided by Mr. Jack Klai, Supreme Secretary of the Knights of Pythias.
The minute book contains weekly chronological entries from meetings held at Castle Hall, Odd Fellows Hall, and the third floor of the Citizens Bank Building. The types of organizational and charitable activities which were conducted by the society are evident in the minutes.
Meetings were held on Thursday evenings and followed a prescribed format. Each committee presented its report, then candidates for membership were voted on by a quorum of members. Other business conducted at the meetings included discussion and approval of charitable support for members, people in the community, local causes, and upkeep of Lodge #47.
The minute book has 500 numbered pages, only three pages of which are not filled. There are no entries for November 1905 through January 1906, December 1906, or August 1907 through September 1908. Entries were made by the Keeper of Records and Seal, who with the other officers, was elected every six months. Entries vary in style and legibility. Some are written in ink, while others are in pencil.
This collection should be of use to those interested in the infrastructure and activities of fraternal organizations in the Hattiesburg area, as well as their affiliation with state and national organizations. A list of in-state and out-of-state lodges named in the minutes is included. Included in the entries are descriptions of attendance at community events by members and notations of members' deaths. Names and locations of various building in Hattiesburg, as well as names of local doctors, lawyers, clergy, and businessmen are also included. In addition, the notes contain information concerning expulsion of members for violation of the organization's code, plus details of efforts to establish a local Temple of Pythian Sisters in Hattiesburg.